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#self portrait#selfie#piercings#sunglasses#hoop earrings#y2k#y2k fashion#philippines#angeles#angeles city#flickr#oldweb#old web#2007
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I aim for Raylan Givens’ level of chill. I always give too many hoots. Also, please watch Justified: City Primeval. Having Raylan back on the screen is a gift.
Also please rewatch OG Justified. Just to be thorough.
#raylan givens#justified#justified city primeval#timothy olyphant#embroidery#embroidery art#embroidery hoop#fabric art#Raylan
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|| Coffee, tea or me, baby? Touché au lait. // My opening line might be a bit passé. ||
#money inc#irwin r schyster#ted dibiase#money inc x vice city au#my art#I imagine that their first couple of meet ups after agreeing to a partnership would be like this: staring across a table#saying NOTHING. Just looking. 👁️👁️#Ted would be wearing that George Michael barely buttoned type shirt + his gold hoops + cunty leather gloves#and Irwin would be extremely annoyed; who dresses like this for a cafe in little havana? this isn't the malibu...#drink orders? Ted: coffee + two sugars + cream#Irwin: BLACK. THE BLACKEST BLACK YOU HAVE#anyway...for the curious...Lovergirl by Teena Marie
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*taps gently on your window* you said you like the history of chicago? do you have any fun facts specifically related to the history of chicago as the original and eternal capital of pinball? any tidbits that ideally would beyond those found in a typical timeline of pinball history? (ignore this ask if you don’t know anything and/or aren’t interested in the topic ofc)
Weirdly enough, I do! Maybe not a lot, but I know that---much like alcohol---Chicago tried to ban gambling and gaming periodically throughout the 20th century. And I know that---also like alcohol---they failed, completely and utterly.
For those of you not in the know, Chicago technically "banned" pinball games from the 40s to the 70s. Technically, the city enforced such prohibitions.
Technically.
Due to selective enforcement and honestly, people just straight up ignoring the law, Chicago became a powerhouse of gaming activity anyway. Pinball games were part and parcel of that process. I'm talking about Chicago Coin, which was founded in the 1930s, but didn't achieve true success until they started churning out pinball games in the 1960s and 70s. Bally Manufacturing was into pinball games and slot machines long before it ever sold tennis rackets and activewear. Williams Electronics/WMS industries hit the jackpot in 1981 when it produced Defender. (The company has since moved to Las Vegas.) There's a whole complicated history to explore, and I highly encourage everyone to do so.
However, my absolute favorite bit of writing about the city and its symbiotic relationship with pinball is this Chicago Reader piece. It's very clearly an elegy to a dying art form---written in 2005, it's clear that the world of pinball machines is passing away. Still, it loves the arcades of old. Even today pinball games represent an enormous, significant weight on the fabric of the city; sitting in my apartment right now, I'm about a 10 minute walk away from the nearest pinball machine. (Maybe less, I haven't been to every bar in my neighborhood.)
In short, there's a reason that the Pinball Expo has been happening here since 1985---Chicago is the uncrowned queen of the flippers.
So who cares if John E. Cassidy tried to ban them, or that there was an even older 1895 prohibition against mechanical gambling devices? They're as Chicagoan as ketchup-less hotdogs, and complaining about construction on the Kennedy.
#fyi some of those links are to the chicago reader and if you have adblocker/ublock/etc.#the pages will not load. you have to open them in an incognito window.#I love the chicago reader so I happily jump through this hoop to ensure that they get ad revenue#(plus the reader has been discussing and writing articles about youth culture since the 70s I think#so it's a vital part of this particular story)#but just so you know#city of the big shoulders
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THIS IS NEW YORKKKKKKK
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A day off for a lil cat living her best life ❤️🥰
#sanborn#orchard city kitchen#boujee self dates#self care am i right#sspacetravelssself#me#drugs#my post#california#my thoughts#trippy#smoke weed#420#flow arts#hooping
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MJ
#sneakers#lost#the lost hero#newyork#hudsonvalley#poughkeepsie#city#street#gay#nature#fashion#hoops#michael jordan#nike
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Highlights from the Mother Mother concert because I'm still crazy abt it
Listen idk where to start because the second it started i became the irl version of that one guy in ATLA who starts cheering and foaming at the mouth and faints
The theater was tiny so we were SUPER close to the stage. Got a full view of everything it was perfect
The guitar solos went CRAZYYYYY how does this man do that
Problems my fucking Beloved. Everyone was screaming.
Body was hands down the best song. The energy from the stage was just unmatched.
Ryan darling I know you didn't mean it but giving that whole speech about how much you love Chile and how cool the Santiago fans have been and then immediately singing Dirty Town was unintentionally hilarious.
By the way can I talk about how sweet Ryan Guldemond was. He put a chilean flag around his shoulders. He gave this whole speech about how they want to keep coming back here and how if there's any young artists in the crowd he wants to watch THEM perform someday. He engaged with the audience a lot and after the concert he stayed onstage for a while to shake hands with people. At one point people started chanting "mijito rico" I don't think he knew what the fuck we were saying but he still went "thank you ☺️" that was funny.
Anyway I got a newfound appreciation for Sleep Awake. Molly's voice is angelic and it's so sweet how the song was written especially for her.
I also have a new appreciation for Verbatim despite the fact I already liked that song because nothing compares to screaming your lungs out after the first chorus with a stadium full of people
Little Pistol caught me off guard, it's not one of the most popular songs but it's one of my favs. Kinda sad they shortened it but it was beautiful regardless.
My only criticism is that it was so SHORT. I could have kept going for an hour more tbh but I guess touring is very tiring so I get it. Amazing experience happiest I've ever been I wanna go back
#had to jump through a lot of hoops to get there too. I'm exhausted.#when I said nothing would stop me from going I fucking meant it#God I love Mother Mother. I still can't believe they came to lil' ol' Chile :']#Ryan said Santiago is the top listening city for their 9 most popular songs but imma be real i don't buy that lmao there's no way
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hooping
baltimore, md, usa (october 2024)
minolta maxxum 7000 | kodak ultramax 400
#film photography#film#photography#35 mm#35 mm film#amatuer photography#analog photography#littletreats#little treats#kodak film#kodak ultramax 400#film camera#filmisnotdead#35mm#minolta#minolta maxxum#baltimore#bolton hill#bmore#festival#hooping#hula hoop#hula hooping#city photo#cityscape#city photography#fall
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The amount of talking and negotiating I'm doing with this landlord is giving Andrew Garfield as Jonathan Larson talking to the electric company. Y'know?
#im in hell. this is my personal hell#i havent been at my current job for at least six months but i was at my last one for over six months#which should meet the requirement#she said i need a job in the city i want to move to to be accepted#maam its hard to have a job in a city i cant live in yet#so i asked if i was accepted to a job that met income requirements would that count even if i havent started yet#she didnt answer. now shes asking for dates for my last job#ive rented from this company before! ive met this woman before!!#i was never late on rent. never needed any maintenance. left my apartment in good condition#that should speak for itself#maybe im crazy. maybe im the one in the wrong here#but i dont think i am! i think landlords are a little full of themselves#this apartment doesnt have a bathroom in unit. you have to walk across the hall to use your bathroom#i think that should be a bigger concern than how many months ive been at my job#im just saying maybe no bathroom in unit is a bit of a hard sell#you eant a cosigner? ill get a cosigner. ill get a job in the city before ive moved to the city. ill jump through your fucking hoops#because i have no other option#idk maybe i should become like dexter#but just for killing landlords. cuz im getting a little sick of their attitude
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Well look who decided to pull up behind me in San Francisco? 🚌🏀💨
#originalphotographers#original photography#sanfrancisco#san francisco#bay area#sf#downtown#schoolbus#basketball#hoops#oakland#california#usa#park#city#sunset#panasonic lumix
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Hoop York City x adidas Crazy 8 Low
#adidas Crazy 8 Low#Crazy 8 Low#Crazy 8#adidas Crazy#Crazy#Hoop York City#adidas#IH2825#$120#Sep 4#2024#Sneaker#Sneakers#adidas Crazy 8
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Raylan: Well, I suppose if I allow myself to be sentimental, despite all that has occurred, there is one thing I wander back to…
Me: 🥺
Boyd: We dug coal together.
Me: 😭
A 4x4 inch embroidery of the very grand Boyd Crowder.
#embroidery#embroidery art#justified#justified city primeval#boyd crowder#raylan givens#walton goggins#embroidery hoop#fabric art#we dug coal together
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Things I enjoy doing on my walk around the neighborhood:
Eating fruit off the street trees (juneberries and cherries currently)
Saying hello to the crows
Checking out the little free libraries
Judging people I don't know for having big houses
Judging people I don't know for having big lawns where a house or multiple tiny houses could be built to help drive down this city's ridiculous housing prices
Judging people I don't know who have little ugly lawns instead of gardens or mini meadows
Sniffing roses
Petting neighborhood cats (while judging their owners for not supervising them)
Saying hello to the dogs who bark when I walk by
Looking for salal I can eat when it gets ripe
Seeing red crocosmias
Wondering why no one around here seems to put out perennial divisions as free for the taking, and instead put them in little pots with price tags and a lock box for you to put your money
Watching hummingbirds fight with each other
#me!#pnw#to clarify it is totally legal here to build a second house on your property without going through special hoops#if the spare space on your property is above a certain size and the house is below a certain size#I mean you need to go through permitting I'm sure but you don't need to go to City council and beg them for a special acception
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Grayscale portrait of Carmen Mendoza, an OC of mine. Based on the lore of the game City of Heroes, she has preternatural control over plant life and uses her powers to grow weed.
AMA if you want to know more about her!
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I just wanna see the eras tour live in concert
#ts#the hoops ive jumped through#the trials ive faced#istg I'm gods bravest little soldier#IVE BEEN THROUGH IT FOR THOSE TICKETS AND YET.#the amount of queues ive been in#THE HOURS SPENT LISTENING TO A RADIO STATION#FROM A CITY 5 HOURS AWAY#with bagged packed just in case!!#up to the last minute!!#every 11:11 wish!!!#I LITERALLY STILL DONT UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE GOT TICKETS!?!?#I JUST DONT#it was like trying to get something that didnt exist#AND EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHER GOT TICKETS#LIKE MY COUSIN !??!#MY EX'S SISTER!??!#at this point.
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