#I have read digital copies but never a physical one! v excited to have it in actual book form

[rosieofcorona]

yesterday my fiancé presented me with a physical copy of tevinter nights bc he "was doing some research" to keep up w/ my incessant dragon age ramblings (he does not play) and thought i would like it (i do)

[gremlin-girly]

Kinktober Day 4

Title: Dark Fantasy Meets Reality

Pairing: Lloyd Hansen (The Gray Man) x f!Reader

Kink: CNC

Tags/ Warnings: SMUT, CNC, hair pulling, rough sex, pet names (sweetheart, pretty girl, sunshine), praise (good girl), man-handling, bondage (zipties), p-in-v (wrap it before you tap it), cream pie, choking/breath play, panties and fingers in mouth, vaginal fingering, Lloyd Hansen (He is most DEFINITELY a warning)

Word Count: 2.1k

Summary: You find a place on the Web where you can spell out your sexual desires with no judgement and maybe even hire some help... 

As always I do not give permission for my work to be reposted, translated or copied. My warnings are non-exhaustive (even though I do try to capture everything) but please read at your own risk. I am not responsible for your content consumption.

A/N: Jeez, cutting it close with this one. I had another fic for today but I wanted to change the pacing so I decided this might be a better fit - Love Grem 💜

I hope you enjoy; comments, likes and reblogs are always welcome!

Prev | Next | Masterlist

You half growl to yourself and kick off the covers.

This was getting ridiculous.

You were beyond horny – you were desperate for some relief but everytime you got close to that sweet, sweet edge of ecstasy, you were viciously pulled away. Either there was a delivery, or phone call, something that snapped your mind our of fantasy and back to reality. Sometimes it was your own mind sabotaging you; you forgot the washing again, that very important work thing you had. Things that only added to your stress and frustration. Always  Ruining what would have been a perfect orgasm.

You’d been without a partner for a while now, and at first it was great. You and your fingers or vibrator were happy as a clam. However, the insatiable need of physical touch became overpowering. You didn’t want the torturous, laborious process of getting to know someone before trusting them enough to reveal some of your kinks for them to either break it off or judge you. Although it would be nice to have someone to share your bed with, once in a while.

You huffed, tugging your sweat pants back on, and heading to the bathroom to wash your hands. You needed to do something or someone and soon. You head back to your laptop, your coffee cold and uninviting, grumbling as you answer emails. It’s not long before your mind wanders, taunting you with thoughts and daydreams of utter filth. You glance to your phone.

Surely, there has to be a website for your sort of fantasies right? You see comments on reddit and porn sites so – surely – there’s a site where you could at least talk through your fantasies?

You pick up your phone and begin to type; work abandoned. After forty minutes of searching you find a site, agreeing to terms and conditions and set up a log in; using a faceless image of yourself in your favourite bra. Writing out your biography is a strangely freeing feeling. Openly listing kinks and things you’d like to try; things you’d never, ever tell a random person you’d meet face to face. Its not long before you’re browsing through posts and you can feel the familiar bubble of excitement build. You bite your lip.

It’s a dangerous game but you consider making a post, laying out what you need. You remind yourself of digital footprints but God – you need some form of release that maybe this will help. So you write. It’s not a New York Times Bestseller, but it’ll do. You re-read it, ironing out any spelling mistakes or especially bad grammar and hit the post button. You stare as it publishes your content and sigh softly. You’re not sure how to feel.

“I can always delete it in a few days,” you tell yourself, setting your phone face down and looking back to your laptop. “Yeah. I could always do that.”

You’re running errands a week later when your phone buzzes with a notification. You dismiss it and shrug it off, continuing to walk down the street with your tote over your shoulder. It was a warm day, a deliciously cool breeze in the air and youd taken the time and effort  to make yourself up. A cute summer dress that was almost a little revealing, your favourite strawberry lip gloss and make up to exentuate your favourite and best features and your hair, your hair, was just perfect today.

It still didn't stop the ache from your clit though. That was the only downside.

You reached around the snacks in your tote bag to find the keys to your home but your key wouldn’t turn. You frowned a little and try the handle. The front door swung open to an empty apartment. You shiver slightly.

“Must’ve forgot to lock it. Damn.” You murmur to the hallway as you step inside. You turn to lock the door and when the bolt slides home, a gloved handovers your mouth and you’re yanked backwards into a broad, hard chest. You yelp as you’re pulled, legs wobbling but another large hand appears at your hip, holding you steady against your aggressor.

“Welcome home,” a deep voice rumbles from behind you, breath hot on your neck and wisps of facial hair tickling the shell of your ear. You go to make a noise, but the hand encompassing your jaw squeezes hard.

“Ah – ah – ah,” the voice chides teasingly and you can hear the smirk in his voice. “I don’t want you screaming just yet.”

It was like someone had poured ice down your spine. You were spun around and early marched down the short hallway  and into the kitchen, your tote ripped from your shoulder and tossed somewhere – you didn’t really care, you were to busy thinking about what would happen next. Marched to the countertop, your aggressor pushed your head flat against the surface, nestling a strong leg between your thighs  to stop you trying to make a hasty attempt at escape  while a free hand bound your wrists behind your back with what felt like zipties, biting into your skin agonisingly. He made an approving humming sound, and although you couldn’t quite see him, you could feel his eyes roaming over you. Gloved hands ghosted from your knees, to your thighs and to your ass, giving it an appreciative squeeze as the skirt of your dress was lifted over your hips. You felt yourself flush with a mixture of fear and embarassment, knowing your lace panties were being admired.

“All this for me? You shouldn’t have.”

You wriggled feebly, which earned you a harsh smack to on ass cheek, making you squeak with shock. You kick your legs out, earning another, harder smack to your other cheek. This time you cry out, and you hear the voice chuckle.

“Behave, sweetheart,” you hear a belt buckle clink behind you and freeze up. “Or don’t. I don’t really care.”

You whimper when you feel a finger run down to your clit over your panties and you flush again when you feel your legs practically vibrate at the sensation. Another chuckle from the man behind you.

“Oh, sweetheart. Here, let me help.”  

You feel your panties slowly and tauntingly slide down over your ass cheeks, your voice dying in your throat the hot flesh between your legs met the cool air of your kitchen.  You can feel your panties hang loosely around your ankles and there’s a tap against your leg from a polished shoe. On instinct you raise your foot.

“Good girl,” purrs the voice, tapping your other leg with his foot. You repeat the motion, raising your other leg. There’s a dramatic sigh as the man leans over, swiftly sweeping your panties from the floor. You whimper when he leans over your body, pressing you into the counter. Your bones cry in agony with the pressure and you bite your lip to keep any sort of noise slipping out. Which is futile when a large hand knots in your hair, pulling your hair by the root, forcing you to crane your neck back uncomfortably to look at the man behind you. Tears sting at your eyes but you say nothing, focusing intently as predatory blue eyes bore into you. You can see a playful sneer tugging at his lips beneath a groomed moustache, contorting a handsome face into a dangerously seductive one.

“Hey, pretty girl. Name’s Lloyd. I need you to remember that, got it?”

You don’t think you’d be able to forget it anytime soon but you nod anyway, keeping your teeth firmly pressed against the softness of your lips as you look back at him with glassy wide eyes. His smile widens and he pats your right ass cheek gently.

“Good girl,” He praises, raising your panties to your mouth. “Open wide, pretty girl.”

Your heart beats wildly as you comply, feeling the thick gloved fingers shove the flimsy material into your open mouth. Shame floods you as you feel the dampness of your excitement touch your tounge – this should not turn you on as much as it does. Lloyd takes in your expression, and looks pleased.

“You look good with your mouth full, sunshine.” He teases, squeezing your ass cheek with his free hand before moving to your aching core. Your moan is suppressed by your panties and Lloyd’s fingers in your mouth. Lloyd slips two fingers into your desperate hole with ease, sliding them in and out torturously slow, smirking down at you as your eyes flutter and your legs shift. He teases and flexes his fingers inside of you, spreading and stretching you open with a delicious burn that had you keening around the fingers in your mouth.

“Shit,” He gasps tauntingly. “You’re already soaked. You don’t need the warm-up.”

Your eyes go wide when you feel his cock run over your folds, gathering the slick that had built up between your thighs. You make a muffled sound of protest that evolves into a long moan as Lloyd sheaths his cock into your throbbing cunt. Your eyes roll back and Lloyd’s fingers move from your mouth to wrap around your throat, squeezing your windpipe lightly and pulling you backwards so you’re flush against his chest.

“That’s it, pretty girl.” He coos huskily into your ear, “Take it.”

The hand in your hair moves to your hip, keeping you still as he starts to thrust into you. Lloyd’s moustache tickles at your throat when he trails kisses along the back of your neck, the grip from his hand squeezing so tightly you feel lightheaded. But damn, if it doesn’t feel good. Your pussy grips his cock making Lloyd grunt into your ear, thrusting harder into you. You mewl around your panties, trying to shift your tied hands to no avail.

Lloyd groans as he feels your slick walls flutter around him, milking his cock so well, so quickly. A gloved finger hooks part of your panty and tugs it free from your mouth, throwing to the floor with a wet thud. You take a huge gulp of air before Lloyd’s hand is back around your throat again.

“Who does this pussy belong to?” He growls, tugging your neck back forcefully. You yell out, back arching along with your neck as your hips slam mercilessly against the countertop.

“Y-You!” You cry out, gasping for air when he releases your throat to let you speak. Lloyd clicks his tongue, squeezing your throat again.

“No, no, sweetheart,” he chides, voice low. “Get it wrong again and I’ll have to spank you. Now, let’s try again. Who does this pussy belong to?”

He releases your throat again but this time you almost scream his name. “Lloyd! I-it belongs to yo-“

“That’s right, baby!” Lloyd interrupts you loudly, cutting off your air supply once more. He fucks into you mercilessly, and you’re sure you’ve got Bruises on your hips, but you don’t really care. Lloyd’s sneer against your neck with filthy praises falling from his lips make your head spin and you don’t even notice that you’re cumming over his cock until he releases your neck to let you scream.

“Oh, look at you.” He huffs, continuing the unrelenting pace, loving the feeling of your soaked cunt around him and the way your legs are shaking. “Doin’ so well for me sweetheart. I think I’m gonna have to keep you.”

You whine pitifully, pleasure blurring your brain as you nod along to his words.

“Fuck, you’d like that?” Lloyd groans. His hips stutter for a moment but when he starts to fuck you again, it’s sloppier and less focused. “You’d like to be all mine?”

“Oh – yes!” You half-sob, eyes rolling to look up at the ceiling as you feel your pussy spasm; close to cumming yet again. That spasm is what sends Lloyd over the edge, pinning you in place with his hands on your hips as he coats your walls with his cum. You follow soon after, again, squeezing him for everything he can give.

Your breathing is shallow but you tell when cool metal slips against your wrist, freeing your from the ties. Your hands fly out to grab the counter, steading yourself as you catch your breath.

“Well, sunshine, this was fun.” Lloyd comments nonchalantly as he removes himself from you lazily, prolonging the feeling of his cock slipping from you before giving your ass a pat. “But I’ve got a job nearby – shouldn’t be too long.”

You push yourself up onto your elbows and blink a few times. You glance over your shoulder to see him shoving himself back into his pants quickly. He gives you a wink and a smirk that has a blush creeping up your neck.

“Don’t give me that look,” He says waggling a finger jokingly at you. “I’ll be back later for another round. Or three.”

You nod, still a little shell-shocked and ruminating in post-orgasm bliss. Maybe that website wasn't half bad after all.

[ritzcrackee]

april tbr post yayy

rereads are marked by a ☆, new reads are marked by a ♡, and new acquisitions are bolded

physical tbr: 20

what moves the dead - t. kingfisher ♡

an education in malice - s. t. gibson ♡

juilet takes a breath - gabby rivera ♡

stories of people and civilization, greek ancient origins - lindsay powell, j. k. jackson ♡

rebel girls - elizabeth keenan ♡

the silent stars go by - dan abbet ♡

touched by an angel - johnathan morris ♡

dracula - bram stoker ♡

dune - frank herbert ♡

dune messiah - frank herbert ♡

frankenstein - mary shelley ♡

sense and sensibility - jane austen ♡

hippie - barry miles ♡

evernight - claudia gray ☆

stargazer - claudia gray ♡

the handmaids tale - margaret atwood ☆

the testaments - margaret atwood ♡

aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the

universe - benjamin alire sáenz ☆

would-be witch - kimberly frost ☆

the ballad of songbirds and snakes - suzanne collins ☆

digital tbr: 2

pandora's jar: women in the greek myths - natalie haynes ♡

wild is the witch - rachel griffin ♡

read: 7

a million kisses in your lifetime - monica murphy - dnf

i got like 80 pages in and then just,,, could not continue. no shade if u liked this book it was just solidly, solidly not my thing.

my monster valentine - various authors - 3/5

debated putting this on here for obvious reasons but i neeeeed to be accurate i guess. i only read about half of the stories in this collection and they were pretty hit or miss. it was free though so yk. vibes.

high spirits - camille gomera-tavarez - 2.5/5

this book was pretty alright! i don't have much to say about it (hence the middling rating) but i would reccomend it if you're looking for a fast read :D

the coldest touch - isabel sterling - 4/5

THIS WAS SO CUUUUTTTTTEEEEE!!! i liked the way the author portrayed the genuine hell that being stuck at 17 would be. please get me out of here i want a fully developed frontal lobe. AW and all of the characters were super likable. truly so adorable i was squealing the whole time.

im knocking a point off for the romance being a littttllllleeeee rushed and the character descriptions feeling off (it felt odd that both pov characters categorized every single person into a specific race? i think its good practice to make a characters race clear, but idk if that applies to a random teacher with no dialogue). to be so real though i loved this book enough that it didn't bother me too much.

beastly & bookish - catrina bell - 5/5

did i finish this book in one sitting? yes. did i stay up until 1am doing that? ...mind your business. honestly, im maybeee being a little bit generous giving this 5 stars but !! i really liked it!!! rom was soo mecore. i'm excited to read the rest of the books in this collection (even though they're all christmasy), and i can't wait for my physical copy to get here!!

holly's unjolly christmas - lark green - 2/5

this book was truly just fine. like, the definition of pretty alright. the tropes weren't my thing and the romance felt wildly rushed, but the writing style was easy to read and there were some funny bits. i also felt like the demon characters fell pretty flat? idk felt mid overall. (tbh the highlights of this book were when rom and noelle showed up. my babiesssss)

holidays ablaze - lucy limon - 3/5

v cute 👍 i love samite he's so autistic 💗

last months goal: finish dune

hmm ok. so i did not finish dune. i don't know why i thought i could. whatever possessed me to believe i could finish an 800 page sci-fi book in one month was truly of the devil herself. what the fuck. that was a blatant temptation towards hubris and I FELL FOR IT. anyways i hit 300 pages. everyone clap.

this months goal: finish a re-read

i have a lot of books i'd like to re-read but!!! i just never get around to it!!!! there r always newer shinier books that grab my attention!! i'd also like to carve away a more sizable chunk of my physical tbr this month because i have officially run out of space on my bookshelf TwT. everything is so so crammed in there, i truly cannot afford any more physical books. public library here i come!!

[paintedrecs]

Helloo i saw a tweet you made saying you recently watched a bunch of gay animes and i was wondering if you could perhaps make a list and post them on twitter? I'm always looking for anime to watch and i know your tastes align with mine. If it isn't too much of a bother perhaps? I hope you have loveky days!!!❤❤❤❤

Hey friend! I put off answering this, sorry, because my answers tend to be unnecessarily long and I was v tired when I got the original message. But if you’re still interested, here’s a lil rundown of some of what I’ve been watching/reading. In reference to this tweet, where I was watching a show that definitely isn’t gay but is kinda gay if you just squint the tiniest bit, which I’ve gotten used to doing.

If you follow me on twitter, most of these proooobably won’t be new? But I talk about/RT things on a scattered basis, so maybe there are some you haven’t checked out yet. 

So, the canonical gay! I’m only going to list the ones I liked and/or remember most - my Quest For Gay Anime started two years ago, and I watched pretty much everything I could get my hands on, but at that point, there were only a few I loved enough to rewatch/buy/recommend. The list has gotten a little longer since then, unfortunately for my attention span and wallet.

(I’ll be honest, a lot of the really popular/older BL have too many consent issues for my tastes - I understand the context and all that, and no hate on anyone who loves stories that didn’t particularly appeal to me. But I’m including this note cause (a) if I don’t put a really well-known BL anime on this list that’s probably why (b) I’m gonna drop in a few that toe that line but I’ll try to include warnings where relevant.)

ANIME FAVES

DOUKYUSEI (Classmates)

This is kinda where it all started. I saw a tweet going around with a trailer for a very soft, lovely movie about two boys falling in love, and I thought whaaaaat an actual gay story? Where they kiss? And I don’t have to just imagine it??

Still one of my top faves. It’s beautifully animated - like filming watercolors? It always makes me feel languid and happy. The story and characters are realistic, in a very kind, hopeful way, as these two navigate starting a relationship that neither of them expected. It’s available on Amazon video - I own a digital copy there, hah, as well as the physical blu-ray, because I watch it often enough to want both.

I also recommend the manga, although I’ve only recently discovered that apparently the story did not end after the first three volumes, so I can only recommend that far. (I’ve heard it, unfortunately, gets angstier, and it’s still incomplete? The first three volumes feel complete to me, so I’m happy to leave it there if so.) 

The movie pretty much covers the first manga volume - it’s a very accurate page-to-screen translation - and there’s some really wonderful relationship building and exploration of family dynamics in the next two volumes.

HITORIJIME MY HERO (My Very Own Hero)

Another huge favorite that I have literally watched like 30 times at this point. Two gay couples, double the fun, although this pairing is by far my favorite.

I’ll direct you to my very long post on this topic for more information, but the short version is:

Warning: there is an age gap and student/teacher relationship, but it’s treated very thoughtfully and is directly addressed as part of the story. They have to navigate through how to make their relationship work (issues with friends, coworkers, society). And they didn’t meet as student/teacher - it’s a lot more complicated, with some fantastic family dynamics. There’s a lot of angst to Setagawa’s backstory that makes you really appreciate the happiness and love he finds with Kousuke & his whole family. (Many more details in my watch-this-anime post.)

The series is 12 episodes long, with a WONDERFUL (happy) ending that makes me cry LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE TIME. Gosh I love this show a lot. It packs some serious feels - I cry, I laugh, I cry again, but for happy reasons.

It’s from a manga, but I do not recommend the manga. The manga falls into a lot of the tropes that I personally don’t like; I think the anime does a much better job of tackling the complexity of their story and treating these two with the thoughtful nuance they deserve.

Can be found on Amazon; I bought the blu-ray, and it’s one of the exceedingly rare cases where I love both the sub and the dub. There are slight differences in translation that really makes it worth watching both.

GIVEN

Wow, this one. Available on Crunchyroll, 11 episodes with a movie coming soon.

It’s newer to my list, and it’s really, really good. I’ve only read the first two volumes of the manga so far (with two more on preorder), because tbh I have trouble reading scanlations online and find it a lot more enjoyable to just wait for the official translations in paperback form.

So far the anime lines up pretty closely with the manga, so I do recommend both, although at this point I enjoy the anime more - partly because of some of the choices they make in rearranging/expanding scenes, and partly because it’s a story about a band, so it makes a huge difference to be able to actually hear the music.

And Mafuyu’s song is worth it. Wow. I listened to it on repeat for like two weeks after the episode first aired.

Uenoyama (the dark-haired stern-looking heart-of-gold character, I have a type), is my favorite. He is a MASSIVE disaster gay, and a lot of his scenes are absolutely hilarious. The dynamics between the characters aren’t what you’d expect - it’s amazing to watch the seemingly quiet Mafuyu come out of his shell and display his true personality - and there’s some really gritty, emotional material, too.

What’s fascinating about this one is that there are parallel stories going on about past loves and heartbreak, and how truly loving (and losing) someone doesn’t mean you can’t find happiness again.

(Warning and a spoiler: there is a suicide that happens before this story starts - Mafuyu’s ex-boyfriend - and while nothing about it is graphic, that event is central to Mafuyu’s story, so there are some weighty episodes. It ultimately leads to him meeting Uenoyama and joining the band. And finding himself again.) 

The movie’s gonna focus more on the secondary couple, but I’m still excited to see more of them! And...more angst, I imagine, but hopefully a lot more happiness as well.

SARAZANMAI

Okay, fair warning: this show is weird.

I think if you’re familiar with Japanese folklore, particularly kappas, you might have a much better intro than I did, but considering the creator laughed about how much they got away with by hiding the weirder parts of the story during the initial pitch, I...am not sure about that.

It’s weird but I liked it a lot. I’m not even going to attempt to explain it in the space available here, but the wiki page has a decent summary if you’re curious before diving in.

The very, very condensed version is that the main characters are three middle school boys who get turned into kappas by the kappa prince, who sends them on missions to retrieve “dishes of hope” every episode. In the process, they learn more about themselves and each other, since each time they complete one of these missions, it results in one of their big secrets being spilled to the others.

I like the main trio (and there’s a gay subplot there, too, where one of the boys is in love with his best friend but doesn’t know how to tell him), but I started watching the show because of the “villains,” Reo and Mabu. They have a deeply angsty backstory that you don’t get to until the last couple episodes. Up until then, they have a transformation sequence every episode that ... yes, gets repetitive, Miraculous Ladybug-style, but I still sat and watched, entranced, every time.

One of the things I like about this anime is that while it is very, very gay, it’s not about being gay. It’s a fantasy story where several characters just happen to be gay. As much as I love romance (which the rest of these recs definitely have been), I like being able to see gay people (or kappas...) in different genres, just existing.

And if you can’t get into the show (11 episodes, available on Crunchyroll), there’s a spinoff manga about Reo and Mabu being disaster dads to a baby girl they find on a dish in the middle of the street. I think it’s a human AU (kinda?), but it’s super sweet and funny and I liked it a lot.

THE BETRAYAL KNOWS MY NAME

Okay, so this was an early favorite, and I rewatched it recently and laughed a lot about how massively dramatic it is, but I don’t care, I’m still into it.

We’re skirting the edge of “canon gay” here, because you never get an on-screen kiss, and it’s technically a shoujo manga. But...it was at the top of a lot of BL lists when I was first hunting for good stuff to watch, and the relationship between Yuki and Luka is deeply romantic (and achingly piningly good) and central to the story.

The title’s linked to one of Luka’s frequent lines: “I will never betray you,” which he earnestly tells Yuki at every opportunity he gets. Luka is an extremely powerful demon, and Yuki is part of an immortal (via reincarnation) clan that hunts demons. But in Yuki’s past life, they fell in love.

Yuki was, at that point and in previous lives, a woman, but something changed this time around: he was reborn as a man, and without any of his memories.

Luka, who waited for Yuki to be reincarnated so they could be together again, still remembers and still loves him. But he keeps his devotion on Yuki’s terms, refusing to force the memory of a relationship that Yuki might have wanted to forget.

There’s one particularly great scene where the leader of Yuki’s clan asks Luka if anything has changed - if they can still rely on Luka to stay by Yuki’s side and be his protector. “They have the same soul,” Luka says. Gender doesn’t matter. He loves Yuki. He’ll always love Yuki. 

And Yuki, though he doesn’t remember loving Luka, begins to slowly, inevitably, fall in love again.

The anime is 24 episodes - while it doesn’t fully close out the story, it does have some closure, or at least a solid sense of an upcoming happy ending. (I own the DVD; I don’t think the show is currently available to watch online.)

There’s also a manga, which is beautifully illustrated, wow, the sheer level of detail in this blows me away. Which, unfortunately, was way too much work to maintain at that level and ultimately destroyed the author’s health, so the last few volumes get shorter and shorter and the story trickles to an unsatisfying conclusion.

I still love it a lot, though, and it’s another example of establishing a great relationship within the context of a much larger story - a sweeping, complicated fantasy epic.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Those are my primary favorites, unless I’m forgetting anything (and for the purposes of this post, I’m leaving out things like Tiger & Bunny and Promare, which are very gay and embraced as such by the creators but also not something I’m comfortable including in a Definitely Canonically Gay, You Won’t Ever Be Disappointed By Future Reveals list). If I have the energy, I might make another post like this for those kinds of stories.

But there are a few others that I enjoyed, if not enough to buy copies of or collect merch for. These include:

No. 6

Dystopian, so definitely very dark and kind of visually disturbing in places (for instance, people rotting from mystery infections). There’s a central m/m romance and one kiss, but the ending is kind of an open one without a super happy conclusion. It doesn’t have high rewatch value for me - I’ve only ever watched it once and don’t really feel inclined to go back - but it's got good storytelling and is worth viewing. 

Kizuna Koi No Kara Sawagi (Much Ado About Nothing OVA)

That last bit of the title is important to get you to the correct OVA, since there are different variations of this story. It’s been a long time since I tried the main anime, but I did not like it - I had major issues with its story, particularly with the sexual assault plotline. I did, however, love the OVA and have recommended it to people as something that can be watched independently.

There's still a little dodgy content in it (as with a lot of things in the BL genre), but it's mostly a lovely established relationship story with a lot of bittersweet feels, with flashbacks to how the couple got together. 

It’s necessarily a "happy" story either, though, because they're in a loving, committed relationship in a society where they can't be open about that, and it takes a toll. They're doing their best to work through the difficulties together.

Ai no Kusabi 

SERIOUS WARNINGS FOR THIS ONE.

It's about a society with "Blondies" as the elite ruling class and dark-haired "Mongrels" from the slums. There's slavery, plus some serious sexual consent issues...which I found extra prevalent in the newer version (prettier animation but much more cringey on the content).

The 90s version has rougher animation but a more interesting story. The relationship is still not necessarily healthy, but it reads as a lot more of a forbidden love BDSM relationship.

Even so, the ending is SUPER unhappy. I cannot emphasize that enough. I was watching all these things on my own without any warnings, so this one hit me really hard, and I couldn't stop thinking about it for days after. I’m not sure if I'd watch it again, but I've had interesting conversations with others who did.

I guess what I liked about it is that it’s a very different kind of story - and like I said earlier, it’s nice to have variety in genres. As long as every story isn’t dark and tragic, it’s worthwhile to sometimes experience ones that are told well. And weirdly (since this is not something I would watch with my family) it reminded me to some extent of the movies I grew up with - the 80s and early 90s had a lot of dark sci-fi, and my family really loved watching them, so there’s something...nostalgic about how disturbing it is? Thanks parents. At least this one’s gay.

Gakuen Heaven

To pull us back from the darker content, here’s one that I guess was adapted from a dating computer game. As far as I can remember, it was pretty free of cw; fun but not as emotionally engaging as some of the others. It’s pretty much just a fluffy story about a boys’ school on an island with a mystery plot and a romance.

MANGA RECS

I sprinkled some manga recs alongside the relevant anime, but here are a few others that I’ve only experienced in book form. (I’ve got one on my nightstand right now that I need to read, but if it’s good I’ll just update this post I guess, I’ve put this reply off for long enough.)

OUR DINING TABLE

Unlike a lot of the other manga I’ve read, this is a single volume, which means it has a nice, solid conclusion that wraps everything up wonderfully and doesn’t leave you any room to worry that the author will insert unnecessary drama down the line. (That’s an issue, ok? It happens a lot.)

A very soft, sweet romance that’s actually a lot more about building family - which is something that hugely appeals to me. Highly recommend. Loved it, bought it, will definitely reread it. I’d love to see it eventually made into a movie, like Doukyusei.

MY BROTHER’S HUSBAND

This is a hefty book - I ordered it after seeing a joke-tweet about the live action adaptation (which I haven’t been able to find to watch online). I was surprised by the size of the book but even more (pleasantly!) surprised by its contents. I’m not familiar with the author’s other works, although I’ve heard this is the uh....softest and sweetest of his writing. It’s honestly way more uplifting and healing than I was expecting.

Again, it’s largely about family: a quiet, very private Japanese dad dealing with a visit from his deceased (estranged) twin’s extroverted and cheery Canadian husband. This could go down some very dark paths, but it really doesn’t...there are some smatterings of homophobia mixed in, since that’s sort of the point, but there’s a lot of wonderful self-discovery and building new family bonds.

OUR DREAMS AT DUSK

Oh man. This series. Irene Koh (Legend of Korra comics illustrator) recommended it on twitter, and I picked up the first volume from my library and then could not stop. All four volumes are now out in official translations, and they’re so, so good.

These are definitely on the more realistic side - less of an idealized, prejudice-free view of the world, with more of an accurate picture of what it’s like to be not-straight in Japan.

And I phrase it that way because there’s a lot of variety in the characters in these books. The main character is gay - just coming to terms with the fact that he is, because life would be so much easier if he didn’t have a crush on the hot guy at school.

Content warning: it gets so bad at school, in fact, that he starts out the book planning to commit suicide. It’s dark. But it gets much better, and by the final volume he’s grown so much in his confidence and sense of self-worth - because he becomes a part of a community of other people who teach him that it’s okay to be himself.

And all the other storylines are wonderful. Some of the other characters you get to know include a trans guy, an ace woman, two girls who (spoilers!) get married in the fourth volume, and a much older gay guy who’s been with his partner for several decades.

It’s not a fluffy story - there’s some really tough material throughout, and people aren’t always nice, even the ones you really, really want to be - but they also learn and work hard at communicating with each other. I think these are pretty extraordinary books. Beautiful and heartbreaking but also deeply affirming.

[weltonreject]

ok not to ramble about the same thing again But it rlly makes me so happy that my word vomit gushing about ur work to u can serve as a reminder of the love in the world that is waiting for whatever u will gift it when the time comes like i am so happy u are feeling more hopeful about publishing again bc i rlly rlly think u have so much talent and so i am Invested in that hope and Also !!! two novels, my head is spinning, again i Know these are like not coming out Immediately but i'm already imaging waking up in the morning on a day off making a nice coffee and sitting and reading or being on a train for hours but the time flying by bc i'm reading like Wow, i mean lowkey i have done that already with lost and stolen except that was a curled up in bed not even able to get up bc i was so entranced, but a physical book one day is just Wow and Two even more WOW so i am v excited for what the future holds in terms of u getting ur work even more out there, so anyway thank YOU bc rlly i am just giving u my unfiltered thoughts and u are giving beautiful stories and characters that will live in my mind forever (not the fairest exchange but i think it works) and also good luck with ur publishing lecture and thesis and everything else u are working on somewhat Immediately i am so excited for u <3 egr

ps i feel like i'm writing full on letters to u, i am truly so sorry i cannot condense any of my thoughts into anything less than a mini essay but i am sure the Spirit of my messages is worth it (hopefully)

Please! Write full letters! I already have a few Letter Correspondences going! I’ll add a wax seal and it’ll be official! I love writing lil digital letters to people-- even if sometimes I’m slow with conversation because I get communication fatigue super easily if I’m having a Hard Time (meaning, please don’t take any length of time it takes me to answer as any lack of affection, it’s JUST my brain being exhausted and not wanting to write insincerely).

BUT your unfiltered thoughts mean more than I think any of my polished stories ever could. I mean... what you said about my poorly thesis (I read her now and think OH i can’t wait to revamp her and be BETTER) makes me feel so... grateful to have all of you as my little hidden secret weapon for my writer’s confidence. I know I tell this story all the time but if it wasn’t for the people that have read my fics and supported my work on here of all places, I would have never applied to write my senior thesis (so NO lost & stolen) and would have never applied to grad school (so NO oct 1983 or Juniper and the Gardener 2.0). NOW look what your unfiltered words are doing! [I’m editing my manuscript finally and feeling really good about it somehow!!!]

I really hope one day you get to hold all three of my novels (three meaning, of the three I’m working on. I don’t plan on stopping at three... plEASE) and that all three bring you joy and some kind of company. And, if I can, I’ll sign ‘em and send them to y’all who have really Done The Most For Me. Which is all of you. All my publisher copies are going to y’all. That’s what I’m saying.

Not to ramble (my turn!!!) but again, thank you so so much for all of these messages. I appreciate you so much!!! You’re just! making my whole night!! (also idk your time zone but i know I’m Up Late, so you better get some sleep...)

-M.K

[ivycrossing0101010]

100 Days to Animal Crossing Challenge!

In the spirit of the countdown to New Leaf (remember when? :’) ), and to help  wile away the days, here’s 100 questions for every day until New Horizons is here! Enjoy!

1. Do you prefer making up a new name for your villager, or using your own name? I always name my villager after myself. I go for the immersion!

2. Do you use the first map you’re given, or do you reset for layouts? I used to reset for layouts, until I started hacking. In New Horizons, I'll just be resetting for fruit!

3. Do you use the face you’re given, or do you wait for guides and choose your favourite? I would look for guides. Even with hacking, it's easier to just start with the face you want.

4. Favourite town/island name?/Have you a name picked out for your town/island? My favorite town name that I've seen so far is Lunaire. I don't want to share my town name just yet. It's nothing revolutionary or anything but its personal I guess?

5. Will you be sharing with friends/family, or is your island going to be all your own? I will be having my own island! My husband will have his own island as well. He says we'll spend most of our time in my island though lol

6. What’s a new feature you’re excited about? T E R R A F O R M

7. Favourite fruit? Peaches!

8. Least favourite fruit? Pears!

9. Favourite area? (Beach, campground, shopping district etc, from any entry in the series.) My favorite place was the wishing well in ACPG. So cute and sweet. As much as I loved the plaza in ACNL, it's got nothing on the original!

10. Where do you like to like to put your house? Do you like that level of customization, or do you prefer to have some things decided, like in older entries? I like to put my house near waterfalls, its relaxing and good for fishing! I could never get my house near the water in older games, so it was a nice change in ACNL.

11. Favourite grass pattern? Personally, I never really notice the grass patterns!

12. Least favourite grass pattern? See #11 :v

13. Favourite villager/s? My fav villagers are Skye and Punchy 💕

14. Least favourite villager/s? I hate Elise the Monkey

15. Did you like doing Tom Nook’s chores, or did you find those to be a pain? I used to find them a pain as a kid but I miss them now. It was so much more engaging!

16. Favourite NPC/s? My fav would have to be KK. He's such a cool dude, he's just full of nostalgia for me.

17. Least favourite NPC/s? I don't really have a least favorite? I guess Katie's mom, her lipstick is tacky imo

18. Do you use paths? Are you excited about the new path tool? With hacking, I use clover paths so they're easier to see on the editor. I can't wait to have real paths, though!

19. Favourite feature from an older entry? The festivities! The neighbors were so much more engaged in ACPG, ACNL is sorta boring in comparison.

20. What was your first Animal Crossing game? My first was ACPG, the gamecube one!

21. Favourite activity (fishing, bug catching, fossil hunting, other)? Fishing was always exciting AND relaxing for me

22. Least favourite activity? Fossil hunting, but only because I don't get immediately results and I'm impatient lol

23. Favourite bug? Even though I don't like these irl, snails hehe

24. Least favourite bug? Scorpions and tarantulas, only because I've almost never encountered them in ANY game

25. A quarter of the way there! How’s the wait? Agonizing

26. Favourite fish? It's not actually a fish, but I like the softshell turtle!

27. Least favourite fish? The napoleon fish, that big blue one -.-

28. Favourite fossil? The ammonite!

29. Least favourite fossil? Don't really have one lol

30. Favourite furniture series? I've always liked the flower set you get from Leif and the mush set, so cute!

31. Least favourite furniture series? The holiday specific ones, they're so tacky and boring!

32. Favourite soundtrack? (Gamecube, DS/Wii, etc) Gamecube for sure

33. Least favourite soundtrack? Honestly, ACNL. Don't dig the steel drum

34. Favourite wallpaper? The ivy wall hehe

35. Do you have a nice memory of the games/community etc you’d like to share? I didn't really have too much interaction with the community until recently! I just gained a bunch of followers and it's super flattering lol I want to become more involved!

36. Least favourite wallpaper? Cheese...

37. Favourite carpet? I personally love the old board flooring, so simple and rustic!

38. Least favourite carpet? CHEESE

39. Favourite furniture item? The fairy bottle from the Welcome Amiibo update!

40. Will you be buying a Switch for Animal Crossing, or do you already have one? I'm trading in my old switch for the slick new Animal Crossing Switch!

41. Least favourite furniture item? The ultra things that you can get from Redd, so useless!

42. Favourite flower? Carnations!

43. Least favourite flower? Cosmos!

44. Favourite hybrid? Blue roses for sure

45. Least favourite hybrid? Any cosmos

46. Favourite shirt? The denim shirt, long sleeve

47. Favourite dress? I like the raincoat

48. Favourite accessory? Silver frames!

49. Favourite hat/helmet? The keroppi pins

50. Halfway there! How’s the wait going? Pretty numb!

51. Favourite shop? Dream Suite! So much fun visiting towns!

52. Do you collect amiibo cards/figures? Would you like to see them used in the new game? I have all the amiibo cards are all my fav neighbors, and about have of the total amiibo cards that exist. Idk if I'll use them right away and get all my favs or if I'll let my town naturally fill up and then switch folks out yet

53. Fishing Tourney or Bug-Off? Fishing Tourney, I like fishing more

54. Do you like making your own clothing patterns? I used to, but ACPC made me appreciate the already made in game clothes

55. Did you streetpass with many other ACNL players, or is it a feature you didn’t get much use of? I don't get much use out of it nowadays but I would always come back from conventions with a full showcase when I was younger

56. Favourite villager species? Cats!

57. Least favourite villager species? Monkeys

58. Favourite nickname from a villager? I don't really remember the nicknames I got

59. Least favourite nickname from a villager? I also always hated them!

60. Do you try to collect everything in the game, or just try to get your favourite bits and pieces? Bits and pieces for sure

61. Favourite villager personality? Normal and lazy

62. Least favourite villager personality? Jock

63. Do you “plot reset” for villager house placement, or do you let them move in wherever they want? During my first playthrough of ACNL, I didn't. Then I started doing it when I learned about it. Then I started hacking!

64. Are you excited to wear any of the new accessories (like the bags etc shown in the E3 trailer)? ACPC sorta spoiled that stuff for me, they're still very much appreciated though

65. What season are you most looking forward to seeing in New Horizons? Spring!! 🌸🌸🌸

66. What’s your favourite season? Spring again hehe

67. Least favourite season? Summer, kinda boring

68. Which game’s events/holidays do you like the most? Ones that are actually engaging with you and the neighbors

69. Which game’s events/holidays do you like least? Days like solstices, which just served as "Isabelle is unavailable" Days

70. Do you have another nice AC related memory you’d like to share (in-game, of the community, etc)? When ACPG came out, I was about 6. I had a DVD with those lame live action commercials and I was ENAMORED with them! Obsessed! I begged my parents for the game and they would hem and haw "well there's a lot of reading... you'll have to get better at reading... we won't always be able to help you read it..." and I swore up and down that I'd learn and practice reading. Obviously, nearly 20 years later, I'm still completely obsessed

71. Do you prefer the “live” versions of K.K. Slider’s Songs, or the airchecks? I like both but for different reasons. The live versions are nice and nostalgic and the air checks are closer to the aesthetic that they're actually trying to portray

72. An NPC you’d like to see more of? Farley and Serena!

73. An NPC you’d like to see less of? None in particular, everyone is pretty well designed imo

74. If you could have any piece of AC merchandise, which would it be? I once saw a cute bento box with pics from the movie, my soul died knowing I may never find it to buy anywhere

75. Only 25 days left to go! How’s the wait? Still numb!

76. Will you be downloading the game, or getting a physical copy? I'm getting a physical copy and my husband is getting a digital, so he can't be tempted to sell it!

77. Do you like coming up with your own town tune/flag, or using what the game gives you/something from a book/tv show/other game, etc? I like doing a sort of japanese "end of school" bell for my town tune, only for the town clock. Idk how I'm gonna do it in this game though...

78. Do you play every day, or every other day/when you feel like it/other? I used to play ACNL everyday, then it got a bit boring. I'm gonna play ACNH literally everyday forever lol

79. Are you the kind of person who starts over after leaving their town for a really long time, or do you try to get right back to it? I tend to restart a lot, but I recently decided to leave my ACNL town with no regrets so I hacked the crap out of it without feeling tacky or cringy

80. Do you remember how you got into the Animal Crossing series? It immediately caught my eye as a 6 year old and its had its grasp on me since

81. Do you like to make up a story for the town/character when you play, or do you just play as yourself? I play as myself but I sorta make a bunch of headcanons for myself and my neighbors and stuff to make it more interesting for me. Sometimes its embarrassing and sometimes I need to tell the people!

82. Favourite dream address / “theme” for a town (pastel, fairytale, forest, horror, etc)? My favorite town has always been Pastelia, although the mayor's name is escaping me atm >m<"

83. Do you like to have your house fully upgraded/paid off, or do you like keeping it smaller/having fewer rooms? I used to fully upgrade my house all the time but my current ACNL house only have 4 rooms and that's IT

84. Favourite hairstyle? The one with the middle split and it goes behind the ears

85. Least favourite hairstyle? The three ponytails, rip ACWW me

86. Favourite hair colour? I go either pink or my natural brown

87. Least favourite hair colour? That bright green...

88. Do you prefer wearing in-game clothes, or custom designs? In game clothes!

89. Favourite hourly track? 2 pm from ACPG

90. Just ten more days! How’re you feeling? Half paid off my new switch, so ready!

91. Least favourite hourly track? I don't think I have one!

92. Do you prefer to know all about the game before designing your town/island/house, or do you like to wing it? Bro, I've been glued to my phone since the direct came out

93.  Another nice Animal Crossing memory? ACNL came out around the time my husband and I started dating, almost exactly at the same time. Now its 8 years later, we're married, and we're gonna play another animal crossing game together finally!

94. Are you excited about same-system multiplayer? Its gonna be great for a lot of people, kinda useless for me though

95. Five more days! Are you going to trade/use amiibo to get your favourite villager, or wait for them to move in themselves/make a new favourite? I think I'll put in my 2 top favs, and then see what comes. Maybe after a few months I'll put everyone in

96.  Favourite emotion/Shrunk joke? I don't really like his jokes, but my fav emotions to use are the bashful ones

97.  Least favourite emotion/Shrunk joke? Not a fan of his dopey dance

98.  Is there a feature you’d like to add to Animal Crossing? I wanna be able to decorate for my neighbors so badly!

99.  Is there a feature you’d take away? It kinda seems like a lot of issues were solved in ACNH, I guess we'll see what's leftover as an annoying feature

100. Final day! Any more thoughts? Midnight release at my local gamestop! Gonna be there with a bunch of DOOM fans too! Can't wait!!

[korbynwatt237331]

Week 4

The Real and The Virtual describe two ways of ‘looking’ at collections and exhibitions of objects.

The Real means being physically present with a collection or an object. The virtual means to mediate that experience digitally e.g. using software and various configurations of screens, prints etc to produce and manipulate copies made of real things. Digital mediation as imitation can be novel but deceptive e.g. ‘deep fakes’.  

For your digital workbook:

Consider how access to some virtual spaces might advantage or disadvantage our encounters looking at collections. For example, Marina Abramovic tried to make people care about global heating? Was she successful? Can a good ‘digital’ copy be a substitute for ‘the real’ and, under what circumstances?

Virtual environments are also sites for creativity in themselves. In what ways could these go beyond just augmenting Rodney’s ‘civic space’ of the physical gallery collection? Can virtual spaces and collections relevant to marginalised groups participate fully in this civic space?

Considering the above. Find at least 4 other examples of collections (either as objects or as an exhibition) where real things are digitally mediated in ways that make you care about a collection - or not.

British Museum, London (britishmuseum.org)

“There are 3,212 panes of glass in the domed ceiling of the British Museum’s Great Court, and no two are the same – and the 360-degree view in this virtual tour lets viewers examine each and every one. Beyond this magnificent space, viewers can find the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies and other ancient wonders. The museum’s interactive infographic platform, History Connected, goes into further depth of various objects with curators, along a timeline.”

Having a virtual space of an exciting Museum could be a positive alternative top those who can not visit the location and want to experience the collections. For a museum like the British Museum this could be a good opportunity for those to pick up on details that they may have missed when they visited in person. With this museum bringing a virtual space into their website, it allows people to further examine things without having to worry about other people possibly being in their way and influencing the experience. 

Although these are all positives there may be some negatives too. Experiencing the collections of the British Museum through a screen won't allow you to grasp the full experience of the items themselves when you see them in person. Being able to see these items in person would alter the experience because of the environment that it is in. When you're viewing a collection from the comfort of your own home versus from a building of great importance and architecture there may be some value lost. 

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (rijksmuseum.nl)

“This grand museum has a vast collection of art and historical objects across 80 galleries. A 10-year renovation project was completed in 2013, transforming the space and combining elements of 19th-century grandeur with modern lighting and a new glass-roofed atrium. The interactive tour helps viewers get up close to every brush stroke by Vermeer, Rembrandt and other Dutch masters while exploring the Great Hall and beyond.” 

In a virtual space of the Rijksmuseum the website can be used as a interactive tour for people who visit the museum itself. Yet for a Rijksmuseum their historical collections are objects and paintings that are well known. This means that most people would have seen the painting or object online or through media before. I believe that the significance that comes from viewing these paintings is the scale of which it was painted at. Being able to view these paintings in person allows you to grasp the scale which also creates a more unique experience than if you were to view it online. 

Physical museums of such significance should in my opinion stay physical, yet it also creates a platform for those who can not visit the physical museum. Taking paintings and objects of such value and plastering them digitally for all to see could possibly de value them in a way. Being able to go and physically see the painting or object would be a more valued experience and remembered one. 

THE GOOGLE ART PROJECT (https://artsandculture.google.com)

“The search engine has cleverly partnered with over 1200 cultural institutions from around the world to archive and document priceless pieces of art, and provide virtual tours of museums using Google Street View technology. There’s an A-Z of all the museums you can explore virtually including digital friendly museums like the Musee d’Orsay in Paris and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.”

the google art Proust unlike the other examples I have shown is a more broad and interactive experience where you can visit many exhibitions around the world using google street view technology. This digital museum is one designed to be interactive and used through an application on your phone. 

Although within this app I feel like there is some issues that arise, such as turning yourself into an iconic painting or art piece as a filter over a photograph. I feel like this could be taken in many ways. This could be a way for people to engage with the artwork and understand it more, being able to interact with the art and turn yourself into the art allows for a very unique experience like no other. I tried this out and started to think from the perspective of the painter or artist and it brought some new point of views. Yet this experience was almost diminishing the value of the artwork itself, to some it may be defacing the artwork completely and undervaluing its significance. 

Overall this virtual walkthrough of a huge array of institutions is a more valued way of creating a virtual museum. As it allows people to visit multiple locations and exhibitions rather to one museum or gallery. 

AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM (https://www.aucklandmuseum.com)

“There are several collections to explore here, and its recently launched Auckland Museum at Home — a free online hub filled with stories, activities, videos and puzzles — is perfect for families to enjoy. Auckland Museum chief executive David Gaimster says the museum is an anchor point for all Aucklanders. We want to maintain our connection with the city and the communities we serve while our galleries, exhibitions and public programmes aren’t able to operate.”

The idea of a virtual gallery or museum could be less of a foreseen one in this day and age. Coronavirus playing a large role in public spaces this year we all found ourselves in our own homes without access to activities and facilities such as galleries and museums. The Auckland War Memorial Museum had several collections online for you to view. Having access to this information could play a large impact on current affairs where you are unable to experience the gallery in person. This allows us to have access to our history and understand it's significance in these times of hardship, breaking the barriers that may possibly play a part in our lives in the future. 

This also made me think of other barriers that may play a large impact of some people, people who are unable to access certain areas because of a disability or simply just location. A virtual gallery or museum allows us to create less restrictions and ‘open the doors’ to everyone who wishes to access it. 

Overview

Virtual galleries and Museums allow us to access information that we may not be able to locate ourselves physically, although the digital platform may belittle artwork in ways it in my opinion is a necessity. Locations and buildings set an experience like no other, where you experience the gallery or exhibition impacts your view, to view such things in your own home may negatively impact how you understand it. 

I would argue that the importance of a gallery or museum comes from the experience of the surroundings, being able to walk into a room specially designed for the experience brings a unique value to the items on display and impacts your understanding. 

the Guardian. 2020. 10 Of The World’S Best Virtual Museum And Art Gallery Tours. [online] Available at: <https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/mar/23/10-of-the-worlds-best-virtual-museum-and-art-gallery-tours> [Accessed 7 October 2020].

Magazine, V., 2020. Our Favourite Virtual Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions To Visit - Viva. [online] Viva.co.nz. Available at: <https://www.viva.co.nz/article/stayhome/our-favourite-online-museums-galleries-to-visit/> [Accessed 7 October 2020].

Part two

Ordinary Things in Ordinary Places: Meditations on Moving by Connie Brown

“Forever objects of (re)interpretation, Narration and representation” this is a powerful quote that strengthens the idea of permanent exhibitions in the fact that we personally find meanings that others don't. I believe that it is important to have a free flow of interpretation and encourage people to think individually, for this purpose. 

The same could be taken when visiting a collection of items such as a gallery or museum. The fact of viewing and experiencing leaves us with a different state of mind of which we came in with. A new point of view or simply a new understanding can be a powerful tool to have when creating a space or exhibition.

This quote makes sense for me to save as it looks into the linking of story and can link to me creating a narrative through portraiture. People can interlock in many ways and to find a way to create a story through mediums of portraiture could be a fun and expressive way to convey this message/concept.

The Man who Never Threw Anything Away Ilya Kabakov

Through this reading it is evident that many people find value in things in varying ways. This further values the necessity for personal interpretation when it comes to viewing an artefact of such. The mare personal interpretation of items through memory can be a strong concept for people to hold onto. 

It could be an interesting thing to look into when I’m creating an exhibition, through looking at different interpretations of portraiture and using many in the gallery to show different view points that some may find varying value in.  

[ktaebwi]

[TRANS] 170220 10asia BTS Q&A: Behind ‘WINGS’

Source  KRN - ENG © ktaebwi

10asia (10). Your new song ‘Spring Day’ dominated the digital music charts on the day of releasing. 

JIMIN: Every time we release an album, we always have the same feeling of excitement and expectation. This time our members all listened to the new songs at 0 o’clock together too. We’re really touched that our song ‘Spring Day’ ranked #1 on the chart for 24 consecutive hours starting from the 1AM chart. Our previous album ‘WINGS’ received such good responses so we felt the pressure too. We think of our fans a lot and we’re thankful to them too. 

SUGA: You may think it’s different from the usual BTS style. ‘Spring Day’ combines British rock elements together with electronic sounds. I wrote the lyrics based on my personal experiences, it’s about missing your friends. I thought many could sympathize with this. Thank you for loving it. 

10. ‘WINGS: YOU NEVER WALK ALONE’ exceeded 700,000 pre-orders. 

JIN: We were very surprised. These days online music sites are used a lot but people still buy physical copies that much, I think it’s thanks to their love for us. We’ll repay by making and bringing you even better music. 

10. Last year ‘WINGS’ set the best records among Korean artists by entering the US Billboard 200 Chart, England UK Chart and more. 

V: We received so much love around the world to the point of making us think if we could even receive this much love. We only had happy moments. If there’s a personal goal for me in 2017, my big goal is to enter the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. It’s something all artists dream of. 

10. What’s the secret to your popularity overseas? 

SUGA: We write the songs & lyrics by ourselves and participate in producing. We keep in mind the kind of sounds that overseas fans would love and work on it. We also actively participate in the final stages like mixing or mastering. I think overseas fans are interested in our music because it doesn’t have big differences to the kind of music that they usually listen to. 

RAP MONSTER: BTS always pursue trendy sounds. Another thing is that as the K-pop community becomes more active, our lyrics in Korean are quickly translated by overseas fans, therefore the stories of the youth we’re telling can cross the borders and be sympathized by the youth in other countries too. Our powerful performances in music videos and such also play a part in our popularity. 

10. Recently many new boy groups picked BTS as their role model. 

SUGA: It’s an honor for us and it also feels amazing. It has already been a few years since we debuted and talked about our role models, the sunbae singers we want to be like with excitement. I want to say to our hoobaes that there’ll be lots of ups and downs and worries. It’d be a time when you would be so worried and anxious that you can’t sleep, but eventually good days will come. Everyone is really cool and there are a lot of good singers. I hope they will, too, become sunbaes and become cool singers. 

JIN: The most important thing is the relationship between members. It’s important to work in harmony with each other. 

10. BTS is quite active in communicating with fans. 

J-HOPE: Yes that’s right. I enjoy watching MV reaction videos of international fans. I relate to the fans a lot while watching their reactions. Like “J-hope is freaking handsome here.” (laughs) 

JUNGKOOK: I watch MV theory videos a lot, there’re quite many clever people. There’s also a lot of those who got it correct to the point of making me think “How do you know about this?”, and some even make new interpretations that even we don’t know about it. 

V: There’s a scene in ‘Spring Day’ music video where Jungkook runs and the members gather together. I’m the only one who didn’t appear in it so there were various theories raising up. Actually it’s because when we were filming it I forgot so I couldn’t go in. (laughs) 

JIN: The scene where V covers my eyes in ‘Blood, Sweat & Tears’ music video was originally given to Suga. Suga’s acting was worse than we thought so it was changed to V, but our fans made theories about that.

SUGA: I think the creations made from the creators’ point of views are open to various interpretations by the audience. 

10. There are opinions saying ‘Spring Day’ is reminiscent of the Sewol Ferry tragedy. 

RAP MONSTER: We should be careful when talking. As citizens of this country, we feel the responsibility for the Sewol Ferry tragedy and with the thought of expressing our feelings/our hearts, we donated together. The music video for ‘Spring Day’ places emphasis on expressing the lyrics visually. Of course it can be interpreted differently depending on the beholder’s thoughts and point of view. I want to leave it to those who are appreciating it (the song/music video). 

10. A part of the lyrics ‘break the glass ceiling’ from another new song ‘Not Today’ stirred up controversy. 

RAP MONSTER: I’m aware of that. I have read related articles and posts several times. First of all, I’m grateful because it’s thanks to many people having interest towards the stories we’re telling that there can be talks around. ‘Glass ceiling’ means an invisible but unbreakable barrier and it started from the oppression towards women advancing onto higher positions in the 1970s. It’s mainly used in issues about women’s rights and recently expanded into being used with minorities of the society. It’s not true that the meaning was misused like in part of the lyrics above. Someone questioned whether or not BTS, as successful male idols, have the right to use the word ‘glass ceiling’. If you take a closer look at other lyrics, it starts with the story of ‘us’. Our music making staffs, including us, put it in the music with the meaning that we won’t stay quiet about the problems or the negative parts of the society, and we will break it and join in even if it stirs up troubles. Especially these days we always talk about the social issues. Personally, I’m reading books and meeting with experts while concerning over it. It’s true that we’re still lacking, but I believe that as we take concerns, receive opinions and rectify, we can grow up. We will humbly receive the opinions and criticisms. 

10. ‘THE WINGS TOUR’ have been receiving heated response. 

J-HOPE: I saw the heated response from South America through newspaper and TV. There were people who had to line up overnight for days to buy the concert tickets, I want to come find them quickly and perform for them.

SUGA: We have prepared the most props ever. We really prepared a lot, you would be astonished. Those with weak hearts should be careful. (laughs) There are many special effects too. Our concerts always have a story inside, this concert will sort out the stories told by BTS’ music. 

10. Do you have any new goal in the future? 

JIMIN: My goal is to receive the Daesang again. I think there’s nothing as meaningful as receiving the award after working hard for a year. 

RAP MONSTER: AX Hall in 2014, SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in 2015, Olympic Gymnastics Arena in 2016 and this year we reached Gocheok Dome, we should work hard for the next venue to be the stadium in the US. (laughs) The current lineup for ‘THE WINGS TOUR’ includes 19 concerts in 11 cities from Asia, South America, North America to Australia. There’ll be more to be added in later, and we’ll show the wings of BTS spreading across the world.

[tattly]

Tattly Talk: Q&A with Vogue’s Laird Borrelli-Persson

When Vogue called us to talk about a partnership, we said yes, and hung up the phone, high-fived everyone we saw. We eventually pulled ourselves together for a meeting at the Conde Nast offices. When we met Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue.com’s Archive Editor, we realized immediately that she was going to be our brain trust for developing our first collection together to commemorate the magazine’s 125th anniversary. The digital archive is an incredible resource of imagery and information, going back to day one of the magazine. If you’re into fashion, here’s the link and you’re welcome!

Borrelli-Persson sat down with Tattly’s Yng-Ru Chen recently at the Conde Nast library to discuss her work and to review some of the materials from the physical archive. Treat yourself and read on for more Vogue history and beauty.

The Vintage Vogue Collection is available for a limited time to U.S.-based customers. 

YRC: Thank you for sharing your work with Tattly! As the Archive Editor of Vogue.com, you have a unique role of using technology to expand historical knowledge. Can you explain briefly your role in archiving Vogue for the digital archive?

LBP: Sure thing: It’s a topic I never tire of returning to! It was decided that for the magazine’s 120th anniversary that we’d scan every page of every issue and tag them so that the incredible history of Vogue could be accessed by the touch of a button. The end result was a subscription based business-to-business product. There is also a version for libraries; magazine subscribers are able to view a selection of archival issues in addition to those from the current year.

As the subject matter expert, I helped to create the taxonomy we used to tag the pages and helped enhance the data, by adding information that was not printed, such as model names. Some of this information from the old marked copies in the physical archive. These are annotated in ink by hand, presumably by a glove- and hat-wearing former staffer. To me, this was heaven, as the discoveries they yielded were amazing. The most exciting was the revelation that the famous 1926 drawing of a LBD (little black dress), described by Vogue as “The Chanel ‘Ford’--the frock that all the world will wear” was drawn, according to the scribbled attribution, by none other than Mainbocher, an Chicagoan who went to Europe to study opera, lost his voice on the eve of his debut, became an illustrator for French Vogue, and then its editor, before leaving to become a self-taught designer and designing Wallis Simpson’s wedding dress.

YRC: It seems that your academic background set you up perfectly for what you’re doing now. Tell us how you came to work at Vogue?

LBP: I have an undergraduate degree in English literature from Boston College. While there, I had the good fortune to spend a year at Oxford University where I was able to take some art history classes as well, which I loved. When it came time for graduate school, I tried to pinpoint my passions in part by analyzing what I did on my free time. Realizing that my favorite things to do were going to art and fashion exhibitions, and magazines (the latter I read and then cut up filing some articles and images and pasting others into scrapbooks), I settled on the Museum Studies program at FIT, where I was mentored by the generous Dr. Valerie Steele. I analyzed changing styles of fashion writing for my thesis, which was titled “Dressing Up and Talking about It: Fashion Writing inVogue.” After graduation I went to work at the Museum at F.I.T. and, having been introduced to a publisher through Dr. Steele, started writing books, most of which are on another passion--contemporary fashion illustration. After about five years at the museum, I joined the staff at the old Style.com, not long after its launch.

YRC: Did you ever imagine that your career would take you into the world of digital?

LBP: It wasn’t my first thought. This was quite a while ago, in the age of flip phones! The (compulsive) impulse to organize and catalog images held me in good stead, however.

YRC: What is your favorite part of being Archive Editor?

LBP: That’s an easy one to answer: Being able to look at fashion in context of the history of fashion and of Vogue, hopefully in a way that makes it relevant and interesting to our online readers. In my opinion, our archive is one of our unique selling points.

This year, for the magazine’s 125th anniversary, we created a series of fashion by the decade videos, narrated by the stylish and savvy Sarah Jessica Parker. These trace the evolution of fashion as reported in our pages. On a more granular level, being able to expand our knowledge of the magazine’s past, by discovering nuggets of information in a biography, say, or reaching out to talk to past cover models, gives me a thrill. Being able to add an ID where there was none is a small victory. The goal is not to dwell in the past, but to bring it to life; as I see it, the more we are able to enhance our data, the more ways there are for it to intrigue, inform, and inspire readers and researchers today.

YRC: Let’s talk about the history of illustration at Vogue. Nowadays people associate photography with the imagery of the magazine. But illustration was really the driving visual force for many decades. Can you expand on this a bit?

LBP: In relation to illustration, photography is a relatively recent invention. For ages, information about fashion was communicated through fashion plates. (Small dolls were also used.) It wasn’t until around the 1920s that fashion photography, which Horst P. Horst credits publisher Condé Nast with helping to develop, emerged as its own genre. The first color photograph to appear on the cover of Vogue was published in 1932; illustrated covers continued to appear through 1958.  It’s been ages since photography became the primary way to communicate fashion. But, as the artist Mats Gustafson recently told me, drawing “doesn’t compete with the camera, it just adds something totally different.”

YRC: I was so excited to see the Salvador Dalí “Vogue” script [below, the April 1944 cover]. It’s incredible that people such as Dali were Vogue artists. Who were some other prominent illustrators who contributed to Vogue?

LBP: Some of the fine artists who have made work for the magazine are Giorgio de Chirico, Pierre Roy, Marie Laurencin, and Andy Warhol. (More recent contributors include Alex Katz and Francesco Clemente.)  Before the arrival, in the 1910s of a group of French fashion artists associated with the Gazette du Bon Ton and dubbed “Beau Brummels of the Brush,” George Wolfe Plank and Helen Dryden created many of Vogue’s memorable covers. In the ‘teens and twenties, Georges Lenape and Benito were among the most prolific cover artists, later Eric (Carl Erickson) would be. Though they had distinct styles, their subject was one and the same: the now mythical lady of leisure who seemed to have not a care in the world (save the occasional bill).  Supremely elegant she followed the sun, lived in beautiful homes, and was seen at all the right places.

YRC: The lady on a zebra illustration by André E. Marty is one of the most iconic covers. It’s an amazing world of fantasy! What do you know about this work, or about the artist?

LBP: Marty was one of Gazette du Bon Ton set. A Frenchman with a degree in philosophy, he would apply his art to fashion, the theater, books, and interiors.  His was a gentle take on Art Deco, and while he often stuck to a domestic milieu, this was certainly not the case when he drew the adventuress, known as the “Lady on the Zebra.” This stylish and surprising cover inspired an article in the New York Herald Tribune, which Vogue reprinted in its May 1, 1926, because the editorial note explained, the newspaper piece recognized “Vogue’s desire to promote all that is new in art (so long as it is inherently good and has the intangible quality of chic that characterizes all the material in the magazine.” The element of fantasy in fashion is what makes it endlessly fascinating, and here, Marty finds the perfect balance between convention and surprise.

YRC: Claire Avery was another regular contributor. It was interesting to learn that female illustrators were not a rarity during the early days of Vogue. We love that! What are these original illustrations that you’ve pulled? Did they run in the magazine?

LBP: There were many female fashion illustrators connected to the magazine, and their work appeared in feature stories, as spots, and as pattern drawings. Avery, nicknamed “Tassel” by her friends, was an American who studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and would live for a time in France. She was friendly with Edna Wollman Chase, the longest sitting editor of Vogue, who in her memoirs, recalled that Avery “bought Paris clothes when she could afford them and had her shoes made at Hellstern and loved the theater.” Both of these illustrations [pictured above], made for a long-running series on the history of costume, ran in Vogue in 1925. The fellow who looks quite like a Dresden figure is wearing “slim breeches and elaborated coat and gilet” and illustrates the mode of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. The other, showing Georgian style, is of “a great drum-shaped hat” favored by eighteenth-century ladies of style.

YRC: I loved learning from you about the Vogue Girl, the illustrations of women beautifully surrounded by a “V”. What is the story behind this “Girl”?

LBP: The Vogue Girl was the invention of Harry McVickar and she appeared in the magazine’s very first issue encouraging readers to take advantage of a special subscription offer. I don’t know why he dressed her in romantic 18th-century mode—to me she looks like she’s in shepherdess fancy-dress—but the Vogue Girl became a sort of mascot or logo, used on stationery and in publicity. Gale Porter Hoskins reimagined the lady, in color, as a 1909 cover; though Chase counts the second “official” version, as the one drawn by Frank X. Leyendecker in 1911. His version seems to have been inspired in equal parts by Marie Antoinette and an Age of Enlightenment coquette. Georges Lepape is credited with the Vogue Girl’s third iteration. His flapper of 1920 [pictured above], one of my favorite illustrations, wears a headband and a full-skirted robe de style, and she recently made a guest appearance on limited-edition wrapping paper distributed to Vogue VIP members. 

YRC: The digital archive is such an incredible resource. Do you know if the users are primarily fashion-industry types? For example, are they designers doing research for an upcoming collection? Or do you find that the users are just fashion-obsessed Vogue fans?

LBP: Of course I’m biased, but I think almost anyone could find something of interest in the digital archive, be it an old-time ad or an iconic photograph, whether it’s a couture sitting by Irving Penn or a select from Steven Meisel’s “Grunge and Glory” story.  

Among our subscribers are fashion designers, of course, but also industry executives including marketers and merchandisers, ad agencies, retailers, students of fashion and Vogue enthusiasts. It’s possible to search for so many things: the issue matching the month and year of your birth;  an item (miniskirts) or trend (athleisure);  a specific model, designer, photographer; or reference, like the date of the issue in which Dorothy Parker’s famous quip--“Brevity is the soul of lingerie”--appeared. (Answer: October 1, 1916.)

YRC: How does one get access to the digital archive?

LBP: Subscribers can access the past 12 issues of Vogue and selected archival issues; Archive Members can see, and search, everything. The details are here.

YRC: Two last questions! Which Vintage Vogue Tattly is your favorite?

LBP: Claire Avery’s “Blue Stocking” drawing of the woman reading Vogue [pictured above]. I like to think of as my (less harried and longer-haired) alter-ego. Fun fact: the covers Avery drew are real ones—and one shows the Vogue girl.

YRC: If we were to expand on our collaboration, what would you like to see made as Tattly?

LBP: You mentioned the possibility of creating scented Tattlys, and I’d love to explore that further, as well as a possible series with a spirited character from our past named Shop Hound aka Shoppie….

YRC: Thank you, Laird!

Image credits: All photographs of Laird Borrelli-Persson and the archival materials at Conde Nast by Ariana Bautista for Tattly. Other images are courtesy of the Vogue digital archive.

[trendtshirtnewposts]

Vintage I like big buds and I cannot lie shirt

Vintage I like big buds and I cannot lie shirt T shirts Store Online

Vintage I like big buds and I cannot lie shirt

Interests are a fun way to spend your spare time. A lot of people discover that their childhood interests grow into a more substantial interest in seeking a job in the connected discipline. This is certainly a single reason why hobbies and interests in kids ought to be motivated. Keep reading for additional details on hobbies and interests and what they should offer your family members.

When you are just starting up a brand new interest, don t make investments a lot of cash in it straight away. You need to ensure that the hobby is one thing you are going to take pleasure in for a long period just before you find yourself spending a ton of money on issues you may never use yet again.

Switching your children to hobbies and interests with an young age can help them in several methods, and research advise it will also have them about the straight and filter. Kids who participate in more-curricular sports activities, artwork actions, and various night clubs readily available often do better in education also. Bring in those to a lot of hobbies and interests, and allow them to select their preferred!

If you like focusing on personal computers, you may want to take the next step and change computer coding in a hobby. This is among all those pastimes that can repay (virtually) over time. The better you teach your self, the better marketable abilities you ll when looking for employment. As well as coding might be loads of fun too.

Set aside time for your personal pastime. A number of people want they had more time to spend making use of their interests, but the truth is that you simply must make time for doing it. Placed your hobby within your schedule at the outset of the week, and work all around it up to you may.

If reading through will be your interest associated with preference, you will understand how pricey books can be to buy. Why not contemplating making an investment in an e-reader product? Electronic digital guides are much less costly to acquire how the paper varieties. In addition, a lot of libraries now lend electronic digital books as well. You can take care of the newest produces at a small fraction of the fee.

Before deciding on a activity that fits your needs, try out a compact task first. If you think that you might take pleasure in quilting, start with a desk athlete or tiny cushion to determine if quilting fits your needs. If piece of art is attractive to you, give it a try on a small canvass.

Seashell collecting is an excellent interest that can present you with happy remembrances of beach front getaways. Seashells could be academic for youngsters plus make great elaborate accents for that home.

This post ought to have uncovered that there are reasons for having hobbies and interests that are not well-known. To find the most out you pastimes, you will find stuff you must know about. Use the ideas from the post to assist you to attain a fresh respect towards your favorite hobby.

Premium quality Usa inspired T-Shirts simply by independent artists and designers from around the planet Vintage I like big buds and I cannot lie shirt. What have you figured out about internet shopping? Have you explored all of your choices? The portion of sales related to online shopping keeps developing, and you must remain up on what is going on using this type of niche market. Remember the following advice to enable you to get pleasure from your internet store shopping expertise. Prior to making a purchase, compare prices on a number of websites. Search for specific coupon codes and offers on these websites to ensure that you are becoming the hottest deal achievable. Also look into what it will definitely cost to the shipping and delivery on your own things of course, if there are shipping and delivery options available to you. Be careful when it comes to the internet stores that you just take into account purchasing from. In case the online store is inadequately designed, full of misspellings, and overall fishy, you need to consider your hard earned money elsewhere. These are generally symptoms that one thing may not be correct relating to this retail store. It’s easier to be secure than sorry. Not every online retailers manage weekend break ads, so ensure you are checking your offer web sites during the week at the same time. Numerous actual physical shops have weekend break sales, to contend, many internet vendors move the product sales up a few days. Undertaking some study can provide you with a great deal of midweek bargains. Look for the ideal instances to look on the internet. Usually the shops that you simply recurrent may have online sales that stick to a time pattern. Numerous, for instance, plan revenue for the start of the four weeks or by the end. If you see there’s a routine, hold off on buying nearly anything until the approaching income time begins. Take a look at craigslist and ebay. Nonetheless the ideal and the majority of respected auction site on the market, eBay offrs 1000s of goods of all types. Even when you want some thing top quality, give eBay a shot prior to going and spend whole selling price unnecessarily. You may even wish to search, to view what products you like that you simply will not have considered to look for. Because some online stores overprice their goods doesn’t mean you can’t get quite a lot. The ideas you’ve study on this page will allow you to make your money in the bank where by it belongs. Online shopping is excellent, and you know how to undertake it without the need of breaking the bank in any way.

Vintage I like big buds and I cannot lie shirt, Hoodie, V-Neck, Sweater, Longsleeve, Tank Top, Bella Flowy and Unisex, T-Shirt

Classic Ladies

Hoodie

Unisex

Buy Vintage I like big buds and I cannot lie shirt

Store online for nice shirts for adult males, kids and women, Cute maternity tees and soft tank tops Vintage I like big buds and I cannot lie shirt. Shopping on the internet is definitely the craze, and it’s about ease and exciting. The rules and activities linked to internet shopping consistently continue to keep changing. For that reason, it’s important that you continue to be through to what is happening. Continue reading for more information about how exactly you could have a better time shopping on the internet. When seeking the very best value for the large ticket product, make sure you check the retailer evaluations to see if other clients possessed a good experience with them. It is additionally smart to consult with the Better Enterprise Bureau also. You want to make sure that this business is reputable and principles you as being a client. If you’re interested in whether a store shopping site is genuine or otherwise not, do your homework about this. The net can be a great way to learn about other people’s experience with some other websites. In the event the critiques of other folks appear to be appealing, consider creating a little initially purchase. This could allow you to test out the customer service, shipping, and obtain a sense of the business without the need of jeopardizing a lot of money. If you’re getting garments or boots on-line, be cautious using the sizing. Some items typically manage more compact or greater than typical. Some shopping websites will advertise if the object goes accurate to dimension. When the website doesn’t collection anything at all about sizing, glimpse on the reviews. Typically, if the product is operating greater or small, the reviewers will tell you. Generally preserve replicates of your respective purchases and receipts from on the web purchases. Many shops will redirect one to a webpage after you’ve posted a purchase order explaining exactly what was ordered, consumer information, the values, etc. You should both print a duplicate with this or conserve a copy to the laptop or computer just in case any concerns develop ahead of the stop in the profit period of time. Ensure that you conserve any email messages relating to your items’ position or correspondence with the business relating to your requests, too. Buying on the net is among the most most popular method for men and women to purchase points. Retailers know this, plus they provide a lot of discounts daily. Take advantage of the assistance in the following paragraphs to assist you maneuver via this labyrinth of Online stores. Before long, you are going to turn into a knowledgeable on the web purchaser, A T shirts Store Online – Vintage I like big buds and I cannot lie shirt Product. A New at TrendTshirtNew, we’re about more than t-shirts!

Vintage I like big buds and I cannot lie shirt trendtshirtnew@gmail.com

source https://trendtshirtnew.com/product/vintage-i-like-big-buds-and-i-cannot-lie-shirt/

[mindthump]

9 Tactics for Promoting Your Next Event http://ift.tt/2zbHS0q

Events, large and small, can be a great way to promote your business, and perhaps turn a profit in the process. I didn’t take the idea of launching an event seriously until I read Joe Pulizzi’s book Content Inc.: How Entrepreneurs Use Content to Build Massive Audiences and Create Radically Successful Businesses. Inspired by Pulizzi’s perspective on events as a content marketing tool, my marketing agency launched events in China and Hong Kong to build an audience and our company’s brand in the Asia market. I recently hosted a virtual, online summit with 61 experts on influence like Dave Kerpen, Chris Brogan, Adam Grant, Dorie Clark, and Jonah Berger, and for next year am involved in organizing events in the US and UK.

Organizing an event is hard work, even if it’s relatively small. As a former director of the Hong Kong chapter of Startup Grind, I hosted over 20 events, most with fewer than 100 attendees, but even these minor events were major exercises in project management. One of the greatest challenges to pulling off a successful event is marketing it.

According to Constant Contact, 59 percent of event marketers seek help in finessing their social media strategy. It’s no secret that great artists steal, so an effective way to refine your event promotion strategy is to look to the people who are ahead of the social media marketing curve.

Let’s start with one of the U.S.’s biggest events of the year: the Super Bowl. In 2016, PepsiCo revealed that 40 percent of its budget for the big game went toward digital. Why? Because that’s where the conversations were happening. Pepsi began with the lead-up to the event, which included a 12-day fan countdown on Twitter and a partnered ad with Tostitos featuring Von Miller of the Denver Broncos. During the game, Snapchat provided live footage and real-time content.

What kept the conversation going was Beyoncé’s performance with Coldplay and Bruno Mars, including her first performance of the song “Formation.” Following the performance, Beyoncé immediately released news of her 2016 Formation World Tour. Given the timing, Beyoncé, her tour, and her album were and forever will be linked with the PepsiCo halftime show.

You and I may not have access to the kind of dollars the Super Bowl organizers do, and event promotion, as with any marketing, isn’t as simple as throwing money at a particular form of advertising and hoping for the best. Still, we can learn from organizers large and small how to better market our own events. Here are 9 steps you can take to ramp up your event marketing strategy:

Related: Former Apple and Pepsi CEO John Sculley: Great Marketers Do This

1. Develop a multifaceted marketing plan.

You will never drive the results you want by focusing all your energies on a single platform. Instead, take an approach of organized diversification, starting with email marketing and social media. Create a dedicated hashtag, which will serve as a tracker through every stage of your event. Get your PR team to send out event reminders and take out ads in local newspapers. Most importantly, make sure your website is configured well and that the steps to finding more information about your event are both easy and small in number.

Related: 4 Strategies for a Strong Early Marketing Plan

2. Consider paid ads

Snapchat, Facebook and Twitter are just a few of the many social media platforms that provide paid advertisement services. On a large scale, paid ads can tell you just about anything you want to know about your audience -- including their location, their age, the device they’re using and even the time they’re most likely to be on social media. Though some information might seem insignificant, remember that all of it can be used to keep your customer engaged long after your event ends.

Related: How to Break the Mold of Standard Event Conferences

3. Employ retargeting

Eventbrite, a useful resource for any organization looking to step up its next event, cites retargeting as one of the best tools to get potential attendees off the fence and in the door at your event. Consider retargeting an even more precise approach to paid advertising by specifically focusing on those who have visited your event page but didn’t click “Buy.” Though you might think retargeting is simply a form of pestering, note these statistics: Fifty-nine percent of people have an entirely neutral reaction to retargeted ads, and 30 percent actually react positively to them. Further, retargeting can boost your ad up to 400 percent.

Related: The Price Is Right: Turning a Profit in the Event Planning Business

4. Back up your online efforts with signage.

According to an infographic from Ethos3, 65 percent of the population learns visually, so backing up your event with physical graphics is a surefire way to create even more buzz. Take bluemedia’s work at Super Bowl 50. The national signage company was tasked with creating building wraps, banners, stadium graphics and even branded fences for the game. The reach of the promotional graphics is undeniable -- more than 70,000 people flooded Levi’s Stadium, and CBS reported that more than 167 million people watched Super Bowl 50, making it the most watched event in history.

Related: 12 Organizations Entrepreneurs Need to Join

5. Enlist your presenters.

When I launched my virtual event, Influence Summit, I partnered with virtual summit expert Bailey Richert who helped me create graphics, swipe copy for emails and social media posts, and an affiliate program for speakers so they could easily share the word about the event and profit from it. Nicole Holland, organizer of a similar online event called the Business Building Rockstars Summit, invited the speakers to produce short videos which she promotes on social media, and we speakers promote to our own audiences.

Related: 25 Ways to Market Your New Business on Little or No Money

6. Collaborate with other event organizers.

Rarely is another event a direct competitor to yours, but there are many that are potential partners or collaborators. If you and another event have similar audiences, but cover different topics and don’t compete in terms of scheduling, then there may be a great opportunity to cross-pollinate. “I collaborate with various groups and publications,” says Ariel Shapira, organizer of Video Trends Conference 2018 in Tel Aviv, Israel. “I also collaborate with other events – I don’t see them as competition but as partners – cross publication works very well.”

Related: 4 Great Tips for Planning a (Nearly) Perfect Product Launch Party

7. Host mini “preview” events.

Perhaps no entrepreneurship related organization has taken this as far as Startup Grind, which has hundreds of chapters hosting thousands of local events each year. By the time their annual global event rolls around each year they have thousands of excited attendees lined up to buy tickets.

Related: 7 Factors to Consider with Free v. Paid Public Speaking

8. Create a great event.

Sometimes organizers get so distracted marketing their event they forget that the best marketing is the buzz created by attendees who love the event. "The most important part of event marketing is creating a remarkable event,” says Christopher Kneeland, Co-Founder, The Gathering. “Spend sufficient time and money making sure your event is uniquely compelling. If you do it well, your attendees will do your marketing for you.”

Related: 3 Ways to Secure Impressive People for Your Event

9. Feature your event, even after it’s ended.

Combine pictures taken at your event with promotional photos and posts from attendees who used your hashtag to create a second wave of interest for your brand. By tracking post-event engagement, you’ll be able to gauge the effectiveness of your budget, the ROI earned and simply whether your attendees enjoyed themselves. Also, consider mentioning the partners who helped you with the event by expressing gratitude. Not only will this be karmic, but it will also give those brands the recognition they deserve.

All in all, remember that the above tactics are not the only ones that will bring your event success. Authenticity is the No. 1 driver of consumer engagement, so make sure your event’s offerings align with your brand to create a lasting impression.

Related: 9 Tactics for Promoting Your Next Event Eventtus Raises US$2 Million From Algebra Ventures And 500 Startups Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival Gets Set To Unite The UAE Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

[julissaroundtree-blog]

4TH JULY Related Articles.

. Sterling forecasted Spimes will become created into all items, and also include their histories, resources, ingredients, possession background and also various other data. Below, read the following sources of losing sex-related stimulation. Today's picture, taken by the black-and-white LORRI video camera, shows four evenly-spaced places on the side that encounters Charon, Pluto's biggest moon. If you liked this short article and you would like to obtain a lot more details about click to find out more kindly go to the web page. |Every woman delights in sex B, yet not every woman actually gets to take pleasure in the act. Saunders usually points out EDGE information revealing that the BB App Globe serves over 6 million downloads a day, creating 40 percent much more income for designers compared to the Android Market. At this phase in Android's evolution, this strategy feels like the very best one to take, as well as I think we'll all be equally as hurt concerning not having the Android upgrade on our non-Google phones as we have in previous years of slow Android upgrades.|Apple finally revealed an enhanced fact system for developers yesterday, and it's about time ARKit, as the tool is called, allows app manufacturers draw on in-depth electronic camera as well as sensor data to map electronic things right into 3D area. You can still purchase a reconditioned design on Apple's shop (there's quite a few different arrangements), however the computer system has been gotten rid of from the regular shop in addition to every one of Apple's MacBook product web pages. For best experience, please bear in mind to upgrade your watch frequently when informs show up or merely by utilizing Swimmo mobile app -> Setups -> Troubleshooting -> UPDATE CURRENTLY switch.|New Year's resolutions are a yearly custom designed making us set objectives for ourselves, whether literally, spiritually or otherwise. It enables registered users to read as well as upload their tweets via the internet, short answering service (SMS), as well as mobile applications. Just simply, Oh, this excites me the most, allow me appreciate this minute." And know that as soon as that moment finishes, there will certainly be something else that might be one of the most interesting, or that may feel one of the most lined up, or one of the most calm.|Apple's most current gadget takes place show around the globe. The firm is taken part in creating, producing, and distributing desktop as well as mobile gaming consoles as well as various other related software and hardware components. New Horizons is advancing its path towards Pluto, falling through room at 31,000 miles a hr and giving viewers here on Earth significantly thorough looks at functions on the dwarf planet's surface area.|Throughout my professional profession I have actually encountered many people that were doing not have exhilaration in their partnership. As leaked papers recently released by ProPublica indicate, its policies intend to avoid harassment of individuals based on safeguarded categories" like race, gender, and sexual orientation; nonetheless, by making exceptions for parts of secured teams, the business's protocols paradoxically protect white men from hate speech but not black youngsters," as ProPublica reported.|Amazon.com is refunding customer purchases for protective solar eclipse glasses that it hasn't already had the ability to confirm originated from a reliable maker, according to a safety notification from the company. Guild ($ 198): A situation of 12 copies of One Deck Dungeon, ideal for international backers looking for to consolidate delivery prices. Look out for the great layout of the mini skirt as well as overknee socks, all the important things you want to be a adorable however attractive woman. Yet again, the real objective is to get individuals using Facebook as the circulation design for video games as well as various other applications, not the Application Shop (or any other distribution hub).|X Prize Pledges $15M for Software program That Lets Kid Instruct Themselves. Each video game of Masters of Football is a championship for 2-4 gamers that takes 90 to 120 minutes to be played. The very best way to do this is to tease her - wager you do unknown that you could get a woman sexually excited also without touching her. And when this happens, you can recognize that the various other individual (or the relationship) simply isn't really worth the danger or the individual costs.|There is an excellent option of excursions readily available to appreciate in Ibiza. ADVENTURING EVENT: 2 copies of One Deck Dungeon, including all stretch objectives we unlock. Slide: 5/ of 7. Subtitle: Subtitle: 2 different versions of an image of Pluto's haze layers, taken by New Horizons as it looked back at Pluto's dark/ JHUAPL/SWRI. TANTRA: The Art of Conscious Loving ® By Charles Muir & Leah Alchin It is typically accepted that there was a sexual transformation" which started in the mid-sixties.|Email outreach is a powerful method to develop early energy for your Indiegogo project. And also we're not being egotistical, we're not being arrogant, we're not being stubborn, we're not really feeling betrayed, we're not assuming that we know what is right, exactly what is finest or otherwise best from our limited physical mind's point of view. There actually is a specialised sexual pursuit called psellismophilic nebulophilia", which includes self-gratification in foggy weather condition while a person stutters.|Apple has typically been accused of imitating it created points that others have been providing for years. Now, only certain applications could only do specific points with Siri, however opening up the system totally could alter points rapidly. There are few things extra delightful compared to combining with a partner. Valentine's Day is simply nearby, as well as whether you're celebrating extravagantly or maintaining things low-key, there's an Indiegogo project to help make this year's holiday special.|Sexual satisfaction plays a substantial role in the success of a partnership. As we were driving around the island, he happened upon an American eclipse chaser whom he hadn't seen in 15 years, that he had last seen in Ghana at a previous total eclipse. Travis is the author of self aid sexuality guide that offer you with the understanding and also info you have to boost your sexuality. Free shipping in the USA, we ask that our International backers please add $20 to cover the added expense of shipping.|Sprucing up your sex life is necessary in relationships. In this video clip, hear just how the historical goal to Pluto occurred from some of individuals who assisted introduce it: principal detective Alan Stern, co-investigators Marc Buie and also Cathy Olkin, and also principal engineer Tiffany Carefully. Hey there from the Applied Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins University, mission control for the New Horizons goal, where Jim Green, NASA's global science director simply outlined the room firm's take on Pluto's status.|Once had, you are extremely disappointed to really feel as well as understand that your connection doesn't have the excitement of that romance as well as enthusiasm that it. Throughout the foreplay as well as the sex-related act it is often natural that a person of you take a leading duty, but you must try to change being the leader, either periodically or throughout different faces in the sexual act. When he reads that you are thinking about him in a sexual way he will certainly be pleased. This is one way where you can in fact play and also delight in even more.|You are not alone if you're experiencing a lack of sexual sparks in the bedroom. We're never going to get as high a resolution as we have with Pluto," says Grundy. There will obviously be under-the-hood differences in just how the software program assembles your programs, however the layout is intended to earn the user experience seamless. It's additionally something for which Apple holds a license. QuickBooks is an accounting software application which is now the very first top priority of a number of local business.|Below's a fact concerning sex that very few people have actually informed you - ladies usually take longer time to 'warm up' as well as get sexually aroused compared to guys. There are lots of grown-up, enchanting, relationship and also foreplay games readily available however any ready two will do. You could even add sexual forfeits to enliven your very own favored video games. He's likewise a beast, who vocally, physically and also sexually misuses Turtle, and demands exerting total control over her.|You could stimulate the sex-related excitement and lust both in yourself and your lover by the bordering you pick for making love, by the environment you create at that location, by unique actions as well as by using special items targeted for this purpose. Without hacker-spaces similar to this, tasks such as 3Doodler can not occur. We're quite thrilled concerning a great deal of great projects this week at Indiegogo HQ. Below are simply a handful of the ones that have us speaking: iMacompanion New york city, NY The iMacompanion offers easy accessibility to a front USB 3.0 port without compromising the stunning, mess totally free style of the iMac.|Sony's IFA 2012 announcements were mainly about the larger photo, both in regards to the company's One Sony approach as well as in the literal feeling that the Japanese titan showed off its initial 84-inch 4K TELEVISION Still, almost out of practice, Sony likewise refreshed its Android mobile phone lineup with a triad of new phones: the Xperia T/ TX, the Xperia V as well as the Xperia J. In July 1992, Apple's John Sculley, the CEO who ousted Steve Jobs, gave a CES keynote on the motif of digital convergence. With this pledge, you obtain the Digital book, signed book copy of the book, Fight Book limited version dice, Fight Publication extra rating keeping book, specialized book markings, and lastly, the heartfelt thanks of the authors.|Typically individuals are aware about just regular erotic zones, that is points on the body which set off sexual feelings, however there are several other untouched points in a lady's body which when touched stimulate sexual feelings in her instantaneously. Clearly irritated, Mr Farage informed Fox News: I've awaited 6 months, I've been patient for six months and I've offered the head of state the advantage of the doubt for 6 months. It is after that still mosting likely to be possible for them to really feel excellent about that they are, and this is going to make it much easier for them to operate.|In today's article, you will learn 2 incredible sex settings to send her G place orgasm throughout sex. I was amazed by that idea that in a connection you put in 100% of your trust fund and also you devote your life to it, and also if someone betrays that, it's remarkable just how deep that dishonesty goes. IMS Sporting Product has actually revealed its amazing deals on Sports Gear, devices, outdoor apparel and various other items that individuals can jump on big discounts this holiday.|, if you are like several pairs over a duration of time the exhilaration leaves your relationship and also you look at each other as well as wonder what take place. I simply wanted to make a game that my buddies and also family members would delight in when this began out. Every guy will appreciate the effort if you provide your best to please him as well as typically have a pleasing character in bed. In addition to concentrating on real-world production applications, we need to designer the makers to utilize software application.

Delight in Online Casino poker without Downloading by Dyna Ferguson. Please click APPLY below currently to register your passion in the duty of Sales Organizer! It fantasizes, wanders as well as wanders among loosely and tenuously attached ideas, often moving to sex-related fantasies that quell its uneasy power. A first set of cards is presented below below our tale web page as well as we will certainly expose the rest during regular Kickstarter updates during the project. This code will certainly not have an expiry date, so they could postpone the acquisition until later on if they wish to assess it. Backers at the munificent Galactic Overmind level of $175 will get one of these superdense grimoires shipped to them at no more shipping price, gave the address is in Canada, the USA, the UK, or the European Union. For example, if you're preparing a modern technology crowdfunding project as well as have currently lined up additional financing to cover your benefits, you may consider utilizing an adaptable funding campaign specifically to confirm your concept and also test the size of the potential market. Hover over the celebrities as well as click to price this Sexuality web site. The company revealed previously today that it was offering the innovation away totally free to interested hardware producers, a relocation that may speed the launch of industrial variations of VR headsets. Waikiki Natatorium (Waikiki, Hawaii) - The only ocean-water swim venue developed as a war memorial, the Natatorium commemorates Hawaii's indigenous swimming customs and also honors the Hawaii citizens who offered in World War I. The Indiegogo project will kick off an initiative to restore this treasure with 21st century engineering so the general public can enjoy it again. The Apple Watch is readily available to buy today, and also while you could try your good luck on Apple's web site the method you would certainly acquire an iPhone, this is a different kind of item altogether. Nevertheless, when one of the partners has a psychological disorder, such as an anxiety problem, the relationship will certainly have new obstacles, and also their previous troubles could be aggravated. Since the earliest version of the headset was first introduced in 2014, we have actually seen a few largely incremental updates to the firm's Virtual Reality system. Although the research study involves plenty of fancy innovation, consisting of fMRI and ligand-based positron exhaust tomography (FAMILY PET) scanning, the experiment itself was rather simple. In reality, Catalini states his study indicates crowdfunding that targets recognized investors-- a standing that calls for a total assets of $1 million or a large revenue-- has been far more significant. When this occurs, a great deal of that exhilaration goes with it. When this occurs, the event/ connection will certainly typically simply die an all-natural fatality or die. Problems trace back as least as for the voting phases, when the rather mundane self-adhesive, eye-tracking proposition vanquished some genuinely far-out pitches, like a VR diving mask and also a glove that educated users ways to play the piano. Apple also doesn't seem as interested as Facebook and Google in linkeding this all up to web search by default. Enjoyment Subjective component of sexual enjoyment is accompanied by physiologic adjustments, in ♂, penile tumescence and also erection, in ♀ pelvic vasocongestion, genital lubrication, as well as swelling of exterior genitalia. We have numerous fantastic stretch goals lined up for you! The SEC transferred to allow that in 2015, causing exhilaration about an extreme brand-new grassroots funding model for business. Despite recent anxiety over predicted near-term profits, the firm's many design agreements must verify it deserving of our commitment. Wherever you are, if you intend to delight in the video games on the internet of a various country, then you can satisfy your objectives in the very best means. Slide: 5/ of 7 Inscription: Inscription: 2 different versions of an image of Pluto's haze layers, taken by New Horizons as it recalled at Pluto's dark/ JHUAPL/SWRI. There are a couple of promo cards that we are dealing with. Once we hit our objective, we will certainly reveal the demo coupon cards for stretch goals ... and also as long as we maintain obtaining funding, we will certainly maintain making new promotion cards for you guys! Samsung's mobile virtual fact effort, the Equipment VR, has been an essential product to the company in regards to drumming up enjoyment around the company's advancement on next-gen systems.

[chandasadleir0-blog]

The Excitement Of Getting Your First House.

Collection Information: ₤ 18m approach for Man Utd target, Ozil enjoyment, Palace ace speaks out. So they transferred their campaigns onto Indiegogo's InDemand platform. Founded in 1896, the Augustiner-Keller is among Munich's oldest beer yards and back in the day individuals would commonly bring their own tables to appreciate the experience!! The major objective is to offer people a means to synchronize as many netbooks as they desire with their Jolicloud account, including preferences, set up apps, and so on. If you have any questions regarding where and how you can use eurotel-live.cz, you can call us at our web-page. Last year, 2600 magazine was compelled to quit linking to a software program application that prevented DVD duplicate protection. But just what I knew about the results of tension as well as anxiety didn't square with that sight: however, worry has the tendency to prevent sexuality via the stress hormonal agent cortisol. We bring people with each other to take pleasure in Halloween with friends and family and experience the scare of their lives (although we take care to tone points down to ensure that young kids are captivated greater than scared).|However, most women I discover aren't sure ways to please a male in bed. The majority of males are rather accustomed to the range of things that could go 'wrong' throughout combining with a partner. Excitement has been lacking at the club since the days of Ferguson, with David Moyes and Louis van Gaal now infamous for the insipid football their teams would produce. Manager Peter Houston is entering his third full period with the Bairns and he states that, regardless of the dissatisfaction of missing out on promotion, consistent development has actually been made.|X Prize Pledges $15M for Software That Lets Kid Show Themselves. While social remains in fact, a second focus of the experience - competitively playing video games is the initial - it's the social communications that actually protrude as the most effective that I've seen yet in Virtual Reality. In various other experiences where social is the main focus, frequently you get a cool begin trouble where people/avatars are standing around with little to do, or talk about.|Female 'Viagra' declares to make sex much better for females. I'll post a short article weekly so please waiting to seeing a write-up. It's still prematurely to pass judgement, obviously-- all we understand about the item is exactly what we've seen from leakages But exactly what we've seen up until now points to a firm that has been learning a lot of the wrong lessons of late. I'd highly recommend having a few larger donors lined up to donate on the first couple days of the campaign as well, because no one wants to be the first to contribute.|Right here's a reality concerning sex that few individuals have told you - ladies usually take longer time to 'warm up' and get sexually excited compared to guys. Once they have actually attempted all-natural female enhancements they have actually been screaming for even more currently enjoying something they have never experienced. Having your consecutive world war champions memorial stuff is bound to obtain you into the exhilaration while you enjoy your flexibility. Guardian columnist John Harris states leaving the EU was indicated to be Thatcherism's ending, yet can become its fatality rather.|Valentine's Day is just around the bend, and whether you're commemorating extravagantly or keeping points subtle, there's an Indiegogo campaign in order to help make this year's holiday special. As she comes close to climax, the clitoris appears to withdraw to the pubic bone, so it can be more difficult to promote. We are seeing this in VR horror experiences like VRWERX's Paranormal Activity, where the customer could navigate the experience at their own speed, and also audio as well as music raise at specific minutes to frighten, include thriller or misdirect.|Normally people realize regarding only routine erogenous areas, that is factors on the body which trigger sex-related feelings, however there are numerous various other undiscovered factors in a woman's body which when touched boost sex-related sensations in her promptly. Through this campaign you may receive updates on Artipia Games' other upcoming projects. However the researchers dealing with immunotherapy have actually laid out in an entirely different direction, deceiving the body's own supports into dealing with the opponent cancer within. Checkers for example utilize their psychological abilities to efficiently finish a game of chess, while runners utilize their body's capability to overcome all-natural barriers like that of wind as well as gravity, or their own bodies' capacity to outrun itself.|Email outreach is a powerful method to develop early momentum for your Indiegogo campaign. Yet there's lots of individuals with millions of bucks who are still unfulfilled, unpassionate, worn out, or otherwise living a life they take pleasure in. Each capsule was constructed to range in order to suit the hyperloop tube, roughly half the size of the prospective end product. Backers at this level get 4 copies of the Dice and Danger Dragon's Lair Board Game. Our Final Day Stream was 1PM Eastern on Thursday, June 8. For every viewer, we reduced the last stretch goal - now $120,000!|Google for Business owner's Year in Evaluation 2012 Showcases Indiegogo! Get the deluxe version of Dice and Danger Dragon's Lair which includes a copy of the Atlas Kings Easy to Read, Easy to Play Tabletop RPG rulebook (sold on Amazon for $40), and all stretch goals met by this project. Golf is coming to be exceptionally prominent day by day and that's the reason increasingly more people aspire to grasp it. Learning to play golf without ideal golf tools is impossible.|Highlights: GE's FirstBuild is providing an expected $30,000 in prizes for victors of the Cold Mixture Style Difficulty FirstBuild launched 2 effective campaigns on Indiegogo in 2015, with over $3 million in sales: the Opal Nugget Ice Maker and also Paragon Induction Cooktop FirstBuild is an open area of lovers, designers, and also engineers that are changing ... read much more. I so appreciate seeing the expression on others deals with when something awesome, amazing, fun and even shocking occurs to them. Both offer excellent baseball ready a cheaper cost, in an extra kid-friendly atmosphere. We'll also be hosting a few Happiness Hours and Indiegogo Tech Cafe Hours, where you can come chat with our Indiegogo staff about your campaign, your experience or anything else you'd like to discuss!|Sony's IFA 2012 announcements were mostly concerning the larger photo, both in regards to the firm's One Sony technique as well as in the literal feeling that the Japanese giant showed off its initial 84-inch 4K TELEVISION Still, almost out of habit, Sony additionally refreshed its Android mobile phone schedule with a trio of new phones: the Xperia T/ TX, the Xperia V and also the Xperia J. If we think beyond the box for a moment; if we assume in greater dimensional means of seeing points, after that, what from a limited dimensional perspective could look like a course that goes all over the place, from an inter-dimensional viewpoint, or from a greater dimensional, trans-dimensional point of view, might really appear to be like a straight tunnel, directly right into the light, directly right into your goal, right right into your purpose, directly right into your theme, right into who you truly are.|Among the exhilaration surrounding Apple's new 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display, the business silently got rid of among the long-lasting experts of its notebook schedule: the 17-inch MacBook Pro is no longer available. When we begin to associate those higher inspiring powers, when our psychological body's advice system bridges our physical being with our spirit being-- with our reality, our clearness, our true vision for our life, with real empowerment for our being and also our physical presence-- then our physical presence also starts to appear like that more non-linear means of being.|Nokia 808 PureView is a 41-megapixel Video camera Phone, However Hold Your Enjoyment. Highlights: GE's FirstBuild is offering an expected $30,000 in prizes for winners of the Cold Brew Design Challenge FirstBuild launched two successful campaigns on Indiegogo in 2015, with over $3 million in sales: the Opal Nugget Ice Maker and Paragon Induction Cooktop FirstBuild is an open community of engineers, designers, and enthusiasts who are changing … read more.|Part of the appeal of providing females oral sex remains in the large interest, strength and also excitement of cunnilingus, together with the terrific affection it brings to the sexual partnership you have with your female. Since this is a Spiel 2015 release, several customers and retailers may purchase the game from the fair which means they will get it before our group shipment goes out to backers. Now-a-days, it has come to be important to live a green way of living by using products which are not unsafe to atmosphere and also are recyclable or quickly recyclable. The problem with 3D makes is something that ought to especially fret you: The practice was outlawed from Kickstarter a while back, for an excellent factor: Without a functioning model, it's tough to understand exactly what you're backing, or how sensible it is for a project to provide on its guarantees.|Although each specific varies in how they delights in and responds to sexual stimulations, the American researchers W.H. Masters and also V.E. Johnson have determined 4 distinct physical phases that everyone, woman as well as male, goes through if they achieve climax. Please note that you will be requested to pay additional shipping costs since your order will have to be handled separately from our group shipping solution. The Hexagon digital signal processor in Qualcomm's Snapdragon 821 chip provides Google the bandwidth to record RAW imagery with absolutely no shutter lag from a continuous stream that starts when you open up the app.|Enjoyment can bring with it happiness and anxiety. We first needed to set our funding goal, based on what we would need to hit development milestones. If you're trying to find a location to chill out this weekend with your good friends or coworkers in order to de-stress on your own after a lengthy week at the workplace, search for a location where you can grab a beverage as well as enjoy it while enjoying among your favorite sporting activities.|Aside from Apple and also Samsung, no phone maker has mixed as much interest as well as exhilaration as the young OnePlus. If something does take place while you're appreciating the globe, a minimum of you're living! And you 'd be best - somewhere, someone is being activated today by points you never even considered. It is the peculiarity of the male sexual being that many points, so little understood, could be sexual stimulations. I talked to Marc Levoy, a prominent computer system graphics researcher that now leads a computational digital photography team at Google Study, concerning just how software helps make the Pixel camera comparable to it is.|Every female enjoys sex B, but not every woman actually gets to delight in the act. Adhere to New Horizons on Its Journey to Pluto and Beyond. I forecast that of the enjoyment among the public that is produced by this week's launches will certainly be less compared to that of a major, substantial, iPhone, Samsung, or now Google Pixel smart device launch. Last year, Dior appointed its first female creative Director, Maria Grazia Chiuri, who like Dior, believes that fantasy and functionalism, softness and tailoring can happily co-exist.|Make females thrilled to satisfy you the best ways to make a woman interested regarding you online. Regardless of how hectic the office is, if employees are miserable with the general feeling of the place they will show up busy yet will certainly not be productive. Tiziano Camporesi, head of the CMS group, has supplied colleagues 20:1 versus the bit's presence, with payment in bottles of good French wine. The inset home window shows exactly what New Horizons' collection of tools see (and which tools are presently active).|When you start a brand-new project your enjoyment might be apparent and you are full of enthusiasm to take action to accomplish your objective. Created in the year 1800, it was allocated to the Eurasians as a settlement as well as later handed over the Anglo area. It makes the prospect of going out to play in front of our supporters that much more enjoyable. And while it looks to be functionally as flexible and qualified as Google's Tango (check out some very early examples of fanciful trying outs ARKit ), its wider audience makes it far more attracting for significant programmers to spend their money and time into.|Tingle: Reappraising Pre-Performance Stress and anxiety as Excitement. Richard Lewis, the chief executive of the All England Grass Tennis Club, stated schedulers had been ruined for choice" but had actually decided to select the all-time greats" of the males's Big 4" and the five-time champion Williams. In a series of cutting remarks the EU Council president said reaching an agreement between the two parties would be difficult enough" as it is without leaders on both sides throwing wild accusations at each other.|, if you are like lots of couples over a duration of time the enjoyment leaves your relationship and you look at each various other as well as wonder exactly what happen. Yet it does require time, decision and also mental stamina to reach these objectives. The neurobiology of exhilaration does not assist me convey the feelings to others. Consequently, Sony pregius technology usually supplies the electronic electronic camera sensing unit having terrific high resolution as well as various valuable attributes along with numerous years of knowledge and also experience. Within 10 to 30 secs of coming to be sexually thrilled, the majority of men will have an erection as blood flows right into the squishy cells (the corpus cavernosa) of the shaft of the penis. Although usually associated stow away manlike sex additionally male preferences, manliness might besides show a sex-related picture although the target and causation would certainly be unlike. Brian Regal, a professor of history at Kean University, might know ways to explain it. In spite of's assertion that for centuries, countless witnesses" have actually asserted to see an odd, winged animal", Regal informed the Guardian that real tale of the Jersey Evil one in fact involves a slightly occult" almanac manufacturer that was despised for siding with the British realm, his kid, an opponent of Benjamin Franklin, and also some entrepreneurs who just weren't from Jersey at all. One copy of Oliver the Accessory distributed to a kids's healthcare facility in your name. When I was a medical student, a child I was caring for died of leukemia, which drew me to treating children with cancer. In the 2011 film Hysteria, Hugh Dancy plays a real Victorian medical professional called Mortimer Granville, who transforms his 1880s creation of a muscle massage device right into a sexual awakening for his female patients. There are lots of stakeholders in the Swimmo task, among them are backers, which we are one of the most thankful to, due to the fact that you were the pressure to begin this business as well as shared our enthusiasm regarding swimming tracking from the first day of this Kickstarter campaign. Paperback publication is offered at $15.95 each copy plus shipping. X Prize Pledges $15M for Software program That Allows Kid Instruct Themselves. It was constantly interested for Mann, whose electronic photography masterfully catches the appeal of normal worldwide workplace facilities and also midtown clubs, making a movie concerning computer systems. The campaign for a referendum on Britain's future relationship with Europe has come about after mounting concerns over the debt crisis in the EU. Eurosceptics argue that the UK would be better off out of the EU, while others say membership has brought us many benefits. In Virtual Reality, the user could make decisions that impact the story and select where to want to the point they could miss out on crucial tale elements. For programmers, there's a host of Microsoft as well as partner services, tools, and also libraries to earn developing global apps robust, and app creation easy. Indiegogo has developed into an ideal testing ground for products that appeal to the early adopter market. For this a woman likewise could understand the time of orgasm and also hence the process in which she will certainly more than happy with her love partner will certainly be recognized. Attempting to break the football and also locate a receiver down field, or obstructing the goal from the incoming hockey puck, this experience provides you a preference of exactly how wonderful the future of the classes of Madden NFL, FIFA, NBA or NHL type sports games will be in Virtual Reality. Drawlab also manufactures miniatures and special components from plastic and metal, ensuring the best quality for all gamers to enjoy, being responsible for the boardgame Spells of Doom and the Legendary Metal Coins project. Ideal Sri Lanka Coastline Tours Fancy on your own going on a magical boat flight preceeding the crystal blue water of the ocean, well this dream like state is something that can come true as you take pleasure in a magical Sri Lanka coastline vacation. The strategy mode after that boosts dopamine activity, which focuses your attention and also develops you mentally; that biochemical increase consequently develops your efficiency in mathematics, vocal singing, public talking-- or, indeed, golf. The campaign card is what shows up on Indiegogo's homepage and category pages, so it's a great opportunity to make a memorable first impression.

[buildercar]

New Post has been published on http://www.buildercar.com/by-design-2018-mclaren-720s/

By Design: 2018 McLaren 720S

The 720S is a beautiful, sleek GT car, possibly the most aerodynamically exciting road car to come from the U.K. since the Jaguar E-type 56 years ago. My main criticism of volume-production McLarens — all of which until now used the same basic 3.8 liter V-8 engines and carbon-fiber monocoques — has been the gaping holes in the body sides required to provide enough cooling for the hot sections within the outer envelope. This new design has a beautifully simplified outer form and a complex internal-airflow management system that permits more power than any modern McLaren has enjoyed up to now. And the company achieved it without blatant air passages seen on the racing-oriented Ford GT or the road version of the Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus SCG003 GT.

Most recent high-performance cars have had some kind of aerodynamic covering over their headlamps. The 720S does outline a large lighting area, so cleverly shaped and integrated into the whole that it convinces you there’s a cover. But it is completely open, its black carbon-fiber internal surfaces sculpted in voluptuous curves to direct airflow.

Rob Melville, McLaren Automotive’s thoughtful and reflective chief designer, was keen to recapture the simplicity that so memorably characterized the first non-racing mid-engine supercar, Lamborghini’s Miura, without copying it. That’s not easy when dealing with three times the horsepower and thus the enormously increased heat load imposed by two turbochargers.

The answer was to increase frontal air-intake area without a gigantic grille by putting the lamps in open scoops and to route most of the cooling air internally, allowing smooth flanks marked with strong character lines and only very small inlets low on the body behind the door to cool the turbochargers’ radiators. Air is ducted through the doors in open-top trenches, which increase in area as they move rearward, so there are four longitudinal skins in the upper part of each door. Those doors, in turn, are hinged to move upward and a bit inward, rather than just pivoting up on a horizontal transverse-hinge axis. This is a brilliant solution seen once before — on the very mundane Toyota Sera, of all things. It works brilliantly here, making cabin access easy and door closing equally facile, neither case existing on the 570 models.

One of the cabin’s greatest attributes is the exceptional all-around visibility, achieved by multiple transparencies: windshield, two lateral and two roof door glasses, the backlight, two rear-quarter windows, and two panes in the C pillar itself. The result is luminous, and you can really see out well in all directions, not common in mid-engine machines.

There are a few styling matters I quarrel with. The three louvers at the end of the roof seem too big, a bit crude and disproportionate to the delicacy of much of the detailing. The exhaust outlets cut into the bumper recall economy cars where the engineers and stylists seem never to have talked to each other. But these are minor quibbles. What impresses me most is the side profile’s purity and elegance. A driver’s head is almost exactly at mid-wheelbase, depending on seat adjustment, of course, but it’s a good place for the inner ear to be to sense the car’s movements.

An important innovation is a two-version instrument panel. In standard mode, the color screen presents a traditional tachometer in which a digital speedometer and the gear indicator are embedded, flanked by readings for the trip odometer, hours since engine start, temperature and fuel gauge, and speed and fuel-consumption figures. But when you’re really going hard, the panel physically pivots to take up less of the view ahead and includes only a racing-style tach and indicators of gear engaged and your speed. This is likely to be widely seen in future vehicles.

The 720S is surely the best-looking shape McLaren has produced so far, and it bodes well for forth-coming top-of-the-range models.

Design Analysis

1. Relatively modest outlets just inboard of a directional crease in the hood release heat from the front coolers.

2. You can just see the top of a huge inlet duct for the rear radiators set into the doors, allowing the outer skins to be smooth and virtually uninterrupted.

3. Large, pointed headlamp apertures give the front end thrust and definition.

4. As an indication of this design’s precision, elegance, and sensitivity, consider the care with which various curves are made to harmonize in three dimensions, from whatever viewpoint. Outstanding work.

5. The vaguely pentagonal outer scoops presumably provide brake cooling.

There is something extremely sharklike to the nose profile.

6. The rear fender’s hip line is an elegant curve seemingly drawn in a single, sweeping, human artist’s creative gesture. There is no sense of constrained or contrived digital form generation.

7. The quarter lights behind the doors taper inward in plan view, making the entire upper structure a teardrop shape for minimum drag, like a fighter jet canopy.

8. The entire front end is shaped to give this point prominence without the exaggeration of the ultra-long nose of Jaguar’s E-type.

9. Another example of harmony of line and form. This slight undercut defines a band whose average width is about like that between lamps and wheelhouse.

10. The unassuming and discreet inlet behind the door, barely noticed when standing next to the car, supplies additional cooling air to the turbochargers.

11. This rib is quite beautiful, but it has an aerodynamic function, too, keeping air from spilling down the side of the body. The black scoop inboard gathers air to shoot out over the windshield, cleaning up turbulence in the wiper slot behind the hood.

12. Plastic or metal, you can’t have a sharp point in a body skin, so this little radius results in a forward-pointing black arrowhead shape.

13. The half-dozen vertically oriented headlamp lenses are themselves individual units in the upper edges of the headlamp opening.

14. The daylight running lamps traverse the same opening but are actually exposed.

15. The outlined area around the headlights and the running-light bar is open to incoming air. You can put your hand in the opening and run it all around the bar.

16. This small outlet improves the graphics of the side profile and provides a flow of directed air down the side of the body.

Ten slim spokes make the wheel seem almost not present, thus providing visual emphasis to the rim and offering maximum heat transfer from the brakes.

17. Key to the sleek, clean side profile is a sizable tunnel in the doors to carry air from headlamp openings to the rear radiators, obviating a requirement for side scoops as on earlier McLarens and most other mid-engine GTs.

18. This small strut between inner and outer door volumes maintains structural rigidity on the complex door structure.

19. The backlight and transparent panels in the C-pillars offer clear rear vision with the sharp inward plan-view taper of the upper structure.

20. Lateral trenches continue even aft of the radiators, serving as additional heat outlets for the engine compartment.

21. Bodywork below the roof ends with an undulating line on the air brake/wing in both plan and direct rear views, providing maximum visual length to the body ensemble.

22. The color-separation line on the rear is also shaped carefully to look good from any angle, a real sculptural feat.

23. This is a problem area. A panel-break line runs to the wheel opening, but the rising line does not actually meet the flat bank around the upper half of the wheel opening. It’s all a little amorphous and unresolved.

24. The lowest point in the new tub is well forward, making it much easier to swing your feet into the cockpit compared to the earlier cars, which were contortionists’ delights.

25. Notice how carefully the shape of the front-fender air outlet is harmonized with the main body contours. It must have taken hundreds of hours of observation to achieve this.

Scale of the hexagonal grille pattern seems exactly, perfectly proportioned to the size of the openings and of the car, again a sign of intense attention to visual detail in the 720S design.

26. Yes, this looks like the Formula 1 devices seen even on Japanese sedans these days, but it hides a substantial outlet for wheelhouse air and directs it down the side.

27. The leading edge of the airbrake wing flap completes a fluid three-dimensional curve deriving from the rear grille surround.

28. Side marker lamps are small bits of jewelry, the upper perimeter aligning with the rising panel-break line on the body side.

29. When I see this detail, I always ask whether engineers talk with stylists about where the exhaust goes. These cutouts in the form are as sad as the little cuts in the bottom of economy car bumpers.

30. This little line of orange stitches is a particularly nice touch, repeated on seats and tunnel.

31. Mirrors are big, well positioned, and effective.

32. Rotated into normal position, the digital instrument panel provides the usual information you might want on the road, along with supplemental instrumentation and a classic tachometer face.

33. The data screen is nicely sized and oriented to the driver.

34. Subtly restrained flashes of color in the cockpit are elegant and welcoming.

35. Note the center of the hub and McLaren badge are not at all the same as the center of the wheel itself, a bit of tromp l’oeil trickery quite common in interior design practice.

36. The minimalist, maximum-performance setting for the instrument cluster provides information about which gear is engaged, revs, and speed.

37. Front-fender profile is defined by a peak line well outboard of the principal body mass, separated by a wide channel.

38. The roof’s centerline profile is magnificent, capturing the feel of a fighter-plane canopy perfectly.

39. The turbo radiator-inlet efficiency is enhanced by the hard edge above the opening, indenting the body side to provide more frontal area for ram air along the lower body.

40. This painted band is carefully proportioned to keep a sense of lightness around the front end, about the same visual weight as the section sweeping inward below the headlamp aperture …

41. … the inner sweep of which initiates the front-fender profile.

Source link

[robcarson]

3.4.1 Week 4 Discussion

What projected events on your timeline did you achieve this month?

As a part of the first class that I took on my mastery journey, I assigned three goals for each of the classes in my program. This month I took a class on Visual and Verbal Communication. My goals for this class were: I want to learn how to create a narrative with images, I want to learn more about how people perceive color and the effects color has on human psychology, and I want to learn the benefits of one font versus a separate font regarding digital media versus print media. Through our discussions and projects, I feel as though I have accomplished each of the goals that I set for this month.

Earlier in the month we created an infographic which evolved into an interactive presentation as the month progressed. The infographic as an individual entity contains a narrative that is told through visual data elements. My personal favorite part of creating the infographic was the scalable wind turbines. Later in the course, we added a recorded audio narrative to the infographic. Clark and Mayer said, “When pictures are explained by words in an audio format, the information is divided between the audio and the visual channels of working memory” (Reiser & Dempsey, 2012, p. 317). This lesson taught me that by appealing to two senses, visual and auditory, we reduce the cognitive load from the visual portion of the brain.

I have not taken an art class since the 1980’s. As a result, my knowledge of color coming into this course was minimal at best. Learning about how people perceive color is a topic that I have been excited about ever since I decided to enroll in this program. In our book “Peters (2013) states, “For example, since our brains identify color as a function of red/green and blue/yellow differentials, red text on a green background requires use of the same pathway (traffic jam!) and is therefore difficult to see” (Strategies to Support Visual Perception, para. 1).” This is wonderful information that I can incorporate into the training materials that I create for my department immediately.

I create both physical and virtual training materials on a regular basis. The knowledge that certain fonts are better for one medium versus the other will dictate all my future font choices. “Peters (2013) states, “Consider using one of the growing number of typefaces designed specifically for screen reading like Verdana, Tahoma, Georgia, or Azu” (Strategies to Reduce Overload, para. 26).” I am currently attempting to evolve my class into a green classroom. Therefore, if I want the majority of my material to be virtual, then I will need to use fonts that compliment a digital medium.

I did not anticipate working in Keynote this month. Until now, all the presentations that I have created have been through PowerPoint. Logically I know that at their core, the two systems are similar but emotionally I felt like I had never done this before. Just when I felt confident with creating PowerPoint presentations, I discover a whole new world in Keynote. That must be what it felt like when Aristotle finally started to convince people that the Earth was round. More than anything, my newness influenced my timeliness because I had to learn where everything was located. I really like how the pie chart in my presentation turned out. It started life as a bar on our infographic, I turned it into a pie chart for my first draft, and then I cut out the middle so that it could be a donut chart. The best part is that I made the final version 3-D. That took me an entire day to learn how to do that. If that was my high point, then my low would be learning GarageBand. Once again, this is a system that I have never used before. However; I am not going to let my unfamiliarity slow me down. I intend to play with GarageBand until I become an expert.

Going forward with this yearlong journey, what adjustments could you make to ensure your future success in achieving mastery?

During our week one reading, I discovered a quote that I have adopted as a mantra and I have passed it on to anyone that will listen. “Peters (2013) says that, “Antoine de Saint-Exupéry put it more elegantly when he said, “It seems that perfection is reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”” (Why aesthetics matter, para. 2).” Images and text on instructional materials should exist to inform the learner. Unnecessary elements and overly wordy text can overwhelm the audience and limit their ability to retain information. I want to adjust my thinking and apply this perspective to the projects that I create during my mastery journey and beyond.

The design skills that I possessed prior to enrolling in this program were all self-taught. My job requires me to creating instructional materials so when I was hired, I Googled presentations and watched everything that I could find. Unfortunately, I teach a class on financial aid and the majority of presentations that I could find on that topic were prepared by federal employees and they are terrible. The presentations that I gravitated towards were all sales based; therefore, that is a style that I brought with me to the classroom. Clark and Mayer said, “The goals of learning unlike the goals of advertising or the goals of video games rely on effortful processing of information to build new knowledge skills” (Reiser & Dempsey, 2012, p. 318). I know that the goals of learning are a concept that I need to learn to be successful in my program.

When I look at the materials that I create, I see a nice aesthetic but I am not always confident that I am maximizing the instructional aspect of the material. Clark and Mayer said, “Seductive details in lessons are typically related to the general topic but are irrelevant to the main instructional goal” (Reiser & Dempsey, 2012, p. 317). As I progress through this program I am gradually shedding the bad habits that I created through self-teaching and replacing them with informed habits that I am obtaining from a formal education. Lynda courses have been a large part of my evolution ever since I began this program because they are focused on instruction as opposed to advertising. I am trying to watch them to learn the material as well as to learn about the style that the instructors use.

My major obstacle this month was writing in APA style. I am trying to take my time and proofread, but for some reason, I keep making mistakes. Earlier this week, I copied the APA cheat sheet that we were given into an excel spreadsheet so that I can separate things visually. My long-term objective is to become a college professor. Critiquing written work is a large part of that job; therefore, I am determined to master APA style so that I can help my students when they struggle.

References

Clark, R.C., & Mayer, R. E. (2012). Using rich media wisely. In R. A. Reiser, & J. V. Dempsey (Eds.), Trends and issues in instructional design and technology (3rd ed.) (pp. 309-320). Boston, MA: Pearson

Peters, D. (2013). Interface design for learning: Design strategies for learning experiences. San Francisco, CA: New Riders. Retrieved from http://ce.safaribooksonline.com/book/web-design-and- development/9780133365481​