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THE GOOD WIFE | āThe Last Callā (5.16) vs. āEndā (7.22)
āThis gift that you gave me for my birthday. You never got to tell me why you gave it to me or what it means⦠but I think I know.ā
favorite presidential kid? probably alice roosevelt.
-her mother died two days after she was born and on the same day her maternal grandmother also died. teddy was so sad that he left his newborn daughter with his sister anna for two years and could never bring himself to say his wifeās name so alice who was named after her mother had to be called āleeā, her middle name.
-when teddy remarried, aliceās stepmom edith made it clear that she thought aliceās mom had been beautiful but dumb. when aliceās parents couldnāt handle her anymore, they sent her to her aunt annaās. according to alice, āIf auntie Bye had been a man,Ā sheĀ would have been presidentā. alice claimed to feel one-sixth as loved as her five half-siblings.
-then alice got polio which at the time could kill, not to mention cripple. her stepmom put her through anĀ uncompromising regimen of nightly forced wearing of torturous leg braces and shoes, which left alice with no trace of the disability and able toĀ run up stairs and touch her nose with her toe well into her 80s.
-aliceās dad and stepmom tried to send her to a conservative girlsā school but alice wrote home, āIf you send me I will humiliate you. I will do something that will shame you. I tell you I willā.
-when teddy became president in 1901, alice became an instant celebrity and fashion icon at age 17. she did scandalous things like smoking cigarettes in public, riding in cars with men, staying out late partying, keeping a pet snake (called emily spinach) in the white house, and placing bets with a bookie.Ā
-she even had a color - alice blue - and a song - alice blue gown - named after her. the press called her princess alice.
-during an imperial cruise to japan, alice jumped into a pool fully dressed and coaxed a congressman in to join her.
-one time a white house visitor commented on aliceās frequent interruptions in the oval office, usually with political advice. after the third interruption, teddy explained, āI can either run the country or I can attend to Alice, but I cannot possibly do bothā.
-in february 1906, alice married congressman nicholas longworth and was the social event of the season. it was attended by more than a thousand guests and thousands gathered outside hoping for a glance of princess alice. she wore a blue wedding dress and cut the wedding cake with a sword.
-alice publicly supported her dadās 1912 presidential candidate while her husband supported president taft. alice appeared on stage in her husbandās own district with her dadās vp candidate. longworth lost by 105 votes and alice joked that she was worth at least 100 votes (meaning she was the reason he lost).
-aliceās campaign against her husband caused a friction in their marriage and longworth was known to be carrying on many affairs. it was also generally accepted knowledge in dc that alice had a long, ongoing affair with senator william borah, who by aliceās own admission was the father of her daughter, paulina. alice had a wicked sense of humor and had initially wanted to name her daughter deborah (as in de Borah).
-after the death of her daughter paulina in 1957, alice fought for and won custody of her granddaughter joanna.Ā
-in the 1950s, aliceās health began to fail her and she broke a hip. she also discovered she was suffering from breast cancer and had to have two mastectomies. in 1960, alice was diagnosed with emphysema.Ā
-alice was also a champion of rights for african-americans. one day, in 1965, aliceās african-american chauffeur and good friend, turner, was driving her to an appointment. turner pulled out in front of a taxi and the driver yelled at him, āWhat do you think youāre doing, you black bastard?ā turner stayed calm but alice told the taxi driver, āHeās taking me to my destination, you white son of a bitch!ā
-after many years of ill health, alice died of emphysema and pneumonia at age 96, outliving all five of her younger half-siblings.
-her most famous quote was, āIf you havenāt got anything good to say about anybody, come sit next to meā.Ā
-when senator joseph mccarthy joked at a party, āHereās my blind date. I am going to call you Aliceā, she replied, āSenator McCarthy, you are not going to call me Alice. The trashman and the policeman on my block call me Alice, but you may notā.Ā
-she told president lyndon b. johnson that she wore wide-brimmed hats so he couldnāt kiss her.
-when a kkk member dressed in full costume asked her to trust his word, she said, āI never trust a man under sheetsā.
so in summary, alice roosevelt longworth was badass.
this is her:
hereās little alice
more of teen/young adult alice
alice with her daughter paulina
alice as a grand old lady
āā¦sometimes I think about Scully as Mulderās human credential.ā
Inside The X-Files (FX special, Season 5 DVD box set) Featured episodes: Memento Mori (4x14) Ā | Ā Paper Hearts (4x10)
all I wanted was you
I think we deserve
a soft epilogue, my love.
We are good people
and weāve suffered enough.
ā N.T
when people ask where you see yourself in 10 years
JUMPING ON THIS OPPORTUNITY
Can we stay here for a while? (x)
i hope that one day i will finally be okā¦.iāll make a cherry pie when it is all over
today is the day
reblog the cherry pie to be ok
I think I am finally really OK. I made a blueberry pie to celebrate.
20 years ago we were given this treat.
Millennium (S7E4) 28th November 1999
[x]
āThereās a sequence after Mulder arrives back in his apartment to confirm Kurtzweilās existence and friendship with his father where Scully comes in and says, āIāve quit, Iām leaving. Iām going off to so and so, I donāt want to stay because I know youāll talk me out of it. So I gotta leave now, bye.ā So she runs out. Mulder persues her down the hallway, has already confessed to her in the room that now is the worst time of all. āWeāre really on to something here. I need you. I need you, I need you.ā Thatās the theme of the movie, Mulder needs Scully. Never before has he come to that understanding quite so strongly as he does in this story. So, sheās running because sheās afraid that heās gonna talk her out of it. So the best thing she can do is just hit the elevator button and go, go, go. She never makes it. This was her first mistake. And Mulder also knows that thatās where sheās headed, is out the door. So, heās gotta tell her why it is that sheās so important to him. And tell her once and for all that in fact, the whole time that theyāve been together, that the two of them have been together, that she has made him better. She has made him feel not like an outcast, not like discarded FBI trash, but actually somebody thatās worthy of her friendship. That, as he says, sheās made him a whole person.āĀ ā Rob Bowman, The X-Files: Fight the FutureĀ commentary
Iām calling Skinner.
Okay but⦠if you notice⦠it looks like heās rubbing her shoulder with his thumb and I CANāT.
Maybe tās better if he doesnāt love me. I mean, next to true love, the best thing is unrequited love.Itās even more romantic when you think about it. All the great stories are about unrequited love. In fact, I hope he doesnāt love me.