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❝ Don’t be like “sure” like that. It’s not sure. It’s not even likely. She’s stronger than either of us. She’s stronger than Washington. She’s stronger than THE SEA. ❞
—— ( dewey finn, financial advisor )
independent, private, selective Patty Di Marco from School of Rock, the musical — as loved by m.
{ wow it's almost like i've finally updated my rules to explicitly include how low activity this blog will be. now on to a bad promo, i guess? }
‘ i want that pizza box to be my bed. ’ / SIMPLYECHOES SFSDLFJ
and yet … ◊ @simplyechoes
There it is. The side-glance, given at him from her comfortable place at the end of the couch ( safe, familiar, hers ), brown eyes filling with the very same sort of annoyed habit they always did when Dewey was trying to get a rise out of her or just being Dewey or both.
Open pizza boxes ( one of them hers ) have found their place, home-made dip for the crusts waiting on the kitchen counter and all, and there is this creeping feeling in the back of her throat ( ‘actually, he would’ ).
A spew of various replies ( all varying degrees of annoyed and sarcastic ) fills her mouth, robbing her of the leftover aftertaste of salty cheese against her tongue — But they all sound horribly like a challenge, and they have known each other long enough by now. The last thing Patty needs is Dewey, sleeping in a makeshift bed of open pizza boxes in the middle of the living room to try to prove a point.
“EW.” She settles for. “Seriously. Ew.”
{ in all seriousness work is kicking my behind seriously so this is a very very very low activity blog. Think 'slugs would be faster'. But. Hello. I love Patty and I love you all. }
( * &. – SET IT UP SENTENCE STARTERS.
‘ you’re not letting me win to boost my ego, are you? ’ ‘ i want to destroy you. ’ ‘ i’m just trying not to make my concentration face. ’ ‘ well, now you just look like one of those blow-up air men outside the car dealership. ’ ‘ i like you. so, so much. ’ ‘ you’re not hard to get. at all. you’re hard to earn and it’s… so much better. ’ ‘ you are way too nice to everyone. except me, apparently. ’ ‘ don’t be weird. ’ ‘ i need pizza! ’ ‘ i know this is not gonna sound how i mean it to sound, but i wanna fuck this pizza. ’ ‘ i get it. you should never say that to anyone else, but i get it. ’ ‘ you’re gonna let the smell out! ’ ‘ i want that pizza box to be my bed. ’ ‘ it’s like battle of the bulge over here. it’s a war zone. ’ ‘ i’ve never even had a boyfriend. ’ ‘ i just don’t even know what’s going on with your dancing. ’ ‘ just stop thinking. nobody cares. ’ ‘ look at these assholes. ’ ‘ there are two kinds of compliments to give a woman: the things she already thinks about herself that need confirmed and the things she doesn’t think anybody else notices about her. ’ ‘ you can’t make it better until you actually do it. ’ ‘ stop feeling sorry for yourself. ’ ‘ i said yes! ’ ‘ we’re not old enough to get married, though. ’ ‘ i’m gonna take a picture of you and post it on tinder. ’ ‘ you know, guys love girls who like sports. ’ ‘ i know that i’ve been cunty to you. ’ ‘ don’t be one of those girls who can’t say cunt. ’ ‘ but you’re like… a grown-up. ’ ‘ the best meal i ever had was a five dollar pizza thrown up a fire escape. ’ ‘ do you have a guy over? ’ ‘ why do you always assume i have a guy over? ’ ‘ it’s just sometimes i get emotional over sports. ’ ‘ i need that food! ’ ‘ first guy i ever slept with came as a gay man while he was inside of me. ’ ‘ he’s in my room right now drinking gatorade to recover from our vigorous love making. ’ ‘ do i look like somebody who can afford interest? i steal my toilet paper from the office bathroom. ’ ‘ you should probably just be a little easier on the ‘hahaha’s’. i mean, you find him humorous, you’re not a psychotic clown. ’ ‘ nobody likes the actual work. that’s the point of a job. you do the best one where you make the most money. ’ ‘ you like someone because of all of their qualities and you love someone despite some of their qualities. ’ ‘ you like because, and you love despite. ’ ‘ a lot of men proposed to me. i could be thrice divorced by no. ’ ‘ it’s kind of like you don’t really know until you tried it and then, once you tried it, you really know. ’ ‘ it’s been so long since i’ve been to a party. or made out with someone. i don’t even remember how! it’s like my tongue has atrophied. ’ ‘ i made something! ’ ‘ why are you so quiet? you move like a prius. ’ ‘ people call me creepy? …i love it. ’ ‘ i got here so early that i thought i had time to dick around, so i went there, then i lost track of time, and suddenly i was late. ’ ‘ that’s the dumbest thing i’ve ever heard. that is not a real thing. ’ ‘ it’s the over-dick-around thing. i over-dicked it. ’ ‘ this is the best meal i’ve ever had. in my entire life. ’ ‘ please don’t drop my pizza. ’ ‘ stop making me laugh. ’ ‘ no, not you, i’m talking to my pizza. ’ ‘ we’re full-on parent trapping them. ’ ‘ okay, i think i’ve seen the lindsay lohan classic enough times to know that we’re full on parent trapping hard. ’ ‘ i don’t know what you’re getting out of this, but you deserve better. you are better. ’ ‘ one is a beautiful woman with dark hair and a fierceness that’s both scary and inspiring… the other is a guy. ’ ‘ take that back. ’ ‘ he’s a selfish, superficial asshole, but he can’t help it. ’ ‘ you could be a good person, but you want to be an asshole. ’ ‘ you’re choosing to be a piece of shit. ’ ‘ stop pretending this is some moral dilemma. ’ ‘ i’m telling her. the whole truth. all of it. ’ ‘ i don’t wanna do this anymore. ’ ‘ you’re my backup. ’ ‘ don’t marry him. ’ ‘ i know you don’t put up with any shit. so don’t put up with his. ’ ‘ oh my god, i gave myself goosebumps. ’ ‘ you douche-tard. ’ ‘ i googled it so i know what it means now. ’ ‘ you displayed a total lack of character when it mattered. ’ ‘ you have the romantic and sexual personality of a seventh grader. ’ ‘ you’re a know-it-all. ’ ‘ you are unbelievably bad at beer pong. ’ ‘ you’re a sore winner. ’ ‘ you use too many explanation points. ’ ‘ and yet… ’
JENNA •
❝ OH, YOU DON’T HAVE to thank me, patty. ❞ jenna says sincerely. the small lilt in her voice is a product of surprise, as the waitress is slightly taken back by the other woman’s comment. never in her life had malice gotten her ANYWHERE, and she had never seen it do anything productive for anyone else. to leave patty out of an event that involved her ( as she was to ned what jenna was to dewey. ) would have been a level of petty she did not wish to stoop too. even if she is unsure of her words, she says them happily, a gentle smile on her face. ❝ - the more the merrier with stuff like that, right ? i know you would have done the same. it was NO trouble. ❞
There was something so bright and genuine about Jenna — And though it was what Patty had assumed would happen ( much as her relationship with Jenna might have been rocky, she knew the Diner-owner was never one to be mean-spirited and appreciated that ), it still comes as more of a surprise than it should have been. Perhaps this said more about Patty than it did about Jenna, highlighting one of the brunette’s most fundamental flaws ( her readiness to assume there was always more to people’s intentions than simply good nature ). Ned had proven her wrong — And now Jenna, albeit in a far different context. ❝ I DO — If only for your part in the whole event. I know it must not have been easy to pull off. ❞ A truth, and her own facial expression mirroring Jenna’s smile with a small one of her own. ❝ I would have, really. And maybe next year I could help. ❞
’ He’s very persuasive. '
did you catch fire again ? • accepting • @oxfrds
❝ SO AM I. ❞ Said with the flair and confidence that was so characteristically hers, without a moment of hesitation. Harry was right ( of course he was ), but much as Patty could recognise that, she also could take into account her own strength — And that very much was being someone who did not falter or let herself be persuaded ( convinced ) by pretty words and frankly easy arguments. Not today ( and not any other day ). ❝ I can take care of this. Trust me. ❞
◆ —— LILO & STITCH QUOTES STARTER PROMPTS.
’ Why are you all wet? ‘
’ Aloha! ’
’ You’re vile. You’re foul. You’re flawed. ‘
’ Ohana means family. Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten. ’
’ If you want to leave, you can. I’ll remember you, though. ’
’ I remember everyone that leaves. ’
’ You! You’re the cause of all this. ’
’ This is my family. I found it all on my own. Is little, and broken, but still good. Ya. Still good. ’
’ Oh, good! My dog found the chainsaw. ’
’ No more caffeine for you. ’
’ Did you lose your job because of me? '
’ The managers a vampire. He wanted me to join his legion of the undead. ’
’ Trust me, this isn’t gonna end well. ’
’ I’m sorry I bit you. And pulled your hair. And punched you in the face. ’
’ GIve us a sign you understand any of this. ’
’ Show us that there is something inside you that is good. ’
’ I didn’t teach him that. ’
’ Come on, what’s the big deal? ’
’ Leave my mother out of this. ’
’ You are such a pain. ’
’ Then why don’t you sell me and buy me a rabbit instead? ’
’ I hate it when you use Ohana against me. ’
’ I’m lost. ’
’ Don’t interact with her. ’
’ Oh, we can’t do that. Uh-uh. That would be a misuse of resources. ’
’ Why do you act so weird? ’
’ You look familiar. ’
’ We’re a broken family, aren’t we? ’
’ I shouldn’t have yelled at you. ’
’ You are built to destroy. You can never belong. ’
’ We need something that can defend itself. Something that won’t die. ’
’ I hear you cry at night. ’
’ Do you dream about them? ’
’ You came back. ’
’ Nobody gets left behind. ’
’ I need someone to be my friend. Someone who won’t run away. '
’ His destructive programming is taking effect. ’
’ Did you ever kill anyone? ’
’ Are you.. happy? ’
’ I am the one they call when things go wrong and things have, indeed, gone wrong. ’
’ Our family’s little now, and we don’t have many toys. ’
‘ If you want, you could be a part of our family. ’
’ We’d raise you to be good. ’
’ She likes your butt and fancy hair. ’
’ I read her diary. ’
’ Not guilty! My experiments are only theoretical, and completely within legal boundaries. ’
’ He was designed to be a monster, but now he has nothing to destroy. ’
’ I never gave him a greater purpose. ’
’ What must it be like to have nothing, not even memories to look back on in the middle of the night? ’
’ If you promise not to fight anymore, I promise not to yell at you, except on special occasions. ’
’ Stupid head. ’
’ Did you catch fire again? ’
’ This is your badness level. It’s unusually high for someone your size. We have to fix that. ’
’ Don’t leave me, okay? ’
’ Do you want to be taken away? ’
’ You’re just jealous 'cause I’m pretty! ’
’ My friends need to be punished. ’
’ Heard you lost your job. ’
’ Thus far you have been adrift in the sheltered harbor of my patience. '
‘ After all you’ve put me through, you expect me to help you just like that? ’
’ He’s very persuasive. '
’ I know you had something to do with this. ’
’ Oh, good! I was hoping to add theft, endangerment and insanity to my list of things I did today. ’
’ I prefer to be called evil genius. ’
’ You smell like a lawn mower. ’
’ I have just determined the situation to be far too hazardous! ’
’ Don’t worry. I won’t hit her. ’
’ This is low even for you! ’
’ You are all mine. ’
’ You know I have no choice. ’
‘ Please don’t do this. ’
’ You’re making this harder than it needs to be. ’
’ She needs me. ’
’ Leave me alone to die. ’
’ What is that monstrosity? ’
’ Does this look infected to you? ’
’ You’d better not have rabies. ’
’ Hiding behind your little friend won’t work anymore. ’
’ Didn’t I tell you? We got fired this morning. ’
’ That is the ugliest thing I have ever saw! ’
’ It has no place among us. ’
KINGSMAN TAILOR •
the question comes as a jolt to him, just for a moment — he hadn’t seen her coming. a smile plays upon his lips, and he easily falls into his FRONT. after so many years, it simply becomes SECOND NATURE to him. ❛ BETTER than an UNPAID intern, at least. ❜ harry shakes his head, never letting the easy smile falter. ❛ though, you may be comforted to know that’s NOT the first time i’ve been asked something along those lines today. i’m a TAILOR — i believe KINGSMAN has a studio on FIFTY - SEVENTH in new york, actually. ❜
Cool and collected, smiling, polite — Patty quickly mirrored the stance and behaviour of the stranger, a polite ( thankful ) smile on her lips followed quickly by a short laugh ( a snort, but an amused one ) at the comment regarding unpaid interns. ❝ AT LEAST. I’m not sure that’d cheer him up at the prospect, but he’s a hard-worker. ❞ Her smile brightened with the pride associated with the comment, but she let the moment pass ( fleeting. Her pride in her family was not something she expected the man to pick up on or necessarily understand ). ❝ Fifty-seventh. ❞ She repeats with a brief nod, to double-check the information is correct. ❝ THANK YOU. I suppose it's now become unsurprising when people pick up that you know your trade well. ❞
DINA •
❝ I TRY TO. IF IT WAS SIMPLE LIKE THAT, I WOULD BE GONE LONG TIME AGO. ❞ she was told from the start that dancing would never pay her bills. her job at the cafe is safe - her place in bet hatikvah is safe, but it makes her feel as if she is nothing but a pit stop in the lives of those she lives through. she thinks of cities, of high rise buildings, and dancing for crowds. she thinks of having PURPOSE beyond flipping a sign from OPEN to CLOSE, and she gives a bitter laugh.
❝ IF YOU TRY AND plan does not work, you have to make new plan work instead. ❞ she gestures to the empty space around her. ❝ this is what my plans got me. ❞
It was the last comment that got her, because as much as Patty planned and fought and organised her life to the best of her abilities to make sure she would be happy and fulfilled, she could understand when things fell through. She could understand the emptiness of losing or not getting something you desperately wanted, and the bitterness and insecurity that came with being stuck in the same place, stopped on your path. Granted, her version of this and Dina’s were probably ( definitely ) miles apart, but a part of her could relate.
It didn’t mean she could accept it, though. Not for herself and not for Dina. ❝ Then maybe you just need better plans. ❞ Insensitive, straight-to-the-point, no-nonsense. ❝ I mean, unless you intended for them to take you there. Planning and organising and carrying through something is so much more rewarding than waiting, and at worse you would still be ACTIVE. ❞
LOUD-MUSIC-ADEPT •
It takes him a good, long moment to realise she’s speaking to him. He’d registered her turning around, even glanced at her face when she’d done so, but truth be told he’d not been listening to a word she said. It is only once she’s visibly waiting for him to respond that he realises - well, that he realises that he needs to respond at all.
He clocks that her smile is insincere at best (and borderline intimidating at worst), and reaches to remove an earbud with a genuine look of confusion on his face - without pausing the music that’s blasting through it, it should be noted.
“What, sorry?”
A blink — Incredulous, annoyed, trying very hard to not fall back on the stereotypical train of thoughts of ‘kids these days’, if only because Patty knew how wrong these assumptions were. This was just a self-absorbed young man ( or rather absorbed in his music, which was a fairer assumption ) who at worst did not care to come off as a bit rude.
❝ I said — People are trying to work. Could you turn THIS — ❞ And this time, she gestured at the earbud he had just removed from his ear with a slight crunching of her nose, just to drive her point home further. ❝ — down ? Or OFF. Either way. That might be your style of music but it’s not everyone’s. ❞
The last comment might have been totally unnecessary and uncalled for, she was aware of that ( she’d assume the blonde might have something to say if she were the one blasting Sade right next to him, though ). But there was something that irked her, especially in public spaces — And living with Dewey, she might admittedly be even more sensitive when it came to that.
@andspontaneous • starter call!
❝ Sometimes it just feels like people have no sense of self-preservation. ❞ The thought annoyed her more than it might sound, though slightly less than it used to because of personal reasons. ❝ I mean, it’s even in the little things, you know ? Who leaves the office coffee pot empty when you’ll definitely need the refill during the day ? ❞
@backinjersey • starter call!
There was something about the shop ( really, about any music store Patty had been in ) which seemed foreign and daunting. Maybe it was the abundance of instruments which always seemed to make the place appear smaller ( more cramped ) in Patty’s eyes, no matter how wrong that impression might be. Maybe it was simply that while she was currently living with guitars, bass guitars and ukuleles, she was still not quite aware of other instruments and drum sets felt bulkier than they actually were. If this was good enough for the School of Rock, she supposed it meant this place was good enough for everyone else, but that did not stop her from standing a bit taller and making herself absent-mindedly more imposing ( present, here, undeniable ). ❝ Excuse me ? Where do you keep your sheet music selection ? ❞ She wasn’t presumptuous enough to assume she would know what kind of instrument to gift someone without their explicit request ( she’d hate for other people to buy her running shoes and assumed the same could be said when it came to musicians ). ❝ I am completely lost and only know of you by reputation. ❞
@withflour • starter call!
❝ I just wanted to say — ❞ There’s a sort of polite carefulness in her voice, tone keeping a safe distance between her and the piemaker. Patty knew her and Jenna were not exactly what you would call friends ( not exactly on good terms ) for a handful of reasons that Patty might have questioned, had she thought it mattered ( but much as she disagreed with them, she could hardly disagree with it being enough to drive a wedge between them ). This was not about that ( or maybe it was, in the way all things are related, but not in any way where the brunette would expect anything in return for her words ). ❝ THANK YOU. For Battle of the Bands and everything you all organised. I don’t think I had the chance to say it, but I know you’d have had reasons to not include me. ❞
@simplyechoes • starter call!
❝ I’ve been PRACTICING, you know. ❞ If by ‘practice’, you meant ‘Focus on just that one song on the easiest level until you get the perfect score’. ❝ I’m sure I’ve beaten your highest score on guitar hero by now. ❞
@freaksbloom • starter call!
❝ I just don’t know how people can live like THIS. ❞ A broad gesture of the hands into her surroundings. Head tilted slightly before shaking. No, all things considered, this wasn’t a good representation of what she meant at all. ❝ Well not this exactly, but the lack of order. Things have their proper place, and it seems completely lost on my boyfriend’s flatmate. ❞ A shrug. Really she’s not sure her comments are of any value to the teen next to her, but she supposes if anything, teenagers need structure ( or at least, she used to want one when she was in high school ).
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