Favorite pastimes include:
- Listening to NPR while making show paperwork
favorite rory williams moment in the history of everything
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I just did this. Legit.
the fuck
Clearly this is black magic at work here
been folding my shirts like this for so long that it feels weird to do it any other way
WHAT THE SHIT
i did this just now completely skeptical and when it worked i just fell over onto my bed and sobbed into my blanket
Roger does this shit ALL THE TIME and I would literally not be able to do anything but watch him food his laundry when I’d come over.
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i think there should be a biological setting for ‘i dont want kids why do i need to ovulate/menstruate’ and then your period just ollies out for a while
like ‘ok bro i accept your life choices call me if you want a baby’
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Neighborhood & Cultural History
Puerto Ricans began immigrating to Chicago in substantive numbers first from New York City and then from Puerto Rico itself in the 1930s and 40s, often settling on the city’s north side in what is now Lincoln Park. They were, however, quickly forced by gentrification to move west, and by the late-sixties most Puerto Ricans in Chicago lived in Humboldt Park, which was then considered an economic dead zone. Yet culturally the culture did not suffer, as many, identifying greatly with their homeland, continued to practice the arts and music of Puerto Rico, as well as gaining office in local political stations in order to represent the concerns of the oft-underrepresented Puerto Rican population. In 1995, Humboldt Park transformed into one of the most vibrant Latino neighborhoods in Chicago, as community leaders christened Division Street between Western Avenue and California Avenue “Paseo Boricua” and installed two monumental metal Puerto Rican flags across the street at each end of the strip.<blockquote(via Puerto Rican Artist Communities | Chicago Art Magazine)
Puerto Ricans of Humboldt Park today are again facing the effects of gentrification and many residents are now being pushed further West.
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A little history lesson …
- Puerto Rico has been part of US territory since 1898. Notable migration from Puerto Rico to Chicago began in the 1940′s to fill jobs in various US industries.
- The Puerto Rican Parade Committee is the oldest existing Puerto Rican organization in Chicago.
- When the parade was founded in 1964 the celebration originally commemorated El Día de San Juan and was organized by Los Caballeros de San Juan, one of the first Puerto Rican religious and social organizations in Chicago.
- Los Caballeros de San Juan was a religious institution with the goal of promoting integration of Puerto Rican migrants into mainstream Chicago life.
- El Día de San Juan celebrations was renamed to the Puerto Rican Parade in the year 1966.
- It was during the first Puerto Rican Parade on June 12, 1966 that one of the first Puerto Rican riots in the U.S. began. The riot, one of many urban disturbances across the nation in the 1960s was in response to the shooting of a young Puerto Rican man by Chicago police.
(via Chicago’s Puerto Rican Day Parade in the 60’s « Bella Vida by Letty Bella Vida by Letty)
Out of the house for the weekend.
If I had my computer, this is where a gif of Liz Lemon dancing while Tracy Jordan makes it rain would go.
Followed by one of her exclaiming “High fiving a million angels!”
The end.
