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Accountant In Lisbon

Bismon is a renowned accounting firm & Accountant In Lisbon that specializes in providing financial services to businesses in Lisbon and surrounding areas. With years of experience in the industry, our team of highly qualified accountants has gained a reputation for delivering accurate and reliable solutions to our clients. We understand the unique financial challenges faced by businesses in this region and are committed to tailoring our services to meet their specific needs. Whether you require assistance with bookkeeping, tax preparation, or financial statement analysis, our experts are here to help you navigate the complexities of the accounting world.

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[lisbonsteresa]

they make me want to eat glass

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opening my email that has my best friend's tickets for taylor swift at wembley when the sale for the concert in my country hasn't even happened yet is kinda breaking my heart, like it's fine because I didn't actually get a code and she did, and my brain has convinced itself that because she got tickets with my code, I'm getting tickets with her code, and I'm living delusion that I will get tickets at a reasonable price within 10 minutes of the sale starting, but also it why isn't midday on the 12th, this is torture <3

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Hi Sabine if you could please spread this, this account lists all the memorials planned for Liam across the world and regularly updates them, for those who wish and are able to attend https://x.com/HS_News_/status/1847077799942934740

Sending lots of love ❤️❤️❤️

LIAM PAYNE MEMORIAL

Europe:

🇬🇧 London | October 20 - 2pm | Hyde Park

🇬🇧Liverpool | October 19 - 2pm | Docks on keel wharf bridge

🇬🇧 Glasgow | October 20 - 2pm | Sir Walter Scott Statue in George Square

🇬🇧 Manchester | October 20 - 6pm | Cathedral Gardens

🇬🇧 Birmingham | October 20 - 4pm | Chamberlain Square

🇧🇪 Brussels | October 19/20 - 2pm | Parc de Bruxelles

🇫🇷 Paris | October 20 - 2pm | Jardins des Tuileries

🇩🇪 Munich | October 20 - 3pm | Olympiahalle

🇪🇸 Madrid | October 20 - 3pm | Plaza de Santa Ana

🇸🇪 Stockholm | October 19 - 6pm | Svartensgatan 8

🇵🇹 Lisbon | October 27 - 6pm | Meo Arena, Oriente

🇮🇹 Milan | October 20 - 3pm | Piazza Duomo

🇺🇸 US:

Newark - Delaware | October 19 - 4pm | Glasgow Park

NYC | October 19 - picnic* at 11am and another event at 6pm | Washington Square Park

*Picnic RSVP : https://partiful.com/e/2WoJi0Onf8jWijlyFU8E

Boston | October 19 - 2pm | Boston Common

Chicago | October 19 - 2pm | Gather at Grandmother’s Garden outside of Lincoln Park Zoo

Los Angeles | October 19 - 4:30pm | La Cienaga** Park in Beverly Hills

**RSVP : https://partiful.com/e/P5qPcaZkgLizNYhzP0mm

South-America:

🇧🇷 São Paulo | October 27 - 2pm | Parque Ibirapuera

Oceania:

🇳🇿 Auckland | October 20 - 2pm | Freyberg Square

🇦🇺 Sydney | October 20 - 11am | Hyde Park (Memorial fountain)

Asia:

🇮🇳 Mumbai | October 20 - 5pm | Marine Lines, Opposite Pizza by the Bay

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EDIT: added Boston

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Señorita Nothingburger

🎶When you see her, say a prayer /And kiss your heart arse goodbye 🎶

Lauren 2.0. Wow: after The Paid Companion, The Wannabe. Unlike the first round of revelations, this time the output has been totally disappointing. Very few things and zero context, which I have to say I was totally expecting, because it didn't exactly fit the agenda being pushed by Marple (amen!). Lightning never strikes the same place twice, right? And then, we had The Follow - a very interesting foolish, yet telling move: but on this, a bit further down the road, mind you.

So, let's ask ourselves along with La Ciccone: '¿Quién es esa niña?' For once, his IG follow has been very explicit:

Leading whoever to this account...

Elix Wellness is offering a very specific range of treatments, of which the one for hangovers really got me interested:

And yeah, even if I have apparently been scooped out by Marple on this one (my bad for sitting on it for a day), shamelessly using my patented methods (that is a lame joke), Lauren 2.0's LinkedIn account is, for once, very clear:

Her contract as a Travel RN was over by August 2023, as pointed out across the street:

And then she decided to go independent and open her own company. So, by far not a hooker - decent education, even, at NYU.

Lo and behold, who had Ibuprofen in his hotel room, in May 2023, when they were spotted on that NY Soho terrace, having lunch (didn't we laugh? you bet we did, it was one of my first posts in this fandom!)? S, of course. Hangovers could use both ibuprofen and a good IV cleansing treatment ( see above - such a common offering in that particular town, soon to be out of fashion - but hey: if she believes it can bring money, not my problem).

But... dating her? Not a chance in hell. You see, just a cursory survey of her IG account between the moment her contract as a Travel Registered Nurse was over and the moment her company started to be active, reveals a very busy Mediterranean summer, hitting all the possible cliches:

Before ending that contract, even, some days in Paris with her real interest, (again) checking all the tourist/romantic tropes you can imagine, from dining at the Au pied de cochon restaurant to having a quick macaron bite in the Luxembourg Gardens...

... then off to Paros, a posh island Greek destination, very much in vogue with the creative crowd, followed by (we are talking mandatory island hopping, here) Mykonos (unapologetically posh and very expensive, LGBTQ+ friendly destination - also beloved by the glam and glitz crowd)

Oh, hello Soho Roc House, part of the Soho Houses network - rings a bell? What a small world, really.

... a couple of days in Rome, followed by some quality family time (Mom and Pop, at a minimum) in Puglia, then Croatia (again, the glam crowd of Hvar island), back to Paris for a girls' trip (Montmartre, the Eiffel Tower and a couple other spots in the Marais and around the Rue de Rivoli - cliche forever):

... then back in Rome for cacio e pepe pasta, Piazza Navona and the Pantheon oculus (artsy girl, told you), followed by Positano and Capri (with Mom and Dad, again). Nothing to write home about, but still trying to sell herself as an up and coming influencer of sorts, perhaps.

Nowhere near S for the entire 2023 Sassenach Summer Tour. How is this equating with dating, that is really beyond me. Seriously. For instance, just before the second sighting, in NYC (June 10, 2023), she was having fun in the Algarve region and Lisbon (of course, Portugal). Probably posted those pics upon her return to NYC:

Dating? More like convenient pretext. He knew people would hang around that hotel (fans, autograph hunters, etc), especially during OL promo peak time. And he knew someone will take that pic, which was then conveniently placed in *urv's lap, for lengthy talks and more innuendo. Just as the first sighting was conveniently placed in Marple's inbox, to see if topic garners interest and sticks around/can be reused for further shits and giggles. Innuendo and nothing more would be my best bet: neither *urv, nor Marple had ANY positive idea about who she was, back at the time.

And now, the third drop was again placed in Marple's inbox, because attention had to be redirected to this particular gossip topic, in rather dire circumstances following Lauren 1.0.

And for your information, she does not follow S and he does not follow her. But he follows her newly opened joint: hangovers are a bitch, I know.

Why? I think it is clear enough why.

Who dunnit? I will let you draw your own conclusions, really. Again, it is rather plain to see. My belief is that this is not TPTB. And for once, I do not think he met her via Raya. Nope.

I took one for the team and listened to that podcast (if you are very foolish or brave or foolishly brave, you can do the same here: https://youtu.be/vBmcnhe2kwg?si=rRu5YCLHS3eZhuFs ). I mean, what is WRONG with those women? That is legit 14 year old bullshit talk about relationships (or the immature impossibility to have a satisfying one). They essentially explain in that podcast they have trouble decoding 'the man' in some relationships and the way they play out. I was laughing so violently my abs (or lack of them) hurt. At some point, I even thought it was some sort of sophisticated second degree, but NO (#cringe).

Also, I think I should be burning my pineapple pajama summer pants. Seriously. If you listen to the whole bullshit, you'll see there is no damn way to substantiate anything based on that. Zero connection.

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My Hero Academia: Otheon Headcanons

So I'm having fun speculating on the culture, history, and geography of Otheon and Klayd. Because it was 2am when I started writing this and I had nothing better to do, so here's an analysis no one asked for.

Otheon and Klayd are two nations that share an island located between Ireland and the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. The island is slightly bigger than Ireland and based on its location...well, anybody who's looked at a map knows there's no land mass that big there. Everything else in the series indicates My Hero is our world if people spontaneously started getting superpowers set in the near future of early to mid-2100s.

The simplest explanation available is we're just looking at an alternate universe where there is a large island in the Celtic Sea.

Or!

New islands are created naturally a variety of ways.

Volcanic activity

Glacial retreat

Growth from ocean sandbars

Sediment from river deltas

But these processes take longer than a hundred years, and sometimes new islands aren't even permanent. Hawaii was formed via volcanic activity over the course of millions of years. Ireland (formed by tectonic plate movement) is also four times the size of Hawaii, so it's highly unlikely the larger Otheon/Klayd island formed and grew to its size naturally.

...

My headcanon is in the early days of Quirks, a bunch of guys with lava-Quirks and other geology-related powers got high and created it for no reason other than just to see if they could do it. Because humans are really determined to do pointless shit sometimes.

"Yo, what if we just created a fuckin' island, bro! Let's gooo!"

Alternatively, a villain with a similar Quirk could have created the island for the purposes of having a really conspicuous lair.

"How did you discover my secret lair?"

"It's the size of Ireland, dumbass!"

Assuming the Otheon/Klayd island is manmade (and created by one or more persons acting independently of any existing nation), it's location makes things interesting.

Here's Otheon/Klayd's location.

And here's an approximate map of the maritime waters o western Europe. (Approximate because I pulled this off of Google images and have no idea how accurate it is.) As you can see, Otheon/Klayd could be just far enough away from everyone else or just enough in everyone's space that there can be no obvious claim.

Because you know Spain, Portugal, the UK, Ireland, and France all probably did what nations do best: Took one look and the new spit of land and said, "Hey. That's ours."

If we do an overlay of the map, and allow some liberty under the assumption the animation team did not draw the European map 100% perfectly accurate or the boundary was changed by My Hero's 22nd Century, Otheon and Klayd's shared border could be an extension of the Irish/UK maritime border.

Since we know the Trigger bomb was in Rody's home city, we can tell the larger northwestern country is Klayd and the smaller southeast one is Otheon. Taking into account the maritime border, it'd be interesting if Klayd was or still is an Irish territory.

So who claimed Otheon?

Otheon's main city seems to be based on Lisbon, so I guess Portugal won that debate on who got Otheon? And built an identical bridge? I don't know. Admittedly the bridge is not concrete evidence, but based on the architecture, there is definitely a Spanish/Portuguese/general Mediterranean influence. And French. So one of those nations could claimed Otheon based on proximity.

But Otheon and Klayd appear to be independent nations, not part of anyone else. So now I'm imagining some country colonized an uninhabited new island only for those colonists to say, "Nope," and declared independence in under a hundred years.

But setting everything I've written above aside because it all is just wild speculation, the headcanon that I like the most regarding Otheon is the island was created by some hero or group of heroes during the early days of Quirks and it started off as a refuge/ceasefire zone for civilians hoping to escape the chaos of the new reality. Especially since Quirkless people were more common in those days, seeking shelter in a world where people are starting to have powers that can range from a minor inconvenience to god-like destruction would have been a dire need. As a result, the Quirkless population of Otheon and Klayd is much higher compared to other nations.

After society got itself re-stabilized, the island was officially established as a new territory with its two independent nations.

Also, Deku and Rody are probably speaking English with each other, but headcanon that Rody is bilingual or trilingual and was consistently muttering irritably in Portuguese or something whenever Deku did something to annoy him.

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With the kindness of strangers, they were able to escape.

“They were taken in by strangers, even housed in a barn along the route of their escape.”

They were refugees, fleeing for their safety, fleeing for their lives, trying to find a new life.

The war-torn country they were living in had been invaded, and they knew they had to get out.

Fortunately, according to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the couple were able to obtain Brazilian passports.

Others trying to escape to the United States, like Anne Frank and her family never made it that far, according to the History Channel, hindered by “American bias against accepting . . . refugees”, which halted most immigration from Europe.

But, first they had to get out.

“On May 10, 1940, Adolf Hitler sent three million troops through the Low Countries into France, according to the Smithsonian. “Parisians fled by the hundreds of thousands before the Germans captured their city on June 14. Among them a young couple, German Jews who had been living in Paris for just four years. They had waited too long. There wasn’t a car or a bicycle left in the city. The husband bought every spare part he could find and built two bikes from scratch. At 5:30 on the morning of June 12, they rode out of Paris with a monkey hidden in the basket.”

Although the couple had previously owned two marmoset monkeys, they did not have an actual live monkey in their basket.

Writer Sarah Stewart Taylor explains further, after the couple got aboard the train:

Hans Reyersbach and his wife, Margarete Waldstein “tried to remain calm as the official came through the train car packed with refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied France and asked for identity papers. When the official saw the stacks of papers inside Hans’s bag, he became immediately suspicious.

“But when Hans . . . pulled out a manuscript for a children’s book entitled ‘The Adventures of Fifi’ . . . the official smiled and passed them by.

“Nearly a year later, after a harrowing wartime escape and journey to the United States”, the couple were able to publish their book “about a mischievous and curious monkey who was always getting into trouble.”

Immigrants Hans Reyersbach and his wife, Margarete Waldstein, used pen names and changed the monkey’s name. Their pen names were H. A. and Margret Rey and the monkey’s name was changed per their publisher to reflect a more American name. “Curious George” would become “one of the most popular children’s books of the 20th century.”

This is a new story for the Peace Page.

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According to Taylor, “The Reys were living in Paris when World War II began on September 1, 1939. As news of the Nazis’ advance through Belgium and Holland reached Paris, the Reys began to accept that, as German Jews, they were in danger and would have to leave their adopted country. They were able to secure updated Brazilian passports and collect what they would need for the trip.”

“The Reys boarded a train for Spain in Orleans, France on June 14, 1940, the day the Nazis marched into Paris. On June 23, they arrived in Lisbon. Three months later, after a stay in Rio de Janeiro to secure visas, the Reys arrived in New York. They would live the rest of their lives in their adopted country.”

“The Reys were taken in by strangers, even housed in a barn along the route of their escape. They arrived in New York with almost no money, with their main luggage gone,” according to Rivka Galchen of The New Yorker.

“Little was publicly known about the Reys’ wartime experiences until a 2005 book, ‘The Journey That Saved Curious George,’ written by Louise Borden and illustrated by Allan Drummond. A journal entry of H. A. Rey’s from 1940 included in that book tells us something of Hans’s temperament: Work was going “very slowly on account of events,” he noted, of the week the Nazis breached the French border. A letter of intent to publish ‘Curious George’ from the English publisher Chatto & Windus specifies plans to publish the book barring any international ‘incident involving force majeur.’ And later, a 1944 New Year’s card written from New York reads, ‘Let us think of the future; that’s where we shall spend the rest of our lives.’”

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“So far 75 million copies of the Curious George books have been sold worldwide in over a dozen languages,” according to writer Jeff MacGregor.

“You can find the day-to-day, even hour-by-hour notations of their escape in Hans’ meticulous notebooks, saved at the University of Southern Mississippi, in a collection that bears the couple’s pen names: H. A. and Margret Rey.”

“A series of lectures and programs sponsored by the Rey Center and the New Hampshire Humanities Council has put the Reys and their work in the larger context of American history and children’s literature, focusing on U.S. immigration policy,” according to the National Endowment for the Humanities.

“The Wartime Escape: Margret and H. A. Rey’s Journey from France” has attracted a lot of national attention, says Audrey Eisenhauer, executive director of the Rey Center. “This has opened it up to the world,” says Louise Borden of the exhibit. “It has let people know about these perilous times and made them imagine a world without Curious George.”

~ jsr

"Small acts of kindness can make a big difference in someone's life."

The Jon S. Randal Peace Page

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Here is a little about me!!

(I yapped a lot)

My name is Marie😝😝

I’m Mary Lisbon’s age and I’m from the Netherlands.

My favorite artist is Lana Del Rey and my top albums are Ultraviolence, Honeymoon, and Blue Banisters (Ultraviolence is always no.1 but the rest usually changes) !! My fav Lana unreleased songs are Your girl, put me in a movie, raise me up, children of the bad revolution, live or die, moi je joue (but again, it always changes)

I also love Mazzy star, Ethel Cain, Fiona Apple, Jeff Buckley, Hole, Deftones, Mitski, etc.

I LOVE Letterboxd and anything movie related. My fav movies are Black swan, La La Land, Amelie, Coraline, Priscilla, Mr Fantastic Fox, Corpse Bride, Palo Alto (the list is endless)

My fav books are the book theif, my year of rest and relaxation, Emma, animal farm, twilight, and the shatter me series!!

My icons are LANA DEL REY, ANNA KARINA, Alana Champion, Lily Rose Depp, Taylor Russell, Anya Taylor Joy, Sharon Tate, Natalie Portman, Brittany Murphy, Cindy Kimberly.

I love fashion!! My dream is to be a fashion journalist. My fav models are Tanya Dziahileva, Snejana Onopka, Kate Moss, Ruslana Korshunova (rip), Anok Yai.

My celeb crushes: LORENZO ZURZOLO, Hayden Christensen, Christian Bale, Cillian Murphy, and James Franco!!

My favorite season is Autumn and Winter (winter has my heart) and my favorite colors are light pink and dark red

I will post lots of random things onto this account such as girlblogs, random thoughts, poetry, etc!!

Also if I don't follow back you can message me privately and ask to be mutuals!!

Please be kind

Thank you🤭💗💗

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 Accountant in Lisbon

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girls flirt by staring at u like this

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CHRIS’ LATEST PUBLICITY STUNT, ANOTHER HINT AT HIS BROKEN BRAND

The timing of it 

The release of that picture was interesting to say the least because it coincided with the release of the Red One trailer. We could wonder if that content was meant to help promote the movie but since Chris just shared his costar’s post without any word on his part of any kind, it seems like he is rather reluctant to promote the movie his costar produced. So the reason for it should be looked elsewhere. Some think it might have been to deflect from the bad reactions the trailer got and it’s possible but I don’t believe this was the main objective here.

The suspicious source and very curated content

Anytime we look at a content, a piece of information or a statement, the question of the source is absolute key. So let’s look at who posted this picture. The Insta account named Beard of success is a car service company. 

I will state the obvious, there is NO WAY a professional would post a pic of Chris and a video footage of him to promote their company WITHOUT his consent. Obviously, this company would destroy their business if they violated their customer’s privacy because a client expects basic discretion on top of the transportation and other services they are providing. 

Also they would risk facing legal action. If you have any doubt about this, look at Scarlett Johansson’s current lawsuit against a company that used her voice without her consent. 

By the way as a sidenote, you can observe that one person is taking the picture of Chris and the driver, while another is recording the video at the same time.

Another obvious observation is that this content is so very similar to the pics Chris took with various chefs in Lisbon. If you know what purpose those pics served, you will get a clearer sense of the meaning of this one…

So again, this content is extremely curated and obviously served as a publicity stunt for both parties involved as there was a clear quid pro quo. But for what? 

A necessary flashback regarding the PR stunt during the shooting of The Materialists

I haven’t covered this unheard and unseen barrage of content we were fed during the shooting of the Materialists that likely served as damage control for Chris’ signing of the inert object that got him a lot of backlash and the absolute disastrous PR response to it. 

I will focus on two important aspects: the reaction of many fans to the content and the PR response to it. The pictures of Chris received a very mixed reaction from fans, to say the least. Some people were actually worried as they believed he initially looked very down, depressed, angry or sour on the first pap pics that came out. He was said to look very skinny, gaunt and unwell. Some were quick to point out that his looks were fading while others even speculated he was abusing substances etc. 

I am not discussing the merits of those comments because that’s beside the point, I am merely reporting on what was said and discussed. 

What’s very interesting is the PR response that resulted. First of all, we saw many ARRANGED pictures of Chris with “fans” and more importantly we got pics of Chris, on his last day, in a very tight blue shirt that showed him with a much more fit and buff physique that did much more justice to his alter ego Captain America. 

However, people would be smart to question the veracity of those pictures as we got video footage to go with it. 

Where you can find the video footage of Chris on the set of The Materialists

You can find those videos all over Instagram on fan accounts and likely on some “Middle Voices” blogs as well. You know? These blogs that promote Chris so heavily and ridiculously.  Blogs that are paid enough not to mind that they look like overly obsessive psychotic fans who remember everything about this man, who keep a daily journal about him, his entourage, his kinda wife and her entourage. Blogs that post every day all kinds of memorabilia including past tweets of his to keep his former persona very much alive for the most nostalgic and gullible fans. Those are very sneaky “mean plants”, right? LOL

The style of the video footage and its likely purpose

The style of the videos that were fed to the fandom is particularly interesting because it’s oh so very singular. Also all those videos seem to use the exact same style, not coincidentally I should add. 

Those videos combine the use of Dutch angle (oblique) and very shaky filming. For those who are interested in filmmaking, the most famous classic film that shows the use of Dutch angles is the classic film noir The Third Man with Orson Welles.

I should specify that this style combining those 2 techniques makes 0 sense in this context since those videos are obviously not artsy and more importantly the person who is filming is not moving AT ALL. So clearly, that style was used on purpose so the question is: what purposes did those techniques serve? 

Shaky filming gives the illusion here that people are looking at “stolen content”, which could not be further from the truth by the way as it is so very heavily curated. And Dutch angles are often used to mess with people’s perceptions, to disorient the audience. 

So the question is: why did they need to do that? Was the objective to make the audience believe in the veracity of the pictures of a very fit Chris in the tight blue shirt?

So now, let’s go back to that picture with the driver. 

What purpose did that picture with the driver serve?

The answer to that question is pretty straightforward. All we need to do to get an answer is to look at the reaction of fans after seeing this photo, or to see what narratives Team blogs have been pushing and shoving down our throats. 

Look at that! His fans are thirsting after him again. Even a notoriously vicious Team PR blog who has said horrible things about Chris claimed it was the first time in 2 years he looked healthy. According to them he was in withdrawal during the shooting of the movie and since then (less than 3 weeks) he got cleaned, got super healthy and bulked like crazy.

Oh no, wait! It was not an ordeal at all to get there because they had a nutritionist/coach anon who attested to it and confirmed their claims. Isn’t it amazing how diverse a group of followers they have after blocking almost everyone? A CAA former anon, a sports PR, an immigration lawyer, and now a nutritionist and coach. Aren’t they lucky? I am waiting for their nuclear physicist anon to contribute. 

Then we have the video footage of that moment with the weird angle that gives the illusion of stolen content so that Chris can appear totally innocent when it is more than clear that this is a Publicity stunt. And more importantly, that video gives credibility to that pic whether it is altered or not to make him appear much more fit than he actually is. 

Why is that little stunt a sign of his damaged brand and his team’s desperation? 

The little paragraph posted by Beard of Success under the pic with Chris is very informational in that regard. There is understandingly an advertising pamphlet for his company and a few words about Chris with 3 key ones “today” and “Captain America”. And if it was too subtle for you, he posted a story of Chris as Captain America to make sure you did not miss the point. 

This little stunt was meant to show Chris in all his Captain America glory (fit and buff) so that his fans could still lust after him TODAY after so many seemed disappointed by the way he looked recently. Also the fact they still need to connect Chris to his more famous alter ego shows how badly his team has failed at rebranding him. This PR shitshow has been a total and utter failure. And clearly, his team has no idea how to market Chris outside of this hunk persona, which won’t be sustainable forever. That is very concerning for Chris and he would be well advised to look for representation elsewhere (if he can or when he can) in order to get some new and fresh ideas. 

Sidenote: what is the purpose of breadcrumbing content (a pic, then later a video for ex) ?  

I have been asked this question several times. Why do they release the same content over time? For example, do people remember the pictures of Chris and Alba kissing so very privately in front of the glass doors for their little papwalk after their alleged dinner with Robert Pattinson, Suki, Adrien and Harvey Weinstein’s former wife? We then got a video. And now again, we were fed a picture and then later the video of that very moment. 

My guess is that the purpose is simply to keep Chris in the news cycle for a longer period of time, to keep people interested for as long as possible. 

[koalas-koalas-everywhere]

You know what? I'll say it. I cannot understand what on earth made Patrick attracted to Kristina.

And this isn't (just) because I personally find her irritating. It's that, of the attractive qualities she does have, they are not the kind of traits that would appeal to Jane.

I mean. She's him.

Worse than that, she's him making what in hindsight he sees as some of the worst mistakes of his life, and that's even before she pulls the Red John stunt. He consistently talks about his era of defrauding people and pretending to be a psychic with shame — it's left such a sour impression on him that "there's not such thing as psychics" became a catchphrase for him, since he feels compelled to always clarify that when asked if he's one. He also becomes downright hostile to people who believe in them — though mostly when they try to insist that he has a gift and he's just in denial... oh! like Kristina did!

Jane wants someone better than him. As in, morally. He said as much in his video for Erica Flynn, but, more than that, we see it in all his other choices/romantic interests — Angela, Lisbon, Sophie Miller. (From there, and this is one aspect of my "Lisbon is Jane's second Sophie Miller" thesis, you could even extrapolate a little more and say that he likes people who save him, but let's stick to facts for now.) Even if you wanted to argue that they're not so good, or that he likes at least one of them because her flaws make them equal, I think his view of them is marked by admiration for the ways in which they're more noble or stronger than him.

The only thing I can imagine he finds attractive in Kristina is that they're intellectual equals — in every way. They're not just both very smart, their intelligence manifests in the same way, to the point that they chose the same profession in which to scam people with it and were led to the point of helping the police, as Jane said, just to keep the thrill alive.

I know that the most popular result in that one poll was that, though she wasn't a psychic, she at least believed she was, but, to be honest, though I voted that option too, I'm not so convinced now. More to the point: Jane doesn't believe that. He thinks she's faking it. And I don't blame him — she makes her "gift" out to be such a sacred thing, says she can't lie about what Brava says, but this is the second time she's let Jane abuse one of her seances to catch a perp. So most of his interactions with her are about getting her to admit it. Catching her in the trick.

Maybe that's the point, though. She's an intellectual equal who presents a challenge. You could say that she can scratch two itches in one for Jane — to figure her out and to start to move one from Angela. If anything, the... little appeal I can see her otherwise presenting to him makes sense in this regard. I think we all agree that the reason he and Lisbon don't get together until the later seasons is that he just won't be emotionally available for a committed romantic relationship until RJ dies. In this sense, pursuing Kristina makes sense — he could get some sort of solace from her, without suffering long-term consequences from it, since he wouldn't have had a future with her anyway.

But even that's a bit hard to swallow when you take into account that Kristina is pretty much making a mockery of everything Jane went through, including learning to regret tricking people for its own sake. Again, seeing this from his perspective, which is that she's faking the psychic thing — he'd have to think that she's looking at a man whose wife and daughter were killed for pretending to be a psychic and... well, doing everything she does. Every single thing about her would be offensive in this situation.

I don't know, man. The best I can some up with is that he's really eager to start to move on for some reason all of a sudden, and she's the first person who interests him without fascinating him so he'd have to deal with long-term consequences for their involvement.

*I suppose you could argue that, later on, he'll also feel a spark towards Erica Flynn (an honest one, I believe, which is why I'm counting it and not the widow form Ladies in Red). I wonder how much of it isn't Kristina Reprised — someone he knew he didn't have a future with, in this case, because she was a criminal and a user, and for the same reason he didn't need to fear the consequences of getting near. Erica had too much self-preservation where Kristina had too much pride.