Dylan

and it shocked me at first a little, but then I started thinking about the people I work with - and look, I won't pretend to know the entire social networks of all my coworkers, but a lot of them do seem to be in a similar boat. quite a few of them don't seem to have many friends outside work, and even those that do tend to have work be the nexus of their social lives. I think about my family - close and extended - and I don't think any of them really has a bigger social network than I do. I even think about my parents growing up, and how my mom really only had a couple of friends who were largely circumstantial ('oh we're both homeschooling moms who share religious beliefs, lets be friends' kind of thing), and none of those friendships are still around today. and it made me go oh shit - I think maybe everyone is at least a bit lonely? obviously there are varying degrees of loneliness, and to a certain extent how lonely you particularly feel depends on your specific personality and circumstances. but like. idk if these super tight-knit friendships where you spend all your free time together which seem to be the lifeblood of the sitcom industry (and which, as a miserable 16yo, I totally expected to have in my 20s) actually exist in real life

Heyyyy guys it’s been awhile

[ID: Nine waist up portraits of the Percy Jackson characters. it goes in order as follows: Percy, Annabeth, Reyna, Nico, Hazel, Frank, Piper, Jason, and Leo

also you’re legally not allowed to ask. white boy assembly

A school project: book cover redesign for Heroes of the Olympians.