#Such a perfect timing for such a round number! :DD

[after-out-of-place]

Sila - Drum Routines

Sila was a teeny tiny little bit peeved about a few of the reviews on her band’s songs. Once you dug past the drooling over DD. And past the poetry about melting into BG’s tunes and body. Also past the frankly unhinged one liners hailing Chritty as the new vocal Messiah. And past the polarized essays about Wallace - how great it is to see the darker side represented and loved on one hand, and on another, how Wallace was a better being before quitting uni. And finally, you had to get past the pretty lewd remarks about Horace and his short shorts. Once you got through all of those, there were some comments about Sila too. Most were great! Truly! The praise was from some many-limbed drummers too! But not all. No. A few specific many-limbed drummers had a habit of having these unnecessary long winded discussions in the thread about how Sila was not taking full advantage of her six arms - Sila was gifted with six arms and what an utter shame it was she was not even trying. Two armed drummers could do what she did on stage, and easy, especially with foot pedals. Super easy.

So, Sila set up the camera she had borrowed from the uni library thanks to Chritty, bless his fluffy paws, whatever number they were presently. Wallace had also been round earlier, and had read the manual to her. Sila could read, but tech speak? Bah. Anyways, Wallace had deduced some settings which would work well for what she wanted and the thing was rolling. She sat down on a short chair, the camera shot made it obvious she was in no position to use her legs to drum on anything. Around her were 15 percussion instruments, 6 drums, 3 wooden xylophones and 6 small cymbals. She looked point blank in the camera and realised she hadn't even thought about a script and what to say about what she was doing and why. She sat staring for a long moment at the camera. Fuck it.

Sila started her usual routine on the drums with the drumsticks she held. Six hands, all hitting at the same time. Then two moving out of sync, then two more. She varied the timings between arms, two by two. Then split the timings again, six arms clearly following entirely their own rhythm, each drumbeat overlapping or just missing or skipping with another. One second it was perfect harmony, another - a cacophony. She was not looking at the camera, wasn't looking at all, had forgotten what sight was, she was so absorbed in what her arms needed to do. She wasn't thinking much either. Thinking slowed her down. She knew where the drums were and what needed to be done, her arms were merely executing the logic of the rhythm she had chosen earlier. One arm moved to play the xylophone. Then another. A third. The others followed too, one by one. It was a complimentary tune, 3 sets of 2 arms sharing and instrument. It was as if three two armed individual people were playing in perfect unison. Now, you might think - yeah, easy for her, she has six arms. This was true. But six arms didn't give Sila more brain. So many of the multiple limbed people she had interacted with could only work a few limbs at a time, and as she was playing, Sila had no chance at all of moving her legs, or her head, hells, she hardly blinked or breathed. Her entire being was concerned with maintaining the rhythms of the individual arms. She was hot, sweating, her face tingling from droplets dripping down it. The cymbals got involved one after another, but quickly she mixed them in with the drums and the xylophones. It was a winding tune, fast, then slow, deep, then high, all hands in motion on their own respective part. Her reward was going to be a good old headache for this, but sure as all hells it felt good, because she knew she was good at this.

The piece concluded by reversing the 6 drums tune from the beginning, the arrhythmic discourse becoming harmonious, then two arms overlapping, then two more, then the final two. Then merged again. Finally, all six hands punctuating a single drum beat like a full stop. She looked at the camera, passing a drumstick from one arm to another to wipe the sweat dripping from the tip of her nose. She didn't have a clue what to say again, and she was knackered, but decided on a: “When I play with the band, I play with my mates, not by myself. So I play however it fits with them, not just to fill the room with noise, I can do that easy, or to run my arms in elaborate routes, I can do that too. No. When I play with my mates, we play together. If you can't get what that means, then fuck help you. Now go eat your nutrients.” She turned the camera off, sent the recording to BG (who clearly didn't have enough admin on the Sanctuary side, so naturally they ran their social media channels), and went to have a shower. Soon after, she was having an ice hibiscus tea with some lemon and honey, enjoying the pleasant mental and physical fatigue she was feeling - it seemed like the endorphins were going to prevail over the headache this time - when her phone rang. It was DD. Sila picked up and, straight up, DD purred: “Girl, you know how to prove a point!”.

Sila knew her grandma would be pleased too.

[educationalinstitutesindia]

The Ultimate Guide to Finding Your Perfect Bra Size

Finding your perfect bra size is not just about comfort; it's a journey toward enhanced confidence and support. We'll demystify the complex world of bra sizing, walking you through step-by-step measurements, fitting tips, and common mistakes to avoid. Say goodbye to discomfort, pinching, and sagging ��� our comprehensive guide will empower you to discover the fit that truly complements your unique shape. Unveil the secrets to exceptional comfort and style, and embark on a path to a wardrobe that lifts both your bust and your spirits. Here's how: Step 1: Find Your Band Size Bra Cup Size After finding your band size, the next step should be determining your cup size. To do so, use a soft measuring tape to wrap around the fullest part of your bust while aligning it with the center of your nipple and keeping it snug without being tight. Subtract this measurement from what was found when measuring your band and match it up to a bra size chart accordingly; for example, if your bust measurement is 38 inches and your band measurement 36 then that indicates an A cup bra size; so long as there isn't an excessively large difference between measurements that would mean an A cup bra size in that case! Be mindful that while this system is generally accurate, bra sizes tend to differ between brands, and don't be discouraged if it takes some trial and error to find something you like. To maximize your chance of finding an appropriate bra fit it would be beneficial to visit multiple specialty bra shops if possible. Once you know your size, be sure to explore all available cup options. Your breast shape (be it pear, apple or hourglass) could require different styles in order to provide optimal support. When in doubt, seeking professional advice from a salesperson may also be useful. They are knowledgeable experts who can guide you towards finding an item that not only fits well but looks fantastic as well. In addition, having your bra custom fitted can give you confidence to shop at home as well. Band Size Your band size - also called underbust size - serves as the cornerstone of your bra. This band should firmly encase your torso without pulling or pinching, feeling snug without being tight or loose. To determine your ideal band size, use a soft measuring tape to take measurements directly under where the band of your bra sits - either wearing it with or without padding will give a more accurate reading. Make sure the tape fits comfortably but snugly - rounding up to the nearest whole number as needed. Once you have your band measurement, subtract it from your bust size to determine your cup size. This difference in inches corresponds to letters; for instance, "B cup" refers to having a five inch difference between band and bust measurements (hence why taking both measurements is so essential). Taking your own bra measurements at home may seem intimidating at first, so if you prefer professional assistance it's perfectly acceptable to consult any lingerie or department store clerk for help. But if you prefer doing it on your own, all that's really required to make this task simpler and save time is a soft tape measurer and way of recording the numbers. Home measurements can be an effective way of keeping yourself healthy, but each woman's body can change over time due to changes in hormones caused by pregnancy and nursing as well as diet or exercise changes. Therefore, taking your measurements periodically, especially if your lingerie seems looser lately is wise. Rule of thumb states that for every inch you increase in band width, cup sizes should decrease. This practice, known as sister sizing, ensures your bra offers you all of the support that it should. So if your DD cup bra feels loose when worn alone, consider dialing down band size in order to tighten its fit. Underbust Size Many women mistakenly believe that bra size is a universal measurement; however, there are several key points to keep in mind when measuring their bra size. First of all, everyone's breasts vary in shape and volume. Second of all, standard retail sizing systems offered by most American retailers and lingerie brands only give an approximate estimation of your true bra size; typically this system works by measuring your underbust (or ribcage), adding four inches, subtracting that number from bust size, then subtracting band size; thus one inch difference equals an A cup, two equals B cup etc. Problem with this method: it fails to account for how your breasts sit on your rib cage. As a result, many women end up with bras that fit poorly across both band and cup size dimensions; now there's an innovative new solution! Luckily there's now a method that takes all this into consideration and finds their ideal bra size more accurately. Sister Bra Sizes is a new way of determining your true bra size using both bust and band measurements to get an accurate representation of what a given size bra should look like for any given individual. This method is far more helpful than simply giving one number as it allows you to see how different brands and styles of bras might fit you better than one single number would alone. To determine your bra size using the Sister Bra Sizes method, measure the circumference of your chest over the fullest part of your breasts while wearing an unpadded or lightly lined bra and standing up normally while breathing normally with measuring tape snug against ribcage and tighter around ribcage than normal - writing down results both inches and centimeters will make for accurate results. Once you have your results in hand, compare them against the sizing charts or calculators used by your favorite lingerie stores or online retailers. Your number typically represents your band size; while these tools will provide details about cup size. Straps If your bra is loose or the straps dig into your shoulders, chances are it's the wrong size. If readjusting straps is an ongoing problem or they seem too loose to begin with, then perhaps moving up one or two band sizes might help improve matters. At home, using a measuring tape can help determine your band size. Wear a non-padded bra while standing in front of a mirror with arms at your sides, then wrap the measuring tape loosely around your ribcage at where your cups meet - this should fit snug but comfortable - then note and enter this measurement into the Band Size Box below. Now measure your chest at nipple level. Subtract band measurements to arrive at cup sizes - this is an effective way to assess true bra sizes as they vary based on brand, style and shape. However, this may take trial-and-error as different brands, styles and shapes may have slightly varying measurements that differ. Once you know your bra sizes, try on one that comes closest to matching them. Lift your arms in the air and wiggle around a bit to see how your bra stays in place; if it shifts up your chest exposing space between bust and underbust areas then its band may be too loose, while if its straps fall off shoulders or leave indentations then its tight. Similar to what was mentioned above, breast tissue should remain within the cup without spillage over either top or sides. If that's happening to you, your cup size is too small; to correct this consider cross-sizing; for example if you wear 36B try 34C instead. Bra sizing may seem intimidating, but with just a few steps and confidence in finding your ideal size you will soon have no difficulty in securing the ideal bra size. No longer will you need to deal with unsupportive or poorly fitting bras that gape at your breast, ride up on your back, or dig into your shoulders; no longer will you wear out of date bras over and over (or keep holding onto them long after they no longer provide support) -- getting that perfect bra size is worth your while! Read the full article

[fitaumaxs]

The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Perfect Lace Bra

Ladies, it's time to get laced up and feel fabulous! There's nothing quite like slipping into a perfectly fitting lace bra that makes you feel confident and beautiful. But let's be real, finding the perfect one can be a daunting task with so many options out there. Don't worry, we've got you covered! In this ultimate guide, we'll take you through everything you need to know to choose the perfect lace bra for your body type and personal style. So sit back, relax and get ready to elevate your lingerie game!

What are the Different Types of Lace Bras?

There are a few different types of lace bras , so it can be hard to figure out which one is right for you. Here are the four main types:

Strapless Bras: These bras have no straps and are meant to be worn without any support. They're perfect if you want a natural look or if you're petite and don't want to wear a bra that will lift your breasts.

Bustiers: A Bustier is like a strapless bra with supportive straps. They give you more shape and support, making them ideal if you have larger breasts or if you want to wear a bra all day long.

Bandeau Bras: Bandeau bras are similar to bustiers, but they have supportive cups that tie in the back. This makes them perfect if you want a sexy, minimally-supported look.

Cup Bras: Cup bras are the most popular type of bra and they come in many different styles and sizes. They usually have supportive bands around the top of the cup and they're great for everyday wear.

How to Measure Your Bra Size

1. Measure your bust size: Using a soft measuring tape, measure the circumference of your chest right above your breasts. Make sure to keep the tape parallel to the floor and round off any fractions that you get to the nearest inch.

2. Determine your band size: Subtract your band size from your bust measurement to determine how many inches are between them (e.g., if you have a 34-inch bust, subtract 32 inches). This number will give you an indication of what bra size you should be wearing - for example, if there is 2 inches difference then you would likely be wearing a 34B or 36A bra depending on other factors like body type or brand sizing variations.

3. Calculate cup size: Now that you know what band size is appropriate for you, use this chart as reference to calculate which cup size would fit best – it’s important not only for comfort but also support! For instance, if there’s a 4-inch difference between measurements then chances are that you need something in the DDD/E range (4 = DD/E).

How to Find the Perfect Fit for a Lace Bra

Finding the perfect fit for a lace bra is something that every woman should take seriously. Not only will it make you feel more comfortable, but it can also help to improve your overall figure and accentuate your curves. To find the right size and style of lace bra, start by measuring yourself around the underbust area with a tape measure or ruler. It is important to record this measurement accurately in order to ensure that you purchase a bra that fits properly. Once you have this number, use an online sizing chart to determine what size of cup and band are suitable for your body type. Lastly, when shopping for your ideal lace bra try on multiple styles and sizes until you find one with good support, coverage, comfort level and flattering design features such as straps or bows. With some patience and dedication finding the perfect fit for a beautiful lace bra is achievable!

Conclusion

Finding the perfect lace bra can be a daunting task, but with these tips in mind, it should be much easier for you to find the perfect fit. Remember to shop around and compare different brands before making your purchase; the right bra will feel comfortable and support your bust perfectly. And don't forget to take into account what style of dress you plan on wearing the bra with- lacy bras are often seen as more formalwear. So make sure to have all of your bases covered when shopping for a lace bra!

[imaginativeamateur]

Hello! Congrats on reaching 500 followers! For the Ramen Special, can I please have table number 🥕 1 with Kakashi, for the broth 🍜 shoyu, for the meat 🐷 chashu, for the toppings 🌽 corn, and for the side dish 🍵 green tea. Thank you so much, dear!

[Kakashi Hatake X Reader] Happily Stuck Together

|500 Followers Event|

Order: Table 1: Shoyu Ramen with Chashu and Corn, Green tea

Pairing: Kakashi Hatake x fem!Reader

Note: Thanks for the request! Okay, honestly I've been so inactive lately. And this is me writing a Kakashi imagine with an exam coming tomorrow :DD But it's very weird because I feel more inspired than ever LOL. And I have 3 consecutive days of exams muhahahah :DD Also, please help me suggest a better title for this piece, thank you :')) Without further ado, please enjoy!

You tiredly stared at the clock on the wall and sighed. It was another night you would not see your dear husband—another night to share your bed with emptiness.

Turning off the desk lamp, you forced yourself out of your study and into your bedroom. Ever since Kakashi became the Rokudaime, you had less time to spend with the silver-haired. Even though you knew he was shouldering great responsibilities, your mind could not help but drown itself in a sea of sadness every time he apologetically turned away from you. You peered at yourself in the mirror—the Hatake emblem on the light kimono jacket that you wore as Konoha began its transition to winter, to the ring that he put on your finger with heartfelt vows the two of you made lingering in your memory, to the smile that your lips curled into to conceal your solitude. Everything seemed perfect from the eyes of others, but only the two of you knew how desperate it was to have someone there but could not hold them dear.

You were preparing to close the curtain after gazing outside the window for a long while, hoping that you would spot the fluttering white cloak making its way home, but only the deepness of the night returned your longing. Pulling the blanket, snuggling the artificial warmth that you have grown exhausted of, you forcefully closed your eyes, preventing a tear from sliding down your cheek. And it was another night without Kakashi.

You woke up from the sounds of the door creaking and someone’s muffled coughs. Your eyes widened, sensing his familiar chakra in your home, calling out to the darkness, “Kakashi?”

The noises stopped and you bit your inner cheek nervously, getting out of bed to see the commotion. Through the brittle moonlight, you could see his figure standing in the hallway, frozen when his eyes met yours. The usual eye-smile returned to his face as Kakashi scratched the back of his head awkwardly. “Good evening, no, good morning, Y/N.”

You quickly glanced at the clock again, blinking at the time it showed—three o’clock in the morning. You gently smiled—a smile that could not hide your forlornness. “Good morning, Kakashi.”

The silver-haired cursorily took off his cloak and hat. “I’m sorry for waking you up. You look tired, Y/N. Go back to sleep, love, I’ll—achoo—”

Kakashi touched his nose wearily and sneezed for another round, his face growing red. You chuckled, passing the hallway to stand next to your husband, pulling his shoulders down to side his temple against yours. After a moment of feeling his temperature, you frowned unapprovingly. “Our Rokudaime caught himself a cold. How uncool is that?”

“It’s fine,” he waved his hand and laughed, “just a common cold.”

With that, he urgently pushed you back to bed and joined you after changing into his casual wear. With his build, the Hatake easily swept you into his strong arms, spooning your body into his warmth. He ducked his head into the crook of your neck, inhaling your sweet scent, tickling your sensitive patch of skin until it was prickling with goosebumps and you were unable to remain still. You turned around, ready to give him an earful about the fact that his action was doing the exact opposite of what he wanted you to do—to sleep. But the moment your eyes met, your face turned flushed with a reddish tint at the realization of how close your faces were to one another. You swiftly turned back, trying to calm your labored breathing—lying skin to skin, next to Kakashi never failed to make you feel like a schoolgirl again, despite being married for years.

Unfortunately for you, the silver-haired caught right onto it, “What is it?”

“Nothing,” you blurted, shaking your head to appear more convincing.

“Come on,” he ushed, “I know there’s something.”

Not seeing his face at the moment made his voice hoarse from the cold sound even more distinctive in your quiet room. You squinted your eyes shut, “There’s nothing, let’s sleep. You need some rest, Kakashi.”

Though reluctant, he resigned, snorting, “All right—achoo—”

This time, you turned around without hesitating, worry written all over your face, “Are you sure that you’re okay? Do you need me to get you some water?”

And the silver-haired just smiled harmlessly, “Now you’re willing to face me.”

You pursed your lips, forcing your way back but his arms clasped around your waist like steel, making flipping back impossible. An angry frown sat on your lips as you stared at him, trying to wiggle your way out.

“Tell me what’s bothering you.”

“Your breath tickled me, that’s it.” You mumbled, looking away from him.

“That’s it?” He asked incredulously. His voice then dropped an octave. “I thought you were upset because we couldn’t spend time together lately.”

You opened your mouth but said nothing, letting his words sink into the endless silence. He nudged your forehead with his nose. “I love you.”

You paused and drew circles on his firm chest, “Kakashi?”

“I’m listening.”

“You’re busy, but make sure to look after yourself, too. That’s what I’m most worried about right now.”

“I know,” he stiffened, “I promise this will be the last time you see me catching a cold.”

“If not?”

“Then I’ll be stuck with you forever so you can look after me when I’m sick, deal?” He held his pinkie forward.

“That sounds very fair.” You pulled a long face but wrapped yours around his nonetheless, diving your head into his chest, “But you don’t have to make it a deal because… you’re already stuck with me forever!”

------------------

Taglist: @dai-tsukki-desu @darling-imobsessed @animepickle7 @simping-master-69 @tirzamisu @rinnegankakashi @theacevampire @the-tiniest-one @greenshirtimagines @adeards @chloe-secret @rory-cakes @byyalady @icedemon1314

[hornime]

hiii inky :DD pls hinata is one of my faves *sobs*

hinata with a thigh kink, he just loves how soft they are and he can't help to lay you down, rise your legs and thigh fucking you — cami @megumiya

SOFTLY | HINATA SHOYO X F!READER

warnings: 18+, f!reader, thigh-fucking, cum-eating, somnophilia

a/n: CAMI PLEASE IM 478#&(@Q*&9y8234357827*(^27091239*(#%&Q*&!()%!&#)($* MALFUNCTIONING

"sho 'm tired," you mumble, brain and body completely exhausted from the way you’d been fucking like bunnies for the past few hours. “can’t take anymore, i’ll pass out.”

“i know, i know,” he whispers, nuzzling into the juncture of your collarbone and your neck. “i just got one more, baby. just one more.”

“one more...?” you crane your head to look at him, groaning and plopping back on the pillow below you when you see that he’s hard. again. 

hinata was known for his boundless stamina on the court, and only a few short weeks into your relationship, you learned that it carried into the sheets. although it was great that he’d make you cum as many times as you wanted, a lot more than any of your other partners had ever come close to, he never seemed to run out of energy. 

it was a double edged sword—one that left you constantly high on the pleasure of an orgasm, but also unable to walk and drained of all ability to move. he could easily go for a number of rounds in the double digits—you’d been able to last until twelve on one occasion before nearly collapsing—but it was taking a toll on you, just how fucking active he was. did he never get tired?

“i seriously can’t sho. i have work tomorrow and i’ll be on my feet all day.” you glance down at your legs, muscles shaking when you try to move them, and you sigh. “i don’t even know if i’ll be able to walk at this rate.”

he’s sitting on his haunches now, lazily stroking his cock but looking at you with something that can only be described as desperation. “please lemme fuck you,” he whines, looking down at you with big brown eyes that make it so so easy to give in. “you always feel so good, always make me feel so good, baby. just one more and i’m done, i swear.”

you gesture him closer, swinging your legs around his waist to pull him in. he goes to grasp the bottom of your knees with the purpose of lining himself up with your hole but you tut, making him tear his gaze away from your cunt.

“not inside,” you breathe, lethargy making your eyelids heavy and your voice raspy. “my thighs. just fuck my thighs. it doesn’t matter if i fall asleep, just finish and then come to bed, alright?”

he gives you a smile, so bright it nearly blinds you, and leans over to give you a light peck on the forehead. “thank you baby,” he murmurs. “you’re so good to me, always so good.”

he shuffles back, giving himself room to roam his hands over the plush of your thighs, gently squeezing the flesh and watching hungrily as the indentations of his fingers form and disappear. he loves your thighs and you know it: loves the way they wrap around the sides of his face when he tastes you, loves the way they tremble when he fucks you, loves the way the shine with his sweat and cum. 

but most of all, he loves the way they feel around his cock, soft and slick, milking him of every last drop.

he drops his head in between your legs, blowing on your clit and whispering a small apology when you twitch at the sensitivity. he explores the insides of your thighs with sloppy kisses, licking and sucking at the velvety flesh to make it nice and wet. 

he’s basically drooling, his saliva coating your skin and turning it cool and drenched to the touch. strings of spit trail down to the apex of your thighs, causing you to shudder they slide along your pussy and your ass, and he grins in satisfaction at your form below him: a slippery and leaking canvas, perfect for him to paint with his cum. 

laying a heavy hand on each of your legs, he brings them together around his cock, letting your ankles dangle over his shoulders. he experimentally thrusts into the tightness, groaning at the way your muscle and fat constricts around him. “fuck, baby.”

he builds up a rhythm, each push of his cock aided by all the juices that have accumulated between your limbs: your cum, his cum, and his spit. 

within a few minutes, he’s quickly losing control, losing himself in the feeling of your pliant body. his movements are getting more and more needy and the noises pouring from his mouth more and more unabashed.

“m’ gonna cum,” he sobs into the open air of the room, face painted in euphoria. he helplessly humps his cock between your thighs, pulling out until his tip is barely wedged between the flesh and the pushing through to his pelvic bone. “fuck, gonna cum so hard.”

it only takes a few more pumps for a moan to be ripped from his chest as he releases hot spurts of cum over your stomach and your legs. he pants for a few minutes, his head thrown back and eyes shut tightly, something resembling tiredness settling into his veins and making his head heavy. “fuck,” he slurs. “y’feel s’good. y’always make m’feel s’good, baby, fuck.”

he pries his eyes open, fighting off the need to sleep, and realizes that you’ve dozed off, your breathing even and chest slightly rising and falling with each inhale and exhale. his lips turn up in adoration, you look so beautiful like this, and he tenderly lowers your legs, bringing his face level with yours to kiss you delicately on the nose. “love you, baby. so much. y’don’t even know.”

suddenly finding himself too lazy to get up and grab a towel from the bathroom, he decides to take cleaning into his own hands, leisurely licking up your combined messes from your abdomen and your legs, careful not to touch your sensitive pussy, moaning at the taste. when he’s satisfied with his job, he rolls over onto your side, wrapping his arms around your waist and drawing you close. you mumble something in your sleep, subconsciously cuddling closer to his warm body, and he softly runs his fingers in your hair and across your hips.

“m’ so fucking tired,” he says in a hushed tone, loving the way your body seems to be molded perfectly to fit with his. he chuckles quietly, “this must be how you always feel after ‘m done with you.”

he makes a mental reminder to spoil you tomorrow, to show his appreciation for all the effort you put in to make him feel like the luckiest man in the world. 

and as easily as it crept up on you, the exhaustion envelops him, and the two of you sleep together in your own haven, safe, sound, and soft, away from the rest of the world.

if you enjoyed, reblogs + comments are appreciated!

© property of hornime 2021. do not plagiarize any of my writing and do not repost/copy my writing onto any other sites.

[cubersims]

I thought it was finally about time that I updated my WMS recoloring tutorial, since it’s quite outdated and my “technique” has changed a lot since then.

Again this is going to be a very long and slightly complicated tutorial, just for your information - a lot more than the former one. But when you get this method down, it’s 10 times easier and quicker to recolor!

I’ve tried to make this as beginner-friendly as i could, but it can be a bit hard to understand if you have no knowledge of either PS or S4S.

If you have any questions regarding the tutorial, please shoot me an ask and I’ll help you as much as i can :)

Also please keep in mind that english is my second language, and because of that some sentences or expressions may be weird! Thank you.

Press keep reading to go to the tutorial vv

What you will need for this tutorial:

- Photoshop (PS) of any kind that is compatible with Nvidia DDS plugin (you can get CS2 for free right here)

- Sims 4 studio - S4S (you need to register to download it)

- A DDS plugin for PS 32 bit (the download is called texture tools)

- WMS recoloring actions by @wildlyminiaturesandwich​​ (we’ll be making our own later, but we use these as our “base”)

- A WMS color palette for S4S made by the lovely @valkryiesims​

- An action that turns the dirty blonde swatch into the white swatch by me

Before starting you should read these posts, since we’ll use the information from those in the tutorial:

- WMS recoloring actions (you should read everything she has to say about her actions)

- @neverloores post about SecondayDisplayIndex - also called SDI

- @verdigrisss post about making an all-in-one recoloring action. (this is a bit complicated so take your time reading it)

If you’ve read and downloaded everything, you’re ready to start the tutorial!

1. Install PS, S4S, the S4S palettes, the actions and the DDS plugin.

The DDS plugin only works with CS2 if you download the 32-bit version, since that’s what CS2 is.

To install the WMS actions in PS go to ‘actions>load actions’ (the little round icon with the triangle in it) and then find the downloaded actions in your download folder. Press okay and the should be loaded in now.

To install the WMS palettes into S4S, go to ‘documents>Sims 4 Studio>palettes’ and copy+paste the downloaded palettes into that folder.

2. Find whatever hair you want to recolor.

To check if that hair has already been recolored check out this spreadsheet by @celebi88. Press ctrl+f to search inside the spreadsheet

Put the hair into the S4S mods folder, which is found in ’document\Sims 4 Studio\mods’

Keep in mind that there are a lot of hairs and recolors out there, so the spreadsheet may be out of date. You can join the WMS recolors discord right here by @namea​ and @celebi88​, and we can help you find a recolor if you’re unsure if the hair has been recolored before!

3. Create your recoloring file in S4S.

Open S4S, type in your username in the down right corner and go to the CAS section and click on ‘Add CAS Part Swatch’. If you don’t do this, the recolors will show up as a standalone file, and will not be a part of the original hair file in game.

Click ‘CAS’ and it will take you to the different meshes EA has created.

To find the hair you want to recolor go to the top right corner and click on the ‘ALL’ button next to ‘Content’ and sort to ‘Custom Content’.

Find the hair you want to recolor and shift+click it, to select all swatches.

A new window will pop up and this is where you save your file. I’ve created a folder for the CC I’ve made (called homemade), and in that I’ve made a folder for my WMS recolors. From there I create a folder for every hair creator, and in every creator folder I put a new folder for every hair I’ve recolored. And lastly in the specific hair recolor folder I make 4 folders, one for each of the palettes and one for pictures. So the path will look something like this: ‘documents\homemade\wms recolors\*creator name*\*hair name*\’. The four folders are then created and named ‘un’ (for unnaturals), ‘na’ (for naturals), ‘ne’ (for neutrals) and pics (for pictures if you want to upload the recolors).

Then create the file after you’ve made your folder, and name it after whatever palettes you’re recoloring in.

4. Get ready to recolor.

Your recoloring file will now open up in S4S, where you can see all the swatches. First we have to access the white swatch to see if it matches the other EA white swatches, or if it is ‘too white’. It should look something like this: (refer to the picture under this section)

If the white swatch looks fine you can go on ahead and export that swatch as a .dds file (important). Remember to rename it to ‘base’ - we’ll use that later on. Also skip the next steps if the swatch looks fine!

If the white swatch doesn’t look perfect, export the ‘dirty blonde’ swatch as a .dds file and rename that to ‘base’.

Open up the ‘dirty blonde’ base in PS and use this action (by me) to make it look like an EA white swatch.

Save the file and close it! (Very important). If not saved and closed before using the actions, the actions will go back to the dirty blonde base, and the EA white wont be used.

If recoloring a childrens or toddlers hair, export the ‘dirty blonde’ swatch and use my action on it!

5. Making all-in-one recoloring actions

Open up your base in photoshop. Make sure it’s called ‘base’ and nothing else. (this goes for every hair base you’re ever going to recolor, it has to be named base)

Create a new folder on your desktop, or somewhere where you’re never going to move it. I called mine ‘currently recoloring’. Inside that folder there should be 3 folders; one for each of the palettes. If you ever move this folder, you’ll have to redo your all-in-one recoloring actions, so make sure you have found a nice place for the folder!

Now it’s time to make the action. Your ‘base’ is open and now you navigate to actions. Start by creating a folder for your new actions called ‘all-in-one wms actions’.

To make the first actions, click ‘create new action’ and name it ‘unnaturals’ (for the unnaturals), ‘naturals’ (for the naturals) and ‘neutrals’ (for the neutrals). Make sure the set is set to ‘all-in-one wms actions’. Press record.

Now it’s time for the tedious task, which is to play all the actions provided by WMS. Go to history and make sure you haven’t done anything to the image. Play the first in action in whatever palette you’re choosing, and press ‘ctrl+shift+s’ to save your file as a new file. Relocate to the folder you made a little while ago on your desktop (or where else you placed it), and go into the folder with the matching palette. Name the first action ‘1′. Once saved it’ll send you back to your base that is recolored. Go to history and press ‘base’ or ‘open’, whatever is the first thing you can press. Now it’s time for the next action in the palette. Do the same but name that file ‘2′. Keep doing this until you’ve gone through all of the actions/colors. There are 35 unnaturals, 20 naturals and 20 neutrals.

Once you’ve run all actions in each palette, click on the small record button under actions, to stop your action. And there you have your all in one actions!

6. Importing recolors into S4S

Open up your folder in which you placed your .package file in (fx. documents\homemade\wms recolors\*creator name*\*hair name*\). There should be a folder for each of the palettes in there (+ one for pictures).

Open up another your folder in which you placed the recolored .dds files (fx. desktop\currently recoloring).

Go to the first color palette named folder (fx. un (for unnaturals)) and cut those files (ctrl+x). Paste those into the other folder (with the .package file) and into the matching palette folder. Do that for all the palettes.

You should now have 3 filled folders with .dds recolors in your ‘homemade’ folder.

Open up your recolor in S4S. There are 18 different hair swatches. Delete swatches until you have only one swatch left.

Go to the warehouse tab in S4S. Here there are two sections, the right and the left section. On the left you should see the same swatch as the one you have in the studio. Go to the right and locate the search bar. In the search bar type ‘sec(ondarydisplayindex) and the SDI (secondarydisplayindex) will pop up. Change whatever number you have there to either ‘195′ (for unnaturals), ‘395′ (for naturals) or ‘595′ (for neutrals. If it’s easier for you to remeber, you can add five to each number so it’ll be 200, 400 and 600.

Now go back into the studio, and press ‘tools’ in the bar at top. Under that press ‘color palette’ and a new window will pop up. Find whatever palette you’re recoloring in and apply the palette to the package. It will then ask you if you’d like to keep the existing swatch, press no.

The palette you’re recoloring in will be imported into your .package file. Now you have to import all the .dds files into each of the swatches. Click import and locate your recolored .dds files (they should be in documents\homemade\wms recolors\*creator name*\*hair name*\*palette name*).

7. Finishing up the packages

Now that all the swatches has been imported, the recolor is almost done. Save your .package file. Repeat section 6 with all three palettes.

Go to the folder where your .package file is located in and rename it so that people can identify it when they download it (if you’re uploading the recolors of course). Mine are normally called ‘-CUBERSIMS- *hair creator* *hair name* recolor WMS *PALETTE* ADDONS. But you can customize any way you’d like!

Now you should have 3 files named after each palette. To merge the packages into one .package file, go back into S4S. Go to the tab bar and click ‘content management’ and then ‘merge packages’.

A new window will pop up. Click add and add/import the 3 recolored files. Click ‘merge’ and save the new .package file with a new name (fx. mine looks like this: -CUBERSIMS- *hair creator* *hair name* recolor WMS ALL ADDONS MERGED)

Now you should have 4 .package files. One for each of the palettes, and one for all the palettes.

Put the merged .package file into you game (where you put cc) and test your recolors!

And that is it! You made a recolor! Good job!

I hope this tutorial could help you guys out there, who wants to either start recoloring, or update their recoloring method.

If you used this tutorial, feel free to tag me in your posts with WMS recolors! I’d love to see what you guys create, and reblog it to my cc finds :D

[doc-pickles]

it’s nothing funny just to talk (p.2)

What happens when you text that random number graffitied on a bathroom stall in your favorite bar? Jo Wilson is about to find out. - In which Bar Princess and Doctor Evil Spawn meet via text.

Saturday 12:09 PM

you know what might be worse than pyramid schemes?

bridal showers

this is horrendous 

Same woman you were drinking in solidarity to?

obviously, I have like four friends 

I thought teachers were like outgoing and bubbly?

oh hell no, socializing is not my cup of tea

one of the other bridesmaids just asked who i was texting so I told her jack the ripper

Oh you couldn’t even give me a good one

i’m gonna pretend you didn’t say that 

My day off and the weekend finally coincide, which means I’m not leaving my couch all day. 

I wish I were you this shower is gonna kill me 

teachers on the weekend are a fun sight to see

You’re not partaking this time?

no i’m DD

it’s for the best, I did throw up on my shoes last weekend 

How crazy is a bridal shower that you need a DD?

there’s a mimosa bar and they’re already playing never have I ever

the mother of the groom is starting something with the mother of the bride

I gotta deal with this 

  Saturday 3:11 PM

I deserve bottle of wine for all of the shit I dealt with today

I never wanna be a maid of honor ever again

Maybe we should rename you Maid of Dishonor?

wooooooow

I throw up on my shoes ONE TIME

How’d the battle of the mothers go?

oh it was horrendous 

groom is from a rich family and bride grew up on a farm… you know how it goes 

Doesn’t sound fun. Glad you made it out. 

barely

how’s your day off going

Amazing. I get to watch baseball and sit on the couch with a bag of chips and a beer. I’m living the dream. 

I envy you

they’re making us go out again

Do you get to drink during this escapade?

yes thank god

manhattan or moscow mule?

A whiskey drinker? You might be the perfect woman. 

don’t try to butter me up, i’ve never even met you in person

We can change that. 

  Saturday 6:14 PM

Do you think birds have dreams?

I thought I was supposed to get drunk

You were talking too long. And I’m not drunk. 

I can’t think of another reason why you’d ask me about bird dreams

You’re a teacher. I was curios. 

i’m not a bird specialist

personally I do not think that birds can dream

I’m telling them you said that. 

the birds?

Yes. They deserve to know the truth. 

have you just been sitting on the couch drinking beer all day?

did you even eat

Yeah I had pizza for lunch 

what about dinner?

It’s not dinner time yet. 

dude it’s 6

Oh shit really?

Hahaha that explains it 

psh and you said I was bad when I was drunk

you’re freaking Snow White 

Is this ebcause I asked about the birds 

yes it is

I gotta go, Maggie says i’m not netting the quota for fun

Maggie sounds like a buzzkill

she’s the assistant principal, i’m scared she’ll fire me if I don’t listen

jk… kinda 

  Saturday 12:32 AM

Incoming Voice Call

  “Jo! Put the phone down! You should not be calling anyone right now!”

“Hello?”

“Doctor Evil Spawn! I’m so glad you picked up.”

“Are you drunk now?”

“Noooo….. maybe. I just wanted to say hi.”

“Hi princess.”

“Your voice is nice. It’s a good voice, it’s sexy and I like it.”

“You’re kinda crazy, you know that?”

“Josephine Wilson! Give me the phone!”

“Woah who full named you? They sound angry.”

“That’s Maggie, she’s trying to get me to go home. I can’t go home Maggie, I’m talking to a hot doctor! And he has a sexy voice!”

“You’ve never even seen me, you don’t know if I’m hot.”

“I’m judging off your sexy voice and what few characteristics I know about you. I’d be shocked if you weren’t hot.”

“You have too much faith in me.”

“I have to go, Maggie is dragging me out of the bar. Byeeee hot doctor!”

“Goodnight princess, don’t throw up on your shoes this time.” 

  Sunday 9:58 AM

How’re your shoes looking?

  Sunday 11:22 AM

You’re still dead? I mean you did call me half past midnight… but I thought you’d be up by now.

  Sunday 1:46 PM

Are you embarrassed because of what you said on the phone? Frankly I found it endearing. 

  Sunday 3:18 PM

As a doctor, I’m advising you to drink more fluids and get food in your system. Maybe a banana. It’ll make you feel less shitty, trust me.

  Sunday 6:17 PM

Hope you’re not dead in a ditch somewhere. 

  Monday 7:23 AM

oh my god I am so sorry

I dropped my phone in Maggie’s car and I just got it back

wait you were worried about me weren’t you

Well you fell off the face of the earth… so yeah. 

awwww well it’s nice to know that someone would notice if I was kidnapped and murdered 

Didn’t you say I was the one that would kidnap and murder you? 

yes but i’m having a change of heart

Is it because of my sexy voice?

I was kinda hoping I didn’t say that out loud

whoops

I told you I found it endearing. 

flattery will get you everywhere

gotta go, class is lining up and they’re already screaming

I’ll pray for you. 

  Monday 8:08 PM

dude the thai place on 7th across from old navy?

amazing

i’m in heaven

Oh so we’ve reached the stage of giving each other food recommendations?

obviously 

this is a serious relationship 

Chinese place across from Joe’s Bar has the best egg rolls. Perfect drunchies. 

i’ve never been to joe’s 

I live right around the corner from there

So we’re neighbors then? I’m off of Fullerton. 

I guess we are

that’s exciting, i bet i’ve seen you at the grocery store 

Bold of you to assume I make it to the grocery store. 

honestly same

I usually guilt steph or izzie into it

You’re the chaotic good of the group aren’t you?

obviously 

I keep things balanced 

what’re you doing?

On a break, almost done for the night. I have to round on post ops and then I’m done. 

nice!!! did you get anything fun today?

Not really just surgeries I could do in my sleep. 

typical monday’s

I have to go, we have a field trip tomorrow and i’m not emotionally prepared

Oof. Have fun, don’t die. 

who the hell ends texts like that?

A doctor. Obviously. Night princess. 

goodnight Snow White

  Tuesday 12:18 PM

whoever decided to bring 42 fourth graders to the science discovery museum should be fired 

Isn’t that you?

maybe

maybe not

It was totally you. How about a deal?

deal with an internet stranger? 

fine but if I die i’m gonna be pissed

How about I drop off a bottle of wine on your porch on my way to work? I work the night shift again. 

hmmmm I don’t think i’m supposed to give my address to strangers

but i’m pretty sure if you were going to kill me you would’ve done it by now

See you’re getting the hang of it. 

okay i’ll give you my address

but if there’s a bomb we’re going to have words

If there’s a bomb you’ll be dead. 

  Tuesday 4:54 PM

red wine AND egg rolls?

if I didn’t know better i’d think you’re trying to woo me

I think I need to meet you before we can say that. 

thank you!!! 

my roomies are teasing me about taking wine from a stranger

You’re welcome. And I’m not a stranger. I know your name and where you live. 

aaaaand way to make things creepy

BTW your blonde roommate was checking out my ass. 

hahahahaha that’s izzie for you

she has a boyfriend don’t worry 

I wasn’t too concerned about her, just thought you might want to beat her up or something. 

intentionally trying to start a cat fight? classy

she says you’re “super dreamy” so that’s a plus

Glad to know I passed the checkpoint. Does this mean I get to meet you now?

maybe maybe not

we have learned one good thing though

And what’s that?

even if you are a serial killer, you have a good taste in wine and your attractive

i’ll die happy

  Tuesday 7:32 AM

If I never work another overnight again it’ll be too soon. 

yeah you’ve been working a lot of those 

wtf is up with that

I lost a bet with Arizona. 

oof that doesn’t sound fun

at least I have nice stable working hours

summers off

i’m living the dream

Why do you do that?

do what?

Send forty texts. There’s a button to put in a period and start a new sentence. In the same text. 

you really do text like a 60 year old

I’m sophisticated, obviously. 

I know we’ve never met but I need a favor

Oof. After I dropped off wine for you?

the favor includes free food and alcohol

I’m listening… 

that wedding i’m in is next weekend

and I don’t have a date :-)

I wish I could, I’m going out of town. 

booooo

it’s okay, after i’m done being a brides bitch my weekend will open up

i’ll also be done with school for year

So I can take you out on a proper date? Instead of texting you all day? 

you do realize that you’re texting a girl who found your number at 11 pm while shit faced in a bar right

That’s always how I pictured meeting the woman of my dreams. 

oh shut up

I suppose i’ll go on a date with you, man I know nothing about 

I’m Alex, I’m 27 and I don’t think pineapple belongs on pizza

deal breaker sorry

pineapple + pizza = deliciousness 

Well at least you know more about me. 

that I do

jo, 25, who’s favorite color is purple and eats cinnamon toast for breakfast everyday, has to go educate the tiny humans

talk to you later old man

Oh come on you’re two years younger!

  Tuesday 1:26 PM

have you ever had to hot glue rhinestones to candle votives 

because I am

and I hate it

WTF is a votive?

those tiny little glass things you put a candle into

Oh. Why are you bedazzling them? 

wedding prep

today is a half day so bridezilla has us crafting for her 

Are all of you brides bitches teachers?

yes

it’s hell

you try to talk about your class and all you hear about is peonies and roses and baby’s breath

I’m glad I’m a dude then. 

ha! you better be 

oh my god, she’s gone psycho

if I don’t text she took my phone

Don’t die, I’m looking forward to our date. 

  Tuesday 7:17 PM

RIP Jo, Avid Cinnamon Toast Eater 

Killed by Her Insane Bride Friend  

I made it out!!!!

barely

Nice, I’ve heard a rabid bridezilla is hard to escape. 

it was the worst 

but she let me go when I told her I had to finish putting in grades for the year

(I finished last night)

I for one am proud of you. That’s badass. 

lol i’ll keep that in mind 

thursday is our last day before freedom

I think I might get shit faced as soon as I leave work

I support it wholeheartedly. 

good because you’ll probably get more bar princess texts

Or if I’m lucky a phone call where you call me sexy again. 

hey hey I didn’t call you sexy

I called your voice sexy

there’s a difference 

Oh sorry, I don’t know how I overlooked that. 

mhm sure 

tomorrow is crazy hair day 

Does this mean I get to see a picture of you? Because I’m definitely interested in seeing what you do with this spirit day thing. 

i’ll save it for when we meet

I’m determined not to see you until our date

Suit yourself. Gotta go remove stitches. 

oooohh how exhilarating!! 

  Wednesday 9:42 AM

How goes the crazy hair?

oh just dandy 

half my hair is pink 

You seem like the type to be able to pull of pink hair. Plus it’s pretty rad. 

you’re too kind 

I bribed the kids with cookies and a movie 

i’m totally winning today

I just took out an appendix, I think I win. 

just saying I don’t think that our jobs are comparable 

but taking out an appendix sounds cool

Not as cool as cookies though. 

I have a bunch left over

should I drop them on your doorstep? 

Only if you want to. I wouldn’t say no to a good cookie. I’m here till 5. 

i’ll stop by after work!! 

we have another half day

Sweet. I’m glad you’re the one that found my number. 

  Wednesday 12:56 PM

Dude. George says you look like an adorable preschooler. 

I FORGOT I HAD MY HAIR LIKE THIS

he was very understanding 

Rave reviews on your “kindness and beautiful eyes” 

oh my god 

I have to die now 

He might’ve mentioned your ass too. I’m painting a beautiful mental picture. 

oh lord

brb gotta wash out this stupid hair dye 

maybe bang my head against the shower wall

Oooh tell me more. I love a dirty shower fantasy. 

oh booo

you’re not even trying anymore 

  Wednesday 5:55 PM

remember the titans is on tv

and it’s really good 

in case you didn’t know 

That movie is 20 years old, of course I know it’s good. 

well clearly I didn’t 

i didn’t have cable growing up 

Oh neither did I, I just stole it from the neighbors. 

that’s pretty bad ass for a kid 

Had to keep my siblings entertained. You know how it is. 

nope i’m an only child

That sounds like a dream. I have two younger siblings and they’re both a pain in the ass. 

if you knew the half of it you’d be begging to trade places with me 

I’m looking forward to hearing all of it. 

  Thursday 11:53 AM

FREEDOM!!!!!!

I AM FREE!!!!

HALLELUJAH!!!!!

I’m assuming school is out?

Y E S

$20 says I can sneak out of here without bridezilla roping me into a stupid arts and crafts project 

I hope so, I’m enjoying talking to you today. 

aren’t you at work??

Nope. Today is my day off. 

and you’re not watching baseball and drinking beer?

It’s not even noon yet. 

time is an illusion

it’s shots o clock somewhere or whatever they say

I’m now learning that the only cultural education you have is the Backstreet Boys. I think our second date will have to be a movie marathon. 

already planning our second date?

ambitious 

I like it

My conversation is fairly limited if I can’t drop a pop culture reference or two during the day. 

I can see your points and i’m willing to sit myself down and watch the classics

okay gotta sneak past bridezilla… wish me luck

Good luck 

  Thursday 4:35 PM

Pork shoulder, corn, and potatoes all on the grill. 

i’m jealous

I can’t cook to save my life 

thank god we’re going out tonight

To celebrate finally breaking free for the summer?

exactly!! steph and izzie decided we needed to go to a club after dinner

i’ve never been to one before 

Overpriced drinks and random guys grinding up on you all night. Not the best experience. 

oh so random guys grind on you when you go out?

Shut up. 

hahahaha 

I’ve never even been to a club before. Not my scene. I just live with women so I know these things. 

well i’ll update you on the happenings

let you know if I have to pay $20 for a drink

who’s grinding on my ass

you know normal everyday things

Woah woah woah. 

what??

are you jealous??

I’m just saying if you’re gonna be shaking your ass, you might as well get random guys to buy you overpriced drinks. 

you’re making some very good points 

Of course I am. By the way, George wants me to tell you that you have a very shakeable ass so you should be taking in free drinks. 

great I have to go die again 

brb gonna drOWN MYSELF IN THE SHOWER 

  Thursday 10:38 PM

good news

i’ve secured three free drinks and a round of shots for all six of us

this ass is making money baby

I’ve created a monster. Who else is there?

steph, izzie, april, maggie, and levi

You brought the whole staff out didn’t you?

yes and I’m quite skilled at getting them drunk

You’re three drinks in and still texting correctly?

I think I danced it all off

need more fireball

And that’s another thing. Who willingly shoots Fireball?

me bitch

Ohh I love it when you call me names. 

mmm i’m sure you do

okay i’m gonna go get more drinks

wish me luck

Good luck, I’m sure your ass will take in more than enough. 

  Thursday 11:57 PM

Incoming Voice Call

“Helloo?”

“Hi, it’s me.”

“I can afford caller ID, I knew it was you.”

“Were you sleeping?”

“No, I was about to head upstairs but I’m not tired.”

“Oh good. I just got home.”

“You sound tired. Did you have fun?”

“It was nice, Steph went home with some guy she met and Izzie went to her boyfriends so I’m home alone.”

“So you decided to call me?”

“I missed your voice, I told you that you have a nice voice.”

“You said that I have a sexy voice.”

“Oh shut up. I wanted to call before I went to sleep.”

“You’ve grown fond of me haven't you?”

“If you’re gonna say it like a weirdo then yes… I have grown fond of you, Snow White.”

“I guess I can say the same about you Bar Princess. Are you yawning over there?”

“Just a little bit, but I like talking to you.”

“It’s midnight, I wouldn’t blame you for falling asleep.”

“I don’t wanna fall asleep, I wanna keep talking to you.”

“How about I tell you the story of the time I was bridesman and I had to go to a bachelorette party?”

“Okay I’m listening…”

  Friday 10:15 AM

I feel like a teenager 

who the hell falls asleep on the phone

i’m in a bad rom com aren't I 

Your snoring is really cute. 

oh christ

well at least I didn’t take body shots off a male stripper

I was really hoping you’d be asleep before I got to that part. 

oh nooo I remember that very clearly 

i’ll be filing that away for blackmail

Rude. I guess I’ll save your snoring in that file too. 

touché, I like the way you play the game

I’m an experienced player. Gotta go scrub in on a fundoplication. 

have fun!!!

  Friday 2:41 PM

I got bored and googled a fundoplication

that’s some crazy stuff, you’re kind of a badass

Easy peasy, all in a day's work. 

nooo that’s amazing stuff!! 

i’m in my classroom scraping gum and glitter off of the desks

Well you’re the reason people become doctors so I'd say you’re pretty important too. 

awww you’re still trying to impress me

it’s a good look on you

I’m trying to be a gentleman. Maybe I’ll bring up your puke shoes just to be an asshole. 

you know what even the mention of that can’t bring down my good mood

do you think I could get in trouble for drinking wine in my classroom?

Well there’s no kids around so… no. But I like the rebellious attitude you have towards the situation. 

if i’m gonna sit in a classroom with no AC and scrape boogers off desks all day then I deserve some damn wine

You’re right and you should say it. 

I DESERVE MY WINE I EARNED IT

oh shit maggie is outside i’m so fired

Hey you got her free shots last night, she should be thankful. 

you know what you’re right

oh shit it’s bridezilla

Run.

whew

forgot we have our final dress fitting tomorrow

i’m not dead yet

Oh good. I kinda don’t want the first time I see you to be your funeral. 

hahaha very funny

gotta go, we have to do this stupid year end meeting

I hate it here

Have fun, and remember don’t stab yourself with a pen!

  Saturday 8:13 AM

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING

I wanna die 

bridezilla is making us jog

and she took away my donuts

  Saturday 9:53 AM

Jesus Christ. You need new friends. 

honestly she’s not that bad when she’s not stressing over this wedding 

she’s crying because she has a pimple

Oof that’s a tough run. Unfortunately, I have to spend the day out on a boat. 

boohoo I don’t not feel bad for you

unless like… you have some childhood trauma from a boat

Nope. I get to relax and drink beer all day long. 

yeah well then screw you

I have to try my stupid dress on and go to a stupid lunch and I CAN’T EVEN HAVE DONUTS

Aren’t you at home?

yes, steph invited everyone here since we have the space

why?

Check your porch. 

YOU BROUGHT ME DONUTS?! 

you’re my favorite

thank you thank you thank you 

You’re welcome, I’m happy to be of service. 

ohhhh I might just kiss you when we finally meet 

I wouldn’t say no to that. 

okay I gotta go hide in the closet and eat my donuts 

thank you for thinking of me!!

It’s all I ever do. 

  Saturday 2:16 PM

How goes the dress trying on?

it was good!! mine fits and we have a beautiful bride on our hands 

Good. I’m glad your day is getting better. I think I’m getting a sunburn. 

you better not

that shit is dangerous 

go find sunscreen 

Now you’re concerned about me huh?

always

did you put the sunscreen on

Yes because I knew you’d spontaneously implode if I didn’t. 

good 

I didn’t want to you to burst into flames sitting in the sun

As a doctor, I can tell you that most likely would not be what happened.

now we have to sit through a boring ass lunch

it’s what the mother of the groom insists on

Is she paying for it though? …. yes

Well then stop complaining.

okay okay fine

hey quick question

which fork do i stab myself with

Go order a steak and drink an expensive glass of wine.

  Saturday 10:39 PM

Incoming Voice Call

“Well well well, how the tables have turned.” “Bar Priiiiiincessss.” “Oh my god. This is so going in the blackmail file.”

“No don’t do that. If Jo finds out I was singing to another girl she’ll be mad.” “And why don’t you want Jo to be mad at you?” “Because I want to kiss her. And hug her. And see her face.”

“Well do I have a surprise for you.” “Oh I love surprises!”

“Jo and Bar Princess are the same person. I’m Jo.” “Holy crap! NO way!”

“Yes way, isn’t that crazy?”

“Can you tell Jo that she’s the nicest person I’ve ever met.” “I will relay the message. Jo is going to bed now though. Goodnight Alex.” “Good night Bar Princess, I miss you!”

[scrambledgegs]

Too Late the Hero

    It was Harvey Dent who uttered the famous lines, “You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” A foreshadowing statement, as Dent later on personifies his very words when he goes on to become Two Face in the “The Dark Knight” Batman movies.

     This statement cannot be any truer, and we all can recount both real-life and fictional characters who easily represent this notion. The true-to-life “villains” we know of today may have actually started out as idealists, heroes, or savior-like archetypes that we used to looked up to – and looked past whatever side blemishes they also possessed in order to justify their actions. I think the best contemporary example of this – is the person whom Filipinos notoriously love to discuss nowadays – the person that needs no introduction, President Duterte.

About to Croak?

     President Duterte has recently been the talk of the town all the more when rumors circulated that he may have contracted COVID-19, while other rumors pointedly said that he was already on his deathbed. To augment such rumors, it was said that he may have allegedly even flown to Singapore to have himself checked. His office was quick to quash any such news by posting proof of life photos of the President, where he is seen to be eating a meal with the first family in Davao. Well, one thing we can all agree on however, is that he did not look his best. 

     The more significant and underlying message in this recent raucous is that, the general consensus on social media is that many had their fingers crossed for a new President. It looks like Duterte’s star power is quickly fading.

RUDY and RODY

   I was reminded of a conversation that a friend and I had around three weeks ago. During our usual, light political banter, I suddenly remembered how my parents used to compare President Duterte to American political icon, “Rudy” Giuliani. Quite serendipitously (and as though Netflix read my phone messages or possibly my mind), minutes later, I came across a new Netflix documentary entitled “Fear City: New York vs. The Mafia” where Giuliani is documented to have played a significant role in.

     This true crime documentary examines the rise and fall of organized crime in New York in the 1970s to early 1980s. It narrates the dark tale of how the Big Apple once transformed into the playground of underbelly operations of The Mafia – composed of the five major Italian-American crime families and their sophisticated network of ruthless henchmen. Law enforcers could not put a stop to their rings of crime, or even implicate them, and others that dared come close, found themselves or their loved ones in a rather, messy situation. These crime families of Italian descent were basically your true-to-life gangsters from which The Godfather Trilogy was based on.

 Batman, Robin and Commissioner Gordon in Gotham City

     Bringing down the Mob back then was a feat everyone thought impossible. Nevertheless, joint forces between the FBI and Giuliani (then U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York; 1983 -1989), and his handpicked team of prosecutors were able to do so – and with much required grit and tenacity. Giuliani especially, was credited to be the single piece of rice that tipped the scale in this momentous moment in the history of criminal justice. After which, Giuliani’s political career began to skyrocket. Despite losing his first election in 1989, he eventually gets elected Mayor of New York in 1993, and then reelected in 1997 to hold the position until 2001.

    During his term as Mayor of New York, Giuliani’s most popular platform was his “toughness on crime.” Such that, the gentrification, revitalization and “clean-up” of New York and significant decrease in crime rates during those heyday years are largely attributed to him. His appointment of NYPD Chief of Police, Bill Bratton also proved effective, and is often the popular topic of business case studies today. Bratton did not resort to brute force alone. In fact, he was said to be data-driven, resourceful and efficient. His non-traditional, out-of-the-box thinking, many would agree, had indeed brought about real, lasting positive change in New York.

    Giuliani was also known for making popular what is known as the “perp walk”, wherein he would orchestrate public arrests, worthy of media frenzies and major headlines, of high-profile suspects, usually of white-collar crimes. The nature of these arrests garnered some criticism of course, but it was not enough then to tarnish his image and push him far away from the good graces of the American people, especially New Yorkers. He is also highly commended for his post-9/11 (2001) disaster responses and was even knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for these tremendous efforts. He was even named TIME magazine's Person of the Year in 2001.

 Fall from Grace   

    However, fast forward years later to now 2020, many of Giuliani’s constituents and longtime supporters who once held “America’s Mayor” of the highest esteem, often say that the Rudy Giuliani of the past is long gone. Embroiled in various controversies and investigations, not to mention issues that involve being President Trump’s current legal adviser, he has said to have become the very type of white-collar “perps” he used to round up and arrest. It is quite unfortunate, isn’t it, these kind of tragic hero to zero stories. Time is not on his side now, but who knows if there is still a chance for a comeback.

 Rudy Giuliani’s story sounds very familiar.

Rody

    Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, in Davao, Philippines to be exact, during the same time that Rudy Giuliani was rising to fame, there lived and breathed another Mayor with a very similar tough guy image – Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte. An attorney as well, he also began his career in the prosecutor’s office.

Photo taken from The New York Times: Rodrigo Duterte posing with an Uzi submachine gun in 1994, when he was mayor of Davao City in the Philippines.

 Duterte Harry

    Duterte “made his bones” by allegedly taking crime into his own hands. Before assuming the Presidency, he was known as the gun-toting, smart-talkin’, fearless and tough Mayor who cleaned up Davao which back then, was supposedly a war-torn region due to the emergence of the New People’s Army (NPA) post Marcos-regime. People nodded in approval because he produced “quick” results.

    If Rudy Giuliani had his Chief of Police, Bill Bratton and the NYPD, Rody Duterte had a comparable squad as well. With the help of his elite unit of police enforcers, coined as the “Davao Death Squad” (DDS), they were able to arrest crime suspects, such as alleged (but non-convicted) drug dealers and petty thieves and parade them throughout the streets, for behold, all to know and see. This sounds like the Filipino version of a perp walk. In extreme cases, sometimes suspects were allegedly found dead in alleys or eskinitas, their bloody bodies mutilated.

     Yet, it could be said that quite a number of Davaoenos, as well as Filipinos beyond the Mindanao region, supported this kind of vigilante method because they felt safer, and they felt that finally, the wheels of justice were turning. To simplify this narrative by using a fictional analogy again, it is the same train of thought on why we have a great admiration for Batman and the like.

     Many believed this was what the Philippines truly needed - a “strongman” to discipline the country, which to be fair, is an idea that can understandably seem like the right and sound solution, given the Philippines’s web of problems. Not many are willing to further dissect, assess and accept what is truly needed to lead the Philippines. Duterte’s notoriety thus gained much popularity, and his savior persona spread like wildfire throughout the country, propelling him to the Presidential seat in 2016.

One-Trick Pony in a Small Pond

    Four years later, come 2020, and here we are, amidst a terrible pandemic with no signs of turning the tide in favor of a victory. I’ve heard one too many times, friends and colleagues say how they despise being a Filipino, and are looking for opportunities to leave and start a new life elsewhere immediately. I can’t say I blame them.

     The once highly respected and beloved Davao Mayor has become the Philippines’s Public enemy number one, for reasons we all know today such as, but not limited to:

Militaristic and shotgun approaches instead of “comprehensive, scientific and systematic policies” to mitigate the pandemic  (Read: Lives vs Livelihood Tradeoff?, August 5, 2020)

Lack of economic and fiscal planning and No transparency on stimulus packages and foreign loans (Read: A Perfect Storm, May 22, 2020)

Preferential treatment towards those in positions of power and unequal application of the law (Read: On lockdown and pushed over the edge, April 30, 2020)

Playing Russian Roulette on community quarantine implementations

Deflecting faults and shortcomings through the “Pasaway citizen” narrative

Demeaning local government leaders/efforts when they come up with their own local initiatives

Putting China’s interests ahead of the Philippines (Read: From Ugly Duckling to Black Swan, April 3, 2020)

And some of the more specific controversies that we can’t help but feel overwhelming emotions for:

Trial of Maria Ressa and his attack on free press and journalism

Shutdown of ABS-CBN which includes 11,000 employees to lose their jobs during a time like this

Inaction of recent PhilHealth scandal

  Perhaps si Mayor should have stayed as Mayor, or perhaps evolved to a different role beyond public service, instead of eyeing gargantuan tasks too big for him to handle. He may have been “effective” as Davao’s Mayor, but running a country is a whole different ballgame.

     It was in fact, the late Miriam Santiago, during the final 2016 Presidential debate held in Dagupan, Pangasinan (April 24, 2016) who pointed out, “We are not choosing a manager, administrator, etc. We are choosing the next President of the Philippines for the next 6 years.“ She even went on to enumerate three minimum criteria that a President must have in his or her arsenal in order to effectively lead, such as “1) Academic Excellence; 2) Professional Excellence, and 3) Moral Integrity” – all of which majority Filipinos flippantly shrugged off as useless qualities. I agreed with her which is why I voted for Mar Roxas. Maybe those who voted for Duterte regret this decision now, and hopefully see the wisdom behind Santiago’s statements.

     As I’ve said many times over, Duterte peddled a dream that the Philippines can only be great again with an “iron-fisted” leader, and sadly but quite expectedly, our misinformed voters ate it all up - hook, line and sinker. (Read: ORAS NA, April 26, 2016).

    I’d like to believe that Duterte perhaps started out as an idealist, with the genuine desire to carve out change where he thought he could. However, somewhere along the way, he lost himself and what he stood for when he let his ego get in the way. I think he himself now knows, but cannot admit to the public, that a one-trick pony has no business leading a highly complex, difficult and problematic country such as the Philippines.

More Analogies in 2020: The Year of the Rat led by the Pied Piper

    Other than Duterte, three other political personalities that will forever be remembered as the shameful faces of the COVID-19 situation in the Philippines are Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, Speaker of the House Allan Peter Cayetano and the ever-infamous, Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque. I surmise history will not be so kind to them, and their roles and decisions in this crisis will continue to be told on, even when “this is all over.”

Infestation of Rats

    These three loyal lackeys of Duterte can be likened to the rats in the children’s fairy tale of the Pied Piper who is no less than Duterte. Roque, Cayetano and Duque seem like educated and smart people, leaving no other explanation for their horrible decisions, except that they have long sold their souls to Duterte, and are in too deep to back out now. They’ve let themselves fall under some kind of spell. A consolation in the story of the Pied Piper, is that the entranced rats follow the Pied Piper’s hypnotizing music to their eventual demise and drown at sea. The Pied Piper however, just leaves them there and walks on. Seems like a foreboding scenario, figuratively speaking.

      It would be best if the story ended there. However, we find that the Pied Piper, like our very own version, is a vengeful one, and will stop at nothing until he has accomplished a personal vendetta towards whomever crosses him. In our Pied Pier’s skewed view, he feels that his opponents have gravely wronged him, or have been incredibly ungrateful for all the “work” he has achieved. His next plan of action is to hit them where it hurts the most – by getting to the children or those “most vulnerable and without a voice”. Seizing the power of his position, he is able to demonize multitudes through his filthy words, terrorizing laws and drug wars. (Read: Dead Kids, February 20, 2020).

     In so many dark metaphors, in the dead of the night, while everyone cluelessly sleeps, the Pied Piper plays his hypnotizing song that “vulnerable communities” are uncontrollably drawn to, forced to follow, or fooled into blindly following, until they all disappear without a trace, possibly never to be found again.

Light at the end of a Long Tunnel    

    However, I think our Pied Piper may have made a costly miscalculation. He may have robbed the country blind and killed countless lives (directly and indirectly), while we ignorantly slept, but he has ignited a fire. He has seemed to awoken a sleeping giant – a sleeping giant, unified in anger against this administration and what it stands for. Is Change Coming?

[notthetoothfairy]

Alright with You

What is this... a fic?!?!?!?! Yes, you’re reading that right. I’m a bit late but it was @a-simple-rainbow‘s birthday yesterday so I had to honor tradition and do some writing! Happy birthday, my lovely fandom wife! <3 You deserve the world and more, so I apologize that this is just a silly fic and not the world and more. :P

(I’ll upload it on AO3 later, right now it’s late and I need my sleeeeeep)

Disclaimer: This is unbeta’ed and probably poorly written LOL

Inspired by this post

Kurt hates parties. If it weren’t for Quinn’s endless pestering, he probably wouldn’t have shown his face at all.

He wrinkles his nose as he watches a group of jocks start a burping competition.

Yeah, he definitely wouldn’t have come if Quinn hadn’t been so adamant – or rich, for that matter, considering that she promised to buy him lunch for the rest of the school year if he drove her to this one party. The party of the year, apparently. Kurt couldn’t care less about the ranking of this drunken slobberfest they call a party, but he’s not exactly loaded, so the prospect of free lunch was a damn good selling point. Which Quinn knew, obviously.

Also, quite obvious: She ditched him about two seconds into the party, probably to break up or create yet another Glee club love triangle… who even knows. Not Kurt, that’s for sure. But, hey, keeping him company wasn’t part of the deal. Quinn’s objective was to enjoy the party. Kurt is well aware that she won’t be able to do that when all he is likely to provide is snarky commentary.

Ugh, it’s almost like he cares, which is bizarre because this is McKinley’s resident ex-cheerleader barbie Quinn Fabray. If he continues at this rate, he’ll be befriending Rachel Berry next.

Shuddering at the thought, he turns to the drinks table, where he is immediately targeted by Santana Lopez and her signature sly grin.

“Well, well, well, who do we have here?” she asks, faking delight. “What’s your poison tonight, hm?”

With an eyeroll, Kurt makes to push past her. “Not my first rodeo, Satan, I know better than to drink one of your hellish creations.” She blocks his path. “Ugh, you have got to be kidding me. Just hand me one of those cups.”

“What’s the matter, did daddy not allow you to drink alcohol? Or did Quinn Fa-baby momma make you her designated driver?”

Kurt glares at her, and much to his chagrin, Santana’s face just lights up even more.

“Aww, she did! You skanks are just too precious. So… unskanky,” she coos.

Kurt’s growing more annoyed by the second. He hates that Santana is still as unimpressed by his act as ever. The rest of the school has learned to just leave him alone when he suddenly showed up with piercings, bright neon streaks in his hair and a new give-zero-fucks attitude. But Santana is a tougher nut to crack.

He narrows his eyes a bit more for good measure, but she waves him off and reaches behind her to retrieve a light blue solo cup. “There you go, sunshine. Pop or water?”

“Water,” Kurt gets out through gritted teeth. He hates the sugary sweetness of coke and the like, and with water he can at least pretend he’s drinking clear spirits. Or maybe he should do that and just forget about the driving, just like Quinn forgot about him.

But deep down he knows he’ll regret it if he’s not there to take her home, or if his dad figures out he was too drunk to drive. Getting upset with Kurt is way too unhealthy for his heart. Even rebellion has its limits, and Kurt will always choose his dad over his reputation.

He sips his water unenthusiastically, trying to avoid both the dancefloor and the beer pong corner, which results in him creepily staying in a corner near the drinks table, from where at least he can engage in his two favorite sports – people-watching, and, more importantly, people-judging.

He is so enthralled in watching Rachel stealing pathetic glances at Kurt’s step-brother Finn Hudson every two seconds while she’s fake-flirting with two older students that Kurt only notices after a few minutes that she is holding a cup with a very untypical color. He frowns. Bright green, really? Is she that tipsy?

The thing is, Kurt could swear he saw Mercedes Jones sport a pink cup earlier, and everyone knows that if something is available in pink, Rachel will make sure that she has it. Kurt is still traumatized from that one time he saw her bedroom.

He looks over to the drinks station and spots tags next to the towers of cups. The colors are labels. Pink apparently means “taken”, which definitely explains why this is the one time Rachel decided to forgo it. And green is – ah, yeah, “it’s complicated”. Kurt grins. Sure, Rachel. Should have gone with light blue. Single AF, the sign reads.

Kurt tenses uncomfortably as he looks down at his own cup.

Blue.

Santana, that cunning, manipulative devil. Of course she’d be the one who doesn’t buy the rumors Quinn spreads about Kurt’s conquests. She knows Kurt hasn’t so much as touched another guy. Great. He’s gonna have to do something about this. Change the cup to… purple maybe? DTF – down to fuck… ugh, not the best choice but probably what an actually skanky version of Kurt would go for. It’s not like McKinley has an overflow of gay guys who would take him up on the offer. And even if there were gay guys at this party, it’s not like he’s much of a hook-up prospect. His painfully pathetic attempts to get laid at Scandals taught him that. God, maybe he should just grab a full bottle of tequila and kiss this night goodbye.

“Ready to party?” someone shouts next to Kurt. He almost scoffs at them before he realizes it’s Blondie-in-a-Bottle Sam Evans, and he is not talking to Kurt, but to someone next to him, who can only be… ah, yes, Blaine.

Blaine Anderson, the transfer student, who is a bit of a nerd with his gelled hair, dorky colorful bowties and his Star Wars lunch box. Blaine, who may be the only person at the school who doesn’t treat Kurt differently, because – well, because he didn’t know Kurt pre-skank. But also because he just doesn’t seem to mind. Kurt has been paired with him on an assignment once or twice, and if Kurt is completely honest with himself, those were the only times it actively pained him to keep up his tough act. He might have even dialed it down just for Blaine.

As much as he wants to deny it, Kurt has a bit of a crush. Which is not cool. Not cool at all. Unskanky, Santana would say.

He watches Blaine shake and nod his head simultaneously at Sam’s question as they approach the drinks table. Kurt sighs and decides to wait until after they’re done there to change his cup color. He can totally wait for his turn. It’s not like anyone is going to talk to him if he puts his bitchy face on. Which, of course, he has practiced to perfection. So, Creepy Watching and Judging Round Number Two it is.

Getting back into it, Kurt watches Artie Abrams clumsily but somehow successfully butter up to Brittany Pierce, even though they are surrounded by a bunch of very interested, suddenly very pissed off football players.

He chuckles at the way Santana tries to not look affected at all but ends up glaring at everyone attempting to talk to Brittany. Santana thinks she has Kurt figured out? Ha. He’s one step ahead of her. At least she doesn’t know about his pathetic cru-

Damn. He was so lost in thought that he missed the perfect opportunity to slip past Sam and Blaine just as they turned away. Now there’s more people at the stand and as Sam and Blaine move away from the table, they come to a halt right next to Kurt. Shit. How is he supposed to act like he didn’t notice them now?

“Hey, can you hold this?” Sam asks Blaine. “I’ll just be a sec.” He hands Blaine his cup, and Kurt can’t help how his eyes widen when he sees the color. Pink?! Since when is Sam Evans dating someone? Kurt wonders if Quinn knows about it. She usually knows what everyone and their mother are up to.

Blaine stands there awkwardly, and since his blondie sidekick is gone, Kurt dares to give him a once-over. Damn, it should be illegal to look that cute in chinos. Kurt puts his cup to his lips to hide a smile behind the rim. It would have been a smart choice if he hadn’t simultaneously spotted the other cup Blaine is holding. The color makes Kurt almost choke on his water. Audibly.

Blaine turns to him, concerned. “Woah, Kurt, are you okay?”

Damn that purple cup.

“’m fine, thanks” Kurt manages, coughing awkwardly and wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. “Water in the wrong pipe, I guess.” He pauses, grimacing. “Tequila, I mean.”

“Right. Tequila…” Blaine smiles. “I’ll just pretend I didn’t see your Navigator parked down the street.”

Kurt feels a shiver run down his spine at the thought that Blaine might have kept an eye out for his car outside. That’s just… pathetic, Kurt. Get a grip, he tells himself.

“Whatever.” He drawls the word for good measure, trying desperately to nail the tone somewhere between not caring and playful teasing. With a nod to Blaine’s purple cup, he says, “Interesting choice.”

“Rum and coke.” Blaine shrugs. “Pretty classic, I’d say?”

Kurt bites his lip, releasing it quickly. “The color, I mean.”

With a blush, Blaine glances down at his drink. “Oh, I actually would have preferred pink.” He clears his throat. “But Sam poured them wrong by accident, and he’s driving, so I ended up with this one instead.”

Kurt’s careful to not choke on his water this time. So Sam’s not the taken one, Blaine is… what?! Then again, figures. He’s a transfer student. A cute one, at that. Fresh meat and all… McKinley’s singles must go crazy over Blaine. Kurt wonders if maybe he’s misread Blaine’s sexuality.

“Right,” he mutters. Santana couldn’t have picked his cup color any better. Single AF indeed. Fuck this party. “Well, I- I should go see what Quinn’s up to.” He clears his throat. “I’m her DD.”

Blaine blinks, seeming surprised. “Oh… sure.” He shoots Kurt a small grin. “Enjoy the party.”

Kurt scoffs. “Doubt it.”

“Oh. Okay. Uhm… bye then.”

Blaine looks taken aback, and Kurt could smack himself. His stupid temper. He makes an abrupt turn, trying to push the thought of having offended Blaine out of his mind. He shouldn’t be caring about things like dating anyhow. His reputation is on the line. He breathes, one heavy breath in and one out, weaving his way through a sea of hammered people.

He finds Quinn eventually – making out with someone from the swim team in one of the house’s upstairs bedrooms. Of course. Kurt sighs, closing the door behind him when she tells him to “get the fuck out”. As he turns back to the hallway, he almost collides with Mercedes. She raises an eyebrow at him.

“Sneaking off to be alone?” she asks. Kurt can’t decipher whether she sounds snarky or hurt. Out of all the people he’s cut off these past few months, he definitely regrets Mercedes the most.

“Not exactly.” Kurt shrugs. “Just looking for Quinn.”

Mercedes hums in reply. They both do the awkward dance of looking down at their hands and then back up, only to look back down. Kurt’s eyes zero in on the cup in Mercedes’ hands.

He clears his throat. “You’re dating someone?”

For a split second, Mercedes’ face turns red. It’s a good look on her, Kurt thinks, but before he can say anything, her face hardens.

“None of your business,” she says sharply.

“No, no, I know,” Kurt says, holding up his hands. He can’t help but sigh a little. “It’s just…”

“I know.” Mercedes gulps. “I thought you’d be the first to know, too.”

“Mercedes…” Kurt reaches out a hand but pulls it back at the last second, hugging himself instead. Well, this party sucks already, maybe he should just roll with the punches. “I miss you, you know?”

He’s met with another raised eyebrow.

“I know, I don’t show it,” he says hastily. “I never wanted it to be this way, though.”

“I just don’t think any of this is really necessary,” Mercedes says. “We had your back.”

“Well, it wasn’t… there’s- there’s things you don’t know,” Kurt mutters. Karofsky bullying him was one thing. Karofsky threatening to kill him if he told anyone he was gay… very different. “I swear I’d tell you if I could.”

Mercedes bites her lip and smiles a little.

“It’s Sam,” she whispers, leaning closer.

Kurt frowns. “What?”

She holds up her cup. “Sam and I…”

“What?!”

“It’s not that unlikely,” she says, defensive.

Kurt shakes his head quickly. “Uh, no, it’s just – I thought he had a purple cup earlier.”

“Nope.” Mercedes grins. “Definitely pink. I saw him with it just a second ago.”

But it was an accident, Kurt thinks. Blaine said the pink was for him.

“Oh, well… I’m happy for you,” Kurt says, shooting Mercedes his most sincere smile. “Truly.”

“Thanks, Kurt,” she says. “We could hang out sometime maybe…?”

Kurt takes a step back. “I… maybe.”

There’s that sad look again. Kurt closes his eyes to drown it out. Once he feels marginally better, he opens them, bracing himself for more sadness, but – Mercedes is gone.

“Fuck,” he mutters to himself. “Fuck, fuck, fuck.”

Maybe he can’t openly be Mercedes’ friend anymore – but the least he can do is make sure her boyfriend isn’t being a dick to her. He almost races down the stairs back into the living room.

Even more people dancing now. Kurt scans the room for any sign of Sam or Blaine. He growls when he spots them. Of course – they are dancing. He tries not to watch Blaine shimmy his hips to the music, and promptly fails. Damn that boy.

He stomps over, pushing himself between them and staring Sam down.

“You better not hurt her,” he hisses.

Sam’s eyes go huge. “What?”

“You heard me.” Kurt narrows his eyes. “I know your cup was supposed to be purple. Blaine told me. You’re more than lucky to get a chance with someone like Mercedes. If you-”

Sam’s eyes skirt around frantically as he steps closer and tries to shut Kurt up. “Ssssh, what the fuck, don’t tell-”

“Oh, don’t want her to find out you’re on the lookout? Is that why you so conveniently switched cup colors, huh?!”

Blaine dances around Kurt and comes up next to Sam, looking confused and a little dizzy. Kurt honestly almost forgot he was behind him the entire time.

“Sam, ‘s Kurt still angry at me?” he asks, his words slurred.

Sam rolls his eyes. “No, he’s angry at me.”

“What’d chu do?”

“Switch cup colors,” Sam mutters. He turns back to Kurt. “Kurt, man, I swear this is not what you think it is.” He inches closer, and if Kurt wasn’t so focused on defending Mercedes, he’d find it cute how Blaine instinctively does the same, almost touching Kurt’s shoulder. Voice lowered, Sam continues, “Mercedes and I are keeping it on the down low for a while.”

“Yeah, right.” Kurt laughs in disbelief. “Which is why you’re both sporting pink?”

“Well, we’re not telling anyone who exactly- that’s beside the point, though.” Sam sighs. “If I was going to cheat on her, why would my cup say that I’m taken, Sherlock?”

Kurt blinks. He hadn’t thought of that.

“Where does it say that?” Blaine asks, looking down at Sam’s cup.

Kurt replays what Blaine told him earlier in his head. He wanted pink, but Sam switched them. He didn’t say anything about the meaning…

“Blaine doesn’t know about the color codes,” Kurt concludes.

Sam shoots him a grin. “I was just messing with him a little. I knew you were going to-” He blinks quickly. “Uh, forget that part.”

Kurt tries to ignore the way his heartbeat speeds up a little at that. What is Sam’s plan? And does it mean Blaine is single after all? And why does he care oh-so-much?

“Wha’s goin’ on?” Blaine asks, alternating between staring at Kurt and staring at Sam.

Kurt gives Sam the sideeye before turning to Blaine. “Blaine, your cup color means you’re DTF.”

“What’s DTF?” Blaine asks immediately.

“How much has he had to drink?” Kurt asks at the same time as Sam says, “Down to fuck.”

Blaine whips around to face Sam. “You told him I’m down to fuck?!”

Sam breaks out into laughter. “I didn’t but you just did…” He turns to Kurt and winks. “I think I’ll leave you to it. I’m gonna go find Mercedes.”

“Sam, wait!” Kurt says, cursing his helpless voice. God, what is he going to with this info now? Sam doesn’t turn around.

Blaine stares after Sam before turning to Kurt. “Kurt, if Sam leaves me here alone, can you drive me home? I could break into a car and try it myself but… I think I’m too-” He sways a little on his feet. “Tipsy.”

“Ya think?” Kurt huffs out a laugh, reaching out his hand to steady Blaine. “Okay, first things first. Have some of my water. And, uh… let’s go somewhere outside to get you sobered up, okay?”

Blaine’s face lights up at that. He reaches for Kurt’s hand, but Kurt withdraws, looking around nervously. He tries to ignore Blaine’s furrowed eyebrows and his pout, instead pushing him through the crowd by the shoulders. When he’s finally got them outside in the miraculously empty backyard, he lets himself breathe. Deep breath in, deep breath out.

Blaine watches him, surprisingly attentive in his drunken state.

“Do you hate me?” he asks timidly.

“Wh- what?” Kurt stutters.

Blaine looks down at his feet. “I never know what to think with you.”

“I don’t hate you, Blaine,” Kurt says, stepping closer. “Drink some more water.”

Kurt takes the pink cup from Blaine before he can raise it to his mouth.

“The other cup. That’s your rum and coke.”

“Oh.” Blaine nods, and gulps down the contents of Kurt’s cup, holding it with both hands like a child. Kurt bites back a smile. Why is he even cuter when he’s drunk? When he’s done, Blaine holds the cup up in Kurt’s face. “So, what does blue mean?”

Kurt rolls his eyes. “Single as fuck.”

“Are you?” Blaine asks curiously, eyes flitting between Kurt’s face and the cup.

Kurt tries to hide his blush by pushing a strand of pink hair out of his face. “I guess I am.”

“Oh, alright.” Blaine gives a slight nod. “Cool.”

Kurt can’t help but laugh at the way he tries to act nonchalant. “Yeah? That alright with you?”, he asks.

“Yeah…” Blaine drops his eyes and then shoots them back up at Kurt with an intensity that makes Kurt’s knees go weak. “Very.”

“Blaine…” he breathes out, hyperaware of how close their faces are. He clears his throat, looking around for something to do. He decides on setting their cups down on a nearby windowsill. His eyes linger on the pink one.

“Why’d you want that color?” he asks Blaine, putting his hands in his pocket now that he has nothing to hold.

“Hm?” Blaine follows Kurt’s line of sight. “Oh. Uh.” His eyes find Kurt’s again, then flicker up to Kurt’s hair. “I just really like pink.”

Kurt can’t find it in himself to hide his blush this time. “Oh… alright.”

“Yeah?” Blaine smiles. “Alright with you?”

“Oh, shut up,” Kurt laughs. Throwing all caution in the wind, he adds, “I’m not the one who admitted he’s down to fuck.”

Blaine inhales sharply. “I can’t believe Sam told you that.”

“Actually, you did,” Kurt says, tilting his head.

“Oh god, I did, didn’t I?” Blaine asks, looking like he’s trying to read Kurt’s face. “And… is that alright with you?”

Kurt wants to say something witty, or just confirm, or something – but his brain short-circuits and what he ends up blurting is, “I’m a virgin!”

“Oh, well, I mean… me too… it’s not like I meant right now…” Blaine mutters, visibly flustered. His face goes all red. It’s so. Damn. Cute. “I just…”

Kurt squeezes his eyes shut for a second, trying to focus his thoughts. “It’s alright with me,” he says. “Maybe not right now, but…”

“Gotcha.” Blaine exhales, and Kurt can feel his breath on his face. How did they get so close again? Blaine laughs nervously. “Wow, I’m feeling very sober all of a sudden.”

“Yeah?” Kurt feels a rush of heat streaming through his body. “Funny. I feel kinda drunk.”

They’re both silent for a beat, looking at each other, before they lean in at the same time. Kurt’s lips land on Blaine’s a little off-center but they adjust as Blaine pulls him in, threading his fingers through the hair at the back of Kurt’s head. Kurt makes a muffled noise, grabbing Blaine’s shirt on both sides and holding on for dear life, dragging Blaine closer, kissing him harder. He wasn’t prepared for how good this would feel. He wasn’t prepared for how much he would want to-

“Wait, wait, wait,” Kurt gasps out. “Fuck. I-”

“What’s wrong?” Blaine asks, concerned.

“I’m not… we’re not…” Kurt sighs. “This is gonna be a problem. We can’t-”

“Why not?”

“I’m… well… ugh. I have a lot to lose, let’s put it that way,” Kurt says grimly.

Blaine lets his hands fall to his sides, his body deflating.

“Don’t be mad,” Kurt pleads.

“I’m not,” Blaine says. “But I guess I kind of hoped I was a lot to gain.”

There it is again, the urge to smack his stupid head against the nearest wall. Why does he keep doing this to others? To himself? If he could just be himself…

Kurt takes in Blaine’s face, studying his eyes and those ridiculously long eyelashes and thick eyebrows that kept distracting him the first time they had to do an assignment together. He remembers how Blaine’s enthusiasm and his cute quirks pulled him in from the get-go, how he kept hoping they’d be paired together for more assignments… how kissing him just now felt like he could do anything and get away with it…

Oh, to hell with these charades.

Quinn’s eyebrows rise when she catches Sam and Mercedes kissing on the front porch, but they almost disappear beneath her hairline when she sees Kurt on the dance floor – goofing off with Blaine and smiling like an utter idiot. Of course. She should have known. He’d never tell her the truth, but it’s always been kind of obvious how soft he got around him.

“I take partial credit for that,” Santana drawls next to Quinn, leaning her elbow on Quinn’s shoulder. “He needed a bit of a push.”

“Who knew you had such match-making skills.” Quinn makes to turn towards Santana to grin at her but spots Karofsky and Azimio in the crowd, scowling. “Oh, fuck.”

“What?” Santana follows her gaze and balls her fists. “Don’t worry about them. They’re making those faces because I just twisted their nads and put them in their place. I have them under control.”

Quinn shakes her head fondly. “You’re actually a pretty good friend, Santana.”

Santana looks like she wants to disagree for a second but then she just shrugs.

“Yeah, yeah… just don’t tell Kurt.”

Kurt beams when Mercedes and Sam finally show up together, joining Blaine and him on the dance floor.

Blaine and Sam seem to be engaged in a secret conversation involving nods, winks and fist-bumping, so Kurt turns to Mercedes.

“Are we okay?” he asks her.

She smiles back at him. “We’re peachy. Or at least we’re gonna be.”

Relief floods his body. This party is turning out to be so much better than anticipated. And maybe, just maybe… everything will be alright.

[duysuyyyy]

How to Find a Snug Bra?

Wearing a bra is a question of personal preference, but even if you only do it sometimes, you should know how to measure it accurately. This will guarantee that the items you possess fit properly, look good, and provide the support they were designed to.

In a global survey of 10,000 women, 64% were found to be wearing the incorrect size bra, and nearly half of them KNEW it. Why do women wear the wrong bras after knowing it? The answer may come from the difficulty in measurement of their cup and bands sizes.

So how do you take measurements for the ideal bra size? Everything you must do to achieve the correct bra size the first time has been outlined as follows, helping you increase the proportion of quality bras in your collection.

Where to Start?

Refusing to consider the likelihood that your bra size has altered since your last measurement is a common misconception. Your size may probably vary depending on the bra itself in addition to the effects of age and lifestyle. The band size and the cup size are the two fundamental dimensions that will help you regardless, even though sizing varies from brand to brand. Many online bra-size calculators will perform the calculations for you, but if you want to be certain, use the approach shown below.

How to Measure Your Bra Band Size

Measure across your back and beneath your breast, where the band of a bra would typically sit while standing up straight without a bra on. Ensure that the tape is moving in a smooth, even circle. It should be cozy yet not oppressive. If you measure in inches and come up with an even number, it is the size of your band. To ascertain your size if the number is odd, round it up to the next inch.

How to Measure Your Cup Size

To hold your boobs where you truly want them to be, most stores advise wearing your current favorite (i.e. most comfortable) bra for this portion. Next, take a measurement around your chest's widest point. Then, take this bust measurement and subtract your band size from it. The difference indicates the size of your cup. 1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C, 4 = D, 5 = DD, 6 = F, 7 = FF, 8 = G, 9 = GG, 10 = H, 11 = HH, 12 = J, 13 = JJ, 14 = K, and so on. Combining your band and cup sizes will give you a number and a letter, such as 34F. This is your standard measurement, however, keep in mind that obtaining the perfect fit involves a lot of detail, such as taking into account your style and fabric preferences.

How Do I Know If My Bra Fits Properly?

The best way to find out if your bra fits is to go get fitted by a professional. But for those who aren't able to do that, there are still some things you can look for when trying on a bra:

-The band should feel snug on the loosest hook.

-The straps should feel equally tight on both sides of the body.

-You should not have any bulges from the cups showing under your clothes.

Find comfortable bras at xinlanglingerie. We offer various sizes at affordable prices!

[huntershe968]

Whisper Game Phrases

Jimmy Fallon Whisper Game Phrases

The Whisper Game Phrases For Adults

Examples Of Chinese Whisper Game Phrases

Phrases For Telephone Game Office

Whisper Game Phrases Clean

You load a wrong way to get here?

…come again?

Ahh, you rode a long way to get here. Gotcha.

Having a hard time understanding your students?

If you, the teacher, can’t understand their ESL pronunciation, you can assume that many others won’t be able to, either.

Try using a tongue twister in a game of Telephone, where each student whispers the phrase to the next. It will become delightfully tangled and you may end up with a whole new twister to use in class. Create your own worksheets so students can dissect the phrases and figure out what they mean. This is great practice for learning that sometimes. Mar 5, 2020 - If you are doing the whisper challenge and you want to make it hard for the other person to guess correctly, try these fun whisper challenge phrases. The facilitator then whispers a message to one neighboring person. The message will now be passed round the circle by whispering to the next person and the next, until it reaches the last person at the other end of the circle (just before the facilitator). Ask the last person to say the sentence aloud.

How do you remedy this problem? With tongue twisters!

These fun phrases can trip up even the most fluent speakers with alliteration and confusing combinations of words. Students of all ages love learning with these phrases, and they can add a whole new level of learning to your class.

The first step to pronunciation mastery? Identify the issues!

Download: This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that you can take anywhere. Click here to get a copy. (Download)

Common Troubles with ESL Pronunciation

The first language a student speaks is the one that will set the tone for their English pronunciation. So you’ll want to watch for languages that don’t have all the same sounds as in English. For example, in Spanish, “b” and “v” sound the same, though both letters technically exist. Likewise, Koreans and Chinese tend to have difficulty with “l” and “r.” Understanding your students’ native language will help you select the areas they need to work on. The trick is to identify the problems caused by the first language, and then you can choose the best tongue twisters to work with.

Some of the more common issues for English students include:

Aspiration: In English, we use a small expulsion of air to enunciate some letters. Try saying “P” or “Ch” or “K” to test this. You’ll notice a puff of air leaves your lips.

Mouth Shape and Tongue Position: Many foreign languages require very different mouth shapes for words. This results in difficulties for those learning English. Make sure your students know where their tongue needs to be and how to shape their mouth.

Throat Vibrations: In English, certain sounds make the throat vibrate. Try saying “g” to feel this for yourself. Now try saying “k.” While your mouth is exactly the same for each of these, they sound different. This can be difficult for students to differentiate.

Want to work from home? Maintain flexible hours? Make a positive impact? Be part of an empowering and collaborative community? Click here to join our team!

Introducing Tongue Twisters to Your Class

Are you ready for the good fun of everyone tangling their tongues up in knots? These activities can result in rambunctious laughter, so be prepared! They’ll have a blast and so will you. But first…how are you going to set them up?

Listening or Reading?

Whether you’re working on listening skills or reading ability, you can always find tongue twisters to match the weaknesses of your students. However, keep in mind that a combination of both listening and reading practice is necessary for beginners to keep their level balanced. Their understanding of pronunciation will benefit greatly from being able to read the words as they hear them, particularly when there are words that they may not recognize. You might try this by writing a phrase on the board and then asking your students to let you know what they think it says.

While there’s no real reason not to work on the meaning of each word, keep in mind that a lot of these twisters are just for fun and most don’t make a lot of sense. They’re just good practice!

Tip: It’s good idea to practice any tongue twisters yourself before presenting them to the class so you won’t stumble over them. Embarrassing!

Implementing Your Tongue Twisters

Whether you decide to simply say the tongue twister or write it out, there are a ton of great methods for making use of all the the fun.

Try using a tongue twister in a game of Telephone, where each student whispers the phrase to the next. It will become delightfully tangled and you may end up with a whole new twister to use in class.

Create your own worksheets so students can dissect the phrases and figure out what they mean. This is great practice for learning that sometimes, words are just for fun.

Another good idea is to take some time to examine the letter sounds in the twists you use. Have students repeat the difficult sounds (v or b, l or r, etc.) a few times before attempting the whole thing.

Why not hold competitions to see who can fire off a twisted sentence without tripping up? The student with the fewest mistakes wins!

Tips for Pronunciation Success

The majority of the twists shown here are for specific sound types. You’ll want to make sure your students understand how to pronounce each sound, so take a minute before you start to go over the letter sounds you think they’ll find difficult.

For letters that require aspiration, try having students hold something light like a tissue or streamer in front of their face. When they say the letter properly, the item should move as they let out the burst of air.

A mirror can also be very helpful in allowing students to shape their mouths correctly and to see that their tongue is in the correct position. You may also want to draw the correct positions on the board and make sure you form your letter sounds very precisely so students can copy you effectively.

If a twister is less than five words, it’s usually a good idea to have students repeat it three times. This will tend to trip your students up. Start slowly, by pronouncing each word carefully and having them say it after you, then speed things up as they get the hang of it.

While tongue twisters in general are excellent for pronunciation, you can use specific ones to work on specific weaknesses. If your students tend to have problems with consonant blends, for example, you’ll want to use twists that encourage the correct pronunciation of those.

Get your quiet students talking with a few of these beauties!

Consonant Blends

Two consonants that form a blended sound can be hard for new English speakers. Build up their confidence with these:

She sells seashells by the seashore

I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen

I thought I thought of thinking of thanking you

Slim slam slap

A big black bug snoozed on a big black rug

He threw three free throws

Thin sticks, thick bricks

Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread

L vs. R

Some of your students may have difficulty saying L and R. Asian language speakers often confuse the two letter sounds, so these tongue twisters are perfect practice.

Red lorry, yellow lorry

Truly rural

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream

Rolling red wagons

Red blood, bad blood

B vs. V

Spanish speakers frequently pronounce these two letters the same way, making it very hard to hear the difference. These rhymes will get your students speaking clearer.

Blue blurry vines blind

Betty loves the velvet vest best

Barber baby bubbles and a bumblebee

Burnt base, vicious vase

Vivacious Val vacuumed Violet’s very vivid vehicle

Vowels

The correct pronunciation of vowels is essential if your students are going to be fluent in their new language. These tongue twisters will give them plenty of practice with enunciating their vowels. Ilightshow.

Eddie edited Earl’s easy music

Gooey gopher guts

Excited executioner exercising his excising powers excessively

Annie ate eight Arctic apples

An orange oval spooks the odd operative

An awful aardvark and an aching ape ate an antelope

Bonus Twists

These ones can be a good way to fill a little extra time between classes or simply to break the tension in a classroom. Better yet, ask your students to share tongue twisters in their native language, too. Nothing is more entertaining than seeing the teacher attempt a funny twist in another language!

Printed papers under pressure make pens prickle

The poor boar pours batter over his putter

Six sticky skeletons

Thunder sunders thick sticks

If you find success with this pronunciation practice, make sure you always keep an eye out for more twisters to help your class speak as accurately and accessibly as possible.

Everyone loves a good jumble…you can even make your own!

Download: This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that you can take anywhere. Click here to get a copy. (Download)

Oh, and One More Thing…

If you’re excited to teach with these tongue twisters, you’ll love FluentU! FluentU takes real-world videos—like music videos, cartoons, documentaries and more—and turns them into personalized language learning lessons for you and your students.

It’s got a huge collection of authentic English videos that people in the English-speaking world actually watch on the regular.

There are tons of great choices there when you’re looking for songs for in-class activities. You’ll find music videos, musical numbers from cinema and theater, kids’ singalongs, commercial jingles and much, much more.

On FluentU, all the videos are sorted by skill level and are carefully annotated for students. Words come with example sentences and definitions. Students will be able to add them to their own vocabulary lists, and even see how the words are used in other videos.

For example, if a student taps on the word “brought,” they’ll see this:

Plus, these great videos are all accompanied by interactive features and active learning tools for students, like multimedia flashcards and fun games like “fill in the blank.”

It’s perfect for in-class activities, group projects and solo homework assignments. Not to mention, it’s guaranteed to get your students excited about English!

If you liked this post, something tells me that you'll love FluentU, the best way to teach English with real-world videos.

It's that time of year again – time to enjoy a few Christmas party games, buy presents, and of course get together with cherished friends and beloved family.

Christmas games may play an important role in your Christmas party, so you want to make sure you have some crowd favorites as well as some unique games that people may not have played before. The types of games you choose also depend on your guests – if you're throwing a family Christmas party, you want games people of all ages can enjoy, or you may want to arrange some separate Christmas party activities for the kids to keep them occupied while the adults eat and talk. But of course, there are also plenty of Christmas games for adults.

With the right choice of games you can make your Christmas party one your guests will never forget.

The Gift Wrapping Race

Although there are many classic Christmas party games that have been played around the world for decades, we don't all want to follow the crowd. If you have a fairly off-beat group of friends or family together for Christmas, you might want to try unveiling a unique game they haven't heard of before. Here's a good one, courtesy of the Moms Who Think website: turn wrapping gifts into a Christmas party game. You don't need to use actual gifts for this – empty boxes will do the trick. You need the box, wrapping paper, scissors and tape. Put each of these items at a different place around the room (you need one of each per team – in other words, for two teams you need two rolls of wrapping paper, two pairs of scissors, and two rolls of tape). The game works as a relay race. There should be one box for everyone competing, as well as one person to referee and judge the competition. The judge says, 'Start,' and then the first person from each team must race to wrap their box. Once the first person finishes wrapping their 'gift,' the next person in the team can begin – until everyone on each team has wrapped a box. Obviously, the main aim is to wrap all the boxes faster than the other team – but the fastest team doesn't necessarily win. That's what the referee is for. Points can be won not just for speed, but also for how good each gift looks and any other criteria the judge wants to use, like points for wrapping style, straightness of taping, or how good each team looks with their boxes at the end of the game. This is a game better played with older guests – rushing around with scissors doesn't work so well for young kids :-)

Christmas Games for Kids - Hilarious Scavenger Hunts

Many of the other Christmas games here can be played with kids, but you just have to simplify them a little bit.

Charades is a good idea – it can work with kids, but if it's too hard they'll get bored straight away. The problem is, if you make it too easy any adults playing will get bored. That's why it can be good to have separate games for adults and kids to play, so everyone is entertained. When it comes to kids' games, the sillier the better! Scavenger hunts are always a big hit with younger kids, and they're perfect when you have a big group of kids that needs to be kept entertained. Before anyone arrives, hide a whole lot of candy all over your property – not just in the house, but in random places in the back yard and garage as well. When all the kids have arrived, tell them there's candy hidden all over the place.. they'll keep themselves occupied for quite a while (depending how much candy you put out, of course!).

What's In the Stocking? Christmas Bingo and Christmas Charades

You don't have to buy a bunch of props and extras for great Christmas party games – we all know our finances tend to get stretched to the limit around Christmas time, so here are some suggestions for good free party games to play during Christmas.

One good free game is called What's In The Stocking?

It's very simple – find some random objects from around the house, and get a stocking ready for the game. One person plays at a time. Blindfold the person who is playing and put an object in the stocking – make sure they don't see!

They then have to feel the object through the stocking and try to guess what it is. This is a great one because it can work with people of all ages. Obviously the downside is that you have to take turns, so let's look at a free group game.

A popular choice is Christmas Bingo.

It can work with big groups and can be played with guests of any age. Most people know how to play Bingo – the twist with Christmas Bingo is that instead of numbers, everyone has Christmas words on their card. One person can be the game leader, pulling words at random out of a hat. As each word is called out, the guests note it on their score card (this can be done by placing a button on each word, rather than marking the card, so you can use the cards over and over again). When someone crosses off every word along a column or row on their card they yell out, “Bingo!” and the game is over (until the next round). Of course, one easy way to find free Christmas party game ideas is to simply take non-Christmas games and give them a Christmas theme.

Christmas Charades

– why not play charades where everything relates to Christmas?

You can watch your friends, coworkers or family members trying to imitate Rudolph the Red-nose Reindeer or try to mime what 'snow' looks like – should be a funny experience! The same can be done with Pictionary, although you'll have to choose some topics that won't be easily guessed from a simple picture.

Trivial Pursuit with a Christmas Twist and Christmas Whispers

It can be tough to choose the right party games when you have the whole family gathered together, young and old. Games like charades often don't work very well when you have a group that spans three generations, so it's a good idea to keep a few whole-family games in your back pocket.

If you don't have any very young kids in your group, a good family game is trivial pursuit – with a Christmas twist, of course.

You'll need to do some planning for this, coming up with plenty of questions and answers and writing them on cards. For question ideas, think about common Christmas songs, the story of Santa and Rudolph, and the story of the birth of Jesus. A good example question could be: 'Who helps Santa make his toys?' (Answer: the elves.) Obviously, you'll want to tweak the difficulty of the questions depending on your group of guests. If you have very young and very old together, throw in a few questions only they will know the answer to – for instance, a reference to a 1950s Christmas song for the older people, and a reference to a Disney movie for the kids. Look up some Christmas facts and trivia online to get ideas for tricky questions. A tougher question could be something like: 'The Three Wise Men brought the baby Jesus frankincense, myrrh, and what?'

Christmas Whispers is another good Christmas party game for the whole family

You probably have some idea of how it works: you all sit in a circle, close enough to whisper to each other. The first person makes up a phrase that has something to do with Christmas – it should be fairly long and complicated. They tell it to the person on their left, in a quiet whisper, and then person number two tells the next person in the circle, and so on, until the phrase goes all the way around the circle. The last person in line then says the phrase out loud. The whole idea is that usually the original phrase gets lost in the whispers, and the final phrase is completely different – and often hilarious. The bigger the group, the better.

Games for Adult Christmas Parties - Silly Christmas Boat Race and The Dress Up Game

Work parties or gatherings with close friends give you a chance to kick back and relax, and not worry about doing anything 'inappropriate' in front of the kids or grandparents.

So there are quite a few games for adult Christmas parties which are a little more 'risque' than the ones we've talked about so far.

One idea is a bit like the 'boat race' drinking game

There are two props each team is given to play the game: balloons, and a pair of pantyhose. Divide your group into two teams – it can be played with large groups but it's better for smaller parties of eight to ten people. The aim of the game is to blow up your balloons and stuff them inside the pantyhose until no more can fit. When the pantyhose are full of balloons, one of the team members puts them on their head like a pair of reindeer antlers and yells out, “Rudolph!” You can add some extra fun by having red noses for the two team leader to wear. Be warned – this game can get very competitive! :-)

Another game we like is known by many names, but let's call it the Dress Up Game

Here's how you prepare for the game: you choose a prize, and put it inside a small box and wrap it up. You then put that wrapped box inside a bigger box, and wrap that. Keep doing this – try to get six or seven layers of boxes. Now, to play the game itself, you need some props. You can choose and Christmas-related clothes – Santa hats, a coat, even some silly glasses if you like. The most important thing, though, is oven gloves. There needs to be something for people to put on their hands that makes unwrapping the boxes tricky. You all sit in a circle, with the wrapped up prize in the middle. You roll a dice, and whoever rolls a 6 has to put on every item of clothing and all the props, including the gloves, and start trying to unwrap the prize. As this is happening, everyone else keeps rolling the dice – until the next person rolls a 6. When that happens, the new 6-roller has to take all the props off the other person, put them on, and start unwrapping the boxes. Whoever unwraps the prize wins. This Christmas party game works best when no one knows what the prize is. If you choose the prize, it can be funny to choose something silly and worthless, but talk it up as if it's something really valuable. Then watch your friends go crazy trying to unwrap it.. only to discover it's actually something lame.

Ideas for Christmas Decorations and Arrangements

Let's look at a few more general Christmas party ideas. After all, games are important but they don't make a party on their own – good parties need things like food and drinks, comfortable seating arrangements, gifts and so on. Decorations are one aspect of a good Christmas party that allow you to let your creativity run wild. Your choice of decorations can also link in with the games you choose to play – if you really plan it well, you can create a 'theme within a theme' for your party where the whole party becomes one big game. It's your Christmas party, you make the rules – literally, you can make up all kinds of crazy rules to do with food, Christmas crackers, giving presents, wearing Santa hats – whatever you can think of. Obviously, you need to be careful with your arrangements for seating and tables – make sure you have enough room for any food you'll be eating as well as areas cleared for playing games before guests arrive.

Arrange a 'kid's table' if the children will be eating separately from the adults. This can make the whole affair a lot easier. For decorations themselves, colored lights are always a hit if you have the time and money to put into them. If you're not willing to spend a bunch on ornaments and lighting, you can always make your own simple decorations – some colored paper and creative cutting are often enough to bring the Christmas feel to a dining room or living room. Plastic reindeer or a little Santa Claus make for great front yard ornaments. Beyond that you'll also want to be selective with food and drinks. If you're planning to put on a whole meal, you might want to enlist a few helpers – arrange Christmas dinner is rarely a one-person job. If it's just a casual party for adults, you can stick with light finger food – but you may want to make sure there's plenty of champagne on hand :-)

Other Christmas Party Activities - Christmas Tree Decoration and The Secret Santa

Everybody expects activities when they go to a Christmas party, even if it's something basic like pulling Christmas crackers. Activities are especially important if there will be a few people at your party who don't know each other – Christmas party games are a great ice-breaker and let people relax and enjoy themselves.

But activities don't have to be limited to games – there are plenty of other ways to have fun together around Christmas time. Christmas carol singing is one example, where a group of you knock on random doors in your neighborhood and sing Christmas songs. Many people appreciate this show of goodwill at Christmas time. Tree decorating is another great one for the family to participate in. If you have young kids, let them play a part in decorating the tree, and give the littlest one a boost to put the star or angel on top – this is a little thing to grown-ups but it can be a big deal to a kid. As we get older we often forget it's the little things that make Christmas special for children. The Secret Santa is another fun activity, which is perfect for work places. Everyone gets designated a 'secret Santa' who has to buy them a gift – but no one is allowed to know who is buying for them, even after they receive the gift. This gives you a chance to play an anonymous joke on a work friend, and no one will ever know it was you! (Unless you tell them, of course.)

Where Would You Like to Go Next?

Christmasy Quotes, Sayings, Poems and Greetings

Christmas Greetings - Christmas Quotes & Christmas Poems for Your Christmas Cards Christmas Quotes to Warm Your Heart and Make You Smile and Laugh The Best Christmas Quotes and Thoughts: Sweet, Warm and Meaningful Through All of Time Heartwarming and Funny Quotes about Christmas - plus some Christmas Thoughts A Big Package of Christmas Sayings and Christmas Thoughts Funny and Hilarious Christmas Sayings and Provocative, Helpful Christmas Thoughts Quotescoop's Christmas Poems - from Inspirational to Funny Christmas Poems 12 Funny Christmas Poems - and Humorous Christmas Poems to Chuckle, Chortle and Cackle by

Jimmy Fallon Whisper Game Phrases

Beautiful Cards for Christmas

The Whisper Game Phrases For Adults

A Collection of Free Printable Christmas Cards and Funny & Vintage Christmas Cards & Christmas Card Greetings Free Christmas Cards to Print - Antique Victorian + Modern Postcards

Humorous Reflections on Christmas

The Big Question: Is Santa Claus Real? Warm Santa Humor and Santa Claus Jokes and Quotes What Is Christmas Really? Formal, Funny, Friendly and Feisty Answers to the Meaning of Christmas

Fun Games for Christmas

Examples Of Chinese Whisper Game Phrases

Fun Ideas for Christmas Games: Also Printable and Trivia Activities Funny and Entertaining Christmas Party Ideas and Christmas Party Activities Funny Mental and Physical Office Christmas Party Activities for the Best Company Christmas Parties

Phrases For Telephone Game Office

Back to the top of this page about Entertaining Christmas Party Games and Ideas for the Whole Family

Whisper Game Phrases Clean

Go to the Quotescoop.com Homepage

[uss-edsall]

favorite maritime anecdotes?

Here’s fifteen

1. “Somewhere during this period, I came across another small, telling anecdote that reveals more about the spirit of the destroyer’s crew. After the bombing in the Flores Sea, Houston lost not only her number three turret, cold storage locker, and crew’s head as well as three searchlights and two motor launches; her laundry was also destroyed. At that point the men of Edsall volunteered to provide laundry service for the cruiser. Bob Fulton told me that the last time he saw Edsall was when his clothes were being lowered over the port side of Houston’s quarterdeck to the destroyer. As he put it, “I don’t know where that brave ship is today, but wherever she is, my clothes are still aboard.””

–A Blue Sea of Blood: Deciphering the Mysterious Fate of the USS Edsall, by Donald M. Kehn

2. 

3. 

4. “On one of those raids the steering wheel [of USS Salt Lake City CA-25], loosened by the jar of the firing, fell off. The helmsman held it up in his two hands. And he turned to the captain with deference. “Sir,” he said, “what do I do with this now?” “Switch steering to auxiliary steering aft,” ordered the sweating Captain. The crew fell into a certain nonchalance about combat. At Saipan the officer of the deck accepted a line from a tanker and started fueling while an air attack was going on at an island two miles away. During one bombardment some genius of the commissary discovered caviar left over from a gala in San Francisco a year before. Officers off duty munched it in the wardroom while the guns roared. Off Okinawa, Poncho Miller, the boss of the lookouts, reported calmly, “Jap Betty (a bombing plane) is directly overhead.” “Signal it to keep going,” was the reply. “

5.  From Enterprise, by Barrett Tillman (the practice was for escorting destroyers to rescue shot down pilots, and they’d bring them back to the carrier in exchange for five gallons of ice-cream, for carriers had icecream makers, but for the most part destroyers did not,)

6. “An ensign who graduated from the Naval Academy during Hart’s tenure as superintendent was considerably unnerved when he heard that Hart was the admiral who was coming to inspect his ship. When Hart came into the bridge, he seemed just as formidable as ever and, to test the alertness of the engine-room crew, he walked over to the voice tube and shouted into it: “If eggs are five cents apiece, how much would a dozen cost?” To the horror of the ensign, the reply came back: “Shut up, you dumb son of a bitch, don’t you know we’re being inspected?” Hart showed just a twitch at the corners of his mouth. “They are alert,” he announced.”

—  A Different Kind Of Victory: A Biography of Admiral Thomas C. Hart, by James Leutze

7. “Lt. (j.g.) John J. A. “Jack” Michel of Pope had grabbed the final boat back to his destroyer after getting his “fill” of San Miguel beer at the Army-Navy Club. He expected, with no pleasure, that his ship would again be conducting minefield patrols again the following week. Weather conditions on Manila Bay that night were typical according to Michel: “sticky [and] breathless.” He eventually fell asleep in his sweltering miniature stateroom, in spite of its dysfunctional ventilator and location next to the forward fire room. In the middle of that momentous night—and no doubt still damp with beery perspiration—he was awakened from his slumbers to be told, “I don’t suppose you’re particularly interested right now, but Pearl Harbor was bombed and we’re at war with Japan.” Michel could only mumble, “The bastards,” before going right back to sleep.”

—  In The Highest Degree Tragic: The Sacrifice of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet during World War II, by Donald M. Kehn

8. From Signals from the Falklands, by John Winton

9. “Lieutenant Pat McEntee in the Atlanta witnessed it: a Wildcat closing fast on a Betty from behind. The fighter was evidently out of ammunition, for its driver resorted to an unusual tactic. Down came his landing gear. Down went his airspeed. It looked to McEntee as if he was trying “to set his ship down on the bomber’s broad back. And he did—again and again, and again, with sledgehammer impact. He literally was pounding the enemy into the sea with his wheels.” The bomber pilot had no escape. If he tried to pull up, it only increased the force of the impacts. Any evasive turn was easily matched by the agile fighter. “The only course open led down. But before the Jap could make a decision, something snapped under the pounding and the bomber plunged beneath the waves of Savo Sound.”

- James D. Hornfischer, Neptune’s Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal 

10. “The first time the South Dakota’s main battery was tested with a full nine-gun broadside, the wave of blast pressure pushed through the passageway where Captain Thomas Gatch was standing, tearing his pants right off him. The vast power of the sixteen-inch guns required a perfect physical apparatus to ensure not only their working order but also the safety of the ship.”

-Neptune’s Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal, by James D. Hornfischer

11. “Electrician’s Mate John J. Kellejian’s battle station on the flag bridge often put him beside the task force commander. During a general quarters emergency drill there was little to do in flag country, prompting Halsey to ask Kellejian if he played cribbage. The youngster had never heard of it so the admiral exclaimed, “Don’t worry about it, son. I’ll teach you.” After a tutorial, Halsey declared the electrician ready to play, the stakes being a nickel a round. “I lost my ass,” Kellejian said, losing more than fifty games, but since sailors never had much money, the admiral seemed to forget the debt. Following Halsey’s death in 1959, Kellejian—long out of the Navy—received a summons from the admiral’s estate, demanding payment of a debt of $ 2.80. Kellejian phoned Halsey’s sister, who explained that Wild Bill had carried the amount as a joke to share with friends. The debt was forgiven, but John Kellejian kept the summons as a souvenir of his costly lessons at the knee of Admiral William F. Halsey.“–Enterprise, by Barrett Tillman

12. "Early that morning, the convoy came under attack from the USS Sturgeon, a submarine which fired a salvo of torpedoes and was rewarded with some satisfying explosions. These prompted the facetious signal “Sturgeon no longer virgin.” As no Japanese ship was actually penetrated, this claim was premature. So was the ejaculation of large numbers of torpedoes that night by the four old but dashing destroyers of Rear Admiral William A. Glassford’s Task Force 5, US Asiatic fleet, alerted by air reconnaissance from Java.”

–The Pacific Campaign, by Dan van der Vat

13. “USS Overton (DD-239), with two boilers inoperative, was sent to meet the speedy Queen Elizabeth 500 miles at sea, and escort her to port. Running her best speed in a full gale, she shifted fuel to the port tanks to counterbalance the force of the wind. Waves smashed the splinter shield of her bow gun, leaked through the forecastle deck, caused a six-foot crack in the main deck, carried away the bridge windshield, and washed two depth charges out of the racks, but the destroyer kept up the pace. When she finally hove to in the lee of the land, her unbalanced fuel tanks caused her to take a 33 degree list to port. But in the words of her skipper’s official report, ‘Other than this superficial damage, the ship had weathered the trip very well.’” – Flush Decks & Four Pipes, by Cdr. John D. Alden

14. “On 18 September, 1942, USS Barney (DD-149), while escorting a convoy from Trinidad to Guantanamo, rammed USS Greer (DD-145)’s stern. This dislodged depth charges that went off under Barney’s keel, forcing both to creep home to Charleston for repairs. After this, Greer seems to have made a career out of collisions, for she rammed and sank USS Moonstone off the Atlantic Coast, and on 30 November, while seeking to avoid a tanker, she was rammed amidships by USS Rapidan.”

–Flush Decks & Four Pipes, by John D. Alden Cdr US Navy (Ret.)

15. From HMS Rodney, by Ian Ballantyne

[tateonnas-blog]

Do Your Math

Know your numbers

What are your measurements? It's a simple question most good salespeople should ask when helping you find clothing. We have all been there, yes the jeans fit in the thighs and butt, but not the waist and the length is way off making you feel like your twelve years old dragging the back end of your jeans on the ground. Or the dress pants that fit everywhere but the length, or the button down shirt that needs the arms shortened, then there's the dress that needs to be taken in. Yes, almost all of us are at fault for harboring these pieces deep in our closet without the proper measurements, with the promise to one day get them hemmed. We get in a hurry and just grab whatever size we have been accustomed to saying for the last few years because we tried on a pair of pants in a store and the 9 fit so if anyone asks we automatically say, "I'm a 9" without ever actually knowing what our real sizes are.

First and foremost get sized! You HAVE to know your measurements if you want anything to fit properly. You can have a friend do it with a flexible measuring tape, make sure its flexible you are not an inanimate object!. You can always grab one at Joanns, Michaels or Walmart. Sidenote this person measuring you should be your best friend in case you are not agreeing with the numbers she is giving you. She must be doing it wrong, you know your 5'8 and clearly not 5'6. So grab a bottle of wine, whiskey and or a beer, the flexible measuring tape and your friend lets call her Jessica. Got those 3 or 4? Good, you're off to a perfect start. Now you want to go put on a bathing suit for accurate measuring. Hows it going? All set? Perfect! Now we have to have somewhere to write down these magic numbers you are about to find out, I suggest putting them into the note section on your phone so you always have them with you.

Now we are all set you have poured your wine and are standing in the room in your bathing suit on, your BFF and measuring tape right next to you with the note section open on your cell phone with the title, "My measurements".

Hips

Let's start at the hips. You're going to stand with your feet about hip distance apart and your BFF Jessica is going to measure around the widest part of your hips. This is generally about eight to ten inches below your waist (belly button area). Then Boom, first magic number write it down in your note section next to the word hips.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B06ZZTLQR7

Waist

Second, let's do your waist, a lot of people tend to get the waist size and hip size confused but these are two very different numbers and if they are confused then your clothes are NEVER going to fit. Just think back to the old Sir Mix A lot song, "Baby got back" now he knew how to take measurements for a whole different reason but you know props to him for learning. Okay back to your waist. A lot of people say to generally wrap the tape measure around where you wear your pants but with all the pants options, and everyone wearing different styles we are going to say wrap it around where your belly button is. Where your pants would sit if you were wearing slacks and not your favorite low cut jeans or baggy boyfriend jeans. Nope right in the middle, let's wait for Jessica to get this number. Done? Perfect! Okay now write it down in your notes next to the word waist.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B06X9K1TSS

Bra

Next is the bra size, this will help a lot when purchasing bathing suits, bras or online or strapless tops. Okay, Jessica put down the wine we are ready to go. This time Jessica is going to wrap the measuring tape just under your breasts around the rib cage, this is called obviously your underbust measurement. Write this down on a piece of paper this is not your final number ladies. Now comes the Math so hopefully, the wine hasn't kicked in yet. Okay, ladies lets round your underbust measurement number UP to the closest even number to get your band size. Now one last step, you are going to subtract your underbust measurement number from your beloved bust measurement number, and Boom! DONE!! Well done ladies!!! Now you have your cup size. This is the letter size of your bra. Here is a chart to follow,

AA = 1/2"

A = 1"

B = 2"

C = 3"

D = 4"

E/DD (US) or DD (UK) = 5"

F/DDD (US) or E (UK) = 6"

G (US) or F (UK) = 7"

H (US) or FF (UK) = 8"

I (US) or G (UK) = 9"

J (US) or GG (UK) = 10"

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B06X9X5J8Y

Bust

On to the last one! Now we will get your bust size. Basically, if Jessica has ever wanted to work in Victorias Secret she will be fully trained after this. Your welcome Jessica. Now back to you. Stand comfortably with your arms by your side and Jessica is going to wrap the tape measure under your armpits and around your bust. And boom like magic you have your last magical number to put into your note section next to bust.

Now when you go online to shop or you are in a store, open your notes and purchase accordingly. A little tip for online purchasing is if all they show are odd or even numbers without measurements email the company and give them your measurements and ask which size would fit best. Most companies will respond right away because they want you to have a good customer experience and also they are avoiding a product return on their end.

Now use those numbers and have fun shopping!!

[specialchan]

MSO Deep Dive 2: The Time for Trulieve and (Trulieve Warrants) via /r/weedstocks

MSO Deep Dive 2: The Time for Trulieve and (Trulieve Warrants)

Aglia back in action bringing you a few deep dive’s on the MSO space.

Compiling some DD here as a resource. Which I’ll be adding to as people send me more info on the companies.

So far I have covered:

Cresco Labs

(Cresco Warrants - CL.WT at the time were $3.00)

and now we have Trulieve

My next two will be:

Curaleaf

GTII

But this post will focus on Trulieve Cannabis Corp.

And before I start, know that I’m not covering the exact product offerings, brands or the fine details there. For that, here is a decent resource to check out: Trulieve Investor Deck, and their MD & A

Disclaimer:

I believe in all 4 of the top MSO’s pretty well equally. And I’m not pinning one against the others. Just going to provide info here so you can make your own decisions.

TL/DR: Might want to consider Trulieve Warrants for a 2:1 Leverage.

ALRIGHT... Lets get to it.

​

Trulieve’s model:

Dominate one of the largest medical market in the states. Slowly start to build out from there.

We'll call it a “Focused Market Approach"

Why is this important?

Lets be honest, Trulieve is an absolute UNIT in the Florida market. They are perfecting the seed to sale vertical integration model, and since they specialize in one state (more or less) they don’t have the high costs associated with the regulations of different individual states.

They can generate a high EBIDTA and Profitability, I'm talking nearly 40M of positive cashflow. This is unprecedented in the cannabis world these days.

We don’t know yet what will prove to be the better strategy. Focus on perfecting and dominating certain markets like Trulieve, or try to have a piece of almost every other state like Cura, or somewhere in the middle like GTII, Cresco. But SO FAR Trulieve has been rewarded with a very lucrative business!

They’re able to offer some specialized Statewide delivery programs, apps, and have a huge community presence.

Currently wholesales in Cali and (soon) Massachusetts. And is looking to go that way in the future for Florida and Connecticut.

Footprint:

Located in 5 states..kind of: Florida, California, Massachusetts, and Connecticut and more recently Pennsylvania

Just opened it’s 67th retail location! (65 of them are in Florida)

Target is 68 Stores open in the US by the end of 2020.

Can Produce 86k Kg’s Annually.

1.87 Million Sqft of Cultivation

736k of that is Indoor Cultivation

1.14Mil is Greenhouse.

​

Quick examination of each state:

Florida

Vertically Integrated here. Seed to Sale via their 65 retail Locations

383,000+ unique patients

A Whopping 52-54% Market Share

In 2019 they averaged over 7300 patients in their stores per day. I can only imagine that number is WAY higher right now.

They have a kickers home delivery service. With a fleet of over 200 vehicles, they offer next day delivery.

Solid call centre support (4500+ Interactions daily)

Florida looking to legalize in 2022

California (Leef Industries Acquisition)

Has 1 dispensary in Palm Springs

Good opportunity to try and perfect their “wholesale” model

Lots of opportunity with 80% of its market currently illicit

Estimated 7.7billion market in 2022

Pennsylvania (Solevo Aquisiton) (Sale will close near the end of the year)

5th largest market. Medical Only but Wolf is pushing for Rec asap!

13 Million people

3 Operational Dispensaries

25k PAtients

35,000sf facility, expanding to 90,000 in q1 2021

Massachusetts (Life Essence Acquisition) (Expansion estimated early 2021)

3 Medical Dispensary licenses

3 Rec licenses

Building phase 1 of a 140,000sf cultivation and processing facility

Heres some mass sales stats

Estimated 1.2billion market in 2022

Connecticut (Healing Corner)

1 Licensed medical Dispensary

Serves 11% of medical pop

Has 1 of 18 licenses in the state

Estimated 202Million market by 2022

​

THE NUMBERS:

Alright here’s the good stuff. If you hate reading and DD then just skip to here.

I’m just going to use a couple of examples and you can extrapolate the rest.

First off, QoQ, the market is doing nothing but growing. Trulieve slayed an impressive 26% QoQ top line growth. up to 120.8 Million. and yeah.. that’s in USD! But that’s not what’s most impressive. It’s reaping the reward of their economies of scale domination model in Florida. Trul is actually very profitable! EBITDA of 60.5Mil, and free cash flow of almost 40million. Thats a beautiful thing in this MJ investing space.

So WHY is TRULIEVE going to do well in these next financial reports?

Time to play Sherlock my friends, check out the weekly OMMU stats for Florida.

I’ll make it easy and post some clickable links here:

OMMU General Weekly

Oct 30-Nov 5th

Oct 23-Oct 29th

As you can see sales are increasing a bunch. And if you read my Cresco report, its the trend in the states and it seems to be true to Florida as well! So go in depth here and take a look at the sales for Q2 (April-June 30th) and then compare those numbers to this coming Q3 ( June 30-Sept 30th).

Boom. Consider yourself a DD expert.

Next, lets consider how many retail locations Trul had in Q2. And find out how many opened during Q3?

The answer:

50 Florida locations as of June 30th, and 60 Florida locations as of Sept 30th. (No other state locations opened)

They opened 10 new stores during this last Quarter. So that’s some decent expansion.

*I’m sure someone on here can respond with how much they make per dispensary on average?*

​

Forward looking:

Trulieve’s expansion into Pennsylvania was a big one. But this won’t be closing until the end of the year. Penn is seen as one of the most attractive new markets in the states. They’re acquisition gives them the first real expansion outside of Florida in my opinion. They grabbed a vertically integrated position, a Wholesale business, as well as 3 existing dispensaries.

​

NAPKIN MATH TIME

Honestly.... I’m sorry, I can’t do it this time. I’ll leave this part up tot he comment section to take the reins.

Just take my word for it that MSO’s are constantly opening new stores and each existing store is being some nicely increase revenue streams, somewhere in the neighbourhood of 20-30%. That means, the stock will continue to grow. No two ways about it.

​

And as a grand finale I leave you with this.

TRULIEVE WARRANTS at about $18.80 as of today, dependant on their price, they generally offer about a 2X leverage over Trulieve Stock.

Expiry on June 18 2022 at $17.25/ share. So these are already well in the money.

​

Okay okay. Heres a litttttle greasy napkin math.

*Implied Market Cap of 20 Billion* just because.

20 Bil / 113 Mill shares outstanding = Share price of $176.00

Warrants at that price= (176-17.25) = $158.76

Warrant price today is $18.80

Basically that’s a fancy and exciting way of saying you get nearly 2x leverage on the warrants.

For every 5% TRUL moves up, warrants move up somewhere closer to 10%.

​

No they’re not as lucrative as the Cresco Warrants atm, but this is a great way to gain the most leverage on the big 4 MSOs.

​

Overall. Trul is going to do very well, and Warrants will give you a nice leverage on that if it’s your style.

Stay tuned for next week’s deep dive.

​

If you’ve followed part 1 of my MSO deep dives, this is where we are:

At this point, it��s anyones guess what the ideal strategy is. Maybe they all will work well.

We have Cresco eying in on Wholesale, and Trulieve with a Focused approach.

Next week I’ll cover CURA and their dominance in numbers and the week after will be GTII.

​

Again, I’ll reiterate that I believe in all 4 big MSO’s. To get maximum leverage I own the Warrants for both Cresco and Trulieve, and stock in CURA and GTII.

Stay tuned for the next round.

Cheers,

Submitted November 09, 2020 at 09:09PM by Aglia via reddit https://ift.tt/32sf5Bs

[mayonara]

Are you still doing prompts? Just making sure. If you are, can you please do genderbend!JayDick shopping? (I mean, nobody can prove they wouldn't spend so much money on clothes or food or anything. If anyone does, it's all lies!) Or maybe Dick being a dick and dropping so many sexual innuendos to Jason like 24/7? It could turn NSFW or not, up to you (But with a Top!Dick??) Thank you! And enjoy your day. Keep doing what you do best! Lots of love (and JayDick) in your life -w-

Yep I still am! Thanks for the prompt! I don’t typically writegenderbend (though I like the thought of fem!Dick and Jason cause lady Dickwould attract all kinds of issues). So this was a tough one to tackle though Ican see them spending every bit of Bruce’s money while shopping.

This might not be what you asked for, but it’s what came to mind as Iwrote it out. The premise of this being – Dick and Jason are dating and weremagically turned into girls for a period of time, thus, had to go shopping forsome clothes. It was easier for me to write them and imagine them as menbecoming women and dealing with those changes versus them actually being girlsfrom the get-go. 

It was actually a fairly fun piece to write the boys being girlsbut still with their boy-like mindset and if they wanted to, could havecontinued shamelessly flirting but alas, they did not.

Anyways, I hope you like this although it wasn’t exactly what youasked for. Thanks for the support and wishes and also for sending in aprompt!

“Damn.“ A sweet whistle came from behind and Dick turned around tostare at her now boyfriend turned girlfriend and quirked her eyebrows at thelady.

“What?” Dickquestioned, a look full of confusion.

“Your ass is still gorgeous even as a woman,” Jason smirked,lips tugging into a lustful grin as she sidled up to her side and slid a handdown Dick’s more than usual, plump and soft ass.

Dick sucked ina breath and batted her lashes as a soft moan escaped her pretty pink lips. Sheturned around so she was face to face with Jason, captured her gaze and gentlytrailed a finger up her smooth stomach, feeling her stunning abs.

“I guess. Imean, we worked hard, so it still shows in these feminine bodies,” Dick saidand lowered her eyes down to Jason’s chest. Well, she didn’t really need to asthey were right in front of her. Even though her lover was now a woman, shestill carried her height.

Jason had short luscious black hair that curled just at theswell of her boobs. She had a streak of white bangs and damn, Dick mustadmit that she was beautiful even as a female. But as to be expected. 

“Your boobs—“ Dick said and licked her lips as she pressed ahand against them, grabbed Jason’s flesh and squeezed gently. “They’refreaking huge.” 

Jason chuckledand wiggled her chest, breasts bouncing delicately. The two were currentlyinside a dressing room, picking out clothes to wear during their short periodof time being stuck as females. As the manor was filled with men, there were nofemale clothes in sight and they couldn’t very well walk around bra-less orpanty-less.

“You like?” Jason teased with a smirk and glided gentle fingersover the curve of her hips, sliding under the lacey string of herpanties. 

Dick laughed and curled into Jason’s chest as she pressed herboobs against her lovers’, seeing that they were in the way and just, well, it feltkind of nice rubbing against each other. “I mean, I like them only causethey’re on you.”

Jason rolled her eyes in amusement and pulled back the strings,snapping it back against her hips. “I like these on you,” Jasonsaid, emerald eyes fluttering down to Dick’s bottom, taking in the lacy lingerieadorning her nether regions. They were a darker shade of her Nightwing blue,lacy at the top and with just a bit of silk as they nicely complemented Dick’sass, showing just the perfect amount of cheeks. “We should buy a bunch likethese. Get matching sets.”

Dick giggledand rolled onto her tip toes, slithering her hands over Jason’s sharply definedshoulders, still hard and beautiful, yet a bit more feminine and hooked herhands behind her neck. “If you’d let me just put on my bra, we could see hownicely they match.” Dick joked and pressed her lips against Jason, kissed hersweetly.

“Nah,” Jason murmured into the kiss and licked along her lowerrosy pink lip. “I like you naked. Your boobs are pretty,” Jason teasedand well, okay, they kind of were. They were large in size, a nicely roundshape that lifted with perky pink nipples. Though, not as large as Jason’s was.Dick was maybe a C and Jason maybe a DD? They couldn’t really tell as they justpicked out a bunch and tried to measure them by fitting them on their breasts,figured that these sizes worked for them and then entered the dressing rooms.

“You could justgo braless under your shirts,” Jason joked and pressed in more, pushing herchest flush against Dick’s as she rubbed their nipples together. She earned asweet moan from her lover as a shiver rolled down her spine, her bodyconvulsing.

“Ugh, Jay, wecan’t do this here,” Dick whispered, sighing softly and tried to distanceherself from Jason as she pulled apart.

Jason held herin place and gripped her waist, hard and bruising. She dipped in for one morekiss, probing her tongue inside as she tasted all of Dick, sweet and sugary.They spent a moment as they kissed passionately, running their hands all overtheir newly found bodies, groping and pulling as Jason squeezed and fondled herbreasts, fingers folding into her soft flesh.

“Jay,” Dick moaned obnoxiously, pulled apart in a wet pop, her lipswet with saliva, and a thin trail glistening on her chin. “We—“ she breathed,breathless, trying to catch her breath to form a coherent thought. “Can’t.”

“I know,” Jasonsighed and brushed a hand through her gorgeous silky raven hair, so long andluscious, fell all the way to her waist. “We can—“ she started, sucked in abreath as she also tried to calm down from her high. “Yeah, we should do thislater.”

“Mhm,” Dickagreed and finally untangled herself from Jason and pulled away. She breathedheavily, chasing away the pleasure within her body. Once calm, she allowed hereyes to roam the changing room and found their clothes, their men’s clothes,all strewn about the floor. And then her eyes fluttered to the mirror and couldsee how flushed her cheeks were, lips swollen and breasts a red mess, withfingerprints coloring her skin.

God, Jason haddone a number on her. She was still dressed in only a pair of panties she’dpicked out, possibly wet now that she thought about it, could feel it inbetween her—her newly found genitalia.

She groanedsoftly, trying to figure out how to fix this. They were supposed to have triedit on over their underwear but considering their briefs didn’t quite fit them,they just took them off and tried it on themselves.

“Let’s um—“Dick started and turned her attention back to Jason, found her slipping on her undergarments and about to put on some clothes.

“Yeah?” Jasonasked, gazed at Dick as she was attempting to figure out how to put on acomplex top. Then decided, screw it, tossed it the ground and picked up at-shirt instead. “Fuck man, these boobs stretch out my shirts.”

And well,wasn’t that the truth because out of the various shirts they tried, their boobshave definitely lifted and pulled them. Figured that they probably had topurchase a slightly larger size to accommodate for their boobs. Why-oh-why didthey end up with large breasts in the first place? They were men and—well nowwoman and just—

Dick sighedheavily and tossed that thought away. Whatever, it was temporarily and theyjust needed some clothes.

“Let’s just buywhatever and charge it to Bruce’s card,” Dick said and picked up the bra she’dtossed to the ground earlier.

Jason wiggledher eyebrows in glee, already fully dressed in a pair of tight jeans and afitted black t-shirt that perfectly curved to fit her new body. “Sounds like anidea.” And she took a few steps forward, closing the space between Dick andherself. She pinched the straps of the bra, helped Dick slip it on and snappedthe back. “Then afterwards—“ she whispered in a sultry voice. “We can have somefun with our new bodies.”

And wasn’t thata great idea. Dick couldn’t help but agree as she hummed playfully and tossedJason a shirt. “Help me put this on too.”

Jason just laughed and obliged to her demands.

[fidamatrimoni]

How Private Detective Agents do a Background Check?

Background Check means investigating a person’s personal or professional records which validates their individual and identification. There are numerous Private Detective Agencies in Delhi NCR appearing pre- matrimonial take a look at, put up- matrimonial take a look at, non-public heritage take a look at, worker background test and loyalty tests on people. Given the cutting-edge Indian social situation, individuals do no longer hesitate in cheating and committing non-public and corporate frauds. Humans do historical past checks for Diverse motives consisting of hiring a new employee, getting a brand new tenant, hiring family assist or planning on getting married.

What Really is the Procedure in a Background Verification?

A perfect history check focuses on criminal data, education, circle of relatives, civil, and paintings records. it gives a glimpse into the man or woman’s upbringing and preferred life-style that they maintain, detective agency in Gurgaon the cultural adjustments in society today has planted a seed of greed in humans. FIDA detectives customizes its investigations offerings primarily based on every purchaser’s concerns and motives. A heritage test from us can ensure the protection of your loved ones worried. you’ll be amazed-about how usually people lie. a latest examine states that 80% of humans lie approximately their instructional, professional and personal heritage. They effectively pass over previous information to cover their suspicious activities from the past.

There are quite a few automatic background verification exams available at the internet, however the ones are frequently faulty. dds detective employer has pinnacle-notch private investigators in India that go through every detail intricately and gives its clients with accurate and dependable information. establishes in 2015, FIDA detective is a trusted full- Private investigation agency. In an idol, situation detective businesses require the whole call, age, image or the vicinity at which the character presently is living. Fida detective organisation, on the other hand, can accumulate valid facts approximately the subject with out getting detailed information from their clients in a few times.

Evidences found during the Investigation Process

Private investigators can discover information that may be new and not shared with clients in past background checks. They are efficient enough to derive information from all kinds of people and places without raising any suspicion. Private detectives are trained to collect, and record validated credit score and financial information. They can check for personal details such as marriage records, phone numbers. An efficient private detective compiles a list of family members and known associates, social media checks, driving record, and even medical history.

Private Investigators of FIDA detective agency operate in Delhi, NCR and other states in India. They aim to provide clients with authentic personal background information, military records, and court case logs. To ensure they’re entrusting someone with their business relationship is real and legitimacy the detectives conduct due diligence on the client’s behalf.

Most Reliable Detective Agents

In today’s society where people are dishonest, devious and cunning, FIDA detectives background checks are lawful and discrete. Thorough checks on employees and individuals have become a regular part of validating peoples profiles before closing business deals and personal affairs. These background checks become a crucial part of the hiring process for corporates. They have now become a pre-requisite for arranged and love marriages.

If you’re wondering which is the most trustworthy and result-oriented Detective Agency in Delhi India that holds a successful and prominent track record, look no further First Indian Detective Agency is a trusted full- service private investigation agency operating all across India that is specialist in handling background check cases. Their efficient team of private investigators works round the clock on cases across Delhi, NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Chandigarh, Uttrakhand amongst other states in India.

Moreover, our services are client-friendly and personalized to your needs. Tailor-made background checks from a private investigator in Delhi can avoid, risking your assets, safety, loved one and emotions.