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I will never forget the time I asked a little girl how old she was and she said “6 but I’ve been alive like 30 years”

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do u ever like feel so absurdly reluctant to do things. like it ain’t even procrastination or laziness anymore u just physically and mentally can’t bring yourself to do anything. u really, really just wanna binge watch youtube until your mind numbs completely or lie on the floor and stare into the abyss. and it’s not like u don’t have “motivation” or anything or even that u don’t want to do it, it’s just. u can’t. idk how ppl just. Do Things. get up and go at it. i have to have an entire existential crisis and like, watch a goddamn motivational film or something first before i do the smallest thing. and it’s june for fuck’s sake.

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shoutout to all the people who took time in decorating trump’s hollywood star the way it should be 

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The preliminary character summary for Jo found in Lumberjanes V. 1

If the group had a leader, it would be Jo, a clever world-class cynic with a strong sense of right and wrong. She would object to being called “bookish” because it’s not hardcore enough, but she reads a lot and seems to innately know things, especially concerning her hobby of stargazing. Her encyclopedic knowledge of the Lumberjane Handbook would make Hermione jealous, which is a skill that frequently comes in handy, especially when the gang needs a clever loophole to get themselves out of trouble or in identifying a new mysterious creature. She is also the first person to seriously question the larger purpose of the Lumberjanes. Steadfast and unflappable, the girls never have to doubt her conviction and confidence. That being said, Jo is certainly the most stubborn of the group, and her loyalty to her convictions sometimes come in conflict with her loyalty to her friends. She is very self-aware.

Jo is tall and lanky but naturally graceful in the way that middle schoolers who grow too fast adapt to be. She wears a lot of hoodies because her overbearing father wanted to make sure his daughter would have the means to stay warm on cold camp nights. Right before camp, she cut her hair to about chin=length, which annoys her to no end because she can’t tie it back in a ponytail so it is constantly in her face. Her nails have been painted black since the third grade and she chews them when she’s thinking, much to the annoyance of her best friend April.

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What up, Tumblr? I think half of you have changed your URLS and I don't even know you any more.

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Fudge recipe on a headstone

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I don’t post a lot on social media these days and I rarely if ever post anything personal. But I have two personal stories that I’ve never really told publicly that I feel I need to tell today.

About seven years ago there was a letter in my mailbox from the White House. To be clear, not just the White House, but from the newly elected President Of The United States. Wow, maybe this had something to do with his appearance in an issue of Amazing Spider-Man, but oddly enough it was addressed to my then 8 year old daughter. It seems that unbeknownst to her parents, my little girl mailed a letter to President Obama wishing him well and offering him advice as only an 8 year old could.

And he wrote back.

In the letter he thanked and commending her for passing along her thoughts and engaging in this wonderful thing we call Democracy. To this day I still tear up remembering the look on her face as she read that letter realizing that not only did the President Of The United States write back, but that she lived in a country in which this was possible.

Two years later I was sitting in my office at Marvel when my phone rings and a gentlemen claiming to be an assistant to the President Of The United States tells me that the POTUS would like to commission me to do a piece of art for him. Thinking it was a prank I told him I’d love to discuss it further but I was rushing off to a meeting and would gladly call him back. I took down his info, did a quick Google search and confirmed that the number on my caller I.D. was indeed coming from an office in the White House. Wait, what?!?

As it turned out a close friend of the President, Patrick Gaspard, who was the Director of the White House Office of Political Affairs, was leaving to take on his new role as the Director of the Democratic National Committee. Mr. Gaspard happened to be a HUGE Marvel Comics fan. We’re talking a full on True Believer since childhood, and President Obama thought that a perfect parting gift for his service to the administration would be a custom piece of art featuring Mr. Gaspard, himself and several Marvel heroes standing in front of the White House and for some godforsaken reason he was asking me to draw it. I of course had to get approval from the highest levels of Marvel where it was met with nothing but enthusiasm and a big thumbs up.

Now as unlikely as all of this sounds, nothing was more surreal than when I was sending off rough sketches to White House for the President’s approval and getting back notes. I’d never been more thrilled to get art revisions in my life! Once the piece was finished inked and colored by Danny Miki and Richard Isanove respectfully, I received word that the President was thrilled with the results and Mr. Gaspard was over the moon with the final framed surprise gift.

Admittedly, for those close to me that knew about the assignment, I’d make it a point to boast as often as I could that I was now officially the very first United States Sequential Artist Laureate. Quite frankly, I don’t see why that shouldn’t be a thing.

A short time later I was at San Diego Comicon signing books at the Marvel booth when someone extended a hand for me to shake. I looked up and the gentlemen said, “Do you recognize me?” How could I not, I had spent a week drawing him. It was of course Mr. Gaspard and he wanted to thank me personally for the art and to express how much Marvel had meant to him growing up and still means to him today. Patrick and I have kept in touch ever since and while his current tenure as Ambassador to South Africa is coming to an end, I’m looking forward to catching up with him when he’s back in the States and making good on my promise to bring him on to the set of Defenders or taking him to a Mets game.

And yes, I was lucky enough to meet President Obama. like I said, I don’t usually like to post things of a personal nature, but today I feel compelled to simply convey my own humble experience of having the great honor of meeting the most powerful man on the planet when he was in office. A man who was nothing but kind, appreciative and generous to me, who demonstrating a genuine love for the medium of comics and took more time than he ever needed to to express his appreciation for the work I created and the medium of comics itself. The same man who also took time to write a simple yet eloquent response in 2009 to a little girl who express love and hope, not for herself, but for her President and his future.

Godspeed President Obama, thank you for your service. I have no doubt and look forward to how you will continue to serve and change our world for the better.

Joe Quesada

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Firehole Spring, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

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why everyone should watch one day at a time:

latina women. so many. so different. so smart. i luv them

talks about sexism and misogyny in the FIRST!!!!! EPISODE!!!!!

destroys the reverse sexism myth

TALKS!!!! ABOUT!!!! IMMIGRATION!!!! SO!!!! WELL!!!!!

rita moreno is in it

elena is such an awesome character

and penelopes past in the army is so cool!!!!

they call themselves feminists!!!!!!!!!

serious discussion about gender roles

cool ass single mom who kicks ass 

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Arizona, 1960s-70s (via Brad Hall)

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REPRESENTATION MATTERS [X]

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I would just like to say that this is 100% Victoria’s fault for sending me this video.

Bonus:

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Life is too short and we should be who we are. And we should kiss the girls that we want to kiss.

Ancient Proverb  (via jemmasimmuns)

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I’m so happy for them