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jasonisaacdrums, 18 days ago to random

A friend and fellow drummer just showed up to my practice studio with a case full of new cymbals from the company she endorses and I'm super jealous.

serpicojam, 18 days ago to detroit

How do we feel about these new uniforms, Tigers faithful?

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40090390/detroit-tigers-mlb-city-connect-uniforms-motor-city

#RepDetroit
#DetroitRoots
#DetroitTigers
#Tigers
#Detroit
#Baseball
#MLB

serpicojam, 19 days ago to juve

Anybody watching #RomaVJuv ? #SerieA

natyblooming, 20 days ago to drums

Short video of my drumming progress.
Paul took it without me knowing so not the best angle.
#drums

Me, practicing drumming.

maria, 22 days ago to random

My daughter sent this over today and man it is the real reality, a beautifully compressed version of the thing I wrote the other day about Iago

https://flaminghydra.com/iago-is-everywhere/

qotca, 26 days ago to detroit

#Detroit #Lansing #Michigan #MichiganAdvance #Trivia

Raised in a car town, you'd better know. 🏎️🚗

bexcommunicated, 27 days ago to random

Between the end of the draft and tourists spending their last night in Detroit on a Saturday, and the people who came in for the Tigers game, on top of first Saturday with nice weather normal shenanigans, downtown sounds ROWDY tonight

serpicojam, 27 days ago to random

Alas . . . to balance an olive on a fork as you take it out of the jar . . .

Alice, 27 days ago (edited 27 days ago) to random

Whenever we encounter a photo booth, @KevBot and I will usually try to stop and take some photos to document our day.

As a result, we've ended up with a LOT of photo booth strips, but my favorite is the one in the lower right of this photo where a woman was watching us take photos in the booth and, at the very last second, I asked if she wanted to be in our photo and she jumped in.

Lady, if you're out there, you were a great sport and we remember you fondly.

serpicojam, 28 days ago to detroit

Sometimes your baseball team loses 8-0, at home, to the Royals. ☹️

#RepDetroit
#DetroitRoots
#DetroitTigers
#Tigers
#Detroit
#Baseball
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serpicojam, 28 days ago to music

WooHooooo!

May’s issue of #MOJO has arrived!

#music

Waitnwallflower, 29 days ago to FIRE

Okay

History about me that probably no one here knows and typing this will likely make me sob then go to bed.

Anyone that follows me, and pays attention, knows I'm a child of abuse.

What you might not know is that I started leaving home at 13 (1st time I remember as an extended period).

What you likely don't know is that I was alone the last semester of my senior yr of HS, at least the last semester (best of my memory). I took my mom out of an institution on a furlough to see me graduate (she was forced there bc of "terroristic threats" against my abusive father bc she said "I could kill you for everything you've done to me" and went to bed; she woke up surrounded by police), in any event, shortly after I graduated, like less than a month for sure, she was released and she took him back.

He took everything I saved.

He told me to leave. He then tried to have me arrested over a land line phone I took with me, princess pink, I hope he enjoyed that phone.

I was immediately in need of housing and work.

My sister (🕯) helped me get an apartment (I was a minor), my retail job let me pick up hours. This was the 90s ppl, the economy sucked ass in NJ.

My eldest bro started sending me the job postings from OH where he was at the time.

Eventually I said "Fuck it. I have nothing to lose, literally", despite not knowing him (he left home when I was 5, bc of abusive father, and came back 1/yr, 2/yr at best).

I took a job as a contractor at the company I'm still with at the age of 18 (guesstimate). They hired me at 19 (for sure). They've promoted me to levels and pay that PhDs have.
When I say that I have fire, I mean I have fire.

Why does this matter to me right now???

What I saved was taken from me, my self worth was stolen from me as a child. I had desires. I had knowledge. I had passion. I had potential.

I was NOT going to let anything rob my son of his potential. I needed him to have opportunities that I didn't have, in ways I didn't have. After all, my intentions have always been to break the fucking chain of abuse.

I was set on paying for his college as hard as it might be. (As a single mom, bc I couldn't help myself but to date "the abusive man" hoping I could be his salvation. Never took a dime in child support.)

But I made my son take out a 5k loan his 1st semester bc I wanted him to feel invested in his future.

He has, at every turn in his life, exceeded my expectations. **The best human I know. For real.**💜💘💜

And so today, I decided that my college graduation gift to him will be to pay off that loan, because I can, with a grimace, but can.

The master bathroom remodel can continue to wait.

✌️💜
Happy graduation to my baby.

(Also, since on topic of a pos somewhere in this very long post:
🖕 I always told you I'd win, "dad". I've won. I am everything you told me I wasn't and more (🎶32 flavors and then some🎶). My only sorrow is that my mother couldn't join us this weekend, but I bet I see a single 🕊.)

Thank you to any of you that actually read all this. I see I'm in the thousands of characters 😬🤐💜✌️💜💞🌺
#IamWhatIam
#DoYou
#KeepOn
#Fire
💜❤️‍🔥

Waitnwallflower, 1 month ago to random

✨️☀️✨️
Happy Friday eve, friends.

Today is my Friday, my son begins moving stuff home today from college, final move tomorrow, graduation Saturday. Life is good. Mama is proud.💜

j, 1 month ago to random

Just spent a shameful amount of $$$ on an Amon-Ra St. Brown jersey. #Lions :lions:

serpicojam, 1 month ago to detroit

How ‘bout those 14-10 Detroit Tigers? 🧢 ⚾️ 💪

#RepDetroit
#DetroitRoots
#DetroitTigers
#Tigers
#Detroit
#Baseball
#MLB

serpicojam, 1 month ago to random

Go out there and howl at that moon, people!

#moon #fullmoon

serpicojam, 1 month ago to music

Sitting in the waiting room of a doctor’s office where they’re playing the extended version of Donna Summer’s “Hot Stuff.” 🔥🔥🔥🔥

#music

patrickworld, 1 month ago to random

Got a nice text from the city for my birthday 🥰

serpicojam, 1 month ago to detroit

How ‘bout those 13-10 Detroit Tigers? 🧢 ⚾️ 💪

#RepDetroit
#DetroitRoots
#DetroitTigers
#Tigers
#Detroit
#Baseball
#MLB

serpicojam, 1 month ago to random

Whoa! That big old moon is hollering out, folks!

#moon #FullMoon

serpicojam, 1 month ago to detroit

I’m liking this small ball from the Tigers, people.

#RepDetroit
#DetroitRoots
#DetroitTigers
#Tigers
#Detroit
#Baseball
#MLB

serpicojam, 1 month ago to juve

I have not been able to watch all of Roma's matches this year, but of all that I have seen this has been the chippiest. #SerieA #ASRoma

jasonisaacdrums, 1 month ago to drums

Doing a little late night recording for an upcoming project from an old friend. I'm using the house kit at work - Slingerland drums and Zildjian K cymbals. My favorite fringe benefit of the job. Membership has its privileges.

#drums

Alice, 1 year ago to random

The worst thing about having a birthday the day after Cinco de Mayo is that everybody is always like "Here's a present for both Cinco de Mayo AND your birthday."