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spctlights · 2 years ago

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(—) ★ spotted!! NATALIE 'NAT' DAVIS on the cover of this week’s most recent tabloid! many say that the 38 year old looks like JAMIE CLAYTON, but i don’t really see it. while the TALK SHOW HOST is known for being COURAGEOUS my inside sources say that they have a tendency to be SELFISH. i swear, every time i think of them, i hear the song POSTER KID –– PEACH MARTINE

BASIC INFORMATION:

name: natalie lavender davis.

nicknames: nat.

pronouns: she/her.

gender: transgender female.

age: thirty-eight.

date of birth: february 3rd.

place of birth: new haven, connecticut.

astrological sign: aquarius.

orientation: panromantic, demipansexual.

APPEARANCE:

height: five foot ten.

build: tall and slender, well-proportioned, strong physique.

hair colour: blonde.

eye colour: green.

wardrobe style: 9 times out of 10, nat will wear either a well-fitted suit or dress when leaving. it is not always high-fashion, but always fashionable. even at home, when no one can see her, she will always look her best.

tattoos: her birth year in roman numerals on the top of her foot.

piercings: double earrings.

HEALTH:

physical ailments: none.

mental ailments: none.

alcohol use: drinks every night, but does not identify as having an alcohol problem. has been photographed coming out of clubs drunk at least once a month since she got famous.

drug use: none.

addictions: working.

PERSONALITY:

positive traits: courageous, righteous, welcoming.

negative traits: impatient, selfish, stubborn.

ACTIVITIES & SKILLS:

skills: project management, networking, directing.

weaknesses: overworking herself, distancing herself from friends.

languages spoken: english.

CAREER DETAILS:

2010: partakes in a documentary about LGBT+ people, specifically her experience being trans. when it is released, it is cut in a way that is incredibly damaging to the general LGBT community and she starts raising awareness and trying to raise money to sue via twitter.

2012: the trial finally goes ahead and is followed quite closely by the LGBT+ community, but swept under the rug otherwise.

2013: she wins the defamation case and the documentary is forced to be pulled. after the court case, she begins writing opinion pieces for various small magazines and newspapers.

2016: starts to write for multiple large newspapers, such as the new yorker, wall street journal, the guardian, and multiple online publications, even winning a few awards.

2017: moves to l.a. as tv interviews are now so often, she spends more time on the road and travelling than at home in boston. she also hosts some charity tv streams for the trevor project and other LGBT+ charities. also appears on some podcasts during this time, including @joseph-kwan‘s.

2019: co-hosts several episodes of joe’s late night show, falling in love with the late night show format and absolutely thriving in that environment.

2020: when joe’s show gets cancelled, she is offered her own named show - the natalie davis show, in which she heavily focuses on interviews with LGBT+ celebrities and includes ‘a hidden LGBT history’ segment every episode, where she educates about various LGBT topics and the contributions the community have made but which have been swept under the rug. there is loads of pushback and death threats become a constant, but at the same time, the publicity that comes from that kind of hatred pushes the show to a new height.

2022: the natalie davis show has now officially been renewed for it’s third season, has received multiple awards, and has moved to a prime time spot. she has also hosted SNL two times and continues to write articles for popular newspapers.

WANTED CONNECTIONS:

staff: she is an absolute workaholic and it would be great to have her producers, her make-up crew, people from her creative team, etc.

bodyguard(s): due to the topics she discusses on her show as well as who she is in general, she receives nearly daily death threats, which means that she has near-constat surveillance or bodyguards around her.

ex-lovers: nat loves dating - but struggles to commit. she prioritises work over everything and relationships often don’t last longer than 6 months, and she has never been married.

best/close friends: gives me some friends nat has made over her years in the industry, but who she probably doesn’t talk to often enough...

BIOGRAPHY:

to be written.

#⸻ ✧ NATALIE DAVIS : ISMS ⧽#hillzhqsintro

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libramc · 4 years ago

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❤️ How to predict WHERE you're going to meet your future spouse through Astrology ❤️

hi guys! in today's post I'm going to show you how to find out where you'll meet your future spouse through your birth chart. this technique was discovered by the astrologer Kapiel Raaj, and it's based on vedic astrology. hence, you're going to need your sidereal birth chart to calculate this. if you already know how to do that, you can skip this part.

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first of all, go to astro.com > horoscope and then click on extended chart selection.

add your birth data by clicking on the 'add a new person' button. it's necessary to have your accurate birth time for this, as it's based on your ascendant.

then scroll down and click on options for zodiac and houses. choose the whole signs house system and then click on sidereal. after that, choose 'hindu/lahiri' on the ayanamsha button.

after you've calculated your chart, it will be something like this (this is angelina jolie's sidereal birth chart):

to calculate where you're going to meet your spouse, we need to first of all take a look at the 7th house lord, which is the planet that rules your 7th house. in this chart it is saturn, as she has capricorn in her 7th house. now that you know what is your 7th house lord, look at where it's placed in your chart. also, keep in mind that since this is a sidereal technique, we're only going to take in consideration traditional rulers, therefore aquarius is ruled by uranus, pisces by jupiter and scorpio by mars. angelina has her saturn in gemini in the 12th house. the opposite sign indicates the circumstances or directly the place where you're going to meet your spouse. in this chart, it is sagittarius. keep reading for an explanation of each sign!!

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♈️ aries opposite 7th house lord ♈️

you're going to meet your spouse when doing some sort of physical activity. you may meet them at the gym, or maybe at a sport event like a football match. you could even meet them just by taking a casual walk, and it could be love at first sight. you two may also meet in a place where there's lots of noise and action, maybe even danger, probably not in a quiet place. places that are ruled by aries are palestine, england, hong kong, germany, poland, syria, israel, lithuania, senegal, sierra leone and zimbabwe. as for cities, we have birmingham, cape town, leicester, florence, krakow, naples, utrecht, marseilles and georgia.

♉️ taurus opposite 7th house lord ♉️

taurus loves the finer things in life, so if you have this sign opposite your 7th house lord you may meet your spouse during your chill time. for instance, you may meet them at a spa, at the mall, at the beach... anything that symbolizes relax for you. in addition, taurus also rules finances, therefore you could meet them in a bank or in any place or circumstance where you have to deal with finances, even in a shop for example. also, since taurus rules over the throat and the voice, you may meet at a place where there's singing for instance, or at least there's music playing in the background. last but not least, being an earth sign, taurus opposing your 7th house lord may also indicate that you're going to meet your future spouse in a place where there's lots of green, maybe at the park or in a forest. places that are ruled by taurus are cyprus, tasmania, ireland, capri, rhodes, the greek iIslands, cuba, east timor, serbia, tanzania, south africa and yemen. as for cities, we have lucerne, eastbound, eastbourne, hastings, palermo, leipzig, st. louis and dublin.

♊️ gemini opposite 7th house lord ♊️

with gemini opposing your 7th house lord, you may meet your future spouse through socializing. you could meet them through your friends or through your siblings, maybe they're a sibling of a friend of yours. you could also meet them during short-distance trips, so maybe in a city near you or even on a train, on a bus, etc. communication is going to be involved, and hence you could even meet them at an event where there's the need to talk and / or write. possibly, you may as well meet him online or in school. places that are ruled by gemini include iceland, sardinia, morocco, belgium, wales, eritrea, guyana, kuwait, norway, montenegro, sweden and tonga. as for cities, we have nuremberg, tripoli, san francisco, london, melbourne, plymouth and cardiff.

♋️ cancer opposite 7th house lord ♋️

if cancer is opposing your 7th house lord, then you could have possibly known your future spouse since your childhood. you could have met a school, or to talk in a more general way you may be from the same city. possibly, you could as well meet in a place where there are children, or where there's food. in addition, since cancer is ruled by the moon, you could meet in a place where there's moon symbolism. maybe during a full or new moon. perhaps, you're going to meet near water as well, as cancer is a water sign. places that are ruled by cancer include usa, paraguay, scotland, holland, the bahamas bahrain belize, burundi, cape verde, columbia, comoros, democratic republic of the congo croatia djibouti, kiribati laos, liberia, madagascar, malawi mozambique, rwanda, slovenia solomon islands, algeria, somalia, and south korea. as for cities, we have manchester, new york, stockholm, tokyo, venice, york, amsterdam and milan.

♌️ leo opposite 7th house lord ♌️

with the sign of leo opposing your 7th house lord, you’re likely to meet your future spouse in a place where there’s fun. it could be at a party, during a vacation, at a bar, a restaurant... certainly not at work, that’s for sure. you’ll meet your spouse in a situation of relax, not of stress. since leo also rules celebrities, you may even meet them in a place where there are famous people, like a concert for instance. countries ruled by leo are afghanistan, india, italy, macedonia, romania, sicily, ecuador, zanzibar, bhutan, bolivia, central african republic chad, the ivory coast, gabon, indonesia, north korea, south korea, kyrgyzstan, malaysia, maldives, nicaragua, pakistan, mongolia, seychelles, singapore, ukraine and madagascar. as for cities, we have bristol, bombay, chicago, madrid, los angeles, philadelphia, rome and bath.

♍️ virgo opposite 7th house lord ♍️

virgo rules over health, and hence you may meet your future spouse in a health-related place. it could be at the doctor’s, at the dentist’s, in a hospital, etc. virgo is also routine, so you may meet your future spouse in a typical day of yours. it could be at the supermarket, at work, while you’re walking your dog, at the gym, and so on. basically, it could be that your future spouse is going to casually approach you in the streets. countries ruled by virgo include crete, brazil, greece, switzerland, turkey, uruguay, west indies, armenia, azerbaijan, belarus, brazil, costa rica, el salvador estonia guatemala, honduras, mali, moldova, qatar and tajikistan. as for cities we have athens, paris, toulouse, corinth, lyons, boston and mexico city.

♎️ libra opposite 7th house lord ♎️

if you have libra opposing your 7th house lord, you may get to meet your spouse in a place that has to do with beauty, so maybe in a clothes shop or at a salon. you may also meet them in a place where there are many people, or even at some sort of event like a marriage. libra also rules over politics and justice, so maybe you could meet them at the courthouse or during election time. countries that are ruled by libra include france, tibet, argentina, austria, burma, canada, china, japan, siberia, botswana, equatorial guinea, fiji, iraq, israel, lesotho, nigeria, palau, saint lucia, saudi arabia, tuvalu and uganda. as for cities that are ruled by libra we have lisbon, frankfurt, copenhagen, johannesburg, nottingham and antwerp.

♏️ scorpio opposite 7th house lord ♐️

scorpio is the sign of darkness, hence if you have it opposing your 7th house lord you may get to meet your spouse during nighttime. scorpio is also about sex, so this relationship could start off as a one night stand, or maybe you may meet in a place where sex is involved. you could also meet them in a place that has to do with death or where there's death symbolism, such as a graveyard (I hope not tho lol💀). you two may also be transforming yourselves when you meet, you could be starting a new chapter of your life to leave toxicity behind your shoulders. you could also meet at a place where you need to be naked, such as a beach or at the spa, or again in a place related to finances and money. countries that are ruled by scorpio include angola, morocco, queensland, korea, syria, norway, the transvaal, bavaria, antigua, barbuda, cambodia, dominica, latvia, lebanon, micronesia, panama, turkey, turkmenistan and zambia. cities that are ruled by scorpio include cincinnati, liverpool, newcastle, washington, vienna, baltimore and new orleans.

♐️ sagittarius opposite 7th house lord ♐️

sagittarius rules over foreign lands, so if you have it opposite your 7th house lord you're most likely going to meet your future spouse abroad. or perhaps, they are foreign and they travel to your country. you may also meet them in a place related to foreign culture, so maybe in a place filled with tourists, or perhaps in an exotic restaurant, perhaps at a sushi bar if you're not japanese for example. it may also be time for you for new experiences, perhaps you're doing something for the first time, such as trying a new sport or taking a plane. you may also meet your future spouse in college or in university, or in general in a place where there's teaching of any kind. last but not least, sagittarius is also a very spiritual sign, so you could meet them in a church, or maybe at an event related to religion such as a marriage, a baptism, etc. countries that are ruled by sagittarius include spain, australia, chile, hungary, saudi arabia, bangladesh, barbados, cameroon, kazakhstan, kenya, libya and mauritania. cities that are ruled by sagittarius include budapest, johannesburg, naples, nottingham, sheffield, sunderland, stuttgart and toronto.

♑️ capricorn opposite 7th house lord ♑️

capricorn is ruled by saturn, the planet of responsibilities, therefore if you have this sign opposing your 7th house lord you'll most likely meet your spouse on your workplace. perhaps they're your boss or a co-worker of yours, or maybe they may even be a customer of yours. you'll surely meet them later in life, when you're at least 27/28 years old, or perhaps when you manage to accomplish something really big in your life, not necessarily career-related. countries that are ruled by capricorn include india, bulgaria, mexico, great britain, albania, afghanistan, lithuania, bosnia, brunei, czech republic, haiti, nauru, slovakia and sudan. as for cities that are ruled by capricorn we have brandenburg, brussel, delhi, mexico city, port said, oxford and ghent.

♒️ aquarius opposite 7th house lord ♒️

you may meet your spouse in any place that has to do with electricity, for instance at a movie theater, at a theme park, at an apparel store, and so on. perhaps even on a public transport, such as a train, a taxi or a plane. also, since we're talking about electricity we can also count on internet, therefore if you have aquarius opposing your 7th house lord you have high chances of meeting your future spouse on social media, such as twitter, instagram, etc. or even through dating apps, such as tinder. last but not least, you may also be introduced to your spouse by your friends, or perhaps they could be a part of your group of friends. you may be both best friends and lovers, you would have a very playful and youthful relationship. countries that are ruled by aquarius include iran, finland, new zealand, russia, sweden, syria, ethiopia, the holy vatican city and sri lanka. cities that are ruled by aquarius include brighton, hamburg, helsinki, moscow, salzburg, st. petersburg and bremen.

♓️ pisces opposite 7th house lord ♓️

if you have pisces opposite your 7th house lord, you may first of all meet your future spouse near water. therefore you could meet them at the beach, at an aquarium, at the lake, at the pool, etc. perhaps even at a restaurant that serves seafood and fish, such as a sushi bar. pisces is also about alcohol, therefore you may also meet them in a bar or at a party where there's alcohol. pisces also rules over art and images, therefore you could meet them in a place where there are lots of pictures and paintings, such as a museum, or perhaps even at the movie theater, at a concert, etc. the club would be an option too, as it combines both alcohol and dancing, two pisces related things. also, it could be very late at night, when you're supposed to be sleeping, or perhaps, you're just sleepy or even drunk. last but not least, this placement usually indicates a soulmate or twinflame connection, therefore you may even meet your spouse first in the 5D than in the 3D, perhaps you feel spiritually connected to them even if you haven't met them yet. you could very likely dream of them as well. lastly, pisces is also about healing, so your future spouse may either work in the medicine field or maybe they're some sort of spiritual healer. you could possibly also meet them at the church or in a temple. countries that are ruled by pisces include normandy, north africa, portugal, samoa, egypt, Scandinavia, mauritius, morocco, namibia and tunisia. cities that are ruled by pisces include warsaw, alexandria, grimsby, jerusalem, bournemouth, seville and cowes.

and this is it! let me know in the comments where you're going to meet your spouse, and if you've already met them feel free to say if this post resonated with your experience!

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libramc xx

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girlfriendsofthegalaxy · 3 years ago

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tuesday again 11/9/21

ALMOST birthday problems

listening short ride in a fast machine, john adams. i listen to a lot of instrumental stuff throughout my workday and there are only so many video game soundtracks i actually like.

this version is nearly a full two minutes shorter than the version on spotify i liked best. this piece looks fucking exhausting to both play and conduct, and the comments are full of conductors complaining about it lmao

youtube

read the wiki page like “okay what is this About is it an experimental piece about spaceships bc that’s what i want this fluttering-adrenaline-pulse piece to be about” no! it’s about eighties sports cars. it does not sound like it should be about eighties sports cars.

i know just enough about classical music to be dangerous. i know what i like, which is when people incorporate folk music into their style (copland, dvorak), music featured in the barbie ballet movies (tchaikovsky), and a very small number of bach chamber works (one specific doctors’ waiting room music). this doesn’t really fit into any of those and sounds more like a movie score to my (bad, deaf) ear but it’s a pretty cool four-minutes-and-change.

reading Has Witch City Lost Its Way? by Kathryn Miles for Boston Magazine

the author asks this question and then kind of shrugs at it. this was a weird one! i’ve been to salem quite a few times. it’s a very charming little town on the sea with good nightlife, you can take the train into boston, the rhythm and flow and concerns of a tourist town are very familiar to me, it’s almost the perfect place for me to live, and i could never ever live there bc 1) money and 2) i find it absolutely fucking insufferable in large doses. i think the intersection between queer people and astrology/witchcraft/woo is fascinating, and it probably is a great way for some people to reclaim the concept of religion, but please god get all that as far away from me as possible. i like nondenominational spookiness and vampires and that’s about it.

it’s very difficult for me personally to think of witchcraft without thinking of both queer people and terfs. it’s odd that the author did not address this, nor did she mention that many of the “witches” killed were people of color. the author does point out that hey! it is super weird to disneyify a place where atrocities were committed! but she also flinched away from any real criticism about the modern white witchy movement trying to make itself as palatable as possible though commercialization. except in a very oblique way, bc all her interviews were with people who have a vested commercial interest in “Witches Are Nice And Friendly Actually”

this is quite long for a puff piece, with several interviews conducted for background info, and i get the feeling there was a very heavy editorial hand here. massachusetts people are fucking terrified about losing out on tourism, since historical events are really the only thing the state has going for it (unlike jersey, where yeah tourists drop a lot of cash, but there’s a sort of indifference about how the state is viewed? they’re assholes and proud of it and massachusetts ppl are assholes and really defensive about it).

watching not quite a fallow week, but bouncing off a bunch of anime while trying to find something just okay enough to handsew. bouncing off things for very petty reasons, let it be clear. saving The Harder They Fall as little a treat for myself tonight, bc i have YET ANOTHER work call w/japan.

playing one cycle/playthough of The Remainder (act 1/free prologue) free on steam by Square Weasel Studios.

i like to keep an eye on the LGBTQ+ tag and this one is in fact gay, people have hair and pronouns. there's a sea-based magical and religious system! please pay attention to the psychological horror content warning up top!

art style is delicious- there's been a rash of "magical otome protag with amnesia" lately (the arcana is i think the most famous), and i do like how they're like "what do you look like? hah just kidding, this is u :)"

romance/otome/dating games have consistently been some of the most fucked up games ive ever played, for reasons of Genre that could be several theses on its own. i appreciate the content warnings at the top, but even though this is not a game specifically tailored for a fanbase (i think it would work better without the name customization, actually) it does have a beautiful tragic sadperson whomst i expect to see some cosplay/fanart/fanworks for. there isn’t a good gender-neutral term for sadboy. bear with me.

inside baseball industry musings, my company does not rep them, all thoughts my own &tc: i cannot immediately find a ton of info about this studio, other than they're canadian. this is odd, bc finding info about games and studios is literally my job, esp bc they are also doing all the Indie Marketing things right EXCEPT for social media- releasing a free teaser like this, doing episodic drops with completely different SKUs so they keep getting fresh eyeballs, and a very high-effort and polished art style. they also have a very well thought out steam page that properly sets expectations and gives a good teaser of the game. their thumbnail is fucking killer and drew me in in the first place, and the whole thing (aside from one! one singular typo in the actual game itself! very forgivable!) is very polished. this team knows what they’re about. i'm sad nobody's really talking about this, but we are experiencing an absolute glut of games right now.

it doesn’t really look like anything i’ve seen before, which is always very exciting. it’s got flashes of dry humor that i like very much and i probably will pick up the full game when it’s out in feb (ep 2 is out but i like consuming completed things bc i Never remember to come back to them)

making hey remember this bad boy? finally washed it on cold/delicate/with woolite and on the extreme-low-heat dryer setting, then absolutely crisped it again on high for a bit bc i am quite paranoid about moths and carpet beetles. i would like to hang this on the wall adjacent to my work desk bc there’s been a bad echo on all my calls lately, but this blanket is very hard to look at. so it is folded up small and thrown artfully over our maroon futon and they kind of cancel each other out.

the fringe is in okay shape, i started combing it out before realizing that’s an insane thing to do and i only have a limited number of hours on this here earth. the thing i DID do was reattach the fringe in the seven or eight places it was peeling off. i think it was originally machine stitched on, which makes sense. although if you hand-embroidered and hand-quilted a blanket of this size, a little bit of straight stitch is going to be Nothing to you.

teaser of next week’s tuesday again no problem, bc god willing i will have cleaned/deodorized/built a proper frame for this thing and hung it up

#tuesday again #tuesday again no problem #oh my god i passed out so early last night and i still feel like Death

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devilofsf-cisco · 3 years ago

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Biography

-QUICK FACTS ABOUT FRANCISCO MCCOY-

LEGAL NAME: Francisco Robert McCoy

NICKNAMES: Cisco, Frankie, Frank, Daredevil

DOB/AGE: September 20, 1986 / 37

GENDER: Cis Male

PRONOUNS: Him/His

SEXUAL ID: Romantic Heterosexual

HEIGHT: 6′1″

PHYSIQUE: Athletic, muscular

BIRTHPLACE: San Francisco, CA

NATIONALITY: British-American

ETHNICITY: Dominican, Virgin Islander & Unspecified Black African

OCCUPATION: Professional Stunt Actor/Coordinator

LANGUAGES: fluent in English & Spanish; knows some ASL

GLASSES/CONTACTS: N/A

TATTOOS/PIERCINGS: 1 tattoo/back piece; 0 piercings

ALLERGIES: Lactose intolerant

OTHER HEALTH ISSUES/DISORDERS: Anxiety, chronic headaches, & occasional nausea

ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Virgo

CHINESE ZODIAC: Rat

HOGWARTS HOUSE: Gryffindor

FAITH/RELIGION/PHILOSOPHY: Raised in a Free Methodist home

POSITIVE TRAITS (3): Empathic, fun-loving, sociable NEUTRAL TRAITS (3): Adventurous, Stubborn, Protective

NEGATIVE TRAITS (3): Impulsive, Proud, Argumentative

PET(S): 1 dog, German Shepherd

HOBBIES & ACTIVITIES: Traveling Training/spending time with his dog Crossword puzzles/word games Martial arts (various) Journaling Cardio Weight-lifting Comic book collecting Water sports (Fishing, Sailing, Jet skiing, Wakeboarding)

LIKES/FAVORITES: color– Red foods/cuisine– Greek & Japanese movie genres– Comedy, action, crime dramas & sci-fi flower– Blue Wonder Toad Lily snacks– Honey roasted peanuts, brownies & Oreos music genres– Reggae, Jazz, Soul, R&B season– Summer book genre– Comic books animal– Dogs candy– Starbursts quote– “Brave men may not live forever but cautious men do not live at all.” –unknown

–BIOGRAPHY– [cancer tw & death mention tw]

The bare bones of Cisco’s bio is that he's a well-paid and highly regarded professional film & TV stunt coordinator and has been for a very, very long time. Francisco “Cisco” McCoy is a part of the entertainment industry’s famous McCoy family. His father’s a film and TV producer in Hollywood while his mother is the Director at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His older sister is a former model who now designs clothing, and his younger brother is a fitness trainer to the stars.

A fun fact about the McCoy children that all 3 of the McCoy children hate: each of them was named after the city where they were conceived: Athena (Athens) Francisco (San Francisco), and Boston. Their parents hold no shame in this while the origins of their names brings groans and eye rolls.

The more in-depth biography is below:

Although he was born in the U.S. (California, specifically), his formative years were spent in England. Today, he and his siblings have dual citizenship between the two countries. He enjoyed fitness and martial arts from a young age and had a pretty fearless personality. As he grew up, he turned it into a career path, and earned roles doing stunt work in Tinseltown--both big and small stunt roles. Over the years, he became a very successful in his career; however his heath had taken an unexpected turn in his late 20′s.

He was diagnosed with prostate cancer though and initially went through hormone therapy for it. The time was grueling and trying for Cisco but with his family’s support and his perseverance, he fought. And after nearly 1 year, he was in remission. For a while and later thought he was cancer-free and went back to working as much as possible. Unfortunately his clean bill of health didn't last long after that and within 1 year of this time it turned out his cancer had spread. The doctors had been concentrating just on his prostate before, but similar symptoms as before arose for him all over again, leading to the detection of the cancer being in his kidneys. This time, he had to do chemo and prior to the treatments, he'd made the decision to freeze his sperm, knowing the risk of infertility would be too great from there. This time, after chemotherapy he was declared cancer-free.

The back-to-back ordeal had Cisco wanting to live life full in out, more so than he was before and he threw himself into work a lot, and traveled in between jobs. Although he’s been considered fearless by many (some friends in the industry calling him a real life Daredevil), Cisco feared for his life twice despite being encouraged throughout his fight by his medical team and loved ones. He hasn’t openly talked about it but there were times where he had thought he would be dead thanks to this terrible disease.

But as he's getting older (not old, as he'd stand by, but older) he has shifted his focus on, not settling down per set, but easing up and going on the adventure of life with someone else from here. Hence, him auditioning for Ship-Wrecked! He still works as a stunt coordinator though and loves what he does. And he used to live in the LA area up until around his second diagnosis, but when he started reaching the higher end of the pay scale, he decided to buy a home in his hometown of SF and only stays in LA when he's actively filming, while staying in SF in his down/off time.

#about #cancer tw #death mention tw

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theradioghost · 5 years ago

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could you elaborate on the long term plot of greater boston? i don't mind spoilers! i tried it but couldn't get past the first episode :( but i trust your taste and i've liked every other show you've rec'd so i wanna keep listening

EDIT: okay for some reason the formatting of this post is EXTREMELY befuckened and I can’t get it to behave, so it’s possible that this isn’t going to display with a spoiler cut and if so I am VERY sorry. the “keep reading” break is in the ask instead of the body of the post I have no idea what’s happening right now but if you don’t want spoilers please be aware this post spoils like everything about the show

Sure thing! I will .... do my best, but because of the nature of GB’s plot it’s a bit difficult to describe it without ending up either way too detailed or way too vague. But I will absolutely do my best because if there is any show out there that deserves it, this is that show. Cut for Obvious Spoiler Reasons!

So, there’s a LOT of plot that goes on, but what a plot summary could never convey is that the real heart and soul of this show is the characters. There are a metric fuckton of them, and every one of them is multidimensional and dynamic and wonderful, even if it’s not always obvious at first.

Leon Stamatis of course starts the show by abruptly dying of Existential Crisis/Panic Attack on a roller coaster, which sets everything else in motion. Of that big ensemble cast, at first the most important players are

Nica, Leon’s little sister who wants to be famous but doesn’t really have any concrete plans as to how

Dimitri, Leon’s little brother who is currently traveling in a submarine attempting to find Atlantis and keeps sending Leon letters, unaware that he’s dead

Louisa, Leon’s recent ex, a wedding photographer who later quits and becomes a crime scene photographer slash detective

Leon’s best friend/roommate Michael, who is unemployed and has just had a relapse after being sober for 12 years because he has no idea what to do without Leon

Gemma, a lesbian who absolutely hates her job as an editor at Third Sight, a company which publishes magazines relating to astrology/psychic stuff/divination/etc

Charlotte, Gemma’s pregnant wife, who has recently lost her job as an animation background artist and is feeling directionless

Professor Paul Montgomery Chelmsworth, aka the Mayor of the Red Line, a slightly eccentric college professor and casual friend of Leon’s who is inspired by his death to call for a referendum declaring that the Red Line of the Boston subway system will become an independent city.

It’s that last one that is the real ~main plot~ of the show: at first, more and more of the characters getting caught up in the campaign to create the city of Red Line, and then the chaos that results when they succeed and actually have to run it. But you also have characters like Louisa and Nica and Michael, dealing with a whole rainbow of grief and distress as they cope with Leon’s death. His eccentric personality is the other driving force of the show’s events -- Leon was caring and compassionate, but also obsessed with timetables, organization, and scheduling every action in his life down to the minute.

The other major force in the show is Third Sight, a magazine publisher with a focus on fortunetelling and the like; Michael ends up working there, along with Gemma and several other major characters. Third Sight also has an enigmatic boss no one has ever seen, who turns out to be a manipulative little bastard named Oliver West.

While Red Line successfully becomes a city, “Mayor” Chelmsworth turns out to have some major commitment issues and vanishes as soon as the vote passes, leaving Charlotte and Gemma to clean up the mess. Charlotte ends up interim mayor, but also begins to campaign for the upcoming mayoral election, in which she has two opponents: Isabelle Powell, a Black realtor and an incredible character whom I absolutely cannot do justice here, and Emily Bespin, Literally The Worst Person Who Has Ever Existed, Holy Fuck I Hate Her So Much.

The election is being manipulated behind the scenes by Oliver West, who also takes advantage of Nica’s isolation and a near mental breakdown to convince her to help him by orchestrating several escalating ~pranks~ in Red Line. Honestly he’s manipulating literally everyone, and also heavily backing Emily Bespin, in an attempt to profit off of influence in the new city. Eventually this ends up with Michael kidnapped and imprisoned, several other characters attacked and one badly hurt during a wedding in Red Line, and Isabelle Powell’s nephew framed for the attack. That results in Powell’s supporters beginning a set of protests which throw Red Line into even further chaos, even as Charlotte and Nica begin to have some real moral epiphanies about how they’ve been acting.

As events continue to escalate and the election draws closer and closer, the now-assembled cast have to figure out just who exactly is manipulating events and how -- not to mention how to prove Powell’s nephew’s innocence, what the hell has happened to Michael, and what the hell they’re going to do if Bespin wins the election and makes good on her promise to evict everyone involved in the protests.

Meanwhile, Dimitri is traumatized by finding a mass grave at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, gets rescued and then imprisoned in Alaska by infamous vanished plane hijacker DB Cooper, finally makes it home to Boston disillusioned and lonely only to inevitably find out his brother has been dead for two years, and then gets totally rejected by his sister, because he basically can’t catch a break.

Also meanwhile, the same conflicts playing out in Red Line play out on a more metaphysical level, in the structure of the show itself. While the first season only hints at the possibility that Leon might not be quite as gone as everyone thinks, as the show progresses Leon’s ghost makes his presence known by starting to argue with the omniscient narration. Increasingly taking over the show’s narration until a brilliant scene where said narrator quits and audibly gets up from the microphone and leaves, Leon, the man who spent his whole life trying to impose order on the chaos of the universe around him, finds himself battling the very structure of the story they’re in, in an attempt to help his friends as both he and they are caught up in the chaos of Red Line and Oliver West’s plans. Unfortunately, the structure of the story has other ideas, and plans of its own.

None of this, of course, even begins to touch on the cheese robots; or Michael’s ongoing struggle with self-actualization and alcoholism; or Mallory the foulmouthed teenager who somehow manages to first witness and then be involved in nearly every major plot event of the show; or the in-depth examination of structural racism as it relates to things like housing and city planning and Boston’s history and well-intentioned white liberals and the imprisonment of Black youth; or Star Trek obsessed chaotic neutral gay reporter Chuck Octagon and that one time he flirted with his own mirror universe self; or the complex but beautiful process of Charlotte and Gemma working on their relationship in the midst of all this chaos because while they have troubles throughout they truly love one another and are trying to be better people; or the fact that one of the other major characters is an insufferable Loud Vegan member of a polyamorous commune who -- on the advice of his ~spirit advisor~ the ghost of 19th century feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft keeps changing his name throughout the show to things including Earthman, Panda Bear, Extinction Event, and Dipshit; or the unfortunately real Olive Garden food truck; or the laughter and the tears and the flamethrowers and the fact that one of the show’s most important and heartbreaking conversations takes place on an amusement park log flume ride audibly filled with liquid nacho cheese.

It’s a good show, is what I’m saying, basically.

#the podcast that never returned #more like THE SUMMARY THAT NEVER ENDED #I have no idea whether this is useful my apologies #Anonymous #asks #my posts

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deannaoutten · 5 years ago

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How Astrology Has Managed to Remain Relevant After All These Years

Astrology and Astronomy at one point were under the same practice of study. In the late 1600s, when Newton discovered the laws of gravity is when these two began to separate into two different fields of practice. The 1600s was the age of “Religious Wars and Absolutism”. During this time, when Newton came to his discovery, it was determined that gravity is what causes reality to motion rather than the stars. He came to this conclusion because he observed gravity to be the cause of the planet's rotation. Ever since, Astrology was regarded as pseudo in the argument that it was not the planets that determine the outcome of events, but rather the forces of gravity which cause them to motion. Meanwhile, the birth of Astronomy “which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole” (Oxford Dictionary), replaced its position.

However, according to The Astrology Encyclopedia written by James R. Lewis, prior to the distinction between Astrology and Astronomy, “The study of the stars had both scientific and religious purposes. The rhythms of the stars provided the basis for calculating calendars. The stars also represented a kind of natural watch in a clockless age and provided the spatial reference points, important for such practical matters as navigation”. Funnily enough, Astrology began to lose its meaning, during a time where “religious wars” and “absolutism” were at its prime. Although we still calculate time in the same way civilizations in that time period once did, astrology is never really considered in those regards.

In spite of the fact that Astrology has been “scientifically” proven to be inaccurate, Astrology still manages to remain relevant after all these years. In fact, there have been studies indicating that Americans have become increasingly more accepting of considering Astrology as science compared to years prior, in which this same study was performed. Furthermore, Astrology is widely used within our newspapers, magazines, and media outlets–– which begs me to question, Is Astrology “pseudo” or is it simply just misinterpreted?

After interviewing a few of my fellow peers at Borough of Manhattan Community College, I received some answers for my burning question. I went around asking a few college students, “How do you interpret Astrology?”

The first student I interviewed, Emil Nunez, a Linguistics major at BMCC, gave the response “As the study of stars and constellations”, though this is accurate it still only touches the surface of Astrology’s construct.

Another one of my peers, Jess Logan, who isn’t a student at BMCC, but is a SUNY Purchase alum of Photography and a close friend of mine, answers, “Astrology is the study of the influences that the planet and stars have on our lives”. Her response is slightly more accurate than the last, but again, it does not cover Astrology's innate function.

My last interviewee, Javed Shakoor, an English major at BMCC gave a response that really grabbed my attention. He states, “To be honest, when I hear of Astrology I think of Horoscopes.” He then followed up saying, “I’m really not into astrology, so I don’t know much about it.”

Responses such as these don't come to much of my surprise given how much little information is revealed about the subject. Astrology is one of those practices that one would have to research on their own accord, in order to grasp a full understanding of it’s meaning. Many of our Astrologers have to make a special effort in order to obtain knowledge of the matter because Astrology is not a study that can be accessed at say, “a college”. Though after hearing some of the responses, Javed brings up an interesting point. He mentioned “horoscopes” which made me realize, horoscopes are the most accessible way of familiarizing ourselves with the now “occult” subject. When looking up the definition of horoscopes online, Oxford Dictionary defined horoscopes as, “A short forecast for people born under a particular sign, especially as published in a newspaper or magazine”.

“Newspaper Astrology” as it's labeled by James R. Lewis (in The Astrology Encyclopedia) only touches the surface of Astrology’s initial purpose, as he says, Newspaper astrology generally only utilizes “Solar astrology” which is “a system that is used, when one’s time of birth is unidentified. “Solar astrology” is what is primarily known among the social world. Whenever one is asked “What’s your zodiac sign?”, the response is almost always the person's “sun sign”, which is in correlation to the sign the sun was positioned, during the day of one's birth.

In 1916 the first horoscopes in our newspapers appeared in the Boston Sunday Post. As we know today, many magazines and media outlets use astrology in order to generate horoscopes for each zodiac sign, but during this time, the Boston Sunday Post started to write columns sharing the transits of the famous people of that time period. The Article was labeled “What The Stars Say of President Wilson” By Catherine Howard Thompson. In this particular article, President Wilson's time of birth was identified, as this article did not utilize “Solar astrology”, instead it discussed how the transits were affecting his personal life rather than his “sun sign”.

It wasn’t until August 1930, “The London Sunday Express, just after the birth of Princess Margaret, did a story on her birth, but with a new angle. Cheiro, the biggest astrologer during that time was asked to do her horoscope”. Apparently, “a week later, under the heading "Were you born in September?" (31 August 1930 page 7), the Sunday Express reported that Naylor's article had aroused "enormous interest" with "many requests" for further forecasts”. According to Geoffrey Dean and Arthur Mather on astrology-and-science.com, ever since, by the 1940s “an astrology column with personal forecasts was appearing in every mass-circulation Sunday newspaper, in most women's magazines, and in some daily newspapers such as the Daily Mail”. From that point onward, astrology was reintroduced into our society, but now in the “watered down” fashion, in which it is still being utilized today.

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masterrudra · 1 year ago

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homeandhearthstone · 5 years ago

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Biography/Intro

Lillian Hearthstone/Hestia:

✧･ﾟ( Hestia + Sarah Bolger + Female ) 𝒎𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒂 !! have you seen ( Lillian Hearthstone ) around? ( She/Her ) have/has been in kaos for ( Five Years ). the ( Twenty-Six Year Old ) is a/an ( owner of The Hearthstone Inn ) from ( Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States ). people say they can be ( a pushover ) but maybe that’s not too bad ‘cause they can also be ( generous ). whenever i think of them, i can’t help but think of ( the sound and heat of a crackling fire, the smell of fresh baked goods and fragrant potpourri, and the coziness of freshly laundered linen sheets). ･ﾟ✧ ( penned by Chris, 21+, EST, She/Her ).

Full name: Lillian Natalie Hearthstone

Nickaname: Lilly

Occupation: owner of the Hearthstone Inn

Birthday: June 8th

Age: Twenty-Six

From: Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States

Hair color: Brown ( dyed blonde )

Eye color: Blue

Height: 5'4

Biography and Headcanons:

Lillian Natalie Hearthstone was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She is the only daughter of Natalie and Mason Hearthstone. Her town was made famous by Norman Rockwell’s painting of the town during the holidays. It is also home to the Norman Rockwell Museum. Her mother Natalie, was often involved in the town's events and volunteers at the Stockbridge Library, Museum & Archives. Lilly's first part-time job as a teenager, was as a front desk attendant at the local Applegate Inn. It was there that she discovered her love for the hospitality industry. She gained the aspiration to open her very own inn one day.

Lillian proved herself exceptionally bright, in her studies, and would one day go on to become valedictorian of her high school. In school the brunette was quite popular, and seemed to excel at whatever she put her mind to, whether it was making friends or running for class president. Like her mother, when she wasn't at work, Lilly would involve herself in her town's events, or partake in one of her many hobbies.

When she graduated from high school, her friends planned a trip to Greece to celebrate. They traveled all over, eventually stopping at Kaos. It was then that the brunette fell in love with the island and all its charms. She decided then that no matter what it took, she would open her inn on the picturesque island. Eventually, the vacation came to an end and Lillian returned to Massachusetts for college. She attended Boston University and earned her degree in Hospitality Management. Though the island of Kaos was at the forefront of her mind.

To support herself while attending college, and save up money for her future inn, Lily got a job at a local bakery in Boston. Though she only ran the cash register at first, Lilly learned to excel at baking, and it soon became one of her favorite hobbies. Right after graduation Lilly packed her bags and was off to the island of Kaos. She managed to rent a small hole in the wall apartment, while she got a job waiting tables at a small restaurant. She continued to save for her inn, while scouting possible homes that could be remodeled into her vision. Her hard work paid off, and she managed to purchase a large stone mansion, and remodeled it into the Hearthstone Inn. She at the inn, it seemed the most pragmatic decision for lodging.

HEADCANONS:

Gemini is her astrological sign

Her makeup is very minimal, preferring subtle eyeliner and a swipe of mascara, she only wears blush on a night out. She normally uses nude lipsticks, preferring rose colors. Sometimes, she will just opt for chapstick.

She often smells of vanilla and lemon, due to her hygiene products.

Her hobbies include, singing (often while preparing meals or baked goods for her inn.), antique shopping, baking/cooking, gardening, reading, watching hallmark/romance movies, knitting, and quilting, and scrapbooking.

She personally decorated Hearthstone Inn, herself. She had used her scrapbook as a design reference. She had been collecting pictures from home and garden magazines in a few scrapbooks since she was seventeen.

Falls is her favorite season.

Christmas/ Christougena is her favorite holiday. Her second favorite holiday is the greek holiday, Apokries.

Her favorite colors are red, pinks, and cream. She also appreciates autumn tones.

Her favorite flowers are roses. And she has quite a variety of bushes in her garden.

Freshly cut flowers from her garden decorate Hearthstone.

She gathers eggs from the Hearthstone hennery daily to use in meal preparation. She also uses fresh herbs and seasonal fruit from her garden in her cooking/baking.

Her favorite musicians are Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Michael Buble.

Lillian always carries an emergency cupcake in a small floral Tupperware container in her purse. In case one of her friends needs cheering up.

She loves hallmark movies and k-dramas. But hallmark movies are definitely her aesthetic.

Lilly is both a stress baker, and a stress cleaner. So, if she’s got something on her mind, the telltale sign is the lemony aroma of cleaning products in the inn, or the numerous amounts of baked goods on the kitchen countertop.

Aside from previously working in a bakery, Lilly has no formal culinary training. Most of her skills she learned over the years. So meals from the inn have a distinct home cooked flavor. She has learned many greek recipes in the five years she’s lived on the island.

Her favorite animals are donkeys, cats, and dogs.

#Bio/Intro #kaos:intro #secrets from the hearth: headcanons

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❛ ✶ ( MAIA MITCHELL, CISFEMALE, SHE/HER ) spotted ! LORELEI GUNTHER was spotted singing along to GHOST by AWKWAFINA in hilton grove. you’ve heard of them right ? they are a TWENTY-TWO year old MUSICIAN who has already amassed a net worth of 30M. you should really follow them on insta @STARR, they’re about to hit 6.5M followers. the tabloids have been calling them the ISOLATO because they are known for being + OBSERVANT but also a bit - RECLUSIVE. though most people recognize them by THE RINGS OF SATURN, THE DIZZYING NEON OF THE DANCE FLOOR, SILVER STITCHED INTO WEIGHTLESS CHIFFON & BEING A SUPERNOVA SO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE FORGET YOU’RE A DYING STAR. — ooc info (alys. 22. est. she/her.)

hellooo!!!! woke up this morning to see hilton will probably be opening today so i realized i better write my intro. i’m ally, i have Depression and too much time on my hands, and those are two things i have in common with my muse, lorrie!!!!! she’s like a hannah montana/lady gaga type pop star. pls like this post for me to hyu on discord !!

(cc/vc: lorde)

background. (tl;dr at bottom)

born to a lower class family in boston, ma, into the gunther name which were once great musicians back in austria. her father took this very seriously and so named her brothers after composers (johann and wolfgang) and herself after the siren of the rhine.

he wanted very badly for them to be successful in music and in life, so lorrie had a lot of pressure from the outset. also, her parents went through a very messy divorce early in life.

she developed severe anxiety by the time she was in first grade, and was diagnosed selectively mute. the only people she would talk to for years were her brother wolfy, and her oma, who lived with them.

did manage to get some treatment and eventually recovered, mostly thanks to her oma, who taught her how to express herself, mostly through music.

her oma died two years later, when lorrie was thirteen. since then, she’s basically had a mental breakdown every three months at least.

even then, she dedicated herself to her music, even though her father had long since given up on her. but johann, while diligent, proved not to have the passion required, while wolfy, who had the passion, refused to be diligent, and eventually left the family on bad terms.

lorrie also, strangely, found some confidence in drama class; it was easier to be someone she wasn’t than the person she was. after her first time onstage without bursting into tears, her friends convinced her to try out for the school talent show, knowing she was a singer-songwriter.

she managed to get through her audition, but at the actual show? she froze. she couldn’t stand to be herself in front of everyone.

slowly, she realized she could be somebody else. a few months later during a sleepless night, the kind where she’d usually cut her hair or redecorate her entire room, she went to the local walmart and bought every glittery thing she could find. she wouldn’t sing as herself, she’d sing as someone else, even write as someone else.

and when one of her classmates had a filmography project and wanted to do a music video, the fifteen year old lorrie offered her song.

that video was called starr - “royals”, and within a few days of it being uploaded, it went viral.

it wasn’t until a universal rep knocked on the gunthers’ door that lorries father even acknowledged her success. and acknowledge it, he did.

lorrie hated how affectionate her father had become all of a sudden, but someone had to accompany her to los angeles to record her ep.

she hated los angeles, not only for what it did to her father, but what it did to herself, too. starr was how she presented herself to the public, she became the crutch lorrie used to get through these schmoozing conversations. where lorrie was awkward and nervous, starr was graceful, mysterious, intriguing.

also, drugs. way too many drugs.

by the time her first album went platinum, she realized that her father was wasting her money on all kinds of things. they had a blowout fight one night and, even though she was only seventeen, she emancipated herself and locked her father out of all of the accounts. she also left la.

(this is probably around the time she started dating her melodrama ex, after she left la).

after her second album, she settled in hilton grove because it was quiet, far from california, and a place where nobody batted an eye at a famous figure, let alone a famous figure out of costume.

tl;dr heiress to a musical legacy overcomes social anxiety via faking until making, goes viral, becomes a teenage pop star, sues own father for control of her estate, leaves la and tries to remember how to be herself.

personality.

shes…. aloof. reclusive. a bit of a weirdo. she either doesn’t want to talk to you or, if you’re close to her or catch her in the right mood, she will literally talk your ear off.

doesn’t really ever access her emotions, or at least doesn’t acknowledge them.

she really is a whole mess. all of her songwriting is done during white nights of random inspiration.

she’s better when she has, like, a schedule, but she’s still kind of a mess its a thing.

loves conspiracy theories will talk about them forever. also big into astrology and divination.

aquarius sun scorpio moon pisces rising so like………… she has no chill

an excellent mimic but out of character her voice is very monotone and flat, doesn’t really smile all that much. shes probably a robot.

so sarcastic someone tell her to shut the fuck up

queer as hell

moves like an mf cat. can very easily sneak up on you. someone get her a fucking bell

she went to rehab on the deep deep dl and now really only smokes weed and drinks socially. its one of her proudest accomplishments.

definitely moving away from the starr character as she gains more confidence in herself. also finds it stunting her musical growth.

kind of terrified to love because it means being Known.

her finsta/private insta is @lorilies

also she has bleached blonde hair but i’ll be using brunette maia for like gif icons and snap icons bc there’s. not enough blonde maia pics.

you know ya girl included some tik toks for lorrie

her default when alone in her house

she cute when she’s high as a kite

her manager won’t let her have a tik tok bc she’s do shit like this

her philosophy, nay, her religion

wanted connections.

ex-lover. yknow the one she wrote melodrama about. she’s highkey clingy and bad in relationships So. open to all genders. (1/1)

best friend. self explanatory; there through thick and thin. (1/1)

enemy. a rival artist? a neighbor with high standards? idk lets get creative lets get spicy (0/3)

confidante. tells them things she doesn’t like to admit. bonus if they will smoke weed with her (0/1)

good influence. someone help her get her life together (0/1)

bad influence. she used to be a party girl, so. its not Hard. (0/1)

flirtationship. a general will they won’t they; i need some romance y'all. (0/1?)

pls anything talk to me i’m so lonely

#hilton:intro #as usual this is a novel #also running to dinner rn but ill be on my phone #yes at the table sorry mom

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[ EMILIA SINAGRA-ADLER. 23. FEMALE. SHE/HER ]. They’ve lived in Silver Lake for [ 5 YEARS ] and are originally from [ BOSTON, MA ]. They are a [ ASMR YOUTUBER & COLLEGE STUDENT ] and in their downtime love [ SELF-CARE ] and [ WATCHING ENDLESS HOURS OF TV ]. They look a lot like [ MARGARET QUALLEY ] and live on [ REDCLIFF STREET ]. (ooc: rose, 26, she/her, gmt)

quick fact stuff:

Full name: Emilia Sinagra-Adler. Also goes by Mia and Millie, take your pick.

Zodiac: Cancer sun, aries moon, sagittarius rising.

Alignment: Neutral good.

MBTI: INFP-A – The Mediator.

Temperament: Sanguine.

Relationship status: Dating @mattrusso

Likes: weird ASMR, nail art, skincare, any form of self-care, piña coladas, Mob Wives or any other tv wife, astrology, Barry White, cooking shows, crystals, clubbing, pasta.

Dislikes: ‘have you tried yoga?’ people, sports, hard work, being told what to do (unless it’s by her mom), beer, deadlines, horror and sci-fi movies, reading, politics.

Fave Silver Lake spots: Carousel, Los Globos, Rose Quartz, and Intelligentsia.

Pets: A persian cat named Patton Oswalt.

biographical info:

Emilia hails from Boston, MA. Technically she was born in New York City where her dad worked on Wall Street, but they moved away when she was little and she doesn’t actually have any memories from there. Regularly complains to her parents about this great injustice.

She’s an only child (and a second gen character woop). Her father is German and her mother is Italian but their household was 80% influenced by the Italian side. She also mostly uses Sinagra and drops the Adler.

She came all the way to LA to attend USC. Her ambitions started out high, most of them revolving around basking in the sun and being a kick-ass law student...

... sadly, the latter didn’t work out so well. Now she’s in her final year and she’s mainly been taking random classes without a specific game plan. Always says she’s going to drop out but then never actually does.

When she’s not busy pretending to know what she’s doing in college, she maintains her ASMR channel on youtube. She has just about 90,000 subscribers, not enough to be famous but just enough to get her some of that sweet, sweet sponsor money.

Her family own a number of Italian restaurants around the country, one of which is not far from Silver Lake. It’s owned by her aunt and uncle, and she occasionally helps out there on the weekends.

Generally Emilia is just waiting for the days to grow a few hours longer, she feels like she has far too much shit to do at all times.

Despite her youtube income and the tips she earns at the restaurant, she still gets an allowance from her parents.

And despite all of that, she’s still somehow always complaining that she’s broke.

She’s currently living with Lucas and their two other housemates (and fellow youtubers) in a house on Redcliff Street.

#slintro #y'all i've been so excited

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love-ya-tommo-row · 5 years ago

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I was tagged by @inziam ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤

️ Favorite snack?

Pretzel sticks or jalapeno chips... I used to luv dry Frosted Flakes!!

Favorite place to go on vacation?

THE BEACH! Or the river- any where I can float :)

Tea or coffee?

Coffee

And what kind?

A light or medium roast with plenty of milk, or a latte if I’m fancy

What is a song that makes you dance immediately?

Shut Up and Dance by Walk the Moon

Do you play an instrument?

I play a bit of piano, but I’m v out of practice

What is your favorite type of personality?

Kind people with a good sense of humor, very caring and reassuring

Favorite comedian?

Tig Notaro

Gummy candy or chocolate?

Mrm, when I like chocolate, I like it more than gummies, but I’ve had a lot of bad chocolate and never had a bad gummy... plus gummy eggs/gummy sharks/sour gummies... GUMMIES!

What did you want to be when you grew up as a kid?

An artist or an astronaut lol

What’s your favorite physical feature of yourself?

My fingernails- I have a great oval shape, and they naturally grow into a french tip!

When was the last time you watched a show or a movie on a TV?

A couple months ago lol... for a while I put in the work to catch reruns of Boston Legal and CSI (Las Vegas, natch)

Unpopular opinion

Aslkjgals;kdjf... of what? Erm, okay, I feel like I’m the exact midpoint of anti-pro discourse re fanfiction

Are you scared of bugs?

I live in a poorly maintained building near a swamp, so I have to be v v zen regarding bugs all up in my living space. So little ones I see every day? Not bad. But big “crunchy” ones with well defined shells, or like, millipedes? Fuuuuuuck offfffff!!!!

Cats or dogs?

I’m allergic to cats, and I’m hypothetically a dog person, but I hate it when they lick me or ‘nose’ me, and I hate barking and a lot of them smell weird. Maybe I should’ve put this for my unpopular opinion!

Are you allergic to any foods?

I’m allergic to some kind of herb, but I’m not sure which! I’ve had topical reactions in my mouth twice, once when drinking a fancy cocktail with like 3 different bitters and once when eating ceviche, so I assume I’m allergic to some kind of seasoning but I don’t know exactly what

Does the description of your star sign match your personality?

I’m an Aries, and I think so!! Especially the little nuances about it. I’m really into astrology, and a lot of my luminaries/houses are scary accurate to my personality. (Other unpopular opinion- I only believe in astrology involving stellar objects visible to the naked eye!)

Favorite type of accent?

North England natch ;) Haha, I have a Texas Twang that comes out at odd times, especially when I drink, and I like it, but I have to say Zayn’s Bradford twang is quite musical and pleasing to the ears.

Name the first song that comes into your head?

Honest to god Strip That Down just popped into my head... The song I most recently listened to was Thanks for the Memories (or however u stylize it lol)

Who is the sexiest famous person to you?

Kristen Stewart’s latest pics for Charlie’s Angels are pretty ace, and I had a huuuuuuuuuuge crush on Kirsten Vangness when I was a teen!! Also that one specific picture of Liam with his shirt rucked up and the waist pack over his shoulder is like O.O

Cake or pie?

Cake with whipped cream frosting!

When was the last time you read an entire book?

Recently... I read a lot. Mostly non-fiction though.

Favorite junk food?

Flautas

Do you like your height?

Yes, I am the perfect height, I’m slightly over 5′8 which is tall for a woman and short for a man and is like the exact point the height distribution bell curves for the sexes intersect, so unlikely my insanely tall siblings (both over 6′) I have no trouble fitting clothes, transportation, or furniture!

Apples or oranges?

APPLES!!

What’s your favorite personality trait in a person?

I think I already answered this hahaha... but the thing which makes someone a best friend to me is if I can talk about ANYTHING with them, so someone who is open minded and low reactivity and has a good sense of humor and is willing to talk about ANYTHING with me right back is best

Do you like salad?

I love wedge salad and have been known to like a Caesar in my time

Which person inspires you the most?

Tempted to say Louis, which is cliche, but I really do respect how he didn’t just take the opportunity given to him, but actively fought for it. He worked so hard and put so much of himself into that band, I think he’s what made them so unique. Apart from him, I really respect and admire conscientious objectors, and I think Dorothy Day led a fascinating life that was admirable in many ways.

What is a song that has made you cry?

Pink Floyd’s Mother literally gives me existential anxiety and makes me cry in a bad way... hate it....

I’m tagging @wandukon @godgaveuslou @minimischell @iii-was-stumblin @littlelittlelarrie and @wellingtontat if they want to play!!!!

#thanks for the tag!!! <3 <3 <3

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hereticaloracles · 5 years ago

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TNO Watch: Eris

Helios on Eris– So, somehow in my accounting of the Transneptunians, I managed to overlook the biggest, most prolific of them all (however not the first to be discovered past Pluto!)- Eris! Now I can’t rightly finish off the archive without her, now can I? So without further ado, let me formally welcome back the most controversial dwarf planet back into the party! Gird your loins, y’all

The Astronomy– Eris is the most massive and second-largest (by volume) dwarf planet (and plutoid) known in the Solar System. Eris was discovered in January 2005, and in September 2006 it was named after Eris, the Greek goddess of strife and discord. Eris is the ninth most massive object directly orbiting the Sun, and the 16th most massive overall, because seven moons are more massive than all known dwarf planets. It is also the largest which has not yet been visited by a spacecraft. Eris was measured to be 2,326 ± 12 kilometers (1,445.3 ± 7.5 mi) in diameter. Eris’s mass is about 0.27% of the Earth mass, about 27% more than dwarf planet Pluto, although Pluto is slightly larger by volume.

Eris is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) and a member of a high-eccentricity population known as the scattered disk. It has one known moon, Dysnomia. As of February 2016, its distance from the Sun was 96.3 astronomical units (1.441×1010 km; 8.95×109 mi), roughly three times that of Pluto. With the exception of some long-period comets, until 2018 VG18 was discovered on December 17, 2018, Eris and Dysnomia were the most distant known natural objects in the Solar System.[

Because Eris appeared to be larger than Pluto, NASA initially described it as the Solar System’s tenth planet. This, along with the prospect of other objects of similar size being discovered in the future, motivated the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to define the term planet for the first time. Under the IAU definition approved on August 24, 2006, Eris is a “dwarf planet”, along with objects such as Pluto, Ceres, Haumea and Makemake thereby reducing the number of known planets in the Solar System to eight, the same as before Pluto’s discovery in 1930. Observations of a stellar occultation by Eris in 2010 showed that its diameter was 2,326 ± 12 kilometers (1,445.3 ± 7.5 mi), very slightly less than Pluto, which was measured by New Horizons in July 2015.

The Myth– Eris is the Greek goddess of strife and discord. The most famous tale of Eris recounts her initiating the Trojan War by causing the��Judgement of Paris. The goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite had been invited along with the rest of Olympus to the forced wedding of Peleus and Thetis, who would become the parents of Achilles, but Eris had been snubbed because of her troublemaking inclinations.

She, therefore (as mentioned at the Kypria according to Proclus as part of a plan hatched by Zeus and Themis) tossed into the party the Apple of Discord, a golden apple inscribed Ancient Greek: τῇ καλλίστῃ, “For the most beautiful one”, or “To the Fairest One” – provoking the goddesses to begin quarreling about the appropriate recipient. The hapless Paris, Prince of Troy, was appointed to select the fairest by Zeus. The goddesses stripped naked to try to win Paris’s decision and also attempted to bribe him. Hera offered political power; Athena promised infinite wisdom; and Aphrodite tempted him with the most beautiful woman in the world: Helen, wife of Menelaus of Sparta. While Greek culture placed a greater emphasis on prowess and power, Paris chose to award the apple to Aphrodite, thereby dooming his city, which was destroyed in the war that ensued.

Another story of Eris includes Hera and the love of Polytekhnos and Aedon. They claimed to love each other more than Hera and Zeus were in love. This angered Hera, so she sent Eris to wreak discord upon them. Polytekhnos was finishing off a chariot board, and Aedon a web she had been weaving. Eris said to them, “Whosoever finishes thine task last shall have to present the other with a female servant!” Aedon won. But Polytekhnos was not happy by his defeat, so he came to Khelidon, Aedon’s sister, and raped her. He then disguised her as a slave, presenting her to Aedon. When Aedon discovered this was indeed her sister, she chopped up Polytekhnos’s son and fed him to Polytekhnos. The gods were not pleased, so they turned them all into birds.

Eris has been adopted as the patron deity of the modern Discordian religion, which was begun in the late 1950s by Gregory Hill and Kerry Wendell Thornley under the pen names of “Malaclypse the Younger” and “Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst”. The Discordian version of Eris is considerably lighter in comparison to the rather malevolent Graeco-Roman original, wherein she is depicted as a positive (albeit mischievous) force of chaotic creation.

A quote from the Principia Discordia, the first holy book of Discordianism, attempts to clear up the matter: One day Mal-2 consulted his Pineal Gland and asked Eris if She really created all of those terrible things. She told him that She had always liked the Old Greeks, but that they cannot be trusted with historical matters. “They were,” She added, “victims of indigestion, you know.” Suffice it to say that Eris is not hateful or malicious. But she is mischievous and does get a little bitchy at times.

The story of Eris being snubbed and indirectly starting the Trojan War is recorded in the Principia and is referred to as the Original Snub. The Principia Discordia states that her parents may be as described in Greek legend, or that she may be the daughter of Void. She is the Goddess of Disorder and Being, whereas her sister Aneris (called the equivalent of Harmonia by the Mythics of Harmonia) is the goddess of Order and Non-Being. Their brother is Spirituality.

Discordian Eris is looked upon as a foil to the preoccupation of western philosophy in attempting to find order in the chaos of reality, in prescribing order to be synonymous with truth. Discordian Eris teaches us that the only truth is chaos and that order and disorder are simply temporary filters applied to the lenses through which we view the chaos. This is known as the Aneristic Illusion.

Why She Matters– Okay, its no secret that Eris is fantastic and I love her. Yes, Eris is chaos, but you know what? So is life. You can try and plan and make things nice and neat, but then the Universe comes through like a toddler who just learned how to walk, hellbent on getting to the other side of the room- consequences be damned. Eris is that universal action. Make no mistake, she is a destroyer and lives for the battlefield, but she also loves to dance, finding the beat in the deaths of men clamoring to prove that they are right to unseen forces (but most of all, themselves). If Mars ever did drag, she would look like Eris (and you bet your ass there would be death drops and shablams like you’ve never seen before!)

When people (read: hecklers) try to come at me with proof that astrology works (but who don’t have their birth time handy for me to utterly eviscerate them) I point to Eris. I remember when she was discovered, and the excitement that her unveiling brought to all of us. And then I remember, quite vividly, the fallout from the IAU decision after she was named but then relegated to dwarf planet status. It was a repeat of the Judgement of Paris myth! She was snubbed, yet again, by the authority, and Pluto was caught up in the fallout as collateral damage just because she was bigger than him (men and size issues, amirite?). And the authority paid for it in the end! Even total luddites who don’t follow the whirling and twirling of the planets (dwarf or otherwise) have a strong opinion about the decision. It made people care about these crazy space rocks, which brings me great happiness.

We aren’t all running around fighting all the time in this modern age, so how do we look at Eris now? A primal force of chaos doesn’t really mesh with our modern sensibilities- or does it? One of the more enlightening views on Eris comes when we consider her in terms of Justice, especially against any kind of oppressive authority. This can be seen in almost every major social movement to demand better treatment, to deny an oppressive ruling class its ability to exploit those below it- Stonewall, May Day, Ferguson, Rodney King, The Arab Spring…. Hell, even the Boston Tea Party! Eris is that urge we feel to stand our ground and refuse to roll over to the bad guys. Eris is the urge to fight for our rights. Yes, it can get violent- but better short violence that changes things for the better than the long, slow violence of inaction. Far better to live boldly and bravely. More commonly though, Eris spurs us on to fight with our racist uncles on Facebook or send petty gifs in the group chats calling out our friends for being slutty… but like, in an endearing way. In fact you could solidly call Eris the Goddess of Shade. Hey, not every action can be a revolutionary one after all- sometimes you just want to get brunch with your girls.

Eris isnt just Chaos, by the way- she also represents Strife. More specifically, what you are striving for. What do you want out of this life? If you are lost, look to Eris and she can help you find your way when you’ve lost it. Mind you, you’ll be in for a HELL of a trip with her (more Thelma and Louise than Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas- That’s solidly Arawn territory) and you might not survive, but at least you’ll know!

Now, we all have all of these planets and asteroids SOMEWHERE in our chart, so in you is the seed of chaos- even the most holier-than-thou Libra. As with all of the Transneptunians, look at her house placement, not necessarily the sign, to see her effect. To find out where she shows up in your chart, go to astro.com, put in your birth details and in the extended options, all the way at the bottom of the next page, there will be a menu of additional objects. Under that is a blank space where you can enter the number 136199, for Eris. Once you have it entered, generate the chart! Where does Eris affect your life? Let us know in the comments below!

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ionecoffman · 6 years ago

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83 Things That Blew Our Minds in 2018

Most “Himalayan” pink salt is from the Punjab area of Pakistan, not the actual Himalayas.

Hippos poop so much that sometimes all the fish die.

In addition to the supermassive black hole at its center, the Milky Way galaxy may be home to thousands of smaller black holes, invisible to even our finest scientific instruments.

There’s a parasitic fungus that doses cicadas with the hallucinogen found in shrooms before making their butts fall off.

The Arctic Ocean is now so warm that its floating sea ice can melt even during the coldest, darkest times of the year.

You can make thousands of dollars a week charging electric scooters.

When your eyes look right, your eardrums bulge to the left, and vice versa. And the eardrums move 10 milliseconds before the eyes do.

More than 2 million years ago, well before Homo sapiens evolved, one of our ancient-human relatives lived in what is now China.

Women who have had six to 10 sexual partners in their lives have the lowest odds of marital happiness, according to one study.

When Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium opened in 1930, the inland aquarium had to ship a million gallons of ocean water by train from Key West, Florida.

Twitter is the preferred social network for nudists to meet and connect online.

The population of older adults who misuse opioids is projected to double from 2004 to 2020.

The data economy didn’t begin with Google or Facebook in the 2000s, but with electronic information systems called a relational databases, first conceived of in 1969.

At their most voracious, wildfires can grow 100 feet high and consume a football field of forest every second.

People with autism are 10 times as likely to die by suicide as those in the general population.

The number of exclamation points now necessary to convey genuine enthusiasm online is, according to most internet users, three.

An “ice tsunami” killed a herd of musk oxen in February 2011 and kept their bodies perfectly entombed for seven years.

Ten thousand years ago, the people who lived in Europe had dark skin and blue eyes.

Facebook sent huge volumes of data about you and your friends to millions of apps from 2007 to 2014, and you have no way to control—or even know—how that information gets used.

A fishing cat is a water-loving cat species that lives in swamps, quacks like a duck, and dives from riverbanks to snag unsuspecting fish.

Astrology is experiencing a resurgence among Millennials, fueled by meme culture, stress, and a desire for subjectivity in an increasingly quantified world.

In the beginning of 2018, Amazon had 342 fulfillment centers, Prime hubs, and sortation centers in the United States, up from 18 in 2007.

Ivy League universities took nude photos of incoming freshman students for decades.

Some fundamentalist Christian groups think the spread of implantable technology is a key sign of the impending apocalypse.

The shopping mall put a cap on consumerism as much as it promoted it.

Bees stop buzzing during total solar eclipses.

The scientist who advised the production team of Interstellar made so much progress on his research in the process that it led him to publish multiple scientific papers.

High fibrinogen content can help a blood clot stay in a shape like putty—even if it gets violently coughed up.

Many butterflies in the nymphalid group can hear with their wings.

Some scientists think the reason you want to squeeze or nibble on a particularly cute baby is to snap your brain out of the euphoria that cuteness can summon, making you able to tend to the baby’s needs.

In the fourth quarter of last year, 25 percent of all new office space leased or built in the United States was taken by Amazon.

The first scooter was invented in 1990 by a guy who really wanted a bratwurst.

The streets of Boston carry an average of four gas leaks a mile.

In August, Oxford University’s Said Business School came up with a clever way for homeless people to receive cashless donations: Donors could scan the barcodes on homeless people’s lanyards to send them money.

Don’t worry if you forget all the facts you read in this article by tomorrow—that’s normal.

Many doctors have difficulty accessing the health records of patients treated previously at another facility; less than half of hospitals integrate electronic patient data from outside their system.

The original indigenous American dogs are completely gone, and their closest living relative isn’t even a dog—it’s a contagious global cancer.

Donald Trump can’t really send a message directly to your phone. In fact, the president’s ability to address the nation directly in a time of crisis, available since the 1960s, has never been used.

In 1995, a man in Germany realized his pet crayfish was cloning itself. Clones of that crayfish have now spread all over the world.

Four hundred years after Galileo discovered Jupiter’s largest moons, astronomers are still discovering some tiny ones.

The fastest someone has ever hiked all 2,189 miles of the Appalachian Trail is 41 days, seven hours, and 39 minutes. That averages out to roughly two marathons a day.

The lifespan of a meme has shrunk from several months in 2012 to just a few days in 2018.

Elon Musk’s $20 million SEC fine might make his ill-advised “funding secured” tweets the most expensive ever.

Thousands of horseshoe crabs are bled every year to create a miraculous medical product that keeps humans alive.

Single-celled microorganisms can survive in lab conditions that simulate the icy environment of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.

Only 10 major hurricanes have ever made landfall along the Southeast Atlantic coast, if you don’t count Florida.

Animals that live in cities are sometimes found to outperform their rural counterparts on intelligence tests.

Jupiter’s famous Great Red Spot is shrinking.

The paleontology consultant for Jurassic Park had a Tyrannosaurus rex eat a doppelgänger of another researcher with whom he had academic beef.

Some people think tennis balls are green while others think they’re yellow, and the disagreement has a lot to do with how our brains perceive color.

Conservatives tend to find life more meaningful than liberals do.

It’s easier for spacecraft to leave the solar system than to reach the sun. Thanks, physics.

Despite giving away hundreds of millions of dollars to charity, the Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen was worth $20 billion when he died, 48 percent more than when he signed the Giving Pledge in 2010 and promised to give away at least half his wealth.

China consumes 28 percent of the world’s meat—with the average resident eating 140 pounds a year.

Europa, a moon of Jupiter, may be covered in 50-foot-tall blades of ice.

You can reconstruct a pretty decent record of historical whaling intensity by measuring the stress hormones in the earwax of a few dozen whales.

Doing a good deed—or even imagining doing a good deed—can boost an athlete’s endurance by reinforcing his or her sense of agency in the world.

A science adviser on Stargate: Atlantis imagined a fictional astronomical phenomenon called a binary pulsar system for the show. Years later, such a system was found in real life.

The lowercase g in Google’s original logo is really, really weird.

Sixty percent of gun deaths in 2017 were suicides.

From 1984 to 2015, the area of forest in the American West that burned in wildfires was double what it would have been without climate change.

An astrologer came up with the phrase “super blue blood moon” to describe a celestial event that’s much less scary than it sounds.

The Cambridge Analytica scandal caused 42 percent of Facebook users to change their behavior on the platform, according to a survey conducted by The Atlantic. Ten percent of those people deleted or deactivated their accounts.

In the absence of federal regulation or good research about how skin-care products work, communities of citizen scientists have started compiling pretty decent resources.

The figure-eight trajectory flown by the Apollo moon missions was the very same path followed by fictional astronauts in a classic silent film from 1929, Woman in the Moon.

After one year in America, just 8 percent of immigrants are obese, but among those who have lived in the U.S. for 15 years, the obesity rate is 19 percent.

There’s a spider that makes milk.

Goats love to feast on weeds, and you can rent dozens of them to landscape your lawn.

Some people have a bony growth on the back of their heel, called a pump bump, that makes it hard to wear pumps and other kinds of dressy shoes.

Astronomers can still detect ripples in the Milky Way caused by a close encounter with another galaxy hundreds of millions of years ago.

China built its rocket-launch facilities deep inland to protect them during the Cold War, but decades later it actually makes launching rockets into space more dangerous.

The folks who make Piaggio scooters hope you might buy an R2D2-like cargo robot to haul a case of Aperol home from the market.

Shifting the pitch of an audio recording can make it sound like an entirely different word.

Kids under the age of 8 spend 65 percent of their online time on YouTube.

A reservoir of liquid water may lurk just a mile beneath the ice-covered surface of Mars’s south pole.

When people overdose in public bathrooms, many service workers become the unwitting first line of medical responders.

Some people think that quantum computing will bring about the end of free will.

Mouse urine is a major cause of asthma for poor kids in Baltimore.

The House of Representatives’ longest-serving member, Alaska’s Don Young, was first elected to his seat after his opponent died.

In September, Hurricane Florence dropped about 18 trillion gallons of rain over the Carolinas—enough water to completely refill the Chesapeake Bay.

Europe suffered its worst carbon dioxide shortage in decades (think of the beer and the crumpets!) because of a closed ammonia fertilizer plant. Yes, these two things are related.

Americans spent $240 billion on jewelry, watches, books, luggage, and communication equipment such as telephones in 2017, twice as much as they spent in 2002, even though the population grew just 13 percent during that time.

People get more colds in winter because chilly temperatures make it easier for microbes to reproduce inside your nose.

Article source here:The Atlantic

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