Senator's Selects 2023/04/01 - THE COOL FACTS DOUBLE DIGEST
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April 1st. Traditonally, this date falls on the first of April, and means several things: not sure what, but research isn't really my forte. It's spring, a season of change and frankly, we could all use a little change - I'm changing my gender, my socks and (god willing) my underwear. Been getting a lot of asks for that last one, apparently they're not supposed to be more holes than fabric. Whatever. April 1st also means a lot to the Cool Facts family because it's Usopp's birthday and if you're not laughing, well, you gotta read 104+ volumes of One Piece. I'll wait and if you don't read all of it, you're transphobic. Sorry, I don't make the rules, I'm just trans.
Thanks for doing that. Wasn't Gear 5 awesome? Super excited to find out what really happened during the void century, what the drums of liberation sound like and what the will of D really means. One Piece is communist, you heard it here first, hopefully. Anyway, enough about One Piece, let's talk a little about how I won peace. I sat down, listened to the voices in my head and expressed them. To everyone who already knew, thank you. To everyone who's finding out now, thank you. Ever onward, ever forward.
The COOL Dump
We had a sandwich lunch together and they wished me happy birthday... No cake was eaten, and no one even sang happy birthday - Boris Johnson
"I'm not guilty," Householder exclaimed Thursday to reporters following his guilty verdict. - Ohio Capital Journal
Introducing the youth to "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" by telling them it's just a play about a couple who can't stop doing bits - May
You gotta be trans it's very important - Rose
Write to moms now! YOU MUST BE DISCREET. Only older ladies at this site. Click here. - Pornhub
At the Movies
High and Low (one million stars)
Try to remember when your happiness comes at someone else's expense and of course, think pink!
Brewster McCloud (ten million stars)
Odo! Shelley! Li'l Bud Cort! I think that every one of us can relate to the desire to fly away sometimes.
Touki Bouki (eight hundred and thirty seven stars and one bag of popcorn)
What happens after the end of a story, when we're forced to keep going? Hopefully it's healing.
The Organizer (ten half bags of popcorn)
C'mon, watch this and tell me you don't want to save the whole goddamn world. It's worth it.
La Cage Aux Folles (five bags of popcorn and one PIRIN)
I'm not crying, you're crying.
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In closing,
Mx. Cool Facts, huh? Just like my partner, Mx. Cool Facts. We're the Cool Facts and here's the Cool Fact you've been waiting for:
How to be happy (spin those GEARS!)
Get regular exercise, even just twenty minutes of simple aerobic exercise around your neighborhood
Eat healthy food! I'm a big fan of roasted vegetables, a protein, rice and a marinade. Healthy doesn't have to mean flavorless or boring.
Added sugar is pretty bad for physical AND mental health. Cut most sugar out of your diet but let yourself enjoy a sweet every day.
Reconnect with your friends and tell them why they inspire you!
Spend some time alone, without your phone, working on something creative.
and of course
Remember that they'll never win as long as you love yourself. We are stronger.
I've been in the closet for a while and I'm happy to be out, if you want to reach out and tell me what you like about me or something nice I've done for you and how that made you feel, that'd mean so much. I've had a hard time remembering there's a person in here, making the jokes.
Be careful though, if you end up as happy as I did, it might make you trans. I'm always here if you need a friend.