#hello america

[defleppardgifs]

STEVE CLARK in HELLO AMERICA (1980)

#def leppard #deflepedit #defleppardedit #musicedit #steve clark #hello america #music video #*edits

[rustbeltjessie]

I’ve known I’m bi for like, three years now, and I’m out to some people, but not all. Not Amelia and Ashley, for instance. It’s not that I’ve been hiding it, it’s just…     They’ve known each other since early childhood, whereas they’ve only known me for five years. They’re a couple years older than I am, and they treat me…not like I’m a baby, but like a kid sister. and I haven’t tried very hard to correct that. There’s a lot of stuff they don’t know about me. I’ve mentioned some of my crushes—on boys—to them, but only in passing. We don’t even have much in common. They’re kind of hippies. I’ve long been the alterna-teen of the trio, and in the past year I’ve started to lean more towards the punk rock end of that. You know: hair dyed funny colors, combat boots and studded jewelry, patches sewn on all my hooded sweatshirts. And they were a bit freaked out by my transformation. Especially Amelia, who said: “I’m afraid you’re gonna get all angry and mean, now.” To which I replied: “I’ve been angry. For years! But I’ve never been mean, have I?”     We’re friends of proximity. We live within walking distance of each other’s houses. We like to go down to Lake Michigan, get stoned; climb around on the rocks, try not to fall in, stay clear of the poison ivy and the wild critters, watch the moon rise. Then we go back to Amelia’s house because usually her mom’s not home, and we get more stoned; cook a frozen pizza, try not to set the kitchen on fire like we did that one time; watch a dumb movie.     But now I’m gonna have to come out to them. I mean I guess I don’t have to, but it seems preferable to the other option of continuing to let Ashley make wild speculations about me.

When I manage to stop laughing long enough to catch my breath, I tell Amelia: “Fine, fine. Okay. Ashley’s half-right. I’m bi.”     (Six months or so later, when Chasing Amy is finally out on VHS and I rent it from Blockbuster, I wish I’d seen it sooner. Then, instead of saying: “I’m bi,” I could’ve said: “I’m an experimental girl, for Christ’s sake!”)     Thank god, Amelia doesn’t say anything like: “Ugh, gross, you’re not gonna hit on me, are you?!” She only says: “Oh, that’s cool.” And then we move on to talking about other stuff. I know she’ll tell Ashley next time they talk, and hopefully now Ashley will stop diagnosing me with various sexualities and -phobias.

—Jessie Lynn McMains, from “A Map from Point A to Point B” (Hello America Lit, August 2023)

#jessie lynn mcmains #writers on tumblr #prose #memoir #bisexuality #my misspent youth #drugs #friendship #chasing amy #hello america #rust belt jessie #my writing #this is one of the pieces that’s gonna be in rc 27! #(i’ll be posting more about that a couple posts after this)

[heavymetal]

43 years ago this month, Def Leppard's HELLO AMERICA was released as a single! 🥂

#heavy metal #80s music #80s metal #80's music #80s #80 s music #80’s #80's hair band #def leppard #hello america

[sushirolles]

Told yall i was gonna edit this picture..

#wally darling #welcome home edit #fan edit #i love wally #im his biggest fan #hello america #farts

[bookmaven]

A Selection of books by J.G. Ballard. 1980s paperback reprint editions from Grafton. Cover art by James Marsh.

#book blog #j.g. ballard #james marsh #book cover #hello america #catastrophe #science fiction #books books books #books #grafton #reprints

[celestica-1988]

Ma il sogno rimaneva, un giorno egli sarebbe entrato nella Casa Bianca, sedendo in quell'ufficio che aveva ripulito, allora senza rendersene conto, per sé stesso. Sarebbe arrivato alla propria celebrazione a bordo di uno di quei velivoli di cristallo, per essere il primo presidente a prestare giuramento sull'ala. I vecchi sogni erano morti, Manson e Topolino e Marilyn Monroe appartenevano a un'America del passato, a quella città, capitale del gioco d'azzardo, che stava per essere vaporizzata a cinquanta miglia da lì. Era tempo per nuovi sogni, degni di un vero futuro, i sogni del primo dei Presidenti degli Alianti del Sole.

-Hello America, J. G. Ballard

#frasi #frasi tumblr #frasi belle #hello america #j g ballard

[feluka]

calling someone (and palestinians no less!!!!!!) fixating on US politics for matters outside the US 'american-centric'... buddy it will be heaven on earth whenever US politics stop affecting matters outside the US. also where the fuck have you been

#especially in reference to palestine you can NOT be serious #even if you're entirely unfamiliar with the plight of palestine SURELY you've heard of one or two instances #or america meddling in middle eastern politics in general??? surely you must have?? the iraq war at least?? hello?? nothing rings a bell??? #how is it far fetched to you that *gasp* they're neck deep in this genocide? #have you been asleep since birth

[itshardtosayidowhenidont]

let's hear it for america's suitehearts!!! 🎠🎪⭐️

#fall out boy #fob #patrick stump #pete wentz #andy hurley #joe trohman #fall out boy fan art #fob fanart #hello kitty #hello kitty and friends #pompompurin #chococat #badtz maru #keroppi #americas suitehearts #dr benzedrine #mr sandman #horseshoe crab #donnie the catcher #fall out boy fanart

[heartshapedcaskett]

Bladen County ♡

#my photography #photography #photographers on tumblr #film photography #film photo #southern gothic #American gothic #small town gothic #small town usa #rural America #rural #rural towns #americana #rural gothic #North Carolina #North Carolina gothic #lol that last one is niche but hello #ruralcore

[lemonerix]

If the world was to end today, then I'd spend it with you, by the sea. We'll welcome the end with splashes of sea water, cackling at the absurdity of it all. Eventually, the last thing I'd see would be your sunburnt smile, the last thing I'd taste would be the salt on your skin, the last thing I'd hear would be your laughter, and the last thing I'd feel would be love.

Happy Valentine's day 💘

#hetalia #usuk #aph america #aph england #hws england #hws america #alfred f jones #arthur kirkland #aph fanart #hws fanart #hetalia fanart #hetalia world stars #hetalia axis powers #ヘタリア #ヘタリア world stars #べいえい #米英 #hello fellow astronomers

[defleppardgifs]

RICK ALLEN in HELLO AMERICA (1980)

#def leppard #deflepedit #defleppardedit #musicedit #rick allen #hello america #music video #*edits

[vampiricfunghi]

#suddenly theres 700 of you?? hello #midwest gothic #preachers daughter #southern gothic #american gothic #farmers daughter #small town america #moodboard #god loves you but not enough to save you

[gooeyringtown]

this gloria with this barbie uuuhhmmmm???????

liv sees my vision @hellsfireclub barbiegloria rival ceos‼️⁉️

#HELLO?!?! #can we let this simmer can we let this be something #losing my mind help #i need to do something with this #i cant afford to have any moreon my writing queue but I MUST DAMN IT #barbie 2023 #barbie #glorbie #gloria x barbie #barbie x gloria #barbiegloria #margot robbie #america ferrera

[celestica-1988]

Si rese conto che il tempo stava abbandonando Las Vegas come l'eco morente di un'ultima musica di un vecchio grammofono. Dopo i sogni e le fantasie che lo avevano irretito sino a fargli compiere la grande avventura di attraversare l'America, tornava adesso di nuovo il giovane clandestino, fraternamente consolato da questa efficiente professoressa, la donna che un tempo egli aveva pensato di fare la propria first lady. Ma era felice di vedere di nuovo Steiner, di assumere il ruolo di vice di quell'esperto navigatore, pur sapendo che il capitano nutriva poche speranze di riuscire a portarli in salvo. Allo stesso tempo, sentiva una strana lealtà verso Manson, nonostante il conto alla rovescia del Titan sulla rampa di lancio in un punto imprecisato della giungla.

-Hello America, J. G. Ballard

#frasi #frasi tumblr #frasi belle #hello america #j g ballard

[hws-lceland]

I should have done these sooner you guys beat me to all the good ideas!

#hetalia #hws #aph #aph iceland #aph america #aph sealand #aph finland #aph england #hetalia minion memes #hetalia facebook memes #its 3am so this will probably not get noticed till later but hello non americans and hello Americans who don't sleep

[cioccolatodorima]

Spy and burgers

#shitpost #hetalia #cioccolatodorima #hetalia america #hetalia japan #hetalia england #arthur kirkland #kiku honda #alfred f jones #mochimerica #hetalia fanart #I'm a nightmare #hello