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Tolkien Fandom Event Calendar

Recently I’ve received some asks about events/weeks in the Tolkien fandom, so I thought I’d compile a list of those that I know about. This is not exhaustive, and dates are subject to change by the organizers of these events!

Other blogs you can check out are @tolkieneventsblog and @tolkienfandomevents, though I’m not sure how active those are. The @silmarillionwritersguild Discord also has a channel dedicated to signal boosts for all sorts of Tolkien-related & general fandom happenings, which is another excellent way to keep up with fandom goings-on.

Want to run your own event? Here’s some of my tips!

If your event is not on here and you’d like it to be, let me know and I can add it :) Note: I will only add events that have announced dates!

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JANUARY Screw Yule My Slashy Valentine @myslashyvalentine — work time Lord of the Rings Secret Santa @lotr-sesa — reveals Thorin’s Spring Forge @thorinsspringforge — signups Second Age Week @secondageweek

FEBRUARY Hidden Paths My Slashy Valentine — reveals Thorin’s Spring Forge — claims Maedhros and Maglor Week @maedhrosmaglorweek

MARCH Back to Middle-earth Month @spring-into-arda Thorin’s Spring Forge — work time Fëanorian Week Fun with Fanon Fest Round 1 @funwithfanon

APRIL Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang @tolkienrsb — signups Silm Remix @tolkienremix — signups & assignments Thorin’s Spring Forge — reveals  Aralas Week @aralas-week Barduil Month @bi-widower-dads All of Arda is Autistic @all-of-arda-is-autistic F3: Focus on Friendship & Family, Phase I @spring-into-arda

MAY Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — claims Silm Remix — reveals Aspec Arda Week @aspecardaweek Angbang Week @angbangweek Gondolin Week @gondolinweek F3: Focus on Friendship & Family, Phase II

JUNE Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — work time Scribbles and Drabbles @fall-for-tolkien — signups Tolkien Ekphrasis Week @tolkienekphrasisweek F3: Focus on Friendship & Family, Phase III

JULY Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — work time Scribbles and Drabbles — claims Tolkien Gen Week @tolkiengenweek LotR Ladies Week @lotrladiessource Tolkien Appreciation Week @tolkienweek Tolkien Latin American & Caribbean Week @tolkienlatamandcaribbeanweek

AUGUST Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — deadlines Scribbles and Drabbles — art reveals Innumerable Stars Exchange @innumerable-stars — nominations & signups Tolkien of Colour Week @tolkienofcolourweek Silvergifting Week @silvergiftingweek Tolkien OC Week @tolkienocweek

SEPTEMBER Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — reveals Scribbles and Drabbles — work time Innumerable Stars Exchange — signups & assignments Sindar Week @sindarweek Dor Cúarthol Week @dorcuartholweek Finwëan Ladies Week @finweanladiesweek

OCTOBER Innumerable Stars Exchange — reveals Scribbles and Drabbles — work time Half-elven Week @halfelvenweek

NOVEMBER Tolkien Secret Santa @officialtolkiensecretsanta — signups & assignments Scribbles and Drabbles — fic reveals Nolofinwean Week @nolofinweanweek

DECEMBER Tolkien Secret Santa — advent calendar & reveals My Slashy Valentine @myslashyvalentine — signups & assignments Lord of the Rings Secret Santa — claims Khazad Week @khazadweek

MONTHLY EVENTS: These events have prompts/challenges occurring every month. Teitho Contest Tolkien Short Fanworks Silmarillion Writers’ Guild @silmarillionwritersguild

(this list was last updated 5/4/23)

LEGACY EVENTS: These events used to occur, but have not happened within the last year. Arda Needs More Pride @ardaneedsmorepride (bimonthly; last run 2020) Kiliel Week @kilielweek (timing variable; last run 2021) @oneringnet monthly events (last run 2021) Atani Week @ataniweek (January; last run 2021) Legendarium Ladies April @legendariumladiesapril (April; last run 2020) Gates of Summer Exchange @gatesofsummerexchange (May-June, last run 2022) Tolkien South Asian Week, run by @arwenindomiel (June; last run 2022) Arafinwëan Week @arafinweanweek (July; last run 2019) Fëanturi Week (August; last run 2019; no official blog and the creator has deactivated) Imladrim Week @imladrimweek (November; last run 2019) Doriath Week @doriathweek (November; last run 2020) Tolkien Family Week @tolkienfamilyweek (November; last run 2021)

[gumnut-logic]

Hi! I’m getting into Thunderbirds fics and was thinking about writing some myself. I saw that you ran a challenge at one point and was wondering if there was any event calendar the fandom is using. Or are there any events at all? I wasn’t sure where to find any.

Hi and welcome to the Thunderfam! :D

There is no strict calendar, but a few events do recur at will.

At the moment we are in the middle of Fanart Appreciation Month, which has occurred in January the previous two years as well. The idea being to reblog lots of artworks to give our artists some recognition.

February has been Fab Five Feb in 2019 and 2020, but was missed last year. I haven't done the call out as to whether the Thunderfam want that one this year yet. It is usually a six week challenge with a focus on the five brothers plus another character which changes each year.

Some time in March/April there might be a Easter gift fic event.

Somewhere between April and August there is sometimes a random challenge event. There was nothing last year, but in previous years there has been Sensory Sunday , Earth & Sky Week and an Olympics challenge.

We also celebrate each of the Tracy boys' birthdays - Gordon 14 Feb, Alan 12 March, Scott 4 July (?), Virgil 15 August (always a big one for me :D ) and John in October. Other cast members also get birthday celebrations at various times of the year.

September and October are usually taken up by external challenges like Sicktember and Whumptober.

We did have a Thunderfam November event - Fluffember - but last year an external event was picked up so Fluffember didn't run, but it did run 2019, 2020 and 2021.

December is left to Tag Team Secret Santa.

There have also been random other events over the past few years and I have no doubt there were others before I joined the fandom in 2018. Due to the sudden rise of Covid in 2020 we started International Rescue & Relief, a fluff prompt challenge which is technically still going, but I haven't mentioned it for ages.

Plus there are always writing prompts or question lists flying around that get picked up by whoever wants to play.

Thunderfam, if I have forgotten anything, please chime in. It is late here and my brain is usually pretty unreliable.

Anyways, welcome, thank you for asking. I hope you have fun in thunderfam :D

Nutty

(so do you have a favourite Tracy brother? :D )

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The In-game Mouvelian calendar has four seasons: the season of Zephyr (days 1-90) covering January, February, and March. The season of Phoenix (days 91-180) covers April, May, and June. The season of Scion (days 181-270) covers July, August, and September. And finally, the season of Colossus (days 271-365) covers October, November, and December. Every season has about 90 days, except Colossus which has 95 days.

Personal Story: August 28th, 2012. - 241st day of the year, 24th of Scion 1325 in the game (Mouvelian) calendar. (Vividatt 19 years old. Taimi 12)

Season 1: The Lost Shores: November 15th, 2012. - 320th day of the year, 50th of Colossus 1325. (Vivs 19. Taimi 12)

Flame and Frost: January 28th, 2013. - 28th day of the year, 28th of Zephyr 1326. (Vivs 20. Taimi 12.)

The Secret of Shouthsun: May 14th, 2013. - 134th day of the year, 44th of Phoenix 1326. (Vivs 20. Taimi 12/13)

Last Stand at Southsun: May 28th, 2013. - 148th day of the year, 58th of Phoenix 1326. (Vivs 20. Taimi 12/13)

Sky Pirates of Tyria: June 25th, 2013. - 176th day of the year, 86th of Phoenix 1326. (Vivs 20. Taimi 13)

Cutthroat Politics: July 23rd, 2013. - 204th of the year, 24th of Scion 1326. (Vivs 20. Taimi 13)

Clockwork Chaos: August 20th, 2013. - 232nd of the year, 52nd of Scion 1326. (Vivs 20. Taimi 13)

Twilight Assault: October 1st, 2013. - 274th of the year, 4th of Colossus 1326. (Vivs 20. Taimi 13)

Tower of Nightmares: October 29th, 2013. - 302nd of the year, 32nd of Colossus 1326. (Vivs 20. Taimi 13)

The Nightmares Within: November 12th, 2013. - 316th of the year, 46th of Colossus 1326. (Vivs 20. Taimi 13)

The Origins of Madness: January 21st, 2014. - 21st of the year, 21st of Zephyr 1327. (Vivs 21. Taimi 13)

The Edge of the Mists: February 4th, 2014. - 35th of the year, 35th of Zephyr 1327. (Vivs 21. Taimi 13)

Escape from Lion's Arch: February 18th, 2014. - 49th of the year, 49th of Zephyr 1327. (Vivs 21. Taimi 13)

Battle for Lion's Arch: March 4th, 2014. - 63rd of the year, 63rd of Zephyr 1327. (Vivs 21. Taimi 13)

Season 2: Gates of Maguuma: July 1st, 2014. - 182nd of the year, 2nd of Scion 1327. (VIvs 21. Taimi 13/14)

Entanglement: July 15th, 2014. - 196th of the year, 16th of Scion 1327. (Vivs 21. Taimi 13/14)

The Drago's Reach Part 1: July 29th, 2014. - 210th day of the year, 30th of Scion. (Vivs 21. Taimi 13/14)

The Draon's Reach Part 2: August 12th, 2014. - 224th day of the year, 44th day of the Scion. (I guess you get the point...) (Vivs 21. Taimi 14)

Echoes of the Past: November 4th, 2014. (Vivs 21. Taimi 14)

Tangled Paths: November 18th, 2014. (Vivs 21. Taimi 14)

Seeds of Truth: December 2nd, 2014. (Vivs 21. Taimi 14)

Point of No Return: January 13th, 2015. 1328. (Vivs 21. Taimi 14)

Heart of Thorns: October 23rd, 2015. (Vivs 22. Taimi 15)

Season 3: Out of the Shadows: July 26th, 2016. 1329. (Vivs 23. Taimi 15/16)

Rising Flames: September 20th, 2016. (Vivs 23. Taimi 16)

A Crack in the Eyes Ice: November 21st, 2016. (Vivs 23. Taimi 16)

The Head of the Snake: February 8th, 2017. 1330. (Vivs 24. Taimi 16)

Flashpoint: May 2nd, 2017. (Vivs 24. Taimi 16/17)

One Path Ends: July 25th, 2017. (Vivs 24. Taimi 16/17)

Path of Fire: September 22nd, 2017. (Vivs 24. Taimi 17)

Season 4: Daybreak: November 28th, 2017. (Vivs 24. Taimi 17)

A Bug in the System: March 6th, 2018. 1331. (Vivs 25. Taimi 17)

Long Live the Lich: June 26th, 2018. (Vivs 25. Taimi 17/18)

A Star to Guide Us: September 18th, 2018. (Vivs 25. Taimi 18)

All or Nothing: January 8th, 2019. 1332. (Vivs 25. Taimi 18)

War Eternal: May 14th, 2019. (Vivs 26. Taimi 18/19)

Icebrood Saga: Prologue: Bound by Blood: September 17th, 2019. (Vivs 26. Taimi 19)

Whisper in the Dark: November 19th, 2019. (Vivs 26. Taimi 19)

Shadow in the Ice: January 28th, 2020. 1333. (Vivs 27. Taimi 19)

Visions of the Past: Steel and Fire: March 17th, 2020. (Vivs 27. Timi 19)

No Quarter: May 26th, 2020. (Vivs 27. Taimi 19/20)

Jormag Rising: July 28th, 2020. (Vivs 27. Taimi 19/20)

Champions: Chapter 1: Truce: November 17th, 2020. (Vivs 27. Taimi 20)

Chapter 2: Power: January 19th, 2021. 1334. (Vivs 27. Taimi 20)

Chapter 3: Balance: March 9th, 2021. (Vivs 28. Taimi 20)

Chapter 4: Judgement: April 27th, 2021. (Vivs 28. Taimi 20)

End of Dragons: February 28th, 2022. 1335. (Vivs 29. Taimi 21)

Now February 1st, 2023. 1336. (Vivs 30. Taimi 22)

Have you decided on a birthday for your character? Vividatt's birthday is the 20th of the season Zephyr. He met Taimi the day after his birthday. He fought Ryland with Kas and Braham in Icebrood Saga Episode Champions: Power: Jormag's World, where the Owl's spirit sacrificed herself for the others, and this happened the day before his birthday. He was about to be 28.

Taimi is said to have been born in late spring or early summer. I just wish they'd give them actual birthdays.

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Evie's OC Birthday Calendar

Have you ever wondered when my OCs' birthdays are? No? Well, you're getting a birthday calendar anyways. Under the cut, you'll find calendar pages, the template for which was made by this lovely person - for free! Thank you so much ^^

If, for some reason, you can't read what's written on the images, either because they won't load or because you can't read my sorry attempt at writing in cursive for the first time since fifth grade, don't worry – I've put a list of all the birthdays underneath the images for you!

List, in case the images don't load:

Also bonus reasons for the birthdays if there are any :)

January:

05. - Philomel (rough estimate of what "just after The Beginning" means) 10. - Kan-chan (goroawase for ma-ma-i-do: 0-0-1-10) 21. - Bára (Squirrel Appreciation Day, assigned by Larry Daley) 29. - Diana ("The Raven" is published on January 29th 1845)

February:

02. - Dotty (I honestly can't remember) 08. - Jelena (Release date of the Musik des Teufels audio drama) 15. - Honey (National Gumdrop Day + I needed a February birthday) 26. - Denri (Wii VC release of LOZ: OOT in the US)

March:

09. - Sonoko (goroawase for san-o-ko: 3-0-9) 10. - Lindewen (goroawase for surin-da: 3-10) 26. - K'Rala (Live Long and Prosper Day) 29. - Helena (Mermaid Day) 30. - Lily (World Bipolar Day)

April:

06. - Holly (goroawase for ho-ri: 4-6) 10. - Jamie (I honestly can't remember. But the Titanic sets sail April 10th!) 26. - Anita (World Burlesque Day)

May:

02. - Penny | Agent 0 (goroawase, probably, but I can't remember for what) 04. - Lani (Star Wars Day, May the Fourth be with you) 31. - Claire (Pretty sure it's a reference to Sappho but I don't remember how)

June:

01. - Vicky (Marilyn Monroe's birthday) 05. - Cora (National Tailors Day) 08. - Reina (Name Your Poison Day) 25. - Inari (Pudding's birthday - they're twins, so...)

July:

01. - Lux (07/01; Amber Lead Syndrome is introduced in ep. 701 of the anime) 09. - Eva (Argentina Independence Day) 16. - Varsha (World Snake Day; assigned by Tom Sawyer)

August:

01. - Kit (movie & 80s version) (Spider-Man Day) 08. - Fernip (I can't remember) 15. - Noura (Flooding/Fidelity of The Nile) 30. - Raevyn (picked it in 2019; wanted her to be a summer girl and a virgo)

September:

02. - Circe (goroawase for kyu-ki-tsu-ki = vampire: 9-2) 04. - Kaede (goroawase for mu-sa-sa-bi: 6-3-3-1; 6+3, 3+1 -> 9-4) 12. - Sonata (Hans Zimmer's birthday) 14. - Chalice (release of the animated Disney's Alice in Wonderland in the US) 25. - Aurelia (Maybe I wanted her to be a libra? Maybe it's a festival of Hera?)

October:

01. - Kassandra ("On the twelfth hour of the first day of October 1989...") 13. - Evelynn (picked it in 2020, yes it's a reference to Friday 13th) 25. - Byeong-ho (Nevada Day; because of his gambling addiction) 31. Charlie (Halloween for demon boi; read the fic for the canonical reason 🙃 )

November:

04. - Soles (Colombian All Saints' Day) 17. - Sherry (first release day of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga) 22. - Eve (release date of her first appearance in the series if she were canon)

December:

05. - Celine (probably Who Killed Markiplier-related) 11. - Luna (I picked it about eight years ago as a reference to Zoro's birthday) 21. - Iris (World Poetry Day but make it sagittarius)

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RWRB, A Comprehensive Timeline

I wanted to make an extremely detailed for rwrb since some of the ones currently floating around online are missing an event that I consider important or the dates of firstprince's texts/emails. But since it's comprehensive its also long as fuck so everything is below the cut. MAJOR SPOILER WARNING

All of the dates are either based on direct book information, the 2019-20 calendar, plus a couple of inferences on my part. The dates that are based more on speculation are marked with an asterisk*.

September 2019

Start of book

Flight to England

Royal wedding

The White House Trio and the HRH Prince Henry Fact Sheet

That weekend: Alex's solo trip to England

Saturday: Alex arrives and meets Henry at the stables, late night ice cream

Sunday: This Morning interview, Cancer Ward visit and the Medical Supply Closet

A Friday: Alex visits Rafael Luna

Alex forgets to meet June for dinner but they end up eating together for Family Pizza night

October 2019

Henry texts Alex for the first time

Over the next few weeks: back-and-forth banter over text, sharing snippets of their lives

Wed, Oct 30: extended texting about Henry's tie, "you are the thistle in the tender and sensitive arse crack of my life"

November 2019

Sun, Nov 17: Claremont campaign buttons, "tell shaan I said hi and I miss that sweet sweet ass"

Wed, Nov 27: The Great Turkey Calamity

December 2019

Sun, Dec 8: the bond marathon

A day or two prior to Christmas: Oscar arrives at the White House

Tues, Dec 24: Alex spends time with his dad, tense Christmas dinner, Alex calls Henry to spill about nutso family stuff, June teases Alex about making a new friend

A few days later: the White House Trio plans the New Year's Eve party

Tues, Dec 31: New Year's Eve party, Alex kisses Nora at midnight, first prince New Year's kiss outside in the garden

January 2020

Alex's sexuality crisis as he starts the final semester of college

Wed, Jan 8*: June forces Alex out on a run

Mon, Jan 13*: Alex starts his campaign job

Sat, Jan 18* or later: The Coming-Out Convo with Nora

Thurs, Jan 24* (night): Alex is late for his review session, he gets a little pissy over Henry kissing a mysterious blond then is sad when he realizes it's probably interference, then he calls Liam

Fri, Jan 25* or later: the state dinner, makeout session in the Red Room, then Alex invites Henry up to his room

February 2020

Sat, Feb 9*: The Charity Polo Match

March 2020

Mar 3-4: first emails about Paris fundraiser

Weekend of Mar 6-8: Paris shenanigans, "he forgets they don't spend the night so they do"

Weekend of Mar 27-29: New York birthday celebrations

April 2020

Alex learns about Henry's dark moods

The two of them talk about gay history

Zahra catches Alex with a hickey

Last names, Nixon, baby, Henry's family, Alex's high school experience, I miss you

The Texas binder and conversation with June

May 2020

Alex's final week of classes while Henry and Pez holiday in Wales and work on their philanthropy projects

Alex finishes his finals

Sat, May 16: Alex graduates summa cum laude from Georgetown, graduation party at the White House

Weekend of May 29-31: Super 6 karaoke night and after

June 2020

Sun, June 8: you are a dark sorcerer emails

Things get ugly with Richards leading the ticket

Alex misses DC Pride

Texas on the path to become a Battleground state

WASPy Hunter being an ass about flipping Texas

Mon, June 23: 3 Geniuses and Alex group chat

July 2020

Sun, July 6: Wimbledon and Henry's apartment

A few days prior to DNC: Richard's campaign rally at Vanderbilt

July 13-16: DNC

Tues, July 14: Zahra has a boyfriend, Luna is the independent that joined Richards, Henry visits Alex at the Berkman, "you are good"

Wed, July 15: Zahra discovers Alex and Henry in the hotel room

After the DNC: Alex comes out to his mom, Ellen makes a PowerPoint about it and kicks Alex off the campaign

August 2020

Sun, Aug 10: A Mass of Fools and Knaves email about Hamilton, "see attached bibliography" and "history huh", "shall I tell you that when we're apart your body comes back to me in dreams", they start to include quotes from the letters of gay historical figures, Henry's story about The Prince and the Sorcerer

Weekend of Aug 21-23: The Texas Lake House

Day 1: the White House Trio drives down and meet Henry, Oscar brings up Luna then Henry, "Alex is so in love he could die"

Day 2: Alex makes breakfast and reflects on loving Henry, they all go swimming, Alex thinks about roots, the I love you and the aftermath

Day 3: Henry is gone when Alex wakes up, the note in the kitchen the last message Henry sends him

Mon, Aug 30: Alex flies transatlantic and storms Kensington Palace

Tues, Aug 31: Alex and Henry talk it out, how long, "it had better be forever"

September 2020

Wed, Sep 1: (2 AM) The V&A night

Thurs, Sep 2: Henry gives Alex has signet ring, Alex returns home, Hometown stuff email

Sat, Sep 4: Henry comes out to Philip, metaphors about Buckingham Palace, list of things Alex loves about Henry

Mon, Sep 13*: Zahra is engaged, photos from the DNC of Alex and Henry leak, June offers to take the heat

Alex and Nora go on a date

Alex and Henry meet in a security car and kiss

Thurs, Sep 24: "Seria una mentira, porque no seria el"

Mon, Sep 27: Bad Metaphors about Maps email, THE SECRET IS OUT

Tues, Sep 28: Zahra takes Alex to London to see Henry and she reveals that Shaan is her fiance, Bea gives Alex some advice about Henry's grief

Wed, Sep 29: meeting with the queen, mural of Alex and Henry as Han and Leia

October 2020

Alex returns from London

Nora barrels in with the evidence against the Richards campaign

Bills, Bill's, Bills show transcript

Fri, Oct 2: Alex's Address from the White House

Alex and Luna talk

End of October: Alex and Henry's Royal photo Shoot, Bea spills the secret of the youth shelters

November 2020

Alex and Nora have a conversation about everything that happened and plans going forward, June gets her book deal

Tues, Nov 3: election night, Alex gives a speech, Texas goes blue and they win, Alex brings Henry to his childhood home

[narutoevents]

2020 Events!

NaruHina 2020 - all year

January 2020

JustGaara Week - Jan 12th - 19th

Sai/Ino Week 2020 - Jan 18th - 24th

HidaKona Month - All Jan

February 2020

MadaTobi Gift Exchange (posting) - All Feb

KakaObi Week - Feb 10th - 23rd

March 2020

Tenten Week 2020 - Mar 3rd - 9th

MadaSaku Week - Mar 15th - 21st

ShikaTema Zine - Presales - Feb 29th - Apr 5th

Big Three Zine - Presales - Mar 2nd - June 1st

Sakura Week 2020 - Mar 22nd - 28th

KakaIru Zine - Apps - Mar 15th - Apr 15th

BoruSara Week - Mar 25th - 31st

ShikaSaku Week - Mar 27th - Apr 4th

ShikaTema Writing Contest - ends Apr 1st

TobiIzu Exchange - Apps - Mar 26th - Apr 15th

April 2020

ShikaTema Writing Contest - ends Apr 1st

ShikaSaku Week - Mar 27th - Apr 4th

ShikaTema Zine - Presales - Feb 29th - Apr 5th

KawaBoru Week - Apr 1st - 7th

Udon Week 2020 - Apr 1st - 7th

Exchange no Jutsu - Signups - Apr 3rd - 18th

KakaIru Zine - Apps - Mar 15th - Apr 15th

TobiIzu Exchange - Apps - Mar 26th - Apr 15th

Big Three Zine - Presales - Mar 2nd - June 1st

Seasons of Anime Exchange - Apps - Apr 13th - May 3rd

May 2020

Seasons of Anime Exchange - Apps - Apr 13th - May 3rd

Naruto RarePair Week - May 3rd - 9th

KakaMei Event 2020 - May 5th - 6th

SasuIno Week - May 17th - 23rd

KakaYama Week 2020 - May 18th - 24th

SasuSakuSara Weekend - May 29th - 31st

Big Three Zine - Presales - Mar 2nd - June 1st

Naruto Sensei Zine - Presales - May 10th - June 10th

Naruto x BNHA Zine - Mod Apps - May 21st - June 21st

GaaSaku Fanfest Exchange - Apps Open - May 22nd - TBD

June 2020

Naruto Sensei Zine - Presales - May 10th - June 10th

Naruto x BNHA Zine - Mod Apps - May 21st - June 21st

GaaSaku Fanfest Exchange - Apps Open - May 22nd - TBD

Naruto Canon x OC Week - June 1st - 7th

Big Three Zine - Presales - Mar 2nd - June 1st

KakaIru Mini Bang - June 8th - 12th

ShikaTema Week 2020 - June 24th - 30th

Big Three Zine - Presales - Mar 2nd - June 1st

SasuHina Month - All June

July 2020

SasuSaku Month - all July

MadaTobi Month - all July

Naruto Fantasy Week - July 1st - 7th

Naruto OC Mini Bang - July 3rd - 5th

Kunoichi Week - July 6th - 12th

KakaGai Day - July 7th

Quirk no Jutsu Zine - Apps open Jul 8th

Shikaku Week - July 10th - 15th

Uchihas Zine - Interest check Jul 15th - Aug 30th

KakaObi Mini-Bang - July 18th - 19th

/r/ Naruto Gift Exchange - Nominations Jul 21st - Aug 5th

Nine Weeks of Kakairu - June 28th - Aug 29th

Narutales wlw Zine - Sales end Jul 30th

Sasori Mini-Bang - Interest check closes Jul 31st

August 2020

MitsuChou Week - Aug 1st - 7th

Tsunade Week - Aug 2nd - 8th

/r/ Naruto Gift Exchange - Nominations Jul 21st - Aug 5th

/r/ Naruto Gift Exchange - Sign-ups Aug 5th - 12th

Quirk no Jutsu Zine - Apps close Aug 8th

SasuNaruSasu Week - Aug 17th - 23rd

ShiSaku Weekend - Aug 21st - 23rd

Nine Weeks of KakaIru - Ends Aug 29th

NejiTen Month - All August

Uchiha Pin Up Calendar - Apps - Aug 15th - 31st

KakaIru Zine - Aug 20th - Sept 20th

September 2020

Seasons of Anime Exchange - Reveals - Sept 1st

Sakumo Week - Sept 1st - 6th

KakaIru Fest Week - Sept 8th - 15th

Kakashi Week 2020 - Sept 13rd - 20th

KakaIru Zine - Presales - Aug 20th - Sept 20th

Nara Week - Sept 17th - 23rd

Naruto Secret Santa - Mod Apps - Sept 19th - 25th

RasaThird Day - Sept 26th

Izuna Week - Sept 20th - 26th

GaaLee Bingo - Prompt Submissions - All September

ShikaSaku Week - Sept 30th - Oct 7th

October 2020

ShikaSaku Week - Sept 30th - Oct 7th

Akatsuki Gift Exchange - Apps Open - Oct 1st - 15th

Seasons of Anime Exchange - Signups - Oct 2nd - 17th

Uchiha Sasuke Week - Oct 5th - 11th

TobiDei Week - Oct 10th - 18th

GaaLee Bingo - All Oct

SasuSaku Trends Zine - Mod Apps - All Oct

Naruto Secret Santa - Apps Open - All Oct

NaruHina Exchange - Apps Open - Oct 3rd - 31st

KakaIru Exchange - Apps Open - Oct 3rd - 25th

Naruto Kink Meme - Oct 7th - Nov 7th

Uchiha Shisui Week - Oct 18th - 24th

Founders Week - Oct 23rd - 29th

KakuHida Week - Oct 25th - Nov 2nd

Founders’ Halloween - Oct 31st

Genma HalloWeekend - Oct 31st - Nov 1st

November 2020

SasuSaku Trends Zine - Mod Apps - Close Nov 1st

KakuHida Week - Oct 25th - Nov 2nd

Genma HalloWeekend - Oct 31st - Nov 1st

SasoSaku Month - All Nov

Uchiha Pinup Calendar - Presales - Nov 2nd - Dec 1st

Naruto Poly Week - Nov 1st - 7th

KakaIru Big Bang - Writer Apps - Nov 1st - 15th

Naruto Kink Meme - Oct 7th - Nov 7th

Sasori Mini-Bang - Nov 6th - 10th

Rock Lee Week - Nov 21st - 27th

JiraOro Day - Nov 27th

December 2020

Uchiha Pinup Calendar - Presales - Nov 2nd - Dec 1st

Naruto Scifi Week - Dec 1st - Dec 8th

Naruto Week - Dec 7th - 13th

KakaIru Big Bang - Artist Apps - Dec 14th - 27th

ShikaNaru Week - Dec 11th - 13th

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[shigures-house]

My new revised Fruits Basket character ages post

First: I am a massive nerd. I’ve been studying how old the Fruits Basket characters are for over a decade now. I’ve gotten things wrong and people have passed me additional information, so I’m always refining it.

Second: the characters don’t really have birthdays because it’s not important to the story. If it mattered, then we’d know the birthdays.

So, what I’ve put together is a mixture of canon ages, calculations based on relative ages, knowledge of Japanese culture, and a source that may or may not actually be canon, the 2001 Fruits Basket character book. As a source of character data, it has not been outright disowned by Natsuki Takaya, which is good, because the western zodiac signs given in that book are a crucial point in calculating these ages.

So, let’s just run through the birth years of the major characters, oldest to youngest and then go on to explanations:

1971 (Year of the Pig) - Hatori, Shigure, Ayame

1972 or 1973 (Rat or Ox) - Kureno

1976, 1977, or 1978 (Dragon, Snake, Horse) - Ritsu

1978 or 1979 (Horse or Sheep) - Akito

1980 (Monkey) - Kagura

1981 or 1982 (Rooster or Dog) - Rin

1982 (Dog) - Arisa, Tohru, Yuki

1982 or 1983 (Dog or Pig) - Saki

1983 (Pig) - Kyo, Haru

1984 (Rat) - Momiji

1987 (Rabbit) - Kisa, Hiro

I go into tiresome detail below the fold:

First of all, some base principles. Chinese zodiac years in Japan do not follow the lunar new year (typically in late January or February), but instead the calendar year. In Japan, December 31, 2019 was the last day of the year of the pig, January 1, 2020 was the first day of the year of the rat, whereas the year of the rat was not recognized in China until January 25, 2020.

Second, the Japanese school system: the school year starts in the beginning of April. Young children start first grade the year that they are six on April 1st. Thus, the first grade students that started in April 2020 will have been born from April 2013 through March 2014. Elementary school lasts six years. The kids start middle school when they turn twelve, then high school when they turn 15. By the time they graduate from high school, they will have all turned 18 (there can be exceptions, and one of those is applicable to this discussion, so stay tuned).

So: the Mabudachi trio. They were in the same school year together, and they were all born in the year 1971. We know this because Tohru mentions that Hatori is 27 years old in spring 1999, while Shigure is 28 in fall of 1999. According to the 2001 character book, Hatori is a Cancer, Shigure a Scorpio, and Ayame a Sagittarius. So, Hatori was born June/July 1971, Shigure October/November, and Ayame November/December. They are all year of the pig, they started elementary school in April 1978 and graduated high school in March 1990.

Kureno: tells Uo he’s 26 years old in the summer of 1999: he’s either born in the early part of 1973 or the later part of 1972. I prefer to assume the former. Kureno had not been introduced by the time the character book had been published, so we don’t know his western zodiac sign.

Ritsu: The character we know the least about, and that includes age. All we know is that they’re several years younger than their four older cousins, and they’re older that Akito, who is the series character they are most similar in age to. Unhelpfully, their western zodiac sign is Capricorn, meaning they could be born in December or January. Based on relative ages, I think the likeliest birth years for Ritsu are December 1976/January 1977, but they might be year younger than that.

Akito: While Akito’s exact age is not given, we know that they’re between Ritsu and Kagura in age. Being born in 1978 would make them 20 at the start of the series, and I think it is implied that Akito is legally an adult, which was 20 years ol at the time the series was published (legal adulthood is now 18 in Japan). Akito is a Cancer, so approximately June/July 1978.

Kagura is said by Yuki to be two years older than them. She’s a Cancer as well, so she was born June/July 1980.

Rin is the other zodiac member who had not been introduced at the time of the character book, so we don’t have a western sign for her, either. We do have a school year, however: she’s one year ahead of Tohru & co. (Kagura mentions accepting Rin’s graduation certificate on her behalf). Rin was thus born sometime from April 1981 through March 1982.

That brings us to Tohru, Yuki, Kyo, Arisa and Saki. Tohru mentions in the very first chapter that she’s year of the dog. She’s also a Taurus, so she was born in Late April or early May 1982.Yuki is a Virgo, so his birthday is late August or early September 1982. Yuki is said to be 10 years younger than Ayame--given that Yuki’s birthday is earlier in the year, that means Ayame would indeed have been 10 when Yuki was born, turning 11 a couple of months later.. Kyo (as mentioned in a 4koma comic published near the start of the series) is year of the pig. As he’s Capricorn, that means his birthday is early January 1983, thus making him the only character whose birthday we can narrow down to one month in one year.

Now Saki and Arisa represent a puzzle for us. First of all, Arisa is an Aquarius, which means a January/February birthdate. Given that she’s in the same school year as her friends, that would imply being born in January/February 1983. However, that contradicts one piece of information. When she finds out, in the summer of 1999, that Kureno is 26, she thinks “nine years age difference,” implying she is seventeen at the time, rather than the sixteen she would be if she were born in 1983. But let’s not forget that Arisa was a delinquent. It’s a very plausible assumption that Arisa could have been held back a year at some point because of her spotty school performance. So, I choose to go with the assumption that Arisa was born in January/February 1982, making her the oldest of her friends instead of the youngest. Finally, there’s Saki, who is an Aries, meaning that her birthdate in in March or April. And that’s when the school cutoff date is. So, she’s either March 1983 or April 1982. I choose to believe the latter simply for the sake of probability: Aries has more April days than March days. So, by my reckoning, the birth order of the 1-D kids are: Arisa first, then Saki, Tohru, Yuki, with Kyo being the baby of the group.

Haru and Momiji are one year behind Tohru and company in school. Haru is yet another Cancer, meaning he was born in June/July 1983. Momiji is a Pisces, so that puts him at February/March 1984.

Finally, the youngest two. Kisa is three years behind Momij and Haru in school. Like Momiji, she’s also a Pisces, meaning she was born in February/March 1987. Hiro, a Leo, is only five months younger being born in July/August 1987, but since that’s after the April cutoff date, he’s one year behind her in school.

Is some of this information incorrect? Almost definitely--I’ve been refining my character age list for a long time, revising it as find new data. And if the western zodiac signs are invalid, then most of this information is even more worthless than appears at first glance.

But it’s been fun putting it together. I welcome other researchers to make discoveries that others have so far missed.

[joysmercer]

Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 7: A Timeline

Season 6 Finale: Wednesday, 5/8 to Wednesday, 5/15/2019

E1 (“MANHUNTER”): Thursday, 6/6/2019

E2 (“CAPTAIN KIM”): Friday, 6/7 to Monday, 6/10/2019

E3 (“PIMENTO”): Tuesday, 6/18 to Thursday, 6/20/2019 + Thursday, 6/27/2019

E4 (“THE JIMMY JAB GAMES II”): Friday, 6/21/2019

E5 (“DEBBIE”): Saturday, 6/22 to Sunday, 6/23/2019

E6 (“TRYING”): Monday, 6/24/19 to late January 2020  

E7 (“DING DONG”): Day 1 to Day 3, mid-March 2020

E8 (“THE TAKEBACK”):  Friday, 3/27 to Monday, 3/30/2020

E9 (“DILLMAN”): around 4/10/2020

E11 (“VALLOWEASTER”): Thursday, 10/31/2019 +  Friday, 2/14/2020 + Sunday, 4/12/2020 to Monday, 4/13/2020

E10 (“ADMIRAL PERALTA”): mid-May 2020 + around 6/17/2020 + Friday, 6/26 to Saturday, 6/27/2020

E12 (“RANSOM”): Day 1 to Day 3, mid-August 2020

E13 (“LIGHTS OUT”): Day 1, around 10/20/2020

explanations for the dates are under the cut!

Things to keep in mind:

The B/C-plots, for the most part, are not included in the calculation of the times here, because they rarely have the same number of days as the A-plot. 

I didn’t take weekends into consideration unless otherwise noted. There is a weekend squad, but we know that the regular detectives also sometimes work weekends (enough so that on more than one occasion, Holt has rewarded them with “weekends off”).

Time-stamps within the episode are used as guidelines, but not always as the rule, unless there is a specific number of days given.

7x01-early 7x06 all have to happen in June so that they can start The Amy Way in July. Please refer to 7x06 for the explanation for the dates on these episodes.

Season 6 Finale: 5/8-5/15/2019 

Has to start and end on a Wednesday; two or more weeks must pass until 7x02.

7x01:  6/6/2019

As per Amy's period in Trying, it has to be at the beginning of the month. 

Continuity: Since patrol cops spend “6 months on the same beat,” which Holt is still doing in December, assume that when Debbie says it’s his “first week on the job,” she means his current beat.

Continuity: her period technically is supposed to start somewhere between 6/2 and 6/7. Assume when she says it’s “late,” she means by just a few days. After all, for the July calendar to be accurate, it can’t be late by more than a week.

7x02: 6/7-6/10/2019

Day 1 – cold open // Day 2 – they meet Cpt. Kim // Day 3 – Party // Day 4 – last scene

Kim got an “email from two weeks ago” from Wunch. Cold-open is on 6/7, a Friday (because Rosa has the weekend off and, therefore, wouldn’t be there to meet Wunch on Day 2 of the episode). The timestamp on the last scene—Day 4—says that it's a Monday. 

7x03: 6/18-6/27/2019

Day 1, 6/18 - cold open

Day 2, 6/19 - visit Pimento’s doctor; Pimento spends the night at Charles’s

Day 3, 6/20 - HR seminar + Pimento in hospital

Day 10: “One Week Later” from Day 3.

Per the cold-open, Amy is ovulating during this episode. Also, Jimmy Jabs are on 6/21.

Continuity: The Masked Singer finale/premiere dates don’t make sense. But the contestant they mentioned didn’t even exist in season 1 of TMS, so it’s excusable.

Continuity: The last scene takes place during “Trying.” Roll with it.

7x04: 6/21/2019

14 days since Rosa last took a vacation—7x02—and a Friday because Amy skips a seminar that was probably wasn’t scheduled for a weekend.

Continuity: Rosa and Jocelyn had apparently been dating “a year” at this point. It was probably shorter than that.

Continuity: This episode most likely takes place before Trying: Jake mentions Amy being more, erm, adventurous now that they’re trying to conceive, and that doesn’t really fit in with the overly-scheduled sex UD-ing that was happening from July 2019 and onwards. Plus, the stress/potential injury that such a competition would bring definitely doesn’t fit in with The Amy Way.

7x05: 6/22-6/23/2019

Debbie steals the cocaine at end of 7x04; assume 7x05 is the day after. The final scene is the day after the rest of the episode.

Continuity: They mention Debbie’s journals from “this year,” and specify that they were written on “August 21.” Assume this means August 2018.

7x06: 6/24/19 - late January 2020  

On the calendars in the war room, “Menstruation” lasts about five days and starts around the 4th of every month; “Ovulation” starts around the 15th of every month and lasts about a week. Amy presumably took a pregnancy test at the very end of every month—not only were these scenes always followed by calendar flips, but she would have to take the tests at least two weeks after ovulation but before she got her period.

The calendar invites/The Jake Way happen in June—so Amy still has to be ovulating at the start of the episode—because they start The Amy Way in July. 

The Amy Way fails for the last time in December. The pregnancy test she takes before Hitchcock announces that his girlfriend is pregnant was late December (around 12/30). The next test she would take—the last scene in the episode—would be late January (around 1/30).

Assuming it isn’t a false positive (which is unlikely, considering her doctor would have double-checked this before putting her on fertility medication), the earliest she can get pregnant would be mid-February.

7x07: lasts about a week and ends mid-March 2020.

Has to be after 2/14 but before 4/12, based on Holt’s uniform changes in Valloweaster. 

It’s very likely that Amy’s just a few weeks pregnant here since she wasn’t suspicious at all until her doctor brought it up; if the hormones messed up her cycle a bit and she got pregnant mid to late-February, she was 3-4 weeks pregnant in this episode and wouldn’t have noticed until taking the test.

Continuity: I’m assuming that the “Ebola Doctor” was Craig Spencer. He contracted the virus in 2014, so “six years ago” makes sense.

7x08: 3/27-3/30/2020.

Since it’s Holt’s first day back, this episode is relatively soon after 7x07, but with a week or two in between to account for paperwork and official promotion procedures. 

Day 1: Friday (The bachelor’s party is over the weekend)

Day 2: Saturday (heist)

Judy’s friends were clearly arrested at nighttime, and that + the change of clothing indicates that Jake and the Judy’s had to have come home the next day.

Day 3: Sunday (Jake comes home)

Day 4: Monday (last scene)

Continuity: The screen on the computer that one of Judy’s men hacks into says “Last Login: March 27 2015.″ Since this episode obviously takes place in 2020, just ignore that.

7x09: ~4/10/2020

Earlier than June—Terry’s kids are still in school (Spring Semester). Also probably(?) a Friday, since Terry’s kids have a concert and it’s unlikely they’ll have one in the middle of the week.

The Friday before Easter (7x11) is April 10.

7x10: Mid-May 2020 (cold open), ~6/17/2020, 6/26/2020-6/27/2020

Cold-Open: pregnancy reveal and end of 1st trimester. 

Day 2: Jake tells his father that they’re having a sex-reveal party “Next Friday,” indicating two Fridays after this day. Therefore, this conversation happened around June 17, 2020 (The Wednesday that is approximately 18 weeks from mid-February).

Day 3: Friday, Day of the party (June 26)

Day 4: Amy finds out; day after Day 3 (June 27)

Continuity: The entirety of 7x11 takes place before this one.

7x11: 10/31/19, 2/14/20, and 4/12-4/13/2020

7x12: Day 1-Day 3, Mid-8/2020

Day 1: Cold Open

Day 2: find cheddar

Day 3: B- and C-plots end

Shakespeare in the Park is usually held in Prospect Park over the summer. Halfway between 7x10 and 7x13 is the end of August; I made it mid-August so it’s still technically “Summer.”

Continuity: Amy’s only 6 months pregnant in this episode and her baby shower is the weekend after. However, in season 5, Gina also had her baby shower at around 5/6 months, so this isn’t unusual for these characters. Plus, this is Amy we’re talking about—she probably had a registry ready to go within days of finding out about the pregnancy. 

7x13: Day 1, late-10/2020. 

The elevator expiry is listed as 12/20/2020 and it was inspected “4 months ago.” elevators in New York are inspected every 6 months, which means that the last inspection was 6/20/2020 and it is now (mid to late-)October. 

Later in the month (10/20/2020* or later) matches up with Amy getting pregnant in mid-February: her due-date would be mid-November, and it makes sense for her to start maternity leave about 3 weeks beforehand. 

Continuity: Amy going on leave so early explains why she didn’t have a maternity bag stashed somewhere in the precinct—we all know that she would have had one had she been working right up to her due date. Also, although Amy’s FOMOW would make her want to stay at the precinct right up until she gave birth, if her doctor recommended her to take rest earlier (which is likely, given how stressful/strenuous her job is…), she would have followed those orders properly.

Thank you to @feeisamarshmallow​ for talking through this with me!

* baby Mac could definitely be either a Libra or a Scorpio :)

[thewench-and-thekingslayer]

📅 2 0 1 9  calendar 🌞

january - gwen welcomes 2019 / february - gwen & nik start game of thrones promo in london / march - gwen attends paris fashion week / april - game of thrones final season premieres / may - jaime & brienne become canon. game of thrones ends. / june - first look at gwen as titania in “a midsummer night’s dream.” nik’s documentary “through greenland” premieres  / july - gwen’s rolls royce campaign debuts / august - nikolaj attends bubbafest in nashville (footage from lctrecool’s instagram) / september - emmy nominees nik and gwen at the ceremony  / october - nikolaj shows off his brienne doll to architectural digest / november - gwen honors laura dern at moma’s film benefit in NY / december - nik spends christmas with his family

previous gwen/nik calendars: ♢2014 ♢2015 ♢ 2016 ♢ 2017 ♢ 2018

Happy New Year 2020! 🥳🍾 Here’s to a better year, a better decade for us all! 🎊 Now with the end of Game of Thrones in 2019 also comes the end of this calendar series. Thank you so much for supporting my Gwen/Nik calendars throughout the years! I wish Gwen and Nik the best of luck on their future projects. Hopefully they work together again someday and bless us with some public appearances together. 🤞🤞🤞

[kristallioness]

2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019

*arrives a month late*... Happy 2021 to all of you, my dear followers! *raises a glass* It seems that my tendency to finish my artwork or personal posts on time has only gotten worse over time (I blame work *lol*). Oh well, better late than never, since there are things I would still like to take with me from this extraordinary year of 2020.

It is cringeworthy that I have two huge red X-s this year. But after I'd put these puzzle pieces together, I remembered far too well what was going on in my (work) life at the time, so it's completely understandable why I didn't have the time nor the energy to draw at all during those two months.

What were those typical statistics that I wrote about again to compare the years? *goes to read last year's post*.. Oh, right! In 2020, I managed to finish 3 full digital drawings (from the months of April, July and December) as well as work on several sketches. I wrote 28,154 words worth of fanfiction (oohh, that's a lot better than previous year), plus 3,126 words in English (I dare say I wrote an equal amount in Estonian) for the prompts I got during UYLD (making the total 31,280 words, which is quite impressive!).

I finished reading the 1st Kyoshi novel in the evening of the 20th and slightly past midnight on the 21st December (barely before the holidays, but I set this goal for myself and I did it!). Am already looking forward to starting with the 2nd part some time this year. Besides that, I ordered and received all the other new Avatar books that came out (3rd part of "Ruins of the Empire", "Katara and the Pirate's Silver", "Legacy of the Fire Nation") as well as BOTH Avatar series DVD sets (I still can't believe I found these on sale on some random online store in Estonia, but these are now among my most prized possessions!).

I finally started my Avatar rewatch last January, but merely got to the Ba Sing Se episodes in Book 2 (I need to continue with "The Earth King") and now it's been 5 YEARS since I last saw Korra. Reading through my journal personal posts from last year, I know far too well that it's not about rushing through it as fast as possible. Instead, I should enjoy the ride and continue watching the episodes when I'm well rested and in the right mood. That way I'll end up feeling much more at peace.

As for the entire year as a whole? I don't think anyone in this world of ours was prepared for the way this decade would begin - with an uncontrollable pandemic, the virus of which is randomly attacking and threatening to wipe out the weakest amongst us. If any of you (or even if you know someone who) have lost a loved one to this plague, there is not much else I can offer but my sincerest condolences! Me, my family, friends and colleagues seem to have managed to avoid catching it so far. *spits 3 x over her shoulder*

I had such high hopes for this year in so many ways. Event-wise I was looking forward to watching the Eurovision Song Contest in May (where Uku Suviste was supposed to represent Estonia for the 1st time ever after so many unfortunate failures to get selected as the winner of our local competition), the European Football Championships in June (asking my colleagues which countries they support, perhaps make fun bets / guesses with them to see whose team would win the matches), the Tokyo Olympic Games in July-August, the President of Estonia (Mrs. Kersti Kaljulaid) coming to visit my hometown to celebrate our Victory Day by taking part in the parade together with the Defence Forces (after 15 years *sigh*)...

I will always remember my last big event, which took place when life used to be "normal", so to say. It was the 102nd anniversary of Estonia on the 24th of February, when I took part of all the most important celebrations in Tallinn on our Independence Day, FULL-TIME (whenever I scroll through my Facebook timeline, I see the photos I uploaded of that day, my heart melts and I smile fondly). But the day after that.. utter hell broke loose. We had our first infected person in the country.

I will also remember the last day I went to work in "normal" conditions. Friday, the 13th of March (typically my lucky day-number combination): I missed the tram I wanted to get on in the morning, at work my team received great news that one of our colleague's family had grown bigger by a new tiny member the day before, we had our last team lunch together, we discussed the safety measures that we should take and joked about what might happen next week, I took the bus home instead of the tram (as the tram's route came from the airport and that place was considered to be more dangerous and with a higher risk of catching this virus).. It was another 2.5 weeks later by then (since the 25th of February) - Estonia (along with the rest of Europe) went into full lockdown.

The beginning was frightening and people were on edge, nobody really knew what to do nor what was gonna happen next. But in time, things began to shake into place and everybody developed a comfortable routine for remote work, including figuring out how to get everyday things done (such as grocery shopping). I found solace in taking photographs of various beautiful bird species, who began to fly around and serenaded me during spring, visiting the trees around my "nest" i.e. rented apartment (with a pair of them ACTUALLY building a nest in the chestnut tree right beside my window, thus turning me into a protective godmother of their chicks).

To be honest, I was awestruck by the positive / surprising aftermath of this lockdown: how the world / environment began to heal itself from the pollution that was normally caused by humans. I was taken aback by how dead silent our usually loud capital became in my neighbourhood (I could only hear trams passing by my house according to their schedules, practically no cars whatsoever, streets were empty of people.. absolute silence).

By May-June, things started to look up in Estonia (as well as the rest of Europe) and people were allowed to start travelling / moving around more freely. During my vacation in July, I managed to go to my last (open air) event (for the rest of the year) under these new "corona" conditions and ended up having a blast at the Open Farm Days in my home county for the first time.

Our country's shining moment came during the first week of September, when we hosted the first ever Rally Estonia of the World Rally Championship (WRC), where our very own Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja won. The event was so well organized and successful that nobody caught the virus nor did the spectators / participants spread it to others, which surely must've helped in ensuring us a spot in the WRC calendar for 2021 as well.

The remainder of the year was rather dull, with the exception of the US Presidential elections in November, when we were all holding our breaths that Joe Biden would win (congratulations, my American friends!). This eventually led to the painful downfall of THE WORST government the Republic of Estonia has ever had, and to the rise of our first female Prime Minister, Kaja Kallas (both happening in January 2021, I couldn't believe it all spiralled so soon, ha-ha!).

Anyways, during the last 4 months, work was very stressful and driving me nuts, so badly that when I eventually went on vacation before Christmas, I had a slight anxiety disorder that wouldn't let me relax for several days (luckily it went away just as quickly once I began to take it easy and managed to get some proper rest / sleep).

In hindsight, I kind of get this weird feeling as if I saw this whole thing coming, given how actively I was living my life throughout 2019. My final year of the 2010's was so full of important events and personal achievements. It's almost as if something mysterious inside was driving me, telling me to visit all the places and do all the things I wanted to do, cause I wouldn't have this sort of a chance again for a very long time.

This must be the main reason why I am thankful for 2020 for going the way it did. Sure, I'm disappointed that a lot of events were cancelled, that so many people have had to leave this world so soon due to this unpredictable disease.. But I think there are so many lessons to take from what came out of all of this. I believe the world needed some sort of a restart or break, given in what direction we were headed (politically, economically, environmentally, socially etc.). I'm just sorry it's had to come with such a high price of innocent lives.

I have even higher hopes for 2021, given how amazingly January has already passed for me and my country, and what is to come in my hometown in February. Let's take the lessons learned from 2020 with us and keep on heading back towards the "normal" lifestyle we used to know. Except this time, let's improve our ways, put all the hatred behind us, be more considerate, keep a distance, stay safe, but still try to make the world a better place for everyone. Thank you so much for reading, for remaining by my side, and for your support and love throughout the years, my friends! I hope to see you all alive and healthy at the end of the white metal ox year of 2021! *virtual hugs*

[cidsin]

     One Piece OC Pinup Calendar 2020

SO here it is, the first of the two calendar projects that we had all worked hard on! In March 2019 we asked who would be interested in a collab of this kind  One Piece OC PinUp Calendar 2020 - FULL and were very surprised to see how many were interested Who took part in which month? We will link you to the participans and their works! (at least the calendar part, if wished we will add later the artwork itself ) The Calendar1: sta.sh/2yaw7i5c4kv?edit=1

January with Beni Beni-kun February with Chiari StreamOfEuphoria March with Mizu Hafsouna   April with Fina Mowwiie May with Shoue Klexenia June with Yae Ya-e July with Raven Dialogue-art August with Serena @asktheseawitch  September with Alya @askayladasilva  October (Wildcard) with Mireille Aya Chaoussu November with Rhea Shxnn December (Wildcard)  with Broppi Cero!

The Calendar2: sta.sh/22eai62tj7ac?edit=1

January with Sophie OhPineapples February with Hatomi Portgas-D-Hato March with Chloe ShaidrOwO April with Jake MrAnhimosity May with Ammon CidSin June with Honey Honeychamaa July with Bathorie Edur SUSHIFREAK101 August with Loki Kemmasandi September with Luna Shenira October with Duncan @ask-death-soul-jenny   November with Mai Mirror MoriachiisArt December  with Novy Wispie

[jeffhirsch]

Persistent Volatility Runs Into Resistance & Exuberant Sentiment

We have all been gobsmacked by velocity and strength of this V-shaped rally off the March 23 bear market low. For the record this rally became an official Ned Davis Research defined bull market on May 26 when DJIA was up 30% from the low when it made a new recovery high after 50 calendar days (see NDR definitions below). And this was on the back of the shortest bear market on record, which lasted only 40 days. Today’s market comeuppance is an important reminder that we need to be patient with this market and heed our cautious analysis and stance.

This is still the “Worst Six Months” and as we warned in the May Outlook when the market is down during the “Best Six Months” (November-April) as they were in 2020, the “Worst Six Months” (May-October) were down or flat 86% of the time with a median S&P decline of -6.7% since 1950.

Other seasonal indicators are also flashing the caution sign. This year’s negative January Barometer and breached December DJIA low, point to possible retests of the lows and choppy, volatile trading over the next several months. See the updated composite graph of the seasonal pattern for these 22 years since 1950 in the June Outlook.

It appears that quite a fair amount of hope was built into the rally. Lots of hope that everything is just going back to the way it was real soon. But COVID cases are on the climb again and folks are concerned that a pause and/or reverse of reopening could delay the economic recovery and derail the bull. Up until the past few days it felt like mid-February again with the market ignoring economic and corporate data as momentum pushed everything higher.

The jobs report was a bit unbelievable and then Fed Chairman Powell’s candor and reserved outlook at yesterday’s press conference put the fear right back into the market today. Meanwhile the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow model currently estimates that 2020 Q2 GDP growth will be down -48.5%.

Sentiment had also become rather exuberant as the Weekly CBOE Equity Only Put/Call ratio we track in the “Pulse of the Market” hit 0.43 last week – its lowest level since the week ending 4/10/2010 about three weeks before the infamous flash crash. Investor’s Intelligence Advisors Sentiment survey Bullish advisors are now up to 56.9%. Correction advisors are down to 22.5% while Bearish advisors have slipped further to 20.6%, putting us at caution levels.

Technically, things deteriorated rapidly today. After blasting through several levels of resistance we have been tracking as shown in the chart here S&P 500 stalled at 3210 and plunged 5.9% today through 3115 support/resistance and closed just below 3010 support/resistance which sits at the 2019 summer highs. The next major support level below here is 2725 right near where the 50-day moving average turned up in mid-May, which would be a 15.7% correction from the recent recovery high reached this past Monday, June 8.

Hope springs eternal, but caution remains the prudent course of action.

Ned Davis Research bull and bear market definitions:

A cyclical bull market requires a 30% rise in the DJIA after 50 calendar days or a 13% rise after 155 calendar days. Reversals of 30% in the Value Line Geometric Index since 1965 also qualify. A cyclical bear market requires a 30% drop in the DJIA after 50 calendar days or a 13% decline after 145 calendar days. Reversals in the Value Line Geometric Index also qualify. Bull and bear markets are measured at peak and trough dates, so both the time and price criteria must be met as of the peak and trough dates.

[barberwitch]

Witch Tip Wednesday 2.6.19

The Calendar of 2019

So my bitchin witches, you’re starting to wake up from the haze of the never ending january and are looking to the rest of the year struggling to stay on track? Well, do I have a post for you! Also...sorry I didn’t do this in January, that was the plan, but then...life!

Includes: Moon Phases, Mercury retrograde (no Venus or Mars retrogrades this year), and more. Also, full moons and new moons that land on Friday’s are debuted due to specific rituals that require that.

Please note, that the dates and times are based in North America PST, so some math and actual date tracking may still be needed for those who aren’t based here in the US. Holidays from the Wheel of the Year are added, though not listed for the Solstices and Equinoxes.

February

🌑New Moon: 4th @ 104:pm

🌓First Quarter: 12th @ 2:26 PM

🌕Full Moon: 19th @ 7:53AM (Super Moon)

🌗Last Quarter: 26th @ 3:29AM

March

🔄♓️Mercury Retrograde 5th - 28th (Pisces)

🌑New Moon: 6th @ 8:05AM

🌓First Quarter: 14th @ 3:27AM

🌕Full Moon: 20th @ 6:42PM 

🌷Spring Equinox: 20th

🌗Last Quarter: 27th @ 9:09PM

April

🌑New Moon: 5th @ 1:50 AM (Friday)

🌓First Quarter: 12th @ 12:05PM

🌕Full Moon: 19th @ 4:12AM (Friday)

🌗Last Quarter: 26th @ 3:18PM

👹Walpurgisnacht:30th

May

🔥Beltane: 1st

🌑New Moon: 4th @ 3:45PM

🌓First Quarter: 11th @ 6:12PM

🌕Full Moon: 18th @ 2:11PM (Blue Moon - 3rd Full Moon in single season)

🌗Last Quarter: 26th @ 9:33AM

June

🌑New Moon: 3rd @ 3:01AM

🌓First Quarter: 9th @ 10:59PM

🌕Full Moon: 17th @ 1:30AM

🌞Summer Solstice: 21st

🌗Last Quarter: 25th @ 2:46AM

July

🔄♋️♌️Mercury Retrograde: 7th to 31st (Cancer into Leo)

🌑New Moon: 2nd @ 12:16PM

🌓First Quarter: 9th @ 10:59PM

🌕Full Moon: 16th @ 2:38PM

🌗Last Quarter: 24th @ 6:18PM

🌚New Moon: 31st @ 8:11PM (Black Moon - 2nd New Moon in 1 month)

August

🌾Lammas/Lughnas: 1st

🌓First Quarter: 7th @ 10:30AM

🌕Full Moon: 15th @ 5:29AM

🌗Last Quarter: 23rd @ 7:56AM

🌑New Moon: 30th@ 3:37AM (Super New Moon - Friday)

September

🌓First Quarter: 5th @ 8:10PM

🌕Full Moon: 13th @ 9:32PM (Micro Full Moon - Friday)

🌗Last Quarter: 21st @ 7:40PM

🍁Autumnal Equinox: 23rd

🌑New Moon: 28th @ 11:26AM (Super New Moon)

October

🌓First Quarter: 5th @ 9:47 AM

🌕Full Moon: 13th @ 2:07PM

🌗Last Quarter: 21st @ 5:39AM

🌑New Moon: 27th @ 8:38PM

🎃Halloween/Samhain: 31st

🔄♍️Mercury Retrograde: 31st to Nov. 20th (Scorpio)

November

🔄♍️Mercury Retrograde: Cntd.- Nov 20th (Scorpio)

💀Dia De Muertos: Nov 1st ( - 2nd)

👻All Souls Day: Nov 2nd

🌓First Quarter: 4th @ 2:23AM

🌕Full Moon: 12th @ 5:34AM

🌗Last Quarter: 19th @ 1:10pm

🌑New Moon: 26th @ 7:05AM

December

🌓First Quarter: 3rd @ 10:58 PM

🔔Krampusnacht: 5th

🌕Full Moon: 11th @ 9:12PM

🎊Saturnalia: 17th

🌗Last Quarter: 18th @ 8:57PM

🌜Winter Solstice: 21st

🕎Hanukkah: 22nd @ 4:47pm

🌑New Moon: 25th @ 9:13PM (🎄Christmas)

January 2020

🌓First Quarter: 2nd @ 8:45PM

👑Dia De Magos: 6th

🌕Full Moon: 10th @ 11:21AM (Friday)

🌗Last Quarter: 17th @ 4:58AM

🌑New Moon: 24th @ 1:42PM (Friday)

🦋Cheers, Barberwitch

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Calendar 2020

Masterlist | Schedule [WIP] |  2018 | 2019

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[itcameuponamidnightqueer]

a happier 2019 wrap-up

every year for new year’s, my mom gets everyone one-a-day calendars tailored to their interests. for 2020, she got me a calendar of funny/stupid answers people have written on tests. 

but for 2019, she gave me a calendar with a different trivia question every day. i had two rules for this calendar: 1) i had to write down an answer for each question, even if what i wrote down was the dumbest shit in the world, and 2) i wasn’t allowed to look at the answer until the day after. 

i saved up all of the ones that i got right bc i like to quantify things, so if nothing else, i know 93 things—

january 18: many musicians have recorded and performed the song “hallelujah.” who wrote it?

january 29: thurl ravenscroft was an accomplished voice actor who sang “you’re a mean one, mr. grinch.” however, ravenscroft was best known for voicing which TV commercial icon?

february 7: who was the first african american appointed to the US supreme court?

february 12: mount rushmore features the giant carved faces of george washington, abraham lincoln, thomas jefferson, and which other US president? 

february 13: what is ninjitsu? 

february 26: mae c. jemison went into space in 1992 aboard the endeavor, earning her what distinction?

february 27: who wrote and first recorded the song “big yellow taxi”?

march 2: what is the longest running show in broadway history?

march 5: what is the largest library in the world?

march 8: what two novels did the lesser-known brontë sister, anne, write?

march 12: which reptile can breathe through its rear end?

march 16: the winner of best picture at the 2017 oscars was moonlight—but, in an historic mix-up, the announcers initially declared which other nominee to be the winner?

march 21: which is the smallest planet in our solar system?

march 22: why is a pound cake called a pound cake? 

march 23: the hit musical wicked is based on a 1995 novel by which author?

march 24: billy eichner, comedian and host of billy on the street, once had a role on which beloved NBC sitcom?

march 27: name the star who plays offred in the hulu series the handmaid’s tale?

april 6: the 2015 song “fourfiveseconds” was a collaboration between rihanna, kanye west, and which other legendary musician?

april 8: why do apples turn brown when sliced?

april 16: what is a pooh-bah?

april 19: what is the belgian town of duffel’s claim to fame?

april 29: what ancient babylonian king created a compendium of 282 laws to guide society in 18th century BCE?

may 2: what is the name for the condition in which a dog’s feet smell like corn chips? 

may 5: in mary shelley’s frankenstein, which character is named frankenstein?

may 7: name the australian pop star whose debut studio album blue neighborhood included hits “youth” and “wild”.

may 10: which superhero did british actor benedict cumberbatch play in a 2016 film?

may 16: which american film tradition began this day in 1929?

may 17: in science, what does “triple point” refer to?

may 26: what function do cats’ whiskers serve?

may 27: where is the tomb of the unknown soldier located?

june 1: which cult classic film popularized the red swingline stapler? 

june 3: who is barbie (the doll) named after? 

june 4: eid al-fitr is an annual muslim festival that marks the end of what?

june 10: which actor was offered a role on the o.c. but turned it down for a role on one tree hill?

june 11: the sport that americans call soccer is known as football in many other countries. where did the term “soccer” originate?

june 17: there is a species of horsefly known as bootylicious. which celebrity inspired the nickname?

june 18: the amc series the walking dead is based on a series of comic books penned by which accomplished writer?

june 24: which actress played wonder woman in the 2017 film of the same name?

june 27: what makes chili peppers hot? 

june 28: which architectural engineering feat allowed the ancient incans to cross canyons and rivers with ease?

june 29: the word “scuba” is an acronym. what does it stand for? 

july 3: who is the bestselling fiction writer ever? 

july 5: which animated film was the first to be nominated for best picture at the oscars? 

july 9: which item did women living in the dust bowl during the great depression commonly fashion into clothing? 

july 16: in nintendo’s mario video games, the nefarious wario is mario’s foil. who is luigi’s foil and archrival? 

july 18: pop stars taylor swift and zayn malik teamed up to record the song “i don’t want to live forever” for which 2017 film soundtrack? 

july 22: which is the only letter that doesn’t appear on the periodic table? 

july 23: which novel is considered frank herbert’s masterpiece? 

july 25: name the three women who were cast in the first season of SNL in 1975. 

july 26: during which years did the olympics award official medals for the arts, including painting, architecture, sculpture, music, and literature?

july 28: what are the ingredients of a moscow mule?

august 2: which “luxury” music festival was supposed to take place in the bahamas in april 2017 but dissolved into chaos and was eventually canceled after attendees began to arrive?

august 3: what is the claim to fame of anchor bar in buffalo, NY? 

august 8: the la brea tar pits are a popular tourist attraction and fossil excavation site. what does “la brea” mean in spanish? 

august 9: the popular board game clue goes by which other name in the UK, where it was invented?

august 11: what is earth’s largest ocean? 

august 12: who wrote johnny cash’s “a boy named sue”?

august 13: what were the original 3 pokemon that players could choose from at the start of pokemon red and pokemon blue, the first pokemon video games released internationally?

august 14: what kind of music did katy perry release as a teenager before she became a pop star? 

august 20: philip k. dick’s novel do androids dream of electric sheep? inspired which 1982 film with a different title?

august 30: batman is to gotham city as superman is to what? 

september 6: what is the hottest planet in the solar system? 

september 9: the first book of the “his dark materials” trilogy is known as the golden compass in the US, and what in the UK? 

september 15: one of the classic monopoly player tokens is a dog. what breed is it?

september 16: why are spiders technically not considered insects?

september 22: on her debut album, lily allen included a song called “alfie” about her little brother. alfie allen is best known now for his role on which TV show?

october 2: a killer whale isn’t technically a whale. what is it?

october 8: name the breed of large domestic cats native to new england 

october 10: which company uses the slogan “because we’re worth it”?

october 12: which female pop star had a brief stint in an R&B group called basic instinct in the 1990s?

october 16: if you ordered a berliner in a cafe in wisconsin, what would they serve you?

october 21: in 1943, when many NFL players were drafted for service in WWII, which two teams combined forces and formed a team called the steagles?

october 25: virginia was the birthplace of 8 US presidents. which state follows close on virginia’s heels as the birthplace of 7 US presidents?

october 28: bram stoker’s legendary vampire dracula is widely thought to be inspired by which real-life romanian prince?

october 30: in european folklore, what is a familiar? 

november 1: what does nanowrimo stand for?

november 13: name the movie that imagines how playwright j.m. barrie came to write peter pan.

november 14: which US state has the smallest population?

november 16: who technically owns all of the unmarked swans in england?

november 19: which entertainment icon was offered the role of phoebe in friends but turned it down?

november 22: robert louis stevenson’s novel treasure island features a cast of colorful characters, including the infamous long john silver. what is the name of the novel’s young protagonist, an innkeeper’s son who ends up serving as a cabin boy on a sea adventure?

november 23: where is dollywood?

november 28: not surprisingly, americans eat more food on thanksgiving than they do on any other day of the year. which day boasts the second-highest food consumption?

november 29: “swish swish”, a song on katy perry’s 2017 album witness, was rumored to be a diss track about which other pop star?

november 30: which actor wore a hairpiece every time he played james bond?

december 2: in greek mythology, perspehone was the goddess of the underworld and the wife of hades. who were persephone’s parents?

december 3: which prominent magazine declined to run an excerpt of the catcher in the rye on the grounds that the characters were unbelievable and the writing was “show-offy”? 

december 12: which comic book series featured batman’s first appearance? 

december 14: what was elvis presley’s natural hair color?

december 21: a 16th century da Vinci manuscript known as the codex leicester sold for over $30 million. who was the wealthy buyer?

december 23: ancient egyptian queen cleopatra had relationships with both julius caesar and mark antony. which of the two men was she buried next to?

december 27: which of the following hollywood stars did not get their start on the disney channel—shia labeouf, hayden panettiere, keri russell, ellen page, ryan gosling

december 29: technically, peanuts aren’t nuts. what are they?

[riddlethriftpinkcoats]

Thrift Shop Hours & Calendar

Store Hours:

Monday through Friday 9:30 am to 4:00 pm Saturday 11:00am to 3:00pm (Note: The Lower Level with the Furniture closes 15 minutes before Upper Level).

Call ahead for recorded message of Thrift Shop hours: 484-227-4074

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Shop Calendar:

Every Monday a new color ticket goes on Sale for 50% off the original price. That same color ticket will then go on sale for 70% off on Thursday of that week. On Saturday, that same color ticket will go on sale for $.50.

November 2019

Friday, November 22

The LAST day for Consignment.

Thursday, November 28

This Shop is Closed for Thanksgiving.

Friday, November 29

The Shop is Open.

Saturday, November 30

This Shop is Open.

December 2019

Friday, December 20 - Tuesday, December 31

The Shop is Closed.

January 2020

Wednesday, January 1

The Shop is Closed.

Thursday, January 2

The Shop is Open.

Friday, Jauary 17

The Last day we will accept donations.

Friday, January 31

The LAST day we will be Open.

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