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Throwing this out into the universe in case someone can answer it-

What’s the deal with Die from Dir en Grey referring to himself as “the big gurl” on his instagram posts? Is this something he just started doing without explanation? Is it a reference to something? Or genuinely how he’s identifying himself these days as his appearance has gotten more feminine? And what’s with the chicken legs? Pls advise thank youuu

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Timestamp Notes for Episodes 2-5

(For reference: Timestamp Notes and Theory for Episode 1: The Arrival)

This post was last updated 08/29/2024.

(Theory)

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Episode 2: The Clue

The present day scenes of this episode are all on Tuesday.

Minisode scenes happen for A Companion to Owls.

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Aziraphale starts us off in the present day, seeming to have been thinking of the minisode events. Gabriel approaches and asks, "What comes after 'K'?" The main bookshop clock is at 10:35AM. Gabriel's been given some clothes to wear.

Crowley and Shax with the car. "You're in trouble." Crowley's turtleneck is his clothing indication that the day is Tuesday. In fact, it's Turtleneck Tuesday. Shax references last night's miracle.

Aziraphale goes to the record shop to talk to Maggie. Aziraphale references his previous scene with Gabriel by asking about the song though the lyrics he sings are different. Maggie references the previous night with getting locked in the coffee shop with Nina. Her watch has no clarity but trying to guess at what its vague, blurred hands might be saying is inconsistent. She gives Aziraphale a copy of the record.

Michael, Uriel, and Saraqael arrive in the street. Aziraphale is holding the record Maggie gave him.

Gabriel exits the bookshop to greet the group.

Aziraphale agrees to let the angels inside.

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"Let the book selling commence!" The main bookshop clock reads as 10:45AM. The angels reference the huge plume of miraculous activity from the previous night. Aziraphale maintains touch on the record during the scene. Saraqael says they'll send someone to log and verify the miracle tomorrow morning.

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Aziraphale playing record and examining newspaper clippings, 11:59AM.

Pub visit, Mr. Brown says the meeting will be on Thursday night, just after closing, then leaves. Crowley references last night's miracle. Aziraphale references it as well, specifying it was their Gabriel miracle. He tells Crowley about his lie to the visiting angels earlier. He tells Crowley about the record that might be a Clue.

Crowley and Aziraphale cross the street after exiting the pub, Aziraphale references Gabriel singing this morning.

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After Crowley and Aziraphale enter the bookshop, Gabriel is putting books away. When the clock becomes visible, it is 4:28PM. The clock looks consistent throughout the scene.

Minisode scenes happen for A Companion to Owls.

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Aziraphale after finishing Job memory up to restoring Job's children, bookshop main clock is at 6:30PM, indicating recollection was 2 hours long. Instead of seeming to have an ornate hand and a non-ornate hand, the clock looks like it has two ornate hands. They even look like one reflecting the other.

Crowley, pocket trickery (which does involve reflections by the way), talks to Nina. The coffee shop is closed. The record shop is open.

Aziraphale shows up at car with the record and proposes he borrow the car.

Crowley accepts this proposal through how he touches the thresholds.

Gabriel solo scene in the bookshop, organizing books.

Minisode scene happens for A Companion to Owls.

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Episode 3: I Know Where I'm Going

The present day scenes of this episode are all on Wednesday.

Gabriel with hot chocolate, seems to be morning since I think he's supposed to be wearing pajamas.

Coffee shop, Mrs. Sandwich and Nina, Muriel visible from the window. Nina's clothing confirms we are on a new day.

Aziraphale in bookshop, listening to record and presumably working on his sketch of Gabriel.

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Muriel visit, mostly 10:51AM. Note on the clock: For how most analog clocks are read, the hour hand is too close to the 10 for where the minute hand is. The hour hand should either be not quite at the 10 or closer to the 11, but it's neither. For now, I read this position as the clock trying to make itself easier to read for Muriel since Muriel's so unfamiliar with Earth.

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Crowley entering with his box of plants has other clock at 1:20PM. All other contextual clues suggest the characters are in the same timeline. Crowley is bringing in his plants, brings up trains again for an option instead of Aziraphale borrowing the car. Muriel is seated and holding tea cup. The clock by Aziraphale's desk will consistently show the 10:51AM time during the rest of the scene. It's one of the clearest times given in the story.

Possible interpretations are that the plants think it's 1:20PM or the plants, usually inhabiting Crowley's car, have been in the supernatural zone so aren't adjusted to the standard Earth time other characters are experiencing. As such, the plants warped that clock. It is only when the plants are on screen that the clock time is so off.

Crowley has changed his sunglasses. His sunglasses are his door to himself, so this change is Crowley's way of acknowledging a big step in his relationship with Aziraphale by giving his door a new finish. It also just so happens to help out his Earthly Objects play during the story. These sunglasses are supposed to be another cue from the story that its events are happening mostly in the implied order given to the audience.

Another visual cue for this day is that Crowley isn't wearing a vest that looks like leather.

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Private room scene #2. Aziraphale says he told Gabriel bookshops are always closed on a Wednesday, to indicate this episode's given day is Wednesday. That means the previous day was Tuesday, and most of episode 1 was Monday. Aziraphale says "the other night" instead of last night when referencing the miracle. Crowley's red streak makes itself known when Crowley comments on the measurement of the miracle.

Muriel intrusion to the private room.

Muriel at coffee shop, talks to Nina.

Aziraphale leaving in car for Edinburgh.

Crowley watching from window.

Aziraphale still leaving in car for Edinburgh.

Minisode scenes happen for The Resurrectionists.

Returned to present day, Aziraphale in the car on the drive to Edinburgh, "Now you're getting it," talking about the music. Daytime.

Hell, "Any news about Gabriel yet?"

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Bookshop, "Gravity." 3:30PM.

Minisode scenes happen for The Resurrectionists.

Edinburgh, car parked, walk to The Resurrectionist, framing suggests Aziraphale walked around for a bit before actually going to the pub. The place is not busy. The sketch he shows has Gabriel with a different hairstyle and clothing than the sketch he was working on in the previous episode.

Aziraphale talks to pub owner or manager and leaves.

Minisode scenes happen for The Resurrectionists.

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Returned to present day, graveyard, Aziraphale borrows a phone. The borrowed phone says 17:30 (5:30PM).

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Bookshop, Crowley picks up phone, 5:28PM. Because of how the camera moves, the time is blurred. It also looks like the clock is doing that thing with looking like it has two ornate hands again. The coffee shop across the street is shown as still open.

Crowley's special windows sequence with the rain for Maggie and Nina happens. He uses the word tempest, and that triggers another reaction from Gabriel.

Shax shows up. Crowley exits the bookshop to interact with her.

Crowley returns to bookshop and holds door open for awhile.

After Shax leaves, Crowley shows frustration at Gabriel, stops short of threatening him. "It's always too late."

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Episode 4: The Hitchhiker

The day is shifting from Wednesday to Thursday.

Aziraphale and Shax in car, middle of nowhere, guessing midnight. Shax exits.

Minisode happens, Nazi Zombie Flesheaters.

Returned to present day, Shax in Hell, talks to Beelzebub, gets command for attacking the bookshop.

Aziraphale drives up to park near the coffee shop.

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Nina arrives on bicycle. Once she is inside, her phone shows 6:47 (assumed to be AM) as the time.

Crowley exits bookshop, passes box of plants to Aziraphale. Both carry plants to car, then are shown to be going in the direction of the bookshop by the end of the episode.

The episode ends on Thursday.

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Episode 5: The Ball

The episode starts on Thursday.

Hell, Shax, "I'm requisitioning some demons."

Aziraphale exits bookshop. He has a clipboard and pen.

Crowley arrives in car. He shortened his sideburns through the drive. These events are timed to happen together due to the sound effects.

Mr. Arnold invitation. Crowley has longer sideburns as part of a Threshold Trick (the Single of The Bigger Thresholds Trick). Aziraphale has the clipboard and pen as clues that this scene takes place in the order being shown during the story.

Aziraphale and Crowley crossing street toward record shop for Maggie invitation.

Hell, Shax eventually accepts the 70 available demons.

Aziraphale and Crowley crossing street toward magic shop.

Mutt invitation.

Mrs. Cheng invitation.

Hell, Shax with microphone addressing demons, tells them of plan to storm a bookshop.

Justine invitation.

Hell, "So you can guarantee no angels, then?"

Nina invitation.

Hell, Shax says, "We leave at nightfall." These words confirm that the events in Hell have been happening during the day as Aziraphale and Crowley have been conducting their invitations. They show the demons intend to show up at night.

Crowley invitation.

Coffee shop, Nina with chalkboard, weird event of text messages showing up on chalkboard, Nina either doesn't notice or doesn't care.

Bookshop upper floor, Crowley interrogates Gabriel.

Heaven, Matchbox Muriel Scene #3. Muriel references Aziraphale's assistant, seeming to recall a memory we haven't actually seen in this draft of the story. Muriel was not shown as seeing any assistant for their visit on Wednesday.

Bookshop upper floor, Crowley gives Gabriel hot chocolate.

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Aziraphale making preparations for the ball as Crowley enters from the stairs. Clock shows 6:00PM. The clock is still 6:00PM as Aziraphale brings down the big chandelier.

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Mrs. Sandwich arrival at ball, 6:30PM.

Crowley knocks on window to record shop, informs Maggie the meeting is starting now.

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Mr. Brown arrival at ball, 6:30PM.

Mrs. Cheng visible before entering ball, heavily implied to be touching a pillar.

Crowley approaching Nina outside coffee shop, senses something is wrong, eventually forcefully tells Nina to go to the bookshop.

Nina enters ball, everyone is acting weird.

Demons in street, now dark outside, Maggie entering ball, Crowley stopping the demons and talking to them before he enters the ball.

Mrs. Cheng and Mrs. Sandwich talk.

Maggie and Nina start dancing.

Crowley tries to talk to Aziraphale but can't just yet. He drops a platter and looks out the window.

Gabriel talks to some humans.

Aziraphale agrees to talk to Crowley while they dance.

Shax arrives through elevator into the street.

Maggie and Nina talk some more while dancing.

Crowley and Aziraphale talk while dancing.

The demons throw a brick through the window.

Gabriel tries to surrender; the demons do not accept.

Crowley convinces Shax to let him get the humans out first.

Mr. Brown tries to call emergency services but is instead pulled out of the ball for a forced exit and probably killed.

Crowley instructs humans on preparation for escorting them out. Then he escorts them out.

Aziraphale talks to Maggie and Nina about Crowley coming back with a plan.

Crowley finds Muriel. They leave for Heaven.

Shax is shown watching the elevator go up. The bookshop doors to are shown as still open.

The time is unknown, but I suspect this episode still ends on Thursday.

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Episode 6: Every Day

I think this episode starts on Thursday.

Shax eyes the bookshop. The doors are shown as closed, instead of open like the end of the previous episode. I'm guessing Gabriel closed them since he's shown to be helping clean up and closest to the doors when everyone inside is first visible.

Aziraphale talks to Maggie and Nina about the dancing.

Shax probably kicks the doors open though the camera doesn't confirm the action. In any case, that's supposed to indicate the bookshop doors are opened while Crowley is in the elevator going up to Heaven.

Heaven, Crowley and Muriel talk as they enter Heaven, Muriel convinces Crowley to change his appearance.

Earth, demons throw trash into the bookshop. Maggie supposedly accidentally invites the demons inside.

Heaven, Crowley and Muriel pass by Michael and Uriel. No dialogue is exchanged. Crowley and Muriel arrive at Muriel's office. Crowley opens the Gabriel file.

Earth, demons in bookshop are entering the circle and being discorporated.

Heaven, Crowley and Muriel watch the plans for Armageddon and Gabriel's refusal to it. My guess is that this meeting took place on Saturday. My reasoning is very loose, but it's that the meeting is about ending the world. In season 1, the world was supposed to end on Saturday at 5:30PM, based on estimates from the clues given.

The story indicates that sometime in the previous scenes, the day has switched from Thursday to Friday because of the clock time below.

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Maggie and Nina are using fire extinguishers against the demons, the bookshop clock most likely says 2:30AM.

Heaven, Saraqael arrives to talk to Crowley and Muriel.

Earth, Aziraphale charges Shax to leave. Shax taunts him about Crowley and sushi.

Heaven, Gabriel's trial, Gabriel is informed he will be demoted and have his memory of his time as Gabriel wiped. I think this part of the trial happened on Sunday. Again, I am referring to season 1 as a loose clue because Sunday in season 1 was when Crowley was put on trial in Hell.

Earth, Maggie and Nina start throwing encyclopedias at the demons.

Heaven, Gabriel footage is being watched to show his exit from Heaven. Given clues of my theory based on episode 1, these events happened on Sunday. They are after Gabriel's first visit on Saturday and before Gabriel's second visit on Monday.

Earth, Aziraphale uses his halo. When the halo lands, the bookshop clock does not show its full face, but based on the position of the visible hands, it's 2:31AM, which doesn't add up for how much time is implied to have passed since the last time the clock was shown. Nothing in the story indicates a time stop happened otherwise.

Heaven, alarms go off. Crowley, Saraqael, and Muriel exit, eventually joined by Michael and Uriel.

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Crowley and angels enter bookshop, 6:01AM or 6:02AM.

Gabriel recovers his memories.

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Maggie commenting, "That's really sweet." 7:59AM.

Crowley escorts Maggie and Nina out of the bookshop. Nina's comment about being open half an hour ago suggests opening time is supposed to be 7:30AM. That would match being past her 6:47AM arrival the previous day and the bookshop clock showing almost 8:00AM.

The Metatron is in line at the coffee shop.

Crowley resurrects Mr. Brown.

Nina opens the coffee shop. Maggie offers to help. Nina sends her to pick up some items from the mini-mart.

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Angels and demons arguing. Crowley quietly returns to the bookshop. Due to the blur and lack of a minute hand anywhere else, my guess is at 8:39AM.

Gabriel and Beelzebub leave.

In the coffee shop, the Metatron orders coffee. Maggie arrives with items from the mini-mart.

Michael starts to threaten Aziraphale. The Metatron arrives in the bookshop.

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The Metatron asks if Crowley knows him. The clock, again, does not quite work the way most analog clocks work. The hour hand is between the 8 and the 9, but the minute hand is at the 12. The hour hand should be more decidedly on the 8 or the 9 then, but it's not. Either way, story is implying the time is between 8:00AM and 9:00AM. It's probably supposed to be 9:00AM.

The Metatron tells the angels to leave, except Muriel. The angels leave. The Metatron and Aziraphale exit the bookshop.

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Crowley stands up from chair, now the hour hand is more decidedly at the 9 to indicate 9:02AM.

Crowley and Muriel talk with Crowley eventually kicking out Muriel.

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Crowley tidying bookshop, 9:24AM or 9:25AM, the minute hand seems to go missing in one cut that's a closer view of Crowley near the clock.

Maggie and Nina enter. The other clock in the bookshop, behind Maggie at first, indicates 9-something as well but does not give the minute it's on. They talk to Crowley.

The Metatron tells Aziraphale to tell his friend the good news.

Aziraphale crosses street and enters the bookshop. Maggie and Nina leave.

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Crowley removes sunglasses. "Look, um..." The clock by Aziraphale's desk says 9:26AM and stays at that time whenever it is shown clearly until Aziraphale walks closer to Crowley.

The other clock behind Aziraphale is also shown, but I cannot confirm where its minute hand is to my satisfaction. I can only gather that it's indicating the hour hand at 9.

Once Aziraphale draws closer to Crowley and says, "Come with me," the clock by his desk is too blurry for me to confirm its minute hand to my satisfaction. It does at least read to me as still indicating the hour is at 9.

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When the Metatron enters, the clock by Aziraphale's desk is 9:41AM.

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While Crowley is standing at the door to his car, his watch seems to read 9:15AM.

Aziraphale and the Metatron leave the bookshop, eventually enter the elevator.

Crowley looks through windows and starts to drive.

Muriel enters the bookshop.

Crowley drives away.

Crowley is shown driving while Aziraphale is in the elevator during the closing credits.

The story ends on Friday.

The End.

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Mythbusters Host Jessi Combs Dies After Attempting To Break Speed Record

Jessi Combs, a professional speed racer and former host of “Mythbusters,” died Tuesday in a crash on a dry lake bed in Oregon’s Alvord Desert as she was in a jet car attempting to break a land speed record, authorities said.

She was 39.

The Harney County Sheriff’s Office said it was called to the scene of the fatal crash in the desert about 90 miles south of Burns, Oregon, around 4 p.m. Tuesday. Combs, who was nicknamed “the fastest woman on four wheels,” was pursuing a record on the dry lake bed, her family said in a statement.

Combs was the lead driver on the North American Eagle racing team. She was identified as the sole fatality connected with the accident, which is under investigation. The section of the Alvord Desert the team was using was approximately 8 miles long, authorities said.

The North American Eagle is a supersonic vehicle made from the fuselage of a jet plane, according to the team’s website. Combs had previously driven the vehicle on the Alvord dry lake bed in September 2018 but a malfunction had caused the door to rip off midrun, forcing her to abandon the session.

Lt. Brian Needham said there had been no known deaths in the desert while drivers attempted land speed records during his 23-year career with the sheriff’s department.

“Jessi’s bright smile, positivity and tenacious pursuit of her dreams inspired everyone who met her,” Combs’ family said. “Her drive and spirit were infectious, and she served as a role model for young girls and women around the world.”

On Tuesday, Combs was attempting to break the Women’s Land Speed Record of 512 mph, set in 1976 by Kitty O’Neil.

She was surrounded by her friends and her family at the time of her death.

“People that loved her and followed her became family, all bonded together by adventure and passion,” her family said. “Her fans adored her, and she lived to inspire them.”

Her most notable dream, one that she had been chasing since 2012, was to become the fastest woman on earth, according to her family.

“Combs was one of the rare dreamers with the bravery to turn those possibilities into reality, and she left this earth driving faster than any other woman in history,” the family said.

Terry Madden, Combs’ partner, and teammate said Combs died “in a horrific accident” and that he “was the first one there.”

He said he “did everything humanly possible to save her.”

“I’m not OK, but she is right here keeping me going,” Madden captioned an Instagram collage of video and photos of Combs.

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So I don’t know how to say any of this but it all needs said. I have never loved or been loved by anyone as much as this amazing woman @thejessicombs she was truly my unicorn and I enjoyed every single minute that I had with her. She was the most amazing spirit that I have ever or will ever know. Unfortunately we lost her yesterday in a horrific accident, I was the first one there and trust me we did everything humanly possible to save her!! I’m not ok, but she is right here keeping my going-I made her a promise that if this didn’t go well that I would make sure and do good with it, please help me with that, you are all going to see things on news please believe non of them.. we the family have drafted a release and it will come out today with more proper info, but I was just woke up by the media tracking me down and I need everyone of her true friends to do what she would want “take a deep breath, relax” and do good things with this. Please donate to nothing, I know there will be people try, we are finishing the documentary as she wished and the world will know the truth and her foundation will use those funds to do amazing things in this world and make her legacy live on properly. In the coming days her family and I will get the proper channels put together that you can then donate to that foundation but until you hear it from me wait please-I don’t want some asshole profiting off this (all ready had one try to sell us a video)… . . Love you all and thank you all for being such amazing friends to her, she dedicated her life to helping support others dreams and I promise I will continue that.

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“I have never loved or been loved by anyone as much as this amazing woman @thejessicombs she was truly my unicorn and I enjoyed every single minute that I had with her,” he wrote. “She was the most amazing spirit that I have ever or will ever know.”

Former “Mythbusters” host Adam Savage tweeted: “She was brilliant … builder, engineer, driver, fabricator, and science communicator, ” who “strove every day to encourage others by her prodigious example.”

I’m so so sad, Jessi Combs has been killed in a crash. She was a brilliant & too-notch builder, engineer, driver, fabricator, and science communicator, & strove everyday to encourage others by her prodigious example. She was also a colleague, and we are lesser for her absence.

— Adam Savage (@donttrythis) August 28, 2019

Kari Byron, another former star of “Mythbusters,” remembered Combs for her toughness.

“So sad to hear about Jessi. She was a badass. Always pushing limits. Sending smiles into the universe for her,” Byron said in a tweet.

Combs was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, and lived in Long Beach, California, according to a biography on her racing team’s website.

She not only appeared on Discovery’s “Mythbusters” but also on the network’s “Break Room,” as well as “Overhaulin'” and “All Girls Garage” on Velocity.

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By: Sheen Ray Valdez

Author’s Note:

My original plan before writing an article about Dr. Ontok was to interview him personally. Although we were in contact through Instagram in the past months, he was told by his superior to limit his interviews to protect any classified information from being posted online.  Before I’m allowed to do an interview of him, I still have to write a letter and send it to their main headquarters. I thought it was a long process so I said to myself, “Why not ask his closest batchmates in medschool, instead?” And so I did.

While finding oneself operating at the emergency room would be considered a bad dream for most medical students, doing the exact same thing in the battlefield could only be called a total nightmare.

However, this seemingly isn’t the case for Dr. Abdul-Azis Ontok, who couldn’t care less about machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and air strikes while he tries to keep injured soldiers alive.

The 32 year-old, Philippine Army resident neurosurgeon from Zamboanga, who happens to be a Mindanao State University College of Medicine alumnus and the valedictorian of his Class 2009, became an instant hit on social media after he posted a photo of him last July 15, 2017 while he was on duty in the embattled city of Marawi. The photo bears the message: “From Marawi with Love“ — a move that has since then touched numerous hearts.

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A trip to Dr. Ontok’s Instagram page would simply explain why he has over 40,000 follower as of this posting and hailed as one of the hottest doctors in the country by numerous websites. He not only fills his Instagram page with his chiseled abs but regularly updates netizens about his military operations, as well.

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I am not a photographer. I am just a military surgeon who takes photos spontaneously, point & shoot, just to have something for my Instagram… @tataynitala, @pearly_sherl, @malelico, and @theena.patelo encouraged me to submit my shots to a photo contest and this won 2nd place. ✌️😁📸

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Few days ago, I was one of the judges in the Poster Competition during the “Organ Donation Awareness Celebration” #youareapuzzlepiece #youwillcompletesomeoneslife #dugtongbuhay #willyoudonateyoureyes #willyoudonateyourkidneys #willyoudonateyourbones #willyoudonateyourheart #willyoujustreceivedonations #iamlifelinemember #opportunitytoreceive #opportunitytogive #organdonation #departmentofhealth

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Much has been written online regarding the handsome and well-built doctor, but what do his closest batchmates have to say about him?

Dr. Rogene Esparcia, one of his best buds in medschool, revealed a handful of information that would demonstrate just how different Dr. Ontok was few years ago.

“First day of class, I already hated him for being stubborn. He looked conceited and he was really intimidating. He wasn’t a hunk back then but rather a bit chubby with a beer belly. He was the campus crush and he really enjoyed the attention”, Dr. Esparcia said. “He was the youngest in our batch that’s why most of the time he did many childish acts”.

Despite the initial evaluations of him, Dr. Ontok easily recovered from those bad first impressions. “He loves to hug everyone and he always wears his big smile, which brightens everyone’s day. To sum it all up, he’s a very brilliant student with a cheerful heart”.

One thing people will be envious about Dr. Ontok is the fact that whilst he aced every exam he took, he really lived his medschool life. At one point, the viral doctor was hooked to online gaming. “Abs, as we fondly call him, was not the typical nerdy, intelligent valedictorian that you would expect. If there’s no correlates class, we used to go to Klasmeyts Internet Café (in Iligan) to play DOTA. His favorite hero at that time was Sandking“.

Dr. Ontok is also a certified musicophile. Dr. Esparcia shared, “He’s not a typical alpha male who listens exclusively to rock music. Believe it or not, Pussycat Dolls was on his playlist”.

Surely, he wouldn’t be the valedictorian for no reasons. Asked about Dr. Ontok’s academic performance before, Dr. Esparcia replied, “He sometimes didn’t sleep at all, especially when an exam was coming up. He knew how to balance and manage his time well that’s why he was consistently ranked no. 1 in most of our modular exams.”

As a batchmate and comrade in the army, Dr. Jan Miranda recalled, “We were the only ones  from MSUCOM  who would go into bars to have a drink completely dressed in uniforms with our nameplates on.” Though such behavior may seem inappropriate, it was during those drinking sessions when they laid out their plans together post-medschool. “Actually, it was I who gave him the idea of becoming a military doctor one day, hence both of us ended up in the military. He went to Neurosurgery while I decided on Orthopaedics.”

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One would wonder what motivates Dr. Ontok  and Dr. Miranda to continue saving lives in such adverse conditions. Dr. Miranda’s answer made sense. “Your profession as a doctor is already considered a service. But being a military doctor gives a higher level of service to our country. Why stay in the military and get a salary of only ₱45,000 when you can earn more in private hospitals? One operation there is double, even triple our pay. However, we will still opt to stay as a sacrifice and service to the people. How much more if you put your life in danger at ground zero within 1 km radius from the enemies? That’s why I salute him.”

Both of Dr. Ontok’s best friends joked about his celebrity status. When Dr. Ontok was invited by ABS-CBN Lifestyle for a photo op, Dr. Esparcia texted him, “Wow! You’re at par with Marlon Stockinger!”. Dr. Miranda teased him, “Parekoy, be back in one piece because if not, it might be the end of your celebrity career”, to which Dr. Ontok replied, “G*go!“.

But kidding aside, Dr. Miranda aims to convince more graduates from MSUCOM to serve the people.

Dr. Ontok may be popular on social media for his looks, but he makes use of that status in all the best ways possible. Through Instagram, he displays optimism and spreads awareness of the condition of our armed forces in the hopes of gaining renewed appreciation that they deserve and to encourage people to give back.

Doctors in an active field area have a tough job and it takes a toll on these people. As a senior clerk, I can never imagine how it feels to be in his boots, waving at people going to the front line only to receive them later on stretchers.

Dr. Ontok: The Viral Military Neurosurgeon By: Sheen Ray Valdez Author’s Note: My original plan before writing an article about Dr. Ontok was to interview him personally.

[guren-no-shishio]

I was tagged ~

Rules: answer 30 questions and tag blogs you would like to get to know better

Tagged by: @cawcawpeasants

1. Nicknames: I don’t really have many, but I do get called Esta by some friends because of another blog of mine… But if you want you can refer to me as Eiryuu as that’s what I go by for most things ~ 

2. Gender: Female

3. Star Sign: Scorpio

4. Height: 171cm last time I checked, apparently it’s 5′6

5. Time: 6:51am

6. Birthday: 11/11/97

7. Favourite Bands: I don’t have any at the moment

8. Favourite Solo Artists: ^^

9. Song stuck in my head: Dua Lipa - New Rules. Because of a freak’n ad

10. Last movie I watched: A Dogs Purpose. Don’t do it! I’m still sad

11. Last show I watched: Nanatsu no Taizai ~ 

12. When did I create my blog? Early 2016… it’s about 2 years old, yikes - the fandom has truly grown since then

13. What do I post: I mainly have just been answering asks lately… But occasionally I post edits or drawings I’ve done. When the time comes I try to share any content if I can.

14. Last thing I googled: cm to feet, I always forget what my height is in ft

15. Do you have any other blogs? I have a few :3

16. Do you get asks? I do and I try my best to answer them as soon as I can, thanks for sending them - I am happy when I see one :D

17. Why did you choose your URL? Because Crimson Lion is best squad

18. Following Blogs: 992… and yet my dash is still usually dead, rip me

19. Followers: I have 702, thank you all for dealing with me ❤️

20. Favourite Colours: Purple and blue

21. Average hours of sleep: I usually get about 6-8

22. ????

23. Instruments: I played the Clarinet and Bass Clarinet in primary - unfortunately gave it up when I hit High School cause that school just didn’t have their sh*t together

24. What am I wearing: Shorts and a singlet because it’s freak’n hot 

25. How many blanket I sleep with: One very thin one at the moment

26. Dream Job: Not yet discovered

27. Dream Trip: I don’t know? There’s so many places I wanna go!?

28. Favourite Food: I have to pick one? No can do

29. Nationality: Australian ~ 

30. Favourite song now: I have a few favourites at the moment, so choosing one is just impossible

Tagging: @sugar-bit-art-blog @black-clover-imagine @dekuetna and of course anyone who wants to do this! 

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Stephen Jackson’s Ex-Fiancée Imani Showalter Pops Up With Receipts To Debunk Wedding Story & Responds To His 'Bitter Black Women' Rant

After former NBA baller Stephen Jackson spoke about why he left Imani Showalter at the alter, the former “BBW” star is now sharing her side of the story. Find out what she had to say inside…

  Well, this escalated quickly.

Former NBA star Stephen Jackson went on IG Live to share why he left his ex-fiancée/former “BBW: LA” star "Melissa" Imani Showalter at the alter.

Now, she’s sharing her side of the story…with receipts.

In the Live, Stephen mention the San Antonio Spurs had an issue with the way Imani dressed and he claims the organization felt that she wasn’t a good influence on the other WAGS and that's why he didn't re-sign with the team. Well, Imani addressed his claims in an IG post today.

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                  And I had just signed a record deal Via Shakir Stewart with my girl group. I been on. Don't try to minimize me to some gold digger bitch cause we both know I upgraded YOU! Nappy braids and gapped teeth ain't never been hitting. You fixed yourself up and got some big money contracts, but let's not forget what and who you really are. Cosmetic dentistry and new clothes can't disguise how ugly you are on the inside. Now run tell @madamenoire that.

A post shared by Melissa S (@iammelissaimani) on Apr 21, 2020 at 1:12pm PDT

In a nutshell, Imani (who goes by Melissa on IG) said the way she dressed had NOTHING to do with why he didn't sign a new contract with the Spurs. In a series of posts on IG, she said they ended up in Atlanta because of HIS unhealthy habits. It had nothing to do with her like he tried to make it seem in his IG Live.

"And I had just signed a record deal Via Shakir Stewart with my girl group. I been on. Don't try to minimize me to some gold digger bitch cause we both know I upgraded YOU! Nappy braids and gapped teeth ain't never been hitting," she wrote on IG. "You fixed yourself up and got some big money contracts, but let's not forget what and who you really are. Cosmetic dentistry and new clothes can't disguise how ugly you are on the inside. Now run tell @madamenoire that."

Sis always whipped out receipts:

"Please look at the date sent.... 2 weeks before the wedding (not the 3-4 months you lied about on live this morning) and also take note of who was copied.... I'm assuming that's who sat down with attorneys," she wrote, addressing the prenup Stephen claims he sent her months before the wedding. "Keep lying but I got receipts. YOU never had even had the conversation with me about wanting me to sign a prenup and wouldn't even call the lawyers back trying to avoid disappointing your momma. Keep it for once #Receipts #ALieDontCareWhoTellIt #FakeNews #YouAintGottaLieToKickIt #Fakest'RealNigga'IKnow"

In another post:

"And yes I did sign after hand writing some things in because I didn't know what was in that mysterious prenup that I got 1 hour before walking down the isle," she wrote in the caption of a what appears to be a photo of the actual prenup. "I didn't ask for much because I had trust and was blinded by love. I asked for bare minimum. I asked for allowance so I wound be at your mercy because you've dogged me before and left me for dead and me and your child had to sleep on a couch and my girlfriend had to send me money to feed your child. I asked for a house In case you choose to throw me and the kids on the street as you had done numerous times and I had to ask a girlfriend who was armed to come with me for you to even allow me back in to get me and my kids clothes. I requested NO MORE kids because YOU asked for these kids and by this time I had seen What kind of father you were. I asked that you stop cheating because after having 2 babies on me I'd had enough. And finally I asked to have legal representation at a later date to look at the prenup at a later date to make sure it would be 2 sided. Period. Keep lying to you fans who have no clue how evil you are but leave me alone," she wrote.

"I have nothing but time (quarantined and bored) and receipts (yes I'm petty and pay for extra cloud storage to hold receipts of everything because I know I need proof to discount your lies against me) I have every text email legal doc that has ever been sent. If I can put my hands on something from 15 years ago like that just think of all the shit I haven't shown. I've been respectful and quiet to cover and protect not just you but my kids... but my patience is wearing thin. Please just leave me alone. #YouAintGottaLieToKickIt"

    Here's more: 

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                  So since we want to talk about how your kids don't call you on your birthday ... maybe this is why. You show people how to treat you. This is how my daughter spent her Sweet 16 on her floor crying cause once again you disappointed her and let her down. Take responsibility for the relationship (or lack there of )you have created with your children. You're not the victim here sir they are. #GirlDad #YouAintGottaLieToKickIt

A post shared by Melissa S (@iammelissaimani) on Apr 3, 2020 at 11:47am PDT

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                  So I guess there's more to come. Smh please just grow up and go away. I'm over here battling Corona, raising these kids, working from home and doing my best to stay out the way. This isn't a "GAME" as you say sir it's our real life. There are more productive things to do during this pandemic beside trying to hurt or embarrass me and our kids with your "huge platform on Showtime" is it really that serious for you? Read a book, take a nap, learn a new language, adopt a shelter pet... Do some good during this time. Once again Please leave me alone. #BitterBitches

A post shared by Melissa S (@iammelissaimani) on Apr 4, 2020 at 7:51am PDT

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                  I guess reposting his own words is me "going hard".... I done went from a "bitter black woman" to a "Scam Artist" all in one day without even leaving my house. who knew.... I'm over this, bout to go rewatch Tiger King. Maybe by the time it's over I can go from a "Scam Artist" to a Pet Rescue

A post shared by Melissa S (@iammelissaimani) on Apr 4, 2020 at 8:30am PDT

        Sis said she has TIME, OK?

Earlier this month, Imani (who has give different baby mothers) sat down with Demetria L. Lucas to chop it up about a video Stephen previously posted that went viral. In the clip, he complains about how "bitter black women" are the downfall of successful black men. Check it:

Have several seats sir. You knew what type of women you were dealing with before you laid up with them and impregnated them. After he put up this post, Imani opened up about the video in an interview with Demetria. Start listening at the 30-minute mark below:

We wonder if Stephen shared this "bitter black woman" rant to his black daughter:

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                  All smiles

A post shared by Melissa S (@iammelissaimani) on Dec 28, 2019 at 4:30pm PST

  Photo: Pacific Coast News/Getty

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december 9, 2017 | 2:51am:

hi. i’m danielle. i’m not necessarily new to tumblr. in fact i had it since i was in middle school. i’ve also deleted my accounts multiple times.. maybe about 7+ amount of times. also, i turned 23 this past november the 28th. and in my 23 years of living, i’ve learned a lot. also, i think (at least hope) this will be the last tumblr account i will be making, and (hopefully) keep for the rest of my life. anyways, there are plenty of things that i wish i told my younger self. so this is 23 yr old me roasting my younger self and questioning why younger me did the things i did. i think 23 is an important number. i feel like once i’ve hit that number, a wave of maturity and realizations and reality of life just hits you, and like that you become an intelligent young adult. maybe this doesn’t happen to everyone, but it definitely happened to me. people say “live life with no regrets”.. but i’ll admit, i regret a whole lot of shit i’ve done in my life. the type of stuff you can’t take back because you’ve already set that title up for yourself. i blame myself for setting myself up for all the shit that i’ve been through. however, although i do regret certain things in my life, i have no control over it. and that is definitely a lesson that took time for me to learn. the point whenever i realized i was getting old, i realized that life only moves forward, and you can only do so much to sustain your own self. preserving my own character and only building myself, for myself has been my main and only focus these days. and i thank my younger self for making those mistakes in life. because if it wasn’t for those mistakes and failures, i wouldn’t have been on the path that i am on now. looking back this year, i’ve noticed there has been more growth in me than there ever was. i’m quite proud for what my mind has accomplished.

3:13am:

diff. topic. so i had this conversation with a friend. his name is richard. we’ve gotten pretty close in the span of 1 year. but we talk about a lot of deep topics, such as life in general, family, friends, people, society, love, you name it. knowing me, intellectual conversations are def my kink. so once you bring up a topic of conversation that can go as deep and far as the universe itself, expect a nonstop conversation. anyways, i was just talking to him about guys and why i feel like all guys are the same and whatnot. he then brings up a point that makes me realize what i should be doing: focusing on myself and not care about what others think. funny that i give other people that same exact advice, yet i don’t follow it myself. tends to happen to me, which is annoying. but i think having a friend like him really helps put life into a certain perspective. so i am a big believer of GOD.. and i think that HE put richard in my life to help me realize what i should be doing with myself and give me that moral support to have someone believe in me, because when i really thought about it, i actually don’t think i tell myself enough that i believe in myself.. until richard tells me stuff like “you are an amazing girl that feel underappreciated and i believe you should know that”.. like WHAT. honestly, EVERYONE needs a richard in their life. he literally wants to make me cry sometimes. a friend that will support you that much, is definitely a friend you should keep around. because those are the type of people that will only build you up. so this personal post goes out to you richard. GOD bless your soul.

3:29am:

next topic. so i’m a hostess at this fancy restaurant called 51fifteen. so one day i was helping this one lady. she walked in merely smiling. she took a look at the menu briefly, then takes it with her, and walks herself inside the dining area to seat herself (keep in mind that it’s mine or another server’s job to seat customers) so i thought that was kind of weird. i just assumed maybe she didn’t think that someone was supposed to seat her anyways, and that it was a self-seating restaurant?? despite the fancy high-class environment??? anyways, i’m not trying to shit-talk this lady in any way btw i promise this goes into a deeper topic. so she just sits at a 4 seat table, on her own. which isn’t weird because we do get customers who dine-in by themselves. but the look on this woman’s face seemed a little off. she kept staring off somewhere.. like straight ahead, or on the table or wherever. she had a really sad look on her face, almost like she was very depressed. in my head, i really felt like asking her what’s wrong. or if she’s okay. or if there was something she needed to talk about. or just be her friend. because for some strange reason, the look she had on her face affected me as well. now i feed off other people’s energy quite easily. and her energy seemed very low. and sad. at the same time i didn’t want to seem nosy, as much as i wanted to talk to this woman. plus, i was working and it was a busy morning, so i couldn’t anyway. but this made me realize how people can be sad, and send a cry for help their own way. and in a way i felt bad because i feel like i could’ve made her a day a little better somehow. idk.. i just had a thought about her. and it makes me sad to think that there are sad people out there. to conclude this post, i think everyone deserves to be recognized of the way they feel. the feeling of being wanted and loved are important to those who we think are in need of it. because we just never know what anyone is going through.

[san-missouri]

MENGQI JI | ELLEDGE CASE REVIEW/UPDATE

Anyone who would like to receive email or text alerts for the criminal proceedings against Joe Elledge can do so through the links provided for his felony abuse case (here), or here for the murder trial. 

#SpreadAwarenessNow first broke the news of Mengqi Ji's disappearance online October 11 at 6:46 PM.

Since that time much has happened, most recently Elledge was charged with first-degree murder Wednesday in connection with the disappearance of Menqi Ji, who was last seen Oct. 8. Joseph Elledge is also facing charges of felony child abuse and endangerment. Judge Jacobs has set a trial date of April 6 for that case which will begin with jury selection in Warren County selecting from 100 potential jurors. Once that process is completed the jury will be brought back to Boone County and opening arguments could begin that night. Please use the links provided above to receive notifications from the court on these ongoing case developments.

We have followed the case closely, being the first to provide you with comprehensive, interactive, and content-rich posts and flyers focused on the facts of the case and missing evidence, and providing you including exclusive photographs, stimulating content, and critical links to resources including the authorities working the case! We have posted searchable versions of both of the probable cause documents as well as information explaining some of the case law surrounding Corpus Delicti in our files section. We have previously posted the route that Elledge claimed to have taken, and we still encourage members to look out for those missing items, or other signs of evidence that may potentially have been dumped in the Missouri or Lamine river, or in wooded areas along the route he is said to have taken.

“The suspect drove to the Jefferson City area on one trip and drove back to Columbia. During a second trip, later on that afternoon, he drove down to Ashland, over to Guthrie and back to Ashland and over to Fulton and back up to Columbia and then over to Rocheport. Those are locations where the defendant said he had gone.” -Dan Knight

Both trips described by Joseph match the location of his cell phone until the end of his second trip. Joseph told officers he drove home after leaving Rocheport, however records prove that Joseph's cell phone instead went west. Location data showed that Joseph's phone traveled to Boonville and then later the area of Highway 41 and the Larnine River. The cell phone was in the area of Highway 41 and the Lamine River for approximately 4-5 minutes. Joseph's cell phone then returned eastbound on I70 and back to the area of 2607 Eastwood Drive Apartment 58.

Police used two cadaver K-9 units as they searched the Lamine River in the area of Highway 41, with both dogs alerting to the presence of human decomposition in the river.

In our effort to completely cover the cases of Mengqi Ji and Joseph Elledge we have covered a lot of information that may provide important context to those just learn about this case, and for those of us who have been following it from the beginning, so please keep reading and check the links to find out more about this important and developing case.

MENGQI JI ELLEDGE

WAS REPORTEDLY LAST SEEN AT HER RESIDENCE IN THE 2600 BLOCK OF EASTWOOD DRIVE ON OCTOBER 8 AT 11:30 PM, HOWEVER JOE FIRST CONTACTED COLUMBIA POLICE DEPARTMENT ON OCTOBER 10, 2019 AT 3:30 P.M., AFTER HAVING BEEN CONTACTED REPEATEDLY BY MENGQI'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO WERE CONCERNED THEY COULD NO LONGER REACH HER.

Tuesday, October 8—9:30pm

Joe asserts that Mengqi was laying on the bed and despite their cantankerous relationship he gave her a back massage hoping it would lead to sex, which it did not. He states he then went to the living room afterwards to watch Youtube videos. He claims she went to bed then, and at 11:30 p.m. he went to bed. His mother Jean turns off wechat, then on October 9 - Jean's birthday— Joe claims that gone at 5am when he woke up the baby was crying and Mengqi gone.

He said her car keys were there with cell phone and wedding ring. He fed their child the same way he had·seen Mengqi do it, since he had never done it before, and went back to bed until at 8am he woke up again with Anna. Joe then wished Jean Happy Birthday via text but claims he didn’t tell Jean on October 9 that Mengqi was gone. He asserts that he did not have any further contact with his mother until 10/10/2019 when he texted her that Mengqi was gone. Shortly after sending this text, at 10:30am on October 9 he says he took their infant daughter in Mengqi’s car to Jefferson City, but then because he was not familiar with Jefferson City he got turned around; taking a wrong road and ended up going up 54 North then over to I-70. He said at 6:30 pm he said he did research on google maps to find some walking trails so he could relax, focusing on a large forest area. Sunset this night was at 6:40 pm. He then drove to Ashland, Guthrie, then back to Ashland before going to Fulton.

He stated he had a friend in Fulton and he had never been to Fulton, but then drove on 54/I70 to Rocheport. At this time he drove down to the MKT Trail at Rocheport, saying he left at 10:50pm to come back home- but we know now this is when he went on to first Booneville and the Lamine River access point.

On his mothers birthday, October 9—the day of disappearance Joe texted Jean Happy Birthday, and also texted Enyard Robert he couldn’t make it to campus, but made no phone calls. His mother Jean later testified at the bond reduction hearing that she knew Mengqi was gone when Joe told her at 8:50am on October 10. That same day at 09:06 hours he again texted Robert and told him "I'm kind of stuck at home and busy with my daughter." Again, Joseph did not tell Robert that his wife had gone missing. Around that same time friends arrived looking for Mengqi. Joseph stated the friend had Mengqi's mother on a video call and that is when Joseph first told her that Mengqi was missing. He then on October 10 at 10:51am texted his mother Jean—Have you heard from Mengqi? Then he spoke with her almost immediately thereafter at 10:51 am. Jean testified at the bond reduction hearing that “I don’t remember” what he told her during the 3 minute phone call they had at 10:51 on October 10, but that she came to the Columbia apartment immediately from her Blue Springs home because “We need to deal with this” because he was upset. Jean testified that she was in Columbia entire time from October 10-25. Additionally, during the bond hearing Dan Knight asked Jean “The defendant told you that he put Mengqi somewhere, didn’t he?” To which Jean smirked, then said “No”.

Later at 3:30 pm on October 10 Joe reported Mengqi Ji missing to the Columbia Police Department. Then at 8pm he texted his brother Richard; asked first if he knew that Mengqi was gone; then said he wanted to play games online with his that night, which they did.

On October 11 Jean turns wechat back on.

During his interview with police on 10/15/2019 (six days after Mengqi went missing) Joseph was asked where he believed Mengqi was. Joseph stated he did not want to think about it because he had class; he was in his last semester of school before graduation, and just wanted to focus on school and his child. In his full nine minute interview he repeatedly complains about the challenge of caring for his daughter, and refers to Menqi Ji in the past tense, despite the handwritten document located in Joseph's bag that showed outlined tips for interviews and included a reminder to refer to Mengqi in the present tense when speaking about her.

Many pointed out his repeated use of past tense when talking about his wife in this interview, as well as his odd mannerisms, his mention of Carthage Missouri, and even the strange discourse on his mother’s Facebook page on which (among other things) she referred to Mengqi as her son’s wife, and directed people to bring leads on the case directly to her, and refused to answer any requests for additional information from the public – choosing to either ignore requests or attack individuals with the assistance of her sister Becky Karst Jung. This oddness continued to be on display during her testimony at the bond reduction hearing which followed on November 6, 2019. It was during this hearing that the prosecution played excerpts of the audio recordings that Joe himself took on his own cellphone which clearly documents over multiple days and months his own verbal abuse of Mengqi, which his own mother is heard participating in front of the couples infant daughter. We exclusively feature the full audio of this November bond reduction hearing on our YouTube, but we warn you the incriminating recordings are hard to listen to at times.

Officers examined data from Joseph's cell phone during the course of the investigation into Menqi Ji's disappearance, and were able to locate recordings of conversations between Joseph and Mengqi. In those conversations Joseph is openly hostile and at times threatening to Mengqi. During a recording in June 2019 Joseph stated to Mengqi, "I'm ready to be done talking to you forever. " During a recording in August 2019 Joseph stated to Mengqi that he wanted a divorce but he was concerned about spending a lot of money to get the divorce. Joseph made the statement "I would like to discuss our relationship and I am kind of ready to discuss the end of it as well. " Joseph made statements about being eager to break their ties and be done. Joseph stated "I'm open to joint custody if you're staying in America." Joseph further stated, "Anna's not leaving America, I can tell you that." This statement took on a threatening tone. Joseph also threatened to stop sponsoring Mengqi for citizenship and to have her deported back to China. Joseph stated that Anna would stay with him in America while Mengqi was deported.

Officers examined data from Mengqi's cell phone and located a recording from October of 2018. In that recording Joseph and Mengqi are having and argument and Joseph stated

"Do you want me to fucking break shit? Do you want me to hurt somebody? . . . You know how I conquer nature I fucking kill it, I grab its head, break its fucking neck, that's how you conquer fucking nature. Yeah I'm.trying to be sophisticated, trying to help you guys, yeah I'm not going to live with you very well ... you 're being very unsophisticated, you're being like the natural evil bitches seriously you think you're so empowered because of this society well don't forget that nature exists. You're still just a woman and there's nature in that. There's nature in your brain ... You' re poking the bull. Don't poke the bull"

This tone is consistent with what we uncovered in his bigoted, nationalist, and racist Twitter rants which Joe defended before deactivating his Twitter. We felt his tweets offered us insight into his personality beyond his questionable smirks, odd remarks, and waggling brow as his ignorance was on full display, as he frequently ridicules people on the basis of race and ideology, and degrades women in his self-speaking tweets. Our post regarding the tweets also drew his Aunt out of the woodwork, where she engaged our community in a verbal assault, all the while defending her racist conduct, insisting that social media does not define character after we had explained at length in the comments how legal precedent says otherwise.

While much of the comments have been removed from the live page, and Joe deactivated his Twitter subsequent to our post, we have preserved them both for posterity, online and on other secure devices. Since posting an update which again included these tweets, we have again begun seeing Elledge relatives active in our Facebook group, from as far away as South Dakota, and they have begun a campaign of reporting our group ironically for "hate speech" on account of displaying the same racist tweets they once defended!

October 18 at 10:30am the Elledge's had their first appointment with defense attorneys. Jean’s sister Becky Karst Jung said on the 20th in our group that she knew more than the public did and was already calling Joe a suspect. They then hired their criminal defense attorneys on October 21. This was before Joe was arrested on the child abuse charges and before they even knew about the child abuse charges..

October 25-We later learned from the probable cause statement that at the time of his arrest he was found to be attempting to leave the area with his mother Jean and daughter Anna (this is likely why the motion was later made and granted on 11/1/2019 to prevent Jean from lawfully removing Anna from the state of Missouri), and from the cab driver we learned that Jean was left with Anna in her custody at that time of his arrest. Jean was sitting in the back of the car to go to Blue Springs with Joe and his infant daughter. When asked why they weren't looking for Mengqi she then said that they were going to put up flyers in Kansas City that weekend. She asked to talk with her attorney.

Joseph Elledge has been in the Boone County Jail since October on child abuse and child endangerment charges. The abuse was uncovered as detectives were looking for clues in the disappearance of his wife. Officers examining Apple IPad located pictures of bruising on a child's buttocks that were sent via email on 02/18/2019 at 11:44 by Mengqi. She sent three different photographs of bruising via email. Other photographs of injuries on a child were located on the IPad but were in a thumbnail format that was too small for detail. The normal accompanying full size image was not present which is normally due to the photograph being erased. Joseph had access to the IPad for approximately one week prior to officers gaining control of it. Officers examining laptop computer located two pictures with two accompanying videos of bruising on a child's buttocks. The photographs were located in a folder used for backing up photographs from an IPhone. The photographs were taken on 02/12/2019. On 10/25/2019 Joseph advised, post Miranda, that he did bruise approximately 7 to 8 months prior while trying to get his daughter to stop crying. The bruise in the picture covers one side of the buttocks and is purple blue and yellow.

His bond is set at $500,000 cash-only in that case, which most recently had a hearing in the child Thursday morning and is set for trial April 6.

Information about Mengqi Ji

Last Known Location Map

Height: 5' 1" (61 Inches)

Eye Color: Brown

Hair Color: Black

Head Hair Description: Shoulder length, usually worn in a bun.

Piercing: Both ears

Accessories

BLACK PURSE WITH WHITE STARS

Footwear

BLACK NIKE SHOES

Case number: 2019-010707

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The best places to go on the internet if you stan possums

As far as viral animals go, possums have one of the most niche followings: ignored by some, hated by others, and beloved by the very best.

If you've just discovered your love of possums (opossums in North America), know that you're not alone. There are safe spaces on the internet for possum lovers. You don't need to disguise your interest in this unabashedly rodent-like handsome marsupial. On Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, you can fave in peace.

There are others just like you — people who love their elongated tails and beady eyes, and who are fighting for equal possum representation in memes.

SEE ALSO: Yes, your dog has a horoscope. So does your gerbil.

Possums blew up in February 2018 after a photo, featuring a possum being "interviewed" by a journalist was posted to Facebook in the form of a meme and then shared across the internet. Since then, "Interview Possum" has inspired plenty of social media love. 

Here are the best places to get your possum high on social media.

1. PossumEveryHour

Started in July of 2018, @PossumEveryHour releases one photo of a possum every hour for the extreme possum lover.

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— Possum Every Hour (@PossumEveryHour) February 19, 2019

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— Possum Every Hour (@PossumEveryHour) February 19, 2019

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— Possum Every Hour (@PossumEveryHour) February 19, 2019

2. Olivia's O'meme Outlet

Though not limited exclusively to opossums, Olivia's O'meme Outlet has some of the best possum content on the web and was the first to introduce "Interview Possum."

3. ItsMeSesame on Instagram

While possums are not domesticated animals and should be kept in the wild, Sesame the Opossum's owner kept Sesame as a pet because it was injured and couldn't survive independently. Now that Sesame has passed, Starfish the Opossum has taken her holy place.

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A post shared by Sesame the Opossum & Starfish (@itsmesesame) on Feb 13, 2019 at 12:49pm PST

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A post shared by Sesame the Opossum & Starfish (@itsmesesame) on Feb 3, 2019 at 11:39am PST

4. Possum_memes_only

For pure possum meme content — no dogs, no cats, no cockatiels — I turn to possum_memes on Instagram.

Possum_memes isn't particularly wholesome, but it definitely brings out the absurdist/alterna/goth side of opossums.

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What your possum-obsessed teen's texts REALLY mean... #possummemesonly #possums #possum #opossum #justpossumthings #isyourchildtextingabout #opossums #memes #possummemes #dankmemes #wholesomememes #teenagerposts #justteenthings #textmeback #smh

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What makes you different,, makes you beautiful ✨ #possum #possums #opossum #possummemes #justpossumthings #cats #familydinner #wholesomememes #wholesome #memes #catfood #animalfriends #unlikelyanimalfriends

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5. Opossum_of_the_day_official

If you can't handle one photo of a possum per hour, consider one photo of an opossum per day. Followers send their favorite photos of opossums to this account, which reposts them.

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Pose for the king - Smol boi provided by @nolans_little_pet_rescue ❤️ - - - I don't own any of these photos, all photos go to the respected possum owner. Daily possum only hopes to start your day with a smile❤️DM me for credit - #possum #opossum #cute #kawaii #baby #adorable

A post shared by dONT STOP me NOWWW (@opossum_of_the_day_official) on Jan 14, 2019 at 8:29pm PST

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He täkę tömãtê - Tomate from @__missfortune__ - - I don't own any of these photos, all photos go to the respected possum owner. Daily possum only hopes to start your day with a smile❤️DM me for credit - #possum #opossum #cute #kawaii #baby #adorable

A post shared by dONT STOP me NOWWW (@opossum_of_the_day_official) on Jan 4, 2019 at 6:40pm PST

6. @Own_ass

Described as a "possum hatred-free zone," Twitter account @Own_ass is a possum-positive Twitter dedicated to celebrating everything good about possums.

i am trying my best pic.twitter.com/2TIBeKnshA

— scrëm (@own___ass) February 28, 2018

bought a house neighbors complain about smëll looking to relöcate pic.twitter.com/fOoTK42fxn

— scrëm (@own___ass) October 23, 2018

me? strëssed? pic.twitter.com/xIFSYyuMUG

— scrëm (@own___ass) October 16, 2018

7. Rate a Possum

Rate a Possum is one of the few possum accounts that isn't purely pro-possum. Instead, the Tumblr account's creator claims that "I can respect anything that can make a living off of eating trash."

While it may not identify as a stan account, it sure acts that way.

8. Possumcore

With over 215,000 followers, Facebook account Possumcore has one of the largest possum followings on the web. How can it not?

This is that good, raw possum shit.

9. r/Possums

The subreddit r/Possums doesn't have the same following that other possum accounts do, but the content they do have is very tender and weird.

10. Poppy the Possum

Poppy the possum is a self-described urban possum who is "living the dream" as a "sleep enthusiast, food critic, actress."

This is accurate. What about this nap is not, in fact, the dream?

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Tiny opossum pretzel #🥨 #hmmm #nowiwantasnack #butnotenough #togetup #balloffluff

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Thank you, possum social media, for creating so many possum-positive spaces. Together, we can build a better internet, made and led by marsupials. 

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Celebrities pay tribute to Karl Lagerfeld after Chanel designer's death: 'You made me feel like a princess'

Karl Lagerfeld has died at the age of 85.

Karl Lagerfeld was notably absent from two of Chanel’s shows last month in Paris. (Photo: Getty Images)

The Chanel designer died at a French hospital Tuesday morning following a bout of ill health in recent weeks, the French media reports.

Concerns about the German-born designer’s condition arose on Jan. 22, when he missed two of Chanel’s haute couture shows in Paris.

Celebrities and fellow designers are paying tribute to the fashion giant, including Victoria Beckham, first lady Melania Trump, actress Diane Kruger, singer Lily Allen, model Alexa Chung, Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace and celebrity hairdresser Sam McKnight.

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Today the world lost a creative genius. We will miss you Karl! #RIPKarlLagerfeld

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Karl .. too many memories to write … , I THANK YOU , THANK YOU, THANK YOU !!! For taking the chance on 16 year old girl from South London and opening my eyes . May you Rest with Highest 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔🙏🏾@karllagerfeld @chanelofficial @fendi @chloe

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Nothing feels right today..at a loss for words and so heartbroken by the loss of Karl. His humor, wit , love and passion for fashion will live on forever. Thank you for the inspiration that you gave to this world and for all of the hearts that you touched in the process. Every time I saw you it felt like the first time & I will miss your hugs so much. I feel so lucky to have been in your presence. Sending my love to the Lagerfeld family and to all closest to him. I am so sorry. We all love you so much .💔 Rest In Peace KL❤️

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  So incredibly sad to hear this. Karl was a genius and always so kind and generous to me both personally and professionally. RIP 💔x vb

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  You made me feel like a princess. I never quite understood what you saw in me but I am forever grateful for the support that you and Chanel have given me over the last 15 years. Rest In Peace Karl, you were a true genius and will be missed, so much.

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  Dear Karl, it has been an enormous pleasure. I’m honoured to have known you. ❤️

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  Karl…..I cannot tell you how much you meant to me and how much I will miss you ♥️ I will never forget your kindness towards me, your laughs, your imagination ♥️ I came to France see you this week and introduce you to my daughter…I’m heartbroken I was too late ♥️ Rest In Peace, I adore you ♥️

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  Karl your genius touched the lives of so many, especially Gianni and I. We will never forget your incredible talent and endless inspiration. We were always learning from you.

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  Rest in peace, Karl. I remember being so scared to interview you and yet you were in fact incredibly witty and generous. Thank you for inviting me to some of the most glamorous experiences of my life, it was an honour to know you. Oh yeah and thanks for the dry shampoo tip, will always think of you as I powder my wig. ❤️

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We lost a true legend!!!! You were such an inspiration to the world! You shot my first fashion shoot and I was so nervous to work with such an icon! The world is so much chicer because you existed! I am beyond honored to have met you and had the opportunity to work with you. You are so loved and will be so missed 💔

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Dearest Karl, You swooped me off my feet and showed me love and friendship. I am heartbroken. i love you with all my heart. 🌹🌹🌹💝🌹🌹🌹

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Karl, since the day I first walked into your office on rue Chambon you took me under your wing and brought me along on an incredible journey. My first campaign ever was for Chanel, the second for the Karl Lagerfeld brand. We did numerous campaigns and shoots together in the years that followed but the real beauty and luck about this for me was getting to know you, observe you, learn from you, laugh with you, enjoy so many special moments with you. Some of the best ones being from your mansion in the south of France where I stayed with you whenever we worked on a campaign. After long shoot days we would end up in Rampoldi for a feast of wonderful food and wines and you were one of the most delightful dinner dates I’ve ever had, sharing stories about everyone in the restaurant and enjoying the food with such infectious delight that I so appreciated because of my own love of food. Oh the many wonderful meals we shared.. the many stories.. the many late nights sitting with you in your vast library in candlelight with you talking about your childhood, work, books, writers, architects, artists, nature, food, people… everything. You knew everything about everything! I saw you last time at the Chanel show at the MET and I wanted to run out to you on the runway and hug you because I had a feeling.. well, I don’t think you passed away, you were just picked up by a UFO and brought back to the planet you’re from. Because you were as close to a super human that I have ever come across. I will miss you very much and always think of you. You gave me so much.. ❤️❤️❤️ @karllagerfeld @chanelofficial

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Karl … thank you for taking @willowsmith under your wing and teaching her so much. Thank you for  the advice you would give me on my hairstyles and how it was much nicer less extreme😆 You were so kind and that’s a rare find in your industry. I will miss you. You are not only a legend but a deeply gentle, caring soul. Rest in love Karl❤️

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Dearest @karllagerfeld there will never be another like you. Thank you for your incredible contribution to fashion and wit. 💔

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Lagerfeld was creative director of French luxury fashion house Chanel since 1983, and he has become associated with the brand in the same way as founder Coco Chanel herself.

He also worked on his own eponymous label and collaborated with Italian fashion house Fendi since 1965, designing furs, clothing and accessories.

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PageantCast Mail Bag: 01/16/2019

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PageantCast Mail Bag: 01/16/2019

We know no one uses mail anymore, but here in the mailbag we put a selection of Instagram posts, Facebook posts and Twitter posts that we’ve been tagged in.

Here’s this week’s selection:

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Finishing out the weekend by celebrating that both of my Teen Clients made Top 5 at Miss Teen NV USA. @tinleymcwhorter absolutely nailed her onstage question! (Video at the end) I couldn’t have been more proud of how far this blonde bombshell has come in the last few months. It’s always my pleasure to be a part of my client’s pageant journeys. My eyes literally swelled with tears as I watched @tinleymcwhorter step forward, and slay that answer! Tinley left everything on that stage last night, placing 3rd runner-up in a strong class of teen pageant contenders. 💕 @acireciel beautifully graced that stage and brought home the title of @missnvteenusa. Erica’s platform is about ensuring that people everywhere will have opportunities for education. She, herself, was the recipient of a scholarship, which has changed her life. So proud of you @acireciel! You will be a great representative for NV this year! It was my pleasure to have sponsored your interview coaching. 👑😘. Congratulations to @rissrose2 for both of your titleholders walking away Nevada State winners. I don’t know of a harder working woman in the pageant industry! @rissrose2 continues to help create avenues for girls to pursue their dreams. Congratulations to @tiannatuamoheloa your new Miss NV USA. @missnvusa 💗 I want to give a big shoutout to @britneybarnhart and @carolinaaurrea for a job well done representing NV this last year! Both are gorgeous, intelligent and sweet. Britney placed Top 15 at Nationals and Carolina was 2nd runner- up at Nationals. To say that we are all proud of them is an understatement. 👑💕 Lastly, I got to spend the day giving hugs and kisses to some of my favorite pageant babes. It was so much fun seeing my pageant girls. “Find your tribe, love them hard.” @tinajarchow @karicarlsondeike @kamideike @mnvoteenlasvegas @autumn_mckissick @wishtheturtle @mnvoteen_unlv @jill_barnhart @pageantlife_coach @alexa_fahd @rissrose2 #pageant #pageantcoach #queen #motivated #dedicated #driven #sisterhood #beautyandbrains #lovemygirls #mysquad

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🎉 THE PAGEANT EVENT 🎉 Such an awesome 👏 day with 250 women from all over the country! On behalf of Marleighs Ministry and Marleighs Angel Gowns as the International Spokeswomen thank you for all your donations and a huge thank you to Taylor Gem for all your work!!! Cheryl Smukowski and Michelle Becker wow is all I can say about today!!!! Thank you for providing such a wonderful event that we can all come together ❤️❤️❤️ Autumn Kastein I think we did killer with the fashionshow and can’t wait to rock it next year!!! 💥💥💥 love you 😘 Crystal Cavey thank you for absolutely everything this weekend from road tripping together, being one of my roomies, helping with my fashion show trunks and ALWAYS the great memories ❤️❤️❤️ love you to pieces!!!! Tiffany Christina and Sherlyn Fox best roomies ever!!!! Love you guys so so much!!! Loved meeting so many wonderful queens from so many systems too….Nicole Elizabeth so happy we finally connected 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 I just adore you! Thank you to all my wonderful models that rocked the runway wearing GO BLING Yourself!!!!! Xoxo #pageant #communityservice #model #thepageantevent #sash #crown #queen #titleholder #mission #womenempowerment #womeninspiringwomen #womensupportingwomen #styleblogger #fashionblogger #pageantmakeup #makeup #hair #stylist #fashion #fun @mrsnicolecook @crystalcavey @mrswisconsinunitedstates @jaynelblack @emma.loney @sherlyn707

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Best of luck this weekend to this green-eyed bombshell, @tinleymcwhorter! This gorgeous soul, also known as “Tin-can,” brings a whole new meaning to “fighter.” Embracing her challenges in life, and facing them head-on, her platform, “Blind To Disability,” is based on her personal story of hope and inspiration. This amazing young woman reminds me every time we speak how amazing pageant girls really are. I’m so happy to work with and feel inspired by this beauty. Good luck Tinley! #pageant #pageantlife #queen #blindtodisability #tincan #motivated #fighter #greeneyes #model #modeling

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Backstage at the Parade of Nations for Mrs Universe 2018 #transcontinentalpageants #mrssouthamerica #mrsuniverse #mrsuniverse2018 #mrsuniverseltd #pageantprosllc #sabrinapinion #mrsgalaxy #mrsworld #mrsunitedstates #mrsglobe #mrspageants #missology #pageantcast #mrsinternational #mrsearth #mrspetiteworld

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Happy New Year 🥳 #cometome2019 😍 #bestisyettocome

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🎉This is such a privilege and honor to be your COVER MODEL for Pageant Platform Magazine January/February 2019 Issue!!!! I want to send my deepest thanks to Kerry Kathleen for giving me this wonderful opportunity!!! I am so grateful!!! Be sure to read my interview in the link below Check them out on Facebook and online at : www.pageantplatformmag.com 📸by DazzleShot Images Owner Radh Balwan 👗by Mac Duggal Styled by Crystal Cavey #pageantplatformmagazine #covermodel #pageant #titleholder #msillinoisuscontinental2019

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Inhale faith Exhale doubt 💜💙💚💛 Miss ECO Georgia 2019 * * * * * * @missecointernational @missecous @glamgreenpageants @macduggal @bodybycraig @heathersumlin @pageantplanet @pageants.news @thepageantspotlight #journeytothecrown #roadtothecrown #pageant #befearlesslyyourself #beyourownsuperhero #beautypageant #beauty #WomenEmpower #nofear #nodoubt #thisisme #picoftheday #queen #photooftheday #glamgreenpageants #missecointernational #missecousa #missecogeorgia #makeup #curlyhair

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🎉 THE PAGEANT EVENT 🎉 Such an awesome 👏 day with 250 women from all over the country! On behalf of Marleighs Ministry and Marleighs Angel Gowns as the International Spokeswomen thank you for all your donations and a huge thank you to Taylor Gem for all your work!!! Cheryl Smukowski and Michelle Becker wow is all I can say about today!!!! Thank you for providing such a wonderful event that we can all come together ❤️❤️❤️ Autumn Kastein I think we did killer with the fashionshow and can’t wait to rock it next year!!! 💥💥💥 love you 😘 Crystal Cavey thank you for absolutely everything this weekend from road tripping together, being one of my roomies, helping with my fashion show trunks and ALWAYS the great memories ❤️❤️❤️ love you to pieces!!!! Tiffany Christina and Sherlyn Fox best roomies ever!!!! Love you guys so so much!!! Loved meeting so many wonderful queens from so many systems too….Nicole Elizabeth so happy we finally connected 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 I just adore you! Thank you to all my wonderful models that rocked the runway wearing GO BLING Yourself!!!!! Xoxo

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Best of luck to this beauty @acireciel who will grace the Miss Nevada Teen USA Stage this weekend. Erica was our very first Tivoli Teen NV winner and I was honored to work with her as a sponsor of the Miss Tivoli and Miss Silver State preliminaries. This beauty is working her platform to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to further their education and career paths. Best of luck @acireciel! #pageantry #pageantcoach #pageantlife #education #beautyandbrains #model #nevada

A post shared by Tracy Rodgers (@pageantlife_coach) on Jan 5, 2019 at 7:49am PST

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Make an effort for yourself and believe in your inner goddess! 📸- @donzartinauz #blue #princess #jasmine #disney #goddess #grecian #love #royal #power #effort #selfimportance #selfworth #this #pose #brunette #girls #me #life #live #pageant #beauty #must

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27 days until I leave with @bodybycraig and @edawn5 to Las Vegas compete for @missecous 💜 👑 Miss ECO Georgia US 2019 @glamgreenpageants @missecointernational * * * * * * * @heathersumlin @mental.management @realpaulashugart @missusa @missuniverse @dalesmiththomas @pageantplanet @pageants.news @roadtomissusa @missusafans @pageantupdatemissusa @thepageantspotlight #journeytothecrown #roadtothecrown #confidentlybeautiful #pageant #befearlesslyyourself #beyourownsuperhero #beautypageant #beauty #WomenEmpower #nofear #nodoubt #thisisme #quote #quotes #quotestoliveby #quotesdaily #dailyquotes #crown #crownup #misscongeniality #highheelhopedealer #internationalpageants #lasvegas #cairo

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There’s a pageant for every woman… let’s do this babes. 2019 is your year!!!#pageantry #pageantcoach #pageantlife #2019

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Best of luck to this gorgeous Australian beauty @missintercontinentalaus18. I had the pleasure of helping this beauty get ready for her National Pageant. She leaves tomorrow for the Philippines to compete for @missintercontinentalorg. This amazing, hard working, passionate and dedicated young woman is bringing her darling accent and fierce competitive side to that International Stage. Best of luck Mikaela! 👑💗 #pageantry #pageantlife #pageantcoach #australiangirl #brainsandbeauty #international #australia #gorgeous #model

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What being a true Queen is really all about. #queening #pageant #pageantlife #quotes #pageantcoach #alwaysgrowing #motivated

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✨So honored to be the cover model of @officialcrownsmagazine !!!!! Make sure to check out their page and website at: www.crownsmagazine.com Photo 📸by @dazzleshotimages Earrings👑 by @sparklestudiollc Gown💃 by @macduggal @ieenaduggal Styling 💁‍♀️by @crystalcavey and @darrenkeddy Makeup💄 by @angelreyesbeauty Hair 👱‍♀️by @sarynalouise @msillinoisuscontinental2019 @uscontinentalpageants #pageant #covermodel #model #pageantmakeup #pageanthair #gown #dress #red #blue #white #makeup #hair #magazine #editorialphotography #fashionblogger #styleblogger #style #fashion #fun #reddress #like #follow #life

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Best of luck to this beauty, @queendanielledanielle as she competes for @usoa_miss_utah tomorrow. Danielle has worked so hard, sharing her platform, “Remember You Are Beautiful.” I’m so proud to be part of Danielle’s pageant journey and gained another beautiful friend. This gorgeous single mother epitomizes hard work, dedication, compassion and strength. Best of luck @queendanielledanielle 💗👑 #pageantqueen #queen #pageantlife #pageantcoach #motivated #determined #compassionate #brainsandbeauty #blonde

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Saturdays (pt 1)

Genre: Fluff/Smut (in pt 2)

Member: Jungkook

Warnings: None 

Word Count: 4484

Summary: After three months of loneliness and insecurities while on tour, Jungkook comes home to you.

Part 2

This is just pure fluff tbh. But Part 2 will much more explicit (and will be posted within the next two or three days at most). Enjoy!

You weren’t sure exactly how long you’d been sitting on the window seat with your knees pulled into your chest, the cool wall leaching all the warmth from your spine through the thick material of your hoodie. All day you’d been lounging in the comfort of your apartment, basking in the calming serenity of the pouring rain pattering against the wide window. The view of the Seoul skyline piercing the gray swirling clouds above was beautiful in the most hazy and sleepy way, almost as if the entirety of South Korea had just woken up from a Saturday-afternoon nap and hadn’t yet wiped the sleep from its eyes.

Saturdays were one of your favorite days, mainly because you didn’t have to worry about your usual responsibilities of college and work. You preferred to spend most of your Saturdays at home to recharge before having to finish up any assignments you’d been procrastinating over on Sunday, and you often found yourself devoting Saturdays to pampering yourself. Eating whatever you wanted, messily slathering on a face mask, taking a long steaming bath to relax your tense muscles, the works. At that point in the day, you’d already cooked yourself chocolate chip pancakes (You woke up around 11:30am, but who’s to say pancakes have to be reserved solely for breakfast time?) while your favorite moisturizing mask was caked on your skin. You stuffed the fluffy, sweet deliciousness in your face ravenously as you binge-watched YouTube videos, the only worry you had being that you may not have enough syrup.

Now you sat, four hours later, curled up by the window, still sucked into the void that is YouTube and enjoying the melancholy rainfall that was baptizing the streets of Seoul.

As much as you loved Saturdays, you couldn’t help but feel sad that you’d spent so many without your boyfriend around to participate in the self-care. The two of you had made it a tradition to spend Saturdays together and bond over cartoons and unhealthy snacks. Even though he basically lived with you when he wasn’t forced to stay at the dorms or travel for a tour, Jungkook was insistent on coming over and talking about each of your weeks through mouthfuls of pizza.

You heaved a sigh at the slight sinking feeling in your chest at remembering the last Saturday Jungkook had been home. The two of you had both gotten a little too tipsy (aka: you were both piss drunk) on cheap wine and ended up singing at the top of your lungs and clumsily dancing around the apartment to the Friends opening credits, the obnoxiously loud volume of the TV and your booming laughter causing your neighbor to complain the next morning. You were both ridiculously hungover the next day, and poor Kookie had a six hour dance practice starting at one in the afternoon. The stubborn motherfucker insisted that he was fine, dammit, and he would just go to practice and suffer through “like a man”. The memory of Namjoon calling you to tell you that Jungkook had puked all over the practice room floor in the middle of rehearsal brought a small smile to your face. God, he’s such an idiot.

You groaned as you raised your arms above your head in a stretch, all the joints in your body seeming to snap at once. At least he’s coming home today.

You unlocked your phone and reread the last messages you’d gotten from him.

[Jungkook] 6:03am: I’m getting on the plane. I’ll be home with you soon. I love you

[You] 11:32am: Be safe! I love you too

[Jungkook] 11:41am: Well good morning

[Jungkook] 11:42am: I guess I’m glad nothing bad happened to me. You would’ve just slept right on through it.

[You] 11:42am: To be honest, I’m a bit disappointed. I was expecting you and Taehyung to find a way to crash the plane by now.

[Jungkook] 11:45am: Lmao sorry to disappoint but Tae is sitting with Jimin instead this time

[You] 11:45am: Did you make a scene

[You] 11:46am: Did you #expose them for the cheating boyfriends that they are

[You] 11:46am: Did #Nochu come thru

[Jungkook] 11:48am: Of course. My emotional speech about their betrayals made the stewardess and several passengers cry.

[You] 11:51am: Where is this man’s Oscar

You didn’t hear from him again until an hour ago, and you could practically feel his excitement buzzing through the phone grasped in your hands.

[Jungkook] 3:30pm: We’re about to land!

[Jungkook] 4:17pm: We’re waiting for our luggage!!

[Jungkook] 4:39pm: Jimin’s bag is lost

[Jungkook] 4:56pm: God this is taking forever

[Jungkook] 4:59pm: I just asked if we could leave Jimin behind but they said no

[Jungkook] 5:11pm: We’re leaving the airport!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ll be home soon!!!!!!!

The last message made you smile so big it made your cheeks hurt. He was so excited to be coming home--and you were so excited for him to rest, if even for a short while. You knew that he was so much more exhausted than he would ever admit. Jungkook loved his job more than anything, but he was still human. Well, you debated that fact on occasion. The boy had a tendency to go and go and go until he was half dead, but even then, the average person would have already been put in a padded room from the amount of stress he faced on the daily.

The past three months had been rough without him--it only being the second time Jungkook had ever had to leave you on tour with Bangtan--but aside from feeling lonely at night after having a particularly rough day, you were handling yourself amazingly well and even gave your boyfriend the space that you felt that he wanted during the stress of touring. Jungkook, on the other hand…

It wasn’t that he wasn’t handling it well. It was more like he just missed you so damn much that he didn’t know what to do with himself. While the touring process was new to you, you had easily adapted because that was just what had to be done and it was all you'd ever known. The first time that Jungkook had to leave for a tour, you had merely been on a few extremely casual dates, so there were really no huge emotional investments on either side yet. You’d formed a closer bond over time by sending texts and links to ridiculous YouTube videos back and forth--Jungkook’s sense of humor more often than not making you snort out loud in the middle of your lectures, the sudden outbursts forcing you to cover it up by pretending to go into a coughing fit. After the first tour, loving Jungkook through a pixelated screen had just become half of your relationship, and you'd both accepted that. But that didn't mean it was easy.

You knew Jungkook wasn’t used to having someone to miss while he was away aside from his family, and the unfamiliar emptiness in his arms where you would normally be made him feel exposed and vulnerable--like he was going into battle without his most important and protective armor. The insecurities plagued him, a swirling mass of what ifs echoing against the interior of his skull. There were many nights where you would be roughly yanked out of sleep, your ringtone blaring so loud that you would scramble to find your phone amidst the tangle of sheets and the throw of darkness--your heart beating so hard in your chest that it felt like it was going to burst through your ribs and flop into bed beside you, only to find that it was merely Jungkook needing to hear your voice.

The last night that he had called in such a state was a week ago, the conversation still fresh on your mind as you waited for him to come home from the airport, your eyes trailing after a couple of silvery raindrops that rolled down the windowpanes in front of you.

“Hello?” That night you answered on the sixth ring with a tongue thick with sleep and eyes still unable to fully open.

“Baby?” Jungkook’s voice was almost always strained when he called you like this, as if he was trying his hardest to keep from showing just how vulnerable and needy he was--although you always knew. That time in particular, the pet name tumbled past his lips in a hurried rush.

“Hey, Jungkookie,” you smiled as you rubbed your eyes. He hesitated, the four seconds worth of grainy silence confirming your suspicions of him calling out of feeling alone in a crowd of six. “Bad day?”

He sighed lowly, and you could practically see him raising his thumb to his lips to nervously gnaw on the ragged cuticle. You could just faintly make out the sound of a rustling somewhere on the other end of the line, and you knew he was bouncing his leg, the nervous energy desperately trying to escape.

“Sort of...” he trailed off, not wanting to voice his actual feelings, god forbid, but you always patiently waited in silence until he felt ready to talk. “I really miss you.”

“I miss you too, more than you know,” even with thousands of miles between the two of you, the sounds of the wheels turning in his head were nearly audible as he tried to think of how to word his burdens.

“Talk to me, boy…” You sang the phrase to the tune of Rock Your Body by Justin Timberlake as out of tune and off pitch as you could, your voice that was still gravelly with sleep only adding to the effect. Anything to make Jungkook smile.

You often used this trick to get him to spill whatever was bothering him, and more often than not, it would illicit an airy chuckle to escape from him and begin to thaw the anxiety that had begun icing over his stomach. But that time all you got was a weak puff of air, a sorry excuse for a laugh.

He must really be upset, you thought.

After a moment, he spoke.

“You don’t….regret being with me, do you?” his voice was quiet, and even through the phone you could see his eyes timidly glued to his lap as he picked at the frayed holes in his jeans. “I mean...do you resent that I have to leave you for so long? Do you wish that you were with someone...normal?”

You blinked in confusion.

“What?” your voice hitched up in surprise.

“Never mind. Forget I called,” he babbled, “I shouldn’t have woken you up. I mean, it’s what? Almost four in--”

“Jeon Jungkook, hush,” you firmly interrupted, causing nervous rambling to die in his throat. “Why would you ask me that?”

He paused.

“Um…” the humiliated blush that was burning his cheeks was nearly audible.

“I….” he began, but the words dissolved on his tongue like a bitter cotton candy. He let out a huff of frustration.

“I’m scared,” a tone of hopelessness tinged with shame dripped from his lilting voice. “I love you so much, and I’m scared that you’re going to realize that this? What we have? Isn’t what you deserve.”

Your brow furrowed as you processed his words. How could he be so dumb sometimes? Couldn’t he tell that you were madly in love with him? That he was your best friend, and you could never give him up for anything? You been together for almost a year, shouldn’t he know that by now?

“Jungkook--”

“I’m the man, I‘m supposed to be reassuring you! And instead I’m the one calling you all the time because I miss you so much that I can’t focus on anything. You don’t ever call me like this. I’m the one calling you in the middle of the night because I’m feeling real anxiety for the first time in my life over the thought of losing you. And I’m a fucking singer!” his voice was growing louder as he let his stress out into the light, and his bouncy Busan accent peaked through the more worked up he got.

“I get followed by crazy fans and have hate thrown at me every day, and yet the only thing that really cuts me deep is the thought of not getting to hear you do Justin Timberlake an injustice over the phone anymore.”

The sentiment was meant to be joking, because he didn’t like talking about his feelings nine times out of ten--it made him feel guilty for not being content with his job and his life all the time. He didn’t want to seem ungrateful.

He paused for a moment to catch his breath, and that was when you jumped in.

“Jungkook,” you softly said, “you do call me when you’re upset. I can always tell the difference between a call like one of these and a normal phone call to check in. But have you failed to notice that I always answer these urgent phone calls?”

He didn’t answer, so you continued.

“I’m scared, too. I’m terrified you’re going to find a much hotter, more talented, idol girlfriend to love. But the reason I don’t call you like this very often is because for one thing, I hardly ever know where the hell you are. For all I know, you’re back in Seoul chilling in the dorms right now,” Jungkook let out a single grunt of a chuckle.

“And I also don’t call you freaking out because right around the time when I start to feel lonely or sad, you end up calling me. I may not know where you are in the world, but you’ll always know where I am. I’m not going anywhere.”

There were a few beats of warm silence as your reassuring words released the tension in Jungkook’s shoulders and loosened the uneasy knot pulled lethally tight in his chest.

“So you don’t want someone normal?” the smile in his voice was evident, but you could still make out a hint of uncertainty in his tone.

“Kookie, if I wanted someone normal, I wouldn’t have chosen you to begin with, you dumbass,” a grin broke out across your face as the sound of Jungkook’s musical laughter floated back to your ears. The mental image of him throwing his head back with his eyes scrunched tight with a genuine smile made you swoon.

“Promise?” he giggled.

“I promise, okay? You being famous isn’t what makes you abnormal to me. It’s your inherent dorkiness and embarrassing outbursts,” you teased.

“Don’t act like you don’t contribute,” he sassed.

“You love it.”

“I really, really do.”

At the end of the phone call, you could tell he felt better. It was like his burden dissipating also lifted one from your own shoulders, as if you had cleared up an insecurity you didn’t even know you had.

Before you, Jungkook had never loved someone at all, period, and now that he was madly in love with you, he felt as if he wasn’t doing enough. He hated not being able to take you on dates, real dates, where you could both go out without worrying if he would be followed by fans or paparazzi. He hated that he couldn't hold you every night and feel your icy toes shove themselves under his thighs, the biting cold nearly making him jump out of his skin every time. He hated never getting to post the cute pictures that he would take of you while you slept, or the horrendous selfies you would send him as you sat in class while he was at rehearsal. He wanted to shout how much he loved you from the rooftops, loud enough for all of both North and South Korea to hear. But the job that he loved so much prevented that.

He hated those things, but god, did he love you.

The thought that after all that time, you would finally be able to see him, and hold him, and do all the things you were able to do with him three months prior made you feel as if your body weighed twenty pounds lighter. Loneliness was a much heavier burden than you realized.

The sound of keys jingling and sliding into the lock made your head automatically whip towards the long awaited noise. For whatever reason, be it the suddenness of the noise while you were so deep in thought or the fact that your Jungkook was finally home, your heart fluttered inside your chest. On instinct, you rose to your feet and stood with your eyes glued to the entrance to your apartment. He’s home.

When the door finally swung open after what felt like an eternity of him fumbling with the knob that always seemed to stick, Jeon Jungkook stood before you for the first time in three months.

His hair was a dishevelled mess, the caramel blond and faded pink stripes sticking up in every which way in wispy tendrils around his brow that had collected the brunt of the rain on the way to your apartment. If you hadn’t been so stunned, you would have laughed at the very obvious line where his hat had protected the crown of his head from getting wet, leaving the top of his hair to be dry and fluffy--a stark contrast to the ends of his locks that were dripping wet and darkened with the freezing rain. Jungkook’s soaked beanie was clutched so tightly in his fist that his knuckles were white and little streams of water were dripping down his fingers and onto the floor from the fabric being wrung so extremely. His black hoodie was bunched up over one of his hips, as if he hadn’t bothered to pull it down or fix it in it any way when he stepped off the subway. The fabric was significantly darker over the broad expanse of his shoulders and chest where the rain had initially struck him, making it hopelessly cling to his leanly muscled frame.

Your heart skipped a beat as your eyes raked over his body and landed on his face. Without a stitch of makeup on his skin to hinder your view, you were able to see every little detail on him--even from across the room. The wind must have been much chillier than you thought, because his nose and cheeks were bright pink from the abuse of the nipping temperatures. All of his freckles and dark circles and scars were right in front of you, and they were so goddamn gorgeous that it made a lump form in your throat. He was so real. So real and so solid and so very, very beautiful. It was as if his image was enhanced and hyper-focused after being without him for so long.

The expression of disbelief written on your face must have been amusing, because Jungkook’s red, chill-swollen lips quirked themselves into a bright grin.

“I’m home,” he softly said, his smile growing even wider--the rise of his cheeks making his sparkling eyes disappear into slits that sat on the top of his cheekbones and nearly all thirty-two of his teeth flash in your direction.

The broken silence snapped you out of your trance, and you quickly found yourself shuffling across the room towards your boyfriend while muttering an ecstatic mantra of “You’re home, you’re home, you’re home, you’re home!” with a beaming smile on your face. He met you halfway, his long strides carrying him to you in a matter of three steps. You threw your arms around his neck and nestled your frame into his torso. Muscled arms wound themselves around your waist--one firmly snaking around the circumference of your lower back and the other trailing up your spine to gently grip at the curve of your shoulder--as he mumbled an incoherent string of words declaring just how much he missed you, his voice sounding an awful lot like he was trying not to cry.

“I missed you too,” your fingers wound themselves into his hair as you felt a sting behind your eyes. “I missed you so incredibly much, Jungkook.”

A startled gasp flew past your lips when the tip of Jungkook’s frigidly cold nose nuzzled itself into the warmth of your neck.

“Jesus,” you attempted to squirm away from the way from the way he was using you to thaw himself, but he simply pulled you tighter into his body.

“You’re freezing! Why didn’t you wear a coat, Jungkook? You’re going to get sick, you idiot!” you half laughed and half scolded, the smile on your face causing a single happy tear to squeeze from your eye.

His cheeks rose devilishly in the crook of your neck. He’d missed your playful insults so much.

“I was so excited to see you that I forgot to grab one from the dorm when I dropped off my suitcase,” his words were muffled by the fabric of your sweatshirt.

His dripping wet clothes were beginning to soak into your own and make you shiver. You placed your palms on both of his cheeks and pulled him back to get a better look at him up close--and partially to get his icicle of a nose the hell away from your flesh. Your eyes locked with his, the nearly-black irises seeming to place gentle kisses on every inch of your face as he surveyed your features. His mouth dropped open in a look of false and exaggerated surprise, his doe eyes twinkling like a thousand galaxies.

“Are you crying, (Y/N)?” he chided.

You let out a laugh poked his cheek.

“Are you? You’re looking a bit waterlogged.”

“What?” his brows raised, feigning innocence.

“This?” he gestured to his soaked lashes. “No, no. It’s not crying if the tears never fall, baby.”

You giggled and pulled his face closer to yours, the scent of his favorite cologne washing over you in the close proximity. Your lips brushed against his in a teasing kiss, the feeling of his chilled lips lightly grazing yours sending chills down your spine.

“God, you’re so warm,” he whispered, awestruck, his breath fanning over your face.

Jungkook’s hand ran itself painstakingly slow up your arm and the side of your neck, his icy fingertips trailing against your skin so lightly that goosebumps erupted across the expanse of your exposed flesh. Long fingers knotted themselves in the hair at the back of your neck to pull you into a deeper kiss, and the way his fingernails lightly grazed your scalp had your breath catching in your throat. The kiss was slow and languid, everything seeming to be moving at half its normal speed. With each move he made, icy droplets would drip from the ends of Jungkook’s hair and splatter faintly on your skin. Every brush of his lips and unhurried swipe of his tongue against yours was purposeful. Each shaky breath and quiet sigh was a message, a secret code that you’d cracked months and months before--every tender nibble on your lower lip and stroke of his swollen lips against your jaw a declaration of how much he loved you, punctuated with gentle swipes of his thumb against your cheekbone.

The way Jungkook was not only suddenly present in your life again, but also painting your lips with his most intimate and passionate kisses was making you weak in the knees. After all the months of being apart, you finally had him back in your arms. The crushing feeling of love for him was so overwhelming that your head started to spin. You brought your hand up to rest against his cheek and pulled away from the kiss ever so slightly--just enough to speak.

“I missed you,” you rested your forehead against his and looked into his eyes, your mouth beginning to water at the sight of his flushed cheeks and blown out pupils.

“I missed you so much. God, every single day it was like I was walking around in a daze,” you gave him a lingering peck before continuing. “I love you so much, Jungkook. I don’t think you realize how much.”

You began peppering kisses along his jaw, gentle at first--pulling a satisfied hum from him that quickly turned into a low moan when you switched to leaving burning open mouthed kisses that seared the still freezing skin on his neck. The contrast of your warm mouth and his cold skin was so drastic that it felt almost painful, his nerve endings having long forgotten what warmth was in the mile long walk from the subway to your apartment.

You pulled back to make eye contact with him and make sure that he was listening to what you were saying. He stared back at you with hooded eyes, doing his best to actually process your words.

“I’m sorry if I seemed distant while you were away. I just figured you would want some space to focus on work,” you brought your lips back to his, kissing the top and then the bottom before slowly tracing his lower lip with your tongue. His hands gripped your hips in an attempt to keep from losing focus on your loving words.

“I let the space change from an inch to a mile, and you felt insecure in our relationship because of that. Am I correct?”

Jungkook’s golden cheeks flushed a deep russet, his eyes leaving yours to wander aimlessly before dropping to the floor. He nodded, embarrassment  evident on his face. He hated admitting when he was struggling. He wasn’t supposed to struggle, he was the golden maknae.

You smiled fondly at him before intertwining your fingers with his and raising the tangle of warm and cold digits to brush your lips across his knuckles.

“Let me make it up to you,” you slyly said.

Jungkook’s eyes snapped up to meet yours, a knowing smirk tugging on the corner of his lips.

“Whatever do you have in mind, m’lady?” he suggestively raised his eyebrows and wrapped his arms around your waist.

You shivered at the chill that your now soaked clothes brought.

“Well, you feel like you’ve been inside a deep freeze for four days. Let’s warm you up.”

Jungkook’s eyes gleamed.

“You don’t mean…?” he began, a wide smile spreading across his face.

You nodded.

“Yes. I ordered more bath bombs and saved them all so we could use them together.”

Jungkook wiggled in excitement, doing a quick dance of waggling fingers and spastically tapping his toes.

“You’re the beeeeest,” he cheered as he heaved you over his shoulder--causing a surprised shriek to rip from your throat--and pranced off towards the master bedroom.

You couldn't contain your giddiness as your laughter rang out across your apartment. Jungkook was finally home, and your Saturday was finally as warm and relaxing as they used to be before he left.

[desmonandmirah-blog]

Writing challenge: Day 9 >:D

Today's challenge: Write a love story

Ummmmmmmmmmmm.............. I am currently writing a novel, it does have a love story theme. I will post a teaser of it just for this, but please don’t hesitate to tell me what you think of it.

I glance over at Ash to see that she staring at the door with mixed emotions playing through her expression, panic and amusement. I smirk and walk over and sit down next to her on the bed, when she looks at me I feel my jaw twitch slightly making me wince in pain. Damn I almost forgot about that. Ash gets to her feet and walks over to a cardboard, she opens it and grabs something and walks over to me. She sits down on the bed next to me and she holds out a packet of Panadol. I look up at her and smile in thanks. She shrugs and grins.

"Why did you punch Aiden?" Ash says, her smile fades as I watch.

I frown and think back. I grimace and shake my head trying to clear my mind of the pain from my jaw.

"He wouldn't leave you alone," I say softly looking down at my hands in my lap. "He won't give up and I hate that."

Ash is staring at me with her head tilted to one side, like she's deciding something. Her eyes glaze over and she smiles a little sadly before she looks at me again this time with clear grey eyes.

"Thank you," She says as she inches closer and rests her head on my shoulder,

I sit frozen for a moment, then I let my head rest on top of hers. A warmth in my stomach is raging and begging to break free but I don't want to shatter this moment, this little piece of haven I seem to have acquired whenever I'm with Ash. My heart is hammering in my ears and all I am thinking at the moment is, please gods don't let me get a boner! Please no boner! No boner! nobonernobonernoboner! I've sent up the same message about five times before this, all the times were because of Ash, not that I'm going to tell her that. She would probably laugh and say 'yeah right', I mean why wouldn't she? We've known each other what? A week now? After a moment the warmth in my stomach settles down to a dull want and I sigh in relief. I glance down at Ash to see that she is looking up at me with confusion. I quirk an eyebrow up at her in question and smirk to myself when I see her eyes roll. The fire in my stomach intensifies slightly and I swallow hard.

"You know what?" She asks smiling sweetly.

Oh gods help me. "What?"

She looks at me with a look of something like amusement, her eyes aren't giving anything away. She smiles then shakes her head at me.

"What?" I ask again.

"We should have a movie marathon tonight. What about it?" She asks smiling at me.

I imagine myself in Ash's lounge room in the dark with Ash curled up next to me on the lounge chair. I tilt my head and try to look like I'm thinking but I can't help but give Ash a dirt look, Ash just smacks my arm playfully.

"Sure I don't see why not." I say smiling.

I watch as Ash gets her phone out of her pocket and starts to text someone. After a moment she sends it and looks up at me with a smile. I smile back and grab my phone out of my own pocket and try to think of what to say to my parents. I turn to Ash, her eyebrows are up in a question.

"Movie marathon then you could stay over the night?" Ash suggests.

Shit! shit! Shit! I can't stay there all night! I'm going to probably do something stupid..... Shit what do I do? Panic sets in but I keep my face as blank as piece of paper.

"Sure," I say. "I'll ask."

Then I realise what I said. SHIT... SHIT... SHIT... Shit, a million times, shit. I can't believe myself right now!!! Urgh!!!! I try not to look at Ash as my thoughts slowly process. Something makes me rethink what I have said and I realise that Ash is staring at me in the corner of my eye. I look over at her and smile, she is giving me a look full of confusion and she quirks an eyebrow at me before shaking her head wryly. I grin and shrug.

"I'll ask my parents to make sure that it's fine with them," I say motioning to her with my phone.

Ash nods.

"I should probably do the same thing, though I didn't tell my mum about it earlier, so she will probably be running around the house trying to clean stuff up." Ash says laughing, her eyes are glazed over as she talks and I realise just how much Ash cared for her family, even if they weren't her real one.

"Okay," I say before looking at my phone, just as I unlock my phone I see a new message dancing across my screen.

I smile as I open the message and reread the text.

10:51AM Mum: Hey Ry, I am needed at work and your dad is working late tonight so would be alright if you stay at Ash's tonight? I mean, make sure with her parents and that first, it's just I don't want you to stay home by yourself and burn the place down.... Anyway see you later.

I laugh at my phone then show it to Ash, her eyebrows shoot up and a grin spreads across her face faster than I ever thought possible. We both look at each other in the eye and crack up into laughter. After about five minutes we clam down and I try to make a text message without sneaking glances over at Ash and bursting back into laughter every time our glazes met. My end result of a text message was this:

11:06AM Ryne: Hey mum, I was going to ask you if I could go over to Ash's house tonight so we can go a movie marathon. Ash also asked if it would be alright with you if I could stay over for the night...

I look over at Ash to see that she is staring down at her own phone with a look of determination that I get to see all that often, I mean yeah I have only known her for a few days and that, but so? She is pretty unpredictable when it comes to it. I normally have to go through situations in my head before I play them out in the real world. When Ash looks up at me she flashes a bright smile my way. Damn, that means all we need is my mums okay and I'm totally screwed. Ash holds up her phone for me to read and I crack up at Kaylee's message to Ash.

11:08AM Mum: Ash, that's all right with me as long as Ryne's parents are fine with it.... Though that being said just because Ryne is coming over it doesn't mean that you won't have to clean your room when you get home this afternoon. Remember to tell Ryne that I made Potato bake for dinner tonight. I will give him a copy of the recipe tomorrow morning or whenever he has to go home. I don't really mind. Love you XXXX

I smile and look over at Ash to see that her eyes are alive with amusement and laughter, I can tell that mine are mirroring hers at this moment. I am the first to look away, instead I look over at the door that leads to the hallway. Then a buzz comes from my phone and I look down at it in my hand to see that there is a new message waiting for me to read it.

11:11AM Mum: I have checked with your dad he says it should be fine. Be careful Ryne, don't go doing anything that you shouldn't be doing.

I laugh down at my phone trying to hide it in my hand so that Ash can't see the screen as I laugh. While inside my head is going, shit my mum knows me too well. Shit. The other half of my brain is telling me, calm down there will always be other times. I hate my mind some times. I look over at Ash who is giving me a suspicious look, she glances from my eyes to my phone then back again, I can just see the evil glint there. Oh no. I shake my head at her and look at her with pleading eyes, begging her not to- too late. Fuck! Ash lunges at me, trying to grab my phone but I am trying to keep it out of her reach so that she can't read the message. After a few pointless grabs for my phone Ash stands up and snatches it out my hand before I can stop her. She give me a victory smile that makes me want to melt into a pile on the ground and want to worship her. I watch as she looks down at my phone with a smile on her face, then it fades as she rereads the message and I see her face become a picture of confusion. She looks up at me with an eyebrow up and confusion still written all over her face as she looks from my phone to me then back again.

"I don't get it," Ash says holding out my phone for me to take it back. "What does she mean 'don't do anything that you shouldn't do?'"

I grab my phone and quickly put it back into my pocket and shrug giving her a smirk. She rolls her eyes at me then shakes her head while she smiles. God fucking damn it!!! The warmth has returned once again and this time it isn't fading as fast as the last time it came. I focus on a spot on the opposite wall and try to drown everything else out. Ash and I start to talk about what we might watch tonight for the movie marathon, she suggests Jaws but I down right refused to watch it for the millionth time this year. I suggest Kings men secret service and she tells me that she hasn't seen it yet, though it is on her families ITunes account she just never got around to watching it yet. So she start to take notes about what we would need for the movie marathon and this what we came up with:

MMS (Movie marathon stuff):

- Popcorn (As much as a person can carry)

- Cookies and cream ice-cream (4 tubs of ice cream plz!!! We can have two each.... seems

fair enough to me)

- M&M's (9000 bucket fulls!)

- Potato bake (Already made and ready to eat for dinner.)

- Mars bars (A few million will be enough for me)

- Possibly a new house? (Too much?)

- MOVIES (...Duh...)

List of movies to watch:

- Kingsman the secret service (Ryne's pick)

- Odd Thomas (Ash's pick)

- Love Rosie (Because 'there are too many guy movies', also Ryne's pick)

- 27 Dresses (Ryne's pick, don't ask.)

- Brides wars (Ash's pick, I thought this one would be funny)

- Maze runner (Both agreed on this one... What? It's fun!!!)

- The guardians of the Galaxy (Ryne's pick)

- Star wars? (Ash's pick.. running out of ideas)

- The secret life of pie? (Ash's pick, really running out of ideas here!)

- Batman begins (Ryne's pick, Ash: really?)

- Batman (Ryne's pick, Ash: Your kidding me right?)

- Batman returns (Ryne's pick, Ash: Ryne stole my phone off me.)

- Avatar (Ash's pick, Ryne hasn't seen it before. I can't believe that.)

- Avengers (Ryne's pick.... I agreed.)

- The amazing Spiderman (Ryne's pick)

- The Lego movie (Ash's pick much to Ryne's disgust.)

...

"Why do all guys like action movies?" I ask Ryne as he continues to add movies to the list on my phone. "I don't get it."

Ryne looks up from my phone and glares at me for a moment before he tilts his head and looks like he's deep in thought before he shrugs his shoulders and flashes a lazy grin at me. I smack him lightly on his arm and he gives me a look of mock hurt and smiles at me. I roll my eyes then hold out a hand for my phone. He gives it back and shrugs.

"Well why do all girls like romance movies?" He asks quirking an eyebrow.

I bit my lip and frown.

"Okay, you got me there," I say shaking my head. "I have no idea why I like romance movies as much as I like the books."  

I watch as Ryne shoots me a look of exaggerated disgust then he shakes his head looking almost disappointed about what I said. I stifle a smile.

"How am I supposed to know why guys like action movies?" He asks me sounding incredulous.

I laugh and shake my head. Maybe because of the drama, action, tiny bit of romance possible and all the fighting.

"What?" Ryne asks frowning at me. "What are you laughing at?"

I wiggle my eyebrows at him and grin, he gives me an incredulous look then rolls his eyes and a smile tugs at the corners of his mouth.

"Wouldn't you like to know," I say then look down at my phone before he can say anything else.

After a moment I swear that I hear Ryne mumble so low that I almost miss it, I swear that I hear him say something like:

"I want to know,"

Strong thin fingers touch my chin and make me look up into Ryne's dark grey storm cloud eyes. I swallow as I lock my gaze with his, then I realise that we are just a few breaths apart. My heart is roaring in my ears, my blood boiling slightly. I don't know who moves, me or him but it seems that we are just being pulled towards one another by an unseeable force of nature. A warmth and a roar in my mind makes my eyes go wide in realisation. He's going to kiss me! Instead of freezing where I am, I melt a little more. My eyes are half closed and our lips are just a centimeter away from touching, when the nurse opens the door. I jump to my feet and try to look casual, when the middle aged woman walks in I can see that she is looking from Ryne to me with a look of I don't know what. When she looks back at me, her eyes soften and she smiles a little before taking a few steps into the room then she stops and looks at the spot where I was recently sitting then at me then at Ryne. He looks cool as ever, I mean he looks like the nurses surprise visit doesn't even faze him, not even a little. I frown, he glances over at me and I can see that his eyes are darker than normal, his cheeks have a little bit of colour. I look away before our stares lock into place and see that the nurse is smiling directly at me for some reason.

"I was just coming to see how you dears were doing." She says kindly.

I shift from foot to foot trying to not look back over at Ryne again, my cheeks feel like a roaring fire, I smile at the nurse.

"We're alright thanks," I say looking at the door over her shoulder.

I am considering how fast I would have to be to be able to run out of that door without being seen or stopped. I sigh and realise that it would have to been an impossible speed that

I know the human body wouldn't be able to tolerate.

"Alright dears, you should both head off to class now," She says shooting a meaningful look over in Ryne's direction.  "Go on,"

I look over to where Ryne is sitting on the bed and remember just how close we were kissing- I shake my head fast and clear my thoughts before something bad might happen, I can see Ryne staring at me in the corner of my eye. Just watching me. I shiver warmth over taking my embarrassment. I nod at the nurse in thanks, she smiles and walks out of the room. I turn to look back at Ryne and see that he is now looking at the door that lead to the hallway. He looks at me after a second and his eyes lock with mine.

"Come on let's get to class," I say giving him a small smile.

Ryne continues to stare at me, after a moment I run a hand through my hair feeling annoyed. Ryne gets to his feet and walks over to where I am standing, when he stops I look down in the space between us. I want to close the gap that separates up from one another- I shake my head and look up into his dark grey storm clouds that he has for eyes. He is smiling faintly, his eyes are glazed over a little, thinking. I quirk an eyebrow at him and watch as his eyes begin to clear.

"What's the time" I ask trying to bring him back into the present.

He looks confused for a moment then blinks and focuses on me then on his phone which he is holding in his left hand, he presses the home button and the time shines on the screen. 11:59AM. Perfect, just perfect. I have History with Violet next and The teacher probably won't let me sit next to Ryne. Wait a minute. Do I want to sit next to him in class? The thought makes me shake my head, I look up to see that Ryne is looking at me with a look of confusion on his face. I smile a little and look away, breaking the eye contact.

"We should probably go to our next class," Ryne says to my surprise. "That reminds me what is the next class?"

I look at the space between us and try to think about the here and now, not about the near kiss that I almost got just minutes ago. I sigh and shake my head.

"It's history," I say dryly. "I swear if Violet or Kat say anything even remotely-"

I stop myself and stomp my foot on the ground feeling barely contained anger starting to leak of its confines. Ryne sighs and puts a hand on my shoulder, I look up into his dark grey storm cloud eyes and see the wryness there. I frown at him and my thoughts. I keep my face as blank as possible but I fail.

"Look Ash," Ryne says soothingly. "Just ignore those them, they're just looking for attention from other people. They're trying to break you more, they just want the satisfaction of making you miserable, don't let them."

Ryne's hand slips down my shoulder, the length of my arm and to my clenched fist. He prizes open my fingers relieving pain I didn't know that was forming in my hand, he entwines his fingers through mine and squeezes my hand in his gently. I look down at our hands, his fits mine perfectly, I look up at him to see him looking at my face intently like he is waiting for a response from me. I smile a small sad smile.

"I'll try," Is all I say as I give him a returning squeeze of the hand.

He gives me a breathtakingly beautiful smile and I can feel my pulse spike and the blood rushing in my hears. I smile back. When he motions for me to go in front of him I oblige and lead him into the hallway of the sick bay, the nurse is leaning against the wall just outside the doorway. I jump as I turn and look at her, she takes a few steps back and gives me and Ryne a watery smile. I frown and glance over at Ryne to see that he is looking at the nurse with a blank look on his face. I narrow my eyes at Ryne, when he finally looks at me he has an innocent look on his face. I smirk and roll my eyes at him then poke my tongue out at him like I'm a three year old. Ryne flashes a mock hurt look at me and after a heartbeat he smiles warmly at me.

"Thanks you for letting us stay in sick bay for a while," I say turning towards the nurse who has her eyes trained on Ryne.

She looks over at me at the sound of my voice, she smiles a little then her gaze goes back to Ryne. Something cold crawls up from my stomach, up my spine and fills my mind. I want to smack her across the face, I shake my head and try to push the thought out of my mind as I stare down at my hand in horror. So that's what jealously feels like, I don't think I've ever felt that towards anyone before now, not because of a boy.

"It's no problem dears I'm glad that you're feeling better," She says her eyes still fixed on Ryne.

In the corner of my eye I watch Ryne shift from foot to foot looking uncomfortable under the nurses gaze. He looks everywhere else but the nurse, when he looks at me he gives me a look that tells me that he doesn't want to be here any longer than what's needed and that he doesn't want to become the nurses next meal. I smirk then let it fade when I look over at the nurse, who looks like she is eye raping Ryne from where she is standing. I frown and say thank you to the nurse once more before I walk over to Ryne, take his hand and walk out of the sick bay building and towards our next class. Ryne looks over at me when we stop and gives me a grateful look. I laugh and tell him that the nurse looked like she wanted to eat him, he gives me a look of pure terror. I double over and laugh until it hurts and see that Ryne is staring down at himself with disgust. I smile at him when I stop laughing and tell him that I would have probably stopped her by the time she ate his arm.

"Why wouldn't you stop her earlier!?!" Ryne cries sounding horrified. "You looked like you wanted to chop her head off and feed it to her grandchildren yourself you know. Were you jealous?"

My cheeks burn hot for a few moments and I narrow my eyes at him. He is smiling at me and wriggling his eyebrows at me. I give him a dirty look before rolling my eyes at him and shaking my head.

"Maybe I should have left you back there and let her eat you alive," I mutter under my breath.

Ryne laughs, then stops when he realises that I'm not joking. He shoots me a pleading look and puts both of his hands on my shoulders and starts to shake me. He has his eyebrows up and he's frowning at me, I scowl at him then look away thinking that he is a little too close at the moment I want to step away, but I don't. Ryne leans in closer towards me and studies my face. His eyes look into mine and I can see hurt there, his expression drops and he looks at me sadly.

"I'm sorry I called you jealous okay?" He says when I look away from him. "I was just joking. I didn't mean it, I just wanted to get you to laugh that's all."

He drops his hands from my shoulders and takes a step back away from me, a dull pain spreads through my chest when I see his face. His eyes look even darker than before, the bruise on his jaw looks a lot more pounced now than it did before, the colours are dark and brooding.  I frown and shake my head then try to smile at him but fail.

"Are we okay?" Ryne asks, his eyes search my face for anything that might reveal my thoughts. "Do you want me to leave you alone?"

The thoughts in my mind are traveling at a million miles per hour and they seem to speed up at what Ryne said. Without my permission one of my hands reaches out and wraps it's self in the front of Ryne's shirt. The material is soft in my hand, I look up into Ryne's surprised eyes and see that there is something soft and warm in them as he looks down at me.

"Please don't leave me alone," I say weakly, I can feel the sting of tears in my eyes as I look down at my hand that is curled in his shirt. "Don't leave."

After a moment of silence that seems to sound loud, I stare at my hand and try to blink back the tears that seem to have formed without me realising until now. I choke back on a sob and my tears slip down my face, leaving little tracks on my cheeks. I close my eyes and hiccup. I tighten my hold on Ryne's shirt and realise that he is actually moving closer towards me, arms wrap around my waist. His face is buried into my hair and he holds me close to him.

"Shh," he says. "It's okay. I got you. I got you, it's all right."

I melt into him, relief flooding through me as I close my eyes and let myself relax a little. Ryne's arms tighten around me and I hiccup again and nestle into his shirt some more. I smile weakly at myself.

"Ryne I'm sorry," I say into his shirt.

Ryne is rocking us from side to, it's almost like we're dancing to silent music, I sigh sadly and look up at him to see that there are tears in his eyes. Shock quickly overwhelms me as I stare at him, he gives me a small sad smile and continues to rock us from side to side. I reach a hand up hesitantly and brush my fingers against his cheek, when my fingers touch his smooth skin, a fire alights inside my stomach and I can feel electrify sizzling on my skin. A high pitched wolf whistle breaks through the silence. I jump and Ryne's arms fall away from me, to my bitter disappointment. I look around to see that there is a group of students, mostly from our class standing there and staring at us like they are at a show and waiting to know what happens next. Oh shit. I can feel my cheeks burning red hot, I look over at Ryne who is bowing to the other students, when he looks up at me he laughs when he sees the dirty looks I'm sending him. He shoots me one of his own, my cheeks get even hotter and I look away from him. When the others walk passed us a few say something to Ryne that makes him laugh. I look up to see that Kat and Violet, and Aiden are standing about ten meters away from us. I slouch my shoulders and turn to see Ryne glaring at them over my head.

"Ryne let's just go," I say tugging on his sleeve. "I don't care what they think any more."

Ryne looks at me and I can see the wryness in his dark grey eyes.  

"Are you okay?" Is all he asks.

I start to laugh thinking that he might be joking, then I realise that his face is serious and his eyes look sad and a little hurt. I stare into his eyes for a heartbeat moment before I realise that Aiden is staring at me with a frown on his face. I sigh and nod my head at him, something on the corner of my eyes makes me turn and see that Kat and Violet are talking in hushed voice to Aiden while he stares at me and Ryne with narrowed eyes. Aiden just shakes his head and doesn't say anything, I watch as Violet sighs in disappointment. When Kat and Violet both glance over at me I can see that they look like they haven't slept in days. Something like guilt hits me hard in the gut as they both walk towards me then passed me into the class room. Now it's just Aiden, Ryne and me standing awkwardly trying to look casual but failing. Aiden sighs and flashes a sad smile over at Ryne who is poker faced and staring at him with his jaw clenched. I glance at Ryne to see that the bruise is darker now, standing out against his skin. I frown as I turn to look back at Aiden, he is walking towards us with a guilty expression on his face. He stops just a few meters away from us and looks at the space between us. After a few heartbeats Aiden looks up.

"Look I'm sorry-" He starts but Ryne interrupts him.

"The only reason why I'm not about to hit you right now is because, it's obvious that Ash here, doesn't like to see people get hurt," Ryne's voice thunders over top of Aiden's. "But needless to say, that if you ever say anything or do anything to hurt Ash. I will make you regret your existence."

I look up at Ryne in shock and see that Ryne is glaring daggers at Aiden over my head again. In the corner of my eye I see Aiden flinch and take a step back away from us. I look back over at him to see that he is nodding his head sadly and holds his hands up in surrender. I frown at him and shake my head. When his eyes meet mine I can see the regret and guilt there in his bright green eyes, he gives me a sad smile and drops his head and walks by us and into the classroom, leaving me and Ryne alone. I look up at Ryne to see that his expression is now thoughtful. When his eyes lock with mine I can see that there is anger there and something else that seems to be glowing with defiance.

"I won't let him hurt you anymore," He says softy then he smiles a little.

Shock and doubt throw a switch inside of me and I frown at him.

"How can you be so sure?" I ask narrowing my eyes at him.

Ryne's eyes go bright for just a moment before they go darker than normal. His face tightens and he clenches his jaw, his eyes glaze over and he looks like he's far away. He looks sort of haunted.

"Because I won't let it happen," Is all he says before the look on his face disappears and is replaced with a bright smile. "Come on, let's get into class before the teacher has to call the police."

I crack up and Ryne smiles at me when I stop to catch my breath. We walk into the classroom side by side and see that Aiden, Kat and Violet are sitting at the very back of the classroom looking like they want to unleash the fiery pits of hell on everyone within the room. I frown and look over at Ryne who is walking over to a couple of desks at the front of the class that haven't been filled by all the other people in our class. The teacher looks up from her notes and looks at Ryne then me, her pale blue eyes cut through the air and make me shiver as she motions for me to take a seat next to Ryne. I walk over quickly and sit down grabbing my books and pencil case out of my bag and getting ready to write down notes. In the corner of my eye I see a Ryne's hand holding a folded piece of paper. I glance over at him then at the piece of paper. He nods for me to take it, I do feeling a little unsure. The teacher is busy writing notes on the white board not to notice. I open the paper to see that there is a neat handwriting inside.

Brighten up Princess, I won't let anyone hurt you. That's a promise. And also I might just tell you the idea for the dance theme tonight. ;)

My cheeks burn hot as I stare at the note in my hands, I look up at Ryne to see him wink then turn to look at the white board. My cheeks burn hotter as I look down at the note again and try not to cry again. I smile at the paper and quickly tuck it inside the pocket of my pants before the teacher turns around and tells the class to copy down everything that she's written on the board. Everyone but Ryne and I, groan in annoyance. I smile through the rest of the day.

[lindafrancois]

How to Get Started With Bodyweight Training Today!

Today you take your first steps towards becoming a ninja/Jedi/assassin/superhero, without needing to step foot in a gym.

Think it’s impossible?

Well, check out our friend Jimmy above, who transformed himself by just focusing on bodyweight training in his home.

No gym? No problem! Let our coaches build a home routine for you.

Have no fear, as long as you have a body, we’ll get you started with bodyweight training.

If you’re a ghost, this just got awkward. 

Here’s what we’ll cover in our guide:

What is bodyweight training?

Is bodyweight training better than weight machines?

Where should I perform bodyweight exercises?

How to progress with bodyweight training.

Can you build muscle with only a bodyweight workout?

How to get started with bodyweight training.

Let’s jump right in!

What Is Bodyweight Training?

“Use your body to improve your body.” – Something some zen master said at some point probably

Bodyweight training means doing any exercise that leverages your own bodyweight to build strength and muscle, burn fat, and become more resilient. Now, you might think that’s just basic stuff like push-ups and squats. Those things ARE bodyweight movements, and absolutely crucial to building a healthy foundation.

Hidden in plain sight however, your own body’s weight is actually a complete training system waiting to be used. +5 points to Gryffindor for you being a complete training system.

You can use your body’s weight as a centerpiece in your training routine for decades to come, like me:

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Coach Jim also centers his workouts around bodyweight training:

You can also use a bodyweight workout to build a foundational strength before you move to barbell workouts, or mix in some bodyweight training to complement your yoga/swimming/running/dancing/international jewel thievery. Today, we’ll take you through exactly how to get started.

The best part: since bodyweight training scales in difficulty and has plenty of variety, it truly can be used from Level 1 to Level 50.

Is Bodyweight Training Better Than Weight Machines?

Your body is a complex piece of machinery that has been fine-tuned over thousands of generations. Think of yourself as Human Ver. 100000000.0.0.1. We’ve been doing “bodyweight training” as a species since our days as cavemen and cavewomen – except back then it wasn’t called training, it was called “life” and there was no spandex:

Things like:

Sitting in a deep squat around a campfire with our tribe.

Crawling under and over things as we encountered obstacles in nature.

Pulling ourselves up into a tree or over a cliff to escape danger.

Pushing ourselves up onto a ledge or platform to get a better view.

Swinging from vine to vine as King of the Jungle. (Okay maybe not this one).

Because we’ve had to adapt to do all of those things to survive, our bodies LOVE the idea of working with all of our muscles and bones and joints in unison to accomplish movements or overcome obstacles. If you’ve ever heard the term “Functional Fitness,” that’s what we’re talking about here.

It’s the reason we rage against the machines in the gym – cue “Bulls on Parade” – they often create imbalances and other weird problems through isolation and non-functional movement.

Think of it this way: Cavemen didn’t pick up various rocks to isolate their triceps muscles or do “curlz for the cavegurlz.” And they certainly didn’t lie on a bench at a 30-degree angle while doing log presses to emphasize their upper pectoral muscles before going to kill a gazelle.

Instead, men and women did whatever they needed to do in order to survive — and their bodies adapted as a result.

If you’ve been reading Nerd Fitness for a while, you know I’m a fan of this quote from the trainer of the actors in the movie 300: “Appearance is a consequence of fitness.”

Bodyweight exercises tap into our full, natural anatomy. Movements like squats, push-ups, pull-ups, dips, and rows are compound exercises that recruit all the muscles in our body and teach them to work in unison.

When you do bodyweight training, your body becomes more efficient working as a unified organism: all of your muscles, tendons, joints, and bones get strong as hell together — and safely.

Plus, you get to master your body like a freaking Jedi.

We know that strength training — with your bodyweight or with free weights — also happens to burn plenty of calories and builds muscle and strength. So it doesn’t matter if you’re male or female, young or old — bodyweight strength training can help you build a body that looks good and feels good. In fact, as you get older one of the best ways to feel young is to stay strong! Just ask our older rebels.

Period. Exclamation point! Loud noises!

Where Should I Perform Bodyweight Exercises

Bodyweight training can be done ANYWHERE.

Read that sentence one more time. Crap, there goes that excuse for not exercising! You always have your body with you, which means you always have the ability to exercise, even if it’s just for a few reps here and there.

You can always improve yourself physically. Anytime. Anywhere. Whether you’re:

Traveling around the world

Hunkered down in a bunker during the zombie apocalypse

Stuck in a cubicle

Living in a hotel

Training in your living room

Near a playground

On Mars. Once Elon Musk sends me there.

Seriously, right now you can just drop down and do some (knee/wall) push-ups.

I’ll wait.

You didn’t do them, did you?! You sandbaggin’ son of a biscuit… you SAILOR you.

Even if you DIDN’T do them, you weren’t completely overwhelmed at the idea of doing a few reps!

My point is this: You don’t need access to a gym to get in great shape. You simply need to know a few moves — which we’ll teach you below — and you can train anywhere.

How to Progress with Bodyweight Training

Although bodyweight exercises are a bit tougher to visualize as a scalable activity compared to weight lifting (where you just put more weight on the bar), with just a little bit knowledge bodyweight training is like improving a particular skill tree in video games.

For example, in the push-up you might start on your knees:

Or with your hands on an elevated surface:

Over time, by slowly adjusting the angle you are manipulating your bodyweight, you can effectively change the difficulty of an exercise to make it more challenging. With a tougher angle, you have to move a higher percentage of your bodyweight, and thus more strength is needed!

I guarantee you can train with just your bodyweight for the next 20 years and you will not reach a “MAX LEVEL” screen.

Here’s what an oversimplified progression tree for the squat might look like:

#1) Assisted Bodyweight Squat

#2) Bodyweight Squat

#3) Assisted One Leg Squat

#4) One Leg Squat

Show me somebody that has advanced to the end of one or more bodyweight skill trees, and I’ll show you somebody that is in peak physical condition (and looks damn good too!).

Once you learn the progressions, it’s just like adding points to a skill tree or leveling up a skill to unlock the next one in a video game. You start at the base exercise, get stronger and better, and then rank up when that movement becomes too easy. Gamification ftw.

There’s always a new skill to work on, a new challenging variation, the next level in the skill you’re working on.

Can You Build Muscle With Only a Bodyweight Workout?

Bodyweight training can help you build a great physique. 

If you’re like me (and the other 7.2 billion people on the planet), you might look at gymnasts or see what Coach Jim is doing in that photo above and say “holy crap I wish I had a body like that” or “dang, would be cool to do that, but not me.”

If you happen to be somebody who is stockier or heavier, you might look at a bodyweight-training-Jedi and say “I can’t train like them, because I’m not built like them. I need to lose weight first before trying to those things”

You’ve got it backwards.

They look like they do precisely because they train like that!

In fact, we have TONS of success stories from people in our community, male and female who have transformed thanks to bodyweight training. Yours truly included!

Some people use the training to slim WAY down, others like me, use it to pack some muscle on (click on each photo for the story!):

Now, not only do ninja/assassin/gymnasts look good, they can also do some pretty cool party tricks – like Jim doing one-arm handstands:

I don’t think I’ll be doing handstands on stacked chairs anytime soon, or busting out one-handed handstands, but it’s amazing to know what our bodies are capable of when we train them with conviction and follow the right progressions!

If you’re somebody who scrolls through Instagram far too often (like me!), use motivation properly and follow people that inspire you to be stronger, fitter, and better.

May I suggest:

Mats Trane: 57 years young!

Andrii Bodarenko: your jaw will drop.

Madeleine Leander – Starcraft 2 champion with a Ph.D. in math who has mastered the muscle-up!

Jennifer Tavernier – Dang!

Nerd_Fitness – hey that’s us! You’ll definitely want to follow us this month.

Jim Bathurst – Master of the Training Universe at Nerd Fitness

Staci Ardison – Ring enthusiast, deadlift addict at Nerd Fitness

Steve Kamb (me!) – all around goofball working on becoming a monkey-ninja-assassin-gymnast-Jedi.

How to Get Started With Bodyweight Training

At this point, you’re most likely nodding your head at your computer and saying “okay fine Steve I get it, I’m going to make bodyweight training a focal point of my workouts!”

Seriously, I can see you. You look nice today, and those shoes go great with that shirt.

But you might think you’re too overweight or too old or too [something] and that’s all nonsense. Hogwash. Poppycock. Balderdash.

Here’s that 57-year-old gymnast again, who is in better shape than 99% of people 25 years younger:

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If you’re brand new to Nerd Fitness, we recommend you get started with the Nerd Fitness Beginner Bodyweight Workout. Read the article, and watch the video below, featuring me about 30 pounds lighter and with helmet hair:

(Fun fact, this is our most viewed video on Youtube at 1,400,000 views, and my shorts are on backwards. Professionalism at its finest!)

If you’re feeling particularly feisty, check out our Advanced Bodyweight Workout too:

Whether you go through those workouts or not, I have a mission for you!

I want you to master these three moves:

#1) The Push-up

#2) The Squat

#3) The Pull-up

or Bodyweight Row:

If you can do a workout with 3 sets of 10 push-ups, 3 sets of 20 bodyweight squats, and 3 sets of 5 pull-ups, you will be in better shape than 95% of your peers.

That should get you well on your way to becoming a badass version of you.

Now the only thing left to do is start!

If you want some help getting going…

Here are some options for next steps with Nerd Fitness: 

Option #1) If you want a professional coach in your pocket, who can do video form checks, provide feedback, and adjust your workouts based on the equipment you have available, check out our 1-on-1 Online Coaching Program! 

For example, let’s say you find yourself stuck indoors during a pandemic, and you want somebody to custom-build you a workout program based on the equipment and furniture you have. That’s where an online coach is a game-changer! 

Personally, I’ve been working with the same online coach since 2015 and it’s changed my life. You can learn more by clicking on the box below: 

Our coaching program changes lives. Learn how!

2) Exercising at home and need a plan to follow? Have questions you need answered? Join Nerd Fitness Prime!

Nerd Fitness Prime is our premium membership program that contains at-home exercise routines, live-streamed workouts with NF Coaches, a supportive online community, group challenges, and much more! 

Option #3) Become part of the Rebellion! We need good people like you in our community, the Nerd Fitness Rebellion.

Sign up in the box below to enlist and get our Rebel Starter Kit, which includes all of our “work out from home” guides.

Get your Nerd Fitness Starter Kit

The 15 mistakes you don’t want to make.

Full guide to the most effective diet and why it works.

Complete and track your first workout today, no gym required.

Alright, now it’s your turn. Answer me this:

What is the BIGGEST thing holding you back currently from getting started with bodyweight training?

What’s one reason you are going to add bodyweight training to your routines this month?

Leave your comments and questions below and we’ll do our best to answer them.

-Steve

PS: If you want more ideas on how to get started, make sure you check out The 42 Best Bodyweight Exercises!

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[theonewithscissorsforhands]

Microsoft's Developer Toolbar for IE

Microsoft's Developer Toolbar for IE

Posted Nov 3rd 2005 7:51AM by Michael Moncur

The Web Developer Toolbar for Firefox is one of the tools I use most often when developing web sites. I've often wished there was an IE version for testing sites in IE. Microsoft has granted my wish—they now offer a Developer Toolbar for IE. It works on IE 6.0 and later, and includes the following features similar to the Firefox toolbar:

View DOM: Opens a panel that allows viewing the DOM for the current page in a tree, similar to Firefox's DOM Inspector. Disable: Includes options to disable the cache, images, cookies, scripts, and IE's popup blocker. View: Displays class and ID information for page elements, link paths, tab indices, or access keys. Outline: Similar to my most-used feature on Firefox, outlines tables, DIVs, and other elements in pages. Validate: Pop-up links to various validation services. Images: Displays image dimensions and other details. Resize: Resizes the browser window to common sizes (800 x 600, etc.) Misc: Includes options to clear the cache for a domain, clear session cookies, etc. Show Ruler: Opens a pop-up ruler to measure page elements.

This toolbar has a way to go before it's as useful as the Firefox toolbar, but it's already a must-have tool for those of us who test sites in IE.

[Announcement at IEBlog - via Weblog Tools Collection]

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Fixing Blogger's spam flagging feature

Posted Nov 2nd 2005 2:00PM by Michael Moncur

In case you haven't heard, Google's Blogger.com has been having all kinds of problems with spam blogs created on their system. I'm not going to link to any, but thanks to various RSS search feeds, I find several of them a day.

Fortunately, Blogger has been dealing with the issue—they've added a "Flag" button at the top of every site where I can indicate that it contains spam or objectionable content. This worked well for a while—I flagged each one I found, and they were often taken offline the same day.

Unfortunately, the spam blogs have recently upped the ante. The last 10-20 spam blogs I've found are conspicuously missing the Flag button, and sure enough, I found a bit of JavaScript in each one:

document.getElementById('flagButton').style.display='none';

So, until Blogger provides a proper solution—such as a "report spam blogs by URLs" feature—I made a bookmarklet to re-enable the Flag button. Here's the link—just save it as a bookmark, and activate it while viewing a spam blog to reenable the button.

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JavaScript Shell updated to 1.4

Posted Nov 1st 2005 11:50PM by Michael Moncur

Jesse Ruderman has updated the JavaScript Shell tool / bookmarklet to version 1.4. The new version includes history navigation and some improvements to the built-in props function. Here's the announcement. Test the shell here or install the bookmarklet (Firefox only).

The JavaScript Shell is one of my essential JavaScript debugging tools. The bookmarklet version opens a shell in the context of the current page, so it's great for poking around other people's scripts, or debugging my own.

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ColourMod: DHTML Color picker

Posted Oct 31st 2005 7:35AM by Michael Moncur

So you're building a cool Web 2.0 app that will change the world in your spare time, but you need a simple and good-looking way for your users to choose colors? ColourMod has you covered. It's a drop-in DHTML component that pops up a nice Photoshop-style color picker.

The DHTML version of ColourMod is free of charge. There's also a Konfabulator version and a Dashboard version for web developers who need a quick way to pick Web colors, and an unbranded version for $15 that loses the ColourMod logo so you can pretend it's just another part of your fancy code.

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South by Southwest 2006 preview

Posted Oct 28th 2005 7:53AM by Michael Moncur

South by Southwest Interactive 2006 is scheduled for March 10-14 of next year. Register by November 18th at the discounted rate of $225—trust me, this is the best value you'll find in a tech conference. A couple of previews of next year's event from a JavaScript perspective:

Jeremy Keith has confirmed that he'll be speaking at next year's event. (See this interview) Steve Chipman of Slayeroffice will also be participating in a panel, although not on JavaScript. "How to Convince Your Company to Embrace Standards" will talk about how Steve and his cohorts got AOL (now this weblog's parent company) to accept Web standards. With Kevin Lawver and Kimberly Blessing also on the panel (among others) it should be great. Permalink Email this Linking Blogs Comments [1]

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Here’s All the Fashion News You Missed This Week

Olivia Newton-John’s Grease Costumes are Going Up For Auction

Even though I’ve never seen the movie Grease, I know what it looks like: Skintight black pants, shrunken motorcycle jackets and those cotton candy-coloured pink satin bomber jackets.  Now a number of Olivia Newton-John’s iconic costumes from the film will go on the auction block at Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles in November, including the trouser and leather jacket combo, which is expected to reach a price of $230,000. The lot also includes a custom Pink Ladies jacket that was made for Newton-John’s character Sandy, but was never worn in the film. “These things are in pictures, so I have a wonderful memory of them and that’s what it’s about. They’ve been hanging in a closet [in a Los Angeles storage facility] so it’s much better if someone is enjoying them and that the money goes to benefit something that I care about,” the actor told The Guardian. Newton-John plans to donate some of the proceeds of the sale to the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia. (The Guardian)

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Ein Stück populäre Filmgeschichte war dieses von Danny Zuko (alias John Travolta) inspirierte Make-over im Filmhit "Grease". Die britische Protagonistin Olivia Newton-John wird nun das Outfit inklusive hautenger schwarzer Hose und "Pink-Ladys"-Jacke und ein paar andere Kleidungsstücke vom Set kommenden November versteigern. Rund 200.000 Euro sollen dabei eingenommen werden, die zum großen Teil ihrer Organisation für Krebsforschung zugute kommen sollen. #grease #olivianewtonjohn #iconic #fashion #ootd Foto: Paramount Pictures

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Celebrity Photographer Marcus Hyde Gets Diet Prada’d

Diet Prada strikes again. On Monday, fashion’s watchdog Instagram account published DMs alleged exchanged between the celebrity photographer Marcus Hyde, who has photographed Kim Kardashian and Ariana Grande, and Sunnaya Nash, a model who responded to Hyde’s request for subjects. In the alleged exchange, Hyde tells the woman that if she sends him nude photographs he will photograph her for free, otherwise he will charge $2,000. “Gotta see if your [sic] worth it,” he writes. When the woman declines, he writes “Find someone else. Ill [sic] keep shooting celebs.” After Nash went public with the exchange, at least 50 other women came forward about similarly creepy experiences with Hyde. Diet Prada’s call out has reenergized the conversation around fashion photographers demanding sexual favours from models as well as how Instagram can be used as a platform for seeding abuse. “It is scary how easy is it for anyone to pose as an agent or another modelling industry figure,” senior VP of IMG models Jeni Rose told the New York Times. (New York Times)

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Gross @marcushyde . @kimkardashian @arianagrande , come get your boy and teach him some decency. Last night, Los Angeles model and interior design student @sunnnaya replied to the celebrity photographer’s Instagram story seeking models for a shoot. What transpired in their DM was nothing short of the typical predatory douchebaggery you’d expect via shady Instagram “castings” by slimy dudes. With her followers backing her up and sharing her post, Hyde had a simple reply: “suck a fat big dick”. That’s sure to get you points with the ladies, Marcus. • #marcushyde #kimkardashian #kendalljenner #khloekardashian #arianagrande #photographer #celebrity #casting #model #shady #gross #kuwtk #wiwt #ootd #film #digital #camera #celeb #behindthescenes #dietprada

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  Will Smith Lands a Moncler Campaign

Will Smith has been chillin’ out, maxing relaxing since his days as the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and lately he’s found a way to do it in style. Smith is the subject of a new campaign from the brand Moncler, in which he wears a puffy jacket and appears to levitate like a genie in a sparse room. The campaign is called “Genius is Born Crazy” and purports to explore “the antagonistic relationship between genius and crazy,” as reported by WWD. “I believe in the power of crazy, and I always give a chance to a crazy dream. It’s an honour to have Will Smith, in his first advertising fashion campaign, embracing our ‘crazy’ idea to celebrate the genius hidden within everyone,” says Moncler CEO Remo Ruffini. Though the link between madness and art has been scientifically debunked, the “crazy genius” myth still exists in our culture as a harmful stereotype that may prevent some mentally ill people from seeking much-needed treatment, but I guess no one bothered to tell Moncler. (WWD)

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Moncler is proud to unveil @WillSmith as the face of Genius is Born Crazy. The campaign is the first of his acclaimed career. As an actor, producer and musician, Will’s creative vision and commitment are a testament to the fact that #GENIUSISBORNCRAZY. _ Hear more from the mind of a Crazy Genius in our Instagram Stories.

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Goop and Rosie Assoulin Have Launched a Capsule Collection

Earlier this month, the New York Times published a story about the unofficial dress code at the Goop headquarters in California, where employees tend to dress in a manner that’s as aspirational as the brand they represent. (There were plenty of prairie dresses, linen and clogs in the office that day.) Now Goop has teamed up with New York designer Rosie Assoulin for an architectural, somewhat monastic capsule collection that would look impeccable on every single person who works in that office. “Rosie has a way of breathing optimism and joy into shapes that feel familiar yet somehow entirely new. This is a creative partnership that marries the best of both of our worlds,” Paltrow herself said in a statement. Prices start at $450 CAD and are available at goop.com and at Goop’s Bond Street store in New York. If you’ve been searching for the perfect puffy-sleeved pilgrim shirt, this might just be the one. (Press Release)

Photography courtesy of Goop

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