17 5 / 2013
So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these days. I also work as a barista/cashier pretty regularly these days. A few weeks back, I had a customer come in, a fairly typical, sheltered, suburban soccer mom, and she ordered a latte from me. She saw my brightly colored nails and said, “Wow, you’re so brave! My son asked me about painting his nails, and if it’s okay for boys to do that. Now I’ll tell him there’s a cool guy who does it too!” It was a nice moment, very cute.
Then, last week, she came in again, and said, “Hey, I’m so glad you’re here! I want you to meet someone!” She then brings her son forward, and says, “Okay sweetie, show him what you did!” And he throws his hands up, showing off his bright, sparkling blue nails. He shows them off, and I show mine off to him. He smiles. We fist bump.
Guys, I’ve only wanted to cry once at work before, and that was when someone ordered a large dry soy cappuccino on ice.
This time, though. This was a good cry.
(via hannahisdead)
14 5 / 2013
So today Angelina Jolie had double mastectomy, which is the removal of one’s breasts, to prevent Breast cancer. So instead of praising Angelina on her bravery, men on Twitter decided to ridicule her, even calling her stupid for removing her breasts. For those of you on Tumblr that are attacking Feminists about being delusional about sexism against women and misogyny here’s your fucking proof that sexism and misogyny exists.
This is distressing and awful to see this..
All of them can fuck the fuck off.
I want to stab all of them in the eye sockets
(via faineemae)
14 5 / 2013
Patrick Stump of Fall out Boy attempts to sing “I Knew You Were Trouble” in Killer Karaoke.
Better than the original
With a little bit of Wentz thrown in at the end :)
Proof that even famous singers botch karaoke.
14 5 / 2013
In medieval culture, an event like a royal christening is not a private party; it’s the public social event of the year. To not invite any person of rank to such an event is a deadly insult.
Maleficent is certainly someone you wouldn’t want at a party, but she’s also someone powerful enough that only a fool would ever dare treat her with such blatant disrespect. The only way the King and Queen could possibly have gotten away with not inviting Maleficent was to not invite any of the fairies at all; inviting the other fairies and excluding her is explicitly taking sides in the conflict between the fairy factions.
Which means they made themselves her sworn enemies, and she responded by treating them as such from then on. If you actually get into analyzing the social dynamics of the scene, it’s very clear that Maleficent was willing to show mercy at first by giving the King and Queen a chance to apologize for their disrespect to her. She doesn’t curse Aurora until after she gives them that chance and they throw it back in her face with further disrespect.
And yeah, if the King and Queen had done the properly respectful thing and invited her, Maleficent would have given Aurora a scary awesome present. Moreover so would the other fairies, because at that point both sides would be using it as an opportunity to show off and one-up each other. What they gave her before Maleficent showed up was basically just trivial party favors by fairy standards.
How do you know so much about the social dynamics of medieval fairies
(Source: britta-perry, via rintheamazing)
13 5 / 2013
So in love with this.
wow this is good.
My favorite by far.
Jesus
(Source: inkskinned, via velvet-stars)
13 5 / 2013
13 5 / 2013
When I was little I thought being an adult meant not having a bed time but I’ve come to realize that it just means being in charge of my own bed time and it turns out that I am not equipped to handle that responsibility.
(via hurricane-emily)
13 5 / 2013
badass muslim girl: Jay Gatsby was black: an explanation
So let me explain this theory for those of you who haven’t heard it before already.
The Great Gatsby is a story of a man that makes his fortune bootlegging and throws countless magnificent parties all in hopes of attracting the attention of his old flame Daisy.
But it’s really…
13 5 / 2013
Top: Parents really do love you and care for you deeply.
Bottom: That does not mean they are not emotionally abusive.
I know they really do love me and are just trying to raise me the way THEY think is right, but the things they say and do are often still harmful.
This is really really important. You can appreciate things your parents have done, while still acknowledging that they maybe harmful for you in some ways, and some things they teach you should not be learned.
Desperation for acceptance, respect and validation can drive some people to do terrible things to their own children.
13 5 / 2013
Kanye singing ‘Hey Mama’ with his Mama
omg my baby
(Source: KanyeDaily, via hurricane-emily)
13 5 / 2013
over 3 decades of groundbreaking advances in information technology and now here we are
SCREAMING BECAUSE AHHHHH.COM IS CAT
PLAY THE GAME PLAY THE GAME PLAY THE GAME
WAIT BUT http://www.ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.com/
GUYS
i dont know but http://www.ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.com/ is pretty amusing
BUT LOOK
http://www.ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.com/ IS CATS STUCK IN BOXES THIS IS FANTASTIC
coke you silly silly bastards
Whelp, looks like it’s time to go on an adventure.
I ACTUALLY DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN BE MADE OF SO MUCH AWESOME. DIET COKE MAN.
LIKE WHY EVEN PEPSI EVER IS MY QUESTION
THE BUBBLE GAME IS SO CUTE. ALL OF THESE ARE PRETTY CUTE. OH MY GOD THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT WENT INTO ALL OF THIS.
(via swordfish--trombones)
13 5 / 2013
Prokofiev plays Rachmaninoff Prelude op. 23 No 5 in G minor (1919)
(by theoshow2)
Since I’m studying this piece, I was researching recordings on Youtube and BANG, I found this little gem! Prokofiev plays with stunning control and clarity, I really loved his rendering. He and Rachmaninov had a notorious antipathy towards each other, but this recording shows that there was a lot of respect and mutual understanding, at least on an artistic level.
Do you have any favourite version of this Prelude?
- The Piano Blog - Tundras
(via unlonely)
