June 2012
When you thought it was a good idea to eat at the Camden Market food stalls.
I have made this mistake before.
Let this be a lesson to all.
DO. NOT. EAT. THAT. FOOD.
me when I go anywhere
- me: ugh there are people here
You are good at something, stop lying to yourself. You’re good at breaking down comic book plots, cooking ramen perfectly, making your friends happy, knowing the time without looking at a clock, getting the perfect ending at RPG’s, or figuring out the twist ending to movies. Don’t let society tell you your talents are meaningless because they don’t serve an economical purpose. Your talents reflect your interests and passions, and what’s important to you is important.
HOW ARE YOU IN LONDON? TELL ME ALL YOUR SECRETS DUMBLEDORE
I came here for an internship and I have some family here kind enough to let me squat lol
I’m seriously considering burning my passport so I can postpone leaving lol It’s amazing.
I shouldn't be allowed in London.
- petitioners: Would you like to sign our petition to help get school supplies and books to Britain's low income schools?
- me: of course!
- petitioners: thank you so much!
- me: no problem, let me know if you need help freeing the house elves! ha ha!
- petitioners: ....
- me: .. it's.. umm.. you know.. harry potter..
- petitioners: ....
- me: ...
- me: .... I swear not all Americans are like this.
“Nobody’s going to save you. No one’s going to cut you down, cut the thorns thick around you. No one’s going to storm the castle walls nor kiss awake your birth, climb down your hair, nor mount you onto the white steed. There is no one who will feed the yearning. Face it. You will have to do, do it yourself.”
—Gloria Anzaldúa (via keep-your-head—up)
a review of Brave. One day, the minds at Pixar said...
- Pixar: So, princess stories. Disney has done that a lot. But.... maybe we can improve on some stuff.
- Pixar: You know how mothers just seem to be.... well, missing from those stories? Missing or just quiet or a non-presence in the shadow of The Father or evil in-laws?
- Pixar: Yeah. Let's give our girl a mother.
- Pixar: Hell, let's make the whole story about their relationship, without minimizing the father-figure and making sure to give all of them unique and rich characterization.
- Pixar: Oh, and our girl can shoot. Like a BOSS.
- Pixar:
- Pixar: Let's make a point of celebrating her physical strength without making it the only thing that defines her!
- Pixar: ..... in fact, hey. Wow.
- Pixar: Let's make her defining character moment center around compassion and *rhetoric*, where her intelligence and maturity and love of family are as important as her physical heroism.
- Pixar: Oh.
- Pixar: And while we're on a roll?
- Pixar: Let's make sure that our female protagonists have complete agency, that none of their major defining moments or decisions revolve around or are accomplished only through the actions of men, that they are graceful and kind while being equally capable of crassness and unkindness, that romance is not our heroine's goal and that no part of her motivation hinges on pleasing or impressing or playing the catalyst for a male character--
- Pixar: --and that we accomplish all of that without belittling the importance of the male characters or their relationships as a realistic interconnected family!
- Pixar: And while we're at it?
- Pixar: Let's take that conservative "mama bear" trope and redefine it in the most simultaneously heart-rending and humorous way possible, leaving more metaphorical parallels for the audience to chew on than they'll even realize until later.
- Pixar:
- Pixar: And I guess we can make it heart-breakingly lovely to look at while we're at it.
- Pixar: And with Celtic aesthetics. That mythological trove is way underused these days.
- Pixar: .... and we have thoughts for a short, too.....
“Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, to music and warm bodies and contraceptives … and to the “good life”, whatever it is and wherever it happens to be.”
—Hunter S. Thompson (via nansea)
“Find ecstasy within yourself. It is not out there. It is in your innermost flowering. The one you are looking for is you.”
—Osho (via a-blissful-heart)
Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night
“Augustus Waters was the Mayor of the Secret City of Cancervania, and he is not replaceable… Other people will be able to tell you funny stories about Gus, because he was a funny guy, but let me tell you a serious one: A day after I got my eye cut out, Gus showed up at the hospital. I was blind and heartbroken and didn’t want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, ‘I have wonderful news!’ And I was like, ‘I don’t really want to hear wonderful news right now,’ and Gus said, ‘This is wonderful news you want to hear,’ and I asked him, ‘Fine, what is it?’ and he said, ‘You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot even begin to imagine yet!’”
—John Green, The Fault in Our Stars (via peacelovedanceandinsulin)
Fransheska: proving not all black people can dance since 1991.
I like to think it’s just me doing my part to stop racial stereotypes.
lol but really, I dance just like chandler.
I don't own my child's body →
us.cnn.com
(CNN) — My daughter occasionally goes on a hugging and kissing strike.
She’s 4. Her parents could get a hug or a kiss, but many people who know her cannot, at least right now. And I won’t make her.
“I would like you to hug Grandma, but I won’t make you do it,” I told her recently.
“I don’t have to?” she asked, cuddling up to me at bedtime, confirming the facts to be sure.
No, she doesn’t have to. And just to be clear, there is no passive-aggressive, conditional, manipulative nonsense behind my statement. I mean what I say. She doesn’t have to hug or kiss anyone just because I say so, not even me. I will not override my own child’s currently strong instincts to back off from touching someone who she chooses not to touch.
I figure her body is actually hers, not mine.
It doesn’t belong to her parents, preschool teacher, dance teacher or soccer coach. While she must treat people with respect, she doesn’t have to offer physical affection to please them. And the earlier she learns ownership of herself and responsibility for her body, the better for her.
(More at the source.)
Filing this under “things to teach my children.”
This is pretty cool parenting.
I can’t even explain how important this is to me.
I so beyond agree with this. I HATED having to kiss everyone on the cheek/hug people when I was younger. made me so uncomfortable
“Just think, long ago someone may have wished upon a star that you are made of.”
—(via gelsecrets)
“What becomes of words when they never find the eyes they were written for?”
—Tyler Knott Gregson (via swimtohim)
