Hey. I'm Florence. Montréal.
French speaking weirdo.
Shows:
Castle, Warehouse 13, Burn Notice, The Vampire Diaries, The Good Wife, The Big Bang Theory, Doctor Who, Dexter,Person of Interest, Grey's Anatomy, how i met your mother, Supernatural, Suits,Orphan Black, Revenge, Hannibal, Game of Thrones, Nikita, Merlin, Grey's Anatomy, The Following, Once Upon aTime, Marvel's Aggents of Shield, Rizzoli and Isles, Faking It.
Movies:
Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Lord of the Rings, For Lovers Only, The Fault in our Stars, Divergent, The Hobbit, Marvel movies, Percy Jackson, Narnia, etc...
Music:
Tegan and Sara, Simple Plan, Mcfly, The Script, One Direction, Nikki Yanofsky, Hedley, Green Day, Imagine Dragons, Bastille, Boyce Avenue, Chester See.
Authors:
John Green, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Pierre Bottero, J.K. Rowling, Suzanne Collins, Marc Levy.
Youtube:
Grace Helbig, Jacksgap, Mamrie Hart, Harto, Zoella, Tyler Oakley, Thatcher Joe, Jamie's World, Marcus Butler, Pointless Blog, Sprinkle of Glitter, Caspar Lee, Rose Ellen Dix and Rosie Spaughton.
See the About Me page and the Links page for more of me and don't hesitate to ask anything you want.
do you want to know something?? I always wondered what the hell kind of hairstyle the Ancient Egyptians were trying to portray with depictions like these
and this
until I did my hair this morning and
oh
welp
you can take the noses off our statues but until you find a way to take Egypt out of Africa we’re still going to find ourselves
Planned Parenthood is fucking amazing, y’all. I haven’t been there yet…but just talking to their HRT line on the phone…
They used my respected name right off the bat. Called me Riley all the way through. Used he/him pronouns. Didn’t slip up once. Asked me and “What’s your legal name? I’m sorry I have to ask that.”
Then asked me “Now is it okay if I send things with Riley Roswell to your home?” not wanting to out me accidentally and then “Is it okay if I send stuff with planned parenthood labels on them or do you want me to be discreet about it?” knowing there are people who could get in trouble with family or partners or others for going there.
OH MY GOD I’M GOING TO CRY AND THEY DIDN’T JUDGE ME AT ALL
THEY WERE TOTALLY ACCEPTING AND ANSWERED ALL MY STUPID FUCKING BASIC QUESTIONS ABOUT HRT ABOUT WHAT THE APPT WAS GONNA BE LIKE
AND SHE WAS SO KIND AND SO UNDERSTANDING
AND SHE RESPECTED ME SO MUCH AND I WAS SO HAPPY
I CAN’T BELIEVE PEOPLE LIKE THAT EXIST IN OUR WORLD.
OH MY GOD.
AND I’M GOING TO BE GOING TO THIS WONDERFUL PLACE ON THE 29TH!!!!!!!!
He comes from a very poor family. His father was an alcoholic who beat him and his mother (he once poured hot tea over her and put her in hospital several times), his brother is a drug addict, he literally built an empire out of nothing.
He credits his mother as his biggest inspiration and often has her cooking in his shows.
When he left his first restaurant he pulled a successful Jerry Maguire - the entire kitchen staff went with him. That tells you what he’s like to work with.
He was one of the first to give a restaurant to a female chef.
He went to prison (Gordon Behind Bars) and taught inmates to bake and they opened a bakery (Bad Boys Bakery) that is still running. He hired one of them when he got out.
He did documentaries about the cruelty of shark hunting and cocaine. (when he discovered cocaine was used by his staff he didn’t fire anyone but made sure they are offered treatment)
His kids are a treasure.
He is always ALWAYS kind to servers.
When one of his partners (Marcus Wareing) wanted to leave they got into a fight and settled it in court, they no longer speak to each other but this is what Marcus said about him after the fight:
I feel bad that the first association to him for a lot of people is this shouty TV chef when he’s truly a wonderful person.
that quote from love, simon “these last few years, it’s almost like i can feel you holding your breath. you can exhale now, simon.” hit me so hard. it’s so rare to find a line that so perfectly describes what it’s like being closeted and how scared and isolated you feel. i can’t even put into words how important this movie is to me and i’m so glad the lgbt community is finally getting the kind of good representation we’ve always deserved.