Oh man, the library…. <3 XD
If he could learn to love another, and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time. As the years passed, he fell into despair and lost all hope. For who could ever learn to love a beast?
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
Via Oh Gale, I think.
you-will-never-be-fucking-lonely asked: I literally just finished reading this book today! Like ohrejndks
I can’t put it down! Seriously, at first I wasn’t sure if it would be my type of book, but now that I’m started I can’t think of why someone wouldn’t like it!
I’ve decided to write about what I’m currently reading, more for the fun of it than anything.
Currently Reading Matched by Ally Condie. Usually I’m not a huge Romance fan, but this book was recommended to me so I took a chance. I’m only about 7 chapters in and I’m already in love. Recently I have been finding I have been reading more Dystopian literature, and rather enjoying it. Since Suzanne Collins Hunger Games novels have come out I have found literature to be turning a corner for the better. We had been going down a road of crap literature and paranormal fiction thanks for Stephanie Meyers Twilight Saga. I know that there is an audience for that just as there is for every other genres, but I never got into them.
Anyways, coming back from the rabbit trail, I have been finding that Matched is a book that is easy to lose yourself in. I read these first 60 odd pages within what felt like minutes even though it was around an hour of reading. I find that her writing style is quiet eloquent and conveys a great sense of the world despite being First Person. There are some moments that I find need more explaining, but then I remember the fact that I am only a quarter of the way through and everything will fit into place. I highly Recommend this series.
Everyone chooses someone over me.
And this is why I didn’t believe my coworker when he called me pretty, because this is my reality.
I’m not anyone’s first choice. I’m not anyone’s favorite. People may tell me I mean a lot to them and that I’m special to them but I know there’s someone they will always choose over me.
(Source: anntrannn)
The Painful Realization
I have made a thick shell for myself, to keep me safe. Today at work this handsome coworker was making fun of me because I kept dropping things, and then he said “well at least you’re pretty.” And I must admit, I turned shy and quietly said “who said I was pretty” more to myself than anything. But he heard me, and he was like, “What is that supposed to mean?” I didn’t want to say anything else, but he kept pressing me. And I finally came to the realization that I don’t view myself as pretty because that’s what I was used to thinking about myself as such.
In high school I was the chubby, awkward girl whom not many people associated with. I was a wallflower to most, or a point of ridicule for others. First I was fat, then I was anorexic (because I was 4 sizes larger while being 6 inches shorter than I am currently until I was 14 when I finally grew, but I went from a size 5 to a size 00), I had a boyish figure. I never was told I was pretty by people who weren’t family, or family friends, which really doesn’t count. When my friends were going on dates, I was curled up with a book because no one ever asked me out. I’ve never been asked out, I’ve never been kissed, I’ve never been on a date.
Now I have trouble seeing myself as pretty, or beautiful. But when I said this to my coworker (leaving out the sad sob story), he told me that he thought I was Gorgeous, and that he told my Assistant Manager that he’d totally ask me out if I wasn’t, well, Christian. He said this because he knows that I am a pretty strong Christian, who won’t have sex before marriage. He knows that my views on dating are different than his (which for him is going out for drinks and then sleeping with them). Still, as nice as it felt, this all just saddened me because though he was telling me this, I still couldn’t see myself like that. I want to. But I don’t know how yet. I’m not used to being complimented, and he does that a lot, to everyone, so I thought that it was just him being nice. Then he said that he is the most egotistical guy he knew (his words), and that he knew what he was talking about.
Though I must say that I kind of wish that I had told him that he was used to having girls fawn all over him, I’ve never been that girl that guys want, or want to date. It’s why I’m the way I am. It’s why I’m defensive, and tend to push guys away if they get too close.
One of my Commissions for a friend, she asked for Beauty and the Beast Dancing. So this is 4 hours of work later!
Acrylic on Canvas. See more artwork here. http://www.wix.com/danielleartspot/artspot
