#Ramon Sender

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Oh Say Can You “C”? Terry Riley’s “In C” Turns 60 Years Old

Terry Riley with a t-shirt displaying the entire score of “In C” (photo from Facebook, copyright unknown) November 4th, 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the premiere of Terry Riley’s seminal masterpiece, “In C”. After having completed a variety of respectable compositional efforts, Terry Riley (1935- ) was jolted by the Muse to write this defining work that charted a path very different from…

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can we just talk abt ramon costas v line in THE gif pls

yes absolutely we can. i’m more than happy to elaborate. (my first ask on this blog hooray!!! you did not ask for headcanons but you get it anyway /lh)

Ramon Costa HCs

warnings: um ramon costa… suggestive, but no smut, not proofread and written in 15 minutes

word count: 486

It’s clear to absolutely everyone in existence that Ramon Costa is a confident guy.

It’s in the way he speaks, the way he carries himself - the man likes himself, because he knows he’s hot shit.

But around you? Oh, he loves to show off a little extra around you.

The first day you show up at The Archer, Ramon takes immediate notice of how you look at him. At how your eyes linger on his reflection in the studio mirror, how your body tenses just the slightest bit when he corrects your posture with a hand in your waist.

He likes the attention. So, in true Ramon fashion, he takes advantage.

Ramon likes to take his time with you (take this as you will). He goes out of his way to give you some personal instruction, to better yourself for the dance, of course.

He’s the type to call you in to the studio at an ungodly hour and just make you dance for him. His eyes always linger across your body as you move, his lips pulling up in that devilish little smirk.

But he never makes a move. Not yet, at least.

The closer you get to opening night, the more and more you see Ramon - not just in the studio, anymore. He stops you for a quick flirt in the halls, or makes lustful eye contact from across the room.

And the more you see him, the more bold he gets.

This time, however, you got to see a little… more of him.

The sauna rooms at The Archer are an ideal place to relax. It’s quiet, and I’m the off chance somebody is in there with you, conversations are pleasant.

But today? Today’s your lucky day.

You were simply resting in the sauna room, allowing the warmth and comfort of the steam to soothe the dull ache in your muscles, when the door swung open.

And there he stood.

Daddy Ramon Costa, a towel wrapped around his toned hips, his broad chest and chiseled abs on full display. He had tattoos lining his arms and a finely written ‘C’est La Vie’ inked across his pec.

He was truly like a fucking Roman sculpture, the way he was built and defined. It was hard to take your eyes off of him…

…especially that deep, chiseled v-line of his.

The moment that Ramon caught a glimpse of where your eyes fell, the way that your cheeks heated to a hot pink that definitely wasn’t just from the steam of the sauna, a smirk danced onto his lips.

That stupid, dangerous smirk you loved so much.

Before you could much comprehend what was happening, you could see him stepping a bit closer to you, his hand coming up to gently lift your chin, his deep brown eyes meeting your own.

“How about I give you something else to… not just look at, hm?”

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Return to Sender

Inspired by this by @noctnis. Please give them ample love. I didnt know the AU but i do know the cannon vers of these cubitos and I see Fit returning to the island looking exactly like that soooooo... ye

"You have some nerves showing up you know!" Pac yelled over the whistle of the wind. In its chaos, the laundry he was hanging brushed into his face. He couldn't give a care in the world though. The emotional battery has long since drained for Pac, and the reserves have all been spent.

Cucarucho has been checking in on him more and more frequently as of late. His robotic laughter, the incessant and condescending voice box, the inventory clogging books- Deus, se ele tivesse que ver aquele urso mais uma vez, ele mataria todos em um raio de cem quarteirões e depois a si mesmo! But, every time, he thinks of Richarlyson. Ever since he and Mike found their beautiful son it's like the world got more- real for lack of a better word. The sun was warmer, the air crisper, the fruit fresher; the hole that Richas left in all of his father's hearts was larger than the world itself. So seeing him back and healthy- it was as if God blessed them all over again. Like it was their first day. And, of course, there was Ramon. Still lost to the federation and located god knows where in this hell hole. But, there is the hope that information will be coming soon. It has to. If the federation knew Pac as well as they claimed to, then as soon as he knew where that sweet boy was, he'd run as fast as he could to get them back. If not for him, then for Fit.

“Se você está procurando o Richas, ele está seguro e longe de você! Então, faça o que quiser comigo. Me sequestrem de novo, me matem, o que for!” He was too tired for this. The weight of all the revelations he's learned are almost as heavy as his eye bags and- to quote from Fit- 'Today is not the day, and I am not the one.'

"Apenas, seja rápido." He sighs, pinning up another one of Richarlyson's many jerseys in the process. In the uncertain silence, he hums a melody from his childhood; a byproduct of being without his children. Their lullabies supplied a little comfort with the knowledge that they were bedridden for so long. If Pac closed his eyes long enough he could convince himself that he just set the boys down for a nap rather than a coma.

A gust blew a nearby basket away from Pac just as his sight fell to it. Its contents either tumbled on the ground or succumbed to the breeze before colliding with the dewy grass. Whatever curses he had dried alongside his throat when he noticed his company reach for his newly washed hoodie. "No fight huh?" A hollowed horse of a question came from the man. He was everything Pac had waited for but far more spent than he thought he would be when he returned. The bags under his eyes were far darker than anything Pac had seen from anyone else. And he was up there on the "experienced fucked up shit" list.

“Quem é você e o que fez com o meu namorado? Fitch...” Whatever Pac was holding was promptly discarded for the sprint he made to the hardened man before him. With every bound the smile that started to form grew wider to the point where the pair were grinning from ear to ear just before Pac made contact. Fit nearly tumbled back but recovered with a laugh he didn't think he had the strength for. "P-Pac! Pac, Pac I-"

"Fitch I missed you so much, oh my god! Are you okay? Are you you? Did you kill your boss? Is he gonna be a problem anymore? Oh- Jesus Cristo! O que aconteceu com seu braço?! MEU DEUS, ME COLOQUE NO CHÃO! NÓS PRECISAMOS, VOCÊ PRECISA! PRECISO LIGAR PARA O MIKE!" He eventually shouted, shoving Fit away to message Mike immediately. All the while Fit laughed. "I love you too Pac," He said, giving into the darkness encircling him as he leaned Pac's way.

Pac caught him just as the sound of the warp pad caught up with Mike. Mike screamed. The pair scrambled to carry him inside Pac's house where Mike would reassemble Fit's arm and Pac would reassemble his man.

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There is NO Return-to-Sender on this one! Hallmark Mystery took to its Social Media last night to officially announce/deliver the exciting news ALL POstables (Signed, Sealed, Delivered fans) have been waiting for: "#POSTABLES, WE'RE BACK!" I captured the image above as soon as I saw it, and I may have squealed with excitement!

Hallmark shared this wonderful news with the image (above) of the main Signed, Sealed, Delivered cast - Eric Mabius, Crystal Lowe, Kristin Booth, and Geoff Gustafson - from the movie Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again, and I must say, the series truly is returning to its Hallmark home - once again!

The last Signed, Sealed, Delivered film, Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made, was released in 2021, so it's been a long hiatus. Will the cast pick up where they left off—immediately after Oliver and Shane were married—or will time have gone by since then? Ironically enough, only time will tell. Certainly, there will be some changes; even the channel SSD premieres on has changed, from Hallmark Movies & Mysteries to Hallmark Mystery!

Fans took to Social Media with the best enthusiastic responses to this news:

That is so exciting!!!! Love these movies!!!! ~melans4 Ohhh my goodness!! One of my favorite shows everrrr ~wildflowerlynn17 Yay! It’s my favorite show! ~caryhayes9 On Cloud 9 from hearing this news!! Thank you to all involved in making this dream a reality!! #POstables. Trust the timing and the time is now!! Woohoo! ~@TomaselloNat This is great news! Thank you to seeing that fans and making this happen. Can hardly wait! ~@DarleneCoward Better late than never! This is spectacular news! Best movie series on Hallmark! ~@BethP9999 Seeing all the happy #POstables fans on my timeline tonight makes me so happy!! 😁 #SSD #Hallmark ~@MarieP864248 This is such great news! Thank you to everyone for making it happen! ~@metallicangel1 BEST. NEWS. EVER!!! #POstables ~@ChicadeeB Wahoo! The Best Cast & Crew Ever! The Best Fans Ever! #POstables Perseverance!!!📫❤️📫 ~@BellgalAnn YAY!! We POstables have been waiting years for this news!! Thank you Hallmark, Ms. Williamson, & fab 4! Keep 'em coming!! ~@A_Plain_Janeite #POstables #TheMasterpiece is coming back! We are excited about the announcement of more #SSD! We have missed ⁦ @MarthaMoonWater @kristintbooth @Eric_Mabius @RealCrystalLowe and ⁦@geoffgustafson! Thank you, #LisaHamiltonDaly @hallmarkmystery ~@dcrittenden78 This gives a whole new meaning to March Madness! I cannot believe it - I'm SO grateful to @hallmarkmystery! @MarthaMoonWater & Oliver O'Toole taught us to always Trust The Timing! The DLO is officially open! Break out the Yoo-Hoo: Double Fudge! #POstables ~@TennisChik OH HAPPY DAY!!!!! This is amazing! So exciting! Thank you, Hallmark Mystery, for this great news and for believing in this Emmy-worthy series, sublime writing, and stellar cast. It is a great day to be a #POstable, that's for sure!!! ~@wowbax “It’s all good and it keeps getting better…” We trusted the timing and it paid off!! So excited that the DLO will be open once more and we get to see the Fab 4 [and Joe, Sharon and Ramon] #POstables ~@lynneaosborn Wow!! This is knockout news! #Postables #SSD ~@RPopBox BEST news ever 🥰 Cue the happy tears 🥹 Couldn’t be more excited to see this amazing cast back together solving more letter mysteries in 2024 👏🏻💌 Thank you @hallmarkmystery! ~@SwingMyHeartPod I’m so thrilled with this announcement of an SSD movie for 2024! This @MarthaMoonWater creation is so special to me & the cast is beyond compare! May this be the beginning of a wheel of movies that will continue for years to come. Your viewers are thankful & I know more will come ~@TrevaCorke #POstables are ecstatic! 🎉 It was hard to #TrustTheTiming, but it paid dividends! Can’t wait to see the best ensemble cast back to tell more unique & meaningful stories! Yay #POstables ❤️📬🎬🎉 ~@MarybethMkprudz Signed sealed delivered miracles do happen #POstables so happy I am crying. Tears of joy ~@tvmoviesparks88 The moment we’ve long been waiting!!! Our prayers have finally been answered #POstables!! Thank you @hallmarkmystery for not giving up on us!! I’m literally in tears, HAPPY TEARS!! 🙏❤️ ~@FotoulaB #POstables there’s a time to laugh and a time to love, there’s a time to dance and a time to celebrate. Today is that day! Our favourite show is coming back!! @Eric_Mabius @kristintbooth @RealCrystalLowe @geoffgustafson Woohoo!! ~@Discoqueen63

I just loved reading everyone's excitement over this news! Even though we sort of knew it was happening due to production notes and clues from the cast, it was still a huge thrill to see Hallmark's official announcement! If you'd like to check out this wonderful series filled with moments of faith, love, drama, inspiration, humor, and more... please be sure to visit my Signed, Sealed, Delivered Series/Movies in Chronological Order page - here. DVDs for each film are also listed there.

Also, if you have the Hallmark Family channel, you can look forward to a 3-day SSD marathon next week, running from Monday, March 25th through Wednesday, March 27th! Thank you to the incredible SSD cast and Hallmark for making these new Signed, Sealed, Delivered movies possible! It was divine providence, I believe, that Hallmark chose the image from Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again to share this news because we POstables are absolutely ready to welcome Signed, Sealed, Delivered into our Homes Again!

Sincerely,

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[delicatebluebirdruins]

the Devil is in the Details

in inventory: email From: Mia Winters Sent: July 18, 2017 11:04PM Tuesday To: Ethan Winters Dulvey, Louisiana. Baker farm. Come get me.

simple to the point almost as if the sender was worried to much might alert Ethan to some thing. I know the common thoughts is Mia did actually send this but my main thought is when? as she is in the cell has been since late 2015 and the doors are locked

Jacks diary: rec room. for timelines sake these are Oct 2014

October 2 Reports say a storm's coming. I had a lot of trouble cleaning up after the last one a few years back. I guess it's time to reinforce the windows and shore up the roof. Maybe I'll get Lucas to help.

October 9 The water has finally receded. The house is alright, but the old house was badly damaged. Lucas is making a fuss about a huge ship that's washed up in the bayou. If that's true, I better report it to the parish. I'll go check it out tomorrow.

Travis memo: drawer in safe room

Dear Courtney,Those bastards are looking for me, but maybe this gives you a chance to escape.To escape, you have to find the reliefs shaped like dog heads. I saw one of the heads in the dissection room underground. Get it. It's the key out of here. Something's wrong with me. It must have been that shit they made me eat. If I'm gonna die, I'd at least like to go out fighting.I'm gonna get a hold of that shotgun I saw in the rec room and make them regret what they did to me. You need to get out of here. I love you, Courtney. Love, Travis

a guy doing his best to help his love get away (this is the guy who Jack mentions in the memo we also find in the rec room who caused the stronger shotgun to be broken)

how to unlock the door in the morgue

Lucas,I caught the guy who keeps trying to escape. I've locked him up in the leftmost incinerator so he can't get away again. Take him out when he's ready.You know how to open the door, don't you? Just remember: 3 a's and a handprint. Do what you want with his girl.

this is Travis this is what happens to him. My main problem is what happened to Courtney? the least thing is her turning into Molded but it takes a time

Mrs Baker: locked room attached to the rec room

How have you been feeling recently? It's been a long time since you came in for your last check-up. I'm writing to tell you that I've finished examining your X-rays. Those dark areas in your cranium are fungus-like structures that seem to be related to mold. The hallucinations and noises you said you've been hearing may be related to these growths. If your symptoms are due to a fungal parasite, it must be removed before it's too late. I don't mean to scare you, but I am seriously concerned for your health.Please come to the hospital as soon as you read this letter. As your doctor, I strongly recommend you undergo further tests.Crawford Lang,Dulvey General Hospital

But I find that fungus like structures bit interesting I can't remember who thought about it playing RE4R and what Ramon was doing but this is for them.

Zoe's notes: trailer

My body's feeling weirder and weirder. Soon I'll become like mom and dad. It's all her fault. Should I run? No, I can't. I'm dead if she finds out. That woman she was with, Mia, She knows something. If I had the serum I could cure myself. I have to find out more.

I wonder when this was written. I think its around the time Mia got locked up (because having a talk with someone violent can be a bit difficult) and I wonder if this was the cataylist for them trying to help people (I doubt it was Zoe doing it on her own. She still had to learn how to combine the d series arm and head to get the basic serum)

Margurites warning Old House bird door

Zoe, You tried to sneak up to the second floor again, didn't you?! Did you think I wouldn't notice?!?! Even after what happened to Eveline, you just keep talking about some strange medicine. And what are you planning to do with my altar? You better keep those sticky fingers off of it! Nobody touches my sacred altar! You think your father and I are idiots?! You spoiled pathetic child….I wish youd NevEr been born. UnforGIVably pathetic yet always lookingDOWN on uS aNd trying to Leave our HOME! After EVERYthing WE'VE done for YOU… PatheticPATHETICpathetic pathetic…If you EVER even touch my altar I'll slice off your chest and serve it up as potroast…

first the idea of Zoe trying to reach through to her parents but Evies control was too much for them

second these were written at two different times. the first half being Margurite being more like herself and the other half that just sounds angry? It seems more like Evie would say that to be honest

Margurites Diary

October 11 My ears have been ringing all day and I haven't been able to sleep since the child showed up. It's like Zoe says: There's something strange about the child, and the woman she brought with her.

-Evie has been at the Baker house for a little under a day (she arrived on the Oct 10th) so Margurites sleep schedule must be very regular for her to notice it being messed up.

-Its a interesting choice of words talking about how strange Evie and Mia are and who brought what (maybe Margurite was dreaming the ship wreck and how it got destroyed)

October 15 I'm seeing things, hearing things, can't stop feeling nauseious. I went to see the doctor in town and he gave me an X-ray. What's happening to me?

October 23 The child gave me a present.

October- I put the present in the secret room right at the back of the second floor, where nobody will find it. That arm is a sign of the child's trust. That arm will lead us to happiness1 And anyone who corrupts that happiness... I won't allow them to live.

1ahem cult cult cult cult. all jokes aside considering what we know of Miranda and the word choice in daughters

corruption meaning: to make someone or something become dishonest or immoral

Jim's letter: Wrecked ship bunk room 1st Deck (where the fuse is)

Dear Janet, Hey, how's it going? I guess half a year or so will have passed by the time you get this letter. Life is so boring here. Day after day, just the same old sea. Although there is one thing that's different.This time we have some passengers sailing with us, which hardly ever happens.It's a couple with a young girl. I think they're distant relatives of the captain. Imagine, traveling on a tanker instead of a passenger ship. They must be hard up! I tried talking to the little girl earlier and her dad shot me this nasty look. What's he so worried about? Now that I think of it, the captian said he didn't even have any relatives… Maybe I'm overthinking this. I miss you. Love, Jim

a little hint of time to how long the Annabelle was expected to be at sea (mentioned in my Mia and Alan post)

poor Jim I wonder how he died. I wonder how Janet is doing as she like every other person waiting for news on the crew was feeling. I wonder if anyone else was suspicious about Mia, Alan and Evie.

Giovannis Will Bunk room 1st deck

It's too late for us, but at least I can let the world know what happened here. I was on night shift yesterday, so I was taking a nap in the bunk room around noon. I was half asleep and I heard a kid, a little girl, laughing. Or was that all in my head? I woke up at 19:30: there was some sort of ruckus in the passageway. Drew, one of the engineers, came in and said there was something going on down below, maybe a riot. He looked pale in the face. He told me he was going down to check it out, but he never came back. It must have been around 19:50 when I heard the scream. I went to the laundry room to check and saw Clark being eaten by some sort of black-ish monster. The monster turned and started coming towards me, huge, shark-like teeth snapping in its jaw. I just screamed like a little girl and ran for it. Now I'm huddled up in the bunk room, shaking as I write this. There's a whole host of those creatures lurking in the passageways now. I can still hear screams now and then, but there's no way I'm going out there now. And that's it: I've written everything I know. Giovanni Finetti

depending on how you play the wrecked ship you can find before you play the tape. Giovanni was infected at some point because he heard Evie laughing

Orders 2nd floor safe room

Special Operations Division Director Alan Droney and Caretaker Mia Winters: Recent reports suggest that if Eveline remains at her current location, she is at a high risk of being stolen by opposing organizations. Your orders, therefore, are to transfer Eveline to our Central American branch for safe keeping until further notice. During transfer, be sure to adhere to the following protocols: Act as parental guardians for Eveline at all times to avoid suspicion. Manage Eveline's vitals via the Genome Codex provided. If the mission is compromised beyond reconciliation, dispose of Eveline

not to keep harping on the things but Alan is Mia's boss and Mia was low on the food chain not only is this an example of dehumanising Evie its also kinda dehumaninsing Mia because from indeed the description of a caretaker is: A Caretaker, or Janitor or a Site Manager, takes care of the security and maintenance of community buildings. Their duties include cleaning, performing simple repairs and maintenance tasks and performing security checks for the buildings in their care.

we don't know who the threat was (partially BSAA but the others? who knows)

avoid suspicion my ass I say this because there were better ways to deal with this sending someone who actually knew kids. Not acting weird when seen by other people on the ship Alan.

another moment of dehuminisation of Evie and they skip straight to "beyond reconciliation" which again makes me doubt they wanted Evie to get to where she was going

Email log salt mines

Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 12:42 AM Thanks to you guys it's been about a week since my head's been clear and back to normal. And she STILL thinks she's got me! You guys really need to work on fixing that. Not only does she look like a little kid, but she's about as stupid as one, too. Mom and dad are still totally under though. I was wondering. Is the whole "family" obsession something you guys programmed into her? It's kinda fucked up.

so the Bakers were gradually taken over begining from 10th Oct 2014 so this is three? months later. How were the Connections searching for them or did he find a way to contact them from using the boxes containing the d series arm and head?

Sent: Friday, November 4, 2015 2:10 AM That bitch Mia is still somewhere in between Evie-La-La Land and reality. She gets pretty violent, so I locked her up in a cell. I thought maybe Eveline would get mad since Mia's her favorite and all, but she doesn't seem to care. She actually goes and visits her sometimes. She thinks Mia's her mommy. Like I said, your "bioweapon" is fucked up.

so a little longer between Jan and November. I wonder what act of violence was the catalyst for Mia being locked up for 2/3 years. I wonder what Evie was thinking "doesn't seem to care" because of her upbringing I would say it just seemed normal to her? I wonder if it was during these visits they learn of Ethan's existence?

Sent: Friday, September 1, 2016 1:10 AM Eveline's family obsession is getting out of hand. She's making everyone kidnap more and more assholes off the street to add to her freak show of a family. Maybe she's getting tired of Mia not coming around, but it's a pain in the ass for me because I gotta clean up the mess whenever someone new comes along. By the way, Evie's looking sick or something. Her skin is getting all wrinkly and she's getting grey hairs. Is that supposed to happen? It's almost like she's getting old all of a sudden.

Mia still holding strong against Evie's desires despite being in the cell. I wonder what was going through Evie's head when she wanted more people to join the family

Infection Report

This report details the symptoms that appear when the bacterium* that grows inside the E-Series infects a human. Be sure to read this document throughly before dealing with E-Series weaponized assets. Hereafter referred to as "mold". Initial Infection. The mold ingests nutrients from the subject's body to propagate itself, and slowly takes over cells within the body. As a side effect of this, the infected subject gains remarkable regenerative abilities. During experiments, we removed arms and legs from test subjects and found that they were able to coapt the amputated limbs in a matter of minutes. Mid-stage Infection: Once the mold reaches the brain, the subject's thoughts become "in tune" with those of the E-Series asset. If this state continues, the host will lose all sense of ego. Complete Infection: After every cell in the body has been taken over by the mold, the subject begins to lose their human form. Physical mutations differ from case to case, but all result in him or her acquiring incredible physical strength. Containing a subject at this stage would be extremely difficult.

Zombie Ant Fungus (information from Britannica) Once the fungal mass inside an infected ant reaches a critical size (usually about 16–24 days following infection), the ant is induced to leave its nest at different times than its regular foraging habits, and it fails to walk along established ant trails. Infected ants are generally unresponsive to external stimuli, including other ants... Carpenter ants in areas with zombie-ant fungus have evolved a number of adaptations to limit their exposure to the parasite. Carpenter ants in infested areas tend to be more arboreal than those without the fungus threat, suggesting that they avoid the forest floor to limit exposure to the spores. They also practice social grooming and can remove spores from each other’s bodies before infection can occur. The ants have also been observed to carry infected members of the colony away from the nest and from their usual ant trails on the forest floor to reduce the spread of spores to high traffic areas, and they are known to actively avoid the graveyards of infected dead.

nothing more needs to be said does it?

Report One (much of this is redacted) salt mine still you can read the full thing here. but i'm focusing on the bits that stood out to me.

This project was instigated in 2000 as one of several concepts for the company's NEXBAS (next-generation experimental battlefield superiority) initiative, working with technical assistance from H.C.F., to develop a bioweapon for neutralizing combatants en masse with minimal direct contact. NEXBAS was later folded, and all its assets diverted to this project. What makes this project markedly different from conventional weapons is its ability to turn enemy combatants into allies; converting hostile elements into willing servants... The resultant organisms were referred to as "candidate specimens" and graded based on usability, from the impratical and faulty Series A through D, to the perfected E-Series. A common appearance was selected for the bioweapons; that of a roughly ten-year-old girl, to ensure ease of blending in with urban/refugee populations... Eveline's control is exerted in a series of discrete stages, the first of which is hallucination. Almost immediately after infection, the subject begins to see images of Eveline (though she is not in fact there) and hear her voice (which is inaudible to anyone else). Auditions with infected subjects throughout the stages of infection reveal that at first, the phantom Eveline appears to be a normal young girl, sometimes desiring companionship or assistance. As time progresses, she begins making more and more extreme demands, including self-mutilation and attacks on other people. The psychological shock this induces helps to break down the mind's natural barriers to Eveline's brainwashing effect, and by the time mental control is achieved, the mutamycete infection has progressed throughout the body's cells...

1 H.C.F. is Wesker he was in charge of it for a time and it and he was behind the events of code veronica

2 this was Evie's sales pitch. Essentially Evie being dropped into a combat zone she would be able to stop the fighting (the regenerative factor was just a bonus)

3 from the way this is worded the other mutamycete experiments had different looks, but for the way they were going to use them a 10 year old child is best.

4 what happened to Ethan is he heard her first and heard her after getting the arm

5 we see all this happen with Jack when he stabbed himself and attacks Margurite and Zoe

Report 2

... The researchers have been calling these super-organisms the "Molded"; made of mold, and also molded as in "shaped". The name has a certain elegance to it. For the treatment of accidental infections, performing □□□□□ on samples of Eveline's body tissue produces a unique fungicidal serum. 1 Administering the serum to an infected subject will cause the mycelia to calcify, but if the subject's cells are already largely invaded, the serum will be fatal. 2 Since the treatment window is so small, the serum's primary use is therefore disposal of infected subjected, rather than a cure. In exploring the serum's potential, we found that subjecting it to □□□□□ would enhance its effects to extreme potency, becoming a compound we now call E-Necrotoxin, which □□□□□□□□□□□□□ in even tiny amounts. 3 What's been interesting to observe in Eveline's behavior is her obsession with the concept of family. In experiments, we found multiple occasions that infected subjects were compelled to act as her "mother" or "father", treating her as if she were really their daughter.Why did she settle upon family as the theme for her mental control? This is just speculation, but it could be that she instinctively understands that a family unit is better suited to blending into social groups than a lone girl. On the other hand…well, a sentimental sort might suggest she's making up for a perceived lack of "love" in her quarantined upbringing. A parent's love.

1 see this in the boathouse

2 say it with me the serum that Zoe was putting a lot of hope on is basic and wouldn't have worked either way (I didn't think of this at the time but this is why Alan didn't suggest getting the serum prepared for him when he was still alive)

3 I would say its both due to her own wants and what she can infer from around. And this also part of why Village is a little stupid at parts because of the picture we see with Miranda and Evie wearing what she was when getting on the boat so either Miranda didn't have much direct contact with the clone of her daughter or she did and for the sake of brevity the author of the report didn't mention her. I say its the latter. Miranda and the Connections at large are the worst either way.

[mandarinar]

Ruego a mi amable auditorio que imagine la escena como una sala lujosa y desordenada en vísperas de un acontecimiento. ¿Qué acontecimiento? El más frecuente y sin embargo el más sensacional de la vida humana: una boda. No es que el autor crea en lo excepcional o en lo vulgar de las bodas, ya que carece de experiencia personal. Pero es el acontecimiento por el que hay que pasar, puesto que uno ha nacido y ha crecido. Eso piensan las mujeres y lo mismo pensamos muchos hombres. La realidad de cada día nos dice que no nos equivocamos

Ramon J. Sender

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[mrdirtybear]

The image of Ramon J. Sender (1901-82) on a Spanish bank note. Ramon J. Sender was an essayist, journalist, and author. What made him important as a writer was his adoption of America as his home whilst still writing in Spanish. 

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Currently reading: In the life of Ignacio Morel by Ramón J. Sender.

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Trips Festival, 1966. Photo by Gene Anthony.

The Trips Festival was a transformative event that helped mark the beginning of the hippie counterculture movement in San Francisco. Organized by Stewart Brand, Ramon Sender, Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, and Bill Graham at the Longshoremen’s Hall for January 21-23, 1966, the event brought together the city’s diverse underground arts scene, including rock music groups, experimental theater performers, dance companies, light show artists and film producers.

As Tom Wolfe says in the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, “the Haight-Ashbury era began that weekend.” The world would never be the same.

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‘Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground 1972-1982′ by Phil Marcade

Book - 2017 Three Rooms Press [originally published in French as ‘Au delà de l’avenue D’ by Phillip Marcadé (2007 Scali)]

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Gael’s audiobooks.

1. J.K Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 2. J.K Rowling - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 3. J.K Rowling - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 4. J.K Rowling - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 5. J.K Rowling - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 6. J.K Rowling - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 7. J.K Rowling - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 8. J.R.R Tolkien - The Fellowship of the Ring 9. J.R.R Tolkien - The Two Towers 10. J.R.R Tolkien - The Return of the King 11. J.R.R Tolkien - The Hobbit 12. Michael Crichton - The Eaters of the Dead 13. Donald Westlake - Two Much 14. Anne Rice - Interview with the Vampire 15. Johnston McCulley - The Curse of Capistrano 16. Hugh Lofting - The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle 17. Ramon Sender - Requiem for a Spanish Peasant 18. Jean Coctaeu - The Human Voice 19. José Luis Alonso de Santos - Going Down to Morocco 20. Juan Marsé - If They Tell You I Fell 21. Oscar Hijuelos - The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love 22. Isabel Allende - The House of the Spirits 23. Isabel Allende - Of Love and Shadows 24. John Fergus Ryan - The Little Brothers of St. Mortimer 25. Richard Sapir - The Body 26. Cornell Woolrich - Waltz Into Darkness 27. Hayden Herrera - Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo 28. Lawrence Thornton - Imagining Argentina 29. Hans Ruesch - South of the Heart 30. Thierry Jonquet - Tarantula 31. Mark Haskell Smith - Salty 32. Andrea Bocelli - The Music of Silence 33. Jake Bernstein - Secrecy World 34. Cressida Cowell - How To Train Your Dragon 35. Cressida Cowell - How To Train Your Viking 36. Cressida Cowell - How To Be A Pirate 37. Cressida Cowell - How To Speak Dragonese 38. Cressida Cowell - How To Cheat A Dragon's Curse 39. Cressida Cowell - How To Twist A Dragon's Tale 40. Cressida Cowell - A Hero's Guide To Deadly Dragons 41. Cressida Cowell - How To Ride A Dragon's Storm 42. Cressida Cowell - How To Break A Dragon's Heart 43. Cressida Cowell - How To Steal A Dragon's Sword 44. Cressida Cowell - How To Seize A Dragon's Jewel 45. Cressida Cowell - How To Betray A Dragon's Hero 46. Cressida Cowell - How To Fight A Dragon's Heart 47. Hector Abad - Oblivion 48. Gabriel García Márquez - Love in the Time of Cholera 49. John Irving - The Cider House Rules 50. Barbara Kingsolver - The Poisonwood Bible

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‘El amante bilingüe’: La Barcelona mestiza

El amante bilingüe de Juan Marsé (1933–2020) se inscribe en la mejor tradición de las historias sobre locos enamorados.  Situada en la Barcelona de los años 80, la novela traza un retrato de la dualidad lingüística y cultural de la sociedad catalana a través del delirio de Juan Marés por recuperar a su esposa Norma. Diez años después de la ruptura, Marés vaga todavía por Barcelona siguiendo su rastro, casi convertido en un vagabundo. Se gana la vida tocando el acordeón en la calle, donde alterna con otros artistas callejeros, tullidos y borrachos. ‘Fill natural de Pau Casal busca una oportunidad��, reza uno de los carteles con los que persigue atraer la atención de su público.

Hija de una insigne familia de la burguesía catalana, Norma Valentí es sociolingüista y trabaja en la Dirección General de Política Lingüística de la Generalitat. La torre modernista de los Valentí en la avenida Mare de Déu de Montserrat de Barcelona, en el barrio del Guinardó, se erige en los recuerdos infantiles del Marés niño como símbolo de lo inalcanzable. Lo mismo es Norma para él: el sueño de la reconquista de un imposible que se convierte en obsesión, y en la que la aspiración y el autorrechazo se mezclan en una historia que, sin llegar a ser sórdida, ahonda en bajos fondos –morales y urbanos– con gran audacia narrativa. 

El edificio Walden 7, diseñado por Ricard Bofill, en Sant Just Desvern.

Con el objetivo de reconquistar a Norma, Marés se embarca en una esquizofrénica búsqueda de una nueva identidad. En las soledades del piso conyugal en Walden 7, al que Norma nunca más ha vuelto, empieza a fraguarse el perfil del murciano burlesco en el que Marés va a convertirse: se trata de Faneca, personaje rescatado de sus recuerdos de infancia en el barrio de Horta, y que con labia y salero poco a poco va parasitando la psique de Marés. La elección de la nueva personalidad no es casual. Marés sabe de la predilección de Norma por los llamados charnegos, pese a la abierta repulsión que expresa ante ellos su círculo más cercano. Lo sabe, porque lo que precipitó su ruptura fue una aventura con un murciano limpiabotas. Eso, si cabe, apuntala todavía más los complejos de Marés, aprendiz de todo y maestro de nada, que tan bien cuajan en la fachada estereotipada de charnego detrás de la que se resguarda. Esa identidad, sin embargo, tampoco es la suya. ¿Cuál es la identidad de Juan Marés? Hijo del ilusionista Fu-Ching y de una cantante de ópera alcohólica, de él se conoce que fue actor y es ahora músico, sin que en su vida pueda separarse el hombre del disfraz. Reza la cita de Antonio Machado que encabeza El amante bilingüe:

“Lo esencial caravalesco no es ponerse la careta, sino quitarse la cara”

Según detalla Josep María Cuenca en la biografía de Juan Marsé Mientras llega la felicidad, el autor se inspiró en la historia del poeta barcelonés Lluís Claramunt para crear el personaje de Juan Marés. Hijo de una familia acomodada del Eixample, Claramunt huyó de casa y empezó a acercarse a la cultura gitana. Cambió su aspecto y su habla, según narran varios testigos que lo conocieron durante su época de estudiante en el Liceo Francés de Barcelona y después, cuando compaginaba sus escarceos artísticos con un negocio de venta ambulante y peleas de gallos en La Mina, entre otros periplos. Marsé conoció su historia a través de un amiga común, la psiquiatra Rosa Sender (sobrina, además, de Ramon J.Sender). Marsé creyó que Sender narraba la historia de uno de sus pacientes.

Amor o supervivencia

El retrato de Marés del elitismo de cierta clase social y cultural catalana es desde luego mordaz, y difícilmente imaginable fuera del contexto socio-cultural entre los años 80 y 90. La repulsión a lo castellano, por pobre, forma parte del imaginario cultural del purismo catalán que Marsé censura con sorna e ironía. La carambola erótica de esa repulsión en Norma confirma cuán fácilmente saboteables son los prejuicios de los aguerridos defensores de ese purismo. Norma es, de hecho, perversa en un sentido lacaniano. Goza transgrediendo el pudor, sintomatizador del asco y la vergüenza según Lacan.

Por oposición, El amante bilingüe canta al mestizaje (más que a la dualidad, como a menudo se ha escrito), al cruce desacomplejado de lo catalán y lo castellano por amor o por supervivencia –ambas comparten más cosas de lo que podría conceder una mirada escéptica–. La gran lección de la novela es que la identidad es un constructo, que además es fácilmente construible. La historia de Marés, que es a priori la de un esquizofrénico, reta al lector a descubrir los caminos de una mente desdoblada y preguntarse, a fin de cuentas, cuánto importa la realidad halla y cuanto la realidad construida. El ‘amante bilingüe’ tiende puentes entre ambas que Marsé defiende –a través de Marés y Faneca– en una desacomplejada ofensiva contra la dictadura de lo snob. 

Además, la novela ofrece una lectura abundante en complicidades para los lectores que conozcan y se reconozcan en los barrios de Barcelona. El relato asume en sus vívidas escenas en la ciudad el imaginario de sus barrios, desde las realidades marginales del Raval hasta la profunda huella cultural y social de la inmigración de los años 50 en Horta y Nou Barris. Quedan también retratadas las aspiraciones de una elite cultural que es reaccionaria creyéndose progresista. Su buque insignia es el Walden 7 en Sant Just Desvern, edificio venido a menos que vino a representar las aspiraciones de un futuro que se cae a pedazos que dejan huecos donde anida lo vulgar, para decepción de quienes proyectaron para él tal vez algo más excepcional. 

Frente a ello, El amante bilingüe erige una mente mestiza como única forma de sobrevivir en una ciudad que también es mestiza. 

Otras reseñas en Crónicas del Holoceno Blanco.

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Morton Subotnik

Touch and Jacob’s Room

@ 1969 US Pressing

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Morton Subotnick (born April 14, 1933) is an American composer of electronic music, best known for his 1967 composition Silver Apples of the Moon, the first electronic work commissioned by a record company, Nonesuch. He was one of the founding members of California Institute of the Arts, where he taught for many years.

Subotnick has worked extensively with interactive electronics and multi-media, co-founding the San Francisco Tape Music Center with Pauline Oliveros and Ramon Sender, often collaborating with his wife Joan La Barbara.[5] Morton Subotnick is one of the pioneers in the development of electronic music and multi-media performance and an innovator in works involving instruments and other media, including interactive computer music systems. Most of his music calls for a computer part, or live electronic processing; his oeuvre utilizes many of the important technological breakthroughs in the history of the genre.

This LP is at the controls of a BUCHLA synth system Two long pieces of 15 minutes each make up this superb work, where timelessness prevails. This album can be presented today and would be as innovative and transgressive as it was today.

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Era su trato distante, aunque no frío. O frío aunque no distante. Mostraba esa neutralidad amable de la gente exenta de verdaderos problemas. Los que están de acuerdo con su destino y tienen todo lo que quieren aunque no sea mucho, se protegen de cualquier riesgo con cierta virtuosa impersonalidad. La impersonalidad - no anonimia- de Marcelle le gustaba a Ignacio. Era cómoda

Ramon J. Sender

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“No perdones a mis asesinos que me han robado a Andreína, ni a Miguel Sevilla que es culpable de haberme denunciado. No lo siento por mí, porque muero por ti. Pero ¿qué será de los niños? Ahora son tuyos. Siempre te querré.”  Amparo Barayón 

Amparo Barayón 

Nacimiento - 8 de mayo de 1904,  Zamora, España. Fallecimiento - 11 de acotubre de 1936 (32 años) en Zamora, España. Causa de la muerte - Fusilamiento Nacionalidad - Española. 

Fusilada por los sublevados en los primeros meses de la Guerra civil española. Los sublevados apoyados por Alemania, Italia y Portugal, y la implantación de la Dictadura de Francisco Franco.

[1- Retrato de Amparo Barayón Miguel (1904-1936). Coloreado, colección de Ramón Sénder. 2- Ramón J Sender y Amparo Barayón en Madrid 1933 - Archivo Ramon Sender]