#in and out the window

[doctorfreak]

last week i was sitting at a red light and was getting honked at SOOOOOOO MUCH and looked up and this guy was slamming the horn and the girl in the passenger seat was like trying to pull his arms away from the horn. then i remembered i have this bumper sticker

[kitsuneheartreviews]

Children's poetry: "In and Out the Window" by Jane Yolen

Jane Yolen is one of the most prolific picture book authors, not to mention being a pretty prolific author of longer form books! But it's been a good bit of time since she last released a poetry collection, though I definitely come across one her poems quite often in science fiction and fantasy magazines and anthologies. With this book, though, she returns to this particular stage in a grand fashion.

The book is divided into several sections, each with an "In" and an "Out" subsection. I'm afraid I didn't catch the difference between In and Out, but I'm not exactly a frequent reader of poetry. The sections are things kids would think of often: school, animals, (at) home, after school, and sports, with a final category a bit outside a kid's experience: career poems. The career poems aren't deep adult thoughts, but more often from the point of view of Yolen as a child, wanting to write. Very accessible.

My favorite section was Animals. Her poems for pets are just especially funny and cute. I'll have to memorize a few for my kid, because I'm sure she'll love the ones for cats and bunnies, her favorites. I wasn't able to read this book to my kid. I think that every time I brought it out, the size was intimidating. Is sure looks thick for a kids' book, but each page only have a dozen or so lines, so it goes fast. I think by 2nd grade, most readers will be well up to the challenge. And they'd probably feel super proud, in the end, for reading something so big!

I actually did the audiobook version of this, and the reading by Cassandra Campbell is wistful and playful. She's also really got the overwhelmed kid voice down.

Advanced reader copy provided by the publisher.

[otto-doctavius]

Logan and Mary Puppins are so “dad and the dog he said he didn’t want” coded. He was acting disgusted by that dog for 90% of the movie, then when they were going to fight the Deadpools that almost baby-talk “You won’t wanna see this, bub.” slipped out. Then ofc there’s the bit at the end when they’re all at the table and he’s just sitting there playing with her ears and laughing as he makes her high-five Laura. I see you, mr “she is NOT coming with us”. You like that nasty little dog

[unexplained-events]

How can we help 😔

Gaza Funds

Donate if you can. Spread this if you can't. Direct support to these families is the best thing we can do right now.

[joshuamj]

Hero.

[nipuni]

Ten! my love 🥰

A speedpaint video of this will be available at my Patreon on Jan 1st!

[guavi]

you're being . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁silly . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁

last panel without text bubbles under the cut

the room originally just had some shelves in the sketch but then i got carried away with plants, oops

[hinamie]

long way home

[diamondsunbursts-and-marblehalls]

Honestly, I think from the moment that Percy found out that not every demigod has a loving mortal parent they can depend on, when they already can't depend on the gods, and that Annabeth specifically, hasn't had anyone take care of her like that since she was 7, he decided he would be the one to.

They take care of each other up to that point, but I think that's when he starts noticing how much she takes care of them. She already knew if she didn't no one else will. She protects them against humans, she stands with them against monsters, she always brings up the rear of the group when they're running, and she is always the first one to make a move when they're fighting. She does it because no one is going to protect her if she doesn't do it herself. No one is going to protect Grover and Percy if she isn't.

In the arch, he pretty much tells her he would fight the gods for her, and then he goes on to do just that.

Athena, the one person who was supposed to protect her willingly pushes monsters her way, she lets Echidna and the chimera into a place that was supposed to be safe. Her decision is that Annabeth should be punished, and say what you want, but I think she knew that Annabeth would think through every scenario and know that someone had to stay and hold them back. And I think she knew that Annabeth would be the one to stay. Because that's the way she raised her, knowing that no one cared whether she lived or died. And I think that's the cruellest part.

Which is why Percy's sacrifice means so much more. He not only made the decision to trade his life for hers and fight the monster so she and Grover could escape, but he also made the conscious choice to push back against Athena's wishes. He fought a goddess for her, Athena said "Annabeth will die for her impertinence" and Percy said "Not today, not ever"

[obviouschild2014]

lost in the beautiful world conjured up by this tweet

[yomeiu]

i haven't fulfilled my promise yet to use you as my dog!

redraw!

[lokittystuckinatree]

I am simultaneously deliriously in love with the ending of Loki season 2 and absolutely loathe it

On one hand…Shakespearean tragedy at its finest, essentially circling back to Loki’s original Thor 2011 character arc by reversing it, and Loki has literally ascended to godhood. In the end, Loki’s ultimate selfless sacrifice was to sit upon the highest throne in the multiverse, and that to me is tragically ironically beautiful

On the other hand…Loki being alone makes me want to burn Marvel studios to the ground and do other unspeakable things

Best and worst ending of all time f u Eric Martin

[callmeroygbiv]

a normal heterosexual fight would’ve taken place OUTSIDE of the honda odyssey in the big open space of the forest but NO they HAD to be pressed up against each other in an enclosed space all day and night.

[fanaticalthings]

just another night in gotham

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[tagerrkix]

Eden was their ✨disney princess era✨

[owl-fruit]

ykw, i’m still stuck on logan saying “they’d be lucky to have you” in reference to wade and the avengers. like, he’s being sincere and wade just looks at him. wade’s a stronger man than me because if i’d been him i’d have jumped into the ocean after that