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The Last Dinner Party in Bees Knees Apparel via instagram

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The Lady of Shalott is a painting of 1888 by the English painter John William Waterhouse. It is a representation of the ending of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's 1832 poem of the same name.

The Lady of Shalott (1832) By Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Part I

On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothe the wold and meet the sky; And thro' the field the road runs by To many-tower'd Camelot; The yellow-leaved waterlily The green-sheathed daffodilly Tremble in the water chilly Round about Shalott.

Willows whiten, aspens shiver. The sunbeam showers break and quiver In the stream that runneth ever By the island in the river Flowing down to Camelot. Four gray walls, and four gray towers Overlook a space of flowers, And the silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott.

Underneath the bearded barley, The reaper, reaping late and early, Hears her ever chanting cheerly, Like an angel, singing clearly, O'er the stream of Camelot. Piling the sheaves in furrows airy, Beneath the moon, the reaper weary Listening whispers, ' 'Tis the fairy, Lady of Shalott.'

The little isle is all inrail'd With a rose-fence, and overtrail'd With roses: by the marge unhail'd The shallop flitteth silken sail'd, Skimming down to Camelot. A pearl garland winds her head: She leaneth on a velvet bed, Full royally apparelled, The Lady of Shalott.

Part II

No time hath she to sport and play: A charmed web she weaves alway. A curse is on her, if she stay Her weaving, either night or day, To look down to Camelot. She knows not what the curse may be; Therefore she weaveth steadily, Therefore no other care hath she, The Lady of Shalott.

She lives with little joy or fear. Over the water, running near, The sheepbell tinkles in her ear. Before her hangs a mirror clear, Reflecting tower'd Camelot. And as the mazy web she whirls, She sees the surly village churls, And the red cloaks of market girls Pass onward from Shalott.

Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, An abbot on an ambling pad, Sometimes a curly shepherd lad, Or long-hair'd page in crimson clad, Goes by to tower'd Camelot: And sometimes thro' the mirror blue The knights come riding two and two: She hath no loyal knight and true, The Lady of Shalott.

But in her web she still delights To weave the mirror's magic sights, For often thro' the silent nights A funeral, with plumes and lights And music, came from Camelot: Or when the moon was overhead Came two young lovers lately wed; 'I am half sick of shadows,' said The Lady of Shalott.

Part III

A bow-shot from her bower-eaves, He rode between the barley-sheaves, The sun came dazzling thro' the leaves, And flam'd upon the brazen greaves Of bold Sir Lancelot. A red-cross knight for ever kneel'd To a lady in his shield, That sparkled on the yellow field, Beside remote Shalott.

The gemmy bridle glitter'd free, Like to some branch of stars we see Hung in the golden Galaxy. The bridle bells rang merrily As he rode down from Camelot: And from his blazon'd baldric slung A mighty silver bugle hung, And as he rode his armour rung, Beside remote Shalott.

All in the blue unclouded weather Thick-jewell'd shone the saddle-leather, The helmet and the helmet-feather Burn'd like one burning flame together, As he rode down from Camelot. As often thro' the purple night, Below the starry clusters bright, Some bearded meteor, trailing light, Moves over green Shalott.

His broad clear brow in sunlight glow'd; On burnish'd hooves his war-horse trode; From underneath his helmet flow'd His coal-black curls as on he rode, As he rode down from Camelot. From the bank and from the river He flash'd into the crystal mirror, 'Tirra lirra, tirra lirra:' Sang Sir Lancelot.

She left the web, she left the loom She made three paces thro' the room She saw the water-flower bloom, She saw the helmet and the plume, She look'd down to Camelot. Out flew the web and floated wide; The mirror crack'd from side to side; 'The curse is come upon me,' cried The Lady of Shalott.

Part IV

In the stormy east-wind straining, The pale yellow woods were waning, The broad stream in his banks complaining, Heavily the low sky raining Over tower'd Camelot; Outside the isle a shallow boat Beneath a willow lay afloat, Below the carven stern she wrote, The Lady of Shalott.

A cloudwhite crown of pearl she dight, All raimented in snowy white That loosely flew (her zone in sight Clasp'd with one blinding diamond bright) Her wide eyes fix'd on Camelot, Though the squally east-wind keenly Blew, with folded arms serenely By the water stood the queenly Lady of Shalott.

With a steady stony glance— Like some bold seer in a trance, Beholding all his own mischance, Mute, with a glassy countenance— She look'd down to Camelot. It was the closing of the day: She loos'd the chain, and down she lay; The broad stream bore her far away, The Lady of Shalott.

As when to sailors while they roam, By creeks and outfalls far from home, Rising and dropping with the foam, From dying swans wild warblings come, Blown shoreward; so to Camelot Still as the boathead wound along The willowy hills and fields among, They heard her chanting her deathsong, The Lady of Shalott.

A longdrawn carol, mournful, holy, She chanted loudly, chanted lowly, Till her eyes were darken'd wholly, And her smooth face sharpen'd slowly, Turn'd to tower'd Camelot: For ere she reach'd upon the tide The first house by the water-side, Singing in her song she died, The Lady of Shalott.

Under tower and balcony, By garden wall and gallery, A pale, pale corpse she floated by, Deadcold, between the houses high, Dead into tower'd Camelot. Knight and burgher, lord and dame, To the planked wharfage came: Below the stern they read her name, The Lady of Shalott.

They cross'd themselves, their stars they blest, Knight, minstrel, abbot, squire, and guest. There lay a parchment on her breast, That puzzled more than all the rest, The wellfed wits at Camelot. 'The web was woven curiously, The charm is broken utterly, Draw near and fear not,—this is I, The Lady of Shalott.'

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from left to right : "strawbaby" by joori , "linlin" by meilin , "betty" by anna , "cinnam" by ryuhyun , "geumryeongi" by ej , and "jr. mint" by kenzie !!

honeyshoppe  is  a  brand  project  of  sanrio  ,  in  collaboration  with  honeylemon. it was announced in april of 2023 with the release of a twelve–part series on the girl group's youtube channel , documenting the process in which the brand was created , starting out as sketches by the members and then being further developed by a professional team of artists , marketing specialists , and toy manufacturers. to celebrate the official launch , a pop–up shop was held in seoul on april 30 , where the honeylemon members appeared and held a no–contact meet & greet.

since being launched , honeyshoppe have released various contents , from plushies and apparel to an animated web–series and recreations of honeylemon's music videos. they've also collaborated with numerous other trending brands , releasing honeyshoppe–themed makeup and skincare products , school and office supplies , and even ramen. most recently , the mobile game hello kitty island adventure was updated to include the honeyshoppe characters.

merchandise of  the  honeyshoppe  characters  is  available  for  purchase  on  both  the  seventh  heaven  shop  and  sanrio  websites  ,  but  are  quick  to  sell  out  online.  they’re  also  available  in  retail  stores  across  asia and the united states  ,  but  are  a  bit  more  scarce  elsewhere. to meet the demands of all fans , pop–up shops are also held around the globe.

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On either side the river lie

Long fields of barley and of rye,

That clothe the wold and meet the sky;

And thro' the field the road runs by

��      To many-tower'd Camelot;

The yellow-leaved waterlily

The green-sheathed daffodilly

Tremble in the water chilly

       Round about Shalott.

Willows whiten, aspens shiver.

The sunbeam showers break and quiver

In the stream that runneth ever

By the island in the river

       Flowing down to Camelot.

Four gray walls, and four gray towers

Overlook a space of flowers,

And the silent isle imbowers

       The Lady of Shalott.

Underneath the bearded barley,

The reaper, reaping late and early,

Hears her ever chanting cheerly,

Like an angel, singing clearly,

       O'er the stream of Camelot.

Piling the sheaves in furrows airy,

Beneath the moon, the reaper weary

Listening whispers, ' 'Tis the fairy,

       Lady of Shalott.'

The little isle is all inrail'd

With a rose-fence, and overtrail'd

With roses: by the marge unhail'd

The shallop flitteth silken sail'd,

       Skimming down to Camelot.

A pearl garland winds her head:

She leaneth on a velvet bed,

Full royally apparelled,

       The Lady of Shalott.

Part II

No time hath she to sport and play:

A charmed web she weaves alway.

A curse is on her, if she stay

Her weaving, either night or day,

       To look down to Camelot.

She knows not what the curse may be;

Therefore she weaveth steadily,

Therefore no other care hath she,

       The Lady of Shalott.

She lives with little joy or fear.

Over the water, running near,

The sheepbell tinkles in her ear.

Before her hangs a mirror clear,

       Reflecting tower'd Camelot.

And as the mazy web she whirls,

She sees the surly village churls,

And the red cloaks of market girls

       Pass onward from Shalott.

Sometimes a troop of damsels glad,

An abbot on an ambling pad,

Sometimes a curly shepherd lad,

Or long-hair'd page in crimson clad,

       Goes by to tower'd Camelot:

And sometimes thro' the mirror blue

The knights come riding two and two:

She hath no loyal knight and true,

       The Lady of Shalott.

But in her web she still delights

To weave the mirror's magic sights,

For often thro' the silent nights

A funeral, with plumes and lights

       And music, came from Camelot:

Or when the moon was overhead

Came two young lovers lately wed;

'I am half sick of shadows,' said

       The Lady of Shalott.

Part III

A bow-shot from her bower-eaves,

He rode between the barley-sheaves,

The sun came dazzling thro' the leaves,

And flam'd upon the brazen greaves

       Of bold Sir Lancelot.

A red-cross knight for ever kneel'd

To a lady in his shield,

That sparkled on the yellow field,

       Beside remote Shalott.

The gemmy bridle glitter'd free,

Like to some branch of stars we see

Hung in the golden Galaxy.

The bridle bells rang merrily

       As he rode down from Camelot:

And from his blazon'd baldric slung

A mighty silver bugle hung,

And as he rode his armour rung,

       Beside remote Shalott.

All in the blue unclouded weather

Thick-jewell'd shone the saddle-leather,

The helmet and the helmet-feather

Burn'd like one burning flame together,

       As he rode down from Camelot.

As often thro' the purple night,

Below the starry clusters bright,

Some bearded meteor, trailing light,

       Moves over green Shalott.

His broad clear brow in sunlight glow'd;

On burnish'd hooves his war-horse trode;

From underneath his helmet flow'd

His coal-black curls as on he rode,

       As he rode down from Camelot.

From the bank and from the river

He flash'd into the crystal mirror,

'Tirra lirra, tirra lirra:'

       Sang Sir Lancelot.

She left the web, she left the loom

She made three paces thro' the room

She saw the water-flower bloom,

She saw the helmet and the plume,

       She look'd down to Camelot.

Out flew the web and floated wide;

The mirror crack'd from side to side;

'The curse is come upon me,' cried

       The Lady of Shalott.

Part IV

In the stormy east-wind straining,

The pale yellow woods were waning,

The broad stream in his banks complaining,

Heavily the low sky raining

       Over tower'd Camelot;

Outside the isle a shallow boat

Beneath a willow lay afloat,

Below the carven stern she wrote,

 The Lady of Shalott.

A cloudwhite crown of pearl she dight,

All raimented in snowy white

That loosely flew (her zone in sight

Clasp'd with one blinding diamond bright)

       Her wide eyes fix'd on Camelot,

Though the squally east-wind keenly

Blew, with folded arms serenely

By the water stood the queenly

       Lady of Shalott.

With a steady stony glance—

Like some bold seer in a trance,

Beholding all his own mischance,

Mute, with a glassy countenance—

       She look'd down to Camelot.

It was the closing of the day:

She loos'd the chain, and down she lay;

The broad stream bore her far away,

       The Lady of Shalott.

As when to sailors while they roam,

By creeks and outfalls far from home,

Rising and dropping with the foam,

From dying swans wild warblings come,

       Blown shoreward; so to Camelot

Still as the boathead wound along

The willowy hills and fields among,

They heard her chanting her deathsong,

       The Lady of Shalott.

A longdrawn carol, mournful, holy,

She chanted loudly, chanted lowly,

Till her eyes were darken'd wholly,

And her smooth face sharpen'd slowly,

       Turn'd to tower'd Camelot:

For ere she reach'd upon the tide

The first house by the water-side,

Singing in her song she died,

       The Lady of Shalott.

Under tower and balcony,

By garden wall and gallery,

A pale, pale corpse she floated by,

Deadcold, between the houses high,

       Dead into tower'd Camelot.

Knight and burgher, lord and dame,

To the planked wharfage came:

Below the stern they read her name,

 The Lady of Shalott.

They cross'd themselves, their stars they blest,

Knight, minstrel, abbot, squire, and guest.

There lay a parchment on her breast,

That puzzled more than all the rest,

       The wellfed wits at Camelot.

'The web was woven curiously,

The charm is broken utterly,

Draw near and fear not,—this is I,

       The Lady of Shalott.'

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RvB x KR Kiva: Frøy Kurenai

(All of this pics don’t belong to me)

Status: 

Name: Frøy Kurenai

Nickname: Rouge, Cross, Kid, Brat

Name Meaning:

- Frøy: Freyja, the goddess of love and fertility in Norse mythology

- Kurenai: Crimson

Codename: Agent Rhode Island, CrossFire, Kiva

Alias: Kamen Rider Kiva, The Youngest Soldier, Hawkeye, Speedster

Age: 22

Birthdate: 25th December 2536

Pronouns: He, him, his

Sexuality: Male 

Appearance: 

Species: Fandiri (Half Human/Half Fangire)

Skin Tone: Fair Skin

Weight: 177 cm

Height: 67.7 kg 

Scars: Burn mark from his left side of his body from his waist all the way up to his neck and to his left hand

Hair Color: Black

Hair Style: Short neck-length spiky and choppy with his bangs to the left side 

Eye Color: Crimson Red

Capabilities: Magic trick, Trick shot, Pranks

Apparel: Long-sleeve black shirt, Long sleeveless red tail jacket, Long skinny jeans, High neck shoes, Black scaly scarf

Voice: Ohmori Motoki (JPN) / Sam Luff (ENG)

Stats:

Stealth: 8/10 

Perception: 10/10 

Agility: 8.5/10

Stamina: 8/10

Endurance: 7.5/10

Hand-to-hand combat: 8/10

Intelligence: 7.5/10

Recovery: 7/10

Luck: 7/10

Vision: 9.5/10

Hearing: 7.5/10 

Social Skills: 

Charisma: 7.5/10 

Social Skills: 8/10

Confidence: 8.5/10

Style: 7.5/10

Humor: 8.5/10

Passion: 7.5/10

Empathy: 8/10

Kindness: 8.5/10

Honesty: 6.5/10

Loyalty: 9/10

Patience: 7/10

Flirtness: 0/10 (he doesn’t do flirt)

Equipment: 

Weapon(s) of Choice: Bow and Arrow, Magnum, MA40 Assault Rifle

Secondary: BR55HB Battle Rifle, M7S SMG

Melee weapon of choice: Duel Sword, Dagger, and Combat Knife

Extra: Colored smoke bombs (for camouflage)

Armor:

Armor style: Just look at the picture (That picture is not mine)

Primary Color: Medium Sky Blue #88dae5

Secondary Color: Light Crimson #fa7393

Visor Color: Gold (Just pretend any of this color are)

AI Unit: Chruch (Alpha) & Issac (Felix): Analyzing, BioScan, Healing, Thermal X-ray, Hacking, Strength Boost

Armor Enchantments: Armor Lock, Grav Boots, Speed Boost, Holographic Projection, Stealth, Overdrive

General Information: 

Weakness: Despite that Frøy known as the Ultimate Soldier for joining the military at a young age, he is still a child, not wanting his friends and family to die or fight each other.

Occupation: Freelancer (Formerly), Blue Team, Engineer, Weapons expert, Actor

Strong Suit: Weapons expert, Weapon, armor, and vehicle maintenance engineer, Freelancer training, Strategist, Archery, Sword fighting, Acting

Sexual Preference: Bisexual

Marital Status: Single

Talents: Escape Artist, Magician, Kenjustu, Kendo, Fencing, Parkour, Archery, Athletic, Acting, Musician (Violin/Guitar)

Semblance: Phantom Arms: An ability that can store items in a pocket dimension so he can summon it at any time, even during battle, which gives him a high level of flexibility in combat. He can also use it to change his clothing. He can also warp by throwing his weapon to move quickly around the field and damage his enemies.

Theme Song: Capabilities Unseen (ft. L), Supernova

Quote(s):  - “Know your place!” - “The counterattack starts now!” - “Lying is the best way to protect yourself.” - “You’re right they are idiots, and I don’t mind it.” - “Have you ever tried asking if your leader needed help?” - “I only fight and take lives when I have to. And I don’t have to this time.” - “If there are feelings that are too hard to put into words, then put them into action!” - “What you truly want, will only be found at the end of a road you can stride down with pride.” - “The Kamen Riders that I know... Never compromise their values. They never lose heart. And they would never... Let anyone harm their beloved home, their people... And get away with it!”

Personality: 

Likes: His friends, His family, Anime, Movies, Video Games, Weapons, Playing his violin, Hearing music, Pranks, Joking around, Trick shot, Snacks, Being a thrill seeker, Building weapon, Chicken, BBQ.

Dislikes: Pervert, Bullies, Director, Charon Hargrove, Aiden Price, Sigma, Hargrove, Wyoming and Gamma knock knock jokes, Seeing his friends and his family die or fighting each other, Jinxing, Don’t like people calling him a kid, People using his unfinished weapons.

Good Traits:  Personality-wise, Frøy is a calm yet cheerful, and somewhat laid-back young man, especially around his friends, the Reds and Blues. He was considered relatively normal other than his unparalleled prodigious talent in acting even as a child and his quick wit and intelligence like reading complex books. Performing acting jobs was something he was open to and excelled at.  He has a sharp mind and is perceptive, quickly adapting to any situation, and very good at studying, He makes sure he gets the job done by making sure that his friends focus on the battle, but still unsure about his future. Frøy frequently sacrifices himself for others, showing that underneath that arrogant exterior, there's a heroic and selfless man. He's also quick to point out the problems in a situation. As an actor, he is very diligent and is capable of studying and replicating any person or the character's demeanor fastidiously (from their mannerisms, speech patterns, and even thought processes), so much he was capable of triggering thoughts of the person or characters and others immediately after looking at him. Despite his childish act, Frøy's personality changes 180-degree making him calmer, calculated, and discreet whenever something is important or serious, if someone is in trouble, even a stranger, he talks to them and gives empathy and kindness, and gives them advice help them, this is to said to have a personality that draws people to him, inspiring friendship and loyalty through acts of kindness that could change a person’s world view and thus built meaningful relationships.

Bad Traits:  Cocky, quick-witted, arrogant, impulsive, brashness, smart mouth, liar, childishness, and frequent attempts to pull pranks on his teammates. Frøy has a strong tendency for emotional outbursts in sour situations. When his emotions got the better of him, he became rather impulsive and reckless in his actions to the point of nearly being suicidal. This flaw negatively affects those around him, even as far as indirectly causing a few deaths. He is mostly quick to regain his composure and shows little to no fear in order to protect his friends and fight with his life on the line. Frøy is also known for being a liar, thanks to him being an actor and Wyoming teaching how to lie better for infiltrate and info-gather missions as well for his part-time job as an actor, it was thanks to his skills he was able to manipulate people for his and his friend's advantage.

Fears: Losing his friends and family

Relationships: 

Parents: Otoya Kurenai (Father/Deceased), Maya Kurenai (Mother), Jiro/Garulu (Father-figure), Butch Flowers (Father-Figure), Allison Church/Beta (Mother-figure), Leonard Church/Alpha (Father-figure), Riki/Dogga (Uncle-figure)

Sibling(s): Taiga Nobori (Older Brother), Ramon/Basshaa (Little Brother-figure)

Children: None

Significant other: None

Friends: Washington, Tucker, Caboose, Sister, Doc, Carolina, Epsilon (Deceased), York, Delta, Omega/O’Mally, Niner, Sarge, Simmons, Grif, Donut, Lopez, South, Eta, North, Theta, Maine (Deceased), CT, Iota, Wyoming, Gamma, Felix, Palomo, Jensen, Bitter, Smith, Kimball, Doyle (Deceased), Megumi, Nago, Leo Vermillion, Team RWBY, Team JNPR, Aruto Hiden, Fuwa, Yua, MBJR family, Izuku Midoriya, Vice, Daiji Midoriya, Sakura Midoriya, George, Hiromi

Enemies: Director (Deceased), Counselor (Deceased), Hargrove, Meta (Deceased), Sigma (Deceased), Locus (Formerly), Felix (Formerly), Blue and Red, Chrovos, Zero, Taiga (Formerly), Bishop, Rook, Salem, Cinder, Giff, Deadmans, Imagin, MBJR.net

Allegiance(ally): Chorus

Backstory: 

Frøy Kurenai is a Fandiri, a half-breed Fangire, thanks to his late-father Otoya Kurenai, who is a human, and Maya Kurenai, also known as the Queen of Fangire. He is known as the youngest soldier to joined Project Freelancer, and station to the Blue Base. When he was young his mother left him with little explanation and left him with his guardians, Jiro, Riki, and Ramon, who are actually the last survivor of Wolfen, Franken, and Merman because of Fangire King ordered his elites to kill them for some reason. 

When he was at the age 7, he saw a photo of his mother and remember that his mother left him, wanting to know the reason why, he decide to leave his home and go on a search for his mother with his best friend and partner Kivat the 3rd, but without a bit falling out with his father-figure, Jiro.

During his search he was caught in a crossfire during the war, trying to help the people that also caught in the crossfire, Frøy decide to protect the people by grabbing any weapons he could find and used himself as a distraction to lead the aliens away from the people and kill them, he would have used Kivat in order to transform into Kiva but he can’t used it ‘cause the aliens can not know about the existence of the 13 Mazoku Clan as they need to be a secret.

Frøy continue to fight and kill aliens to the point of exhaustion, until he was saved by a squad of soldier from the UNSC and decide to joined the military so he could get stronger in hopes to help and protect himself and the people and maybe able to find his mom, plus, he doubt he could go back to having a normal life consider that he kill all this aliens, especially after what happen with his family after their fight and argument. After Frøy join the UNSC, he was given the codename “CrossFire” for able to fight in that incident, and he became a quick learner with weapons, combat, and engineering.

At the age of 10 he was recommended by the Director and the Counselor of Project Freelancer, thinking that he would be a huge asset for the project because of his skills and able to survive in any event as if he is an adult. Of course, there is a lot of people protest against this but Frøy decided to join the project hoping it would help him able to help people better, so he agreed and join the project as Agent Rhode Island, and was able to clime his ranks, and was able to join the Alpha Squad of the Project.

Not a lot of the Alpha Squad or any of the Agents liking that a 10 year old kid was able to show off, but as time went on, they started to warm up to the kid, even Wyoming and South started to like him, heck, Frøy started to have father and son relationship with Florida just like with Jiro, in the end, the Alpha Squad became his family. But that ended, when he was about to be 12 years old, when one of the mission that involves The Insurrection that caused him to have his burned scar and got half of his body crushed by the remaining building that collapsed during their escaped, making him suppose to be dead. (Think like Obito when first died in Naruto Shippuden)

After the mission, apparently Frøy is still alive inside of the rubble thanks to his Fangire genetic having more durable and their healing factor, so Kivat inform Jiro, Riki, and Ramon about what happen and decide to rescue Frøy consider he still alive under it. When Frøy woke up, he found himself in his room on his bed, and when he looks around he saw Jiro sitting beside his bed on a chair sleeping, he must have waiting for him to woke up. On the next day, Frøy have a meeting with his guardians to have a talk about why did they save him despite told them to leave him? Apparently despite the hurtful words, they still care for him and love him no matter how much he hates them, after all they are family, and since then, the Kiva family has been reunited at last, and Frøy decide to try going to school, to try to have a normal life and become a musician and actor just like The A-Squad wants for him, especially Florida.

The Blood Gulch Chronicles: 

It has been 4 years, Frøy is 15 about to be 16 and was able to graduate middle school a year ago though he decide to do home-school instead, it has been peaceful with Frøy experience a normal life like any other teenagers do. That is until a message from his helmet from the project, that one of his friends Tex in need of help with something. Knowing someone in need of help he decide to pack some stuff and suit up his armor and go to help her, his guardians, of course, doesn’t like any of this one bit, but they respect his decision on wanting to help his friends.

When he was tracing the message, it lead him to place called Blood Gulch. That’s when he meet Tex and Church, which the both of them knows each other and Frøy. Apparently Frøy knows Tex because not only he knows her from the Project but also she is one of the soldiers from the squad who saved him from the Crossfire and he knows Church because he met him during his time in the Project when he knows him as an A.I. named “Alpha” when he’s bored or has free times to spare, he tends to spend it by hanging around with Frøy.

After that it went the same like in the canon, except when Church time travelling using the time distortion with Gamma, Church then check on Frøy and found out about him being an A.I. known as Alpha when he saw a file of evidence from the Project and his memories came back to him, and Tex met up with York and North when the Blues returned to Blood Gulch so they can help her protecting Church, Florida and Wyoming are still alive thanks to Frøy and his father-son relationship with Florida and was able make a deal with Wyoming that if he helps them making sure that Tex doesn’t have Omega then he gets to live on their surveillance, which they succeed on having Omega but Tex still explode with the ship.

After Tex gone with Gamma, Tucker son and the alien, things went peaceful for the Reds and Blues, Florida rejoins the Blue Team, York and Frøy decide to join the Blue Team while North and Wyoming decide to join the Red Team, it took time for the Reds and Blues trust on Wyoming, and him trusting on the Red and Blue, but after having a heart-to-heart with York, Delta, North, Frøy, and Church about losing Gamma, the only friend and partner he could trust, and told him about the truth of the Project, he decide to have trust on them and in exchange they trust him back. 

When the relocating has started the Freelancer decide to split up to make sure that everyone is okay, York decide to join Church, North join Tucker, Wyoming join with Simmons and Grif, Florida join with Caboose, and Frøy decided to stay to keep an eye out with Lopez, Sarge, and Sister in Blood Gulch, he had a feeling that something about to get interesting here.

The Recollectioin: 

It has been almost been a year since the Omega fiasco, and everything seems to be normal until Recovery One also known as Agent Washington came by in order to hunt down the Meta so he go to Blood Gulch consider there has been an A.I. sighting over there. That’s when he not only met Sarge, Lopez, and Sister but also Agent Rhode Island also known as Rouge or Frøy, they catch up until Wash explain to him his going to hunt down the Meta, and Frøy decide to help him on this mission with Sister.

Things still the same like in the canon only that Wash didn’t kill South thanks to Frøy and York stopped him when he was about to, and Church the Alpha and the rest of the A.I. fragments are alive thanks to Frøy able to convince with Wash not to use the EMP and let him handle on, and let him fight against the Meta with Church and Omega by using his enhancement unit that he made called “Overdrive.” 

Overdrive, pretty much a state of hyper-focused attention and energy that enhances one’s performance and where the full extent of their talent can be expressed, when activated the users usual experiences drastic increases in sensory perceptions, coordination and reflexes, to the extent that the observable environment appears to progress in slow motion, and not only that even with single A.I. fragment, not only the users able to use multi enhancement unit but also the A.I. won’t be able to destroy themself, the down-side is that they have time limit and it only takes hour for the recharge to complete even with A.I. help, so it was a last resort sort of thing. But they were able to beat the Meta and Church was able to reset all the A.I.

After the battle Frøy and Church decide to take the fragments and return them to their respectful partner. Wash, who decide to stay making sure that they are okay and help them in anyway, came by and told him that he should go before the UNSC soldier came, consider that he is trespassing and destroy a lot of military property while Wash stay and report what happen here and if things went according to plan then Caboose should give Epsilon to the UNSC as evidence.

A year went by, and Frøy and Church reunited with the Blues, then the Reds and Blues are sent to Vahalla, South decide to join the Red Team, and everything are still the same in the canon but in this case CT or Connie is still alive thanks to a alien pod that allows her to heal any injury, and since the A.I. fragment are alive Frøy decide to have them partnered up with the rest of the Freelancer, Delta still partnered with York, Theta with North, Gamma still with Wyoming, Eta with South, Iota with Connie, Omega with Florida, and Church/Alpha and Tex/Beta with Frøy, while Sigma well let’s just Frøy and Church deleted him.

Project Freelancer:  

Honestly there’s nothing change from here consider this arc mostly about Epsilon in the memory unit and a lot flashback of the Project. So yeah, everything still the same like in the canon with add my oc and all the A-Squad, minus Maine, are alive.

The Chorus Trilogy: 

Nothing has changed in Season 11, other than that Frøy knew who’s Felix and Locus consider that those two were in the same squad who saved him during the Crossfire Incident, and during their separation the one with Wash group are: North, Florida, and CT while with Tucker group are: Frøy, Wyoming, South, and York.

In season 12, nothing has changed except that in my AU, Felix here is a bit difference not only he is a big Star Wars nerd and actually care for the Republic and the Reds and Blues, but also he is also the good guy in this AU because when the Reds and Blues reunited Felix accuse Tex of killing Siris who is good friend of him and Locus, their voice of reason and the glue to each other, thanks to the evidence that one of Hargrove mercenaries, Jackson (he’s pretty much like the Felix in the canon) gave him. But the truth is, Tex didn’t really kill Siris but Jackson killed him when Siris learns the truth of what Hargrove did to Felix by killing him and turn him into an A.I. and brainwash him, thinking he still a human and used him as nothing as tool later for experiment. Thanks with Frøy, Tucker, and the two Church of Alpha and Epsilon, they were able to expose the truth to Felix, the Feds, and the Republic, making Felix turn his back on Locus and Jackson, and stop the war between the Feds and the Republic.

In season 13 is quite the same nothing has changed, Epsilon still died to protect his friends and his brothers, Locus kill Jackson for turning him into a monster and letting his friends died, Frøy decide to give Tex to Carolina, Felix decide to joins the Reds and Blues and became Frøy second A.I. partner, and thanks to Felix, Frøy was able to upgrade the A.I’s making them able to run a multi-enhancement without destroying themselves and removes any limit.

Notes: 

This was Inspired by this fanfiction: Friendship is Timeless by Seanzilla1988, Rosario to Kiva by Dr. Exposition, MBJR Heroes AU by Usagi_chan8, RvBvRWBY series by DocTokuMA and Ac3 Productionis, Going Native by thewhitepatch, You’re Alpha; You’re Church. by Athena_Yule, Unit Cohesion by Sroloc_Elbisivni, Finiding Washington by HBossWrites, Everyone Lives by urbaninja, and A Schrodinger State by notmadderred.

I’ll be honest guys, the moment I watch Red vs Blue, I love them and when I read the stories that inspired to make this I fell in love with them and can’t help of having a crossover of RWBY and the Kamen Rider series and their crossover fanfiction. And as you can see in the background there is no “The Shisno Paradox” arc, why? Well that’s because in this AU they don’t exist and has been replaced by an arc that I called the “RvBvRWBY Riders Horizon”.

This Arc is something like Seanzilla and his co-worker made in their Kamen Rider Crossover stories, but different? Basically, in the RvB world the Tokusatsu of Kamen Riders, Super Sentai, and Ultraman exist and there almost common knowledge, and one of the reason why the “Shisno Paradox” arc don’t exist because of who Kamen Riders I’m adding to this AU and yes, “Riders” with plural which mean I’m adding more than one Kamen Riders in this story because I couldn’t choose one of them because I love them so much, and they are: Kiva, Den-O, Revice, and Zero-One. So yeah, since the time travel with Den-O and the Shisno Paradox are a bit different, I decide to remove that arc in order to make sense.

In the RWBY world, Team RWBY and JNPR, and their newest friend Leo Vermillion, who is a Singularity Point, has been attacked by a Imagin and somehow the DenLiner appear out of nowhere and kidnap them, and before they knew, they somehow in the world of RvB and that’s when Leo and his friends meet with the owner of DenLiner and explain to them about Imagin, Den-O, and Leo being a Singularity Point, and that he has allies consider his not only one who is a Singularity Point only just they have a different power than Den-O.

When he become Den-O, that’s when they meet Frøy Kurenai as Kamen Rider Kiva and the Reds and Blues, Aruto Hiden as Kamen Rider Zero-One with the Fuwa, Yaiba, and the MBJR family, and Izuku Midoriya and Vice as Kamen Rider Revice with his adopted family, (and yes this is the Izuku Midoriya from BNHA, I really like that anime, so sue me for wanting this kind crossover) and together they became Team FLAM (Flame), and together they go on adventure where they help each defeating their enemies: Fangires, Imagin, MBJR.net, Deadmans, and Salem. 

I also going to make their PKMN Team but that depends on my motivations, and have the time to make it.

I also made some short story of a scene from a couple of episode, I maybe going to make more of this but from a scene in a few of episode include the PSA episodes, so here are the list for the story if you like to read it. I hope you all like the story I made.

Previously On

Donut the Musical

[caregiver-twylas-daycare]

The Perfect Snow Day

Nick Nelson! Regressor × Reader

Tomorrow is a snow day for you and Nick, you and him stayed up super late to watch the news and see if the snow you got today would cancel school. It did!

“Let's get you ready for bed buddy”

“But I don't wanna I wanna stay up late! I has no schools. Why must I still go ni ni early?”

“well cause you are cranky and we already stayed up super late bud” you point to the clock and it says 11:15 pm “ See, its 3 hours past your normal bed time.”

Nick: “Fine” He raises his hands for uppies “pease? Then you can help me with ni ni?”

”of course buddy.”

You pick up Nick and carry him to the bathroom, sitting him on the counter. You help him brush his teeth and floss. He gets his own jammies on and walks out of the bathroom with his teddy bear onesie on and the hood up. You tuck him in to bed and read him a bedtime story as he fell asleep. You get yourself ready for bed and leave your door open just in case your little buddy has a nightmare

—- Next Morning—-

You slept in a bit longer than when you had to get up for school. It happens when your body is used to getting up early anyways. You go into the kitchen and decide to make some Pancakes and eggs for yourself and Nick.

Rubbing his eyes

“good morning baba, I smells yummy foods!”

“Good morning kiddo! Did you sleep well? I am making Pancakes and Eggs, you woke up just in time too, they're almost done!”

“Mhm…” Nick walks to the Island stools and slightly struggles to get into one. You make his plate of two pancakes and two eggs and place it in front of him

“What drink are you feeling for today buddy, we have juice, Tea, Hot cocoa, and milk!”

He whines

“Oh right, there are too many options at once. I forget. I am just too excited for the snow day!”

Nick perks up when you say snow day “can we go outside! And and build a blanket fowt and and have movie nights!”

“We can do all of that later, what drink would you like bubby?”

“Oh yes baba, tan I haves teas? Just Like how I likes it?”

“Mhm! One tea with sugar and creamer coming your way!”

You make his tea and you hand it to him in a sippy.

“Thankies baba!” He takes a sip and waits until you grab your food and you sit next to him

“Are you super tiny today you need help with eating?”

“Nu! Just wanting to eats wif yous rather than eating fiwst”

“Oh alright then, go ahead and get that yummy food in your tummy before it gets cold.”

You both eat your breakfast and once you two are done, you take the plates and your mug that was full of coffee to the sink to wash them and place them in the dishwasher.

“Be rights back gotta go gets some stuffs for the pillow and blanket fort!”

“Okay Darling.”

“Baba should I gets the movies all set out for yous in the order that I wanna watch thems? Then we cans go outside and make snow angels and a snow man and maybe a snow ball fights?!?!”

Nick is placing every blanket, pillow, and stuffy from his room and yours into the living room.

“Yes please do that and before we go out we gotta get you all bundled up and cozy so you don’t get frost bite.”

“Mhm! Thats okay gotta be safe!”

You turn on some music and help make the blanket fort

---------

“All finished! It looks amazing!”

“We did a good job, now for some snow fun bud?”

“Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Snowsuit times!”

You help Nick into his snowsuit, socks, shoes, and a beanie and get your snow apparel on too then head out the door.

Nick runs and jumps in the snow. Stand still very dramatically and then gently falls to the ground and makes a snow angel.

“Look Baba! Is angel me!”

“Ooo, Just as cute as my little buddy! Snow man time?”

“Uh huh! Yeah!” He jumps up and down.

You and Nick Roll up the first snowball for the bottom of the snowman and find a place to set him up.

“Oh we need Items for his nosey and buttons and stuff!”

“You are so Right, lets run inside real quick and you can pick out the items, Okay?”

“Yeah! Yeah!”

You and Nick run inside and he picks the biggest buttons to put on his stomach and as his eyes, a scarf that is never used, another beanie, and a carrot. Back outside Nick goes and finds sticks and rocks for his mouth and arms

“Okay, lets get the other two snowballs for his torso and head!”

You and Nick make the two other snowballs for the snowman. You hand Nick each Item for him to put onto the snowman.

“Tan we take pictures with the snowman before going back inside? I no longer want to do a snowball fight..”

“Oh yes! That is okay we have been having a lot of fun all ready. We gotta remember our snowperson! Oh, they need a name!”

“ ummm… Snowy!”

“Let's take some pictures with snowy and then get back inside for hot cocoa.”

You take pictures of Nick being silly with Snowy the Snowperson and then some selfies of you two and snowy. Back inside you take off your snow gear and then warm up some milk for the hot cocoa and make the hot chocolate while Nick takes off his snow gear, He said he could get it off by himself and he is Mr. independent. He runs back to the Blanket Fort and sets up the DVD player and movies. Then you get into the Blanket Fort with Nick and hand him his Hot Chocolate. You and Nick snuggle in for the rest of the day watching all Marvel avengers movies in order, then moved to the Switch to play some Mario Kart.

At the end of the long snow day it meant that school is nearer. You get Nicky all settle into bed and he falls asleep in your arms.

The Perfect Snow day.

[sofia-the-traveller]

Things to do in Mumbai

Mumbai activities that consider the city’s extensive history, eclectic culture, mouthwatering cuisine, and well-known landmarks. This improved tour provides a more thorough look at this vibrant city:

Mumbai, often known as Bombay, is the financial and entertainment center of India. It is a city that is continually busy. Here, tradition, culture, and modernity all coexist to give visitors an extraordinary and one-of-a-kind experience. One of your first destinations should be the magnificent Gateway of India, a symbol of Mumbai’s past and a well-liked expedition starting point. Some of the best specimens of Victorian Gothic architecture can be found in the surrounding historic Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The museums in Mumbai maintain its cultural heritage. Visit the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya to discover how art and history are entwined and the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Institute to learn about the history of the city.

There is a sensory explosion of sights, sounds, and smells in Mumbai’s crowded markets. The well-known retail district Colaba Causeway is where you can find a wide selection of apparel, jewelry, handicrafts, and souvenirs. Contrarily, Crawford Market is a bustling center for locally grown foods, spices, and other pleasures. While visiting these marketplaces, don’t forget to try some of Mumbai’s renowned street cuisine. The city’s street food culture is a gastronomic journey all on its own with dishes like the hot vada pav, delicious pav bhaji, and tangy bhel puri.

To get a taste of Mumbai’s diversity, visit Dharavi, one of Asia’s largest slums, where you can take a guided tour and hear about the resilience and creativity of its residents. This in-depth encounter will put your prejudices to the test, and you’ll leave with a newfound respect for the feeling of community in the area.

Take a stroll down Marine Drive, often known as the Queen’s Necklace due to its brilliant nighttime lights, to fully experience Mumbai’s coastal allure. Because of the spectacular views of the Arabian Sea at sunset, both locals and tourists love this promenade.

Get out of the congested city streets and explore the mysterious Elephanta Caves. From Mumbai, you can immediately take a ferry to Elephanta Island, where you can explore historic rock-cut tunnels decorated with incredible sculptures and carvings, including the well-known Trimurti sculpture.

The old and the contemporary coexist in Mumbai, a city of contrasts. Although it is a thriving metropolis, it values its spiritual past. Mumbai’s religious diversity is honored by the majestic mosque known as Haji Ali Dargah, which is located on an island in the Arabian Sea and offers a calm sanctuary from the activity of the city. An additional sacred place and a representation of the city’s devotion is the Siddhivinayak Temple, which is devoted to Lord Ganesha.

Consider taking a day excursion to Sanjay Gandhi National Park, a huge oasis in the middle of the urban jungle, if you’re looking for a closer connection with nature. Hike through the area’s lush vegetation, take in the Kanheri Caves’ old Buddhist sculptures, and maybe you’ll even spot some local species like deer and leopards.

As soon as the sun goes down, Mumbai’s thriving nightlife bursts to life. Among other fun locations, rooftop bars and live music venues provide views of the Arabian Sea. If you really want to comprehend Mumbai, go see a Bollywood film in one of its best theaters. You’ll get a taste of the glamour and drama of Mumbai’s Bollywood thanks to this cultural encounter.

Mumbai’s inhabitants also referred to as Mumbaikars, are a testament to the city’s tenacity in a context defined by its frenetic speed and ambition. Mumbai is more than just a tourist destination because of the people’s tenacity, kindness, and feeling of community; it is an encounter that will have a lasting effect on your heart and spirit. Mumbai offers a fascinating voyage full of discoveries and activities, whether you want to experience the city’s vibrant energy or go sightseeing and eat street food.

Conclusion

In Mumbai, every street has a distinct history to share, every turn is an exhilarating journey, and every encounter with a local is precious. Mumbai is a lovely, energetic city. For travelers seeking an exciting and engaging experience, this city is a must-visit destination because it has many facets and embodies India’s past, present, and future. Whether you’re exploring iconic landmarks like the Gateway of India or savoring the vibrant street food scene, every moment in Mumbai is enriched by the city’s vibrant spirit. When it’s time to rest and recharge, the Empresa Hotel comfortable and convenient haven amidst the bustling streets, ensuring your stay in this dynamic city is both memorable and enjoyable. The hotel is marveled with immaculate rooms, exquisite dining halls, rooftop lounges, banquet halls, and a myriad of other best-in-class facilities. It is located in the midst of Lokhandwala which is full of energy fun shopping and food.

[youre-ackermine]

The Lady Of Shalott

Part I

On either side the river lie

Long fields of barley and of rye,

That clothe the wold and meet the sky;

And thro' the field the road runs by

       To many-tower'd Camelot;

The yellow-leaved waterlily

The green-sheathed daffodilly

Tremble in the water chilly

       Round about Shalott.

Willows whiten, aspens shiver.

The sunbeam showers break and quiver

In the stream that runneth ever

By the island in the river

       Flowing down to Camelot.

Four gray walls, and four gray towers

Overlook a space of flowers,

And the silent isle imbowers

       The Lady of Shalott.

Underneath the bearded barley,

The reaper, reaping late and early,

Hears her ever chanting cheerly,

Like an angel, singing clearly,

       O'er the stream of Camelot.

Piling the sheaves in furrows airy,

Beneath the moon, the reaper weary

Listening whispers, ' 'Tis the fairy,

       Lady of Shalott.'

The little isle is all inrail'd

With a rose-fence, and overtrail'd

With roses: by the marge unhail'd

The shallop flitteth silken sail'd,

       Skimming down to Camelot.

A pearl garland winds her head:

She leaneth on a velvet bed,

Full royally apparelled,

       The Lady of Shalott.

Part II

No time hath she to sport and play:

A charmed web she weaves alway.

A curse is on her, if she stay

Her weaving, either night or day,

       To look down to Camelot.

She knows not what the curse may be;

Therefore she weaveth steadily,

Therefore no other care hath she,

       The Lady of Shalott.

She lives with little joy or fear.

Over the water, running near,

The sheepbell tinkles in her ear.

Before her hangs a mirror clear,

       Reflecting tower'd Camelot.

And as the mazy web she whirls,

She sees the surly village churls,

And the red cloaks of market girls

       Pass onward from Shalott.

Sometimes a troop of damsels glad,

An abbot on an ambling pad,

Sometimes a curly shepherd lad,

Or long-hair'd page in crimson clad,

       Goes by to tower'd Camelot:

And sometimes thro' the mirror blue

The knights come riding two and two:

She hath no loyal knight and true,

       The Lady of Shalott.

But in her web she still delights

To weave the mirror's magic sights,

For often thro' the silent nights

A funeral, with plumes and lights

       And music, came from Camelot:

Or when the moon was overhead

Came two young lovers lately wed;

'I am half sick of shadows,' said

       The Lady of Shalott.

Part III

A bow-shot from her bower-eaves,

He rode between the barley-sheaves,

The sun came dazzling thro' the leaves,

And flam'd upon the brazen greaves

       Of bold Sir Lancelot.

A red-cross knight for ever kneel'd

To a lady in his shield,

That sparkled on the yellow field,

       Beside remote Shalott.

The gemmy bridle glitter'd free,

Like to some branch of stars we see

Hung in the golden Galaxy.

The bridle bells rang merrily

       As he rode down from Camelot:

And from his blazon'd baldric slung

A mighty silver bugle hung,

And as he rode his armour rung,

       Beside remote Shalott.

All in the blue unclouded weather

Thick-jewell'd shone the saddle-leather,

The helmet and the helmet-feather

Burn'd like one burning flame together,

       As he rode down from Camelot.

As often thro' the purple night,

Below the starry clusters bright,

Some bearded meteor, trailing light,

       Moves over green Shalott.

His broad clear brow in sunlight glow'd;

On burnish'd hooves his war-horse trode;

From underneath his helmet flow'd

His coal-black curls as on he rode,

       As he rode down from Camelot.

From the bank and from the river

He flash'd into the crystal mirror,

'Tirra lirra, tirra lirra:'

       Sang Sir Lancelot.

She left the web, she left the loom

She made three paces thro' the room

She saw the water-flower bloom,

She saw the helmet and the plume,

       She look'd down to Camelot.

Out flew the web and floated wide;

The mirror crack'd from side to side;

'The curse is come upon me,' cried

       The Lady of Shalott.

Part IV

In the stormy east-wind straining,

The pale yellow woods were waning,

The broad stream in his banks complaining,

Heavily the low sky raining

       Over tower'd Camelot;

Outside the isle a shallow boat

Beneath a willow lay afloat,

Below the carven stern she wrote,

       The Lady of Shalott.

A cloudwhite crown of pearl she dight,

All raimented in snowy white

That loosely flew (her zone in sight

Clasp'd with one blinding diamond bright)

       Her wide eyes fix'd on Camelot,

Though the squally east-wind keenly

Blew, with folded arms serenely

By the water stood the queenly

       Lady of Shalott.

With a steady stony glance—

Like some bold seer in a trance,

Beholding all his own mischance,

Mute, with a glassy countenance—

       She look'd down to Camelot.

It was the closing of the day:

She loos'd the chain, and down she lay;

The broad stream bore her far away,

       The Lady of Shalott.

As when to sailors while they roam,

By creeks and outfalls far from home,

Rising and dropping with the foam,

From dying swans wild warblings come,

       Blown shoreward; so to Camelot

Still as the boathead wound along

The willowy hills and fields among,

They heard her chanting her deathsong,

       The Lady of Shalott.

A longdrawn carol, mournful, holy,

She chanted loudly, chanted lowly,

Till her eyes were darken'd wholly,

And her smooth face sharpen'd slowly,

       Turn'd to tower'd Camelot:

For ere she reach'd upon the tide

The first house by the water-side,

Singing in her song she died,

       The Lady of Shalott.

Under tower and balcony,

By garden wall and gallery,

A pale, pale corpse she floated by,

Deadcold, between the houses high,

       Dead into tower'd Camelot.

Knight and burgher, lord and dame,

To the planked wharfage came:

Below the stern they read her name,

       The Lady of Shalott.

They cross'd themselves, their stars they blest,

Knight, minstrel, abbot, squire, and guest.

There lay a parchment on her breast,

That puzzled more than all the rest,

       The wellfed wits at Camelot.

'The web was woven curiously,

The charm is broken utterly,

Draw near and fear not,—this is I,

       The Lady of Shalott.'

Lord Alfred Tennyson - "Works" - 1832

Paintings : various portraits of the Lady of Shalott by John William Waterhouse

[90363462]

Jimmy Buffett’s “Gulf & Western” music has surfed the soundwaves with island escapism since 1973.

James William Buffett (December 25, 1946 – September 1, 2023) was an American singer-songwriter. He was known for his tropical rock sound and persona,which often portrayed a lifestyle described as "island escapism" and promoted enjoying life and following passions. 

Jimmy Buffett’s “Gulf & Western” music has surfed the soundwaves with island escapism since 1973. Born into a long line of sailors, it was only natural that Buffett would be drawn to nautical themes, Caribbean rhythms and instrumentation, and the carefree life of a tropical troubadour. Introduced to Key West in the early 1970s by friend and Texas music icon Jerry Jeff Walker, Buffett moved to the Keys and began writing sunny songs that made everyone want to join him. His lyrics reflected his life – as a world traveler, pilot, and sailor, he wrote about his plane being shot at by Jamaican police (“Jamaica Mistaica”), getting lost in the Sahara Desert (“Buffet Hotel”), and smugglers he had known around the Florida Gulf Coast (“A Pirate Looks at 40”). Buffett’s tropical folk-rock sound is best exemplified by the songs he dubbed “The Big 8,” which included hits such as “Why Don’t We Get Drunk,” “Come Monday,” “Margaritaville,” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise.”

In 1975, Buffett formed the Coral Reefer Band, which would back him for his entire career. In 1985, then-band member Timothy Schmidt is credited with coining the nickname “Parrothead” for Buffett’s devoted fans, both as an homage to the “Deadhead” moniker used for Grateful Dead fans and a reference to the brightly-colored Hawaiian-style beach attire of Buffett’s audiences. The same year, Buffett began to grow his Parrothead lifestyle empire, which eventually included restaurant chains, bars, hotels, casinos, retirement communities, beverages, home goods, apparel, accessories, books, and even a musical.

The 2000s brought Buffett much acclaim. “Margaritaville” was included in the “Songs of the Century,” a list of 365 songs of historical significance selected by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. He won the Country Music Association Awards’ Vocal Event of the Year for his 2003 duet with Alan Jackson, “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” and in 2010, he was named the tenth biggest touring artist of the decade, with 4.5 million ticket sales over the previous 10 years.

Buffett’s influence can be heard in the mischievous humor and tropical vibes of hits from some of today’s country greats, including Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Zac Brown, Luke Bryan, and Dierks Bentley.

favorite song?

Selected Discography

“Why Don’t We Get Drunk,” A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean (1973)

• “A Pirate Looks at 40,” A1A 

• “Come Monday,” Living and Dying in ¾ Time (1974)

• “Margaritaville,” Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (1977)

• “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” Son of a Son of a Sailor (1978)

• “Fins,” Volcano (1979) •“It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” Alan Jackson Greatest Hits Volume II (2003)

• “Hey, Good Lookin’,” License to Chill (2004)

[progiftreview]

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[yafaiah-raaida-cham]

The 6 mind-blowing things to do in Hong Kong

Welcome to Hong Kong, an amazing combination of East and West in terms of food, culture, and urban wonders. Situated away among towering skyscrapers and historic temples, Hong Kong presents staggering variety of activities. Discovering lively Mong Kok markets and enjoying Michelin-starred restaurants' dim sum are just two of exciting things that this lively town has to offer. Take a trip up Victoria Peak for sweeping views of the skyline, lose yourself in the neon-lit streets of Causeway Bay, or take a ferry across Victoria Harbour to see the famous skyline come to life. Hong Kong invites you to discover remarkable at every turn, you're visiting ancient sites like Tian Tan Buddha or enjoying pulsating nightlife of Lan Kwai Fong.

Getting a Hong Kong visa is essential if you're travelling from Dubai to Hong Kong in order to guarantee an easy entrance into this energetic city. Whether you're travelling to Hong Kong for business or pleasure, getting a Hong Kong visa from UAE requires submitting the required paperwork via the right channels. Once authorised, you'll be free to visit all of Hong Kong's must-see sights, including lively Mong Kok markets and the amazing views from Victoria Peak. Experience the perfect combination of East and West in Hong Kong's food, culture, and skyline. Applying for visa will open the door to an amazing trip through exciting city.

Here are the 8 mind-blowing things to do in Hong Kong:

Take the historic Peak Tram to the top of Victoria Peak, the highest point on Hong Kong Island. Experience the amazing views of Victoria Harbour, the surrounding islands, and the skyline of Hong Kong from the Peak Tower. See amazing views throughout the day, the city lights up in the evening, or during sunset for an overview of the magical golden hour.

2. Symphony of Lights: 

Take in the amazing multimedia spectacle, Symphony of Lights, which adorns Hong Kong's skyline. 44 buildings on both sides of Victoria Harbour are involved in this nightly show, which is synchronised with dynamic lights, lasers, and music to create an incredible symphony that honours the vibrancy and diversity of the city. The Avenue of Stars and the shoreline in Tsim Sha Tsui are the greatest places to get a view.

3. Hong Kong Disneyland: 

Take in the wonders of Hong Kong Disneyland, which is situated on the island of Lantau. Discover seven themed areas where you can meet Disney characters, ride thrilling coasters like Space Mountain and Mystic Manor, and take in magical parades and fireworks displays that truly capture the Disney magic. These areas include Main Street USA, Adventureland, and Fantasyland.

4. Lan Kwai Fong: 

Visit Lan Kwai Fong, a thriving entertainment neighbourhood in Central, to experience Hong Kong's exciting evening scene. Explore a wealth of pubs, clubs, and eateries providing a wide variety of cuisines and nightlife experiences. Enjoying foreign food, dancing till the sun comes up, or taking in live music performances—Lan Kwai Fong has something to offer everyone in a lively and upbeat setting.

5. Ngong Ping 360:  Experience the beautiful Ngong Ping 360 cable car ride from Tung Chung to Ngong Ping Village on Lantau Island. Take in the beautiful views of the South China Sea, beautiful mountains, and the famous Tian Tan Buddha (Big Buddha), a beautiful bronze statue standing 34 metres tall and situated next to the Po Lin Monastery. Discover the quiet surroundings, dining options, and cultural insights of Ngong Ping Village.

6. Stanley Market:  Explore Stanley Market, a lively retail area situated on Hong Kong Island's southern shore. Look around at the many stalls selling souvenirs, apparel, accessories, and artwork. After shopping, take a seat on Stanley's waterfront promenade and take in the beautiful views of Stanley Bay or dine at one of the many waterfront restaurants to sample some fresh seafood.

Conclusion:

With an engaging mix of innovation and history, Hong Kong captivates visitors with its incredible experiences. Whether it's the modern architecture, rich cultural heritage, or delectable cuisine that attracts you, Hong Kong will leave a lasting impression on your senses. This lively city invites you to immerse yourself in an exciting journey of exploration and discovery, with its bustling streets, stunning skyline, and melting pot of global influences. For an unforgettable experience, plan your trip with the best travel agency in Dubai. Hong Kong offers an adventure that will make you want to return time and time again.

[asianartsblog]

Join us next week to celebrate the closing of Asia North festival and the end of Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage month at the Asia North Makers Night Market!

Read on below and swipe through the photos to meet some of our amazing vendors and their goods. Check out their instagrams and come out to support them on May 31:

Jade Feng Lee is a nonbinary Taiwanese-American printmaker and cartoonist. Jade's work seeks to parse the gauzy boundaries between the read and imagined, inspired by their experiences in nature. They will be vending a variety of prints, keychains, handmade notebooks, comics, and more!

@dumplingowl

DURIANPUNK collects the artmaking of Margaret Huey, a Thai-American artist & educator based out of Baltimore. She strives to make work that is tough, tender, and thoughtful in equal measure, drawing influence from anime, metal music, and heritage. Come see her at the market where she will have screenprinted apparel, prints of various types and knicknacks like buttons, pins, zines, and stickers.

@durianpunk

Sun makes American traditional tattoo inspired designs on clothing, bandanas, tote bags, stickers, prints, patches and more. These designs keep everyone in mind, with the intention create space in traditional tattooing for marginalized people.

@sun.pokes_

Priyanka K is an illustrator and printmaker from Kolkata, India. Enjoy her zines about AAPI food and celebrations like Diwali and Thai mother's day, hand-made sketchbooks, risograph prints, hand block-printed tshirts and apparel, stickers, postcards.

@priyankakay

MAKERS NIGHT MARKET

Friday, May 31, 5 – 9 p.m.

Egyptian street food by @kosharycorner

Outdoors in front of the Historic North Avenue Market, 12-30 W. North Ave.

INFO: towson.edu/asianorth

Asia North 2024 is co-produced by @central_baltimore_partnership and Towson University’s @asian_arts_and_culture_center

[vudinhlam]

Week 4: Reality TV

 The genre of reality television aims to start conversation and mutual viewpoints. Its assertions that technology serves as a mirror for human behavior and interactions in logically, extend to viewers evaluating the actions they witness on screen, by figuring out not only the participants action but also the veracity of what they are witnessing (Deller, 2019, p. 158). Reality TV nowadays comes in many ways like hosting a game show or entertainment show and with social media's continuous growth has allowed viewers of major entertainment shows to interact with them in fresh and creative ways on a variety of platforms (L’Hoiry, 2019).

 Shows like Love Island have embraced social media suggest that there is a lot of room to grow in the mutually beneficial interaction between digital and television media as concurrent consumption platforms. The integration of social media and television broadcasting on Love Island necessitates a reconfiguration of audiences into the roles of social media users and television viewers. In addition, Love Island serves as a case study for the possible revenue opportunities presented by new and developing media consumption modes (L’Hoiry, 2019).

 It demonstrates that there are connections between viewer and the show which create a digital community to gather around to debate and give opinion on the show which that is still happening till this day on modern show.

 For another example, Big Brother show was inspiration for Love Island, return to TV after it 18-year stint on channel 4. With its complex social media tie-ins, game apps, merchandising, and various branded social media profiles, among other sponsorship agreements with apparel and music labels, the program has successfully built its branding strategy. The amount of attention and additional commercial value that can be generated around a show has increased due to all of this, surpassing the Big Brother frenzy that the media created (Wood, 2022).

 Reality TV can provide multiple genres of shows and has a significant impact on television and pop culture. It created a way to engage with the viewer, bring them closer to share opinion, knowledge and influence the viewer discuss about the shows in online digital publics create connections between viewer and the show.

 Reference:

 Deller, Ruth A, (2019) Extract: ‘Chapter Six: Reality Television in an Age of Social Media’ in Reality Television: The TV Phenomenon That Changed the World (Emerald Publishing).

 Helen Wood (2022) ‘Big Brother is coming back – the reality TV landscape today will demand a more caring show’ The Conversation August 10

 L'Hoiry, X.  (2019) 'Love Island, social media, and sousveillance: new pathways of challenging realism in reality TV'. Frontiers in Sociology, 4. 59:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2019.00059

[watchingeverydcmovie]

Fleischer/Famous Studios Animated Superman Shorts (1941-1943) Pt. 2

I am watching every movie based on a DC publication in release order, for more information, see my pinned post.

This is movies 8-18 on my list and is the second post on these Superman shorts, so for the entire introduction, see that post. Annoyingly, there's still one more of these shorts that just happened to come out after another movie, so they'll be another post about that single short at some point in the future.

THE MAGNETIC TELESCOPE IMDB Rating: 7 My Rating: 7 "Hope nothing goes wrong," Clark Kent says right as the magenetic telescope causes a comet to crash into the city.

Also Lois decides to call Perry White in the midst of the building she's in actively getting hit with pieces of a comet and then acts surprised when the building falls on her.

This is probably the best of these shorts I've seen yet. The setup is interesting in that there's a mad scientist that's definitely a bit evil, be he doesn't actually cause any issues, it's the police trying to stop his expirement that do. Also, at the end, Lois kisses Superman in the dark, but then the lights come on and he's changed back into his Clark Kent apparel, and that was cute.

ELECTRIC EARTHQUAKE IMDB Rating: 6.8 My Rating: 4 This one had a fun title card, it shook and crumbled.

Beyond that, this one wasn't very good. The villain is a man who wants the Daily Planet to print a story revealing that Manhattan actually belongs to "his people". Who are "his people"? We don't know. Why does he think this? We also don't know. Anyway he does crimes about it. Said crimes are just...electricuting the ground to start an earthquake?? I'm not sure that's how earthquakes work. Also superman gets attacked my a non-sentiant, non-controled electrical cord at some point?? That was confusing.

VOLCANO IMDB Rating: 6.9 My Rating: 7 HIS POWERS CHANGED!!! I mentioned in my first post about these shorts that I found it incredibly interesting that these shorts came out when Superman's powers still didn't include flight, so the little intro to all of the shorts said "able to leap tall buildings in a single bound". BUT, for the first time in this one, that intro was changed to "able to soar higher than any plane". He can fly now!!! Incredibly wild that they made that change in the midst of this series of shorts. I thought for a second this change might have happened when the production of these changed from Fleischer Studios over to Famous studios, but this one and the one after are still Fleischer. Moving on from that, Lois and Clark are sent to report on a volcano errupting on an island, and Lois STEALS Clark's press pass to get rid of him. This is the FIRST TIME we are seeing Lois and Clark animosity, and I'm really not even sure WHY she did this. Lois is kinda badass in this one ngl.

TERROR ON THE MIDWAY IMDB Rating: 6.5 My Rating: 5 The music is too loud over the start of this one and you can barely hear what Clark and Lois are saying. Overall, this one gets points docked for the sound design in general. It's about a buch of circus animals escaping, and all of the animal noises sounded strange and grating. Superman does fight a panther at some point though, so points for that ig.

JAPOTEURS IMDB Rating: 6.3 My Rating: 3 Oh boy. The youtube video that I watched of this was titled with "World War 2 american propaganda" and yeah, that's all this is. It's very racist and very boring. Superman saves a bomber plane and that's it, most of the short is spent setting up how cool and amazing this American bomber plane is.

SHOWDOWN IMDB Rating: 6.8 My Rating: 6 This one changed the intro again!! It went from "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to soar higher than any plane" to "faster than a streak of lightning, more powerful than the pounding surf, mightier than a roaring hurricane". I wonder why. This short starts with Superman committing CRIMES. Except it's not actually Superman, of course, just someone in his costume. Interestingly, along with the change in intro, he's back to not being able to fly, just jump really high. That's really strange.

ELEVENTH HOUR IMDB Rating: 6.1 My Rating: 1 We're back with the World War II propaganda and racism. Even if you were to try to disregard those two things, this one just isn't good at all. Clark and Lois are in Japan, we're never really told why, and Clark is sabotaging the army operations there. Lois also gets captured at some point, but the whole short is really just Superman doing sabotage.

DESTRUCTION, INC. IMDB Rating: 6.4 My Rating: 4.5 This one just isn't particularly well written. It starts with some guy getting murdered and dumped in a pond, but then I'm not really sure how that ties into the rest of the story, which is about a group of workers attemping to blow up a torpedo manufacturing plant...for some reason?? Clark diguises himself as an elderly security guard, that's kinda fun.

THE MUMMY STRIKES IMDB Rating: 6.4 My Rating: 5.5 This one just...doesn't really fit with the rest of them??? It dives straight into like ancient Egyptian curses. Superman fights straight up mummies at some point. Everything else seems fairly rooted in the 'sci-fi' angle, and this one just doesn't really mesh. It's still interesting though.

JUNGLE DRUMS IMDB Rating: 6.3 My Rating: 2 Back at it again with the racism and propaganda. I overall just think they didn't put as much time into writing the shorts that were war related because they expected patriotism to carry them alone.

THE UNDERGROUND WORLD IMDB Rating: 6.7 My Rating: 6 BIRD MEN????????????????????????

[hardnipsband]

Happy New Year!! Come celebrate the new with a new music video "ALTERNATIVE DREAMLAND" I directed for @hard_nips premiering this Saturday, January 6th from 5-9pm at C5BK @c5_bk (5 Central Ave, Brooklyn)

There will be food, merch and music in between two video screenings at 6pm and 8:30pm.

Mochiyaki by Yoko Nips @yokonips

Okinawa Jucy Onigiri by Gooch Nips @gooch_nips

Hand-painted Leather Apparel by Hitomi Nips @hitomigirlxyz

Music by Vinyl DJs @djkibachan & @skymall.future

& new Hard Nips t-shirts!!!

The song, “Alternative Dreamland,” is about escaping a life that doesn’t serve you. We shot this video over 3 days in Montauk and all over downtown NYC (including Governor’s Island). It was fun and exhausting. Come see the silly things we did. Big thanks to Taylor Shields @ez_set and Chris Walsh @ct_walsh who assisted with camerawork and moving all our stuff between locations, and to John Gosman @johngosman for hosting us in Montauk.