#alice bassi

[mejoresfrasesyescenasdelcineytv]

Escena de la serie Guía astrológica para corazones rotos (An astrological guide for broken hearts) 💞💞💞

[grisbleuvert]

[canesenzafissadimora]

Umberto Eco: “Come va?”

Icaro: “Uno schianto”

Proserpina: “Mi sento giù”

Prometeo: “Mi rode…”

Teseo: “Finché mi danno corda…”

Edipo: “La mamma è contenta”

Damocle: “Potrebbe andar peggio”

Priapo: “Cazzi miei”

Ulisse: “Siamo a cavallo”

Omero: “Me la vedo nera”

Eraclito: “Va, va…”

Parmenide: “Non va”

Talete: “Ho l’acqua alla gola”

Epimenide: “Mentirei se glielo dicessi

Demostene: “Difficile a dirsi”

Pitagora: “Tutto quadra”

Ippocrate: “Finché c’è la salute…”

Socrate: “Non so”

Giobbe: “Non mi lamento, basta aver pazienza”

Onan: “Mi accontento”

Sheherazade: “In breve, ora le dico…”

Boezio: “Mi consolo”

Carlo Magno: “Francamente bene”

Dante: “Sono al settimo cielo”

Giovanna d’Arco: “Si suda”

San Tommaso: “Tutto sommato bene”

Erasmo: “Bene da matti”

Colombo: “Si tira avanti”

Lucrezia Borgia: “Prima beve qualcosa?”

Giordano Bruno: “Infinitamente bene”

Lorenzo de’ Medici: “Magnificamente”

Cartesio: “Bene, penso”

Berkeley: “Bene, mi sembra”

Hume: “Credo bene”

Pascal: “Sa, ho tanti pensieri…”

Enrico VIII: “Io bene, è mia moglie che…”

Galileo: “Gira bene”

Torricelli: “Tra alti e bassi”

Desdemona: “Dormo tra due guanciali…”

Newton: “Regolarmente”

Leibniz: “Non potrebbe andar meglio”

Spinoza: “In sostanza, bene”

Hobbes: “Tempo da lupi”

Papin: “Ho la pressione alta”

Montgolfier: “Ho la pressione bassa”

Franklin: “Mi sento elettrizzato”

Robespierre: “Cè da perderci la testa”

Marat: “Un bagno”

Casanova: “Vengo”

Goethe: “C’è poca luce”

Beethoven: “Non mi sento bene”

Schubert: “Non mi interrompa, per Dio”

Novalis: “Un sogno”

Leopardi: “Sfotte?”

Foscolo: “Dopo morto, meglio”

Manzoni: “Grazie a Dio, bene”

Sacher-Masoch: “Grazie a Dio, male”

Sade: “A me bene”

D’Alambert e Diderot: “Non si può dire in due parole”

Kant: “Situazione critica”

Hegel: “In sintesi, bene”

Schopenhauer: “La volontà non manca

Paganini: “L’ho già detto”

Darwin: “Ci si adatta”

Livingstone: “Mi sento un po’ perso”

Nievo: “Le dirò, da piccolo…”

Nietzsche: “Al di là del bene, grazie”

Mallarme’: “Sono andato in bianco”

Proust: “Diamo tempo al tempo”

Henry James: “Secondo i punti di vista”

Kafka: “Mi sento un verme”

Musil: “Così così”

Joyce: “Fine yes yes yes”

Nobel: “Sono in pieno boom”

Larousse: “In poche parole, male”

Curie: “Sono raggiante”

Dracula: “Sono in vena”

Picasso: “Va a periodi”

Ungaretti: “Bene (a capo) grazie”

Fermi: “O la va o la spacca”

Camus: “Di peste”

Matusalemme: “Tiro a campare”

Lazzaro: “Mi sento rivivere”

Giuda: “Al bacio”

Ponzio Pilato: “Fate voi”

San Pietro: “Mi sento un cerchio alla testa”

Nerone: “Guardi che luce”

Maometto: “Male, vado in montagna”

Savonarola: “E’ il fumo che mi fa male”

Orlando “Scusi, vado di furia”

Cyrano: “A naso, bene”

Alice: “Una meraviglia”

Verga: “Di malavoglia”

Heidegger: “Quante chiacchiere!”

Grimm: “Una favola!”

Umberto Eco - "Il Secondo Diario Minimo"

[dr-fizzovich]

my name is martha, but you can also call me bassy, alice or, if we're close, dr fizz!!

i'm just a 15yo lady (she/it) (no they!!!) from the balkans (serbian with bosnian origins) who is also an orthodox christian and really. I mean REALLY loves object shows. And a lot of other stuff. :P

I have been diagnosed with lumbal scoliosis all the way in 2020 :P (yeah i keep forgetting to add this hahah...)

my current hyperfixation is... i dunno... i am focusing on my main interest, ii, right now :)

on this blog, you'll see mostly art and random posts!! I usually draw dragons and objects, but i am capable of drawing anything. Literally. >:3

i'm a dr fizz, cabby, tea kettle, steve cobs (ii), file cabinet & soda can 'kin, yin-yang (ii), sillybird (john wow cool), jej (ab), hemera philly (sch) & medieval unicorn 'hearted, airplane (tdos), knight helmet (ppt2) and bassy (hfjONE) link & currently questioning Bamburai (d&b) fictonodium!! i'm also humanmore/human+ ^_^

aside from drawing, i am known for making kandi bracelets, masks, puppets and a single fanfiction!!

most of the time i type in lowercase and use emoticons and punctuation. :3

I LOVE UNICORNS I LOVE UNICORNS RAAAHHH 🗣‼️💥💯 UNICORN ATTACK UNICORN ATTACK 🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄 UNICORNS ARE AWESOME!!!! And also CABINETS!!!!! CABINET ATTACK CABINET ATTACK 🗄🗃🗄🗃🗄🗃🗄🗃🗄🗃🗃🗃🗃🗄🗄🗄🗄🗄🗄🗄🗃🗄🗃🗄🗃🗄🗄🗃🗄🗄🗃🗄🗃🗄🗃 RAAHHGHGGGHHHhHHHĤHHHH

i'm an introverted person, but i tend to be very friendly, silly and whimsical. Especially online!! i LOVE talking to cool people :)

i'm the #1 tacopad fan & #1,25 cabyang fan, and also one of the #1 dr fizz fans :D

i don't partake in ANY discourse. I am okay with stuff as long as it isn't problematic or harmful, such as faking disorders >:[

i make animal ocs, both feral and anthro, but that does not make me a furry :) (i'm not a furry okay??)

my humor is very dark and triggering sometimes ^_^ i'm just a little silly ;3

I unironically use gen alpha slang, even tho i am gen z!! If you don't like me saying "skibidi sigma alpha rizz", please leave :/

i post about pregnancy sometimes (current victim of pregnancyposting is Cabby from ii >:] ) so if you don't like that just block the "pregnancyposting" tag out. ^_^

Do not interact if you're a s4tanist/ant1-christ, ant1-cop, pro-drvgs or if you post n$f₩ or political stuff. AND ALSO DO NOT INTERACT IF YOU SHIP CABBY WITH FEMALE CHARACTERS, THAT MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE. For everyone else, beware, i freeblock.

Don't beg me for money. I can't help you.

DON'T EVEN BOTHER tagging me in chain asks & reblog bait and stuff like that. Don't even tag me in activism posts. My blog is my blog :3 /srs

[fallout-drabbles-n-stuff]

What rock song would you associate with the companions?

I'll go first, Blue Monday by Dead Posey reminds me of Cait.

Oooh I actually really like this, okay some may not be actual “rock” but edgy nonetheless okay?

Cait:

“Count Bassy” by Dance Gavin Dance

Curie:

“Animal Instinct” by The Cranberries

Danse:

“Death Before Dishonor” by Five Finger Death Punch

Deacon:

“Thnks fr th Mmrs” by Fallout Boy

Gage:

“No more Mr. Nice Guy” by Alice Cooper

Hancock:

“People are strange” by The Doors

Macready:

“White Rabbit” by Egypt Central

Maxson:

“Cold as Ice” by Foreigner

Nick:

“Afterlife” by Avenged Sevenfold

Piper:

“Bad Girlfriend” by Theory of a Deadman

Preston:

“King For A Day” by Pierce The Veil

X6-88:

“Fell on Black Days” Soundgarden

[glowing-disciple]

Reading List - 2024

Currently Reading:

The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit

Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie

Sweet Sweet Revenge LTD by Jonas Jonasson

Books Read:

101 Famous Poems by Various Authors

The Abraham Lincoln Joke Book by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers

The Ancient Aliens Question by Philip Coppens

The Art of Computer Designing by Osamu Sato

The Broken Dice, and Other Mathematical Tales of Chance by Ivar Ekeland

The Cairngorms by Patrick Baker

The Codebreaker's Handbook by Herbie Brennan

The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown

The Complete Book of Kitchen Collecting by Barbera E. Mauzy

Dinosaurs, Beware! A Safety Guide by Marc Brown

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dreaming the Biosphere by Rebecca Reider

Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel

Funny Number Tricks by Rose Wyler

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

Giant Sea Creatures, Real and Fantastic by John Frederick Waters

Great Mysteries of the Ice and Snow by Edward F. Dolan

Hammer of the Gods by Stephen Davis

Hiram's Red Shirt by Mabel Watts

A History of Chess by Jerzy Gizycki

I don't care by JoAnn Nelson

An Introduction to Linguistics by Loreto Todd

Jaws by Peter Benchley

Jungian Archetypes: Jung, Gödel, and the History of Archetypes by Robin Robertson

Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton-Porter

MASH: An Army Surgeon in Korea by Otto F. Apel

The Messier Objects Field Guide by Stephen James O'Meara

Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis

Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks

Reflections on Evolution by Fredrick Sproull

Roadie: My Life on the Road with Coldplay by Matt McGinn

Some of The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire by Howard Pyle

Strange Creatures of the Ice and Snow by Edward F. Dolan

Time for Bed, Sleepyheads by Normand Chartier

Weird Islands by Jean de Boschère

Future Reading:

A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter

Adventures in Cryptozoology Vol. 1 by Richard Freeman

All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren

Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez

Ancient Mysteries, Modern Visions by Philip S. Callahan

The Anti-Mary Exposed by Carrie Gress

The Arm of the Starfish by Madeleine L'Engle

The Art Nouveau Style by Stephan Tschudi Madsen

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

Champions of the Rosary by Donald H. Calloway

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft

Cubism by Guillaume Apollinaire

Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

Evolution by Nowell Stebbing

Expressionism by Ashley Bassie

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods by Hal Johnson

Found in a Bookshop by Stephanie Butland

Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

Freaks on the Fells by R. M. Ballantyne

Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter

Fundamentals of Character Design by Various Authors

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miquel de Cervantes Saavedra

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Humorous Ghost Stories by Various Authors

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

Illuminated Manuscripts by Tamara Woronowa

The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells

Joan Miro by Joan Miro

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Light of the Western Stars by Zane Grey

Living by the Sword by Eric Demski

The Longest Cocktail Party by Richard DiLello

Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis

North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Otis Spofford by Beverly Clearly

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

The Shining by Stephen King

The Silmarillion by J R R Tolkien

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Strange Love by Ann Aguirre

The River by Gary Paulsen

Things My Son Needs to Know About the World by Fredrik Backman

The Third Man Factor by John Geiger

The Time Machine by H. G. Wells

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

We Are Where the Nightmares Go and Other Stories by C. Robert Cargill

The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology by Deena West Budd

The White Mountains by John Christopher

[pastel-player]

what are the contestant's ultimates?

Ohhhh this is a fun one!

Liam - Ultimate Conspiracy Theorist Bryce - Ultimate Bartender Amelia - Ultimate Yoga Instructor Charlotte - Ultimate Cave Explorer Taylor - Ultimate Journalist Club Member Alice (Charlie's mom) - Ultimate Child Caretaker Tray - Ultimate Teacher Bassy - Ultimate Classical Composer Subway Seat - Ultimate Tour Guide Whippy Creamy - Ultimate Streamer Airline Food - Ultimate Flight Attendant Contact Lens - Ultimate Optometrist Circle - Ultimate Sculptor Stone - Ultimate ??? (Oracle) Texty - Ultimate Artificial Intelligence

Feel free to ask about these choices and what the characters are like with their ultimates! ... oh, there's only 15? Probably fine. Maybe we're just forgetting something.

Airy - Ultimate Game Designer

[autoneurotic]

i’m fucking cryinggggf the bassy boom after alice tentatively says oh hiiiii….colin….. :)

[schoje]

Os Jogos Abertos de Santa Catarina (JASC), encerraram neste domingo (16). Balneário Camboriú conquistou 13 troféus e 11 medalhas, sendo quatro de ouro, uma de prata e seis de bronze; e encerrou em 9º lugar na competição. No ano passado, a cidade ficou com a 11ª colocação. O superintendente da Fundação Municipal de Esportes, David La Barrica, está contente com o resultado e a evolução de Balneário Camboriú. "Desde os Joguinhos estamos em evolução, investindo na base para a disputa. Estes resultados servem para buscarmos cada vez mais acertos", concluiu. As duas primeiras medalhas de ouro vieram no atletismo feminino. Anny Caroline de Bassy subiu ao lugar mais alto do pódio nos 100m e 200m rasos. “É uma emoção muito boa vencer essa competição. Estou muito feliz, treinei muito por isso e ano que vem quero ser quatro vezes campeã”, comentou a atleta, que é tricampeã da modalidade no JASC. Também no atletismo, mas no salto com vara, Alice Tereza Zucchi garantiu a prata e João Paulo Alves o bronze. O vôlei de praia feminino garantiu a medalha de ouro ao vencer a partida final contra Blumenau por 2 sets a 0, com parciais de 21 x 12 e 21 x 17. A dupla, formada por Josi Alvez e Leize Bianchini, se tornaram oito vezes campeãs da competição. A equipe masculina garantiu a medalha de bronze na competição, quase conquistando vaga para a final, mas acabou sendo derrotado para o São José por 2 sets a 1, com parciais de 21 x 18 para São José, 21 x 18 para Balneário Camboriú e no tie break perdendo por 18 x 16. Mais premiações vieram no thriatlon. Pâmela de Oliveira foi campeã no individual garantindo mais uma medalha de ouro para Balneário. Na modalidade por equipes, vieram duas pratas, uma no masculino e uma no feminino. O voleibol masculino também fez história. O município conquistou a medalha de bronze, sendo a primeira vez que a cidade conquistou pódio na competição. A medalha de bronze veio após nossa BC vencer Joinville por 3 sets a 1, parciais 25 x 16, 25 x 12 e 25 x 14.

[aliceongarosartori]

Venezia Africana & La forma della luce (wetlands), Museo Archeologico di Venezia

24th of May, 2024. Venice.

“African Venice,” by Paul Kaplan and Shaul Bassi, is a guidebook about the African presence in Venice. Following ten itineraries, it will be possible to encounter and learn about images from the African continent in Venetian art from the Middle Ages to the present.

Speakers include Shaul Bassi (co-author of Venezia Africana), Luca Cosentino (wetlands editorial director), Alice Ongaro Sartori (project manager of the afterwords series, wetlands).

This will be followed by a guided tour focusing on the museum's works from the African area.

[atletasudando]

Medallas de plata para Marlene Ewellyn en los Juegos Mundiales Universitarios

La brasileña Marlene Ewellyn Silva dos Santos logró la medalla de plata de los 400 metros con vallas en los 31° Juegos Mundiales Universitarios, cuya tercera jornada atlética se cumplió este jueves 3 de agosto en Chengdu, China. Marlene marcó 56.45 y escoltó en esa prueba a la italiana Alice Muraro (55.48). Otras dos atletas brasileñas se lucieron al alcanzar la final de los 400 metros llanos: Leticia Maria Nonato Lima terminó en el 5° puesto con 53.04, uno por delante de Anny Caroline de Bassi (53.15). Esta prueba fue ganada por la sudafricana Marlie Viljoen con 52.38. Más de 9.000 deportistas participan en estos tradiconales Juegos, que se realizan en Chengdu, sede que reemplazó a Ekaterimburgo (Rusia). A esta le fue quitada la sede luego de la brutal  invasión de Rusia a Ucrania, en febrero pasado. Read the full article

[lamilanomagazine]

Bologna: Il Teatro delle Scuole in Arena del Sole dal 16 maggio al 5 giugno

Bologna: Il Teatro delle Scuole in Arena del Sole dal 16 maggio al 5 giugno. Dal 16 maggio al 5 giugno torna al Teatro Arena del Sole una delle iniziative storiche di Emilia Romagna Teatro ERT / Teatro Nazionale: la rassegna Il Teatro delle Scuole, alla sua 35esima edizione, con un programma composto da spettacoli realizzati da studentesse e studenti delle scuole di Bologna e città metropolitana. Un vero e proprio “coro di voci” si alzerà dal palcoscenico, in un viaggio alla scoperta delle infinite possibilità espressive del teatro: queste generazioni si fanno specchio della realtà che tutte e tutti viviamo, delle storie che il proprio territorio esprime. La scuola è uno dei primi contesti in cui ci si riconosce come individui partecipi di una collettività: la pratica teatrale nelle classi si rivela allora uno strumento importante e necessario per incentivare l’incontro tra coetanei, e anche per favorire il dialogo tra studenti e docenti, tra individuo e opera d’arte. Si vengono così a costruire occasioni uniche, in cui i più giovani possono abitare il palcoscenico da protagonisti e confrontarsi con tutte le possibilità creative che il teatro può offrire. Il costante impegno di ERT nella creazione di ambienti sempre più inclusivi ha inoltre portato quest’anno all’importante collaborazione con CEPS Centro Emiliano Problemi Sociali, associazione volta a favorire il migliore sviluppo possibile delle persone con sindrome di Down e la loro reale inclusione sociale. Il programma si compone di 17 diversi spettacoli, esito dei laboratori teatrali realizzati in 15 istituti scolastici, che hanno coinvolto in totale 524 studenti/attori: il Liceo Artistico Arcangeli porta in scena La rivolta degli animali, il 16 maggio (ore 20.00) , con testo e regia di Tommaso Fortunato; l’Associazione CEPS – Centro Emiliano Problemi Sociali per la Trisonomia 21 APS, Associazione Spiràlia e Compagnia Officine di Creazione presentano Senza tracce, il 17 maggio (ore 20.00) spettacolo di danza con coreografia di Paola Palmi. Venerdì 19 maggio (ore 19.00) La città che vorrei. Legalità e ambiente è lo spettacolo con la regia di Alice De Toma e Max Giudici, realizzato con il Liceo Laura Bassi, Scuole Manzoni e Associazione Tomax Teatro; e ancora il Liceo Laura Bassi presenta Il potere (d)e(l)l’arte (martedì 23 maggio, ore 19.00) con drammaturgia di Rossana Cappucci e regia di Umberto Fiorelli e Ma quello è folle! (Giovedì 25 maggio, ore 20.00) è lo spettacolo esito del laboratorio teatrale BassLab. Il progetto Teatro in classe di ERT ha portato alla creazione di Un sogno errante, sabato 20 maggio, ore 17.30, con la classe 5A della Scuola primaria Lipparini, per la regia di Antonello Pocetti. Nessi e sconnessi (mercoledì 24 maggio, ore 20.00) è il lavoro dell’Istituto comprensivo n.6 e Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado Irnerio, con la regia di Loredana Carilli e la coreografia di Laura Querin; mentre Le avventure della sacra spada (venerdì 26 maggio, ore 20.00) è l’esito del percorso condotto all’Istituto Comprensivo di Monterenzio (BO) e alla Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado Falcone e Borsellino, con la regia di Roberto Garagnani. ERT ha promosso un percorso di teatro in francese al Liceo Luigi Galvani, che porta alla messa in scena di La comédie du langage (sabato 27 maggio, ore 19.00) con la regia di Chiara Sassoli. Lunedì 29 maggio, ore 20.00, Andar… andare… il tema del viaggio in tre dimensioni  progetto permanente di teatro rivolto ad adolescenti e adulti della comunità scolastica per il benessere a scuola, il potenziamento dell’apprendimento e la solidarietà, realizzato nell’ambito di Scenari Solidali Junior 2023 e condotto dalla compagnia Tra un atto e l’altro e collettivo Amalia, porta in scena tre esiti: con l’Istituto Belluzzi Fioravanti C’erano una volta i giovani; con il Liceo Artistico Arcangeli (che ha curato anche le scenografie); Odissea women remake; con l’Istituto Ettore Majorana Odisseade: ovvero l’Iliade e l’Odissea se l’avessimo scritta noi. Guidati dal regista Damiano Paternoster, gli studenti e le studentesse dell’Istituto comprensivo n.7 e della Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado Jacopo della Quercia portano in scena Il mio letto è una nave (Martedì 30 maggio, ore 20.00); mentre Diana Ligue Denis e Roberto Agostini dirigono Non c’è problema (Mercoledì 31 maggio, ore 20.00), spettacolo esito del laboratorio di teatro-educazione con l’Istituto Comprensivo n.9 e Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado Il Guercino. Un concerto che attraversa diversi stili e generi musicali è Viva la Musica sempre! (Mercoledì 31 maggio, ore 20.00) dell’Istituto Comprensivo n.16; Il Liceo Augusto Righi presenta La Gang di Orfeo (Lunedì 5 giugno, ore 20.00)a cura di Alessandro Migliucci. Ad arricchire il calendario uno speciale appuntamento: I Principi Fondamentali (lunedì 22 maggio, ore 19.00), la presentazione pubblica della Costituzione immaginaria redatta dai ragazzi e dalle ragazze dei Licei Righi e Copernico nell’ambito del PCTO I principi fondamentali. La Costituzione ideale condotto dallo scrittore, giornalista e conduttore radiofonico di RAI Radio3 Graziano Graziani.... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article

[tempi-dispari]

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Steel Flames, il metal nel sangue

Se gli Iron Maiden si fondessero con i Mercyfull Fates probabilmente il risultato sarebbero i romani Steel Flames. È esattamente da questo connubio che nasce il loro stile. Siamo in ambito heavy metal classicheggiante, quindi, con tinte oscure. Viene da sé che dalla fusione non può nascere un clone ma un nuovo soggetto stilistico. Le influenze dei nostri non si fermano qui, in ogni caso. Vanno a pescare anche dall’hard rock di Alice Cooperiana memoria, nel metal dei Judas Priest e qualche spruzzatina di prog.

Nel suo insieme il lavoro è ben suonato. La produzione in alcuni frangenti lascia un po’ a desiderare schiacciando le chitarre sotto le ritmiche in fase di a solo. Detto ciò, che non va certo a minare la qualità del disco, le composizioni non hanno un calo. Anzi. I ritmi, pur rimanendo in mid tempo, incalzano senza sosta. Fiumi di metal vengono riversati sull’ascoltatore. Di canzone in canzone il tiro si alza. Apice di questa corsa è Steel Flames. Praticamente un brano speed. Una menzione particolare va al lavoro della batteria e della voce. La prima per i tappeti che riesce a creare. Ritmiche mai dome, dinamiche, varie.

La seconda per la facilità con cui riesce ad adattarsi ai diversi contesti narrativi. Riesce a passare da falsetti modello King Diamond a registri molto più bassi senza alcuno sforzo. Questo denota una certa estensione ma, soprattutto, una capacità tecnica, una padronanza non indifferente. Un brano sugli altri che può essere di esempio è China blu suite. Qui i passaggi sopra citati sono piuttosto marcati lasciando davvero stupiti. Nello stesso brano è da sottolineare la dinamica.

Da cavalcata metal a semi power ballad con una batteria sempre in primo piano. Di gusto il solo che non sciorina note su note ma resta melodico. Le atmosfere di incupiscono ulteriormente facendosi melanconiche e tristi nella successiva Lost identity. Tastiere lunghe, arpeggio di chitarra pulita, basso morbido, voce evocativa, intensa. Sei minuti di camminata nell’oscurità procurata dal disorientamento interiore. Molto bravo il cantante nel rendere concreti i sentimenti del protagonista della canzone. La chitarra elettrica fa da contrappunto con piccoli riff nei frangenti più intensi. Il solo esplode invece a circa ¾. Di gran gusto. Banding, armonici, passaggi lenti, sentiti. Il giusto commento alla narrazione del testo.

L’andamento della composizione è circolare, quindi sul finale si torna sulle coordinate iniziali grazie al secondo intervento solista. Heart on fire, cui è affidata la chiusura del disco, riaccende i toni. Una sfuriata al limite del power metal con tanto di ritornello supermelodico. Al limite in eccesso, ossia superata la linea c’è lo speed metal. Doppia cassa iterante, pennata alternata in ottavi per le chitarre, voce su toni decisamente alti. Su questo brano una menzione va al basso. È lui a fare la differenza. Se da una parte segue le chitarre, dall’altra si ritaglia spazi propri. Questo inspessisce il tappeto ritmico incrementando il wall of sound complessivo. Come genere impone, la melodia domina incontrastata.

Concludendo. Disco metal nel senso più classico del termine, quello degli Steel Flames. Questo non significa già sentito. Vuol dire solo sonorità ben precise. I nostri riescono a ritagliarsi nel saturo panorama, un posto proprio. Soprattutto grazie al lavoro della voce. La scelta stilistica è quantomai azzeccata. Riesce a dare la giusta enfasi al fattore narrativo e ai testi. Un disco non immediatissimo. Servono diversi ascolti per poter entrare nel suo mondo. Un universo fatto ferro e fuoco, nel vero senso della parola. Se non amata suoni compressi, ritmiche serrate, voce dinamica, forse sarà un ascolto impegnativo. Se, invece, siete fan delle band citate in apertura, non fatevelo scappare. Soddisferà tutta la vostra sete di novità pur rimanendo nella confort zone.

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Uominiedonne. Prime foto di Federico e Carola dopo la scelta

Nel pomeriggio di ieri c’è stata la scelta di Uominiedonne del tronista romano Federico Nicotera che ha scelto come previsto la varesina Carola Carpanelli. Ricordiamo che la nuova coppia di Uominiedonne ha avuto un percorso molto complicato fatto di alti e bassi, più bassi che alti, anche perchè c’era una corteggiatrice molto valida come Alice Barisciani. Nel momento della scelta di Carola la…

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Episode 15

Risuna, Keith and I now live together. Trust me, it's not the peaches and cream that you are thinking of. He bought some simplex house in Bryanston. It's close to work for him. It's a four-bedroom simplex house. Risuna has his nursery. I have my own bedroom - he let me have the main bedroom. Risuna still sleeps with me though. Keith sleeps in another bedroom by himself.

We are cordial. And I won't lie to myself, I'm falling in love with him. It's a dangerous feeling to feel for your roommate. I mean he's married. His wife still phones him for favours and he gives them to her. That, in my view, makes it more than clear that his heart is still with her. I'm just the woman who carried and birthed his child, like it was always meant to be. I'm scared that if I try to be with him despite the wife element and the fact that we agreed we are doing this for Risuna, I will end up heartbroken. More than that, things will be awkward. I'd feel like I'm also cornering him into not saying no to me because he already feels indebted to me for birthing his son, so why would he say no to some kisses, cuddles and sex? Let me just keep to myself. Let me just co-parent with him. In Keith's eyes, I'm just Risuna's mother.

I've just finished showering. Risuna is in the house making a noise with his dad. I guess I'll make lunch for the three of us. I heard Keith saying something about going to a zoo. I didn't take him seriously because every Saturday, there's always something that he has to do with his wife. So now that he's actually here today. I'm wondering if we really are going to go to the zoo. Plus, I want to take advantage that he's here and available to look after Risuna so I can go and see Wandi in hospital.

I wear a cute short but classy dress. Wandi made this for me when I was pregnant and she said the goal after birthing the baby is to fit back into this dress. Today, I fit. It's tight around my boobs then opens up with flare under my boobs. It's actually cute. My legs look very nice in it. I comb out my relaxed hair then put a pearl Alice band on my hair. I wear sandals with my outfit. Maybe this outfit will give me a hint of where Keith stands with this situation that he and I find ourselves in.

"Dumelang", I greet them as I enter the TV room where they are sitting and playing on Risuna's play mat.

I had to give all the gifts that Sizwe got me to Morafe. Keith just took over nje and wanted nothing to do with the gifts that Sizwe got me.

"Hello mommy. You look so beautiful", Keith says.

I smile at him.

"I'm going to make us lunch. What are you feeling like?" Me.

"Whatever you are making is good with me." He says.

"I'll fry some potato chips and make a club sandwich. Is that okay?" Me.

He smiles at me. It's a yes for him.

I head into the kitchen.

They follow me - Risuna is in Keith's arms.

"Did you sleep okay?" He asks me.

"Yeah. It feels different though... not having to work and just being here with Risuna. I hope you don't feel like I'm using you", I say.

"Bassie, come on. This is us. We've never used each other. I'd never think that of you", he says.

I nod my head.

His cellphone rings. He pulls it out of his pocket. I see the caller ID. It's his wife. I'm already annoyed.

"Hey".

...

"Sure. What's up?"

...

"I was actually planning to spend time with Bassie and Risuna today."

...

"Yeah, but I have a family now. And the agreement was that you give me enough notice so I can plan my weekends properly. I can't just change my day and drop my son because things just came up with you."

...

"You are being unreasonable now. This is supposed to work for both of us, not just you."

...

"Fine."

He hangs up.

"I thought you were filing for a divorce", I say.

"It's a bit complicated", he says.

"I see. Are you still sleeping with her?"

"Bassie -

"Actually, forget I asked."

"I'm not sleeping with her, Bassie. I'm not sleeping with anyone." He says.

I'm quiet.

"This is just not a good time for her to be going through a divorce", he says.

"Just like it wasn't a good time for her to be a mother six months into a pregnancy she made me go through?"

"Bassie-

"I'm just the idiot biological mother who was sacrificing so much for a man I love more than any man I'll probably ever know. But I've never meant anything to him. His wife has always come first and will always come first. All I'll ever be is Risuna's incubator. I’m sure if your wife wanted you and Risuna back, you'd just rip him out of my arms and leave me to sort myself out."

He stares at me. I don't know what to make of his stare.

"Are you joining us for lunch or do you have to go?" Me.

He's still a bit... in a state of stillness.

I just keep moving about in the kitchen.

...

Basetsana has exploded. I knew this day was coming, but I never expected her to say the things that she has just said to me. I'm sitting in the TV room watching my kid move around and discover what his body can do, I ponder on what his mother said to me. What's ringing the most in my mind is her saying that she loves me. Bassie and I have always loved each other. I've never doubted that she loves me and that I love her. But the way she said to me - after shitting on me about not filing for my divorce - it's more than the love we've had and shared over these years.

I don't think I'm going to that lunch that her father invited us to.

My cellphone rings. It's Noria.

"Yes?"

"Where are you? Dad is expecting us in the next ten minutes", she says.

"I'm not coming." I say.

She takes a deep breath.

"Keith, we've spoken about this." She says.

"I'm spending the day with my family today. Send my regrets to everyone."

"Don't do this, Keith. If you want an amicable divorce from me, you will think very carefully about what you are trying to do to me right now."

"Do your worst. You can expect the divorce papers from my law team on Monday."

I hang up.

She tries to phone me again. I don't pick up her call. She tries again. This time I block her.

"I left your food in the microwave. I'm not sure what your plan is", Bassie says as she takes Risuna. She has a bag and everything with her.

"Where are you guys going?" I ask her.

She just looks at me then leaves. I look outside the window and I see an Uber picking her up.

Ja no, I'm in shit.

...

It's been hours now since they've left. Bassie's phone is off and I'm getting really worried. I text Senzi, Wandi's husband. Maybe he knows something that Wandi may have mentioned to him.

"Yo. I'm looking for Bassie. I'm wondering if you've heard anything?"

He replies instantly saying, "They are here with us at the hospital. Don't stress, Wandi's mom is driving them back home in a few."

That's a relief.

"Thanks bro", me.

He sends me a thumbs up.

I wait another hour before Bassie walks in. Risuna is passed out in her arms. I get up and take their bag from them. She goes to put Risuna down.

He's up and crying now, so I guess Bassie is bathing him. It's always war when this happens. Then, it gets better when she breastfeeds him. That's when I go and drain his baby bathtub. I try to help as best as I can.

Now, we put him to sleep together.

When he's asleep, Bassie and I go the TV room. I guess we are going to talk. She's pissed off.

"The card is blocked", she says.

"Huh?"

"The card that you gave me that's supposed to have money for Risuna and me... it's blocked. That's why Wandi's mother had to bring us back home. We couldn't get and Uber back because the card is blocked." She says.

"That’s not possible. That's my account. I'd have to block it and -

Shit!

Noria blocked our cards.

"I'm sorry. It must be Noria trying to get back at me for not making it to today's event and me saying that she will have the divorce papers delivered to her by Monday." I say to her.

"Why is she blocking your account? How can she do that without your consent?" She asks me.

"Listen, I'll sort this out." I say.

I give her another card.

"This is an account she didn't know about and still doesn't know about. Use this until everything is sorted, okay?"

She stares at me.

Then she says, "How bad is this going to get?"

"I don't know. She's not going to make it easy. And with her father running for some government position, she cannot afford a divorce right now. So, it will be bad." I say.

"Keith, why don't we move to a smaller place? Something more affordable. We don't need all of this. Then when the dust has settled, we can come back to this life. I'll even go back to work. But if you insist on this life, it will be easy for her to hold you hostage." She says. Wow, this woman!

"I want the best for my son... and you", I say.

"We know. Teaching a child the value of suffering is teaching him what's best. He will be fine."

"I don't want you to go back to work."

"Then we have to move. But if we stay here, I'm going back to work", I say.

I nod my head.

She turns to walk away from me, but I hold onto her wrist and she turns to face me again.

"I love you too, Basetsana." I tell her.

She gives me a look that I cannot understand.

She pulls her hand from me.

She pulls her dress down.

It's finally happening.

I take off my t-shirt and pull my shorts down. Then I carry her to my bedroom. That's where my condoms are.

We are kissing all over each other.

I put her down on the bed.

I get my condoms.

I see her staring at my wall. Oh shit. She's never been in here. I have an A0-sized photograph of her and my son on the wall. I love them being the last thing I see every night and the first thing I see every morning.

"Keith -

I sit on the edge of my bed. I’m really horny. But I have to focus.

"I know. I'm sorry. It's just... I want you guys to be the last thing I see every night and the first thing I see every morning. You are my purpose." I tell her.

"Keith, why did you marry her? Why didn't we end up together? I mean, since we were kids, our story was written in the stars."

I can't even answer her.

"I cried myself to sleep on your wedding day." She tells me.

"I'm sorry, Bassie. I really am." I tell her.

I hear her sniffing and I see her wiping her tears.

"I'm going to sleep. Goodnight, Keith." She says.

She walks out of my bedroom.

I find myself crying too.

It's morning before I know it and I don't feel like going to the kitchen. I know she's up because there's noise of dishes and pots. My son sleeps in a lot, so he's probably still fast asleep.

I check my email.

I see something from Noria. She's asking me for a meeting before we meet with the lawyers. I just ignore it.

I have to put on some big boy pants on and go face Bassie.

I wear some pants then walk out topless. She saw me all the way naked yesterday. I saw her all the way naked too and she is looking like something I'd tap any day and any time.

"Good morning", I greet her.

She's in shorts and a tank top. She looks really nice.

"Hey", she says without looking at me.

"You slept okay?" I ask her.

"I had to help myself after you had me all heated and didn't finish", she says and giggles.

I laugh too since she opened that up for me.

"I'm sorry. But to be fair, you left me", I say.

She looks at me and laughs.

"I'm sorry about last night. I didn't mean to-

"Bassie, please. Honestly, I'm glad we spoke about that. We needed to talk about it." I say.

"I just don't want us to -

I pull her into a hug. She hugs me too. I kiss the top of her head. She is quite short.

"I was also up all night looking for cheaper places we could stay in. I found a promising one. It's a two-bedroom apartment in a place called Boksburg, in the Eastrand. It's very affordable. It's a quarter of what we are paying here", she says.

"You know we don't have to do this right?" I say.

"I know. But I want to. When the time is right, we will have what we really want", she says.

I lift her head up towards my face. I kiss her. She kisses me back.

"I'll go view the place today. If you are free, we can go together", she says.

"I'd love to go with you. But I have to meet with my lawyer. I trust your judgment."

She smiles at me.

"The lawyer is coming here. So you can use the car." He says.

"You sure?" She asks me.

"I promise", me.

We kiss again.

"Can we finish what we started last night?" Me.

She laughs at me.

Risuna cries.

"Your turn, daddy", she says.

I laugh and go get my son.

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