#Rj Skinner

[manmythlegendx]

Jack Perry was spoiled as a kid being the son of a famous actor but all he wanted to do was wrestle. He began his career on the indie circuit then got signed to AEW. He is a member of The Elite and a member of NJPW's Bullet Club and its sub-group House of Torture.

Jack is single and bisexual with a lean towards guys. The only friend of his that knows this is Britt Baker. Jack had a crush on Britt for years but she only sees him as a friend and didn't want to cross the line and chance ruining their friendship.

Jack had a crush on Jeff Hardy but the older man ghosted him causing him to withdraw into himself until RJ Skinner came over and the two slept together.

Jack is friends with Matt and Nick Jackson and has known them for years before joining AEW. They used to do shows in California together.

Jack and Phil Brooks had an altercation backstage that led to Brooks being fired. He doesn't like to talk about it since he knows Britt and Phil are friends. He doesn't want to put her in the middle of things or make her take sides.

Basics: Hometown: Los Angeles, California

Current residence: Los Angeles, California,

Years in the business: 9

[onlyincanadayousay2]

Wrestler and TV presenter, RJ Skinner

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Monster Brawl 2011

Eight classic monsters fight to the death in an explosive wrestling tournament set inside an abandoned and cursed graveyard.

[licoriceismyworld]

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CbyQraGFoUM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[whitexwingedxdoves]

the other side     part 2   [request]

Pairing: Negan x Reader Pronouns: She/Her Warnings: Language, Death Summary: A new life seemed far too good to be true when Rick promised it to you and despite your doubts that’s exactly what you got or atleast you thought.  A/N: Requested by @jinxeee​ - I HOPE YOU LOVE IT! Im working on the last part right now and it should be out TOMORROW <3  Tags: @aubageddon91​  Part One Here. | Next Chapter

 It felt like you were in that box room for years. The only human interaction you would ever get was when someone passed one of those rancid sandwiches through. You never saw Negan though and at some point, you gave up hope and came to terms with the fact he just didn’t care or loved you the way you thought he did. You lost track of the days and nights a long time ago, the blood had peeled from your skin now but it seemed to stain, or it was shadows…. or your mind just playing tricks on you.

 It had been a while since the door opened, no dog food sandwiches, no water. Nothing. You thought perhaps they were just going to let you die in there in the worst way possible. Your mind was left to fight the dehydration and hallucinations that came with it, the women you murdered seemed to jump out at you from each corner of the room when you’d least expect it… you were living your very own horror movie. Today you laid in the foetus position, trying to stop the ghosts from getting to you when you heard the door crack open, you wanted to look so badly but you were scared it was your brain playing some evil trick on you.  You finally gained the courage to turn towards the light, wincing at the headache that attacked you almost immediately but it was a sign that this was real.  Standing in the doorway was a tall slender man, a gun pointed in your direction, you held your hands up as you attempted to sit up straight. You watched as he lowered his gun and shouted for someone to help him. As you backed yourself into the corner, you watched as a much stockier man came running to his side, the skinner man made his way towards you but with caution.

“We’re gonna get you out of here” he spoke softly, holding out a hand for you to hold. “I'm Rick, Rick Grimes” a small gasp escaped your lips at the revelation of who was in front of you now. You had heard about him from the other saviours, you knew he was the leader for another community that was causing trouble for Negan but with your primary job at the sanctuary being to look after the sanctuary while the rest of the saviours were gone, you had never had to come face to face with the infamous Rick Grimes.

 You took his hand as he led you out of the room, watching to see if you were hurt anywhere. When you passed the door frame, you couldn’t help but let your tears stream, finally being free from that hell. Your hand squeezing Rick’s a little as you try to compose yourself. You turned to him not daring to make any eye contact, biting down on your bottom lip. “Thank you” you whispered, not having enough energy to say it any louder. You felt someone hit your side softly, your eyes now panning to the object, the other man holding out a canteen for you which you hungrily took from him and downed the entire thing. You allowed a small moan to pass your lips as the dust in your throat regained its moisture. You heard the unnamed man telling you to take it easy but how could you, you had been without water for days, you passed him the empty canteen and wiped your bottom lip. “Thank you –“ finally now your voice was able to hit a higher octave.

“Daryl”

-

The men took you back to where they called home, Alexandria and it was beautiful, it was nothing like the sanctuary, it took you a few days to fully settle in – even longer to convince people that you weren’t a threat. Rick though, Rick didn’t need convincing, he’d keep you around him most of the time, teaching you new things like how to garden – that was your favourite job, He introduced you to his Daughter, Judith who seemed to take to you very well, constantly asking you to play with her whenever she saw you. He told you stories about his son Carl and the vision he had for Alexandria and you couldn’t help but tear up every time he mentioned he thought Carl would have loved you… like Judith does. The more you proved yourself the more people started to warm up to you, Michonne was the first to warm up to you, she couldn’t ignore how good you were with her daughter, nor could she ignore her daughter boasting about you at dinner every night. Daryl was a little harder to break, he recognised you as one of the saviours still but slowly he started to let his guard down around you – it was little things like bring you back your very own rabbit after a hunt or letting you watch him as he worked on his bike, it wasn’t much but you appreciated it.

 You’d stay in Alexandria for the most part, taking care of the children while the rest went off to work on the fallen bridge. You avoid the cell where Negan was kept like it was the plague, never offering to take food in despite some of the residents begging you too. You were happy again, finally. Rick had shown you what it was like to be a part of a family and now you did everything you could to show your utmost respect for the Sheriff, he was like a brother you never had and you wouldn’t let Negan ruin that for you.

 Today was a little different, you were asked to stay at Alexandria to watch Judith once again as the rest attempted to lure a horde of walkers away from the communities. You put Judith to bed but you couldn’t settle, you paced the living room floor awaiting Michonne or Rick to come through the door with good news but they never did. Instead you saw one of the residents knocking on the door, when you opened the door you couldn’t ignore the expression on his face, it was bad news. You looked past him to see a few familiar faces all seemingly upset, some had been crying. “What happened?” there was a crack in your voice, not really wanting an answer to your question and you didn’t get one. Instead you spotted Daryl just a little away from the crowd, deep in thought. You ran to him, hoping he could provide you with the answer. When you finally reached him, his eyes met with yours and instantly started to water, your chest started to heave thinking that the worst might have happened. Your eyes panned around the crowd taking in everyone that was there. You turned back to Daryl and swallowed the lump in your throat. “Where’s Rick?” your eyes started to tear up when he didn’t respond but you shook your head growing more impatient. “Where’s Rick!” you now screamed at the man, his tears now falling down his face as he shook his head, you had never seen Daryl like this before and that alone was enough to break you, you could feel your hands shaking uncontrollably as you attempted to make sense of the situation. “No- No…. No this is- No!” you cried, your legs finally buckling from under you, only to be caught by Daryl as you fell.

-

Since that day, you and Daryl became pretty much inseparable, constantly out checking new places to see if there was any sign of the man but after a couple of years had gone by you had run out of places to check. You set your sights on helping Michonne with RJ and Judith, hunting for them and watching them whenever she needed you too and much to your surprise, Daryl was right there with you. You had been sure that he would have continued to look for Rick without your help and well, he did but he was never gone for more than half a day. He swore it had nothing to do with you or the kids but you knew different, you could read him like a book now. He was your best friend, and you were his.

You walked around the gardens with Daryl checking in on everyone for the day before sending him on his way. He’d make a few jokes about how life seemed far too domesticated for his liking and you’d tease him a little, claiming he would make the perfect stay at home dad one day which would only make him push you ever so slightly. You spent most of your time there giggling away with Daryl pretty much ignoring everyone around you, you couldn’t help but feel lucky to be able to see such a soft side of the archer and you soaked up every opportunity you could. The laughter died down as Daryl spotted Negan being escorted out to the fields, trying to distract you a little so you didn’t notice. He had completely forgotten to warn you that Gabriel had decided to put Negan to work, you shot him a confused look as he stepped closer to you, blocking your view with his broad shoulders. “What are you doing?” you laughed slightly, slapping his shoulder but when he didn’t move your tone took a more serious turn. “Daryl?” The southerner sighed while rubbing the back of his neck, avoiding your eyes.

“They’re lettin’ that bastard work on the garden” he finally admitted, moving ever so slightly so you could see the scene unfold. You saw Negan bent down near the strawberries, pulling at weeds, you couldn’t bare the sight of him any longer and your eyes flickered away swallowing the lump in your throat you sent Daryl a faux smile, nodding your head.

“Good.” You whispered before linking your arm with his and continued to walk away. Your heart was racing after seeing him, you didn’t dare visit him while he was stuck in the cell, you were too scared. You almost forgot what he looked like after all these years but your heart couldn’t forget how easily he broke you.

As he picked away at weeds with his bare hands, Negan’s eyes started to wander around the garden, his heart seemed to stop when he laid eyes on you the way you wrapped yourself around Daryl’s arm laughing. He always imagined that the first time he’d see you after he locked you in that room, you’d be on your knee’s begging to be loved by him. He could feel the jealousy rise in his body, his face turning a slight red colour as he pulled a little too hard on one of the weeds. That night in his cell, all he could think about was you and how happy you looked with Daryl, his mind wandering to what you’d get up to with the archer when people weren’t watching which only angered him more. Despite all the anger, he was left more confused than anything as he sat on the edge of his bed, why did he only see you in this light now? Why did he care so much? Instead of dwelling, Negan tried to shut his eyes to fall asleep, hoping that the next day would treat him a little better.

It didn’t of course as he tended to the garden he was once again met with your laughter, his eyes narrowed at the sight of you touching Daryl’s arms before you both chased RJ around the garden. He had never seen you so happy before, so radiant it made him smile just for a moment until he saw Daryl touch you back, his hand rested tenderly on the small of your back. He couldn’t look away despite wanting to.

“If you’re not gonna work you can go back to your cell” Brandon spoke, pulling Negan's attention away from you.

“I wanna talk to Eugene” he grunted as he stood up from the flower bed.

“I don’t think you’re in any position to be making those requests” the man teased, Negan only shooting him a look before the boy nodded. “I’ll see what I can do”

[phantomgini]

✨about me✨

name: mars

age: 18

gender: female

pronouns: she/her

fandoms: jatp, hsmtmts, andi mack, henry danger, alexa and katie, glee, degrassi etc

ships: willex, juke, gini, rj, rini, rina, seblos, tyrus, ambi, juffy, muffy, chenry, hensper, kaiden, dylexa, klaine, brittana, wildebrams, bike, tike, fabrevans, fimogen, eclaire, drianca, mola, zasha etc

characters: alex, luke, reggie (jatp) nini, ricky, ej, seb, gina, ashlyn, carlos (hsmtmts) cyrus, amber, buffy, jonah, tj(andi mack) henry, charlotte, piper, jasper, schwoz(henry danger) katie, lucas (alexa and katie) blaine, brittany, mike, sam, quinn, marley, kitty (glee) imogen, eli, miles, zoë, fiona, bianca

actors: owen patrick joyner, charlie gillespie, olivia rodrigo, joshua bassett, joshua rush, luke mullen, emily skinner, darren criss, dianna agron, melissa benoist, kaylee bryant, tanner buchanan

if u like any of these things let’s be friends!

[fluorescentpipedream]

Darius Murphy - Patriarch of the Murphy family, unfortunately cursed to girls and with no one else to carry on the bloodline, he deals with what he’s got. Rough around the edges and usually very harsh on his daughters, he generally wants what’s best for them but in a lot of cases isn’t fond of how they’re turning out or who they’re choosing to spend their lives with. 

I finally found one I love for RJ

Skinner Sweet - the American Vampire. Made in 1880, Skinner is a ruthless, sociopathic nightmare creature with vampiric tendencies and rattlesnake fangs (and apparently venom too). Skinner has been in and out of the world off and on since the early 1900s, popping up in places like Los Angeles and more recently (if you wanna call the 60s recent) returning to Las Vegas where he retook one of his old aliases to start working with Prim senior. After a chance meeting with Justice Malone he comes to somewhat work with Section One, though not as a direct member, more someone that can be called in to work for them when they need a very particular type of work done. In his current case he was sent to find and make sure Danielle De Arithorn was still “alive” and keep her somewhat on the right side of the world. He was captured once by the Hunters, though aside from them managing to get a vial of his blood, which turned into a corrosive poison soon afterward, Cirian was unable to use him for much of anything nor turn him to their side. Skinner has no real allegiances to anyone and generally keeps to himself, though lately he can be found pretty much wherever Danielle is. In the past he’s had a severe hatred of the “European Vampires” and has taken great pleasure in not just killing them but utterly erasing them from the world, though these days, as long as they don’t mess with him, he won’t really go bothering them.

 Now for the new guys: 

Matthew Favrou - Matthew came into my head as a man who enjoys sex, to the point he doesn’t care if you’re gay, male, female, somewhere in between...whatever you are, he can and will make your toes curl. He lives in New Orleans and works at one of the less tourist-y bars on Bourbon Street. He was the guy in school that knew just how to make everyone weak in the knees, and yet never really got into a permanent relationship with anyone. He dated Frankie and Natasha while they were in high school, at the same time and even had a threesome with them but he’s also had a revolving door of partners since then. A genuinely good man who will do everything in his power to help someone in need, he finds himself taking a job as a more upstanding version of an escort service run by the illusive Danielle de Arithorn. When he shows interest in joining he turns his attention to Danielle directly, stepping clear over the line and bites the inside of his mouth get his blood on the tip of his tongue and uses that to stimulate the vampire’s lower regions. In doing so, he inadvertently binds himself to her, though doesn’t seem that bothered by the fact when she reveals it to him. Matthew does get the job to work for her company but has a few times he keeps for people outside of work as well, especially since his number is on the wall in both the men and women’s rooms of the bar he works at with the note: For a good time, call Matty 

(I love when my characters talk to one another, apparently he knows how to make the damn Dark and Stormy that Bill keeps trying to order and offered to make it for him.) 

I’m not sure what this guy’s name is just yet....but he came into my head because I keep seeing a lot of pictures of Billy from Scream every time I go looking for Skeet Ulrich and I started to wonder...what if he didn’t die at the end of the movie and was actually arrested and went to jail? Would he have blamed it all on Stu and gotten a shorter sentence? Would he have managed to convince someone that he hadn’t actually done the horrible things...or would it have been something darker...play the victim of circumstance and get out only to start doing worse? As far as I can tell, this guy’s not ACTUALLY from the Scream series but does have a lot of the same tell-tale actions. Him and another guy went on a killing spree, he was stabbed by one of his victims but because the house was a disaster and there were a lot of dead teens, he managed to play it up for a little while that he was just one of the ones that managed to survive it all. Unfortunately for him, the one survivor turned him over and he’s been in jail for the last 20 years. They couldn’t manage to pin ALL of the murders on him otherwise it would have been a death sentence, mostly because there was literally no proof he or the other guy did anything, they always wore gloves, they didn’t give off any particularly unsettling vibes that made people say ‘we always knew they were up to something’. While he’s spent all that time in jail it never really did much for his grasp on reality. He’s still pretty homicidal, now he’s just older and has had more of a chance to study his craft, even if it was behind bars. 

So...he’ll be fun. I’m not sure how quick I’ll get around to making him, we’re still arguing about where and when he’s going to be. 

@musesnotebook

[ferreandhiscat]

For my les mis RP blogs my Ferre face claim is Fra Fee, and my Feuilly face claim is Alistair Brammer so I would like to present 

RJ recasts the 2012 barricade boys 

Enjolras: Stuwart Neal Marius: Gabriel Vick Grantaire: Hugh Skinner Combeferre: Fra Fee Courfeyrac: Eddie Redmayne Jehan: Killian Donnelly Feuilly: Allistar Brammer Joly: Aaron Tivet Bossuet: Iwan Lewis Bahorel: George Blagden

this is based on nothing except maximum chaos and what I think the characters should look like. 

[heartschoicegames]

Heart’s Choice Author Interview: David Monster & Jim Dattilo, “All World Pro Wrestling”

You’re a trainee in the male Erotic Professional Wrestling Federation... and you’re reader to take on all comers. Training includes sparring, matches in the ring against the other trainees, tag team competitions, a battle royal, antics in the showers and locker room, and even ringside seats at the Championship Match.

All World Pro Wrestling is a 310,000-word interactive erotic gay novel by David Monster and Jim Dattilo, one of the first set of games releasing with the launch of Heart’s Choice. I sat down with the authors to talk about writing interactive romance. Heart’s Choice games release December 2nd.

All World Pro Wrestling is part of the first launch of Heart's Choice games and it's the first gender and sexuality locked game we're releasing for gay men. Jim you've written non-genderlocked games as well. Can you talk a little about the difference?

JIM: Writing a gender and sexuality locked game certainly has some advantages. The most obvious first advantage is that we don’t have to code gender pronouns, which saves time in coding and editing.

The next major advantage is in creating the characters. As a writer of choice games you want to give players lots of options. As a writer of fiction you want to give the reader highly specific characters. So in a game like Zombie Exodus, I need to have a huge variety of characters which are all open to various sexualities. Hopefully every player can find someone they are interested in or identify with. It is a phenomenal amount of work. However in All World Pro Wrestling, we can focus on a smaller set of characters, making them highly detailed.

Wrestling is also having a little cultural moment right now, it seems. What informed your decision to write wrestling fetish interactive fiction?

DAVID: There’s currently a great climate in independent pro wrestling. They seem to be embracing diversity, especially LGBT, in a way that major federations are not. The independents are a lot more entertaining because they have a great sense of humor, especially guys like Joey Ryan, RJ Skinner, Brian Cage, The Golden Lovers, and Jervis Cottonbelly. It’s a lot more appealing to me, because through the humor, they are acknowledging the homoerotic aspect of the sport in a way that’s exciting, amusing, and not derogatory.

After I published my first book, Service, people contacted me to tell me they loved it but wanted more sex and erotica. So, I wrote a gay erotic pro wrestling novel. It’s such a natural, because beyond being a sport, pro wrestling is really a fetish, and along with the homoeroticism, there’s a brotherhood that naturally lends itself to man-on-man romance.

JIM: I have a lot of gay male fans through my other writing and they provide some of the best feedback on romance. There are so few choice games or forms of interactive fiction focused on LGBT characters that players are more willing to voice their support and criticism. As game designers we need both forms of feedback.

When David and I decided to collaborate, we thought to convert his gay male erotica novel into a choice driven story. His novel already had a rich setting, plot, and set of characters. This is why we wanted to pitch it.

Are you fans of regular wrestling?

DAVID: Yes, I watch all different kinds of wrestling, mainly on YouTube. I like vintage pro wrestling, like AWA and GWF from the 50s to the 80s. When it comes to current wrestling, I’m a big fan of the independents. They’ve evolved as much more entertaining than WWE, currently the largest federation. I can’t watch WWE anymore. I’ll tune in every ten years or so, and it’s always the same storylines, same choreography. The guys are great-looking, but I need more than that.

I’m also a fan of Collegiate Wrestling. I wish I would have trained in amateur wrestling and grappling. All the great MMA fighters say it’s a necessary foundation for their sport.

JIM: As a kid I was a big fan of wrestling, back in the early days of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage. I stopped watching at the time the WWF became the WWE, because as David said, the storylines became recycled. I don’t fault anyone for enjoying it now. Sometimes I’ll see a commercial for a large event and it will pique my interest.

This game is full of different romanceable characters. Tell me about some of them and which ones you enjoyed writing most.

DAVID: To tell you the truth, I love them all. They all have different attributes that make them special. Rory is an extremely cute blond boy. He’s sweet and kind, but he has the heart of a fighter. He always wants to win but wants all his friends to win, too. Bravon’s a real man, the best athlete in the facility, and a good friend to have. He’s a handsome muscle stud with the most extreme abs. Mandrew’s a cute jock boy and the class clown. He’s funny and always a good time, although he’s straight (or at least he says he is). Marcos is a big, hairy bear, and a total pushover. If you’re a power top, he’s your guy. He’s truly up for almost anything.

Finally there’s Stan. He’s a short little mountain of muscles, and, by far, the toughest guy in the training facility. He’s built is solidly as a wall of concrete which also represents the walls he built around himself to hide his vulnerabilities. He’s a loyal warrior, who is devoted to training but always searching for love.

Beyond these characters, you can have flings with lots of other characters.

Could you talk a little about your collaborative writing process?

DAVID: It was a learning process for me. I’ve never written a multiple choice game before, and Jim had already done three. He was my teacher and mentor, and taught me things about making a game you can’t learn from a tutorial. Jim’s guidance made me a much better writer.

JIM: David was the primary writer while I was the developer and coder. After writing a very extensive outline based on his book, we went through several rounds of drafts and edits until we came up with the shell of the game. David would write a chapter in a form of pseudocode, and I would take that document and convert it to ChoiceScript. Along the way we would talk about adding new content and deleting certain parts that weren’t working. David was always willing to do rewrites or punch up some text if needed. Since this was really his subject matter, I had to lean on him for the majority of the content. And he never made me feel like I was working for him. We were always collaborative and equal.

And what's next for you guys?

DAVID: I released the book this game is based on, called Rowdy Armstrong 2 – Pro Wrestling Rookie. It’s available on Amazon, and you can check out the website for pics of all the characters in the book: RowdyArmstrong.com    

I hope Jim and I can work on the sequel to this game, very soon. He’s so busy with Zombie Exodus. His fans are constantly demanding more of that story, because he has created a really cool world there.

I have another game, with accompanying book, I hope Choice of Games or Heart’s Choice will host. It’s a non-genderlocked fantasy story that will not involve wrestling.

I have a podcast, called Unimaginary Friendcast, and will continue to talk about this game on it. We have interviewed Jim twice, so search for that. It’s worth a listen, for sure.

Here’s my webpage, if you want to know more: DavidMonster.com

JIM: I’m continuing to work on Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven, Part 3 primarily. I’m also currently working on a new title for Choice of Games. It’s a secret project, and I hope to share some details on this game early next year.

[andrewuttaro]

New Look Sabres: GM 70 - PIT - Better Days

We’re racing to the bottom at this point, right? There was a moment during this game when everyone live tweeting kinda realized: shit, they could be in 26th place by the end of the night! We already know this collapse has been historic but what if we became the first team to occupy first place and last place in the same season? Ottawa has to go on a run! You got to laugh, or you’ll cry, right? Six straight losses dealt just absolutely mercilessly to the heart of Sabres fans… or at least the ones who are still watching. The wheels coming off in February was one thing but this… this is some divine retribution. Is Mike Harrington actually God and he’s endlessly punishing the Sabres for the tank? Buffalo hasn’t scored a goal in three games! Sure, they’ve come close to a goal here and there but holy shit! You would think one would accidentally go in through nine periods of hockey but here we are! Can all the Jack Eichel haters climb back into their Chevy Suburbans and fuck off now? These two games have been Exhibit A in why Jack Eichel is crucially important to this team. Never mind his scoring touch, this team felt rudderless these last two games. They looked out of it from the moment Phil Kessel scored. JP Dumont and Danny Briere made a luxury box appearance at this game. Who didn’t get emotional at that camera shot? If not for nostalgia than the sudden fear of Jeff Skinner walking to Free Agency. That last Briere Sabres was the last one that won a playoff series. Mind you, the Sabres won the division three years after Briere-Drury but that last playoff win was almost twelve years ago. As the throngs of Penguins jerseys flooded into the Key Bank Center for this game John Vogl pointed out you would have to be no younger than 17 right now to remember the Sabres last playoff win. I don’t want to restate again and again how disappointing it is these guys didn’t coast into the playoffs this season but gee, I’m 24, I scarcely remember 2007. I was in Middle School calling sexual reproduction gross and certainly not paying attention to hockey! I don’t really even have a sense of what a good Sabres team is either! Now I don’t know if I’ll see it. I don’t know if they’ll score again, does anyone? This game was just a drag dragging a drag of a drag hockey team! Yuck.

The first period actually wasn’t a total nightmare. No goals were scored by either team but the Sabres looked like they were knocking. Moreover, one of the prime knockers was Alex Nylander! There is an alternate reality where that line of Casey Mittelstadt centering a line of Tage Thompson and Nylander is the break out rookie dynamo line backing up the Eichel line to the playoffs. I don’t mind that line starting right out of camp next season assuming they’re all still Sabres. Perhaps that’s your third line assuming new guys come in, but we’ll see. With that little dose of optimism has to come the heaping shit sandwich of some Phil Housley inspired insanity: the defensive scheme in this game was awful from start to finish. Look at any opportunity the Penguins set up and you’ll see what a basketball fan may call zone defense. I don’t know what the fuck to call it except terrible. That’s not how you beat this Pittsburgh team. We could’ve swept these fuckers in the season series for the first time in recorded history had we won, right? The last two games against these guys were defensive battles. We have a coach who is supposedly one of the greatest NHL defensemen ever and this is how he coaches the blue line? There was a decent powerplay for Buffalo late in the first but nonetheless Carter Hutton was just barraged with high-danger shots. I feel so bad for him and Ullmark; any blame they take for this is trivial at best. Sure, they haven’t but up November numbers lately but its clear they’re not the reason the Sabres are losing at this clip.

Shit started rolling down hill in the second period. Conor Sheary continued to play well against his former team as he was involved in probably ever other Sabres shot but none of his would go through this game. It was Phil Kessel who benefited from one of those back-and-forth split-the-defense plays to tap it in on the powerplay. I could’ve done without the hordes of Pens fans in attendance cheering after that goal. If Pens games are going to feel like away games now too than that’s one of our bigger problems as fans in the immediate future. Yikes. Rasmus Dahlin got a nifty little breakaway shot before the Penguins next goal but everything is sad right now for Sabres fans so that made me worry he’s frustrated in this situation too. Brian Dumoulin scored a goal that looked accidental. It was just an aerial puck on net, and it went in. That was just weird, unlucky shit. Then Patric Hornqvist’s goal a couple minutes later was preceded immediately on the Sabres broadcast by RJ and Rob Ray discussing how Hornqvist has made his career being a net-front guy. It was like a bad omen. It was spoken into existence. I didn’t bother with the third period; I knew they weren’t coming back from that and I’m a loyal fan, I sincerely am but this shit was so fucking played out. It felt like we were all in on the same joke only its one of those self-deprecating jokes you tell to appear likeable. Garbage. This game was garbage. Nick Bjugstad is a Penguin now and he scored a goal straight off the bench like he knows what fun hockey looks like. Eight minutes later at 18:02 into the third period Jake Guentzel cashed in on a deflection and the final score of this garbage dump game was 5-0 for the visitors. It’s official now: this is the second time in Sabres history the team has gone three games without a goal. The first time that happened was… pause for dramatic irony… last season. Poor funnel guy was so sober watching this game. The poor guy took a shot from the funnel at the end just for the hell of it, but you can tell he was fully cognizant of each and every shitty Sabres moment in this game.

I don’t know how to approach this team anymore. I suppose Eichel coming back next game and the raw desire to hold up Carolina on Saturday in anyway possible drives me but what are we really doing? 11 games left and no chance of a playoff berth: what are we doing? I for one have more or less moved onto the soccer season which, thank God, starts in March in America. I am more excited for Congressional committee hearings at this point than the next Sabres game. The Bachelor is over now too. Hmm… yeah, I suppose there is just another coming of that awful helpless feeling we’ve experienced too much the last few years. The Coach is bad, he doesn’t think there is a pride issue in the locker room but holy shit, just watch the games. The GM has signaled very subtly that change is coming but what that is and how effective it will be after we already had a wicked off-season last year is just a big ugly wildcard. Elliotte Friedman did a radio hit in Toronto this morning and confirmed what should be obvious at this point: Jason Botterill is not afraid to be aggressive and move some parts out come June and July. There are a bunch of wildcards with the big club and unless you’re getting real engaged in Amerks hockey like me right now, your hockey life might be quite shit right now as a Sabres fan. Hey, the Draft Lottery will happen on April 9th this year! That’s super early. I hoped the draft lottery wouldn’t be the most exciting part of Sabres life in April this season but here we are! Let’s hope Danny Briere came to this game to cast a spell to reverse the fortunes of the franchise again and ensure Jeff Skinner doesn’t walk in free agency.

I apologize to those of you who follow me for hockey takes and see me tweeting soccer now. I really appreciate your follow, sincerely I do, but that is for my mental health, fam. All kidding aside, it is humbling to realize the New Look Sabres blog has something of a following now. You brave few are a fun bunch and I appreciate you. Like, share and comment to get the word out on this weird little thing. I can’t help but imagine if you hopped on the Sabres wagon in September with me and rode through this first season according to my takes. For one, wow that’s a cool choice you made. For two, this season kind of feels like a microcosm of what this whole decade has been like as a Sabres fan: heartbreak around every turn but some fun times mixed in there that just gives you that little flash of better days that must be ahead. Ops, I said better days! The folks who remember the last decade of the Sabres just started balling their eyes out. This is probably a better time that not to wrap it up! Let’s Go Buffalo!

Thanks for reading.

P.S. I want to apologize to Ben Mathewson: the Bruce Boudreau idea is a fun one. I did in fact get him confused with Randy Carlyle because of their similar faces.

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KURT SCHRADER REPRESENTS OREGON IN CONGRESS. BUT DOES HE LIVE THERE?

Schrader owns a farm in his home district, but there’s little indication that he spends much time there.

WHEN REP. KURT SCHRADER voted against the initial passage of the American Rescue Plan last year, he faced intense backlash from fellow Democrats in his Central Oregon district. The vote was Schrader’s third controversial action in as many months, following his opposition to the overwhelmingly popular $2,000 stimulus checks and a statement that compared the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump to a “lynching” earlier that year. For local Democrats, it was the last straw.

In a blistering letter signed by the party chairs from the five counties that make up Schrader’s current district, local leaders lambasted their representative for not “consulting with communities in this district” before his vote. They labeled Schrader’s actions a “betrayal of [his] duty to best serve [his] constituents” and claimed that the episode was an indication of “how out of touch with [his] constituents” Schrader has become.

Schrader ultimately bowed to pressure and voted in favor of the final version of the American Rescue Plan, but his out-of-touch reputation has stuck. He now faces a primary challenge from Jamie McLeod-Skinner, a member of the Jefferson County School Board, who reiterated the sentiment that Schrader is disconnected from his district in a recent interview, pointing to his key role in blocking prescription drug reform amid large campaign contributions from corporate interests.

But Schrader’s controversial votes and words may not be the only reason he has failed to connect with local Democrats. A review of Kurt and Suzanna Schrader’s public disclosures, travel records, and statements further illuminates the representative’s tenuous relationship with local officials and constituents. Schrader does not refer to an Oregon address in several years’ worth of filings with the Oregon Secretary of State, opting to list his home in Washington, D.C., as his primary address instead. His adult sons appear to manage and live on a local farm that he contends is his residence in the district, and his current wife, whom he met and married in Maryland, still refers to her property there as home. Despite owning property in his district, Schrader does not appear to spend much time in Oregon.

“I have been proud to call Oregon’s 5th Congressional District my home for over 40 years,” Schrader said in a statement to The Intercept. “My farm in Canby is where I raised my family and grew organic crops as I built up my veterinary practice. Representing the values and priorities of my neighbors in our nation’s capital is my greatest honor, and I am proud of my work for the district and the close local relationships I have formed over the years. While I am deeply disappointed by the politically motivated attacks against me, they will not stop me from doing my job and delivering for Oregonians.”

WHILE SCHRADER’S RELATIONSHIPS with his district’s local leaders have chilled, his family’s roots in the area run deep. He founded a veterinary practice in Oregon City in the 1970s and purchased the farm he now claims as his residence in the 1980s. Schrader originally ascended to public office as a member of the Canby Planning Commission before being elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 1996 and the State Senate in 2002. When he successfully ran for Congress in 2008, his former wife, Martha Schrader, was appointed to replace him. (She served the remainder of Schrader’s term but failed to win reelection.)

After their divorce in 2011, Kurt Schrader kept possession of the farm, currently his voting address. While Schrader’s financial disclosures list him as the property’s owner, the farm’s now-defunct website listed Schrader’s son, RJ Schrader, as the owner and operator. RJ and his brother Steven both claim the four-bedroom home as their voting residence.

In addition to the Canby farm, Schrader owns a home in Washington, D.C., which he purchased shortly before his divorce from his first wife in 2011. He also owns property in New York. While owning multiple homes is commonplace for members of Congress, in multiple filings to the Oregon Secretary of State, Schrader has listed his D.C. and New York properties as his primary residence rather than his purported home in Canby, Oregon.

Schrader’s own financial disclosures cast doubt on whether the Canby farm is his personal residence. Since beginning his tenure in Congress in 2008, Schrader has claimed rental income from the property ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 each year. It is unclear whether these rental payments are from Schrader’s sons or whether the property is rented in any other capacity. Neither son responded to The Intercept’s requests for comment.

Schrader’s travel spending also calls his relationship with the farm and the district as a whole into question. Representatives are allotted an annual travel budget to visit their districts each year, but disbursement statements from the last 12 years reveal that Schrader has used significantly less of these funds than the average House member or members representing nearby exurban and rural Oregon districts.

While Schrader has utilized relatively little of the money dedicated to regular travel home to see his constituents, he recently made waves in right-wing media for his questionable decision to eschew the typical summer work period in favor of a cross-country road trip with his wife, Suzanna Mora-Schrader, and their horses. Suzanna, whom Schrader married in a New Year’s Eve ceremony in Maryland in 2016, is a former executive and lobbyist for D.C. energy company Pepco. She maintains a horse farm in Clarksburg, Maryland, and continues to report the property as her primary residence.

The trip, which started at the Maryland property on August 1 and ended at Schrader’s claimed residence in Canby on August 22, spanned the majority of the district work period, when members are expected to return to their district to catch up on issues affecting their constituents. In her blog recounting the cross-country trip, Suzanna indicated that the representative declined to spend the remainder of the district work period in Oregon after their arrival. Instead, he returned to D.C. the next day for a showdown over a budget resolution meant to enable passage of the indefinitely stalled Build Back Better Act, which, with the help of corporate interest group No Labels, he played a key role in delinking from the bipartisan infrastructure bill.

Suzanna returned to her property in Maryland — which she still calls home — days later. The horses, for their part, remained in Oregon for another few weeks before being shipped commercially back to Maryland. All told, they spent substantially more time in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District than its representative or his wife did.

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Bikini Bottom Day: (as we go)

-THE UKULELE IM CYRING THIS IS SO C U T E  -when ethan started his monologue i was like 45% sure it was him and not the og spongebob voice actor ethan is just that good  -conclusion: ethan is a fantastic spongebob wowowowowowow -”and allll who inhabit it :3″ -this song is so happy and positive????? god this is so pure im crying  -M R O W - “S.S. I’M READY” IM CRYIGNFJFSGJKFJKEIRTGLKDSI P UR E  -his LAUGH??????? wow im cr y i gn  -the melody is so catchy im y eLLING  - “I’m singing an opening number~” “OH I WANT A VERSE” honestly same tbh??? -his mildly panicked “i mISSED A SNACK” me too patrick, me too  -danny skinner is a fantastic patrick PASS!!! IT!!!! ON!!!!!! -HARMONIES!!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!! - “now what rhymes with rock???? (bikini bottom) NOTHING RHYMES WITH ROCK-” as a composer i relate to this little bit right here tbh  - “Sensitive Artiste” -HARMONIES -im gay for sandy hooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MY GO D -i love her voice?????? wowowowowowowowow i could listen forever -THAT NOTE IS HIGHER THAN ALL OF MY GRADES HSDK’FGJRKVLIKHJRTIJBF - IM CRYIG N BRIAN RAY NORRIS, WESLEY TAYLOR, AND STEPHANIE HSU ARE MY EVERYTHIN G  -MR KRABS TF DID U JUST SAY ABT UR BEST EMPLOYEE????? B I N C H????????????? -#LETSPONGEBOBBEMANAGER GET IT TRENDING -MAN hes got his tie and good shoes and everything LET HIM BE MANAGER  -shut ur frick spongebob ur more reliable than i am on a good day  -say those 3 words and hes yours,  - “IT’S OPENING TIME!” -ohHHHHHH MY GOD THE ENSEMBLE UHIODFHVLJKZFDXLIGLVKCXVFDG THEYRE AMAZING??????????????????? - H A R M O N I E S  O H   M Y  G O D  -i appreciate that high third harmony when they son “hoOOME TOOOOWN” i loooove how that sounds  -honestly this bit is so lit tf im so down for this bit in the song omg -JHGFDRASJKLFIS’GROEHLDKHFQWEASGVHDFIBRGKJEUIAHTKRIA -SHIVERS, IM GETTING SHIVERS JFKGHYUDIOJZ -AMAZING??????????????? UHFDIGJFKIYERDKG - H A R M O N I E S  J E S U S  C H R I S T  - i love the call and response stuff between the ensemble and spongebob oM G I  L I V E  FOR CALL AND RESPONSE PASSAGES  -RJKLQWER;GDNEJKDLHJNQWE;IGKLI -HARMONI E S  - I AM NOT BREATHI GN TF THEY SOUND???????? SO GOOD???? I AM SO BLOWN AWAY?????? -i think my heart stopped a little at this bit ohHHHH MY GOD  -JHDLWERNFREGLKEJAG.ETHE ENDING OH MY OTGEDE RJ -conclusion: this song make me feel better about waking up in the morning 

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Tagged by @imaginarybird - Thanks for thinking of me!

Rules: Answer the questions and tag 20 followers you would like to get to know better.

Yikes. I am not good at picking favorites because I have so many and/or they change a lot, and I overthink things, so I will list the heck out of stuff, sorry. Or my mind will go blank under pressure so I might forget what I like and not say it.

Name: Sarah

Nickname: N/A

Height: 5'6

Favorite Fruit(s): I really love almost all fruit but pineapple and cotton candy grapes come to mind right now.

Favorite Season: Spring, because it’s brighter, warmer but not too warm, and I love seeing the baby birds in our garden.

Favorite Book(s): I love reading, but um... I dunno? Lol. Harry Potter & Animorphs series. Books by Stephen King and Christopher Pike. The Giver. For a while I’ve mostly been reading kids’ series for fun especially ones I used to love, like The Baby-sitters Club, Sweet Valley Twins, Sweet Valley Jr. High and Goosebumps. but that doesn’t mean they are my favorites now exactly. (I work on writing my own kids’ series--or at least I have a lot of ideas planned and slowly implement them.)

Favorite Flower(s): Sunflowers, but I also like daisies, daffodils, tulips, gerberas and dandelions (maybe because of that scene with Belle in Beauty & The Beast, lol). Rainbow roses and black roses even though they’re not naturally found.

Favorite Animal(s): I am an animal lover! Dogs, wolves, birds (I have two cockatiels), marine animals, white tigers (not just because of Tommy, lol), platypuses and etc.!

Favorite Beverage: Iced tea. Southern Comfort if we're talking adult.

Favorite Fictional Characters: My constant favorite, Tommy Oliver (of course). Other PR favorites: Kimberly Hart, Zack Taylor, Adam Park, Eric Myers, Jen Scotts, and RJ (really). Ugh, so many! Characters that I simply find likeable and/or complex and interesting that I can think of right now: Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, X, Walter Skinner, Langly, Frohike. Pacey Witter, Joey Potter. Max Evans, Liz Parker, Michael Guerin, Maria DeLuca. Christian Reed, Abigail Armstrong, Ben Tickle. Regina Mills/Evil Queen, Hook/Killian Jones. Damon Salvatore, Caroline Forbes. Troy Bolton, Gabriella Montez, Ryan Evans. Bella Dawson, Troy Dixon, Newt Van Der Rohe, Sophie Delarosa. Jonah Beck, Cyrus Goodman, Bex Mack, Celia Mack. Audrey Jensen, Noah Foster. Buffy Summers, Willow Rosenberg, Cordelia Chase, Rupert Giles, Spike. Ed Stevens. Belle & Beast. Oh and Wishbone, lol.

Number of Blankets You Sleep with: 1 or none

Dream Trip: I‘ve always wanted to go to Hawaii and New England. Or do a road trip all across America.

Blog Created: April 20th, 2017

Number of Followers: Not many, lol, but I love them.

Tagging only a few but I totally understand if you don’t want to do this. Please anyone who wants to join in, take this as me tagging you. @cherrybomb-jaguar @seraphimkouenki @mysuperlexy43vr-aka-weirdo @fabulousrockstar @whatshernamemaria @capnkristanella. And @delightfullybritishgoldar even though I don’t need to get to know you. :P

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Some Thoughts about Power Rangers Jungle Fury

Blame it on Boom Studios.

So, like every child of the ‘90’s, I loved the Power Rangers growing up. Before Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network existed, I would religiously tune into Fox Kids every Saturday morning so I could watch X-Men: The Animated Series and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. While I remained an X-Men fan for life, I stopped following Power Rangers sometime after the movie. That was all well and good, but then Boom Studios had to go and launch a MMPR ongoing that ended being really good. That fired up the nostalgia machine, and the next thing I knew I was rewatching episodes of Mighty Morphin.

I didn’t rewatch the entirety of the series, because it’s over 150 episodes, and, I mean, I got shit to do, but on an impulse, I started watching the most recent series, Power Rangers Dino Charge, which was so good that I watched the whole thing. Now I’m interested in watching other iterations, so arrived at Jungle Fury through the incredibly scientific process of liking the name of the title and the concept of “Kung Fu Power Rangers.” Anyway, here’s some thoughts:

The Good:

The Characters: because I was raised on the one-note characters of MMPR, my expectations in this area are quite low, so I was pleasantly surprised by the cast of Jungle Fury. Not only is each of the principals well-defined, but they, especially Casey, also experience genuine growth over the course of the series. Further, every Ranger is likeable and easy to connect with. Granted, some fans find RJ annoying (otherwise known as people who hate fun), but he’s actually the best character in the show. Not only is David de Lautour the strongest actor in the cast (check out his interactions with his father in “One Master Too Many”), but the character is quite clever in the way that it plays with the audience’s expectations for a Kung Fu master and then turns it on its head (something that the show even jokes about when Casey, RJ, and Lily assume that the older Asian man is their new master in the first episode). The villains are also nicely developed with the primary antagonist undergoing a genuine arc. Jarrod’s “bad guy tempted to be good” is another clever inversion on a traditional storytelling trope. Even Camille, the villain’s sidekick, gets a kind of arc and development, owing to her love for Jarrod.

The Plot (mostly): One of the best parts of Jungle Fury was in the way that the series really committed to its theme of Kung Fu. Many series have themes, but only make half-hearted use of them and end up pretty much just Power Rangers business as usual; however, Jungle Fury incorporated a lot tropes from kung fu and used them quite effectively for the story. For example, each of the rangers studies with a mentor to help them become more powerful (even better, these lessons also saw the Rangers develop further as characters, which, again, harkens back to the great characterization in this series). In a clever twist, the primary villain mirrors the Rangers’ development by training and studying under evil mentors himself. Further, this makes the overall overarching story feel like it’s building towards something grand and epic, rather than a series of monster-of-the-week episodes.

The Fights: Again, the show really demonstrates how committed it is to its theme, incorporating the kung fu aspects into the fight choreography as well. I’ll admit that I tend to zone out a bit during the Zord sequences, but Jungle Fury kept me considerably more engaged than some of the other series that I’ve watched. 

The Rinshi God, I love the Rinshi so much and their double-footed hop.

The Bad:

The Costumes: Personally, I don’t hate them as much as some, but they’re definitely in the bottom half of the franchise as a whole. The original suits aren’t bad, but, for whatever reason, the white neck really bothers me. The Jungle Master suits are also a definite upgrade on the base suits; however, the Purple and White Ranger costumes are just godawful.

The Monsters: Here’s my incredibly basic criteria for good Power Rangers monsters: do I remember them when the episode is over? Now, obviously, I can’t name every monster from a season that I like, but I can picture several different monsters from both MMPR and Dino Charge (I smile a bit when I think about the one created by Swatt and Baboo out of a bunch of random sports equipment and a stoplight). When judged on those criteria, Jungle Fury falls short. Outside of Carnisoar, Jellica, and Grizzaka (and, of course, the incredible Rinshi), I can't recall a single monster. That's....not good.

The Finale: Remember how I raved about how great the plot was a couple of paragraphs ago? Yeah, a lot of that was undone by an anticlimactic final. So the entire series is basically one giant build, with the Rangers getting progressively stronger and gaining new powers and techniques while Jarrod simultaneously powered up. Then the Rangers manage to separate Jarrod from Dai Shi, convert Jarrod and Camille to their side, bring back the Spirit Rangers, and gather everyone together, but all they need to do to defeat Dai Shi’s dragon form is chant a few things. Jungle Fury doesn’t seem to get a lot of love from fans (although, for that matter, it doesn’t seem to get a lot of hate either), and I think the final episode is a big reason why people aren’t more passionate about the series.

…And the Accents?

Ever since Disney purchased the franchise, filming has taken place in New Zealand, meaning that the cast of each series is typically made up of Australians and Kiwis’. In fact, not a single American is in the main cast of Jungle Fury. Here’s my arbitrarily-assigned score for each character:

Casey (Jason Smith)–8.5/10: I actually thought Smith was Canadian until I looked him up on IMDB and found he’s actually Australian. His accent is pretty good, but the giveaway is how unnatural his voice sounds when he’s shouting his dialogue after transforming.

Theo (Aljin Abella)–7/10: Theo is another one who I was a bit surprised by; his voice sometimes comes across as stiff, which I initially assumed was a deliberate acting choice rather than because he was hiding an Australian accent.

Lily (Anna Hutchison)–5/10: Anna Hutchison loses points for inconsistency; more than half the time, but when it slips, it really slips. 

RJ (David de Lautour)–8/10: RJ might be the best of the bunch, but I also feel that David de Lautour had an easier job since he merely had to imitate a very specific accent–the stereotypical surfer–rather than a more general American accent like the others.

Dom (Nikolai Nikolaeff)–7/10: This is unrelated, but it was really hard for me to get over seeing one of the Russian mobsters from Daredevil playing the White Ranger.

Fran (Sarah Thomson)–8/10

Camille (Holly Shanahan)–7/10

Jarrod/Dai Shi (Bede Skinner)–3/10: At least he tried?

Power Rangers Power Rankings

Dino Charge

Jungle Fury

MMPR

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[Fantasia 2020] Wrestling Demons in YOU CANNOT KILL DAVID ARQUETTE

[Fantasia 2020] Wrestling Demons in YOU CANNOT KILL DAVID ARQUETTE

You Cannot Kill David Arquette. 2020. Directed by David Darg & Price James. Starring David Arquette, Christina McLarty Arquette, Patricia Arquette, Ric Flair, Dallas Page, Eric Bischoff, Courteney Cox, Jack Perry, RJ Skinner, & Brian Yandrisovitz.

One Last Run Productions / Carbon / Kidz Gone Bad

Rated 14A / 91 minutes Documentary