i think ubisoft devs should not only post their work from canned projects i think they should legally be allowed to come together and eat the entire guillemot family <3
She is nearly 70 years old, with wonderfully brown gnarled, wrinkled hands and eyes that are creased from smiling. She hand-makes all of her own clothes and sews dolls for my little sister. Abuela is very lonely… her husband already passed and her kids live far away. She misses her grandkids. Abuela comes around our place for the company almost every other day.
So this morning, my little sister and I went to visit the Abuela to return the kindness of her vegetables with some homemade soup.
It’s a funny joke we have, that if you can make a perfect posole you are wife material. I was joking around with my friend beforehand to see if I was worthy of marriage, and my little sister thinks me failing is the best thing in life, so of course she wants to ask Abuela when we arrive.
We’re wearing masks and gloves and can’t give her the big hug like we want to, but Abuela is always happy to see us. We bring the pot of soup to her table. My little sis, the little shit that she is, immediately asks, “Abuela, is Reina ready to be a wife yet?”
And Abuela immediately shifts her entire mood. Her face literally becomes this:
Abuela’s look pierces through my heart.
“Who are you trying to impress? A man or a woman?” she asks, deadly serious. We have broached the topic of marriage. It is her domain now.
And I, Rei, gay as the fourth of July, cannot believe that either Abuela clocked me instantly or that she could possibly have a fascinating past of her own.
I thought about lying, but my little sister was there and I don’t like to lie in front of her. So I was honest and said I was trying to impress a woman.
Without a response, Abuela carefully tries the posole. The room is silent.
“For a man, it’s good,” she says after a moment. “But, you’ll need to work harder to impress a woman.”
All I can do is politely nod. I have so many questions.
Now Abuela is tired. She wants to eat and relax in peace, so she waves us away. We make sure she’s settled, and then my sister and I go home.
I can’t believe my 70 year old Abuela said BI RIGHTS
this is the funniest fucking thing ever
not only did the grandma say bi rights but like
she had two separate scales of food judgement for men and women AT THE READY and there’s something inherently hilarious in “FOR MEN IT’S FINE, FOR WOMEN DO BETTER”
I saw these guys live and it was a phenomenal experience, The cellist is called Abel Selaocoe and the band is Chesaba, which includes a percussionist and bassist.
They are all incredibly talented and charasmatic on stage. If they are ever in your part of the world, go see them!
now you know why I keep wearing mine out despite MRAs trying to ruin them
bringing classy back
also just in point of fact the thing donned by your standard mra is not a fedora but a trilby
Yep. This is a fedora.
The name “Trilby” also has stage origins; Daphne George du Maurier’s novel was adapted as a play, and one production featured the title character wearing a hat which was then named for her.
As for the photo, under that hat is the expression of a man standing in Butler’s Chocolate Café on Wicklow Street in Dublin, watching them fill the box of chocs he’s just ordered for DD, with the certain knowledge that he’ll get a few in due course.
The fedora is a Banana Republic Safari hat; now about 36 years old and in need of maintenance - like Bagpuss, “saggy and a bit loose at the seams”, but I’m hardly one to make comments on that score… :-P
Fedora wearers look like this (Trevor Howard in “Brief Encounter”):
Trilby wearers look like this (Trevor Howard in “The Liquidator”):
Same actor, different movies, different hats, difference is striking.
Some people have Opinions:
Others have Observations:
I wear a fedora and carry a fountain pen, so I Am Saying Nothing… ;->
