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I’m using ao3 the way god intended: via 36 open semi-abandoned tabs on my phone at 2 AM the night before work

#me hahahaha

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I’m using ao3 the way god intended: via 36 open semi-abandoned tabs on my phone at 2 AM the night before work

#me hahahaha

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Emily Rudd as Nami in One Piece — 1.08 "Worst in the East"

#one piece live action #opla

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THE FOLKLORE ERA

#taylor swift #tswift #ts

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EMMA. (2020) dir. Autumn de Wilde

#emma

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My grandfather and my godfather (a beloved neighbor and dear family friend) had a long standing bet- for one dollar- about who would die first. Both of them being slightly pessimistic (in the funny way), they both insisted that they themselves would be the first to die. Any time my grandfather had a health scare, he’d gleefully call up my godfather to boast that he’d be passing “any day now” and he was sure to win the bet. It was a big family joke and they were always amiably sparring and comparing notes about who was in worse shape, medically speaking.

When my grandfather was in hospice care dying of liver cancer, my godfather was quite ill also. It took him great effort to make the journey to see his dying friend. As he came into the room, supported by a family member, he shuffled to my grandpa’s bedside and silently handed him a dollar bill. He was ceding his loss of the bet, as they both knew who was going first. My grandpa had been in quite bad shape for a while and was no longer able to speak but let me tell you he snatched that dollar with unexpected strength and literally laughed aloud. He knew exactly what the gesture meant and he couldn’t help but find the humor within the grief. It was the last time any of us heard my grandpa laugh, as he passed shortly after.

When I talk about my appreciation for “dark humor” I’m not so much thinking about edgy jokes, but rather the human instinct to somehow, impossibly, both find and appreciate the absurdity that is so often folded into the profound grief of life and death. When I tell this story I think it kind of perturbs people sometimes, but it’s honestly one of my favorite memories about two men I really deeply admired. I could never hope for anything more than for my loved ones to remember me laughing until the very end, and taking joy in a little joke as one of my final acts.

#fav

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fried egg i'm in love baby!!!

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LISA FRANKENSTEIN (2024)

They say time heals all wounds. But that's a lie, time is the wound. Takes you further and further away from that place when you were happy. Makes those good smells go away.

#lisa frankenstein

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Dua Lipa by Zhong Lin for Time100 2024

#dua lipa

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I finished Babel last week and I haven’t been able to get it out of my head. So, here’s an animatic about Griffin. MAJOR SPOILERS HERE!!

#babel #i love this so much

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There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. PRIDE & PREJUDICE (2005) dir. Joe Wright, based on the novel of the same name by Jane Austen

#pride and prejudice

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#aftg #the sunshine court #tsc #jerejean #idk how to tag this!!!!

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“You’re not like other girls” dude, I’m an amalgamation of every single girl I’ve ever thought was cool

#same

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Anatomie d’une chute (2023) dir. Justine Triet

#anatomy of a fall

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I don’t care about it at all (I have carried its weight around like a rock on my chest since the very day it happened)

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LÉA SEYDOUX AS MADELEINE SWANN Spectre (2015) dir. Sam Mendes

#i have the biggest crush on her #léa seydoux

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OLIVIA RODRIGO Guts World Tour, Palm Springs (Feb 23, 2024)

#olivia rodrigo