#Erika Hoffman

[quietparanoiac]

Chelmsford 123 (1988–1990), s01

[dozydawn]

Row 1: Rosanna Arquette, Erika Eleniak, Ornella Muti.

Row 2: Pamela Anderson, Courtney Love, Christine Baranski.

Row 3: Harley Jane Kozak, Cecil Hoffman, Natasha Henstridge.

[princessmeepa]

I am going to pick the voice actors for my gods, RS’ dream cast for her LO live action is just for points and not even there to play the roles and she only picks her celebrity crush Mads to be Christian blue I know. So I am going to pick the voice actors who can fit my characters perfectly and here they are. So let’s start with the goddesses. Ok let’s gooo!

Note: some of the characters have the same voice actresses and who voiced their characters from the same anime, because I want to fit some of the voices, who can fit my characters.

Alecto: Avalon Penrose, who voiced Megaera from Hades.

Aglaea: Reba Buhr, who voiced Aphrodite from Record of Ragnarok.

Amphitrite: Michelle Rojas, who voiced Wendy from Show by Rock.

Aphrodite: Dorothy Elias-Fahn, who voiced Komi Shuuko from Komi can’t communicate.

Athena: Erika Harlacher, who voiced Kyoko Kirigiri from Danganronpa (the game).

Ariadne: Michelle Ruff, who voiced Katherine McBride from Catherine.

Artemis: Carli Mosier, who voiced Saeko Tanaka from Haikyū!!

Atropos: Mara Junot, who voiced Lisa from Genshin Impact.

Calliope: Natalie Hoover, who voiced Tsukino from Show by Rock.

Calypso: Brianna Knickerbocker, who voices Swim from One Punch Man

Chloris: Brianna Knickerbocker, who voiced Rin from Catherine: Full Body

Cleo: Lauren Landa, who voiced Sailor Neptune / Michiru Kaioh from Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars.

Clotho: Kayli Mills, who voiced Runa Yomozuki from Kakegurui.

Daphne: Ashly Burch, who voiced Sasha Braus from Attack on Titan.

Demeter: Heather Masters, who voiced Circus Baby from FNAF.

Echo: Stephanie Sheh, who voiced Sailor Moon / Usagi Tsukino from Sailor Moon or Luci Christian who voiced Duck/Princess Tutu from Princess Tutu.

Eos: Krystal LePort, who voiced Brooke from HuniePop 2.

Eris: Michelle Ruff, who voiced Kirari Momobami from Kakegurui.

Eurydice: Erica Mendez, who voiced Retsuko from Aggretsuko.

Gaia: Same thing with Demeter, but with a cute and girly Greek accent.

Hebe: Anairis Quinones, who voiced Goll from Record of Ragnarok.

Hecate: Alexis Tipton, who voiced Chuchu from Show by Rock.

Hedone: Laura Bailey, who voiced Catherine from Catherine.

Hera: Erin Fitzgerald, who voiced Eudial from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal.

Hestia: Jamie Marchi, who voiced Panty from Panty and Stocking.

Iris: Brittney Karbowski, who voiced Ryou Fujibayashi from Clannad.

Lachesis: Erica Lindbeck, who voiced Sayaka Igarashi in Kakegurui.

Leto: Casey Mongillo, who voiced Nene Onemine from Komi Can't Communicate.

Leuce: Dorothy Fahn, who voiced Sumika Warakubami / Kawaru Natari from Kakegurui

Libya: Kira Buckland, who voiced Princess Aurora Sya Lis Goodereste in Sleepy Princess from the Demon Castle.

Maia: Cherami Leigh, who voiced Kaede Otori from Komi Can't Communicate.

Marakria: Monica Rial, who voiced Moa in Show from Rock (if that’s possible)

Medea: Brianna Knickerbocker, who voiced Rumia Uru from Kakegurui.

Megaera: Emi Lo, who voiced Suma in Demon Slayer.

Melinoe: Kira Buckland, who voiced Mary Saotome from Kakegurui Twin and Kakegurui.

Metis: Laura Post, who voiced Brunhilde in Record of Ragnarok.

The other 6 Muses: Bryn Apprill.

Nyx: Hellena Taylor, who voiced Bayonetta from the Bayonetta games, but with sexy a Greek accent.

Pasithea: Bridget Hoffman, who voiced Nia Teppelin from Gurren Lagann.

Peitho: Kayli Mills, who voiced Emilia in Re:ZERO.

Persephone: Maggie Flecknoe, who voiced Yui Komori in Diabolik Lovers.

Perse: Brianna Knickerbocker, who voice Rem in Re:ZERO

Psyche: Erika Harlacher, who voiced Yumeko Jabami from Kakegurui

Rhea: Elizabeth Maxwell, who voiced Rosaria from Genshin Impact.

Selene: Shannon Chan, who voiced Misa Amane from Death Note.

Semele: Brenna Larsen, who voiced Navia from Genshin Impact.

Thetis: Kate Higgins, who voiced Sailor Mercury/ Ami Mizuno from Sailor Moon.

Tisiphone: Sarah Williams, who voiced Midari Ikishima from Kakegurui

Urania: Anairis Quinones, who voiced Hinatsuru in Demon Slayer.

And for the Mortal women:

Andromeda: Bryn Apprill, who voiced Krista Lenz / Historia Reiss from Attack on Titan.

Cassandra: Erica Lindbeck, who voiced Daki from Demon Slayer.

Helen of Troy: Cristina Vee, who voiced Sailor Mars / Rei Hino.

Phaedra: Juliet Simmons, who voiced Inaho Yamato from Kakegurui

Penelope: Abby Trott, who voiced Inui from Aggretsuko.

What do you guys think?

[intoxicatingimmediacy]

Daveed Diggs, Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders, Johnny Knoxville & Margaret Cho Round Out Cast Of Gregg Araki’s ‘I Want Your Sex’

EXCLUSIVE: Daveed Diggs (Nickel Boys), Mason Gooding (Scream), Chase Sui Wonders (Bodies Bodies Bodies), Johnny Knoxville (Jackass), and stand-up comedian and actress Margaret Cho (All That We Love) will round out the cast of I Want Your Sex, Gregg Araki’s Black Bear thriller starring Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman and Charli XCX, which has wrapped production in Los Angeles. Details as to the roles to be played by the quintet are under wraps. A provocative film blithely exploring desire, domination, and fantasy, I Want Your Sex asks, how far is too far? When fresh-faced Elliot (Hoffman) lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal and murder.

[maximiliano-aedo]

What could've been Animaze ..iNC during the 2010s

Talent pool (Note: any voice actor marked with * is union-only):

Steve Blum*

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn*

Crispin Freeman*

Kari Wahlgren*

Johnny Yong Bosch

Yuri Lowenthal*

Dave Wittenberg*

Roger Craig Smith*

Laura Bailey*

Travis Willingham*

Cherami Leigh

J.B. Blanc*

Sam Riegel*

Liam O'Brien*

Amy Kincaid*

Troy Baker*

Matthew Mercer

Joe Romersa*

Fleet Cooper*

Dyanne DiRosario*

Jennifer Love Hewitt*

Brian Hallisay*

Spike Spencer

Amanda Winn Lee*

Jaxon Lee*

Kyle Hebert

Ben Pronsky

Bob Buchholz

Richard Cansino

Murphy Dunne*

Carolyn Hennesy*

Jerry Gelb*

Adam Sholder

Ezra Weisz

Cristina Vee

Bryce Papenbrook

Michael Sorich

Richard Epcar

Ellyn Stern

Tony Oliver

Kirk Thornton

Lexi Ainsworth*

Aria Noelle Curzon

Grace Caroline Currey*

Michael Forest

Erik Davies

Adam Bobrow

Joshua Seth

Junie Hoang*

Kirk Baily*

Tom Fahn

Jonathan Fahn

Dorothy Elias-Fahn

Melissa Fahn

Stephen Apostolina*

René Rivera*

Deborah Sale Butler

Kevin Brief

Michael Gregory*

Riva Spier*

Cassandra Morris

Erica Mendez

Erika Harlacher

Erica Lindbeck

Marieve Herington

Kira Buckland

John Rubinstein*

Kim Matula*

Brittany Lauda

J. Grant Albrecht*

Michael McConnohie

Steve Bulen*

Dan Woren

Derek Stephen Prince

Wendee Lee

Edie Mirman

Jason C. Miller

Taliesin Jaffe*

John Snyder

Robbie Daymond

Ray Chase

Kaiji Tang

David Vincent

Christina Carlisi*

Christopher Corey Smith

Cindy Robinson

Rachel Robinson

Jessica Boone

Lauren Landa

Megan Hollingshead

Jalen K. Cassell

Doug Erholtz

Michelle Ruff

Gregory Cruz*

John Bishop*

Matt Kirkwood*

Lara Jill Miller*

Carol Stanzione

Steve Staley

Dave Mallow

Mona Marshall*

Darrel Guilbeau

Robert Martin Klein

Robert Axelrod

William Frederick Knight

Lex Lang

Sandy Fox

Joey Camen*

Randy McPherson*

Jad Mager

Richard Miro

Milton James

Anthony Pulcini

Douglas Rye

Patrick Seitz

Keith Silverstein

Jamieson Price

Skip Stellrecht*

Stoney Emshwiller*

G.K. Bowes

Alyss Henderson

Patricia Ja Lee

Peggy O'Neal

Carrie Savage

Melodee Spevack

Jennifer Alyx

Julie Ann Taylor

Sherry Lynn

Brad Venable

Christine Marie Cabanos

Greg Chun

LaGloria Scott

Steve Kramer

Melora Harte

Rebecca Forstadt*

Kyle McCarley

Mela Lee

Karen Strassman

Faye Mata

Laura Post

Kayla Carlyle*

Brina Palencia

Connor Gibbs

Brianne Siddall*

Barbara Goodson

Loy Edge

Jay Lerner

Jennie Kwan

Max Mittelman

Jessica Straus*

Alexis Tipton

Fryda Wolff

Michele Specht

J.D. Garfield

Debra Jean Rogers*

Julie Maddalena

Carrie Keranen

Tara Sands

Matthew Hustin

Cody MacKenzie

Bridget Hoffman*

Colleen O'Shaughnessey

Grant George

Jessica Gee

Jeff Nimoy*

Peter Lurie*

Brian Beacock

Paul St. Peter

Chris Jai Alex

Dan Lorge*

Ewan Chung*

Steve Cassling*

Philece Sampler

Stephanie Sheh

Sam Fontana

Ben Diskin

Juliana Donald*

Michael O'Keefe*

Christina Gallegos*

Tara Platt

Keith Anthony*

Beau Billingslea

David Lodge*

Kim Strauss

Eddie Jones*

William Bassett*

Kim Mai Guest*

Caitlin Glass

Hannah Alcorn

Ron Roggé*

Camille Chen*

Ethan Rains*

Yutaka Maseba*

Joe J. Thomas

Michael Sinterniklaas

Erin Fitzgerald

Joe Ochman

Marc Diraison

Xanthe Huynh

Brianna Knickerbocker

Dean Wein*

Michael McCarty*

[disappointingyet]

American Fiction

Director Cord Jefferson Stars Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K Brown, Leslie Uggams, Tracee Ellis Ross USA 2023 Language English 1hr 57mins Colour

Affectionate portrait of a bourgeois family? Gleeful satire of people desperate to endorse diversity? How about both at once, successfully?

There’s a mixed blessing for the smart film with an attention-grabbing pitch. It simplifies selling the movie, both to distributors and the audience: ‘It’s the one in which…’ ‘Oh, yeah, I’ve heard about that one…’  But it can reduce the movie to something it isn’t really – in this case, you might be surprised to find that American Fiction spends more time on two brothers and a sister dealing with an aged parent than satirising white people’s stupid ideas of what authentic black stories are. I’d say that this movie is closer to The Savages, an excellent but under-seen film with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney as middle-aged siblings trying to cope with their difficult father than, say, Spike Lee’s raging satire Bamboozled.

Yet the catchy ‘about’ sticks, and I’m not in a position to criticise that. Watching the film, I was wondering if the family stuff had been added by writer-director Cord Jefferson because I didn’t remember it from Percival Everett’s novel Erasure, from which American Fiction is adapted. But no, the blurb on the back of the book describes it ‘as a profoundly moving story of family turmoil’ – so it’s clearly there, but my mind had only held on to pointedly satirical part of the plot.

Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison (played in the movie by Jeffrey Wright) is a curmudgeonly academic and writer whose attitude towards his students is becoming unacceptable to the university in California where he works (for those who like to check on fiction’s relationship to life, Everett teaches at USC.) Meanwhile, his agent (John Ortiz) is struggling to find a publisher for Monk’s latest highbrow novel. And over in Boston, his widowed mother (Leslie Uggams) is acting erratically, and his sister and brother are both feeling the financial and other impacts of divorce. 

American Fiction is, then, effectively two films in one – a comedy-drama about a troubled (but not unloving) upper-middle-class family and a satire about a snobbish novelist who writes a spoof tale from the hood that (of course) is taken for the real thing. That’s an incredibly tricky mix to get right and at least a few people have been wrong-footed by the movie – ‘what’s all this family-reckoning-with-trauma stuff? Where’s the skewering of the white literary scene I was promised?’

I mean, that’s certainly there, it’s just sharing story space with eg, a tour of a care home the mother might move to. But that’s not just OK, it’s a positive, because the family stuff is great, particularly Sterling K Brown as Monk’s brother Clifford, voraciously making up for lost time after coming out in his forties. 

Which is to say, the family scenes are not just ‘funny too’, the biggest laughs we had watching the film came from the interaction between the Clifford and Monk and Monk and Lisa (Tracee Ellis Ross). The writing here is so sharp, so precise, so spot-on. Yes, there are also a few moments of emotional realisation, but as with The Holdovers, I’m working on being less prickly about this kind of stuff – it’s good to feel, too. 

This is Cord Jefferson’s debut as a director, but it doesn’t feel like a first film at all. It’s very assured, walks that tonal tightrope perfectly, marshals the cast well. Maybe that Jefferson doesn’t feel like a first-timer is not surprising seeing as he’s not young (he’s 42) and has a ton of experience writing for TV. But he’s not even got any screenplay credits for a movie. So this is extremely impressive. 

Along with Wright, Brown and Ross, there’s good work from Erika Alexander* as the Ellisons’ attractive neighbour plus Adam Brody as a slimy movie director – with this and Fleishman Is In Trouble, he’s finding a groove as a glib sleazeball. 

I was expecting to quite like American Fiction – as it turned out, I loved it.   *I spent too much time watching the movie trying to figure out what I recognised her from – which was playing Rza's mom in Wu-Tang: An American Saga.

[fredborges98]

A Escuridão e o Mel, escrito pelo jornalista Giovanni Arpino, foi o livro que inspirou o filme Perfume de Mulher.

Dados do Filme:

Data de produção: 1992

Direção: Martin Brest

Roteiro: Bo Goldman

Elenco: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gene Canfield, Richard Venture, Bradley Whitford, June Squibb, Frances Conroy, Rochelle Oliver, Margaret Eginton, Tom Riis Farrell, Nicholas Sadler, Todd Louiso, Matt Smith, Ron Eldard, Margaret Eginton, Sally Murphy, Michael Santoro, Julian e Max Stein, Alyson e Erika Feldman e Leonard Gaines.

Por traz do drama do herói condecorado,o veterano não se adequa a uma realidade cruel de morar no fundo de uma casa de parentes, de se relacionar com si mesmo, com seu status no campo de batalha e o seu atual contexto, sua família, sua cegueira permanente causada por uma granada, sua aposentadoria por invalidez, tudo isso levado em consideração e adicionando o Etarismo ou Idadismo; preconceito em relação a idade.

Segundo uma pesquisa; Nos últimos 20 anos, a taxa de suicídio entre militares dos EUA disparou, com mais de 30.177 militares e veteranos que serviram durante a guerra global contra o terror morrendo por suicídio, quatro vezes a quantidade de tropas perdidas em combate durante o período, informou o portal de notícias americano Slate na semana passada.

"Nos últimos cinco anos, a taxa de suicídio entre os membros do serviço ativo aumentou em 41 por cento", segundo o relatório intitulado "Os militares continuam cometendo um erro óbvio com seus esforços de prevenção ao suicídio".Um título cruel quando se refere ao suicídio a "um erro óbvio", o suicídio é o encontro com a pior ou mais "cinza" e " volátil" parte de si mesmo e todos, todos podem ajudar, é só perguntar e ouvir,escutar, observar, ter empatia, verificar o ambiente, a geladeira, a dispensa, se há animais domésticos, a limpeza,a rotina, o lixo, esse último diz muito o que somos! Aliás, conheço mais as pessoas pelo lixo que pelo luxo!

Continuando: " Durante 2020, a taxa de suicídio militar aumentou 16 por cento, enquanto a taxa de suicídio do país caiu 6 por cento. A taxa de suicídio no Exército dos EUA é a mais alta em mais de 100 anos, de acordo com o relatório.

"A taxa de suicídio para mulheres nas forças armadas é o dobro da média nacional. Para os membros negros do serviço, é quase o triplo da média demográfica nacional", afirmou.

Alguns teorizaram que as altas taxas de posse de armas entre militares e veteranos podem ser um fator determinante desta crise, enquanto "outros têm alegado que é devido a falhas no recrutamento e seleção daqueles que se juntam às forças armadas, outras hipóteses são "um retorno horrível ao passado"em memórias recorrentes traumáticas, quando muitos "culpam os problemas mentais", termo horrível " culpar", não há culpados nas tragédias individuais ou coletivas, o que há são responsáveis, inclusive o processo patológico psicológico e psiquiátrico do próprio suicida e continuando, o relatório aponta a falta de disciplina ou coragem dos soldados", acrescentou o relatório .Mais uma vez o relatório ou quem o concluiu se equivocou, não há falta de disciplina e nem coragem, o suicídio é o ato extremo patológico de disciplina e da coragem, e quem tiver dúvidas, algo não aconselhável ou recomendável, indicado para àqueles que estão ou são diagnosticados com depressão, independente do nível, e outras doenças psiquiátricas,se coloque no lugar de um policial ou militar e jogue a "Roleta Russa' sem estar anestesiado ou dopado por qualquer tipo de droga e saberá que a coragem de enxergar a si mesmo, inclusive com qualquer deficiência física, como é o caso em Perfume de Mulher onde a dança, o amor,a sedução e também a defesa do caráter, dos valores morais são temas, onde em síntese,a vida vale a pena ser vivida!

Bom dia!

A MAGIA ACONTECE QUANDO CEGOS CONSEGUEM ENXERGAR A SI MESMOS!

Por: Fred Borges

No filme “Perfume de Mulher” há uma cena inesquecível: aquela em que o protagonista, interpretado por Al Pacino, convida uma jovem para dançar. Ela responde:

“Não posso, meu namorado está chegando.”

“Em um instante, você vive uma vida!” ele responde, levando-a a dançar um tango.

Esta curta mas memorável cena contém uma das mais belas mensagens do filme:

Algumas pessoas passam a vida correndo atrás do tempo, nunca conseguindo alcançá-lo, mesmo quando correm rápido. Outros, porém, olham apenas para o futuro, esquecendo-se de viver o presente, o único momento que verdadeiramente existe.

Todos temos a mesma quantidade de tempo disponível, ninguém tem mais ou menos de 24 horas por dia.

A diferença está em como escolhemos viver essas horas.

Devemos aprender a aproveitar cada momento, porque, como disse John Lennon:

“A vida é o que acontece enquanto estamos ocupados fazendo outros planos.”

Vamos aproveitar essa vida maravilhosa! 🌟💃🌸

[jxrm]

book log - 2020

the circle by stephen j. galgon

let them eat pancakes by craig carlson

trophy life by lea gellar

the little cafe in copenhagen by julie caplin

serial killers volume 1 by ryan becker

time out by emma murray

love in the capitol by b. ivy woods

the fear hunter by elise sax

please like me by mindy kaling

i'm fine and neither are you by camille pagan

a secondhand life by pamela crane

the move by whitney dineen

dog day wedding by rich amooi

friends list by rob watson

sticky fingers by j.t. lawrence

the lonely heath attack club by j.c. williams

when she returned by lucinda berry

no judgements by meg cabot

big sexy love by kristy greenwood

the friday night date dress by talena winters

zenith man by jenniger haigh

woman last seen in her thirties by camille pagan

everything my mother taught me by alice hoffman

kiss me not by emma hart

the end of temperance dare by wendy webb

all this i will give to you by dolores redondo

the broken girls by simone st. james

kiss me tonight by emma hart

her by britney king

the wedding date by zara stoneley

felix ever after by kaceen callender

kiss me again by emma hart

the perfect wife by blake pierce

as kismet would have it by sandhya menon

next year in havana by chanel cleeton

love in the time of contracts by jethro collins

hot mess by emma hart

the survivor's guide to family happiness by maddie dawson

open book by jessica simpson

beach read by emily henry

the prettiest one by james hankins

big summer by jennifer weiner

digging in by loretta nyhan

the other family by loretta nyhan

palm beach bedlam by tom turner

untouchable by sibel hodge

the virgin romance novelist by meghan quinn

hogwarts: an incomplete and unreliable guide by j.k. rowling

the rumour by lesley kara

jackie four by phil chard

such a fun age by kiley reid

the family next door by sally hepworth

kissing games of the world by sandi kahn shelton

every single secret by emily carpenter

the poet x by elizabeth acevedo

harry potter: a journey through charms and defense against the dark arts by pottermore publishing

the birthday mystery by joyce cato

the wedding war by liz talley

kulti by mariana zapata

black friday by michael hodges

the other daughter by alex dahl

meet cute by helena hunting

the female of the species by mindy mcginnis

the devil's storybooks by natalie babbitt

you owe me a murder by eileen cook

my favorite half-night stand by christine lauren

tidelands by philippa gregory

gracefully you by jenna dewan

the void by christine bernard

tweet cute by emma lord

dear girls by ali wong

the woman inside by e.g. scott

risking it all by nina darnton

lying next to me by gregg olsen

the lost by natasha preston

roomies by christina lauren

i am not your perfect mexican daughter by erika l. sanchez

twice in a blue moon by christina lauren

the right swipe by alisha rai

i found you by lisa jewell

the secrets of married women by carol mason

a piece of normal by maddie dawson

my lovely wife by samantha downing

the bookish life of nina hill by abbi waxman

when we believed in mermaids by barbara o'neal

the nurse by amy cross

i'll never tell by catherine mckenzie

the weight of lies by emily carpenter

the bromance book club by lyssa kay adams

the wives by tarryn fisher

the marriage lie by kimberley belle

best friends & other liars by heather balog

get a life, chloe brown by talia hibbert

the child next door by shalini boland

the queen and the cure by amy harrison

the overdue life of amy byler by kelly harms

short stories from hogwarts of heroism, hardship, and dangerous hobbies by j.k. rowling

a friend in need by hannah ellis

the starter wife by nina lauren

the girl before by j.p. delaney

men without women by haruki murakami

the unhoneymooners by christina lauren

the other mrs. miller by allison m. dickson

the sun down motel by simone st. james

short stories from hogwarts of power, politics, and pesky poltergeists by j.k. rowling

the woman in our house by andrew hart

[thesoftcities]

08/13/2023

currently watching Mushishi! Finally watching a Helena-recommended anime, and I'm loving it so far, it's been a slow, soft, and wonderful thing. More thoughts and pretty screenshots to follow.

Other media I'm currently consuming:

reading Michael Pante's A Capital City at the Margin

re-reading Tokyo Ghoul

was listening to some episodes of Literary Friction (the one with Brian Dillon on essays) and Verso pod (the one on ecofeminism and policing, etc.)

last movies I saw were Oppenheimer and Aftersun, I have to watch Nawapol's 36 before the month ends

still lots of Kpop shit: Aespa vlogs, Twice fancams, old Twice reaction videos, I really like Taehyung's last two songs and MVs, lots of Chordio remixes on repeat, I was revisiting Jack In The Box last week, found the amazing YouTube short of Chae and Jihyo doing the What is Love chorus but married ver. from 2021 (deeply moved by it)

on music, I finally listened to the entire shut the fuck up talking to me, the new George Clanton *chef's kiss*, I was trying to get into the music Karl/Frank/Anton talk about just to keep up so like hatchie, yeule, erika de casier, kelala, etc.

on Youtube, aside from Kpop, lots of James Hoffman, I caught up with the new Philosophy Tube video (the one with LegalEagle), Tekken 8 matches (lots of Knee, CBM, JDCR, etc.)

On Twitch, Dacktem and lmyourfather mostly, but I don't keep up much with Dacktem as often because he streams late (and been doing lots of chill runs)

On games, have an ongoing sword-summoner hardcore run and was playing a bit of Tekken 7 lately

[rarealdcresults]

Dance Educators of America, Nationals in NYC (June 29th - July 8th, 2006):

Small Fry Solo:

Brooke Hyland - "Firefly" (Acrobatic) - 1st Place

Small Fry Duet:

Natalie Secola & Paige Cullinan - "Teamwork" (Jazz) - 2nd Place

Small Fry Group:

“Wash That Man” (Jazz) [Paige Hyland, Chloé Lukasiak, Taylor Reck, Haley Grieco, Shayne Coles, Amanda Gioia, Larissa DiPiazza, Mira DiBattiste, Jillian Ferguson, Kailey Hoffman] - 1st Place

“Playtime” (Jazz) [Claudia Peterman, Natalie Secola, Jessica Restano, Paige Neid, Sarah Restano, Maddie Hohman, Brooke Hyland, Jordan Thomas, Kassidy Leon, Mia Meixner, Gabrielle Casarcia, Taylor Breen & Dante] - 3rd Place

Junior Solo:

Brandon Pent - "Rhythm In Me" (Jazz) - 2nd Place

Nina Linhart - "You've Got Possibilities" (Jazz) - 3rd Place

Pre-Teen Duet:

John Fiumara & Nina Linhart - "I Love Being Here With You" (Theatre Dance) - 1st Place

Teen Solo:

Hannah Opalko - "Kiss Me in the Rain" (Acro/Gymnastics) - 1st Place / Executive Cup Award

Young Senior Solo:

Amanda Stelluto - "The Rose" (Lyrical) - 1st Place

Leah Pivirotto - "Right Now" (Jazz) - 2nd Place

Young Senior Duet:

Amanda Stelluto & Gianna Martello - "Last Days" (Lyrical) - 1st Place

? - "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Jazz) - 2nd Place

Young Senior Group:

"Shining Armor" (Lyrical) - 1st Place / High Score of Entire Competition - Groups, Lines, Prod

Senior Line:

"She Says" (Lyrical) - 1st Place

National Small Fry Miss:

Jessica Restano - "Ducks Dance Too" (Acro/Gymnastics) - 3rd Place

National Junior Mr:

Josh Ice - "Up a Lazy River" (Tap) - 2nd Place

National Pre-Teen Miss:

Erika Maruca - "Stolen Child" (Acrobatic) - 3rd Place

Pre-Teen Mr:

John Fiumara - "I Could Have Danced All Night" (Tap) - 1st Place (Title Winner)

Teen Miss:

Jessica Ice - "Mein Herr" (Theatre Dance) - 3rd Place

Young Senior Miss:

Gianna Martello - "Wild Horses" (Lyrical) - 2nd Place

Senior Miss:

Jennine Wedge - "Fever" (Jazz) - 3rd Place

[dearlittlefandom-stalker]

Thanks, @flickeringflame216 !

3 Ships: gah. Hmmm. Eh. The 3 ships currently revolving around in my mind I can’t say, because there are preschool toys here because the characters only exist in my head (and the head of my friend). So. Huh. Basically most canon ships, especially Healthy Married Couples (because there needs to be more of those) but for like, current rabid fangirl ships… I guess currently they are

Peter Parker/MJ (Tom Holland and Zendaya’s portrayal) or Peter Parker/Gwen Stacy for the Andrew Garfield Spider-Man

Elizebeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy (I always call them Lizzie and Mr. Darcy in my head 🤣)

Donut Lord/Pretzel Lady 😂 Maddie and Tom are Relationship Goals, I love them so much

1st Ever Ship: heh, probably the couples from Barbie Princess and the Pauper- ESPECIALLY 💗Anneliese/Julian💗 but Erika/Dominic too. My first rabid fangirl shipping was definitely Obi-Wan/Satine from the Star Wars the Clone Wars 2008 show. My heart! 💔😭

Last Song: the pic below plus the Bad Michael Jackson cd my brothers had on. Plus Scarborough Fair by Simon and Garfunkle.

���.as I am typing this, either my Mom or brother has put on the Whitney Houston Greatest Hits cd 😂

Last Movie: hmmm I think it was The Santa Clause movie but I might be getting it mixed up with the Santa Clauses show my family binged together. Either that or Home Alone, I can’t remember the exact timeline of events, this holiday season was a bit crazy lol Currently Reading: Recently I read the original Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A. Hoffman (English translation) and it. is. a. TRIP let me tell you. I got lots of ironic enjoyment out of it and found it both highly amusing and more than slightly disturbing but in an entertaining way. The author wrote it with no small amount of satire and doesn’t take it too seriously - and neither should you. It’s a very interesting and unique writing style and I love it. The only other book I can think to compare it to, writing style-wise, is The Princess Bride (book) by William Goldman. I just started reading Ain’t Misbehavin’ by Jennifer Lamont Leo. I got it for Christmas ;-) Oh and Genesis for the Bible

Currently Watching: haha… a mix of stuff. Hermitcraft - Grian and Scar regularly, with many other Hermits pitched in that vary week to week. Plus Mumbo’s not-hermitcraft videos, lol Empires S2 - Jimmy’s episodes and a few of False’s. Sermons - found on youtube/rumble/other by churches I like to keep up with. As far as actual shows go, I have a longer list of Want-to-Watch than Actually-Watching lol. A lot of the shows on my Want-to-Watch have already ended. Bluey and Sonic Prime are the only shows currently airing new episodes (a show that hasn’t ended but is on hiatus that I watch is The Mandalorian).

Currently Consuming: Tea as well! Though my default tea is iced sweet tea (black tea we keep in the fridge. It’s like, 90% of my fluid intake lol). Of course make it with only a half cup of sugar per gallon of tea, because I don’t like it super sweet. I do love a wide variety of teas though…

Currently Craving: Mint chocolate chip ice cream ;-)

Anyone who wants wants to be tagged- consider yourself tagged!

Tag 9 10 People You Want to Know Better!

Tagged by @o-lei-o-lai-o-lord--thanks Lee! Starting a new post because the old one was quite lengthy.

3 ships: Hmm, I'm not much of a shipper. BUT Faramir and Eowyn make me long for romance like not much else can. I ship them :). Meg and Calvin from A Wrinkle in Time are sweet. And...oh goshawk. Maybe Anne and Gilbert from Anne of Green Gables. I liked how they're still very in love in the later books despite lots of sorrow and Life Things Happening.

1st ever ship: . Probably Laura and Manzo from the Little House books?

Last song: Currently listening to an FFH album so it's Open Up the Sky (but my favorite in that album is One of These Days).

Last movie: Little Women (1994). Watched it last week with my sisters!

Currently reading: Just finished listening to A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle and started Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis. The Space Trilogy was a gift last birthday and it's been sitting on my shelf for almost a year, so I'm very excited to begin. So far it's fun, and reminding me of just How Good a writer Lewis actually is.

Currently watching: No shows, but if I were YouTubing it would be Smarter Every Day videos.

Currently consuming: Tea! Decaf ceylon, very strong--not my usual choice of tea, but it came as a sample with other tea I ordered for Christmas presents and it is Quite Lovely.

Currently craving: sushi! I want to make it again sometime soon.

Tagging @and-learn-to-let-go, @bookdragon1811, @dearlittlefandom-stalker, @fairytale-lights, @heckin-music-dork, @hollers-and-holmes, @imissthembutitwasntadisaster, @lightthewaybackhome, @tzarina-alexandra, and @zelzahdarkcloak. Open tag too for anyone who wants to jump in--tag me so I can see!

[kisslandies]

tag  dump  —  ( i )  !

[aliteraryprincess]

November Wrap Up

I just came back from my Thanksgiving festivities and realized it’s now December! I definitely wasn’t prepared for how quickly this month went by. The academic year is coming to a close and it is kicking my ass. We only have one week of classes left, and I’m passing in my last paper on the 13th. I’ll be happy for it to be over, but right now I feel like there isn’t enough time.

Books Read - Goal: 5  Read: 5

This month actually went well for reading. I mean, one was a picture book, but it still counts! Only one of the books I read was for school; it’s always nice to read some things for pleasure! My favorite was We Have Always Lived in the Castle, which was a reread. My favorite new book was The Invasion of the Tearling, which has joined The Queen of the Tearling on my favorite books of the year list. I found White Stag a little disappointing. I had high hopes for it, and it just didn’t reach them.

The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen – 5 stars

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson – 5 stars

The Lives of Animals by J. M. Coetzee – 4 stars

The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Mary Hoffman and Miss Clara – 5 stars

White Stag by Kara Barbieri – 3 stars

On the Blog:

I continue to procrastinate my work with lists and book recommendations haha. But hey, it means there’s lots of stuff to put in this section!

Retelling Recommendations: The Twelve Dancing Princesses

100 Days of Productivity

aliteraryprincess’s Top 25 Fairy Tale Retellings

aliteraryprincess’s 50 Books to Reread

Tagged: Micro Review - White Stag by Kara Barbieri

Reblogged: Selkie Recommendations

Reblogged: Recommendations with LGBT+ Characters but Minimal Romance

Reblogged: Favorite Fantasy Recommendations

Reblogged: Manga Recommendations

Reblogged: LGBT+ Recommendations that Aren’t MLM

Reblogged: Cinderella Retelling Recommendations

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☁️ TAG DROP : characters d-h tags !

[konigindernachtsblog]

Es gab Traurigkeit in seinen Augen.

Il était tard quand John avait toqué à la porte de l’orphelinat Silverstein, trempé et maintenant son manteau au dessus de la tête d’un petit garçon au visage recouvert de terre et de sang séché.  Le garçon avait le visage fermé et était encore frigorifié par la température qu’il avait eu à affronter sur terre et à cause de la chaleur humide de l’Enfer sous la pluie, il s’essoufflait. Il avait entendu Erika Silverstein descendre les escaliers quatre à quatre avant d’ouvrir la porte. 

« John, dit la succube en regardant le manteau bleu puis l’enfant. - Erika, es tut mir leid, aber… (= Erika, I am sorry, but…) - Nein, komm’, bitte. (= Non, viens, s’il te plaît)

L’allemand avait fait signe à l’enfant de l’accompagner à l’intérieur. Le hall de l’orphelinat était grand et tout en bois laqué. Erika débarrassa John de son manteau trempé pour le mettre près de la cheminée et reporta son attention sur le garçon qui l’accompagnait. Il ne bougeait pas et ne faisait pas le moindre son. La succube s’approcha et se pencha vers le petit alors que John déboutonnait sa chemise trempée.

« What happened? - I was on a mission for Miss Norling in Germany and I found this boy on the road. He doesn’t speak. But I easily identified him as a demon. I don’t think he has a family and he is scared of humans.  - I’ll call Viola, she might be still available to have a look at him… You can go upstairs to change your clothes. - Thank you Erika. - Komm’ hier, Schatz, du bist sicher mit uns, dit-elle au garçon pour l’inciter à s’approcher. » (= Come here, darling, you are safe with us.)

Erika approcha l’enfant de la cheminée pour qu’il se réchauffe en attendant que sa soeur arrive, alors que John s’en était allé à l’étage pour changer ses vêtements trempés. Il entendait des pas étouffés et des murmures. Tous les enfants ne dormaient pas encore mais en entendant ses pas dans l’escaliers, ils s’étaient tous remis au lit pour ne pas se faire attraper. Il sourit avec nostalgie, toute sa vie se trouvait encore dans ces murs. Après s’être changé et un instant dans ces pensées, il entendit à nouveau la porte de l’orphelinat s’ouvrir. Viola venait d’arriver. John descendit pour rejoindre les deux soeurs et l’enfant. On l’accompagna dans la salle de bain et Viola le souleva pour le poser sur la banque près du lavabo. 

« Are you hurt, young man? Demanda Viola en examinant d’abord sa figure avant qu’il ne fasse « non » de la tête. Did you lose your parents? »

L’enfant se mit alors à signer. Viola reconnu le langage des signes allemand et tourna rapidement la tête vers Erika et John. Finalement, elle reprit, demandant la permission avant de lui retirer sa chemise mouillée et l’examiner avant de l’aider à se laver. Erika l’aida à enfiler un pyjama propre et on lui attribua une chambre à part des autres enfants pour le moment. Les adultes se retrouvèrent tous les trois au rez de chaussée quand il fut endormi.

« So ? Demanda Erika, inquiète. - The child looks like he was beaten. He shows all the symptoms of a post traumatic shock. It might be the reason of his silence. I need to do proper exams later to confirm it is not another condition but it is unlikely.  - Did you succeed to get any information from him ? - Yes. He said his mother got killed and that he doesn’t know his father. He got transferred to a tiny village’s monastery. I guess that’s where he got hit, those people are not known to be tender with children and I guess he wasn’t the kind to obey easily, because of his nature… - Does he have a name ? Demanda la directrice de l’orphelinat. - I didn’t find any clue on that, avoua John. - We might get him to write it down. If not, I guess we will have to give him a new one. I would start to think of one. - Poor boy, souffla sa soeur. Is it okay if John brings him to you tomorrow morning for the full check up? - Sure, bring him whenever you can. »

Viola sourit tristement en voyant sa soeur déjà anxieuse à propos du petit garçon. Avant de la quitter, elle vint l’étreindre pour tenter de la rassurer. Quand elle eut quitté l’orphelinat, John se permit de poser sa main dans la nuque de la succube. Erika sourit légèrement et essuya une larme au coin de son oeil. Le manteau bleu décida de rester à l’orphelinat pour laisser la succube se reposer un peu. Le lendemain matin, l’enfant fut un peu hésitant et on préféra le garder à l’écart des autres encore un moment, au moins jusqu’à être sûrs de sa condition et de son nom. Après un petit déjeuner et lui avoir donner des vêtements propres, John le conduit au cabinet de Viola avant qu’elle ne reçoivent ses premiers patients. La succube demanda à John de rester dans la salle d’attente pendant qu’elle s’occupait de l’enfant, en espérant qu’il ne se livre plus. Il semblait qu’il lui faisait confiance. Alors que Viola s’approchait, il prit l’initiative de signer pour la première fois.

« What happened to you? Dit-il en faisant référence à la cicatrice sur le visage de la succube. - Someone I loved was in danger, débuta la succube en signant aussi. So I protected him. Sometimes, you have to pay a price to keep the one you love close to you. And you, what happened to you? - They said my mother was a witch. So they put her on fire and said they will save me. »

L’enfant baissa les yeux et trahit le chagrin qu’il retenait à cause d’un tremblement au niveau des épaules. La succube se mit alors à genoux pour être à sa hauteur et essuya ses larmes avec son pouce et caressa ses cheveux jusqu’à qu’il ne reprenne ses aveux.

« They said that if I was listening to them, I would go to Heaven, where my mother isn’t a witch, where I still speak with my voice and where all the dead people live and the suffering disappears. »

Ça ne ressemblait même plus à du christianisme mais à une sorte de secte extrémiste. Les humains étaient fascinants en terme de barbarie. Viola se demandait si les démons avaient tant que cela à leur apprendre au final. Mais les dires du petit garçon lui donnait déjà une réponse. Il savait parler, son handicap était traumatique, pas physique. Elle avait alors l’espoir pour lui qu’un jour, il parviendrait à réutiliser sa voix malgré la tragédie qui lui était arrivé.

« What is the name your mother gave you? demanda-t-elle. »

L’enfant demanda alors du papier pour écrire. Viola sourit en le voyant lentement dessiner les lettres de son prénom tout en étant extrêmement concentré. Sûrement aurait-il du retard à rattraper en terme d’instruction, mais elle était certaine qu’il pourrait se remettre vite. Finalement, il lui tendit le papier et montra son prénom écrit en lettres de tailles diverses et pas très droit. « Wolfgang ». 

« That is a pretty name, répondit-elle, toujours en langage des signes. Can I call you « Wolf? » - Yes. Are you a mommy?  - Yes, I am. I have two children, they are around your age. Their names are Bartosz and Irena. »

La révélation de la succube sembla le détendre encore un peu et le jeune Wolfgang se laissa examiner sans discuter. Il allait bien. Les traces de coups qu’il avait encore sur le corps étaient malheureusement encore fraîches et disparaîtrait sous peu. Il fut décidé qu’il resterait auprès d’Erika à l’orphelinat. Mais Viola s’étant prise d’affection pour lui, il arrivait à Wolfgang de venir jouer avec ses enfants. Grâce à cela, il ne se sentit jamais vraiment seul. Plus tard, avec l’aide de Viola pour une rééducation et un soutien psychologique soutenu, il commença à prononcer ses premiers mots, même s’il gardait les signes comme une sécurité, se sentir plus confiant.

[fredborges98]

Perfume de Mulher - Tango

A Escuridão e o Mel, escrito pelo jornalista Giovanni Arpino, foi o livro que inspirou o filme Perfume de Mulher.

Dados do Filme:

Data de produção: 1992

Direção: Martin Brest

Roteiro: Bo Goldman

Elenco: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gene Canfield, Richard Venture, Bradley Whitford, June Squibb, Frances Conroy, Rochelle Oliver, Margaret Eginton, Tom Riis Farrell, Nicholas Sadler, Todd Louiso, Matt Smith, Ron Eldard, Margaret Eginton, Sally Murphy, Michael Santoro, Julian e Max Stein, Alyson e Erika Feldman e Leonard Gaines.

Por traz do drama do herói condecorado,o veterano não se adequa a uma realidade cruel de morar no fundo de uma casa de parentes, de se relacionar com si mesmo, com seu status no campo de batalha e o seu atual contexto, sua família, sua cegueira permanente causada por uma granada, sua aposentadoria por invalidez, tudo isso levado em consideração e adicionando o Etarismo ou Idadismo; preconceito em relação a idade.

Segundo uma pesquisa; Nos últimos 20 anos, a taxa de suicídio entre militares dos EUA disparou, com mais de 30.177 militares e veteranos que serviram durante a guerra global contra o terror morrendo por suicídio, quatro vezes a quantidade de tropas perdidas em combate durante o período, informou o portal de notícias americano Slate na semana passada.

"Nos últimos cinco anos, a taxa de suicídio entre os membros do serviço ativo aumentou em 41 por cento", segundo o relatório intitulado "Os militares continuam cometendo um erro óbvio com seus esforços de prevenção ao suicídio".Um título cruel quando se refere ao suicídio a "um erro óbvio", o suicídio é o encontro com a pior ou mais "cinza" e " volátil" parte de si mesmo e todos, todos podem ajudar, é só perguntar e ouvir,escutar, observar, ter empatia, verificar o ambiente, a geladeira, a dispensa, se há animais domésticos, a limpeza,a rotina, o lixo, esse último diz muito o que somos! Aliás, conheço mais as pessoas pelo lixo que pelo luxo!

Continuando: " Durante 2020, a taxa de suicídio militar aumentou 16 por cento, enquanto a taxa de suicídio do país caiu 6 por cento. A taxa de suicídio no Exército dos EUA é a mais alta em mais de 100 anos, de acordo com o relatório.

"A taxa de suicídio para mulheres nas forças armadas é o dobro da média nacional. Para os membros negros do serviço, é quase o triplo da média demográfica nacional", afirmou.

Alguns teorizaram que as altas taxas de posse de armas entre militares e veteranos podem ser um fator determinante desta crise, enquanto "outros têm alegado que é devido a falhas no recrutamento e seleção daqueles que se juntam às forças armadas, outras hipóteses são "um retorno horrível ao passado"em memórias recorrentes traumáticas, quando muitos "culpam os problemas mentais", termo horrível " culpar", não há culpados nas tragédias individuais ou coletivas, o que há são responsáveis, inclusive o processo patológico psicológico e psiquiátrico do próprio suicida e continuando, o relatório aponta a falta de disciplina ou coragem dos soldados", acrescentou o relatório .Mais uma vez o relatório ou quem o concluiu se equivocou, não há falta de disciplina e nem coragem, o suicídio é o ato extremo patológico de disciplina e da coragem, e quem tiver dúvidas, algo não aconselhável ou recomendável, indicado para àqueles que estão ou são diagnosticados com depressão, independente do nível, e outras doenças psiquiátricas,se coloque no lugar de um policial ou militar e jogue a "Roleta Russa' sem estar anestesiado ou dopado por qualquer tipo de droga e saberá que a coragem de enxergar a si mesmo, inclusive com qualquer deficiência física, como é o caso em Perfume de Mulher onde a dança, o amor,a sedução e também a defesa do caráter, dos valores morais são temas, onde em síntese,a vida vale a pena ser vivida!

Bom dia!

A MAGIA ACONTECE QUANDO CEGOS CONSEGUEM ENXERGAR A SI MESMOS!

Por: Fred Borges

No filme “Perfume de Mulher” há uma cena inesquecível: aquela em que o protagonista, interpretado por Al Pacino, convida uma jovem para dançar. Ela responde:

“Não posso, meu namorado está chegando.”

“Em um instante, você vive uma vida!” ele responde, levando-a a dançar um tango.

Esta curta mas memorável cena contém uma das mais belas mensagens do filme:

Algumas pessoas passam a vida correndo atrás do tempo, nunca conseguindo alcançá-lo, mesmo quando correm rápido. Outros, porém, olham apenas para o futuro, esquecendo-se de viver o presente, o único momento que verdadeiramente existe.

Todos temos a mesma quantidade de tempo disponível, ninguém tem mais ou menos de 24 horas por dia.

A diferença está em como escolhemos viver essas horas.

Devemos aprender a aproveitar cada momento, porque, como disse John Lennon:

“A vida é o que acontece enquanto estamos ocupados fazendo outros planos.”

Vamos aproveitar essa vida maravilhosa! 🌟💃🌸