Your dad is a sweetheart!

This reached right into my soul today. I’ve been in such a bad place this week, and this nicely summed up pretty much exactly how I feel. Thank you so much for sharing this. 

In the cafeteria, children are greeted by a mural of a smiling Donald Trump with a quote: “Sometimes losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.”

This is all I can think of when it comes to Mr. Joyce.

THE IKORA BUG!!!! I thought it was just me!! When they finally patched it, I felt such peace.

I remember reading The Shoebox Project as it came out, and recently went back to it as well - it definitely still holds up. It’s inspiring! All these years later and I’m still in fandom, writing fanfic (albeit for a different fandom), but SBP was a huge formative creative influence on teenage smarsh.

Folks who don’t vote yes are cowards.

This particular shade of blue in illustrated manuscripts is by far one of my favorite colors!! It’s just so beautiful

OR!! Oh man, I need a Sister Wendy group for February page of the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry!!

If I don’t see a Jean Fouquet Madonna I’m gonna be pissed tbh

I mean, this would be great if I could actually get my brain to shut up about it.

Here’s two more real winners, just to save you the googling effort:

I think Murakami actually showed in 2010 - and I was in France in 2008 - but I might be wrong? I know the contemporary art program at Versailles has only been around for ~10 years, so there’s not a huge window.

I had *just* come off a course on the art of Versailles, so I was particularly excited to see everything in person. Art historian nerd alert!

Right?? I think the worst one was the chainlink fence with inflatable pool floaties ziptied to it. Like, ok dude we get it. Thanks for this.

It’s truly the worst thing when you go somewhere for a specific thing and it’s just... not available for some reason. So disappointing!!

I’m still very bitter about the time I went to Versailles only to find a Jeff Koons exhibition happening. Did I come to see the Hall of Mirrors with a creepy Michael Jackson statue at one end? No. I don’t want this giant balloon animal in the gardens, either. Or fuckin’ ready-mades with vacuums in the bedrooms!!

Gosh, this cut deep. I’m spending Christmas alone, have been single for 5 years and celibate for just as long. I’m going to go ahead an find another drink...

Look, this is just a step away from grapefruiting:

I’ve had moderate success interrupting a Reinhardt charge toward a teammate by throwing my Junkrat mine in his path. Usually as a panicked response, but hey - sometimes it works!