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Mark Henn, loooong time Disney animator who was still with the studio in the recent years, has spoken recently...

He's pretty much kind of done with Walt Disney Animation Studios, feeling that the minimal 2D work he had been doing lately (alongside veterans Eric Goldberg and Randy Haycock) wasn't very "meaningful". He is open to going back to finish a short of his own, that he was working with producer Clark Spencer on, but that's just about it. As the Brew notes, his full-time career there is over. He started on THE FOX AND THE HOUND, which released in 1981, to give you an idea of how long he's been there.

It's quite telling how many of the greats departed or were laid off under both John Lasseter and Jennifer Lee's leaderships. Glen Keane, Chris Sanders, Nik Ranieri, Ron Clements, John Musker, the list goes on... I know a lot of animation fans desperately want Disney to do 2D features again, but I don't see it happening. I haven't seen it happening in years. Whenever a piece of 2D for a short or a promo or a commercial surfaces, twitter goes gaga and says "See Disney?? You can do 2D! No excuses!"

It's not about excuses, they simply DO NOT WANT TO. For whatever reason, no matter how silly it may seem to us.

Henn said it best:

"Since then, I think it’s just too difficult for the studio to justify essentially creating a second studio within this current studio in order to do 2D, which is what you had when we had Princess and the Frog and Winnie the Pooh. We essentially had literally two smaller studios under one roof, and I just think that that became too much of a financial risk. Right now, we’re barely able to house everybody that we have on staff. So, I mean, there’s all kinds of logistical things from where you’re going to put people to taking that risk."

I've talked about it, exhaustively, myself. It's just, the larger Disney company isn't too interested in being - to quote former Disney storyman Steve Hulett - a "Renaissance art factory". In addition to 2D really not being conducive to editorial and a one-a-year assembly line model, WDAS management are simply making movies that they think the public wants to see. They spend upward $135m+ on them, and they try to get one out every year. They're lucky to even be making movies, since they've been nearly shut down far too many times to name... As recently as 2006, even, because one Steve Jobs felt they didn't need to be a thing anymore now that the company owned Pixar. I see them as a "legacy brand" at this point. Still alive, still kicking, probably by virtue of being the thing that created the whole company in the first place... But that's just it. It's very "Disney, the way you always liked it" these days. I think that's part of why STRANGE WORLD and WISH had trouble theatrically, among many other things. Pixar had one miss with LIGHTYEAR, but a leggy sensation with ELEMENTAL. It remains to be seen how ELIO does a year and a half from now. Universal on the other hand is somehow keeping audiences coming back for both DreamWorks and Illumination's movies. With the rare miss every now and then. (SPIRIT: UNTAMED, RUBY GILLMAN, etc.)

But yeah, I've kind of made peace with it. Disney Animation is currently not in the business of making movies for people who can spot a Milt Kahl head swaggle from a mile away, they're making movies for the folks who put on Disney+, and then put on ENCANTO and such as background noise. It just... Is what is. 2D is still there in some way or another, like in short films and small bits of animated effects and whatnot, but... It's a crapshoot to think that they'll do a full feature like that this decade, I feel. If anything, they'll just keep tinkering with the art style of WISH, which... Didn't work on a lot of folks. So... Do they go back to the tried-and-true TANGLED/FROZEN/MOANA house style? I don't know, I don't have a crystal ball. I don't even know if they'll have a movie by Thanksgiving of this year. That new Disney+ series they made that's coming out next month, IWAJU, looks like a slightly upscaled Disney Junior show.

I still look for something I'll like in the upcoming stuff, because... Well, even though Disney Animation is merely a cog in the massive Disney machine at this point with little of an identity left (much like the live-action/CG tech demo end of things), this studio's output... Decades and decades of it, has been formative for me. At least one WDAS movie was someone's gateway to the wider world of animation, methinks. It was certainly my VHS tapes of BAMBI, THE JUNGLE BOOK, and THE LION KING, among many others in my library at age 8, that's for sure. I even *liked* the recent films, I have yet to see WISH all the way through, but I did enjoy STRANGE WORLD enough, and liked ENCANTO, RAYA, FROZEN II, etc. a good deal. It's just, a lot of it is nothing really special to me in the end. Just fine at best, with some impressive stuff here and there. Like, say, some of the directing in ENCANTO. Just fine, adequate. I don't think that of the Disney animated features made before this decade. Even my least favorite animated Disney work of the '70s, '80s, '90s, and '00s still has something very unique and influential to it. I don't intend for this to be a knock on the crews' hard work, it's only my personal feelings on what I've seen. It's what they seem to want to be making, or what the management is approving of... I can kick and scream, but, that won't do anything. I'll just see what's next and say "Well, let's see... What will I get out of this one?"

I've long accepted that the ship sailed on 2D features at WDAS, and most of the other big theatrical studios for that matter. Many of whom never even MADE a 2D feature. Pixar never made one, Illumination didn't, Sony Animation didn't until FIXED, you get the idea. The only other one that's still chugging is DreamWorks, and they made their final 2D feature back in 2003. Twenty-one years ago. I look elsewhere for that kind of thing, and I found just that... KLAUS, WOLFWALKERS, you get the idea. The best you'll get in theaters is an adaptation of a 2D animated show or pre-existing franchise, like THE BOB'S BURGERS MOVIE. I doubt that pending-theatrical release Looney Tunes movie, THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP, will be the great decider of the future of 2D animated movies in theaters. Ditto FIXED, *if* that's still aiming for theaters. (It got its rating from the MPA a long while ago. It's done. It's in the can... and there's no release date for it.)

So... Yeah... Is what it is. WDAS seems to refuse to do a 2D feature, and have been refusing for over a decade (I really think PRINCESS AND THE FROG and WINNIE shut the door permanently, like an encore that they fought to make happen), and the kind of movie that they're making now may just not be for me and others for the foreseeable future. We'll see where their next path takes them... As long as they come out whatever happens still making movies...

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Book 2 Chapter 20 - They Come to the Mid-Mountain Guest-House

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Synopsis:

They reach safety, and Ralph hears troubling news about Dorothea.

Summary:

“Forsooth it is now a good few days ago three of them brought in a woman as goodly as mine eyes have ever seen; and she sat on the bench yonder, and seemed to heed little that she was a captive and had shackles on her feet after the custom of these men, though indeed her hands were unbound, so that she might eat her meat; and the carle thief told me that he took her but a little way from the garth, and that she made a stout defence with a sword before they might take her, but being taken, she made but little of it.”

That night, they slept in their tents by a little group of houses by the river, where they had food and drink and as much as they needed of whatever they needed.[1] Things went similarly the next day, but on the third evening they set up their tents on a hillside by a road which led into a deep pass, with high walls of rock on either side, right at the entrance to the mountains, which rose up steeply from the plain. They kept watch and guarded their camp, but nothing happened to them.

The next morning, they entered the pass and rode through it up to the elevated shrublands, and spent that whole day riding wild and stony paths, eventually coming to a grassy valley with a little stream where they stayed that night—once more keeping guard but having no trouble.

As they were leaving the next morning, Ralph asked Clement if he expected them to be attacked. Clement said: “Mostly like, lord, for we are good targets, and it’s rare that a group like ours rides this road. Although the wildmen don’t know exactly when we’re coming through their territory, the know within twenty four hours or so, since we cannot hide our journey from everyone, and when the ear hears the tongue wags. But are you anxious about this, son?”

“Yes,” said Ralph, “because I’d like to see these miscreants.”

“You’ll likely see them,” said Clement; “but I will see it as a sign that they are going to attack us if we don’t see any of them at the Mountain House. They have to be careful in case they let their plan slip.

Ralph wondered how it would happen and how it would turn out, and he thought about these things as he rode.

The road was rough and they mostly went at a walking pace. They went up and up all day long and it got cold as the sun set, though it was still summer.[2] At last—at the top of a long, stony ridge which lay below the snow-crested mountain—Ralph saw a house, long and low and built of large stones, both the walls and the roof. At sight of it, the men of the company cried out for joy and picked up their pace, and Clement spurred up the stony slopes as best he could, but Ralph rode slowly, since he had nothing else to take care of but himself, so he was alone for a time. Then he looked to the side and saw something bright lying under a stone where the last of the sun’s rays caught the corner of it. He went over, thinking that maybe someone from the group had dropped something, in their haste. He dismounted to pick it up and when he touched it, he found it to be a scrap of fine green cloth embroidered with flowers, a piece about the size of his hand. He held it and wondering where he had seen something like it before, for a pain came into his heart, and he suddenly thought of the little inn at Bourton Abbas with the oak benches and the rushes on the floor,[3] and that same flower-embroidered, green cloth dancing about the feet of a beautiful girl as she moved gracefully to and fro as she prepared his drink. But his thoughts did not stop there, they carried him on into the days when he was waiting for his love to come to him—gained at last but so quickly lost.

He stood there, thinking, until he heard Clement shouting to him from the gate of the house. Ralph jumped back on his horse and rode up the slope into the yard and dismounted by Clement, who began chiding him for dallying, saying: “It is dangerous to linger outside the yard alone, for those bandits often lurk nearby and wait for anyone they can take with ease, and they are quick and skilled at what they do.[4] What were you doing?”

“I stopped to look at a flower that reminded me of Upmeads.”[5]

“Ah, yes,” said Clement, “are you really that soft? But let’s get inside. It’s like I thought—no one is here but the House-warden and his wife. I expect we will see the hangman’s sons, just as you want.”[6]

So they went into the House, and they were well taken care of. The warden was a grey man, and his wife was also old, and after dinner they talked about various things, including the bandits, and Clement asked the warden if he’d seen much of them lately.

The old man answered: “No, master Clement, things have been like always; we’ve had a few cows brought to our yard, a pack or two have been brought into the hall, and sometimes one or two of them come without gifts for a place to sleep and get some food, and sometimes they bring a captive on their way to the market.[7] Actually, a few days ago, three of them brought in a woman as pretty as my eyes have ever seen; and she sat on that bench over there and didn’t seem to care that she was a captive and had shackles on her feet like those men use; though her hands were free so that she could eat, and the leader of the thieves[8] told me that he captured her not far from our yard, and that she had put up a brave fight with a sword before they managed to subdue her, but once she was taken she hardly seemed to care.” 

“Would he hurt her?” asked Ralph.

“No, definitely not,” said the old man; “Does a man poke a hole in a piece of cloth he is taking to market? No, he was kind to her in his own way, and asked us to give her the best of what we had.”

“What was she like?”

“She was a little tall, I think, with grey eyes and brown hair—and a lot of it. Her lips were very red, her cheeks tanned by the sun, but in a way that complemented her natural complexion, so that her face was as sweet as the best head of wheat in a ten-acre field when the season has been good. her hands were not like those of a noble woman who sits around the house to be looked at, but brown like one who carries a sickle in the sun. But when she reached out her hand and I saw her wrist, it was as white as milk.”

“Well, my husband,” said the old woman, “you have a good memory for an old, worn-out man. Why don’t you tell the young knight what she was wearing, too, since all women look much alike at that age, except for their clothing.”

“No, you do it,” said the old man. “She was pretty like I said, and there are few like her.”

The old woman said: “Well, there’s not much to say about her clothing. Her gown was green and made of good enough cloth, but not very new. It had lots of needlework on it, and a ring of embroidery around the hem of the skirt; but a scrap of it was torn off in the scuffle when she was captured, I guess, so it was ragged in one place. Furthermore—” She had been looking at Ralph as she spoke and now she stopped suddenly, and looked at him hard as she said: “Well, that is strange!”

“What is strange?” asked Clement.

“Oh, nothing, nothing,” said the old woman, “except that people should be so concerned about this one event when so many come through the Midhouse of the Mountains all the time.”

But Ralph noted that she was still staring at him even after the conversation had ended.

Evening waned, and people began to go to bed, so there were few people in the hall. Then the old woman came up to Ralph and took him aside into a little alcove and said to him: “Young knight, I’ll tell you what seemed so strange to me before. That is, the captured woman was wearing a necklace as alike to yours as one lamb is to another; but I thought that you might prefer it if I did not talk about it in front of everyone else, so I was quiet.”

“Dame,” he said, “you have my thanks; In truth, I fear that that young woman is my sister, for we have always worn these matching beads. I have come this way to find her, and it would be terrible if I found her enslaved, and that I may be too late.” Then he gave her a golden coin from Upmeads.

“Yes,” she said, “poor boy; that will be the case.  You look somewhat like her, though far prettier. But I’m sorry for you, and don’t know what you should do. By now, she has most likely been sold and is living in the fortress of some lord; someone who does not need money, and won’t let his prize be taken for free. Here, take back your gold—you might need it—instead, let me cut a lock of your golden hair, and I will be well-paid for keeping quiet about your love. After all, I believe that is the situation and that she is not your sister, or else you would have stayed at home and prayed for her at the church, not gone running after her on a hard journey.”

Ralph blushed, but said nothing, and he let her take her scissors to his curly hair, and take what she wanted of them. Then he went to bed and thought about these things, and he said to himself that it was through this maiden that he would find the Well at the World’s End. But he also said that whether or not that was the case, he had to find her and save her from slavery, since he had kissed her so sweetly and friendly—sweet and kind like a brother, before he had fallen into that love that brooch him so much joy and grief.[9] Then he took out the piece of her gown and it seemed very dear to him. But it made him think sadly about the grief or pain she might be in at that moment. He wanted to save her, and that desire was sweet to him. Thinking these things, he fell asleep.

Notes:

[1] My assumption is that this is the Swelling Flood. The text refers to it as “the water,” which makes me think we are assumed to know that they’re by a river. This matches with my current layout of the terrain, which is helpful since I don’t think the text has explicitly stated that they’re following the river. Also, due to how elevation works, the Swelling Flood (assuming this is still the same river) flows east-to-west, which might help reconcile some mapping issues, but means I need to overhaul the map again. 

[2] It’s July 25th, according to my calendar, though that may be off by a little.

[3] I don’t remember if this has come up before, but in medieval europe, floors were often covered with rushes, a type of grass. These could either be scattered or woven into mats (if you were fancy). They protected the floor from wear, tear, and dirt, or protected people’s feet from dirt (if it was a dirt floor). Think of it like disposable carpets in a time where rugs would have been extremely expensive.

[4] He calls them “Sons of the Rope,” not bandits. I assume this is an allusion to people being hanged for banditry, though it seems a little odd, since the threat isn’t bandits but mountainfolk, but they may consider them the same sort of thing.

[5] I may have confused this bit. The “What were you doing?” is originally “What ailed thee?” and is attributed to Ralph. If it were “what aileth thee?” I would interpret it as “what’s wrong?” or “what’s your problem?” but the past-tense makes it a little hard to interpret. Unable to really figure out what the exact intent of the original is, I shifted it a little to something that was easier to understand.

[6] The “hangman” is called “Mick Hangman,” which seems to be a fun nickname or personification of the executioner. Googling it, it doesn’t seem to be a reference to anything else or a common phrase. Also, he’s saying that he expects to see mountainfolk on the second half of their journey, since they aren’t at the Mountain House, and are therefore probably lying in wait further down the road.

[7] The meaning of “pack” is unclear here. Based on context, I think it might be a reference to gifts being brought to the mountainhome by the mountainfolk, but it’s not very clear. “Pack” isn’t used anywhere else in the story, so I wasn’t able to cross-reference it.

[8] The “leader” is just referred to as the “carle thief.” “Carle” is a term for men, often older men. Therefore, since he is distinguished being older and male, it stands to reason that his two companions are not also described by one or both of these adjectives, making them younger and/or female. We aren’t given any evidence that any of the bandits are women, so I assume he’s the oldest of them, and therefore probably their leader.

[9] Refer to my post from forever ago about kissing in medieval society.

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3rd Monday in September

Bettagsmontag (Switzerland) [Monday after 3rd Sunday]

Human Rights Day (Antarctica) [3rd Monday]

National Cupcake Week begins (UK) [3rd Monday]

National Woman Road Warrior Day [3rd Monday]

Respect For the Aged Day (Japan) [3rd Monday]

Independence Days

Buddie Union (Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]

Chile (a.k.a. Dieciocho, 1st Gov't Junta, 1818)

Free Republic of Silbervia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Amoeba Assimilation Day (Pastafarian)

Anton Mauve (Artology)

Arcadius, Bishop of Novgorod (Christian; Saint)

Ariadne of Phrygia (Christian; Martyr)

Bidzin, Elizbar, and Shalva, Princes of Georgia (Christian; Martyrs)

Castor of Alexandria (Christian; Martyr)

Constantius (Theban Legion)

Edward Bouverie Pusey (Episcopal Church)

Eugene’s, Bishop of Gortyna (Christian; Saint)

Eustorgius I (Christian; Saint)

Ferreol (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Ceres (Roman Goddess of Agriculture & Grain Crops)

Festival of Labour (French Republic)

Hilarion of Optima (Christian; Saint)

John Harvey Kellogg Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Joseph of Cupertino (Christian; Saint)

Juan Macias (Christian; Saint)

Leonardo da Crunchy (Muppetism)

Mark di Suvero (Artology)

Methodius of Olympus (Christian; Saint)

Plataia (Ancient Greece)

Richardis (Christian; Saint)

Sophia and Irene of Egypt (Christian; Martyrs)

Third Nostril of Christ Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Thomas of Villanova (Christian; Saint)

Tzom Gedaliah (Fast of Gedalia; Judaism)

Vanaheim Day (Pagan)

Vondel (Positivist; Saint)

Zay Day (Sus God Zay) [Wear red or purple hoodies]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [38 of 53]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [31 of 37]

Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [24 of 30]

Unlucky 18th (Philippines) [3 of 3]

Premieres

Abacab, by Genesis (Album; 1981)

The Addams Family (TV Series; 1964)

Birthday, recorded by The Beatles (Song; 1967)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Film; 1958)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Animated Film; 2009)

Continental Divide (Film; 1981)

The Day the Earth Stood Still (Film; 1951)

Dog Daze (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

Enough Said (Film; 2013)

Fatal Attraction (Film; 1987)

The French Lieutenant’s Woman (Film; 1981)

Funny Girl (Film; 1968)

Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss (Albums; 1978)

Goldfinger premiered in UK (1964) [James Bond #3]

Goo Goo Goliath (WB MM Cartoon; 1954)

Heartache Tonight, by The Eagles (Song; 1979)

In the Night Kitchen, by Maurice Sendak (Children’s Book; 1970)

Jennifer’s Body (Film; 2009)

Jonny Quest (Animated TV Series; 1964)

Making Money, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2007) [Discworld #36]

Maple Leaf Rag, by Scott Joplin (Song; 1899)

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (Film; 2015)

More Than a Feeling,, by Boston (Song; 1976)

The Road to Ruin or Mine Over Matter (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S2, Ep. 55; 1960)

Rush Hour (Film; 1998)

The Scorch Trials, by James Dashner (Novel; 2010) [Maze Runner #2]

Serve It Forth (Art of Eating), by M.F.K. Fisher (Food Essays; 1937)

Severed Relations or How to Get a Head (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 161; 1962)

Sicario (Film; 2015)

Singles (Film; 1992)

Smiley Smile, by The Beach Boys (Album; 1967)

Strange Little Girl, by Tori Amos (Album; 2001)

A Streetcar Named Desire (Film; 1951)

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (TV Series; 2006)

Superman: Doomsday (WB Animated Film; 2007)

That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles or Me and My Chateau (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 162; 1962)

Tired and Feathered (WB LT Cartoon; 1965)

Two Flying Ghosts or High Spirits (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S2, Ep. 56; 1960)

Wagon Train (TV Series; 1957)

War Pigs, by Black Sabbath (Song; 1970)

Where’s Wally, by Martin Hanford (Puzzle Book; 1987)

WKRP in Cincinnati (TV Series; 1978)

Today’s Name Days

Herlinda, Josef, Lambert, Rica (Austria)

Alfonz, Irena, Jonatan, Josip, Sonja (Croatia)

Kryštof, Oskar (Czech Republic)

Titus (Denmark)

Tiido, Tiidrik, Tiidu, Tiit (Estonia)

Tytti, Tyyne, Tyyni (Finland)

Nadège, Véra (France)

Alfons, Herlinde, Lambert, Rica (Germany)

Ariadne, Ariadni, Evmenis, Kastor, Romylos (Greece)

Diána (Hungary)

Eumenio, Giuseppe, Maria, Sofia (Italy)

Alinta, Elita, Gizela, Liesma (Latvia)

Galmantė, Mingailas, Stefa, Stefanija (Lithuania)

Henriette, Henry (Norway)

Dobrowit, Irena, Irma, Józef, Ryszarda, Stefania, Tytus, Zachariasz (Poland)

Eumenie (Romania)

Elizaveta, Raisa (Russia)

Eugénia (Slovakia)

José, Sofía, Sonia (Spain)

Orvar (Sweden)

Irene (Ukraine)

Clint, Clinton, Corbin, Corwin, Corwyn, Korbin, Korvin (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 261 of 2024; 104 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of week 38 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 14 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Xin-You), Day 4 (Ji-Mao)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 3 Tishri 5784

Islamic: 3 Rabi I 1445

J Cal: 21 Aki; Sevenday [21 of 30]

Julian: 5 September 2023

Moon: 12%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 9 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Vondel]

Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 89 of 94)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 28 of 32)

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Brand: View-Master Company: Sawyer’s Inc. Reel Title: The Night Before Christmas Reel Subtitle: Or, A Visit From St. Nicholas Reel Number: FT-30 Reel Edition: N/A Booklet Title: The Night Before Christmas Booklet Subtitle: Reel No. FT-30 Illustrated with seven View-Master Kodachrome Pictures in Three Dimension Date: 1952 Copyright: Sawyer’s Inc.

Design Notes: Scenes created by Florence Thomas

Booklet Description: A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS Clement C. Moore

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap-

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutter, and threw up the sash. The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave a lustre of midday to objects below; When what to my wondering eyes should appear But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick!

More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled and shouted and called them by name. "Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!-- To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall, Now, dash away, dash away, dash away all!" As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky, So, up to the housetop the coursers they flew, With a sleigh full of toys - and St. Nicholas, too.

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound: He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot: A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack. His eyes, how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry;

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face and a little round belly That shook, when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump--a right jolly old elf: And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself; A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head,

Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings: then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle. But I heard him exclaim, ere they drove out of sight, "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"

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gotta get that aesthetic comfort brainrot going you know

vito resting his head on henry's chest while they lie down together in bed. it's raining outside and vito can just hear the rain hitting the roof and windows, he can just hear the tires of cars on the road driving by the apartment. he can hear the crackling of the fire and the soft croon of the radio in the living room, and he can hear henny's steady breathing.

young leo and frank sitting underneath an attic window in an old, wall paper coming off the walls, light wooden floored attic filled with boxes of belongings while they lean on each other. the sun shining through the window above forming rays of light in the air.

just found out that you can see a train going by above the road to the foundry in north millville and you can even find one stopped a little ways away. with marty mostly being in chapter eight (at least in just the base game) and living in oyster bay, i really associate him with an industrial aesthetic i guess, muddy waters, bo diddley kinda vibes you know, a little grunge fashion, tartan + leather clothes, a little hanging out with your buddies in the industrial, overgrown part of town til like nine at night cause it's daylight savings. so i just think it's really cute to picture him vibing around north millville, being a little shit and climbing up the tall grass bank to the train bridge and waiting for a train to come past.

and speaking of marty i really wonder if he's ever had a buddy. and i don't mean joe or vito or anyone else in the cast, i mean just some other teenager in empire bay who could've shared the same job as marty or worked another but their paths crossed. and it's nothing tragic, i mean a real vito and joe situation (which is tragic but i mean- this is marty, a lot of people can't handle him and/or they put on an act to talk to him or straight up just don't talk to him at all. this guy is a genuine friend, one who'd fight by marty's side), this guy is marty's buddy and they do the dumbest shit together, just like vito and joe.

i love the thought that marty would just want to listen to all his favourite rock bands and singers but i think it's really cute that he also knows every damn word to the chordettes hello ma baby and mr sandman.

i like thinking of all the possible ways eddie finds out henry has curly hair. henry having a bad hair day and wearing a hat inside the falcon, until eddie snatches it off his head: "you're inside have some fuckin' manners" and then they just stare at each other before henry tries rescuing his fedora but eddie ain't letting it go. eddie may even try reaching out to touch his hair curiously like: "look at that you got curls.." but henry slaps his hand away: "just give me my fuckin' hat back would ya?"

speaking of these two, henry moving into eddie's apartment and helping him clean it up <3. i think they would both benefit from the company and the emotional support however messy and non helpful it may come.

and to think about the mobsters that inspired carlo, eddie, clemente, frank and leo respectively. back in sicily and in their young days in empire bay, who were they watching run errands or sit in a diner smoking their cigars, all fancy and stern. who were the ones watching it all unfold in their neighbourhood curiosity peaking and who were the ones who didn't have a choice but to resort to violent ways. i can see frank and carlo looking up to and idolising mobsters when they were young, wanting to be strong and live the high life, and then they both find their best friends who needed protecting, who wanted to be friends, wanted any kind of work, discovering what it's like to really live.

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#FBF FLASHBACK FRIDAY – NEWS FROM YESTERYEAR

November 4, 1871 – #150YEARS AGO

Excerpt from Rockland County Journal

WOMEN’S ANECTODES OF WASHINGTON AND ANDRÉ

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A WRITER IN Lippincott’s Magazine says:

​Many years ago I made my first visit to Washington's headquarters at old Tappantown about half a mile from the “Seventy-Six House.” The ancient edifice was more than a hundred and twenty years old, and although built of stone seemed almost tottering to its fall. It had had four roofs, one on top of the other and from the first lower layer of cedar shingles, I selected powdering specimens, which pulled out easily and have them now among my revolutionary relics.

I entered with my friend, whose guest I was at the time, and who was a resident of the immediate neighborhood. We were courteously welcomed by its then occupants, two elderly ladies who were born in the house.

Nothing could be in more perfect keeping with the mansion than these two venerable women, their name was Ver Bruyck; and I was the more interested in them because I had recently become acquainted in New York with a relative of theirs of the same name, a promising young painter, who was fast increasing his reputation as a very natural artist, and a keen observer of the picturesque. One of his most admired sketches I soon saw was a most lifelike picture of this same old house.

One of the two ladies was over eighty years old, and her sister was seventy-five. They were very lively for persons so aged and were obligingly communicative.

“Did you ever see General Washington?” I inquired of the oldest old lady.

“Oh, yes ---many and many a time,” she answered, “in this very room. He often used to hold me in his lap. I remember it just as well as if it was but yesterday. He was a lovely man, General Washington was. And here,” she continued, going to, and opening a wide cupboard, “he used to keep his ‘things.’ These blue-and-white cheney cups and saucers he used to drink out of; and here's of the very bowl he used to make his wine sangaree into; and they used to pass it around from one officer to another, when they'd come to see him, and they'd help themselves. He seen a good deal of company, General Washington did.”

“Did you ever see Major André?” I asked.

“Oh, yes, more’n fifty times. He was a beautiful man. He kissed me twice. I was a little girl then. I seen him the very morning they took him in onto the top of the hill to hang him. The day before in the morning, I took him up some handsome ripe peaches. He thanked me so kind, and broke one of them open and put it to his mouth and tasted of it. But somehow or another, he didn't seem to have no appetite.”

I asked how General Washington seemed to feel on the occasion.

“Oh, he must have felt dreadful! He walked back’ards and for’ards all the morning in this very room; and I've heard Pop Blauvelt say that he never seen him feel so bad afore. He kept looking at his watch every now and then and was on oneeasy [sic] until the time had come, and Major André was hung. I seen the major myself when he was a-swinging in the air; and I seen him when he was dug up and took away. So did you Polly, too, didn't you?”

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Image: Headquarters of Gen. Washington at Tappan: The House in which Major Andre Was Tried, by Jordan and Halpin (engravers), after Ver Bryck (painter), [reproduction ca. 1830]. Image courtesy of the William Clements Library, University of Michigan.

To read the issue of Lippincott’s Magazine (1871), click link below.

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32 INCREDIBLY WEIRD DEATHS

1. Brazilian Joao Maria de Souza was killed in 2013 when a cow fell through his roof onto him as he slept.

2. Clement Vallandigham, a 19th century US lawyer, accidentally shot himself dead while defending a murder suspect – because he was trying to demonstrate that a supposed victim could have accidentally shot himself dead. (It worked, because his client was acquitted.)

3. Canadian lawyer Garry Hoy died while trying to prove that the glass in the windows of a 24th floor office was unbreakable, by throwing himself against it. It didn’t break – but it did pop out of its frame and he plunged to his death.

4. In 2007 the deputy mayor of Delhi, Surinder Singh Bajwa, died falling off a balcony while trying to fend off a troupe of attacking monkeys.

5. Monica Meyer, the mayor of Betterton, Maryland, died while checking her town’s sewage tanks – she fell in and drowned in 15 feet of human waste.

6. Sigurd the Mighty, a ninth-century Norse earl of Orkney, was killed by an enemy he had beheaded several hours earlier. He’d tied the man’s head to his horse’s saddle, but while riding home one of its protruding teeth grazed his leg. He died from the infection.

7. The owner of the company that makes Segways died in 2010 after accidentally driving his Segway off a cliff.

8. Robert Williams, a Ford assembly line worker, is the first human in history to have been killed by a robot. He was hit by a robot arm in 1979.

9. In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race, but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.

10. US congressman Michael F. Farley died in 1921 as a result of shaving – because his shaving brush was infected with anthrax.

11. Several people danced themselves to death during the month-long Dance Fever of 1518 in Strasbourg, during which hundreds of people danced for about a month for no clear reason.

12. Paul G. Thomas, the owner of a wool mill, fell into one of his machines in 1987 and died after being wrapped in 800 yards of wool.

13. Edward Harrison was playing golf in Washington state in 1951 when his driver snapped, and the shaft lodged in his groin. He staggered about 100 yards before bleeding to death.

14. In 1900, American physician Jesse William Lazear tried to prove that Yellow Fever was transmitted by mosquitoes by letting infected mosquitoes bite him. He then died of the disease. Proving himself right.

15. Russian physician Alexander Bogdanov performed pioneering blood transfusions on himself, believing they would give him long life. They actually killed him after he suffered an adverse reaction.

16. Austrian tailor Franz Reichelt thought he’d invented a device that could make men fly. He tested this by jumping off the Eiffel Tower wearing it. It didn’t work. He died.

17. In 1567, the man said to have the longest beard in the world died after he tripped over his beardrunning away from a fire.

18. The Greek philosopher Chrysippus of Soli is said to have died of laughter after watching a donkey trying to eat his figs.

19. British actor Gareth Jones died of a heart attack while performing in a live televised play in 1958 – in which his character was scripted to have a heart attack. The rest of the cast improvised around his death and finished the play.

20. Mary Ward was a pioneering Irish female scientist who is sadly better known as the first person in history to ever be killed in a car accident – while driving with her family in their experimental “road locomotive steam engine”.

21. And the first pedestrian ever killed by a car was Bridget Driscoll of Croydon, London, in 1896.

22. Carl Wilhelm Scheele was a brilliant Swedish chemist who had an unwise habit of tasting all the chemicals he discovered. He died in 1786 as a result of his exposure to lead, hydrofluoric acid, arsenic and various other poisons.

23. Engineer Horace Lawson Hunley pioneered submarine design in the American Civil War – although most of them sank. He died when his final model, named after himself, sank while he was in command of it.

24. General John Sedgwick was killed by a sniper in the American Civil War shortly after uttering the words “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.” (Contrary to popular belief, though, they weren’t his last words. They were his second-last. His last words were agreeing that dodging was in fact a good idea.)

25. Health fanatic Basil Brown managed to kill himself by drinking a gallon of carrot juice a day, in the belief it would make him healthy.

26. In 1992, Greg Austin Gingrich died in the Grand Canyon after jokingly pretending to fall to his death, then losing his footing and actually falling to his death.

27. Queen Sunanda Kumariratana of Siam (now Thailand) drowned in 1880 in full view of many of her subjects – because they were forbidden to touch her, so couldn’t rescue her.

28. The first people ever killed in an air accident were hot air balloon pioneers Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and Pierre Romain, in 1785.

29. And the first person ever killed in a powered aeroplane crash was Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge in 1908, in a plane piloted by Orville Wright.

30. An Irish woman died in 2008 after voluntarily having sex with a dog. The exact cause of death is unclear, although it was speculated that an allergic reaction to dogs might have been the cause.

31. Twenty-one people died in the Boston Molasses Disaster of 1919, when a massive tank of molasses burst on a warm day, sending a 25ft high wave of sweetener through the city at 35mph.

32. And eight people died in the London Beer Flood of 1814, when a giant vat at a brewery burst, sending over 3,500 barrels of beer pouring though the nearby streets.

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Tetris and Sangberg design senior housing around a covered communal courtyard

A grid of thin cross-laminated timber columns frames communal spaces at the centre of this co-living project for senior citizens in Slagelse, Denmark, a collaboration between Danish developer Tetris and Copenhagen architecture practice Sangberg.

Ibihaven, which has been shortlisted in the housing project category of Dezeen Awards 2021, is the first project in a new concept called Agorahaverne, or Agora Gardens, creating sustainable co-housing for seniors with a focus on shared communal space.

Ibihaven is a co-living facility for senior citizens and was designed by Tetris and Sangberg

Referencing a Greek agora or town square, the blocks containing Ibihaven's 76 apartments are arranged around a covered courtyard containing workshop, exercise, library and lounge spaces in-between a series of small gardens.

The design's community-building aspects have been supported by research carried out in collaboration with Copenhagen University and anthropology consulting firm Maple.

The building was constructed using cross-laminated timber

"The atrium garden is a covered 'urban space' which draws nature all the way into the buildings and allows for spontaneous and disorganised meetings between residents and guests," explained Sangberg Architects.

"Research shows an increase in quality of life among residents in community living, and Agorahaverne aims to achieve the same through community events, interests, exercise and good neighbourliness," added developer Tetris.

The design of the building references a Greek agora or town square

A zig-zagging roof of corrugated polycarbonate covers the central space, which is overlooked by the patios of the apartments on the ground floor and the first-floor decks of those above.

Access to the apartments is via this central courtyard rather than the perimeter of the building, ensuring that is becomes an active area where residents easily encounter one another.

Read:

Morris + Company clads Hampstead retirement home in modulated brick

"It is all on the residents' own terms, and they can partake in activities as much as they see fit," explained the developer. "There is room for everyone in Agorahaverne, and all common rooms are wheelchair accessible."

The apartments, made from prefabricated CLT modules, range from 55 square metres for single occupancy and 77 square metres for couples, each with their own bathroom and kitchen.

All are oriented to be dual aspect, allowing views both into the communal central space and to the outside, with terraces and balconies at either end.

The development contains over 70 apartments for senior citizens

To the west, a small block contains guest rooms and a communal area with a shared kitchen available to all residents, complemented by a kitchen garden in the covered courtyard.

The exterior of the blocks is clad in charred timber planks, contrasted by a pale timber lining on the deep reveals that create covered patio spaces for residents on the ground floor and balconies above.

A zig-zagging roof was constructed using polycarbonate panels

Many architects and developers are reassessing the provision for retirement and elderly living, with other recent projects including a block of retirement homes in Hampstead, London by Morris + Company for developer Pegasus Life.

Other projects nominated in the housing project category of Dezeen Awards 2021 include Lina Ghotmeh's Stone Garden apartment block in Beirut and Jackson Clements Burrows mass-timber student accommodation in Melbourne.

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