#116; dee&

[demented-tours]

What's up with the leaves? And also, rocks?

That awkward moment where a visitor in your home who hasn't been there before asks, "What's up with the leaves over your doors?" And, damn, you really thought you took all those down, but evidently not.

And now you don't have a great way of explaining that you're a terribly haphazard occultist/witchy person who's more like a depository of lore that you cannot quite remember, but at some point, your step mother told you bay leaves over doorways keep out bad vibes and juju. And then you TRY to explain that, and that for some reason, a lot of people who are far, far better at being in tune with all things take one look at you and hiss through their teeth and start offering protection spells/tokens/talismans/options like they're saving somebody from quicksand.

This leads you into the inevitable chat about crystals, which you do like but can't remember what any of them do, much less how to decently take care of them, but yeah, sure you have green onyx and selenium and chunks of black tourmaline and rose quartz just every fucking where, but you can't quite remember what that's all about, either, now, as it was another Whim of the Moment or something somebody told you to do for protection, as usual. Or, more likely, gave you with urgent force which was nice but sort of overwhelming.

And then you start to wonder, "Protection from WHAT? Like, what's after me that everybody and their uncle feels the need to throw rocks at it?" And you STILL have no idea, but you get through the conversation and stop hiding under your desk from social anxiety after an hour or so.

...sigh.

[freytful]

its pretty funny how Sandman didnt change the year Dream got captured but changed the year he got out, so every character whos involved in both parts of that story are just. So fucking old. 

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Yes votes / Artist - Song title / Poll number / Showdown votes / * Showdown Winner

95% A-ha - Take On Me #91 - 45.2% *

94,8% Boney M. - Rasputin #37 - 49,3% *

94,6% Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 #223 - 16,5%

94,3% Dolly Parton - Jolene #110 - 43,1% *

94,1% Britney Spears - Toxic #04 - 51,9% *

94% Green Day - American Idiot #264 - 29,6% *

92,8% The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black #236 - 20% *

92,5% Outkast - Hey Ya! #260 - 49,6% *

92% Fleetwood Mac - The Chain #116 - 44,4% * 92% The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army #268 - 19,7%

91,5% Stevie Wonder - Superstition #261 - 15,9%

91% The Cranberries - Zombie #323 - 44,8% *

90,9% Smash Mouth - All Star #336 - 62,2% *

90,6% Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World #301 - 20,9%

90,3% Michael Sembello - Maniac #227 - 6,2%

90,2% Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) #163 - 30,8% *

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89,1% Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son #171 - 51% *

88,7% Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus #358 - 20,4%

88,6% Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer #307 - 25,1% *

88,3% Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F #289 - 18,4%

87,9% Madonna - Like a Prayer #313 - 34,6% *

87,8% The Weeknd - Blinding Lights #233 - 14,4%

87,7% Adele - Rolling in the Deep #351 - 15,5%

87,6% Gotye featuring Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know #267 - 15,1%

87,4% O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei #353 - 23,3% *

86,9% The Ronettes - Be My Baby #350 - 19,6% 86,9% Black Eyed Peas - Pump It #354 - 6%

86,8% Gnarls Barkley - Crazy #206 - 17,3%

86,6% Amy Winehouse - Back to Black #190 - 32,9 *

86,3% Chumbawamba - Tubthumping #82 - 24,9%

86,2% AFI - Miss Murder #306 - 16,8%

86,1% Mary J. Blige - Family Affair #308 - 5,5%

86% Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode #53 - 18,6%

85,6% Santana featuring Rob Thomas - Smooth #205 - 19,1%

85,5% Dido - Thank You #120 - 5,6%

85,3% Ricky Martin - La Bomba #132 - 8,3% 85,3% Billy Idol - Rebel Yell #197 - 23,9%

85,2% Queen - The Show Must Go On #142 - 20,9%

85% Green Day - Basket Case #47 - 27,6% *

84,9% Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop #41 - 15,8%

84,7% The Cardigans - Lovefool #135 - 24,2% *

84,5% Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling in Love #136 - 18,8%

84,4% Daryl Hall & John Oates - Out of Touch #67 - 31,4% *

84,3% Blur - Song 2 #222 - 18,6%

84,2% The Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz #226 - 15,8%

83,8% Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head #302 - 15,8%

83,2% The Offspring - Come Out and Play #355 - 6,9%

82,7% Nightwish - The Phantom of the Opera #144 - 8,6%

82,6% Junior Senior - Move Your Feet #76 - 6,5%

82,5% Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen - No Diggity #249 - 37,8% * 82,5% Robert Miles - Children #270 - 2,9%

82,4% Myrkur - Tor i Helheim #54 - 7% 82,4% Tracy Chapman - Fast Car #145 - 32,5% *

82% Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way #105 - 19,2%

81,9% Blue Swede - Hooked on a Feeling #152 - 17,1% * 81,9% 3 Doors Down - Kryptonite #167 - 15,1%

81,7% Daft Punk - Around the World #231 - 18,2%

81,6% N Sync - Bye Bye Bye #52 - 26,9% * 81,6% Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz - La Tortura #269 - 4,8%

81,5% Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over the Rainbow #42 - 16,7%

81,1% Metallica - Enter Sandman #200 - 32,5% *

80,7% Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity #72 - 17,9%

80,6% Fatboy Slim - Praise You #237 - 6,5% 80,6% Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road #357 - 11,1%

80,5% Pixies - Where Is My Mind? #148 - 13,5% 80,5% Roxette - The Look #225 - 5,7%

80,2% Oasis - Wonderwall #157 - 16%

80,1% Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun #119 - 14,9%

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79,9% Dee Dee Sharp - Mashed Potato Time #326 - 0,7%

79,8% Christina Aguilera - Candyman #228 - 5,9%

79,6% Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin' #179 - 7,1% 79,6% Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water #238 - 7,2%

79,4% Falco - Rock Me Amadeus #185 - 23,2% 79,4% Enrique Iglesias - Bailamos #304 - 6,2%

79,3% Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up - #Bonus Poll

79,1% Runrig - Gamhna Gealla #281 - 4,5%

78,8% Shakira - Ojos Así #75 - 7,5% 78,8% MUCC - Libra #263 - 1,7% 78,8% The Platters - Only You (And You Alone) #315 - 3,8%

78,7% The Jacksons - Blame It on the Boogie #220 - 15,8%

78,5% Kaoma - Lambada #57 - 4,2%

78,4% Danny Elfman - This Is Halloween #05 - 13,9%

78,2% Panic at the Disco - The Ballad of Mona Lisa #78 - 18,5% *

78% Panjabi MC - Mundian To Bach Ke #64 - 5,3% 78% Wang Heye - Windy #298 - 3,3%

77,8% Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plane Pour Moi #318 - 11,3%

77,7% Tenacious D - Tribute #201 - 23,6% * 77,7% Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) #325 - 11%

77,6% Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower #95 - 13.1% 77,6% Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World #118 - 10,7%

77,4% Daddy Yankee - Gasolina #349 - 27,1% *

77,2% Psy - Gangnam Style #255 - 22,4%

77,1% Michael Jackson featuring Slash - Give In to Me #341 - 5,8%

77% Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road #22 - 29,4% * 77% Kesha - Blow #38 - 12,1%

76,9% The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony #271 - 32,5% *

76,8% Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid #356 - 6,5%

76,6% Santiano - Gott muss ein Seemann sein #276 - 7,6%

76,4% Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue - Whatta Man #134 - 15,1% 76,4% George Michael - Freedom! #219 - 17,2%

76,3% Johnny Cash - Hurt #81 - 35,6% * 76,3% Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside #92 - 8.2% 76,3% The Offspring - Gone Away #143 - 5,9% 76,3% The Longest Johns - Hoist Up The Thing #169 - 7,8%

76% Foo Fighters - The Pretender #111 - 14,2%

75,9% Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows #87 - 12,9% 75,9% Cab Calloway - St. James Infirmary #360 - 6,2%

75,7% Nothing but Thieves - Is Everybody Going Crazy? #113 - 3,7% 75,7% Warren G featuring Nate Dogg - Regulate #244 - 9,2%

75,5% Tarkan - Şımarık #94 - 3.1% 75,5% Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way #246 - 24,6%

75,4% Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire #188 - 8,8% 75,4% Arash featuring Rebecca Zadig - Temptation #332 - 2,2%

75,3% The Doors - Light My Fire #319 - 15,3%

75,2% Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) #147 - 14,2% 75,2% Duran Duran - Ordinary World #257 - 14,2% 75,2% Anastacia - Not That Kind #335 - 3,1%

75,1% Kent - Kärleken Väntar #202 - 4,3%

74,9% Måneskin - Off My Face #151 - 7,9%

74,8% Måneskin - Zitti e Buoni #16 - 33% * 74,8% Fiona Apple - Criminal #329 - 9,6%

74,6% Nat King Cole - Nature Boy #09 - 7,2% 74,6% Within Temptation - Stand My Ground #165 - 6,4% 74,6% Pink - Who Knew #166 - 8,4%

74,5% Crazy Town - Butterfly #275 - 8,8%

74,4% Go_A - Shum #177 - 18,7%

74,3% Arash - Tike Tike Kardi #137 - 2,6%

74,2% Nelly - Hot in Herre #278 - 11,5%

73,6% Paula Abdul - Straight Up #156 - 6,2%

73,5% Tina Turner - GoldenEye #195 - 10,1% 73,5% Shaggy - Boombastic #262 - 4,5%

73,4% Babymetal featuring F.Hero - Pa Pa Ya!! #322 - 7,8%

73,3% Beck - Loser #124 - 16,4% 73,3% Massive Attack - Teardrop #187 - 17,4%

73,2% The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist #232 - 8,2%

72,9% Britney Spears - Break the Ice #300 - 13,6% 72,9% Prince and the Revolution - Raspberry Beret #328 - 7,2%

72,7% Iggy Pop - Lust for Life #199 - 7,6% 72,7% Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing #218 - 11,9%

72,6% Evanescence - Imaginary #44 - 13,5%

72,5% Gackt - Vanilla #282 - 16,8%

72% Robbie Williams - The Road to Mandalay #129 - 3,9%

71,8% Billie Piper - Day & Night #173 - 5,6%

71,7% Lil Green - Why Don't You Do Right? #34 - 1,8%

71,6% Bad Lip Reading - Seagulls! (Stop It Now) #209 - 18,5%

71,5% Savage Garden - Break Me Shake Me #352 - 3,3%

71,3% Leila K featuring Papa Dee - Rude Boy #288 - 3,6%

71,2% Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood #309 - 4,9%

71,1% Cab Calloway - Minnie the Moocher #130 - 14,4% 71,1% Ladaniva - Jako #259 - 2%

71% Udit Narayan - Bholi Si Surat #141 - 1,5%

70,9% Nine Inch Nails - Closer #93 - 22%

70,8% Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven #295 - 8,2%

70,7% Ryan Gosling - I'm Just Ken #159 - 12,4%

70,6% The Lightning Seeds - You Showed Me #59 - 2,7% 70,6% Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back #83 - 7%

70,5% Queen - Mustapha #29 - 11,4%

70,4% Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow #26 - 22,3% 70,4% Metallica - Wherever I May Roam #77 - 8,6% 70,4% Johnny Cash - Don't Take Your Guns to Town #298 - 12,9% 70,4% Franz Ferdinand - Fresh Strawberries #324 - 3,3% 70,4% Alphaville - Sounds Like a Melody #347 - 4,1%

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69,9% MUCC - Ryuusei #19 - 7,4%

69,6% Michael Crawford, Barbra Streisand - Put On Your Sunday Clothes #311 - 6,2% 69,6% Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight #321 - 7,2%

69,5% Spooks - Things I've Seen #104 - 0,8%

69,2% Flo Rida feat Kesha - Right Round #02 - 6,2%

69,1% Dogstar - Breathe Tonight #251 - 1,4% 69,1% Tanita Tikaram - Twist in My Sobriety #291 - 6,7%

68,9% Era - Ameno (Remix) #24 - 4,8% 68,9% M.I.A. - Paper Planes #229 - 19% *

68,8% Nat King Cole - When I Fall in Love #215 - 9,4% 68,8% Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder #216 - 8,5% 68,8% Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody? #344 - 7%

68,5% Linkin Park - Bleed It Out #63 - 23,9% 68,5% Snow - Informer #139 - 4,7%

68,4% Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One) #305 - 2,5%

68,3% Run-DMC featuring Aerosmith - Walk This Way #127 - 10,9%

68,2% Limahl - The NeverEnding Story #60 - 9,8% 68,2% Nelly Furtado - Maneater #160 - 17,1% * 68,2% Abhijeet - Ole Ole #193 - 1,7% 68,2% Three Days Grace - Now or Never #337 - 6,9%

68,1% Stromae - L'enfer #89 - 9,8%

67,9% Urban Symphony - Rändajad #90 - 2,2% 67,9% Papa Roach - Getting Away with Murder #339 - 8,3%

67,8% Muse - Endlessly #107 - 9,4%

67,7% Poornima - Channe Ke Khet Mein #253 - 1,3%

67,6% My Chemical Romance - Sing #80 - 17,3%

67,3% “Weird Al” Yankovic - White & Nerdy #43 - 16%

67,1% Ice Nine Kills - Welcome To Horrorwood #280 - 7,6%

67% Avicii - Hey Brother #164 - 13,9%

66,8% Jamiroquai - Deeper Underground #258 - 5,3%

66,7% The Hives - Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones #58 - 2,7%

66,6% Antique - Opa Opa #213 - 2,5%

66,4% Kiss - Heaven's on Fire #338 - 2,9%

66,3% System of a Down - B.Y.O.B. #128 - 26,2% *

66% Texas - Summer Son #154 - 2,6% 66% Tarkan - Şıkıdım (Hepsi Senin Mi?) #292 - 3,6%

65,9% Otis Redding - Cigarettes and Coffee #279 - 4,9% 65,9% Måneskin - Mammamia #283 - 22,2% *

65,8% Cliff Edwards - When You Wish Upon a Star #85 - 2,2% 65,8% Pātea Māori Club - Poi E #286 - 9,3% 65,8% Wamdue Project - King of My Castle #346 - 3,9%

65,7% Modern Talking - Brother Louie #50 - 4% 65,7% Ivan Campo - Dice Man #181 - 1,2%

65,5% All Seeing I - Beat Goes On #256 - 1,7%

65,4% Harry McClintock - The Big Rock Candy Mountains #131 - 6,7% 65,4% Jessica Folcker - Tell Me What You Like #247 - 2,1%

65,2% Eimear Quinn - The Voice #32 - 2,5% 65,2% 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman - California Love #121 - 8,3% 65,2% Radio Company - Drowning #172 - 2,2% 65,2% Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso #208 - 7,1% 65,2% Kiltro - All The Time In The World #224 - 2,4%

65,1% Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You #242 - 4,1% 65,1% Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake - Give It to Me #310 - 2%

64,7% Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch #162 - 9%

64,6% Gorillaz - Stylo #61 - 15,8% 64,6% Duran Duran - The Chauffeur #133 - 7,1%

64,4% Alice Cooper - Poison #01 - 10,5% 64,4% Depeche Mode - It's No Good #101 - 9,1%

64,2% Ace of Base - Happy Nation #192 - 3,8%

64,1% Destiny’s Child - Jumpin’, Jumpin’ #51 - 12,7%

64% 2 Unlimited - No Limit #182 - 3,2% 64% 30 Seconds to Mars - Battle of One #183 - 3,9% 64% Jack Johnson - Banana Pancakes #330 - 3,3%

63,8% Kongos - Come With Me Now #17 - 15,9% 63,8% A. R. Rahman - Jai Ho #40 - 4,6%

63,7% Eminem featuring Nate Dogg - 'Till I Collapse #239 - 2,1%

63,6% Björk - Army of Me #214 - 19,7% * 63,6% Aaliyah - Try Again #217 - 7,6%

63,4% 50 Cent - Candy Shop #320 - 12,2%

63,3% Dua Lipa - New Rules #126 - 10,6% 63,3% Smashing Pumpkins - Zero #327 - 5,1%

63,1% Olly Murs - Heart Skips A Beat #106 - 2,2% 63,1% David Bowie - Life on Mars? #235 - 16,9%

63% Moby - Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? #123 - 3,8%

62,6% Métisse - Boom Boom Bâ #287 - 4,2%

62,4% 30 Seconds to Mars - Fallen #30 - 5,5% 62,4% Beastie Boys - Intergalactic #153 - 16% 62,4% The Castells - Some Enchanted Evening #207 - 1,3%

62,3% Childish Gambino - This Is America #71 - 18,2% 62,3% the Chemical Brothers - Galvanize #191 - 7%

62% Billie Eilish - No Time to Die #168 - 5%

61,7% Korn - Did My Time #194 - 6% 61,7% Ginuwine - Pony #297 - 12,8%

61,4% The Prodigy - Breathe #112 - 4,5%

61,3% Blue Stahli - One Last Breath #99 - 1.8%

61,2% Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai #284 - 14,5%

61,1% Wham! - Everything She Wants #108 - 6,5%

61% Skunk Anansie - Weak #196 - 4,3%

60,7% Gyllene Tider - Sommartider #274 - 2,2%

60,6% Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah #70 - 9,9% 60,6% Kwoon featuring Babet - King Of Sea #115 . 0,5%

60,4% No Doubt - Sunday Morning #265 - 4,1%

60,3% My Chemical Romance - Bury Me In Black #294 - 19% *

60,2% Toni Braxton - You're Makin' Me High #155 - 1,4%

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59,2% Reol - The Sixth Sense #266 - 1,7% 59,2% Puscifer - Rev 22.20 #334 - 5,4%

58,9% AC/DC - Hail Caesar #158 - 3,2% 58,9% Linkin Park - Waiting for the End #272 - 16,9%

58,7% Duran Duran - The Wild Boys #21 - 9,6%

58,5% Nova Twins - Antagonist #68 - 4,5%

58,4% Ava Max - Torn #331 - 2,8%

58,1% Madonna - Live to Tell #184 - 3%

57,6% Coldplay - Hymn for the Weekend #234 - 4,4%

57,3% Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away #343 - 16%

56,8% Mendez - Adrenaline #23 - 1,2% 56,8% Sash! - Ecuador #73 - 1,7% 56,8% Anouk - Nobody's Wife #176 - 2,2%

56,7% George Michael and Mary J. Blige - As #62 - 3,2% 56,7% Kelis - Trick Me #175 - 4,2%

56,6% Nikka Costa - Like A Feather #48 - 0,6% 56,6% Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds & Kylie Minogue - Where the Wild Roses Grow #103 - 5,7% 56,6% Bette Midler - The Rose #342 - 4,6%

56,5% Ahmed Saad Ft. 3enba & Double Zuksh - El Melouk #359 - 0,7%

56,3% Beyoncé - Work It Out #340 - 5,2%

56,1% Margaret Berger - I Feed You My Love #117 - 0,8%

55,9% Blur - Coffee & TV #56 - 9,7%

55,8% Kool & the Gang - Too Hot #277 - 3% 55,8% Chris de Burgh - The Lady in Red #314 - 4,2%

55,7% Big Brovaz - Nu Flow #65 - 0,9% 55,7% K’s Choice - Everything For Free #79 - 1,2% 55,7% AISHA and Jamison Boaz - Love the Subhuman Self #211 - 4,2%

55,5% System of a Down - Fuck the System #293 - 16,1%

55,4% Moby - Natural Blues #07 - 2,5% 55,4% Janet Jackson featuring Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell - Got 'til It's Gone #146 - 2,2%

55,2% Rammstein - Engel #35 - 7,3%

55,1% Maximum the Hormone - What's Up, People?! #138 - 10,6% 55,1% Eros Ramazzotti - Più Bella Cosa #290 - 3,6%

55% DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime #273 - 4,9%

54,6% John Lennon - Imagine #203 - 5,3%

54,5% Billie Myers - Tell Me #86 - 0,9% 54,5% Lana Del Rey - High by the Beach #186 - 4,4%

54,3% Chthonic - Takao #285 - 2,9%

54% Aqua - Turn Back Time #28 - 8,2%

53,9% Ardis - No Man's Land #88 - 0,9%

53,5% Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me #13 - 5,2%

53,4% Apashe - Lord & Master #170 - 1,5%

53,2% Sugababes - Overload #312 - 4,3%

53% LL Cool J featuring Boyz II Men #243 - 3,4% 53% Maxim featuring Skin - Carmen Queasy #245 - 3,2%

52,8% Madonna - Who's That Girl #18 - 9,8%

52,7% Aerosmith - Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees) #84 - 3,5% 52,7% MUCC - Daikirai #161 - 2,1%

52,2% Marilyn Manson - The Fight Song #49 - 2,1%

52,1% DJ Shadow - Six Days #180 - 2%

51,8% Megan Thee Stallion featuring Yuki Chiba - Mamushi #345 - 10,5%

51,6% Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler #14 - 6%

51,5% Foals - Tron #210 - 1,6%

51,3% Mariah Carey - The Roof (Back in Time) #46 - 1,4% 51,3% Mori Calliope & Reol - 虚像のCarousel #55 - 5,6%

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49,9% Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At #31 - 6,9%

49,8% Shaggy - Hey Sexy Lady #122 - 4,1%

49,7% Warren G & Sissel - Prince Igor #20 - 2,2%

49% Billie Eilish - NDA #10 - 2,6%

47,7% Massive Attack - Angel #39 - 5,9%

47,5% Adam Tensta - My Cool #11 - 1%

47,4% Slipknot - The Blister Exists #100 - 2,6%

47,3% The Lonely Island featuring Michael Bolton - Jack Sparrow #221 - 9,1% 47,3% Burna Boy featuring 21 Savage - Sittin' on Top of the World #248 - 1,9%

47% Seether - Fuck It #74 - 2,6%

46,9% Rhiannon Giddens - Way Over Yonder #102 - 1,2%

46,8% Spiritbox - Rotoscope #66 - 2,6%

46,6% Sabrina Carpenter - Feather #25 - 4,6%

46,5% Stray Kids - Slash #316 - 4,1%

46% Prince - The Greatest Romance Ever Sold #69 - 2,6%

45,6% Jimmy Cliff feat Lebo M - Hakuna Matata #06 - 2%

45,3% Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds #212 - 3,3%

44,9% Alcazar - Physical #254 - 0,9%

44,3% 3T and Michael Jackson - Why #114 - 0,7%

44,2% Tones and I - Dance Monkey #178 - 6,1%

44,1% Scooter - Friends #230 - 0,8% 44,1% Darren Hayes - Hero #252 - 1,2%

43,9% The Prodigy - No Good (Start the Dance) #08 - 2,6% 43,9% David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans #33 - 8,5% 43,9% Faithless - Insomnia #109 - 2,9%

43,8% Jonas Brothers - Only Human #204 - 2%

43,1% Atari Teenage Riot - Speed #317 - 4,1%

42,7% Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice #12 - 16,3%

42,6% Eminem - Rabbit Run #27 - 2,9%

42,1% Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men - One Sweet Day #296 - 3,8%

41,7% Rednex - Wish You Were Here #348 - 1,4%

41,5% Destiny's Child - With Me #198 - 3,2%

41,2% Diana Ross - If We Hold On Together #241 - 10,8%

40,6% Michael Jackson - Will You Be There #45 - 2,3%

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39,8% Alanis Morissette - I Was Hoping #96 - 1.6%

38,8% Wyclef Jean - Gone Till November #36 - 1,1%

38,5% Bright Light Bright Light featuring Mark Gatiss - Next To You #174 - 0,8%

37,9% Ariana Grande - Yes, And? #140 - 1,8%

37,6% Babylon Zoo - Spaceman #189 - 2%

36,5% Jedward - Luminous #125 - 1,4% 36,5% Elton John - I Want Love #240 - 2,1%

35,3% Noporn - Geleia de Morango #150 - 0,3%

35,1% 30 Seconds to Mars - Midnight Prayer #333 - 1,1%

34,6% Ena Mori - Fall Inlove! #149 - 0,4%

33,3% Ryan Gosling - Put Me in the Car #15 - 3,2%

32,4% Take That - Babe (Return remix) #303 - 0,3%

30% Darren Hayes - Spin #03 - 0,6%

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29,1% Addis Black Widow - Goes Around Comes Around #250 - 3%

29% Dreamcrusher - In Due Time #98 - 0.7%

28,2% BTS - Life Goes On #97 - 1.8%

[sunnyhoneyshimmermagic]

here it is, everyone! the official (and not without mistakes but fuck it this is the best anyone will ever get) appearance tracker of EVERY BIG NATE CHARACTER (that matters at least a little bit, also I forgot Rusty sienna r.i.p)

THE TOP 10:

Nate: 11,106

2. Francis: 4,166

3. Teddy: 2,936

4. Marty: 1,541

5. Mrs. Godfrey: 890

6. Chad: 691

7. Ellen: 583

8. Mr. Rosa: 537

9. Gina: 506

10. Jenny: 427

Rounding out the top 20:

11. Dee Dee: 358

12. Artur: 343

13. Coach Calhoon: 339

14. Spitsy: 304

15. Principal Nichols: 255

16. School Picture Guy: 219

17. Sheila: 202

18. Coach John: 164

19. Gramps/Vern: 163

20. Mr. Glavin: 152

MORE THAN A 100 APPEARANCES:

21. Dr. Cesspool: 150

22. Gordie: 147

23. Ms. Clarke: 145

24. Czerwicki: 139

25. Kim: 119

26. Biff: 116

27. Gram/Marge: 107

STILL PRETTY MAJOR:

28. Chip: 99

29. Chester: 97

30. Mrs. Shipulski: 95

31. Peter: 92

32. Pickles: 91

33. Randy: 81

GETTING THERE:

34. Nate drawing of Mrs. Godfrey where she doesn’t appear: 74

35. Nurse Maureen Biology: 72

36. Angie: 71

37. Trudy: 67

38. Dan Cupid: 65

39. Uncle Ted: 64

40. Mr. Staples: 62

40. Daphne: 62

42. Nate drawing of Ellen where she doesn’t appear: 61

43. Mr. Eustis: 60

44. Bob Snuggles: 51

44. Kelly: 51 

46. Sherman: 50

47. Moe Mentum: 46

48. Marcus: 42

49. Miranda: 41

YEAH THESE ARE GETTING OBSCURE NOW:

50. Kenny Smithson: 39

50. Timmy Snuggles: 39

52. Nate drawing of Marty where he doesn’t appear: 38

53. Honey Snuggles: 35

54. Punkin Snuggles: 34

55. J.B.: 33

56. Nate drawing of Francis where he doesn’t appear: 27

57. Superdad: 24

58. Derek Nack: 20

59. Daisy: 19

59. Warren Fuzzy: 19

61. Mrs. Bigbee: 18

61. Nate drawing of Teddy where he doesn’t appear: 18

63. Slim Stubby: 15

63. Nate drawing of Jenny where she doesn’t appear: 15

65. Nate drawing of Kenny Smithson where he doesn’t appear: 14

65. Wayne: 14

65. Whitey: 14

68. The Brain (Chess Camp): 13

68. Lila: 13

68. Nate drawing of Mr. Rosa where he doesn’t appear: 13

71. Action Cat: 12

72. Audrey the Lifeguard: 11

72. Nate drawing of Mr. Galvin where he doesn’t appear: 11

72. Hickson: 11

72. Craig (incel): 11

76. Paige: 10

76. Nate drawing of Mr. Staples where he doesn’t appear: 10

76. Nigel (doppleganger): 10

THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL:

79. Ronnie (Jenny’s Boyfriend): 9

80. Nate drawing of Gordie where he doesn’t appear: 8

80. Wink Summers: 8

80. Nate drawing of Nate where he doesn’t appear: 8

83. Kit: 7

83. Kaboodle: 7

83. Stan Cupid: 7

83. Emmit the Custodian: 7

87. Marla the Mailwoman: 6

88. Claire Voyant: 5

88. Fluffy Snuggles: 5

88. Nate drawing of Coach Calhoon where she doesn’t appear: 5

88. Nate Drawing of Ms. Clarke where he doesn’t appear: 5

92. Moe Mentum’s Agent: 4

92. Greg Proxmire: 4

92. Leo Tard: 4

92. She-Pulski: 4

92. Nate drawing of Principal Nichols where he doesn’t appear: 4

97. Jenny’s Dad: 3

97. Celine Paycheck: 3

97. Math Man: 3

97. Half-Pint: 3

97. Mrs. Holloway: 3

97. Stan Pokecheck: 3

97. Deke Boarding: 3

104. Nate drawing of Sheila where she doesn’t appear: 2

104. April Showers: 2

104. Mega Teen: 2

104. Ms. Brindle: 2

104. Nate drawing of La Chance where she doesn’t appear: 2

104. Nate drawing of Gina where she doesn’t appear: 2

104. Nate drawing of Pickles where she doesn’t appear: 2

104. Daphne’s mom: 2

112. Jenny’s Mom: 1

112. Nate drawing of ronnie where he doesn’t appear: 1

112. Nate drawing of Ms. Brindle where she doesn’t appear: 1

112. Nate drawing of Aldrige where she doesn’t appear: 1

112. Nate drawing of Wink Summers where he doesn’t appear: 1

112. Mrs. Williger: 1

112. Nate drawing of Uncle Ted where he doesn’t appear: 1

112. Nate drawing of Spitsy where he doesn’t appear: 1

112. Ultra Nate: 1

112. Algebro: 1

112. Nate drawing of Artur where he doesn’t appear: 1

112. Nate drawing of Chester where he doesn’t appear: 1

112. Mr. Holloway: 1

112. Nate drawing of Randy where he doesn’t appear: 1

112. Nate drawing of Kim where she doesn’t appear: 1

112. Nate drawing of Dee Dee where she doesn’t appear: 1

112. Nate drawing of Daphne where she doesn’t appear: 1

112. Nate drawing of Chad where he doesn’t appear: 1

Questions and replies are more than welcome! This list will update every Sunday when an arc is "over"!

[91062854-ka]

Ceres (Voiced by: Laura Bailey)

Biographical information

Aliases:

June Pippinpaddleopsicopolis

Hiromi

Nickname: Fairy Feet (by Toph)

Nationality: Southern Air Temple

Ethnicity: Air Nomad

Age:

116 (biologically 16)

117-118 (biologically 17-18) in The Promise trilogy

119-120 (biologically 19-20) in The Search and The Rift trilogies

170 (biologically 70) at death

Born: 12 BG before Aang

Physical description

Eye color: Gray

Hair color: Dark brown

Skin color: Light

Personal information

Gender: Woman

Love interest: Zuko

Family:

Gyatso (Father figure)

Aang (Younger brother)

Allies:

Aang, Appa, Kaida, Katara, Momo, Sokka, Tenzin, Toph, Zuko, King Bumi, Bumi, Gyatso, Hakoda, Iroh, Kya, Suki, Kuzon, lion turtle, all Guardians, more ...

Enemies:

Azula, Ozai, Zuko (formerly in the future), Combustion Man, Long Feng, Sozin, Yakone, Zhao, Joo Dee, the Dai Li, more ...

Weapon of choice:

The elements, metal, glider staff

Fighting styles:

Airbending, waterbending (Northern and Southern style), earthbending (Chu Gar Praying Mantis Kung Fu), metalbending, firebending (Dancing Dragon), bloodbending (resigned from use), lightning redirection, energybending

Political information

Profession:

Air Nomad culture teacher

Airbending instructor

Guardian

Monk

Position:

Co-founder of the United Republic of Nations

Fully Realized Guardian

Fire Lady

Predecessor:

Sora (as the Guardian)

Successor:

Katrina (as the Guardian)

Affiliation:

Air Acolytes

Air Nomads

Air Scouts (formerly)

Team Avatar

Ceres was an Air Nomad born in 12 BG and the Guardian of her younger brother, Avatar Aang during the Hundred Year War, succeeding Guardian Sora and preceding Guardian Katrina. As the Guardian of her time, she was the second person capable of using all four bending arts: airbending, waterbending, earthbending, and firebending. She was also one of a select few Guardians and one of the first in many cycles to learn the ancient art of energybending as well as the first Guardian known to have actively used the technique.

Shortly before the beginning of the Hundred Year War, Ceres was frozen in an iceberg with Aang for a hundred years; she later emerged, still biologically sixteen years old, into a world engulfed by war. During her absence, the Fire Nation had waged war upon the other nations and managed to completely wipe out the pacifistic Air Nomads. It fell to Ceres and her brother, the Avatar and the Guardian, and the last two airbenders, to end the War by mastering the other three elements and defeating Fire Lord Ozai.

She remained a kind and good-hearted girl at heart throughout her year-long struggle, despite the overwhelming loss of her people, the heavy burdens she was forced to bear, and looking after her younger brother. After her victory over the Phoenix King, Ceres began a romantic relationship with Fire Lord Zuko. The couple eventually married and raised a family of three children: Izumi, the oldest, a nonbender who became Fire Lord later in life; Kuzon, a firebender; and the youngest, Gyatso, an airbender.

History:

Ceres was born to two Air Nomads in 12 BG. After selecting the Guardian relics from among thousands of toys, thereby inadvertently confirming her identity as the Guardian, she was taken away by the monks of the Western Air Temple, who kept her position a secret from her to the Southern Air Temple. As an Air Nomad, Ceres traveled extensively around the world. During her childhood, Ceres was housed, raised, and educated at the Southern Air Temple, under the guardianship of Monk Gyatso, who served as her father figure, counselor, and tutor.

As a child, Ceres was a member of the Air Scouts, where she learned essential skills such as how to tie reins to a bison's horns with the bison horn knot. After some time, she and several other young Air Nomad girls were taken to the Eastern Air Temple where they each chose a sky bison as their lifelong companion. On that day, Ceres named her bison Kaida, thus marking the start of their deep and lifelong friendship.

Ceres was always able to excel at any new bending moves she learned; at the age of six, she was a better airbender than children twice her age, and by the age of ten, Ceres had proven herself to be better than her own teachers. She earned airbending tattoos and the status of an airbending master by the age of ten for exhibiting prodigious talent with her native element, making her the youngest airbending master in Air Nomad history, next to Aang. Later on, she meets her newborn brother, Aang and with Gyatso, Ceres helps raised Aang, forming a strong bond.

As she raises Aang, she discovers that he selected the Avatar relics from among thousands of toys, thereby inadvertently confirming that Aang is the Avatar. Over the years, their bond became deeper as Ceres sees Aang as her son while Aang sees Ceres as his mother, since Ceres sings him songs, dancing with him, play with him and looking out for him to keep Aang safe so he doesn't hurt himself.

In her teen years, Ceres and Aang also visited the other air temples, as evidenced by his obvious familiarity with the Western Air Temple, as well as cities in the Earth Kingdom, such as Omashu, where Ceres and Aang developed a lasting friendship with the good-natured but eccentric Bumi. She and Aang even bonded closely with children in the Fire Nation, like Kuzon, with whom they went searching for a dragon in the mountains and saved a dragon egg from poachers.

Due to the signs of a possible war approaching, Aang was told about his status as the Avatar at age twelve, four years earlier than the traditional age of sixteen, which is similar for the Protector. Aang felt burdened by his status as the other children refused to play with him anymore and he came to spend more time practicing airbending with the monks. Monk Gyatso and Ceres were the only ones who showed understanding of Aang's burden, with Gyatso having been good friends with Avatar Roku and Guardian Sora, Ceres's and Aang's past lives, and tried to help ease Aang through the transition from childhood to adulthood by providing Aang with balance through fun during the upheaval in his life with Ceres, who stayed by Aang's side throughout his entire life, having Aang to never want to leave her and never want to see her getting hurt.

However, Aang and Ceres later discovered that they would be sent to the Eastern Air Temple in order to complete their airbending training far away from Monk Gyatso, whom the other monks thought was too soft on him. Afraid and confused, the two airbenders ran away with their flying bisons, Appa and Kaida, though they became caught in a storm shortly after, which caused them to crash into the water.

Aang and Ceres saved themselves, Appa and Kaida from drowning by semi-consciously entering the Avatar and Guardian States and freezing them both in a sphere of ice through a combination of airbending and waterbending. The Avatar and Guardian States kept them alive, albeit not fully conscious, in the iceberg for about a hundred years while the war raged on.

Trivia:

• Ceres means "Nourishment" in Latin.

• Unlike the color of their Avatar siblings' firebending, the color of the Guardian's yellow instead of orange. But that's only after they're revealed as the next Avatar and Guardian, that's how everyone can tell which sibling is the Avatar and the other is the Guardian, by the color of their firebending.

• Ceres is the first Guardian who can use bloodbending, but vows to never use it again.

• Ceres is the first Guardian who can use metalbending after convincing Toph to teach her.

[broadwaydivastournament]

Broadway Divas Tournament: Poll Results

Round 1A: Debra Monk vs. Kate Baldwin (61 to 48) Carolee Carmello vs. Julie White (73 to 35) Laura Linney vs. Katie Finneran (91 to 36) Audra McDonald vs. Rebecca Luker (146 to 23) Jan Maxwell vs. Jayne Houdyshell (50 to 55) Stephanie J. Block vs. Cherry Jones (81 to 79) Janet McTeer vs. Brenda Braxton (50 to 53) Paula Leggett Chase vs. Patricia Clarkson (55 to 54)

Round 1B: Lea Salonga vs. Christine Baranski (188 to 216) Emily Skinner vs. Judy Kuhn (25 to 128) Susan Blackwell vs. Harriet Harris (33 to 63) Carmen Cusack vs. Vanessa Williams (54 to 47) Beth Leavel vs. Donna Murphy (27 to 147) Andrea Burns vs. Mary Beth Peil (41 to 82) Judith Light vs. Tonya Pinkins (77 to 62) Karen Ziemba vs. Marin Mazzie (19 to 107)

Round 1C: Bebe Neuwirth vs. Laurie Metcalf (116 to 20) Veanne Cox vs. Charlotte d'Amboise (37 to 44) Mary Testa vs. Betty Buckley (33 to 55) Kerry O'Malley vs. Joanna Gleason (16 to 91) Anika Noni Rose vs. Dee Hoty (82 to 19) Tyne Daly vs. Katrina Lenk (61 to 36) Linda Emond vs. Jennifer Simard (45 to 34) LaChanze vs. Ann Harada (40 to 35)

[todaysdocument]

Happy New Year! 

The USS Coconino County left Vietnam on January 1, 1968. The new year was commemorated with a poem in their logbook, a tradition that reached its height during the Vietnam War. 

Record Group 24: Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel

Series: Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations

Transcription:

NAVPERS 3100/2 (1-66)

(Formerly NAVPERS 719)

DECK LOG--REMARKS SHEET

S/N-0105-404-1560

USS COCONINO COUNTY (LST-603) ZONE DESCRIPTION -8H DATE MONDAY 1 JANUARY, 1968

AT/["PASSAGE FROM" crossed out] DANANG, RVN ["TO" crossed out]

POSITION ZONE TIME

0800

L 16-06.1 N BY 2,3

λ 107-39.6 E BY 2,3

POSITION ZONE TIME

1200

L 16-36.7N BY 2,4

λ 107-39.6E BY 2,4

POSITION ZONE TIME

2000

L 16-59.4N BY 2,4

λ 108-20.9E BY 2,4

LEGEND: 1- CELESTIAL

2- ELECTRONIC

3- VISUAL

4- D.R.

REMARKS

00-04

ANCHORED IN TIEN SHA COVE, DANANG, R.V.N.

OUR LAST DAY IN VIETNAM HAS JUST COME TO AN END.

IN A SHORT TIME WE'LL HEAVE AROUND AND GET UNDERWAY

FOR A VACATION IN HONG KONG AND THEN SUBIC BAY

WE'RE SWINGING ON THE STERN HOOK ABOVE THE MUD AND THE MIRE

IN TWENTY FEET OF WATER, ON TWO HUNDRED FEET OF WIRE.

TWO-FIVE-FIVE, THREE-ONE-FOUR, AND TWO-EIGHT-NINE BEAR,

THE JETTY LIGHT, OBSERVATORY POINT AND DEEP WATER PIER.

AS I STAND ON THE BRIDGE, THE NIGHT AIR IS PLEASANT

BUT I CAN'T THINK OF A WAY TO LIST THE SHIPS PRESENT.

THE HARBOR IS LARGE, THE DARKNESS COMPLETE

SO I THINK I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AS VARIOUS UNITS--PACFLEET.

THE CREW IS ASLEEP WITH ALL HANDS ABOARD

THERE'S NO LIBERTY CALL WHEN YOU'RE FIGHTING A WAR.

CONDITION THREE WATCHES AND YOKE HAVE BEEN SET,

AND A PICKET BOAT CIRCLES TO COUNTER A THREAT.

AS THE OLD YEAR DEPARTS, AND THE NEW ONE COMES IN,

LET US HOPE THAT THE VC DON'T GO FOR A SWIM

FOR THE MIDWATCH ON NEW YEAR'S IS A ROUGH ENOUGH TIME

WITHOUT TRYING TO PUT A G.Q. INTO RHYME.

[signature] D.E.Eckstorm

D.E.ECKSTORM, LTJG, USN

04-08 ANCHORED AS BEFORE. 0520 COMMENCED PREPARATIONS FOR GETTING UNDERWAY. STATIONED THE SPECIAL SEA DETAIL. 0529 STARTED MAIN ENGINES. 0537 RAISED LCVP NO. 2. 06-04 COMPLETED PREPARATIONS FOR GETTING UNDERWAY. DRAFT: FORWARD, 5FT. 9IN, AFT 13FT. 6 IN. OOD CONNING, CAPTAIN AND NAVIGATOR ON THE BRIDGE. 0605 UNDERWAY ["IN ACCORDANCE WITH" crossed out; initialed "DEE"] INDEPENDENTLY ENROUTE FROM DANANG, RVN. TO HONG KONG, B.C.C. IN ACCORDANCE WITH CINPACFLT QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT SCHEDULE 3-68. 0607 MANEUVERING TO CLEAR THE ANCHORAGE. 0609 COMMENCED STEERING VARIOUS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS TO CONFORM TO DANANG HARBOR CHANNEL. 0635 WITH TIEN SHA LIGHT BEARING 116° RANGE 2800 YDS. TOOK DEPARTURE FOR HONG KONG, B.C.C. 0636 SECURED THE SPECIAL SEA DETAIL. SET COURSE 018°, SPEED 11.QFTS. 0713 c/c TO 306°.

[signature] CBHeller

C.B. HELLER, LTJG, USNR

EXAMINED

[signature] P.E. Bailey

P. E. BAILEY, LT USN U.S.N. NAVIGATOR

TO BE FORWARDED TO THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL AT THE END OF EACH MONTH

[sansxfuckyou]

be right by your side (no matter what)

Summary: if there's one thing Dee knew from the second her little brother was born, it's that she'd be by his side until one of them died no matter what that meant

Warnings: minor gore, wounds, general anguish and tragedy, check Ao3 port for full tags

Authors Note: I binged Scoob and Shag in one sitting and went through the five stages of grief and the entire spectrum of human emotion, please go read it or read this fic without reading it, your choice. @sobredunia I can tag you in this nonsense now that you've read majority of Scoob and Shag. there are no spoilers past page 116, hope ya'll enjoy and consider checkin the Ao3 port if you do to leave a comment or kudos

"Don't touch my sister," He snarls the words with this specific resonance that Dee knows all too well considering how very long she's lived with him. The gentle hand on her shoulder raises, the blood of her wound rests on Pop's hand.

"He's just trying to help us out, Dex," Dee said quietly, her little brother was still defiant on the matter. She gave this gentle smile, one she hoped would ease his tension like it usually does.

He's still seething, his sister got hurt, his beloved sister. The person he turned into the angriest kid alive for, the sister he took all of his parents expectations for, the sister he tried to protect and failed to do so. He was sure he could keep her safe, sure he could keep her just fine on the supply raid because she was so desperate to join him.

To prove she wasn't just the nuisance he always said she was.

"I'm aware of that," He spat back, "How do we know we can trust them? Trust they don't have a Ballyhoo that'll hide Antihoo monsters? They could hurt us, Dee."

"We won't hurt you," Pop said, "We're in Med Bay 03, Mick and his cohorts are out there and can't hurt us-"

"I remember, Mick, Bugs, Ger, and Scoob," Dex spat bitterly, "I'm curious as to what makes you so sure me and my sister aren't a part of Mick's team?"

"A hunch," was Pop's answer to the question, "We saw you and your sister about to be torn to shreds by an Antihoo monster and saved you, of course, we couldn't patch all of your wounds while you two were passed out.

Dee's fingers raise to the small wound on her brothers arm, partially dried blood spilling down his lab coat. He hissed and pulled away from her, "Bring me to your lab and I'll start devising better and more efficient healing methods than bandaids and polysporin."

-/-/-/-

"You need to stay where it's safe, Dee," Dex would consistently chide despite his sister's insistence on joining them on the battlefield. Her Ballyhoo was never combative, it was an assist at best. Closed Caption, it let her read the thoughts of everyone around if she needed.

Dee clenched her fists a bit tighter, pigtails comically drooping, "But, Dexter, I could help-"

"Don't be an idiot, Dee Dee!" The aggressiveness to his tone is unintentional, but it makes Dee back down unlike when they were kids. Before they were part of the forces on planet Toone, before things got really bad, "Your Ballyhoo can give us nothing on the battlefield, it can barely give us anything off the battlefield either. You need to stay here to stay safe, monitor the injured, watch the doors, make sure that no is trying to double cross us."

And Dee wants so fucking badly to defy him, to push back, but ever since day one her brother has been the intellectual of the two. She nods, submitting to what she knows to be the truth, proven time and time again by the insanity upon the crashed spaceship. She takes a seat on a spinning chair, "Alright, Dex, please be careful out there. You're our best medic in spite of your Ballyhoo, did you ever realize how destructive it is?"

"My Ballyhoo? Pah! It's naught but my machines, my gadgets, little bombs I place my power in, ticking time bombs to save us all or kill us all," Dex answered without putting any thought behind it, "Mick used his Ballyhoo for evil, he still is, and I'll use mine to fight the good fight." His hand come to rest upon a set of wrenches, flat head and perfectly fitting within his hand. He grabs a set of his small bombs, his little trinkets used to properly and safely activate his Ballyhoo, he'll need them if they come across A Commander.

Dee just nods solemnly, highly aware of the fact that her brother isn't a fan of his Ballyhoo being a weaker version of Mick's. It's detrimental to his sense of being, his sense of identity, that he can be on the good guys team despite the fact his Ballyhoo is just a terrible reminder of what they're facing. That's why he throws himself into medical fields and machinery for defenses, the only way to detach himself from using his power to be a help, "I'll go patch up Felix and Yogi," She snags some of his special edition gauze tape, medication infused within it for good measure.

"Thank you for understanding, Dee," Dex said quietly, raising a gloved hand to readjust his goggles, the other hand stuffing weaponry into his lab coat pockets, "I'll be back, and better yet with some of those chips you keep nagging me about recreating."

"Thanks bro," There's this hoping sweetness on her voice, an innocence despite the fact that everything is falling apart around them.

-/-/-/-

Eyes sting with tears as she watches her brother be wheeled off on life support after the bout with Foghorn Leghorn, the bout that put one of them permanently out of business and the other near fatally wounded. She managed to deface the asshole that hurt her little brother, that nearly killed her little brother, but there was still the problem of the fact she didn't move fast enough. This could be it.

"Like, he'll be fine," Shag tried to console, good hand resting on Dee's shoulder. He sat beside her on the floor of their getaway, their emergency escape whether they failed or succeeded. And they succeeded but at a cost that Dee absolutely hated, an expense that made her feel ill.

She takes staggering breaths, gloved hand raising to run through blonde hair matting with blood. It hurts. Every little thing hurts, talking, breathing, touching her hair, her face hurts so much with how badly Foghorn messed it up. She slumps a little bit further down, "It should've been me."

Shag doesn't answer to fill the radio silence.

"I'm the big sister, and yeah I saved him, but," She stares at the body of her little brother. He's barely breathing. His heart rate is weak. Her breath hitches as she draws a hand to her now bright pink eyes to stifle the tears, "I didn't really save him."

"We'll fix him up, Dee," It's a promise that Shag can't keep, but he makes it anyways.

Dee nods and leans against Shag, "Okay."

[hadeschan]

item # K22D33

Pra Sangkajai Ngern Lai-ma, Luang Phu Supa Gantasilo, Nua Wan Pasom Pong, Ok Samnak Song Khok Sung Kosatham. A figurine of a wealth fetching Pra Sangkajai Arahant with his both hands palm up waiting for flowing of money to be given. The “Ngern Lai-ma” in Thai means “Money Flows Like a River”. Made from mainly fragments and powder of mystical plants, blended with holy powder, made by Luang Phu Supa Gantasilo of Wat Si Supharam, Phuket Province for Samnak Song Khok Sung Kosatham Priest's Camp Site, Sakon Nakhon Province in BE 2552 (CE 2009). At the last chapter of live of Luang Phu Supa, Luang Phu Supa stayed at Samnak Song Khok Sung Kosatham to convey and teach the Dharma to monks, and people there.

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BEST FOR: Endlessly money flows like a river. Pra Sangkajai stops financial losses, boosts your income, and brings financial success, prosperity, and abundance. Maha Laap (it brings lucky wealth). Mahasanay (Magic Charm) it helps turn you to prince charming in the eyes of girls, Metta Maha Niyom (it helps make people love you, and be nice to you), and Kaa Kaai Dee (it helps tempt your customers to buy whatever you are selling, and it helps attract new customers and then keep them coming back. It warns danger coming ahead, Klawklad Plodpai (it helps push you away from all danger), Kongkraphan (it makes you invulnerable to all weapon attack), and Maha-ut (it stops gun from shooting at you).  And Ponggan Poot-pee pee-saat Kunsai Mondam (it helps ward off evil spirit, demon, bad ghost, bad omen, bad spell, curse and black magic).

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Pra Sangkajai / Pra Sangkachai

In Thailand, Budai is sometimes confused with another similar monk widely respected in Thailand, Pra Sangkajai or Sangkachai. Pra Sangkajai, a Thai rendering of Maha Kaccana or Mahakaccayanathera, was a Buddhist Arhata (inSanskrit) or Arahant (in Pali) during the time of the Lord Buddha. Lord Buddha praised Pra Sangkadchai for his excellence in explaining sophisticated dharma(or dhamma) in an easily and correctly understandable manner. Pra Sangkajai (Maha Kaccana) also composed the Madhupinadika Sutra (Madhupindika Sutta MN 18).

One tale of the Thai folklore relates that he was so handsome that once even a man wanted him for a wife. To avoid a similar situation, Pra Sangkachai decided to transform himself into a fat monk. Another tale says he was so attractive that angels and men often compared him with the Buddha. He considered this inappropriate, so disguised himself in an unpleasantly fat body.

Although both Budai and Pra Sangkajai may be found in both Thai and Chinese temples, Pra Sangkajai is found more often in Thai temples, and Budai in Chinese temples. Two points to distinguish them from one another are:

1.Pra Sangkajai has a trace of hair on his head (looking similar to the Buddha’s) while Budai is clearly bald.

2.Pra Sangkajai wears the robes in Theravadin Buddhist fashion with the robes folded across one shoulder, leaving the other uncovered. Budai wears the robes in Chinese style, covering both arms but leaving the front part of the upper body uncovered.

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Luang Phu Supa Gantasilo, an ex-abbot of Wat Si Supharam, living between BE 2439 to BE 2556 (CE 1896 to CE 2013), 116 years old, 98 years as Buddhist monk, the longest-lived monks in modern Thai history....

Wat Luang Phu Supa, วัดหลวงปู่สุภา, also called Wat Si Supharam, is located in the Chalong area of Muang Phuket, or Phuket Town, Phuket, Thailand. The temple is a relatively new temple on the island. This temple is famous mainly because of its founder Luang Phu Supa who is probably one of the most respected and longest-lived monks in modern Thai history (it is said that he was over 116 years old). He dedicated a large part of his life (almost a century to be exact) to being a Buddhist monk spreading the word of dharma and building almost 40 temples and monasteries around the country (three of them are in Phuket).

Who was Luang Phu Supa?

Born over a century ago, Luang Phu Supa spent the first 70 or 80 years of his monkhood as a pilgrim and travelled around not only in the country but to other Asian countries and as far as Europe. Everywhere he went in Thailand, he helped the locals with various projects along the way. His extraordinary works include building bridges in rural areas, establishing hospitals for sick monks and many more projects.

There are other reasons why many people, especially Thai visitors, come to this revered site. It's because they want to obtain an amulet or charm made by the abbot. The most sought-after items range from a spider talisman (or yantra/mandala) which are very popular among shop owners and business persons who believe that it will bring them many customers and businesses, to a crocodile charm that people believe gives them the power to guard them against robbery and violence.

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DIMENSION: 2.50 cm high / 2.00 cm wide / 1.20 cm thick

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item # K22D33

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[liannaandandrei]

Week 237: Sunday, April 14th, we wrapped up our spring break with a trip to My Old Kentucky Home, 501 E Stephen Foster Ave, Bardstown, Kentucky. What a lovely day! We spent the previous night across the street at Bardstown Motor Lodge, 418 E Stephen Foster Ave, and had dinner at The Old Talbott Tavern, 107 W Stephen Foster Ave, and brunch at Mammy's Kitchen & Bar, 116 W Stephen Foster Ave. On Friday, April 12th we ventured to Mammoth Cave National Park, 1 Mammoth Cave Pkwy, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, and went on a Domes and Dripstones Tour deep into the cave (though we did not explore all 426 known miles of the longest cave system in the world)! Afterwards we went to Kentucky Down Under, 3700 L and North Turnpike Road, I-65, Horse Cave, to see the Onyx Cave and feed some kangaroos! We stayed at Sleep Inn & Suites, 801 Mammoth Cave St, Cave City, and ate at Cave City Pizza, 210 Broadway St, and KFC. On Saturday, April 13th, we went on a tour of the Log Still Distillery, 225 Dee Head Rd, New Haven, on the Bourbon Trail Craft Tour, and got to taste some bourbon! We also had a chance to see the Lincoln Birthplace Memorial (with symbolic cabin), White City, and the Lincoln Boyhood National Monument (including Historical Farm), 3027 E S St, Lincoln City, Indiana. So much history!

[starkidsdraco]

I used this starkid song sorter made by youtiedupmyheart, to find out how I would officially rank the starkid songs. This is just my list of personal favourites. It took a while but it was fun! If you want to have a go, I'd recommend choosing one song or the other as much as you can so you won't get that many ties.

These are the results i got:

1 No Way

2 Those Voices

3 It's Not Over Yet

4 Granger Danger

5 Missing You

6 To Have a Home

7 Not Alone

8 The Coolest Girl

9 Days of Summer

10 Get Back to Hogwarts

11 Guys Like Potter

12 Harry Freakin' Potter

13 Let The Games Begin

14 Big T's Temptation

15 Flight of the Pussies

16 The Council of the Pussies

17 Stutter

18 Voldemort is Going Down

19 Ginny

20 Cho Chang

21 Not Your Seed

22 Into the Night

23 Let It Out

24 Wagon On Fire

25 I Was

26 This School Is Mine

27 The Way I Do

28 Climate Change

29 Do You Want to Play?

30 Join Us (And Die)

31 Twisted

32 What If Tomorrow Comes?

33 Rogues Medley

34 When the World's At Stake

35 Rogues Are We

36 Listen to Your Heart

37 Even Though

38 Ready to Go

39 Dysentary World

40 Gotta Find His Dick

41 Land of the Dicks

42 Take Me Back

43 Speedrun

44 We Got Work to Do

45 Kick It Up A Notch

46 Life

47 Sidekick

48 Everything Ends

49 Inevitable

50 To Dance Again

51 The Dragon Song

52 Harry

53 Finale (MAMD)

54 Cup of Poisoned Coffee

55 Different As Can Be

56 Different As Can Be (Reprise)

57 To Be A Man

58 Kick It Up A Notch (Reprise)

59 Cup of Roasted Coffee

60 I've Seen You Around Here Before

61 Nothin' Like A Dick

62 If I Believed

63 Sands of Time

64 Jemilla's Lament

65 Lost Without You

66 You Gotta Go

67 Dark, Sad, Lonely Knight

68 Get In My Mouth

69 Always Dance

70 A Thousand and One Nights (Reprise)

71 A Thousand and One Nights

72 Hermione Can't Draw

73 When You Have to Go All the Way Home

74 Pigfarts

75 Holy Musical B@man

76 Me and My Dick

77 Super Friends

78 Pays to Be an Animal

79 Sami/Harry

80 Feast or Famine

81 Black Friday

82 Made in America

83 America is Great Again

84 You Tied Up My Heart

85 It's Over Now

86 Sami

87 Chorn

88 The Night Belongs to Snarl

89 Welcome to the Stone Age

90 La Dee Dah Dah Day

91 Golden Rule (Reprise)

92 Fire

93 Naked in a Lake

94 Make the Most of It

95 Dynamic Duet

96 The Grind

97 Senior Year

98 This Is The End

99 Just a Taste

100 Paint Me

101 Wiggle

102 Adore Me

103 The Power In Me

104 Together

105 Everything and More

106 The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals

107 If I Fail You

108 Caught in the Lie

109 Show Stoppin Number

110 Let Him Come

111 Boy Toy

112 CaliforM.I.A

113 What Tim Wants

114 Our Doors Are Open

115 Show Me Your Hands

116 Deck the Halls

117 Happy Ending

118 No One Remembers Achmed

119 Dream A Little Harder

120 When the World's At Stake (Reprise)

121 Beauty

122 The American Way

123 Take Off Your Clothes

124 Backfire

125 Ouch My Butt

126 We Are People Now

127 What If?

128 Caulk the Wagon

129 Robin Sucks

130 Independence!

131 Get Back Up

132 Status Quo

133 I Wanna Be

134 Hideous Creatures

135 Gone To Oregon

136 Orphaned at 33

137 Golden Rule

138 Back On Top

139 I Steal Everything

140 Little White Medley

141 Monsters and Men (Reprise)

142 What Do You Want, Paul?

143 Liam's Got A Phone Call

144 Wiggly Jingle

145 What Do You Say?

146 Monsters and Men

147 With My Own Eyes

148 One In A Million

149 The Force (You Got It)

150 Strike Back

151 Haunted By The Kiss

152 Long Ago And Far Away

153 Ani

154 Fancy Machine

[avabrod]

Journal 6- Pariah FEA 395-02

The film we were assigned to watch this week was “Pariah” by Dee Rees. The reading that goes with the film is “The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectatorship”, in Movies and Mass Culture by Bell Hooks. Pariah follows Alike in a queer coming of age story that centers on Alike and her journey as she comes to terms with her lesbian identity. Her family is deeply religious and alike struggles with the internal distance that her sexuality puts between her and her family. Alike’s mother wants her to be a feminine girly girl and provides her with that type of clothing despite it not being what alike likes. She typically dressed very masculine or butch which is sometimes used as a form of flagging, Alikes' struggle about “not being queer enough” is probably reflected in how she dressed almost like she is compensating for her lack of queer experience. Her life is split, she lives one life privately among her friends and another among her family, this very much ties in with what we’ve discussed previously about how queerness kind of lives in the “in between” spaces and there is a particular stigma surrounding black lesbians that we went over when discussing “Watermelon Woman”. These tie in with the reading by Bell Hooks when we consider that the “oppositional gaze” is ultimately made to make us stand up to oppression and refuse to avert your eyes away from content and media obviously not made for you “That all attempts to repress our/black peoples’ right to gaze had produced in us an overwhelming longing to look, a rebellious desire, an oppositional gaze” (Hook, Pg. 116). This is Hooks essentially saying that the act of looking is an act of defiance when you have been repressed and forced to avert your eyes. We see that same attitude in “Pariah” with how Alike ends up living her life in opposition to her mothers belief, choosing to leave and free herself from those expectations is of itself an act of defiance. 

[weeklyonlinejournal]

Week Eight Post

For week eight of our class, we watched the 2011 film Pariah directed by Dee Rees which follows the seventeen-year-old Alike, a Black teenager who understands her identity as a lesbian in a family who doesn’t accept who she is. She struggles through coming into herself in a world not only where people outside her life don’t accept her but also people close to her like her mother think that she will go to hell if she continues on down this path. The story deals with many harsh realities including the pressure of religion and disapproval from those in her life, and how this impacts how she sees herself and the decisions that she is making. This film holds great importance because of the story being told because of how we're able to show this queer story about how a queer person has to find themselves in the harsh world but double down by also putting it through the lens of a coming-of-age story through the body of a teenage girl. This allows us to also see the contrast with having to deal with the many changes in her life emotionally and literally. 

We can then switch to looking at our reading for the week by author Bell Hooks titled “The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectatorship” released in 1992, wherein she discusses the relationship that Black Women have had with cinema throughout the years, especially on how they viewed it when no one who looked like them could even be on the screen. She stated, “That all attempts to repress our/black peoples’ right to gaze had produced in us an overwhelming longing to look, a rebellious desire, an oppositional gaze,” (116) pressuring the point that there was a narrative that the only story that could be told is that of white people and any other way was not accepted. Black people especially women would change the narrative and visualize themselves in these leading roles taking back their power and using it to positively uplift themselves. While also actively working to dismiss white supremacy and work to change the spaces in that people like themselves are seen and represented.

[vincentibarrawrites]

Resisting Domination and Inviting Empathy Through Identification in Pariah (2011)

In the film, Pariah (2011), directed by Dee Rees, the main character, Alike, struggles with gender expression around her friends and family members as she tip-toes around embracing her sexuality. The relationship between Alike and her mother, Audrey, demonstrates the intersectionality of race and religion because of Audrey's state of denial as she constantly denies Alike the space to express herself and dominates her daughter's ability to openly identify against her mother's religious beliefs. A scene early on depicts Alike coming home late from the strip club where she's confronted by her mother, a black, heterosexual blue collar woman who is suspecting of Alike's whereabouts. When Audrey persists that her and Alike should engage in mother-daughter bonding through shopping, Alike quickly dismisses this proposal and Audrey verbally retaliates, commanding her daughter to wash her face and wrap her hair. In "The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectators" (1992) by bell hooks, the author describes, "Even in the worse circumstances of domination, the ability to manipulate one's gaze in the face of structures of domination the would contain it, opens up the possibility of agency" (hooks, 116). Although, early on in the film, Audrey is in denial about her daughter's sexuality. She actively takes steps to dominate Alike's expression, although fails, behind the disguise of her influence as a mother by rejecting her daughter's choices in masculine clothing and queer friendships. Later in the film, Alike has her first sexual experience with Bina, the daughter of one of Audrey's friends, who Audrey ironically forces Alike to spend time with in an attempt to steer her away from her queerness. hooks recounts a conversation with her sister regarding non-Hollywood, independent films, "They were, she suggested, more like 'what we knew life to be, the deeper side of life as well'"(hooks, 127). The depiction of queer intimacy in the film is restrained though the lingering exchanges of female gazes and skin that is secondary as it is cloaked in darkness and through images in which the editor cuts away from early, only leaving an emotional impression of intimacy opposed to images of naked female bodies widely associated with traditional Hollywood films targeted for men.

[redroseworks]

Earth-116: Batman Beyond:

Dee and Dee are the granddaughters of Harleen Quinzel. Also Dick Grayson, Kory Anders-Troy, Donna Troy, and Roy Harper. Their mothers were Lucy Quinzel and Mar'i Grayson. Secrets from the past and the truth about their moms cause them to have a really bad rebellious phase.

Nissa is Batgirl and a mystery. Barbara Gordon is mayor of Gotham and Nissa reminds her of Cass and Steph. Cass wants to adopt Nissa which is totally a Bruce move.

[the-daily-dee]

At Long Last!