#16 Spec

[thislovintime]

Photo 2 by Anne Thorkelson; photo 3 courtesy of Written In Our Hearts on Facebook.

"My little sister doesn’t even think of me as her brother any more — she thinks of me as a TV star.” - Peter Tork, TV Guide, 1967

“I read in one magazine that Peter thinks I don’t think of him as my brother any more, I think of him as a star. Well it’s true I think of him as a star, but I do think of I’m as a brother too and a very nice one. Peter is the kind of person I’m sure every one who likes excitement would like to live with. He likes to play guitar a lot and will do most of the things you want him to. If you want to get him a gift, Peter likes good books, and groovy shirts like the one on the cover of ‘Last Train to Clarksville’ single. Peter is good at imitations like W. C. Fields. […] He can do Donald Duck too.” - Anne Thorkelson, 16 Spec, Summer 1967

“Peter ran away from home twice. This happened when he was three years old and lived in Detroit. The first time, he ran away from home to get out of going to nursery school; the second time, he ran away to go to New York. He didn’t make it that trip, but he finally did many years later. [...] Peter’s very first ambition was to dismantle our phonograph, and unhappily he did with great speed and great thoroughness. Peter’s first job was as a paper boy. None of us, including Peter, remember how much he made. He was always liberal when it came to money — and he still is. Peter loved to start clubs when he was growing up. He founded the Wild Goose Club in Madison and the Tiger Club in Mansfield Center. In the Tiger Club, all the members had code names Peter’s was ‘Phantom Tiger’ (P. T. — get it?).” - Nick Thorkelson, The Monkees: Here We Are (1967)

“Peter likes people around him. His old house had been too small to accommodate his many friends and acquaintances, so he had decided to buy a bigger one. The new house is almost too beautiful to describe, but I’ll try. Peter’s home sits on the side of a mountain, facing the valley, and on a clear day you can see all of Los Angeles from his terrace. It’s a truly breathtaking view. The shrubbery surrounding the grounds and the pool is a sort of desert brush, and there are orange and lemon trees growing on the side of ‘his’ mountain! The inside of the house is something else again. There are a total of 14 rooms, seven bathrooms including a sauna bath — and there are five fireplaces! Peter had one room made soundproof for those loud jam sessions musicians are known to have! During our two-weeks visit with Peter (which, by the way, was our first trip to California), we had a wonderful time. There was never a dull moment. We had barbecues on the patio, pool parties, and we went just about everywhere! Peter took us to Disneyland for an entire day, to the famed Coconut Grove nightclub, to Whiskey A Go Go, and we even went dancing at the Factory — a private club where all the stars hang out! But, of course, the nicest part of the whole trip was being able to spend so much time with Peter. The days seemed to just whiz by, and pretty soon it was time for us to leave California and go home. The last thing I remember was Peter shouting, ‘See you all soon!’ — as we boarded the plane that would take us back to Connecticut. After a few weeks, everything returned to normal. Then, late one August night — the eve of my 16th birthday, to be exact — my sister Anne heard a noise in the driveway. She went to the window and saw a strange car pull up. Before she had time to wonder who it was, out popped Peter! What a surprise — and what a birthday present! Peter was so exhausted after his trip from California that he fell asleep on our living room couch — moments after he entered the house! The next morning at breakfast, Peter was the first to wish me a happy birthday. Then he told me that his gift for me — a bright red MG-TF sports car — would be arriving in a few days! That nearly knocked me for a loop, and I couldn’t believe my ears! In Connecticut, we are allowed to drive at 16 years of age — and needless to say, that car was the greatest birthday gift I ever received! But Peter had a couple of additional surprises in store for us. He was wearing a beautiful silk shirt which he had especially made in Hollywood. And since my brother Nicky and I admired it so much — he reached into his suitcase and gave us each one! Anne was right there with her handy camera to take pictures of ‘The Three Musketeers’!” - Christopher Thorkelson, 16 Spec, Summer 1969

[jackmkelly]

the newsies script is something that can be so personal

[hydor-graphics]

A-Spec Sparkles Emoji.

★ We take requests.

[antisocialxconstruct]

I'm always like "yeah sure I'm no expert but I'm relatively familiar with PC tech terminology" until I'm actually trying to shop for PC components

[betterbooksandthings]

"A-spec and asexual romance novels might just be my favorite kind of romance novels. The communication is next level, the interpersonal plots are to die for, and, even better, at least one character is ace.

Really, the A-spec community has a lot to offer romance readers who’ve already bought into the project of romance at large. I.e. readers buy into the idea that the characters are going to have a happily ever after or happy for now (HEA/HFN). The joy of romance is figuring out just how those two people will get from point A to point B.

A-spec characters introduce an added layer of communication and consideration into the character’s interpersonal relationship that can sometimes get glossed over or assumed in other relationships. Allosexual and alloromantic couples do not always separate their layers of attraction (sexual, romantic, platonic, aesthetic, etc.). Don’t get me wrong: they can consider the varied ways they are attracted to and want to interact romantically, platonically, or sexually with another person. It just doesn’t happen all too often.

In contrast, I love the range of interactions asexual romance novels give readers. Some decide to do an info-dump style AVEN (Asexual Visibility and Education Network) definition. Others describe how they experience attraction and go into their feelings about what they are comfortable with the people they are in a relationship with. However they happen, these are conversations that clarify and crystalize relationships on the page for readers in satisfyingly intricate ways.

The Range of A-spec and Asexual Romance Novels

There are more and more a-spec and asexual romance books being published every year in every romance subgenre. So, there are more and more opportunities for new approaches to representing a-spec characters in interpersonal relationships with an HEA/HFN that feel more authentic to individual readers. Not every book is going to land for every reader. What I like in these a-spec and asexual romance novels might be something you dislike.

All that being said, I had a terrible time narrowing down my list to just the 16 best asexual romance novels. These books have a range of a-spec characters who are aromantic, asexual, demisexual, demiromantic, and gray ace. I have broken them up into contemporary romance, historical romance, romantasy, horror romance, and paranormal romance."

[tara-girl]

Will you have Eyesight Issues? Can this be Predicted through Horoscope ? Find out, here!!

This is going to be a detailed answer and a simple analysis technique explained through example of Great Indian Revolutionary freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose.

Scientifically, In the process of seeing an object, the following steps occur:

Light from a source like the Sun, falls on the object.

The object reflects light in all possible directions.

The reflected light from the object reaches our eyes.

Our brain receives the information from the eyes making us see the object.

As per Medical Vedic Astrology,

Sun represents eyesight.

Mercury represents neurons which passes message to brain.

Saturn represents organized structure of whole.

As per my studies, follwing are the conjunctions which can afflict eyesight of a person:

If Mercury is sitting with or aspected by Saturn and Rahu/Ketu, then eye sight may suffer.

When Saturn and Mercury aspect or conjuct Sun aspected by Rahu/Ketu also afllict eyesight.

Saturn, Mercury and Sun conjuction also afflict eyesight sometimes.

For example: Birth chart of Great freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose

As you can see in his birthchart, his Sun is conjuct with Rahu and Mercury aspected by Saturn also.So from his childhood, he had problems related to eyesight and to wear glasses.

Note: Depending upon the strength of the planet(Sun, Saturn ,Mercury, Rahu and Ketu) according to its degree , results for eyesight afflict may vary from mild to severe.

[shift-shaping]

It looks like the minimum specs for Veilguard still say 16 gb ram. That's insane. That's ridiculous. Why do we even bother with pc gaming at all if no one optimizes their games anymore? What the fuck is this?

[ellypop99]

I think im gonna fail to get idrabark this month all because im unlucky and can’t find any explorer tokens.

[amatres]

not bg3 affecting my expectations of what a reasonable gb requirement is

[translesbianvampire]

published my sunny s16 spec script!

"The Fly That Buzzed Away". 20 pages. Dennis does not take well to Mac's new boyfriend.

this is my literal speculative script written based off s16 talk & my own idea of combining the breaking bad fly episode with the always sunny canon. i wanted to imagine what s16 macdennis would look like, i went the denial & repression route, but i tried to make it work as an actual bottle episode of Sunny!!! i hope you enjoy!!!!

written june 1st-june 5th. my first real piece of fiction!

[slugsketches]

do you ever see a piece of technology that you want more than anything else. like daydreaming about having it. what am I doing without it, when alternatively I could have it.

adding it to a cart simply to admire it, not knowing when it can finally go to check out

[hydor-soa]

Sparkles are collective, cockroaches are me specifically.

I also posted the emojis alone on our art blog @hydor-graphics if anyone wants them.

I made an acespec bingo!

*Mentioned in the bingo is the term “m-spec” - it stands for “multiple attraction spectrum” and is a spectrum of orientations defined by attraction to multiple genders.

A common aspec (asexual and aromantic spectrum) experience is thinking you’re m-spec before figuring out you are actually aspec.

You can support me by following me on my socials (link in bio) and engaging with my posts, thank you 🧡

[hydor-graphics]

aroace agender flag mandala please🙏🙏

Mandala Based on Aroace Agender Flags.

★ We take requests.

Flags used —

[bbina]

omg ngl ure soo right coz i remember like stalking u all the way back during btl era and i thought u were like nonchalant and shit but then i went thru ur replies and was lowk gagged.......

thats the vibe i was going for 🙂‍↕️ nonchalant… nonchalance is literally my middle name. im a t for that reason cus i dont have no chalance

[labrone1475]

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