#Rebel COTY

[fan-coty-tourney]

ROUND 1 — TOURNEY A — RIGHT SIDE — BRACKET 16

I KNOW WHAT UR THINKING. “okay hades this one is REALLY unfair” AND UR RIGHT. But they were some of the later cookies i pulled for the tourney and pancake didnt have many rares or commons to go against.. so i figured maybe rebel wasn’t that popular?? again idk i’ve been super out of touch.. forgive me pancake cookie..

Character Tags!!

#Pancake COTY

#Rebel COTY

[finsterraria]

The Feud of the Lovers: A Terranian Tale

The Feud of the Lovers is a title that misguides the listeners, for the lovers of this story were never in any fight of the scale suggested. There is no Romeo-and-Juliet scenario, no Pride-and-Prejudice or Jane-Eyre or Great-Gatsby. Instead, it is the story of two young Altonauxians and the century-long journey they took in an attempt to save their home.

It is never the full story- only a small part, but that is often the case with stories of this nature.

Remarkably, the tale has remained mroe or less the same over the two hundred or so years it has been around. Though, perhaps, this is due to the fact that it is a true story, and descendants of the original cast still walk amongst the population today.

++++ The Sunburn had destroyed the continent of Altonaux, leaving it a wasteland. A sudden surge of Thermal energy, so great that it caused havoc in its wake for years. The afteeshocks were felt in the surrounding lands, and many fled to the city-state of Bildernia, just across the bay from Altonaux's most southern tip, where a barrier stood against the howling winds and death-inducing heat of the former lands of Altonaux.

A barrier created by an elemental seal.

In the world of Terrarinae, today there are four known elements: Light, Organic, Temperate, and Liquid. There were other elements, such as Thermal and Aether, but the main four are the categories most folk fall into. But in the Dark Years, there were twelve elemental categories: Light, Spirit, Air, Plasma, Water, Metal, Earth, Lightning,, Fire, Poison, Dark, and Mystery. Many held these elements but just as today, only a few were Gifted abilities beyond their fellows. Two of these were native Altonauxians who had moved to Bildernia not long before the Sunburn: a young man from the esteemed Marker clan by the name of Oliver and a young lady from the well-respected Quarters family of mages. a Dark elemental, specializing in runes with the Gift of manipulating shadows, and a Spirit elementals, specializing in the fine arts with the Gift of aura creation. they were rebels, against a plan they knew would doom others. But that is a story for another day.

because it was this rebel spirit that drove them to hide his runes in her artwork, to create a seal over Bildernia that would, if it suceeded, save it from destruction.

it could only be sealed, completely, with a final runic spell. But if it was sealed....

When the day came, the couple walked to the edge of Bildernia, on the ebach facing Altonaux. Or what was left of it. There were predictions that the enxt day would be an aftershock, they had found out. The public would not know until it was too late.

With them was a single witness. An apprentice of sorts to Oliver, he would carry a message back to the people if the seal held.

The runist chanted the runic text. The artist finished the final strokes of the painting laid on the stone before them.

The assistant, their confident, later weote that he watched as the lovers took the painting and ripped it in half, letting the paper cut into their figners and the wind scattering the pieces. He watched as a glow filled the sky above them, and then, after a flash of light, they were gone.

There was a cloudy mist blocking Altonaux from Bildernia. Shimmering clouds that covered the sky and former a wall between danger and safety.

The assistant returned to the coty, and the barrier held. But he would not speak of the exact incantations that were used to create the barrier, for fear someone would take advantage and cause the city's downfall and make the sacrifice of his friends useless.

He was an old man when he fonally whispered the secrets to a scholar, the grandniece of the runic master. She left them in a journal and never a ted upon it, for the same reasons as the assistant.

But her daighter...

It had been a hundred years, and the Assistant had long since died. The effects of the Sunburn has diminished significantly and though occassional waves of heat rolled across the land, it had become apparant that it might be possible to populate what was once Altonaux again, to rebuild. To reclaim. but the Barrier blocked all wntry. Except for one reason: to search out the original casters.

They had not died. They were froEn in time, hidden away holding the barrier with their lifeforces.

Twelve departed the coty in searxh of the Lost Heroes.

Six returned, but they brought with them three unfamiliar faces.

The moment the lovers stepped into Bildernia, the seal broke. The clouds parted, and for the first time in years, the city saw the sun. They were welcomed with open arms and joined their families, their lineages continueing on via siblings and cousins. The third was inprisoned, but for reasons partaining to the Sunburn.

The Lovers would, like their old friend, never reveal what exactly had happened surrounding the events. And thosw that sought them out would too keep the secret. The original journal would be destroyed, to keep the secrets within. because what happened in Altonaxu, shoudl atat in Altonaux. Lest it create another disaster of its type, in a land that could withstand what its people could often not.

[baenxietydad]

Swynrpwrimo 2023 - Task #30 - part 2

SWYNRP Character Wishlist: A list of 10+ characters you’d like to see in the RP - Characters Mak wants to play edition

I need y’all to pick some of these characters up before I do pls

[tracker]

1. Lyria from Tinkerbell Fairies franchise with a Jodie Whittaker FC

So my idea for her is nothing like her skeleton but!!!! I love it so much!!!! Her app has been DONE for over two years!!!! I just need to find the right time get her.

2. Aphrodite from Hercules with an Anitta FC

So honestly this character is so well formed in my head. She’s from Avalor (our first Lusophone Avaloran, the rest are primarily Spanish-speakers), she was a Pachamama rebel fighter against the dictatorship before coming to Swynlake, and before the civil war was an actress and pop star! Her name is legit Afrodite bc that’s the Portuguese spelling of Aphrodite. I just wanna iron out a few things in her story before I get her.

3. Imelda Rivera from Coco possibly with a Coty Camacho FC

But I’d really want a Hector if I did so. But UGH I have an idea for herrrrr. She’s honestly such a Mak character

4. Vee Hauntley with a Chloe Hayden FC

And if I HC Vee is my immortal autistic honey like this awesome gorgeous smiley autistic FC? What of it?

5. Fairy Gary possible FCs include: Gao Weiguang, Ryan Gosling, Omar Metwally, , Ian Anthony Dale, Michiel Huisman

I think this would be SUCH a neat opportunity to play with the fairy lore we have regarding the family and how the one big family no-no is having children outside of your Promise. But I'd LOVE to play him with the character who is his illegitimate half-fairy half-human child around, and potentially with a character that's either his Actual wife and/or one that's his legitimate child bc THE DRAMAAAAA Y'ALL. Can be any characters already fairies or we can make characters fairies that aren't already! So if aaaaaanybody is at all interested in this plot, hit me up!!! Let's plot it!

6. Lady Rebekah Alhadeff from Elena of Avalor with a Joséphine Jobert FC

Look. I’m just a slut for Avalor, okay.

7. Rama from The Jungle Book with a Sendhil Ramamurthy FC or a Sidharth Malhotra FC depending on how old I made him

Okay so those of y’all around forever ago may remember when Kiara was here, I had Rama and Raksha with her. But tbh…I feel like that time around I came in at the middle of their story and I’d LOVE to take another crack at them from the start with someone! As either Rama OR Raksha! So I’m giving my top FC idea for both

8. Raksha from The Jungle Book with a Kriti Sanon FC possibly

See above.

9. Jasmine from Aladdin possibly with a Yasmine Al-Bustami FC?

I’m trash for worldbuilding! I created Avalor I’d get to create Agrabah! Eeeee!

10. Ember Lumen possible FC include: Song Yuqi, Zhao Lusi, Sun Zhenni, Pat Chayanit Chansangavej, Imada Mio, Uchinaga Aeri (Giselle), Komatsu Nana, Mint Ranchrawee, Prilly Latuconsina, Lee Sung-kyung, Kim Yong-ji

But I'd want at least one of her parents maybe too :3

[applesfallingfromblondehair]

Defy was meant for millennial males so maybe they didn´t go for it?

"She said Coty was seeing a man “more willing to embrace his emotions,” one who had a “profound need to succeed interior-wise, rather than in the material sense. There was a deeper sense of introspection — and that was freeing for them.”

Coty double-checked that initial research at the end of 2020, and found that “these self-doubts — and the need to overcome them — were only amplified by COVID-19. So the message of the fragrance was even more relevant than it was a year ago.”

Madden, she added, “embraces the spirit of who we’re trying to express. He’s a rebel with a cause. He has a vulnerable, yet strong, side — and his characters do, too.”

Coty has attempted to distill those ideas into a fresh, woody fragrance, a blend of citrus, bergamot and fresh lavender absolute. The heart is vetiver oil which, according to Coty, is responsibly sourced from Haiti, and provides a “vibrant earthiness and rugged texture,” while the base notes are amber."

Let me preface I appreciate this a lot, but...

* air wank gesture *

* yawn *

* crying laughing *

A rebel, Richard Madden? Bitch please. Vulnerable but strong, I can subscribe to. But rebel? What is rebellious about him, exactly?

I also love how they're trying to describe this fragrance as if it was high end and not an absolute afterthought that someone mildly famous attached their name to just to sell a few units. Come on, guys.

[starwarssimmergirl]

Togruta OCs plus

(3 random Togruta Characters that are Unnamed)

Mechanic/Rebel- Orora Daigne

Mechanic/Pilot/Rebel- Coty Finn

Jedi Youngling- Hana

[paulette-moi]

SWYNRP Character Wishlist: A list of 10+ characters you’d like to see in the RP - Characters Mak wants to play edition

I need y’all to pick some of these characters up before I do pls

Tracker

I made a list of over 20 characters I want to see (With FC ideas!) that I simply don’t have a strong idea for playing myself. Check it out here!

This list goes from Most to Least Fully Formed in my head

1. Lyria from Tinkerbell Fairies franchise with a Jodie Whittaker FC

So my idea for her is nothing like her skeleton but!!!! I love it so much!!!! Her app has been DONE for over a year!!!! I just need to find the right time get her and tbh I want PRAISE so here  is a link to the google doc of her app lol. I hope sometime by around March I can finally get a good rhythm and get her

2. Aphrodite from Hercules with an Anitta FC

So honestly this character is so well formed in my head. She’s from Avalor (our first Lusophone Avaloran, the rest are primarily Spanish-speakers), she was a Pachamama rebel fighter against the dictatorship before coming to Swynlake, and before the civil war was an actress and pop star! Her name is legit Afrodite bc that’s the Portuguese spelling of Aphrodite.

She checks off a few boxes I wanted for a future character and when I got this idea for her I just. It hit me like a ton of bricks. I made her blog. It’s gorgeous lol

3. Imelda Rivera from Coco with a Coty Camacho FC

But I’d really want a Hector if I did so. But UGH I have an idea for herrrrr. She’s honestly such a Mak character. Tattooes badass single mom? And my FC idea is Indigenous Mexican and I’ve been wanting an Indigenous character<3

4. Vee Hauntley with a Chloe Hayden FC

And if I HC Vee is my immortal autistic honey like this awesome gorgeous smiley autistic FC? What of it?

Hi, I’m autistic so I can call autistic characters my honies, it’s not weird if I say it :P

5. Armando Salinas from Elena of Avalor with a Harvey Guillen FC

Look if nobody else will be my princess’s former head of palace staff turned ride or die... I WILL lmao

6. Lady Rebekah Alhadeff from Elena of Avalor with a Joséphine Jobert FC

Look. I’m just a slut for Avalor, okay.

7. Rama from The Jungle Book with a Sendhil Ramamurthy FC or a Sidharth Malhotra FC depending on how old I made him

Okay so those of y’all around forever ago may remember when Kiara was here, I had Rama and Raksha with her. But tbh...I feel like that time around I came in at the middle of their story and I’d LOVE to take another crack at them from the start with someone! As either Rama OR Raksha! So I’m giving my top FC idea for both

8. Raksha from The Jungle Book with a Kriti Sanon FC

See above.

9. Jasmine from Aladdin with a Yasmine Al-Bustami or Hanan Tarq FC

I’m trash for worldbuilding! I created Avalor I’d get to create Agrabah! Eeeee!

Lastly, FCs I desperately wanna play but have no character for

D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai my HONEY, I need a uni-age guy for him!

𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙖   𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙣

Valerie Thomas

Nikhol Boosheri

[livingincoldhell]

A Calm Before the Storm

Shara bolted upright. She was hyperventilating and her heart was pumping so hard it felt like it might explode from her chest. It was another nightmare.

Shara didn’t remember any much of anything before someone took her helmet off in the midst of that burning base. It was as if removing the thing was a complete rebirth. Still, she never once made it through the night without the visions that haunted her.

I am here. I am me. I am Shara. I am.

Shara repeated the words her father taught her over and over in her mind. She slowly got up from her bunk and looked down out the view port watching the dark swirling clouds of the gas planet Bespid. Simply knowing the very floating city where she was now stationed was once occupied by the Empire, and nearly destroyed later by the First Order made her stomach churn.

The Wars were finally over, but the scars remained. Shara was all too familiar with the stories. She learned of the Rebel Alliance, for whom her grandparents once caught with, in school. At the Republic Alliance Academy, she was regaled with tales of the glory of the Resistance. There was the insane and daring X-Wing pilot and the Stormtrooper defector who always saved the day. Being their daughter definitely made Shara quite popular. If only people realized the truth. The men she called “Daddy” and “Papa” always told a much darker story that felt far more real.

Shara turned and made her way out of her quarters. She wound her way through the corridors, searching for the small temple located at the center of the top level of Cloud Coty. It wasn’t much, but it was quiet. With the resurgence of the Jedi, it became fashionable to erect these spaces throughout the galaxy. Most inhabitants didn’t know much about the Force, but people flocked to the temples regardless, always looking for answers. Shara, however, always wanted the sacred spaces with purpose and intention.

Shara reaches her destination. Cloud City never slept at night, but the temple remained empty in the wee hours. Shara took a seat on a cushion in the far corner of the room, closing her eyes and slowing her breathing. The light and dark both settled within her, creating a soothing balance.

“The Force is with me. I am one with the Force.”

The war within herself settled as she meditated on these words. Shara was filled with peace. She continued meditating the city reached the daylight portion of its orbit around Bespin. The light brought her out of the relaxed states she enjoyed.

Distant beeps signaled the incoming of the small hand-me-down astromech droid Shara cherished with her life.

“I’ll be there in a few buddy!” Shara called out. “Get the ship fired up for me.”

She felt excitement grow as she made her way to the landing pad reserved for the Republic Alliance fleet. It would be nice to spend her leave flying home to Yavin 4 with her family, but she had something bigger to accomplish first. Training to be the future of the Jedi filled Shara with the hope that she would be the last of the galaxy’s war tortured children. Nothing was more important than this mission.

Notes: So I managed to create a somewhat original character again. But it’s still fan fiction. At least it’s better than my previous trash. I’ve been mostly writing in notebooks lately, and this is the first story I’ve fel like sharing. It doesn’t completely fit with the story I now have in mind, but it helped me to develop Shara a little. I’m working on her rescue, and subsequent adoption by Poe and Finn next, then maybe I can flesh out the story in my mind. I hope you liked this! But if you don’t, that’s cool. I know I’m not much of a writer anyway.

[oldmotors]

Although it got styling updates every year, the 1962 Rambler Classic - formerly the Rambler Six/V8/Rebel - hadn’t changed much since 1956 underneath. This was the the mid-size horse - bigger than “compact” but smaller than a “standard” that George Romney bet AMC’s future on and won; effectively establishing the Rambler as a mainstream brand. Being financially constrained as AMC often was, the company got the maximum life out of the platform. But with “intermediates” like the Ford Fairlane about to invade its turf, in 1960 authorized work to begin on a replacement - 1963’s Rambler Classic & Ambassador. - The styling for the new Ramblers came from Ed Anderson and his deputy, Dick Teague. Anderson had been a Nash veteran since migrating from GM in 1950 and, along with his former assistant Bill Reddig, had styled most Nashes and Ramblers in that decade - including cars publicly attributed to Pininfarina but actually in-house designs. Teague had come from Packard and replaced Reddig in 1958 - he’d replace Anderson in 1963 and be AMC’s style chief into the 1980s. Their brief for the car was complicated by Romney’s insistence that the new mid-size car share some stampings with a forthcoming replacement for AMC’s smallest (and in 1962, oldest) car - the Rambler American, due in 1964. - That cost-saving move in the long term made work more difficult in the short term, but AMC’s engineers saved weight and complexity by combining pieces of the unibody into larger stampings, making the Classic light and rigid. Anderson and Teague’s styling had a slight tuck-under, low beltline, and curved side glass for a sleek look. The car’s new engineering and style made splash, winning @motortrend COTY for 1963. More than 320K Classics were sold in 1963, and more than 500K AMCs overall - a high water mark for AMC. - The new body was used on the Classic and the V8-only Ambassador. A 287-cid V8 was added to the Classic in mid-1963, but most were sixes. In 1964, GM launched a new set of intermediates like the Chevelle and some economy-minded Rambler buyers were tempted by the smaller, cheaper American. This generation of classic continued into ‘66, but competition bit increasingly hard. https://www.instagram.com/p/B58EO8MJEZE/?igshid=1m6ci4l9b7n6f

[perksofwifi]

2020 Ram 1500 Pros and Cons Review: Ram Returns With an EcoDiesel

Pros:

32 mpg highway

Air suspension

Barn-door tailgate option

Cons:

Laggy throttle

Heavy, slow steering

Squishy brakes

Car lovers new to trucks unabashedly love the Ram 1500. Its coil- or air-sprung suspension delivers the truck world’s most carlike ride, and that big vertical screen on fancier models reminds us of the 2013 COTY-winning Tesla Model S.

Driving this year’s Rebel reminded us vividly of why Ram won the best-truck Calipers last year. But for 2020, we’re zooming past such niceties and laser-focusing on the new 3.0-liter turbodiesel V-6 EcoDiesel engine. Unfortunately for Ram, Chevy and GMC also returned for a second swing at TOTY with Silverado and Sierra 1500 models sporting a new 3.0-liter turbodiesel I-6 for our consideration.

Read about Car, SUV, and Truck of the Year contenders and finalists HERE.

Let’s get fuel economy out of the way: GM’s Duramax ranks first (with Chevy slightly ahead of GMC), FCA’s EcoDiesel is second, and Ford’s light-duty Power Stroke brings up the rear, though all are tightly stacked with EPA city and highway ratings ranging from 20 to 23 and 25 to 33 mpg.

On objective performance grounds, the GM Duramax again outpaces the Ram’s EcoDiesel, whether unladen, carrying 1,000 pounds of payload, or towing a 7,500-pound trailer.

In air-hauling mode, the GMC Sierra AT4 zips to 60 mph and through the quarter mile 0.6 second ahead of the similar Ram Rebel. That’s too great a differential to be chalked up to the GMC’s advantages in curb weight (108 pounds) or power (10 hp) because the Ram holds its own 20-lb-ft torque advantage. Credit GM’s savvy 10-speed automatic for out-shifting FCA’s eight-speed.

The performance discrepancy grows as the load increases: The Ram is 1.0 second slower to 60 with 1,000 pounds in the bed, and it’s 1.8 seconds slower towing the 7,500-pound trailer.

The Ram did scoot through testing director Kim Reynolds’ emergency lane-change maneuver more quickly than the knobbier-tired GMC (3.79 seconds to 4.08), but a lighter rear-drive Chevy RST Duramax on street tires was quicker still (3.68 seconds).

Our on-road subjective assessments added nuance to the hard facts. Road test editor Chris Walton faulted the Ram’s “poor light throttle response at low rpm. Isn’t that where diesels excel?” Features editor Scott Evans said, “The power delivery feels less linear than in the Sierra.”

Features editor Christian Seabaugh forgave the Ram’s relative sloth, countering that it still “rides nicer, handles better, and is quieter, more luxurious, and ultimately a better Swiss Army knife.” On our drive loops, Walton noted that the Ram got “a bit floaty in the curves,” adding that the steering’s weight felt “good and hefty, but with a slow ratio that needs a lot of dial to negotiate a curve in the road.”

Off-road, Seabaugh granted an edge to the Sierra AT4’s “engine and transmission for its immediacy and precision” but credited the Rebel’s manual rear differential lock for delivering “much more traction than the auto diff in the GMC.”

Evans agreed that the Ram’s locking rear diff and height-adjustable air suspension more than compensated for the advantage in mechanical grip afforded by the GMC’s Wrangler DuraTrac tires. But he lamented how the Ram’s “lazier throttle makes the truck surge more than the AT4,” and several of us noted that the Ram’s plush ride disappears at off-road height.

When towing 7,500 pounds, Walton sensed more vertical ride motion and fore/aft lash from the trailer on the Davis Dam than he did in the AT4. And keeping his foot pinned to the floor following our 35–55 mph “frustration test,” he noted that the Ram topped out at 62 mph on the grade, while the GMC achieved 70 mph. Evans appreciated the Ram’s mini spotter mirrors for maneuvering, but Walton missed having proper wide-set trailer mirrors for monitoring his rig while climbing the mountain.

So although we still love most everything about the Ram 1500, in its diesel guise it makes a less compelling case.

  2020 Ram 1500 Rebel 4×4 EcoDiesel (CrewCab) Base Price/As Tested $52,735/$63,510 Power (SAE net) 260 hp @ 3,600 rpm Torque (SAE net) 480 lb-ft @ 1,600 rpm Accel, 0-60 mph 8.1 sec Accel, 0-60 mph (loaded) 9.7 sec* Accel, 0-60 mph (towing) 19.8 sec** Quarter Mile 16.1 sec @ 83.7 mph Quarter Mile (loaded) 17.2 sec @ 78.8 mph* Quarter Mile (towing) 21.8 sec @ 62.5 mph** Braking, 60-0 mph 129 ft Braking, 60-0 mph (loaded) 129 ft* Double Lane Change Time 3.8 sec Davis Dam Frustration 23.6 sec @ 1,653 ft*** Cruise Control 65-mph Overrun 2.9 mph EPA City/Hwy/Comb 21/29/24 mpg

Key * 1,500-lb payload | ** 7,500-lb trailer *** 35-55-mph uphill acceleration with 7,750-lb trailer

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[richardfeat]

Depuis fin 2018, un mouvement populaire aux couleurs chamarrées fait parler de lui. Pour des raisons de commodités sans doute, leur signe de reconnaissance est le gilet de couleur jaune. Rappelons que kandinsky soutient que le jaune est symboliquement, couleur de la vie, ce qui explique sans doute que cette couleur fasse si mal aux yeux. Autre symbole, la sagesse populaire y voit plutôt la couleur des maris trompés, admirable caste s’il en est, chère à Brassens et aux théâtres des Grands boulevards. Mais, pour revenir à cette « émotion populaire », au delà des mystères de la colorimétrie, elle est aussi l’occasion de violences. Subies ou prodiguées, elles occasionnent des blessés nombreux à ce jour, tant dans les rangs des manifestants que dans ceux des forces de l’ordre. Les destructions matérielles sont elles aussi d’importance et, même si Noel a bien eu lieu le 25 décembre, et que le jour de l’an a été malgré tout, maintenu le 1 Janvier, nul ne peut considérer sérieusement que le retour au calme soit garanti pour les semaines qui viennent….LA violence dans un pays en paix …quelle horreur ! Indéfendable pour les uns, tragique pour les autres, justifiant une violence en retour, ou occasion de ressasser les vertus de la non violence, rien ne nous est épargné. Des deux cotés on entend : « casseurs, voyous délinquants, terroristes, brutes, animaux, racailles, fachos, révolutionnaires », tout y passe… avec ce bel enthousiasme quasi unanime et du coup tellement louche : la violence c’est mal…le pacifisme c’est bien… point. Même si des références intellectuelles incontestées, comme les miss France successives depuis au moins René Coty, soutiennent cette thèse, peut être pouvons néanmoins l’interroger.

Vous avez dit violence ?

Désignant une ou des actions brutales, contraignantes et visant a asseoir un rapport de force en vue d’une domination, et donc d’une soumission non consentie a priori, certains, dans la lignée de Darwin, l’associent à l’animalité qu’il y a en chaque humain. Cependant, il est assez aisé de montrer que l’environnement social et historique est sans doute bien plus déterminant encore. Ainsi Norbert Elias, a montré que la civilisation occidentale voit globalement la violence décliner depuis le moyen âge, avec une résurgence progressive mais extrêmement contenue depuis les années 70. En effet si l’on considère les innombrables manifestations qui rythment la vie de la Nation, force est de constater que nous évoluons dans un environnement globalement pacifié, assez loin des violences civiles observables dans les années 20, les années 30 ou même en 1968.

Pour autant, la violence n’est peut être pas réductible aux nombres de morts ou de blessés. Dire combien, ce n’est pas dire ce que c’est, et encore moins si c’est bien ! Et puis cela n’augure rien d’une éventuelle efficacité politique contemporaine.

La violence Symbolique

​Moins évoquée voire absente des commentaires récents, la violence symbolique est tout aussi violence.

De quoi s’agit il ? Pour faire simple et bref, ce terme désigne une domination sociale, (donc un rapport de force), mais qui est « intégrée » par les acteurs, notamment les dominés. En cela, elle peut paraitre une simple évidence bienvenue et rationnelle, (« égalité des chances, méritocratie, traversage de rue etc.) mais génère des bénéfices pour les uns, et des souffrances pour les autres. Car la conséquence est bien la douleur, puisqu’elle entraine une « auto négativité », beaucoup plus délétère que les conditions de vie elles mêmes. Cette « impuissance apprise » est une des clés de compréhension des reproductions sociales. (ex : bien des jeunes gens de quartiers populaires, pourtant brillants mais refusant d’envisager des études supérieures, absences de classes populaires aux opéras, car « ce n’est pas pour nous » alors même qu’ils connaissent par cœur tout le répertoire de Verdi)

Cette violence symbolique touche de plein fouet principalement les « invisibles » (métiers du « care » par exemple, agents d’entretiens, éboueurs, aides soignants, auxiliaires de vie, etc.…) et les « stigmatisés » (déviants, assistés, ploucs, immigrés, fonctionnaires, toxicos non cadres, vieux , gaulois réfractaires, handicapés, femmes, etc… rayez les mentions inutiles)

Or, et c’est sa force et son indispensable modalité, cette violence est camouflée en croyance collective, et n’a d’autre visée que la pérennisation de l’ordre qu’elle institue. En cela il est juste de dire qu’elle crée, de fait, une pacification puisque chacun étant à sa place, ou croyant l’être, il se consacre à occuper au mieux cet espace. Cette « paix » sociale, à la violence physique contenue, devient donc un « ordre social », « juste et légitime » ou le monopole de la violence revient a priori logiquement à l’état qui l’organise. Et légitime ses répressions envers les déviants, c’est a dire ceux qui (idéalement peu nombreux) viendraient remettre en question cet ordre.

En cela cette violence particulière mais violence tout de même, est sans doute inhérente à toute institutionnalisation politique. C’est à dire à toute construction d’organisation sociale, et par conséquent d’ordre moral. Et ce, y compris pour le plus vertueux des états. Cela passe par une construction mythique et symbolique dont l’idéologie de la non violence est un exemple intéressant dans nos sociétés contemporaines.

La non violence ? Sérieusement ca marche ? A quelle heure ?

« Si la violence ne résout rien, c’est que tu tapes pas assez fort » m’expliquait un instructeur de centre d’instruction commando (haut lieu, reconnu, j’en conviens, du raffinement et de la pensée complexe). Mais tout de même, et si Miss France avait raison ? Et que la non violence soit le bien suprême, seul gage d’efficacité politique, voyons donc une sélection de qui l’a incarné et resituons un peu les résultats…

A tout seigneur, tout honneur, le Christ, haute figure de l’amour inconditionnel, il trouve quand même un petit intérêt à manier le fouet selon Saint Jean ( ch2v14-16 ). Il annonce également la couleur selon St Matthieu (« Je ne suis pas venu apporter la paix sur la terre, mais le glaive » ch10v34) . Mais, le plus intéressant selon moi, réside dans Matthieu ch5v45 ; « aimez vos ennemis ». Ce qui atteste qu’il n’est pas question de ne PAS avoir d’ennemis…mais de combattre selon une modalité particulière…

Mon hypothèse est donc que la non violence n’est peut être pas une « valeur » mais une option technique en fonction d’un contexte et d’une temporalité.

Poursuivons brièvement avec Gandhi, incarnation magnifique de la non violence, mais sergent major de l’armée britannique ayant servi dans deux conflits armés. Son authentique engagement pacifiste est aujourd’hui tenu comme à l’origine de l’indépendance de l’inde, occultant de fait la lutte armée considérable que menèrent Chandrasekhar Azad , Bhagat Singh, Subhas Chandra Bose, (qui fut pourtant élu deux fois président du Congrès National Indien, en 1938 et 1939).

Bref, considérons donc provisoirement que la non violence triomphe lorsque le terrain est propice…et que l’oubli n’est pas l’inexistence…

Dans la même perspective, loin de moi l’idée de blasphémer la mémoire de Martin Luther King, mais son action s’inscrit « en même temps » qu’un Malcom X et ses blacks panthers. Et, pour le clin d’œil en matière d’efficacité, notons que si les afro-américains ont plus de places disponibles dans le bus aujourd’hui grâce à une autre grande « non violente », Rosa Parks, il en est de même dans les prisons US ou ils y ont toujours un grand nombre de places disponibles aussi...

Qui dit non violence, dit forcement Nelson Mandela, homme de paix et de courage extraordinaire, mais qui lui aussi invite à penser la non-violence comme une « possibilité », voire une « nécessité » mais a un moment donné. On peut, comme moi, avoir une admiration sans limite pour cet homme ET se rappeler qu’il ne fut pas emprisonné comme icône du flower power ; mais pour avoir fondé et commandé « le fer de lance de la nation », organisation armée, qui commis 134 attentats et sabotages entre 1961 et 1964.

En guise de conclusion provisoire,

il ne s’agit pas pour moi d’approfondir un sujet aussi vaste que la violence en quelques lignes mais plutôt, en lien avec l’actualité, de décaler le regard sur un litanie permanente autour de l’»horreur » de la violence, de partager avec vous l’idée que parfois celui qui est violent n’est pas celui qui pose de la violence mais surtout celui qui ose se rebeller contre un ordre établi.

Que la violence n’est peut être pas seulement une question en soi, mais doit être pensée dans un contexte relatif. Concentrons notre attention par moment sur les normes intégrées ; le fait que l’on qualifie plus vite de violence une chemise de cadre déchirée, plutôt que des personnes jetées dans la précarité, que la vitrine cassée d’un mac do à bastille est souvent plus violente qu’une grenade de desencerclement a Saint Ouen, alors même que personne n’est encerclée. Que des tags sur un monument que des touristes visitent, c’est souvent plus violent que la destruction d’un camp de roms où les gens vivent. Qu’il y a plus de violences dans l’incendie d’un Porsche Cayenne dans le 15° que celui d’une smart dans le 18°.

La violence est évidemment une question de faits…Mais peut être est ce également (voire surtout) une question de regard, regard sociologique, morale, éthique, de ces faits. Regard qui dit aussi le modèle social qui le met en œuvre.

A ce jour, Le mouvement des gilets jaunes, ne semble pas vouloir majoritairement un changement de logique de domination sociale mais plus surement, une meilleure place dans la chaine alimentaire que cette dernière constitue. Il est donc possible que les violences qui emmaillent leurs manifestations passées ou à venir, puissent relever d’une autre catégorie à explorer plus tard, celle du désespoir ou du nihilisme.

[thatviciousheart]

Și toate problemele au pornit de la nesupunere, căci unii oameni au început să se revolte dorindu-si o viață mai bună pentru copiii lor, cat mai departe de East End și astfel, familia Bennett a urmat drumul celor de dinaintea acestora, vânând vampirii. Unii dintre ei erau vinovați pentru multe vieți curmate, dar alții erau nevinovați, victime colaterale. Iar regina lor nu avea cum să șteargă cu buretele asemenea fapte și i-a pedepsit acolo unde îi durea mai rău: copiii lor. Christian a devenit un soldat, în căutarea unei legături cu viața de dinainte, deși, vampirii rar iubeau, însă atunci când o făceau, dragostea era cea mai mare slăbiciune a lor. Privindu-si partenerul, Kathleen și-a spus că orice sacrificiu nu era in van atâta timp cât mai prindeau o zi de viață pe pământ. "Totuși..." Vorbi rațiunea din ea, "un om poate avea mai multe iubiri in timpul vieții. Soul mates. Eternal flames," explică femeia. Iar uneori iubirea te lovea o singură dată cât pentru o eternitate. "De-asta ne aflăm noi aici, nu?!" Rosti încet pentru urechile lui Thomas. "E mai bine să rămână aici, cu noi, până se liniștește."

Însă în câteva ore, trebuiau să se întâlnească pentru a pune la punct ultimele pregătiri pentru spargerea pe care urmau să o dea. Thomas urma să îl țină ocupat pe Klaus; Kathleen, Erik și Eadlyn porneau prin labirintul din clădirea administrativă până ajungeau la leac, deci ei se ocupau de misiunea cu adevărat imposibilă, iar Morningstar nu își părăsea postul și îi supraveghea pe ceilalți vampiri din bar. Adam rămânea acasă împreună cu Dawn, fiind păziți de gorilele lui Morningstar pentru că dacă s-ar fi aflat, atunci Klaus ar fi ordonat să incendieze casa Glass. Planul lor avea hibe căci erau o mana de oameni împotriva unui oraș întreg, iar brățara pe care o purta la încheietura mâinii stângi era un reminder constant că îi aparținea lui Klaus și că, dacă nu se supunea, atunci plătea un preț mult prea mare. Jocurile minții... Vampirii Originali dădeau impresia că nu se implică, lăsându-i să se perpeleasca pe uscat, să își epuizeze armele, dar mai ales energia și apoi să lovească și sa îi nimicească.

"Dawn... Nu e atât de ușor pe cât pare. Nu poți să vorbești cu el... Îmi pare rău, dar nu putem să îngreunam planul. Thomas nici nu știe unde a dispărut. Ce face. Pe unde este..." Uneori adevărul durea, iar sufletul i se frângea în mii de bucățele când o vedea cum suferă. "Nu transforma totul într-o obsesie... Nu da cu piciorul relației pe care o ai cu Erik." Tânărul Schreave nu avea nici o vină că a căzut la mijloc, într-un joc mult prea periculos. Fata se trânti pe canapea, alegând să rămână la ei, iar Thomas a învelit-o cu o pătură și ea i-a lăsat o pernă pentru a se odihni. Apoi, Kathleen își luă telefonul ca să comande ceva de mâncare pentru Dawn. Era mai bine dacă gândea cu stomacul plin, iar frigiderul lor adăpostea alte tipuri de băuturi. De cum a pus capul pe pernă, fata a ațipit, iar ei s-au retras în dormitor. "Thomas, respiră! Eu sunt de părere că încăpățânarea e moștenită de la tine, iar toți ceilalți au împrumutat-o." Tăcu brusc. "Vine cineva," zise Kathleen repede, dându-si părul după ureche ca să audă mai bine.

Toată ziua, Erik a fost măcinat de gânduri din ce in ce mai colorate, ajungând să creadă că a făcut ceva greșit, iar Dawn nu era nici pe departe libera cum au crezut în urmă cu o lună. Era un înlocuitor, căci inima ei îi aparținea lui Christian. Aproape că a distrus motorul unei mașini, de furie, dar reuși să remedieze problema cauzată chiar de el. De ar fi fost la fel de ușor și în viața personală.. la terminarea programului, încalecă pe motocicletă și, în loc să pornească spre casa Glass, bărbatul coti la stânga, pe bulevardul principal. Câteva minute mai târziu, acesta a oprit motorul motocicletei, și își scoase casca. Îndepărtându-si părul rebel din ochi, Erik privi clădirea de locuințe. Vampirii din aceste locuri erau dintre cei bogați, dar care aveau și câteva secole de viață. Nu era tocmai cartierul lui preferat, dar își dorea un sfat. Thomas și Kathleen erau singurii adulți care nu le cereau nimic în schimb, deși o dată pe săptămână, le donau sânge în schimbul protecției lor. După ce a urcat în clădire și a luat liftul, Erik se opri în dreptul ușii, ciocănind.

“Oare?!” O întrebare simplă, care trezea în adâncul sufletului bărbatului o furtună de neoprit. Dawn avea acum un iubit, dar chiar și-asa sentimentele pentru el nu puteau fi șterse cu buretele și uitate prea ușor. “Dar încă mă iubești,” rosti mai mult pentru sine. Ce urmărea cu această dezvăluire? Nimic. Îi punea pe tavă inima lui, lăsând-o pe ea să decidă. Citi ușor nesiguranța din glasul lui Dawn si făcu un pas în spate. “Nu intenționez să intru în viețile voastre cu bombardierul. Stai liniștită, nu îți voi distruge fericirea cu Schreave,” acum el era cel care mințea cu nerușinare, ezitarea fiind vizibilă în vocea sa. Christian era conștient de iubirea pe care i-o purta și care era palpabilă de ambele părți. Poate că era mult prea sigur de asta. “Vă voi lăsa în pace. Rămas bun, Dawn!” Ar fi vrut sa ii redea toate amintirile furate, însă nu putea să o facă fără consimțământul tinerei. Deja o privase de ele o dată. Nu putea să repete istoria. În plus, vampirul trebuia să dispară din East End înainte ca vampirii Originali sa ii dea de urmă, așa că, dispăru în întunericul nopții odată ce Dawn s-a întors la prietenii ei.

Și Kathleen se simțea ca și cum ar fi îmbătrânit cu zece ani, așa că nu îl întrebă mai multe pe Thomas, căci știa de ce era obosit. Prea multe drame adunate, orgolii, minciuni, iar ei erau nevoiți să liniștească apele pentru a păstra micuța lor tabăra, intactă. “Ce cred?!” Ori de câte ori gravita in preajma lui, femeia îi zâmbea într-un mod specific îndrăgostiților, ca și cum nu i-ar fi văzut pe cei din jur și ei erau singurii din Univers. “Da, dragul meu… I-ai cam speriat. Dawn și-a ieșit din minți. Fata aia chiar are plămâni!” Departe de ochii curioșilor, Thomas a prins-o in brațele lui, lipind-o de trupul său, iar Kathleen îi răspunse cu același aplomb, dorindu-si ca acele momente să nu se încheie niciodată. Gemu când colții vampirului i-au rănit buzele, gustându-i sângele. “Credeam că nu mai spui asta niciodată și că mă vei supune torturii zilnice de a te vedea în costumele astea fără să fiu în stare să îți distrug vreo cămașă,” îi zâmbi șiret și își șterse delicat urmele de sânge de pe buze. “Pauză? Hai să punem stop pentru o perioadă! Mă omori cu zile!” Râse Kathleen. Dacă ar fi știut că era mai bine dacă păstra distanța, atunci ar fi procedat diferit în acea seară.

Iar Eadlyn începu să râdă când l-a văzut pe Adam cum se uită la sticla de vin. “Hai că nu e otravă! Mai trăiește și tu un pic,” ea nu avea nici o problemă cu băutura, dar el provenea dintr-o familie cu principii morale bătute în cuie, fiind un adevărat Fat Frumos modern. “You’re my flame in the dark, Glass!” Îi făcu cu ochiul, încercând să alunge amintirea acelei seri. Erik și-a dat ochii peste cap, făcând grimase care mai de care mai ciudate. “Get a room, guys! Prea multa etalare a hormonilor când eu stau aici și o aștept pe iubita mea, care e înăuntru cu fostul ei iubit, care e de fapt fratele tău mai mare, Eadlyn.” Băuse o dușcă destul de mare, iar creierul era scăldat acum in alcool. Adam le-a atras atenția, iar cei doi au observat-o pe Dawn, Erik alergând înaintea ei. “Yeah, too early. Now shut up, Glass!” O luă în brațe pe iubita lui, sărutând-o. “Să mergem acasă!” Odată ajunși înapoi în casa Glass, Eadlyn a continuat să îi antreneze, iar luna următoare s-a scurs repede, plănuind următoarea lor mișcare până la cel mai mic detaliu.

Klaus nu a chemat-o niciodată pe Kathleen, desi ea încă purta brățara, iar asta trezi un sentiment ciudat în inima femeii. O nesiguranță care până atunci nu a fost prezentă. A ales sa rămână în apartamentul iubitului ei, redevenind din nou de nedespărțit. Relația dintre Erik și Dawn înflorea, deși fantomele trecutului nu ezitau sa le întunece viețile, la fel și cea dintre Eadlyn și Adam, însă ei erau mai precauți. Încă nu au ajuns la stadiul de a împărți un pat cu alte activități decât acelea de a dormi, iar somnul tinerei a devenit din ce in ce mai tulburat de coșmaruri care nu îi dădeau pace nici în timpul zilei. Acolo, prietenii ei mureau chiar sub ochii săi ori erau transformați în vampiri și nu reușea niciodată să îi salveze. Dar cel mai rău era când, în coșmar, Adam devenea vampir și sărea la gâtul ei, omorând-o după ce i-a sorbit și ultima picătură de sânge. Christian dispăruse din nou din oraș, așteptând semnalul creatorului lui, iar sora sa a făcut un compromis și a acceptat contractul lui Morningstar, chiar și după tot ceea ce a aflat. Orice sursa de venit era o binecuvântare in casă.

[kentkennyradcliffe]

April 26th 1991 – April 26th 2010 (18 years)

Birth (0-1):

 In Bloom – Nirvana

  I was born into the grunge movement, and the album never mind by nirvana was a landmark album for the band. I never knew about nirvana until I was much older, in my teens, but after listening to the entire album, I really liked In Bloom the most. I feel like it could be about me. It captures the teenage attitude perfectly, an attitude that I always wanted to avoid.

 Baby (2-3):

 Jeremy – Pearl Jam

 I heard this song when I was two I think and it stuck with me ever since. I always hear the guitar part in my head when I am about to do something I shouldn’t do.

 The Voice – The Moody Blues

Tuesday Afternoon – The Moody Blues

I Know You’re Out There Somewhere – The Moody Blues

 My mom used to play these songs in a cassette in this order. I remember always liking the first song the most . I would listen to it constantly, and always wanted to hear it when mom would play it in the car. All of these songs made me feel good as a little boy, especially Tuesday Afternoon and I Know You’re Out There Somewhere. Tuesday Afternoon has a part in the song when the singer hits this note for almost 30 seconds, and I used to challenge myself to see if I could hold the note too. I never could do it as a little boy, but as I got older, I trained myself to do it. It always frustrated me when I would have to gasp for air after about 20 seconds. I Know You’re Out There Somewhere reminds me of my first dog Brownie. She was a vicious dog to strangers, and since we didn’t have a fence, we had to let her go when we moved to Kentucky when I was about 3. The song was playing when my mom told me that Brownie was gone, so I told myself as a little boy that I “would find her somehow, somehow, somehow.” It never happened, and as I got older I forgot about her. Maybe when I got my new dog star, it sort of made me forget, but now that I think about it, I think I knew deep down that Brownie was better off on that farm. At least there she could run around and be free.

  Kid (4-13):

 You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me – Dusty Springfield

 This song was my go-to for help when I was confused and my parents were of no help. I couldn’t talk to them about my sexuality. I was condemned.

Freshmen year:

 I first heard of fall out boy, all American rejects, panic at the disco, 30 seconds to mars, and bands like that in my drama class, my very first class in my very first year of high school. A boy with mohawk hair and gauges sat behind me and his friend (a girl who looked like she rolled out of bed each morning) always talked about music. One day she brought in a cd with four guys on the cover, in a silhouette fashion, with what looked like a stage with red curtains in front of them. These four guys are sitting facing towards the stage, and if I remember correctly there was a tree or a cab or something in the stage. The title of this album was called From Under the Cork Tree and it was by the band Fall Out Boy. I never heard of them and was interested in the band, so I asked to see the cd. The girl showed me her favorite song. The title was long, and I lost interest right then and there. I never realized this band was going to become major in about 3 months. I figured it was a local band too, I never took the time to ask what genre they were or where she got the cd from. So, I dismissed the band and instead kept listening to my Avril Lavigne and no doubt. When I went home I turned on the radio to the station I always played, 99.7 djx, and after while I heard my first fall out boy song, sugar we’re going down. I liked the song, and that is when I became a follower of the emo scene that would become huge in the next year. My friends at this time where two goth/emo girls who knew how to be rebels. They were redheads and twins. One girl always wore crazy goth clothes, the other would have on something fun, like Pokémon or some anime t shirt. They rode my bus and had me listen to music I cannot even remember, but they got me into the punk scene. There was also a girl named Shelby who rode my bus too, and she played the knack my sharona, and I loved it. She was a huge rush fan, but I never got into that band. I remember hearing all the songs that were popular 2006 on the bus. Like lose control my missy Elliot, my immortal by evanescence, a lot of rap and hip hop, and Kelly Clarkson. I was introduced to prince that year, but never got into him until my sophomore year.

 Sophomore Year:

I was entering my second quarter of the second semester of my sophomore year. I used to use a music website called project playlist to discover music. Everyone that I knew on myspace had one, because you could have up to 100 songs on it, so much better than the one song that myspace used to let you have, now myspace even lets you have playlists. But back when it was new and hip, project playlist was like finding pandoras box, I discovered so many songs and artists from that website. I could listen to any song I wanted, without having to buy it, so I looked up all the bands that my friends were talking about, like My Chemical Romance, AFI, The Used, Paramore, act… I used it to listen to classic songs by David Bowie, Madonna, Prince, Michael Jackson, Queen… I also was into the movie Moulin Rouge. I heard my first David bowie songs (heroes, diamond dogs) and Madonna songs (like a virgin, material girl) in that movie. I credit that movie for my taste in music actually. I never would have known who Bowie was until much later in life if not for Moulin Rouge. I also looked up U2 (in the name of love) and queen (the show must go on) I went out and bought 3 CDs that pretty much defined the last half of my sophomore year: I’m not dead by pink, Greatest hits platinum by queen (which included 3 CDs, the first being there classic rock songs, the second their 80’s hits, and the last one with solo stuff by Freddie and the 90’s hits) and The Immaculate Collection by Madonna. Later during the summer I bought Mika’s debut cd – Life in Cartoon Motion. I fucking loved that cd. Every song in it meant something to me. Then I bought The New York Dolls Life in Manhattan Cd and Feists Cd the Reminder. All these musicians I discovered through YouTube, project playlist, or myspace. So I give them a lot of thanks.

 Junior year:

 The beginning of my junior year, I was a happy, fun, person. Everyone knew me, and everyone knew about me. I was comfortable with myself and outgoing and headstrong. The music I liked was still a carryover from the summer, (New York dolls, feast, mika) and my friends knew I liked the emo stuff and the weird stuff. I never was actually emo, I never dressed like it, or even tried to be associated with the scene, but as time went on, I would find things to be changing. I went to a concert called less fest and saw a band called sum 41. I really liked their energy. I remember I went with some friends who would later become my best friends, like taylr, cory, coty, logan. I was also becoming close to Sydney during that time, but we didn’t become good friends till later. I remember seeing kimmy and sally and lots of people. But things went south after that night, I was drunk and planning to get with Logan later. It was a well-known fact that I went both ways back then, and Logan wanted to join in on the fun. I remember being excited about the whole thing, I thought this was going to mean a possible relationship, but I realized the next day that any hopes for a boyfriend were gone. This sent me down a path that was destructive, and I ended up turning to drugs. At first it was simply pot, and I was familiar with it. Over the summer I smoked it for the first time down in Florida and liked it a lot. I was reading a book called the perks of being a wallflower at the time too, and I looked up the music in that book. I had a friend named Lauren who introduced me to a band called chiodos, which got me into the whole screamo/posthardcore scene, and I began to lose my head with the drugs. I became closer friends with Sydney and we hung out a lot. She confided in me that she was bisexual, and we talked a lot about our experiences. I went to a lot of parties that fall and became hooked on cocaine. It was a drug I should have avoided, but I didn’t. And around late October Halloween I lost it. I told the whole school about what Logan and I did, I turned to Sydney for support and help and then we began dating as a cover up for our sexuality, well more for her, so her parents wouldn’t think she was with girls. And I turned to bands like my chemical romance, the used, Thursday, Paramore, the song loving touching squeezing my journey, Manson, and anything loud that would make me feel better. MCR and the Used were bands that I became dependant on because their music hit exactly what I felt with my life. I felt like a monster or a freak. Like I did not deserve sunlight. Like I was meant to be alone and damned for what I did. I let the fear of being gay get into my head and I began to call out to the black parade for help. I lost myself in Gerard’s words and Bert McCracken’s screams. From November to about January I was in the darkest part of my life. My drug habit was becoming worse and I lost my friends. I hurt Sydney when I stupidly said I did not believe she was bi; I was hurting Logan for no reason, and I was coming to school fucked out my mind. I began to lose weight and became very weak. I wore makeup and would go overboard with the eyes. I thought I deserved to look as bad on the outside as I did on the inside. At that time I thought I was all alone, but I forgot that I had taylr right there listening to me. He was a great friend to me and I thank him for that. I think taylr actually sought me out, because he knew he could talk to me about relationships. He was called gay for being my friend, but he didn’t care. He saw that I didn’t base my whole life on my sexuality, and he respected me. He knew I was into music a lot, and he pushed me in a direction that would help me out later in life. I started to play the piano because of him, and I learned how to interpret music because of him. He was into the emo stuff and he introduced me to a lot of that music. All time low, etc. the pop punk stuff. He was straight edge then and didn’t like that I did drugs, but he never tried to change me. He just accepted me as I was, and let me be who I wanted to me. We got along so well during my second half of my junior year. I was getting acid from a boy I used to mess with named Michael browning, I knew him from Ronnie back when I was sophomore.

 I should go on a little side story about my sexuality, the confusion, the confrontations, the revelations, and the religious disturbance inside of me when I learned what sin was, and the events that led to how I am now, but I will do this some other time. I don’t want to divert from the main story about my music history.

 During my time spent with taylr, I met some people who shared my interest in music, clover, and Frankie the girls who dated each other, Alex the girl who dated cory for about a year, Hailey the Asian. Then I met Kaitlyn Becker.

  We Are Gonna Friends – The White Stripes

Money for Nothing – Dire Straights

I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2

Love Reign o’er Me – The Who

Peace of Mind – Boston

Foreplay/Longtime – Boston

The Tears of a Clown – Smokey Robinson

Dude Looks Like A Lady – Aerosmith

Sweet Emotion – Aerosmith

Train Kept a Rolling – Aerosmith

American Woman – Lenny Kravitz

Little Black Packback – Stroke 9

Don’t Tell Me – Madonna

American Life – Madonna

Die Another Day – Madonna

Love Profusion – Madonna

It’s My Life – No Doubt

Just a Girl – No Doubt

Bathwater – No Doubt

Sunday Morning – No Doubt

Hey Baby – No Doubt

Trapped in A Box – No Doubt

Spiderwebs – No Doubt

Addicted – Simple Plan

Mr. Brightside – The Killers

Starlight – Muse

Beautiful Soul – Jesse McCartney

I Say Yeah – Dream Street

Bye Bye Bye – N Sync

Pop – N Sync

It’s Gonna Be Me – N Sync

Incomplete – Backstreet Boys

As Long As You Love Me– Backstreet Boys

I Need You Tonight – INXS

Love Is A Stranger – Eurythmics

Serious – Gwen Stephani

Sugar We’re Going Down – Fall Out Boy

Emily – Elton John

Understanding Women – Elton John

Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

Error: Operator – Taking Back Sunday

Makedamnsure – Taking Back Sunday

Call Me When You’re Sober – Evanescence

Walk Away – Kelly Clarkson

Dirty Little Secret – The All American Rejects

Something to Save – George Michael

Praying For Time – George Michael

Controversy – Prince

Renegade – Styx

They Don’t Care About Us – Michael Jackson

Stranger in Moscow – Michael Jackson

The Way You Make Me Feel – Michael Jackson

 Songs that describe me:

 Girl You Really Got Me Now – The Kinks

Lola – The Kinks

A Well Respected Man About Town – The Kinks

Light My Fire – The Doors

(What  A) Wonderful World – Sam Cooke

Hound Dog – Elvis Presley

Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley

All Shook Up (30th Anniversary Edition of NBC-TV) – Elvis Presley

Sympathy for The Devil – The Rolling Stones

You Can’t Always Get What You Want – Rolling Stones

Miss You – Rolling Stones

I Can’t Get No Satisfaction -  Rolling Stones

Gimmie Shelter – Rolling Stones

Let’s Spend the Night Together – Rolling Stones

Sound of Silence – Simon And Garfunkel

Under My Thumb – Tina Turner

Acid Queen – Tina Turner

 Voodoo – Godsmack

The Kids Are Alright – The Offspring

The Missing Frame – AFI

Miss Murder – AFI

Love Like Winter – AFI

Kill Caustic – AFI

Endlessly She Said – AFI

The Leaving Song Pt. 2 – AFI

Bleed Black – AFI

Silver and Cold – AFI

Death of Seasons – AFI

Paper Airplanes – AFI

The Great Disappointment – AFI

But Home Is Nowhere – AFI

Rabbits Are Roadkill – AFI

Fall Children – AFI

The Boy who destroyed the world – afi

Totalimmortal – afi

The art of drowning – Afi

Black Sails – AFI

Shut your mouth – Afi

Fire on high – electric light orchestra

Get Your Gunn, Lunchbox, Antichrist superstar, Mechanical Animals, Holy Wood, The golden age of grotesque - Marilyn Manson

Dark Days – The Used

Mayday Parade

Earth Crisis

Escape the fate

Chiodos

Secondhand Serenade – A twist in my story

The Mars Volta – The widow, illeyna

Against me – new wave

Killing monsters in the rain, black eye – steel train

Books and letters, clouds – The Morning Light

Karate High School – League of Tomorrow

Ten Second Epic – boys will be boys

Chain Me Free, Sick Little Suicide, Salty Eyes, Papercut Skin, Clumsy Heart, Shoot Me in The Smile, Am Tilts, Wake the Sun, To Build a Mountain, Between Halloweens - The Matches

Nine in the Afternoon, Do You Know What I’m Seeing, That Green Gentleman, Pas De Cheval, Mad as Rabbits – Panic at The Disco

Second Hand News, Dreams, Never Going Back Again, I Don’t Wanna Know, Gold Dust Woman – Fleetwood Mac

Jefferson Starship

Jimi Hendrix

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, With a little help from my friends, getting better, when I’m sixty four, a day in the life, Across The Universe, Hey Jude, Imagine, I want to hold your hand - The Beatles

Greatest Hits - Paul McCartney

Neutral Milk Hotel – King of Carrot Flowers

Great D.J., That’s Not My Name, Shut Up and Let Me Go - The Ting Tings

 Viva La Cobra - Cobra Starship

Underdog Alma Matter - Forever the Sickest Kids

Brokencyde

3oh!3

That’s Classy - Breathe Carolina

Taste, Magnetic Baby, Genius, Time Zones - Semi Precious Weapons

The Pink Spiders

Billy Boy On Poison

Astronaut, Runs in The Family, Have to Drive - Amanda Palmer

The Academy Is – High School Album

Happy happy Joy Joy song

My Sharona – The Number Twelve Looks Like You

Hello Hooray, Sick Things - Alice Cooper

Space Oddity, Cygnet Committee, Wild Eyed Boy From Free Cloud, The Width Of A Circle, All The Madmen, She Shook Me Cold, The Man Who Sold The World, The Superman, Changes, Oh! You Pretty Things, Kooks, Quicksand, Queen Bitch, Moonage Daydream, Starman, Lady Stardust, Star, Ziggy Stardust, Rock n Roll Suicide, John I’m Only Dancing, My Death, Watch That Man, Drive In Saturday, Time, Let’s Spend The Night Together, Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise), Rebel Rebel, We Are The Dead, Station To Station, Golden Years, Word On A Wing, TVC15, Stay, Wild Is The Wind, Breaking Glass, What in The World, Sound And Vision, Always Crashing in the Same Car, A New Career In a New Town, Heroes, Blackout, V2-Schnider, Fantastic Voyage, Boys Keep Swinging, D.J., Look Back In Anger, It’s No Game Parts 1 and 2, Scary Monsters Super Freaks, Ashes to Ashes, Modern Love, China Girl, Never Let Me Down, I’m Afraid of Americans, 7 Years In Tibet, Hallo Space boy, The Hearts Filthy Lesson, Thursdays Child, Survive, Seven, What’s Really Happening, Cactus, Heathen (The Rays),Never let Me Down,  - David Bowie

Fall Out Boy – I don’t care, w.a.m.s.

Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? Skeletal Lamping – Of Montreal

Lotus Flower/MPLSound – Prince

Family Tradition, Ali For Cody, Chandelier – Sense Fail

Time to Pretend, Weekend Wars, Electric Feel, Kids, Of Moons Birds and Monsters – MGMT

I will possess your heart – death cab for cutie

Big Ten Inch Record, Sweet Emotion, You See Me Crying – Aerosmith

Defeater – Nameless Streets

Baker – Plans

Polar Bear Club – Living Saints

Fun – At Least I am Not as Sad

By Surprise – CB Radio

Therefore I am – I am only an island

A Loss fo words – stamp of approval

Transit- stay home

Lions lions – angles with dirty faces

These green eyes – paramedic

Death before dishonor – our glory days

Snowing – pumpfake

Drug rug – Hannah please

Mark schwaber – to be better

NOFX

A day to remember

All time low

p.o.s.

Jeffree star

hit the lights

aiden

lovehatehero

anti flag

Thursday

Paramour

Madina lake – statistic

There for tomorrow

You me at six

 Thursdays Child, Survive, Seven, What’s Really Happening – David Bowie

Propagandhi

The Unthanks – Because he was a bonny lad

The boxer rebellion – the flashing red light means go

We fell to earth – lights out

Santogold – lights out

Edward sharpe and the magnetic zeroes – 40 day dream

Lovers in captivity – ima robot

Jay reatard – wounded

Paul McCartney – tripping the live fantastic

Elton John – Captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy

Cute is what we aim for – doctor

The spill canvas – all over you

Every avenue – think of you later

Bayside – you’ve already been

Four year Strong – so hot and sweat it out

Rise against

Foxy shazam – dangerous man

 The Smiths – Greatest Hits

Placebo – everything

Chevelle – straight jacket fashion, sleep apnea, Mexican sun, shameful metaphors, letter from a thief, high lands apparition, Roswell’s spell, a new momentum

Jack the Ripper – AFI/Morrissey

Piccadilly Palare, The Last of the Famous International Playboys, Suedehead, Alma Matters, The Boy Racer, Irish Blood English Heart, I Have Forgiven Jesus, This World Is Full Of Crashing Bores, I’m Not Sorry, How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel, I Like You, Dear God Please Help Me, Life Is a Pigsty, On The Streets I Ran, I Just Want To See The Boy Happy, Something Is Squeezing My Skull, Black Cloud, That’s How People Grow Up, I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris, It’s Not Your Birthday Anymore, Sorry Doesn’t Help Us, I’m Ok By Myself, If You Don’t Like Me Then Don’t Look At Me, Gang lord, Dearest Love, Friday Morning, My Life Is An Endless Succession Of People Saying Goodbye – Morrissey

An unexpected rain, threesome, the universe listened, imagine that, what happens tomorrow, I need to wake up – Melissa Etheredge

Sing the changes – the firemen and Paul McCartney

Thriller (album) – Michael Jackson

No line on the horizon (album) – U2

Tonight (album) – Franz Ferdinand

London calling (album) – the clash

Live from royal albert hall – the killers

From now on we are enemies – fall out boy

The fame monster/the fame (albums) – lady gaga

Dead by sunrise- (out of ashes album)

The used – artwork (album)

The high end of low (album Marilyn Manson)

Crash love (album – afi)

Foo fighters – greatest hits

 The get up kids – something to write home about (album)

Iggy and the stooges – raw power (album)

 April 26th 2010 - 2020

A good start:

2010- Goldfrapp - Headfirst Nevershoutnever –What is love?

Lou Reed – Berlin: live at St. anns warehouse Rachel Yamagata Mika – The Boy Who Knew Too Much

A work in progress... I have 10 years to cover now.

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Alfa Romeo Giulia is the 2018 Motor Trend Car of the Year

It’s become de rigueur to declare driving dead. If we are headed for autonomous transport, ask the pundits, why bother having fun behind the wheel? Just clamber into your soulless people hauler, select “Stultifying Ambient Tedium” on your Pandora playlist, and tune out.

At Motor Trend, dear reader, we are not ready to give up the fight even if the morning commute is more slog than slalom, more torture than torque. We contend that a schlep through shoreline traffic should not extinguish individuality.

Driving great distances because you can is a deep-rooted American tradition. It is the declaration of independence of the industrial revolution. It is our automotive destiny. We embrace the decreasing-radius corner, the back road’s unexpected undulation, the hairpin with a dusting of gravel at the apex.

At a time when the formulaic commoditization of cars is not only expected but also a standard feature, we rebel. We are not ready to relegate our cars to the status quo of an A-to-B anachronism of conveyance. We believe in the necessity of passion and finding your heart’s desire. There is still time—time to instill joy, lust, rivalry, and good cheer.

For those who won’t settle for ubiquity, we present the 2018 Motor Trend Car of the Year: the Alfa Romeo Giulia.

No less a luminary than Henry Ford, the inventor of the mass-production automobile, once said: “When I see an Alfa Romeo go by, I tip my hat.”

Mr. Ford knew there was something special about the car that carries the cross-and-serpent badge, the company where Enzo Ferrari proudly got his start in racing before hanging his own shingle.

Our international bureau chief, Angus MacKenzie, an axle-greased eminence of the auto industry, knows his Alfa history. In his London garage sits a 1967 GTV coupe—a rolling symbol of Alfa Romeo’s glory years. “Back in the early ’60s, Alfa occupied a niche that BMW later came to own—building fast, charismatic sedans, wagons, and coupes that looked good, weren’t stupidly expensive, and, most of all, were utterly delightful to drive,” he says. “This new Giulia recaptures the spirit of those 1960s Alfas but in a thoroughly modern manner.”

Anyone reading Motor Trend this past year shouldn’t be surprised. Each successive time we drove the Giulia, through summer’s ripening breath, our enthusiasm grew.

Alfa Romeo’s erratic legacy in this country might mean many Americans have limited knowledge of this brand and heritage. Consider the Giulia your introduction.

“There is sorcery in this car,” road test editor Chris Walton says. “The Giulia fills the space vacated by BMW. Yet even at the apex of its reign, a 3 Series never rode this well or cornered with such poise and precision simultaneously.”

When seeing the strength of the 2018 COTY field, some readers might feel our choice of the Alfa Romeo seems out of left field. The Honda Accord, Kia Stinger, and Tesla Model 3 all make strong plays for top honors (and received individual first-place votes among our judging panel).

But Alfa Romeo is dashing away with the prize—the first time an Italian brand has won COTY or our discontinued Import Car of the Year—and anyone who has been reading Motor Trend this past year shouldn’t be surprised.

Earlier this year, the base Giulia beat all comers in our Big Test of 2.0-liter compact luxury sedans—a field that included Audi, BMW, Jaguar, Lexus, and Mercedes-Benz, among others.

The Quadrifoglio version then eviscerated its rival BMW M3, Cadillac ATS-V, and Mercedes C63 S super sedan entrants in a four-way comparison on streets and at the racetrack.

And in Best Driver’s Car against 11 supercars, sports cars, and six-figure grand tourers, the Quadrifoglio (the lone sedan) finished in a respectable sixth.

Each successive time we drove the Giulia, through summer’s ripening breath, our enthusiasm grew.

“Best steering, best chassis—this car saves the sport sedan market,” says guest judge Chris Theodore—the former Ford and Chrysler product development executive who knows something about creating cars to make a soul ache.

“It was the only car that said, ‘You’re in charge. You want to be nice and tidy, I can be tidy. You want to be crazy and drift me wild, I’ll be right there with you,’” Theodore adds. “You fall in love with it.”

The top-trim Quadrifoglio, with its 505 fiery-footed steeds underhood, is blisteringly quick, especially in Race mode. Its 2.9-liter V-6 is a Ferrari engine with two cylinders cleaved off, for crying out loud. While punching out a 3.8-second 0–60 time and a 12.1-second quarter mile, this pazzo Alfa also carries asphalt-peeling lateral grip. Yet the car’s attitude can be adjusted on the throttle at will. In short, it goads expletive-shouting misbehavior while delivering a commute-friendly ride.

What clinched the Calipers was the base Giulia. Many brands make blazingly fast performance sedans, but when the exercise is reduced by mass-market pressures, the lesser version is often found lacking. Not so here. The $38,990 base Giulia achieves something Acura, Lexus, Infiniti, and Jaguar have tried futilely to do for decades: build a better compact sport sedan than the Deutschlanders.

The Giulia’s eager 2.0-liter turbo-four is no wisp of an engine. It cranks out a stunning yet tractable 280 hp and 306 lb-ft of torque. In testing, we admit to finding a hint of lag and lash, but when the powerband kicks in to second gear and the exhaust note awakens, your senses will revel in jubilation.

“This is a car that snorts and burps and gurgles,” Detroit editor Alisa Priddle says. “There is something visceral about hearing the car. There’s sheer fun in driving a car like that.”

Call it Italian finesse; Alfa understands the nuance that some drivers might desire, a racy engine response without turning the suspension into a kidney-beating nightmare—hence the option of a softer suspension setting while in Dynamic mode. Markus observed that some twisty roads benefit a car with a softer shock setting. Adds Ed Loh: “The Germans always say, ‘We make everything hard.’ No! Softness. Softness.”

Putting the power to the pavement is a proven ZF eight-speed with 100-millisecond shift times and the ability to skip-shift from eighth gear directly to second if instant hp is needed. If you are stuck in the typical morning snarl, a switch to “A” mode changes the shift logic to smooth and calm. So what if we Americans don’t get a manual version? One toggle of the cold, all-aluminum paddle shifters will make you cease yearning to row your own gears. The Brembo brakes, normally a sure thing, and brake-by-wire system earned some frowns for being mushy under pressure, though.

“It handles absolutely beautifully, with light, linear sports car–like steering,” features editor Christian Seabaugh says. “It rides like a luxury car with no impact harshness in the cabin, and it’s downright quick. This is a car that puts a smile on your face. It doesn’t matter whether you’re sitting at a stop light, bombing down a back road, or cruising on the highway. It just wants to please.”

Many luxury sedans have imitated the stark Germanic style. But Alfa retained its legacy of what an Italian car’s exterior and interior should look like. It is unmistakable and sensual, imbuing a cosmopolitan glamour to the driver.

“The design, packaging, and various visual elements seem to come together to complement each other,” former Chrysler design boss Tom Gale says, pointing to the shield grille, shrouded instrument cluster, and ’60s-inspired wood inlays as iconic Alfa styling points.

Alfa Romeo could have taken the cheap way out, relying on tacked-on pieces of faux heritage. But no, the whole car is heritage—swoopy, sexy, and more than a little brazen. The smooth detents of the buttons, the rheostatic clicks of the dials, and the swing of the stalks all carry a tactile elegance. The italic typeface on the instrument gauges connotes velocity. The back seats, though a tad tight on legroom, are draped in the same sumptuous leather as those up front.

This snazzy aesthetic travels into places most people won’t see (but Theodore did), such as the attention to detail in the chassis design—with stout spring perches, strut-tower braces, and shrouding of the cooling system.

Now let’s talk value. This segment is cutthroat, and Alfa has not flinched at what is expected. After following the industry-standard 36-month, $399/month lease deal, it launched a 24-month, $299/month lease deal that should get the attention of any individual with Maserati tastes but a Mazda budget.

Carrying such a gutsy engine could tank fuel economy. But the Alfa is a miser. The rear-drive version of the 2.0-liter Giulia delivers 21.7/37.9/26.8 mpg city/highway/combined in our Real MPG tests, while the Quadrifoglio managed 15.8/28.5/19.8 mpg—in both cases, underperforming the EPA ratings slightly in city and combined and significantly exceeding them on the highway.

As for safety, the Giulia was rated a Top Safety Pick+ by IIHS, its highest rating, and earned top marks for its automatic emergency braking and headlamp systems. The Giulia carries a five-star rating in the European NCAP evaluation. It offers smart cruise control (down to a full stop), forward collision warning, pedestrian detection, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, and numerous other systems. And although other cars blare Klaxons to warn of a lane departure, the Giulia thumps a bass line more akin to a Deadmau5 beat.

As to the elephant in the room: Some readers with long memories will recall Alfas of yore as temperamental and unreliable—the main reason for its departure from this market in 1993. And upon Alfa Romeo’s return to the U.S., some early-build 2017 Giulias had issues with electrical gremlins. But in this year’s accelerated wear-and-tear Car of the Year testing of three Giulias, we found nary a glitch, hiccup, or bark of protest—while several cars from other luxury automakers had notable issues.

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