Most Unfortunate

"You are not IN the universe, you ARE the universe, an intrinsic part of it. Ultimately you are not a person, but a focal point where the universe is becoming conscious of itself." Eckhart Tolle

[hellometalhusband-deactivated20]

Never has a Tinder profile given me so much pure joy before.

[pewdel]

Biden facts:

First marriage had to overcome fiancees parent’s unhappiness with their daughter marrying a Roman Catholic (which they did)

His wife and baby daughter died, and both sons were injured in a crash just weeks after he was elected senator - an election in which he was the underdog, and his campaign was mostly managed by his family with little funding (1972)

Wanted to resign in order to care for his sons

For his boys’ sake he commuted an hour and a half each morning and evening to Washington DC  so he could see them everyday

Hosted barbecues and christmas dinner annually for Amtrak crews

Amtrak crews would sometimes hold the last train for a few minutes so he could catch it

Never works on December 18th, the day his wife and daughter died

after his first election as U.S. senator for Delaware he was re-elected 6 times - usually with around 60% of the vote

May 1999 he set the mark for the youngest senator to cast 10,000 votes

Ranked as one of the least wealthy members of the senate

Was banned in 2008 from receiving Holy Communion by the bishop of his original hometown, Scranton, because of his support for abortion rights

Was caught on microphone telling Obama that signing the ACA was “a big fucking deal” during live broadcasts

Obama’s daughter Sasha and Biden’s granddaughter Maisy attended the same school together, which helped form the obama-biden friendship

Biden’s friendships on the senate floor were often instrumental in passing major legislation

In 2015 he reduced his schedule to spend more time with his son Beau, who was fighting and later died from brain cancer  

One of only 4 recipients from the last 4 presidents to receive the presidential medal of freedom with distinction 

Dr Jill Biden, his wife, is one of only 2 second ladies to continue her day job - teaching at Northern Virginia Community College - and is founder of the Biden Breast Health Initiative (an effort to raise awareness of breast cancer with young women in Delaware) 

just a fucking decent dude

[dateagirlwhosuggestion]

date a girl who treats you the same way she treats books

[itsrainingmensheviks-deactivate]

I’ll critique you continuously and won’t be too bothered if I break your spine

[bookphile]

And then I’ll review your performance on several social media sites and ask for feedback.

I’ll also insert rectangular metal and paper objects into your body whenever I need a break from you, and store you on a shelf in my house

[dukeofbookingham-deactivated202]

I’ll be done with you in less than a week and move on immediately. 

[writerly-blonde]

I’ll switch between you and others several times whenever it pleases me

[berlynn-wohl]

I’m not going to spend any money on you unless you can tell me something I don’t already know about the Cold War.

[professorspork]

I used to date your twin, but I lost her.

[robotsandfrippary]

When you get old and worn out I’ll replace you with a digital copy that will never age.  

[vermofftiss]

I’ll occasionally take you off the shelf and open you up to inhale the sweet smell of your innards

[nicbutt]

I’ll occasionally loan you out to my friends

[slavetomyheadcanon]

This thread is everything I dreamed it would be.

[thegirlwhocrieswolf]

I’ll wait for you to say something interesting then I’ll take a highlighter out and draw on your face.

[magic-of-eternity]

[elvndork]

The Gryffindorsϟ Brown ϟ Finnigan ϟ Granger ϟ Longbottom ϟ Patil ϟ Potter ϟ Thomas ϟ Weasley 

You might belong in Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve, and chivalry Set Gryffindors apart

[the-movemnt-deactivated20170912]

It won’t get better for LGBT youth of color until we identify and dismantle the ways we’ve normalized racism. Gabe hits it on the head:

[princehexing-deactivated2017061]

I want all my white mutuals to watch this immediately! And I’ll reblog this everyday until you guys fully understand.

[thotograph]

anxiety: they hate you

me: who hates me

anxiety: they

[thecommonchick]

this is the best thing I’ve seen today

[lilyprongspotter]

Friendly reminder that Lily initially rejected both James and Severus. James responded by maturing and stopping the bullying that had made Lily hate him. Severus responded by joining the extremist group intent on slaughtering muggle borns. 

[wdwpics]

[stability]

[apple-carts-deactivated20171115]

[foggysuggestion]

me??? upset???? yes constantly

[westieronto]

How most people with invisible illnesses are treated by health care “professionals”

[thefemcritique]

The Golden Girls didn’t fuck around

[pardonmewhileipanic]

pls watch

[voremeseymour-deactivated201606]

honestly i really appreciated this scene when I first saw it bc it took me like two years to get a diagnosis for what’s wrong with me

[mttheww]

Dorothy:  Dr. Budd?

Dr. Budd:  Yes?

Dorothy:  You probably don’t remember me, but you told me I wasn’t sick.  Do you remember?  You told me I was just getting old.

Dr. Budd:  I’m sorry, I really don’t–

Dorothy:  Remember.  Maybe you’re getting old.  That’s a little joke.  Well, I tell you, Dr. Budd, I really am sick.  I have chronic fatigue syndrome.  That is a real illness.  You can check with the Center for Disease Control.

Dr. Budd:  Huh.  Well, I’m sorry about that.

Dorothy:  Well, I’m glad!  At least I know I have something.

Dr. Budd:  I’m sure.  Well, nice seeing you.

Dorothy:  Not so fast.  There are some things I have to say.  There are a lot of things that I have to say.  Words can’t express what I have to say.  [tearing up]  What I went through, what you put me through—I can’t do this in a restaurant.

Dr. Budd:  Good!

Dorothy:  But I will!

Dr. Budd’s date:  Louis, who is this person?

Dr. Budd:  Look, Miss–

Dorothy:  Sit.  I sat for you long enough.  Dr. Budd, I came to you sick—sick and scared—and you dismissed me.  You didn’t have the answer, and instead of saying “I’m sorry, I don’t know what’s wrong with you,” you made me feel crazy, like I had made it all up.  You dismissed me!  You made me feel like a child, a fool, a neurotic who was wasting your precious time.  Is that your caring profession?  Is that healing?  No one deserves that kind of treatment, Dr. Budd, no one.  I suspect had I been a man, I might have been taken a bit more seriously, and not told to go to a hairdresser.

Dr. Budd:  Look, I am not going to sit here anymore–

Dr. Budd’s date:  Shut up, Louis.

Dorothy:  I don’t know where you doctors lose your humanity, but you lose it.  You know, if all of you, at the beginning of your careers, could get very sick and very scared for a while, you’d probably learn more from that than anything else.  You’d better start listening to your patients.  They need to be heard.  They need caring.  They need compassion.  They need attending to.  You know, someday, Dr. Budd, you’re gonna be on the other side of the table, and as angry as I am, and as angry as I always will be, I still wish you a better doctor than you were to me.

[jennytrout]

Reblogging for any of my mutuals who’ve ever dealt with Dr. Budd.

[bexthesugarbabe-deactivated2017]

I used to love this show and I don’t remember Dorothy having Cfs. Everything she says rings true

[rivergst-deactivated20191102]

Omfg I could not love this show more!

[magicalfisheye-deactivated20160]

I happened to be watching a channel this was being rerun on about 5 or 6 years ago and remembering this episode very vividly. This was definitely one of the great shows best moments.

[theslaybymic]

Watch: There’s no such thing as the wrong type of hair.

Follow @this-is-life-actually

[coffin-flop]

everybody wants to be There for you, but where the fuck is There? There is your first Easter when you are at work and you see a family walk in, and you run to the bathroom to cry. three months later at three am in your bedroom alone is There. some days, There is in your car for absolutely no reason at all. it has been far too long without reaching out for anybody to still be waiting There, because There has no place to wait, There has no time to arrive, no time to leave. how can anybody expect to be There when the person who always offered to be There (anywhere at anytime for any reason at all), the Person who made you quit your first job because they wouldn’t be There if anything happened, the Person who always wanted to drive you home if you couldn’t yourself, the Person who wanted to travel five hours at an ungodly time in the morning to make sure you didn’t kills yourself- the Person who always wanted to be There is not Here? everybody wants to be There for you, and the sentiment is greatly appreciated, but you can not figure out, can not predict where There is, not when your real Person to be There is not Here to be There.

thank you for trying to be There (via white-cabbage-passage)

[callmehass]