#and one of the step children is going to blink 182 concerts

[sylviaplathenthusiast]

i am not entirely sure why but everything about the oceangate situation just feels like one of the greek myths. are we absolutely sure the percy jackson universe isnt real life?

[pomoapple]

The thing that's really crazy to me about the nearly dead billionaires in the sub is how that one failson is reacting to his step dad slowly dying

I think it's becuz he knows that he'll never be a "real" son in the eyes of his emotionally unavailable walking ATM. The 1% will never TRULY claim children who aren't their flesh and blood and you just know that that gave him a complex. Which is crazy becuz even tho his papa will never view him as an offspring who's worthy of occupying his space, the failson is behaving EXACTLY as if he was born and breed as a billionaires son

He's obsessed with having fun by any means necessary. He's hedonistic. He's decadent. He wants to live deliciously. Point. Blank. Period. No think pieces and expert analysis necessary!

It's definitely shocking to us normals, but it absolutely tracks that he got on camera, said he was watching the news for updates, then decided he wanted to have fun and go to a Blink 182 concert. Like. Of course he tweeted to let horny and desperate vultures know he was single (oh please someone cum suck my dick my dad is dead and I'm sad). It's only natural that he started flirting with sex workers in the middle of his dad's upcoming funeral. He lives in the flesh and the flesh only!

Carbi B was sooooo right to say he was "shaking dick at a Blink 182 concert" cuz that's literally what he did! Of course he's not gonna waste any time waiting by the phone. He got money to spend!!! It's his Miami Boy Summer!

Honestly best case scenario for him is that his step daddy died days ago, becuz if that motha fucker is alive and hears about how sexually deviant Mr Goodvibesonly got while he was losing oxygen, the dad's gonna literally be so sloppy and sad and angry that he's gonna throw up on himself in the middle of screaming that he's disowned.

[jugandbettsdetectiveagency]

ten songs tied to specific memories. tag ten people. tagged by my no.1 @heartunsettledsoul

Kiss Kiss, Holly Valance - children’s birthday parties, pretending to be grown up. karaoke you’re too shy to do; butterfly clips and body glitter and sticky lipgloss and combat trousers. dancing in your room like you could do it in front of an audience. making up songs with friends you’ll lose. waiting to be older.

Always, Blink 182 - the one that starts it all. listening to all the same music as your older sister. bouncing around the living room and getting carpet burn on your knees. wishing to be the girl in the music video, long blond hair, black eyes, skinny legs, boys. not realising you totally have a crush on travis barker. watching american pie way too young. hot summers that last for all of your childhood.

Breakout, Miley Cyrus - driving to the coast. clinging to disney days in the face of growing up. but still trying to act older than you are. watching your sister search for signal to text her boyfriend. playing out fantasies in your head all day. melting ice cream and dodging seagulls. covering your ears to sleep. finding faces in the wallpaper.

Trapped In A Box, No Doubt - endless hot weather, sitting in front of a table top fan. watching 10 things I hate about you on repeat on that portable dvd player. finishing art homework. reading pride and prejudice for the first time and wondering how people enjoy classics. wishing you lived somewhere else. imagining life in a small town. reading fanfiction for the first time and hiding your bookmarks from you sister. getting caught. wondering when you’ll be kissed like the girl in the movies.

Fallen Leaves, Billy Talent - sitting alone on the bus trip. offering everything for nothing. so sad it makes you angry because you don’t really know why. swamped in hoodies and tights in summer. being told to take your eyeliner off at school. wishing you had the patience to learn guitar. pretending you don’t care like it’ll impress everyone. making a friend you’ll keep forever.

Careful, Paramore - cold weather and slipping on ice. finding those friends you don’t realise will always be yours. losing the rest. staring at white walls to avoid doing homework. crying in frustration. going to concerts and screaming till your voice cuts out. jumpers as dresses. that 70s show and worrying your parents. dancing to step up alone on new years. wishing you were thinner so that maybe someone would want you. condensation on the windows. smoke in the air. still waiting to be the girl in the movies.

Dear Father, Sum 41 - earphones always in. talking too loud in the library. feeling hopelessly happy and hopelessly sad. walking to therapy with that boy you once imagined would be more. pretending to study. seeing the end in sight. skipping classes to sit in cupboards and laugh until you cried. eating pizza cookies and bribing the teachers when you get caught. dr martens and band shirts. cutting off all your hair. drawing the short straw.

You’ll Be Mine, The Pierces - sharpie mind maps. smelling summer on the wind. thinking you’d be happy if you could just look different. floaty dresses and dip dyed ends. counting down the days until you move away. imagining what comes next. nose piercings and tattoos. dreading what comes next.

Kryptonite, 3 Doors Down - living in student flats, trying to fit in. locking your door with a thudding heart. jumping at every noise. panic attacks before going out. not going out. smiling at that girl who talks to you first. admitting that this is as good as it gets. coasting by on nothing at all. walks round the lake with the oxford boy who tries too hard. not believing you could be wanted. still pretending to be a grown up.

American Money, BORNS - air so hot it sticks to your skin and weighs on your chest. not reading the texts. stressing yourself thinner. all nighter to finish that dissertation you don’t really care about. falling asleep in the bath. putting too much stock in teen trash dramas. making the coolest friends. being a part of something. 3am ferris wheeling with glitter on your face. eating so much you can’t stand straight. ska music in the courtyard. ballgowns and buzz lightyear vans. feeling free. feeling lost.

I tag (sorry if you’ve already been so) @allskynostars @flwrpotts @honey-tea-and-lemon-trees @sullypants @betsforsythetrash @sylwrites @bugheadotp @panalegs27

[alienqweenart]

So I use this Drawing Amino app and they had a challenge to draw a music genre as a person. And I got a little carried away. So I made 4. Indie Punk, Stoner Rap, Future Bass, and Pop Punk. So here you have Matthias, Lulana, Ren, and Jake. 4 unlikely friends who get high behind the highschool and love and support each other despite music and aesthetic differences. Matthias, goes by Matt, cause no one can figure out how to pronounce his name, and it's frustrating. He's from Sweden and his parents moved over here when he was 3. The date on his arm is his older brother's birthday. He died when they were both little, and that's one of the reasons his parents moved. To get a new start. He speaks fluent Swedish and English and has a very soft accent. He thinks his parents are too soft and is afraid they're going to get taken advantage of. He strives to protect them and be their tough outter shell. Lulana goes by Lanie. Her mom is a Mexican and a HeadRN at the local hospital. Her dad works construction and sells drugs on the side. Their family has 3 rules. No hard drugs. Don't sell to children. And don't get caught. Her dad is very supportive of her wanting to rap, he buys her expensive equipment and listens to all her songs. Her mom thinks she needs a back up plan and comes off kind of calloused, but she can hear her humming along when she's doing the dishes. She speaks fluent Spanish and English, and claims they only taught her so she could get in on family gossip. Her dad doesn't speak a lick despite being with his wife for like 20 years. Ren is very, very herself. She's chill and calm on the outside, but tends to be melodramatic. She runs a very successful Tumblr aesthetic blog and it is her life. Her dad is from China and owns his own company. Her mom is basically a trophy wife and she's not sure there is any real love in their relationship, she hasn't seen it. She was raised primarily by her mom, since he dad is never around, in their giant empty house. She barely speaks any Mandarin, since she's not exposed to it. She knows enough to be polite to her family, count, and swear, and she's taking classes. Cause two of her friends are bilingual and how is that fair. Jake is fake deep. Kinda edgy, relates to every pop punk song ever written and is a devoted fan of Blink-182. He's had a crush on Hailey Williams since he was 12 and he's met her at concert twice. He lives with his mom, stepdad, and older step brother. His parents got divorced when he was a baby cause his dad liked drugs. His mom thinks he's been severely traumatized by the experience and babies him, but really it doesn't bother him that much. His dad lives in the same town and he sees him every day. He's a roady and takes him to every concert he can. He's clean now and is an active part of Jake's life. His step dad and older brother are jerks. SD is racist and homophobic, but he shuts his mouth when his mom or his friends are around. Jake ignores them both violently. His mom always tell them to leave him alone. He gets away with everything. They all have speedpaints that will be up later this week.

Indie Punk | Stoner Rap | Future Bass | Pop Punk

[bucketofkay]

Music Asks

Requested by @theshippingdocks

~playlist~

1.  a song from the year you were born

ugh i hate this prompt there are like no genuinely good songs from 2000

All The Small Things - Blink 182

(i looked up the top 100 songs of the year and the only two songs id heard of and didnt hate were this and bye bye bye)

2.  a song that reminds you of school

Proud - Heather Small

bc its used in every motivational assembly and end of year video

3.  a song tied to a specific moment in your life

Guren no Yumiya - Linked Horizon

we do not speak of these dark times

4.  a song that is not sung in your native language

Von - Yoko Kanno ft Arnor Dan

icelandic! a language i dont think ive ever used for a music asks playlist (in fact this whole list is turning out really different to usual. ill see if i can keep that up.......)

5.  a song over 5 minutes long

most of the music i listen to is over 5 minutes......

I left you ~ Not sure if I did - Reimi Horikawa

its one of those really slow but beautiful OSTs that i just love

6.  a song under 2 minutes long

Bim Bim Bim - Jay Foreman

there was no limit on what the song was.....

(but its gr8)

7.  an instrumental

oh no.... what will i do...... how do i possibly find an instrumental track i enjoy.....

Stories Not Forgotten - Windsor Airlift

8.  a classical piece

Fur Elise - Beethoven

i just kinda like it?? idk im not rly into classical

i prefer modern orchestral stuff

9.  a song with no percussion

Inevitabalis - Yuki Kajiura

i LOVE pure piano songs

theyre so emotional

10.  something you’ve heard performed live

Time is Running Out - Muse

(this song is my most vivid memory from a concert)

11.  something you’d give ANYTHING to hear performed live

Nothing Without You - Emma Blackery

(im sorry ill try and make this the last predictable answer, but no guarantees)

12.  a song by an artist who’s from where you’re from (town/city/state/country)

Together in Electric Dreams - The Human League

god its been so long since ive listened to this song

(the human league are from south yorkshire)

13.  a song made suddenly precious because of a special someone

Saviour of the Waking World - Toby Fox

(anything hs really)

14.  a song made suddenly awful because of a special someone

there isnt one, so:

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ shrug midi art - CrystalVisionOKC

15.  something to BELT SHAMELESSLY/do DIVA HANDS to

this obviously screams musical, so:

Gone to Oregon - The Trail to Oregon

16.  something to SCREAM ALONG to

Mr Brightside - The Killers

obvs

17.  a song for raging

Don’t Stop - Black Lagoon

(like the whole ost tbh)

18.  a song that demands lipsyncing into a makeshift microphone

We Built This City - Starship

it was suggested on electric dreams, and its perfect for this one

19.  the last song you had stuck in your head

why is this even a question?? the only songs in my head now are songs from this list

Duder’s a Spy - Brian Holden and Michelle Chamuel

is the last i remember

20.  a song you’re dying to master all the words to

another predictable one, but

Bravely You - Lia

i still cant get the fast bit quite right

21.  a song that you could SLAY at karaoke

hey, an excuse to put another instrumental song in

Rely on Thermal Winds - Seas of Years

(im not gonna be slaying anything at karaoke any time soon)

22.  a song you can’t help but dance to

Hold my Hand - Jess Glynne

the problem with learning dances to songs is that you lowkey never forget them

23.  a song that makes you want to dance on a table

Defying Gravity - Wicked

i struggled w a non-predictable answer for this one, but just bc it needs to be performed dramatically from a height

24.  a song that makes you wanna STRIP

Naked in a Lake - The Trail to Oregon

p self explanatory

25.  a song with a great music video

ive said this before, but im not a music video person, so the next two are def gonna be predictable

Perfect - Emma Blackery

26.  a song that makes you act out the music video when you hear it

uh, none

but the closest id say is 

Lonely People - Orla Gartland

bc it just kinda makes me wanna go out and do something awesome

27.  a song with counting

5 6 7 8 - Steps

i couldnt think of anything better, im sorry

28.  a song with spelling

Revolting Children - Matilda

29.  a song with lots of clapping

Faces Going Places - Dodie Clark and Lucy Moon

this is the only thing i could think of

30.  a song 40 years older than you

back to googling to find a song i dont hate.....

Beyond The Sea - Bobby Darin

31.  a song you wish your parents didn’t know the words to

All About the Bass - Meghan Trainor

(im sorry) my mum WONT STOP SINGING IT

32.  a song whose lyrics shocked you once you were old enough to understand them

The Circle of Life - The Lion King

bc of how fuckin simple the lyrics actually are when you translate them

33.  a song you have ZERO patience for

Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke

no. just no.

34.  a song you’d like your favorite artist to cover

taking my favourite artist as emma blackery (rather than ZHIEND, as i like them for their original music)

and sorry for predictability again:

Not Over You - Tessa Violet

35.  a great song you discovered thanks to a movie

Someday - Steve Earle

(i dont like the original but the bridge to terabithia version is p good)

36. a great song you discovered thanks to television 

First Things First - Neon Trees

37.  a song you’re ashamed to have in your music library

Dead Gorgeous Opening Theme

not really tbh, but i have to save something for 38 (why???)

38.  ok what’s the song you were too ashamed to even post for #37

Mickey Mouse Club March

bc i have a disney compilation cd, and for some reason they decided to put this on instead of any songs from the lion king 2

39.   the most played song in your music library

i have no idea overall, but on my phone probably

Clouded Sky - ZHIEND

especially since its my alarm......

40.  favorite disney song

They Live in You - The Lion King

and thats it done!

i hope this is different enough to every other music ask game i do

~playlist~

[yeskraim]

Australians open wallets, hearts for fire-ravaged communities

Melbourne, Australia – This year, as fires have raged across Australia, consuming homes, farms and towns, people have rallied to help, raising tens of millions of dollars for affected families, volunteer firefighting units and wildlife devastated by the blazes.

An estimated 17 million hectares (42 million acres) have been burned, more than 6,000 buildings destroyed, and families in every state have been left devastated and homeless.

Amid the tragedy, Australians have stepped in.

In New South Wales, the Rural Fire Service has received donations that have now surpassed 50 million Australian dollars ($34.1m) said RFS spokesman James Morris.

The funds have come from everything from fire-helmets and donation buckets placed in local shops to celebrity GoFundMe campaigns, he said.

“In that good old Australian community spirit, people just want to get out and do their bit,” Morris told Al Jazeera. “But they can’t always physically assist or donate physical items. So their way of showing their support is through financial donations.”

‘Thank you for being our heroes’

Barbeques, fun runs, boot camps and benefit concerts, large and small have taken place across the country.

The Muslim community hosted barbeques for firefighters and displaced locals in fire-affected towns including Lakes Entrance, east of Melbourne, where one local tweeted that between four and five trucks of supplies had arrived and “the first round of snags are already cooked”.

The Lakes Entrance volunteer fire brigade have received some creative letters of thanks as well as supplies of baked goods.

Volunteer firefighters in Lake Entrance, Victoria have received muffins and handwritten letters from young children [Lakes Entrance VFA]

“You are so brave to fight fires. We are thanking you every day,” said one note signed by Grace.

“Thank you for being our heroes. You are the best,” said another.

Children have also been donating pocket money to their local fire brigades and one primary school student from Western Australia raised $500 and delivered half to the Lakes Entrance crew and half to the Save the Koala fund.

James Pendlebury, a call centre team manager in Melbourne, has been finding creative ways to raise funds in his office.

The team are fundraising in two-week cycles between victim relief, wildlife assistance and volunteer firefighter support. Among the initiatives so far have been raffles, bake-offs and an office artisans market.

“We wanted to give everyone a chance to be involved, including people who couldn’t afford to give money,” Pendlebury said.

The artisan’s market allowed people to show off their handiwork, with diverse items for sale including tote bags, homemade preserves and sauces, red wine vinegar and crocheted coasters.

“We’ve got a lot of talented people at work and a lot of different ideas can come out of people’s need to help,” Pendlebury said. “It’s just a very simple way of getting people encouraged … there’s a sense of accomplishment.”

They have so far raised 5,100 Australian dollars ($3,480).

“People get entrenched in the horror,” he said, “Knitting a beanie, making pouches for wildlife or something else which they feel is constructive helps people’s self-worth.”

Help for animals

John Grant of the wildlife group WIRES said they had been “overwhelmed by the generosity and concern for our wildlife from around the globe.”

He spoke of one fundraiser by Blue Mountains resident Joshua Elston, who has cerebral palsy, and his carer Hannah Shore.

“Joshua wanted to do something for the animals impacted by bushfires so he made cakes for a cake stall in Springwood,” Grant said. “It went up on the community Facebook page and the community rallied with even more cakes and slices.”

Last weekend, the cake stall raised 2,116 Australian dollars ($1,445).

Jacob Angelino, a volunteer firefighter in Victoria, said they have been delivering donated goods to areas affected by the fires for several weeks.

Joshua Elston, who helped raise thousands for wildlife group WIRES by organising a cake sale [WIRES/Al Jazeera]

“A lot of people are just buying things to try and help people get back up on their feet,” he told Al Jazeera.

“The other week, we picked up a huge delivery. Locals had put together trolleys full of supplies and they loaded the truck with heaps of slabs of water, long-life food, that sort of stuff for those people who were stuck in relief centres.”

Thousands of Australians have also opened their homes to evacuees and their pets.

After offering the paddocks behind her home to evacuees with animals via Twitter on New Year’s Eve, PhD student Erin Riley not only received requests, but also found more offers of accommodation flooding in.

Within days she created FindABed to match the now 6,500 offers of accommodation with those in need.

Celebrity fundraisers

Benefit concerts are also being used to raise funds as local bands play pub gigs and international stars including Alice Cooper, Olivia Newton-John, Queen and popular children’s group the Wiggles organise concerts in the coming weeks with all proceeds donated to fire relief causes.

US punk band Blink 182 released a line of merchandise specifically to raise funds for Australia’s wildlife, while actress Rebel Wilson auctioned a private lunch at her house for two fans and Shane Warne, a former international cricketer for Australia, raised more than one million Australian dollars by auctioning off his baggy green cap.

Some offices have held markets to raise funds for fire relief [James Pendlebury/Al Jazeera]

Many celebrities, including Chris Hemsworth, Elton John and Pink have publicly donated large sums to bushfire relief, while Australian comedian Celeste Barber’s Facebook fundraiser has raised more than 50 million Australian dollars ($34.14m).

Businessmen across the globe have also raised or pledged millions, while dozens of Australian companies have donated goods or percentages of their takings.

Stories of less conventional means have also spread via social media as some models offered nude photographs to those who donate, and a message to clients from an alleged local drug-dealer spread on social media after he promised to give 10 percent of the weekend’s earning to fire relief.

A lot of my family have been affected,” the circulated message read. “Not a joke. Actually being legit. Thank you all.”

For now, long-awaited rain is easing the situation in much of the country but the risk of new outbreaks will remain high throughout the summer.

The generosity of fellow Australians will go a long way to helping the long rebuilding process that lies ahead for so many families and communities, as well as the country’s unique wildlife.

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[junker-town]

Devin Booker scored 70 points in an NBA game at age 20. What did you do at 20?

I asked Twitter what they had accomplished by 20 and here is what they said

Devin Booker scored an incredible 70 points on Friday night in the Phoenix Sun’s game against the Boston Celtics, becoming just the sixth player in NBA history to score as many points in a game. His name now sits in the record books beside Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, David Thompson, Elgin Baylor, and David Robinson. What a list to be on when you’re only 20-years-old. He can’t even legally celebrate with a beer in the U.S. after that!

It made me think about how Lady Gaga and I were born a month apart from each other and that every time I hear about Gaga celebrating a birthday, I’m reminded of how much I haven’t accomplished in my one extra month here on earth.

So I put this question out into the world and here are the answers I received.

devin booker scored 70 points in an nba game at 20 years old. what did you accomplish by 20.

— whitney (@its_whitney) March 25, 2017

Some of you accomplished great things with food

@its_whitney I held 3 ice cream cones while someone took my picture

— McNasty (@jmcneely) March 25, 2017

@its_whitney i knew exactly how expensive it was (to the cent) to upsize to a large soda and fries at chick fil a

— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) March 25, 2017

ate 26 chicken nuggets in one sitting https://t.co/pQ5CCZQuAj

— (@D_McWaters) March 25, 2017

Delivered 75 pizzas once. Actually just 73 because I kept two. https://t.co/l00UxxASGZ

— Baron Stromann (@bridman77) March 25, 2017

I know this is rhetorical, but I destroyed like six Jack in the Box tacos with a side of Bloomin’ Onion when I was 20. Dream big, kids. https://t.co/gMzG89BceQ

— Dan Rubenstein (@DanRubenstein) March 25, 2017

Some of you were really good at video games

@its_whitney @SBNationNBA well i scored 130 points in @NBA2K lol

— AgentWhiteCheese (@gentwhitecheese) March 25, 2017

@its_whitney I was really good at Street Fighter EX plus alpha

— sgulasch (@sgulasch) March 25, 2017

Completed my pokedex in Pokémon Yellow. https://t.co/xVkuvuRqQf

— iPacers.com (@iPacersblog) March 25, 2017

Won the champions league in back to back years on FIFA https://t.co/K3edjdYq82

— Wenger Out (@BasedChasen) March 25, 2017

Some of you did nothing

@its_whitney not a damn thing

— ditch witch (@inastraightline) March 25, 2017

I'm sitting here trying to think of something semi-impressive and I'm coming up empty https://t.co/qHJjXyKYQP

— $tone (@Stone_116) March 25, 2017

Nothing. 7 years later, still nothing. https://t.co/VrAQyPIFwN

— Lord Deuce (@ab_deuces) March 25, 2017

Some of you were actually doing really great things

Performed at Carnegie Hall twice and Avery Fisher https://t.co/aZ3JtVsFQh

— GOAT (@Josh1938) March 25, 2017

Served my country. https://t.co/4KvoVEBuW4

— Recovering Alcoholic (@Germ_Lerma) March 25, 2017

I worked on an animated opening intro for Smash Mouth to use on one of their concert tours. Not kidding about this either, lol https://t.co/5YHUjoygXH

— Brandon Tomyoy 譚定宇 (@dingyu) March 25, 2017

Helped children get adopted instead of being deported or funneled into the foster care system. *runs* https://t.co/VPDwery17S

— #MaxNwaba (@Jawnikowski) March 25, 2017

Some of you did random things that didn’t fit in a category but I felt compelled to put them in this post

started a blink 182 cover band. we were less than great. https://t.co/YheJenBG6W

— matt wiNk (@mattwink) March 25, 2017

I drove out to West VA just to get dumped & almost ran out of gas out there. Smdh https://t.co/JWdxz0j76W

— Chin Music Charlie (@Go_Los) March 25, 2017

I had successfully learned to sort my laundry into whites and colors https://t.co/INFbPfBEej

— Andrew Clausen (@GuruAndrew) March 25, 2017

i got a job at a shoe store & thus my shoe game was fire thank you v much https://t.co/v1CSAHcxee

— Joshua Anthony (@joshuablahblahh) March 25, 2017

watched quite possibly every episode of 'frasier' that ever aired https://t.co/lftNjG4kpF

— Jeremy Woo (@JeremyWoo) March 25, 2017

Learned every word to American Pie by Don McLean https://t.co/6Ap741qqjy

— Matthew Speakman (@speakmanmc) March 25, 2017

i could play through the changes to giant steps very slowly https://t.co/Z9FRlLxybP

— ☕netw3rk (@netw3rk) March 25, 2017

And some of you were doing some extremely illegal things at 20. Those were by far the most popular responses to the question. Just know I am not judging you but your tweets won’t be appearing in this point because I for one, am not the feds.

But I will leave you here with this because nothing should distract you from this fact.

@theshrillest @its_whitney I never blew a 3-1 lead in the nba finals

— Nasim (@TheNasimiest) March 25, 2017

So congrats Devin Booker on this ridiculous accomplishment! I’m going to try and live each day with “Devin Booker scoring 70 points at age 20” type confidence.