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kingcitywitch: Biological mom and dad. I’m uploading them with...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:08:05 -0400

Biological mom and dad. I’m uploading them with the intent to see if anyone knows them. This is all I have of them. My mom (adopted but as far as I am concerned my real mom) lost my paperwork.

These were taking in 1990, during the summer in California when I was born. That is me as a baby.

Contact me here on Tumblr if you think you know anything. None of the messages will be answered publicly.

And reblog this all you want. The more people who see it the better chance I’ll find out who even one of them is.

agarrth: Every time I tell Bear “it’s time to go night night,”...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:50:23 -0400

agarrth:

Every time I tell Bear “it’s time to go night night,” he’ll lay down next to my bed 😍😘💖

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:46:31 -0400

porkrub: I walk this lonely road The only road that I have...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:35:22 -0400

porkrub:

I walk this lonely road
The only road that I have ever known

inarina: Based on a conversation I had with my brother WE TALK...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:28:57 -0400

inarina:

Based on a conversation I had with my brother

WE TALK ABOUT JEAN A LOT

internetpoetry: screenshot by bonsaifiasco

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:28:45 -0400

internetpoetry:

screenshot by bonsaifiasco

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:28:10 -0400

cool-crossing: bradofarrell: Oh man, all these people are...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:16:05 -0400

cool-crossing:

bradofarrell:

Oh man, all these people are playing Animal Crossing New Leaf and it’s their first Animal Crossing game ever and they’re totally missing out on some poignant story elements.

In each game you can talk to Sable every day and she’ll gradually open up to you and tell you more about her life.

When the Able Sisters were young their parents passed away. Mable was too young to understand the situation, and Labelle was older and frustrated and ran away to the big city leaving Sable to act as the sole parent to Mable. These events left Mable introverted and withdrawn. She works so hard because she had to take on the responsibility of raising Mable after their parents died and her big sister abandoned her.

In Animal Crossing City Folk, you can enter Gracie’s shop to buy high-end clothing and one of her employees is Labelle, the lost Able sister. Through a series of conversations with various characters you can trick Labelle into dropping her phoney proper accent and speaking in a more relaxed “country” accent. She opens up and talks about her past and her family. In New Leaf, Labelle has moved home. In the back of her shop you can see a newspaper clipping and a ribbon that used to be part of her old uniform.

If you consider that newspaper clipping compared to the backstory from the previous games it paints a sad picture. Labelle moved to the city to get away from her family but she fell on hard times and her family took her back. People who haven’t played the previous games don’t realize what a big deal it is to see those three sisters finally reunited in the same store!

In Wild World, Sable would get sad sometimes around January. If you talk to her consistently she’ll tell you this story about Tom Nook:

“Well, the first letter I got from him arrived at just around this time of year… The other day, before bed, I pulled that letter out… and just looked at it. Tee hee! It was adorable! Sure, the handwriting was a little messy, but… You could hear his determination in every word of that letter… Sweet, young Tom Nook… His call to arms, his ethos, was “Dreams before money!” He was so pure that people wondered if he’d survive this crazy old world. I did too. Every night before falling asleep, I would wish him… ‘Please keep Tom Nook’s pure spirit protected,” I’d whisper in the darkness. “Keep him safe from the apathy that breeds in the alleys of the big city…’

I don’t know why I’ve told you so much about Tom Nook and I… All those memories of our shared youth must bore you. Please forgive me.

[Tell Me More!]

…Ohh, OK, if you insist!

“The Tom Nook that left for the big city… He sent me letters quite frequently, actually. One day, I received a wooden box, not a letter. When I opened it, I was quite astonished!

[A ring?!]

Oh goodness, no! Are you kidding?! [NAME], I think you’ve been watching too many made-for-TV movies! …Ohh, I’m so sorry. Heh, I didn’t mean to snap. That just took me off guard.

No, inside the box, there was a pair of fancy, burnt-orange colored… scissors. Incredibly strong and sharp scissors! The finest scissors I’d ever laid eyes on. The enclosed letter said, “Happy birthday, Sable!” So…sweet… At the time, I was so busy that I’d even forgotten it was my birthday. To think Tom Nook had remembered it… I’m sure life was hard for Tom Nook in the city during that time… I know his job paid poorly, so for him to buy those scissors for me… When I think about it, it makes me so happy that I cry!

Oh really, [NAME]… You want to hear my memories again? I’m warning you, not all my memories are fond ones you know…

[Really?]

Well, we shared a lot of good times, Tom Nook and I. Before there was an observatory in dear old [TOWN NAME]… We used to climb up the roof when we wanted to look at the stars… Ohh, yes! We even made constellations together, I remember! I made one called the “Star Shirt.” Tom Nook’s looked like one of those old-time markets. He called it… “The Farmer’s Market Bargain Bin Constellation.” Ohh that takes me back…

[Nice story]

Yes, it is… Shortly after that, Tom Nook moved to the big city… Yes, he left to chase his dreams… When he returned to [TOWN NAME], he came back a totally different soul… I still believe that… if he had just clung to those sweet memories like I do… he would have shaken off the heartsickness of those city years… Memories can be sad, but they can also save you…”

There seems to be a general theme in the Able Sisters storyline of the city representing running away. The implication is that the fast lifestyle of the city can make you sick with ennui and that taking it easy in a small town is the cure. The Animal Crossing series, as a whole, is about not running.

The literal act of “running” is the only thing that the game ‘punishes’ you for doing - you’ll destroy flowers, scare away fish and bugs, and gradually tear away the grass. But the game still gives you the option to run, because it’s about choosing to slow down and enjoy the journey. It’s not about beginnings or endings, it’s about the calmness between those events. It’s sort of like the video game version of the Japanese concept of ma. Animal Crossing is a really beautiful thing and I’m so happy it exists.

damn i know both of these stories and i never connected any of it to the running thing good job animal crossing

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:01:04 -0400

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:00:45 -0400

waruiya: There’s a billion weird inaccuracies and stuff (like...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:00:38 -0400

had to have a shingeki no SHOCKED EXPRESSION in there of course

waruiya:

There’s a billion weird inaccuracies and stuff (like why the hell is he polishing that blade, aren’t they like disposable) but I just wanted to draw some dorks being dorky so here’s my otp again

"One senior member of a leading national magazine when asked how someone could pay the bills to..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:00:09 -0400

“One senior member of a leading national magazine when asked how someone could pay the bills to affording life in New York while working a full-time internship famously told us that if we couldn’t pull an unpaid internship off, then we didn’t want to succeed badly enough. When we asked how he pulled it off, he told us about how he lived in his parents’ spare apartment upstate while working his internship.”

- Unpaid internships and a culture of privilege are ruining journalism

(via satanic2chainz)

"And then there’s Sansa. Sansa Stark who named her deadly, killer direwolf Lady. And she trained her..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:32:17 -0400

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And then there’s Sansa. Sansa Stark who named her deadly, killer direwolf Lady. And she trained her to be gentle, and quiet, and sweet and loving. And then what happens? The Baratheons have her killed. So now Sansa is so alone, having lost her family, her home and her Lady. But she is the exact opposite of what her father said would happen to wolves who end up alone. Ned Stark said that the only way they could survive was to stick together, and that was never an option. Robb had their mother. Rickon and Bran had Winterfell and then each other. Jon is on the wall, with his brothers, and then across it with Ygritte, then back to the wall. Arya had Gendry, and is still linked to Nymeria. But Sansa has absolutely no one who is her family. So she takes the strength and poise of a lady, and turns it into something as deadly and defensive as a direwolf’s fangs and claws. She knows that she is alone, and that no one is coming for her, so she adapts. She plays the game, she keeps her mouth shut, she stays alive.

Because the best way to hide a wolf, to keep people feeling safe, is to make them think it’s just a well trained dog.

”

- echrai (via eeshtar)

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:31:27 -0400

shitshilarious: put the butter down motherfucker and let me and...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:20:29 -0400

shitshilarious:

put the butter down motherfucker and let me and my wife go.

swimclubboys: sendificator: im so pumped for this “semi-nude...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:18:10 -0400

swimclubboys:

sendificator:

im so pumped for this “semi-nude boys tussling in the water” anime

I can smell the new tag already

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:56:00 -0400

WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT BRAZIL?

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:55:20 -0400

icanalwaysseeyou:

legendofzelda:

This is absolutely absurd. Every news outlet is focusing on their own shit and don’t realize that the people of fucking Turkey and Brazil are going through on of the most important protests of the decade. But no one is tuning in.

Does anyone get how big this is? Hundreds of thousands of people are protesting in every capital in Brazil. They literally stormed the official buildings. And CNN is talking about weather.

I know! But the thing is a lot of people outside think it is because of the fucking 20 cents, olympics and cup. Because that is what the news is saying so a lot o people think is a rubbish reason

BUT THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE

I’ve seen people saying something like ‘Idk why are you complaining at, I pay 85 per month to go to school’ like he/she thinks we pay 3.20 PER MONTH

I’m only saying that even bbc news is talking a lot about the 20 cents and the cup and forgetting the real reason

The 20 cents was only the thing brazilian people look at and said: dude we are done with this shit

Excellent point. No one understands that the government is making so much money, but the education system, the public works system, the transportation system, etc, all things everyone else takes for granted AREN’T EVEN AVAILABLE.

Like, what? If the same thing happened here at the drop of a hat, the country would be in outrage, but because it is in a different country, we don’t care????

?????

Does that make sense cause it doesn’t and if you think it does you’re wrong??

beach wedding! him / me

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:50:16 -0400

beach wedding!

him / me

WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT BRAZIL?

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:35:15 -0400

This is absolutely absurd. Every news outlet is focusing on their own shit and don’t realize that the people of fucking Turkey and Brazil are going through on of the most important protests of the decade. But no one is tuning in.

Does anyone get how big this is? Hundreds of thousands of people are protesting in every capital in Brazil. They literally stormed the official buildings. And CNN is talking about weather.