I drink it up.

When we get caught up in the minutiae, the details that make us all different, there’s two ways of seeing that. You can see the texture of that person, the qualities that make them unique, or you can go to war about it, say, ‘That person is different from me, I don’t like you, so let’s battle.’ My mother is an ordained minister, I’m a Muslim. She didn’t do backflips when I called her to tell her I converted 17 years ago. But I tell you now, we put things to the side, I’m able to see her, she’s able to see me, we love each other, the love has grown. That stuff is minutiae. It’s not that important.

“Life’s about taking risks. Don’t be afraid to put yourself out there.”  – The Edge of Seventeen (2016) | written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig

HOOK/LINE/SINKER

He couldn’t be more of a dad and I can’t believe he’s gone.

That one henchperson who’s woke af

And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in.

La La Land dir. Damien Chazelle, 2016

we should raise our boys to be more like klaus

Gifs: The White House

Mercutio never gets to the counter. While standing in line, he begins loudly waxing poetic about dreams and his many qualms with Starbucks and coffee in general. He is forcibly removed by several baristas after provoking a quarrel with the one behind the register. “A plague on all your Starbucks chains!” he shouts as he stumbles off into the afternoon light. The day is almost 3/5 of the way over.

MOONLIGHT (2016)