All kinds of stuff...

...mostly about Andrew Scott, Pride, Queen, Maneskin and whatever I happen to find interesting or entertaining. 

[moripartylove]

I finally decided to listen to my therapist and not cancel next week's London trip completely (torn tendon in shoulder, can't carry shit), but instead do a mini version of the trip I planned for: only 2 nights with as minimal luggage as possible (basically just 1 dress to change, fresh underwear, toothbrush and deodorant lol). It will be stressful to travel so far for such a short stay, but I need something nice in my life so badly, especially if I'm really in for a difficult, long recovery shoulder surgery (I'll find out on Tuesday and I feel sick just thinking about that appointment). My mini London vacation will include the Pride musical (❤️❤️❤️❤️ my favourite film of all times and I would have been so heartbroken to miss the musical version), a Ziggy Stardust tribute event at Royal Festival Hall including Placebo singer Brian Molko (my favourite band of all times), and a Frieda Kahlo exhibition at Tate Modern. And probably some good food in between. I also really splurged on a nice hotel (it even has a pool but I can't swim because of my shoulder, dammit) and Eurostar Plus train tickets. This might be my last trip in quite a while and I already had to cancel everything last year because of the cancer, so I want to make this as comfortable and enjoyable as possible.

[positivelypresent]

Which one(s) are you taking?

[bellabs-dream-lab]

Just remembered I had this screenshot on my phone somewhere and had to post it here because it really speaks to me

[moripartylove]

Beach day!

[selfcarereminder]

the version of you from five years ago would be genuinely amazed by what you’ve handled since then. sit with that for a second

[maidslime]

Ok like. Imagine life without ads. You wake up, check your messages across a variety of apps, no ads. You get up and put on the tv while you prep your breakfast, no ads. Maybe you drive somewhere and switch on the radio, no ads. Maybe you drive a long distance, yet somehow, not a single billboard on your path. You pick up a newspaper or magazine to pass the time, no advertisements only articles. You turn on your game console, the home screen is just about your games, no ads to buy more. You open a streaming app, you don't pay extra for no ads, there's just no ads ever.

Think about how much of your time is spent looking at ads. "Download ublock" yeah I know, I have. But that doesn't change that the world is covered with endless advertising. Imagine never seeing that again. How much better our lives would be.

[moripartylove]

Luckily this is mostly my life already. The only places I encounter ads are the internet (adblocker helps though) and sometimes in public spaces (but not much, we don't have billboards everywhere like the US seems to have). My messaging app does not have ads. I don't have a tv, don't listen to the radio and don't stream my music, instead I listen to CDs or mp3s, watch DVDs and read actual paper books. What strikes me about this post is the constant use of electronics all day long. You can avoid so many ads by just getting off your devices, and it's beneficial for mental health too.

[guerrillatech]

[swinging-from-my-cable]

How is it is supposed to work: your emotions are a response to your situation and surroundings. It is OK to feel the emotion. Now take that emotion and use your logical brain to decide which parts of the emotion fit the facts of the situation and which do not and why, and how you’re going to respond to said emotions (which is what tweet said, and what therapists say)

How people seem to interpret it: any emotional reaction is perfectly fine and I am not responsible for what I do out of emotion.

[sverdenes-prinsessa-deactivated]

The “How it is supposed to work” part is really great, took me long enough and a therapist to figure that.

[an-ruraiocht]

genuinely feels like this sums up so many online interactions

(for the record, madeline is a dual citizen who has lived a lot of time in both the US and the UK, she speaks knowledgeably)

[an-ruraiocht]

also an important addition from the replies

[aru]

Tumblr Code.

[geekishchic]

If I ever see any of you in public, the code is “I like your shoelaces”

that way we know we’re from tumblr without revealing anything

I’m just going to say this to strangers until i find a tumblr person

must keep reblogering!! Im going to be so suspicious if any one tells me this now!

Remember the answer is: I stole them from the president.

always reblog tumblr identification

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

good god this just crossed my dash in the year of our lord 2023

[jeremysknoxes]

I LIKE YOUR SHOELACES??? IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2024??

[asteroidtroglodyte]

Let’s take it to 4 million, folks!

[alt-menu]

almost there!

[sociallyodd260]

TO 4 MILLION!!!!!!!!!

[snarky-wallflower]

THE ORIGINAL SHOELACES POST?? ON MY DASH IN 2024??

[nerugiganon]

shoelaces. on your dash. in 2025.

[fanfic-obsessed]

Now seen in 2026

[datasoong47]

Happy 14th birthday to I Like Your Shoelaces

[moripartylove]

I don't normally post my food on social media but look how gorgeous this is ❤️

[babbyygirrrl]

I don't know who needs to hear this but... start living. The days are flying by and all you do is work, pay bills, and stress. Enjoy what you can like walks, sunsets, music, laughter. Joy doesn't have to be expensive. You deserve it.

[moripartylove]

Damn, one woman I met at the cancer rehab facility in April already has a recurrence 🤯

[kira-7]

This is a spot from an italian estate agency (we are governed by the right-wing party)

The woman says "Ridiculous..."

If you want to spread it elsewhere, here's the official link

[arctic-hands]

[Video Description: An ad with piano music over it all, showing an elderly woman in her home, knitting, when two younger men walk by her window, which catches her attention. She stares out her window at them as they kiss each other while walking, the old lady staring in disbelief. Cut to the old woman approaching a residence with a broom in hand, staring up at the second floor window where a small rainbow Pride flag is hanging. The old woman stares up at it and mutters "Ridiculo", before getting up on a ladder with her broom to remove the flag. Focus on the flag fluttering to the ground as church bells chime. The scene then cuts to the couple from before, approaching their home with grocery bags in hand before one stops and stares at the second floor, stopping his partner who then drops the groceries as he too stares up. It's then revealed that the small pride flag had been replaced with a gigantic, hand-knit pride flag. It then cuts back to the old woman's home, where a tin of rainbow-colored yarn sits on her table. The hands of the old woman are holding and fondly touching an old black and white photo of two young smiling women, leaning against each other. Cut to the old woman's face as she stares out with a look of happy pride on her face. At the end of the video, the name "Idealista" appears on screen, followed by "buon pride" along with a rainbow. End VD.]

[spaceofentropy]

One correction:

The old lady is not in her home. She is at work. She's meant to be what in Italian is called "la portinaia", aka a cross between a doorwoman and cleaner of a residential building. She's in her small "office" space, at the entrance of the building, from where she can survey the coming and goings of the inhabitants. It's a job that has mostly disappeared, but is culturally very clear to us as having the connotation of "potentially gossipy, one-million-percent judgmental woman who sees everything that goes on in the apartment complex, knows everyone and their secrets, and has Strong Opinions™️".

In this case, thankfully, the Strong Opinion™️ is that those two men are ridiculous with their teeny tiny flag for ants.

[remanence-of-love]

[apolladay]

What category is your last name?

Son of some guy ("Johnson", "O'Brien", etc)

Job ("Smith", "Miller", etc)

Place/town ("Hill", "del Valle", etc)

Nickname/attribute ("Short", "Goodman", etc)

Hyphenated/multiple of the above

Other (describe in the tags!)

Unsure/results

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[seeraphina]

the aura these two photos in particular were giving and are still giving a decade later...

[boyfrienby]

say all the shit u want about the imperial system whatever. its pretty dogshit for a lot of things but JUST KNOW it slayed for weather. as an american who just immigrated to europe in the height of summer i think celsius is like the worst possible system of measurement for goddamn Sunny Day ever invented and i kinda wanna scream into a pillow about it every time i have to mentally translate what 30° is. RRRAAAA🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

[boyfrienby]

listen. the imperial system is like 8 different systems of measurement all jammed together in a beautiful incredibly stupid mishmash of different concepts and it works Fine. so i do kinda think everyone else in da world are being kinda weenies for not adopting ONE ☝️ additional unit of measurement that makes talking about how temperature feels to a human body way easier. humans can tell the difference between like percentages of degrees so why tf are there only 30 of the damn things between Maybe itll snow and Oh god i need to rip my skin off

[boyfrienby]

celsius beautiful. for baking and chemistry. leave the weather OUT OF IT 😤

[tairneanaich]

It‘s just arbitrary. It makes sense to you because you grew up with it. Celsius does make sense to the rest of the world, we use it just fine. Thirty degrees is hot. I know this because I know our scale. You don‘t think it is because your scale is different, not because your scale is inherently correct.