#marie talks

[marycorn]

Imagine doing the "giving bad medical advice in front of my boyfriend" prank with Dennis.

You're pretending to be on the phone with a friend, acting like they've just come down with the flu, has a rash, and a really clogged nose. And you say shit like "Yeah Dennis told me to rub sugar on rashes to get rid of the damaged skin." And "You should just work out a ton, Den once told me the best thing you can do is to sweat it all out." And "No, definitely don't go to a doctor. They'll just send you away because it's not serious."

The whole Dennis just looks at you like.

But he does not DARE interrupt you. Even though it feels wrong to just let advice that bad slide, he's terrified of interrupting and bad mouthing you in front of a friend, even if it's while you're on the phone. For him, it's a miracle he gets to be with you, and he doesn't dare jeopardize it. After you pretend to hang up the call, he has a sit-down type of serious talk with you.

"Babe, I appreciate you trying to help your friend, I really do, but I think we should go over proper steps on how to deal with the symptoms your friend is experiencing." He's so serious, nervous, his voice trembling a little. And you just can't hold back your giggles. "I'm so sorry. It was a prank. There was no friend on the phone."

He exhales like ten years have just been taken off his life.

[snailsgoingdowntown]

New official art from the artist of the [Novel]

Was very surprised to see this when I opened up Twitter this morning.

Looks like it's special art for the book case.

Breath taking

[balfeys]

I LOVE A MAN WHO LOVES HIS WIFE SO MUCH WILL LITERALLY DO ANYTHING EVEN STEAL A WHOLE ASS FIRE ENGINE TO STOP TRAFFIC SO SHE CAN LAND A PLANE OH BOBBY NASH THE MAN YOU ARE😭😭😭

[marie--soul]

One of the reasons I love the Japanese Puss in Boots so much is the dynamic between Pero, Pierre, and their friendship.

First, I like to think of them as outcasts who found one another—a fugitive from the Land of Cats, and an unloved younger brother.

Second, they are barely acquainted, yet for Pero, that is enough to decide: "Pierre is a good guy, and he doesn't deserve to be left alone on the streets to starve!".

And do you remember that song the friends sing on their way to the capital? It is one of the sweetest scenes in the entire film!

Third — and finally — there is the fact that Pero sticks by Pierre to the very end, even when it becomes clear that defeating Lucifer won't be quite as simple as it first seemed.

Yes, I am mainly referring to Pero's actions—but even so

And, you know, I like to imagine that a touching farewell between friends took place off-screen, and that Pierre simply cannot find the words to express how grateful he is to his friend.

I also like to think that it was Pero who taught Pierre how to fence. I mean, from whom else could a peasant boy learn how to wield a rapier, if not from a musketeer cat?

[landslided]

daniel in the back gi is only acceptable if it's one of johnny's 80´s porno wet dreams and he and daniel are rolling around on the mat, losing pieces of clothing to the sound of dancing in the dark by bruce springsteen. johnny somehow pins daniel to the mat after ten minutes of fighting. they're sweating, breathing heavy and daniel's hair is a mess. "c'mon, do it," he's smirking, confident and snarky in a way he has not been since he was sixteen. "don't be a pussy, lawrence." he says and even in johnny's mind it sounds wrong but it's still right enough that he wakes up in a panic with a raging boner. they carpool to work now. johnny takes a cold shower and throws his born in the USA cd in the trash.

[rocknghorss]

i have learned that being a postdoc is just doing a phd but now All The Topics Everywhere At Once + One Million Times Faster Paced + Somehow I Feel Like A Small Business Owner.

i've been going to the med school library to check out books that i know the phd students who sit near my desk are very bewildered by, but when you know nothing sometimes a textbook is the best place to start.

i have two projects, one of which i am supposedly "leading", whatever the hell that means. still unclear about what the scope is because it kind of sounds like they won some major grant money, and have done some of the proposed work but there's still alot left to explore. so now that i'm here the PI is like "take these four phd students, corral them and produce something useful."

and then because i am who i am, i am also writing my own grant based off some prelim data that the lab has produced, but the catch is that i have to help very gently guide this over-stressed phd student who's interested in something similar into the light of day aka help her be productive. of course, because i've just started i can't be like "you clearly need a hug and a nap. i was you six months ago, and that is what i needed." but i really want to give her some tea and tell her to go on vacation T.T

to top all this off, i am being given so much leeway that it makes me confused. i can just...do what i want? my boss is supportive of everything i propose and i'm simultaneously excited and scared lol. it would be all too easy to drive myself into the ground, and i'm trying not to, but i can tell that balance is going to be hard to achieve.

[justie0rmarie]

guys how about we tell kids in halloween that gumillia/master of the hellish yard is an urban legend that drags EVIL kids to the hellish yard just to scare them