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Sat, 18 May 2013 12:46:18 -0400

Al Green- To Sir With Love. - YouTube

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:35:58 -0400

Al Green- To Sir With Love. - YouTube: My favorite rendition. Natalie Merchant doesn’t do so...

Ava DuVernay: Middle of Nowhere - The Treatment on KCRW

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:11:34 -0400

Ava DuVernay: Middle of Nowhere - The Treatment on KCRW: Two of my favorites. Great cosmic signs...

Guess which one I was looking for?

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:59:00 -0400

Guess which one I was looking for?

Finally making some GOT DAM sense. .. “I can’t leave...

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:51:03 -0400

Finally making some GOT DAM sense. ..

“I can’t leave them.”

“Life is not a romance novel.”

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:20:08 -0400

“Life is not a romance novel.”

scandalmoments: miltonsong: scandalmoments: pinkricee: You...

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:18:42 -0400

scandalmoments:

miltonsong:

scandalmoments:

pinkricee:

You ever hear of B613, Cy? You know what, don’t say anything. It doesn’t matter anyway. I know who it was and I know why and I don’t care. Fitz and I are going to be together.

Rebellious daughter, anyone? So I rewatched this episode came to the conclusion that Olivia figured out her dad was behind the whole thing after Jake told her about B613. The bigger question is what is Rowan’s issue with Liv and Fitz and how far back does it stem? I am so ready to learn more about Liv’s daddy issues in season 3. Because clearly she has some. Major ones.

So it seems that Rowan Pope could be Olivia Pope’s Big Jerry, huh? That was my initial reaction to Olivia saying “Dad.”

And the fact that Cyrus knows this man. And the fact that Cyrus mentored Olivia. And the fact that Olivia and Cyrus go way back. And the fact that Rowan knows about Olitz.

I’m interested to see how this Dad Pope/Olivia Pope story unfolds. Dad Pope operates with no conscience, no frills (his world, his rules) whereas Olivia swears by the “White Hat.”

I also find it telling that Olivia wore a white jacket to go jogging. It’s always about the Gladiator Armor. Maybe I’m just reading too much into that style moment but the times she went swimming she wore black and white.

I’m anticipating how this all connects with how Olivia handles OPA, Fitz, David Rosen, Cyrus and being a gladiator. How did the daughter of the head of B613 become THE Olivia Pope?

She seems shocked by seeing him. Like she hasn’t seen him in a very long time.

I think there are two things going on here with Rowan. One is that he has a mission and that mission is to keep the Republic stabilized and Fitz in office. The second seems more personal. That he doesn’t like Fitz with Olivia (irony in that this isn’t supposed to be a romance novel and yet a father keeping his daughter away from the man she loves is the oldest romance cliche’s ever) and fears the consequences of it for his career.

My assumption was that Olivia looked like she knew it was her dad behind it all when she gasped at Jake saying he’s from B613. Did you catch how she drew back from him further? That’s very telling.

I believe there’s two things going on with Rowan. (That cliche is definitely one of it.) The other thing is that if Olitz happens Rowan cannot exist. The American public will dig into Olivia’s past and Rowan possibly doesn’t want that attention on himself. It’s his world, his rules and he enjoys living in the dark side of the moon unseen. (His mission is both personal and to protect The Republic.)

I also caught how she looked completely shock to see her dad. That’s also very telling. This puts much perspective into Olivia Pope.

The mission to me has be personal the minute Olivia said, “Dad?” How all of this unfolds will be quite interesting to watch.

Olivia being Basic.#Scandal

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:16:10 -0400

Olivia being Basic.#Scandal

hemoislove: youlooklikeamuppet: dumbparty: Witch I have...

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:13:27 -0400

hemoislove:

youlooklikeamuppet:

dumbparty:

Witch

I have been waiting three years for this tumblr post.

It’s like she’s getting younger.

strangeasanjles: I will reblog this each and every time I see...

Sun, 12 May 2013 02:19:29 -0400

strangeasanjles:

I will reblog this each and every time I see it.

#Tupac #Truth

watchcolortv: #Scandal, S02E21: An assassin who speaks “Mean...

Sun, 12 May 2013 02:14:52 -0400

watchcolortv:

#Scandal, S02E21: An assassin who speaks “Mean Girl”

Just when we thought Huck couldn’t get anymore complex, he typed the email below:

OMG, Cass!! U are NOT gonna believe this, but Brooke Sullivan = total PHONY! Right down to HER FRICKIN NOSE!!!!!

That’s both impressive, and frightening.

❤Huck❤

#TeamMellie for life

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:51:10 -0400

…and not because of the sanctity of marriage blah blah blah. I get that I am watching a TV...

danmeth: The Barbers from “Coming To America” Now available as...

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:42:58 -0400

danmeth:

The Barbers from “Coming To America”
Now available as a print or poster.
Or postcard! To send to your friend in Queens or Zamunda

deeplezstonerwitch: dynamicafrica: Select artworks from...

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:42:04 -0400

deeplezstonerwitch:

dynamicafrica:

Select artworks from Nigerian artist Njideka Akunyili:

“Nigeria is almost a third character in my work,” she said. “A lot of my work is about investigating my love for Nigeria and my life in America.

“I met my husband at college and there was some anxiety that if I married outside my culture I would lose my identity, but there is a space in my work where these things come together.”

Akunyili is hoping to help change attitudes to art in Nigeria, where she said appreciation is growing slowly.

“If I hadn’t left Nigeria, I wouldn’t be an artist, I would be a doctor,” she said. “When I told my parents I wanted to be an artist, they couldn’t get their heads around why an educated person who went to college in America would want to be an artist.

“If people think of artists, it’s somebody by the side of the road painting signs.”

[…]

“When I was young, the less Nigerian you were the cooler you were, but now we have gone back to tradition,” said Akunyili. “There’s a nice energy about the country that’s finally coming into its own.”

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photography ben toms/styling robbie spencer/dazed &...

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:41:24 -0400

photography ben toms/styling robbie spencer/dazed & confused - via From Brazil, with love studio

Those fingers.

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:17:35 -0400

Those fingers.

8tripsaweek: Shirley Bassey in a Record Shop - West End Lane...

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:12:31 -0400

8tripsaweek:

Shirley Bassey in a Record Shop - West End Lane London (1962)

LOLOLOLOLOL!!! Blue is the BEST.

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:04:00 -0400

LOLOLOLOLOL!!! Blue is the BEST.

yarrahs-life: UGHHHHH his cool tho!!! faints

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:49:08 -0400

yarrahs-life:

UGHHHHH his cool tho!!! *faints*

"Everybody loves you."

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:48:54 -0400

“Everybody loves you.” - Huck’s Wife Scandal Season 2, Episode 19 (via watchcolortv)