Observe and report

Dear Readers,
You all know how I love a good guest post. Well, my friend Revell — you know, my taxidermy partner in crime — wrote a doozy. Here is his end-of-year rant that he is permitting me to share. He echoes many of my same sentiments and is nothing if not authentic (edited slightly for format and references that might get him into trouble). You might agree with him, you might not, but it is a wild ride full of the F word (be warned). Enjoy!
Beth

Just a Yearly Update
By Revell

2020 … What the actual fuck? What even happened this year besides complete. Utter. CHAOS???

I don’t think I have ever been tested and pushed to this extent in my entire life, and I don’t doubt for a second the same for you! This may have been the most growth I’ve ever had in a single year or maybe as a human being in general.

This pandemic has had me question every aspect of my journey. Here’s a few key points I learned:

• Hold on to your loved ones, celebrate life, and don’t EVER think twice about being 100 percent authentically YOU.
• Don’t underestimate your personal power and know that WE REALLY ARE stronger in numbers.
• Speak up for what’s right, call people out on their bullshit, keep friends close who also call you out on your bullshit, be held accountable, and don’t ever stop pushing to be a better person.
• Being fired does not mean you were in the wrong or that you didn’t kill it at your job.
• You can be in love with more than one person.
• Mental health is real and you are not crazy.
• Georgia is fucking BLUE!
• Know your self worth, and don’t let people or corporations take advantage of you.
• No matter how cute and adorable, small powdery moths are not your friends and will potentially eat everything you own.
• Do not trust Nanna without a mask.
• Love your family unconditionally, especially when they make it through COVID alive! FUCK — when YOU make it through COVID alive!
• Dental care is still wayyyyyy too fucking expensive, and even when you try to be proactive about self care and the insurance money you paid into, you STILL get fucked! Well, unless it’s your cat and every tooth needs to be pulled at the most inconvenient time possible. So yeah! FUCKED!
• Give yourself opportunities to grow and make yourself uncomfortable.
• When someone laughs at your dreams or ideas and tells you they are not possible, just prove them wrong.
• Peanut butter and Ramen noodles will keep you alive in a pandemic.
• Credit Karma is an app and also part of being an adult now.
• White men are still the worst! Especially fuckin’ Boomers.
• Bernie’s campaign was smeared by the Democratic Party … AGAIN!
• This country was founded on slavery, and if you’re not jaded, you’re obviously. NOT. listening. Fuck a confederate monument.
• Socialism means all we want is healthcare … in … a … pandemic! Weird right?
• I’m a queer, loud, unapologetic abolitionist with no regrets!
• Well, one regret: that antique mirror at that one estate sale I decided not to buy on my credit card with money I didn’t have. Def a regret!
• Fuck fascists, centrists and the “American dream.”
• Trans women ARE real women!
• When you’re starving in pandemic, just EAT THE FUCKIN’ RICH!
• Harry Potter is fucking canceled, and J.K. Rowling ruined my childhood! What a TERF!
• Still bitter about Taco Bell not selling potatoes.
• And who knew that Paris Hilton’s vote-or-die campaign had such relevance now in 2020. The reality is vote, or FUCKING DIE!
• And last but not least, BLACKLIVESFUCKINGMATTER!