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  1. Rugăciune în vreme de război sau în caz de pericol al ţării Această rugăciune se citea în toate bisericile ortodoxe în timpul celui de-al doilea Război Mondial, 1941-1945 👉 c.aparatorul.md/vz13z 👈 #BisericileOrtodoxe #drepteiTaleJudecăţi #Dumnezeu #fărădelegile #Mânia #Mântuirea #Mantuitorul #milostenie #razboi #rugăciune
    c.aparatorul.md/vz13z

  2. Rugăciune în vreme de război sau în caz de pericol al ţării Această rugăciune se citea în toate bisericile ortodoxe în timpul celui de-al doilea Război Mondial, 1941-1945 👉 c.aparatorul.md/whaku 👈 #BisericileOrtodoxe #drepteiTaleJudecăţi #Dumnezeu #fărădelegile #Mânia #Mântuirea #Mantuitorul #milostenie #razboi #rugăciune
    c.aparatorul.md/whaku

  3. I wrote a blog post! It's a letter to my past self, from about a year ago when I was a bit manic.

    If you want me to write similar things to you, you can hire me as a "life coach". I won't know your future though 😉

    #mh #MentalHealth #mania #manic #psychosis #neuroSpicy #NeuroDivergent #NeuroDiversity #LetterToMyself

    aurin.mataroa.blog/blog/letter

  4. I wrote a blog post! It's a letter to my past self, from about a year ago when I was a bit manic.

    If you want me to write similar things to you, you can hire me as a "life coach". I won't know your future though 😉

    #mh #MentalHealth #mania #manic #psychosis #neuroSpicy #NeuroDivergent #NeuroDiversity #LetterToMyself

    aurin.mataroa.blog/blog/letter

  5. I wrote a blog post! It's a letter to my past self, from about a year ago when I was a bit manic.

    If you want me to write similar things to you, you can hire me as a "life coach". I won't know your future though 😉

    #mh #MentalHealth #mania #manic #psychosis #neuroSpicy #NeuroDivergent #NeuroDiversity #LetterToMyself

    aurin.mataroa.blog/blog/letter

  6. I wrote a blog post! It's a letter to my past self, from about a year ago when I was a bit manic.

    If you want me to write similar things to you, you can hire me as a "life coach". I won't know your future though 😉

    #mh #MentalHealth #mania #manic #psychosis #neuroSpicy #NeuroDivergent #NeuroDiversity #LetterToMyself

    aurin.mataroa.blog/blog/letter

  7. I wrote a blog post! It's a letter to my past self, from about a year ago when I was a bit manic.

    If you want me to write similar things to you, you can hire me as a "life coach". I won't know your future though 😉

    #mh #MentalHealth #mania #manic #psychosis #neuroSpicy #NeuroDivergent #NeuroDiversity #LetterToMyself

    aurin.mataroa.blog/blog/letter

  8. It has been a rough kind of day, I had some rent chores to tend to, which exacerbated both my pain and exhaustion, in between taking many breaks and even now I have not been able to get comfortable enough to relax at all, the wonders of doing anything often spins by #bipolar #mania into drive, which in itself is exhausting, a long time ago I realized how I used to have the energy to ride a bicycle hundreds of miles in a week while working 80 hours, and then later how I could manage working 120+ hours a week without crashing, now eventually that all caught up with me, but in the time since I have done my best to keep my body still and my mind as quiet as I could, as any physical activity seems to through me into a mania induced activation, and it has always been hard to keep my mind quiet, but between the two, along with my constant pain sleep often evades me, so doing chores becomes a fine line of balancing extra pain and at what point does my body refuse to shut down and relax, the sad thing is, there is not pre set limit what works one day may not the next and so on, it is a constant battle of will, and far to often I am stuck in a full speed go even though my body can no longer perform, and that causes more pain more exhaustion and really a great deal of aggravation, in anyevent I am having a hard time chilling out and relaxing and my mind is running so fast it is extremely hard to focus on anything at all;

    You can encourage my continued useless #poetry, creativity and expression of self, #commentary, random thoughts, #philosophy and ideas, and by doing so your helping to feed, house and clothe a #disabled man living in #poverty, $5-10-15 It All Helps, via #cashapp at $woctxphotog or via #paypal at paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=…

    #bipolar, #woctxphotog, #anxiety, #cashapp, #DisabilityAwareness, #DisabilitySupport, #disabled, #food, #FromHungerToHope, #fundraise, #groceries, #health, #HopeRestored, #MentalHealthMatters, #MutualAid, #MutualAidHelp, #Paypal, #poverty, #PovertyRelief, #pasjrwoctx

  9. It has been a rough kind of day, I had some rent chores to tend to, which exacerbated both my pain and exhaustion, in between taking many breaks and even now I have not been able to get comfortable enough to relax at all, the wonders of doing anything often spins by #bipolar #mania into drive, which in itself is exhausting, a long time ago I realized how I used to have the energy to ride a bicycle hundreds of miles in a week while working 80 hours, and then later how I could manage working 120+ hours a week without crashing, now eventually that all caught up with me, but in the time since I have done my best to keep my body still and my mind as quiet as I could, as any physical activity seems to through me into a mania induced activation, and it has always been hard to keep my mind quiet, but between the two, along with my constant pain sleep often evades me, so doing chores becomes a fine line of balancing extra pain and at what point does my body refuse to shut down and relax, the sad thing is, there is not pre set limit what works one day may not the next and so on, it is a constant battle of will, and far to often I am stuck in a full speed go even though my body can no longer perform, and that causes more pain more exhaustion and really a great deal of aggravation, in anyevent I am having a hard time chilling out and relaxing and my mind is running so fast it is extremely hard to focus on anything at all;

    You can encourage my continued useless #poetry, creativity and expression of self, #commentary, random thoughts, #philosophy and ideas, and by doing so your helping to feed, house and clothe a #disabled man living in #poverty, $5-10-15 It All Helps, via #cashapp at $woctxphotog or via #paypal at paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=…

    #bipolar, #woctxphotog, #anxiety, #cashapp, #DisabilityAwareness, #DisabilitySupport, #disabled, #food, #FromHungerToHope, #fundraise, #groceries, #health, #HopeRestored, #MentalHealthMatters, #MutualAid, #MutualAidHelp, #Paypal, #poverty, #PovertyRelief, #pasjrwoctx

  10. It has been a rough kind of day, I had some rent chores to tend to, which exacerbated both my pain and exhaustion, in between taking many breaks and even now I have not been able to get comfortable enough to relax at all, the wonders of doing anything often spins by #bipolar #mania into drive, which in itself is exhausting, a long time ago I realized how I used to have the energy to ride a bicycle hundreds of miles in a week while working 80 hours, and then later how I could manage working 120+ hours a week without crashing, now eventually that all caught up with me, but in the time since I have done my best to keep my body still and my mind as quiet as I could, as any physical activity seems to through me into a mania induced activation, and it has always been hard to keep my mind quiet, but between the two, along with my constant pain sleep often evades me, so doing chores becomes a fine line of balancing extra pain and at what point does my body refuse to shut down and relax, the sad thing is, there is not pre set limit what works one day may not the next and so on, it is a constant battle of will, and far to often I am stuck in a full speed go even though my body can no longer perform, and that causes more pain more exhaustion and really a great deal of aggravation, in anyevent I am having a hard time chilling out and relaxing and my mind is running so fast it is extremely hard to focus on anything at all;

    You can encourage my continued useless #poetry, creativity and expression of self, #commentary, random thoughts, #philosophy and ideas, and by doing so your helping to feed, house and clothe a #disabled man living in #poverty, $5-10-15 It All Helps, via #cashapp at $woctxphotog or via #paypal at paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=…

    #bipolar, #woctxphotog, #anxiety, #cashapp, #DisabilityAwareness, #DisabilitySupport, #disabled, #food, #FromHungerToHope, #fundraise, #groceries, #health, #HopeRestored, #MentalHealthMatters, #MutualAid, #MutualAidHelp, #Paypal, #poverty, #PovertyRelief, #pasjrwoctx

  11. So that weirdo #Youtuber who has been going around accusing #tobyfox from #undertale and #teelopes of #Sonic #Mania fame, just accused #GrantKirkhope from #rare of plagiarism. Wow, this dude has lost his mind. #videogames #music

  12. Understanding the role of paraventricular thalamic nucleus in bipolar disorder pathophysiology

    Bipolar disorder (BD) is a chronic mental health condition characterized by recurrent episodes of depression and mania. It…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #bipolardisorder #Brain #Chronic #cognitivefunction #depression #GlobalHealth #Hippocampus #mania #medicine #Mentalhealth #Neuroimaging #Pathology #protein #psychiatry #research #Thalamus
    newsbeep.com/au/118944/

  13. W zeszłym roku byłem osiem dni w Kijowie... Nie zmyślam. Wprawdzie czasem kłamstwo sprawia, że prawda staje się bardziej wiarygodna, ale nie zamierzam iść tą drogą (nie chcę się pogubić, łatwiej pamiętać tylko prawdę).

    Wiem już też, że „białe kłamstwa” prowadzą na manowce i że mają swoją wagę i że obciążają przede wszystkim kłamiącego (pamiętacie ostatnie kłamstwo w Jądrze ciemności Josepha Conrada? A wiecie, że autor powiedział kiedyś, że umieścił w narracji to „białe” — cóż za ironia — kłamstwo, bo bez niego byłoby zbyt ciemno?).

    Teraz, że tak się wyrażę, stoję w prawdzie, nawet jeśli jest ona bolesna dla wszystkich wokół.

    Ciąg dalszy na blogu:

    👉 szkup.pl/bylo-trzeba-to-poszed

    Zapraszam do lektury i do dyskusji 🙃

    #autyzm #BipolarDisorder #BPAD #CHAD #CKOD #depersonalizacja #depresja #derealizacja #dyskursy #emocje #fakty #filozofia #guarded #Kijów #kłamstwo #KrzysztofGonciarz #lingwistyka #literatura #ŁÓDŹ #mania #miłość #paradygmaty #patronite #pisanie #PLANEWAKUACJI #prawda #przyjaźń #psychologia #spektrumautyzmu #spektrumCHAD #sport #straty #SzczepanTwardoch #szpitale #szpitalepsychiatryczne #psychiatryk #uczucia #Ukraina #vulnerable #walka #wojna #wojnaidei #wyalienowanie #wyobcowanie #życienamiaręliteratury #literatura #książki #blog #blogowanie #wspomnienia #NEWLIFE

    @ksiazki @patronitepl @patronite_pl

  14. CW: Wranamania Weekend Data Retroactive (Unspoileable)

    Fri:
    #RayFenix got the 1st #rana of #Wrestlemania (long) weekend on #Berto

    How much more #Hurricanrana will there be on #Wwe #SmackDown Fri, two weekendnights & #Raw Mon with NXT Tues? )

    #DragonLee on #ShinsukeNakamura 2
    #RayFenix again on #Andrade 3
    #CarmelloHayes also spun around #Andrade's neck a few times 4
    .
    #ChrisSabin on #MontezFord 5
    .
    #DragonLee on the medium height guy #BrutusBall? from #AmericanMade 6
    Dragon with a #StepUpRana on #ChadGable 7
    .

    Sat Aft #Nxt #StandAndDeliver:
    #Axiom on #HankWalker 8
    .
    #Giulia on #JaidaParker 9
    .
    #JevonEvans on #TrickWilliams 10
    And Je'von again on #ObaFemi 11
    And again! 12

    Sat #night1:
    #JeyUso on #Gunther 13
    .
    RayFenix on #ElGrandeAmericano 14
    And again! 15

    Sun #night2:
    #iyoSky on #RheaRipley 16
    And again! 17
    .
    #BronBreakker on #FinnBalor 18

    Mon:
    #StephanieVaquer on #iyoSky 19
    And again! 20
    .
    #Penta on #DomenicMysterio 21
    And again! 22

    Tue #Nxt:
    #JevonEvans with 2 ranas on Osiris' tag team partner #Lennox from #DarkState 24
    .
    #RoxannePerez on #StephanieVaquer

    ...all that said to make a count of 25 hurricanranas (jumping ankles around head scissors) over #wrestling's perhaps most anticipated weekend.

    Special thanks to my Nephew Kyle for hosting yet another of his now famous Wrestlemania Birthday meetups! )

    @rye : Any suggestions for a fun&free&easy database where i can store these kinds of statistics? )

    #WweSmackDown #NxtStandAndDeliver #WweRaw #WweNxt #Mania

  15. CW: Hospitalization, mental health (+/-), chronic illness

    Finally coming off an ~5-day* #hypomanic stretch, which is essentially unheard of since my #MECFS worsened some years ago. One or two days is more typical.

    Guess we now know what happens when I can't take my meds for few days.

    On the upsides, I felt good for several days, even including having it probably buoy me over the post-hospital #PEM.

    There will probably be some post-mania PEM, but it's likely to be lesser.

    *I have what I call "rapid-cycling #Bipolar 1.5." It's hypomania, not full mania (Bipolar 1), but lasts longer than Bipolar 2 is "supposed to."\ It's also much more often hypomania than depression, which is good!

    #Mania #Bipolar #BipolarDisorder

  16. CW: Hospitalization, mental health (+/-), chronic illness

    Finally coming off an ~5-day* #hypomanic stretch, which is essentially unheard of since my #MECFS worsened some years ago. One or two days is more typical.

    Guess we now know what happens when I can't take my meds for few days.

    On the upsides, I felt good for several days, even including having it probably buoy me over the post-hospital #PEM.

    There will probably be some post-mania PEM, but it's likely to be lesser.

    *I have what I call "rapid-cycling #Bipolar 1.5." It's hypomania, not full mania (Bipolar 1), but lasts longer than Bipolar 2 is "supposed to."\ It's also much more often hypomania than depression, which is good!

    #Mania #Bipolar #BipolarDisorder

  17. CW: Hospitalization, mental health (+/-), chronic illness

    Finally coming off an ~5-day* #hypomanic stretch, which is essentially unheard of since my #MECFS worsened some years ago. One or two days is more typical.

    Guess we now know what happens when I can't take my meds for few days.

    On the upsides, I felt good for several days, even including having it probably buoy me over the post-hospital #PEM.

    There will probably be some post-mania PEM, but it's likely to be lesser.

    *I have what I call "rapid-cycling #Bipolar 1.5." It's hypomania, not full mania (Bipolar 1), but lasts longer than Bipolar 2 is "supposed to."\ It's also much more often hypomania than depression, which is good!

    #Mania #Bipolar #BipolarDisorder

  18. CW: Hospitalization, mental health (+/-), chronic illness

    Finally coming off an ~5-day* #hypomanic stretch, which is essentially unheard of since my #MECFS worsened some years ago. One or two days is more typical.

    Guess we now know what happens when I can't take my meds for few days.

    On the upsides, I felt good for several days, even including having it probably buoy me over the post-hospital #PEM.

    There will probably be some post-mania PEM, but it's likely to be lesser.

    *I have what I call "rapid-cycling #Bipolar 1.5." It's hypomania, not full mania (Bipolar 1), but lasts longer than Bipolar 2 is "supposed to."\ It's also much more often hypomania than depression, which is good!

    #Mania #Bipolar #BipolarDisorder

  19. CW: Hospitalization, mental health (+/-), chronic illness

    Finally coming off an ~5-day* #hypomanic stretch, which is essentially unheard of since my #MECFS worsened some years ago. One or two days is more typical.

    Guess we now know what happens when I can't take my meds for few days.

    On the upsides, I felt good for several days, even including having it probably buoy me over the post-hospital #PEM.

    There will probably be some post-mania PEM, but it's likely to be lesser.

    *I have what I call "rapid-cycling #Bipolar 1.5." It's hypomania, not full mania (Bipolar 1), but lasts longer than Bipolar 2 is "supposed to."\ It's also much more often hypomania than depression, which is good!

    #Mania #Bipolar #BipolarDisorder

  20. W zeszłym roku byłem osiem dni w Kijowie... Nie zmyślam. Wprawdzie czasem kłamstwo sprawia, że prawda staje się bardziej wiarygodna, ale nie zamierzam iść tą drogą (nie chcę się pogubić, łatwiej pamiętać tylko prawdę).

    Wiem już też, że „białe kłamstwa” prowadzą na manowce i że mają swoją wagę i że obciążają przede wszystkim kłamiącego (pamiętacie ostatnie kłamstwo w Jądrze ciemności Josepha Conrada? A wiecie, że autor powiedział kiedyś, że umieścił w narracji to „białe” — cóż za ironia — kłamstwo, bo bez niego byłoby zbyt ciemno?).

    Teraz, że tak się wyrażę, stoję w prawdzie, nawet jeśli jest ona bolesna dla wszystkich wokół.

    Ciąg dalszy na blogu:

    👉 szkup.pl/bylo-trzeba-to-poszed

    Zapraszam do lektury i do dyskusji 🙃

    #autyzm #BipolarDisorder #BPAD #CHAD #CKOD #depersonalizacja #depresja #derealizacja #dyskursy #emocje #fakty #filozofia #guarded #Kijów #kłamstwo #KrzysztofGonciarz #lingwistyka #literatura #ŁÓDŹ #mania #miłość #paradygmaty #patronite #pisanie #PLANEWAKUACJI #prawda #przyjaźń #psychologia #spektrumautyzmu #spektrumCHAD #sport #straty #SzczepanTwardoch #szpitale #szpitalepsychiatryczne #psychiatryk #uczucia #Ukraina #vulnerable #walka #wojna #wojnaidei #wyalienowanie #wyobcowanie #życienamiaręliteratury #literatura #książki #blog #blogowanie #wspomnienia #NEWLIFE

    @ksiazki @patronitepl @patronite_pl

  21. W zeszłym roku byłem osiem dni w Kijowie... Nie zmyślam. Wprawdzie czasem kłamstwo sprawia, że prawda staje się bardziej wiarygodna, ale nie zamierzam iść tą drogą (nie chcę się pogubić, łatwiej pamiętać tylko prawdę).

    Wiem już też, że „białe kłamstwa” prowadzą na manowce i że mają swoją wagę i że obciążają przede wszystkim kłamiącego (pamiętacie ostatnie kłamstwo w Jądrze ciemności Josepha Conrada? A wiecie, że autor powiedział kiedyś, że umieścił w narracji to „białe” — cóż za ironia — kłamstwo, bo bez niego byłoby zbyt ciemno?).

    Teraz, że tak się wyrażę, stoję w prawdzie, nawet jeśli jest ona bolesna dla wszystkich wokół.

    Ciąg dalszy na blogu:

    👉 szkup.pl/bylo-trzeba-to-poszed

    Zapraszam do lektury i do dyskusji 🙃

    #autyzm #BipolarDisorder #BPAD #CHAD #CKOD #depersonalizacja #depresja #derealizacja #dyskursy #emocje #fakty #filozofia #guarded #Kijów #kłamstwo #KrzysztofGonciarz #lingwistyka #literatura #ŁÓDŹ #mania #miłość #paradygmaty #patronite #pisanie #PLANEWAKUACJI #prawda #przyjaźń #psychologia #spektrumautyzmu #spektrumCHAD #sport #straty #SzczepanTwardoch #szpitale #szpitalepsychiatryczne #psychiatryk #uczucia #Ukraina #vulnerable #walka #wojna #wojnaidei #wyalienowanie #wyobcowanie #życienamiaręliteratury #literatura #książki #blog #blogowanie #wspomnienia #NEWLIFE

    @ksiazki @patronitepl @patronite_pl

  22. W zeszłym roku byłem osiem dni w Kijowie... Nie zmyślam. Wprawdzie czasem kłamstwo sprawia, że prawda staje się bardziej wiarygodna, ale nie zamierzam iść tą drogą (nie chcę się pogubić, łatwiej pamiętać tylko prawdę).

    Wiem już też, że „białe kłamstwa” prowadzą na manowce i że mają swoją wagę i że obciążają przede wszystkim kłamiącego (pamiętacie ostatnie kłamstwo w Jądrze ciemności Josepha Conrada? A wiecie, że autor powiedział kiedyś, że umieścił w narracji to „białe” — cóż za ironia — kłamstwo, bo bez niego byłoby zbyt ciemno?).

    Teraz, że tak się wyrażę, stoję w prawdzie, nawet jeśli jest ona bolesna dla wszystkich wokół.

    Ciąg dalszy na blogu:

    👉 szkup.pl/bylo-trzeba-to-poszed

    Zapraszam do lektury i do dyskusji 🙃

    #autyzm #BipolarDisorder #BPAD #CHAD #CKOD #depersonalizacja #depresja #derealizacja #dyskursy #emocje #fakty #filozofia #guarded #Kijów #kłamstwo #KrzysztofGonciarz #lingwistyka #literatura #ŁÓDŹ #mania #miłość #paradygmaty #patronite #pisanie #PLANEWAKUACJI #prawda #przyjaźń #psychologia #spektrumautyzmu #spektrumCHAD #sport #straty #SzczepanTwardoch #szpitale #szpitalepsychiatryczne #psychiatryk #uczucia #Ukraina #vulnerable #walka #wojna #wojnaidei #wyalienowanie #wyobcowanie #życienamiaręliteratury #literatura #książki #blog #blogowanie #wspomnienia #NEWLIFE

    @ksiazki @patronitepl @patronite_pl

  23. W zeszłym roku byłem osiem dni w Kijowie... Nie zmyślam. Wprawdzie czasem kłamstwo sprawia, że prawda staje się bardziej wiarygodna, ale nie zamierzam iść tą drogą (nie chcę się pogubić, łatwiej pamiętać tylko prawdę).

    Wiem już też, że „białe kłamstwa” prowadzą na manowce i że mają swoją wagę i że obciążają przede wszystkim kłamiącego (pamiętacie ostatnie kłamstwo w Jądrze ciemności Josepha Conrada? A wiecie, że autor powiedział kiedyś, że umieścił w narracji to „białe” — cóż za ironia — kłamstwo, bo bez niego byłoby zbyt ciemno?).

    Teraz, że tak się wyrażę, stoję w prawdzie, nawet jeśli jest ona bolesna dla wszystkich wokół.

    Ciąg dalszy na blogu:

    👉 szkup.pl/bylo-trzeba-to-poszed

    Zapraszam do lektury i do dyskusji 🙃

    #autyzm #BipolarDisorder #BPAD #CHAD #CKOD #depersonalizacja #depresja #derealizacja #dyskursy #emocje #fakty #filozofia #guarded #Kijów #kłamstwo #KrzysztofGonciarz #lingwistyka #literatura #ŁÓDŹ #mania #miłość #paradygmaty #patronite #pisanie #PLANEWAKUACJI #prawda #przyjaźń #psychologia #spektrumautyzmu #spektrumCHAD #sport #straty #SzczepanTwardoch #szpitale #szpitalepsychiatryczne #psychiatryk #uczucia #Ukraina #vulnerable #walka #wojna #wojnaidei #wyalienowanie #wyobcowanie #życienamiaręliteratury #literatura #książki #blog #blogowanie #wspomnienia #NEWLIFE

    @ksiazki @patronitepl @patronite_pl

  24. pretty sure I'm losing my mind

    keep seeing things out of the corner of my eye

    hearing my name in the distance

    mirrors are terrifying

    my mood is... unstable, to say the least

    only a week until I see my psych

    wish me luck

    #mentalhealth #mania #bipolar #shadowpeople #callingforme #thoughts

  25. TO DO LIST

    DURING BIPOLAR MANIA
    - start a business
    - go to Bali
    - find my soul mate
    - run a marathon
    - start crossfit
    - become a doctor

    DURING BIPOLAR DEPRESSION
    - get out of bed

    #bipolar #mentalHealth #depression #notjustsad #hypomania #notjusthappy #mania

  26. Rapid heartbeat, or tachycardia, is a potential symptom associated with schizomania and is one that happens to me frequently.

    You'd think I was watching a pulchritudinous female dancer with the lights on most of the time.

    Wonder if she likes it.

    #Schizomania #mania #anxiety

  27. Here's another great snippet from Ed Zitron's takedown of generative Ai mania:
    "Generative AI exists for two reasons: to cost money, and to make executives look busy. It was meant to be the new enterprise software and the new iPhone and the new Netflix all at once, a panacea where software guys pay one hardware guy for GPUs to unlock the incredible value creation of the future."
    wheresyoured.at/the-case-again
    #GenerativeAi #Ai #Business #Software #Bubble #Mania #Capitalism #EdZitron

  28. 🎺

    Trump did another cray late night Lies Antisocial dump and Gov. Gavin Newsom was totally there for it!

    #taco47 #mania

  29. 1/2 I played the alto #Saxophone growing up. Originally it was about being in band where all my friends were. I chose sax because it they had one and it looked easier to carrier than everything else. I sucked for at least a year. To sit next to the second chair player (a cutie) I needed to be better: move up the ranks. #Mania helped a lot. Over the summer (leading to high school) I practiced all day (meaning at least eight hours, maybe more), everyday. I played from songbooks. I played to the radio. I just played. When placement for the high school bands rolled around I ended up first chair, ahead even of the seniors. She also ended up first chair … of the concert band. I was first chair of the symphonic band. We weren’t even in the same class. (I won’t go into sitting next to the first chair French horn player, who was kind enough not to notice my crush).

    During this time I moved from playing just to manage where I was sitting to playing because I liked what I was making. The music and sound became more important to me than anything else. There were saxophone players I wanted to play like, but that’s not what I wanted to sound like. I wanted to sound like Annie Lennox, Aretha Franklin, there are new names today. I wanted to sound like a French horn. But I did want to play like some of my saxophone heroes. Near the very top, if not the top, was #JayBeckenstein, the front man for #SpyroGyra. I was well under twenty but saw him at Blossom Music Center at least once, possibly more. My friend and I devoured their music. He made me want to play the saxophone.

  30. I wonder, are people from the US (or elsewhere) generally aware of who Shohei Ohtani is?

    For a while now, you can’t go *anywhere* in Japan without seeing him.
    You want to sell some tea bags? Better slap Ohtani on!

    He’s a baseball god, with a face like a shonen manga hero, 193cm tall and 150cm shoulder width. So I actually don’t mind seeing him all the time. But I wonder if people in the US, where he plays, are also sooo crazy about him.

    #baseball #ohtani #mania

  31. Gespräch mit Chef.
    Er weiß nun von meiner Absicht, in die volle Erwerbsminderungsrente zu gehen. Bietet mir an, dass ich, wenn ich wieder in der Lage bin, stundenweise unterstütze. Er mag mich bzw meine Kenntnisse nicht einfach so hergeben.

    Ich werde jetzt erstmal wieder gesund...

    #bipolar #type2 #mentalHealth #depression #notjustsad #notjusthappy #mania #emr

  32. Mood Changes After Giving Birth? Spotting the Signs of Postpartum Bipolar Disorder: Understand the symptoms that set postpartum bipolar apart from regular postnatal mood swings. Mood changes after giving birth are common. So common, in fact, that postpartum depression is one of the most frequent complications of pregnancy, with 1 in 8 birthing women worldwide experiencing symptoms, according to the Centers for… bphope.com/postpartum-bipolar- #BipolarDepressionSymptoms #BipolarDisorderSymptoms #mania