#Dr. Eric Lamb

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Celebrating the Success of National Forest Week: Together for Our Green Spaces

🗣️ An inspiring presentation by Dr. Eric Lamb on invasive grasses and biodiversity! With a special Presentation by Anna, and introduction by Srichand🌾🚫📚 Engaging educational field trips to the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area with thanks to TD Parks People and ParticipACTION! 🌍📖🎌 Our heartfelt Proclamation and Flag Raising Ceremony to honor our commitment to nature! 🌿🌈Together, we…

[crackinglamb]

Chapters: 8/11 Fandom: Southern Vampire Mysteries - Charlaine Harris, True Blood (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Eric Northman/Sookie Stackhouse Characters: Sookie Stackhouse, Eric Northman, Sam Merlotte, Lafayette Reynolds, Pam Swynford De Beaufort, Chow Lin, Alcide Herveaux, Russell Edgington, Tara Thornton, Amy Ludwig, Lorena Krasiki, Bill Compton, Jason Stackhouse Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Smarter Sookie, Honest Eric, Shameless Smut, Blood Drinking, Vampire Politics, Canon-Typical Violence, Minor Character Death, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, more book than show, Ambiguous/Open Ending, canon mashup, Additional Warnings In Author's Note Series: Part 2 of Butterfly Effect Summary:

Bill is missing. Eric is angry. Sookie may be in over her head.

Or, how might Club Dead/Season 3 be different if Sookie and Eric were already a bonded badass power couple?

 Beta'd by Iron_Angel. Updates weekly.

Chapter 8 - Like Lightning

He drew her back against his chest so she could recover her breath, his fingers trailing lightly along her neck and shoulder, down her arm to finally lace their hands together.  His nose was buried in the nape of her neck and while she knew his fangs were out, he didn’t bite her.  “I could have lost you.”

“But you didn’t.”  He hummed a sound, somewhere between chastising and agreement.  She clasped his fingers tighter for a moment, understanding what he didn’t want to put into words.  The fact that she hadn’t died wasn’t the point.  

“I don’t like feeling things,” he said.  She thought perhaps what he meant was that her mortality scared him.  A vampire should fear nothing.  Especially one as old as he was.  And besides that, he shouldn’t care about a human in the first place.  It just wasn’t done among vampires.  She was a liability to him, from his perspective.  But she wasn’t one he wanted to give up.

[cowgirlfxcker]

ℌ𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔇𝔩 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔣𝔞𝔳𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔳𝔦𝔢𝔰

*Descriptions from Letterboxt and quotes from IMDb

Yui: Phantom of the Opera (2004)

The waiting is over...let the fantasy begin.

Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the opera house and demanding Christine be given lead roles. Things get worse when Christine meets back up with her childhood acquaintance Raoul and the two fall in love.

Shuu: Goldfinger (1964)

Do you expect me to talk?

No, I expect you to die!

Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox – and obliterate the world’s economy.

Reiji: The Seventh Seal (1957)

My body is ready, but I am not.

When disillusioned Swedish knight, Antonius Block, returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.

Laito: The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Well, Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI’s training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

Kanato: Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart (2013)

The torment of love can transform people into wretched monsters.

In Scotland 1874, Jack is born on the coldest day ever. Because of the extreme cold, his heart stops beating. The responsible midwife in Edinburgh finds a way to save him by replacing his heart with a clock. So he lives and remains under the midwife’s protective care. But he must not get angry or excited because that endangers his life by causing his clock to stop working. Worse than that, when he grows up, he has to face the fact he cannot fall in love because that too could stop his delicate heart.

Ayato: Pulp Fiction (1994)

You won't know the facts until you've seen the fiction.

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster’s moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

Subaru: The Crow (1994)

And I say, "I'm dead," and I move.

Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven – watched over by a hypnotic crow – returns from the grave to exact revenge.

Ruki: Eyes Without a Face (1960)

A new face, a new identity.

Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane’s.

Yuuma: Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Tell you what, we coulda had a good life together!

Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of ’63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.

Kou: The Menu (2022)

You will eat less than you desire and more than you deserve.

A couple travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

Azusa: Parasite (2019)

You know what kind of plan never fails? No plan. No plan at all.

All unemployed, Ki-taek’s family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

[chaoticjoke]

𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖕𝖎𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓.

𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈𝖎𝖆𝖓𝖘.

⛧ sid vicious ⛧ johnny rotten ⛧ iggy pop

𝖇𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖘 / 𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖘.

⛧ slipknot ⛧ korn ⛧ the prodigy ⛧ NIN ⛧ marilyn manson ⛧ system of a down ⛧ radiohead ⛧ muse ⛧ scissor sisters ⛧ lady gaga ⛧ the cure ⛧ tom waits ⛧ and the painter francis bacon

𝖋𝖎𝖑𝖒𝖘 / 𝖘𝖍𝖔���𝖘

⛧ the dark knight ⛧ the crow ⛧ the clockwork orange ⛧ se7en ⛧ heat ⛧ the man who laughs ⛧ the silence of the lambs ⛧ dr. mabuse the gambler ⛧ IT ⛧ beetlejuice ⛧ one flew over the cuckoo’s nest ⛧ dog day afternoon ⛧ various silent movies starring buster keaton and charlie chaplin

𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖘.

⛧ alexander delarge (clockwork orange) ⛧ gwynplaine (the man who laughs) ⛧ doctor mabuse (dr. mabuse the gambler) ⛧ eric draven (the crow) ⛧ tyler durden (the fight club) ⛧ freddy krueger (nightmare on elm street) ⛧ the green goblin (marvel) ⛧ hannibal lecter (the silence of the lambs) ⛧ anton chigurh (no country for old men) ⛧ john doe (se7en) ⛧ v (v for vendetta) ⛧ sweeney todd (sweeney todd: the demon barber of fleet street) ⛧ james moriarty (sherlock holmes) ⛧ hermes (greek mythology) ⛧ gelos (greek mythology)

𝖙𝖗𝖚𝖊 𝖈𝖗𝖎𝖒𝖊.

⛧ charles manson ⛧ john wayne gacy

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Blue Öyster Cult 50th Anniversary - Live in NYC First Night [Deluxe Edition] 2023 Frontiers Music ————————————————— Tracks CD One: 01. Transmaniacon MC 02. I’m on the Lamb But I Ain’t No Sheep 03. Then Came the Last Days of May 04. Stairways to the Stars 05. Before the Kiss, a Redcap 06. Screams 07. She’s as Beautiful as a Foot 08. Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll 09. Workshop of the Telescopes 10. Redeemed

Tracks CD Two: 01. Dr. Music 02. Burnin’ for You 03. Train True (Lennie’s Song) 04. Tainted Blood 05. Harvest Moon 06. Dancin’ in the Ruins 07. The Vigil 08. Career of Evil 09. Box in My Head 10. Godzilla 11. (Don’t Fear) the Reaper 12. In Thee 13. That Was Me 14. Hot Rails to Hell

Tracks DVD: 01. Transmaniacon MC 02. I’m on the Lamb But I Ain’t No Sheep 03. Then Came the Last Days of May 04. Stairways to the Stars 05. Before the Kiss, a Redcap 06. Screams 07. She’s as Beautiful as a Foot 08. Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll 09. Workshop of the Telescopes 10. Redeemed 11. Dr. Music 12. Burnin’ for You 13. Train True (Lennie’s Song) 14. Tainted Blood 15. Harvest Moon 16. Dancin’ in the Ruins 17. The Vigil 18. Career of Evil 19. Box in My Head 20. Godzilla 21. (Don’t Fear) the Reaper 22. In Thee 23. That Was Me 24. Hot Rails to Hell —————————————————

Eric Bloom

Richie Castellano

Danny Miranda

Jules Radino

Donald Roeser “Buck Dharma”

* Long Live Rock Archive

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National Forest Week Saskatoon 🌲✨ What an incredible National Forest Week we just wrapped up! 🌳💚 A huge THANK YOU to everyone who joined us in celebrating our beautiful green spaces! 🙌💖 🎉 Highlights from the week: 🗣️ An inspiring presentation by Dr. Eric Lamb on invasive grasses and biodiversity!  With a special Presentation by Anna, and introduction by Srichand🌾🚫 📚 Engaging educational field trips to the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area with thanks to TD Parks People and ParticipACTION! 🌍📖 🎌 Our heartfelt Proclamation and Flag Raising Ceremony to honor our commitment to nature! 🌿🌈 Together, we embraced the theme of “Two-Eyed Seeing,” welcoming all knowledge to sustain our forests! 🌟🌎 Let’s keep the momentum going and continue protecting our precious environment! 💪💚 www.friendsareas.ca #NationalForestWeek #Grateful #Saskatoon #Afforestation #Biodiversity #CommunityLove #NatureMatters #EcoWarriors 🌳🌼✨

[naturecoaster]

Florida's Emancipation Day Celebrations Held Locally

The African American Heritage Society of East Pasco County, Inc. and the Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network hosted the first annual Emancipation Day with a celebration at Agnes Lamb Park in Dade City on May 20. The activities honored traditions of the African American heritage. As for history, on May 20, 1865, General Edward McCook announced in Tallahassee, Florida, that all enslaved people were free. This was the first notice of the proclamation of freedom.  Florida Celebrates Emancipation Day on May 20 In contemporary times, folks hear about this as Juneteenth in other locales, but in Florida, the emancipation was actually on May 20. The Emancipation Proclamation ending slavery was delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, in Washington, D.C.  Ironically the Civil War ended just a few days after the May 20th receipt. It is believed that President Lincoln’s actions altered the goals of the Civil War with the Emancipation Proclamation. Therefore, its delivery just after the Union’s victory at the Battle of Antietam was strategic. Historians also theorize that the proclamation would inspire many, especially the enslaved in the confederacy, to support the Union.  The Program Celebrates Florida’s Emancipation Day: May 20, 1865 Brockmann, Sara. Reenactors recreate a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation at the Knott House Museum in Tallahassee. 2015. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. The evening’s written program of the first annual event in Dade City stated, “in the month of May, we honor those intrinsic values related to natural rights and freedom as we proudly salute one of the most significant days in the annals of Florida’s History: May 20, 1865.” On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing enslaved people in the rebelling Southern states. More than two years later on May 10th, Union General Edward McCook arrived in Tallahassee. General McCook established his headquarters at the Hagner House, now known as the Knott House.  Fred Hearns, Curator of Black History from the Tampa Bay History Center, is seen giving the Keynote Address. Image courtesy of Facebook. Keynote speaker, Fred Hearns, Curator of Black History from the Tampa Bay History Center, explained the significance of the date to him and related that the event has been celebrated in Tampa for a number of years, as well as at the Chinsegut Hill Historic Site in Hernando County. Mr. Hearns conveyed that Tallahassee has been honoring Emancipation Day for many years. Hearns invited all to the Tampa Bay History Center's upcoming event on June 19, 2024, entitled “Fabric of Freedom.”  Fashion and Black history will collide at the “Fabric of Freedom” event, providing an innovative program, with more information available at the Tampa Bay History Center site at https://tampabayhistorycenter.org/blog/. The master of ceremonies for the evening was the Reverend Dr. Emery Ailes, President of Lifeline University. Recognition of dignitaries who also served as greeters included: Mayor Scott Black of Dade City, Stephanie Black, Executive Director of the Pioneer Museum, Madonna Jervis Wise, Educator/Historian/Author, Angela Lewis-Bennett of Branch NAACP #5630, Eric Theodore, African-American Heritage Society of East Pasco County, and James Walters, Dade City Chief of Police. All presented greetings, review of projects, and congratulations on the newly formed celebration.  Mayor Black announced that the City Commission would be delivering a proclamation to the group at the upcoming meeting. Madonna Wise spoke for herself, Stephanie Black, and the team who developed the Dade City Walking Tour: Mary Katherine Mason Alston, Margaret Angell, Stephanie Black, Britton Janning, James Walters, Melody Floyd, Wayne Sweat, Eric Baker, and Judge Lynn Tepper. Sixteen Stops on the Dade City Historic Walking Tour feature African American History Highland's Motors, part of the Dade City Historic Walking Tour. Image colorized and restored by Bill Price. Courtesy of his Facebook page. Madonna highlighted sixteen of the stops on the Dade City Walking Tour that particularly feature African American history and invited suggestions for additions. Madonna explained that the Dade City Self-Guided QR and Walking Tour was the brainchild of Alston and Angel, and the editing was expertly completed by team members, Imani Asukile and Judge Tepper. Angela Lewis- Bennett and Eric Theodore discussed the projects underway including scholarships and community projects.   A Perfect Reading of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation Emancipation Day Celebration image courtesy of Tampa Bay History Center. The culmination of the evening, which is customary across the communities for the day, was the dramatic reading of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation by several local dignitaries, aiming to foster a deeper connection to this pivotal moment in history. With perfect symmetry, each of the four readers recited a portion of the proclamation. The readers included: Mayor Pro Tempore Normita Woodard, the Reverend Dr. Brian Butler of Saint John Missionary Baptist Church, Mayor Scott Black, and Dennis Feltwell. With real conviction and perfect diction, the four readers presented emotional deliveries. Remarks were also given by Jesse Pisors, President of Pasco Hernando State College who praised the African American Society of East Pasco and the organizers for the important remembrances. He also brought greetings as the newly appointed President of Pasco Hernando State College from all three campuses.  Storytelling and Line Dancing in the African Tradition Conclude the Event To conclude the evening, the audience was brought back to two of the traditions of the African American ancestors which included storytelling and line dancing.  Windell Campbell came to the stage to tell two eloquent stories. Campbell is a retired schoolteacher of 41 years who has been awarded many accolades for his storytelling, including work with many Tampa Bay libraries and festivals. He performed a rendition of the flying Africans that is rooted in an African legend from 1803 about a slave woman and her baby in the cotton fields as well as a symbolic story of the ‘Selfish Giant’ and his garden as a beautiful metaphor of kindness and giving.  Storytelling was a traditional African American folklore for the enslaved.  The evening was concluded with a couple of rounds of line dancing, as the celebration ended with a sense of joy and hope. (By the way, the dignitaries and readers were pretty good at the line dancing!)  An image from the 2023 Florida Emancipation Day Celebration in Brooksville by Diane Bedard. Florida Emancipation Day is celebrated at Chinsegut Hill Historic Site Also On May 18, another Florida Emancipation Day celebration was held at Chinsegut Hill Historic Site. Fred Hearns led this captivating program alongside Gary Ellis, director emeritus of the Gulf Archaeology Research Institute, and Rodney Kite-Powell, director of the Touchton Map Library at Tampa Bay History Center. They uncovered the fascinating historical significance of the Hill. Michael Jones, Ed.D. shared insights into the local implications of recent archaeological findings, while Jesse Pisors, Ed.D., President of Pasco-Hernando State College, welcomed visitors to explore the historic house with complimentary tours offered by the college. This was followed by a Q&A session with Rodney Kite-Powell right after the presentations, followed by a 30-minute house tour! The first tour began at 11 a.m., with the final tour beginning at 4 p.m. The Tampa Bay History Center has made a concerted effort to bring knowledge and awareness of local history involving African American people to Florida’s Nature Coast. This is the second year that the Florida Emancipation Day celebration was held at Chinsegut Hill Historic Site. Read the full article

[thespookybean14]

🐑 Clarice M. Starling Headcanons 💙

Just a compilation of some Clarice Starling headcanons and interpretation stuff I have, I think she’s absolutely lovely. Let me know if you guys want more! Trigger warning for some mentions of parental death, and religion struggles.

Note: This is my personal interpretation of her. If you don’t agree with me, that’s okay! I respect your interpretation. Please don’t attack me for my interpretation of her just because it doesn’t align with yours. Enjoy!

The M. in Clarice’s name stands for “Marie”

Clarice has two younger brothers and a little sister, she’s the oldest of the four siblings.

I headcanon her siblings are named Matthew (second oldest), Patrick (middle child), and Molly (youngest).

Her siblings grew up and went into different careers— Matthew became a psychologist, Patrick became a law professor, and Molly became a nurse practitioner.

Clarice eventually reunites with her siblings at some point and they grow to become extremely close. (I’m definitely not mad Thomas Harris mentioned them like once or twice in the Silence of the Lambs novel and then never tells us what happened to them.)

Clarice has sensory issues with certain foods.

Clarice is around 5’1”-5’2”, she was born pretty small.

Clarice is a lesbian

Clarice Starling is autistic

Clarice looks almost exactly like her mom but has her dad’s darker hair, nose, and eyes

Clarice as a kid used to do horseback riding or running as a extracurricular activity

Clarice did track and field in high school eventually because of how much she enjoyed running.

Even though she probably tries to stay hydrated most of the time, her favorite drink is Diet Coke, Diet Dr. Pepper, or Fanta.

Clarice still occasionally thinks about the kids she used to counsel before she got into Quantico and hopes wherever they are, they’re doing better.

Clarice gives some of the best hugs but she doesn’t do it extremely often

Clarice has a very contagious laugh, you’d just want to laugh along with her

Clarice is pretty ticklish but she’d never say a word about it, specifically her sides, back of neck, and ribs are where she’s vulnerable at.

She has a soft spot for kids, she wants to listen to them and thinks what they have to say is important.

One of Clarice’s comfort foods is brownies

Clarice will occasionally hum or sing softly to herself if she’s alone studying.

Clarice still visits Noble occasionally at The Smithsonian just to check in on him and see how the entomology exhibit is going.

Some of Clarice’s favorite musical artists are Eric Clapton, Queen, Blondie, Louis Armstrong, Joan Jett, Alanis Morrisett, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, and a few others out there.

Her favorite fruits are oranges, apples, and grapes.

When Clarice met Ardelia at Quantico she immediately felt like they’d start a very intimate and interesting bond, which they eventually did.

Clarice struggled with her faith in Lutheranism after her dad died, it kind of just shook her up a bit and made her question a lot of things.

Clarice still looks at that photo of her horse, Hannah, years after the events of Silence of the Lambs. It gives her the strength to continue and remind herself healing takes time and it’s a process. She knows she’ll be okay soon enough.

[casxmorgan]

Books Books Books

100 Years of Solitude

11.22.63

120 Days of Sodom

1491

1984

A Brief History of Time

A Canticle for Leibowitz

A Child Called It

A Clockwork Orange

A Confederacy of Dunces

A History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters

A Land Fit for Heroes Trilogy

A Little Life

A Naked Singularity

A People's History of the United States

A Scanner Darkly

A Series of Unfortunate Events

A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Song of Ice and Fire

A Storm of Swords

A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Walk in the Woods

A World Lit Only by Fire

Accursed Kings

Alice in Wonderland

All Quiet on the Western Front

All the Light We Cannot See

All the Pretty Horses

America, the Book

American Gods

American Psycho

And then There Were None

Angela’s Ashes

Animal Farm

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Anna Karenina

Anything Terry Pratchett, But, Mort is My Favorite

Anything Written by Robin Hobb

Apt Pupil

Artemis Fowl

Asimov's Guide to the Bible

Asoiaf

Atlas Shrugged

Bartimeaus

Batman: the Long Halloween

Battle Royale

Beat the Turtle Drum

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Belgariad Series

Beloved

Berserk

Bestiario

Black Company

Blankets/habibi

Blind Faith

Blindness

Blood Meridian

Blood and Guts: a History of Surgery

Bluest Eye

Brandon Sanderson

Brave New World

Breakfast of Champions

Bridge to Terabithia

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: an Indian History of the American West

Calvin and Hobbs

Candide

Carrie

Cat's Cradle

Catch 22

Cats Cradle

Chaos

Child of God

Choke

Chuck Palahniuk

City of Ember

City of Thieves

Cloud

Collapse

Come Closer

Complaint

Confessions of a Mask

Contact

Conversation in the Cathedral

Cosmos

Crime and Punishment

Dan Brown

David

Dead Birds Singing

Dead Mountain: the Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

Delta Venus

Die Räuber (the Robbers)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

Don Quixote

Dragonlance

Dune

Dying of the Light

East of Eden

Educated

Empire of Sin: a Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans

Enders Game

Enders Shadow

Escape from Camp 14

Ever Since Darwin

Every Man Dies Alone

Everybody Poops

Everything is Illuminated

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Fahrenheit 451

Far from the Madding Crowd

Faust

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson

Feet of Clay

Fight Club

First Law

Flowers for Algernon

Flowers in the Attic

Foundation

Foundation Series

Foundation Trilogy

Frankenstein

Freakonomics

Fun Home

Galapagos

Geek Love

Gerald’s Game

Ghost Story

Go Ask Alice

Go Dog Go

Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Goldfinch

Gone Girl

Gone with the Wind

Good Omens

Grapes of Wrath

Great Expectations

Greg Egan

Guards! Guards!

Guns Germs and Steel

Guts (short Story)

Half a World

Ham on Rye

Hannibal Rising

Hard Boiled Wonderland

Hatchet

Haunted

Hawaii

Heart Shaped Box

Heart of Darkness

Hellbound Heart

Hellraiser

Hell’s Angels

Helter Skelter

His Dark Materials

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Hogg

Holocaust by Bullets

House of Leaves

How to Cook for Fourty Humans

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Huckleberry Finn

Hyperion

I Am America, and So Can You

I Am the Messenger

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

I Was Dr. Mengele’s Assistant

In Cold Blood

In Search of Our Mother's Gardens

Independent People

Infinite Jest

Into Thin Air

Into the Wild

Introduction to Linear Algebra

Invisible Monsters

Ishmael

It

Jacques Le Fataliste

Jane Eyre

Jaunt

Job: a Comedy of Justice

John Dies at the End

John Grisham

Johnathan Livingston Seagull

Johnny Got His Gun

Jon Ronson

Journal of a Novel

Jurassic Park

Justine

L'histoire D'o

Lamb

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Les Miserables

Lies My Teacher Told Me

Life of Pi

Limits and Renewals

Little House in the Big Woods

Lockwood & Co.

Lolita

Looking for Trouble

Lord Foul’s Bane

Lord of the Flies

Lyddie

Malazan Book of the Fallen

Maldoror

Manufacturing Consent: the Political Economy of the Mass Media

Man’s Search for Meaning

Mark Twain’s Autobiography

Maus

Meditations

Megamorphs (series)

Mein Kampf

Memnooch the Devil

Metro 2033

Michael Crichton

Middlesex

Mindhunter

Misery

Mistborn

Moby Dick

Mrs. Dalloway

My Side of the Mountain

My Sweet Audrina

Nacht über Der Prärie (night over the Prairie)

Naked Lunch

Name of the Wind

Neuromancer

Never Let Me Go

Neverwhere

New York

Next

Night

Night Shift

Norwegian Wood

Notes from Underground

Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea

Of Mice and Men

Of Nightingales That Weep

Ohio

Old Mans War

Old Mother West Wind

On Heroes and Tombs

On Laughter and Forgetting

On the Road

One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest

One Hundred Years of Solitude

One of Us

Painted Bird

Patrick Rothfuss

Perfume: the Story of a Murderer

Persepolis

Pet Sematary

Peter Pan

Pillars of the Earth

Poisonwood Bible

Pride and Predjudice

Ready Player One

Rebecca

Red Mars

Red Night (series)

Red Shirts

Red Storm Rising

Redwall

Replay

Requiem for a Dream

Revenge

Riftwar Saga

Ringworld

Roald Dahl

Rolls of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Round Ireland with a Fridge

Running with Scissors

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Sapiens, a Brief History of Humankind

Scary Stories to Read in the Dark

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Schindler’s List

Sein Und Zeit

Shades of Grey

Sharp Objects

Shattered Dreams

Sherlock Holmes

Sho-gun

Siddhartha

Sisypho

Skin and Other Stories

Slaughterhouse Five

Smoke & Mirrors

Snow Crash

Soldier Son

Sometimes a Great Notion

Sphere

Starship Troopers

Stiff, the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Storied Life of A.j. Fikry

Stormlight Archives

Story of the Eye

Stranger in a Strange Land

Surely, You're Joking

Survivor Type (short Story)

Suttree

Swan Song

Tale of Two Cities

Tales of the South Pacific

The Alchemist

The Altered Carbon Trilogy

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

The Art of Deception

The Art of Fielding

The Art of War

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation

The Autobiography of Henry Viii

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The Beach

The Bell Jar

The Bible

The Bloody Chamber

The Book Thief

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The Brothers Karamazov

The Call of Cthulu and Other Weird Stories

The Cask of Amontillado (short Story)

The Catcher in the Rye

The Chronicles of Narnia

The Clown

The Color out of Space

The Communist Manifesto

The Complete Fiction of H.p. Lovecraft

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

The Dagger and the Coin

The Damage Done

The Dark Tower

The Declaration of Independence, the Us Constitution, and the Bill of Rights

The Devil in the White City

The Dharma Bums

The Diamond Age

The Dice Man

The Discworld Series

The Dresden Files

The Elegant Universe

The First Law Trilogy

The Forever War

The Foundation Trilogy

The Gentleman Bastard Sequence

The Geography of Nowhere

The Girl Next Door

The Girl on the Milk Carton

The Giver

The Giving Tree

The God of Small Things

The Grapes of Wrath

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gilly Hopkins

The Hagakure

The Half a World Trilogy

The Handmaid’s Tale

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

The Hiding Place

The History of Love

The Hobbit

The Hot Zone

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hyperion Cantos

The Jaunt

The Jungle

The Key to Midnight

The Killing Star

The Kingkiller Chronicles

The Kite Runner

The Last Question (short Story)

The Lies of Lock Lamora

The Little Prince

The Long Walk

The Lord of the Rings

The Lottery (short Story)

The Lovely Bones

The Magicians

The Magus

The Martian

The Master and Margarita

The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect

The Monster at the End of This Book

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

The Music of Eric Zahn (short Story)

The Name of the Wind & the Wise Man's Fear

The Necronomicon

The New Age of Adventure: Ten Years of Great Writing

The Night Circus

The Nightmare Box

The Odyssey

The Omnivore's Dilemma

The Orphan Master’s Son

The Outsiders

The Painted Bird

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Phantom Tollbooth

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Plague

The Prince

The Prince of Tides

The Princess Bride

The Prophet

The Queen’s Gambit

The Rape of Nanking

The Red Dwarf

The Republic

The Rifter Saga

The Road

The Satanic Verses

The Screwtape Letters

The Secret History

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

The Selfish Gene

The Shining

The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer

The Silmarillion

The Sirens of Titan

The Six Wives of Henry the 8th

The Solitude of Prime Numbers

The Speaker of the Dead

The Stars My Destination

The Stormlight Archive

The Story of My Tits

The Stranger

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

The Suspicions of Mr. Witcher

The Tao of Pooh

The Things They Carried

The Time Machine

The Time Traveller’s Wife

The Tin Drum

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green

The Wasp Factory

The Wind Up Bird Chronicle

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle

The World According to Garp

The Yellow Wallpaper

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Things Fall Apart

Thirsty

This Blinding Absence of Light

Tiger!

Time Enough for Love

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Say Nothing of the Dog

Toni Morrison

Too Many Magicians

Traumnovelle

Tuesdays with Morrie

Tuf Voyaging

Undeniable

Under Plum Lake

Universe in a Nutshell

Unwind

Uzumaki

Various

Village Life in Late Tsarist Russia

Walden

War & Peace

War and Peace

Warriors: Bluestar’s Prophecy

Watchers

Water for Elephants

Watership Down

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Wheel of Time

When Rabbit Howls

Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Why I Am Not a Christian

Why People Believe Weird Things

Wizards First Rule

Wool

World War Z

Worm

Wuthering Heights

You Can Choose to Be Happy

Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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Thoughts/Observations on Joker, part 1

AKA I Spent 7 Hours on This, I Will Die if it Gets Less Than Three Notes

I could rave for hours about this movie’s cinematography. Literal hours.

Nobody talks enough about Arthur’s full-fledged dedication to his clown craft. Man is working 60+ hours a week and does not break a sweat. I also fucking love this clowny face he pulls here. The first shot we see of Arthur in full. Holy shit is it beautiful. God bless Joaquin Phoenix.

These two shots together are incredibly important to me. In a split-second we see Arthur’s disbelief that he cannot control the whirlwind of emotions inside of his own head, not even being able to produce a smile, and then his resignation because it’s just another day. Heartbreaking.

Awwww shiiiiit

Gotham City is such a dump but I’d be bullshitting myself if I said I didn’t love the grimy aesthetic of it. It’s technicolor trash.

Arthur loves his job so much. He genuinely enjoys being Carnival. That hurts a lot to think about in hindsight.

This man just got his ass handed to him and he is STILL SPRAYING THE FAKE FLOWER ON HIS VEST

YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT DEDICATION

This opening card is so imposing. Not only does it take up the entire screen to the point of running off the edges, but it’s shielding Arthur from view. Arthur is invisible in light of Joker in Arthur’s own movie.

I screenshotted this by accident but I felt a need to put it here because he’s just so adorable. Even right before an episode.

E y e s s s s s

E Y E S S S S S

I desperately want to know what got Arthur sent to Arkham the first time. A suicide attempt? A public breakdown? I really want fanfics of it.

There’s a really, really good fanfiction on AO3 by Arthur_Fleck about Arthur slowly recovering and meeting a girl called In the Major and Minor Arcana

I highly, highly recommend it

Okay. Joaquin’s immersion into his characters -- all of them -- is absolutely incredible. But Arthur is just ... off the charts, man. No two of his characters are the same and he embeds himself so deeply in their skin, but Joaquin buried himself so deeply into Arthur’s brain that it is so hard for me to see any of Joaquin at all. God, he’s incredible and this shot makes me emotional because this just is Arthur.

ARTHUR WOULD BE A GREAT DAD AND I DO NOT ACCEPT ARGUMENTS

It really speaks to how shitty Gotham is that this man is having a full-fledged screaming/laughing breakdown on the bus and nobody is batting an eye

I adore how the cinematography paints Arthur as so small to his own environment. He’s a speck of dust. A fleck.

Babie is wincing :((((

I have been trying to figure out the layout of this apartment for months and my inability to, even with a floor plan, is driving me insane

I just found out that the Budweiser beer jingle Here Comes the King is on the soundtrack and plays when Arthur comes home and that made me go feral

I  A M  M U R R A Y , K I N G  O F  A S S H O L E S

It is second nature for me to do this stupid pose every time I watch this scene

Arthur blending into the crowd here makes me ... so happy. He looks so happy.

This is Arthur’s best laugh of the movie, fuck you. I am incredulous that I was the only person laughing when I saw this in the theater opening night.

This is one of the few moments I really see Joaquin shine through Arthur. I don’t know why, but this lighting and his voice and his intensity gives me visceral flashbacks to watching a little boy Joaquin in Parenthood. God, I love this man.

It really is a testament to Penny’s (lack of) parenting that Arthur is day dreaming about receiving affection and validation from a parent figure when his own mother is literally right there

GOD DAMN THIS MAN IS GORGEOUS

But also big bruise :(

Yes, I shall trust you, man named Randall smiling down at me in low angle light

Why was Hoyt not informed that Arthur got his ass beat on the job? As Arthur’s employer he should’ve literally been the first person to know so he could make a note of it. Either he wasn’t told or he gave so little of a fuck that his consciousness astral projected to another plane of existence while he shoved the white powder down his throat and forgot Arthur existed at all.

Literally fuck Hoyt. I hate him even more that his office is the coolest shit in the world

ARTHUR KNOWS THE CUSTOMER SERVICE SMILE

Joaquin dislocated his knee in this scene, the poor boy

I could write a full damn essay about why the misleading advertising of Sophie as a prominent character was the greatest twist of the whole movie. Literally I am still speechless how the movie did that.

I am not kidding when I say my sister has this same color scheme in the bathroom of our house and realizing that made me werewolf

Also Arthur being the son Penny doesn’t deserve warms and breaks my heart

The complete lack of reaction to Penny’s “Don’t you have to be funny to be a comedian” makes me laugh and cry internally

This shot? Gorgeous. His face? Deadly. That jawline? Cutting diamonds. Hotel? Trivago.

I really, really want a Joker 2, but at the same time I do not want a Joker 2 because Joaquin Phoenix has a baby who needs him now and he cannot be pulling shit like losing 52 lbs for a role

Also I REALLY need to discuss how much this brass ballet reminds me so heavily of Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs. Holy fuck, I got actually chills in the theater

Like holy fuck

And then this shot reminds me so heavily of the opening of Fedddy vs Jason with Freddy Krueger laughing over his newspaper collage of missing children. Holy fuck I love this cinematography.

Guys. G - Guys, his name tag says Dr. Carnival, can you hear me  s o b b i n g

This part is so Chaplinesque, the way he slides the gun into his coat again

These children look so afraid of him for dropping the gun and wowie, does that really hurt

Was this asshole supposed to be modeled after Eric Trump? Because I get really douchebaggy Eric Trump vibes (minus the jacked teeth) from this ringleader

I don’t have much to say here except I am in love with the way Artie’s hair sticks straight up in bottle curls when the clown wig slides off

Also if you decide it’s a good idea to mess with a man dressed as a clown laughing maniacally on the subway of one of the most dangerous cities in the world, you are asking him to shoot you and I will not feel sorry for you

I will never not be in love with this image. I fell in love with it in the teaser trailer and almost went feral in the middle of the mall when I saw this was the poster they used to advertise the movie with. My friend described this movie as “chaos, beautified,” and nothing sums it up as well as this picture.

JOAQUIN AND TODD MADE THIS ENTIRE SEQUENCE UP AND I AM IN LOVE

Hello, handsome

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Sunshine

Pairing: Maxwell Lord x OC (Evelyn “Evie” Blaker)

Warnings: None

A/N: This story is coming to an end, only one more chapter of Sunshine after this and then its on to the next story!

Reminder:  I ain’t ever seen Pedro Pascal in FUCK ALL, I’m just coming up with this as I go along, using imdb.com, wiki, and 84,000 tabs I got open to plan out this shit.  I also write soft versions of his characters so if you’re craving asshole vibes, I ain’t got any but my own to offer.

Tags:  @zeldasayer , @romanticgumchewer, @beskars​ , @coolmaybelateruniverse , @the-feckless-wonder, @lavenderl3mons , @pascalisthepunkest , @mandoandyodito​ , @randomness501 , @fioccodineveautunnale  

Part 9 

Pay Restitution

 “How long are you going to be in town?”  Bette’s voice muffled on the phone as she bent down to pick up Lorraine’s shoes before tossing them towards the front door.  That girl never put her shoes away.  “Will you have time for a lunch date?”

“Oh, please, Bette, it’s already on my calendar.  You still want to try out that gyro place?  I’m dying for some lamb or something.”  Evie tossed her own sneakers into the suitcase opened in front of her, George sitting next to the bed watching her every move like a hawk. “Do you want to try for Monday or Tuesday?”

“Tuesday, I have a department meeting Monday and can’t miss it.  Were you still going to the parade with us on Thursday?  Lorraine wants to see you.”

“Yes, do you mind if my dad joins us?”  Evie closed her suitcase and set it next to the door before going into the kitchen to start packing George’s bag.  The dog walked behind her, nails tapping in excitement.

“Ooooh, your dad is coming?”  Bette’s voice turned teasing.

“Would you believe Max personally called him up and invited him?” Now Bette was laughing.  The domineering Maxwell Lord was turning into a total softy and it made her cackle madly.  “My dad called me, asking why this strange man was calling him to come and stay for Thanksgiving.  I lost it and then told him the whole story.”

“Everything?”

“Yeah.”

---***---

“Max.  I love you, too.”

Maxwell’s head shot up so fast, he pulled a muscle in his neck.  Grabbing at it with his hand, his eyes frantically searching Evie’s face.  He was certain she was mocking him, maybe teasing him.  But her face was honest and open, hopeful even.

“Evie, I swear to god. . .”  His voice was low and cautious sounding.  It seemed almost desperate, so opposite of the powerful businessman who ran one of the most successful companies in the world.  In that moment he was brought to his knees.  “If you’re joking, it will kill me.  I’m sure it will.”

“I’m not joking, Max.  I do love you.”  Her voice was soft, and it felt like a caress against his skin.  He lowered his head and his body curled towards her.  She dropped her forehead to her hands, which were clasped around his free one.  “But what happened Thursday cannot happen again.  Ever.  I will not allow you to hurt me like that.  And if you do, don’t ever think that you can just show up on my doorstep begging for forgiveness because I won’t give it.”

He dropped his head.

“What can I do to earn your trust again?”  His voice was quiet, but eager.  He was sorry and so badly wanted to prove to her that he wouldn’t ever hurt her again.  He dropped his hand from his neck to their joined clasp.  He bent his head to lay it on top of hers and they sat there for a long moment.

“Max.”  He raised his head and she raised hers so they could look each other in the eye. In that moment pretenses and pride were stripped back so the barest of emotions were exposed.  Together, they were both in vulnerable places, but Maxwell felt like he had the most to lose.  She quickly had become his world and he didn’t want to think about it without her.

“Remember when I got sucked into those reports in September?”  He nodded.  “The little things you did for me?  I felt so loved and cared for.  Your texts every day gave me something to look forward to.  That’s when I knew I was in love with you.”

Maxwell brought their joined hands to his mouth and he kissed her knuckles. He was thrilled to know that the things he did meant something to her, that’s what he wanted her to feel.  She pulled their hands towards her and she laid her cheek on his knuckles.

“Knowing that you’re there for me and that you trust me and support me – that’s what I need.  I need your words and your actions.  And I don’t need you calling me a whore.”  She narrowed her eyes at him and he at the courtesy to look chagrined.

“Evie, then let me show you with my actions and my words that I love you and that I’m worthy of your trust.”  He slid off the chair, so he was on his knees in front of her.  He removed his hands from hers and placed them on her face.  She held onto his wrists as he dipped his head and brushed his lips across hers.  If she hadn’t known it was coming, she probably would have thought it was a breeze touching her.  It was that soft and tender and her heart bloomed in her chest.

“Okay.”

---***---

For weeks after their reconciliation, Evie and Maxwell took it slow.   They worked during the week and took turns visiting each other on the weekends, talking nearly daily in between.  Unlike their first attempt, this time, they choose to work to get to know each other, to let the rest of the puzzle pieces fall into place.  Evie found her love for him growing deeper and wide than she ever thougth possible. And she noticed the nights she slept alone were getting worse, unlike the times she slept with him by her side.

She, along with those closest to him, noted a change in Maxwell as the weeks passed.  She wasn’t sure if he realized it himself, but he was chilling out.  Eric told her that he was as firm as ever in his leadership at Chimtech and the company was doing well.  But amongst his friends, they absolutely noticed.

His personal relationships had begun to change – even Bennett and Marnie noticed he took a kinder tone and inquired about their lives and families.  He found his friendships less stiff and more relaxing, taking time to connect with people like Eric and others.  He laughed more, he smiled more, and in general he was more pleasant to be around.

That wasn’t to say he didn’t get mad or frustrated and became moody or sullen.  But even in those cases, he rarely lashed out as viciously as he did before.  Marnie, who knew Maxwell’s father, told Evie on the phone one day that he seemed less like his mother and more like his father – a man with a large heart.  Evie wasn’t going to pretend that she didn’t have anything to do with it, she was too proud of the man morphing in front of her.

This was the man she wanted to love, and she was giddy it was the man she was getting.

---***---

 Taking the train into the city was certainly convenient as she appreciated the time to get some work done during the trip.  But Evie also loved to drive the route whenever she could.  The natural beauty of the Hudson River Valley around her made for a gorgeous drive and the rise of the New York City skyline never failed to thrill her.  

Today, the drive down had been sunny and while the fall colors were long gone this late in November, she still found the trip to be breathtaking.  And with George in the back and her father in the passenger seat, she never felt more content.

“George, stop sniffing my head.” Dr. Blaker groused at his granddog.  Both the human and the animal males were getting restless in traffic and she rolled her eyes.  George stopped on command and instead dropped his head on to the good doctor’s shoulder and rested there a moment.  Evie rolled the window down in the backseat and he immediately stuck his head out the window, preferring this to anything else.

Evie’s phone rang and when she saw it was Maxwell, she smiled and before hitting the Bluetooth button on her steering wheel.

“You’re on speaker with my dad, so behave.”  She didn’t even say hello and the silence on the other end made her smile widely.  She was getting to know him too well for his liking sometimes.

“I wasn’t going to say anything bad, Evie.”  There was a thread of curtness in his tone and now she was grinning and attempting to keep the giggles at bay.  He had planned something for sure.  “I was just calling to see where you were at because Bennett informed me that there is a nasty accident south of Morningside Park and you might want to find a way around it.”

“Oh, then I’m glad I stayed on the 9-A because I figured all the side roads were going to be crazy because of the holiday.  Traffic is a little bad, but I should be there in, oh, half an hour.”

“See you then.  Love you.”

“Love you, too.”  She hung up and she could feel her father’s grin more than she could see it.  “Stop, dad.”

“What?  My little girl is in love, can’t a father be happy for that?”

“Not with that grin on your face.”

“What grin, you aren’t even looking at me?”

“I know that grin, dad.  Don’t start.” The older man grunted in answer, but the grin was still there.  Evie deserved to be happy, he thought.  She told him everything and while as a father he wanted to clock Maxwell for calling his daughter a whore, but if Evie found it in her to forgive him, then he could keep his mouth shut.  They made each other happy and that was good enough for him.

When they final arrived, she was relieved to find a spot directly in front of his house and to see Maxwell standing on his porch waiting for them. He was dressed in a sweater and jeans, hands in his pocket and smile on his face.  He was so relaxed that the worry lines that usually formed on his forehead were completely gone.  

He came down the stairs to greet them, kissing Evie’s cheek, shaking Dr. Blaker’s hand, and giving George a few scratches behind the ear.  He brought in their bags and guided the doctor into the house while Evie took a short walk to let George relieve himself and stretch his legs a bit.  When she entered the house, she unhooked George’s leash and let him bound through the house.

Back when he first learned about the dog, Maxwell assured Evie that George was welcomed to come every time she did and the dog was at home immediately the first time they arrived together.  Now, he acted as if he owned the place and took up what had become his spot in front of the fireplace.  She smiled as she wandered in behind him, finding her dad and Maxwell sitting in the living room, deep in conversation.  She noted they were talking about pharmaceuticals and since she had no interest in the subject, she wandered into the kitchen to say hello to Marnie.  

The older woman had come to dote on her employer’s girlfriend and in turn, Evie welcomed the maternal love she lavished.  The two sat down, chatting about Thanksgiving dinner and a few other things.  The conversation continued even after George wandered into the room.  He sat quietly, staring a hole into the cook, hoping for a treat or two and when Evie turned her back to leave, Marni slipped him some ham with a conspiratorial smile.

The afternoon soon faded into evening and the three sat down to enjoy dinner. Marnie had out done herself and the conversation flowed easily.  Dr. Blaker was much like his daughter and people couldn’t help but to feel comfortable around him as well.  After dinner and dessert, Marnie and Evie cleaned up and the cook took her leave, hugging the younger woman before heading out the door.  She let George out to do his business and the two went back to the living room.

Eventually, the day caught up with Dr. Blaker and he took his leave to bed, leaving the two lovers alone.  George snored gently on the floor in front of the fire and Evie laid against Maxwell’s strong chest, his arms around her.  They stared into the fire, letting the silence envelope them as they relaxed.  Evie felt the rumble in his chest before the words came out of his mouth.

“Sunshine, are you happy?”

“I am Max.”  And she meant it.  They laid there a little longer before the fire died down and they decided to move upstairs to bed.  Evie called to George, who followed them up the stairs, hot on their heels.  They got ready for bed, their routine a comfortable one. As Maxwell passed by her in the bathroom, he dropped a soft kiss to her shoulder and brushed his hand across her lower back.

The chill of the late November night permeated the house as Evie left the bathroom.  She saw Maxwell and George already in bed and she crawled in after them.  Here, she never felt cool between the dual furnaces of her man and her dog.  She snuggled against Maxwell, who had already fallen asleep.  She rested her head on his shoulder and laid her hand on his wrist. She could feel his blood pumping beneath her fingertips and she realized their hearts beat in tandem.

As she fell asleep, she never felt more contented.

---***---

“Why did I agree to come here again?!”  Evie had to shout to be heard over the din of the crowd.  The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade was far better viewed on TV from the comfort of her home and not on the loud and crowded Park Central South.  Evie could handle crowds, but this was almost too much.  Coupled with the freezing cold and she wished she had said no when invited.

“Because you love me?”  Bette was just as loud, her laughter evident in her voice.  She hung onto Evie as Bennett stood next to them with Lorraine on his shoulders.  The foursome was pressed on all sides as people clamored to get a good look at the parade as it passed.  Suddenly, Lorraine was waving her arms as the Young People’s Chorus moved passed.

“Momma!  Daddy! Look!  It’s Claudette!”  The young girl was vibrating with excitement for her best friend.  It was an exciting thing to be in the parade and seen by millions across the country.

“I see, baby!  But do you see what I see?”  Bette pointed and Lorraine looked.  She squealed with excitement and briefly forget she was on her father’s shoulders when she tried to stand up.  Evie and Bette both reached out to catch her as Bennett swayed to kept hold of her legs. They were able to get her back up on her perch as the flamingo floated past.  Lorraine waved excitedly and when the rider waved back, she felt her day had been made.

Soon enough, the parade ended, and the group made their way back to the car. Lorraine chatted a mile a minute about Claudette and the flamingo and a few other things.  Evie smiled, feeling as if the young girl’s excitement as seeping into her now that the crushing aura of the parade had passed.  As they made it to the car, they climbed in and Bennett quickly started it to get the heater going.

“I’m sorry your dad couldn’t make it, Evie.”  Bette turned around to face her.

“Naw, knowing dad, he would have lost his shit the minute he saw all the people.  He’s lived in small cities and towns for a reason!”  Evie laughed. “Besides, I think he wanted some alone time with Max.”

Bette and Evie began to cackle madly, and Bennett rubbed the back of his neck, wondering how this new development was going to affect his boss’ mood. The ride back to Maxwell’s house was pleasant and she hugged everyone before getting out.  As she walked up the steps, a sensation of déjà vu passed over her and she stopped.

Yes, she had walked up these steps plenty of times before, but something about this sent shivers down her spine.  Something was going to change and soon.  Taking a deep breath, she entered the house and was immediately enveloped in the delicious smells of an early dinner.  As she hung up her coat, Maxwell appeared in the foyer, smiling at her.

She smiled back and he leaned in to kiss her, she offered up her lips to his. It was soft and sweet and when she pulled back, Evie almost regretted parting from him.  Maxwell put his arm around her waist and walked her into the dining room.

As they sat down to dinner, they laughed and joked.  Each one of them snuck food to George, who felt as if he died and gone to heaven.  The meal lasted a long time but towards the end, Dr. Blaker pulled out the wishbone from the turkey.

“Here, Evie.”  He handed it off and when she offered him the other half to him, he raised his hands and shook his head.  So, Evie offered it to Maxwell instead and he gladly took it.  They each held a leg of the bone and thought about their wish.

When the moment had passed, they each pulled, and the bone broke in favor of Maxwell.  He laughed and Evie giggled.

“Do you think your wish will come true, Max?”

“I can only hope, Evie.  I can only hope.”

[minipliny]

Moby Dick Extra Reading List, If You Are Interested In Books A Normal Amount, Like Me

 Whaling industry in the 19th century, primary sources

Etchings of a whaling cruise, J. Ross Browne Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex, of Nantucket, Owen Chase A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824, William Lay & Cyrus Hussey Two years before the mast, Richard Henry Dana Logbook of the ship Atkins Adams, William Abbe History of the American whale fishery from its earliest inception to the year 1876, Alexander Starbuck Captain Edmund Gardner of Nantucket and New Bedford: His Journal and His Family. Edited and Compiled by John M. Bullard Narrative Of The Life And Adventures Of Paul Cuffe, : A Pequot Indian: During Thirty Years Spent At Sea, And In Travelling In Foreign Lands, Paul Cuffe

Whaling industry in the 19th century, secondary sources

Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America, Eric Jay Dolin In the Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel Philbrick Native American Whalemen and the World: Indigenous Encounters and the Contingency of Race, Nancy Shoemaker Living With Whales: Documents and Oral Histories of Native New England Whaling History, Nancy Shoemaker Whaling Will Never Do For Me: The American Whaleman In The 19th Century, Briton Cooper Busch Petticoat Whalers: Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820-1920, Joan Druett

19th century Polynesia and Polynesian travellers

Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds, Alison Jones & Kuni Kaa Jenkins Tangata Whenua, A History, Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney & Aroha Harris Haerenga: Early Māori Journeys Across the Globe, Vincent O’Malley The Meeting Place: Māori and Pākehā Encounters, 1642-1840, Vincent O’Malley Tikanga Māori, Dr Hirini Moko Mead Matters of the Heart: A History of Interracial Marriage in New Zealand, Angela Wanhalla In/visible Sight: The Mixed-Descent Families of Southern New Zealand, Angela Wanhalla Decolonizing Moby-Dick: Native Centered Readings with Classroom Activities, Caroline Schwarcz Voyages and Beaches: Pacific Encounters, 1769-1840, edited by Alex Calder, Jonathan Lamb, Bridget Or Taua: Musket Wars, 'Land Wars' or Tikanga?: Warfare in Maori Society in the Early Nineteenth Century, Angela Ballara

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Recently saw a huge long thread of “which character are you like”, and then Matt Mercer posted the link and his full results.

I was guessing some of the scores (”slovenly or stylish” or “disarming vs creepy”? What kind of scale are those?) but it’s probably not entirely wrong.

I don’t know the top ones, but Data, Simon Tam, C-3PO  and Ross Gellar probably isn’t far out, and I’m happy to see Giles in the top 25!

Everyone over 75% (which starts with Hermione)

Bernard Lowe (Westworld): 90%

Lane Pryce (Mad Men): 90%

Chidi Anagonye (The Good Place): 90%

Filius Flitwick (Harry Potter): 89%

Data (Star Trek: The Next Generation): 89%

Amy Farrah Fowler (The Big Bang Theory): 88%

Simon Tam (Firefly + Serenity): 88%

Dr. Chan Kaifang (Space Force): 88%

Brian Johnson (The Breakfast Club): 88%

C-3PO (Star Wars): 87%

Dr. Marcus Brody (Raiders of the Lost Ark): 87%

Ross Geller (Friends): 86%

Waylon Smithers (The Simpsons): 86%

Felix Gaeta (Battlestar Galactica): 86%

Evan (Superbad): 86%

Peter (The Room): 86%

Thufir Hawat (Dune): 86%

Artie Abrams (Glee): 86%

Dr. Adrian Mallory (Space Force): 86%

Al Robbins (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation): 86%

Dr. Shaun Murphy (The Good Doctor): 86%

Tom Hagen (The Godfather): 86%

Leonard Hofstadter (The Big Bang Theory): 85%

Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory): 85%

Rupert Giles (Buffy the Vampire Slayer): 85%

Timothy McGee (NCIS): 85%

Count Alexei Karenin (Anna Karenina): 85%

David Rosen (Scandal): 85%

David Phillips (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation): 85%

Pope (Outer Banks): 85%

Odo (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine): 84%

Nick Carraway (The Great Gatsby): 84%

Raymond Holt (Brooklyn Nine-Nine): 84%

Jared Dunn (Silicon Valley): 83%

Ash (Alien): 83%

Jack Crawford (The Silence of the Lambs): 83%

Bruce Banner (Marvel Cinematic Universe): 82%

Abed Nadir (Community): 82%

Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock): 82%

Donald Mallard (NCIS): 82%

Jimmy Palmer (NCIS): 82%

Ray Ploshansky (Girls): 82%

Linus Caldwell (Ocean's 11): 82%

Severus Snape (Harry Potter): 81%

Dexter Morgan (Dexter): 81%

John Munch (Law & Order: SVU): 81%

Jasper Hale (Twilight): 81%

Michael Bluth (Arrested Development): 81%

Kimball Cho (The Mentalist): 81%

Dr. Aaron Glassman (The Good Doctor): 81%

Dr. Jennifer Melfi (The Sopranos): 81%

Mr. Darcy (Pride and Prejudice): 80%

Charlie Carson (Downton Abbey): 80%

Miranda Hobbes (Sex and the City): 80%

Norman Wilson (The Wire): 80%

Peter Gregory (Silicon Valley): 80%

Amy Santiago (Brooklyn Nine-Nine): 80%

Marty Byrde (Ozark): 80%

Geordi La Forge (Star Trek: The Next Generation): 80%

Dr. Eric Foreman (House, M.D.): 80%

Oliver Hampton (How To Get Away With Murder): 80%

Ellen Parsons (Damages): 80%

Preston Burke (Grey's Anatomy): 79%

Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons): 79%

The Narrator (Fight Club): 79%

Billy Keikeya (Battlestar Galactica): 79%

Dana Scully (The X-Files): 79%

Walter Skinner (The X-Files): 79%

Henry Rearden (Atlas Shrugged): 79%

Johnny Rose (Schitt's Creek): 79%

Kenny Stowton (Killing Eve): 79%

Q (Tommorrow Never Dies): 79%

Brandon Stark (Game of Thrones): 78%

Cedric Daniels (The Wire): 78%

Alfred Pennyworth (The Dark Knight): 78%

Ray Arnold (Jurassic Park): 78%

Richard Hendricks (Silicon Valley): 78%

Donald Cragen (Law & Order: SVU): 78%

Randall Pearson (This Is Us): 78%

Jimmy Price (Hannibal): 78%

Caitlin Snow (The Flash): 78%

Capt. Oliver Queenan (The Departed): 78%

Varys (Game of Thrones): 77%

Principal Skinner (The Simpsons): 77%

Elsie Hughes (Westworld): 77%

Arthur (Inception): 77%

Dwight Schrute (The Office): 76%

Leo McGarry (The West Wing): 76%

Toby Ziegler (The West Wing): 76%

Jin-Soo Kwon (LOST): 76%

Dr. Strange (Marvel Cinematic Universe): 76%

Richard Webber (Grey's Anatomy): 76%

Lucius Fox (The Dark Knight): 76%

Daniel Jackson (Stargate SG-1): 76%

Betsy Heron (Mean Girls): 76%

Robert Fischer (Inception): 76%

Alan Harper (Two and Half Men): 76%

Jonah Byrde (Ozark): 76%

Dr. James Wilson (House, M.D.): 76%

Janet (The Good Place): 76%

Captain Jim Brass (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation): 76%

[ignite-the-skyline]

Tagged by @liebe-ist-ein-wildes-tier thanks 😘

Name: Anna

Nickname: I have a lot but the one most people use is Anna Banana

Zodiac sign: Cancer

Height: 1m71cm or 5’7

Languages spoken: Croatian, English, some German and a little Spanish

Nationality: Croatian/Australian

Favourite season: Summer (I’m a summer child) and winter is a close second

Favourite flower: Roses and lilacs

Favourite scent: You know that wet smell the air has after a heavy rainfall? That’s the shit.

Favourite color: Red and black

Favourite animal/s: Cats, dogs, wolves, owls, crows or ravens and bats

Favourite fictional character: Eric Draven (The Crow), dr. Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the lambs) and Ennis del Mar (Brokeback Mountain)

Coffee, tea or hot chocolate: I love all and i drink all but I’m mainly a coffeeholic

Average sleep hours: I don’t sleep for as long as I should. 6,5 hours, sometimes even less.

Dogs or cats: I’m not one of those people who can choose between cats and dogs because i love them equally. I have a dog and i love him dearly, I’ve never had a cat (my grandma has one) but i love them too.

Number of blankets I sleep with: During summer only one, during spring two and during winter and autumn, 2 blankets plus one quilt

Blog established: I’ve technically had tumblr since like 2013 but i started this one in 2017

Followers: Almost 200

Random fact: I named my dog Jonathan after Jonathan Davis because back in 2016 when I adopted him Korn were my favourite band.

Tagging: @platinumnib if he wants to :)

[friendsafforestation]

Celebrate National Forest Week: “Two-Eyed Seeing: Welcoming All Knowledge to Sustain Our Forests”

Dear Community Members,

We are excited to invite you to join us for National Forest Week, a celebration dedicated to the importance of our forests and the knowledge that sustains them. This year's theme, “Two-Eyed Seeing: Welcoming All Knowledge to Sustain Our Forests,” encourages us to embrace diverse perspectives and learn from both Indigenous and Western ways of knowing.

Flag Raising Ceremony Date: Sunday, September 22, 2024 Time: 2:00 PM Location: Civic Square, City Hall

Join us as we raise the flag to honor our forests and the vital role they play in our ecosystem.

Get These Species Out of My Lawn: Invasive Grasses, Biodiversity, and Grass  A collaboration with Dr. Eric Lamb of the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas, Saskatchewan Environmental Society Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Time: 7:00 - 8:30 PM CST Location: Auditorium, Cliff Wright Library (1635 McKercher Drive, Saskatoon)

This informative session will explore the challenges of invasive species and how we can protect our local biodiversity.  There will also be a display set up for the younger generation, with additional activity materials such as word search puzzles, etc. 

Field trips to enjoy the autumn landscapes will take place this week in the afforestation areas.

Tree Canada’s National Tree Day Planting Event Date: Saturday, September 28, 2024 Time: 1:00 - 4:00 PM CST Location: Ellis Hall, University of Saskatchewan

Join us for a hands-on tree planting event where you can contribute to enhancing our urban forest.

Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas AGM October 10 7pm virtual meeting

We look forward to seeing you at these events as we come together to learn, celebrate, and protect our precious forests. Let’s foster a community committed to sustainability and stewardship.  Please spread and share the word.