inspired by a real-life event i was recently reminded of
Life can be so goddamn weird.
That’s Eddie’s opinion anyway.
Like, in 1986 he was a nonconformist metalhead wanted for murder. In 2013, nearly thirty years later, he’s actually kind of excited about a Disney princess movie release.
Again, weird.
The movie is Frozen – people have lost their effing minds over it, or so it seems – and the reason Eddie’s actually kind of excited about it is because he and Steve have three daughters and the last time Disney put out a princess movie, they’d all had a total blast going to see it in the movie theater.
Eddie has high hopes for this one (at a minimum he’s hoping it puts a stop to the endless loop of Tangled’s “I See the Light”, which isn’t a bad song at all, but even the best of songs become hard to hear after the ninety-ninth play).
About a week after the movie came out, he’s watching TV with his youngest daughter, Hazel, when the trailer for Frozen plays during a commercial break.
“You gearing up to go see Frozen, Hazy-Jay?” he asks her.
To which Hazel scrunches up her nose and responds, “No, that’s for babies.”
And Eddie could have died right there in the middle of the living room, because last time he checked Hazel was a baby still. She’s seven! In what world is seven too old to see a Disney movie?
“This is entirely your fault,” Eddie later tells Steve, “You’re the one who said they’re allowed to grow up or whatever.”
“They are,” Steve points out, “You know – she doesn’t actually think Frozen is for babies. It’s just because Moe’s on that whole Disney’s not cool anymore thing, and Hazel thinks she’s the coolest person on the planet, so…”
It’s true that Moe, who’s twelve now, has been on a kick of disavowing all of her little-kid interests ever since she started middle-school. Some of it Eddie hasn’t even minded (in his opinion the less Disney Channel he has to listen to, the better). What he won’t stand for is when it leeches onto her little sisters years before they’re supposed to start outgrowing that stuff.
“So it’s Moe’s fault,” Eddie finishes.
“You know that’s not what I said.”
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there are always...
...going to be people who will find faults in whatever and whoever they see.
it's important you recognise such people and understand that it's their own insecurities that they are projecting.
don't let their words affect you. and do not become that person yourself. be kind to yourself and others ✨
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It’s amazing, the weird shit that becomes completely normal to you when you’ve got chronic illness. I’m about to go get a Botox treatment for my migraines and like. Wtf. That’s just so freaky when you really think about it. If you’d told me a few years ago that I was gonna go get LITERAL POISON shot into my FACE every couple months and I’d think it was awesome, I would’ve been like “wtf are you on about?!?” and yet here we are 🤷♀️
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i'm not dead just grieving
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Life is funny isn't it? Just when you think you've got it all figure out, just when you finally begin to plan something, get excited about something, and feel like you know what direction you're heading in, the paths change, the signs change, the wind blows the other way, the north is suddenly south, and east is west, and you're lost. It is so easy to lose your way, to lose direction...
"Love, Rosie"
Movie quote. 🎬
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almost 2am and just talked to someone I haven’t spoken to in 3 years and never thought I’d hear from again. this was one of the closest friends I’ve ever had and it didn’t end well, like shouting matches. I asked him if he hated me and he said yes and laughed, I asked him again and he said no. I could tell he had been drinking but after a bit he said he had to go to sleep and right as I was hanging up he goes, I love you
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