-insert witty remark-

My paternal grandfather was born in 1906 (I have older parents). He and my grandmother came through Ellis Island.

My vocal coach’s grandparents survived the 1906 San Fransisco earthquake and fire. 

My great-grandfather lived to the age of 106. He often spoke of how strongly he remembered his nursemaid’s taffeta skirts rustling as she walked when he was a child. He was born in the 1870s. My grandmother recorded him on video in the 1980s talking about those Victorian bustle skirts he grew up with.

On my mother’s side, we tracked down a marriage record for her 17th-century English ancestors, their signatures still crystal-clear and confident on the yellowed parchment. The church where they were married still stands in London.

Samuel J. Seymour was born in 1860 and at age five, he witnessed the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Almost 100 years later, at age 96, he went on live television and recounted his firsthand account of the death of the president. You can watch the interview here.

The last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, Millvina Dean, died in 2009. 

The oldest person ever, Jeanne Calment, lived to age 122. She died in 1997 after recording a pop album, the same year The Spice Girls were topping the charts; but she remembered that as a child, Vincent Van Gogh once visited her father’s paint shop. 

wanna know more about these mysterious ‘easy allies’? want some fresh positive vibes in your games media? tired of not understanding what the fuck i’m talking about most of the time? 

here’s one of several starter packs for the gang formerly known on the web as gametrailers, now easy allies, and your new best friends. they’re supported pretty much exclusively by patreon and twitch so please check those out if you want to help out the crew!

*bolded videos are personal favourites of mine. italicized are gametrailers-era, non-italicized are easy allies-era.

STARTING POINTS: we all need a good first video, right? let these speak for themselves. test the gang out. see if you like ‘em!

e3 2015 reaction saga || tabletop adventures || tabletop escapades || easy update, ep.1 || fiasco, ep. 2 || fiasconauts (regina’s wedding)

more series and show recs under the cut!

the guy who broke down crying when he said felt to unsafe to go to rtx because he was trans, and thanking kdin coming out because it opened a new world for him

the person who asked for advice on coming out to their family because they say a lot of homophobic slurs, and they’re worried

the entire cast of the panel who said yes when someone asked if they’re worried that their orientations will get between them and their jobs

mica, who told us not to tweet to her mom that she’s in a long term relationship with a girl

me yelling “I LOVE YOU” after the clapping for mariel’s introduction ended

patrick when he told us that this shirt has been “long in the making”

who the shirt is NOT meant for

grimmons

donut

bmbl

any of the rpf ships

the guy who broke down crying when he said felt to unsafe to go to rtx because he was trans, and thanking kdin coming out because it opened a new world for him

the person who asked for advice on coming out to their family because they say a lot of homophobic slurs, and they’re worried

the entire cast of the panel who said yes when someone asked if they’re worried that their orientations will get between them and their jobs

mica, who told us not to tweet to her mom that she’s in a long term relationship with a girl

me yelling “I LOVE YOU” after the clapping for mariel’s introduction ended

patrick when he told us that this shirt has been “long in the making”

who the shirt is NOT meant for

grimmons

donut

bmbl

any of the rpf ships

....and this

and rooster teeth has done this shit a lot. 

and i’m sorry but it DOES have to do with their content. they refuse to put actual lgbtq characters in their shows, but are super quick to queerbait bc shipping sells. they have only and will only support this community as long as they’re making money off of it.

just because they’re not blatantly homophobic doesn’t mean they’re allies. they made a rainbow shirt. it’s going to make them a lot of money. that’s what they care about. if they really cared about lgbtq people, don’t you think they’d be donating the profit to an lgbtq organization? 

It’s called a road, it’s called a RWBY road!

My submission for the RWBY zine!

Thank you @emptyfishtanks for organising it!

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a collection of songs about not-drowning, beaches, bays, crying a lot, and making something from nothing.