Gates McFadden talks Beverly Crusher’s early sickbay statistics (x)

Xiaohei Cosplay: One Piece

Veep S01EP03

lacrosse

Every Wednesday night, Daniel picks Rosemary up from rehearsals for the play. She’s not in the play, of course. She has just enough of her father’s cool gene to know that being in a high school musical is lame as hell, unless it’s Disney’s High School Musical. But she did end up in a drama elective at school this year, and part of her grade is working backstage for the school’s production of Grease.

“At least the music is good,” she said on the way home after the first rehearsal. “And I don’t think you can get sick of it, either.”

They’re three weeks into rehearsals now, and Rosemary still hasn’t reported being annoyed by any of the songs. Instead, all she does is talk about Tommy, the boy playing Eugene, AKA the school’s biggest nerd. Apparently, he got the part because life imitates reality.

Rosemary tells him everything she can about Tommy on those rides home from the school gym. The whole time, Daniel doesn’t say much. He just nods where he feels it’s appropriate. She probably doesn’t think he’s paying attention. Maybe she even thinks he’s one of those fathers who wakes up one day in complete denial that his daughter might have romantic interests. Neither of those things would be true. It’s just that he loves listening to his daughter say whatever she needs to say. He loves hearing the details she chooses to include. It’s a fascinating thing, he thinks, to discover what your children admire as they become adults. You wonder how much of it is because of you. You wonder what they’re avoiding because of you, too.

But of course Daniel listens to Rosemary. He doesn’t just listen, either. He remembers. He remembers that Tommy still plays with Legos despite being seventeen years old, that he was born in Ohio but moved to Michigan when he was two, that his dad played lacrosse in high school and was devastated when Tommy turned out to have all the coordination of a fish on a bicycle, that his mom grew up in La Crosse, Wisconsin, which was how his parents broke the ice when they first met. It’s very sweet, what she knows. She’s a good listener who knows how to love. She gets that from Sadie.

“Sounds like you really like this kid,” Daniel says.

Rosemary’s eyes go wide. Yep. Must not have known her dad was paying attention.

“I think I do,” she says. “But I don’t want to go overboard.”

“Going overboard is in your blood. You’ve met your mom. You remember your Uncle Sam. And I don’t think I have to talk to you about Charlie.”

Rosemary snorts.

“Please don’t,” she says.

“I think it’s good you like somebody,” Daniel says. “Gives you something fun to think about, doesn’t it?”

Rosemary sinks into the passenger seat and twirls a long strand of hair on her index finger.

“I guess,” she says. “It’s also torture. I don’t think Tommy knows that a girl could like him. I don’t think he knows that’s an option.”

Daniel nods. Tommy isn’t a thing like he was back in high school, but somehow, Daniel feels like he understands him, anyway. When you don’t believe you’re worthy of someone’s affections, you refuse to see them, even when they’re clear. But Daniel’s not letting Rosemary go down without a fight.

“Ask your mom more about how she and I finally got together,” he says.

Rosemary laughs, just a little.

“I’ve heard that story a million times,” she says. “What could I possibly still have to learn from it, you know? At this point?”

But Daniel shrugs. For once, he knows exactly what he’s talking about.

“Ask your mom,” he says again. “Ask her to tell the story differently.”

He watches the wheels turn in Rosemary’s eyes – the eyes she got from him, the eyes he’ll always be proud of – and he’s pretty sure he’s doing a good thing.

(part of @nosebleedclub poetry month challenge -- day 3!)

i've spent my summers contemplating what i'm gonna do with my life, and i still don't know.

books from fourth grade

GUNS N' ROSES LIVE IN LONDON, 2012

PERFORMING GILBY CLARKE'S 'DEAD FLOWERS'

Fanvid - Blue (multifandom)

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summary: I'm blue ah ba di ba da club vivid.

special thanks to rhoboat who helped me brainstorm 90% of the sources well over a year ago. ilu rho ♥

clip wrangling and suggestion help from: luminosity, absolutedestiny, sweetestdrain, trelkez, pipsqueaky, kiki_miserychic, bradcpu and renenet!

source beneath the cut

Source: The Abyss, Avatar, Avatar the Last Airbender, Aladdin, Alias, Alice in Wonderland, Angel, Arrested Development, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Batman and Robin, The Blues Brothers, Blues Clues, The Blue Man Group, Braveheart, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, A Bug's Life, Captain America, Captain Planet, Care Bears, Cars, Contact, Doctor Who, Eragon, Fantastic Four, The Fifth Element, Finding Nemo, Firefly, Fringe, Farscape, Gargoyles, Gummi Bears, Hellboy, Hercules, Highlander, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Huckleberry Hound, Interstella 555, Laputa, Lilo & Stitch, The Lion King, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Legend of the Seeker, Monsters vs Aliens, Megamind, Merlin, The Little Mermaid, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Mortal Kombat: Legacy, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Monsters Inc, The Muppets, Nausicaa, My Neighbor Totoro, Quantum Leap, Sailor Moon, Sanctuary, Sesame Street, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Universe, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Sliders, The Smurfs, Sonic the Hedgehog, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantum Menace, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Supernatural, Superman, Thomas the Tank Engine, Thor, The Tick, Tiny Toons, Toy Story 3, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Torchwood, Watchmen, The Wizard of Oz, Willy Wonky, X-Men 2, X-Men 3, X-Men: First Class

October 13, 2012: The 1975 tweet a cryptic message: "listen darlin. i do love you. so terribly much" (source)

a baby introducing himself at EXO’s 2012 showcase (x)

🍒 75 days until Chanyeol’s discharge 🍒

Gates McFadden discusses her departure at the end of the first season of TNG (x)

唔……喵。

hm.... meow.

Merlin series 5 advertising window display. Location unknown. Originally tweeted by Alice Troughton (director on the series)

[Original source]

Spring Breakers (2012) dir. Harmony Korine

i can't imagine fast enough to settle on a dream, but i've spent this winter wondering when they're gonna settle on me.

「230525」 bumkeyk happy 15th anniversary ❤️