Substantial Distractions

What has been distracting me lately? All things Heartstopper, still a lot of Schitt's Creek. Still in my heart: San Francisco Giants, ST:AOS, Karl Urban, liberal politics, the hot stuff I drop into my screen saver file, miscellaneous quotes and whatever makes me give the gay gasp. Old enough to know better, far too young to care. Enjoy!

[awesomefringey]

Hudson Williams & Connor Storrie for Teen Vogue’s Compliment Battle.

Part 11 - Hollander would be scared of Hudson

[all parts]

[substantialdistractions]

"That's just a Tuesday" is the best thing this guy has ever chirped. <3

[hrgifs]

ilya + diving in tongue first (￣^￣ )ゞ

[hoechlinth]

yuna hollander said “fuck ilya rozanov” to her autistic son and had the audacity to be shocked when he followed her instructions to the letter

[yrsonpurpose]

Do you want that problem to go away? I don't ever want that problem to ever go away.

[ariadne-mouse]

Ilya Rozanov runs like a guy who runs to run

Shane Hollander runs like a guy who runs to cross train

Scott Hunter runs like a bat out of hell being chased by a ravenous hoard of his own personal demons

[substantialdistractions]

[leclercari]

You feel it too, don't you?

[vityamins]

The face of a man who thinks he's about to hear his boyfriend explain the word fuckbuddy to his mom

[rylandsgrace]

Does it fucking kill you too? Not anymore.

Hollanov + season 1 timeline

[heymacy]

HEATED RIVALRY SEASON ONE + hall of fame text posts

[ngalitzine]

He had been reeled in by this annoying Canadian, and all that he knew was that he wanted to stay. He wanted to anchor himself to Shane and just...stay.

[sheisraging]

nbd i'm fine

[brainstatic]

Just a heads up right now: on the day when Trump dies, I’m going to be extremely tasteless about it. It’s going to get ugly. You are going to see a side of me I am not proud of. I don’t want any call-outs in my inbox, I’m stating right now that lines will be crossed.

[stoned-dahmer-deactivated201802]

How disgusting can someone be

I wouldn’t even say this about my worst enemy

Forget the fact that its trump. If you agree with this youre fucking evil. Evil literally lives inside you. Wow.

[a-really-bad-decision]

Anyways all of y’all AND the evil that literally lives inside of you are invited to the sick ass house party I’m throwing when lord dampnut kicks the bucket

[dracofidus-deactivated20200523]

I feel like all you Americans need to take a look at what happened here in the UK after Maggie Thatcher died. Because when it comes to tasteless celebrations fuelled by anger and the death of a hated political leader, we REALLY pushed the boat out. We had street parties. We had burning effigies. We pushed “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead” to the top of the charts out of sheer hatred. Bone up kiddos, and I really hope you manage to do that truly American thing, of dramatically outdoing us with your celebrations.

[truth-has-a-liberal-bias]

Reblogging for last comment.

[eyesofatragedy67]

With the way this year is going, the sooner it happens the better.

[hazeldomain]

*this can be reblogged every year

[systlin]

I’m going to make cake. There’s going to be fireworks. There WILL be a burnt effigy.

[jackdaw-kraai]

Look, I’m gonna level with you americans for a second. When old wrinkly and orange kicks the bucket, for once in my life, possibly the only time, I’ll actually want to be able to see the fireworks from across the Atlantic. And I daresay I won’t be the only one. So listen to me and listen closely, cause I’ll only say it once: When the moldy Cheeto bites it, it’s the one and only chance you’ll likely have at being loudly, unbearably, obnoxiously American in your celebration and for once, the rest of the world won’t complain. 

[blondejaneblonde]

…I know I just reblogged this, but that last comment 👌👨🏻‍🍳

[finnglas]

Listen I’m already designing the cake I’m gonna order from Publix.

[caitlynlynch]

I want to see the fireworks from AUSTRALIA, guys. Make it happen.

[its-target-official]

I usually don’t really want to be American. But. When that asswipe finally dies, I will light them fireworks and eat them hotdogs.

[ribbles]

I’ll be throwing a concert, banners and flags of his dead stupid fucking face flying everywhere saying DUMBASS CHEETO or something

[thatofabeaver]

I’ll make a holiday out of it for the rest of my life

[substantialdistractions]

Yes, same. All of it.

[wilwheaton]

[substantialdistractions]

When I hear from most friends and family on my birthday, the feeling (for me) is, "Aww, how nice. Even if you only remembered because Facebook told you. Thanks for taking a few seconds to make that post!"

When I hear from my father on my birthday, the feeling (for me) is, "I fucking TOLD YOU that the time for semi-annual parenting gestures ended over 20 years ago. Every time you do this, you make my day more shitty. STOP IT."

I thought he'd finally stopped, maybe. I hadn't heard a peep from him since my uncle's (his brother's) funeral last fall. That's where he learned I'd moved back to our shared home state over over 2.5 years before. I thought, perhaps, he'd gotten the clue that I didn't want or need his sporadic presence in my life. I didn't get a Christmas text. I hadn't heard from him that a local acquaintence had seen me at X location. Maybe he was finally done.

And then I got a fucking Facebook friend request from him this morning.

What he doesn't understand -- what he NEVER understood -- is that I didn't want an annual acknowledgement. I don't want him as a FB pal, giving a thumbs up to the rare post we'd agree upon. I WANTED a parent. Someone who gave an ounce of a shit the other 360+ days of the year, and made that known, even if just a little. He wasn't capable of being that.

But I am capable of deleting that request and finally blocking him.

I always feel guilty when I talk about my lack-of-relationship with my living father. I guess he must feel like this is his way of trying. But it's not enough, by far, and it never has been. But I know, especially at my (increased and increasing) age, I have so many friends who would give ANYTHING for even that much of a relationship with a parent they've lost. So I'm sorry to those of you who might read this with zero sympathy and less empathy. I don't blame you. But it doesn't change how I feel. God I fucking miss LJ. I need a place where I can vent about stuff like this without family or certain friends seeing it.

[substantialdistractions]

[Narrator: One year later...]

For anyone playing the home game, he somehow got my numbrer (that I never gave him) and called today. In the middle of the workday. I let it go to voicemail, which said something like "I know you really don't want to hear my voice, but I'm going to wish you a happy birthday anyway." Which really says it all about how much he actually respects my boundaries, eh? Anyway, he's blocked on my phone now, too. The only other time I heard from him this year was when he reached out to get my SSN# because he was updating his will. I told him I didn't expect to receive anything from his will, so I didn't need to supply him with my SSN.

One more year of a shitty birthday reminder of his shitty parenting. Hopefully this will be the last.

[prof-grace-aspen]

Look.

I have made you a chart. A very simple chart.

People say "You have to draw the line somewhere, and Biden has crossed it-" and my response is "Trump has crossed way more lines than Biden".

These categories are based off of actual policy enacted by both of these men while they were in office.

If the ONLY LINE YOU CARE ABOUT is line 12, you have an incredible amount of privilege, AND YOU DO NOT CARE ABOUT PALESTINIANS. You obviously have nothing to fear from a Trump presidency, and you do not give a fuck if a ceasefire actually occurs. You are obviously fine if your queer, disabled, and marginalized loved ones are hurt. You clearly don't care about the status of American democracy, which Trump has openly stated he plans to destroy on day 1 he is in office.

[catboymistyquigley-deactivated2]

if you want to vote for a third party, what you are going to do is vote for biden in november 2024 and then as soon as that’s done, start trying to get ranked choice voting in your state

we will ALWAYS be a two party system until voting reform happens, and voting reform won’t happen if project 2025 happens.

suck it up and vote biden, then put the next four years to good use

[prof-grace-aspen]

^^^

[substantialdistractions]

Oh my God, you guys, I think my parents found an apartment. The way my back popped. I can’t even tell you.

My mom called this morning and asked if I could front them the deposit and first months rent for a place as of June 1, because they don’t get the settlement for their house until June 4. I took a glance at my savings account and thought, “Hrm, four days of a loan to not have them in my house all summer long? No problem!”

We still have to continue with moving most of their stuff out and into storage/my garage, and my stepdad would be staying with me as of May 17, because that’s when they’re shutting off the cable and we know he can’t deal with not having Internet! But two weeks with some trail over into June for actual moving, versus the whole damn summer or maybe longer? I will take that every day and twice on Sundays!



[nerdygaymormon]

[khaleesi]

The creator of these images is Matt Bernstein, one of my favorite educators online -- he makes incredibly clear, forceful collections of information like this one. He's queer, has fantastic nails, and has done a lot of education recently from his perspective as a Jewish person on why supporting Palestine is so important. Here's a link to this post, which he created for World AIDS Day on 12/1/23.