Goodbye, Halcyon Days

"1. I say, ‘I am fat.’ He says ‘No, you are beautiful.’ I wonder why I cannot be both. He kisses me..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:35:31 -0400

“

1.
I say, ‘I am fat.’
He says ‘No, you are beautiful.’
I wonder why I cannot be both.
He kisses me
hard.

2.
My college theater professor once told me
that despite my talent,
I would never be cast as a romantic lead.
We do plays that involve singing animals
and children with the ability to fly,
but apparently no one
has enough willing suspension of disbelief
to go with anyone loving a fat girl.
I daydream regularly
about fucking my boyfriend vigorously on his front lawn.

3.
On the mornings I do not feel pretty,
while he is still asleep,
I sit on the floor and check the pockets of his skinny jeans for motive,
for a punchline,
for other girls’ phone numbers.

4.
When we hold hands in public,
I wonder if he notices the looks —
like he is handling a parade balloon on a crowded sidewalk;
if he notices that my hands are now made of rope.

5.
Dear Cosmo: Fuck you.
I will not take sex tips from you
on how to please a man you think I do not deserve.

6.
He tells me he loves me with the lights on.

7.
I can cup his hip bone in my hand,
feel his ribs without pressing very hard at all.
He does not believe me when I tell him he is beautiful.
Sometimes I fear the day he does will be the day he leaves.

8.
The cute hipster girl at the coffee shop
assumes we are just friends
and flirts over the counter.
I spend the next two weeks
mentally replacing myself with her
in all of our photographs.
When I admit this to him
we spend the evening taking new photos together.
He will not let me delete a single one of them.

9.
The phrase “Big girls need love too” can die in a fire.
Fucking me does not require an asterisk.
Loving me is not a fetish.
Finding me beautiful is not a novelty.
I am not a fucking novelty.

10.
I say, ‘I am fat.’
He says, ‘No. You are so much more’,
and kisses me
hard.

”

- Rachel Wiley (via howweknewit) (via rebelrose)

“It is true I chose not to feel anything upon realizing my own...

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:51:18 -0400

“It is true I chose not to feel anything upon realizing my own life was ending. As Admiral Pike was dying, I joined with his consciousness and experienced what he felt at the moment of his passing: anger, confusion, loneliness, fear. I had experienced those feelings before, multiplied exponentially, on the day my planet was destroyed. Such a feeling is one I choose never to experience again.”

inushige: http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=189135 「巖本英利」の作品

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:50:10 -0400

inushige:

http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=189135

「巖本英利」の作品

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Mon, 20 May 2013 02:35:24 -0400

ddowney: marble sculptures are one of the most beautiful things i’ve ever seen i mean that’s stone...

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:33:26 -0400

ddowney:

marble sculptures are one of the most beautiful things i’ve ever seen i mean

that’s stone and someone made it look transparent

do you see that fabric?

do you see that fluffy pillow?

do you see that anatomy and those humans muscles?

no you do not because that’s all fucking marble

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Mon, 20 May 2013 02:24:42 -0400

thecyberwolf: Tomb Raider by Pee T10

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:20:36 -0400

thecyberwolf:

Tomb Raider

by Pee T10

psdo: costumecommunityservice: [full size][full size][full...

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:16:05 -0400

psdo:

costumecommunityservice:

[full size][full size][full size]

Darts 101, or Fabric May Not Be Metal but It Still Needs to be Beaten Into Shape

Our old friend Isabela is my guinea pig for today’s onslaught of learning, as well as several sheets of laser paper. May they rest in peace.

things that go on real clothes that don’t always make it to the vidyas

also starring more of my wardrobe

the-absolute-best-posts: ennobaria: Jennifer Lawrence for SNL...

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:15:23 -0400

the-absolute-best-posts:

ennobaria:

Jennifer Lawrence for SNL 2013

thecakebar: Strawberry Japanese Sponge Cake Tutorial!

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:13:58 -0400

thecakebar:

Strawberry Japanese Sponge Cake Tutorial!

jeremyfuckingkyle: EA could have bought Tumblr and then you would have to pay for a DLC that lets...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:34:23 -0400

jeremyfuckingkyle:

EA could have bought Tumblr and then you would have to pay for a DLC that lets you reblog things and another DLC to create original posts

himchanspenus: Here’s a serious advice. Even the nicest people have their limits. Don’t try to...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:00:02 -0400

himchanspenus:

Here’s a serious advice. Even the nicest people have their limits. Don’t try to reach that point because the nicest people are also the scariest assholes when they’ve had enough.

jadis4742: Adagio chose my Mass Effect teas to be one of the...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:53:18 -0400

jadis4742:

Adagio chose my Mass Effect teas to be one of the available fandom sampler sets and I CANNOT be more excited about it!

I’ve actually made 31 Mass Effect blends, but Adagio picked a really great selection of ten to be in the sampler pack. Each tin holds 1oz of tea. That’s about six 8oz cups of tea per tin - 60 cups of tea in the sampler set!

The sampler includes:

Shepard - assam melody, gunpowder, blood orange
Kaidan - mocha nut mate, cream, rooibos vanilla chai
Garrus - chocolate, oriental spice, hazelnut
Tali - earl gray lavender, wild strawberry, strawberry
Anderson - hazelnut, cream, vanilla
Mordin - almond oolong, honeybush hazelnut, cream
Liara - blueberry, grapefruit oolong, currant
Aria - oriental spice, thai chai, honeybush chocolate
Thane - earl grey green, vanilla green
Kasumi - earl gray moonlight, cream, rooibos jasmine

You can find the rest of my blends - including Normandy, Mako, Citadel, Omega, Wrex, Javik, Vega, Ashley, Chakwas, Illusive Man, and the ever-popular Disappointing Ending - here.

The fandom samplers can be found here. I highly recommend the Sherlock and Potter’s Potions sets if you’re not into Mass Effect. (Although I can’t imagine why you wouldn’t be.)

soratane: Fuse Launch Trailer Both Ali Hillis and Jennifer...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:48:32 -0400

soratane:

Fuse Launch Trailer

Both Ali Hillis and Jennifer Hale are in this. Definitely playing it.

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Sun, 19 May 2013 11:54:56 -0400

withpineapples: adriofthedead: kylobe: geromykyle: you’re...

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:15:47 -0400

withpineapples:

adriofthedead:

kylobe:

geromykyle:

you’re welcome

fuckign finally thank u friend

I love these so much

I’m laughing because these were basically the same points people had to tell weeaboos about Japan LMAO

viria: universe-juice: chocobo-strider: the-disney-words: SHA...

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:16:51 -0400

viria:

universe-juice:

chocobo-strider:

the-disney-words:

SHARE TO SAVE TUMBLR!

- Let’s try and get 100k notes

True shit

A review by one of the folks sums it up perfectly:

“What worries me about Yahoo! buying Tumblr is how it would choose to incorporate the website into its email and homepage features. One of the reasons why Tumblr is so unique is because it’s a niche market. By adding more users who don’t fit into this niche, it would make it more difficult for communities to develop within Tumblr, and Tumblr would have to change to accommodate these new users. Tumblr as a website is not the kind that you can sign up for in a day and be on your way. It is a website crafted so that you can immediately post but must spend several weeks, sometimes even months, to build a community. With new users who would not be willing to spend time growing a community, Tumblr would have to be changed, which would alienate its current users. Those users have spent time and effort to make Tumblr what it is today, and they are the ones who spend time on the website daily. A user who is checking onto Tumblr because it’s attached to their homepage is not going to be as strong of a user nor as dedicated. By changing the website to suit this new user, you would lose the strong users while building an undedicated usership.

To any website that would think of buying Tumblr, they must understand that it is a website that cannot be changed to make it more user friendly to a casual blogger. I think that many Tumblr users would be less worried about a buy-out if they were promised that their communities and ways of using Tumblr would not be changed. No one is going to mind Yahoo! buying the website and gaining a few extra million dollars per year from the minimal advertising; what we will be upset with is if a company like Yahoo! then changes the website to increase casual users and decrease dedicated users. Yahoo! would gain nothing by losing this “cool” group of bloggers in an age group they so desperately want to reach, so they must cater to these individuals by leaving the website exactly as is.” - houseoftombombadil

As much as is does sound like a load of bullshit for someone to buy Tumblr, it’s a possibility. I Personally think it should stay independent and I hope David Karp keeps a hold of it like his own child. Or we make enough noise to where such major changes (if bought) will not happen. I would hate to see Tumblr turned into an advertising dump.

We’re not a ‘hip fad group’ to be marketed to. I hate the fact that’s all we look like to businesses in the end.

reblogging again for this ^

sketchlock: celerri: toughtink: thecavedwellingvampire: Why...

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:12:19 -0400

sketchlock:

celerri:

toughtink:

thecavedwellingvampire:

Why do I not have one of these? My life would be forever made!

this would solve my straps right in between my boobs thing oh gosh yes please

Also a good way to prevent bag theft.

youaintpunk: The riots also offered a glimpse into how...

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:11:40 -0400

youaintpunk:

The riots also offered a glimpse into how photographs can be used out of context:

‘Sir: In last week’s article about the poll-tax riot in Trafalgar Square (‘THE MOB’S BRIEF RULE’, 7 April) there is a large photograph labelled ‘A West End shopper argues with a protester’. The woman in the photograph is me, and I thought you might like to know the true story behind the picture.

I was on my way to the theatre, with my husband. As we walked down Regent Street at about 6.30pm, the windows were intact and there was a large, cheerful, noisy group of poll-tax protesters walking up from Piccadilly Circus. We saw ordinary uniformed police walking alongside, on the pavement, keeping a low profile. The atmosphere was changed dramatically in moments when a fast-walking, threatening group of riot-squad police appeared.

We walked on to the top of Haymarket, where the atmosphere was more tense and more protesters were streaming up Haymarket from the Trafalgar Square end. Suddenly a group of mounted police charged at full gallop into the rear of the group of protesters, scattering them, passers-by and us and creating panic. People screamed and some fell. Next to me and my husband another group of riot-squad appeared, in a most intimidating manner.

The next thing that happened is what horrified me most. Four of the riot-squad police grabbed a young girl of 18 or 19 for no reason and forced her in a brutal manner on to the crowd-control railings, with her throat across the top of the railings. Her young male companion was frantically trying to reach her and was being held back by one riot-squad policeman. In your photograph I was urging the boy to calm down or he might be arrested; he was telling me that the person being held down across the railings was his girlfriend.

My husband remonstrated with the riot-squad policeman holding the boy, and I shouted at the four riot-squad men to let the girl go as they were obviously hurting her. To my surprise, they did let her go – it was almost as if they did not know what they were doing.

The riot-squad policemen involved in this incident were not wearing any form of identification. Their epaulettes were unbuttoned and flapping loose; I lifted them on two men and neither had any numbers on. There was a sergeant with them, who was numbered and my husband asked why his men wore no identifying numbers. The sergeant replied that it did not matter as he knew who the men were. We are a middle-aged suburban couple who now feel more intimidated by the Metropolitan police than by a mob. If we feel so angry, how on earth did the young hot-heads at the rally feel?’

Mrs R.A. Sare, Northwood, Middlessex Source

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Sun, 19 May 2013 07:08:08 -0400