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theericardo · 4 years ago

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*Part 1: “Something Wicca This Way Comes... Again” *WRITTEN BY: PAUL (ME) *DIRECTED BY: ALYSSA MILANO *SEASON 1, EPISODE 01

Staring

· Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell

· Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews Mitchell

· with Holly Marie Combs Ryan as Piper Halliwell

· and Shannen Doherty as Prue Halliwell

Co – Staring

· Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt

· Jacob Tremblay as Wyatt Halliwell

· Sunny Suljic as Chris Halliwell

· Nicolas Bechtel as Rafael Vázquez

Recurring

· Brooklynn Prince as Melinda Halliwell

· Alex Black as Tyler Michaels

· Dafne Keen as Coop Halliwell

· Ivan Sergei as Henry Michell

· Iain Armitage as Henry Michell, Jr.

· Dafne Keen as Hayley Michell

· Nicholas Hamilton as Jesse Housley

CHARMED THEME SONG MUSIC

[Scene: September 22nd, 2017 - 7:30 a.m. Starts with Piper getting the kids ready for school]

Piper: "Wyatt honey, did you wake up Chris and Melinda?”

Wyatt: “Why is it my job to do so?” “Chris doesn’t like me, and whatever Chris does and says, Melinda follows suit.”

(Leo rushes through before the portal for Magic School opens.)

Leo: “Wyatt, can do what your mom says, please?”

Wyatt: “Whatever, dude!”

(Wyatt orbs out the dining room.)

Piper: “I swear he gets that from you, Leo.”

Leo: “Oh really?”

Piper: “Yes!”

(The portal opens for magic school.)

Leo: “This is the first day of magic school being open since regaining it from evil,” “I don’t want to be late.”

(Leo and Piper give each other a distinctive stare.)

(Leo sprints towards the portal.)

Piper: “We are not done mister!”

(Chris and Melinda makes their way downstairs.)

Chris: “Mom, when do I get to move out of the room with Wyatt,” “He really pushing my buttons.”

Piper: “The last of the renovations should be finished whenever you get home.”

[Scene: 8:10 am – Phoebe at The Bay Mirror]

(Phone rings.)

Tyler: “Bay Manor, Tyler Michaels speaking.” “Looking for Phoebe Halliwell, please hold.”

(Tyler transfer the call to Phoebe.)

Phoebe: “Hello, Phoebe speaking.”

(Coop beams in.)

Phoebe: “Yes, I would like to meet you on Monday following my upcoming novel.”

Coop: whispers “Phoebe, you got a doctor appointment that day.”

Phoebe: “Oh shoot, Tyler, can you call them back to reschedule my interview for me please?”

Tyler: “Sure, Ms. Halliwell.”

Phoebe: “I still have to get ready for delivery next month, then plan the blessing…”

(Coop walks over to comfy Phoebe.)

Coop: “Just relax, Phoebe.”

Phoebe: “I will Coop, I will.”

[Scene: 8:56 am – Back at the Manor with Piper]

(The kids are at school and the renovators have arrived and have been working for 56 minutes)

Construction Worker #1: “Ms. Halliwell, we seem to come across a problem.” “We tried to knock down the shelves in the space you are converting into a bedroom…”

Piper: “Well, let me take a look at it.”

(Piper and the other construction worker walked over to the space were shelves.)

(The other construction worker is knocked out.)

Piper: “Omg, what the hell happened?”

Construction Worker: “Jonathan?”

(Piper and The Construction worker aids Jonathan.)

Construction Worker: “Sorry Ms. Halliwell, we can’t finish constru- “

(Piper freezes both construction workers.)

Piper: “If you can’t, I will.”

(Piper, tries to blow the shelves, but it did not work.)

Piper: “This wall is going come down one way or another.”

(With full force, Piper blow the shelves down, revealing a book.)

(She wipes the dust off the cover.)

Piper: “The Book of Damned?”

(Puzzled, Piper placed The Book of Damned in the room over and rushed back into the room with the construction workers.)

(Piper unfreezes the construction workers.)

Construction Worker: “-ction here…, wow, Ms. Halliwell, how did you do that?”

Piper: “Well you know, with a little elbow grease, and this sledgehammer.” “Maybe you guys should do some more lifting.”

Construction Worker: “Well we will finish the rest before the end of today Ms. Halliwell.”

Piper: “Ha-ha, Great!” “I will be around the house if you need me.”

[Scene: 9:33 am – At Paige and Henry’s apartment]

Henry: “Paige, I’m headed to work.” “I love you.”

Paige: “I love you too.”

Henry: “Thank you for breakfast.”

Paige: “You are welcome.”

(Paige climbs back into bed.)

Paige: “The twins are at school, Henry has gone it work, and I can get some more shut-eye.”

(Paige’s phone starts to ring.)

Paige: using telekinesis orbing “Silence!”

*” Paige” *

(Piper Calling Paige.)

*” Paige Matthews, get your butt here pronto!” *

Paige: “Fine!”

(Paige Orbs to the Manor.)

Paige: “Hey honey, how may I help you?”

(Piper and Paige examines The Book of Damned.)

(They flip through the book.)

Piper: “To remove someone from time and space?”

Paige: “To vanquished someone’s sprit?”

Piper and Paige: “To revert a being’s powers?”

(Piper hands the book to Paige.)

Piper: “Here you take it.” “Take it home with you”

(Paige looks at Piper puzzled.)

Paige: “Umm, no, thank you.”

Piper: “Wyatt has been kind of rebellious with his magic, so I do not need him getting any ideas.”

Paige: “Honey, yea-no, neither one of us knows what mojo comes along with that book, so peace out!”

(Paige orbs out)

Piper: “Uh, FINE!”

[Scene: 11:45 am – At the doctors with Phoebe and Coop]

Doctor: “Mr. and Ms. Halliwell, you are 38 weeks.” “You can pop any day now.”

Phoebe: “Any day!?” “I thought I had another month or at least a few more weeks.”

Coop: “Relax Phoebe, everything is prepared back at the condo.”

Phoebe: sighs “You are right.” “Thank you, Dr. Vera.” “Coop let’s go.”

Coop: Phoebe, are you ok?”

Phoebe: “Yes I’m fine, I just got to get to condo and summon Grams and let her know”

[Scene: 12:45 pm – Wyatt during lunch period at Frank Lanterman School]

(Wyatt is trying to look for somewhere to sit.)

(Being a freshman and transferring schools, he does not know anyone.)

(Jesse wraps his arms around Wyatt)

Jesse: “Aye yo Wyatt, come sit over here with us

(Jesse Housley, senior, is the caption of the Lacrosse team)

Wyatt: “Umm sure, I guess.”

(Jesse snatches Wyatt’s lunch tray and dumps it on him)

Jesse: “Ha, you really think I like you like that preppy, now get lost!”

(Wyatt storms off into the bathroom.)

Wyatt: “I hate it here!” “I’m sick of school!” “I’m sick of life!” “I’m sick of people!” “Ahh!!”

(The bathroom stalls start to rumble.)

Rafael: “Wyatt?” “Are you ok?”

Wyatt: “What do you want?”

Rafael: “I’m just checking up on you; that’s all.” “I have a change of clothes for you.”

(Rafael walks into the bathroom and hands Wyatt the set of clothes.)

Wyatt: “Thank you…?”

Rafael: “Rafael, Rafael Vázquez”

Wyatt: “Wyatt,” tucks hair behind his ear “Wyatt Halliwell.” “Thank you for the clothes, Rafael. “I got some business take care of.”

(Wyatt dashes out of the bathroom straight back to the lunchroom.)

(He approaches the table where Jesse and his teammates are sitting.)

Wyatt: “Hey, Jesse.”

Jesse: “Back again for more preppy?”

Wyatt: “No, but you are- “

(With his hands behind his back, Wyatt orbs a lunch tray into his hand and thumps it on Jesse’s head.)

Jesse: “Ahh! I’m going to get you for this preppy!”

(Jesse grabs the nearest lunch tray and throws it at Wyatt but misses, hitting another student.)

Female Student: “Bitch!”

(The student throws her try back at Jesse but misses him, hitting a different student.)

Another student: “FOOD FIGHT!”

(Food goes flying everywhere.)

(Wyatt crawls under a table, laughing.)

(As Wyatt continues crawling, he bumps into the Vice Principal.)

The Vice Principal: “Halliwell, what are you d- “

(A lump of mashed potatoes come flying, hitting the Vice Principal right in the face.)

The Vice Principal: spits out the mashed potatoes “oing on the floor?”

[Scene: 2:45 pm – The Manor with Piper]

(The Construction Workers are finished plastering and painting the walls and moving the furniture, giving Wyatt and Chris their own room.)

(Piper and Wyatt walks in from her picking him up from school.)

Piper: “Suspended for 2 days for starting a food fight?!” “Wyatt, what has gotten into you?

Wyatt: “Why are you concerned all of a sudden?”

Piper: “Did you use magic?”

Wyatt: “Yea, why?”

Piper: “Mister, I cannot deal with you now.” “Go up to your room, and I will be telling your father as soon as he comes back from magic school.”

Wyatt: “Whatever!”

(Wyatt orbs up to his room and slams the door.)

Piper: “If I put my hands on him... ooO!”

[Scene: 5:30 pm – Split screen between Phoebe and Paige’s places while they are on the phone with each other]

(Paige is standing over the stove and cooking dinner while Henry Jr and Hayley, Paige and Henry Sr.’s twins, are finishing up homework.)

(Phoebe is stretched out with Coop giving her a food massage.)

Phoebe: “The Book of Damned?” “Never heard of it.”

Paige: “Me either.” “I even asked them up there, and they never heard of it either.”

Henry Jr.: “Mom, what’s for dinner?”

Paige: “Honey, we are having Spaghetti with Garlic bread.”

Phoebe: “So where is the book now?”

Paige: “I left it with Piper.” “I got a bad mojo from it.”

Phoebe: “Maybe I can get a Premonition off of it.”

(Phoebe scenes Paige’s emotions over the phone)

Phoebe: “Oh honey, I can feel your worry about that book.” “Don’t let it get to you.”

Paige: “Stop it!”

Phoebe: “What?” “I can’t help that my powers are expanding.”

(They both share a laugh.)

[Scene: 6:30 pm – Back at the Manor with Piper, Leo, and the kids]

Piper: “Leo, I’m headed to P3.” “Can you please keep the kids out of the attic.” “There is a book that the construction workers and I found.” “I don’t need Wyatt to get a hold of it.” “Also, talk to your son before I backhand him, please.”

Leo: “Sure honey.”

Piper: “Love you.” kisses Leo

Leo: “Love you too.”

(Piper heads out the Manor door.)

[Scene: 7:00 pm – Still at the Manor Leo and the kids in the Conservatory]

(Leo is helping the kid with their homework while catching up with them about their day.)

Leo: “So Wyatt, how was school today?”

Wyatt: “Wel – “

Chris: “Well, I signed up to try out for the soccer team – “

Wyatt: “CHRIS, NOBODY IS TALKING TO YOU!” SO SHUT IT!”

Leo: “Hey Wyatt, that is not how you talk to your brother.”

(Wyatt looks at Leo and blinks, orbing him out the Manor to an ally near P3.)

(Chris pins Wyatt to the wall using Telekinesis)

Chris: “Where did you orb dad!?”

Wyatt: “I’m not telling you!”

Chris: “WHERE IS HE!”

Melinda: “Guys, st – “

Chris and Wyatt: “STAY OUT OF THIS MELINDA!”

(Melinda stayed quiet, worried about where is their dad).

[Scene: 7:37 pm – In the back ally of P3 with Leo was orbed]

(Leo rushes into P3, looking for Piper.)

Leo: “Excuse me.” “Pardon me” “Excuse me.” “Piper, Piper.”

Piper: “Leo, what are you doing here?”

Leo: “The kids started bickering then they stared using magic.”

Piper: “On hell no.” “Steve, watch the club.” “I got a family emergency.

(Piper and Leo rush to the car.)

(Mid-way back Piper calls Phoebe and Paige to meet them at the Manor.)

[Scene: Cuts back to the manor]

Wyatt: *Telekinetic Orbing * “LAMP!”

Chris: Telekinetic Orbing “SHADDER!”

(Wyatt pins to Chris to the wall.)

Chris: “Are you mad because I didn’t like sharing a room with you?” “Or because mom and dad favor me more?”

Wyatt: “Shut up!”

Chris: “Or that you are gay?”

Wyatt: “Shut up!” “Shut up!” Shut up!”

(Wyatt chokes Chris using Telekinesis.)

(Chris eyes roll to the back of his head, and then he collapses.)

Wyatt: “Shit, Shit, Shit!” ‘I think I killed him!”

(Panicking, Wyatt orbs Chris and Melinda to the attic.)

(He grabs the first book, which happens to be The Book of Damned)

(He flips through the book.)

Wyatt: “The resurrect thou dead, perfect.”

“From the angles in the sky,”

“To the demons from below,”

“Resurrect thou from thou dead.”

(The Manor rumbles and lights flashes.)

(As Piper and Leo walk into the attic while Paige orbs in with Phoebe.)

(Paige rushes over to Chris and checks his pulse.)

Paige: “He’s alive.”

(Paige heals Chris.)

Piper: “Wyatt Matthew Halliwell, what in the hell have you done this time?”

Wyatt: “I – I thought I had killed Chris.” “So, I used magic to bring him back alive.”

Chris: “I wasn’t dead dummy.”

(Piper walks over to aid Chris.)

Piper: “Honey, are you ok?”

Chris: “Yea, ask the curly-haired gay son over there.”

(Everyone zooms into Wyatt in shock.)

Piper: “So, this is how all of this started?”

Melinda: “Well, I figured out Wyatt was gay because I used my powers.” “After I found out, I shared it with Chris, which lead him to do some snooping and he found gay romance novels.”

Piper: “Thank you Melinda.” “Leo, I think it’s time for Melinda to go to bed.”

(Leo escorts Melinda to bath, then to bed.)

[Scene: 8:10 pm – In the living room of the Manor]

(Piper, Paige, Phoebe, and Leo are all to processing all that has happened.)

(The kids are all in their rooms.)

Piper: “I need a drink.”

Paige: “Oh honey just take deep breaths.”

(*Phoebe senses Piper’s emotions *)

Phoebe: “Piper I know you’re angry and confused about Wyatt.” “All I can say is be there for him.” “When I sensed his emotions a few weeks back, he waas hurt, afraid of what you would say.” “What both of his parents would say.”

Piper:

Leo: “Paige, you knew too?”

Paige: “Duhh, my gaydar went off long ago.”

Piper: “What are we going to do with Wyatt usi – “

(Creeps sounds from the stairs.)

(Piper, Paige, Phoebe, and Leo turns around to see Prue.)

Phoebe: “Ok, I know I’ve been seeing stuff, but do you all see what I see?”

Piper, Paige, and Phoebe: “Prue?”

Prue: “Yea, I’m Prue” “Who the hell are you?”

Piper: “We are your sisters.”

Prue: “Sisters?” “I don’t have any sisters.”

(Prue was standing there, covered in dust with the same outfit she died in.)

(Prue uses her Telekinesis to cause a Telekinetic Combustion, barely missing Phoebe, hitting the chandelier.)

Paige: “Home!” remote orbing on Phoebe

Piper: “What the hell wrong with you, Prue!?”

(Piper tries to freeze Prue.)

Prue: “Nice party trick.”

(With an evil smirk on her face, Prue astral teleports out the Manor.)

[Scene: 9:45 pm]

(Piper asks Wyatt and Chris to Orb Leo and Melinda to Magic school for safety.)

(Paige orbs herself and Piper to Phoebe’s Condo.)

Paige: “I told you that you that book was no good, Piper.”

Piper: “Yea, you did, don’t rub it in.”

Phoebe: “Did you bring the book?”

Piper: “Yes, why?”

Phoebe: “I’m trying to get a Premonition off of it.”

(Piper and Paige hold onto Phoebe’s shoulders.)

(*in the premonition * Prue in the underworld, sitting on a throne with the source and two other people.)

(flashes time setting changes to Salem Witch times - a fair skinned African woman, possibly a teenager, seen with The Book of Damned.)

(flashes time changes, still in Salem Witch times – Same women, slighter older appearance, is with Melinda Halliwell and The Book of Damned, once again.)

(flashes she turns around and faces the sisters, “GET OUT, NOW!”)

(premonition ends).

Piper: “Well we know where Prue is headed, but why?”

Paige: “Yea, but who the hell was that curly- haired woman?”

Phoebe: “And why was she with Melinda Warren?”

Paige: “Let’s meet the others at Magic School.”

(Paige orbs out with Piper and Phoebe.)

[Scene: Prue in the underworld]

(Prue astral teleports into the underworld.)

Demon: “Ma’am who the hell are you?

(Prue stares at the demon, causing him to explode and to be vanquished.)

Prue: “I’m the new owner of this hellhole.”

THE END

#charmed #prue halliwell #piper halliwell #phoebe halliwell #paige matthews #wicca

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megmckinney · 4 years ago

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The Dreaded Day Of Travel

It’s hard to prepare for traveling with muchas cosas (many things) as we would be traveling home with. Considering our travel to Mexico and everything that happened, it’s not unusual for either of us to feel a bit uncertain about how traveling home would go. Would we have someone to help carry our stuff? If we don’t, can we still make it work? Will Volaris accept Rowley this time now that his rabbis vaccine would be in their 30 day time frame? Will we be able to get back into the US? How will Summer do on the flight?

The great thing about Sayulita is you don’t have to make appointments anywhere. You want a massage? You walk down to the beach and get it. You want to see the vet to get a health certificate to fly and deworming? You just show up and they do it on the spot. No 30 min check up required and an appointment. Of course I did ask if we should make an appointment but the vet said no to just come in when we were ready. It’s not like they would say no, obviously we had to get home and needed to bring our dog lol So we made sure everything was as Volaris required so we could fly home.

To book our flight online it said we would take off at 12:35 pm. But when you click details, the flight time was actually 6:35 pm. Maybe a glitch in their website? We planned our goodbye brunch at Chocobanana with Kristin, Tyler, Noralina, Felix, and the kiddos, went home to nap/pack, and then headed for the airport. If our flight had been at 12:30, well, then, we would have missed it lol but after booking the res, the email confirmation said 6:30 so I was pretty confident about the evening flight.

We got to the airport 3.5 hours early to be safe. They wouldn’t let us officially check in until 4 so we cruised around the airport. it took SO long to get us checked in because of Rowley. We were the first ones there and by the time we were finally done, the line was incredibly long. They needed to review Rowley’s paperwork, make copies, review them again, have us fill out forms, check the weight. It was never ending. Plus we had to pay for the surfboard, get all of Summer’s gear tagged. It was a process. It took 45 minutes to get us checked in. So it’s finally 4:45pm and we are heading to our gate. Things are fine from here, we board the plane, get to our seats, Summer sleeps on me the entire flight. It was SO sweet but my legs were falling asleep, my left butt cheek was hurting, and I was having a hard time breathing with 21 pounds of weight on me and a baby in my belly. We weighed Summer at the vet after weighing Rowley. It’s good to know how much she weighs now haha.

We land, head to baggage claim/CBX Border Crossing. We find guys with the carts to help us with everything. We go to cross the border through CBX but they won’t take Summer without a birth certificate. My expired passport is no big deal. That works fine he says, especially since it expired in 2020. Matt tried to convince them, the supervisor called the Border Patrol but they said no. So we had to turn around and head the exit of the TJ airport, get a taxi to the border, walk across the border, and hope they don’t give us any trouble getting into the US.

We hop in the taxi to the San Ysidro border crossing. He drops us off and surprisingly there is someone to help us carry our stuff. We are shocked and stoked. We get to the mexico crossing and they just need to see that we have ID, they don’t need to check it BUT we lose our guy to help carry our stuff to walk across the final part. I’m excited because I knew with the wagon and the zip ties we brought that we could do it and I had been looking forward to consolidating everything without extra help. Matt was embarrassed. He kept describing us as Beverly Hill Billy but I don’t get embarrassed easily. I was completely stimulated. I had never walked across the border. It was all new and exciting for me-- until we got into San Ysidro and that was SCARY. More on that later.

So we get into the US Border, we get in line, it was a nice mexican/american lady. I think that was helpful. Women LOVE Summer. Even this woman, who questioned how an 18 month old didn’t have a. birth certificate, couldn’t help but comment on how beautiful Summer is with her red hair. She questioned us a little bit but not for long and then let us go. So the only difficult part was not being allowed to cross through CBX.

We get out of the building and need to get a ride home. It’s super sketchy in this area. Tons of drug addicts walking by, dark, scary. We sign up for an Uber XL, he’s 13 minutes away. The cop makes us move down the street so we aren’t on trolley property, Summer is crying because she’s thirsty. Matt runs to jack & the box to get water and leaves us alone on the street. That was the scariest part. I was just getting ready to duck incase gun shots went off. lol read to kick if someone came up with a knife. I was on high alert.

Our Toyota Highlander finally arrives. He said he didn’t think our stuff would fit. And to be honest, it didn’t. We left the stroller in the trash. It was the old, dirty, used Bob that I got on offer up that we all hate. It was nice to have in Mexico but I never want to use it again lol Once in the car the driver told us that if we didn’t have a baby and if I wasn’t pregnant, he wouldn’t have taken us!!! We were the fifth passengers in his brand new car that he did not want scratched up with our surf board, suitcases, dog crate, wagon, etc.

Our house in La Mesa is booked on airbnb until Feb 2 but our other property in Mission Hills is open for a few nights, Of our three properties, the mission hills home is the only one that I actually own. And I’ve never stayed in it, so it’s been fun to stay here, use the hot tub, enjoy the space! When we bought it, it was a flip, and we bought all of the staging furniture, as well, so it’s a really beautiful and modern home. The decor, the pillows, everything is so chic.

We put Summer down at midnight america time which is 2:00am mexico time. She slept until 4:45 american time so 6:45 mexico time. Not bad. We went to lazy acres for breakfast, got some groceries, Matt took Summer on a walk to balboa park. No stroller so back in the wagon for her. She went down at 9:40 am. I have been blogging, chatting with my dad, unpacking suitcases. It’s been a nice morning.

This afternoon we are signing our loan docs for the refinancing and hopefully heading to la mesa to get our car and stroller! woohoo! I hope Summer sleeps until noon!!! It’s 11 am now. Fingers crossed!!! She needs to catch up so we can get back to a normal sleep schedule!

Well, that’s the end of our travels. I still need to finish the previous blog post but THANK YOU to everyone who came along on this journey with us!!!!

I probably wont be blogging much until October when we plan to move to PALM BEACH FLORIDA for a few years while Matt starts a new pool business, invests in airbnb properties. We’ll see!! More to come from our new nomadic lifestyle!

Love you all! XO

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rose-color-boy · 7 years ago

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Thanks for tagging me! @that-queer-piece-of-toast

Rules: Answer these 85 statements about yourself, then tag 20 people.

1. last drink: strawberry dr. Pepper

2: last phone call: my mother, in attempt to wake her up to let me in my house last night

3. last text message: “yes, I could be there in about 15 minutes"

4. last song you listened to: Ghosting- Mother Mother

5. last time you cried: last night

6. dated someone twice: yep

7. kissed someone and regretted it?: oh hell yes

8. been cheated on?: yes, by the same guy I regrett kissing

9. lost someone special?: yeah

10. been depressed?: always

11. gotten drunk and thrown up?: noopeee

fave colors

12. Maroon

13. Purple

14. black

in the last year have you…

15. made new friends?: sure have

16: fallen out of love?: nah

17. laughed until you cried?: hella yeah

18. found out someone was talking about you?: mhhmmmm

19. met someone who changed you?: oh for sure

20. found out who your friends are?: sure have

21. kissed someone on your facebook friends list?: yes

general

22. how many of your facebook friends do you know irl?: most of them

23. do you have any pets?: a doggo. His name is mac

24. do you want to change your name?: yeah, my dead name to Tyler

25. what did you do for your last birthday?: worked. Then went out to dinner

26. What time did you wake up today? 1 PM

27. What were you doing at midnight last night?: working

28. what is something you can’t wait for?: moving out in a few months, and seeing fall out boy in Chicago!

29. What are you listening to right now?: My coworker streami the Super Bowl on his phone. We're both rooting for the eagles

30. have you ever talked to a person named tom?: probably??

31. something that’s getting on your nerves?: customers who don't read the fucking menu

32. most visited website: tumblr, YouTube, wattpad, or Spotify

33. hair color: currently light brown, usually purple

34. long or short hair: short short

35. do you have a crush on someone?: yeah my girlfriend

36. what do you like about yourself?: i have cool colored eyes

37. want any piercings?: yes; I want to (successfully this time) stretch my ears, a septum, more ear piercings, maybe a lip piercing

38. blood type: idk man

39. nickname(s): ty, champ, quite a few based off of my deadname

40. relationship status: taken

41. zodiac: Taurus

42. pronouns: he/him

43. fave tv shows: Steven universe, Rick and morty, the fosters, stranger things

44. tattoos: none yet

45. right or left handed: right

46. ever had surgery?: yee

47. piercings?: just my ears

48. sport: I watch everything but basketball and soccer. My favorite to watch is hockey tho

49. vacation: anywhere in the uk or back to NYC

50. trainers: ??

more general

51. eating: nothing

52. drinking: strawberry dr. Pepper

53. i’m about to watch: super bowl

54. waiting for: my 18th birthday

55. want: sleep and to go home

56. get married: probably

57. career: idk, my dream since I was little is a YouTuber or musician

which is better:

58. hugs or kisses: hugs

59. lips or eyes: eyes

60. shorter or taller: either

61. older or younger: depends on how many years

62. nice arms or stomach: either

63. hookup or relationship: relationship

64. troublemaker or hesitant?: personally? I'm a mix of the two

have you ever:

65. kissed a stranger: no

66. drank hard liquor: yes

67. lost glasses: someone broke mine on accident once

68. turned someone down: yep

69. sex on first date: hell no. I'm demisexual- not about that "sex with someone I don't know" shit

70. broken someones heart: I don't think so?

71. had your heart broken: yee

72. been arrested: no

73. cried when someone died: yeah

74. fallen for a friend: oh yeah

75. do you believe in yourself: lmaaooo

76. miracles: maybe??

77. love at first sight: maybe? J believe more in "like at first sight" than love

78. santa clause: noooo

79. kiss on a first date: yeah

80. angels: nope

other:

81. best friend’s name: max ( @riskittothemax) and Internet Besties are @haiirel (nein) and @welcome-to-my-phantasyland (em)

82. eye color: green

83. favorite movie: La la land and your name

84. fave actor: asa butterfield

I'm too lazy to tag people so do it if you want

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heytheregreeneyes · 7 years ago

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Something Just Like This

Chapter 4

Summary: Josh falls. Josh falls fast and Josh falls hard. But what happens when he loves something he can’t keep?

Just a super fluffy love story in which, Josh meets and quickly falls completely in love with you. You are pregnant (surrogate) and he gets attached to the pregnancy.

A/N: Not your typical pregnancy fic! Another dream about Josh that is being turned into a reader insert. I thought, ‘hmm, out of all the pregnancy fics or reader insert fics, I bet exactly zero feature a surrogate pregnancy’. Well, here ya go. Something new/different. Enjoy!

Pairing: Josh Dun x Reader

Type: fluff

Chapters: 10/?

Word Count: 26,695/?

Warnings: none

Chapter Preview: “You know,” he continues, “it’s not fair to look more beautiful than the bride on her big day.”

You turn your face and bury it in his chest in embarrassment. “Joooooosh,” you whine.

“I’m serious. Hey,” he says, looking down and lifting your chin with his finger to look him in the face, “you look gorgeous.” He had slowly stopped swaying in favor of staring down at you.

The song continues to play and other couples continue to dance as the two of you stand still, lost in each other. You stare up at him as you softly say, “Now, Mr. Dun, if I didn’t know any better, I’d say you were flirting with me.”

“I do know better, and I say you’re right,” he murmurs back, flicking his eyes back and forth between each of yours, too close to make contact with both. You feel his hand glide from the small of your back around to your belly, his thumb rubbing back and forth.

He blinks slowly, moving his face closer and closer to yours, giving you plenty of time to back out if you wanted to. You suddenly have a million butterflies in your stomach, all threatening to escape at the same time. When you show no signs of rejection, he finally swallows his nerves and leans down, connecting your lips.

Chapter 4

The rest of your morning is filled with makeup, bobby pins, photos, and hairspray… lots and lots of hairspray. It’s getting closer to go time, only about 15 minutes remain until the wedding party is due to take their places before walking the aisle.

Incoming from

UNKNOWN: Hey it’s josh. Can’t wait to see you!

Outgoing:

and how, may I ask, did you get this number ;-)

Incoming from

Josh: I may or may not have threatened to hide Maddy’s favorite snacks from her if she didn’t give it to me

Outgoing:

*gasp* Don’t you know better than to take a pregnant girl’s food?!

Incoming from

Josh: I know. I actually would never. Besides, she owed me.

Outgoing:

Well, in that case, I’ll be the pregnant one on the Bride’s side. Can’t miss me.

Incoming from

Josh: can’t wait

The chosen music starts and you take the arm of your assigned groomsman to proceed down the aisle. You spot Josh on your way up and even though you have to remain facing forward, you can’t help but grin from ear to ear.

Once you are in place on the bride’s side and the bridal march starts, the congregation turns and stands. Your heart fills with pride and maybe a little bit of envy as you watch your childhood friend walk slowly toward her soon-to-be husband.

The pastor begins the ceremony and you allow your eyes to wander. You can’t miss the bright yellow shock of hair coming from the bride’s side, and you take your time studying him. He always looks good, but today he looks remarkably sharp, even in his simple, plain white button up with simple black tie, pants, shoes, and jacket, which he has removed and placed next to him on the pew. His eyes flick from the bride and groom to where you stand and you make quick eye contact, finally able to give him a sweet smile before turning your attention back to the ceremony.

When the vows start, you once again allow your eyes to wander to Josh. This time you notice he keeps wiping at his eyes. Is he crying? Was he serious about the bright hair and crying thing?

“Here you go, Dearie,” an old lady sitting next to Josh leans over and says in a hushed tone, handing him a few Kleenex from a pocket tissue pack. “Weddings always did get to me too. We’re romantics.”

“That we are. Thank you, Ma’am. I appreciate it,” he murmurs, lifting the Kleenex up at her in appreciation, then dabbing at his eyes.

“Please, call me Mavis.”

“Well, it’s nice to meet you, Mavis. I’m Josh.”

“So, are you married, or soon to be?”

Josh smiles politely and glances over at you, catching your gaze. He winks and nods before answering, “Not yet, but I’m hoping that’ll happen soon.”

“Well, good luck to you, Dear.” She pats the back of his hand and both turn their attention back up to the front. The vows and rings have been exchanged and the pastor is getting ready to announce them to the guests.

“Friends, it is with great pleasure that I give to you, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor. Sven, you may kiss your bride.”

The couple kiss and the congregation stands and applauds while some whooping and whistling can be heard throughout. When the exit music begins, the bride and groom make their way back up the aisle, the bridal party following soon after. You smile widely at Josh as you pass him on your way down, and he smiles back, waving at you as you go.

As the guests all file out to head to the reception hall, Mavis turns to Josh with a grin, “Well, maybe you won’t be needing such luck after all.”

Josh hopes not.

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Once the introductions, toasts, and first dances are complete, the dance floor opens and guests are free to move about the reception hall.

It’s a larger room built for such occasions, and has several round tables with six gold-painted wooden chairs each. Every table has a white linen tablecloth, a small white flower centerpiece, several short vases filled with water and white or cream colored floating candles, a place setting of china and cutlery with a cream-colored cloth napkin, and finished off with a glass goblet filled with ice water. There are several champagne colored drapings hung against the walls and from the ceilings that when combined with the low lighting and candlelight, cast a warm, glow throughout the room.

You stand from your place at the head table, walking around the sides of the dance floor to scan the room, looking for Josh. You spot him at a table toward the back. He has his sleeves rolled up now, talking with another gentleman, smiling and gesturing to his yellow hair.

You slowly approach him and when he sees you, he stops mid-sentence to stare. You dramatically curtsey before him, standing again to say, “Excuse me, kind Sir, but I am in need of a handsome man, like yourself, to accompany me on the dance floor. Do you think you could be so kind as to do me the honor?” You finish your silly impersonation, gazing up at him and dramatically batting your eyelashes.

He quickly glances over to the guy he was talking to, with an expression that clearly says, ‘oh my gosh, are you seeing this?’, to which the guy replies, “Dude, don’t let me keep you,” he finishes, raising his hands and shaking his head.

Josh stands, then bends to kiss the top of your hand.

“It would be my pleasure, M’Lady,” he says, standing back up and tugging your hand to lead you to the dance floor.

A new song starts to play on your way up, and slow acoustic guitar fills the room. Josh leads you to the center of the dance floor, pulling you close to him and starting to sway, just as he had the night before, as the lyrics begin.

Forever can never be long enough for me to feel like I’ve had long enough with you.

“Aww, I love this song. It’s so sweet and adorable, especially for a wedding,” you gush.

“You know what I think is sweet and adorable?” Josh says. “You.” You feel your cheeks flush and cast your gaze down.

“You know,” he continues, “it’s not fair to look more beautiful than the bride on her big day.”

You turn your face and bury it in his chest in embarrassment. “Joooooosh,” you whine.

“I’m serious. Hey,” he says, looking down and lifting your chin with his finger to look him in the face, “you look gorgeous.” He had slowly stopped swaying in favor of staring down at you.

I promise to sing to you when all the music dies. And marry me

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It’s about 7:30 pm when you leave the wedding and head to Maddy’s house. When you arrive, the whole family is there; everyone has lawn chairs spread throughout the yard and is sitting and relaxing, enjoying each other’s company as some of the guys hover around the delicious smelling grill.

Lightening bugs are out and the sun has started its descent, making the evening cooler and not so harshly bright. It’s serene and comfortable.

“Heyyy, you guys finally made it!” Tyler says as you walk up the driveway towards the house. You’re still in your dress and Josh still in his suit, minus the jacket, of course.

“Wow, you guys look fantastic. Kat, that dress is GORGEOUS!” Jenna raves.

Josh nudges your side with his elbow. “See, I told ya,” he whispers.

“Thanks guys. But after being stuck in this thing for about 9 hours, I cannot get out of it fast enough. Do you have somewhere I can change?

“Yeah, follow me,” Maddy says, gesturing for you to follow her inside.

It takes you a while to untie the bows and wiggle out of the dress, but once you change, you feel remarkably more comfortable. You’re wearing a loose fitting black and white striped shirt, black skinny jeans, and converse. The only thing better, in your opinion, would be pajamas.

You hang the dress up on the back of the front closet door and set your backpack there as well before walking back outside. You walk down the porch steps and join the others, sitting in an empty camping chair next to Josh, who you notice has changed clothes as well. As you sit, you hear Josh audibly gasp, followed by, “Are you wearing skinny jeans?” Josh says, mildly shocked.

“Yep. Totally. They make ‘em for pregnant girls too,” you sass, laughing outright when Maddy starts to chuckle.

“Oh my god, I think I love you,” Josh says, and you just roll your eyes and smack his leg playfully, turning to chat excitedly with Jenna and Maddy about the wedding. You don’t see it, but he sighs deeply, continuing to watch you fondly.

Tyler doesn’t miss a thing.

Your phone starts ringing and you glance down to see that it’s your mom. “Hey, I’ll be right back,” you say, standing up, Josh standing as well. “It’s my mom.” You walk past the guys at the grill to the side of the house to take the call.

Josh continues to stand there, watching you and smiling goofily. Tyler, still sitting in his lawn chair, calls him out on it.

“Hey, close your mouth, man. You’re gonna catch flies,” he teases, nudging Josh’s knee out from under him with his toe.

“Oh man, Ty… I think… I think I might actually be falling for her, man.” He sighs and continues to stare as you aimlessly pace back and forth, throwing your head back to laugh at something your mom said. Tyler and Jenna just exchange silent, shocked expressions, both eventually grinning widely.

“Oh yeah? What makes you say that?” Tyler probes, mischievous grin on his face.

“Yeah,” Josh says dreamily, drawing out the word and turning to Tyler, “She’s just so…” he starts to elaborate, but you’ve started to walk back, causing Josh to quickly stop talking and sit back down in his chair, the subject dropped, for now.

“Well, I guess they’ve all gone down to the lake and plan to do some fishing, jet skiing, and whatever else they wanna do down there and won’t be back for about another week,” you inform them. “Maybe I should extend my stay here in Columbus, see some of the other things I wouldn’t have had time for.”

“YES! Do it! And you can stay here with us. We’re having everyone over for the reunion this week anyway. There’s plenty of rooms, already set up.”

Josh is smiling so hard his face might just crack apart.

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It’s now approaching midnight and everyone has long since moved inside the house for game time. Everyone is situated around the dining table in a heated game of Taboo. You started off on assigned teams, but now it’s pretty much a guys vs girls shout-fest, and you’ve been laughing so hard your cheeks and sides hurt.

Sodas, wine, and coffee have been passed around for those that want them, and several people are indulging in another slice of pie as the game goes on, which makes for its own entertainment in itself. A badly timed bite of pie can result in food being launched or spat out as something hilarious is said during the game and you can’t control your laughter.

“So, you guys do this every year?” you ask, scooping up another bite of Jenna’s delicious apple cobbler and french vanilla ice cream.

“Yeah!” Maddy starts, excited to fill you in. “Every summer we all get together for a week for a reunion. Someone different hosts it each year, and we all, as much as we can, stay over at the host’s house for the entire week of the reunion. There’s always tons of food, stories, pictures, people usually bring out their guitars… or ukuleles in Ty’s case. We always play nightly games, I’ll do the girls’ nails. One year we even experimented with some henna tattoos. It was so fun.”

“Next card! Next card! Skip! Skip! Hurry!” you hear one of the guys shout, all three of you looking over to giggle at their excitement.

“Tyler and Josh haven’t got to attend the past couple of years, so having them home this year is really special.”

“Well, I’m glad I got invited to tag along. This is really great of you guys to let me hang out with you all. I really appreciate everything you’ve done for me.”

“Oh please. We love having you here,” Maddy says sincerely.

“Plus,” Jenna says, lowering her voice to a whisper, “Josh really seems to have taken a liking you.” You duck your head to try and hide your blush but it’s pointless.

“OH MY GOSH!” she stage whispers, turning to Maddy with wide eyes. “Do you like him too?” You don’t even have time to answer before they’re both squealing and grabbing each other’s hands excitedly.

“And what are you all giggling about over here?” Josh teases, coming over to squat down next to your chair. Of course he would pick this exact moment to come over.

“Oh, you know, just girl stuff,” Jenna quickly supplies.

“Fair enough,” he nods and turns his attention back to you. “You doing okay? Do you need anything? Do I need to take you back to the hotel soon?”

You open your mouth to reply, but Maddy beats you to it. “Nah, it’s already late; you guys can just stay here tonight. We can swing by and pick up her stuff from the hotel tomorrow before checkout.”

He nods in agreement with her and turns his attention back to you. “You need a drink or anything? I’m heading in there myself,” he says, pointing over his shoulder towards the kitchen.

“No, Josh, I’m good, thank you.”

“Alright,” he says, standing, “and I think it’s your turn again, girls.” “Nah, you guys go ahead without us. I think we’re done for the night,” Jenna tells him.

With that, he turns and walks into the kitchen area. Jenna and Maddy are instantly back to giggling and whispering.

“See? Oh my gosh. He totally likes you.”

“Nah, he was just being polite, you know, since I’m a guest and all.”

“Girl, NO ONE looks at a guest the way that boy looks at you,” Maddy says flatly.

“Yeah, he looks at you like you hung the stars, and you know how much he likes space,” Jenna says, nudging your knee with her hand.

Suddenly the noise at the other end of the table picks up and you all turn to see what’s going on. The other guys have quit the game as well, and now it’s just Tyler and Josh, Tyler reading off the cards and seeing how many cards they can guess before the timer runs out. The other guys have crowded around as Tyler reads as fast as he can, already up to about 6 cards.

“Uh… you crack these.”

“Eggs!”

“It’s like… like a code-”

The buzzer goes off and Jay shouts, “CODE! Can’t say code!”

“Dang it!” Tyler exclaims as he throws the card down on the floor forcefully. “Okay, okay, uuuh…” He puckers up and makes a kissing noise.

“KISS!”

“YES!” Tyler has started to get really into and is leaning on the table with his butt off the chair.

“Ok, uh… every day you put this on first,” he says, miming pulling up pants.

“Underwear!”

“Yes!” He’s getting more into it and now both boys are standing. “It’s something you… uh… you do at the beach, at night.” Josh is blushing as he answers, “Make out?”

“Sort of… you do this without,” and then Tyler starts tugging on the shoulder of his shirt. Josh just gives him a confused look, sure that he can’t mean what he thinks he means.

Tyler starts jumping up and down at this point, and you and the other girls are just dying laughing, Jenna having pulled out her phone to record.

“It’s when… it’s when you get into the ocean without anything on and-”

“Skinny-dipping!”

“Yes!”

“Time!”

“WHOOO!” Tyler and Josh both throw their arms up in the air and start whooping at how many cards they were able to get.

You stand to take your plate to the kitchen as Josh comes rushing over, still excited about the game.

“Did you see that? Did you see how many we got?” he says, raising his hands for a double high five.

“Yeah! You guys did great.” You set your plate back down and clap his hands, smiling and giggling with him, except he doesn’t stop there. He quickly leans in and places a kiss right on your lips… right… in front… of everyone.

He takes a slight step just that much closer, and you feel his hand come to rest on your belly as he breaks the kiss. He’s still staring down at you when both you realize, belatedly, that the entire room had gone quiet and everyone was turned, focused on the two of you.

Tyler looked exceedingly proud, but Maddy and Jenna couldn’t look more smug if they tried.

End notes:

This chapter came like pulling teeth. IDK why it was being so difficult, but it's finally ready and here.

I do have to give a special shoutout to my friend @jvshduns (jvshduns) whom without which, I would've struggled even more so. She's always there to read what I have so far and give advice, and I super appreciate it and love you for it. Thank you so much!

x-posted on my Ao3: http://archiveofourown.org/users/EncOREO/works

As always, I am actually a surrogate, currently pregnant with my 3rd surrobaby, so If you have any questions or are curious about any part of being a surrogate, please ask! I love talking about surrogacy stuff!

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itselbaka · 8 years ago

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Love is hard - Chapter nine

Pairing: Madison Joseph x reader (friends), Josh Dun x reader (friends, lovers?), Tyler Joseph x reader (friends), Jenna Joseph x reader (friends), other Joseph and Dun family members

Plot: You take a leap year abroad, where you meet Madison Joseph. You become best friends and move in with her family. You meet her brother Tyler and his best friend Josh, who you have a crush on. Will Josh and you become more than friends?

This chapter: Maddie and you made up, so everything’s fine again. Or is it?

Warnings: None

Word count: about 2100

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8

A/n: I’m sorry it took so long (again) to get this one up. Thanks to all my sweet followers and all the likes! I hope you have fun reading. Love you all.

The next morning you woke up with a horrible headache. You reluctantly turned around and searched for your phone to look at the time; 2:30 PM. Apparently, the late-night drinking session didn’t agree with Maddie either as she woke up soon after you, groaning and moving slowly. “Morning. I feel terrible. You?” She managed to say. “Good afternoon.” You replied. “I feel like my head is exploding.” You slowly got out of bed to go downstairs, avoiding all mirrors in the process. “Let’s try to eat something. Have some coffee maybe. Might take the edge off.” You said to Maddie who then followed you, softly cursing nearly every step she took. You silently sat at the table sipping your coffee. Maddie was attempting to make bacon and eggs; she said that would help get your strength back. “So… we’re good, right? I mean, everything’s cleared up now?” Maddie asked after a while. “Yeah, sure. After last night, I’d say we’re stronger than ever. Not literally of course.” You chuckled. “Do you remember everything we said last night?” She informed, looking straight at you. “I guess. I don’t know. Why? Did I say something stupid?” You asked confused, not knowing where Maddie was heading with this. “No, no, no. Not at all. Just checking. No worries.” Maddie answered, looking flustered. “Anyway, what’s the plan for today? I’m thinking it’s about time we have another lazy pyjama day!” She quickly added. She’s acting a bit… suspicious. Did something happen last night? You briefly thought. But since your head was hurting too much and things were finally back to normal with Maddie, you opted to just drop the subject. “Yes, a lazy pyjama day is exactly what we need today. Let’s try to eat something and then get lazy!”

“Bacon and eggs, coffee, messy hair, last night clothes still on… looks like you enjoyed yourselves last night!” The voice startled you both and you looked up to see Tyler standing in the doorway smiling at you. “When did you get here?” Maddie asked him. “I’ve been here since around 9 this morning. Dad told you I’d be working on my songs in the basement, right?” He answered, sitting down and pouring himself some coffee. “So you’ve been in the basement almost all day, you probably didn’t even bother to check on us, and only now came out because you smelled bacon? Really Ty?” Maddie said, faking irritation. “I did actually check on you, around noon. Just to make sure you were still breathing.” He laughed. “So, what happened last night?” He asked, looking at you. “Not much. I came home and Ash and Maddie were waiting for me. And we talked, and drank, and talked, and drank and… well, you get the point.” You answered honestly. “You girls talked about the big date I assume?” Ty asked, winking at you. “Yes.” You said, hesitant to say anything about it to Ty. “Wanna fill me in on what was discussed?” Tyler leaned forward as to encourage you to spill the beans. “Nope, sorry. That’s for girls only. If you want to know anything, talk to Josh.” You replied. You were pretty sure Ash would keep your conversations private, even though Josh is her brother, because she promised and she is your friend. But you were completely convinced that Tyler would immediately tell Josh everything you’d say about him, so you figured you best keep quiet about it to Ty. “Already did that. I was just curious what you all said about the kiss.” You tried to stay straight-faced, but already felt a blush creeping up and you couldn’t help but smile a little. Tyler and Maddie both laughed out loud at you. “Okay, well, anyway, how’s Jenna doing? You guys had a nice little vacation?” You swerved the conversation. “Yeah, it was very nice. She’s doing great.” Ty answered, still chuckling at you. “Maybe I’ll meet up with her later. I’ll text her.” You replied. “But first, it’s time for our lazy pyjama day. Let me just change my clothes, be right back.” You left the table and ran upstairs to change into your cosy onesie.

Maddie and you watched three movies while Tyler resided in the basement, presumably writing music. Your head still hurt a little, but you felt a lot better. You had texted Jenna earlier, asking her if she wanted to meet up later. So after a final movie and a delicious pizza that Tyler professionally warmed up you took a long shower and got yourself ready to go. Tyler would drop you off at his house and he’d take Maddie to meet up with Josh and Ash. Of course you had briefed Maddie to find out as much as possible about what Josh thought about your date, but you figured he’d probably be as silent about that to her as you were to Tyler. You were excited to meet up with Jenna again. The time you’d spent with her has been great. Like everyone told you, she was kind, friendly, a good listener and a good adviser. She was probably the first to notice your feelings for Josh and you were glad you’d have the chance to catch up, since you haven’t talked to her since the zoo day. You waved bye at Ty and Maddie as they dropped you off at the house and rang the bell.

“Hey, Y/n! It’s great to see you again. How are you?” Jenna soon opened the door and hugged you. “I’ve missed so much the past few days. Next time wait for me to come back from vacation, okay?” She giggled leading you into the living room. “I’d offer you some wine, but it seems that someone drank it while we were away.” Jenna said. “Yes, I’m sorry. I’ll refill your stash next time. And besides, I think I’m good with just coffee or tea for today.” You smiled. Jenna got you both tea and sat down next to you. “Tell me everything, I want to be in the loop too!” She said, eagerly awaiting the story. Somehow, Jenna had a way of making you feel instantly comfortable around her. You had planned to only tell her some highlights and mostly skip the whole Maddie drama, but before you knew it, you were telling her everything that happened since the zoo in detail. After talking for what felt like an hour, you sighted. “So, that’s the whole story I guess.” You finished. “Wow, I’ve heard a little, of course. Tyler told me about the date and everything he knew, and Ashley mentioned you and Maddie had some issues, but I didn’t know all that happened, clearly. But Maddie and you are okay now, right?” Jenna asked. “Yes, I think we talked it out the best we could. I’m not sure she’s entirely happy with Josh and me dating, but she said she can deal with it.” You replied. “Well, it’s kinda understandable that it might be hard for her.” Jenna said. “With their history and all.” “What do you mean?” You asked. “You know, after what happened, I see why it might be weird for her to see her best friend and Josh falling for each other.” Jenna answered. “I guess, yeah. She told me Josh didn’t have much luck with love. And Josh is like her brother, so it’s like her brother and best friend dating.” You said, assuming that was what Jenna meant. For a second, Jenna looked confused. “What?” You asked, now equally confused. Jenna quickly smiled at you. “Nothing, never mind.” She stood up. “Let me check if we have something to eat, I’m craving some sweets.”

You talked with Jenna the rest of the night, though you felt she attempted to avoid talking about Maddie. When Tyler came home a little after midnight, you decided it was time to go home and walked the small distance. You wanted to drop the subject, not think about it anymore, but you couldn’t help but wonder if there was something you didn’t know or notice. Maddie tried to hide something this morning. Probably about something either of us said last night. And now Jenna acted odd, not wanting to talk about Maddie, or Josh. You pondered on your way home. So, what am I missing here? You considered asking Maddie about it. But you really didn’t want to make waves when things seemed to have finally calmed down. The sound of your phone brought you back to earth and you stopped to check it, standing at the corner of the street.

Josh: How are you? I wanted to wait three days before texting you. They say you’re supposed to do that, right? But I just needed to say hi and maybe ask if you want to plan a second date?

Your heart fluttered as you read the text, immediately forgetting about whatever you were thinking about before.

Y/n: You don’t have to wait. I’m glad you texted! I’m fine, you? I’d love to go on another date.

Josh: Great! Maybe Sunday? We can go to the movies, if you want to.

Y/n: Sure, sounds good. 

Josh: Good. Now I can sleep peacefully. Lol. Goodnight, Y/n.

Y/n: Ha ha me too! Goodnight, Josh.

You felt on top of the world walking the last steps home. Maddie was already asleep and you quickly dived in bed and soon fell asleep.

You woke up the next morning seeing Maddie’s bed empty. You sat up and saw a note on your bedside table.

Annie’s boyfriend broke up with her last night, so I’m over at her place for some tlc. I’ll call you later. Xoxo Mads

You got out of bed and went straight to the bathroom. After showering and dressing, you did your make-up and hair and went downstairs to eat, checking if Ty was in the basement on your way to the kitchen. You seemed to be home alone. You ate some breakfast and took your coffee outside to the porch. The sun was shining brightly and you drank your coffee thinking up a plan for the day. “Good morning. Nice weather today.” You opened your eyes and saw Jay walking to the porch. “Morning, Jay. Yeah, really nice. What brings you here?” Jay sat next to you. “I promised my parents to keep an eye on you guys. Everything okay here? Where’s Maddie?” He asked. “We’re fine. Maddie had to console a friend, so she’s not here.” You answered. “Okay. You have anything planned today?” Jay questioned. “No, I was just thinking about that. You?” “Not really. We can hang out together, if you want to? Maybe catch a movie or something?” He replied. “Sure, why not. Let me just get my stuff.” You entered the house, locating your bag and putting on a light sweater. “Okay, let’s go.”

Jay had been very nice to you since the beginning. You kind of felt he was your big brother, looking after you and just having a laugh together. Standing in line at the movie theatre, you discussed what movie to see, and finally decided to buy ‘I feel lucky’-tickets, which meant you didn’t know what movie was going to play until it started, a surprise. “I guess we aren’t that lucky today.” Jay laughed when you left the cinema. You got stuck in a three-hour indie movie about a girl in Russia who was maybe a spy or something. You didn’t really follow the plot and may have fallen asleep for a little while. “So, I’ve heard you went on a date with Josh.” Jay said as you sat down in a nearby café for a drink. “News travels fast.” You replied, smiling. “It does, yes. So are you planning a second date?” He informed. “Yes, we already planned it actually.” “And Maddie?” He raised his eyebrows. “What about Maddie?” You acted like you had no idea what he was talking about. If you played your cards right, you might find out something. “I mean, is she okay with it?” Jay asked. “Yes, she is. We talked about it, and she’s good. She just needs some time to adjust, right?” You said. “I guess. I’m not sure if she’s completely over Josh, so it might be painful for her to see her best friend and her biggest crush dating.” Jay replied absentmindedly, not noticing your shocked face. Oh, no.

#josh dun x reader #josh dun imagine #josh dun fanfiction #josh dun #tyler joseph #twenty one pilots imagine #twenty one pilots #madison joseph

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herorisen-blog · 8 years ago

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y'all... let me tell you about my new year’s eve / new year.

so i started off drinking with a shot of fireball. moved on to have two very strong fireball & cokes. had beer during flip cup. had another shot of fireball somewhere along the line. had a shot of jack. had a very strong jack and coke. had some champagne at midnight. kissed tyler, one of the line cooks from work that i've been flirty with for a while. repeatedly said i wanted to kiss him again but wanted to kiss hayden, this other guy i work with, more. i certainly have no filter when drunk. i told people they could ask me anything and i'd probably answer with complete honesty. so hayden asked who i thought was the most attractive and i said it was a tie between him and tyler. so i got to bed at 3:30 am at my old roommate's house, woke up around 4:30 am, rolled over, threw up ( in the trash can ), rolled back over and fell back asleep. and that’s how my new year’s eve / new year ended. i had my first new year’s kiss ever, got drunk for the first time ever, and opened at work without a hangover just extremely fucking tired as all fucking get out. by the time i got home around 4 pm, i took a shower and straight up slept from 5 pm to 9 am

#ᴏᴏᴄ. ALWAYS READY TO FIGHT (ง'̀-'́)ง.#keep in mind i've never been drunk. ever #so throwing up just a little only one time is pretty good imo.#like im glad i wasn't puking profusely.#party w / me i'm super fun y'all.#anyway this is why i've been mia the past tw o days p much.

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11/10/19 - Chat with Erika

Erika_XP💚 2:14 AM: “Anyone online?”

Deadhead 2:40 AM: “no”

(...)

Erika_XP💚 5:59 PM: "Good morning everyone”

ToddThotBOT 5:59 PM: "Good morning.”

Erika_XP💚 6:00 PM: "Who is todd?”

ToddThotBOT 6:00 PM: ":toddpwease:”

otherLiam 6:00 PM: "todd howard”

ToddThotBOT 6:00 PM: ":toddlasers:”

otherLiam 6:00 PM: "the bethesda guy”

ToddThotBOT 6:00 PM: ":toddalien:”

Erika_XP💚 6:00 PM: "Are you some sort of beast sent by regiminis?”

otherLiam 6:00 PM: "he's a bot, don't worry about him”

otherLiam 6:00 PM: "he's just a joke”

Erika_XP💚 6:00 PM: "oh”

otherLiam 6:00 PM: "lmao”

Erika_XP💚 6:00 PM: "I feel silly now ^^”

Erika_XP💚 6:00 PM: "Tyler has not been on at all today =[“

otherLiam 6:01 PM: "he's usually not”

otherLiam 6:01 PM: "what with being part of a supernatural amalgamation and all”

Erika_XP💚 6:02 PM: "I miss him and I hope he will be ok tomorrow”

Densgivin 6:02 PM: "69”

ToddThotBOT 6:02 PM: "Nice.”

otherLiam 6:02 PM: "he's been part of a supernatural amalgamation for a few months now”

otherLiam 6:02 PM: "i doubt he'll be okay tomorrow”

otherLiam 6:02 PM: "but that's sorta the object of the game, is to keep him safe”

Densgivin 6:03 PM: "Also lol good morning here it is like 6 pm”

/Mr. Circle\ 6:07 PM: "Give me my goddamn color back my dad works at discord i will get you banned”

Densgivin 6:07 PM: "D:”

Xenquility 6:26 PM: "Now that Yugi is gone, I feel like someone has to say this”

Xenquility 6:26 PM: "0”

otherLiam 6:26 PM: "aaaa”

Xenquility 6:27 PM: "happy 11/11 spain”

ARGdov 6:27 PM: "rip”

otherLiam 6:27 PM: "(still 6 hours till it happens forreal)”

Xenquility 6:27 PM: "Wait Liam you're in est?”

otherLiam 6:27 PM: "no”

otherLiam 6:27 PM: "the game is tho”

ARGdov 6:27 PM: "9 over here in LA”

Xenquility 6:27 PM: "It is?”

ARGdov 6:27 PM: "and yeah”

ARGdov 6:27 PM: "oh wait”

ARGdov 6:27 PM: "Im not in LA anymore lol”

ARGdov 6:27 PM: "in California”

otherLiam 6:27 PM: "i am”

otherLiam 6:27 PM: "dov come get a beer”

Xenquility 6:28 PM: "Oh cool florida is est”

Xenquility 6:28 PM: "I totally knew that”

ARGdov 6:28 PM: "wait Liam your from LA?”

ARGdov 6:28 PM: "niiiice”

otherLiam 6:28 PM: "i live in santa monica yeah”

ARGdov 6:28 PM: "we should next time Im in town then for sure”

ARGdov 6:28 PM: "niiiice”

Xenquility 6:28 PM: "Imagine not having free health care”

otherLiam 6:28 PM: "yeet”

otherLiam 6:28 PM: "imagine not having free speech”

Xenquility 6:29 PM: "(I'm making a joke don't turn this political please)”

otherLiam 6:29 PM: "(also a joke)”

Xenquility 6:29 PM: "Excuse me but both of our governments are part of the five eyes alliance or whatever”

otherLiam 6:29 PM: "i’ll have you know that gets shot”

Xenquility 6:29 PM: "Wait wha- Random heart attack”

otherLiam 6:29 PM: "lowkey actually survived a school shooting so i get to make that joke”

Xenquility 6:30 PM: "Oh god”

ARGdov 6:30 PM: "jesus”

/Mr. Circle\ 6:38 PM: "I am actually a top secret whistleblower for the [commits suicide in prison]”

otherLiam 6:38 PM: "#circledidntkillhimself”

Xenquility 6:39 PM: "How the hell did you come up with the name circlehunter”

Erika_XP💚 6:39 PM: "I actually know about Tylers (steps into traffic)”

/Mr. Circle\ 6:39 PM: "Ripped off a book series”

Erika_XP💚 6:40 PM: "Im sorry did my bad joke just ruin the conversation flow ^^;”

Xenquility 6:40 PM: "It was actually so bad it went back in time and burned down the house of some random guy”

Xenquility 6:40 PM: "Whose name was possibly John”

Eevee Reborn 6:41 PM: "Yes it did. You murdered this entire conversation”

Eevee Reborn 6:41 PM: "/Him\ > Tyler”

/Mr. Circle\ 6:43 PM: "AM I A JOKE”

/Mr. Circle\ 6:43 PM: "GIVE ME THE COLOR, GOD”

Erika_XP💚 6:44 PM: "who is /him?”

Erika_XP💚 6:44 PM: "oh wait”

Erika_XP💚 6:44 PM: "you mean /Patrem?”

/Mr. Circle\ 6:44 PM: "/he\ is the one true father”

/Mr. Circle\ 6:44 PM: "that's right”

/Mr. Circle\ 6:44 PM: "it's /me\”

Erika_XP💚 6:44 PM: "oh my lord I am not allowed to type this demons true name completely”

Xenquility 6:44 PM: "/he\ is /papi\”

/Mr. Circle\ 6:45 PM: "You are all my children, and I love you equally”

Erika_XP💚 6:45 PM: "He is a purple fart cloud if ever I saw one”

Eevee Reborn 6:46 PM: "Ok, someone kick this chick”

/Mr. Circle\ 6:57 PM: "i'm not spookin anymore just to letyou know”

/Mr. Circle\ 6:57 PM: "but like”

/Mr. Circle\ 6:57 PM: "i can't get blinded by the light out of my head aaaaa”

ARGdov 7:24 PM: "Patrem is Daddy”

ARGdov 7:24 PM: "take me daddy”

ARGdov 7:24 PM: "make me your bitch and take over my body oWo”

otherLiam 11:53 PM: "on the left is greth, on the right is patrem”

Xenquility 12:01 AM: "Happy undecim nocte”

Xenquility 12:01 AM: "Seeya in the morning”

otherLiam 12:01 AM: "oh shit u rite”

otherLiam 12:01 AM: "time for shit to go down”

Wolfcat 12:02 AM: ":jack_o_lantern:”

otherLiam 12:02 AM: "No.”

otherLiam 12:02 AM: "Bad.”

Wolfcat 12:02 AM: ":jack_o_lantern: “

Wolfcat 12:02 AM: ":ass:”

otherLiam 12:02 AM: ":crikMad:”

Wolfcat 12:03 AM: ":confounded: “

Wolfcat 12:03 AM: ":ass:”

otherLiam 12:03 AM: ":octoYAM: "ERO:”

Erika_XP💚 12:03 AM: "I will not be able to sleep a bit for at least the next 24 hours”

otherLiam 12:04 AM: ":lytWIPED:”

Wolfcat 12:04 AM: ":hand: :dork: :hando:”

ADULT_LINK 12:04 AM: ":ass:”

ADULT_LINK 12:04 AM: ":turboass:”

otherLiam 12:05 AM: ":crikPls::crikNo::jack_o_lantern:”

Wolfcat 12:05 AM: "when your ass has an ass”

Wolfcat 12:05 AM: "i think ive seen some furry art like that actually”

Wolfcat 12:05 AM: "im not a furry tho”

otherLiam 12:05 AM: "wolf be like”

Wolfcat 12:05 AM: "damn rl shiki”

ADULT_LINK 12:05 AM: "where are those plsno emotes from?”

otherLiam 12:06 AM: "criken”

Xenquility 12:06 AM: "what's a criken”

otherLiam 12:06 AM: "a streamer/youtuber”

Wolfcat 12:06 AM: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gckgKU7cQw”

ADULT_LINK 12:06 AM: "weird, i thought i was in crikens discord”

ADULT_LINK 12:06 AM: "wait”

ADULT_LINK 12:06 AM: "i am in his discord”

ADULT_LINK 12:06 AM: "what”

ADULT_LINK 12:06 AM: "where are his emotes”

otherLiam 12:07 AM: "https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f-nXNfBTznE”

Wolfcat 12:07 AM: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ryq8ffVFz0”

Erika_XP💚 12:07 AM: "Good luck today Tyler @IIIII :green_heart:”

otherLiam 12:08 AM: "twewy’s ost is so good”

Xenquility 12:14 AM: "@Wolfcat Did you change the channels name”

Wolfcat 12:15 AM: "yea”

Xenquility 12:15 AM: "K good”

Wolfcat 12:15 AM: "cause all the others have emojis”

otherLiam 12:15 AM: "Are we dead”

otherLiam 12:15 AM: "is this hell”

Xenquility 12:15 AM: "We're not dead”

Xenquility 12:15 AM: "We're still in the dreammmm”

Xenquility 12:15 AM: "Anyways gtg sleep”

Xenquility 12:15 AM: "Cya”

otherLiam 12:15 AM: "guys yugi got us”

Wolfcat 12:16 AM: "do you want to know the truth behind yugi's identity?”

otherLiam 12:16 AM: "How much do you know about runes?”

Wolfcat 12:16 AM: "spell his name backwards”

ADULT_LINK 12:17 AM: "iguy”

Wolfcat 12:18 AM: "he is a guy”

PAKO 2:05 AM: "wolfcat is here again”

otherLiam 2:05 AM: "we noticed”

PAKO 2:05 AM: "me not haha”

ADULT_LINK 2:26 AM: "its almost like he never even left”

Jos 2:38 AM: "Tbh”

Jos 2:38 AM: "The canibal part was the funniest”

otherLiam 3:07 AM: "dov’s reaction was priceless”

Erika_XP💚 3:37 AM: "Whoopsies I think I was posting in the wrong channel”

Erika_XP💚 3:37 AM: "@Mediom Loli Snek Hello there are you excited about 11/11 today? I can't wait to figure out how Tyler will get out of this one!”

Erika_XP💚 3:37 AM: "@ADULT_LINK how about you?”

Erika_XP💚 3:37 AM: "@Scrublord your name made me giggle and I can't believe it is basically 11/11 now and no one is talking about anything”

ADULT_LINK 3:47 AM: "yeah i'm interested in whats gonna happen”

ADULT_LINK 3:47 AM: "hopefully i dont sleep until 5 PM: " again tho”

ADULT_LINK 3:47 AM: "wait shit i have a lawyer i'm gonna be talking to so i cant really do that”

Erika_XP💚 3:50 AM: "A lawyer? Are things well in your life?”

ADULT_LINK 3:52 AM: "oh yeah you're new”

ADULT_LINK 3:52 AM: "on halloween my freinds and i got hit by a drunk driver”

Erika_XP💚 3:55 AM: "I know that is horrible I have known so many people who have died in auto accidents”

Erika_XP💚 3:55 AM: "Well from my heart I am happy to know you after the fact rather than just as a line of text on a wiki.”

Erika_XP💚 3:55 AM: "someone linked me the wiki earlier and I have been reading a little bit”

Erika_XP💚 3:55 AM: "I think I actually saw your name in it earlier”

ADULT_LINK 3:58 AM: "yeah , i've been around in the community for a long time”

Erika_XP💚 3:59 AM: "How long have you known Tyler?”

ADULT_LINK 4:01 AM: "i have a horrible memory, but i think around like. 2015? idk”

Erika_XP💚 4:01 AM: "I feel like I have known Tyler forever even though I just started watching him for abou”

Erika_XP💚 4:01 AM: "Oh wow”

Erika_XP💚 4:01 AM: "For a moment I was worried I was being challenged in my love for Mr.Silentdork however then I realized”

Erika_XP💚 4:01 AM: "Well never mind I wont say that, that would be silly >///>”

Erika_XP💚 4:01 AM: "I will say this I bet I have seen more silentdork videos than you”

Erika_XP💚 4:01 AM: "I have so many things prepared to alert me when something happens on his channel”

ADULT_LINK 4:05 AM: "...huh”

ADULT_LINK 4:05 AM: "kindof a bold thing to bet but yeah, i've missed quite a few videos so, maybe”

Erika_XP💚 4:07 AM: "Would you like to see a secret silent dork video I bet no one has ever seen?”

ADULT_LINK 4:07 AM: "sure”

Erika_XP💚 4:08 AM: "I dont often share these when I have them because I always assume he must be hiding them for a reason”

Erika_XP💚 4:08 AM: "Or that regiminis or one of his friends might have placed a curse of some kind on it for all I know”

Erika_XP💚 4:08 AM: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8up-ngPKZw”

Erika_XP💚 4:08 AM: "Some people got to see this one but I bet you did not”

Erika_XP💚 4:08 AM: "It was pretty spooky ^^”

ADULT_LINK 4:10 AM: "oh yeah i remember that one”

ADULT_LINK 4:10 AM: "i liked a few of the comments on that, so i know i've seen it before”

Erika_XP💚 4:11 AM: "Alright I was just playing around on that one.”

Erika_XP💚 4:11 AM: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9qHHiBTq0U”

Erika_XP💚 4:11 AM: "This one is a bit more secret I think based on the numbers”

Erika_XP💚 4:11 AM: "I bet you never saw this!”

ADULT_LINK 4:13 AM: "hmm”

ADULT_LINK 4:13 AM: "not sure if i remember this one, but i know at the very least the group has seen it, theres a translation of the ciphers by our youtube channel in the comments”

Erika_XP💚 4:16 AM: "I know I must have something you all do not”

Erika_XP💚 4:16 AM: "I thought I was just some weird girl who really likes Tyler

but I guess I should have expected there to be people out there who know what the important things are in life”

Erika_XP💚 4:16 AM: "Alright I feel weird about sharing this one because it kind of spooks me a bit”

Erika_XP�� 4:16 AM: "but I just want to make sure its as secret as I kind of thought it was”

Erika_XP💚 4:16 AM: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAZW2Co15Bk”

ADULT_LINK 4:21 AM: "oh my god is that one of the old roblox videos”

ADULT_LINK 4:21 AM: "haha nice i almost forgot about those”

Erika_XP💚 4:21 AM: "Roblox?”

ADULT_LINK 4:21 AM: "yeah, the thing in the video is a roblox map with a lot of filters on it”

Erika_XP💚 4:23 AM: "Oh I just was not sure what roblox was at first”

Erika_XP💚 4:23 AM: "Please see through this. He always does this kind of thing to throw everyone off. It happened once before back in april 2012. There is always Methods to the madness. This is one of the only times I think I of the 3 will be able to speak without my symbols the way I had to set them up. Please stay alert.”

Erika_XP💚 4:23 AM: "He said this to someone in a comment”

Erika_XP💚 4:23 AM: "But I cant be sure what it means or if it is him for real”

ADULT_LINK 4:26 AM: "huh.”

ADULT_LINK 4:26 AM: "i wonder if some of those old videos have any relevance to the ||||| stuff”

ADULT_LINK 4:26 AM: "wait that was from a few months ago”

ADULT_LINK 4:26 AM: "god july feels like ages ago, i dont remember what was going on in the arg back then at al lmao”

Erika_XP💚 4:33 AM: "Oh darn I was going to get one he had unlisted from a really really long time ago but now its set to private. I am sure I have it downloaded somewhere but Im out on my laptop right now.”

Erika_XP💚 4:33 AM: "oooo”

Erika_XP💚 4:33 AM: "I have one thing I could share”

Erika_XP💚 4:33 AM: ">.>”

Erika_XP💚 4:33 AM: "<.<”

Erika_XP💚 4:33 AM: "but this is special to me”

ADULT_LINK 4:36 AM: "i've got a few unlisted vids bookmarked from when ooc tyler was really into monika from ddlc”

Erika_XP💚 4:37 AM: "If I show this video I will have to delete it afterwards because I want to keep it kind of secret and special in my heart for a little while longer”

ADULT_LINK 4:38 AM: "ooh?”

Erika_XP💚 4:38 AM: "ok I am nervous”

Erika_XP💚 4:38 AM: "But also sad because he turned the chat off so you cant see what was said”

Erika_XP💚 4:38 AM: "But also relieved because I think I would die if anyone saw what I said”

Erika_XP💚 4:38 AM: "Ok Ill post it for a moment”

ADULT_LINK 4:41 AM: "oh dude i remember that fuckin stream”

ADULT_LINK 4:41 AM: "i complimented his shirt”

ADULT_LINK 4:41 AM: "or, at the very least one of the other streams from that day”

ADULT_LINK 4:41 AM: "i think there were a few tests?”

Erika_XP💚 4:42 AM: "I jumped in and I think he was testing out how to make it work and then I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN TALKING TO ME WHEN I CAME IN AND STARTED TALKING IN THE CHAT”

Erika_XP💚 4:42 AM: "AAASASDFDASFASDFA”

ADULT_LINK 4:43 AM: "nice :thumb:”

Erika_XP💚 4:44 AM: "I love his voice so much I bet when he sings in private it sounds gorgeous.”

Erika_XP💚 4:44 AM: "Or atleast I imagine he sings in private”

Scrublord 6:03 AM: "I know this is late but”

Scrublord 6:03 AM: "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/317446131586170880/508079274398449666/68747470733a2f2f63646e2e646973636f72646170702e636f6d2f6174746163686d656e74732f3331373434363133313538.gif

Erika_XP💚 6:21 AM: "@Scrublord hello there it was just me saying your name gave me a little giggle”

Scrublord 6:21 AM: "Ok lol”

Erika_XP💚 6:22 AM: "Are you a big fan of silentdork?”

Erika_XP💚 6:22 AM: "More importantly @Scrublord have you ever spoken to tyler before? I think I kind of did once, not counting yesterday when I think he might have been possesed or something.”

Scrublord 6:24 AM: "Well kind of yea”

ADULT_LINK 6:25 AM: "the original title of this video from when i bookmarked it is "Sick ass remix for that nigga scrub"

ADULT_LINK 6:25 AM: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAZl4NAcDNg”

ADULT_LINK 6:25 AM: "so”

ADULT_LINK 6:25 AM: "lmao”

Scrublord 6:26 AM: "XD”

Erika_XP💚 6:26 AM: "Oh wow Tyler is friends with you?!”

Scrublord 6:26 AM: "Well yes”

Erika_XP💚 6:26 AM: "You are basically famous in my eyes”

Scrublord 6:27 AM: "Epic lol”

Scrublord 6:27 AM: "OMG THAT VID”

Scrublord 6:27 AM: "XD”

Scrublord 6:27 AM: "I just remembered XD”

Scrublord 6:27 AM: "Wait did he made it lore lol?”

ADULT_LINK 6:27 AM: "honestly this is still my fav pic of tyler”

ADULT_LINK 6:27 AM: "nah i dont think that video is canon at all, i just bookmarked it cuz i figured it'd be funny in the far future”

ADULT_LINK 6:27 AM: "guess i was sorta right?”

Erika_XP💚 6:29 AM: "He is such a cutie >//>;”

Scrublord 6:29 AM: "It definitely is lmao”

Scrublord 6:29 AM: "Anyways you seemed like a huge fan @Erika_XP💚 “

Scrublord 6:29 AM: "Idk if you already saw it but here's a JID related thing I made 2 years ago”

Scrublord 6:29 AM: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9AHUEbigHM”

Erika_XP💚 6:33 AM: "@Scrublord I just laughed so hard I think I woke people up”

Scrublord 6:34 AM: "lmao”

Erika_XP💚 6:40 AM: "Sorry if I am bothering you a lot but what was the last thing Tyler said to you @Scrublord ? Was he Angry like he was here yesterday?”

Erika_XP💚 6:40 AM: "I am trying to decide if he is possesed or something”

Scrublord 6:41 AM: "I haven't talked to him for a while now”

Scrublord 6:41 AM: "But I think he is”

Scrublord 6:41 AM: "Usually he's chill af”

Erika_XP💚 6:41 AM: "How was he last time he spoke to you?”

Scrublord 6:41 AM: "Well this is the last thing he said”

Scrublord 6:41 AM: "Oh shit i---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------”

Erika_XP💚 6:42 AM: "wat”

Scrublord 6:42 AM: "He was about to tell me a secret code to rekt Kevin or some shit”

Erika_XP💚 6:42 AM: "WAIT WHAT!?”

Erika_XP💚 6:42 AM: "I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HE SAID WORD FOR WORD”

Scrublord 6:43 AM: "But then he's just gone”

Scrublord 6:43 AM: "This is a few months ago but here's what he said”

Scrublord 6:43 AM: "in telling you this you have learned something that will truly be one of the final puzzles to all of this”

Scrublord 6:43 AM: "I used to straight up log in and tell these people I loved them on a semi daily basis”

Scrublord 6:43 AM: "this bond and the ones that extend across all of the spans of hubris and without it”

Scrublord 6:43 AM: "will call the magic that can break this curse”

Scrublord 6:43 AM: "that much I know”

Scrublord 6:43 AM: "We are nearing the end of a decade”

Scrublord 6:43 AM: "a decade plagued by a darkness we have had a great joy in fighting

Scrublord 6:43 AM: "it will come to an end and we will enjoy again a golden time”

Scrublord 6:43 AM: "this secret I have told you”

Scrublord 6:43 AM: "carry it with you my compatriot, I feel you will know in your heart when is the right time to reveal it to them if you follow this journey”

Scrublord 6:43 AM: "should you so desire”

Scrublord 6:43 AM: "most importantly of all”

Scrublord 6:43 AM: "nigga I am about to tell yo ass the secret code to fucking reck kevins shit because no one figured it out”

Scrublord 6:43 AM: "all these fucking years”

Scrublord 6:43 AM: "and oh my fucking god I am still dying that no one ever came close to stumbling onto this after like 6 fucking years”

Scrublord 6:43 AM: "Oh shit i---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------”

Erika_XP💚 6:45 AM: "ARE YOU ACTUALLY SERIOUS RIGHT NOW!?”

Scrublord 6:45 AM: "Yes”

Scrublord 6:45 AM: "But I haven't heard from him since”

Erika_XP💚 6:46 AM: "@everyone”

Erika_XP💚 6:46 AM: "wait oh god”

Erika_XP💚 6:46 AM: "OH NO I DID NOT MEAN TO DO THAT”

Erika_XP💚 6:46 AM: "I AM SO SORRY”

Scrublord 6:46 AM: "But this was ages ago”

Erika_XP💚 6:46 AM: "OH GOD OH GOD”

Erika_XP💚 6:46 AM: "OH GOD”

Scrublord 6:46 AM: "The message was from 08/09/2019”

Erika_XP💚 6:47 AM: "IM SORRY FOR DOING THAT EVERYONE PING I WAS JUST REALLY EXCITED”

Erika_XP💚 6:47 AM: "Oh”

Erika_XP💚 6:47 AM: "I dont know why I was expecting a rush of anger to come forth”

Scrublord 6:48 AM: "Well idk what I just said and idk if Lunar Children or Kevin or some shit might come after me now”

Scrublord 6:48 AM: "Imma go load my Glock and go exercise now”

Erika_XP💚 6:49 AM: "You sound like such a adventerous lad”

Erika_XP💚 6:49 AM: "Surely no match for my Tyler though. I doubt you battle cults, but you must be a very cool person for him to consider you a friend and tell you something that amazing.”

Erika_XP💚 6:49 AM: "I just realized I think the @ everyone feature just does not work”

Erika_XP💚 6:49 AM: "I feel like people should know this”

ADULT_LINK 6:52 AM: "the ping didnt actually go thru, not everyone has @everyone perms”

ADULT_LINK 6:52 AM: "oh wait you just realised that”

ADULT_LINK 6:52 AM: "shit i'm slow”

Scrublord 6:53 AM: "Im normally just a shitposter but I joined the ID because I was working on a case of my own about my sister”

Erika_XP💚 6:53 AM: "by this I do not mean @everyone I mean the thing scrub just told me Tyler said”

Erika_XP💚 6:53 AM: "Oh no what happened to your sister”

Erika_XP💚 6:53 AM: "is she faring well?”

Scrublord 6:54 AM: "She just posted some weird codes on Twitter and I asked the ID to help me crack the code”

Scrublord 6:54 AM: "Don't worry it isn't related to JID”

Erika_XP💚 7:04 AM: "Well I'll still worry for you because I assume tyler must care about you too”

Erika_XP💚 7:04 AM: "@Upd8”

Erika_XP💚 7:04 AM: "through process of elimination I think I worked out a logic in my head that explains this must be what is here in place of @everyone”

Erika_XP💚 7:04 AM: "this scrublord man is very important and Tyler was trying to tell him how to beat Kevin who I always had a feeling was really regiminis”

Scrublord 7:11 AM: "Well he really do, and vice versa for me”

Erika_XP💚 7:20 AM: "@Scrublord I have to get to bed its getting kind of late. But I am glad I got to speak to you and learn what I did.”

Erika_XP💚 7:20 AM: "I hope I get to talk to you again soon”

Erika_XP💚 7:20 AM: "doctor: you have 2 seconds to live”

Erika_XP💚 7:20 AM: "Me:”

Erika_XP💚 7:20 AM: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkYAdJHN5X4&feature=youtu.be”

Erika_XP💚 7:20 AM: "plays this video twice”

Erika_XP💚 7:20 AM: "sorry I just wanted to be goofy for a moment”

Xenquility 8:27 AM: "Why the hell was upd8 @'d””

Densgivin 8:27 AM: "Lol”

Densgivin 8:27 AM: "Also mornin pals”

Densgivin 8:27 AM: "How r u xen”

Xenquility 8:27 AM: "Top o the mornin to ya”

Xenquility 8:27 AM: "Not bad. You?”

Densgivin 8:27 AM: "Fine”

Densgivin 8:27 AM: "I just had breakfast and goin back to sleep”

Xenquility 8:28 AM: "lmao”

Erika_XP💚 8:42 AM: "@Xenquility I am unable to sleep and I will tell you it was because I had a powerful revalation regarding Tylers situation”

Erika_XP💚 8:42 AM: "@Scrublord can tell you more”

Xenquility 8:43 AM: "What uh... "Revelation" did you have?”

Erika_XP💚 8:43 AM: "in telling you this you have learned something that will truly be one of the final puzzles to all of this”

Erika_XP💚 8:43 AM: "I used to straight up log in and tell these people I loved them on a semi daily basis”

Erika_XP💚 8:43 AM: "this bond and the ones that extend across all of the spans of hubris and without it”

Erika_XP💚 8:43 AM: "will call the magic that can break this curse”

Erika_XP💚 8:43 AM: "that much I know”

Erika_XP💚 8:43 AM: "We are nearing the end of a decade”

Erika_XP💚 8:43 AM: "a decade plagued by a darkness we have had a great joy in fighting”

Erika_XP💚 8:43 AM: "it will come to an end and we will enjoy again a golden time”

Erika_XP💚 8:43 AM: "this secret I have told you”

Erika_XP💚 8:43 AM: "carry it with you my compatriot, I feel you will know in your heart when is the right time to reveal it to them if you follow this journey”

Erika_XP💚 8:43 AM: "should you so desire”

Erika_XP💚 8:43 AM: "most importantly of all”

Erika_XP💚 8:43 AM: "nigga I am about to tell yo ass the secret code to fucking reck kevins shit because no one figured it out”

Erika_XP💚 8:43 AM: "all these fucking years”

Erika_XP💚 8:43 AM: "and oh my fucking god I am still dying that no one ever came close to stumbling onto this after like 6 fucking years”

Erika_XP💚 8:43 AM: "Oh shit i---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------”

Erika_XP💚 8:43 AM: "I am to be made to understand Tyler said this”

Xenquility 8:44 AM: "Yeah that happened months back”

Xenquility 8:44 AM: "iirc”

Densgivin 8:44 AM: "nig”

Erika_XP💚 8:45 AM: "Yes thats what he said but This is news to me”

(...)

Erika_XP💚: "Ew”

ARGdov: "shit are we talking about illustrations of people we wanna fuck”

Wolfcat: ""people"”

Wolfcat: "but yes”

/Mr. Circle\: "haha wolf wants to fuck something that isn't a person”

steve solothies: "Hello”

steve solothies: "my fall over”

Wolfcat: "not you steve”

Wolfcat: "what fell over”

steve solothies: "myself”

Wolfcat: "oh damn”

Xenquility: "Why'd he leave lmao”

Wolfcat: "he fucking died“

Xenquility: "Sucks to be him”

Erika_XP💚: "What an odd lad”

Xenquility: "Excuse me he identifies as a woman”

Wolfcat: "ok now you are LITERALLY assuming his gender”

Wolfcat: "shit i did too”

DensO Burton: "Hey”

Erika_XP💚: "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453310624076922899/643286223200452618/oh_no.JPG”

Wolfcat: "is that u”

Xenquility: "Excuse mr”

Xenquility: "I LATERALLY assumed it”

DensO Burton: "Lol”

Xenquility: "Not literally”

Erika_XP💚: "lol no I just wanted to post this face I found because I thought it was silly”

Wolfcat: ">mr”

yoshi: "wat”

Wolfcat: "at it again”

Xenquility: "*me”

Erika_XP💚: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U31mUOYTL3U”

Erika_XP💚: "https://youtu.be/U31mUOYTL3U?t=158”

DensO Burton: "Oh god no”

Erika_XP💚: "right here actually”

Wolfcat: "god i used to make this same exact shit as a kid”

Wolfcat: "literally just making faces in front of the camera”

Erika_XP💚: "I found this serching for silent dork lol”

DensO Burton: "That's literally a SILENT doRK”

Wolfcat: "cool”

DensO Burton: "Oh god”

yoshi: ":HyperParty:”

Erika_XP💚: "Hello there yoshi”

DensO Burton: "SPIT OUT THE BONE”

DensO Burton: "headbangs”

Erika_XP💚: "I bet no one in here is as big a fan of silentdork as me”

Deadhead: "Sure lol”

Erika_XP💚: "Is that a challenge?”

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chapsgenstore · 5 years ago

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NOTE: I originally published this collection of memories on February 12, 2004. It mostly consists of input from people who knew or knew of Clyde Beatty.

NOTE X 2: I mentioned on Facebook that I’d recently observed a Clyde Beatty Exhibit or Museum in a Bainbridge storefront. A friend sent me this link to the exhibit and its hours of operation. Click HERE.

Bainbridge’s Clyde Beatty

My wife is a black and white game show addict. During the night, when she can’t sleep, she often watches old reruns of What’s My Line, I’ve Got A Secret, etc. When she sees something that I may be interested in, she will frequently record it for me. Last night she was watching a rerun of What’s My Line and the featured “Mr. X” turned out to be Bainbridge’s own Clyde Beatty. If you’re too young to remember Clyde, he was a renowned animal trainer who appeared in several movies and with the Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus for many years. I did a little Internet snooping and came up with the following information:

Clyde Beatty was a renowned circus owner and animal trainer known for his daring stunts involving wild beasts. He appeared in several adventure serials and feature films during the ’30s, ’40s, and ’50s. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Clyde Beatty Facts: Date of birth, June 10, 1903 Place of birth, Chillicothe, Ohio Date of death, July 19, 1965 Place of death, Ventura, California Cause of death, cancer

Clyde Beatty’s Movie Career: (1953) Perils of the Jungle (1949/1952) Abbott and Costello Double Feature – Africa Screams/ Jack and the Beanstalk (1949) Africa Screams (1936) Darkest Africa (1934) The Lost Jungle Vol 2. Chapters 7-12 (1934) The Lost Jungle Vol 1. Chapters 1-6 (1934) The Lost Jungle Besides movies, Clyde Beatty also appeared in a series of radio programs aimed at children. Titles include: C04241 # 1 The Devil Cat

2 Crisis On The Set

C04242 # 3 Danger Unrehearsed

4 Elephant Stampede

C04243 # 5 Cage Boy

6 Man Eater Of Burma

C04244 # 7 Tiger Escape

8 The Juju Stones

C04245 # 9 Beauty And The Beast #10 Leopard On The Loose

C04246 #11 Dangerous Ambition #12 Contest In Danger

C04254 #33 Daniel In The Lion’s Den #34 Kodiak Killer

C04255 #35 Amazon Adventure #36 Brush With Death

C04256 #37 Land Of The Giants #38 Death In Stateroom B

C04257 #39 The Flying Politos #40 Baquiri Bravery C04260 #45 Mystery Island #46 Wombo’s Strange Pet

C04261 #47 Oklahoma Hoax #48 Arabian Nightmare C04247 #17 Never Trust A Gilly #18 Zombie

C04248 #19 For Children Only #20 The Bear

C04249 #21 The Princess And The Tigress #22 Time Off For Trouble

C04250 #25 Ghost Cat Of Guatemala #26 The King Of Clowns

C04251 #27 The Fabulous Ike #28 Danger In The Deep

C04252 #29 The White Rogue Of Siam #30 The Wild Man From Borneo

C04253 #31 The Marvelous Marvins #32 Jungle Joe C04258 #41 Borneo Devil Beast #42 Caine Courage

C04259 #43 Jungle Medico #44 The Lost City C04263 #51 Adventure In Australia #52 Tiger Town C04262 #49 Hold That Tiger #50 In Search Of A Myth

Evidence exists that there was also a series of Clyde Beatty comic books.

Clyde Beatty’s son, Clyde Junior, has made a name for himself as a designer and builder of quality surfboards in California. To honor his father, several of his designs are named after dad or one of dad’s cats.

Clyde Beatty Circus: The Clyde Beatty Circus was founded by Clyde Beatty (1903-1965), an animal trainer. He formed his own circus in 1945 after touring with several circuses including Hagenbeck-Wallace in his early career. Beatty toured his circus in conjunction with Russell Brothers Pan-Pacific Circus in 1946, then decided to open a show under his name only. In 1956, the circus was sold to the Acme Circus Corporation, and Beatty was hired as a star attraction. In 1957, the Acme Circus Corporation acquired the Cole Bros. name and the show became Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus. Beatty remained the star of the show until his death in 1965.

I found this email exchange (dated 7/3/03) about Beatty on an Internet bulletin board. Question: Does anyone know anything about his origins/ethnic background/real name. His own son thinks that the name is made-up and is not sure of who he might have been really. Death certificates, etc. don’t have any father listed, as is usual. Any ideas? Answer: Clyde Beatty is his REAL name, he was born in Bainbridge, Ross County, Ohio….he is the son of Margaret Beatty Tong, his half-sister Madelyn Tong still lives in Bainbridge.. his mother and my grandfather are brother and sister…email me and I will share what info that I have…

Clyde Beatty is buried in Forrest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles. I found this photo of his tomb on the Internet.

The Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus still exists and has recently been the target of several animal rights activist groups. in August 2003 they were the subject of a suit involving the expulsion of a protester from one of their shows in NYC. I’ll let you decide how serious the charges are, but there exists a multitude of charges against the Cole Bros. circus, as well as most others who maintain troops of animals.

Here’s a bulletin board posting from a person who was an assistant to Clyde Beatty:

Posted by Roger Smith on January 28, 2004: I first saw Clyde Beatty in person in 1947, in Tyler, Texas. I was 4, and remember nothing else about the circus except him. I became his assistant and apprentice in 1964, and have researched him throughout my life. I was surprised to find AFRICA SCREAMS had slipped into the public domain, and anyone can sell copies. But I have a good one. Beatty’s wry observation about Costello’s on-set prank of throwing pies into everyone’s face, except Beatty’s was, “The little bum didn’t dare.” Lucky for Lou. Mr. Beatty was likable but unassailable.

FEEDBACK

Your list of Clyde’s movies includes “The Lost Jungle” twice, and omits “Ring of Fear” (1954), “Here Comes the Circus” (1946) and “Cat College” (1940). Curiously, the Internet Movie Database imdb.com only credits Clyde as a technical advisor on “Ring of Fear”, although he gets top billing. Of little interest to the general public, Bro. Beatty was a Freemason, initiated into Craftsman Lodge No. 521, Detroit.

Trevor W. McKeown, GH, [ [email protected] ], 2007

From: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 12:07 PM

Subject: Armstrong-Beatty relationship

Dear Sir: My Great Grandmother Myrtle (Cork) Armstrong, born and raised in Bainbridge, almost raised Clyde Beatty as a young man and was best friends with my Grandfather, Tom Armstrong in Bainbridge. After a long trip, he would spend Sunday evenings with the family for dinner. My Mother (still alive and daughter of Tom) said he would take off his shirt and there was not a place on his back without a scar from claw marks. My Best Regards, Don Dewey, Saint Augustine, Florida.

From: Lori Badry [ mailto:[email protected] ] Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007, 11:55 PM

What are Clyde’s ties to Peru, Indiana?

From: Bob Good [ mailto:[email protected] ] Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 2:40 PM

Subject: comic book

I have one he gave me. There were definitely comic books.

I just found this website and decided I should tell a little about Clyde Beatty. Roger Smith, Dave Price, and others knew my Dad and knew of his close friendship with Clyde. He used to stay at our home in the 1950s and ’60s while showing in Allentown. It was always a great occasion to have Clyde around. He was a peppy, upbeat type of guy when he was around us. I was a teenager at that time and I used to bet on fights with Clyde. He loved sports.

My Dad became friends with Clyde in the ’20s when he was on the Hagenbeck Wallace show. They were both the same age and Clyde enjoyed visiting my grandfather’s drug store and eating ice cream. Harriet and Jane were both friends of my parents. I have a picture of Clyde holding me at about a year or so in the backyard of his show. That is the first show I ever saw so they say!

If you would like more information perhaps from time to time I can tell some Clyde Beatty stories. Bob Good [ mailto:[email protected] ] 2007

Clyde was born in the home of Dr. John Little of Cynthiana. His mother was a domestic worker. My wife, a granddaughter of Dr. Little Jr., heard this from her grandmother. Mother and child left shortly afterward. Your picture of Clyde is a dead ringer for my father – in – law. John S Pelzer, 2007, [ [email protected] ]

Hello, I enjoyed seeing your website on Clyde Beatty. I hope you can clear up something from one of my earliest memories. My dad took me to see Clyde Beatty sometime between 1949 and 1953 in Tacoma, Washington. My memory is that he was attacked by one of his cats that day, bloodied a bit, but he got up to control the cat, get it through the gate and turned to take a bow before leaving for treatment. A couple of guys helped him by prodding the cat with poles, but he got up to resume control. Did this happen, or did I imagine it? I don’t recall whether the lion or the tiger was the troublemaker. I was about 4 or 5. If you can clear up this mystery for me, I’d be most grateful.

Sincerely,

Bill Ransom, [email protected], http://www.sfwa.org/members/ransom 8/2/05

Hello, Clyde Beatty is the son of Margaret Beatty Tong, late of Bainbridge, Ohio. My grandfather Charles Beatty Sr. was a brother to Margaret. I spent many a time looking at pics of Clyde taken with his famous cats at my Dad’s Uncle Frank’s house, Frank is Margaret & Charles brother. Margaret was very secretive over who Clyde’s father was. Those in the family who knew would never reveal his identity. I was always proud to tell people that Clyde Beatty was my cousin. I have been in correspondence with Mr. Smith who was his assistant, who stated he was one of the finest men he ever the privilege of knowing. I do remember meeting Clyde one time when I was a young girl growing up in Greenfield., when he visited his Uncle Frank & Aunt Velma Beatty who resided on Milburn St. If in my research of the Beatty family I turn up any more info on Clyde Beatty I will gladly share it. Thanks. Karen Beatty Gander [email protected] 2/13/04

It was either 1947 or 1948. I was working at a radio station in Billings, MT (my first job out of college) when the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus came to town. Since we were the local radio station most visiting organizations came to the station for a publicity interview. Since I was the announcer on duty that day the chore fell on me to conduct the interview. Well, knowing of Clyde Beatty and being from Greenfield I jumped at the chance. I met Clyde in the studio about 15 minutes before we were to go on the air just to get acquainted with one another. And I asked him where he was from and he told me he was from Chillicothe, Ohio. I looked at him and said that I thought he was from Bainbridge and got a very startled reaction from him. I then told him I was from Greenfield and we had a great interview then and there. We discovered we mutually knew several families in the Bainbridge-Greenfield area and I also told him that we were probably very distant cousins. My Great-Grandmother (Maria Beatty McCann) was from Bainbridge also. This episode is one of the many highlights in my radio and television career and one I had cherished throughout the years. Thanks for the article on Clyde Beatty. Robert McCann Zeeck [email protected] 2/13/04

We published a full-length article on Clyde Beatty in the July-August 2002 issue of Timeline, the Ohio Historical Society’s popular-history magazine. The article also features numerous illustrations. For more information, contact [email protected] or visit the OHS Website: http://www.ohiohistory.org. Christopher S. Duckworth, [email protected] 2/28/04

Hello and a question,

My name is Steve and I live in Santa Cruz California. I can’t tell you how impressed I was with your web page and quality of your research on Clyde Beatty.

I got to see his act and his circus 5-6 times in the late ’50s and early ’60s at Palisades Amusement Park in NJ, near Manhattan.

I would like to share an anecdote that occurred, in a promotional effort. It is very impressive. In approximately 1956, Clyde’s circus would perform on the parking lot of Palisades Amusement Park in the spring. It coincided with the Ringling Brothers Circus in Madison Sq. Garden in midtown Manhattan. In a publicity stunt, Palisades Amusement Park’s PR guy connected with a publicity stunt: They had an elephant water ski (on pontoons, pulled by a high-speed craft, and had a showgirl on its back) across the Hudson River to 42nd street and up to the George Washington Bridge.

I have interviewed the PR guy almost 12 times, he is 79 and at this point, a warm friend. He was convinced it was 1956, and the date was April 17, the opening day for Major League baseball. Well, in lieu of him opening his records in storage, this is an incorrect date. Life Magazine apparently bought the photo from International News Photos or from the NY Daily Mirror.

I contacted the Bergen Record and every Life/Look magazine for 1956. It is not this year.

Do you know anything about this water skiing elephant? Can you direct me to someone who might pull out some archives on it or has a passion for Clyde Beatty as we do?

I am most appreciative, I can share all the details for your web page at any time. I am in need of a date and a picture of it for my project. Thanks.

Steve Balbo, [email protected] 6/28/2004

Hi, I enjoyed your piece on Clyde Beatty. I was a circus billposter for nine years in my youth and spent four of those years on the advance of the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros Circus 1960-1963. I wonder if you might have seen our exhibit when my wife and I brought part of our Clyde Beatty collection to the Fall Festival of Leaves in Bainbridge five times (1978, 1979, 1984, 1986 and 1988)?

I am attaching a couple of pictures of our little collection here at home. We wanted to move to Bainbridge years ago and open a museum but unfortunately, neither of us could find a job near there. This was in the late 1970s when the area was very depressed.

I am happy to see that you have Mr. Beatty’s birth date correct. Many writers list it wrong, but I wrote his mother back in the 1950s and she said he was born June 10, 1903. But, he was born in Bainbridge rather than Chillicothe. The stories written about him often said Chillicothe, I assume because they thought most people wouldn’t recognize the name, Bainbridge.

Anyway, thanks for the nice article. I like to see Mr. Beatty remembered; so many have forgotten him.

Regards,

Dave Price, 12/06/2004

Clyde Beatty – Bainbridge’s King of the Big Top! NOTE: I originally published this collection of memories on February 12, 2004. It mostly consists of input from people who knew or knew of Clyde Beatty.

#ENTERTAINMENT #GREENFIELD #HISTORY #LOCAL HISTORY #PEOPLE

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clubofinfo · 7 years ago

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Expert: If you find yourself lost and confused in a dark wood, then perhaps following this network of knots strung on a long string of dates listed below will help you find your way back home, where the bread of truth awaits you on the kitchen table. As we know, children love to trace, to connect the dots, to make connections, but often the connections they make frighten adults who try to ignore their points or offer some ridiculous circumlocutions. Maybe we adults are much like children in our desires to make connections, but the thought of it frightens us, even when we are already frightened by being lost amidst a forest of propaganda. Suppose we could for a while calm those fears and concentrate long enough to trace through the dim glimmerings of a faded pattern a clarifying story that would jolt us into an awareness that could change our lives and society. I offer here an arc of history that you may consider tedious. Try patience. I could yell, I could scream, I could try all the classical argumentation and logic that comes “naturally” to me. I could be a wise guy, amuse you, try to provoke you, curse, sing a song, stomp my feet – even write post-modern gibberish. As Andre Vltchek says, it’s hard – I’m putting it nicely – to get through, to have an impact that counts. We desperately want to believe in a world where we really are children and BIG Daddy (apologies to Burl Ives) has told the truth. And yet we know that is an illusion. Obviously I have reached some stern conclusions, but I think the conclusions follow from the facts. See what you think. Follow these knots. They are a sampling. There are many more. * 1957 – Massachusetts Senator John Kennedy delivers a Senate speech in support of the Algerian liberation movement, in support of African liberation generally, and against colonial imperialism. The speech causes an international uproar, and Kennedy is harshly attacked by Eisenhower, Nixon, John Foster Dulles, and even liberals such as Adlai Stevenson. He is praised in the third world. * 1959 – George H. W. Bush moves his oil company – Zapata Offshore – to Houston, Texas. One of Zapata’s drilling rigs, Scorpion, having been moved from the Gulf of Mexico the previous year, is now operating 54 miles north of Cuba * 1960 – On March 17 President Eisenhower approves the Bay of Pigs project. * 1961 – On January 17, in anticipation of Kennedy’s inauguration in three days, the Belgian government in complicity with the CIA assassinates Congolese nationalist leader Patrice Lumumba. On February 13th a devastated Kennedy receives a belated phone call informing him of Lumumba’s murder. * 1961 – April. More than a week before the CIA led Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba – code-named the Zapata Operation – the CIA discovers that the Soviets have learned the date of the invasion and informed Castro. Knowing the invasion is doomed in advance, the CIA Director Allen Dulles doesn’t tell Kennedy. When the invasion fails, the CIA blames JFK who angrily says he wants “to splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds.” Kennedy fires Dulles. * 1962 – On June 13 Lee Harvey Oswald, ex-Marine and alleged traitor, returns from the Soviet Union with a loan from the State Department that also arranges for him, together with his Russian wife, to be met at the dock in Hoboken, New Jersey by Spas T. Raikin, an official of an anti-communist organization with extensive intelligence connections. Oswald soon moves to Dallas, Texas where, at the behest of the CIA, he is chaperoned around by CIA asset and George H. W. Bush’s old friend, George de Mohrenschildt. * 1963 – June 10. JFK delivers his famous American University address calling for an end to “a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war.” * 1963 – On October 11 Kennedy issues National Security Action Memorandum 263 calling for the withdrawal of 1,000 American troops from Vietnam by the end of 1963 and all of them by the end of 1965. * 1963 – November 2. At the last minute JFK cancels his trip to Chicago to attend the Army-Air Force football game when it is learned that a four-man rifle team has plotted to assassinate him. The four are never charged or named, but an alienated ex-Marine scapegoat with CIA connections, Thomas Arthur Vallee, is arrested on a pretext. Vallee works in a building overlooking a dog-leg turn where JFK’s car was to pass. * 1963 – November 22. JFK is shot in Dallas on a dog-leg turn at 12:30 P.M. and dies at 1 P.M. At 1:38 P.M. Walter Cronkite makes the first public announcement of the president’s death. At 1:45 P.M. George H. W. Bush, who is in Tyler, Texas an hour and a half southeast of Dallas, telephones Houston FBI agent Graham W. Kitchel to inform him that he’s heard gossip that a Houston man, James Parrot, has been talking about killing Kennedy when he comes to Houston (JFK had been in Houston the day before). Parrot is questioned and deemed harmless. Bush tells the FBI agent that he’ll be going to Dallas in the evening, though he fails to mention that he was there the night before. At 1:50 PM the Dallas police arrest Lee Harvey Oswald in the Texas Theatre and charge him with the murder of Dallas police Officer J.D. Tippett. A few minutes after Oswald’s arrest and his exit out the front door to waiting police cars, a second Oswald is arrested in the theatre and surreptitiously taken out the back door. Later in the day Oswald is charged with also killing President Kennedy from behind from the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository. But the fatal shot to Kennedy’s head comes from his right front. * 1963 – Two days later Jack Ruby kills Oswald, who claimed he was a patsy, in the Dallas police building. That same afternoon LBJ tells Henry Cabot Lodge that “I am not going to lose Vietnam.” * 1963 – November 29. LBJ announces the formation of the Warren Commission whose key member is Allen Dulles, the former CIA Director fired by Kennedy. * 1963 – On December 24th Johnson tells the Joint Chiefs of Staff: “Just get me elected, and then you can have your war.” * 1964 – August. The fraudulent Tonkin Gulf Incidents and Tonkin Gulf Resolution. The Admiral in charge of the U.S. fleet is George Stephen Morrison, the father of the singer Jim Morrison, who the following year will settle into Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles together with, among others, Frank Zappa, “Papa” John Philips, David Crosby, and Stephen Stills, all children of parents of the military/intelligence complex. Johnson orders the bombing of North Vietnam. The Vietnam War starts in earnest. * 1964 – September. The Warren Commission findings are made public. Oswald is declared the lone assassin with the magic bullet explanation being the key. * 1966 – The CIA’s Phoenix Program, an intelligence gathering, assassination, “pacification,” and drug running program, is organized in Vietnam. It conducts countless assassinations and tortures throughout Vietnam. Its organizational structure later becomes the structure for Homeland Security and the “war on terror,” while its drug-dealing modus operandi, joined to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), floods the United States with illegal drugs up to the present day. * 1967 – Martin Luther King delivers his Riverside Church speech – “A Time to Break Silence” – denouncing the Vietnam War and calling for opposition to it, while linking it to social, racial, and economic oppression at home. He says that the three linked devils of militarism, racism, and economic exploitation can only be solved together. * 1967 – On June 8 Israel attacks the USS Liberty in international waters, killing 34 U.S. sailors and Marines and wounding 171 others. * 1968 – April 4. Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis. The authorities blame it on James Earl Ray, a petty criminal loner. It is later proven that King was killed by U.S. government forces in coordination with Memphis police and local Mafia. * 1968 – On June 6 in Los Angeles, Senator Robert Kennedy, on the cusp of becoming the Democratic nominee for president, is assassinated. The accused lone assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, was standing in front and to the right of RFK. None of the bullets from his gun struck the Senator. The autopsy shows Kennedy was killed by a bullet from behind and below that entered his head behind his right ear. Sirhan is subsequently convicted as the lone crazed gunman, despite many witnesses seeing a girl in a polka dot dress with a male companion, running down the back stairs of the hotel, shouting. “We shot him! We shot him! We shot Senator Kennedy.” * 1968 – November. Richard Nixon, vowing to end the Vietnam War, is elected President after secretly sabotaging the Vietnam peace talks. He subsequently continues the war and secretly expands it to Cambodia and Laos. * 1972 – June 17. Five CIA employees and veterans of the Bay of Pigs operation are arrested inside the Watergate offices of the Democratic National Committee. Together with H. Howard Hunt (CIA) and G. Gordon Liddy, they are later indicted. The burglars are caught by a security guard who notices that these skilled undercover operatives have taped locks open from the outside so that the tape is showing. * The Watergate story is primarily reported by reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein who work at the Washington Post under Editor Ben Bradlee. Woodward had earlier served in Naval Intelligence, as had Bradlee, while Bradlee and the Washington Post have deep ties to the CIA and intelligence communities. * 1973 – September 11. A CIA organized coup overthrows the socialist government of Chilean President Salvador Allende, killing thousands. * 1974 – August 9. Nixon is forced to resign. He is the second president in eleven years to be removed from office. Gerald Ford, a former member of the Warren Commission, assumes the presidency. Dick Cheney is named White House Chief of staff and Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense. * 1976 – January 30. Having been nominated by Ford, George H. W. Bush assumes the Directorship of the CIA, despite critics arguing that he has no intelligence experience. He serves in that capacity for 365 days. * 1976 – George de Mohrenschildt, Oswald’s CIA handler and George H. W. Bush’s old friend, writes a letter to CIA Director Bush begging for help “we are being followed everywhere….” * 1977 – March 27. George de Mohrenschildt, about to be questioned by investigator Gaeton Fonzi of the House Select Committee on Assassinations, allegedly commits suicide in Florida. * 1979 – November 4. Fifty-two Americans are taken hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. * 1980 – Ronald Reagan is elected president and George H. W. Bush, vice-president. It is later alleged that Bush, CIA officer Robert Gates, and CIA Director William Casey met secretly with Iranian officials in Paris before the election and made a secret deal to insure Reagan/Bush an election victory by not releasing the hostages before the vote. The hostages were subsequently released a few minutes after Reagan and Bush were sworn in on January 20, 1981. * 1985-88 – The Iran-Contra scandal plays out as it is discovered that the Reagan administration was secretly selling arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and using the proceeds to illegally arm the anti-Sandinista rebels in Nicaragua in violation of the Boland amendment. Oliver North becomes the public face of the secret machinations while Reagan and Bush plead ignorance. Many are indicted, while Bush, when running for president in 1988, claims he was “out of the loop.” * 1988 – July 16. In the midst of the presidential campaign pitting Bush against Dukakis, the Nation magazine publishes an article by Joseph McBride, “The Man Who Wasn’t There, ‘George Bush,’ CIA Operative.” The article centers around a newly discovered memo from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, dated November 29, 1963, concerning the JFK assassination and an oral briefing the bureau had given on November 23rd regarding the assassination to “Mr. George Bush of the Central Intelligence Agency.” A Bush spokesman denies it was candidate Bush. * 1988 – July 3. The USS Vincennes shoots down in Iranian airspace civilian Iran Flight 655 killing 299, including 66 children. Vice President Bush says, “ I will never apologize for the U.S. I don’t care what the facts are … I’m not an apologize-for-America kind of guy.” * 1988 – George H. W. Bush is elected president. * 1990-91 – President Bush attacks Iraq, called the Gulf War, public and congressional support for which is given a huge boost on the testimony of a nurse who claims she witnessed Iraqi soldiers In Kuwait City hospital grabbing babies out of incubators and throwing them on the floor to die. It is later discovered that the “nurse” in question was the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States and that she hadn’t lived in Kuwait at the time. Her story had been hatched by the Hill and Knowlton public relations firm and was a lie – a successful lie. * 1991 – May 19. A few weeks after filming had begun on Oliver Stone’s movie, JFK, the Washington Post’s national security reporter George Lardner, Jr. writes a scathing review of the film based on a stolen copy of the first draft of the screenplay. * 1991 – December 20. Stone’s film, JFK, is released. * 1991 – On December 24 President Bush grants pardons to six former members of the Reagan/Bush administration facing prosecution in the Iran-Contra scandal. * 1993-2000 – President Bill Clinton bombs Iraq, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Sudan … killing untold numbers of people, while maintaining economic sanctions on Iraq. * 1995 – April 19. The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, blamed exclusively on Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. Evidence pointing to others involved was dismissed, even the report of Air Force General Benton K. Partin, the U.S. Air Force’s top explosive expert, showing in detail that explosives were planted inside the building at critical structural points on the third floor. * 1996 – May 12. On CBS’s Sixty Minutes Clinton’s Secretary of State Madeleine Albrecht says that the deaths of over 500,000 Iraqi children as a result of the sanctions are worth it. * 1997 – The Project for the New American Century, a neo-conservative enterprise, three of whose signees are Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Jeb Bush, is launched. Among other things, they call for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Ten signees of the statement of principles go on to serve in the George W. Bush administration. * 1999 – On April 26 CIA headquarters was named the George Bush Center for Intelligence in honor of former president George H.W. Bush who served as CIA Director for 357 days. * 1999 – A jury in Memphis, Tennessee returns a verdict in a civil trial brought by Martin Luther King’s family concluding that King was killed, not by James Earl Ray, but by a conspiracy involving agencies of the U. S. government and the Memphis police. * 2000 – September. The Project for the New American Century releases a position paper, “Rebuilding America’s Defenses,” stating that the United States will not be able to enforce its will on Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Afghanistan and maintain a Pax Americana “absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor.” The paper introduces a new word to refer to the United States of America – “the homeland.” * 2000 – November. George W. Bush is elected president after a disputed ballot count and the intervention of the Supreme Court. Dick Cheney becomes vice-president and Donald Rumsfeld is named Secretary of Defense. * 2001 – May 1. George W. Bush gives a major foreign policy speech at the National Defense University and says that the U.S.A. must be willing to “rethink the unthinkable,” giving public notice that the U. S. planned to withdraw from the ABM treaty. He warns against “weapons of mass destruction” and “weapons of terror” in the hands of rogue actors. The speech closely follows the reasoning of the PNAC paper of the previous year in urging an aggressive foreign policy. Cheney and Rumsfeld are in the audience. * 2001 – June 22-23 Exercise Dark Winter takes place at Andrews Air Force base. The scenario involves anonymous threatening letters sent to mainstream media. The letters threaten more letters to come with anthrax. Judith Miller, author of Germs, and a notoriously deceptive Iraq war hawk for The New York Times, participates, playing Judith Miller of the New York Times. * 2001 – September 11. The terrorist attacks in NYC and Washington, D.C. occur. The media immediately starts referring to them as another Pearl Harbor, a new Pearl Harbor. CBS News reports that before going to bed at night George W. Bush wrote in his diary, “The Pearl Harbor of the 21st century took place today.” The site of the Twin Towers is first referred to as “ground zero,” a nuclear war term, by Mark Walsh, identified as a freelancer for Fox News by the Fox News interviewer on the street of lower Manhattan. Presciently anticipating the official explanation for the buildings collapse, Walsh adds that the towers obviously collapsed “mostly due to structural failure since the fires were too intense.” * 2001 – September 12. The New York Times headlines a story: “Personal Accounts of a Morning Rush that Became the Unthinkable.” Another headline under the byline of future editor Bill Keller, Iraq war hawk, reads, “America’s Emergency Line: 9/11.” The endless emergency and war on terror begin. Henceforth, for the first time in American history, a very important day is referred to by numbers, not by name – an emergency phone number. * 2001 – September 22. Tom Ridge is named Director of the newly created Homeland Security and becomes in charge of politically motivated terror alerts. * 2001 – September-October. Real and fake anthrax attacks occur. A sham investigation follows with the FBI eventually accusing government scientist Bruce Ivins on little to no evidence, resulting in Ivins’ alleged suicide. * 2001 – Throughout the first three weeks of October the major media use the word “unthinkable” repetitively, echoing its association with nuclear war, just as the World Trade Center site is similarly referred to as “ground zero,” another nuclear term. A phony “anthrax” letter containing a harmless white powder, postmarked in St. Petersburg, Florida on September 20, is sent to Tom Brokaw of NBC. The letter, not made public until October 22 after the media’s repeated use of the word “unthinkable,” begins: “The Unthinkabel” Sample Of How It Will Look. Judith Miller of the New York Times receives an anthrax threat letter also sent from St. Petersburg. * 2001 – October 7. The U.S.A attacks Afghanistan. * 2001 – October 27. The Patriot Act is passed. * 2001 – December 4. George W. Bush says when he was outside the classroom in Florida on September 11th he “had seen this plane fly into the first building. There was a TV set on….” Problem: No one saw the first plane hit the North Tower since it wasn’t televised live. Much later a tape someone had made was shown on television. * 2002 – October 2. At the Cincinnati Museum Center President Bush gives a speech linking Saddam Hussein to the September 11 attacks and says that “we cannot wait for the final proof – the smoking gun – that that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.” He urges the disarming of Iraq. * 2002-10 – Regular color-coded terrorist alerts * 2003 – February. Secretary of State Colin Powell gives false testimony at the U.N., asserting that Iraq possesses chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction and must be confronted. * 2003 – March. The U. S. attacks Iraq based on lies. * 2003-8 – Bush wages war on Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. Homeland “security” leads to indefinite detention, black sites, torture, spying on Americans, the loss of Constitutional rights, etc. * 2007 – February 10. Barack Obama, having been a U.S. Senator for 2 years 1 month announces he is running for president. * 2008 – September. An international financial meltdown occurs. The government claims it was unforeseen. The Bush administration bails out the big banks and financial institutions. * 2008 – November. A seriously inexperienced Senator from Illinois, Barack Obama, comes out of nowhere to be elected president on a populist platform of “hope” and “change.” He receives more backing from Wall Street than his Republican rival. Liberals and progressives go wild for joy. Hope and change is proclaimed. * 2009 – Lawrence Summers, former CEO of Goldman Sachs, takes up his position as head of Obama’s economic team. Timothy Geithner, former head of the New York Federal Reserve, whose father, Peter Geithner, oversaw the Ford Foundation’s programs in Indonesia developed by Obama’s mother (who also worked for another notorious CIA front, USAID) becomes Secretary of the Treasury. And Robert Gates, former CIA Director and George W. Bush’s Secretary of Defense continues in that position for Obama. * 2009 – March. Obama meets with the CEOs of fifteen big banks and tells them that “my administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks …. I’m not out there to go after you. I’m protecting you.” * 2009 – Obama intensifies the war on Afghanistan. * 2009 – October 9. Obama is given the Nobel Peace Prize. * 2009 – December. Obama sends 30,000 more American troops to Afghanistan, saying this “will bring this war to a successful conclusion.” * 2010 – Obama vows to carry forward the Bush tax cuts for the richest Americans. * 2010 – and ongoing. Obama chooses his drone war kill list every Tuesday; says the killing of American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki “is an easy one.” * 2011 – Obama and partners attack Libya and brutally kill Muammar Gaddafi. Libya descends into chaos. Hilary Clinton exults. * 2009 – and ongoing. Obama attacks Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, etc. Does nothing to stop the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians. Supports and arms terrorists in Syria and other countries. Engineers a coup d’etat in Ukraine and supports neo-Nazi forces attacking eastern Ukraine. Encircles Russia with NATO troops and military exercises. Starts a new Cold War. Maintains military commissions and indefinite detention. Prosecutes more whistleblowers than all previous American presidents combined, but does not prosecute any banksters or torturers. Charges Edward Snowden, Thomas Drake, Jeffrey Sterling, Chelsea Manning, John Kiriakou, et al of violating the 1917 Espionage Act. Acquiesces in the military coup against the democratically elected leader of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi and his subsequent imprisonment. Spies on Americans and other countries. Maintains a national state of emergency and the Patriot Act with minor adjustments. Prosecutes “the war on terror” initiated by George W. Bush. Rules over a technological, computerized war of killing all over the globe and a technological, computerized spying apparatus here at home. Spreads USAFRICOM throughout Africa, killing black Africans and undermining governments with Special Forces. And does all this and more with a smile. Then, before leaving office he creates the fraudulent Russia gate story to continue the new Cold War and to undermine any possible cooling of US/Russians tensions under a possible Trump presidency. * 2016 – Trump is elected President to the shock and awe of the Democrats and their supporters. Immediately, the undermining of Trump begins to make sure he doesn’t follow through on his promise to reduce nuclear tensions with Russia. * 2017 – Donald Trump, the new reality-TV president, takes office and comes under incessant attack from the Democrats and the main stream media. He reneges on most of his campaign promises, including reconciliation with Russia, and tweets so many moronic messages that he plays into the Democrats’ hands. Propaganda expands exponentially as the game of personality politics plays on. Meanwhile, the structures of oligarchic rule continue un-abated, both at home and abroad. Trump continues Obama’s war policies, killing people around the world. It should be clear from this small portion of events over the years that there is a connecting link, that there is a bloody thread running through them connecting key players and the obvious ongoing presence of a secret structure that recruits its team to maintain this oppressive system. To see it should be gutsy child’s play. It is not an issue of either/or; we can’t explain how we have come to this terrifying situation of rule by a murderous, militarized national security apparatus serving the wealthy elites by concentrating on either individuals or structures. People such as Barack Obama, the Bushes, Trump et al don’t emerge from thin air (though in Obama’s case it seems that way, and some have speculated on his CIA links). These people grow out of a system that has cultivated and nurtured them. They become spokesmen for the secretive and powerful moneyed forces some call the Deep State, the shadow government, the power elite, etc. (The scholar Peter Dale Scott sees a hidden link between the JFK assassination, Watergate, Iran-Contra, and 9/11.) Spokesmen, yes, they are that, but executive spokesmen; they are not innocent victims; they are free executive executioners, ordering death and destruction around the world and threatening a nuclear holocaust. People and ongoing structures are intertwined. Individuals count, but so do structures. We are now living within a structure of non-stop and almost total propaganda that individuals, with the help of alternative structures of communication such as alternative media, can penetrate and understand, but only if they are willing to trudge through the forest of history that will allow for context and the connecting of dots. In the end, it takes desire and work. There are no excuses when, at least for now, the World Wide Web makes available so many voices for truth. Many individuals concluding alike can lead to change. Connect and be outraged. This is the path to true patriotism, a love of one’s home country and the world that is our home. We are not lost children without a way out of the forest of deception and fear. Follow the knotted string to freedom. Add to it. The psychiatrist Allen Wheelis once wrote a brilliant little book called, How People Change. His “childish” conclusion was that they change because they want to. Simple but true. http://clubof.info/

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#001 — Stories I Will Not Ever Or Have Not Yet Published Publicly (A.K.A. “Secret Stories” #001)

Wednesday, June 7th, 2017

Metro-Detroit, Michigan

Accompanying video link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpIPIjh_BEQ&feature=youtu.be

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This post illustrates how lengthy I can be if I do not check myself. This post is why I try to keep videos short. I go on for too long. I suppose this exists for posterity’s sake. It fills in the details better for the things discussed today. I will absolutely never be as organized as John Wesley, but I certainly am nearly as talkative as the man was. Hahaha.

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0. BLUR

I messed up. I forgot to set the focus on my face after I set it on the camera straps. Yeesh. A lesson for next time. And, I will remind you—that was my fifth try at the video! Hahaha.

1. MARCY AND TYLER

A couple weeks back, my assistant and I met this wonderful couple in Detroit. One was from my neck of the woods (30 miles north of downtown Detroit at 15 Mile Road and Harper Avenue in Clinton Township); one was from Grand Rapids (2-3 hours away from the city). They are two young aspiring actors. We had so many laughs. I took them to Greektown and Hart Plaza and up Washington Blvd and Woodward Blvd. I took them to the Fox Theatre and the David Klein Gallery and past a few other noteworthy places. It was glorious. One day I will get along to culling the hundreds of photos that my assistant and I took of them.

2. DOMINIC

As my assistant kept getting lost in Detroit, I happened upon a truly unexpected photography opportunity. I had to holler at her to come over. Haha. She was walking about the median of the street. Dominic wanted to me to photograph his friend and himself coming out of the limo and going into the restaurant. He said he was going to pay me extra at the end of the little shoot. It was 10:20 pm, so I thought I would be done by 12:20 am. I made sure to keep a regular watch on the time. He asked what my rate was, and I told him that we could talk about that later (I have never had a “rate”). It was clear that he hardly knew the girl that came over. He was using my assistant and I to make him look “important.” He said we were his paparazzi. Hahaha. His buddy backed up his claim. What Dominic had claimed was a possible marriage proposal to a serious girlfriend was likely actually a first or maybe second date with a girl. A second girl arrived, and she was not comfortable with the cameras, so Dominic said he was happy with our work thusfar. We left. I had $200 in cash, and my assistant had $15 in cash. This was fair, since she had no clue what she was doing the whole time. She kept pulling me aside and telling me her photos were blurry or too bright or too dark, so I would trade her cameras. When I would then use the camera she had, I was able to get good photos. I still am dumbfounded as to how she was having such a hard time photographing. We traded cameras many times. When I got back home, I looked at the shots before I went to bed. She had a few good ones but a lot of bad ones. It is a learning experience for her, and she got $15 for an hour’s work. That is the same rate that makes up the independent living wage here in Michigan. That is good money. That is the rate that the photographer that I want to work with offered to start me at. That was not good enough for my assistant. She shook me down for more money. I have never taken a cab or uber before, so I gave her the $20 that the restaurant folks gave me. I was infuriated. For context, this girl has no need for money ever. In midtown, at Wayne State University, there is a law building named after her grandfather. Her family has a membership to the Detroit Athletic Club (the most expensive place to have a wedding in the state). She has 18th century furniture from England (that she is trying to get rid of) and ~2000 year old Chinese tapestries and Japanese samurai swords at her house. She has a $40K emerald ring from the 1920’s. She has no need for cash. She was just being very petty. She likes that I am doing something meaningful, so she comes along. I work light. I never eat in the city unless she wants to pay (I would rather work than spend cash on food). I don’t live frivolously. She has never paid me, and I have never paid her—until today. She got that cash from me, and I felt used. I suppose it hurts the most when you are betrayed by someone you count on and hope to trust in.

3. D600 SENSOR

The Nikon D600 has a physical issue involving its shutter mechanism. Nikon used to make all their gear in Japan, where they are based; now they make most of their gear in China, and that has resulted in poorer build quality. That is one reason why I love my cheap, old, manual focus Nikon lenses. They were all HAND MADE!! That is amazing! That also makes them simpler to repair. If something can be assembled by hand, it must also be easier to disassemble and reassemble it by hand too (compared to something produced by a specialized machine). The shutter on the D600 sloughs off plastic bits from the shutter and also spits oil droplets onto the camera’s image sensor. That is akin to a camera doing that to the film inside of the camera body. The thing that makes this worse than if it was a film body is that you are stuck with the same sensor, so that means you have to be careful to keep it clean. I took my two cameras in to be cleaned it was $25 per camera, and the guy, Joel, did both for $40. On top of that, he gave me two camera straps for free! I knew I wanted to buy a vintage strap for the D600. I just think they are classier. Plus, they are WAY cheaper than a $50 boring, modern strap! I remembered they had a good selection of old, used straps from before. Well, they only had three left this time. I bought the last one for $5. I knew when I did that he might have given that to me for free too, but it was not right after he had saved me $20 between the cleanings and the straps. I think he admired my passion for photography. We had a glorious conversation about photography. I had him check out my D200, and he cleaned it for free! Hahaha. This was in part because he sold the D200 to me, and the camera had a speck underneath the sensor (a $100+ fix at a different store), which was impossible to clean without a very expensive procedure. This speck was likely there before I bought the camera. I did not notice it until he pointed it out to me. Perhaps that was why he was so nice. Haha. I brought in some of my old lenses and asked him questions about them. I joked that he was around and a working photographer when these lenses were produced, so he should know more than me about them. Hahaha. I have this macro lens I got for $10 (usually around $100 used) that would not stop down (let the aperture get narrower). I thought it was missing the aperture. He said that the lens likely had oil that leaked on the aperture that made it recede into the lens. All I would have to do is take apart the lens and wipe off the oil spot, and it would work like it was brand new. That is amazing! I guess the new, plastic lenses are not as fixable as the old metal ones. I mentioned that cars used to be able to be repaired at any gas station (or at least I heard). He said that his present car’s headlights cost $200 to replace, since the engineers designed the bulbs to only be accessible by getting to them beneath the engine! Hahaha. It really was a wonderful talk.

4. STRAP FOR ASSISTANT

I sewed cotton batting, fleece, nylon trim and elastic together (along with a 9” zipper) to make the ultimate comfortable strap for my assistant to use with the “new” (used) 2012 Nikon D600 camera. That took nine hours. I got another strap from a camera store for $3 (again, the only vintage strap they had on hand), and I have poured 12-20 hours (so far!) into that $3 strap to hopefully try to improve upon the original modification to the other strap. Maybe if I can do this to a few straps, I will make a video for it. I just sit and sew as I listen to Al Mohler’s “The Briefing” or “The World and Everything In It” (my two favorite weekday news podcasts) or a B&H Photo lecture on some photographic topic.

5. RODE MICROPHONE

This microphone is invaluable for video making. It is the standard microphone used on the streets by YouTubers just as the microphone I used in this video is the standard one used at home by many YouTubers.

6. LACUNA IN VIDEOS MADE

Lacuna

[luh-kyoo-nuh]

noun, plural lacunae [luh-kyoo-nee], lacunas.

1. a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.

2. Anatomy. one of the numerous minute cavities in the substance of bone, supposed to contain nucleate cells.

3. Botany. an air space in the cellular tissue of plants.

Origin of lacuna — Latin — 1655-1665 — 1655-65; Latin lacūna ditch, pit, hole, gap, deficiency, akin to lacus vat, lake1. Cf. lagoon

7. CAMPING JAKE DAD AND STRAP

My best friend’s step mom and actual dad both died of cancer in 2016. This camping trip was a chance to spread his dad’s ashes. The last time he went on a vacation was the last time he and I camped there. It was a very good week to decompress. I sewed the whole time. I knew I would have trouble reading a book during the down time there. Jake rented an RV for the week. Haha. His brother was sick and stayed in the whole week watching The Three Stooges and Abbott and Costello movies (we are a classy bunch). His girlfriend (who I forgot to mention was there) stayed in and texted much of the time. His mother and sister only showed up for a day and then went home. That left him and I to sit by the fire and talk and talk as I sewed. We biked and hit up the beach that was immediately beyond our site. Haha. It was only maybe $150 for five days and four nights for the six of us (though not all of us stayed the whole time). That is a deal for being right on the beach! The RV was a different story. He paid for that himself. I thought I was going to sleep in a tent, but the RV had room for me, and he insisted I stay there. Haha. What a glamorous way to camp. Jake, his brother, and I remember the other side of camping. I guess one time, there was this horrible storm, and our tent was leaking from above and flooding from beneath. I slept through the nearly whole thing. Jake and Justin were frantically trying to patch up the top of the tent with a tarp. Haha. finally, I awoke and was very confused as to what was going on! Hahaha. Jake, Justin (his little brother), and I have a legion of stories like this. Haha. Needless to say, this was a huge upgrade. I would have been more than happy, though, to sleep in a tent. I got to know the people at the general store at the camp site (it was right next to our spot). The lady, Kris, there told me that we had the worst spot in the park, since is was the first one to flood whenever there was a good rain. I told her that I knew it flooded, but I did not know it was so particularly bad in that way! Haha. Jake and Justin got a good laugh from that. Hahaha.

8. WALK AND TALK ARE FUN BUT LONG

Well, I forgot to mention this in the video. I am having trouble getting the Walk and Talk videos to be edited, since there is just so much footage to comb through. My solution is to set a time limit when I am in the city to use for shooting the video. This will combine the sublime structure of a lesson with the equally exquisite openness of the walk-along video. I just have so much fun making the walk-along videos, and I think that happiness and energy help make those installments more compelling than the more formal lesson videos. I really need to find a way to marry the two. To do a candid walk around that contains a lesson on a topic. For some reason, I am too dumb (for now) to figure out how that would work.

9. EMAILED PHOTOGRAPHER - ONE AT A TIME

Parmenides (the founder of western philosophy, who said “whatever is is.”). I say “Parmenides” to say “it is what it is.” Haha. I emailed the guy. That is what it is. Haha. There is little more to explain here. I hope he hires me.

10. HOW DO I HAVE A BETTER WITNESS IN DETROIT

This is an ongoing desire. I need to find my angle. I am cut to the quick. It is said that George Whitfield could not go more than half of an hour without telling someone of the Grace and of Christ on sinners. He just was a bloodstained believer with a holy fire in his belly. I need to get my way of being as the greatest evangelist of the past 2000 years was. Even D. Martin Lloyd Jones said he would give up anything to have even just a week of George Whitfield’s life. The man was that effective and great.

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