i am super chill all the time

[batcii-archive-deactivated20210]

excuse me if this makes very little sense as i have been drinking and it is almost eleven pm on a wednesday but today i walked into my favourite cafe and the frenchman who makes my coffee, didier, told me about how he had just discovered that the woman who had left as I came in happened to live on the same street as his brother, “isn’t the world remarkable?” he said to me. I laughed, “don’t you wonder about how many people you meet on a daily basis that you have something in common with without realising?”

Tonight I had beers with a couple of guys, they were old friends. “How long have you known each other?” I asked. They laughed, “guess!” Turns our they shared a wetnurse, a connection their mothers didn’t discover until they became friends years later.

As I walked to the train I texted my housemate to ask where she was, if she wanted to meet up before we headed home. Suddenly I heard my name called as she ran across the station towards me. “Oh how strange, I just messaged you!”

Sometimes the world feels very large and our differences seem unbridgeable. Other days we run into one another over and over again, and I am glad to recognise friends.

[the-golden-onion]

So I work at a library and about a month ago I helped a little old woman who is legally blind figure out how to listen to our audiobooks on her tablet. We got to chatting and I mentioned that I always listen to audiobooks while I knit, which made her very excited and she told me all about the afghans she used to make when she could still see. She was so sweet and I was so glad to be able to help her figure out a way to still enjoy books without being able to read.

Yesterday I answered the phone at work and when I said my name the woman on the other line got so excited and said “Madeline?? You’re exactly who I wanted to talk to! This is Marie Brandon, you helped me about a month ago. How late are you working today?” It was her!! And about an hour later she and her husband showed up, and she was carrying a huge stack of old knitting patterns for me, and her husband brought in a few boxes full of yarn. They couldn’t stay long but I was so touched that she remembered me, and I struggled to not just flat out start crying when she handed me the patterns. When I looked through them later I realized it was her entire personal collection from over the years, including all her personal notes and drawings and even some photographs of her finished pieces. No one in my family knits, and to have someone pass on their legacy to me like that was incredibly moving.

This isn’t what I usually post here, but with life being especially dark lately I wanted to share a moment of happiness and a reminder that a bit of kindness goes a long way ♡

[theegoist]

Regina Giménez (Spanish, b. 1966) - Geometría cósmica, gouache and collage on paper, 95x68 cm (2017)

[betweendoctorsanddetectives]

[absurdsoutherner]

[uswntinmotion]

Kelley answers a particularly ridiculous question perfectly. (2:52)

[sonnettscoredtheequalizer]

Today this went from being iconic to being ICONIC. 

[caroldanversenthusiast]

“it’s not a problem”

[ohlexa]

[uswnt-24-7]

“The USWNT is so great because it’s such a well-balanced team. Everyone has their role. Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan score the goals. Tobin Heath and Rose Lavelle style on and nutmeg people. Sam Mewis and Lindsey Horan play pinpoint passes. Crystal Dunn gives incredible work rate and speed. Julie Ertz, Abby Dahlkemper, Becky Sauerbrunn, and Alyssa Naeher form the solid spine of the team... and Kelley O’Hara fucks people up.”

– Kim McCauley, Kelley O’Hara was the bulldozer the USWNT needed

[myboyfriendpetebuttigieg]

True crime podcast: Police say the suspect not only murdered his victims, but dismembered and ate their body parts piece by piece. I guess they had never heard of Blue Apron. Blue Apron provides dozens of delicious meals for

[folktaylor]

all i know about the women’s soccer team is that they’re hot, they won, and they deserve to be paid more than the men

[schmergo]

The Lincoln Assassination is really just wild if you think about it for a moment. The younger brother of one of the most famous actors in the country- himself a famous actor and heartthrob in his own right- killed the President in a theatre and yelled “Sic semper tyrannis,” a line often associated with Brutus, a character that his brother had famously played.

Like, imagine if Liam Hemsworth killed the Prime Minister of Australia at a red carpet movie premiere or something and yelled “I went for the head,” and Chris had to leave the Avengers press tour to tell everyone, “I swear I had nothing to do with this.” Imagine how weird that would be.

[phdna]

…a whole history major and yet this post is the first time I’ve fully appreciated the weirdness of the Lincoln assassination

[thenameisgreed]

It’s even more bizarre when you remember that said famous older brother, Edwin Booth, actually saved Lincoln’s eldest son Robert from being killed/severely maimed when he slipped off a train platform.

Now imagine that you’re at a crowded train station and you trip and fall between the platform and the train, someone hauls you up and you turn to thank them and realise that your rescuer is none other than famous actor Chris Hemsworth! Wow, that’ll be a great story to tell the grand-kids! Then a few months later his younger brother Liam Hemsworth murders your dad, the Prime Minister of Australia. 

[gothvibes-deactivated20180324]

bi culture is making subtle comments about multiple genders to hint at your sexuality so maybe they’ll just Get It and you won’t have to tell them

[poehlersvortex]

Life update: interviewed Kathryn Hahn today and we talked about how much we wish Parks was on air right now and how much we miss Jen Barkley and Leslie Knope and then she gave me a really tight hug for 5 full seconds at the end and all my problems are now fixed.

[thebeyhive]

Me and Beyoncé were both working on our diets, stressing out. Then the day before, we’re watching playback backstage, and she’s eating a bag of Cheetos. I’m like, ‘That’s what you’re doing?’ [He mimes Beyoncé popping a Cheeto in her mouth.] She’s like, ‘There’s nothing more we can do these last two days. It’s gonna be what it’s gonna be. So I’m gonna enjoy this bag of Cheetos.

Bruno Mars about Beyoncé’s diet before the Super Bowl  (via thebeyhive)

[antoniporowski]

The beginning of 2016:

Middle of 2016:

End of 2016:

[classicajays]

[poehlersvortex]

I SAW SNL TONIGHT AND IT WAS EVERYTHING I COULDVE EVER WANTED IT TO BE!!!! It's a good show tonight, watch it!!!

[angelicbreadroll]

Black man: [looks at lena dunham, doesn’t talk to her bc shes a stranger]

Lena Dunham: wow i cant believe that this man,,,,doesn’t want to fuck me??? intimidated by a woman? in a bow tie? i am a very revolutionary feminist i can see why ur,,,intimidated. but you should at least want to fuck me or u HATE women.  i molested my sister.