I'm Not Going To Say I Had A Bad Day Because I'm Low Key In A Good Mood, But Let's Just Say There Were

Parallels between Tommy Boy and Thor: Ragnarok

- adoptive brothers with black cat and golden retriever energy

- some argument over inheriting the family business (throne of Asgard and Callahan auto parts respectively)

- brothers don’t shake hands, brothers gotta hug

- the brothers learn to actually work together/like each other 

is it blasphemy to listen to a Kanye song immediately followed by Taylor Swift?

Some string orchestra should do a cover of Magic in the Hamptons

reblog to inject motivation into the bloodstream of the person you reblogged from

I was NOT aware that Bi Bi Bi was a break up song.

I thought it was just a fun banger to come out as bisexual

Relatable Quotes From My Kindergarten Diary

“I’m very happy I have no afterschool” (as in nothing I have to do after school)

“I also hope I can clear my head and make myself laugh”

“I don’t know who I am”

“Here are my goals: be myself for at least one day...”

“I want to go home. I want my water bottle”

On the Benefits and Pitfalls of Living Through Fantasy

For me, life is like a movie. I can always see its narrative arc. I can always see my character archetype. Narrative arcs tend to have limited options, so you try to spot the ending. You try to find who the other main characters are and guess where your story will take you. You try to spot the heroes, villains, love interests and comic relief of your life. You try to spot where you play these roles for others.

In short, you live in a world of fantasy. This can be both the best and worst thing for your life.

On one hand you can live life with the reassurance that the story will finish. You can see how the trials you face can motivate your character arc and enhance your story. However, once you feel you've completed an arc, you feel a bit empty. Life works in installments of plot for you (series, novels, episodes, etc). When you complete an arc you get into a rut and you have no reassurance it's going anywhere until a new plot unfolds. You get scared you could be stuck like this forever.

When you live in a world of fantasy there is always somewhere to escape to. Always your vision of how it could go differently, a fantastical plot of another universe, a made-up romance, or a wild adventure. But you know this isn't real. The discrepancy between fantasy and reality can often be confusing, jarring, and misleading.

Of course sometimes it helps to go through life as if the fantasy is the reality. To go through life thinking you deserve all the good things, that you are learning through your own adventure. It's a great way to think about yourself. It's how you think about others that becomes the problem.

Who did you unfairly cast as a villain? What when the happily ever after you expected doesn't come? How about when you lose someone you were hoping would be a main character?

I am constantly tortured and comforted by the fantasy I surround myself with. Of course I could say the same about my reality.

This would be ICONIC!

what if….

wanda had vistited nat’s grave on her way home

It was 9:30 pm. I put on a foot mask and downed a soda. I have never had a more productive work time. Proof that self-care and soda is the answer to all your problems

I just started reading Sunrise on the Reaping and I've had some initial thoughts

Bear in mind this may change as I read further...

So one of my friends started reading Sunrise on the Reaping and said she doesn't like it because it feels like there are too many call backs to other parts of the series that feel gimmicky and like they are catering to fans. Partially, I agree. Especially with Lenore Dove being covey. The amount it's mentioned feels a little gimmicky but it also serves a purpose in that it answers questions the readers had about what happened to these people.

Similarly the inclusion of characters that we see or hear about in the original trilogy serves the function of answering readers questions. I also think that because we know what happens to these characters it shows that Haymitch had a similar upbringing and could just as easily have ended up with a similar future to them.

What is truly tragic about this novel is that while you can see how the young Haymitch we are presented with becomes the Haymitch we know, we can also imagine all the other paths his life could have taken.

Quite similar to how Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes offers alternatives foe who Coriolanus could have been. It shows that Snow was presented with choices and ultimately chose power over everything else. For Snow the key word is choice. To some extent Haymitch has less agency but to another extent his story is about choices of when to rebel and when to stay quiet.