#april 8th

[catchymemes]

[todays-xkcd]

The most rare, top-tier eclipse photo would be the Solar Earth Eclipse, but the Apollo 12 crew's attempt to capture it was marred by camera shake. They said it looked spectacular, though.

Types of Eclipse Photo [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

Types of Eclipse Photo

[Eclipse during totality] The standard

[Partial eclipse with lighter sky] The partial

[Two Cueballs and Ponytail looking and pointing at the sky] The reaction shot

[Eclipse during totality with red "ribbons" around the Moon] The fancy lens

[A blurry ring of light in the center] The focus issues

[The rear of an SUV] The traffic jam

[A dark circle on Earth's surface] The astronaut

[A gray cover of clouds] The "frustratedly looking up the cloud situation in Australia for 2028"

[teencopandthesourwolf]

happy birthday, lil’red.

[mhabirthdays]

Happy Birthday

Tomoko Shiretoko (Ragdoll) – April 8th

[apollosothertwin]

Happy birthday Lester, most pathetic/ worthless (I forget what it said) of teens

[emberwexley]

Who: @survivalxofxthexfittest (JP), @beauclary Where: Loft 608, Ember's Store When: April 8th

Ember smiled to JP as she held up a little black pillow, velvet on one side and satin on the other. It had used to be on her bed in her old room, but she'd long ago donated it to the inventory that now populated the sixth floor loft. The main area looked more like the consignment store off the lobby than it did an apartment. The bookshelf built in the wall was overflowing with every type of book you could imagine. Shelves and tables piled high with knick knacks, folded blankets, throw pillows, collectibles, art leaned in piles up against the walls. Anything that someone might used to decorate. In one of the bedrooms with it's door open clothes were sorted by size and type along with shoes, wall mirrors in a few corners and the walk in closet set with a chair as a makeshift dressing room. Soft music even played from a plugged in boom box rotating endlessly through it's five disk changer. A donation from her father's office. "I think this just screams your name." Holding the pillow out to him, she couldn't help her smile. "It's your place now, you can do whatever you want, right?"

[survivalxofxthexfittest]

Who: @rioreeve

Where: Rosie's diner

When: April 8th

It had been a week already, but Emily was still floating on cloud nine. She doubted she would ever come down. Every time she saw Zach the butterflies in her stomach took flight. Her heart began it's staccato rhythm, trying to find it's pace but failing miserably. She just couldn't get enough of the man. Of her man. Just the thought seemed to push her cheeks apart wider, the smile he always enjoyed breaking free.

Ironic that the world had to end for her luck to truly change.

But a win was a win and she'd take it.

It wasnt until the shouts of Jonah rang through the diner that she was dragged back down to Earth, the reality of Abby biting his leg almost playing out in slow motion as her feet began to rush toward him. The trays she held dropped to the floor with a crash, sprawling out in every direction. Her hands grabbed hold of Abby's shoulders and yanked her from him as hard as possible. The motion of their two bodies sent them tumbling into a pile on the floor. She desperately tried to scramble from beneath Bob's wife but it was too late. White, hot, searing pain radiated from her chest and when she looked for the source fear washed away every other sensation.

She'd been bit.

The space right above her breast, snuggled next to her armpit, was now nothing more than a chunk of dangling flesh. Blood began to pour from the wound and every movement sent blurring flashes of light through her vision. "Zach!" she called out in need just to have him there. She couldn't die. Not yet. Not like this. Emily barely registered it had been Oscar who'd tackled Abby off of her as she crawled from beneath the ferocious monster and over to the counter, leaning against and mumbling a string of 'It's fine. Everything is fine' as if in a trance.

But nothing was fine.

And her mind fought to remind her every passing second that it never would be again - the cure Sada held yet unknown to the masses.

[pxtitxrosx]

Who: @romanxdrakeWhere: Rosie's Diner When: April 8th

This time, Charlie had no frying pan, nothing but the tray she'd been using to clean off the tables, and even that had been knocked from her hands as Abby Jenkins first was launched from one of the men in the booths and onto Emily. There was hardly time to react, there was hardly even time to register that the woman was dead, before she was on top of Charlie was well.

Doing her best to knock the much larger woman off her, kicking out at her, small fists doing their best to keep her face from her own. But Abby was ferocious and their size different was too large to be overcome, teeth digging deep into the skin over her shoulder cap, teeth scraping against bone and ripping an ear piercing screech from Charlie even as the woman's blond head was ripped away from her. Groaning as her free hand lifted to fold the skin back over her exposed shoulder cap and curling into a ball, it took her a moment to realize that it had been Roman who'd pulled Abby off her, seemingly tossing her to the side. Now putting himself between her and danger as Abby's focus seemed to shift back to who she barely registered was Oscar.

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Judas Priest - Diamonds and Rust

[aggieturner]

Who: @viesanders, @ziggyturner Here: The Atrium When: April 8th

It was like a nightmare, and at first all Aggie could do was blink, trying to force away the unreal in favor for the real, a task that had gotten easier and easier with each passing day. But now, the image wasn't disappearing as she blinked, and other people were reacting to it as well. Finding herself face to face with the nice man who made silly faces at her to make her laugh every time he passed her bench was now running at her with a furious pace.

Back away on the bench as his speed caught her off guard, all but crawling backwards into Eric's lap to escape the man who came crashing hard into the pair of them, knocking all three to the floor in a tangling, snarling and screaming knot of limbs. The tone of her blood curdling screams turned from fear to pain as teeth latched down incredibly hard onto her cheek, taking purchase on one of the few point of skin that wasn't covered in her now usual layers. It was a wonder that an entire chunk wasn't pulled away as Eric's hands seemed to come from nowhere to pry Bob's face away from her own. There was nowhere to go once she was free, watching Eric struggle with the formerly kind man, and it left her with no option but to back herself into the old atrium fireplace across from her bench, curling up inside and pressed into a corner.

@viesanders

[smtown-tourist]

Happy Birthday, our SHINiest angel 🩵

I hope that you can feel all the love that everybody still has for you, and I hope you enjoy getting to block out the sun for a while 🌙

[rosiesdiner]

@hannahxinterrupted

(april 8th) @byenycfm event I'm just cracking in here... rosie is pretty much useless this event

With meal hour winding down, Rosie was in the stock room, updating the lists of what they had left. She didn't enjoy how sparse it was growing, but with more mouths to feed the food was dwindling faster then it was coming in. The entire building locking down while she was sick really did a number on supplies.

Her head snapped up from scanning her clipboard at the sound of screams. There was only one reason people screaming like that these days. Dropping her clipboard and pen, she ran out through the kitchen to the diner, which was pure havoc.

Immune and non-immune (or delayed) were mixed with each other, trying to help. She couldn't help Charlie because Roman was bitten. Hannah and Oscar were attending to Emily, but Rosie knew she wasn't immune. She checked Emily's blood results when Emily began working at the diner so she knew in case . . . in case there was another incident . . .

"Hannah . . ." Rosie said slowly with her hands up as she rounded the corner of the counter, the stance conveying she wasn't trying to be threatening or do anything to Emily. Zach ran over, but that was alright, he wasn't at risk. "Oscar and Zach are immune, but you're like me and Emily: we're delayed. You should probably . . ." She knew how much Hannah cared about Emily and how Hannah wouldn't want to leave Oscar's side to face this tragedy alone. Rosie's eyes welled up with tears as she glanced at Charlie and Roman, wishing she could be there for Charlie the way Hannah was for Oscar. It felt so selfish to choose her own life instead of being there for a friend.

There wasn't a clear path through the diner with so many bodies. Even if the escaped to the atrium, Rosie saw through the doors it was chaotic out there. Others were screaming and a distinct gun shot rang out. Rosie flinched at the sound, forbidding the question of who had just dropped dead.

"Hannah, Charlie and I have buckled down in the stock room before. I know -- you should probably come with me."

[thomastanker02]

Taken from Prayer That Changes Everything by Stormie Omartian. God bless, Jesus loves you ✝️❤️

@cosmicfunnies @babyimlosingit @cottonpuffmouse

[tf2fanithinkso]

(I’m absolutely sobbing rn I can’t it’s a day after my birthday)

4 years ago today Rick May passed… and 3 years ago today my Aunt passed…

[kfithen]

April 8th total solar eclipse in Shelbyville, Indiana.

[churrothezanyrabbit]

GUYSSSSS THE ECLIPSE WAS SO COOL I WAS IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY

ignore me stimming in the side of the first photo but YEAH