#65th Miss Universe

[mymoonynight]

3rd chapter of When the heart would cease, ours never knew peace almost almost done, but since it's Sirius' birthday today I thought I'd post a snippet in appreciation of our favourite diva whom I love an absolutely insane amount. Anygays here you goooo:

Sirius, whose prideful smile never faltered even when he knew it would cause him more trouble.

Sirius, who reserved his warm, true joyful, reassuring smile for only Regulus to see. That smile that truly lives up to his name, Sirius shines brighter than any star in the universe. He brings the sense of safety that Regulus has been missing for a painfully long time. He brings a unique type of calm and ease that only he can manage. Many would argue that Sirius is anything but calm, but Regulus knows the brother he grew up with. Sirius is the calm and the storm together at once. Sirius brings love and chaos and strength and so much goodness with him. Regulus has always admired his big brother for that. Sirius was his role model, the coolest person he knew. He always looked up to him and wanted to be just like him. How brave and adventurous he was, how he stood up to their parents with his head always held high no matter how much they tried to break him down.

That was from Regulus POV in case u couldn't tell. Anygays I'm gonna ramble a bit about how much I love Sirius after this, so if u'r not interested u can skip it.

Okay let's be real now, Sirius is so very fkn precious to me, he's the most comfort character that ever comforted me (and absolutely destroyed me at the same time) ever. He means so fkn much to me, my most beloved little pookie princess who I love with all my heart, she deserves the absolute bestest things in the world :((( my precious beautiful gorgeous ethereal divine babiest babygirl. I love Sirius so so so so sickingly fkn much I'm ILL like they're just so very fkn important to meeee hgnfjrhrjyi

So anygays, happy 65th birthday Sirius Padfoot Black my most beloved, have a blast and throw the absolute sickest birthday party a 65 cool ass leather jacket wearer flying motorcycle rider year old wizard hottie could have, and wear ur absolute most stunning red dress for it u ARE the life of the party u ARE the center of attention u ARE THE MOMENT and everyone knows it and everyone sees it SLAYYYY AND KEEP SLAYING MY LOVE! LIVE UR HAPPY LIFE WITH UR LOVER AND BEST FRIENDS AND EVERYONE U LOVE U DESERVE NOTHING LESS💗

[scotianostra]

Happy 65th Birthday comedian and actor Gordon Kennedy.

Gordon  was born of February 22nd 1958 in Glasgow but grew up in Tranent, East Lothian, he was educated at George Watson’s College in Edinburgh before studying physical education at Jordanhill College, now part of the University of Strathclyde.

I was a big fan of “alternative comedy” when it started to get going in the early 80’s Kennedy first got together with some friends in 1980 making his debut at the Edinburgh festival in 1980 under the name The Bodgers this led on to the channel 4 show Absolutely, with the same prominently Scottish team, he cut his teeth as an extra in several shows like Russ Abbot, Kenny Everett and Les Dennis beforehand.

Since then, his production company, Absolutely Productions, have made Welcome To Strathmuir, the BBC Scotland comedy starring John Gordon Sinclair, and Radio 4 comedy series Baggage with fellow Scots Peter Capaldi and Phyllis Logan. He went on to become more mainstream and was the original co-host of the National Lottery Lottery show on Saturday nights with Anthea Turner.I suppose those that didn’t follow the comedy scene will know Gordon from his time starring a Little John in noughties incarnation of Robin Hood on BBC 1.

If you’re a bit older you might recall him in the fab Glasgow Kiss with Iain Glenn and Sharon Small at the turn of the millennium or a few years later as Sgt. Bruce Hornsby in Red Cap. He was also the narrator in the first series of Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, as well as Mac in oor ain soap River City for 18 months.

Kennedy sent an audition tape for a part Outlander, but missed out, I can’t find out what, if any part he was considered for, he bounced back though appearing in the mini series The Spanish Princess, which just like Outlander is shown on the Starz network in the States, he also appeared in 4 episodes of the British-American period drama  Harlots.

More recently Gordon has appeared in the ITV drama series Grantchester, the Scottish show Crime and the second series of forensic crime drama Traces, alongside Martin Compston  Giordon also turned up in an episode of the Amazon Prime series Mammals last year.

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Miss South Africa 2023 predictions: Bryoni Govender, Natasha Joubert, Jordan van der Vyver

The Miss South Africa 2023 coronation ceremony will be held at the SunBet Arena at Time Square in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa on August 13, 2023. It is the 65th edition of the national beauty pageant that selects South Africa’s Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Supranational candidates. On August 13, 2022, Ndavi Nokeri of Tzaneen, Limpopo was crowned Miss South Africa 2022 at the SunBet…

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1-on-1: Miss Universe 2019 and the 65th Universe

1-on-1: Miss Universe 2019 and the 65th Universe

Here is the one-on-one between the still-reigning Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi and the 65th Miss Universe Iris Mittenaere. Interestingly, both ladies were crowned by our two latest Miss Universe titleholders – Pia Wurtzbach for Iris and Catriona Gray for Zozi.

[paddylast]

My 2017 Recap in Beauty Pageants! 2017 has been an eventful year in the world of pageantry from the staging of the 65th Miss Universe pageant in Manila in January up to it's homecoming in Las Vegas last November 26 and ever minor and major pageants in between - it was whirlwind and almost chaotic for both pageant fans and pundits!

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Final Hot Picks 65th Miss Universe - Final Predictions

[thianhermosa]

One day left before the 65th Miss Universe Baguio Leg 😍☺

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The Goetia in Helluva Boss make no sense: A Rope of Sand

Ok I’m new to this whole critique thing and I don’t use tumblr that much but I just wanted to get something off my chest after discovering the Helluva Boss critique tags. Also if I get any demonology wrong I apologize, I’m still new to it !

How exactly do the Ars Goetia work in Helluva Boss?

In reality, the Ars Goetia are 72 fallen angels that rebelled with Lucifer during the War of Heaven. Makes sense right? But Helluva Boss seemed to take a different approach and imply that all of the Goetia are a collective family, or at least some of them are. We know this because Paimon can’t keep track of his children, which would make sense if he had 71 of them - if they’re going this route anyway.

Ok fair enough I guess, I guess I can see how that could come to mind. And I didn’t question it much… Until Paimon and Andrealphus were revealed.

Andrealphus and Paimon, if you didn’t know, are also part of the Ars Goetia alongside Stolas. Paimon is the 9th Spirit of the Ars Goetia and the King of Hell that is most loyal to Lucifer. He is depicted as a pale man with an effeminate face riding a camel. And what is Paimon in Helluva Boss like?

Stolas’s father.

Like why? Is it because he’s the closest to Lucifer, thus making him seem more “powerful” compared to the other Goetia. Is it because he’s the “most recognizable” Goetia because of Genshin Impact and Hereditary? Why is he an owl? Why not just make Stolas’s father an original character?? It would make things so much easier, and not act like a middle finger to people who enjoy Demonology like myself.

And then we have Andrealphus. Andrealphus is the 65th spirit of the Ars Goetia, depicted as a peacock. His design, while not my favorite, is still at least somewhat accurate to his description in the Lesser Key of Solomon. He’s at least implied to be a peacock, even though he hardly looks like one.

So if Andrealphus in Helluva Boss is a part of the Goetia as well, and the Goetia are implied to be a family, are him and Stolas related? Given that Andrealphus is Stella’s brother, does that mean Stolas and Stella are related too? Did Paimon really make his kids marry and make a child together???

Problem is, it would make even less sense if Andrealphus wasn’t a Goetia in Helluva Boss, bc who’s the 65th Spirit going to be ??? I know Helluva Boss has made some really dumb writing decisions, but I don’t think they’d be dumb enough to make an original character for the Goetia just to fill this plot hole right?

The whole thing is just SUPER confusing and I’ve been brooding on this for a while now. The whole show sucks, but I feel like this is something especially bad and wouldn’t have happened if the writers just made it clear outright rather than pussyfooting around bc it’s more “mysterious”.

Personally, if it were me, I wouldn’t make any of the Goetia related at all - or give them parents or whatever. If the Goetia in this universe are nearly on the same power level as the Seven Deadly Sins, why would they need to be born at all? They can simply be created or formed into existence. It makes a lot more sense that way, and doesn’t imply that Octavia is potentially inbred.

I may have missed a few things, but that’s all I have to say. Hopefully I’m not the only one who feels this way, or I at least opened your eyes to how absurd the Goetia are in this show. Feel free to disagree, just be respectful about it.

[i-cant-sing]

You should check out "Miss Netherlands dancing Beyonce on 65th Miss universe" on youtube. Definitely radiates first lady y/n energy. People be having fancams and candid recordings all over youtube about the first lady in the background just doing the cutest things when she thinks no one's watching. A̵n̵d̵ ̵C̵h̵i̵s̵a̵k̵i̵ ̵l̵e̵a̵v̵e̵s̵ ̵a̵ ̵l̵i̵k̵e̵ ̵o̵n̵ ̵e̵v̵e̵r̵y̵ ̵s̵i̵n̵g̵l̵e̵ ̵v̵i̵d̵e̵o̵

YES SHE DOESSSSSS 😭 😭 😭

Omg its so cute, and like I'm just imagining First Lady dancing to her favourite beats behind stage while Kai is giving speeches, and she's doing it front of her Secret Service, and they're all looking at with her awe and even Katsuki has a little smile on his face as you mess up the lip syncing.

You're comfortable around them, and besides no one else is watching you have fun, but of course, someone is always watching. Please, First Lady is the kind of person who could dance to anything, even the microwave's beeping, so imagine everyone surprise as they watch the fancam of First Lady Y/n dancing to Baby Shark and other silly tunes.

And as the First Lady, you often get to go to concerts and meet your favourite singers and bands, and of course you dance your little heart out because you can deal with Kai later if he has a problem with you breaking some etiquette (he doesn't, he loves watching you dance). And you're honestly so lost in your own world that you don't notice the hundreds of cameras that are recording you from every angle.

Of course, you make headlines- positive headlines around the world that First Lady is fun, and young and oh so cool as she dances to Drake and Mitsuki and pretty much all genres. Like don't even be surprised if people end up following your moves and make a TikTok dance out of it- bro, imagine having your own Fortnite skin and dances.

And yes, Kai does watch all the fancams and videos and as much as it infuriates him to see the lustful comments some of your fans leave on them, he can't be mad at them because 1. yes, you are both hot and adorable at the same time and 2. he needs them for making your fancams.

Doesn't mean he doesn't know the user "FirstLadyY/nIWannaUseYourThighsAsEarMuffs9" real name, address, and job tho...

[elennemigo]

1st ✧ ´The Power of the Dog´ press conference for the NYFF59, with Benedict Cumberbatch, Jane Campion, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ari Wegner. (Full video) (Gallery)

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✧ ´The Power of the Dog´ premiere at the 59th New York Film Festival. (Gallery) (Official clips: x x x + interview)

✧ Jane Campion and Cast Introduce The Power of the Dog | NYFF59 (Video) (Gallery) (Behind the scenes)

(more clips x x x x x x + interview)

2nd ✧ Jaeger-LeCoultre: Benedict visited The Sound Maker Exhibition in New York. (Clip) (Gallery x x)

3rd ✧ TPOTD screening at the Paris Theater. (Gallery x x) (Clip)

10th ✧ “The Electricial Life of Louis Wain” special screening in London. (Gallery) (clips x x x)

11th ✧ TELOLW new poster.

✧ TPOTD premiere at the 65th BFI London Film Festival. (Gallery x x) 

Jane Campion introducing TPOTD cast.

Official, press and fans clips: x x x x x x x x x x 

Interviews: Getty Images / On Demand Ent. / Reuters 

12th ✧ TPOTD  Awards/Tastemaker Screening. (Gallery x x)

14th ✧ New promotional pic from Spider-man no way home.

✧ Benedict on Total Magazine.

15th ✧ Benedict and Claire Foy talked about TELOLW with ET Canada. 

✧ Interview for the Russian talk show Evening Urgant.

✧ New still from TPOTD.

18th ✧ “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” got delayed again. Now is set to release on May 6, 2022.

✧ Benedict in a clip recording for the BBCEarth documentary, Antarctica.

19th ✧ New stills from TELOLW.

21st

✧ Clips with Benedict and Claire Foy for The Associated Press. (x x)

✧ Benedict talked about BBC Earth Antarctica.

22nd ✧ Benedict talked about Louis Wain for Amazon Studios.

23rd ✧ New old pics from the behind the scenes featured in the book  “The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe”  (Set 1 and Set 2)

25th ✧ Benedict and Claire Foy talked TELOLF with Today.

26th ✧ Teaser for a new photoshoot with Benedict, for Esquire.

✧ Benedict talked TELOLW in Live with Kelly and Ryan.

28th ✧ Benedict Cumberbatch to Play Poisoned KGB Agent Alexander Litvinenko in HBO Limited Series.

30th ✧ Letters Live 2021 at the Royal Albert Hall.

(More pics x x x x)

                              »»———FIN———-««

Another intense month for Benedict and his agenda!! My apologies if i missed something or if I put something twice, i tried my best to catch up with a month of Benedict content is two days! 

[dflogerzi]

A shoutout today

This is for a couple of sisters. I am struggling a bit and you do know it. Do not give up on me. I am including one who will be surprised, I never gave up on you darling one. For any I forgot, it does not mean a thing. I am coming upon my 65th birthday. I outlived my parents both of them by a decade. I love my country and I love most of yours reading this. Okay... special love today...

@itsscentedphantomfan   My gosh... we are twins from different mothers. You have my heart in your hand always.

@skippyv20  You are the funniest friend I ever had. You took me on and gave me the honor of following me. I am just still mad as a hornet at Harry... but you allow it. I want him to heal, I will keep sending that into the universe. 

@sandiedog3  Wow... I choke up whenever I see your name. There is absolutely nothing I can say about how much I love you. What the heck. You are like this ray that comes into my life and fills me with hope. These are dark times. 

Okay.... there are more. I love so many of you. Honorable mentions....coming up.

@ladydianaphotos  my gosh. You keep the flame alive. You put so much love onto your feed. Thank you for caring about Diana. I can still feel her you know. i never forget. 

@helenaaurellia  You have my heart. I love you. I refuse to give up. Dang it all. I learn so much from you and you are an awesome human. Do not give up on me. I want you to never block me and I give you the same. Sisters. Always. 

@the-cat-with-the-emerald-tiara I miss you. You know why.

Folks. I am struggling. We have a world that is falling. I am tired. I will try to come here and give energy to the things I love. If I am gone a bit please remember me. It is just me trying to stay in the days and love what it is for over sixty years I cared for. 

God bless our world.

Onward.. 

[max-crawford]

“When the red curtain opens

A biography

Act 1. “Draw the Curtains!”

Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga or more famously known as simply “Lea Salonga” was born on the 22nd of February, 1971 in Ermita, Manila. She was born to her father, Feliciano Genuino Salonga and her mother Ligaya Alcantara Imutan and became a sister to her brother, Gerard Salonga. Mr. Feliciano was a naval rear admiral and a shipping company owner. For her first six years in life, she lived in Angeles City before moving to Manila. She was a kid who loved to sing with dreams bigger than the Earth itself.

Her childhood was already part of the opening act of her life’s play as at the early age of seven, she made her professional debut in the musical “The King and I” in 1978 with Repertory Philippines. A Filipino theater company. After “The King in I”, she managed to secure the title role in her next play “Annie” and acted in the play in 1980. By the age of 10, she was able to record her first album “Small voice” in 1981 and it was well received by the masses as it was certified gold here in the Philippines. She also made left and right appearances in various plays such as “The Fantasticks” and “Paper moon” from 1988 and 1983 respectively. Her early childhood was full of acting and theater as that’s what she loved doing. She was a performer at heart.

Throughout the 1980s, Lea Salonga was steadily gaining popularity as she was featured in many television projects from GMA radio television arts. She was a child actress at the time and following her first album’s success, she was given an opportunity to host her own television show and this was named “Love, Lea”. Lea also made appearances as a member of the cast for a teen variety show “That’s entertainment” hosted by the late German Moreno. Because of her amazing acting skills and innate talent for it, Lea received multiple awards from FAMAS (Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences) and Aliw awards. The latter awarded her three times for three consecutive years for being the “Best Child Performer” of 1980, 1981, and 1982. Talk about consistency! 

By 1988, Lea released her second album simply entitled “Lea” and in that same year, she finished her High School Education) at O.B. Montessori Center located at Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila. Lea also attended an extension program by the University of the Philippines College of Music that trains musically talented children and teens in Music and stage acting.

Act 2. “The Opening Act”

At the age of 17 years old, Lea auditioned for the role of the main character in the play “Miss Saigon” named “Kim”. In her audition, Lea chose to sing “Boublil” and “On my Own” by Claude-Michel Schonberg from the play “Les Miserables”. Because of her amazing singing ability, she was asked by the audition panel to sing “Sun and Moon” which impressed them. At the age of 18 in 1989, Lea was picked to play the role of Kim in Miss Saigon’s debut production held in London.

Lea Salonga was able to win the “Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical” in 1990 because of her successful performance as Kim in Miss Saigon. This made her one of the world’s youngest winners of the award which was a feat on its own. Also in the same year, she performed a homecoming concert in Manila named “A Miss Called Lea. In the following year, Lea won multiple awards from Theater World, Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk from playing the same role in Miss Saigon’s play on Broadway. In the 1992 Disney animated film “Aladdin”, Lea became the singing voice for our beloved Princess Jasmine. In 1993, she achieved yet another feat of becoming the first ever woman of Asian descent to be awarded a “Tony Award”. 

Act 3. “To The Center Stage!”

 “Les Miserables” has been one of the most well known plays worldwide and in 1993, for the broadway production of the play, Salonga played the role of “Eponine”, the daughter of the Thenardiers. When the 65th Annual Academy Awards happened in Los Angeles in the same year, Lea performed as Jasmine in the song “A Whole New World” along with Brad Kane. In the awards show, the song won a deserving, Golden Globe Award! With the help of Atlantic Records, Lea was able to release her self-titled international debut album. In 1994, she was able to partake in multiple musical theater plays in the countries Singapore and Philippines. She took the roles of the witch in “Into the Woods” and Sandy in “Grease” to mention. 

By 1995, Lea Salonga went back to the US to bring to life the role of an 18-year-old Vietnamese American adopted child named “Geri Riordan” in the television film “Redwood Curtain”. She proved herself to be still a busy woman as at the same year, she went back to the Philippines to act in the film “Sana Maulit Muli” along with Ariel Aquino Mulach or more famously known as Aga Mulach. Through this film, she was able to get her second FAMAS nomination as “Best Actress”. 1995 was also the 10th anniversary of Les Miserables and so, Lea flew all the way back to London to play Eponine in “Les Miserables: The dream cast concert” held at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall.

1997 was the year when Lea Salonga started making recordings and she started that off with her album entitled “I’d like to teach the world sing”. This album was well received by the Filipino people as the album reached gold sales in the Philippines. This album was then followed by the 1998 album “Lea…In heart” and the 2000 album “By heart”. These two albums were able to reach Platinum sales multiple times in the Philippines. 

In 1998, she again collaborated with Disney and became the voice of the Disney animated film character “Mulan” and the singing voice of the same character in the film sequel “Mulan II” in 2004. Lea moved to New York City, USA where she purchased her apartment at the age of 28 and owned it until 2013. In the same year, Lea participated and performed at a tribute concert held for Cameron Mackintosh entitled “Hey, Mr. Producer: The musical world of Cameron Mackintosh.” By the years 1999 and 2000, Lea played the role of “Sonia Walsk” in the “They’re playing our song” musical.

Throughout the years of 2000 to 2003, Lea Salonga continued on making multiple appearances in various kinds of platforms from TV shows, musical and nonmusical theaters, and films which led to her appearances in multiple awards shows as well. By the 10th of January, 2004, she married the love of her life Mr. Robert Charles Chien whom she met in “Flower Drum Song”. The same year, she also performed her all-Filipino concerts entitled ”Songs from Home” which made her win the “Entertainer of the year” award from Aliw awards.

Act 4. “The Climax”

2005 was the year when Lea Salonga reached international status as she started to tour the world. She conducted her first US concert tour and in the same year, she managed to perform to a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall. Because of her international ventures, Lea was awarded with a “Golden Artist” award from FAMAS. In 2006, she performed for the closing ceremony of the 15th Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar with the song “Triumph of the one” at the Khalifa Stadium.

Lea then proceeded to release her first studio album in 2007 entitled “Inspired” which gained popularity and got platinum sales in the Philippines. She was also awarded by the former president Gloria Arroyo with the “Order of Lakandula” for using her abilities to the benefit of the Philippines and its people. Lea made more appearances on the theater scene with the return of Les Miserables, Broadway on Broadway, Stars in the alley, and more.

By 2008, she became a columnist for the Philippine Daily inquirer. She wrote her column “Introducing: Lea Salonga, writer” and from then on, started writing more and more columns. Lea went on to do singing performances throughout 2009 with her appearance in the 95th anniversary special of Iglesia ni Cristo singing the song “Bayan ko” and the concerts “Lea Salonga…Your songs” for the 20 years of “Miss Saigon”.

Following her singing performances, Lea made an appearance as a celebrity judge for the show “Avon Voices”. Speaking of being a judge, she also became one of the judges to sit on the judges panel of the 60th Miss Universe 2011 held in Sao Paulo, Brazil which happened at the 20th of September, 2011

Lea Salonga continued on making more concert appearances as in 2013, she was part of the Lincoln Center’s American Songbook Concert Series. She also played as a mother in the concert performance of “Ragtime”. In the same year, she started her concert tour in the Philippines “Lea Salonga: Playlist” which was done to celebrate her 35 years of hardwork and dedication in show business. 

By 2014, she went back to making judge appearances to “The Voice” and “The Voice kids”. Throughout 2014, she continued touring around the world with multiple concerts. She made an American television appearance in 2016 with “Crazy-Ex Girlfriend” and another for the international premiere of “Fun Home” as Helen Bechdel in Manila.

Act 5. “The Curtain Call”

Lea Salonga’s career has been going smoothly even until the present. With her steady amount of appearances in the theater scene for the past 4 years, it proves that Lea has made her mark in the theater scene as a whole which she worked hard for since age seven. She’s currently living with her family and has a daughter named Nicole Chien. This year, Lea is planning to embark on another world tour on the 6th of April, 2022 entitled “Dream Again” which will start in North America. 

To many theater kids, Lea Salonga is one of the many theater actors and actresses that these kids can look up to. She’s the perfect example of one who’s passionate about their dreams whatever it may be. Once a small town girl, now one of the big names of show business, Lea Salonga is a woman of passion, pure talent, and dedication to her craft. A true performer.

[conandaily2022]

5 most beautiful Miss South Africa 2023 candidates

The Miss South Africa 2023 coronation ceremony will be held at the SunBet Arena at Time Square in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa on August 13, 2023. It is the 65th edition of the national beauty pageant that selects South Africa’s Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Supranational candidates. On August 13, 2022, Ndavi Nokeri of Tzaneen, Limpopo was crowned Miss South Africa 2022 at the SunBet…

[normanblogs]

Sunday Specials: Who will succeed Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach?

Sunday Specials: Who will succeed Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach?

Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach has only less than 36 hours left in her reign

Queen P in her Yamamay photoshoot

It was a big struggle for me to reach this point of sharing my final predictions for the 65th Miss Universe. The path that led me here was the most complex ever because the personal coverage of the entire pageant from Day 1 left me with more details to factor in the overall assessment…

[normal-thoughts-official]

También me gusta charlar contigo <3

La verdad fue porque el estilo de trabajo (cambios de horas y la rutina de 15 días trabajo y 15 descanso, que es como se empieza) no creo que me haga bien como mentalmente (los turnos de práctica en medicina también son malos, pero son malos de una forma en la que estoy "más acostumbrado" como desvelarse la noche y luego levantarse temprano, pero igual es "más rutina" (no sé si me explico bien)

...pensé que iba a ser más fácil viajar así AJSJSJDJDJ el titulo se escuchaba lindo y soy buena para las matemáticas

aaaah, si es como pedir, pero es como que, I need to take 4 tests and if I'm among the 65th best scores then I get in ? so I meant psotular as in asking for the university to let me in

es que eres muy amable, los alumnos deben ser muy afortunados ajjjajajajja

<3

for the choices now akdaksjd switching to gringo brain

", they did a pretty good job with representation in ILITW" yes I miss the few times when they actually went for it than just, the most boring white male li and the second most (customizable but still written very much as a white male) li, and I think the Noah's death is/was a very important part of the narrative

!!!! wow I need to check it out

I love Michelle but also I'm genuinely happy I haven't met any student like her because she terrifies me /positive

AJAJJAJAJAJAJAJJ why all are your names like this, like how do you not laugh when you have a serious moment and the li just says something like "asshole" like 0.o ajajjajasjjsjsjdj i'd die

Diego is just so sweet but not in a "uwu" way, just in a way that he wants to be a kind person and a good friend and he is!! and I really like how he just,, wanted a bff <3

are you only replaying es or are you going to play a new book also?

also I think I complained about the hot weather before and how I would die living in there but last week was 43 C and my landlord (landlady ? person who isn't the owner of the building but like is pay to look after the building ? La encargadaTM) told me to not use the air conditioner under 24 :(

no emojis because i wrote this on my compu

La verdad fue porque el estilo de trabajo (cambios de horas y la rutina de 15 días trabajo y 15 descanso, que es como se empieza) no creo que me haga bien como mentalmente (los turnos de práctica en medicina también son malos, pero son malos de una forma en la que estoy "más acostumbrado" como desvelarse la noche y luego levantarse temprano, pero igual es "más rutina" (no sé si me explico bien)

ah, entiendo perfectamente. ese tipo de rutina a mi también me hace daño. en verdad levantarme temprano aún es algo con que no me he acostumbrado completamente pero consigo vivir. cambios de horas me parece muy malo tho, aunque creo que me gustaría 15 días de trabajo y 15 de descanso, al menos son horas iguales de trabajo y de descanso jajaja y normalmente no me molesta trabajar muchos días, pero necesito de vários días de descanso también. pero dale, cada persona es diferente lmao

...pensé que iba a ser más fácil viajar así AJSJSJDJDJ el titulo se escuchaba lindo y soy buena para las matemáticas

jajajajajajajajaja comprehensible. no es mala razón

aaaah, si es como pedir, pero es como que, I need to take 4 tests and if I'm among the 65th best scores then I get in ? so I meant psotular as in asking for the university to let me in

ahhh sí, en brasil lo llamamos vestibular a ese proceso, pero no creo que tengamos algun verbo para describirlo, así que me puse confundido

es que eres muy amable, los alumnos deben ser muy afortunados ajjjajaja

ahh, muchas gracias, me encanta oír eso. en efecto mis alumnos son muy importantes para mí así que intento ser siempre lo más amable posible con ellos, y ser elogiado a ese respeto siempre me encanta mucho jaja

for the choices now akdaksjd switching to gringo brain

lmao crying love the idea that personal stuff is in spanish and fandom stuff is in english. so true tbh

yes I miss the few times when they actually went for it than just, the most boring white male li and the second most (customizable but still written very much as a white male) li

right exactly. generally im just so over the customizable characters. literally no one likes them so idk why pb still insists on this crap. they are always written to be so bland and lacking any sort of backstory because they are a blank slate and it's really hard to actually give a crap about them. pb give us real LIs back again

also is it just me or are the newer choices stories like, severely lacking in non-LI characters? comparing it to stories like ILITW and ES and even like, high school story or the freshman, they all had a pretty big cast of non-LI characters, some of which were even also main characters, with their own plotlines and interests and stuff. and now with the newer stuff it's like... MC, their LIs, maybe a villain, and that's kind of it? there are no other relevant characters or important platonic relationships that cannot turn romantic and i really miss that. especially having more group dynamics. that was so important to me and it really helped have more space for diversity and different kinds of backstories and even just small stuff that would make these characters relatable for people who are part of minority groups, or even just like, add humor even (like "you are such a philistine" "racist much? my family is from taiwan" or "great, so i'll just be the trans asian guy the rest of my life?" "hey, you know i dont care about that stuff, right?" "thanks, i don't care that you're asian, either")

im not sure if im able to fully express myself but the casual diversity in having very big casts (sometimes with more than one person within the same minority group!! woah!!) and giving them all attention and storylines and different relationships with MC and each other made everything seem so much more real, you know? both in terms of diversity and just of realism. i cared a lot more about the plot and the storylines in this type of stories, and it felt way easier to immerse when it didn't seem like this story only involved/affected 3 people. of course not every story is meant to have a big cast but the fact that every choices story right now revolves around 4 characters tops just makes every story feel so much poorer in relation to the others. especially when 2 out of those 4 characters are blank slates with no real background or community they belong to

and basically i just miss having friends who are real people and not only meant to be there as a romantic interest lmao. and real diversity. i miss real diversity so much

AJAJJAJAJAJAJAJJ why all are your names like this, like how do you not laugh when you have a serious moment and the li just says something like "asshole" like 0.o ajajjajasjjsjsjdj i'd die

because they're hilarious. and i do laugh. those are some of my favorite moments tbh like when i am immersed in a serious moment and then a character says some shit like "i need you, Emo Boy". unparalleled comedy

also it makes the sex scenes a lot more interesting lmao nothing quite beats the humor of having a character moan "I just farted"

Diego is just so sweet but not in a "uwu" way, just in a way that he wants to be a kind person and a good friend and he is!! and I really like how he just,, wanted a bff <3

i feel diego so much :( like he really was just so lonely he just desperately needed a friend, so fucking much he basically made a whole new person materialize into existence and it breaks my heart. it's one of the reasons he is one of my fave characters. and i also feel like it's a big immigrant/poc and(/or) queer mood. i absolutely love ES for having the most important bond be well established as a strictly platonic bond, ugh truly unparalleled i love this series

are you only replaying es or are you going to play a new book also?

i am replaying ES and also playing some other stuff (currently desire and decorum - which im reading just for me - and the freshman - which im reading with my friends - and sometimes i read TRR when im bored and have no keys). but it's been going slow since i went back to in person work for obvious reasons daodaida so i havent been able to get much progress

also, kill ur landlady. what the fuck

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Happy 65th Birthday Scottish actor Ron Donachie.

Born Ronald Eaglesham Porter in Dundee on April 26th 1956  Ron might not be a household name, but is a weel kent face on our screens during the last 40 years or so.

He was educated at Madras College, St. Andrews and Glasgow University, from where he graduated with an M.A (Hons.) in English Literature and Drama in 1979. After a year working as a navvy, he joined the 7.84 theatre company for the play “One Big Blow”, in which the cast mimicked a traditional, colliery band by singing in six part harmony. The success of the play led to the formation of the acapella band “The Flying Pickets”, who had a Christmas number one in 1983. Donachie’s decision not to stay with the band and thereby missing out on their success has been described by him as “one of my more brilliant career decisions.”

Throughout the 1980s, he was a prolific theatre performer all across the British Isles,  now largely vanished repertory system. This afforded him the opportunity to act in many classical plays which are now rarely performed due to budget constraints and closed theatres. During this period, he appeared in over twenty plays at the Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre. Like many performers with similar experience, he considers this the happiest, most fruitful and most influential phase of his career.

That’s not to say he wasn’t on TV in the 80’s, firstly I would like to say he probably appeared in more episodes of Taggart than any other person, except the regular cast, clocking up five appearances all as different characters between 1987 and 2006.

The first thing I remember Don in was the brilliant Tutti Fruiti, with Robbie Coltrane, Richard Wilson and Maurice Roëves, he was also in 15 episodes of the old Scottish soap, Take the High Road as  Duncan Strachan.

The 90’s saw his TV career really take off, parts in Taking over the Asylum, The Governor, Cracker and Looking after JoJo, as well as playing the Master at Arms in the Oscar winning film Titanic.

Into the new century and I think some of us will recall Don, in what I think is his most well known role as DCI Andrew Ross in the long running cop soap The Bill. Then Silent Witness, The Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Rebus and Stone of Destiny to name but a few.

In the past few years Game of Thrones fans will have known him as Rodrik Cassel, or if you like last weeks birthday boy James James McAvoy in Filth, Don played the part of Hector. He was in casualty for a number of episodes, The brilliant mini series The Loch, and Deadwater Fell with David Tennant. Don also appeared in the Bruce bio-film Outlaw King as Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow.

As with most actors just now production has slowed on the film and TV front, he is due on our screens soon in Rocketry; The Nambi Effect, an Indian biographical drama film based on the life of Nambi Narayanan, a former scientist and aerospace engineer falsely accused and imprisoned for spying in the mid 90′s.