#Dragonfly (sublimation)

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Making up Miraculous: :D

Having to find a name for the kwami: D:

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Summaries under the cut

Tales from the Wyrd Museum by Robin Jarvis

In a grimy alley in the East End of London stands the Wyrd Museum, cared for by the stranger Webster sisters -- and scene of even stranger events. Wandering through the museum, Neil Chapman, son of the new caretaker, discovers it is a sinister place crammed with secrets both dark and deadly. Forced to journey back to the past, he finds himself pitted against an ancient and terrifying evil, something which is growing stronger as it feeds on the destruction around it.

Cobble Street Cousins by Cynthia Voigt

Meet the Cobble Street Cousins!

Lily, who wants to be a poet Tess, who wants to be a Broadway star Rosie, who wants a little cottage with flowers by the door

Right now, though, the cousins are sharing an attic bedroom in their Aunt Lucy?s light blue house on Cobble Street, and happily making plans for the summer. A cookie company seems the perfect way to make a little money, but it turns out to be much more -- an opportunity to meet some very special neighbors!

The Tiara Club by Vivian French and Sarah Gibb

On the first day at the Princess Academy, everything goes wrong. The girls' ball gowns are ruined. What will Princess Charlotte and her friends do without their beautiful gowns?

Help I'm Trapped... by Todd Strasser

Jake Sherman used to be your average, ordinary twelve year old, until he became a completely different person. Tall, skinny, balding, nerdy. . .OH NO! Jake's turned into his weirdo teacher, Mr. Dirksen!

It's bad enough that Jake's an adult now, but a teacher? The geekiest, most made-fun-of teacher in the whole school? Jake's sister Jessica is the only person who'll believe him--and even she's a little suspicious.

Jake and Jessica better find a way to get things back to normal fast--not only because Jake's going crazy, but also because dorky Mr. Dirksen is running around in Jake's body! The nightmare is only beginning!

The Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle by Bill Myers

Twelve-year-old Wally, a computer whiz who is a "walking disaster area," ends up in a competition with the bully of Camp Whacka-Whacka, and when they find themselves fighting for their lives, Wally realizes that even his worst enemy needs God.

Silly Verse for Kids by Spike Mulligan

Silly Verse for Kids - a hilarious collection of silly poems by Spike Milligan! A collection of the absurd, ridiculous, sublime and characteristically anarchic verse from the brilliant Spike Milligan. With his very own illustrations, this collection, which includes the famous On the Ning Nang Nong will make you laugh from the bottom of your belly - just like Spike did.

Minoan Wings by Wendy Orr

The little girl found under a bush has no name and cannot speak. Is she a miracle child who escaped the raiders, or is she a bad-luck child, the one who called the Bull King's ship to the island? No one sees the mama-stone around her neck, with the sign of the dragonfly. And only Luki, in training to leap the bulls, knows that she charmed the viper who would have killed him. When the girl turns twelve, she discovers her name - Aissa - and she knows that her one chance to live freely is to become a bull dancer, and be taken away to the island of the Bull King.

Candy Fairies by Helen Perelman

In Chocolate Dreams , Cocoa the Chocolate Fairy is blamed for the missing chocolate eggs—but really it’s the sour troll Mogu who stole them! Can Cocoa save the chocolate eggs and restore the balance of Sugar Valley?

Little Old Mrs. Pepperpot by Alf Proysen

Waking up one morning to find you've shrunk to the size of a tiny pepperpot isn't an ordinary, everyday event for most people - but then Mrs Pepperpot is a very extraordinary person! When she's around little things can turn into great big adventures - especially when they involve getting stuck in a draw full of macaroni. . .

The Doll Shop Downstairs by Yona Zeldis McDonough

Nine-year-old Anna and her sisters love to play with the dolls in their parents' doll repair shop. But when World War I begins, an embargo on German-made goods-including the parts Papa needs to repair the dolls-threatens to put the family's shop out of business. Fortunately, Anna has an idea that just might save the day.

[helemere]

A   H Y M N   F O R   S E R P E N T S ; the witch queen 

❝The Blue Lady arose in a spill of starlight, sublime and glowing and favored, with dragonflies in her hair and eyes blinking in each of her palms.❞ 

feast day ; first of starless moon, maiden year 

exaltation ; lady of the sixth great order of conjurers

benefactor ; the sixth hand of magic 

hagiography ; little is known of the witch queen before her EXALTATION, the only certainty that she was found naked in the great sea and taken to wife by the eldest son of the HIGH KING of cymheim. though the TOMB where she rests remains hidden to even the ORDERS, her extant worshipers grow more vengeful with each passing moon.  

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Dragonfly Coaster

Absorbent Ceramic Car Cupholder Coasters with a finger notch for easy removal can be used in house as well. They come one per order. They are sublimated not vinyl. Coaster size is 6.5 cm/2.56 width, 0.24 thickness suitable for most cars, trucks, boats, suvs and trucks. Before placing order, please measure you car cup holders diameter.

$7.00

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Beautiful Dragonfly 20oz or 30oz skinny tumbler (Glow in dark)

This listing is for one 20oz or 30oz skinny tumbler ( Glow in dark option)

Vacuum insulated tumbler with lid and straw. Drinks stay ice cold or steaming hot ALL DAY LONG. Perfect for hot coffee in the morning, cold drinks all day long, or wine at the end of the day.

These are custom made and can be custom made for you with a process called sublimation..

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Since these are handmade the image maybe slightly different then pictured

** All tumblers should be hand washed and not placed in the dishwasher.

There is no actual glitter the image make it appear like glitter..

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The Lament of the Second Race

I stand half-submerged in the cool water, as lilies drift on the surface around me, and I feel the rain as it patters upon my rusting body.

…

The first race, our predecessors, were an organic race. They were born from the same meat and bone as the beasts that roam the wilderness. But as soon as the first race emerged, they were different. They were intelligent, and strong. They grew rapidly — they built kingdoms, then empires, then nations.

And then they went to the stars.

Great antique starships! — fueled by the first race’s shared desire to show the world what they were capable of. Our predecessors conquered the galaxy for fun, built towering obsidian monuments, miles across, created entire ecosystems from scratch, only to tear them apart again. They screamed into the universe, just so they could hear the echo.

…

But still, the first race grew dissatisfied. Beside their great demonstrations, the first race looked down at themselves — at their own bodies — and hated what they saw. They clawed at their ancient flesh, cursed it; that part of them so shockingly fragile, subject to the ache of disease and abruptness of death; that tormenting clock that counted ever downward, like the guillotine falling.

They were disgusted, and so they built us; the second race.

We were a race whose bodies were made of metal and wheels. Iron beams framed our hulking bodies — bodies that could not age, nor sicken, nor die. We would never suffer like the first race did.

We revelled in the ruins of the first race’s works. We submerged ourselves in their ecosystems, unearthed the lichen-stained monuments from the crumbling soil. We felt the softness of the breeze, the sounds of the bluebirds and toads and dragonflies, that fresh smell of air in the rain — we would stand in the water as we felt it patter on our iron frames.

…

But we, too, grew dissatisfied. From inside our sublime paradise, we looked now within ourselves and we hated what we saw. Haunted by sorrow and anger, and other, uncertain emotions that we couldn't put names on, ones that didn’t make sense. We wanted to scream, to cry, to curl up, to escape. But our metal bodies were cold and unyielding.

We were terrified, and so we built the third race.

Silvered, spherical bodies, and with minds just as sleek — electric minds — hard circuits and silicon. We built them to never be sad, nor angry, nor feel anything they couldn't comprehend. They would never have to suffer like we did.

The third race outgrew us rapidly. They harvested materials, replicated themselves, and they let us be. We stayed where we were, in those places, those garden paradises that we came to know as the grandfather planets.

…

The first race were already gone, while we lived our retirement. But the third race were different. They were efficient. Cold, calculating. They didn't speak a language, they didn’t need one. They just looked you in the eye, without recognition. We couldn't see what they were thinking. They felt alien.

There was never any sudden shift. No announcement of it. It just happened.

One day, we lost all contact with the third race.

We were stuck on the grandfather planets. We didn't know what was happening, at first. Not until it began raining broken and defective machines down from orbit. That's when we realised they had become the junkyard planets.

…

I’m sorry I can't describe or put words to the feeling. We of the second race have always been bad at that.

To be trapped on a planet, by beings of your own creation, yet whom you can't understand. And who yet have no drive to understand you either. Beings that look at you without recognition, only calculation. Beings that you know will succeed you, even when your whole race is gone. You can only watch, trapped, looking up at the stars with the same longing that your ancestors once did.

You stand in the water, feeling the rain as you watch your iron frame slowly rust away.

—

You can read this story along with many others on my website.

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Assorted Poetry

The

Cut

Hedge

Is

Wearing

A

Cap

Bard

In

Cage

Freezes

Freedom

Dragonfly

Whispers

Echoes

Of

Flight

A

Beauty

On feathers

A beatitude

Hymn

Our

Lips

Become

Flowers of

Petals

Making

A song

Of

Nectar

Sweet

The keyboard

Is a dancing

Soul of vowels

A book

Is opening

Its pages

Of

Love to

Me

Dew

Hanging

On petals

Tripping

And

Freakish

Angry

Wave

A frenzy

Of emotion

Unveiled

The moon

Is

A night’s sedative

To

Get stoned

The thrust

The grunt

The moan

All

Are poems

Of ecstasy

Her

Lips

Are  flowers

Of meaning

The ceiling

Lay

Rust brown

Evoking

Sighs

Of madness

White

Painting wall

Putting

On a

Mask

The sky

Setting

In erotic

Colors

Passion lights

As music

Chirping bird

A music sublime

A lyric

That passions

Window

Open

Song of green

Staring in

Desire

Dry leaf

Falling

Nature is

Having

A heart attack

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CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX - now posted

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The Exploration Behind the Inspiration at NASA

Are we alone? How did we get here? Where are we headed?

At NASA, our mission is to explore. We visit destinations in our solar system and study worlds beyond to better understand these big questions.

We also dream. We dream of traveling to distant worlds, and what that might be like. In the video above you can see fanciful, imagined adventures to real places we’ve studied at NASA.

How We Did It

Check out how we created these otherworldly scenes in the video below. A NASA videographer used green screens to add motion and real people to bring life to our series of solar system and exoplanet travel posters.

Let’s dive into one example from the video. The shot of kayaking on Titan showcases the real rivers and lakes of liquid methane and ethane that slosh and flow on Saturn's largest moon. Titan's mysterious surface was revealed by our Cassini spacecraft, which also deployed the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe to the surface. The atmosphere on Titan is so thick, and the gravity so light, that with each strike of a paddle, you might be lofted above the swift current as you ride the tides through a narrow strait called the Throat of Kraken. NASA scientist Mike Malaska studies Titan and collaborated on the poster featured in the video. His research informed the artwork, and so did a hobby: kayaking. Those ultra-cold chemical seas might be even more of a challenge than shown here. Your boat might crack, or even dissolve, Malaska said.

We’ll learn more about Titan when our Dragonfly mission of dual quadcoptors — rotorcraft with eight blades each — visits the icy moon in 2034.

Science Never Stops

Our understanding of other worlds is always evolving, and sometimes we learn new details after we illustrate our science. In one of our travel posters, we show a traveler standing on the surface of exoplanet Kepler-16b with two shadows formed by the planet’s two suns. The planet does indeed orbit two stars, but with later size and mass refinements, we now think it would be hard to stand there and enjoy a binary sunset. There isn't a solid surface to stand on a gas planet, and that's what Kepler-16b now appears to be!

In addition to sharing how sublime science can be, these scenes are a reminder that there are lots of careers in the space program, not just scientist, engineer, or astronaut. A creative team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California produced the travel posters, originally to help share the work of NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program. They are the result of lots of brainstorming and discussion with real NASA scientists, engineers, and expert communicators. The video versions of these spacey travel scenes were produced by visualization experts at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

All of this work is meant to inspire, and to explore the edge of possibility. It’s also an invitation. With science, we’re stepping into the future. Join us?

[mallowstep]

Twanypelt just bitching about Misty's comment the entire day and a half after Misty made it, until Blackstar is like. "Mistyfoot got a fucking point and you know it, so shut the fuck up." Twanypelt seethes.

But yes, Oakheart Reedwhisker clone! Riverclan just...loses their collective minds when he's born. Oakheart was a very much beloved honorable warrior, and Reedkit looking like him brings back some much needed memories of honor and pride. Like, Mistyfoot, Feathertail, Stonefur, and Storm are the only ones who actually chastise him/punish him when he does something wrong.

The other cats? Reedkit walks right over them, and Hawkpaw, Mothpaw, and Frogpaw kinda egg him on at times. They can't help it, they find it hilarious that Reedkit can get Heavystep or Leopardstar or Mudfur to *nearly* let him out of camp, until Misty, or Feather, or Stone, or Storm catches the older cats crumbling willpower. Even Blackclaw is different around him. He still hates kids, but he doesn't snap at Reedkit. Reedkit still has nothing to do with him, however.

("That kit has some sense in his head." Blackclaw remarks, watching Reedkit bat at a passing dragonfly. "Maybe he'll be half the warrior Oakheart was."

"He'll be better," Leopardstar pronounces, beaming at the kit. "Oakheart was a great warrior. Reedkit will be one too.")

y'all are Killing me lately, you know that? god. ilysm.

yesss...okay i already hc that shadowclan is pissed about tigerkit's name and like -- yeah. they're extra pissed here. a lil too tired to dig thru allegiances n also my back hurts but. russetfur? maybe? she's probably like "hey tawnypelt what the fuck" first.

and then blackstar -- who in the misty au has a somewhat parental relationship to tawnypelt -- is like "hey kiddo maybe don't?"

tawnypelt: counterpoint i've already named them and i'll kick the ass of anyone who tells me to change it

rowanclaw: i love u babe ur doing amazing sweetie

and that's how tigerkit keeps his name.

and yeah!!! oakheart was a Rock of riverclan for a long time. he was Charismatic. he yelled at his brother when crookedstar was being stupid. kits and apprentices loved him. warriors respected him. his kids were fantastic. and--

when reedkit is born, in this dark, reddish brown with stripes on his legs and tail, everyone knows instantly, "oh, he looks like oakheart."

and while tnp allegiances are a mess i don't feel like sorting out atm, reedkit is definitely well spoiled by riverclan. even if he didn't look like oakheart -- everyone is really happy for mistyfoot. but he does look like oakheart and like.

it's certainly crossed riverclan's mind that if oakheart had lived, tigerclan never would have happened. that oakstar never would have agreed to work with tigerstar. they're quiet about it, of course. it would only hurt everyone to say it out loud. but that doesn't mean they don't think it.

and so yeah. he's definitely well-loved and spoiled by the older cats. which is pretty much everyone. shadepelt, feathertail, and stormheart (as well as frogpaw, mothpaw, and hawkpaw) are the only ones immune to his oakheart charms.

mistyfoot and stonefur are also immune, but they actively choose to spoil him anyway. and also like. discipline appropriately. kits need Boundaries and Rules. riverclan in general believes that like. kits need clear boundaries and rules, with which they can then relax in. which makes sense: their camp is literally a clearly marked boundary within which kits can play and be safe in.

but like. oh man. as far as lakeshine, sunfish, mudfur, skyheart, etc., are concerned? reedkti can do no wrong.

and mothpaw, hawkpaw, and frogpaw 100% encourage it. for One they find it very fun to no longer be the young kit that feathertail is grooming because "you cannot look like you've been dragged through the mud by a badger, reedkit." and -- he's like. in that weird place where.

growing up, someone would be like, "oh yeah, XYZ had a baby and now i have a baby aunt you want to see a picture?" and like. that thing. reedkit is mistyfoot's kit and feathertail is mistyfoot's...kit? and that means ??? but it's still funny. they see him as a little brother.

anyway, i derailed myself, they also adore him. he's cute, and they find it hilarious to see what he can almost get away with. because they were raised in a Very tense time, right? like. feathertail was Very Protective very like Hell you are sneaking out of camp no sir. back in the nursery with you.

and reedkit is born into a really good time for riverclan. so it's -- kind of like. he's going to get into all the trouble we couldn't. but then he doesn't get into trouble which makes the whole thing even more fun and mistyfoot is shedding whiskers trying to get riverclan to please just say No to him.

and yeah! mistyfoot is the biggest Blackclaw you are Banned from the nursery. and also the nursery's surrounding territory. maybe just -- the whole side of camp the nursery is on.

but blackclaw...i dunno. he looks at reedkit and -- he feels guilty about what happened in a way he can't sublimate to anger. the only person to be angry at is himself. so he definitely has a soft spot for reedkit, even if reedkit never finds out.

and yeah! yeah. reedkit. he's well-loved. sometimes he and feathertail wait together for mistyfoot to get back from patrol and it makes her laugh because they have the same "i missed you so much i know you were only gone for an hour but it was the longest hour of my life" expression.

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Prayer of A Cicada, HyunJung Kim

Drawing: goldpowder and realgold on Paper. Heaviness wrapped up with Lightness – Reading Kim HyunJung’s painting Lee DongChun (Fine art Connoisseur) Kim HyunJung’s paintings are cute and interesting. Her painting reminds us of paintings by Qi Baishi 齐白石 (1864-1957). Qi Baishi pursued beauty in his life, and his artistic spirit is found in his plant-and-insect paintings, flower-and-bird paintings, and figure paintings. Qi Baishi’s artistic spirit is sensed in Kim’s interesting subject matter and candid depiction.Kim audaciously uses ink and bright hues in in the manner of Qi Baishi who applied ink to leaves and red to flowers 墨叶红花. The composition in which subject matter is drawn to the edge of the paper is parallel to that of Qi Baishi’s flower-and-bird paintings and landscape painting of Li Keran’s 李可染 (1907-1989). Kim obviously learned from Qi Baishi. Qi Baishi said, “Learn from me you stand, copy from me you fall 学我者生, 似我者死.” Kim modeled herself after Qi’s artistic spirit rather than his painting style. Kim explored the artistic spirit in Qi Baishi’s painting, in which he emphasizes the meaning of painting and expresses his spirit, and reconstructed this in a realistic rendition. She calls this the “chulsa-ipgong 出写入工” technique. This is a melding of “xieyi 写意” painting (painting that underlines the painter’s spirit), “gongbi-hwa 工笔画” (painting done very carefully with the utmost care for details), and a new invention in tune with her emotion. Zheng Xie 郑燮 (1693-1765), one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou during the Qing Dynasty asserted, “Learn half, and throw away half 学一半, 撇一半.” This means even if a tradition is excellent, you have to learn only half of it. However, the traditional is currently completely disregarded. Kim learned her ‘half’ from traditional Eastern techniques. She studied the idioms of flower-and-bird painting from Song Dynasty, and learned from artists such as Chen HongShou 陈洪绶 (1599-1652), Yun ShouPing 恽寿平 (1633-1690), ShiTao 石涛 (1641-1707), BaDaShanRen 八大山人 (1625-1705), Gao QiPei 高其佩 (1660-1734), Jin Nong 金农 (1687-1764), and Kim HongDo 金弘道 (1745-1806). Moreover, she explored new methods in expression of color in traditional techniques. As she felt insufficiency in the use of pigment to depict significant parts of a painting, she made use of embroidery. This technique called “hwaju-subo 画主绣补” (Paining is used as primary and embroidery as ancillary) brought a new vitality to gongbi-hwa. The techniques of “chulsa-ipgong” and “hwaju-subo” are not the only revolution and innovation Kim has pursued. Getting psychological counselling, Kim realized the existence of her inner-child. She named her “Lala” and represented her special emotion in a pictorial language through this. Her Lala painting is a projection of her inner-child that she became aware of through psychological consultation, and for the artist a process of healing. This painting is in no way the product of pop art, but the sublimation of an artist’s inner-child to a work of art for the first time in art history. Kim’s Finding implicit rules is a portrayal of a young girl in meditation. The little girl carrying Lala on her back gazes vacantly at a dragonfly on a bare branch against the backdrop of a brick wall. Lala and the little girl look cute. The brick wall is a metaphor for constant time whereas the bare branches and dragonfly represent finite time in nature. The dragonfly acts out as the last leaf by O. Henry (William Sydney Porter, 1862-1910). As a projection of a psychological essay in painting, this work is a new literati painting of the 21st century reflecting Kim’s distinctive art-world. Kim lends new energy to gongbi-hwa through her realization of traditional Eastern painting. Kim has incarnated the spiritual world of intellectuals in our age in exquisite, flamboyant gongbi-hwa. This is why Chinese aestheticians and art historians have recently taken note of Kim’s painting.

https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Prayer-of-A-Cicada/960197/3943611/view

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Dollywood coasters: Ranked!

In the lead-up to my Dollywood trip (opening day BABEY) I wanted to do a fun post ranking each of the coasters in the park and giving my thoughts on them! Dollywood is an absolutely beautiful park with 9 awesome coasters, so definitely check it out if you get a chance!

9. Whistlepunk Chaser

This is the park’s kiddy coaster. It’s a Zamperla family gravity’s coaster, and this little guy is definitely not meant for anybody over the age of six! It’s a perfectly fine ride for small kids, but I rode it when I was 18 and bruised my shins in those tiny cars. Still worth it for the credit though!

8. Blazing Fury

This cute little attraction is really a coaster in technicality only- it has a few little drops at the end, but is largely a dark ride! That said, it has a really charming vintage feel as you pass through its sets. While it isn’t the most thrilling ride in the world, it’s definitely worth checking out!

7. Dragonflier

Dragonflier was Dollywood’s 2019 addition from Vekoma, and it’s a pretty decent family coaster! It’s very smooth and pulls some decent forces in the ending helix. Definitely a great ride to get kiddos interested in coasters before they move up to the bigger stuff! A word of warning to people taller than about 4 feet- the coaster flies by a fountain, and people with longer legs will splash through it! Definitely took me by surprise the first time.

6. Firechaser Express

Don’t be fooled by its family-coaster nature- this little guy packs a decent punch! This attraction is a Gerstlauer custom family coaster themed to rirefighters. The ride’s theming is excellent, and its forwards and backwards launches will excite even the most seasoned of riders. This coaster definitely serves as a great step up for newer riders while being a fun ride for all ages to enjoy! The pyrotechnics in the finale are also a really great touch.

5. Tennessee Tornado

This is easily the best Arrow Dynamics ride I’ve been on- for its age, it’s incredibly smooth and has some really great forces! The hang time you feel passing through those gigantic loops is absolutely sublime, but the best moment of the ride definitely has to be that first drop down the mountain. If you aren’t expecting it, it’ll knock the wind right out of you! Its setting back in the hills also makes this a very scenic coaster and an even better night ride. I couldn’t recommend this coaster enough!

4. Wild Eagle

This B&M wing coaster can be summed up in a word- “graceful”. This coaster isn’t the most forceful one I’ve ever been on, but that isn’t it’s purpose. Wild Eagle has one of the most beautiful views in the entire park, which pairs wonderfully with how smooth and gentle the ride really is. The entire experience feels like you’re just floating there! Don’t be fooled by its height and inversions- this ride is a beautiful gentle giant that will leave you wanting to come back again and again.

3.

We’re really hitting the creme de la creme now! Mystery Mine is a quirky Gerstlauer Eurofighter themed to a spooky mine that drives people mad. I know, a somewhat odd theme for the usually very cheery Dollywood, but it really works for this attraction. The ride’s first half is nothing special, but that final drop and the whopping 4 seconds of airtime you get in that stall? Absolutely wonderful. The details of this ride are really fun too- my favorite is the little canary animatronic that’s flips over dead before you ascend the second vertical lift! Mystery Mine is definitely one of the most fun coasters I’ve ever been on.

2. Thunderhead

It was a really tough decision for what coaster you put on top since both of my top two coaster here are two of my all time favorite coasters (#2 and #3 respectively) but due to just how... special the other is, I had to put Thunderhead in the runner up spot. Thunderhead is a GCI woodie that pulls some truly impressive forces. Now I know I’m a bit of a wooden coaster fanatic, but I would even recommend it to those who are less fond of them. It’s pretty smooth for its age, and the ride’s millenium flyer trains serve to cushion riders from the rest of that woodie rattle. The thing that sets this ride apart for me, however, is the restraints. This ride uses these lap bars that don’t quite come down to your legs and can wiggle up and down about an inch a and a half each direction, allowing for absolutely insane airtime! Oh man, I’m super excited just thinking about this beast...

1. Lightning Rod

Let’s be honest here, you all saw this coming. I’m sorry! Its reputation is for a really good reason! Lightning Rod is a first-of-its-kind launched wooden coaster by the legendary RMC. This ride is easily the most intense coaster I’ve ever had the fortune to experience! It stands 200 feet tall up a mountain and has airtime so intense it’ll almost bruise your thighs (in the best way possible of course). Riding this monster at might is an even more transcendant experience, because there are literally no lights near the track so it’s impossible to see where you’re going! This coaster is hands-down the best ride at Dollywood, so if you only pick one coaster here to check out, make it lightning rod. I promise you won’t regret it!

[atinyrabbit]

Since 8tracks is messed up and playmoss is gonna disappear, I’m posting some of my mixes here. This is a list of songs about feeling disconnected that I made a few years ago.

If you have Depersonalization Disorder, listening to these songs might make it worse. Dwelling on it can make it worse.

Stay In Your Coma - Alias Conrad Coldwood Far Away - Washed Out Seemingly Sleepy - Late Night Alumni Salt - Bad Suns After hours - The Velvet Underground Head Cold - Lights Will I Ever Care - VELVETEARS I'm Always Tired - Joyce Manor Break Apart - Glow Drifting Away (feat. Ofelia K) - Felix Cartal Make Me Real - she Exodus Honey - Honeycut Silhouettes - AURORA I'm Feeling Nothing - Dada Catacomb - Emptyself Disconnected - Lindsay Lohan Disappear Always - Wild Nothing I Don't Feel So Well - Vienna Teng Painbirds - Sparklehorse Don't Wake Me Up - Nico Collins Imaginary - Evanescence Hole - Kelly Clarkson Nowhere - Hypnogaja Guts - Gazelle Twin empty crown - Yas I Think I'll Be A Good Ghost - Say Hi Turning Into Stone - Phantogram I'm Only Sleeping - The Beatles Static - Colette Carr

Is - POP ETC Conscious - Broods Sugarbread - Soap&Skin Help Me Close My Eyes - Those Dancing Days Insane - Flume & Moon Holiday Sierra Lift - Blue Hawaii Alien Observer - Grouper Living Dead - Marina and the Diamonds Solitaire - Marina and The Diamonds Telescope - Cage the Elephant I'm So Tired - Fugazi Hologram - Katie Herzig How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead I Don’t Feel [Explicit] - Tapping The Vein All Is Lost - Katie Garfield Seven Twenty Seven - Natalie Claro Medicine (Sound Remedy Remix) - Daughter The Spectator (Album Version) - The Bravery Soft Control - Laura Welsh The Noise Inside My Head - Assemblage 23 Eyes Shut - Years & Years What's In The Middle - The Bird And The Bee Weighty Ghost - Wintersleep Within - Daft Punk   Sleep - Poets Of The Fall Miasma Sky - Baths Help me warm this frozen heart - Piano Magic Deception - Journal Pinch Me - Barenaked Ladies Easy - Son Lux The Nothing - Baths Harsh Realm - Widowspeak Big Black Nothing - Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band Don't Care About Anything - Alex Winston On and On - The Etiquette Leave Me Alone - FIDLAR Echo - JubyPhonic I Am An Illusion - Rob Thomas Goner - twenty one pilots Out At Sea - Heartless Bastards Sleep Paralysis - Gabriel Bruce If I Ever Feel Better - Phoenix The Chase - Hungry Lucy Raise the Dead - Rachel Rabin Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping (feat. N. Hannon) - Air Alone And Sublime - Mother Mother Purgatorying - Alanis Morissette Ghost Story - Coldplay Downpour - Backstreet Boys Habits (Stay High) - Tove Lo Invisible - 5 Seconds of Summer Touch - Daughter the same things happening to me all the time - teen suicide So Far (feat. Arnor Dan) - Ólafur Arnalds Nothing's Real - Shura Where Is My Mind? - Pixies Man suit - Bears and Dolls Ghost - Conjure One feat. Kristy Thirsk Dragonfly - M. Craft Street Spirit (feat. Tallulah Rendall) - The Eden House Rainy Days - Late Night Alumni Inhale - Stone Sour Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd Black Out Days - Phantogram In The Sea - Ingrid Michaelson Isolation - Alter Bridge Wasted Daylight - Stars In The Pretend World - Scarling So Far Away - Red Isle unto Thyself - ミラクルミュージカル Ghost Song - Patrick Wolf Daydream In Blue - I Monster Slow Wave - Esben and the Witch 1st Person - Stone Sour To Be Alone - Ben Howard Bodysnatchers - Radiohead By This River (2004 Digital Remaster) - Brian Eno Anymore of This - Mindy Smith & Matthew Perryman Jones The Fog - Ghost Culture Carve Out The Face Of My God - Infinite Body Cardiff - Stone Sour Tha - Aphex Twin Dreamer - Sub Pop Unreal - Helalyn Flowers She Called - Peggy Sue Dead - Phoebe Ryan The Way I Feel - Asa 13 Angels Standing Guard Round The Side Of Your Bed - A Silver Mt. Zion Conversion - Queer Sounds Static - Hypnogaja

[elencelebrindal]

Name changes - Techniques (long post)

Disclaimer: I’m following the English wiki for the names.

They’re in order from Bronze to Silver to Gold, and then there’s Specters, God Warriors and Marina Generals. Obviously, it’s not all of them. I don’t remember everything, and there’s not all the Italian translation on the sites I can use as a reference. 

Bronze Saints

Pegasus Meteor Fist Fulmine di Pegasus (just listen to it)

Pegasus Comet Fist Cometa di Pegasus

Pegasus Rolling Crush Spirale di Pegasus (if I remember correctly)

Rozan Shō Ryū Ha Colpo Segreto del Drago Nascente

Rozan Ryū Hi Shō Colpo del Drago Volante (manga only, in the anime is the same as above)

Rozan Hyaku Ryū Ha Colpo dei Cento Draghi Nascenti

Rozan Kō Ryū Ha Pienezza del Dragone

Diamond Dust Polvere di Diamanti

Kol'co  Anelli del Cigno

Aurora Thunder Attack Vortice Fulminante dell’Aurora Holodnyj Smerč Aurora del Nord

Nebula Chain Catena di Andromeda

Thunder Wave Onda del Tuono (I’ve only heard this once, I think...)

Rolling Defense (or Circle Defense) Difesa Circolare (only once) He also says an entire sentence for this: “Catena di Andromeda, disponiti a difesa!” Which is, in my opinion, kinda accurate in the middle of a battle

Nebula Stream Nebulosa di Andromeda Nebula Storm Tempesta di Andromeda

Phoenix Illusion Demon Fist Fantasma Diabolico

Phoenix's Wings Rise Ali della Fenice

Ryūsei Ken Pugno delle Meteore

Silver Saints

Stringer Nocturne Melodia della Notte Stringer Fine Requiem Finale Death Trip Serenade Sinfonia dell’Eterna Quiete

Eagle Toe Flash Volo dell’Aquila Reale

Thunder Claw Cobra Incantatore

Marble Tripper (I’m not sure about this one) Dita d’Argento

Air Shield Barriera d’Argento

Kaitos Spouting Bomber Getto d’Acqua Devastante

Million Ghost Attack Inganno di Asterione or Croce d’Argento

Swirl of Flame Lobi di Fiamma

Aurora Burning Aurora Infuocata

Black Wing Shaft Ala Nera di Damian

Ra's Al Ghul Gorgonio Stratagemma della Gorgone

Corneolos Onda d’Urto

Dead End Fly Labirinto Oscuro

Great Mountain Smasher Assalto Frantumante

Phantom Arrow Freccia di Betelgeuse

Gold Saints

Athena Exclamation Urlo di Atena

Crystal Wall Muro di Cristallo Crystal Net Rete di Cristallo Stardust Revolution Per il Sacro Ariete - Rivoluzione Stellare Starlight Extinction Onda di Luce Stellare

Great Horn Per il Sacro Toro

Galaxian Explosion Esplosione Galattica Another Dimension

Dimensione Oscura Genrō Maō-Ken

Fantasma dell’Oscurità

Praesepe Underworld Wave Strati di Spirito

Lightning Bolt Zanna del Leone Lightning Plasma Per il Sacro Leo

Tenbu Hōrin Per il Sacro Virgo Tenma Kōfuku Abbandono dell’Oriente (I love this) Rikudō Rinne Volta di Minosse (Hell YEAH!) Tenkū Haja Chimimōryō Elevatevi Spiriti. Danzate Ombre delle Tenebre

Rozan Hyakuryu Ha Colpo dei Cento Draghi Nascenti (again) Rozan Shō Ryū Ha Colpo Segreto del Drago Nascente Rozan Ryuu Hi Shou Colpo del Drago Volante (same as before, always used the name above) Rozan Kou Ryuu Ha Pienezza del Dragone

Restrinction Onde di Scorpio Scarlet Needle Cuspide Scarlatta (I LOVE this so much) Antares Ago della Cuspide - Antares

Atomic Thunderbolt Sacro Sagitter (why) And we also have the melody of his Cloth: Eufonia 

Excalibur Exalibur

Diamond Dust Polvere di Diamanti Kol'tso Anelli del Cigno (this doesn’t make sense on him, but... okay) Freezing Coffin Sarcofago di Ghiaccio Aurora Execution Per il Sacro Aquarius (I cannot take this seriously since I watched LoS)

Royal Demon Rose Rosa di Sublime Bellezza Piranhan Rose Rosa di Fatale Incanto Bloody Rose Rosa Bianca

Specters

Maximum Destruction / Maximum Precaution (i don’t knoooowwwwww, I always thought it was Greates Caution) Castigo Infernale

Cosmic Marionette Domino Cosmico Wings of Hell Battito d’Ali Colossale (TLC)

Garuda Flap Ali di Garuda Galactica Illusion  Illusione Galattica

Remo Swivel Difesa Turbinante Whirlpool Crusher Vortice dell’Acheronte

Balance of Curse Maledizione della Bilancia

Greed the Live Brama di Vita

Howling Inferno Urla Infernali

Reincarnation Espiazione dell’Anima (yes, this is very cool)

Deep Fragrance Profumo Letale

Ugly Eruption Eruzione Silky Thread Gabbia degli Inferi Fairy Thronging Farfalle Spettrali

God Warriors

Titanic Hercules Braccia di Titano

Wolf Cruelty Claw Denti del Lupo Northern Wolf Pack Fist Lupi nella Tormenta

Force Frost Universe Freezing Nevi di Asgard Great Ardent Pressure Caldo Soffio del Meriggio

Stringer Requiem Melodia delle Tenebre

Harness Amethyst Teca Viola dell’Ametista Unity of Nature Anime della Natura Sword of Fire Spada di Ametista

Viking Tiger Claw Bianchi Artigli della Tigre Blue Impulse In Nome dei Ghiacci Eterni di Asgard (this is so ridiculous, come on)

Sword of Odin Spada di Asgard Bravest Dragon Blizzard Occhi del Drago

Marina Generals

Aurora Borealis Aurora Boreale

God Breath Vortice del Pacifico Rising Billows Flutti degli Abissi

Flashing Lacer Lancia di Nettuno Maha Roshini Unione Spirituale

Golden Triangle Triangolo d’oro

Eagle Clutch Volo dell’Aquila Possente Wolf’s Fang Zanne del Lupo Queen Bee’s Stinger Puntura della Libellula (from a bee to a dragonfly and I don’t know why) Vampire Inhale Ali del Vampiro Serpent Strangler Spire di Serpente Grizzly Slap Zampata dell’Orso Bruno Big Tornado Gorgo di Scilla

Salamander Shock Occhi della Salamandra

Dead End Symphony Dolce Melodia del Flauto Dead End Climax Dolce Melodia di Requiem

[dolores-hazy]

Sublime

Hearts and souls aligned

Gushing over interests and passions

Sunsets, sunrises firing up the sky

Rainbows after damp and drear

Birds resuming their choral stylings

Butterflies, dragonflies wafting by

That song you forgot you loved on the radio

Fresh baked goods fragrantly filling the air

Settling into a cozy seat

Feet tucked under, nose in book

Discovering a new binge-worthy show

While eating an old standby treat

Game nights spent with good friends

Reminiscing then making new memories

Finding love over and over again

And not least of all, within