#alison haywood

[omandergoodness]

Alison & Fraser || Dancing on my own [Sanditon]

"I'm right over here,

Why can't you see me?

I keep dancing on my own"

[michaelsheenpt]

The first trailer for new BBC One drama Best Interests has been released.

Bad Sister’s Sharon Horgan and Good Omen’s Michael Sheen star as a married couple going through an emotional legal battle.

The trailer shows Nicci (Horgan) and Andrew (Sheen) finding out that the condition of their daughter Marnie, who suffers with a rare neuro-muscular disorder, is rapidly declining.

When doctors tell the couple it is in Marnie’s best interests to cease all treatments, Nicci and Andrew enter a legal battle to go against the doctor’s wishes and fight for their daughter’s life.

Joining Horgan and Sheen are Niamh Moriarty (Jack Thorne’s A Christmas Carol) and Alison Oliver (Conversation with Friends) as their daughters Marnie and Katie.

The ensemble cast includes Noma Dumezweni (The Undoing), Chizzy Akudolu (Sorry, I Didn’t Know), Des McAleer (Hope Street), Mat Fraser (His Dark Materials), Gary Beadle (Grantchester), Jack Morris (Strike), Pippa Haywood (Bodyguard), Shane Zaza (Happy Valley), Lucian Msamati (Gangs of London), and Lisa McGrillis (Mum).

Two-time RTS Award winner Lenny Rush (Am I Being Unreasonable?) announced via his Instagram that he will also appear in a small role in the series.

Jack Thorne says: "As a parent of a three-year-old I've looked at the cases in the media about 'best interests' with some fascination and a little dread, when the worst happens, how do you keep your head when everything around you feels wrong? We are going to try and tell a nuanced story that talks about this issue from all sides.”

Best Interests premieres on BBC One and iPlayer on Monday 12 June.

Source

[jialana]

Art as Experiment: Body in the Kitchen

2020.12 Online Live Streaming Performance

Global Art Joint Project 2020 Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris Global Art Practice,Tokyo University of the Arts        

ロンドン芸術大学セントラル·セント·マーチンズ校 パリ国立美術高等学校 東京芸術大学グローバルアートプラクティス

Part 1 Dirty Dishes Project

Photos/Foam board/Water pipe 写真/発泡スチロール/パイプ

Part 2 Unit Course Archive Trolley

Video/Projector/Tableware/Trolley ビデオ/プロジェクター/食器/カート

Photo：Yoshihiro Inada

Part 3 Roundtable Dinner of Screens

Video/Digital Devices/Roundtable ビデオ/デジタルスクリーン/ラウンドテーブル

Part 4 Second-life Online Game

Virtual Game Software バーチャルゲームソフト

Part 5 Last Dinner Tablecloth

Tablecloth/Scissor テーブルクロス/はさみ

This open studio is an open studio for GAP's 2020 Global Art Joint Curriculum (co-hosted by CSM and BAP). In previous years, the program had been held in London, Paris, Tokyo and Toride, where each school visited one another at their campuses. This year, however, all the programs were held online. Despite being online, all the workshops developed in a way in which one could sense, through the screen, the body movements and things which took place behind the moving images. 

Artists（Students） Chen Weiting Huang Yinwen Fumimaro Ayano Yumeto Ikegami Wang Jialan Kameta Mariana Ken Shimizu Cao Xiaotai Rin Takahashi Mao Nakagawa Hwang Naeun Koki Fujinaka Paul Emile

Faculty Yuko Mohri | TUA , Lecturer Yusaku Imamura | TUA, Professor Paul Haywood | CSM, Dean of Academic Programmes Alison Green | CSM, Programme Director (Cover), Culture and Enterprise; Course Leader, MA Culture, Criticism and Curation Fred Meller | CSM, Programme Director, Drama and Performance Emmanuelle Huynh | BAP, Professor, Dance Studio

[sarkos]

Further on, Haywood writes: “At this moment I preside over what amounts to a extended, quite sizeable, compound, which when complete I like to say, accurately, will be impervious to anything but direct organized military attack”, adding that “it requires a group of men to make it work … what I call ‘shooters’ – say fifteen able-bodied, and adequately trained, men.” These “shooters”, Haywood explains, “can operate my compound, both defensively and administratively”, meanwhile, “I have the personality, and skills, to lead such a group.” [...]According to tax records Haywood has funded SACR through his Howdy Doody Good Times foundation, for which he and his wife, Alison Murphy, are both listed as directors. In the 2020-2021 tax year the foundation gave $30,000 to SACR, followed by $10,000 the following year, according to its 990 filings. Further funding for SACR was provided by the Claremont Institute, which gave $26,248 in 2021 in one of only two grants the organization distributed that year, per its own IRS filings. In another indication of what appears to be a mutually supportive relationship, Haywood’s foundation contributed $50,000 to the Claremont Institute in 2020-2021.

US businessman is wannabe ‘warlord’ of secretive far-right men’s network | The far right | The Guardian

Howdy Doody has shooters out there

[lynx-1825]

[big-bad-bhardwaj]

Sanditon is honestly just like “Oh you guys like enemies to lovers? Here’s 10 of them”

[romanartemis]

Hogwarts Yearbook Pages

[scarlettmontgcmery]

top five women in town you'd sleep with. and top five men.

        “If I could, I’d sleep with everyone in this town since they’re all so damn hot. But, if you really want to know, the top five women in town I’d sleep with are Alison, Amy, Angelica, Kindred, and Sirena. The top five men I’d sleep with in town are Beau, Dominic, Jason, Tom and I can’t forget my good buddy, Calvin.”

Featuring; @alison-harper, @amyrbayer, @angelicalizzioxx, @kindredramsey, @sirenarhall, @beau-haywood, @domowens, @jxsoncash, @tom-carvell, @calvinxmccoy.

HONESTY HOUR.

[sleepingdragonhq]

Under the cut you will find the list of everyone’s costumes as well as lists for the couples romantic and platonic. You can find the poll for the costume contest here. As always you vote for the top five in each category, five points for first place, four points for second and so on so please put your votes in order accordingly. You should be voting for individuals in every category except the couples ones. Please vote before the 31st of October as we will be announcing the winners from that point onward. If we have missed any on any of the lists please let us know !!

Individual

Aaron Hale - Male Tomb Raider 

Adabella Skeeter - Bonnie Parker

Adeline Mulciber - Elizabeth Swann (Pirates of the Caribbean)

Aiden Wolffe - Jedediah (Night at the Museum)

Alastair Watson - Billy Butcherson (Hocus Pocus)

Albus Potter - Flynn Rider (Tangled/Disney)

Alec Fray - The Flash (DC)

Alessandra Macnair - Harley Quinn (DC)

Alexis Blanchard - Naveen (Princess and the Frog/Disney)

Alice Longbottom II - Peter Pan (Peter Pan/Disney)

Alison Wood - Velma Dinkley (Scooby Doo)

Anna Cleves - Tiana (Princess and the Frog/Disney)

Annika Parkinson - Belle (Beauty and the Beast)

Archer Selwyn - Ash Ketchum (Pokémon)

Ariadne McLaggen - Mavis Dracula (Hotel Transylvania)

Ariella Belefleur - Misty (Pokémon)

Aryana Robins - Marceline (Adventure Time)

Ash Highmore - Bong

Asterin Rhodes - Princess Bubblegum (Adventure Time)

Auden Wilkes - Victor Van Dort (Corpse Bride)

August Fawley - Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice)

Augusta Picquery - Beyoncé

Aurora Claremont - Edna Mode (The Incredibles)

Avery Haywood - The Grinch (How the Grinch Stole Christmas)

Axel Wolffe - Simon (Alvin and the Chipmunks)

Bailey Upton - Megara (Hercules/Disney)

Beatrice Woodhouse - Wonder Woman (DC)

Beatriz Calderson-Boot - Shego (Kim Possible)

Benjamin Ollivander - Gerald Johanssen (Hey Arnold!)

Bentley Lockhart - Prince Phillip (Sleeping Beauty/Disney)

Bettie Dawson - Violet Beauregarde (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

Brett Holland - Mulan (Mulan/Disney)

Brigid Callaghan - Megara (Hercules/Disney)

Caleb Cresswell - Clark Kent/Superman (DC)

Camille McGonagall - Vivian Ward (Pretty Woman)

Candice Cresswell - Belle (Beauty and the Beast/Disney)

Casey Abrams - Baby Yoda (Mandalorian)

Caspian Berrycloth - Arnold Shortman (Hey Arnold!)

Cassius Cresswell - Gomez Addams (The Addams Family)

Cedrella Weasley II - Poppy Balfour (From Blood and Ash)

Celestina Shacklebolt - Moana (Moana/Disney)

Charlie Watson - Christine Daaé (The Phantom of the Opera)

Chase Sayre - Robin (DC)

Clara Arquette - Ursula (The Little Mermaid)

Clementine Delacour-Laurent - Cinderella (Cinderella)

Colm McCarthy - Operation Patient (Operation Game)

Cressida Wadsworth - Morticia Addams (The Addams Family)

Cynthia Clearwater - Daphne Blake (Scooby Doo)

Cyrus Clearwater - Peter Quill/Star-Lord (MCU)

Danny McKinnon - Alberto Scorfano (Luca//Disney)

Dante Morteza - Quicksilver (MCU)

Dakota Wilkes - Sexy Patrick (The Spongebob Squarepants Movie)

Dawn Prewett - Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice)

Declan Rowland - Hercules (Hercules/Disney)

Delilah Hartwell - Sylvie Laufeydottir (MCU)

Diana Rosier - Damian (Mean Girls)

Dominique Weasley - Odette (The Swan Princess)

Eleanor Pucey - Scarlet Witch (MCU)

Electra Carrow - Rapunzel (Tangled/Disney)

Elena Flores - Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins/Disney)

Ellie Greengrass - Copycat

Eloise Avery - Alice (Alice in Wonderland)

Eren Sahin - Loki (MCU)

Erin McCormack - Dorothy (The Wizard of Oz)

Evan Parkinson - Octavius (Night at the Museum)

Evangeline Pickering - Disgust (Inside Out/Pixar) 

Evelyn Carrow - Ladybug

Everett Pickering - Sleeping Beauty (Sleeping Beauty/Disney)

Felix Hopkirk - Luca Paguro (Luca)

Frank Longbottom II - The Mandalorian (The Mandalorian/Star Wars)

Fred Weasley II - Blow Up Baby

Frederick Hayes - Scarecrow (Wizard of Oz)

Gabriel Larkin - Clyde Barrow

Gale MacDougal - Zed Necrodopolis (Zombies)

Garrett Mendez - Genie (Aladdin/Disney)

Grace Turner - Eevee (Pokemon)

Griffin Jones - Elliott Taylor (E.T.)

Gwendolyn Hawkes - Jasmine (Aladdin/Disney)

Hadley Lestrange - Mermaid

Hannah Nightingale - Darla (Finding Nemo) ft. Addie Nightingale (NPC) as Nemo

Hazel MacDougal - One Half of a KitKat

Hugo Granger-Weasley - Aragog

Hunter Adams - Alan (The Hangover)

Ingrid Hagen - Daenerys Targaryen (Game of Thrones)

Jace Greengrass - Copycat

James Ashcroft - Grady Twins (The Shining)

James Sirius Potter - Mr. Incredible (The Incredibles)

Jasper Locklear - Troy Bolton (High School Musical)

Jaxon deQuan - Ninja

Jia Rookwood - Cruella De Vil (101 Dalmatians/Disney)

Jonah Finch - Elton John

Josephine Flamel - Audrey (Little Shop of Horrors)

Joseph O’Reilly - Cher Horowitz (Clueless)

Joshua Selwyn - Hansel (Zoolander)

Juliet Highmore - Addison Wells (Zombies)

Kristoff Flynn - Bert (Mary Poppins)

Laurel Ollivander - Sexy Scream/Ghost Face

Layla Rowle - Scarlet Witch (MCU)

Levi Highmore - Alvin (Alvin and the Chipmunks)

Liam Alvarez - Devil

Lily Luna Potter - Merida (Brave/Pixar)

Lorcan Scamander - Captain America (MCU)

Louis Weasley - Superman (DC)

Lucienne Wolffe - Annabelle (Annabelle)

Lucy Weasley - Velma Dinkley (Scooby Doo)

Lyra Malfoy - Gabriella Montez (High School Musical)

Lysander Scamander - Squid Games Character (Squid Games)

Mackenzie Potter - Elastigirl (The Incredibles)

Madeline Brown - One half of a KitKat

Mae Levesque - Wednesday Addams (The Addams Family)

Malachai Arquette - Wearing Dog Ears

Manon Flamel - Britney Spears (Oops I Did It Again)

Marcus Carson - Mr. Peanut

Margot Lockhart - Leia (Star Wars)

Mary Katherine McKinnon - Rizzo (Grease)

Mason Jones - Theodore (Alvin and the Chipmunks)

Mateo Whitehorn - Where’s Waldo

Matthew Asprey - Oogie Boogie (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Matthias Vallois - Psyduck (Pokémon)

Melora Flamel - Britney Spears (Baby One More Time)

Meredith Wayfelle - Ramona Flowers (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World)

Merle Rappaport - Blair Waldorf (Gossip Girl)

Molly Weasley II - Sally (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Morgan Avery - Sarah Sanderson (Hocus Pocus)

Natalya Dolohova - Poison Ivy (DC)

Nate Wood - Han Solo (Star Wars)

Nesta Greenwood - Jillian Holtzmann (Ghostbusters)

Nicholas Bennet - Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)

Nicholas Vexmoor - Seymour Krelborn (Little Shop of Horrors)

Nova Slughorn - Elphaba (Wicked)

Octavia Coleman - Ali (Burlesque)

Olivia Longwise - Coraline (Coraline)

Orlando Lockhart - Hades 

Peggy Carson - Winifred Sanderson (Hocus Pocus)

Penelope Hawthorne - Daphne Blake (Scooby Doo)

Pepper Rosewood - Barbie

Perseus Mulciber - Inigo Montoya (The Princess Bride)

Piper Wilkinson - Serena Van Der Woodsen (Gossip Girl)

Pippa Rosewood - Glinda (Wicked)

Reid Anderson - E.T. (E.T.)

Rory Goldstein - Angel

Rose Granger-Weasley - Miss Argentina (Beetlejuice)

Roxanne Weasley - Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty/Maleficent)

Scorpius Malfoy - Batman (DC)

Sebastian Nott - Johnny Loughran (Hotel Transylvania)

Seraphina McAuley - Scarlet Witch (Marvel)

Seung Krum - Derek Zoolander (Zoolander)

Sienna Wilkinson - Medusa

Silas Zabini - Mr Darcy (Pride & Prejudice)

Sofia Clarke - Megara (Hercules)

Tabitha Fawcett - Catwoman (DC)

Tallulah Abbot - Momo

Taylor Edwards - Emily the Corpse Bride (Corpse Bride)

Teddy Lupin - Yzma (The Emperor’s New Groove/Disney)

Theodore Dubanowski - Wally (Where’s Wally?)

Theodore Oliver - Captain Hook (Peter Pan/Disney)

Thomas Goyle - Gengar (Pokémon)

Tobias Atwell - Hei Hei (Moana/Disney)

Toby Anderson - Erik (Phantom of the Opera)

Theseus McLaggen - Austin Powers (Austin Powers)

Tyler Kennedy Davis - Werewolf

Vera McKinnon - Dorothy Gale (Wizard of Oz)

Verity Nott - Grady Twin (The Shining)

Victoire Weasley - Daenerys Targaryen (Game of Thrones)

William Ashcroft - Wolverine (The X-Men)

Willow Picquery - Dionne Davenport (Clueless)

Romantic Couples Costumes

Aiden & Evan - Jedediah & Octavius (Night at the Museum)

Alastair & Peggy - Billy & Winifred (Hocus Pocus)

Alexis & Anna - Naveen & Tiana (Princess and the Frog/Disney)

Alison & Cynthia - Velma & Daphne (Scooby Doo)

Albus & Electra - Flynn & Rapunzel (Tangled/Disney)

Aryana & Harper - Marceline & Princess Bubblegum (Adventure tIME)

Bentley & Everett - Prince Phillip & Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty/Disney)

Danny & Felix - Alberto & Luca (Luca/Disney)

Declan & Brigid - Hercules & Megara (Hercules/Disney)

Frank & Casey - The Mandalorian & Baby Yoda (The Mandalorian/Star Wars) 

Gabriel & Adabella - Clyde Barrow & Bonnie Parker

Gale & Juliet - Zed & Addison (Zombies)

Griffin & Reid - Elliott Taylor & E.T. (E.T.)

James & Verity - Grady Twins (The Shining)

Jasper & Lyra - Troy & Gabriella (High School Musical)

Joshua & Seung - Hansel & Zoolander (Zoolander)

Kristoff & Elena - Bert & Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins) ft. Marisol & Dimitri (NPCs) as Penguins

Liam & Rory - Devil & Angel

Pippa & Nova - Glinda & Elphaba (Wicked)

Scorpius & Chase - Batman & Robin (DC)

Sebastian & Ariadne - Johnny & Mavis (Hotel Transylvania)

Tobias & Celestina - Hei Hei & Moana (Moana/Disney)

Toby & Charlie - Phantom & Christine Daaé (The Phantom of the Opera)

Platonic Couples Costumes

Ariella, Archer, Grace & Matthias - Misty, Ash, Eevee & Psyduck (Pokémon)

Auden & Taylor - Victor & Emily (Corpse Bride)

Axel, Levi & Mason - Simon, Alvin & Theodore (Alvin and the Chipmunks)

Benjamin & Caspian - Gerald & Arnold (Hey Arnold!)

Cassius & Cressida - Gomez & Morticia (The Addams Family)

Dante & Layla - Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch (MCU)

Frederick & Vera - Scarecrow & Dorothy (Wizard of Oz)

Hannah & Addie (NPC) - Darla & Nemo (Finding Nemo)

Hazel & Madeline - A KitKat Bar

Jace & Ellie - Copycat

Joseph & Willow - Cher Horowitz & Dionne Davenport (Clueless)

Merle & Piper - Blair Waldorf & Serena Van Der Woodsen (Gossip Girl)

Nate & Margot - Han Solo & Leia (Star Wars)

Penelope & Lucy - Daphne Blake & Velma Dinkley (Scooby Doo)

Theo & Alice - Captain Hook & Peter Pan (Peter Pan)

[the-real-vagabond]

Rewritten

@fightqueen18

The day was waning with light orange streaks in the sky and pink clouds floating across the horizon that the sun is setting behind. The waves from the beach below form a calming white noise that, paired with the pale blue walls of her sitting room and the gentle lighting create a calculated calm space for her clients. She finished with one recently, a young woman who had murdered her young child but now is a grocer in a nearby town and volunteers frequently at local homeless shelters. Today, Alison is receiving a new client, and one unlike any other she’s ever helped recuperate before. She received his file last week to go over it and adjust what needed to be adjusted in her home to accommodate him and help mold him into a model citizen. Her incentive for this specific client is a million dollar check once she provides successful evidence that he can live on his own without reverting to his violent ways. The problem? James Haywood has already been rewritten and recuperated fourteen other times, all unsuccessful.

When she gets home from the grocery store there’s a note on her front door alerting her to the delivery of her client. The attendants from the hospital know her house well and can easily navigate it at this point to deliver clients to the room she’s tweaked for each client. She’s never had a failure in her ten years of being a recuperation therapist which is why the board at the hospital decided that maybe she’d be the one to finally recuperate Haywood once and for all.

[randomfandomimagine]

Future Series

🖤 MY OCS - SERIES MASTERLIST

Feel free to give me suggestions of things you would like to read for any of these! I’d love to chat about them too!! The series below are ordered from more advanced to least.

MORE THAN A FEELING (Final Fantasy VII)

WIP post: Link

OC: Faith Duskstorm

Love interest: Cloud Strife

Summary: Faith has a special ability that allows her to feel other people’s emotions. It isn’t until markings start appearing on her skin that she realizes there’s a boy called Cloud who can feel hers as well.

FEAR IS THE HEART OF LOVE (Stranger Things)

WIP post: Link

OC: Alison Henderson

Love interest: Steve Harrington

Summary: When Alison’s parents go missing, she’s determined to find out what happened to them. However, she would have never expected to be involved in the mystery of interdimensional monsters that everyone seemed to know about.

COURAGE, DEAR HEART (PS4 Spiderman)

WIP post: Link

OC: Melissa Haywood  

Love interest: Peter Parker

Summary: After moving to New York, Melissa feels completely lost. Her career as a ballerina didn’t work out, so she hopes she can become a journalist, being partially attracted to the city by the presence of Spiderman. After befriending Mary Jane Watson, she starts meeting new people that will change her perspective and make her get out of her shell.

TO THE MOON AND BACK (Harry Potter)

Cover by @a-song-of-quill-and-feather​

WIP post: Link

OC: Kelia Flaggs

Love interest: Neville Longbottom

Summary: After a mysterious incident that left her with amnesia, Kelia finds herself being stuck with her awful adoptive father Norm. However, her monotonous and normal life is interrupted when a friendly giant called Hagrid introduces her to a magical world she didn’t know she belonged to. Hogwarts isn’t only a new adventure for her, but a place to face her dark past and secrets as well as the reason behind her memory loss.

CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR (Uncharted)

WIP post: Link

OCs: Valerie Reynolds & Sophia Emerson

Love interest: Nathan Drake

Summary: After working together for years to discover one of humanity’s biggest secrets, Sophia and her protégé Valerie venture on to the search of the lost city of Atlantis, even if during that journey they come across other unexpected findings.

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS (Lord of the Rings)

WIP post: Link

OCs: Haelwyn, Atris

Love interests: Aragorn, Samwise Gamgee

Summary: Middle Earth is in peril, and all of its inhabitants must fight for their home. Two women called Haelwyn and Atris, having their paths inevitably crossing despite their differences, will learn the meaning of home and the importance to fight for it and for their friends, even if home may not be just a place.

A PLACE WHERE I BELONG (Marvel)

WIP post: Link

OC: Becca Strong 

Love interest: Steve Rogers

Summary: Wanda and Pietro Maximoff are the closest thing to a family that Becca has, so she naturally feels lost when they are forced apart. After travelling to the past to change a terrible event, Peter Parker and Scott Lang come across this girl that saves them when they most need it.  All these events will shape Becca’s future, giving her a certain perspective of heroes that might lead her down a dark path.

PART OF THAT WORLD (The Lunar Chronicles)

WIP post: Link

OC: Meredith 

Love interest: Ren (OC)

Summary: Meredith has never left Moon, but when some politicians from Earth come visit queen Selene and she meets a lovely boy, she develops a desire to leave. Her wish will unfortunately be granted when she trusts someone she shouldn’t have.

[magpie-reads]

Books I've read in 2019

I forgot to do a monthly overview so here's my read books of the year by genres

Anthology

Proud - Ed. Juno Dawson (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Non-binary Lives: An Anthology of Intersecting Identities - Ed. Jos Twist, Ben Vincent, Meg-John Baker, Kat Gupta (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Classics

The Epic of Gilgamesh - Anonymous (⭐⭐⭐)

Fantomina - Eliza Haywood (⭐⭐)

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe (reread)

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley (⭐⭐⭐+1/2)

Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen (⭐⭐⭐)

Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (⭐⭐⭐)

Crime

Death on the Nile - Agatha Christie (⭐⭐)

Comics/Graphic Novels

Vida y Muerte de Federico García Lorca - Ian Gibson, Quique Palomo (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Through the Woods - Emily Carroll (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Spider-Gwen - various (several issues)

Daredevil - various (several issues)

Ghosbusters - various (several issues) 

Essays

Africa's Tarnished Name - Chinua Achebe (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference - Greta Thunberg (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Fantasy

A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Good Omens (2x) - Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

The Ocean at the end of the lane - Neil Gaiman (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

The Dark Days Deceit - Alison Goodman (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien (⭐⭐⭐)

Wayward Son - Rainbow Rowell (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Fiction

The Rules of Seeing - Joe Heap (⭐⭐⭐)

Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (⭐⭐⭐)

Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys (⭐⭐)

Crooked Hallelujah - Kelli Jo Ford (⭐⭐⭐)

Horror

Elevation - Stephen King (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

It - Stephen King (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Humour

Die Känguru Apokryphen - Marc-Uwe Kling (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Middle Grade

How to look for a lost dog - Ann M. Martin (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Dragon's Green - Scarlett Thomas (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

The Chosen Ones - Scarlett Thomas (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Call me Alastair - Cory Leonardo (⭐⭐⭐)

Matilda - Roald Dahl (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Mythology

9 from the 9 worlds - Rick Riordan (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Aru Shah and the end of time - Roshani Chokshi (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Aru Shah and the Song of Death - Roshani Chokshi (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Circe - Madeline Miller (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Warriors, Witches, Women: Mythology's Fiercest Females - Kate Hodges (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Non-fiction

The Moor's Last Stand - Elizabeth Drayson (⭐⭐)

Lingo - Gaston Dorren (⭐⭐⭐+1/2)

Every Word is a Bird we teach to sing - Daniel Tammet (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Trans and Autistic - Noah Adams, Bridget Liang (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

The Spectrum Girl's Survival Guide - Siena Castellon (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Queer Heroes: Meet 53 LGBTQ Heroes from Past and Present - Arabelle Sicardi, Sarah Tanat-Jones (⭐⭐⭐+1/2)

What's Your Pronoun: Beyond He & She - Dennis Baron (⭐⭐⭐+1/2)

Novella

The Only Harmless Great Thing - Brooke Bolander (⭐⭐)

As Kismet would have it - Sandhya Menon (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Poetry

Selected Poems - WH Auden, Ed. Edward Mendelson (⭐⭐⭐)

Tell me the truth about love - WH Auden (⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Sacrament of Bodies - Romeo Oriogun (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Romance

Ayesha At Last - Uzma Jalaluddin (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

Sci-fi

Space Opera - Catherynne M. Valente (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

WWW: Wake - Robert J Sawyer (⭐⭐)

WWW: Watch - Robert J Sawyer (⭐⭐⭐)

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[rosapeachhogwartsmystery]

Jacob’s sibling and Jacob’s other sibling

Rosalie Sanders

Name: Rosalie ‘Rosa’ Sanders

Ethnicity: Half Dutch, half British

Blood status: Pureblood

Mother: Alison Sanders (née Higgs) - Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Slytherin) 

Father:  Nicolaas ‘Nick’ Sanders - Beauxbaton Academy of Magic

Siblings: Jacob Sanders, Edith Sanders

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw

Current year: 5th year

Date of Birth: 27th of April 1973

Boggart: Dark Jacob Sanders (The fear Jacob has become a dark wizard like some rumours said)

Patronus: Snowy owl – The snowy owl is traditionally thought to possess strong magic and have insight into the future. Snowy owls, like other varieties of owls, represent wisdom, but the white bird also means a transition may be coming. Perhaps that transition is from sadness to happiness when the Patronus is cast? (From MuggleNet)

Pet: an owl, called Archie. She will let Edith borrow Archie to send messages home.

Other abilities: Seer (uncontrollable visions, can be good or bad visions) 

Favourite subject: Charms

Least favourite subject: Defence Against the Dark Arts (So far, Rosalie only liked Rakepick as a Teacher for DADA)

Personality and other things:

Rosalie is quite clumsy, like she would drop her stuff a lot, even her wand sometimes. She might have fallen down the Grand Staircase a few times... Andre forbids her to play Quidditch

She is imaginative. She tries to use her imagination to come up with answers she doesn’t know. Although, she is better at doing that on paper than in person. She also loves drawing a lot, so you might find some doodles on her notes.

She is thoughtful. She doesn’t want to come across mean or harsh. She keeps in mind what people might need at the time. Although, this causes her to put others before herself.

She is hardworking: She wants to do well and complete her tasks before moving on to the next one. She wants to learn as much as she can while she is at Hogwarts and hopefully that could help her with finding Jacob in the end.

She is a perfectionist. She wants things to be done well. Although, this can be very stressful at times. She is not easily satisfied with her work and when she has a lot of homework it can be a little overwhelming. 

Rosalie has a love-hate relationship with Care of Magical Creatures. She loves studying and drawing Magical Creatures, but is often afraid to approach them. She is afraid they will hurt her or that she will hurt them. She can only do it with Liz’s help and encouragement. Charlie and Barnaby have tried to help her, but they often want to go too fast. The only Magical Creatures she is comfortable with are Bowtruckles.

She doesn’t hate Flying class, although people think she is too clumsy for it. She can do it, but her visions sometimes prevent her from focusing. Before she knows it she has fallen of her broom and lands in the Hospital Wing. Sure, Rosalie is aware she is clumsy, but she is convinced she is better at flying than walking sometimes.

Edith Sanders

Name: Edith Sanders

Ethnicity: Half Dutch, half British

Blood status: Pureblood

Mother: Alison Sanders (née Higgs) - Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Slytherin)

Father:  Nicolaas ‘Nick’ Sanders - Beauxbaton Academy of Magic

Siblings: Jacob Sanders, Rosalie Sanders

Hogwarts House: Slytherin

Current year: 3rd year 

Date of Birth: 13th of August 1975

Boggart: Jacob Sanders (making her feel guilty for not looking for him)

Patronus:  Crow – The crow is very resourceful, ambitious, and cunning. Once they set a goal, they always seem to get what they’re after. Crows are also fearless. Regardless of what sort of creature they find in the way of their goal, they will do anything they can to overpower it. They are also very smart and have been observed using tools to achieve their means. (From MuggleNet)

Pet: A rat, named Earl. 

Other abilities: She managed to become an Animagus, just like her Patronus, she is able to turn into a crow.

Favourite subject: Potions (She might be jealous of Penny Haywood’s skills) 

Least favourite subject: Divination

Personality and other things:

Edith is a irritable person. She is also not good at hiding it whenever she is irritated. Whenever someone annoys her she will become sarcastic. If people still annoys her after that she will hex them, to scare them off.

She is clever. She knows how to solve ‘problems’ quite well, especially in the classroom she able to use her knowledge to solve problems.

She is observant. She is able to point out small changes and notice a lot of things others have missed. She also good with selecting things and people when she needs help or work together on something.

Edith is just like her sister a perfectionist. This has its pros and cons. It makes her work hard for everything, because she wants to succeed and get good scores. She tends to overwork herself sometimes.

Edith doesn’t like to admit it, but she is protective over her friends and her older sister. When she doesn’t trust someone around her friends and sister she will keep an eye on them and send glares to their direction. She doesn’t want the people she cares about to get hurt.

Edith hates it to be seen as ‘Jacob’s other sibling’. People judge her because of Jacob and Rosalie. She actually hates everything that resolves around the Cursed Vaults because of the rumours.

In her first year, she avoided her sister a lot because of all the rumours. She didn’t want to be associated with her sister. 

In her second year she got used to the rumours and began hexing people who called her mad. Edith got in detention a lot during her second year.

She might not be Snape’s favourite student, he prefers her over Rosalie.

Her sister never tried to become a Animagus. Instead, Edith went to Talbott . Rosalie knew Talbott and could show Edith where he was. Even though Talbott was older than she was, she managed to become friends with him.

[prideguynews]

Now is Nationwide Coming Out Working day, a working day for gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer and transgender men and women to rejoice who they are, and athletics are a large component of this party.

In the earlier calendar year, dozens of athletes and coaches came out as LGBTQ, along with men and women from other areas of activity this sort of as trainers, media or front business office staff members. They are from 31 athletics, from ice dancing to ice hockey and soccer (American) to soccer (around the globe).

Beneath are some of the athletes and coaches who came out in athletics due to the fact the previous Nationwide Coming Out Working day. Some of them have been out for the first time even though other people have been out in some potential but their sexual orientation just grew to become broadly recognized in the earlier calendar year. Click on their identify to read through far more about them.

Vehicle Racing Hurley Haywood

Baseball Michael Holland

Basketball Uri Kokia

Bobsled Sophie Vercruyssen

Sophie Vercruyssen, ideal, with teammate An Vannieuwenhuyse at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Image by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Photographs

Bodybuilding Ajay Holbrook

Canoe Sandra Forgues

Diving Nathaniel Hernandez Lisa Coe Robert Páez Scotia Mullin Clark Carter Simon Carne Aidan Faminoff Manny Pollard

Field hockey Cheradyn Pettit

Figure skating Jorik Hendrickx

Indiana Point out soccer player Jake Bain

Football Jake Bain Jacob Van Ittersum Bradley Kim Landon Foster Donovan Hillary

Golf Tadd Fujikawa Maya Reddy Payton Bradley

Gravity racing Zack Chief

Gymnastics Joey Bonanno Eric Holley

Ice dancing Karina Manta

U.S. hockey player Meghan Duggan

Image by Ker Robertson/Getty Photographs,

Ice hockey Meghan Duggan Gillian Apps Jay Forster Anya Battaglino Jessica Platt

Lacrosse Ryan Socolow

Pro wrestling Mike Parrow Nir Rotenberg

Functioning Johnny Kemps Chad Callais Adam Dalton Tim Landry Matt Kravitz Harrison Knowlton Tucker Meijer Kelsey Tyler

Skeleton Kim Meylemans

Snowboarding Liam Moya

Snowboarding Sarka Pancochova

Minnesota United midfielder Collin Martin

Jerome Miron-Usa Now Sports

Soccer Collin Martin Bianca Henninger Ian Johnson Arman Bashiri Teran Lind Christine Nairn Robbie White Lauryn Hutchinson

Softball JoAnnah Lim Kaitlyn Poe

Speedskating Brittany Bowe

Squash Luis Hernández Todd Harrity

Surfing Xu Jingsen

Swimming Abrahm DeVine Hunter Sigmund Seth Owen Matthew Garza David Thibodeau Mark Foster Steven Stumph John Kim

Tennis Payton Tomasko Nick Lee Joseph Wenger Alison Van Uytvanck Greet Minnen

Antonio Woodard of the College of Iowa

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Keep track of and field Anthony Peters Will Lynch Michaela Abby Hetherington Kaylin Whitney Sam Layding Nika Ouellette H. David Rials Antonio Woodard Derek Wiebke Kyle Davis

Volleyball Tiffany Abreu Noah Munger

Wrestling Justice Horn

Many others in athletics Amy Werdine (Minnesota Vikings) Justin Stevenson (athletic trainer) Alex Valvo (hockey referee) Ben Pereira (athletics management) Jason Pippi (St. Louis Blues) Richie Anderson (English soccer) Carley Knox (Minnesota Lynx VP) Pascal Erlachner (Soccer referee)

If you want to explain to your coming out tale, fall us an e-mail: outsports@gmail.com

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[midnight-star-world]

CMT - Artists Of The Year 2018

The show originally aired on Wednesday 10/17/18 on CMT (Country Music Television) channel 327 on Directv and at 8pm EST (Eastern Standard Time).  This show honors the women in country music.

Pistol Annies - Sugar daddy.

Trisha Yearwood I guess was the host.

Elle King honors Miranda Lambert.

Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum honors Kelsea Ballerini.

Kelsea Ballerini & Alison Krauss - Ghost in this house.

Sheryl Crow honors Maren Morris.

Smokey Robinson presents the next performance where Maren Morris honors Aretha Franklin with Brandi Carlile - (You make me feel like) A natural woman.

Charles Kelley & Dave Haywood honor their bandmate Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum.

Tori Kelly & Kirk Franklin join Hillary Scott -

 "American honey", "Never alone", & "Oh happy days".

Sara Evans & Danielle Bradbery are a part of the show that talks about the new way for new artists.

Miranda Lambert honors Artist of a lifetime Loretta Lynn.

Martina McBride - Woman enough to take my man (Part of the Loretta Lynn Medley).

Dierks Bentley, & Sheryl Crow - 

Louisana woman, & Mississippi man (part of the Loretta Lynn Medley).

Sissy Spacek accepts the award for Loretta Lynn.

Jimmy Westbrook, & Phillip Sweet honor Little Big Town's Kimberly Schlapman & Karen Fairchild who join Gladys Knight on a Medley. I can't make you love me. Help me make it through the night.

Keith Urban honors Carrie Underwood.

Carrie Underwood, Maddie & Tae, & Runaway June join together to close out the show with a medley supporting all the women of country music with classics.

Stand by your man. Workin' 9 to 5. Rockin' to the rhythm of the rain. Independence day. Wild one. Tell me why I haven't heard from you? Man I feel like a woman. Cry pretty.

And on the MSR (Midnight Star Review), I would give this special show a 3 out of 5 stars.  Somewhat felt like it was average except for maybe Carrie Underwood's ending.  But probably a good start to see if CMT (Country Music Television) sticks with this for another year.  Thanks for taking the time to read this review.  See ya all next time.

[thediaryofatheatrekid]

Casting Goals: City of Angels

“You’re nothing, without me!”

This is the first Casting Goals I’ve done in over 3 months.

Jordan Donica as Stine

Will Swenson as Stone

Chip Zien as Buddy Fidler/Irwin S. Irving

Anneliese van der Pol as Donna/Oolie

Michelle Visage as Carla Haywood/Alaura Kingsley

Rachel MacFarlane as Gabby/Bobbi

Robin de Jesús as Pancho Vargas/Munoz

Jasmine Cephas Jones as Avril/Mallory Kingsley

Anthony Ieradi as Jimmy Powers

Kathryn Alison as Angel City 4 (Donna u/s)

Pomme Koch as Angel City 4 (Buddy u/s)

Sushma Saha as Angel City 4

Leo Roberts as Angel City 4

Angelo Soriano as Ensemble

Carmen Ruby Floyd as Ensemble (Carla u/s)

Erik Martenson as Ensemble (Stone u/s)

Jewelle Blackman as Ensemble (Carla u/s, Gabby u/s)

Madison Alexander as Ensemble (Avril u/s)

Mariand Torres as Ensemble

Max B. Ehrlich as Ensemble

Michael Maliakel as Ensemble (Stone u/s)

Ryan Alvarado as Ensemble (Stine u/s, Pancho u/s)

Sydney Parra as Ensemble (Avril u/s)

Travis Kerry as Ensemble

Vicki Noon as Ensemble (Gabby/Bobbi u/s)

Alexander Ferguson as Swing (Stine u/s)

Christopher Henry Young as Swing

Maria Eberline as Swing

Marie Eife as Swing (Donna u/s)

Jose Useche as Swing (Pancho u/s)

T. Oliver Reid as Swing (Buddy u/s)

Honorable Mentions: Alex Hairston as Donna/Oolie Jessica Keenan Wynn as Gabby/Bobbi Jon Jon Briones as Buddy Fiddler/Irwin S. Irving Katrina Lenk as Gabby/Bobbi Ramin Karimloo as Stine Ramin Karimloo as Stone