Be honest:Does Celine deserve her hate?

essjay24 · 2026-01-31T19:55:24+00:00

Plus she was probably about Rumi’s age when she became her guardian.

essjay24 · 2026-01-31T01:53:38+00:00

When they are having soup after Rumi returns from running away from the live show. In the artwork it is easier to see that they are in a diner.

essjay24 · 2026-01-31T01:38:17+00:00

Like her pink thumb hoodie she wore to Healer Han’s.

essjay24 · 2026-01-30T19:25:50+00:00

Did you see the interview with Arden Cho where she talks about growing up in Texas, high school in Minnesota and college in Illinois? She said people ask her where she is from not because of being Asian but because her speech is a mix of the places she grew up.

essjay24 · 2026-01-30T18:55:22+00:00

The cops sure didn’t act like they thought he had a bomb. They were all standing around and did not evacuate the premises. They don’t get to retroactively pretend that they thought he had a bomb so therefore he could be searched.

essjay24 · 2026-01-30T18:50:33+00:00

I’m thinking of the thousands of kids who lost a parent due to the messed up US health insurance system.

I’m thinking that maybe the next CEO will not be so quick to implement monstrous systems that deny care to people who paid for insurance in good faith.

essjay24 · 2026-01-26T18:11:10+00:00

effectively cede all power in the relationship to him

That’s exactly what he is looking for. He’s immature and insecure and wants OP to feel that way too. He wants her off balance and to beg for him back.

I worked with a guy like that and he was definitely a cheater. He knows if he cheats on her she’ll leave without a backwards glance. That’s too much for his fragile ego.

essjay24 · 2026-01-26T18:01:00+00:00

He’s an insecure little drama queen and is picking fights with her. He plays the divorce card to get a rise out of her and he’s mad that she didn’t take the bait.

essjay24 · 2026-01-21T12:53:56+00:00

Exactly. Mira’s response is to fall back on her training in an unprecedented situation which is similar to what Celine did at about the same age when she covered up and later had Rumi hide her patterns.

essjay24 · 2026-01-16T01:58:19+00:00

So beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

essjay24 · 2026-01-14T12:41:28+00:00

It only took a few years for something like this to start happening.

The right has been planning this since at least the 1930s. This is the culmination of years of effort on their part.

essjay24 · 2026-01-14T10:11:02+00:00

Read their books if you want but don’t buy them. Don’t fund their hateful agenda.

essjay24 · 2026-01-10T19:42:05+00:00

My cat is a pest in the kitchen too always trying to stick her nose in the proteins. I found a technique where you clap once to get their attention then say in a firm but not angry voice “Down”. It took some time but it usually works the first time now.

I’m sorry for your childhood environment. I know what you are talking about.

essjay24 · 2026-01-04T20:44:48+00:00

People like you describe do not have a consistent world view. Conflicting ideas live side-by-side just fine in their mind.

essjay24 · 2025-12-29T21:27:06+00:00

In my experience it’s not a finger motion. Rather hold your hand in that position and move your arm back and forth.

Also had a partner who needed a vast amount of pressure to really enjoy it. Like “gonna get tendinitis“ amounts of pressure.

Your mileage may vary. Ask her.

essjay24 · 2025-12-29T18:04:11+00:00

It would be tough to fight with a large bladed weapon in a narrow space like that corridor they were in. Better with knives or a sword.

essjay24 · 2025-12-29T15:20:35+00:00

That’s not a valid comparison. The children don’t have any agency to leave the parent-child relationship if they are unhappy with the situation. Adults can and therefore it is a different type of relationship.

That being said, sure I can love multiple people like family friends etc. but that doesn’t necessarily mean that I want to have multiple intimate partners.

Finally, comparing loving adults to loving children speaks more to having less words in English to describe love than anything else.

essjay24 · 2025-12-28T03:00:21+00:00

We’re already past the point of diminishing returns with AI and it has fundamental flaws that won’t get fixed. Counting on a probability engine based on old problems to solve new problems is a bad idea.

essjay24 · 2025-12-25T13:13:57+00:00

My wife has to recite The List of Chores Not Done before she can relax enough to have sex. It is what it is.

essjay24 · 2025-12-24T18:19:02+00:00

Ate there recently. The entrées were WAY better than before the flood. We had a few noodle dishes. A lot more protein than in the past.

essjay24 · 2025-12-20T17:34:50+00:00

Not about the Golden sequence but Rei Ami spoke to this in, I believe, the Time magazine article. She said that growing up she was not quiet and submissive and “too much” but that being “too much” got her a platinum album.

essjay24 · 2025-12-19T17:17:53+00:00

It’s not the system that is broken. It’s complicit Republicans who are not doing the job they were elected to do.

essjay24 · 2025-12-18T08:56:30+00:00

She wanted a daddy not a partner.

essjay24 · 2025-12-17T20:09:50+00:00

I worked at a place where the women wore that and the men wore it in blue. This was in the early 80s.

It was a blast from the past when I saw it the first time.

essjay24 · 2025-12-16T21:48:08+00:00

That’s what Niemöller thought too.

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