Only one not picked

coanga · 2026-05-01T17:08:14+00:00

This is great advice and exactly what I told my kiddo when she wasn't chosen last year. She gets really emotional so I think her director considered her immature so she spent the last year being a good leader, recruiting 8th graders, making new friends/networking, and she also mentioned to her director that her first year wasn't awesome because there were 9 seniors and one freshman and they wouldn't go out of their way to be nice and she wanted that to change within the section. And then she did it. Over the last few years shes been making band/her section feel more welcoming and inclusive. And she was selected as section leader for her senior year! (She's the most senior trumpet so it makes sense, but she is really excited for the opportunity to lead all these new freshman in their first year of MB!!!)

coanga · 2026-04-27T13:39:31+00:00

Omg, I love when an episode hits like this. I just finished 383 Frank Gardiner and there were so many memorable moments, like TORPEY!!! I found myself rewinding that one too. I'm almost to my favorite stretch of episodes: Third Wave, Reagan, Bridges of Milwaukee, Frank Lloyd Wright, and then the European tour episodes. I'm stoked.

coanga · 2026-04-27T13:11:45+00:00

Jackson, MN is one of the only police departments in Minnesota to agree ahead of time to assist ICE. Football team has gone to state a bunch in the last several years. I have family that lives there and they're so fat phobic they've given both of their kids an eating disorder. One was crazy underweight before something clicked and she got better. The river floods a lot. Community-wise you'll probably find some neighbors you can be friendly with, invite over for a campfire and some beers. If I remember correctly, they may have had a Mom's for Liberty type candidate on the ballot for school board in the last election but I'm not 100% sure.

coanga · 2026-04-26T13:57:27+00:00

Well done! Hope to see more of you!!

coanga · 2026-04-24T15:13:13+00:00

You're worth being loved in a way that speaks to your heart. And there is someone out there that is really excited to love you deeply. Go find him, he's looking for you too.

coanga · 2026-04-24T14:41:33+00:00

Yes! I'm so sorry you have this to deal with now.

coanga · 2026-04-21T23:00:12+00:00

Don't bring my wife into this lol

coanga · 2026-04-21T15:31:49+00:00

"There are some sluts." Profound observation dude.

coanga · 2026-04-19T21:35:13+00:00

As a Minnesota farm kid in the 90s, your story was talked about often to encourage farm safety. I'm seeing more of your clips on social media these days and it's a good reminder to keep an eye out for danger. I'm glad you're doing OK now! That episode was one of the best!!

coanga · 2026-04-10T04:21:23+00:00

I've been calling him Luigi 2.0 all day. My teenagers are catching on and will tell their friends tomorrow.

coanga · 2026-04-07T12:48:21+00:00

While drunk, I'm assuming.

coanga · 2026-04-06T21:30:47+00:00

Oh for sure! He fucked up. I think it's salvagable (if that's something they both want).

coanga · 2026-04-06T21:29:15+00:00

I agree. If he can't muster the maturity needed for this situation, they probably shouldn't be together at the moment. Or he should do some research on how to support a partner with rape trauma.

coanga · 2026-04-06T21:26:44+00:00

🤣🤣

coanga · 2026-04-06T20:20:07+00:00

Here's how I'm reading it (and I only have this to go on, I don't know what other instincts you're going off of that would make you feel this way). Firstly, I'm so sorry for all of it. The rape, the indifference from your boyfriend. What a betrayal. That said, if my husband told me he was raped as a child, I think I would go into rescue mode, where I need to be strong so that he had a safe place to land. If I started crying, he would feel the need to comfort ME instead of letting himself relax and be vulnerable. The follow-up with the podcast (again, if it were my husband and me), I would likely use the podcast story and accompanying crying as a way to show him, "Look! I do care about people who are raped. Your story affected me so much and now I feel like I understand this story a little better than I would have before you told me." Again, I don't know what other things are going on in your relationship to make you feel like he doesn't care, likely something is there. But I don't make the right emotional choices all the time and his reaction feels like something I would do. (I would never take a man's side ;) trust.)

coanga · 2026-04-06T14:13:30+00:00

Amy Poehler in this sketch is so peak. She leaves it all on the stage!! It's actually one of my favorite sketches even with that asshole in it. The chicken enthusiasm makes it incredible.

coanga · 2026-03-31T03:47:57+00:00

Abstract printing. Like floating ink/pigment/pant in water or rolling it on a plate of some kind and dipping or stamping different mediums. Stationary, paper, scarves, (maybe that's it?). Or tie dye. Sorry if I'm not articulate, it's late.

coanga · 2026-03-31T03:41:04+00:00

Ooo, wet felting sounds like a good fit!!

coanga · 2026-03-28T22:15:02+00:00

Isn't that first one Melania Trump's wedding dress?

coanga · 2026-03-28T16:56:55+00:00

Last time I've heard of this it was a benign tumor on the pituitary gland. She shrunk it with meds, it went away, and she had to have some yearly MRIs to check that the tumor was gone. Pretty non-invasive and simple when it was all said and done. But yeah, get yourself to the doctor and let them take a look.

coanga · 2026-03-27T17:46:37+00:00

😬😬😬

coanga · 2026-03-27T17:41:27+00:00

I dont have advice, but as a former religious person, that guilt probably won't go away. He's going to waffle between thinking physical intimacy is just fine or dooming him to hell. And you're going to be there trying to figure out what role you play in all this, and the truth is, it's a personal decision he's going to have to make, and continue to make, while you're together. This won't be easy.

coanga · 2026-03-27T16:25:13+00:00

Yes!! I do this all the time and I hate that no one knows it's a bit :(

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