“I don’t know how it reminded me of you. I’ve taken that street home a dozen times before but today was the first time it sparked an image of us, a memory of a day so bright I can’t believe I’d forgotten about it. Must be one of those things you’re not meant to remember until you’re ready, until you stop feeling the same way about the people in it. Hardly felt like a memory to me. It was July, right before sophomore year, and we’d only been friends for a few weeks at best. You were growing your hair out. I remember the frizzy curls trying to push through despite the sweat on your forehead. July in southern California is not kind, I’ll tell you that. You were teaching me how to longboard. I was trying to learn while you were trying not to laugh, and we both did try our best, but I still ended up with skinned palms and a good bruise on one knee. Alright, you told me, new plan. So I stood on the front of the board and you planted one foot on the back, and I put my arms out like Rose and thought this is the closest thing to romance a girl can get. But it never was romantic. School started. You moved across town. And we haven’t talked in almost three years now. I said it once, but it’s true. It didn’t feel like a memory. I don’t know why I thought of you. I guess we don’t get to pick and choose the ones who stay.”
— to the boy I halfway dated
“it rained today so I thought of you, a little more than i usually do. and i wished as waterdrops landed on my skin that i could go back in time and just let you in.”
— ‘i’m sorry i pushed you away’ by shelby leigh
“So, what if, instead of thinking about solving your whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.”
— Rainbow Rowell, Attachments
One of the most amazing things I've seen
“Is This Healthy” is a comic that I made for an independent study in which I looked deeper into the idea of health, mental, physical, and emotional as it relates to myself.
This project was extremely personal and I thank any of you who take the time to read it
oh my god
“ I don’t quite see why seeing a nipple is so bad? And I find it hypocritical that parents find that more damaging and more offensive than violence. I don’t have kids myself but I would rather see someone shirtless on screen than see someone beating another guy to a pulp with a baseball bat. But for some reason that’s OK, but not nudity which is beautiful. ”
Saving to read later
Cudjo Lewis, the last surviving captive of the last slave ship to bring Africans to the U.S.
https://www.history.com/news/zora-neale-hurston-barracoon-slave-clotilda-survivor?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1525373347
Usually we walk around constantly believing ourselves. “I’m okay” we say. “I’m alright”. But sometimes the truth arrives on you and you can’t get it off. That’s when you realize that sometimes it isn’t even an answer –it’s a question. Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced.
Markus Zusak
The Book Thief | @theliteraryjournals
(via fyp-psychology)
Talent Doesn’t Win Oscars. Money Does.
For all the chumps that think watching The Black Panther in theaters supports the black community. No, it’s not, you’re just giving rich people your money….. so they can spend your money to make more money. Don’t be an idiot! another news, CNN made it all the way to Africa to applaud young girls learning about consent, which is cool but it would’ve been better if they helped them with some infrastructure instead!
On the bright side, UK fails stretched tires (or tyres as they call them) which I think is awesome!
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