#a.k.a space!Scotland
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We don't know actually know where Shmi is from (I've seen some mention Herdessa but have no confirmation for that), so for all we know people from Shmi's planet really might be capable of asexual reproduction. I don't know, it just feels like there's a plethora alien biology headcanons we can inject into Shmi, and yes, Anakin too.
Maybe they're the kind of aliens (Herdessians?) that are insane at at pattern recognition, so they've got absolutely wild feats of engineering constructed all over the planet. Then of course that could mean they tend confuse inanimate objects as living creatures. And I'm sure they'd consciously know that pile of mud and vines and sticks isn't a weird huge caterpillar, but they'd create an enduring culture of animism around their perception.
#star wars#anakin skywalker#shmi skywalker#people have fun with obi-wan's stewjon#a.k.a space!Scotland#why not give the skywalkers a funky space!Sweden#i know anakin was partially raised on tatooine but neither he nor shmi was born there#she must have told him where she was born at least#i also think about how in official stories they have Shmi tell Anakin Tatooine folktales rather than the ones from her own culture#or can she not remember them anymore?#it's a lot to think about
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Holidays 9.13
Holidays
Bald is Beautiful Day
Barbershop Day
Battle of Fort McHenry Anniversary Day
Be Different Day
Blame Someone Else Day
Boy Heroes Day (Mexico)
Breakaway (Space 1999)
Clymene Asteroid Day
Corn Day (French Republic)
Day of the Children Heroes (Mexico)
Day of the Programmer
Defender’s Day (everywhere except Maryland)
Defy Superstition Day
Día de los Niños Héroes (Mexico)
Eleven Days of Global Unity, Day 3: Environment
Engineer’s Day (Mauritius)
European Heritage Day (EU)
International Legacy Giving Day
International Mountain Chicken Frog Day
International Slow Loris Day
Jimi Hendrix Day (San Francisco)
John Barry Day (Pennsylvania)
Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day
Land Development Specialist’s Day (Tajikistan)
National Celiac Awareness Day
National EV Charging Day
National Hug Your Boss Day
National Jose Day
National Juan Day
National Odd Sock Day of Adventure
National Twilighters Day
National Urban Eden Day
9 x 13 Day
913 Day
Pet Birth Defect Awareness Day
Positive Thinking Day
Programmers' Day (a.k.a. Day of the Programmer) [256th day]
Roald Dahl Day
Scooby Doo Day
Soap Day
Supernatural Day
Swiftie Day
Thimphu Tshechu (Bhutan)
Uncle Sam Day
Victoria Asteroid Day
World Indigenous Rights Day
World Sepsis Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Fortune Cookie Day
Gluten Free Beer Day
International Chocolate Day
National Cachaca Day (Brazil)
National Peanut Day
Snack-A-Pickle Day
Independence & Related Days
Republic of Drew Star Line (Declared; 2005) [unrecognized]
Venda (from South Africa, 1979) [unrecognized]
2nd Friday in September
Carry Nation Festival begins (Holly, Michigan) [Friday after 1st Monday thru Sunday]
Comfort Food Friday [Every Friday]
Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day (Washington) [2nd Friday]
Fiesta de Santa Fe begins (New Mexico) [1st Friday after Labor Day]
Fish & Chips Friday [2nd Friday of Each Month]
Fisherman’s Walk Day (Scotland) [2nd Friday]
Five For Friday [Every Friday]
Flashback Friday [Every Friday]
Follow Friday [2nd Friday of Each Month]
Friday Finds [Every Friday]
Friday the Firkenteenth (Grey Lodge, Pennsylvania) [Every Friday the 13th]
Frugal Friday [2nd Friday of Each Month]
Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]
Great Canadian Beer Festival (Victoria, BC) [2nd Friday & Saturday]
International Skeptics Day [1st Friday the 13th of the Year]
King Turkey Race (Minnesota) [2nd Friday]
Knabenschiessen begins (Switzerland) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]
Nae Nae Day [2nd Friday]
National Dog Walker Appreciation Day [1st Friday after Labor Day]
National Folk Festival begins [2nd Friday thru Sunday]
National 401(k) Day [Friday after 1st Monday]
Popeye Picnic begins (Chester, Illinois) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]
Stand Up to Cancer Day [2nd Friday]
TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) [Every Friday]
Weekly Holidays beginning September 13 (2nd Full Week of September)
National Days of Prayer and Remembrance (thru 9.15) [Friday to Sunday closest to 9.11]
National Eczema Week 9thru 9.21)
Festivals Beginning September 13, 2024
Apple Days & Market To Go (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) [thru 9.15]
The Big E (West Springfield, Massachusetts) [thru 9.29]
Bloody Scotland (Stirling, Scotland, UK) [thru 9.15]
Brewfest at the Beach (New London, Connecticut)
Cajun Food Fest (Lydia, Louisiana) [thru 9.14]
Cordova Fungus Festival 2024 (Cordova, Alaska) [thru 9.15]
Devine's Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch (Harrodsburg, Kentucky) [thru 11.3]
Downtown Boulder's Fall Fest (Boulder, Colorado) [thru 9.15]
Grape Stomp Festival (Alexandria, Minnesota) [thru 9.15]
Harvest Moon Festival (Clearwater, Manitoba, Canada) [thru 9.15]
Hinkelfest (Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania) [thru 9.15]
Irish Festival (Milford, Connecticut) [thru 9.14]
Kentucky Bourbon Festival (Bardstown, Kentucky) [thru 9.15]
King Turkey Day Festival (Worthington, Minnesota) [thru 9.14]
Long Island Fair (Old Bethpage, New York) [thru 9.15]
Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival (Natchitoches, Louisiana) [thru 9.14]
National Barrow Show (Austin, Minnesota) [thru 9.16]
Neptune's Fall Wine Festival (Virginia Beach, Virginia) [thru 9.14] [thru 9.15]
Newport Oktoberfest (Newport, Kentucky) [thru 9.15]
Ohio Pawpaw Festival (Albany, Ohio) [thru 9.15]
Okawville Wheat Festival (Okawville, Illinois) [thru 9.15]
Pacific Meridian Film Festival (Vladivostok, Russia) [thru 9.19]
Rising Sun Navy Bean Fall Festival (Rising Sun, Indiana) [thru 9.14]
Slunce ve Skle Beer Festival (Plzen, Czech Republic) [thru 9.14]
Snowmass Wine Festival (Snowmass Village, Colorado) [thru 9.14]
Telluride Blues & Brews Festival (Telluride, Colorado) [thru 9.15]
Wine Harvest Festival in the Czech Republic (Znojmo, Czech Republic) [thru 9.15]
Feast Days
Aimé (a.k.a. Amatus; Christian; Saint)
Ame (Christian; Saint)
Arnold Schoenberg (Artology; Humanism)
Aristides the Athenian (Christian; Saint)
Barry Fell Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Basil of Iberia (Christian; Saint)
Bob Eggleton (Artology)
Ceremony of Lighting the Fire (Ancient Egypt)
Cornelius of Baden-Olonets, Dionysius, and Misail (Christian; Saints)
Cornelius the Centiurion (Christian; Martyr)
Cronides and Serapion in Alexandria (Christian; Martyrs)
Daniel Defoe (Writerism)
Dave the Human (Muppetism)
Day of Anubis (All Souls’ Day; Ancient Egypt)
Egyptian All Souls’ Day (Everyday Wicca)
Elias, Zoticus, Valerian, Macrobius, and Gordian at Tomi in Romania (Christian; Martyrs)
Emain Abhlach (Celtic Book of Days)
Epulum Jovis (Feast of Jove; Ancient Rome) [Ides of September]
Eulogius of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)
Feast of the Cross (Assyrian Church of the East)
Ketevan, Queen of Georgia (Christian; Martyr)
Hierotheus of Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos (Christian; Saint)
Hierotheus of Kalamata (Christian; Saint)
Ides of September (Ancient Rome)
John Chrysostom (Christian; Saint)
Lictisternia (Old Roman festival to Jupiter, Juno & Minerva)
Livia Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Make a Corn Dolly Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Marcellinus of Carthage (Christian; Saint)
Maurilius of Angers (a.k.a. Maurille) of Angers (Christian; Saint)
Molly Crabapple (Artology)
Mosquito Avoidance Day (Pastafarian)
Nectarius of Autun (Christian; Saint)
Otway (Positivist; Saint)
Peter of Atroe (Christian; Saint)
Robert Indiana (Artology)
Roald Dahl (Writerism)
Seleucus in Scythia (Christian; Martyr)
Sherwood Anderson (Writerism)
Venerius the Hermit (Christian; Saint)
Wulfthryth (a.k.a. Wilfrida) of Wilton (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]
Unlucky Day (EU, US) [Friday the 13th] (1 of 2 for 2024)
Unlucky Day (Canada, Germany, Ireland, UK, US) [Friday the 13th]
Premieres
After Hours (Film; 1985)
Agnes of God (Film; 1985)
Almost Famous (Film; 2000)
The Amityville Horror, by Jay Anson (Novel; 1977)
Audrey the Rainmaker (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
The Awful Tooth (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Barbershop (Film; 2002)
Batman Unlimited: Mchs vs. Mutants (WB Animated Film; 2016)
Benson (TV Series; 1979)
Bones (TV Series; 2005)
By Leaps and Hounds (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Candle in the Wind, Diana Version, by Elton John (Song; 1997)
Cat Carson Rides Again (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Cat-Choo (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Cat Tamale (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Centerfold, by The Cars (Song; 1981)
Children of the World, by The Bee Gees (Album; 1976)
City Kitty (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Clerks III (Film; 2022)
Clown on the Farm (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Come Dancing (UK Musical Show; 2008)
Crime of the Century, by Supertramp (Album; 1974)
Dogfight (Film; 1991)
The Dreaming, by Kate Bush (Album; 1982)
The Drew Carey Show (TV Series; 1995)
Easy-Duz-It, by Easy-E (Album; 1988)
Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series; 1996)
The Ginger Man, by J.P. Donleavy (Novel; 1955)
The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood (Novel; 1985)
Hard Rain, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1976)
Highway Star. Written by DeepPurple (Song; 1971)
In Utero, by Nirvana (Album; 1993)
Law and Audrey (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Law & Order (TV Series; 1990)
Mishima (Film; 1985)
The Muppet Show (TV Series; 1976)
The Nitty Gritty, recorded by Shirley Ellis (Song; 1963)
One More from the Road, by Lynyrd Skynyrd (Live Album; 1976)
The Other Wind, by Ursula Le Guin (Novel; 1968) [Earthsea #5]
Pee-Wee’s Playhouse (TV Series; 1986)
The Popeye Show (King Features Syndicate/Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Series; 1978)
Ready to Die, by The Notorious B.I.G. (Album; 1994)
Scooby-Doo Where Are You (Animated TV Series; 1969)
Scout Fellow (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Skinny Legs and All, recorded by Joe Tex (Song; 1967)
Soap (TV Series; 1977)
Solid Gold (TV Series; 1980)
The Spectacular Now (Film; 2013)
Star-Spangled Banner lyrics written, by Francis Scott Key (Lyrics; 1814)
Supernatural (TV Series; 2005)
Take Me to Church, by Hozier (Song; 2013)
Thud!, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2005) [Discworld #34]
Truth and Soul, by Fishbone (Album; 1988)
Undone (Animated TV Series; 2019)
Yesterday, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)
Yojimbo (Film; 1961)
Today’s Name Days
Tobias (Austria)
Ivan, Ljubo, Zlatko (Croatia)
Lubor (Czech Republic)
Cyprianus (Denmark)
Ervi, Ervin, Ervo (Estonia)
Orvo (Finland)
Aimé (France)
Johann, Notburga, Tobias (Germany)
Aristeides, Aristeidis, Cornelius, Kornelios (Greece)
Kornél (Hungary)
Crisostomo, Giovanni, Maurilio, Regina (Italy)
Iza, Izabella, Izanda, Izīda (Latvia)
Barmantas, Barvydė, Mangailis (Lithuania)
Stian, Stig (Norway)
Aleksander, Aureliusz, Eugenia, Filip, Lubor, Materna, Morzysław, Szeliga (Poland)
Ctibor (Slovakia)
Amado, Crisóstomo, Juan (Spain)
Ambjörn, Sture (Sweden)
Arlando, Milton, Orlando, Roland, Rolanda, Rolando, Stone, Stoney (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 257 of 2024; 109 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of Week 37 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 13 of 28]
Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 11 (Geng-Chen)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 10 Elul 5784
Islamic: 9 Rabi I 1446
J Cal: 17 Gold; Threesday [17 of 30]
Julian: 31 August 2024
Moon: 75%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 5 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Lessing]
Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 7 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 86 of 94)
Week: 2nd Full Week of September
Zodiac: Virgo (Day 23 of 32)
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Complete repertoire of tunes for the bagpipe
all tunes are Scottish unless otherwise stated
In case of doubt, ask for tunes with a connection to your clan or area
An average tune has a duration of +\- 40 seconds, so make sure you pick plenty or ask about the standards for weddings
A
Abide With Me -
Ae Fond Kiss - Burns
All the Fine Young Men - Irish
All those Endearing Young Charms - Irish
Amazing Grace
An Dro - Breton
Andy Renwick’s Ferret
St.Anne's Ballad & Reel
Arrival Song - Abba
Ash Grove - Welsh
the Ass in the Graveyard
Atholl Highlanders ( Clan Murray )
At Long Last
Auld Lang Syne – Burns
Auld Town March
B
the Back o' Ben Achie
Banjo Breakdown
Bannocks of Barley Meal
Barbara's Jig
the Barlinnie Highlander
the Barnyards of Delgaty
the Barren Rocks of Aden
the Battle of the Somme
the Battle of Waterloo
the Bells of Dunblane
Belmont
Ben Gullion
the Black Bear
the Blackthorn Stick - Irish
the Black Widow's Dance - Irish
the Bluebells of Scotland
the Bloody Fields of Flanders
(All the) Blue Bonnets o'er the Border
Bonnie Dundee
Bonnie Gallowa'
the Bonnie Hoose o' Airlie
the Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie
Boys of Bluehill - Irish
(the Standard on) the Braes of Mar
Braveheart theme - film theme
Brenda Stubbert's Reel
Brian Boru's March - Irish
the Bride's Jig
the British Grenadiers - English
Brose & Butter - Burns
the Brown Haired Maiden ( a.k.a. Horo, my Nut Brown Maiden )
Bugle Horn
Busindre reel - Spanish
C
Cabar Feidh ( Clan Gordon )
Caledonia
the Campbells are Coming ( Clan Campbell )
Campbelltown Loch ( a.k.a. the Glendaruel Highlanders )
Camptown Races - American
Carlingford Loch - Irish
the Castle Walls
Changing Your Demeanour - Irish
Chariots of Fire - film theme
Clueless
the Clumsy Lover - Irish
Cock o' the North ( Clan Gordon )
Cogadh no Sidhe – the True Gathering of the Clans / War or Peace - Pibroch
Come by the Hills - Irish
Comin' thru the Rye ( a.k.a. gin a Body meet a Body ) – Burns
the Conundrum
Cork Hill - Irish
Corn Riggs ( -are Bonnie ) – Burns
Corriechoillie's Welcome
The Crags of Tumbledown
Crossing the Minch
Cwm Rhondda ( a.k.a. Guide me Oh Thou Great Jehovah ) -Welsh
D
Dana ( et les trois Matelots ) - Breton
Dancing Feet
the Dashing White Sergeant
the Day ( Thou Gavest, Lord ) has Ended
Death of a Space Piper
De'il Among the Tailors
Donald Blue
Donald Where's Yer Troosers
Donald Willie and his Dog
The Dornoch Links
Dream Angus
the Dream Valley of Glendaruel
Drops of Brandy
Drowsy Maggie - Irish
Drunken Piper / Red Rory
( What shall we do with a ) Drunken Sailor - English
Dulaman - Irish
Dumbarton's Drum
Duncan Gray ( Rob Roy MacGregor )
Duns Dings A'
E
Earl of Mansfield
El Alamein
Emerald Echoes - Irish
En Ferus Hostis
Erchless (Chisholm's) Castle
Erin Shore ( a.k.a. Paddy's Green Shamrock Shores ) - Irish
an Eriskay Love Lilt
F
the Fairy Dance
My Faithful Fair One
the Famous Bridge
Fanfare Salute Alba
Far Away in Australia – Irish
Fare Thee Well
Farewell to the Creeks ( a.k.a The Hills of Sicily )
Lá Fhéile Pádraig - Irish
the Fields of Athenry - Irish
the 51st Highland Division
Finnegan’s Wake
500 Miles (I’m Gonna Be)
Flower of Scotland
the Flowers of the Forest ( lament )
the Foggy Dew - Irish
For Ireland I'll Tell not her Name - Irish
the 42nd ( Black Watch )
Friendship
G
Galway Girl - Irish
The Garb of Auld Gaul
Garryowen - Irish
Ghillie Calum (Sword Dance)
Gin I were a Baron's Heir
Ms. Girdle
the Girl I Left Behind
Glasgow Police Pipers
Going Home ( Largo )
the Gordon's March ( Clan Gordon )
Grand March ( Aida ) - Italian
Grannie Duncan
Gravel Walk
the Green Glens of Antrim - Irish
Greensleeves - English
Greenwoodside
Grimstock - English
the Gruagach
H
Happy We've been A' Tegither
Harris Dance
The Harvest Home - Irish
Haste Ye to the Wedding
Here's a Health unto His Majesty - English
Hearken my Love
Hector the Hero
Heights of Dargai
the Herding Song
the Heroes of Vittoria
Heyken's Serenade
Hielan' Laddie
The Highland Brigade ( at Tel el Kebir )
Highland Cathedral
Highland Cradle Song
Highland Lassie
Highland Wedding
Highland Whisky
High Road to Gairloch (a.k.a. We will take the Good Old Way)
High Road to Linton
HLI Hornpipe
Hot Punch
I
I'll Tell me Ma - Irish
I Love a Lassie
the Irishman’s Heart to the Ladies - Irish
the Irish Pub - Irish
the Irish Washerwoman - Irish
I See Mull (, Land of my Youth )
the Isle of Skye (Three Bonnie Maidens)
Itchy Fingers
J
Jennie's Bawbee / Put the Kettle on
Jig of Slurs - Irish
Jimmy Allan's Fancy
John Anderson, my Jo - Burns
John Barleycorn - English
Johnnie Cope
John Ryan's Polka - Irish
the Jolly Beggar
the Jolly Beggarman - Irish
K
the Keel Row
Kelsey's Wee Reel
Kennie Gillies (of Portnalong, Skye)
Kenmuir is Up and Awa (, Wullie) - Burns
the Kesh Jig - Irish
Killiecrankie - Burns
the Kilt is my Delight
the Kilworth Hills
King George V's Army
the Kitchen Maid
L
Lady Carmichael's Strathspey
Lady Ramsey's Strathspey
(Dae Ye Mind / Lang ) Lang Syne (John Peel)
the Last Cradle song
the Last of the Mohicans ( the Gael ) - film theme
Laugh and Half Daft - Irish
Leaving Port Askaig
Leezy Lindsay - Burns
Let's Have a Ceilidh ( a.k.a. Liberton Boys’ Pipe Band / Polka )
Lexie MacAskill
Lillibullero - English
Limerick's Lamentation - Irish pibroch
Little Drummer Boy
Lochaber no More ( lament )
Lochanside
Loch Lomond
it's Lonely at Night in the Bothy
Lord Lovat's Lament ( Clan Fraser )
Lord of the Dance - Irish
Loudon's Bonnie Woods and Braes
M
Maggy - Irish
Mairi's Wedding
MacCrimmon Will Never Return ( Cha till MacCruimeinn ) - pibroch
MacDonald's Awa' Tae the War
Ms. MacLeod of Raasey
MacPherson's Rant
A Man's a Man for A' That - Burns
Marching Though the Heather
March of the Cameron Men ( Clan Cameron )
March to the Battle (Los San Patricios) - Irish
the Mason's Apron - Irish
Mingulay Boat Song
the Minstrel Boy - Irish
Mist Covered Mountains
Mo Ghile Mear - Irish
Molly Malone ( a.k.a. In Dublin’s Fair City ) - Irish
Morning Has Broken
Moving Cloud
the Muckin' of Geordie's Byre
Mull of Kintyre
The Munro's Wedding
My Ain Fireside
My Home
My Love is But a Lassie Yet – Burns
My love is like a Red Red Rose - Burns
N
Nairn
Nick MacVicar's Reel
The Noose and the Ghillie
The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen
O
Orange and Blue
Oft in the Stilly Night
Oh, Danny Boy
Oh, Mairi
the Old Rustic Bridge ( - by the Mill )
Oro se do Bheatha Bhaile - Irish
O'Sullivans March ( Rob Roy Theme ) - Irish
Our Wedding Day ( a.k.a. She Moved Through the Fair ) - Irish pibroch
Over the Hills (and Far Away) - English
P
Pack Your Baggage
Paddy McGinty's Goat - Irish
Paddy's Leather Breeches - Irish
the Panda
Perfect Day
Pibroch of Donald Dubh ( Clan Cameron )
The Piper's Cave (Ms. Ainslie Grant Duff)
Piper's Prelude
the Piper's Waltz – Irish
the Point of War
The Price of a Pig
The Pride of Petravore - Irish
Q
Queen Elizabeth's March
The Queen Of All Argyll
Queen Victoria's Jubilee
R
Rab's Wedding
Raglan Road - Irish
Rantin' Rovin' Robin - Burns
Rip the Calico
the Road to Dundee
the Road to the Isles / Bens of Jura
Rose among the Heather
the Rose of Allandale
the Rose of Kelvingrove
the Rowan Tree
the Royal Irish Polka - Irish
the Royal Scot Polka
S
Saint Andrew's Cross
Salute to the Royal Fendersmith
Scarborough Fair - Irish
Scarce of Tatties - Irish
Scotch on the Rocks
Scotland Forever
Scotland the Brave
Scots Wha Hae ( a.k.a. Hey Tutti Tatti )
Scottish Soldier
the 79th's Farewell to Gibraltar
Skye Boat Song
the Sick Note - Irish
Sleep Dearie Sleep
the Sleeping Tune
Snug in the Blanket
Soft Lowland Tongue
Soldier's Joy
The Soldier's Return
Some Say the Devil's Dead - Irish
the Spanish Lady
Speed the Plough - Irish
the Star of the County Down - Irish
Stars and Stripes Forever - American
Staten Island
Steal Away - Irish
the Steamboat
Step it out Mary - Irish
Stolen Kiss – Irish
Stop Yer Ticklin’ Jock
Streets of London - English
Suil a Ruin - Irish
Sunshine on Leith
Suo Gan - Welsh
Sword Dance (Ghillie Calum)
T
Tail Toddle
Tartan Army ( a.k.a. We'll Be Coming )
Teribus Ye Terioden
Theme for the Greenlands
There were Roses - Irish
These are my Mountains
Tommy Tully's Air
Toots and Hickory Edwards
Troy’s Wedding
Turkey in the Straw - American
the Twa Corbies
U
Up and Waur Them A'
Up in the morning Early
V
the Victory Polkas
W
Waltzing Matilda - Australia
the Water is Wide
the Wearing of the Green ( a.k.a. By the Rising of the Moon / Sae Wull We Yet ) - Irish
the Wee Cooper o'Fife
the Wee Highland Glen
Wee Highland Laddie
the Wee Spree - pibroch
We're no Awa' tae Bide Awa'
Westering Home
When the Battle's Over ( a.k.a. After the Battle )
Whiskey in the Jar - Irish
Wild Mountain Side - Burns
Wild Mountain Thyme
the Wild Rover - Irish
Will Ye No Come Back Again
Willie Allan's Fancy
Willie Stewart - Burns
Wings - RAF march
With a Hundred Pipers
Wooden Heart
Y
Yankee Doodle - American
Ye Banks and Braes – Burns
Yellow Rose of Texas - American
Ye Jacobites by Name - Burns
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Holidays 9.13
Holidays
Bald is Beautiful Day
Barbershop Day
Battle of Fort McHenry Anniversary Day
Be Different Day
Blame Someone Else Day
Boy Heroes Day (Mexico)
Breakaway (Space 1999)
Clymene Asteroid Day
Corn Day (French Republic)
Day of the Children Heroes (Mexico)
Day of the Programmer
Defender’s Day (everywhere except Maryland)
Defy Superstition Day
Día de los Niños Héroes (Mexico)
Eleven Days of Global Unity, Day 3: Environment
Engineer’s Day (Mauritius)
European Heritage Day (EU)
International Legacy Giving Day
International Mountain Chicken Frog Day
International Slow Loris Day
Jimi Hendrix Day (San Francisco)
John Barry Day (Pennsylvania)
Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day
Land Development Specialist’s Day (Tajikistan)
National Celiac Awareness Day
National EV Charging Day
National Hug Your Boss Day
National Jose Day
National Juan Day
National Odd Sock Day of Adventure
National Twilighters Day
National Urban Eden Day
9 x 13 Day
913 Day
Pet Birth Defect Awareness Day
Positive Thinking Day
Programmers' Day (a.k.a. Day of the Programmer) [256th day]
Roald Dahl Day
Scooby Doo Day
Soap Day
Supernatural Day
Swiftie Day
Thimphu Tshechu (Bhutan)
Uncle Sam Day
Victoria Asteroid Day
World Indigenous Rights Day
World Sepsis Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Fortune Cookie Day
Gluten Free Beer Day
International Chocolate Day
National Cachaca Day (Brazil)
National Peanut Day
Snack-A-Pickle Day
Independence & Related Days
Republic of Drew Star Line (Declared; 2005) [unrecognized]
Venda (from South Africa, 1979) [unrecognized]
2nd Friday in September
Carry Nation Festival begins (Holly, Michigan) [Friday after 1st Monday thru Sunday]
Comfort Food Friday [Every Friday]
Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day (Washington) [2nd Friday]
Fiesta de Santa Fe begins (New Mexico) [1st Friday after Labor Day]
Fish & Chips Friday [2nd Friday of Each Month]
Fisherman’s Walk Day (Scotland) [2nd Friday]
Five For Friday [Every Friday]
Flashback Friday [Every Friday]
Follow Friday [2nd Friday of Each Month]
Friday Finds [Every Friday]
Friday the Firkenteenth (Grey Lodge, Pennsylvania) [Every Friday the 13th]
Frugal Friday [2nd Friday of Each Month]
Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]
Great Canadian Beer Festival (Victoria, BC) [2nd Friday & Saturday]
International Skeptics Day [1st Friday the 13th of the Year]
King Turkey Race (Minnesota) [2nd Friday]
Knabenschiessen begins (Switzerland) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]
Nae Nae Day [2nd Friday]
National Dog Walker Appreciation Day [1st Friday after Labor Day]
National Folk Festival begins [2nd Friday thru Sunday]
National 401(k) Day [Friday after 1st Monday]
Popeye Picnic begins (Chester, Illinois) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]
Stand Up to Cancer Day [2nd Friday]
TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) [Every Friday]
Weekly Holidays beginning September 13 (2nd Full Week of September)
National Days of Prayer and Remembrance (thru 9.15) [Friday to Sunday closest to 9.11]
National Eczema Week 9thru 9.21)
Festivals Beginning September 13, 2024
Apple Days & Market To Go (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) [thru 9.15]
The Big E (West Springfield, Massachusetts) [thru 9.29]
Bloody Scotland (Stirling, Scotland, UK) [thru 9.15]
Brewfest at the Beach (New London, Connecticut)
Cajun Food Fest (Lydia, Louisiana) [thru 9.14]
Cordova Fungus Festival 2024 (Cordova, Alaska) [thru 9.15]
Devine's Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch (Harrodsburg, Kentucky) [thru 11.3]
Downtown Boulder's Fall Fest (Boulder, Colorado) [thru 9.15]
Grape Stomp Festival (Alexandria, Minnesota) [thru 9.15]
Harvest Moon Festival (Clearwater, Manitoba, Canada) [thru 9.15]
Hinkelfest (Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania) [thru 9.15]
Irish Festival (Milford, Connecticut) [thru 9.14]
Kentucky Bourbon Festival (Bardstown, Kentucky) [thru 9.15]
King Turkey Day Festival (Worthington, Minnesota) [thru 9.14]
Long Island Fair (Old Bethpage, New York) [thru 9.15]
Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival (Natchitoches, Louisiana) [thru 9.14]
National Barrow Show (Austin, Minnesota) [thru 9.16]
Neptune's Fall Wine Festival (Virginia Beach, Virginia) [thru 9.14] [thru 9.15]
Newport Oktoberfest (Newport, Kentucky) [thru 9.15]
Ohio Pawpaw Festival (Albany, Ohio) [thru 9.15]
Okawville Wheat Festival (Okawville, Illinois) [thru 9.15]
Pacific Meridian Film Festival (Vladivostok, Russia) [thru 9.19]
Rising Sun Navy Bean Fall Festival (Rising Sun, Indiana) [thru 9.14]
Slunce ve Skle Beer Festival (Plzen, Czech Republic) [thru 9.14]
Snowmass Wine Festival (Snowmass Village, Colorado) [thru 9.14]
Telluride Blues & Brews Festival (Telluride, Colorado) [thru 9.15]
Wine Harvest Festival in the Czech Republic (Znojmo, Czech Republic) [thru 9.15]
Feast Days
Aimé (a.k.a. Amatus; Christian; Saint)
Ame (Christian; Saint)
Arnold Schoenberg (Artology; Humanism)
Aristides the Athenian (Christian; Saint)
Barry Fell Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Basil of Iberia (Christian; Saint)
Bob Eggleton (Artology)
Ceremony of Lighting the Fire (Ancient Egypt)
Cornelius of Baden-Olonets, Dionysius, and Misail (Christian; Saints)
Cornelius the Centiurion (Christian; Martyr)
Cronides and Serapion in Alexandria (Christian; Martyrs)
Daniel Defoe (Writerism)
Dave the Human (Muppetism)
Day of Anubis (All Souls’ Day; Ancient Egypt)
Egyptian All Souls’ Day (Everyday Wicca)
Elias, Zoticus, Valerian, Macrobius, and Gordian at Tomi in Romania (Christian; Martyrs)
Emain Abhlach (Celtic Book of Days)
Epulum Jovis (Feast of Jove; Ancient Rome) [Ides of September]
Eulogius of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)
Feast of the Cross (Assyrian Church of the East)
Ketevan, Queen of Georgia (Christian; Martyr)
Hierotheus of Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos (Christian; Saint)
Hierotheus of Kalamata (Christian; Saint)
Ides of September (Ancient Rome)
John Chrysostom (Christian; Saint)
Lictisternia (Old Roman festival to Jupiter, Juno & Minerva)
Livia Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Make a Corn Dolly Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Marcellinus of Carthage (Christian; Saint)
Maurilius of Angers (a.k.a. Maurille) of Angers (Christian; Saint)
Molly Crabapple (Artology)
Mosquito Avoidance Day (Pastafarian)
Nectarius of Autun (Christian; Saint)
Otway (Positivist; Saint)
Peter of Atroe (Christian; Saint)
Robert Indiana (Artology)
Roald Dahl (Writerism)
Seleucus in Scythia (Christian; Martyr)
Sherwood Anderson (Writerism)
Venerius the Hermit (Christian; Saint)
Wulfthryth (a.k.a. Wilfrida) of Wilton (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]
Unlucky Day (EU, US) [Friday the 13th] (1 of 2 for 2024)
Unlucky Day (Canada, Germany, Ireland, UK, US) [Friday the 13th]
Premieres
After Hours (Film; 1985)
Agnes of God (Film; 1985)
Almost Famous (Film; 2000)
The Amityville Horror, by Jay Anson (Novel; 1977)
Audrey the Rainmaker (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
The Awful Tooth (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Barbershop (Film; 2002)
Batman Unlimited: Mchs vs. Mutants (WB Animated Film; 2016)
Benson (TV Series; 1979)
Bones (TV Series; 2005)
By Leaps and Hounds (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Candle in the Wind, Diana Version, by Elton John (Song; 1997)
Cat Carson Rides Again (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Cat-Choo (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Cat Tamale (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Centerfold, by The Cars (Song; 1981)
Children of the World, by The Bee Gees (Album; 1976)
City Kitty (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Clerks III (Film; 2022)
Clown on the Farm (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Come Dancing (UK Musical Show; 2008)
Crime of the Century, by Supertramp (Album; 1974)
Dogfight (Film; 1991)
The Dreaming, by Kate Bush (Album; 1982)
The Drew Carey Show (TV Series; 1995)
Easy-Duz-It, by Easy-E (Album; 1988)
Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series; 1996)
The Ginger Man, by J.P. Donleavy (Novel; 1955)
The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood (Novel; 1985)
Hard Rain, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1976)
Highway Star. Written by DeepPurple (Song; 1971)
In Utero, by Nirvana (Album; 1993)
Law and Audrey (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Law & Order (TV Series; 1990)
Mishima (Film; 1985)
The Muppet Show (TV Series; 1976)
The Nitty Gritty, recorded by Shirley Ellis (Song; 1963)
One More from the Road, by Lynyrd Skynyrd (Live Album; 1976)
The Other Wind, by Ursula Le Guin (Novel; 1968) [Earthsea #5]
Pee-Wee’s Playhouse (TV Series; 1986)
The Popeye Show (King Features Syndicate/Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Series; 1978)
Ready to Die, by The Notorious B.I.G. (Album; 1994)
Scooby-Doo Where Are You (Animated TV Series; 1969)
Scout Fellow (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1957)
Skinny Legs and All, recorded by Joe Tex (Song; 1967)
Soap (TV Series; 1977)
Solid Gold (TV Series; 1980)
The Spectacular Now (Film; 2013)
Star-Spangled Banner lyrics written, by Francis Scott Key (Lyrics; 1814)
Supernatural (TV Series; 2005)
Take Me to Church, by Hozier (Song; 2013)
Thud!, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2005) [Discworld #34]
Truth and Soul, by Fishbone (Album; 1988)
Undone (Animated TV Series; 2019)
Yesterday, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)
Yojimbo (Film; 1961)
Today’s Name Days
Tobias (Austria)
Ivan, Ljubo, Zlatko (Croatia)
Lubor (Czech Republic)
Cyprianus (Denmark)
Ervi, Ervin, Ervo (Estonia)
Orvo (Finland)
Aimé (France)
Johann, Notburga, Tobias (Germany)
Aristeides, Aristeidis, Cornelius, Kornelios (Greece)
Kornél (Hungary)
Crisostomo, Giovanni, Maurilio, Regina (Italy)
Iza, Izabella, Izanda, Izīda (Latvia)
Barmantas, Barvydė, Mangailis (Lithuania)
Stian, Stig (Norway)
Aleksander, Aureliusz, Eugenia, Filip, Lubor, Materna, Morzysław, Szeliga (Poland)
Ctibor (Slovakia)
Amado, Crisóstomo, Juan (Spain)
Ambjörn, Sture (Sweden)
Arlando, Milton, Orlando, Roland, Rolanda, Rolando, Stone, Stoney (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 257 of 2024; 109 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of Week 37 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 13 of 28]
Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 11 (Geng-Chen)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 10 Elul 5784
Islamic: 9 Rabi I 1446
J Cal: 17 Gold; Threesday [17 of 30]
Julian: 31 August 2024
Moon: 75%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 5 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Lessing]
Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 7 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 86 of 94)
Week: 2nd Full Week of September
Zodiac: Virgo (Day 23 of 32)
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Harp 101
It's a cliché at this point, but strings (especially the violins) are typically described as the main meal of the orchestra while everybody else is "seasoning" the further back you go on the stage. To be fair, it's not an inaccurate way to describe what each section usually contributes to the orchestra.
But whereas some sections (i.e. trumpets / trombones / tubas) have fewer classical pieces to work with because their instruments were developed last, the harp is an ancient instrument. So why hasn't it been incorporated into a ton of western classical music?
For one, the harp is pretty easy to drown out within an orchestra. This is especially true of pieces composed from the 1900s onwards, as those often put the loudest instruments at the forefront. (You could also say this is why the recorder hasn't found a place in the modern orchestra and why it's now been relegated to a childhood novelty and a laughing stock, despite being so prominent in the medieval period... Is it obvious how bitter I am about the recorder's status these days? LOL)
For another, the concert harp as it looks now is cumbersome and inconvenient. It weighs from 70 to 90 pounds, needs to be pushed around on a trolley, and takes up so much space. And the mere anxiety of lugging it around, knowing how some are made with 23-karat gold and cost upwards of 50,000 USD... That alone makes potential students (or, more accurately, their parents) want to avoid the instrument.
Long story short: The harp is one of the least popular instruments in the orchestra. But it's not hated. Certainly, I think most people can agree that it sounds beautiful (the typical go-to adjective is "heavenly"; in fact, I googled out of curiosity and realized there are 11.2 million results for "heavenly harp").
But its rarity means that available compositions are pretty limited. Some composers were capable of writing very well for the harp (like those two frenemies Debussy and Ravel), but there weren't a ton of them. As a result, harpists tend to play transcriptions (covers, basically) of pieces made for other instruments.
On the other hand, the harp has a rich repertoire within the realm of folk music! But before we look into that, let me just describe the most common harp types real quick.
LAP HARP (a.k.a. HARPSICLE)
Some of the smallest and cheapest harps you can find, and usually what parents first buy their kids (though some teachers don't recommend them). A lap harp is around 5lbs and has 26 strings with a 3.5-octave range. They're very convenient but do require some skill in transcription because of their limited range.
LEVER HARP (a.k.a. CELTIC HARP)
With around 36 strings and a span of nearly five octaves, the lever harp is what teachers would typically recommend as a foundation for students. They can be played sitting down or standing up, and their design hearkens back to harps used in the ancient Celtic nations (present-day Ireland, Scotland, and Wales). Above the strings are levers, which raise the pitch of each string by a semitone. They enable the harpist to play sharps and flats. Despite being the preferred "starting point" for budding harpists, lever harps aren't a mere training tool. They are the most widely used harp type among folk musicians.
PEDAL HARP (a.k.a. CONCERT HARP)
The largest of the family, weighing around 70-90lbs with 47 strings and a range of 6.5 octaves. These are the harps used in classical music. In place of levers, which you have to adjust for every string, this harp has seven pedals (one for each pitch class: C, D, E, F, G, A, B) across all the octaves. This requires a somewhat different type of training, as the feet are now incorporated into the way the instrument is played.
Not all harpists own each harp. Especially not the pedal harp, which is sometimes worth more than the apartments where pro harpists actually live. But if you can play one, you can play all of them (with some degree of awkwardness at the start, of course).
Earlier, I mentioned the usage of harp in folk music. So, before we wrap this up, let me talk a bit about the mariachi harp.
You can see that it looks very similar to a lever harp. They have roughly the same number of strings, can be played in the same positions, and use levers. But one of the most striking differences is how the strings on the mariachi harp are much closer together. This design accommodates the mariachi style of playing, which traditionally uses the fingernails rather than the fingertips and is often lightning-fast.
This harp plays a prominent role in Mexican folk music, especially among bands from Veracruz. Here is the ensemble Tlen Huicani in concert:
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So, you know, even if it's considered "seasoning" in a classical orchestra, it can be the main course elsewhere!
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The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
The Quatermass Xperiment (a.k.a. The Creeping Unknown in the United States) is a 1955 British science fiction horror film from Hammer Film Productions, based on the 1953 BBC Television serial The Quatermass Experiment written by Nigel Kneale. The film was produced by Anthony Hinds, directed by Val Guest, and stars Brian Donlevy as the eponymous Professor Bernard Quatermass and Richard Wordsworth as the tormented Carroon. Jack Warner, David King-Wood, and Margia Dean appear in co-starring roles.
The film concerns three astronauts who have been launched into space aboard a single stage to orbit rocket designed by Professor Quatermass. It crashlands with only one of its original crew, Victor Carroon (Richard Wordsworth), still aboard. He begins mutating into an alien organism, which, if it spawns, will engulf the Earth and destroy humanity. After Carroon escapes from custody Quatermass and Inspector Lomax (Jack Warner) of Scotland Yard have just hours to track him/it down and prevent a catastrophe.
Like its source TV serial, the film was a major success in the UK. It also brought public attention to Hammer Film Productions around the world. The film was released in the United States in a double feature with The Black Sleep.
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Ten Items on my Bucket List
☽⭒ - I want to add more tiny little humans to our family, making Noah a big brother.
⭒☾ - I would like to start building the Darrow Ranch Venue with a structure that could accommodate both small town weddings and larger charitable events.
☽⭒ - It’s always been a dream of my parents to ride horses through the rolling hills of Scotland, I want to be there when they finally do.
⭒☾ - Since our properties connect along the back of each one, I’d like to tear down the fence and expand our home.
☽⭒ - I want to see more of the world with my two boys, even if all we end up seeing are theme parks and ‘World’s Largest’ sites.
⭒☾ - I would like to make a space, whether it be converting space in my house or building a structure on the property, or finding room anywhere, so Noah and I can do big, messy science experiments, a.k.a. making a fun and sometimes educational mess.
☽⭒ - Within the next year I will be expanding Elegant Events and opening an office in New York. I would like to also open a location in Los Angeles.
⭒☾ - I would like establish a Foundation that will live on long after I die, one that would raise funds and funnel them into programs that help Veterans and their families, regardless of the problems they are facing. [ ie. Making homes accessible to injured soldiers, financial aid after a death, etc. ]
☽⭒ - I want to take an in-depth self defense and weapons course. I don’t want to leave the burden of safety for myself and our family solely to the man I’m in love with.
⭒☾ - More generally, take more camping trips. ❤️
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💜💜💜HI FROM PG💜💜💜
💜💜💜HI FROM PG💜💜💜
Hello there everybody! I thought I would send a message or a post and just let you all know that I miss you and I miss being a very active part of Skippy‘s blog!!
I had my second vaccination the Astrazeneca on Tuesday and had my doctor assessment yesterday and my arm is getting better it’s still is not 100% so I am taking it low and slow and using the dictation software. I know so many of you have left messages such kind words of love and support and I really really really appreciate them! And I want to say a special message to💜🙏🏻💜 CHERUB, 💜🙏🏻💜you know that you are in my prayers every single day. Jesus is with you he will never leave you or for sake you no matter what happens. I will be back probably in another week I think with if my arm continues as it is progressing.
Now I have a few things I wanna say about what’s happening here first I wanna say the visit to Scotland was a rousing success and as usual our Catherine slayed Fashion wise and interpersonal skills wise! I saw someone write a comment that they didn’t like her in the brown and the khaki but I had commented a couple of weeks ago when she wore that beautiful camel coloured coat that I wish she would wear browns and taupes more often so I was just elated to see her wear those long wide leg pants that were hemmed exactly as they should be not dragging on the ground! I just think that this couple can do no wrong and they both very well for the future! Now I am not biased by my affection for the Cambridge is at all ha ha Ha! By the way I received my Hold Still book this week and I also received from Royal Mail Her Majesty’s at 95th birthday stamp first day cover and coin which was reasonably price I think £20? Anyhow the book is very substantial and because of my left arm being the way it is I have yet to be able to look at it because it’s quite heavy and it is a huge book, but I am looking forward to the day when I can hold it and I can enjoy looking at the pictures! Again I say Catherine kudos to you on your fabulous projects! Catherine I also wonder if you’re stealing my word wowza because when you met with Mila for tea, you said wowza as she showed her dress twirling. I’m wondering are you borrowing from PG?? Aka me?? 😂😂😂🤣🤣Catherine you are most welcome to share the word while that I think we are the only two people on the planet that still say it ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!
OK now onto our Harry. Heads together in the UK and many other mental health organizations around the world are doing fabulous work. CBT or cognitive behavioural therapy, cognitive restructuring, EDMR, Hipnosis, that’s spelt wrong but hey I’m dictating hypnosis is spelled HYPNO either we go anyhow those are all legitimate therapies done when they’re done by trained professionals! One thing that has always driven me crazy about Oprah and Dr. Phil who is her who is her surrogate, is they do mumbo-jumbo therapy on tv and have people share their just horrific interpersonal stories with an audience and a television audience! It just it just sickens me to make people so vulnerable for attention and ratings and money and advertising! When I saw Harry doing the tapping and whatever I just felt whether he was doing it for real or whether he’s towing the line as I believe it is just so wrong to show somebody at their most vulnerable!! It just sickens me.
However let’s let us ask ourselves why is this happening now? When ‘her’, l will continue to use the descriptor ‘her’ was doing all the talking a.k.a. lying because every time her lips move we know she’s lying and now she’s been silent. But for the last well since about the time that the Duke of Edinburgh passed away Harry allegedly has flown back to the to the United States where apparently he’s lived for two years one article said which surprises me but anyways what what’s truth and in articles. And he has been everywhere good morning America that all these Apple things with Oprah and celebrities and doing this and that and the other all for mental health!
You know sometimes it’s too much of a good thing. There’s a lot of excellent organizations in Canada there’s a CMH a Canadian mental health Association all over the world. But this constant stream of video and him in our face that’s not normal and the things he saying or lies and their provable lies that they’re not difficult at all. This is NOT NORMAL! IT IS A DELIBERATE OVERSATURATION FILLED WITH SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES IN THE VIDEOS, TRUST ME, SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES IN ADVERTISING IS REAL. TAKE A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO A FASHION MAGAZINE AND LOOK CLOSELY. YOU WILL BE AMAZED WHAT IS EMBEDDED IN THEM. JUST LIKE THE DISNEY VIDEOS THAT WERE SHOWN TO HAVE ADULT DRAWINGS.
In knowing Harry’s dedication to his Queen, his grandmother and his grandfather why on earth would he pick the first few days after the funeral to dig in like this and go so public? Why? We really must ask ourselves why? I will tell you why he is continuing to expose evil! There are all kinds of organizations that I’m not gonna name any “churches” some start with the letter S which many celebrities are members of Tom C is one. These organizations manipulate people and just like the NIXVM did in Canada. These backers are evil people and they’re willing to use people for anything in anyway at any purpose. The last picture I saw of Harry it was a video but I didn’t watch the video he looks so pale and so gaunt and so unwell that even though I believe he is doing the right thing and exposing all this and eventually hopefully eventually this will wrap up with him being free and everyone brought to justice let’s hope and pray, this is taking a terrible toll on him an absolute terrible toll. I have to again harken back to London scoop, everything has come to pass that she foretold way back several years ago when she came upon this information about this plot. I did a post one post last week where I propose the thought that the plot to integrate the British royal family began in the 1990s with princess Diana and I still believe that. I don’t know all the reasons or who the people would be but things things are just smelling very funny very very funny and I don’t mean funny as in laughter I mean funny as an off off off off!!!
So I say let us continue to pray for our Queen her family pray for the Cambridges, that they all stay safe and healthy the whole family to especially pray for Harry, whether do you think he’s doing his duty or you think he’s fallen under her trap and has become some whimpering child, pray for him all the more then because he needs it. If you really believe that he is he is doing this on his own free will because he’s mesmerized by her or he is woke and has become part of the woke world my goodness he needs more prayer than ever! To be released from these bondages!!
OK kids that’s my more than my two cents worth! As you all know it’s never one word thing with me I am very elaborative! I miss you all miss you and you all know who you are! Take care sending you all my love and prayers, PG!! I beg you all please don’t forget about me because I shall return I shall return!
To my dear Skippy, thank you for always being there. Thank you for relay messages. Most especially thank you for this safe space, your friendship and your prayers.
To my MM Anon/ Kensington Anon, thank you so much for your kind messages of love and support I have really appreciated it. I just feel like I’ve let everybody down by not being able to do the stories about the Cambridges. But I shall return soon hopefully in a week I’ll see how my arm is but it’s getting better hopefully in a week. I hope this finds you well, I hope you read this I don’t know if you ever checked my blog but if you do you will see this here.
💜🙂🙏🏻✝️💟PG💟✝️🙂🙏🏻💜
GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿
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X-Men Abridged: 1977
The X-Men, those starjammin' mutants that have sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them, are a cultural juggernaut with a long, tangled history. Want to unravel this tapestry? Then read the Abridged X-Men!
(X-Men 103 - 108) - written by Chris Claremont and art by Dave Cockrum, Bob Brown and John Byrne
The fabled M’Kraan Crystal, a.k.a. Everything’s a butt plug if you’re brave enough. (X-Men 107)
When we last left our X-Men, they were being pummelled into a paste by Black Tom and the Juggernaut at the ancestral Cassidy Keep. Only Nightcrawler was out of their clutches, because he was saved by elves. (All Irish keeps have elves, plz don’t question it.) Apparently, Juggernaut and Black Tom have been holding the inhabitants of the castle hostage under the orders of Eric the Red. Black Tom plans to mindrape the X-Men to lure Charles to Ireland to kill him, which… er… Wouldn’t it be easier to go back to the USA now that Charles is mostly unprotected? Most of the the X-Men are in Oire right now!
Nightcrawler incidentally discovers he turns invisible in the shadows, and it makes total sense that he only realizes this now, because they have no shadows in Germany. Eh, nobody remembers he has this power these days anyway, so! Moving briskly on!
Kurt surprises the gay villainous duo by pretending to be a surprisingly spry Xavier. (Image inducer ftw.) While trying to turn Nightcrawler into a smear of blue fuzz, Juggernaut punches through a wall, exposing Storm to the sky and releasing her from the tight grip of her claustrophobia.
Very few things fill me with more delight than seeing Storm doing loop-de-loops. (X-Men 103)
Storm frees the rest of the X-Men. In the final battle, Banshee tussles with Tom, tossing him off the ramparts and straight into the choppy ocean. Even though tossing a villain into the water is an absolutely sure-fire way to guarantee they'll survive, Juggernaut jumps in after him, desperate to save his boyfriend. Friend. Whatever.
Hilariously, the people at marvel.fandom hate this issue and plotline, saying it’s more riddled with plot holes than Swiss cheese. For example, the elves reveal Wolverine’s real name - Logan - which… “This issue implies that the leprechauns have some prior knowledge of, and even a connection to Wolverine. This plot point, however, was completely dropped and never referenced again (which is probably for the best, considering how goofy it is.)”
I mean, they’re not wrong.
So. Hey. You ready for things to get weird?
Moira has received a VAGUE BUT DISTRESSING call for help from Muir Isle. Off-screen she got upgraded to being an associate at Edinburgh University who owns a lab in Scotland. She left some dude named Jamie Madrox in charge, which - Moira, you have a Phd, you should be able to tell that Madrox is an absolute (entertaining) mess of a person.
Also super surprised that Jamie Madrox was conceived in the seventies, but whatever.
In order to check out the lab, the X-Men rent a hovercraft, which explodes just off the shore of Muir Isle.
Get a bucket and a mop for this wet-ass fuzzy. (X-Men 104)
They are beset on all sides, before being pulled into the laboratory by… MAGNETO?
Magneto accusing anybody other than Dr. Doom or Namor of all-consuming arrogance shows us that self-awareness can’t be taught. (X-Men 104)
Cyclops arrives by airplane, reuniting with the team, while also talking to Moira and Madrox. Absolutely bonkers revelations are made in the space of three pages:
Moira’s lab is a secret Mutant Research Centre. (uh…)
In the Defenders-comic, Magneto was de-aged into a baby. (...what?!)
‘Research Centre’ is a Scottish synonym for a penal colony for all kinds of dangerous mutants, like baby Magneto, Dragonfly, Unus and the mysterious Mutant-X. (...what?!)
Moira quite cavalierly experiments on prisoners and babies. She also has a machine that can manipulate age. Xavier knows and is fine with all of this. (wtf!?!?)
This is such a bonkers, messy way to rewrite both Moira and Magneto. Like, I can’t.
Eric the Red freed Magneto and then used the aging machine to turn Magneto back into an adult man at the peak of his powers. This Magneto is understandably upset at having been turned into a science lab experiment/baby and he mops the floor with the X-Men.
Cyclops makes the executive decision to flee Muir Isle, because they have no chance against Magneto and he now realizes Professor X is unprotected and probably at the mercy of Eric the Red. Wolverine calls him a big fat sissy to his face.
I kind of dig that the X-Men don't win a lot of their fights yet. They’re still treated as relatively unseasoned, especially as a team, and they don’t automatically win at the end of every story. It also gives Magneto more oomph as a villain.
Anyway, when the X-Men arrive at the mansion, they’re defeated by Firelord, Galactus’ former herald. He’s been duped into attacking them by Eric the Red. Firelord is convinced the X-Men are the villains, because Eric went with the Wounded Gazelle Gambit: he even knocked out Havok and Polaris to pretend he was attacked by our merry mutants. (Next time we see them, they’re back to their normal, non-brainwashed selves.)
In her new apartment, Jean is introducing her parents and Professor X to her new girlfriend roommate Misty Knight when princess Neramani (of, uh, space) teleports into the room. And then Firelord attacks Charles! Jean has absolutely zero chill for all of this.
I know very little about Misty Knight, but every time she appears, she responds to anything remotely surprising by drawing her gun. I assume she shoots her paper boy every morning. (X-Men 105)
The entire point of this issue is to show how big a threat Phoenix is. Claremont originally wanted to use a big name like Thor or the Silver Surfer, but editorial nixed that: they feared that it would be emasculating for a popular character to be beaten by a girl. Once again, this proves how badly the Phoenix storyline was needed. Did Jean single-handedly introduce feminism to superhero comics? I’mma say yes.
With Jean distracted and Charles teaching Lilandra English telepathically so he can woo the pretty space-lady and/or get an explanation as to why the universe is ending, Eric the Red strikes, revealing himself to be: SHAKARI.
Yeah, no, I don’t recognize the name either, but the dude’s been working on this reveal for a while, so just let him have it.
He absconds with Lilandra through the Stargate and switches it off, just as the X-Men arrive. Jean casually turns it back on and because the Professor is all, “we’ve got to save her! I mean the universe!”, the X-Men jump through the gate.
Jean’s parents are all out of wtfs to give.
We take a break from Shi´Ar shenanigans with an inconsequential filler issue, where we flashback to Xavier while he was being driven crazy by his Space Trek dreams. It’s established that Moira and Xavier are ex-lovers and that Xavier’s melodramatic subconscious wants to kill the new X-Men. (Probably not for real, but who knows.) Next!
Still a better villain than Onslaught. (X-Men 106)
Anyway, the X-Men find themselves surrounded by aliens in front of the ginormous M’Kraan Crystal. The Shi’Ar are all: ‘dafuq you’re doing here’, Cyclops is all: ‘We’re here for Lilandra’, and the Shi’Ar are all: ‘You mean our prisoner and rogue princess?’ Scott decides that gathering more information is for losers and starts blasting, triggering a fight with the Imperial Guard.
Lilandra, meanwhile, is in the hands of Shakari and her big brother, Emperor D’Ken. He releases some nebulously defined monster - a Soul Drinker - to kill Lilandra. Nightcrawler saves her from its murderous clutches by teleporting two people for the very first time. Lilandra doesn’t barf up her insides, which is apparently a test of character, and proceeds to explain what’s what.
First, she tells the X-Men that she felt Professor Xavier when he was doing the telepathic care bear attack against the Z’Nox way back in the sixties and that she felt instantly drawn to him. She also explains that she’s D’Ken’s younger sister and leading a rebellion against her mad, power hungry brother. Why is he mad? Well...
The X-Men vs. Astrology! Riveting. (Still a better villain than Onslaught.) Although, “I’m a Pisces” sounds a lot lamer than “I was born under the Nine Death Stars. (X-Men 107)
The guy in the mohawk is Gladiator, he is consistently the worst. Even when Lilandra reveals that opening that gate triggers the End of All That Is, he’s still all: “Juuust following orders.”
The Imperial Guard goes in for a smackdown, but the X-Men are fortunately saved by the Starjammers. (Space pirates, not an 80’s rock group.) They are:
Corsair, a debonair dude with one golden earring. Pretty obviously a human.
Raza, cyborg with a temper and somehow bald whilst rocking a ponytail.
Ch’od, lizard creature. Has a white fluffy spider monkey-thing that I don’t recognize and but is apparently called Waldo Ch'ee. (I pray it just got lost in Marvel history and that it doesn’t get squashed at some point. It’s adorable.)
Hepzibah, cute cat girl with a gun. Involved with Corsair, except he can’t pronounce her name so he just gave her the completely unrelated nickname Hepzibah? Dude!
Jean, having learned psychic etiquette from Charles Xavier, immediately violates their privacy and scans their minds, figuring out that Corsair is Scott’s dad. Superficial telepathic read, my ass.
Meanwhile, power builds up in the M’Kraan Crystal and the universe briefly blinks out of existence, threatening to tear open the fabric of the universe if this keeps up. To emphasize that this is a Big Honking Deal, we cut to Earth where the Avengers, Fantastic Four and Peter Corbeau (rumored to have an IQ over 200) are all: oy, did the universe just stop existing?
That’s Hank McCoy for “we’re fucked’”. Hi Jimmy Carter! (X-Men 108)
Apparently, this is the year the X-Men can’t catch a break, because after being beaten by the Juggernaut, Magneto and the Imperial Guard, they are soundly trashed by Jahf, the Guardian of the Crystal. That is, until Phoenix drops a small meteor on him. In a story beat that I really like, Jahf isn’t fazed at all: the Phoenix, despite her immeasurable power, isn’t omnipotent. Sometimes, you need a scalpel instead of a sledge hammer: it’s Banshee whose sonic scream can scramble the guardian’s circuitry.
Unfortunately, defeating the first guardian only awakens a second, stronger one, so…
Raza decides he’s had enough of this nonsense and, displaying admirable proactive problem solving skills, simply tosses D’Ken into the M’Kraan crystal. Presumably, the Crystal is annoyed at being attacked by someone who also has an unnecessary apostrophe in their name, and it lashes out, trapping everyone involved in their own personal hell. For Jean, this is apparently death, but she’s all: “Um, I was recently deceased, no big deal,” and snaps out of it.
The Phoenix reaches out the crystal, which is slowly cracking under the weight of the universe. (Same.) If it shatters, it will destroy the universe, devouring all . Think of it as a cosmic reset button. The Phoenix is its opposite, a bringer of energy and life, so it might be able to fix the crystal. Problem is, Jean has trouble remaining anchored in this reality, because she’s being absorbed by the crystal.
OKAY. SO MANY THINGS TO LOVE. Even when allied with a cosmic force, Storm proves she’s our queen. Furthermore, other than Jean/Scott, Ororo/Jean might the most fleshed out relationship among these new X-Men at this point. Their friendship is consistently a highlight.
Also, rough, rough day for Corsair. (X-Men 108)
Phoenix mends the crystal with a lot of mystical space mumbo jumbo and… er, that’s it. Cosmic balance restored, she poofs the X-Men home.
Lilandra tags along with them, explaining that D’Ken’s tinkering with the Crystal left him catatonic and unfit to rule. As his sister, she’s the rightful heir, but since she also led a rebellion, she kind of cancelled by her empire. She announces she will stay on Earth with Charles while the Shi´Ar iron out the details of the succession. So, instead of consolidating her power base and claim to the throne, she peaces out to explore her feelings for the hairless pink alien who can peek into her brain. Solid.
And with that final bit of space opera, we say goodbye to Dave Cockrum and welcome artist John Byrne. The Claremont/Byrne-run is widely seen as the definitive X-Men run, so hold onto your butts and let’s see where the Phoenix takes us, shall we?
Didn’t you take Art History? I stand by my space mumbo jumbo comment from earlier, but check out these Byrne-pages:
Chef’s kiss. (X-Men 108)
Ugliest Costume: I have a fierce hatred for the Shi'ar's weird wispy triangular hair/feather/thingies, but those are technically not costumes. So: Lilandra, why is your boob window a bug?
Best new character: I’m not much of a fan of space operas or the Shi’Ar and their extended court, but I do have a soft spot for the Starjammers, Hepzibah in particular. I fondly remember her being a part of the X-Men at some point in the future, although I don't think her actual unpronounceable name ever gets revealed.
Most audacious retcon: Moira the housekeeper is actually an evil morally complicated mad scientist.
What to read: Issue 105, 107 and 108, for all your Phoenix Saga needs.
#x-men#x-men abridged#abridged x-men#professor x#cyclops#phoenix#nightcrawler#colossus#storm#wolverine#banshee#chris claremont#dave cockrum#john byrne#juggernaut#black tom#shi'ar#moira mactaggert#magneto#starjammers
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Hello! I know that it is not actually a pokemon type so to speak but I'm staring down an essay deadline with less than half the word count. Would you mind talking about your favourite pokemon that is a dog or canine? Like the pokemons that are also dogs? Does that make sense? Sorry I'm very sleep deprived right now. Thank you so much for always being such a lovely presence on my dash and I hope you have a brilliant day!
Thank you for the compliments, and I would be glad to talk about some of my favorite PokéCanines! I’ll talk about all of my favorite canine pokémon, though please do note that I am leaving out the Ecruteak Trio because it is hotly debated whether they are canines or not and I do not feel like getting into that tonight. (For the record, I feel that Entei is definitely canine, Raikou is feline, and Suicune is too hard to tell, but still, I don’t want to get into it, so I will leave it at that.)
Growlithe / Arcanine — Probably my favorite of the canines for personal, sentimental reasons. When I imagined my previous dog in the Pokémon world, I imagined her as a Growlithe who would evolve into an Arcanine, because the PokéWorld doesn’t have a sheltie pokémon and I felt that the fluff and warmth of Growlithe fit her best, along with the ‘Dex descriptions of them being very loyal and willing to do anything to protect their trainer. My previous dog was exactly like that. But I also feel that Arcanine would be just such a wonderful pokémon to be companions with because they are gigantic, fire-breathing fluffy puppies, and riding them across the countryside would be AMAZING. (Not that I live in the countryside, but I do live in the midwest, so the plains are everywhere and not hard to find.) They’re just so good.
Smeargle — Okay, I will admit, Smeargle loses some points for being bipedal. HOWEVER. They gain those points back by virtue of how cool they are! While they’re not very useful in battle, sadly, due to low stats and the like, Smeargle are cool because each Smeargle has a different color paint (it’s not really paint, more a bodily fluid they use like paint, but close enough), and that as they grow up they let other Smeargle that they are close put their pawprints on their back. (So in other words, Smeargle A let’s Smeargle B use Smeargle B’s ink to put Smeargle B’s pawprints on Smeargle A’s back.) The ‘Dex always says “comrades,” but listen . . . we know what it means when two Smeargle have each other’s pawprints on their back. They are in love.
Houndour / Houndoom — ACTUAL HELLHOUNDS, THEY ARE GREAT. True, the fact that their breath smells like sulfur is kind of gross, but their design and concept are so incredibly cool, and I also just absolutely love the mental image of a Houndour puppy having gigantic paws they have yet to grow into. It’s just the absolute cutest. I also like to imagine that my current dog would be a mixed-breed Houndour and Poochyena in the PokéWorld, so there’s that, too.
Flareon & Umbreon — Listen, some of the Eeveelutions look like felines, some of them look like canines, and others (such as Jolteon) make it really hard to tell. But I’m convinced that Flareon and Umbreon are both canines, and I love them both. FIRST of all, Flareon DOES NOT deserve the hate it gets. It is small and soft and so incredibly warm, it CAN be useful in battle, and most importantly, FLAREON WAS NOT THE FALSE PROPHET AND DID NOTHING WRONG, EVERYONE WHO HATED FLAREON DURING TPP SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. If you don’t know what I’m talking about there, you don’t need to know about it, but just know that Flareon had a lot of libel posted about it and it was completely unacceptable. As for Umbreon, Umbreon is the Eeveelution I connect with the most given that I am naturally nocturnal, and I love how its rings grow stronger depending on what phase the moon is in. Shiny Umbreon is also choice. They’re definitely the best two Eeveelutions (though Espeon is also up there, sorry Espeon, although Espeon is also one of the feline ones and so shouldn’t be discussed here anyway).
Poochyena / Mightyena — As discussed in another ask, technically hyenas are not canines (or felines), but I’m still going to include them here because the localization team at the very least thought that Poochyena looked like a puppy (“pooch”), hence its name. I LOVE these two. Although my Mightyena ended up underperforming in AlphaSapphire, I’ve always loved the scruffy look contrasted with how loving and puppylike they can be. Also, again, I like to think of my current dog as a mixed breed Houndour/Poochyena, so there’s that, too.
Absol — Absol is another contested one, but I always thought Absol looked canine to me, so I’m going to count it. Absol is wonderful because it not only has a super cool design (though could also benefit from a dual typing, I feel), but also because this is another poor baby who has had so much unfortunate slander spread about it. Absol just wants to help! Absol wants to warn people! And people decide that instead of being grateful, they want to blame the messenger!! Absol does not deserve this at all, and the world likewise does not deserve Absol. That is a fact.
Lillipup / Herdier / Stoutland — Before anyone says anything, NO, these are not shelties. Lillipup is more like a yorkshire terrier, and while Herdier and Stoutland seem like they could be herding dogs of some kind (it’s even in Herdier’s name), I can assure you they do not resemble shelties. More like they resemble oversized yorkies. REGARDLESS, I loved them. Lillipup is adorable, so is Herdier, and while Stoutland is less cute and more gruff, it is also an absolute BEAST. BW confused me because I always took Cheren down easily, but Bianca regularly fucked up my shit with her Stoutland. (And yet they tried to make Stoutland Cheren’s ace in the sequels, smh . . .) My Stoutland was also very reliable. Very good doggos, 10/10
Rockruff / Lycanroc — WOLVES!!! FINALLY WOLVES!!! oh my GOD I waited SEVEN GENERATIONS for this!! To be fair, when I was a child I mistook MIghtyena for a wolf because of the coloring and the fact that it looked like a canine, but as I got older I learned the truth and was back to being disappointed. And while the fact that this line is pure rock (which has a million weaknesses) is disappointing, and while I’m also not fond of Midnight Form being bipedal, I can forgive it because we finally have wolves AND ALSO Rockruff is adorable and perfect AND ALSO because so is Midday Form. Plus, despite rock-type having so many weaknesses, my Midday Lycanroc is pretty strong, so. It works out.
Yamper / Boltund — Okay, I will level with you: a corgi evolving into a greyhound is kind of weird. Also, I do question why they used yorkshire terriers in Unova when they should have saved them for Galar, and instead maybe had like, American bull terriers (a.k.a. pitbulls) in Unova instead (although I guess some could argue that Snubbul / Granbull are pitbulls, but I disagree, I think they look more like English bulldogs than pitbulls). Regardless though, anyone who says that Yamper is anything other than adorable does not have eyes (the puppy has a heart on its butt), and also they are the GOODEST of puppers in how they bring your pokéballs back to you. And while it took me a bit to get used to Boltund, my Boltund, Poppy, is AMAZING and love her very, very much. This line is great and I love them. ♥
Zacian & Zamazenta — FINALLY, SOME LEGENDARY WOLVES!! And not only are they legendary wolves, but one has a tuft of fur it can turn into a shield around its neck and the other CARRIES A SWORD IN ITS MOUTH, HOW BADASS IS THAT. I do get a little annoyed when people call them doggos when they are actually wolfos, but that doesn’t change how excited I was to have some legendary wolves at last, particularly ones dedicated to beating up hellspawn from space. I love them, they are beautiful, 10/10.
So those are my favorite canine pokémon!! If anyone disagrees with any of these pokémon being canines, I do not care and I do not want to fight about it, please do not send discourse my way. And as a final note, here are two lists of future canines / dog breeds I hope to see in future gens:
Dog Breeds: SHELTIES, miniature schnauzers, Italian greyhounds, German shepherds, Siberian huskies, dachshunds, shiba inu, some kind of spaniel, chihuahua (and it HAS to be fighting-type, it HAS to), and many others. You can never have too many doggos.
I also have to have one more final grievance at the fact that we didn’t get shelties in Galar either considering that sheltie is a nickname for shetland sheepdog, and this breed of dog ORIGINATED IN SCOTLAND, which at least part of Galar (particularly the Crown Tundra) was inspired by, ffs Game Freak why did you miss this opportunity.
Wild Canines: Maned wolves, African wolf, African wild dog, dingos, coyotes, and just more wolves in general, honestly. I would say more foxes too, but we already have several fox lines, and while I wouldn’t say no to them, I want to see more wolves get attention first.
Anyway, thanks for asking!! I love Pokémon and I love canines, so this was a fun ask!
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Wrote this when I got bored:
A Brief History Of The English Monarchs: from William The Conqueror to the last of the Stuarts
William the Conqueror defeats Harold Godwinson at The Battle Of Haystings in 1066, thus taking the throne and establishing The House Of Normandy. William has two sons who each take the throne. First William II, then Henry I. Henry I has a son William Adelin, and daughter Matilda. William Adelin dies in a shipwreck leaving Henry with no male heir, causing him to designate his daughter to the throne. Upon Henry I’s death, however, the throne is seized from Matilda by Stephen Of Blois in a coup thus establishing the house of Blois. From this ensues a conflict known as “The Anarchy” wherein the parties supporting Matilda, and those supporting Stephen engage in war against each other for the throne. This conflict concludes with a treaty signed by Stephen and Matilda recognizing her son Henry as king. Thus Henry II commences The House of Anjou, so called because Henry II’s father was Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count Of Anjou. Henry II’s son Richard I(A.K.A. Richard The Lionheart) succeeds him, and his son John succeeds him(Under whose rule Robin Hood is supposed to have taken place). King Louis VIII of France then takes the throne from John in a conflict known as The First Baron’s War holding the post for the space of roughly a year (1216-1217) only to abdicate the throne to King John’s son, Henry III. Henry III thus commences The house Of Plantagenet, deriving its moniker again from Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count Of Anjou. (It is also key to note that different historians take different portions of liberty with which monarchs compose The House Of Plantagenet. Some consider The houses of Lancaster, and York, to which our attention shall return momentarily, as sub-houses of Plantagenet). Henry III is succeeded by his son Edward I (A.K.A. Edward Longshanks against whom William Wallace fought), who is then succeeded by his son Edward II, and he by his son Edward III. Edward III’s son would have been King Edward IV were it not for his death falling not three weeks prior his father’s in June of 1377. This left Edward III’s grandson Richard II as Heir Apparent. Richard II is deposed by Henry IV, also a grandson of William III, though by a different father. The House Of Lancaster is thus established. Henry IV’s son is succeeded by his son Henry V, and he by his son Henry VI. The stage for The Wars Of The Roses is set, to which a summary so brief as our own cannot do justice beyond stating that it was a conflict between the houses of Lancaster, and York vying for the throne. In this conflict Edward IV takes the throne from Henry VI, only for Henry VI to take the throne back from Edward IV. The throne is one final time after this seized from Henry VI by Edward IV. Edward IV’s son Edward V is appointed to assume the throne but is instead locked up and murdered at will of Richard III. Richard III rules for approximately three years until he is defeated by Henry Tudor at The Battle Of Bosworth Field who then takes the throne as Henry VII commencing The House Of Tudor. Henry VII is succeeded by his son Henry the VIII who quite unscrupulously went through six wives to attain his male heir Edward VI. Edward VI came to power at a very young age, and lived not more than sixteen years. In his will he left his first cousin once removed Lady Jane Grey as his heir. Her reign did not exceed nine days. The Privy Council proclaimed Henry VIII’s daughter Mary I as queen (A.K.A Bloody Mary). Mary I ruled jointly with her husband Philip II Of Spain until her death in 1558, although more powers were granted her than Philip. Upon the death of Mary I, the throne was succeeded by her half sister, Elizabeth I. Elizabeth I died in 1603, and was succeeded by James IV Of Scotland, as he was her first cousin twice removed and thus had the greatest claim to the throne. James the IV Of Scotland thus became James I Of England establishing The House Of Stuart, and bringing about The Union Of The Crowns, wherein England, Scotland, and Ireland unite under one crown. Charles I assumes the throne after James I. Under Charles I’s rule tensions arise between him and parliament in turn begetting The English Civil War. Charles I is beheaded at the end of the war and Oliver Cromwell takes control of England not under the title of king, but under that of “Lord Protector.” Oliver Cromwell imposes oppressive puritanical rule and is succeeded by his son Richard Cromwell whose reign fell quite short of even a year. Charles II then takes the throne restoring The house Of Stuart. Charles II, is succeeded by his brother James II. James II is overthrown in The Glorious Revolution Of 1688 and is replaced by William III Of Orange, a native to The Netherlands, who ruled jointly with his wife Mary II, daughter of James II. They both were succeeded by Mary II’s younger sister Anne who terminates The House Of Stuart and thus our summary.
#history#society#english history#anglo saxon#human behavior#sociology#politics#history lover#medieval history#monarchy#military history
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I love the Halloween prompts list! If you're feeling up to it, how about the classic FitzHunter brotp + 30 and/or 82?
Hi! I am so sorry!! I legit have no explanation for why this took so long except that school is hard and I have not been writing (I wanted to at least finish this for Halloween, and I didn’t even do that T^T). But thank you so much for asking anyway!!! I am ALWAYS down for FitzHunter, the best of bros of all time. I tweaked the prompt a little, so hope that’s okay. Sorry again, and I hope you enjoy!!
82. “Do you think this is Harry Potter or something?” FitzHunter BROTP, mid-season 3. From this list:
Crumbs splattered Hunter’s face as he dove into his family-sized bag of southern style barbecue chips.
“Hey. Hey!” Fitz complained, rushing to brush the crumbs off his desk. “No eating in the lab!”
“In one ear and out the other, mate,” Hunter said around a mouth full of chips. “Mmm, you know, you just don’t find these kinds of flavors in England. Here try some, come on.”
Fitz knew he should refuse, but it was too much fun goofing around with Hunter. He glanced around the lab at Simmons talking to Daisy and all the other scientists busily working. With no one looking in their direction, Fitz opened his mouth and Hunter aimed to shoot.
“SCORE!” Hunter pumped his fist in the air.
“SHH!” Fitz hid his face as everyone swiveled to look at them.
Hunter cheekily waved at the lab. “Just cheering on all the good work you guys are doing here. Really proud. Keep it up,” he emphasized with a thumbs up.
Fitz covered up a laugh. He dropped into his seat, as Hunter leaned on the edge of the desk.
“You’ve got to work on your lies,” Fitz whispered.
“Who’s the field agent here, a.k.a. trained master of deception, me or you? Speaking of, what is that?”
Fitz had called up a series of schematics on his screen. They were rough sketches, inklings of ideas, but he was proud of them all the same. Hunter’s face, however, suggested they could have been ancient greek for all he knew.
“Just some new ideas I’ve been working. Deathlok hardware upgrades. Virtual reality simulator. This one,” he shuffled through the files, “could be a teleportation device. The monolith was able to connect places across the space-time continuum, and I’ve been looking at the properties of how it did that. I thought Gordon’s power could have been of some use, but it looks like we need a physical vehicle.”
“Like a cabinet,” Hunter joked.
Fitz raised an eyebrow.
“Like the Vanishing Cabinet.” Fitz frowned, and Hunter tried again. “You know, the sixth book. Took the Death Eaters to the Room of Requirements.” Fitz shook his head confusedly. “Half Blood Prince, mate! Malfoy, Snape, Dumbledore. It’s kind of a big deal!”
“Oh, is this some kind of Harry Potter thing?”
“Is this some kind of-” Hunter jumped up, his hands strangling the chip bag. He looked like someone had just slapped his mother. “Fitz, are you telling me you’ve never read Harry Potter?”
“Didn’t really get around to it,” Fitz admitted, scratching his chin.
“Watched it?”
“Never had the time. There are like nine movies, aren’t there?”
“EIGHT! Eight movies. Seven books.”
“That’s a lot. Do people really watch and read all that?”
Hunter pinched his nose. “Fitz, tell me you’re joking,” he siad, drawing out the syllables in exasperation. “How can you not know Harry Potter? It’s a classic! A phenomenon! It’s a part of our nation’s legacy!”
“I’m Scottish.”
“Hogwarts is in Scotland!” Hunter yelped.
Fitz could practically see his brain melting in his skull.
Hunter took a shaky breath, half-talking to himself. “It’s okay, it’s okay. We can fix this. It’s not too late. I can save him.” He pointed at Fitz. “Clear your schedule for the next 24 hours. We’ll marathon all eight movies. And I’ll run out right now and buy you all the books.” He funneled the last of the crumbs into his mouth. “I am not letting my best friend live another day without knowing the magic and beauty of Harry Potter.”
He marched out of the lab, muttering, “Honestly, who’s heard of such a thing? What kind of Ravenclaw is he?”
Fitz watched him leave, lips pressed together, and then calmly returned to his schematics.
Simmons and Daisy had been watching the exchange, and now Simmons spoke up, “What are you talking about, Fitz? We’ve watched those movies like five times together, and you said read the whole series with your mum.”
“Yeah, and what about that project you’re working on for Bobbi?” Daisy chimed in.
Fitz couldn’t keep it up anymore. He picked up the said bracelet and baton, and grinned cheekily at them. “I know, I know. It’s just so easy to prank him.” He chucked the baton across the room, and with a beep the metal bracelet called the baton back to his hand. Project. A.C.C.I.O. was a success.
“Who’s the master of deception, now?” Fitz said to himself.
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Holidays 3.13
Holidays
Africa Scout Day
Anniversary of the Election of Pope Francis (Vatican City)
Blame Someone Else Day
Burgsonndeg (Bonfire Day; Luxembourg)
A Day for Jake
Donald Duck Day
Dribble to Work Day
Earmuffs Day
Estatuto de Autonomía de Melilla (Spain)
Good Samaritan Involvement Day
Hubbard Day (a.k.a. L. Ron Hubbard Day; Scientology)
International Every Girl Wins Day
Intrauterine Growth Restriction Awareness Day
IUGAR (Isra-Uterine Growth Awareness Restriction) Day
Ken Day
K-9 Veterans Day
Lucky Penny Day
Marie Day
MAR13 Day (Splatooon)
National Bystander Awareness Day (UK)
National Dermatologist Day
National Exclamation Point Day
National Good Samaritan Day
National Jewel Day
National Open An Umbrella Indoors Day
National Sheep Day
National Smart & Sexy Day
National Thai Elephant Day (Thailand)
Palestinian National Culture Day
Planet Pluto Day
Purification Day (Bali)
Religious Freedom Day
Scurvy-Grass Day (French Republic)
Smart & Sexy Day
Swallowing Awareness Day
Swiftie Day
Tenochtitlan Foundation Day (Mexico)
313 Day
Trisomy 13 Awareness Day
Uranus Day
World Delirium Awareness Day
World Erica Day (Nigeria)
World Rotaract Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Chicken Nuggets Day
Earl Grey Tea Day
National Chicken Noodle Soup Day
National Coconut Torte Day
National Ginger Ale Day
World Riesling Day
2nd Wednesday in March
National Decoration Day (Liberia) [2nd Wednesday]
National No Smoking Day (UK) [2nd Wednesday]
Registered Dietician Nutritionist Day [2nd Wednesday]
Sterile Packaging Day [2nd Wednesday]
Independence & Related Days
Autonomy Day (Melilla, Spain)
Marhaenia (Declared; 2023) [unrecognized]
Mexico-Tenochtitlan Foundation Day (Mexico)
South Maudlandia (Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]
Taranaki Province Day (New Zealand)
Festivals Beginning March 13, 2024
CPH:DOX Film Festival (Copenhagen, Denmark) [thru 3.24]
Mobile Chocolate Festival (Mobile, Alabama)
Sofia International Film Festival (Sofia, Bulgaria) [thru 3.31]
Wisconsin Food & Hospitality Expo (West Allis, Wisconsin)
Feast Days
Alexej von Jawlensky (Artology)
Ansovinus of Camerino (Christian; Saint) [Crops, Harvests]
Antisthenes (Positivist; Saint)
Cthulhu Contemplation Day (Pastafarian)
Day of Oath to the Earth (Pagan)
Day of the Picts (Celtic Book of Days)
The Dragon (Muppetism)
Euphrasia of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)
Feast of Tropicalismo (Brazil)
Firesign Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Gerald of Mayo (Christian; Saint)
Hans Fredrik Gude (Artology)
Heldrad (Christian; Saint)
James Theodore Holly (Episcopal Church (USA))
Johann Zoffany (Artology)
Kasuga Matsuri (Monkey Festival; Japan)
Kennocha of Scotland (Christian; Saint)
Leander of Seville (Christian; Saint)
Leticia (Christian; Saint)
Mochoemoe, Abbot in Ireland (Christian; Saint)
Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)
Protection From Bad Luck Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days) [Put apples or onions in the corner of each room until the turn black, then bury them far away from your home]
Roderic and Solomon (Christian; Martyrs)
Roderick (Christian; Saint)
Sticking Very Close Together for Fairies of the Forth and Fifth Flights (Shamanism)
Theophanes (Christian; Saint)
William Glackens (Artology)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Lucky Day for Witches (Everyday Wicca)
Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]
Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s Satan’s birthday.)
Premieres
Apollo 10-1/2: A Space Age Childhood (Animated Film; 2022)
At Swim-Two-Birds, by Flann O'Brien (Novel; 1939)
Back to Black, by Amy Winehouse (Album; 2007)
The Bends, by Radiohead (Album; 1995)
Birds in the Spring (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1933)
Blackboard Revue (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1940)
Boris Burgles Again or Sinner Take All (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 31; 1960)
Cannibal Capers (Disney Cartoon; 1930)
Danger Ahead or Watch Out For Falling Rockys (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 32; 1960)
Elvis Presley, by Elvis Presley (Album; 1956)
Fleets of Stren’th (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1942)
Frozen Fever (Disney Cartoon; 2015)
The Gold Bricks, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 47 & 48 1965)
The Grey Fox (Film; 1983)
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (Film; 1957)
Howard’s End (Film; 1992)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, by Harlan Ellison (Short Stories; 1967)
I’m Just a Bill (America Rocks Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1976)
Kissing Jessica Stein (Film; 2002)
The Love Bug (Film; 1969)
Mean, by Taylor Swift (Song; 2011)
My Cousin Vinny (Film; 1992)
The Myth of the Eternal Return or, Cosmos and History, by Mircea Eliade (Philosophy Book; 1949)
The New Adventures of Old Christine (TV Series; 2006)
Œdipe or Oedipe, by George Enescu (Opera; 1936)
The Pink of Arabee (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1976)
Psychedelic Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1968)
Raising Arizona (Film; 1987)
Ransom (Film; 1974)
Saddle Sore Woody (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1964)
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire (WB Animated Film; 2012)
The Searchers (Film; 1956)
Shakes the Clown (Film; 1992)
Snow Time (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1938)
Song and Dance Man (Film; 1936)
Song of the Islands (Film; 1942)
Sunshine Cleaning (Film; 2009)
Swimming to Cambodia (Film; 1987)
Swim of Sink (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1932)
T.J. Hooker (TV Series; 1982)
Vanishing Point (Film; 1971)
Woodland Cafe (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1937)
The Wrecking Crew! (Documentary Film; 2015)
Today’s Name Days
Judith, Leander, Pauline (Austria)
Nikifor (Bułgaria)
Kristina, Patricija, Ratka, Rozalija, Sabina (Croatia)
Růžena (Czech Republic)
Macedonius (Denmark)
Erni, Ernits, Erno, Ernst (Estonia)
Ernesti, Erno, Tarvo (Finland)
Rodrigue (France)
Judith, Leander, Pauline (Germany)
Leandros, Marios (Greece)
Ajtony, Krisztián (Hungary)
Arrigo, Eufrasia, Letizia, Rodrigo (Italy)
Balvis, Ernests (Latvia)
Kristina, Liutauras, Teodora, Vaidilė (Lithuania)
Greta, Grete (Norway)
Bożena, Ernest, Ernestyn, Kasjan, Krystyna, Marek, Roderyk, Rodryg, Rodryk, Trzebisław (Poland)
Ipomoni, Nichifor (Romania)
Vlastimil (Slovakia)
Cristina, Ramiro, Rodrigo, Salomón (Spain)
Greger (Sweden)
Anina (Ukrainę)
Pluto, Rod, Rodd, Roderica, Roderick, Rodney, Rodrigo, Solomon (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 73 of 2024; 293 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 3 of week 11 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 25 of 28]
Chinese: Month 2 (Ding-Mao), Day 4 (Bing-Zi)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)
Hebrew: 3 Adair II 5784
Islamic: 3 Ramadan 1445
J Cal: 13 Green; Sixday [13 of 30]
Julian: 29 February 2024
Moon: 15%: Waxing Crescent
Positivist: 17 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Zeno]
Runic Half Month: Beore (Birch Tree) [Day 4 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 84 of 89)
Week: 2nd Week of March
Zodiac: Pisces (Day 24 of 30)
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Driving round the world in an old van? You’re crazy!
Living in unknown places in a confined space and with little money is a dream for some and a nightmare for others. As I prepare to embark on a two-year overland adventure, I reflect on the plan for our trip and my motivations behind it.
WHAT
So. What’s the plan?
In short, we’d like to end up in Chile, having driven eastwards from England to get there. I know, it’s a mammoth task, but for my partner George and I, it’s about the process of getting there (or attempting to!), and not the final destination. So we thought we’d set our sights on something totally aspirational and see how far we get!
Step one is to prepare the vehicle. We’ve always known we wanted to do the trip overland, seeing all the borders and in-between-places rather than just hotspots and capital cities (as you’d usually experience on a trip reliant on flying). We also knew we wanted a van that would serve as our home, to find comfort and constancy in as our surroundings change.
Step two is doing the travelling itself. Starting in the UK, our provisional route will see us moving through the south of Europe, down into Greece and Turkey, then eastwards into India. From there, we’ll go across into China or down into South-east Asia. At that point, assuming the van is still intact and the numbers stack up, we’ll ship the vehicle across into Canada - a considerable journey but one which other overland adventurers have proved is possible. And then from Canada, we’ll head south, down through the United States and Central America, across the Darién Gap, and eventually, down into Chile.
We know, it’s crazy. And possibly not possible. (But that’s sort of the point!)
Step three, as if we don’t already have enough on our plate, is to launch a documentary channel along the way. Rather than just share the same old #VanLife photos of dreamy sunsets and coffee in the van (which I’m sure we’ll do some of!), our channel, called Broaden, will document the stories, people and places we find along the way, in what we hope is a meaningful and engaging way.
(image) Broaden will be our storytelling platform
WHEN
When was this wild idea born?
It all begins with eighteen year-old George. Inspired by Ewan McGregor’s motorcycle travels in ‘The Long Way Round’, George decided he wanted to undertake his own epic adventure - from the northernmost part of Scotland to the southernmost part of Chile. But why Chile? Well, George’s best friend is half-Chilean (they later travelled to Chile together in their early twenties), and I think the extreme distance of this trip appealed to George; this idea of going from two polar opposite places, north and south.
As with many wild dreams, George slowly let go of his Scotland to Chile idea. Life got in the way, but his passion for mechanics and do-it-yourself projects didn’t. He’s a real self-starter and the subsequent years saw him open his own recording studio and then teach himself video production, making films for a living both in the UK and Australia. Not long after I met George in the summer of 2014 at Spanish music festival, he told me about his overland pipe-dream.
The audacity of the idea, the sheer insanity of driving that far, living on the road and making do with very little somehow made a lasting impact on me.
As an architecture graduate, I’m interested in problem-solving. Even though my career path took me away from architecture specifically, I still love strategising, designing things and finding ways to make projects work. And the idea of building our own van to drive around the world seemed like the ultimate design and project management challenge!
(image) The early days: George and I working together at a festival, Summer 2015
George and I started dating, and moved to Australia. Gradually, we re-ignited George’s idea about driving to drive to Chile. It started as a ‘one-day’ idea that we’d talk about, and gradually became a tangible plan that we could aim towards - saving money up for it and setting milestones. Once we’d told other people we were going to do it, we knew were accountable and it all suddenly felt real.
And so a date was set to move back from Australia to the UK to buy a van and start the trip - April 2019. Since then we’ve been heads-down and knee-deep in van-building (more info on that in a later blog post).
WHO
So who’s going to be part of the adventure?
It goes without saying that I’m mainly embarking on this with George - I hope we get along because we’re going to be seeing a lot of each other! Really though, I’m pretty sure we’ll be just fine in each other’s company, considering we’ve forged on through the van-building process together. In fact, these last few intense months have surely made us stronger, and proved our compatibility (or maybe just our mutual stubbornness!).
What I lack, George makes up for with his ‘we can fix this’ attitude, his mechanical-mindedness and his courage to tackle the big scary things head on. And what he lacks, I make up for with my love of planning (a.k.a. list-making), my upholstery skills and my interest in interior design.
(image) Building cabinetry for the inside of Suzi
But really, part of the very raison d’etre of the trip is to meet OTHERS! Having four seats in the van was always a big priority for us, so that we could pick people up along the way, sharing the experience and splitting fuel costs. These people may be strangers we meet en-route, or perhaps even friends who come along to visit us. There will be nothing quite like the sight of a Brit or Australian we know and love so dearly catching up with us in some far-flung place!
There is a considerable #VanLife community across the globe, so we’ll likely meet up with and travel with ‘vanlifers’ too (I’m still coming to terms with that word, feels so super-cheesy). It’ll give me a chance to snoop on other people’s van interiors and get top tips on places to visit, things to do, and hopefully some hidden campout spots.
HOW
But how will you survive?!
Firstly, there is so much planning we could’ve, should’ve, but haven’t done. I know part of this ‘travel round the world’ plan probably comes over as very naive, and I’m not even going to say it’s not. BUT, there is also a lot of planning and prep that we have done, and there’s no better way to find out where the gaps are than just set off and start living it.
One of the biggest hurdles to living on the road will be financing it.
Living in Australia was really the first thing that made this trip feasible. Wages are considerably higher over there and, although it is tempered by the extortionate cost of living, George and I were still able to put some savings aside. Month-by-month we saved what most sensible people would tell you to use for a deposit on ‘that first flat’, but what we decided to put towards a van.
Needless to say, the van cost more than we expected to build and kit out (a lot more). So we’re not necessarily starting with as much of a financial safety-net as we would have liked. But our van overspend and tighter budget was probably to be expected, and it will surely force us to innovate.
Having both worked in design, George and I are familiar with freelancing. We plan on building our portfolios on the road, whether that be shooting and editing videos, doing graphic design, writing articles, or making collages. Our channel ‘Broaden’ will serve as a ‘production-house-on-wheels’, and we imagine video production to be our main income stream, through both YouTube and traditional commissions. We’re also exploring subscription content services like Patreon, where subscribers can back the films that we make in exchange for exclusive content. Whilst planning to get paid for making the videos/photos/art that we love making feels like a leap of faith, we take comfort in the fact that so many other inspiring people out there are making this model work and proving that you can fund life on the road!
Of course, for all the pennies that we earn, we’ll be saving those pennies at every possible opportunity. This’ll mean camping freely, conserving gas and fuel, generating solar power, eating locally and living frugally.
(image) Suzi, our 1994 Toyota Hiace
WHY
Okay. But why on earth would you undertake this whole project?
This is the most important question of all, and also the hardest question to answer (hence why I’ve left it until last!). I can thank my dear friend Chris for inspiring me to write this blog post, as he asked me this very question in a recent letter he wrote to me: “but why are you actually doing all of this, Bryony?”. Whilst his letter left me frustrated that I couldn’t answer it immediately, I was so grateful for the challenge to think long and hard about the motivation behind our plans.
Simply put, the reason why is: Why not? In true ‘YOLO’ spirit, I can honestly say I haven’t got a good enough reason not to want to go and explore different parts of the world.
To add to that, there’s a practical side of things. If we’re going to do something like living and travelling in a van at some point in our lives, it seems like the ‘right’ time - we’ve got no children, we are miles away from even contemplating a mortgage, we’re not deep into careers, and we’re in good health. Doing something like this is also bound to give us heaps of life experience which will no doubt add value to other parts of our life, like problem-solving, collaborating (and persevering!) with each other, engaging with different people and cultures, being outside of our comfort zones and perhaps even finding a place where we’d eventually like to live.
Whilst all of the above are valid reasons to be setting off into the unknown in a 1994 Japanese van, I think there are other, more intrinsic reasons that I’m embarking on such a massive project. And it’s so hard to put my finger on what those reasons are, because they’re so deep down (and have, until recently, been buried by the everyday frustrations of building the van itself), but I’ve tried to dig them up from inside of me and put them into words:
1. The bigger the project you attempt, the greater the sense of achievement when you succeed.
I think that’s why this project is about proving something to myself (and perhaps others). Whether that is healthy, I’m not entirely sure, but I can see that I’ve set myself a goal that is far bigger than any of the ones I’ve ever set before, and I want to prove that it’s possible.
2. Living and travelling in a van also reduces life to something very fundamental.
By being so far removed from the comfort zone of a stable city, house and job, the very act of surviving each day will be a cause for celebration. The ‘mental clutter’ of social pressures, disposable income, hobbies, norms and status will go completely out of the window, and be replaced by primitive needs and desires like finding somewhere to park up at night and making sure we have water to drink and gas to cook with.
3. Taking ourselves on this journey maximises the opportunity for revelatory moments.
This last point is the crux of it all for me. I’ve come to realise that when the stakes are so high, and when you live a life centred on fundamental daily needs, the potential joy you receive is unlike any other. And although I am sharing this journey with George, I can already say that I’ve had some of these moments of deep internal joy in a very personal way. I feel immense gratitude and appreciation for the experience so far and the lessons I’ve learnt both about myself and the world around me. That’s not to say I haven't felt pain, anger, frustration and helplessness too but, along with the ‘revelatory moments’, they have put colour into my life and given me perspective about what really matters. And what are life’s highs if you they aren’t seen in light of the lows?
So yeah, it is all a bit of a crazy plan. To drive to Chile in a van together with your boyfriend, picking up people along the way, making films and living frugally is definitely not everyone’s cup of tea. But it is for me.
It’s a chance to set the stakes high, live life fundamentally, and hopefully experience moments of joy along the way.
#traveldiaries#SuziTheVan#ToyotaHiace#overlandadventures#digitalnomads#quarterlifecrisis#BryonyandGeorge#vanlife#revelatorymoments#consciousliving
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Holidays 2.2
Holidays
Amarillo Day (Texas)
Ayn Rand Day
Battle of Mysunde Day (Denmark)
Battle of Stalingrad Anniversary Day
Bonza Bottler Day
Chris Kyle Day (Texas)
Commemoration of the Batepá Massacre (São Tomé and Principe)
Constitution Day (Philippines)
Day of Youth (Azerbaijan)
Feast of Torches
Femminiello Pride Day (Italy)
Filbert Day (French Republic)
George III Day (University of King’s College)
Grand Central Station Day
Groundhog Day (a.k.a. ...
Badger Day
Brewhog Day
Groundhog Job Shadow Day
Hedgehog Day
”I Got You Babe” Day
Marmot Day (Alaska)
When the Bear Wakes Up Day (Croatia, Serbia)
HarryStrong Day
Howard Johnson Day
Hromnice (Czech Republic)
International CHD2 Awareness Day
International Sex Education Day
Inventor’s Day (Thailand)
Lung Leavin’ Day
Mad Pelagius Day (Elder Scrolls)
Mindfulness Day
National Agriculture Day (Argentina)
National Brendan Day
National Brown Dog Day
National Catcher’s Day
National Change Your Windshield Wipers Day
National Frank Day
National Indigenous Day (Colombia)
National League Baseball Day
National River Day
National Space Technology Day (Iran)
Neuroblastoma Awareness Day (Australia)
Play Your Ukulele Day
Purification Day
Record of a Sneeze Day
Remember Gene Kelly Day
Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day
Self-Renewal Day
Serpent Day (Celtic)
Sled Dog Day
Sonam Locher (Sikkim, India)
Trader’s Day (Poland)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Day (Mexico/US)
Treaty of Tartu Day (Estonia)
Twintail Day (Japan)
Veja Diena (Day of Wind; Ancient Latvia)
Victory of the Battle of Stalingrad Day (Russia)
Wives' Feast Day
World Day for Consecrated Life
World Ostrich Day
World Tutu Day
World Ukulele Day
World Wetlands Day (UN)
Youth Day (Azerbaijan)
Zippo Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Brewhog Day
California Kiwi Fruit Day
Crêpes Day (France)
Heavenly Hash Day
Rolling Rock "33" Day
South African Wine Day
Tater Tot Day
1st Friday in February
Bubble Gum Day [1st Friday]
Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]
Give Kids a Smile Day [1st Friday]
Go Red For Women Day [1st Friday]
National Black Nurses’ Day [1st Friday]
National Wear Red Day (a.k.a. Wear It Beat It) [1st Friday]
NSPCC Number Day (UK) [1st Friday]
Old Socks Day (Italy) [1st Friday]
Pi Mod Appreciation Day [1st Friday]
School Crossing Guard Appreciation Day (Florida) [1st Friday]
Working Naked Day [1st Friday]
Pliny the Younger Day [1st Friday] (Original Date: Moved to March 22 in 2024)
Independence & Related Days
Constitution Day (Philippines)
1st Assembly of Parliament of UK of Great Britain and Ireland; 1801)
Festivals Beginning February 2, 2024
Alaska Craft Brew & Barley Wine Festival (Anchorage, Alaska) [thru 2.3]
Athens Wine Weekend *Athens, Georgia) [thru 2.4]
Aukland Gin Festival (Auckland, New Zealand) [thru 2.4]
Bones & Barrels (Central Point, Oregon) [thru 2.4]
Chiang Mai Flower Festival (Chiang Mai, Thailand) [thru 2.4]
Chocolate Lovers Festival (Fairfax, Virginia) [thru 2.4]
Englewood Seafood & Music Festival (Englewood, Florida) [thru 2.4]
Enumclaw Wine & Chocolate Festival (Enumclaw, Washington) [thru 2.3]
Everglades Seafood Festival (Everglades City, Florida) [thru 2.4]
Fire and Ice Winter Fest (Lava Hot Springs, Idaho) [thru 2.3]
Gourd Festival (Casa Grande, Arizona) [thru 2.4]
GroundUP Music Festival (Miami Beach, Florida) [thru 2.4]
Holtville Carrot Festival (Holtville, California) [thru 2.10]
Mar-Del Watermelon Convention (Cambridge, Maryland) [thru 2.3]
Mardi Gras Galveston (Galvesten, Texas) [thru 2.13]
Naples Seafood & Music Festival (Naples, Florida) [thru 2.4]
National Harbor Restaurant Week (National Harbor, Maryland) [thru 2.11]
Olympia Funk Festival (Olympia, Washington) [thru 2.4]
Saint Martin Carnival (Marigot, Saint Martin) [thru 2.14]
ScotiaCon (Glasgow, Scotland) [thru 2.5]
The Thunderdome (Tacoma, Washington) [thru 2.4]
Treasure Coast Ribs, Wings and Music Festival (Vero Beach, Florida) [thru 2.4]
Waterfront Fine Art & Wine Festival (Scottsdale, Arizona) [thru 2.4]
Winterlude (Gatineau, Canada) [thru 2.19]
Feast Days
Adalbard or Ostrevant (Christian; Saint & Martyr)
Candlemas (a.k.a. ...
Bear Goddess Day (Euro-Pagan; Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Candelaria Festival (a.k.a. Virgen de la Candelaria; Puno, Peru)
Candlemas Sabbat (Everyday Wicca)
Chandeleur Candlemas (France)
Chasing Crows Day
Crêpe Day (France)
Dia de la Candelaria (Mexico)
Feast of Candelaria (Bolivia)
Feast of Our Lady of Navigators (Brazil)
Feast of the Holy Encounter (Western Christianity)
Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Western Christianity)
Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Western Christianity)
La Fete de la Chandeleur (Canada, France)
Le Jour des Crepes (Crepes Day; France)
Mariä Lichtmess (Liechtenstein)
Matka Boska Gromniczna (Mother of God of the Blessed Thunder Candle; Poland)
Our Lady of the Candles (Filipino Catholics)
Quarter Day (Scotland)
Virgin of Candelaria (Tenerife, Spain)
Yemanja (a.k.a. Our Lady of Navigators; Candomblé)
Celebration of Yemanja (Candomblé, the Sea Goddess)
Charming of the Plough (Pagan)
Columbanus of Ghent (Christian; Hermit) [Belgium, brewers]
Cornelius the Centurion (Christian; Saint)
Dabucuri ucuqui, (Initiation Rites of the Young Men; to Jurupari, South American Guarani/Tupi God)
Day of the Virgin of Candelaria [Canary Islands; Tenerife, Spain]
Festival of Juno Februa (Ancient Rome)
George Loring Brown (Artology)
Groundhog Day (Pastafarian)
Imbolc, Day 2 (a.k.a. Oimelc; Celtic, Pagan) [1 of 8 Festivals of the Natural Year]
James Joyce (Humanism; Writerism)
Jeanne de Lestonnac (Roman Catholic)
Lady Day (Everyday Wicca)
Lawrence, Archbishop of Canterbury (Anglican Church)
Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries, Day 2 of 3 (Ancient Greece festival honoring Ceres, Demeter, Persephone, and Proserpine)
Martyrs of Ebsdorf (Christian; Martyrs)
Michaelangelo Cerquozzi Artology)
Our Lady of Suyapa (Honduras)
Oya’s Day (Pagan)
Raya (Muppetism)
Roger Corman Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Sébastien Bourdon (Artology)
Sophocles (Positivist; Saint)
Wand Dedication Day (Shamanism)
Wives’ Feast Day (Northern England)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]
Lucky Day (Philippines) [7 of 71]
Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it's always cold and miserable on February 2. Unless you live in Australia, in which case it's hot and miserable.)
Premieres
Altered Carbon (TV Series; 2018)
Batman: Bad Blood (WB Animated Film; 2016)
The Benny Goodman Story (Film; 1956)
Cinema Paradiso (Film; 1990)
A Clockwork Orange (Film; 1972)
The Coo-Coo Bird Dog (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1949)
The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart (Novel; 1970) [Arthurian Saga #1]
feed the Kitty (WB MM Cartoon; 1952)
Ghost in the Shell (Anime Film; 1996)
The Great Train Robbery (Film; 1979)
Il Nano e la Strega (a.k.a. King Dick; Animated Italian Film; 1975)
In a Dark Wood Wandering, by Hella S. Haasse (Novel: 1949)
The Last Continent, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1998) [Discworld #22]
Little Black Sambo (ComiColor Cartoon; 1936)
Long Day’s Journey into Night, by Eugene O’Neill (Play; 1956)
Louise, by Gustave Carpenters (Opera; 1900)
The Midnight Special (Music TV Series; 1973)
Mother Night, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Novel; 1962)
Napoleon Blown-Aparte (The Inspector Cartoon; 1966)
Night Life in Tokyo, featuring Hashimoto (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1961)
The Nutcracker, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, choreographed by George Balanchine (US Ballet; 1954)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Film; 2008)
Oliver’s Army, by Elvis Costello (Song; 1978)
Pam & Tommy (TV Mini-Series; 2022)
Pick-Up, by Charles Willeford (Novel; 1955)
The Point!, by Harry Nilsson (Animated TV Special; 1971)
The Port of Missing Mice (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1945)
Powerless (TV Series; 2017)
Sonnets to Orpheus, by Rainer Maria Rilke (Poems; 1923)
South Pacific (Broadway Musical; 1949)
Susie Q, recorded by Dale Hawkins (Song; 1957)
The Thief's Journal, by Jean Genet (Novel; 1949)
Tomcat Combat (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1959)
A Trick of the Tail, by Genesis (Album; 1976)
Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare (Play; 1602)
Ulysses, by James Joyce (Novel; 1922)
When G.I. Johnny Comes Home (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1945)
Whose Body?, by Dorothy L. Sayers (Novel; 1923) [1st Perter Wimsey]
Today’s Name Days
Bodo (Austria)
Marija, Marijan, Svjetlana (Croatia)
Nela (Czech Republic)
Leegi, Säde (Estonia)
Aamu, Jemina, Lumi (Finland)
Théophane (France)
Bodo, Mariä Lichtmess, Stephan (Germany)
Ipapanti, Ypapante, Ypapanti (Greece)
Aida, Karolina (Hungary)
Maurizio, Sabatino (Italy)
Spīdola, Spidols (Latvia)
Kantvydas, Rytis, Valdemaras, Vandenė (Lithuania)
Jomar, Jostein (Norway)
Joanna, Korneliusz, Maria, Miłosława (Poland)
Inna (Russia)
Erik, Erika (Slovakia)
Candelaria, Purificación (Spain)
Aleta, Aletha, Alethea, Alida, Alita, Lita (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 33 of 2024; 333 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of week 5 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 13 of 28]
Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 23 (Bing-Shen)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 23 Shevat 5784
Islamic: 22 Rajab 1445
J Cal: 3 Grey; Threesday [3 of 30]
Julian: 20 January 2024
Moon: 50%: 3rd Quarter
Positivist: 5 Homer (2nd Month) [Sophocles)
Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 9 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 44 of 89)
Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 12 of 28)
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Nash Watches & Rates Cheesy Hallmark & Lifetime Winter Movies So You Don’t Have To
(a.k.a. - Nash Records Her Viewings Of Hallmark & Lifetime Winter Movies, which are fanfic in visual form & are gold. And yes, it’s a apparently a legit sub-genre. Best I can tell, if it’s not Christmas or Valentines, and there’s snow, then it goes. Spoilers abound.)
ETA: This adventure is now moving to @seenashblog, so my SPN peeps can rest assured they’ll not be exposed to this any longer - I have a feeling I’ll not be done purging my soul for awhile yet #bless my heart
As per last time during the Christmas round-ups, 4 and 5 stars mean the best of the lot, 3 stars means it’s not necessarily a waste of your time, 2 stars is up to your discretion, and 1 star means it is time you will never get back.
Here we go.
Winter Castle (people you've never heard of - Hallmark)
Holy shit, cliché on parade and nobody can act?! Jack-friggin'-pot. Zero chemistry amongst anyone, from family to friendship to romance?! Hot damn.
So they're all at this place for a destination wedding (a.k.a, Selfish And Life-Disrupting And Huge Expense For Guests Thing And Oh Here’s Our Registry Too, come at me brah), and everyone is staying in a hotel. HA! KIDDING! They're all in this giant faux igloo, and by "faux" I mean there are these church-esque doors in what is, I guess, a specially-flown-in iceberg on land. Google tells me it’s an actual place.
Anyway, through the doors you'll find hallways (that have people carved into them, not creepy at all) which are lined with rooms. Suites? I never saw a bathroom door, doesn't damn matter, nobody poos in Hallmark's world. Oh, also, for lighting, we have Target pillar candles, then everything's backlit in '80s neon:
Are they shitting me?
But that's beside the point. Point is, it may be pretty to look at but in execution, it's stupid. No way people haven’t had to peace out and find a new joint to stay in because of near or actual hypothermia. Based on the warm, cozy, wood-floored, windowed, staircase-and-balcony-having rehearsal dinner area in a large building with stone wall exterior, this hotel actually has some, y'know, hotel to it. Lodge? Who cares, but I bring it up because of the standard precocious child who is there to bring everybody together whilst turning into a popsicle.
The poor kid is bundled within an inch of her life, dumb bunny-eared toboggan to puffy jacket, and is burrito'd in a sleeping bag, with a quilt on this bed that looks to be carved out of ice, as well, and I say "as well" because our leading lady is shown frequently perched on what looks to be a chair carved out of ice (fur puffy thing for ass protection) with her laptop on a table carved out of ice when she's face-timing her Not Gay Male Best Friend in a bow-tie and sweater vest back home, and - bonus! - he doubles as The One Person Of Color. Now, if memory serves, legit igloos made by actual First Nation(s) folks (meaning both Canadian and American - specifically, Alaskan - and probs any groups that found themselves in the way-way-North in the way-back-when and had to come up with this genius or, you know, die) are actually pretty damn warm once the fire gets cranking. Not to say you don't keep some fierce socks and gloves on, that's plain smart, but enclosed space with heat is enclosed space with heat - just don't lick the walls. That's good advice, igloo or otherwise.
On that topic, via the article linked above, says one of the actresses:
"It's like an igloo," Mullen told the Standard. "The further you go into the hotel, it gets colder and colder. As you walk down the hallway into the different rooms, it's just getting into your bones." She said every time they called "Cut!," everyone would put on jackets to warm up.
She’s incorrect - that’s not like an igloo. It’s too big, that’s why it doesn’t stay warm. I have *zero* desire to go to this place. That sounds like Dante’s Frosty The Snowman circle of hell. I digress.
I say all that to say, this movie is straight dumb because the script is basic bitch, they were leaning on the location and hard. It gets a star because they tried in the sense that they did use a unique setting, but the rest was neglected (the story and the casting). Everything else was so blaaaaaand, and the acting was so stilted and unnatural, and they cast the mother with someone who looks the exact same age as the lead gal/her sister (the bride), and then there’s this one chick character who was so pathetically desperate, and the leading man was such a pussy who wouldn't make a fucking decision, and they had our leading lady be all *sniffle* and tolerating that shit AND SHE JUST MET HIM BY THE WAY, and I just.... ugh.
1/5 stars
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Royal Matchmaker (Bethany Joy Lenz - Hallmark)
This isn't an "official" Winter '19 jam, google tells me it's from the '18 spring movies, but everybody's bundled up, so I'm calling bullshit. It ain't half-bad, despite the fact that it's a “royal” one, who’d-a-thunk? There was one over Christmas that got a 4 (see link up top), and I never would’ve predicted it. But that was an oldie-goldie, this is now. This one has the traditional royal romance beats and, no shit, the sidekick is the same one from another "royal", the absolutely horrid "Christmas At The Palace”, from Christmas ‘18. I cannot reiterate how bad that movie was - not "My Christmas Love" bad, but bad.
All right, so - she’s a matchmaker from NYC, which is at least a new take on what's coming next - and you guessed it, a prince HAS to get married or some reason, even though it's mentioned they are under a Parliamentary system and not a monarchy, but he still has to because it's the 17th century, oh wait no it’s not. The king, who is from a random made-up locale (*sigh*) has hired her (and said partner) to find a suitable wife for his son, who’s presented as the typical eligible rich bachelor, and “presented as” is the key phrase. It’s one of the things I like about this plot, but it doesn't outweigh the bleeeccchhh.
For one, it wears me out, the making-up of countries. It’s distracting. If you’re gonna do royalty, the right move is to have the royal not be a king/prince but make it a duke/duchess jam, refer to the locale vaguely as a duchy in England or Ireland or Scotland or Sweden or Norway or whatever Americans will fall for, 'cause as a rule, Americans aren't typically hip to other countries' jams. Hell, say someone is a prince/princess, but it’s more in inherited title only - that’s what the 4 from the Christmas list did right. Nobody called him “Prince Whatever”, he wasn’t presented as this hot commodity, it was a nothing burger, we didn’t even find out that he had the title til near the end of the movie. I’ve digressed, back to this flick.
I detest the royal garb they’ve got lead dude in at the conclusion, it looks like you or I waltzed into Party City and slapped down $30 and walked back to the set. It’s ill-tailored and in too-bright colors and is, again, something utterly distracting that could've been avoided, and same with the king’s, too-small jacket to too-long length of slacks. All the women, including our main gal, are in prom dresses straight off the rack from Sears and J.C. Penney’s. This is not praise. The men are all in identical rented tuxedos with clip bow-ties. Thanks, I hate it.
I mean, and I hate that there’s a ball at the end at all, but it goes hand-in-hand with the core premise, which is that they’re on a tight schedule - ol’ Bethany has 4 weeks. They, of course, fall in love with one another, and props to casting because these two look good together and have decent chemistry, but that could be because Lenz knocks these movies out of the park - this is the third... maybe the fourth... that I’ve seen with her - she elevates everything she’s in. When I mentioned her to a friend, I was told she also elevated some shitty TV show that I never watched, so perhaps you are already familiar with her.
Anyhow, once again there’s too much filler and the ending draaaaaaags and then BOOM it’s done in the last three minutes, which is standard for these movies (both Lifetime and Hallmark), I’d say, about 95% of the time. The story was good in that the prince wasn’t a typical playboy and he kept his philanthropic side a secret because he didn’t want press invading these small villages and whatever he was helping rebuild - he genuinely likes getting his hands dirty and he actually knows how to do shit, he fixes a radiator at a community center at one point. Eh. I dunno. It had such potential in the front half, then just shit the bed in the back half, so it was half of a waste of my time. But you may dig it. It's far from the worst of Hallmark's offerings but, again, I think it's because of Lenz, she's the only thing getting it up from a 1/5.
2/5 stars
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Oh… oh mah… what the... we interrupt the winter fare for what looks like a rando that’s snuck in and christ on a cracker, no. No. No. NO. The summary:
A woman begins an online relationship with a famous photographer, not realizing that she is actually communicating with the man’s young son.
This caught my ear because as I was sitting here writing up the last movie, it came on, and I hear this woman’s voice, her typing (so it’s her voice in her mind), then a man’s voice (as she’s reading), and I looked up when the man’s voice started switching to a kid’s (boy’s) voice back and forth every sentence or so - and then I looked at that summary, and….
NO
"Chance at Romance", it's called –> 0/5 stars, I don’t even need to watch it, what a stupid garbage fucking premise, and it’s gross, and I hope that shit kid gets punished, like as in, no computer til he's old enough to own his own home and pay for his own internet, because scumbag kid. If he has the balls to pull this catfishing shitstorm on a fucking adult and gets away with it, what the fuck will he do to manipulate girls his own age? Gross. IT’S A GROSS PREMISE YOU GREETING CARD FUCKTARDS
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Love On Ice (Andrew Walker, who's in every fourth movie, and the lead chick's familiar her name is Julie Berman - Hallmark)
Former pro skater, now teaching - don't worry, it's not the aforementioned “Christmas At The Palace”, despite the similar M.O. - and decides to go for one last run at regionals because the new coach in town who's teaching the next big thing is like "You used to be the next big thing, why don't you undo eight years of not training aggressively in, like, a couple weeks and compete against the girl I've been hired to make a winner, and I'll coach you both, because I have a boner for you and your shitty blonde extensions! No, that's not what he says, but that's the deal, yo. The next-big-thing's got an overbearing mother and, once his boner gets found out, here comes a new coach that used to be the former-next-big-thing's coach, and she's a horrible actress, she can't play sneaky-evil to save her life. I liked the two leads, and they did a better job than the other ice skating scenes/movies with concealing the real skater actors, but overall this was as boring as watching paint dry, I just wanted it to be over.
1/5 stars
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The Perfect Catch (Nikki DeLoach and... shock of all shocks, no not really... our old buddy, Andrew Walker - Hallmark)
I swear, I don't know if Andrew Walker is on some mission from god, or being punished by him. I'm in the same boat, so I empathize. At least I'm not contracted. I can't speak for him, but I remain happy for DHJ, that he's escaped this purgatory, and is safe on the shore... at least, at present.
In any event, this one doesn't seem like a "Winter official", but there were jackets and no definite spring or fall standards (pastels or orange leaves), and it's airing now, so here we are. It seems to be baseball season, so I know they mean for it to be spring, but they are wearing coat-coats, not it's-still-kinda-chilly light jackets. I don't fucking care, I watched it, so I’m reporting on it.
It ticks many boxes on the Winter Fanfic Bingo card (forthcoming), specifically the ones that are carryovers from Christmas and will be carried over to all the Hallmark/Lifetime movies regardless of time of year. Because being formulaic, when playing the long game, is cheap and efficient, and in the restaurant business, or products made on a factory line, or in healthcare standards, things of that ilk, you want streamlined coupled with the trieds-and-trues. In writing? Not-so-much. It's lazy.
And speaking of restaurants, that's the first box that got ticked - our leading lady owns a restaurant and, next box, it's in danger of being lost. Other boxes include: our leading man is famous; he's the character that comes back home, leaves/might leave, then changes mine/comes back, and it's to stay!; adorable child who ideally will bring everyone together; a character's parents are dead. Blah-blah. Blah-blah-blah. Blah-blaaaaah-blah-bleh. <---- that had more variety than this flick. I mean, there's nothing wrong with this movie. It's vanilla. It's white bread. It's mashed potatoes with no salt or a touch of sour cream mixed in, no loading with shredded sharp cheese and crumbled brown sugar-and-cracked-pepper bacon and the barest touch of chives. I'm hungry, shut up.
It doesn't just get 1 star because it's not bottom barrel - everyone's competent in their acting, there's nothing outlandishly stupid about the script, it's not shellacked in Velveeta. I will say that they pull a little teensy, micro-twist with how they resolve his balancing a primo offer that in no way should he pass on career-wise fairly realistically. The very last scene is, of course, stupid and embarrassing.
2/5 stars
The next movie has palm trees, so officially not Winter. But oof.... it's got Kelly Rutherford and Cameron Mathison, both of whom are ringers. Hmmm. Yeah, I still ain’t subjecting myself to more than needed for this adventure. Oh, and they continue to play the basic-basic-BAAAAASIC-boring "Hope At Christmas" on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries", if you’re interested. It is a mystery to me as to why they continue to do so. Anyhow, there's apparently 3 or 4 more brand spanking new offerings from Hallmark for the next several weeks.
More to come. I’ll reblog this with every new entry added to the top, so you can always just keep this post URL bookmarked if you think you missed it. Tell me if you want to be tagged.
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