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_________________________________________________ FAVORITES . ALBUM ∘ the mouse and the mask, danger doom BOOK ∘ on the road, jack kerouac QUOTE ∘ "sometimes too much to drink is barely enough." BAND ∘ the smiths FLAVOR ∘ cinnamon CITY ∘ london COLOR ∘ pantone 504 C TV SHOW ∘ batman: the animated series MOVIE ∘ captain america: civil war ARTIST ∘ catherine rutherford EMOJI ∘ 💁🏻 FOOD ∘ pho WORD ∘ 'indubitably' SCENT ∘ lucky strikes INSIGHT . YEARNS FOR ∘ some sort of meaning IS MOST SCARED OF ∘ wasting all his potential WOULD SPEND A LOTTERY WIN ON ∘ art supplies NEVER HAS ANY ∘ patience ALMOST ALWAYS HAS ∘ a lighter IS MOTIVATED BY ∘ hedonism, at the moment WOULD NEVER ∘ let himself feel vulnerable SECRETLY ∘ deeply fears failure IS A TOTAL ∘ contradiction HERO WORSHIPS ∘ jackson pollock CAN'T STAND ∘ his half sisters WOULD BE A ∘ terrible dad WILL PROBABLY NEVER ∘ finish his art degree  LIKES . tarantino, spiders, tattoos, burger king, live streams, youtube commentary channels, popcorn, marvel comics, yeezy, his mum, original soundtracks, tom ford, citrus scents, dogs, rain, brad pitt, shoreditch, brunettes, comic conventions, overwatch, candice delong, painting, hunter s thompson, fruit salad, video games, mad men, francis bacon, true crime, uncharted, fireball, twitch, harry potter, red vines, long haul flights, beer, egyptian mythology, uber, the thrill of the chase, margot robie, new york accents, bumble, gallows humour, netflix, little mix, haribo tangastics, stewart lee, sculpting, beaches, strong women, skateboarding, lie ins, deadpool, ironic emojis, spotify, calvin klein, getting blackout drunk. DISLIKES . conservatives, public transport, yasmine & jasmine, tabloids, sickly sweet perfumes, celebrity culture, beauty gurus, coriander, people famous for being famous, yasmine & jasmine, reality tv, DC, dan didio, strip clubs, feet, heights, hyperbole, the alt right, teary girls, tofu, web md, yasmine & jasmine, christmas pudding, gucci, pretention, exams, forward planning, guilt trips, tinder, tony stark, yasmine & jasmine, anyone who claims to be quirky, optimists, yasmine & jasmine, monogamy, jingoism, republicans, facebook, early mornings, gym bros, leafyishere, iphones, advertising, false modesty, nagging, white chicks, donald trump, bitchy moms, youtube comment sections, yasmine & jasmine.  "The day Oscar moved in with us, I couldn't stand him. So cocky, this skinny little shit who thought his accent would have me begging for him straight away, his hair so intentionally tousled to one side. Obnoxious. He looked me up and down and had this stupid, shit eating grin on his face that made me want to slap him... how my mom could have felt like he was a good choice of nanny for Felicity and Theo is beyond me. I guess she was desperate. Anyway, by the third day of him living with us I was begging my mom to send him back home, and by the fifth I was creeping into his bedroom, trying to keep quiet as we desperately clawed each other's clothes off. I have no idea how that happened. I don't get how anything happens with Oscar. It started off with me telling him it was a purely physical thing, that if I really thought about it too much I'd be sick. Somewhere down the line that changed. I never know where I stand with him, because he constantly reminds me of what I said, only to whisper sweet things to me until the small hours of the morning, when he'll slip back to his room and start up sending me the world's cutest texts. Then he'll talk about other girls over the breakfast table, or not come home until morning, when he'll reek of cigarettes and someone else's cheap perfume. This is my fault, he says, as though I force him to go out and screw around. "You were the one who blew me off," he says, "and not just literally". The weirdest thing? I feel like it is my fault, as if I fucked up my chances with him. Except he doesn't seem all that hurt when he takes me out for dinner, or to show me off in front of his friends. His dad mentioned our supposed romance to my mom, so he must have talked about me to him... god, he's such a headfuck! Every time I think I have it sussed, he does something to make me think the opposite. He's hot and he's cold and somehow I'm the one who always feels responsible for it, somehow I can't bring myself to give up on him. I suppose that's the secret to his enduring allure. If he was upfront, I'm sure I'd have been bored. Fuck him, I don't need this shit... hang on, he's calling me, one sec!" JEMIMA HAWK , SORT OF GF  HARRY ON OSCAR . "Whatever I say, you have to promise not to tell the girls, alright? It's not that I play favourites, but whatever I say they'll read into it, because as far as they're concerned I really do. I suppose I can't blame them for thinking that. But it's not what they think, it's not that he's a boy. It's got everything to do with when I had Oscar, and how much his mum has always meant to me... Harriet will always be a part of my life, but I've loved Cat from the very first moment I saw her. You can scoff, but love at first sight is real, two decades of marriage can attest to that. Anyway, Oscar. Oscar's my boy, the only one of my kids to get excited about my job, to come along to conventions and appreciate all those hand drawn Spider-Man birthday cards. ...Maybe the twins are right, it's a little bit that he's a boy. Cat worries about Osc a lot more than I do. Dropping out of art school's no big deal, he'll pick it up again in no time-- I mean fuck, I had twins in my third year and still managed to complete my degree! He'll be fine. Even if he doesn't go back, who cares, he'll land on his feet. Do I think he should be a nanny forever? Nah, course not. It's fucking hilarious that anyone's trusting him with their kids at all (don't tell Gigi and Ryan I said that). But he's young, he should be out there living life, living in New York and having a good time. The years I spent stateside with Cat were some of the best of my life, I'm glad that he's getting to experience something like that. It'd be nice if he found someone to share it with, but then Oscar doesn't share my romantic tendencies. Probably for the best, I don't want to be a grandad just yet." OSCAR ON HIS DAD . "If there's one thing I'm grateful to my dad for, it's not sticking me with the name Hamlet. That, and he's always been a bit of a fucking legend. You know when you're sixteen and there's always someone in your friendship group with a cool dad, who lets you come over and smoke weed in the house and drink his beer? That was my dad. He's a pretty successful comic book artist too, that's pretty cool... my dad's not really much of a dad type. Obviously he loves us loads, would do anything for me or the terror twins, but he just doesn't have it in him to be responsible, you know? I mean, I can't remember the last time he didn't have a serious injury to complain about, and yet he won't give up his motorbike. I don't know how my mum deals, except that she sort of ignores most of his bullshit. He means well, old Hazza. Tries to talk to me from time to time, but he's always been a mate, so I can't really take him seriously. We watch football together, go down the pub for a couple pints whenever I'm home, he's fine. It's safe to say I wouldn't be the person I am without him, though whether that's a good thing or a bad thing is turning out to be thoroughly subjective. My mum always manages to say it like it's the worst thing in the world, but she loves him really. We all do. He's very likeable, very charming in a sort of childish, hopeless way. I'd be lost without our weekly rambly Skype calls." CATHERINE ON OSCAR . "Let's start by saying I never wanted kids and if there was one thing I was adamant on, it was certainly that. I always had this idea that my kids will witness the end of the world, that holds true. It'll either be a natural disaster, nuclear war, or disease. For the record, I still believe this. I was also really afraid of being a bad parent but that's a pretty general fear. But then you turn twenty-seven - your womb feels empty and you actually begin to listen to how much your husband wants a kid and you yearn for it. That's how Oscar happened. But after Oscar I immediately tied my tubes. Whatever people say about how special pregnancy, childbirth and parenting is, it's total unicorn rainbow bullshit. I love Oscar, more than anything in the world (don't tell Harry). He'll always be my baby and I'm finding watching him grow up to be really difficult. I was excited for him to leave the next, but now that it's been a while it's getting harder. The one worrying thing about Oscar is that he is his father's son. Spontaneous and more of a doer than a thinker. I remember he was so convinced by comic books that he once wore a cape and jumped off the roof. That could have been worse. His decisions are so Harry that it's scary (hah). Moving to New York to start his art degree, that's fine, but H and I did that and we turned out okay. But then to drop out and become a nanny? That's senseless, that's a broken path. It's not even a step backwards, it's completely out of wack and watching those spoiled brats is not at all character building. He's deferring reality and I'm not a fan of that. I hope he comes to his senses quickly but I'll likely have to figure a way to get him fired." OSCAR ON HIS MUM . "My mum is the single best person on the planet. I'm not exaggerating, I really hate exaggeration. She's the bees knees. The dogs bollocks. The absolute one... that last one sounded a bit creepy, strike that from the record. Cat's got so many great qualities, whether it's her patience, her unconditional love, her remarkable talent, but there's one clear standout trait for me. She's a bit of a gumpy bitch, my mum. I say that with so much love I don't think you'll ever understand, especially if you're American... no offense. She's just the shit! So cynical, the driest wit. And yet she can make you feel like it's all worth it when you feel like nothing is, she can turn your mood around with less than a handful of seemingly innocuous words. She's got a real way about her, this inner stillness that makes her so calming to be around. Maybe she's just like that for me. She's got me sussed, that's for sure. Can't hide anything from my mum. It's like I'm still a kid with chocolate all over his face insisting I didn't eat the last brownie, that's how easily she still reads me. I feel like shit about this but I screen her calls a lot more often than I should, just because I know she'll tell me something I need to hear but really don't want to. I do brace myself for those conversations. It can be difficult to talk to someone who knows you better than you know yourself, but there've been so many times over the years that she's pulled me out of a slump that overall I think I'm grateful for her jedi mind tricks. She even manages to be a good mum to the twins, who are a) Satanic, and b) not even hers. She's the best mum a bloke could ask for, really, and I should work harder to remember that." |
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