#Make-up by Stoj

[seleneshelby]

Captivating Beauty

Summary: Y/ N decides to ride a horse in the forest and relax by the lake. You sing as well with draws Tommy's attention. Your song helps Tommy rid of him hearing the sound of shovels.

Prompt: Helping Tommy to Relax

Warnings:None. Just pure fluff. Hugging, comfort, kissing, blushing, and complimenting.

Pairing: Tommy x Reader

Characters: Tommy Shelby, Francis, You, and Johnny Dogs

Romani phrases used in story

1. Stoj- stop

2. Le tu pala lako glaso- go to the lake

3.Nai mishto, ferdi jekh žena džil.- follow the voice of the woman singing.

4. So si nasul?- what's wrong

5. Zhan sigo mai anglal- go straight ahead

6.Hej pačače- hey boy

7.Te žal- to go

The rays of the sun shine through your caravan window like a beacon, giving you the signal to wake up. You always love waking up to a sunny day. Raising up in your bed, you look at the sun, it gives you a happy feeling. Then you walk over to your closet to find a simple dress to wear. You choose the dark green one. Looking at it makes you feel bright as day. You put it on with a smile on your face.

Then you hear your father Johnny Dogs calling your name outside the door.

" Y/N you up", Johnny says looking at the door with a hand on his hip.

" Yes father I am", you say rushing to the door. You just about stumble over your little stool. You were lucky you didn't because you could've hurt your ankle or worse.

" Glad because I got a surprise for you", Johnny says looking at the door still.

" Here, I am." " What you got for me?", you ask with a smile.

" Just follow me and I'll show ya", Johnny says walking with excitement. He had a little skip in his walk that reminds you of a happy horse.

You smile following him in your green dress.

Johnny Dogs leads you to a caravan with a very beautiful horse tied to it. A big smile appears on your face. It was white as snow with a long white mane. Plus the hair on the mane and tail had a shine to it. It reminds you of a horse a princess would ride.

" She's all yours y/n", Johnny says with a nod.

" Where you get a horse like this?", you ask petting the horse's mane.

" A fellow gypsy gave it to me", Johnny says watching you.

" That's nice." " Is this a freisian horse?", you ask with curiosity.

" Yes it is." " You going to name her y/n?", Johnny asks with a nod.

" I thought so judging by the long mane and all." " I'll name her Snow White", you say with a warming smile.

" Perfect name for her." " You going to take her for a ride?", Johnny asks admiring the horse.

" I'd love too, but can I?", you ask with hesitation looking at Johnny.

" Yes you may", Johnny says patting your back.

" Thank you father", you say getting on Snow White bareback.

" You're forgetting something", Johnny says holding up the rope.

" Oh, I'm sorry", you say leading the horse to Johnny.

" Can't ride a horse without a simple reign now", Johnny says making a reign with the rope.

" I simply forget because my mind was on Snow White", you say watching him shaking your head a little.

" I understand." " You're ready to go now", Johnny says patting your leg.

" Thanks father", you say taking the rope.

" You're welcome y/n", Johnny says waving you off.

Then you whispered to Snow White to go. She bolted as fast as a cheetah with her long white mane flowing up. She even leaves a dust of dirt behind. You take in the sights around you. The sky was blue like the ocean giving off a serene and peaceful feeling in the air. Vast green valleys you can see for miles and miles. Rays of the sun shining bright in the sky giving off a jovial feeling.

In the distance you see your favorite forest with the lake. You tug on the reign lightly to indicate Snow White to slow down. " Good girl", you say as she comes to a walking pace. You pet her soft white mane elatedly. Next you pull the reigns to the right, so she goes to the forest. She obeys walking the trail leading to it.

An array of beautiful flowers line the path, giving off sweet and fragrant smells. The sound of nature fills the air with calmness. Birds chirping in their twig nest as you ride by. You smile looking at the beauty of nature. Nature always has a calming effect on oneself. Snow White does a cute little neigh making you chuckle.

" You must like the forest", you say looking around.

Up ahead you see sparkling white reflecting off the lake like a diamond. You've always thought of it like a guiding light.  " Stop Snow White", you say softly in her ear. She stops letting you off. You let her go to the grassy area, so she can rest. She goes to the luscious green grass near the lake. Snow White sniffs it and eats it.

Walking to find a spot to sit; you see a family of ducks swimming. A smile appears on your face watching them. One is that the ducks were ducking their heads in the water. You thought it was cute how they reacted doing that. The smallest duckling was shaking it's head a little. Other ducklings did what mama and papa did, which was fluttering their wings a little. You take your eyes away from them to find a spot close to the water. Sitting down, you go to watch them again. The family of ducks was lining up in line. Mama and papa duck was qwaking as they started to swim again to the other side of the lake.

Your eyes wander off from the ducks to look at the water. You spot a school of tiny fish swimming in the water. All the fish look magical to you because they all sparkled like the stars do at night. Also, they created a ripple effect in the water that mesmerizes you. It reminds you when you used to skip a rock in the water, which created the ripple effect. After the fish swim out of your sight, you start singing looking at the flowers.

Tommy Hears the Shovels

He sits in his office looking at a picture of him when he was in the war. The longer he looks at it a familiar sound overcomes him. That sound was shovels hitting the wall. He gets up from his desk quickly; throwing the picture on his desk with a scared look. It was like he seen a ghost.

" Please stop!", Tommy shouts walking out of his room with haste.

Francis rushes from the kitchen to him.

" Mr. Shelby, are you ok?", Francis asks coming to him. A worried look appears on her face.

" No, I'm not", Tommy says looking at the walls.

" Need me to give you something?", Francis asks standing before him.

" I don't need nothing Francis." " I'm going for a horse ride to clear my mind", Tommy says walking to the door.

He quickly grabs his coat putting it on. Next he puts on his cap with a worried look.

Francis watches him without questioning him.

" Be careful Mr. Shelby", Francis says with concern watching him leave.

" I will Francis", Tommy says with annoyance as he walks outside.

Tommy goes straight to the stable grabbing his saddle and reigns. He goes to his horse Dangerous.

" Hej pačače", Tommy says as he puts the horse gear on his horse.

Dangerous stays still obeying Tommy. His tail swooshes a little back and forth.

Then he gets on Dangerous.

Tommy says," Te žal" to get Dangerous to move. He gallops into the green field leaving dust behind. His black mane and tail billow up in the air like the wind. Tommy takes in the beautiful sights around him as he rides his horse. The blue sky and forest near by eases his mind of the sound of shovels. It's like those things blocked the sound to him. Tommy sees the forest and decides to go there.

"Zhan sigo mai anglal", Tommy says to Dangerous patting his black mane. Dangerous takes the path to the forest. He notices Dangerous ears go up. Then he neighs a little.

"So si nasul", Tommy says softly looking around the forest.

He notices nothing of danger, but hears a beautiful voice of a woman singing in the distance. Her voice was drawing Tommy's attention.

" Nai mishto, ferdi jekh žena džil", Tommy says softly to Dangerous. He calms down and stops neighing. He keeps listening to her singing. " She's singing about love", Tommy thinks to himself.

" Le tu pala lako glaso", Tommy whispers to Dangerous.

His horse keeps going straight up the path. Up ahead he sees a lake. Clear crystal shine sparkles from the top of it. " Stoj", Tommy whispers to Dangerous. He gets off him walking towards you. A look of surprise appears on Tommy's face. One is that you were very beautiful in his eyes. Two your voice was captivating to him.

You keep on singing unaware of Tommy coming near you. Your horse Snow White goes to stand near you. She nudges your hand to pet her, but you keep singing. The song you were singing was about love in general. You pet her as you sing still. In the corner of your eye, you see a handsome man coming towards you. Eventually, you turn around to face him, singing still. Tommy goes to sit next to you and listens. A smile appears on his face. You smile back at him while you sing. Plus a blush appears on your face because you find him attractive. Your voice was soothing to his soul making him relax. He stares right at you looking into your eyes. It was like he was reading your mind.

You finish your song, to talk to him." That was very beautiful", Tommy says softly looking into your eyes. A tear sheds from his eye due to how beautiful the song was. You notice that with a look of surprise on your face.

" Did I make you sad?", you ask looking at him.

"No, that was just a tear of happiness luv", Tommy says softly with a big smile.

" That song must've touched your soul", you say moving closer to him.

" Yes, it did", Tommy says softly watching you.

" Thank you", you say with a blush.

" My name is Tommy Shelby, but you can call me Tommy", he says softly with a warm smile. His name sounds familiar to you. One is that your father Johnny Dogs has told about him in the war.

" My name is y/Dogs", you say softly.

" Beautiful name." " You must be Johnny's daughter", Tommy says as he remembers Johnny Dogs telling him about you. An image of you standing by your caravan appears in his mind. He'd always smile to you every time he seen you. A big blush appears on his face as he looks right at you.

" I believe we met once", Tommy says as he gets close to you.

" When was that Tommy?", you ask putting your arm around him.

Also, you notice how tense he is when you hug him. It was like he was frozen by your touch. His expression on his face was solemn. Many of the people in your family said that your hugs had an effect on people. That effect was relaxing them to rid what was on their mind.

" After I came back from the war", Tommy says resting his head on your chest. He closes his eyes seeing shovels hitting the wall. Just the word war startles him. " The shovels are back", Tommy says shaking in your arms. You quickly look down at him.

" Tommy wake up", you say patting his head.

Tommy open his eyes quickly looking at you.

" Please make them go away", Tommy says with fear in his eyes.

" I will Tommy." " I'll sing another love song", she says kissing his forehead.

" Thanks y/n /Dogs", he says calming down some.

It's like your kiss took his fear away. He watches you with calmness in his eyes. Then you start singing looking right into his eyes. A gypsy bard told you that singing soothes the persons overall being. You notice that Tommy's body gets less tense, the more you sing.

Then Tommy starts looking into your eyes. A blush and smile appears on his face. His eyes remind you of an ocean full of emotions. The time when you first met him plays in your mind while you sing. You remember blushing at him. Plus complimenting how handsome he was. Also, he called you his gypsy princess. Just thinking about that makes you feel whole inside.

After you sing, Tommy raises up from your loving arms. He looks around for the sound of shovels. A look of fear shows in his eyes.

" Are they gone luv", Tommy asks looking back at you.

" Yes, there gone Tommy", you say softly to him.

" I'm glad because that sound haunts me at night or when I say anything about it", Tommy says looking at you.

" It' won't bother you ever again Tommy", you say with a warm smile.

" I believe you luv", Tommy says getting close to your lips.

You smile at him without saying a word. " I owe you a kiss my gypsy princess", Tommy says looking into your brown eyes.

" You do Tommy", you say nudging his nose with yours.

He nudges your nose playfully back. Then he kisses you passionately. His kiss was deep and soft. It feels like it lasts forever because the flame of love was lit inside you both.

" I love you Y/Dogs", Tommy says after he kisses you.

" I love you too Tommy", you say softly with a loving smile.

" Also, I have a lot to make up to you", Tommy says grabbing your hand in his.

" Which is what?", you say cutely to him.

" Spending more time together", Tommy says softly squeezing your hand lightly.

" I'd like that Tommy", you say softly looking at him.

" I like to thank you luv for making the shovels go away", Tommy says looking at you.

" You're very welcome Tommy", you say softly squeezing his hand lightly.

Tommy blushes at you with a loving smile. Then he puts his left hand in his pocket to check his watch.

" It's getting late my luv", Tommy says looking at his watch.

" How late?", you ask looking at him.

" It's 5:30 p.m. luv." " Better get you back to your father, eh", Tommy says putting his watch in his pocket.

" You're probably right Tommy." " I've been gone since this morning", you say getting up from the grass.

" Don't want your father Johnny Dogs to hang me by me toes for keeping ya out late", Tommy says getting up as he lets go of your hand.

" My father wouldn't do that now Tommy", you say walking to Snow White.

" I'm just joking my gypsy princess", Tommy says going to Dangerous.

" I know Tommy." " It's good to joke around now and then", you say with a chuckle getting on Snow White.

" Makes one's day and happy for once in their life", Tommy says with a smile getting on Dangerous.

" Want to ride together in the forest back home?", you ask grabbing the reigns.

" I'd love to my luv", Tommy says guiding his horse beside yours.

Then you two ride together in the forest with you two's horses side by side.

The End

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[bravedungeonwiki]

What happened to this place, and why doesn't it get used anymore?

Hi anon! I honestly started the project and got bored (and fed up with the Switch's limited image sharing options at the time of starting it), and kind of had forgotten about it.

It is a time consuming process to document information about this game, and because of school and general life stuff, I haven't really had time to prioritize it, and my interest in the series fell to the side for a while.

I actually did think about updating this again but wasn't sure if there would still be enough interest or need for information, and when I thought about approaching the project again I also got intimidated by the scope of the series. Characters and enemies overlap between Brave Dungeon and other Dark Witch games, and I think I kind of got into an all-or-nothing perfectionist mindset that made me procrastinate whenever I considered putting together even stuff like more of the basic information on enemies.

The thing I want to be able to provide is a "complete" documentation, but I don't have the time or skill to document every detail in all of the games. I honestly thought that either there would be little-to-no interest at this point, or that someone else might have beat me to the punch on documenting more of the basic information in the couple of years since I've tried to work on the project, which would have made bravedungeonwiki redundant. However, at a quick glance, I can see that there is... still not a whole lot online about Brave Dungeon! And thinking about it, there are people who have shown interest in the past, and your message also lets me know that there are people who want to see this information compiled.

Since my previous documentation session, I have gotten a bigger SD card for my Switch, they added easier image sharing options, and I've actually picked up playing Brave Dungeon some again!

Even if I can't be the all-knowing Dark Witch information repository I want to be, I think I can realistically at least start tossing together information pages again. If I do want to make more fleshed out pages, I may as well continue with building blocks, and I can always add more detail later!

- mod stoj

[valdomarx]

The first time Stevens takes Potts out into the field, it doesn’t go well.

Potts insists on coming along on the mission to infiltrate a Soviet base and steal back vital data about the Apollo lunar missions. He seems personally offended by the idea of astronauts being in danger.

The last thing Stevens wants is to babysit a civilian, but Potts tilts his chin up in a gesture of defiance and Stevens just knows that this is one fight he isn’t going to win.

They manage to sneak into the base easily enough, and they find the punch card storage room. They snap pictures with the microdot camera that Potts has developed, and Stevens wouldn’t admit it out loud but it really is a fine piece of technology.

The trouble starts when they’re trying to get out. They’re heading for the same service elevator they used to enter the base when Stevens hears footsteps of guards approaching. He moves fast, shoving Potts through the nearest door.

They find themselves in a storage room, barely bigger than a closet. It’s uncomfortably small but it will have to do.

Stevens catches the offended look on Potts face at being pushed around. He opens his mouth to express his displeasure, but the guards are approaching fast -

Instinctively, Stevens reaches out and clamps his hand over Potts’ mouth. Potts’ eyes go wide with indignation, and Stevens tries to silently communicate with his face that they really, really need to stay quiet.

Potts’ eyes narrow to suspicious lines, but he stays perfectly still.

They hear the footsteps slow and then halt. The guards must be right outside the door. Stevens doesn’t move a muscle; he's barely breathing.

In the silence, he can feel Potts’ breath hot against his hand. The air between them feels heavy and humid, and this close he can see each one of Potts’ eyelashes, a distracting detail as he’s mesmerized by the way they sweep over sparkling brown eyes.

The sound of the guards’ conversation travels through the door, accompanied by the tangy smell of cigarette smoke.

The two of them stay rooted in place, hearts beating wildly as they look into each other’s eyes in the dim light, tension flickering between them.

Potts studies him, minutely, thoughtfully, assessingly. Stevens feels his composure slipping under the intensity of his gaze.

He makes a concerted effort not to move closer and press himself up against Potts. He ignores the urge to lean in and catch more of the sharp scent of Potts’ cologne.

That would be unprofessional.

Finally, finally, the footsteps of the guards moving back down the corridor, and Stevens allows himself to breathe.

He motions for Potts to stay where he is, and carefully opens the door just a crack. The corridor is empty, so he pushes the door wide and beckons Potts to follow him.

They move swiftly towards the service elevator and Stevens thinks that they’re going to make it, they’re going to be okay after all.

Too late, he realizes he’s made a mistake. Guards file into the corridor from the other side where they must have been waiting. “Stoj!” a voice yells, and Stevens sees the glint of a gun barrel being pointed in their direction.

For a moment, he panics. He’s used to working alone, risking only his own life, trusting that if something goes wrong then the consequences will fall squarely on him. But now… now he thinks of Potts. How he’s responsible for him. How he trusted him. And the aching hollow feeling that fills his body at the thought of something happening to him.

He freezes.

Quick as a flash, Potts pushes Stevens behind him and digs something from his pocket. It’s a small tube, only a few inches in length, when Potts hits the button on top there’s a pop and the corridor is instantly filled with smoke. He hears the guards cough and splutter on the far side.

Stevens turns to Potts, astonished by his ingenuity. He makes a mental note to pay more attention to Potts when he’s babbling on about his gadgets in future.

“The knockout gas won’t hold them off for long,” Potts says urgently. “Let’s get out of here.”

Stevens doesn’t need to be told twice. He snaps back into military mode: They have to reach the elevator, and there’s no time to think.

He grabs Potts’ hand and runs, tugging Potts along behind him.

Their exit is hasty and inelegant, but they make it out past the perimeter of the base unscathed.

When they stop, Stevens looks down at where their hands are joined and notices Potts’ cheeks are flushed. That’s probably due to the exertion from running.

"Do you think we lost then?" Potts asks breathily, and his eyes are bright.

Stevens glances around. They’re in a sparsely wooded forest, and he can still hear the alarms coming from the base but there’s no sign of their pursuers.

“I think we lost them,” Stevens confirms, and he realizes he’s still holding Potts’ hand. He drops it quickly and busies himself checking the microdot so that Potts won’t see the blush spreading over his face.

“You did well back there,” he says, mostly to fill the silence. “With the gas thingy. That was good thinking.”

Potts beams at him, and it’s so earnest that something twists deep in Stevens’ chest.

“I couldn’t let my favorite Captain be captured by the Russians, could I?” he says.

Stevens raises an eyebrow. Potts’ favorite? He kinda likes the sound of that. Maybe they are finally moving past this antagonism between them.

“After all, who would mess up my lab and insult my work and annoy me all day if you weren’t around?” Potts teases.

Stevens scowls. Then again, maybe not.

[cathrinabroderick]

Hailey Baldwin photographed by Bec Parsons for Love Want Magazine, Issue 15. Styled by Jessica dos Remedios, Hair by Hiro+Mari, Make-up by Stoj.

[aefward]

Sweater, Re/Done; shirt, Totême; jeans, SLVRLAKE; shoes, Gucci.

Photography by Terence Connors, Styling by Rebecca Dennett, Art direction by Phil Buckingham, Art direction by Michael Kelly, Hair by Bobby Eliot at SWA Agency, Make-up by Stoj at Management Artists, Nails by Dawn at Management Artists, Set design by Carrie Ashley Hill, Fashion assistant: Tabitha Sanchez, Production by Sharda Fahmel, Production by Block Productions.

[timiicaa]

Change is a strong word for me,i just need self appreciation and work this thing called life life and just accept the positivity and love of friendship and im writing this now to myself knowing only one person might read but i dont wana forget all this thoughts i have now.

This is. maybe a day 1 for me and a new chance for. me, i don’t have a way to communicate with my parent for way too long time now,accepting it as soon as possible is better,that is my first goal,im important,i have ambitions im so ready for new experience every day and i just wana enjoy the beauty of everything around us only if can keep the positive mindset,i miss so many things from the past,every day i think about what could’ve been different and how i could have an amazing unique and increnible girl next to me right now,but thats life,i cant say its hard and unfair but its tough to handle but you gotta learn some things harsh way,i made some bad decisions,who am i foolin i made so many teeeerible decisions,but yea,i dont want to make stupid decisions anymore,i want to work myself so hard and make an amazing person of myself and i know that kids from the neighbourhood look up to me so much and i really dont ever want to disappoint myself anymore and just be strong powerfu person and everything will come slowly,there is no rush for everything,what could have been and what has been is behind me,faith is an amazing thing but i dont wana be stuck in it and hesitate..

Life is really wonderful thing,its insanely late (6:27) i came home 30 minutes ago,couldnt let a a best friend drive because he is drunk so hes currently sleeping on a sofa at my house but we had an amazing talk and amazing experience and i just freaking love that dude,he is by far the best friend i ever had and i really grow as a person next to him and i never want to freaking loose that guy from my life because hes so amazing and i know he will succeed in so much things and i want to support him in every doubt he has.

When my ex told me that this guy will be my best friend i laughed and just acted cocky because yea i was in phase when i only listened to myself,and im sick of it,im turning 21 in 3 days,i have so much possibilities,so much ambitions,so much hidden talents..

im writing this long shit to u jebeni idiote,veceras si imao prilku mozda i “opalit” i znas da imas te potrebe w.e ali si donjeo jednu od najboljih odluka u zivotu i dobio najbolju osobu kao prijatelja ikad,zvucat ce ti ovo glupo kad dodes malo sebi ali za tog covjeka daj sve jer je isti kao ti i sabijat ce te onak sve prepreke u zivotu i znam da su sada starci nemormalno protiv tebe,jebiga stari na putu do zdravog i zeljenog zivota moras bit ustrajan u odlukama i katkad otici u sobu isplakat se pomislit svasta,znas da moras otici iz kuce prvom prilikom,ovdje vise ne pripadas,sori ali ove navike,njihova ocekivanja,shvacas da nekoristis njihovoj zajednici i neuklapas se vise tu,spusti se na zemlju nisi jos nista postigao,neobeshrabrujem te nego sam realan,nema zurbe za nista ali ima STOP ovdje na putu koji te zaustavi i da ti priliku da promislis,taj stop postuj,mora se dogodit i ispravan je,gledaj sto radis iz pogleda 3.osobe,promisli prije nego nesto napises ali onda stoj uz to sto si napisao i razumi,musko jesi,uvjeravao si se da su svi “fake prijatelji” zbog pusenja i otkrilo ee da jesu ali sad si stari u fazi kada zracis fakat jebenom vibrom u dobrom drustvu i random ljudi komuniciraju bas te zele poslusat i drusto je u banani skroz naselje je otislo kvragu ali nije kasno ni za tebe pa ni za nikog od njih..timone ti sjednes u kafic sam za stol dok ie njih 6 za drugim stolom i svi se okrenu prema tebi jer te postuje i prepoznaju tvoju dobru namjeru i vibru,otkrivaj,istrazuj,stvaraj,pocet ces donositi odluke i stvarati planove,organizirati ih,ispuniti u najkracem roku,sam znas kako je lako prihvatiti rutinu bila loša ili dobra,za tebe rutina vise ne postoji,ti si na avanturi zvanoj zivot,svaki dan se probudi i sjeti se svojih prijatelja,nemoras im nista napisat,samo se sjeti da su oni tu,vikni hitno je,oni se stari teleportiraju,svaki dan se sjeti da vjerujes u sebe,DA NISI SAM,nikad. nisi sam!nemoj nametati nesto drugom,znati ces kad te netko stvarno zeli poslusat i onda predlozi,kuzis ti majstore radis na sebi..punis 21 za 3 dana,slavis rodendan u iducu subotu,dosta si ljudi natuknuo da bih slavio u gradu,pipic ce doci iz zga iako ima sigurno za uciti i nije pri lovi,njemu si toliko predivan faktor u zivotu i znas i sam koliko mu pomazes i koliko nikad nesmijes dopustit da se osjeca usamljeno,gramnjak ce doci iz vojske,cabi koji je decko koji je dosta suzdrzan ali ga jako postujem nece otici 2 dana na vikend sa biciklistima iako mu je to zivot i strasan event,samo da dode u grad tada,znas da tu ima i ljudi koji ce doci tada a inace neidu nikako u grad niti slusaju tu glazbu pokusavas odrzat odnose sa dost ljudi non stop i stvarno ti to ide stari..ali najbitnija stvar u tom svemu si TI!uci od ljudi..prihvati da si pogrijesio..priznaj poraz ali uz to sve samo nemoj glavu da ikad spustis ili si jezik pregrizes od laznog obecanja...maknio si se od plj i sad ces se slozit financijski,mozda heart breaking za reci ali starcima stv smetas u kuci i moras moras moras se odselit onak prehitno jer za svoj roditelje si postao slika neceg negativnog i nemoram ti objasnjavat zasto,mozes biti siguran da nisi kriv ali nakon ovog kad slucajno naletis ponovno u tumblr i odvojis si vremena za proctitat,odi se otusiraj ,pojedi nesto,izadi na zrak prosetaj malo,prosetaj sam mozda ti se svidi,nazovi prijatelja pitaj ga kak je,izadi s njim,postuj ga,motiviraj ga,ohrabi,spasi,budi tu za njega kad nitko nije,zivot je predivan i jednostavan,sve je u mindsetu i prestajes se opravdavat sada,prvi korak u novi pocetak je biti svjestan da moras promjeniti nesto i krenuti odmah,imas sliku sebe sa 25,znas koliko si daleko od toga ali stari 25 je samo part 1 do kojeg ces doci sa ustrajnosti,drugaciji si osjetis i znas to,nisi najjaci fizicki,ali psihicki si strasan,toliko imas infomacija unutar te glave,osjecajan si strasno,da ti itko od kolega zna koliko znas lako zaplakat nebi povjerovali,sve sam ti rekao,sve znas,sve si dozivio,21. je tvoja 1. i tvoja prilika za predivan zivot ♥️

[1nkweaver]

Playlist Breakdown: Pick

Obviously gotta keep backstory stuff vague but I’ve rearranged the playlist into chronological themes and it’s time to BREAK IT DOWN

The Unkillable Pickle 

 Obviously the name of the playlist, it’s his full title, you will address him as such.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2KT2p2E4cPbHBBlI02OoGG

(here is the playlist to listen along) 

And now for the breakdown:

Short Change Hero- The Heavy

I always try to kick off my playlists with “who IS this person if you broke them down into one song” but that is not what this song is. This is a song to prepare the listener for Pick’s story, and the slow intro of it really brings that in. In chronology this is actually Pick just before meeting the party, recounting the events that got him to this place (we’ll get back to that later) the crunch of shoefalls and distant thunder are also big thematic queues into the rest of the playlist.

First and foremost, from Pick’s perspective, this is not the story of a hero, and he wants you to know that up front.

The Sound of Silence- Disturbed

What a great cover. Pick doesn’t remember his childhood super well, so his first memories are of the silence, and the darkness, and the things he saw in that time. He found faith and lost it all at once, and it seemed like an eternity in that place, just struggling to pick out anything of worth in there. This song kicks off 

ACT 1 of Pick’s story, which I can’t say the title of because it’s spoilery.

A Skeleton of Something More- Sleeping At Last

People praying for a better day to come, waiting for that night, that night when everything is going to change. Get out of this place, go on to something else. The shred of hope that is wilting, a skeleton of something more.

Whatever It Takes- Imagine Dragons

Pick is not one to give up that easily, he will always say his stubborn tenacity is his best quality and it hasn’t let him down yet. Beat him, break him, want him to die so, so badly. But he’s not going to stop, he’s gunna end this, and he’ll outlast and do whatever he needs to to accomplish that.

Best of You- Foo Fighters

Pick’s refusal to give in was cute at first but now it’s getting annoying. They double down on him and he doubles down right back, we’re fighting now, and Pick will be fighting for a long, long time after this. Thank goodness he’s good at it.

Pressure- Muse

Pick learns that bloody, beaten, surrounded in the corner is where he is at his strongest. He lives under pressure, and it almost makes him laugh. If things were going too easy it wouldn’t be fun, so bring it on.

The Pretender- Foo Fighters

Pick is looking up from the pits at him, and there’s practically electricity burning between those stares. Pick has finalized his plans of revenge against him.

Believer- Imagine Dragons

Enter fucking Anders. The man that’s going to change everything for the better. That night that they’ve been waiting for has a date now, and it’s fast approaching. Pick was stewing in his anger and knew nothing else but the fight, but now, Anders has made him a believer. 

Uprising- Muse

That night has come, and it’s time to put all the chips down on a plan. It works, mostly. This marks the end of ACT 1, with a thrilling tale that can only really be translated as “fuck you!”

Starlight- Muse

Muse takes us out of ACT 1 and continues with us right on into ACT 2, and this one I can definitely share the name of: Act 2: Anders. This series of songs talks about their relationship. But first we have to put a lot of distance between us and Act 1 to start this story off proper, and that’s just what this song does, it takes us far far away by the light of the stars.

 We tie in some of the previous songs talking about lights in the darkness, and waiting for “that night”. We have finally gone out of the darkness and into the light of day.

My Best Friend- Weezer

Honestly, pretty self explanatory, Anders is everything.

Make a Little Money- Royal Deluxe

Now that we’re out and traveling around, we gotta work! Ander’s shows Pick the ropes of life and they do pretty good as a team, enjoying coin and each others company and going where the wind (and work) takes them.

I’ll Keep You Safe- Sagun

This song in its chill repetitiveness acts as a sort of time skip transitional phase in Act 2, where the development of Anders and Picks relationship kind of stabilizes and goes on for a while without much change. However, the end of the transition makes a play on that title “I’ll keep you safe” it went from a promise made in the beginning to a promise upheld in the end, but now things are different.

Very different.

Alive- Pearl Jam

Pick really shouldn’t be, and yet I guess he is, so now his title is actually really really true, this little goblin is damn near unkillable. The gift of life is a damn hard gift to give sometimes.

But where the fuck is Anders.

Lonely- Idealism

This instrumental is the only one present in Pick’s playlist, to really sink in that truly for the first time in his life EVER, he is alone, and sometimes you just have to sit and deal with that for a while.

Wish You Were Here- Lee Fields & The Expressions

Not that hard to admit really, Pick wants to know where the hell Anders is, and what the hell this letter he left means, he’s very confused and just wants his friend back.

Zombie- The Cranberries

Partially foreshadowing, but mostly just bad memories creeping back in. Without Anders bad dreams are coming back and Pick is not doing well, and he really just wants the pain to go away.

Blood In The Cut- K.Flay

Yeah, Pick is really really not okay, and he’s coping with it in some unhealthy ways that will lead to his particular quirks he has developed later on in life. It’s been so long and he’s fought so much that he doesn’t really know what pain feels like anymore, at least not physical. He tries to get the pain out, so that he can just feel that instead of the emotional pain inside. But when the blood runs, he learns something new about himself.

Stronger- Kanye West

Well holy fucking shit guess we’re a fucking bloodhunter huh- Anders letter makes a bit more sense now, but most importantly Pick has found a way to weaponize his pain, and he’s got a hell of a lot of it to use. He’s ready to take things on.

Radioactive- Imagine Dragons

Pick is starting to experiment with his powers, he’s learning with what Anders left him to pick up the pieces and become the adventurer he’s going to need to be, basically this is his training montage.

Blood On My Name- The Brothers Bright

Training is complete and we’ve basically made our way to level 3 babey!!! Pick has learned as much as he can and now he’s got his two goals in mind- find him, and find HIM. But first he needs to find Baldur’s Gate and make some friends.

End of Act 2

Walk- Foo Fighters

We’ve come full circle to the very first song in short change hero. The footsteps in that song becomes Walk here by the Foo Fighters, where Pick has put all of his past experiences behind him and is ready to start over here at the start of the third and final act so far.

Act 3 Ironically or not is also called Walk

Starting over is hard but Pick has had the time to figure out his feelings and find himself a little, and we end right as he crests the hill that gives him the first view of Baldur’s Gate. He fastens his gloves and gets moving again.

If You Only Knew- Shinedown  & The Crow & The Butterfly- Shinedown

Shinedown comes in with a pair of songs as Pick makes his way to the city to remind him of the person that got him where he needs to go. He thinks about Anders, off in some faraway place, and hopes that he’s proud of Pick for what he’s been able to accomplish on his own. But he also knows that he’s gotten as far as he can on his own and needs some help.

Thunderstruck- AC/DC

ENTER THE PARTY

Pick explodes onto the scene into a group of people that he has no idea WHAT to think about, but you know what? They’re kinda weird and definitely ready to make waves like him, so he’s happy, and he thinks he’s found the group that he needs. 

Theres some tension with a few people, and that electricity is back, but Pick’s ready this time.

Also, bringing back the thunderstorms all the way from short change hero again! Boom!! How’s that for some musical foreshadowing bitches? 

It only helps that Pick’s blood rites are electricity, doesn’t it?

Bonus tracks

Pick’s story has pretty much ended here with Thunderstruck, as he now has to learn more about this party and figure out what he wants to do, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t some bonus songs for you all!

State of Mine- Stoj Snak

A hope for the future, that these people pick has found can be not only what he thinks he needs to accomplish his goal, but what he really needs and doesn’t even know he needs yet- a real family.

Power- Kanye West

Pick is starting to see the bigger world for what it was, and the one man on Pick’s list is starting to become multiple. Theres something definitely wrong with the world and Pick’s particular viewpoint lets him see it, and he doesn’t like it.

Maker of My Sorrow- Eliza Rickman

Pick’s main goal is to the party for now, and then for Anders, that’s what he feel the overall importance is, but he hasn’t forgotten the promise he made all the way back in The Pretender: someone is going to get super murdered and Pick ain’t dying until that happens.

So that’s the breakdown of The Unkillable Pickle! I hope you like the music and I’ll try to update this post as the story advances :VVV thanks for listening

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ruyakoman I can finally say that I am “Mother” on Gotham! 😃 Mother and Orphan are DC Comics Characters that were introduced to the show. Orphan is played by the lovely @nico_bustamante_actor #tbt to when we were on set ❤️🤗🎬🎥 Much love to the wardrobe, hair and make up departments on this show! They are truly amazing! And very special thanks to my manager Gina Stoj and agent Albert Bramante! 🤗❤️❤️ 

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So I'd left the Magla Bar and almost cycled off the three beers I'd been bought there, the rain had come and went, bar the odd spritz, and I crossed over the mötorway and sighted the last range of hills before Split. A guy in the bar had helpfully told me the course of the route ahead to Split so I knew it would just be this last ascent.

As I passed the service station just after the overpass, I heard the a shout;

Stoj! Stoj! Halt!

And the chap in the jeans and black top came barrelling across the two lanes towards my bike:

Pivo! Pivo! My friend! Stoj na pivo!

Well he was before me and had my handlebars before I could react. He helped walk me over to the forecourt where the rest of them were drinking, and a cold beer was thrust into my hand even before I'd time to prop my bike. I necked it (desperate to make Split before dark) but was detained as they insisted I have another!

It was the usual stuff, where you from? what is Scotland? what's your game in Croatia? Oh your destination ain't far, stay for another. I asked about the things I'd seen since Ražanac: the Islam Villages, Kroslovac, the Cikola Valley, Muć; and the road ahead: Split and Maraska. And little by little, as we turned from beer to wine I picked up that these guys more than remembered the Wars. I wanted a smoke, and they guys unexpectedly obliged by rolling a large and ungainly spliff. And the topic turned to weed culture in the UK and France vs the culture here. Turns out in Croatia they get from Albania, and grow their own among the quite legal tobacco fields that are a legacy from Tito's autarky drive. I also managed to teach them the YLT (old-school local hooligans of my town, Leith) handsign, which is always fun! After smoking, we had some more of the deep dark red local wine. And my original interlocutor started asking about comparisons between the English and the Serbs. Suggesting that perhaps we Scots had been too nice too trusting about the English and we should 'do them like the Serbs'. This prompted me to enquire about the sign I'd seen for the Guard Battalion in the Cikola Valley. Well he started speaking, mumbling, in Croatian about things he'd seen/done, and I caught the words 'grad' and 'vrat' (town and fire) and his eyes glazed in a thousand-yard stare. I could see from his friends expressions that the drinking had ceased to be cheerful drinking. This was the real, some serious shit. Keep cool. However, as he tried to tell me (or confess to me) whatever it was that troubled him, he had his arm around my shoulders in a tight demi-embrace, and I couldn't politely extricate myself. It was one of his friends that came to my rescue, while the older chap took the big bad lad to the side for a chat. My rescuer then said in simple English:

Maybe you go away now, arrive in Split. This guy can be crazy after beer and wine and smoking. He has some things about the war, it changed him, makes him a little crazy. But we'll make him good, get some kahve (coffee)

I didn't need to be told twice. I was on the bike and toiling up the hill in a jiffy!

These Croatians are crazy!

However, I'll always appreciate that encounter. It bridges the gap between what I've learned about a time and place from the comfort of my armchair, and what it meant and means to those who lived through it, were involved, and now live with the legacy. It would not be the last time on this trip that the distant Balkan wars became tangible, personal. But it was an introduction.

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Press/Video/Photos: Interview - Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie

From Star Wars to the new Top of the Lake, Gwendoline Christie has become a screen heroine for our times. Lorraine Candy meets the unconventional actress who embraces the joy of being an outsider

    SUNDAY TIMES STYLE – Let’s get the tall bit out of the way first, shall we? Gwendoline Christie is a delicate 6ft 3in tall. I say delicate because, personally, I’m always struck by how dainty the Game of Thrones superhero is. She is all fine blonde curls and flawless porcelain skin. Feminine, girly, graceful are the words that come to mind when I think of the Gwendoline I have known for several years. Gosh, we have had some fun together, this elegant outsider and me. “The world is absurd, Lorraine,” she will often observe with characteristic wry humour, “and if you can’t find it absurd, then I don’t know how you’d get through.” Indeed it is — especially when you look at it from Gwendoline Christie’s perspective.

  The 38-year-old actress is a composite of opposites, if such a thing exists: an introverted extrovert, a soft strength, the most conventional unconventional person I know. She’s both intellectually intense and wonderfully silly. Time spent with the ever-so-polite and well-brought-up Gwendoline is like going to a spa for your mind: it’s never ordinary, even if it is just having a cup of peppermint tea, as we are for this interview.

  For most of her life, mostly because of her height, Gwendoline has been on the margins of what is considered normal. From being bullied at her local village school, to the relentless fruitless auditions she didn’t ever get through, she was continually told, as she puts it, “that your outside can’t come on the inside”. How demoralising, but also, perhaps, how wonderful, because if you can overcome those cruel obstacles, you develop a rare confidence that is unbreakable. Then, one day, you wake up and deliver to the universe the gift that is Brienne of Tarth, the one woman who is everything all women want to be.

I don’t need to tell you how fantastic Brienne is — the defiant medieval knight, protector of kings and queens, slayer of evil men. One scene, her infamous fight with the Hound, took two months of intense stunt training (she is still seeing a physiotherapist twice a week). It is epic, no other word for it, and even if you are not a Throner, you cannot be anything but grateful that a character like Brienne has been imagined, written and brought to life so spectacularly well. She is, to borrow a phrase, a giant step forward for womankind.

  “I have loved doing Game of Thrones,” Gwendoline says. Season 7, the penultimate series, has just started on Sky Atlantic. “I’ll be devastated when it finishes. I’m so proud of that part and the way the audience created a connection with the character. Brienne is a different version of what we normally see. She is not just conventionally unattractive, she is unconventionally unattractive. This part was the reason for all my acting training. In a world where we have so much access to these sexy ideals all the time, this was such a subversive role.”

  Amen to that. But how do you follow Brienne? Captain Phasma in Star Wars was superb, if predictable, casting, but it is the junior detective, Miranda, in Top of the Lake: China Girl, a woman who is the polar opposite of the one Gwendoline has been playing for six years, that I feel will redefine her.

  Ever conscious of the need to test herself as an actress (she is rigorous in her devotion to the craft and has an accomplished theatre career), Gwendoline has created a new character who is physically and mentally fragile.

  She has done it with the acclaimed writer and director Jane Campion, with whom she has wanted to work since she was very young. “I asked the universe then — no, I told the universe nicely — to make it come true,” she recalls, after explaining how many buses she had to take across the Sussex countryside after lying to her parents about her whereabouts and sneaking into the cinema to watch Campion’s groundbreaking 1993 film, The Piano.

  Miranda is a broken, vulnerable, lonely and actually comic police officer who appears in the second series of Campion’s award-winning BBC2 drama Top of the Lake, on screens now. The role was written specially for Gwendoline, and she lived in Sydney for five months while filming it. I have seen the first two gripping episodes, and you are in for a treat — it’s addictive cinematic TV at its best. Elisabeth Moss reprises her role as the steely Detective Robin Griffin to investigate the death of an Asian girl washed up in a suitcase on Bondi Beach. The Oscar winner Nicole Kidman rounds out the cast.

  “It feels like Jane is always subverting form,” Gwendoline says, “and that’s exciting to me. In 2008, a friend of mine offered to introduce me to her because she felt we would get on so well, but even then I couldn’t do it. When I saw she was doing Top of the Lake, I wrote her a letter — I knew I had to be in it. I can’t tell you what I said, but I kept it for 18 months before posting it. I tried to keep it short, didn’t want her to die of boredom reading it, then she emailed me back about four months after I sent it. We spoke on the phone for hours and she told me she would create a lead part for me. I asked for a challenge and Miranda is a challenge. She is constantly destabilised, she fails at everything, she is on the outside and still continues to be on the outside. This is a new story for me to tell.

  “It’s great to be a hero, but the reality for many of us is that we feel like we are failing all the time. We’re all trying to find ways to deal with that.”

  If you watch one box set this summer, watch Top of The Lake — it will give you goose bumps. Everyone is playing the opposite of the characters you expect them to be, so it’s constantly surprising — just like Gwendoline herself.

  I was editing Elle when we first met on the fashion front row. We got on like a house on fire: she is more than a foot taller than me, though we have the same size feet; the physical comedy of us never fails to delight. Her partner is my friend the fashion designer Giles Deacon, and Gwendoline takes getting dressed as seriously as I do. “I have always been fascinated by clothes and their transformative powers,” she says. “I was about 6ft at the age of 14 — I was enjoying the process of youth, wondering what kind of human being I would grow into, what kind of size I would be, what the dimensions would be as I grew more.

  “A doctor had told me I would be lucky if I stopped growing at 5ft 11in, but I thought, why stop there? I thought it was brilliant being so tall, and they were quite shocked by that response. I didn’t see what was interesting about conforming to the rule when the rule seemed nonsensical.

  “I read a lot of fashion magazines as a child. I was fascinated by who the stylists and photographers were. The images were captivating for me. I used to scour second-hand shops for vintage clothes, and I delighted in the different proportions of my size. It doesn’t make sense to me not to embrace being outside the norm. I don’t want to feel inhibited by anything.

  “I like to experiment with scale. I used to dress up a lot. My male friends would wear women’s jackets, and I would wear massively oversized things I’d found in vintage places. I really enjoy wearing men’s clothes, and often still do. I also liked the way Courtney Love dressed at the time, all those 1990s dresses, but worn with a femininity that had a violence to it. It seemed inappropriate at my height to wear such floaty dresses, so I enjoyed wearing them. I am all for drawing attention to the differences between us and not hiding from them — it is good to be spectacularly different.”

  When we meet, she is wearing a black Chloé dress, carrying a brown Margiela handbag. She buys mostly designer: Giles, Henry Holland, Roksanda, bits of Marc Jacobs, Miu Miu and more recently Isa Arfen.

  Gwendoline is a very private person, and I can see interviews are a form of torture for her. She wants to be known for her work and questions about her home life are playfully batted away with humour. It’s understandable given the level of fandom surrounding her, thanks to Game of Thrones and, of course, Star Wars. Plus, she can never hide, never be anonymous in the street; she is someone you stare at, famous or not.

  Last year when I interviewed Giles for a book about London designers, I asked him what kind of women he designed clothes for. Someone smart, confident in who she is, different from everyone else and happy with that, spirited, unpredictable, a woman who is fun “and looks like she would be a bit of trouble on a night out”, he told me. I think he has described Gwendoline perfectly. And, if I had my way, she wouldn’t be the outsider — we all would.

  Top of the Lake: China Girl, Thursdays at 9pm on BBC2

  Styling: Katie Felstead. Hair: John D at Forward Artists for Tresemmé. Make-up: Stoj at Streeters using Charlotte Tilbury. Nails: Marisa Carmichael

    I’ve loaded the beautiful photo shoot in the gallery. Check it out! I should be adding the scans to the gallery later today.

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  Press/Video/Photos: Interview – Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie was originally published on Glorious Gwendoline

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Punjab by Gurdas Maan

What an amazing video and the concept of taking Bhagat singh into the future was a really good. Its actually made people think if Bhagat singh would have known that what will happen in his Punjab, had he still sacrificed his life for the country. I had no words when he was about to erase ‘Shaheed’ from his name in the video, what a spine chilling scene it was. 

Listening to the lyrics one can easily feel the pain in the writings of Gurdas Maan. But one question in the back of my mind which has been hitting me was why he did not released the video during the high time of elections, Why!? I know a lot of people have been coming out with the arguments that “Please stop associating Gurdas Maan with politics” & “Why people think that if he released the song before elections it would have changed peoples minds to vote?”. I fully understand that thinking peoples vote will be changed with his song is absurd.  Here’s what I have been thinking from past couple of months. To me its not about changing peoples minds to vote but to take a stand against the crooks and bad things in Punjab. Gurdas Maan being one of the most influential Punjabi artists whose words catch attention of almost all the Punjabi. From the past couple of months deep inside myself and i believe there are many more like me, who were waiting for him to say something about whats been going on in Punjab. But it never happened. I am completely fine with that though because its his choice after all its his life. But I have been watching him since my childhood and I bet at least 2-3 generations of Punjab have grown up listening to his melodious songs about Punjab. Now releasing the song especially after elections does not make sense. To me it looks like playing smart and safe. Even if he stayed silent on this whole thing it would have been fine because then it would be considered well he does not want to engage himself in the politics which is fine as its his choice. Now there would always be this small thing bothering my mind that Gurdas Maan whom I have been following like a die hard fan missed the point in the history of Punjab when he could have stood tall against all the wrongs. 

Here’s what I have learnt, I have always liked his poetry and hopefully i always will, but considering every artist to bring up a change in the society and standing with what they preach is not always the right expectation. And keeping expectations always hurts. 

Some people are thinkers and some people are doers. So just listen to their songs and pay them for their art by buying it. That is it! nothing more.

But I sincerely do people of Punjab are aware of who took the stand, roared like a lion against all the odds and is the real keeper of Bhagat Singh’s legacy and spirit...

Jeonda vasda rahe saada Stoj vala Maan.

Inquilaab Zindabad.

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Earth Day Avengers: Sustainability heroes at Buffalo

“The idea was to bring together a group of remarkable people, see if they could become something more. [To] see if they could work together when we needed them to fight the battles we never could.”

-Nick Fury, “The Avengers”

In dentistry, there is a constant battle between the mass consumption of disposables and environmental sustainability. As health care professionals, we not only have an obligation to the oral well-being of our patients but also to the well-being of the environment surrounding them. By adopting and promoting more eco-conscious practices, dentists have the ability to “become something more” and band together as “Sustainability Avengers” to fight the battle known as climate change.

The deadline for irreversible damage to our climate is quickly approaching. According to the journal Earth System Dynamics, earth’s “endgame” is set for 2035 — meaning that without a transition to clean energy sources by this time, we’ll reach the “point of no return” (PNR). After crossing that point, climate rates could increase 2°C per year, and the effects could be detrimental.

Plastic production is one the most significant contributors to rising carbon dioxide levels. Dentists use a plethora of plastic-based products, many of which are single-use. According to a study published in the March 2018 issue of Scientific Reports, toothbrushes are among the 92% of large fragments and objects found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This floating landfill drifts throughout the Pacific Ocean and is more than twice the size of Texas. Plastic toothbrushes and floss take hundreds of years to decompose, whereas bamboo toothbrushes, now commercially available, only take three months to decompose in your backyard garden. Dentists contribute to this impact on the environment, and we should be among the first responders to avenge it.

Adopting a sustainable lifestyle doesn’t require a huge effort. You can start in dental school, even before you are an advocate in private practice. In April 2018, the Buffalo ASDA Sustainability Committee hosted its first Earth Day celebration event. During this evening CE-accredited event, over 200 dental students, staff, faculty, community dentists and predental students registered and received a free bamboo toothbrush. The keynote speaker, Dr. Lisa Knowles, spoke about easy ways to make a dental office green and eco-friendly, as well as the impact we have on our environment.

Here are some easy ways to be environmentally conscious in school and in your daily life:

Promoting sustainability in dental school

1. Organize a sustainability committee.

2. Promote recycling dental supplies and containers.

3. Switch to bamboo toothbrushes.

Adapting eco-friendly lifestyle habits

1. Try vegetarianism/veganism, even if only one day a week.

2. Use a reusable water bottle.

3. Walk, bike or carpool instead of driving.

4. Get informed. Keep up to date on clean-sweeps and new technology to reduce energy consumption.

Students can contact Buffalo ASDA’s Sustainability Committee for more eco-friendly ideas or information on how to set up sustainable initiatives in your school.

~Emily Waldman and Melissa Stoj, Buffalo ’21

from Dental https://www.asdablog.com/earth-day-avengers-sustainability-heroes-at-buffalo/ via http://www.rssmix.com/

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Sweater, JW Anderson; jeans, Vetements.

Photography by Terence Connors, Styling by Rebecca Dennett, Art direction by Phil Buckingham, Art direction by Michael Kelly, Hair by Bobby Eliot at SWA Agency, Make-up by Stoj at Management Artists, Nails by Dawn at Management Artists, Set design by Carrie Ashley Hill, Fashion assistant: Tabitha Sanchez, Production by Sharda Fahmel, Production by Block Productions.