look what I do with my life

this tumblr blog wants to be cool

[lalie]

The fact that the ALA shared this link is so gloriously bitter and angry and I love it.

[libraryadvocates]

Is there a portmanteau for that? Angritter? Bangry? 

[britegreenstar]

My library card already gets me multiple “real” books, e-books, audiobooks, magazines and movies per month. For free.

[lianabrooks]

Kindle Unlimited offers nothing from big presses, and no guarantee the authors will get paid fairly for their work. Libraries buy the book up front for a higher price (and a better binding). Kindle Unlimited offers the authors a variable percentage of a as-yet-undetermined-and-unannounced amount of money. 

While Amazon touts Kindle Unlimited at “Netflix For Books!” the reality is Netflix signed contracts with everyone whose work they offer so that actors, screen writers, best boys, and the rest of those people get paid for the shows and movies you watch. Amazon does not.

That means your favorite author isn’t being compensated for their time or work. If you love a book series and want to see the next one get published: buy the book or hit the library. Starving authors quit writing because they like eating. 

[tranceofreading-deactivated2015]

I couldn’t hit the reblog button fast enough.

[philalexandros]

So much reblog.

[girlwithalessonplan]

womp womp

[antdonut]

Touts…as “Netflix For Books!” …you mean…A LIBRARY?

[dan-spiegel]

This makes me sick.

Signal boosting this in the hopes that someone decides to join their local library instead of supporting selfish, money-grubbing companies with no regard for a community. Please join me, this is important for our future.

Imagine if we had no libraries, and this $150 a month was your only choice.

That’s where we’re headed. Support your local library, not greedy corporate monsters.

[alexthefab-deactivated20231215]

… people know you can get ebooks from libraries, right?!

[sixpenceee]

I know for a fact that each and every single one of here, have had our hearts broken. It could be from a crush or a bad break-up. Well here are some tips to help you out:

REMEMBER THAT PERSON ISN’T GOD:

You may have glorified your crush or your ex, a million times over in your mind. They seem so cool and so out of your reach. They may seem larger than life, but trust me, they aren’t. They are literally just another human being you spent a lot of thought on. And you know what over-thinking leads to. 11/10 times you will look back at this and say “Wow, he/she was not even worth it.”

IT’S POSSIBLE TO BE HAPPY AGAIN:

Perhaps that person has made you very happy. Perhaps you guys hold some of the best moments of your life. Well listen here, you are going to have even more better ones in your life. I doubted if it was possible to love again, and I am here to tell you that YES, it is. It definitly is. 

That’s the funny thing about happiness. It isn’t constant. It molds. One day you might fling a pillow against a wall and tell yourself you’ll never be happy again, because someone special has walked out of your life, and the next day the way the grass tickles against your feet will bring you joy. 

You’ll soon learn that one person doesn’t hold the key to your happiness. The only person that holds it, is you. 

GIVE YOURSELF TIME

It’s cliche but time does fix everything. What I advise is to block that person out, whether it’s through social media or real life. Avoid them. Spend some time away. This is easier said than done, but out of sight does mean out of mind, if you let it. 

LIVE!

Go out with some friends. Buy a new lipstick or shirt. Get a new haircut. Try some new foods. Read a book. Write a book. Draw. Get your nails done. Visit some place new. Take a new class. Watch some cool, new movies.

I know sometimes it getting your heart broken may seem like the end of the world, but it’s really just the beginning of a new one. 

FEEL BETTER

Well I hope I helped in some way. I have this section on my blog full of things to make someone feel better.

Here it is

Here are other people’s “happy” masterposts. There are truly such amazing people on this website.

Happy masterpost

Are you sad?

For an anxious mind

[sixpenceee]

A Creepy Medical Tour of The Past

Here is where I got them from and where you can view more pictures: X

And here is where you can find more creepy/horror/paranormal posts like this: X

[pandaaamonium14]

How Do Court Reporters Keep Straight Faces? These are from a book called Disorder in the Courts and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while the exchanges were taking place. ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning? WITNESS: He said, ‘Where am I, Cathy?’ ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you? WITNESS: My name is Susan! _______________________________ ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact? WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks. ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active? WITNESS: No, I just lie there. ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth? WITNESS: July 18th. ATTORNEY: What year? WITNESS: Every year. _____________________________________ ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you? WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can’t remember which. ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you? WITNESS: Forty-five years. _________________________________ ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory? WITNESS: I forget.. ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot? ___________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn’t know about it until the next morning? WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam? ____________________________________ ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he? WITNESS: He’s 20, much like your IQ. ___________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken? WITNESS: Are you shitting me? _________________________________________ ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time? WITNESS: Getting laid ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: She had three children , right? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: How many were boys? WITNESS: None. ATTORNEY: Were there any girls? WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney? ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated? WITNESS: By death.. ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated? WITNESS: Take a guess. ___________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual? WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female? WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I’m going with male. _____________________________________ ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney? WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work. ______________________________________ ATTORNEY: Doctor , how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people? WITNESS: All of them. The live ones put up too much of a fight. _________________________________________ ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to? WITNESS: Oral… _________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body? WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 PM ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time? WITNESS: If not, he was by the time I finished. ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample? WITNESS: Are you qualified to ask that question? ______________________________________ And last: ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing? WITNESS: No.. ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor? WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless? WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

[aced-the-heart]

Reblogging because there are some sassy little shits out there.

[allmyshipsaresinking]

I better hope I’m never called on as a witness because all these responses would pop into my head

[daisyfairy-blog]

and here’s what you missed on glee

[memeotional]

MY RIBS HURT SO BAD

[daftmando]

tHE LAST ONE THO

[sharingoxygenwithyou]

The book:

The movie:

[joelylikestea]

The Fan fictions

[trogdorthe-burninator]

The fans

[dbtohotactors]

my life seems to depend on this post 

[sonybloo]

[hardcoretangled]

I know Tangled is my all time fav movie but it DID sorta rip off Anastasia,except it was different at the same time.

[paperflowerspress]

When I was a little girl they told me I could be whatever I wanted. They forgot to tell me that people would ask my husband about his job and me about the kids, forgot to tell me that the company for which I work will have more rights that I will, forgot to tell me that my body will be up for debate in political circles, internet forums, the comment sections by people who cannot name the parts of woman that make a child, but will tell you the cells inside a womb are more important than those around them. They didn’t mention that if I tried to be a career woman and a mother that people would askhow? That trying to have it all would earn criticism instead of praise.What do you want to be when you grow up? I am going to be a woman, but I’d like to be a human, too.

Terms and Conditions - Meghan Lynn (via sneezingregeneration)

[colonelhathi]

japan ≠ korea ≠ china

pakistan is not in the middle east

most muslims aren’t arabs

geishas are not prostitutes

mexico is a very small part of latin america

there are 54 countries in africa

china has 56 different ethnic groups and none of them eat chop suey

singapore is not part of china

most singaporeans speak english as their first language, please don’t ask, “why is your English so good”

[discendos]

kill the current notion of villains needing to be human at the end of the day.

bring back villains that killed because they enjoyed blood on their hands.

give me villains that destroy cities because of boredom.

give me narcissistic villains that destroy others because they never compare to themselves.

give me bad guys that no one wants to empathise with.

[giraffepoliceforce]

I’m just baffled that there are people out there who hate asexuals.

They are literally doing nothing.

They are literally doing no one.

[teddy-stonehill]

"What you’re not doing is an abomination" "Uh…."

[brunette-cosette-deactivated202]

[the-goddamazon-deactivingsoon-d]

I kept scrolling then came back to reblog because FUCK

[chikkou]

blackmormon:

i think Paulina from danny phantom is the older Trixie tang

I wouldn’t be surprised

[layrise-deactivated20160103]

Woah woah woah, that means

[sorhyu-deactivated20150602]

whA T

[ask-arthur-christmas-claus-deac]

HEADCANON ACCEPTED

[alex-abadeer]

Can we please not forget about this? 

[ask-flameprince]

Wait then what if

[showgunate-blog]

i cannot accept this

[leo-arcana]

[licensedbootyhunter]

WHAT THE FRICK IS GOING ON

[kikaiz]

friends forever

[koalateacosplay]

"But people smell better than reindeers Sven, don’t you think I’m right?”

Zander got invited to a Frozen themed birthday.  He said he wanted to be Sven and asked me to make him some antlers. He’s really excited!

[mistuhsunny]

I was thoroughly convinced this was a cosplay of Sam Winchester up until I got to the end explanation.

[megustamemes]

This guy can spin anything on his finger.

[saggy-tits-101]

I’m still laughing at the fucking mattress omg

[noelle-washere-deactivated20140]

It’s actually the cushion that goes missing from under his ass.

[captoring]

the fact the other guy is just holding a basketball right there like they just took it away from him and now he’s trying to find replacements cause he is an addict

[koalateacosplay]

"But people smell better than reindeers Sven, don’t you think I’m right?”

Zander got invited to a Frozen themed birthday.  He said he wanted to be Sven and asked me to make him some antlers. He’s really excited!

[mistuhsunny]

I was thoroughly convinced this was a cosplay of Sam Winchester up until I got to the end explanation.

[daily-mcu]

[27dragons]

I may always reblog every gifset/imageset I see of this scene, if only to point out (over and over and over again) that Black Widow’s “very specific skillset” is not, actually, ass-kicking (as amazing as she is at that), because all the Avengers can kick ass to a pretty high degree. The Black Widow’s superpower (as it were) is emotional manipulation.

She is not interrogating this man not while tied to a chair. She is tied to a chair because that is exactly where she wants to be, because apparent vulnerability on her part is part of her interrogation. She uses the exact same trick on Loki later, when she leads him into gloating over having successfully pushed her buttons (and I have a theory that he did actually push her buttons, that she was genuinely distressed by the things he said to her because Loki is old enough and smart enough to know when someone is lying to him) and turns his gloating around on him, uses it to dig into the cracks of him, because that is what she does, and she can do it even when her target is expecting it. (Really, Loki knows that’s why she’s there. He was expecting to be physically tortured first, and for her to come be sympathetic later, if you recall, but Loki and Widow both know that wouldn’t work.)

And this is why she’s so unsettled by the Hulk. The Black Widow relies on emotional manipulation — and the Hulk, to the best of her knowledge, only has varying shades of a single emotion: anger. She doesn’t know how to manipulate a creature if it doesn’t have all the hooks to emotions like pride and lust and guilt and greed that she’s used to using.

[memoirsofanedwardianadventuress]

This is a REALLY good character analysis of Natasha.