Jill McElya

Founder and President of Invisible Girl Project -- @nvisiblegirlprj. #endfemicide #savegirls #empowerwomen in India. Views/posts are personal opinions.

[OkieMaga_Patriot46 @Okie_Patriot46]

I need to make a very PUBLIC announcement on behalf of younger GenXers and older Millennials.

If you see someone in their 40s or 50s who seems a little boring now, I need you to understand something...

We already got it in.

Like...GOT. IT. IN.

We are not sitting home on a Friday night because we never knew how to have fun.
We are sitting home on a Friday night because we have seen enough.

We went to parties in houses that should have been condemned and were almost certainly owned by the local drug dealer.

We saw police lights and RAN and not across a nice, flat field.
INTO THE WOODS.

Do you understand the athleticism required to hurdle uprooted tree roots in platform shoes while simultaneously trying to keep your low-rise jeans from sliding completely off your ass?

And somehow...we never spilled the Zima. We never spilled the Boone’s Farm.

That was TALENT.

We slept on floors in strange houses because the designated driver either never showed up or, in a shocking turn of events, was drunker than everybody else.

There was no Uber, Life360 or Find My Friends.
There was just somebody named Mike saying, “I know a shortcut.”

And we FOLLOWED MIKE.

We closed down bars and then decided the night was still young, so we drove to Atlantic City, where we somehow managed to get drunk, sober up, get drunk again, sober up again and then get drunk a THIRD TIME before breakfast.

And according to our parents? We were at Michelle’s house.

Eating pizza and watching movies.

Michelle’s mother unknowingly covered for approximately 17 people every weekend. If there even was a Michelle.

We drank things called Purple Passion, Mad Dog 20/20 and whatever somebody mixed inside a giant plastic garbage can. Nobody asked what was in it. You grabbed a red Solo cup and trusted the process.

We went to clubs until the lights came on. Do you know the psychological damage of seeing a nightclub with the LIGHTS ON? Nothing good happens after those lights come on.

We danced for four straight hours in shoes that permanently altered the structure of our feet.

We made entire plans without cell phones...no texts, dropped pins or group chats...just an extremely questionable sense of direction.

We rode in cars with 11 people when the vehicle legally seated five. Someone was always sitting on someone. Someone was always in the hatchback.
And there was always one friend yelling, “DUCK!” when we passed a cop.

So yes...now we like being home.
We like sweatpants.
We like cancelling plans.
We like saying, “That sounds fun!” with absolutely no intention of attending.
We like restaurants at 5:30 because we can get a good table.
We like being home by 8:17.

And if someone texts at 9:30 PM and says, “What are you doing?”
Sleeping...we are sleeping.

Because this is not boring my friends...this is retirement.

We already played, partied and danced on the bar.
We already ran from the cops through a wooded area dressed like a Spice Girl.

We have stories that cannot be posted because there are still people with careers, marriages and reputations to protect. And thank GOD there were no camera phones.

So kids, when you look at your Gen X and older Millennial parents sitting peacefully on the couch watching Dateline at 8 PM and think:
“God, you guys are boring.”

Sweetheart...oh sweetheart.
You are looking at retired legends.

Put some respect on our names. We're probably the reason Life360 was invented.

xoxoxo (posted from someone else on FakeBook) 🤣 #genx #oldandtired

[Jill McElya @IGPJill]

Wow.

[Jill McElya @IGPJill]

@FreddyLA7 @FightingIrishND @NotreDame247
AND @Chiefs Football!!!!

[Jill McElya @IGPJill]

@GCU_MBB Yes!!!! So glad PM trusts Coach Drew do to what he is great at! Lopes up!

[Justin Bass @DrJustinbass]

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was hanged by the Nazis on April 9, 1945 at the Flossenbürg concentration camp.

A camp doctor who was there gave this eyewitness account:

“On the morning of that day between five and six o’clock the prisoners, including Admiral Canaris, General Oster and state attorney Dr. Sack were taken from their cells and the verdicts of the court martial read out to them. Through the half-open door in one room of the huts, I saw Pastor Bonhoeffer, before taking off his prison garb, kneeling on the floor praying fervently to his God. I was most deeply moved by the way this lovable man prayed, so devout and so certain that God heard his prayer. At the place of execution, he again said a short prayer, and then climbed the steps to the gallows, brave and composed. His death ensued after a few seconds. In the almost fifty years that I worked as a doctor, I have hardly ever seen a man die so entirely submissive to the will of God.”

Bonhoeffer's last recorded words: "This is the end—for me the beginning of life."

[Jill McElya @IGPJill]

@_jeremiahj And YOUR parents impacted my life so tremendously. I love them so much. Please tell them hello for me! If you ever make it to NC please let us know. We would all love to see you!

[Jill McElya @IGPJill]

@_jeremiahj We love you all too! You have blessed us so much with your work. Our young girls and I listened to your podcast with Sadie today, and Brad and I have been following you for a long time. We are so grateful for your voice, depth of knowledge, and wisdom! Keep pressing onward!

[Rabbi Brian Samuel @rabbriansamuel]

Dropping a little Palm Sunday Torah for you.

John tells us the exact day that the events of Palm Sunday occurred.

John 12:1: Therefore, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany...

Six days before Passover is Nisan 9.

John 12:12-13: On the next day... they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him...

This would be Nisan 10.

According to Torah, what occurs on Nisan 10?

Exodus 12:3: On the tenth of this month they are, each one, to take a lamb for themselves.

Yes, on the same day that the Passover lamb enters the Israelite houses, Jesus the Passover Lamb entered Jerusalem.

Happy Palm Sunday!

[Jill McElya @IGPJill]

@SenTedCruz DO SOMETHING!!!

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Received a call from President Trump and had a useful exchange of views on the situation in West Asia. India supports de-escalation and restoration of peace at the earliest. Ensuring that the Strait of Hormuz remains open, secure and accessible is essential for the whole world. We agreed to stay in touch regarding efforts towards peace and stability.

@realDonaldTrump

@POTUS

[Tommy Tuberville @CoachForGov]

The transfer portal has screwed up college sports.

My bill is simple: you get 5 consecutive years to play 5 seasons and you get 1 transfer.

After that, if you transfer again, you sit out a year.

This will fix 80% of the issues in NIL today.

[Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 @RobSchneider]

Where the Hollywood Celebrities who protested for Hamas?! Here’s an Iranian WOMAN who most likely will be tortured and murdered by the Middle Ages draconian psychopathic Mullahs who still rule Iran👇👇👇

[Jill McElya @IGPJill]

@AileenBowers20 @EliotClough That TCU game against Duke was called the exact same as the Baylor/Duke game last year. It was uncanny. The number of fouls called against TCU vs. Duke. The ridiculous T against Coach Dixon. It all affected the flow of the game. This is what happened last year. Coincidence?!

[Jill McElya @IGPJill]

@Hassel_Chris @CoachToddGolden mouth is embarrassing 💩 Never have seen so many “F’s” spewing from a coach’s mouth on national TV. Buh bye.

[Jill McElya @IGPJill]

@GatorsMBK @CoachToddGolden @therandomsec

[Jill McElya @IGPJill]

@GatorsMBK @CoachToddGolden @CoachToddGolden Do you kiss your wife and children with that mouth!?!? 💩 Never have seen so many “F’s” spewing from a coach’s mouth on national TV. Geeze.

[Terrence K. Williams @w_terrence]

The reactions say everything: A 19-year-old kid was hanged in Iran for protesting—silence from the left.

A regime leader dies—and suddenly the outrage is everywhere.

Crickets for a kid.
Loud for a regime leader.

Think about that.

[Jill McElya @IGPJill]

We were reflecting that this is the same exact thing that happened to @BaylorMBB last year against Duke. Tied at half. Still in the game with less than 10 left, and the refs made one call after another for Duke, swinging the momentum. Same thing tonight for @TCUBasketball

[Jill McElya @IGPJill]

@TCUBasketball a Baylor girl here but cheering for you tonight. 23 foul shots for Duke to your 7. Ridiculous. It’s just wrong. 😡