don't let me be gone

Hi, I'm Maddie. 25 // Engineer living in Seattle I read books and watch Netflix and sometimes take pictures or draw things. I don't know what I'm doing with this blog or my life so please forgive me.

[air-catcher]

I’m probably never going to use tumblr again u can follow me on Twitter if u want to keep up with me @rule_number32

[thequeenfamily]

the avengers has ruined the superhero movie genre by setting an unmoving, generic tone that all critics who know absolutely nothing about comics think these movies should follow

[argumate]

but soft, what brick through yonder window breaks

[gemmythedestroyer-deactivated20]

It is the East, and Juliet’s got a gun.

[insomniac-arrest]

Ghibli films look the way it feels to exist in this world, like not how the world actually looks, but how it feels- and in all the good ways

the warm buttered toast of early mornings, the sheated heavy rain of grey days, the huge welling tears of grief and the electric anger that raises your whole head of hair

like, it’s not real, but it’s really Real, you feel me?

[gangler]

Barnes and Nobles is gonna start serving food and alcohol.

Everybody’s cracking jokes about how it’s a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the age of Amazon.

But you know what? Props to them. This is exactly what Blockbuster didn’t do. At no point was Blockbuster like “Hey, movie rentals aren’t the lucrative enterprise they once were. Perhaps it’s time we become known for our cheesy garlic bread.”

[mackasaurussex]

Okay but…if someone wants to take me on a date to a Barnes and noble and get me dinner and a drink and then let me peruse the stacks like I’m not saying no. A sandwich, a beer, and 2-5 books on various topics I hope I’ll someday read about? Good night.

[silvysartfulness]

The Swedish equivalent of Blockbuster is now best known for its candy, snacks and sodas.

[thestraggletag]

This is El Ateneo Grand Splendid, an old theatre turned bookstore in Buenos Aires:

The stage itself was turned into a cafe:

You can’t even begin to comprehend the massive amounts of money this place makes, despite the fact that they turned the theatre boxes into reading nooks like this:

I’ve literally spent days holed up in there reading books for free while also consuming massive amounts of coffee and pastries.

Adapt or die, people.

[frayedcobweb]

Take me to Buenos freaking Aires… Leave me in this bookshop… Never look for me, you will not find me again.

[skincareroutine]

potatoes take so long to boil kinda sexy making me wait

[merriweatherpostpavilion]

received this incomprehensible email from my ornithology professor

[turing-tested]

[quinintheclouds]

Y'all have,,, NO idea how much I want a pizza rn. It is taking all of my willpower to save my money and not order one this instant to celebrate getting stuff done today

[quinintheclouds]

late-stage capitalism is i want pizza but congress won’t buy me one

wait I haven’t tried

I’m gonna call my congressman and see

[quinintheclouds]

Hmm… Ted Cruz isn’t answering. Still a coward, I see,

[quinintheclouds]

I’m gonna ask my governor now and tell him Cruz said it was out of his jurisdiction so he’ll feel all important. dude sued the city and is richer than god he can afford a pizza

[quinintheclouds]

HDGJDFHGJ SOMEONE PICKED UP,,, this is how it went:

Me: Hello, I would like to request an audience with Governor Abbott

Secretary: I’m sorry. I can relay a message and have him get back to you in a call or email.

Me: Okay, thanks! Due to some recent changes and current economic disparity in Texas, I’ve calculated that Gov. Abbott makes enough a year to buy over 10,000 pizzas, for example. As a display of his claims to make efforts towards rebuilding the middle class, all I ask is that he buy me one single pizza. 

Secretary: *incredulous laugh/scoff noise*

Me: That’s less than 0.0001% of his salary, not even taking his enormous wealth into consideration, and will affect my voting decision next election cycle. My paypal is https://www.paypal.me/quinintheclouds 

Secretary: …I’ll let him know.

Secretary: *Hangs up*

[quinintheclouds]

None of them bought me a pizza. Guess you could say they crust my dreams :((

[quinintheclouds]

pLOT TWIST THE SECRETARY SENT ME $15 FOR MAKING HER LAUGH AND CAUSE SHE HATES WORKING THERE,,, THE SUBJECT LINE SAID POLITICAL PIZZA

[jaxblade]

Nickelodeon kid shows be like...

[soularbuds]

wish i was snuggling not struggling

[d0gbl0g]

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[astraeons]

“But I told him to leave.”

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so. episode 28, huh.

(instagram)

[labias]

Oh my god

[headspace-hotel]

depression: kill yourself

Me: kill me yourself you coward

[yellowjuice-deactivated20190512]

[yellowjuice-deactivated20190512]

I also want to make it abundantly clear this is why people say “fuck cops” and why “Blue Lives Matter” is bullshit. It may only be a “handful” of corrupt cops (which is also bullshit) but it’s the entire institution behind them that enables them and refuses to take any form of accountability. Every single cop is complicit. Every single one.

[ms-demeanor]

This is also why the thin blue line flags are so, so, so disconcerting to me.

The thin blue line is the line that cops won’t cross, which is doing anything to undermine cops.

It’s such an extremely us against them mentality where “us” is police and “them” is “everyone who isn’t a cop” that I’m legitimately confused when people claim it’s not a fascist symbol.

It’s signalling that you support cops over citizens and that you see cops as distinct and above citizens. It’s support for the police state and police AS the state.

[ourqueertardis]

family members: “so…are you seeing anyone?”

me:

[parkchanwoohoo]

Sorry for being an ignorant American but uh. Has brexit happened yet

[astronomifier]

nope! the uk government is falling apart tho!

[parkchanwoohoo]

I’m very sorry to hear that. I promise you I understand