burstzen

[honestmrdual]

[snikidoodles]

aang is such a good protagonist, and obviously upbeat character + sad backstory isn’t a new archetype whatsoever but to have a pacifist main character — one who fights for his values and beliefs to be taken seriously, especially in the midst of a war he's expected to end — is just so intriguing. aang's character arc within atla is one of my favourites, actually! it's less dramatic than, say, zuko's or katara's, but watching him go from a silly kid running from his responsibilities to someone who maintains his optimism and kindness while embracing his commitments as the avatar is very endearing :)

[thedreadvampy]

my friend invited me to go with them to a show tonight

and the thing is it was not good. it was a cabaret with some amazing circus acts but each of them got like. 5-10 minute slots. and were interspersed with 20+ minutes EVERY TIME of some of the most tedious standup work I have ever seen from the MC and the same 5 physical comedy bits repeated ad nauseum. this guy literally did a Borat bit. in the year of our lord 2024. he sang 2 entire rounds of the Family Guy theme.

and it just KEPT GOING. it was meant to be a 90 minute show, which imo is already a slog for a show starting at 11:30PM but within the bounds of reasonable. it finished. at fucking 1:50 AM. ALMOST TWO AND A HALF HOURS OF THIS SHIT. and it did not help that the 5 bits were all of the 'OH NO SOMETHING HAS DISRUPTED THE SHOW' variety which is funny for a bit, less funny when you're literally 45 minutes past the end of your scheduled finish and still fucking going.

HOWEVER. what I did not realise was that this was in fact. my friend's favourite comedian. and if I had known this I might not have gathered up my stuff and walked out during the curtain call and probably would not have announced on the way out, 'that was the most tedious fucking thing I have ever endured.' and I almost certainly, when someone overheard me complaining about the length and tedium and said 'yeah it ran a bit long huh,' have replied, at the actual near-shouting top of my voice, "I AM GOING TO KILL MYSELF."

I feel. bad for spoiling the show for them.

in my defence I have been very tired this week, I got home at 2:30 AM, and raked seating really hurts my hips so I was in agony by the end of the first hour. but mostly I'm just a bitch who loves to hate tbh.

[bigassbowlingballhead]

Joe Locke’s American accent is interesting. Like good interesting. Where most brits deepen their voice for the American accent Joe’s goes higher.

[gelatinous-globster]

favorite minor detail of "Big Roommates 2": Dibs' stupid in-universe knock-off Louboutins

[max--phillips]

It’s always the people who live in Wealthy Neighborhoods™️ who are assholes when they get behind on their payments. Like, shit happens, and I’m more than happy to work with you—this is the lowest stakes bill ever, it’s a musical instrument. Not the end of the world. People who are struggling with money and are busting their ass so their kid can participate in band or orchestra and accidentally miss a payment or two are the nicest people and apologetic and are willing to work with me to help them out. But rich people whose cards stop working and you try to contact them five times about it and their account gets to be 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 payments behind? Rude as FUCK and don’t want to pay. And also willfully ignore the agreement THEY signed with us. Frankly dude if you don’t like it you shouldn’t have signed the damn thing, this is not our fault

[gerbiloftriumph]

nomnomnom

[easypeasylindyvesey]

vince i will have you know the man CANNOT BE REPLACED

[coffee-at-annies]

The announcers keep saying names and I genuinely don’t know which of the names are on our team

[nicohischier]

holding out hope for the nate bastian-fication of this trade where johnny is just so depressed about missing the devs that utah sends him back in a few months

[intcrastra]

When Jing Yuan is seeing someone, he does strongly prefer they have something to tie them to him on their person. Be it a Jade abacus he’d gift them, a badge of some sorts with a lion carved upon it, a choker, etc-

[koalas-koalas-everywhere]

Having done some basic research about law in New York for a fic, watching a character in Suits try to make disbarment part of a deal is so funny, like. THAT'S NOT UP TO YOU. IT'S NOT UP TO THEM. IT'S NOT UP TO ANYONE BUT THE NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION AND/OR THE APPELLATE DIVISION OF STATE SUPREME COURT.

Like. I don't know what's funnier. That after PH settles with Tanner to avoid disbarment for Harvey, he still receives a citation and they're all like "but we made a deal with Tanner that he wouldn't be disbarred!" and someone who volunteered for this but DID NOT volunteer for this goes "... good for you...? Anyway, see you in court".

OR. At one point he does take the deal, so he shows up at the department all mopey, like, "I'm here to get disbarred, as part of a settlement agreement :'(" and the receptionist or whoever is thinking "someone got ripped off and I'm not sure who".

[qualitystart]

CAN SOMEONE WHO'S GOOD AT PITCHERS PLEASE CLAIM LUCAS

[kitebird-hockey]

soooooo tragic that hometown boy living his childhood dream Mitch Marner is the first Leaf on the trading block

[artemismatchalatte]

Wow. Sometimes I'm very lucky and my bipolar doesn't always affect me much. But no such luck lately. I'm worried that I might have to retake my modern lit course because I was so late with many of my assignments. I've been mentally messed up more or less with a mixed mood episode since last September. I'm currently on the line of passing and not passing the class (granted there are a few ungraded assignments, including my final so it's still possible that I'm overreacting). I'm usually a good student too so it's a point of pride for me. I went from the honor roll to this all due to me fighting with an illness... :/ (It is my fault for not managing things better so I'm not looking for pity here- just talking).

I cannot imagine how horrible this disorder is for people who didn't have the option of medication (I am medicated, believe it or not). I think about that about that a lot since I study history and look into many writer's and artist's biographies in my spare time. I feel very bad for them since they basically had to live with this disorder without the fixes I have simply because I was born late enough for treatments to exist.

Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath both haunt me. Other people too. Yes, Lord Byron was extremely shocking but consider- we don't actually know what he would have been like if he could have been treated. He wouldn't have died at 36, I'm almost certain of that. I am highly aware of what this disorder has done to people before me. It doesn't make it better. But I keep looking back any way, to see that many of them did incredible things, in spite of it all.

I just keep thinking that if they could do so much without any treatment- that I should be able to function with treatment??? I know: don't compare yourself to other people but I'm desperate to know that I can be successful even with this illness. That it's not going to force me to leave school (the one thing I have been historically good at) and waste my life toiling away for nothing.

So if it seems as if I have been hitting my head against something lately, you aren't wrong. The fall is not generally my friend, pretty as the leaves are. I have not been having a good time of it but we must go on any way because what other option is there? None, I tell you.

[notahorseindisguise]

why are purchases so expensive shouldnt i just get htings