ZERO ABILITY TO FOCUS

eli paltrow. seventeen.

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* valiisms:

Her mouth opened slightly as her ears finally tuned in to his last few words, Valerie not quite sure how to take it. She could ask for the whole story over again, or talk about herself – she’d really rather not talk about herself. “I’m sorry, Eli,” she started, putting her book down as she squinted towards him. “— you’re saying you got punched and you’re sitting at a lunch table rather than at the nurses? What the fuck, Eli?” she asked, blue eyes looking him over, up and down.

“What can I say,” A grin appears on the boy’s face and hands feigning defence raise. “    I’m a trooper.” He looks away for a few seconds, the look of amusement on his face fading as did his laugh. “Plus I’m fucking hungry. I’m here.”

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* kxrnstcin:

“By all means continue on, I don’t mind.” And she didn’t—this was a rather… interesting story (not to mention, Laura had nothing better to bring to the table of conversation, anyway). “All I did was fall sleep in an empty coffin I found. Ironic and oddly satisfying, but that’s nothing new.”

“As much as I’d love to continue on with my story,” He begins, his stare hardening a little. ”...I feel as though your...” His brows furrow. “...coffin nap needs to be expanded on a little.”

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* brennan-douglas-ward:

Brennan was confused at the others words, especially since he hadn’t asked the guy anything - still though he listened and scratched his head as he tried to figure out a way to respond. “Uh…that sucks,” he said, before laughing at the joke he accidentally made.  “Or I guess not. And nothings going on with me. Just another day.”

“    The pun is much appreciated. And that’s actually incredibly boring. Have you nothing interesting to do? Otherwise it’s a wasted day, you’re wasting all opportunities to have any interesting stories.” His smile fades. “You know this.” 

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* aisling-justadream:

“Well, that’s good to hear.” She didn’t bother to point out that there actually were a few students who managed to throw something together for her to check it over, and that he didn’t need to be so pessimistic about his class. “But you don’t need to worry about being perfect compared to your class. Worry about yourself, and doing your best.”

“That’s probably not happening so uh,” He stops himself from talking any further, and so the best way forward: backtracking. “I’m good, I’m not comparing myself. Swear.”

[dailymarvelkings]

“My parents have Google Alerts on me. So they’ll often times send me an e-mail and be like, ‘Hey did you know this?’ And then I’ll be like, ‘Well, it is, like, my life. So yes, I did know that.’ Or, 'That’s not even true. I don’t know where you read that.’ I have Googled myself, yes. But my parents really have Google Alerts on me.”

[loganlemans]

I started going to acting school in my senior year in high school, and I remained in acting school through four years of college.

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* nylashaw:

“I’d say together, sure. Add to it the bills, my job. It’s a little bit of everything.“ she replied, chuckling. “And…well, obviously, you don’t know my cats.”

"If they’re bad enough to have to complain about. I’m sure they’re absolute hell raisers.”

[elipaltrcw-blog]

“So I was like ‘you can’t suck dick for shit’ and that’s when he punched me. And then kept punching me until he was taken off of me and taken outside.” He stops his story rather abruptly and crosses his arms over his chest.. “But here I am going on about myself; you can’t get a word in edge wise. My deepest apologies. What’s going on with you?”

[parfym]

Dane DeHaan photographed by Guy Lowndes for Flaunt Magazine, 2012

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* aisling-justadream:

“And if everyone wasn’t slamming their books just once they figure I’m finished, you’d hear the cut off for me looking over the paper is next Tuesday so I can give you all actually helpful advice. Because I know you were trying to pay attention to when I was talking about it.” She sighed. “I suppose even if it’s futile, it’s an attempt to get people to not write the paper the night before on no sleep.”

“Hm.” An exasperated shrug follows. “If it helps, I’m usually doing it two days before it’s due as opposed to the much worse: day before. Getting enough sleep so I won’t sleep through the next day and can actually hand it in. A prime example of the perfect student, in my class at least.”

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* aisling-justadream:

She pressed her lips into a hard line. “Next Friday, at the beginning of class. And if you’re so worried about it, then you ought to take me up on my offer to look over essays before they’re due.” She shrugged. “The offer always stands, not many people take it up.”

“I’m not struggling.” He insists. “From what I know about the rest of the student body, they all wait until the evening it’s due to even begin the essay. I doubt you would take too fondly to a swarm of emails from English students 8pm the night before they’re due asking for your advice. That’s just what I’m assuming though.”

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* nylashaw:

Look, I know ‘stress’. I have a toddler and two cats to take care of. Just take a deep breath, rest a little, it’s going to be okay. 

“So are the cats and toddler together causing stress or individually causing stress? Because I apologise, I’m really struggling to see two cats as adequate reasoning for stress. Toddler maybe, but cats less so.

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* hunter-ellis:

“–Right. That’s enough drama for me today. I think I’m going to find myself a nice bottle of wine and sit on the roof for a while.”

“Could create more drama for you if you climb onto that roof after you drink the wine.” Eli counters, crossing his arms over his chest. “–Fall and break your neck.”

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* aisling-justadream:

“Sorry, this paper’s grammar is giving me a headache, I missed what you said. Can you repeat it?”

“Of course.”  His annoyance at having to repeat himself to her painfully obvious. “I was asking when the essay was due. But now I’m wary of doing it and giving it to you in case you were to attack my grammar in front of another student.”

[parfym]

“I’m really bad at lying. I’m one of the worst liars I know. But if I can convince myself to believe something’s happening, I can do that.” - Dane DeHaan