trains and sewing machines

"we are products of our past but we don’t have to be prisoners of it"

[gtfogemma]

Eva & Bristol

“Where do I start with this wonderful human being? Not only beautiful but brilliant. She’s one of the smartest people I know, and that’s saying something. I work with a bunch of scientists, but Eva surprises me every day with what she knows. She’s funny, and it’s so easy being around her. I can trust this girl with my life. She’s the one person I’ll hit up to go break into the museum or something. She deserves all the love in the world.” 

“Bristol is a blonde version of me except smarter and less loud. Okay, actually, science is the only thing we have in common and being easily distracted. Regardless, Bristol is super cool. And if I could become someone else for the day, it’d be Bristol because she’s smart, hot, and funny. We’re also both incompetent with many things, so it’s nice not being judged. I like being around her because super fun dance parties and cool science shit.” 

[keystroke-musings]

Once upon a time there was a girl, She dreamt of stars, of happiness, of love. The world was a wonder, a shining light of hope, And she set out to make the world her own. But then the lights faded and the wonder jaded, And the truth of the world forever descended. She felt her heart break from the pain of it all, Over and over, bruised with each blow. The stars abated, her happiness a fable, And love was the mask that kept the farce sated. She put on a smile, broken pieces swept inside, The world was now her stage, her pretense a disguise. Because once upon a time there was a girl, And once upon a time, there were no magic songs.

fairytales didn’t live in her world // a.s. (via dropshipp)

[lazarusvakarian]

❝ Possibly, but I find it hard to believe that these people who created legends and stories pulled it out of thin air. Think of things that no longer exist. Animals, plants, clean air. Is it really hard to believe that magic once existed and went extinct? ❞

[bristolgdi]

“They needed something to do with their time. It wasn’t like they had television or phones to entertain themselves back then. How else to explain their changing world than with stories? Now we know that lightning is really a sudden electrostatic discharge during an electrical storm between electrically charged regions of a cloud and another cloud or the ground, but back then it made more sense to them that there was a big man hurling around lightning bolts because he wasn’t being worshiped enough.”

[bristolgdi]

oh shit and gemma

“We’re definitely Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. You know, if one of us was green and the other was bleached white. Although I’m probably pale enough that I could maybe pass for bleach white. And if they weren’t girlfriends, although I wouldn’t be opposed to kissing Gemma on occasion. Like friends who kiss and science together. Maybe blow something in space up and then have a little victory dance. Actually, now that I think about it, we’re nothing like Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. But wouldn’t it be fun if we were?”

[bristolgdi]

cato *cackles*

“Have you ever gotten a milkshake that looks really good and you just kind of have to sit back and admire this milkshake because how on earth did someone come up with this beautiful milkshake and why has no one else stopped to appreciate this milkshake? And then you remember you’re lactose intolerant and suddenly you’re shitting everywhere and it’s an actual pain in the ass? Happened to my cousin once. Anyway, Cato is a little like this milkshake, pretty to look at but a total pain in the ass when he wants to be. I think he’s just playing people though. There’s definitely more to that milkshake than just the whipped cream and the cherry you see on the top.”

Send me a character’s name and my muse will tell how they feel about them

[laurenxxedwards]

Go for it ^_^

[bristolgdi]

@catowtf

Today really was the worst day that Bristol could remember, all because her coffee pot had decided to die the night before. If that wasn’t bad enough, the actual glass pot had shattered when the blonde had wrestled with it that morning, slicing open her hand when she’d gone to pick up the pieces, the barista had forgotten her pump of hazelnut in her coffee and now she’d gone and spilled hot liquid into her fresh stitches. “Fuck,” she swore, the leaky to go cup dropping from her bandaged hand. The scalding coffee splattered everywhere, all over the pavement and Bristol’s legs, as well as the dark haired man who was nearby. She looked up, her eyes catching sight of a coffee covered Cato. Just when she thought her day couldn’t get any worse....

[gtfogemma]

“You’re in the town that only has coffee and mediocre food which should only encourage home cooking, but who has time for that? And the risk of burning the whole house down?” Gemma shook her head at the thought. She knew how to cook, but easily distracted, she could forget about the whole thing. “That’s so generous of you. We can request two people if you want the whole package? But you’re probably right. Once that pizza comes, I’ll probably forget about the person handing me it at all. Food tends to win a woman’s heart after all. I’ll get pineapple and sausage, thank you.” 

[bristolgdi]

“I’ll grant you that Charlie’s is mediocre, especially if you piss off your waitress, but don’t go insulting Devon’s food truck that way.” She shook her head. “That truck has saved my life multiple times, from regular starvation and on nights when I’m too drunk to comprehend what I’m eating. Not to mention that the hangover good is so amazing it’ll blow your mind.” Bristol was shit at cooking, and relied mostly on Devon’s food truck or reheated leftovers from work to survive. “I appreciate the offer, but I’d rather just stay in my sweats and eat my pizza without worrying about who is going to see me look like this.” She laughed. Speaking into the phone she ordered a large half pineapple and sausage and half pepperoni pizza. 

[ginnyisaiah]

“That does seem like a fairly effective plan.” she snorted, a grin on her face. “I think the other rules are also don’t say ‘be right back’ or ‘let’s split up’.  If we avoid those, I think we should be good.”

[bristolgdi]

Bristol laughed. “Seems as if we’ve thought of everything, although I’m sure that we’ve forgotten something. You don’t have any small children or any ties to haunted houses in your past, right?”

[kiraparsad-blog]

Every morning met Kira with the same routine, she would drink something green and unbearable, a jog around the town to keep herself at peak performance and start her actual day after that. She found that keeping with her daily routine made her feel a little more in control, Kira had a habit of losing control often enough. Soon enough she as midway through her run when she stopped to catch her breath and take a break. As she checked her heart rate, Kira looked up to see who was watching her. 

“Can I help you?” She asked not rudely but in her usual fashion, despite the fact that she wasn’t on the clock today, the detective still serve the people.

[bristolgdi]

Bristol wasn’t what you would call athletic. She’d never found the idea of team sports appealing, always at the back of the pack of her high school track team and never really enjoying gym class. Still though, she’d enjoyed running well enough, using it to help with her stress levels throughout college and her master’s degree. With her crammed schedule trying to earn her PhD as well as working two jobs, Bristol hadn’t had much time to run. The few pounds that sat on her previously toned stomach were evidence enough, but this morning she’d decided that a run was in order. She’d woken up early, getting her gear on and hitting the trail nearest her apartment. Still, it had been a bit since her last run and she was certainly feeling it. 

Pausing to catch her breath, Bristol pulled off to the side of the path. Another woman pulled over and caught her breath. Bristol watched, a bit envious of how natural this seemed to come to her, but also curious as to how her run was going. The other woman spoke and Bristol shook her head, reminding herself belatedly that staring was rude. “Sorry. I was just admiring your stride. It’s been a while since I ran last and I couldn’t help but notice how natural you look. Reminded me a little of when I used to run for my school is all.”

[lazarusvakarian]

❝ I feel like we really lowered our expectations of what constitutes magic when we began using it to describe markers. ❞

[bristolgdi]

Humming slightly under her breath, Bristol didn’t bother to look up from her rough sketch of the new fuel chamber she was experimenting with. “That would require people to actually believe in magic, or at the very least, for magic to actually exist. Magic is an illusion of tricks, or in the case of the markers, chemistry done right.”

[romanxcandle]

         “—-And…you’re not Indian food?”

[bristolgdi]

Bristol paused, seeming to thinking the concept through. “No, I’m not. Really a tragedy now that I think about it. I could have been some delicious chicken tikka masala or paneer in green chutney sauce, but instead I’m a human being. Although maybe it’s not so tragic after all. I mean, the whole getting eaten bit doesn’t sound appealing. But I suppose we’re veering into Sausage Party territory there.” The blonde was beginning to ramble, getting caught up in the pros and cons of being Indian food that she was beginning to forget why she’d knocked on the man’s door to begin with.

[ihavetofart-deactivated20150908]

[grace--upon--grace]

[thiscityscreamsyourname]

You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress, simultaneously.

Sophia Bush   (via thatkindofwoman)

[veronicabblack-blog]

“Anyone fancy a drink? Life is getting a lil stressful and I need to take the edge off a bit.”

[bristolgdi]

Bristol shrugged, noticing the fellow blonde who had filled the empty spot next to her at the bar. “Might as well. I’ll get next round, yeah?” She didn’t often visit the local bars, preferring to drink in the privacy of her home, but the day had been rough on her and it didn’t seem like it was going to get much better tonight. The blonde waited for the bartender to move towards them, motioning slightly that they needed to order. “You want to talk about it?”

[carawolfe-deactivated20160828]

Natalie had wandered around trying to find the building that matched the address on her phone. When she approached one, she looked over at the appearance. It was small and old-looking and her gut was telling her that this was for sure not the right place. She sighs, adding a groan as well as she mumbled to herself. “Where the hell is this damn market.”

[bristolgdi]

Bristol wasn’t really paying attention to where she was walking, far too involved in the words she was mumbling. “If we calibrate the thrust and the velocity changes,” could be heard falling from the blonde’s mouth as she walked. It was typical of her to get so involved in a problem that she didn’t pay attention to where she was going, even less so to her surroundings, so it was no surprise that she walked into the brunette who was in her path. What was surprising was that Bristol even noticed she’d bumped into someone. “Sorry,” she mumbled. “My bad.”