July 2012
it makes me irrationally angry when they change book covers when the movie comes out
- Me: Wow, I'm home alone.
- Me: *In the shower* I WISH THAT I HAD JESSIE'S GIRL
- Me: *Into a hairbrush* NO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO CUT ME OFF
- Me: *Running around the house* TONI-I-I-I-I-IGHT WE ARE YOUNG
- Me: *Upside down, balancing herself on the couch* IM FEELIN' SEXY AND FREEE
- Me: *Making microwave popcorn* BABY YOU LIGHT UP MY WORLD LIKE NOBODY ELSE
- Family: *comes home*
- Me: *Locks herself in room and goes on Tumblr*
“I look out the window and I see the lights and the skyline and the people on the street rushing around looking for action, love, and the world’s greatest chocolate chip cookie, and my heart does a little dance.”
—Nora Ephron on the joy of being awake to the word, and other timeless words from the beloved filmmaker, novelist, journalist, playwright, essayist, and blogger (via explore-blog)
Reblog if you are really a 45 year old pedophile.
And this is why I don't talk to people.
- Girl on the sidewalk: I'm scared of pigeons! EEK!
- me: Those are mourning doves actually.
- Girl: but it's the afternoon..
- me: no, not morning like the time, mourning like funeral mourning
- Girl: oh that's sad.. who do you think died?
- me: ....
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)
