#for the notes

[markscherz]

mark scherz why are you so funny

The honest answer is that all my life I have taken my greatest pleasure from making people laugh. Something about a deep-seated feeling that nobody actually likes me being overcome by hearing them a laugh at something I do or said.

But maybe that’s too honest. So let’s say the name predestined me for hilarity.

[girljeremystrong]

books about dads and about family and about complicated feelings

FICTION

foster by claire keegan: a story about a young girl who's sent to live with another family and founds a love she wasn't familiar with before.

they're going to love you by meg howrey: carlisle goes back to greenwich village to her father's house and finds herself dealing with her complicated feelings towards her dad.

the namesake by jhumpa lahiri: most beautiful novel by our gratest author about the son of immigrants from calcutta growing up in america.

east of eden by john steinbeck: the nobel prize winning greatest story of a father growing two very different boys in california.

still life by sarah winman: ulysses finds himself with a child and chooses to become the best man he can for her (and they move to italy).

unlikely animals by annie hartnett: emma's dad has a mysterious brain disease so she drops out of med school and goes back home. it's a delightful story.

the family chao by lan samantha chang: a retelling of the brothers karamazov set in a modern day chinese restaurant in america.

the incredible winston browne by sean dietrich: sheriff browne recieves some bad news and suddenly he finds himself taking care of a runaway girl who doesn't speak.

we begin at the end by chris whitaker: duchess is only a kid but she takes care of her little brother with all she has even when circumstances keep getting worse and worse.

razorblade tears by s. a. crosby: two black men are killed and their fathers, who always had trouble accepting their sexualities, decide to get justice.

the sweetness of water by nathan harris: in the waning days of the civil war two brothers find refuge with a couple in a farm.

salvage the bones by jesmyn ward: esch's brothers and her dad in the 12 days before during and after hurricane katrina. a modern classic and one of the most beautiful books ever.

the patron saint of liars by ann patchett: in a kentucky home for unwed mothers, a woman meets a man and can't escape her past.

homeland elegies by ayad akhtar: a very personal story of a man and his father dealing with feelings of dispossession and belongings. again one of the best books in the world.

NON-FICTION

the three mothers by anna malaika tubbs: the story of the three women who raised and shaped martin luther king jr., malcolm x and james baldwin.

how to say babylon by safyia sinclair: a memoir of a childhood shaped by a volatile father.

beautiful country by qian julie wang: after moving from china to the usa young qian finds a place among books as her family struggles to adapt to their new home as undocumented immigrants.

between the world and me by ta-nehisi coates: a black father shares his fears for his son growing up in current day america.

[lycheelune]

Some sasodeis just really in the essence of their relationship and one on one time

I also wrote some notes on how I see the relationship and their experience with it… You can read them down below!!!

[nepofledgling]

did I stay up until 4:30am to draw this? yeah. 

I hated doing backgrounds back then, so I really rushed through that part, which sucks because I think the bright color city concept is really cool. I love drawing backgrounds now tho! so I decided to try again but spend more time on it and make it look better this time. It was a lot of fun I can’t believe I used to hate doing stuff like this

[sunflowergf]

SCREEAM JUST SAW AN MI SPOILER AKDJLDKDKDKDKD BARKING AND SCREAMING AND HOWLING IM SO AKDJKDJDKDKDKE IVE BEEN JUMPING AROUND IN MY ROOM LIKE AN INSANE PERSON THE GAYS KEEP WINNING 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️

[lowvintagesims]

               "If only you could look in the mirror 

                                                and see yourself 

                                               the way I see you.”  

“If only you knew.”

[buggborn]

i just think they're neat