#artist is thomas mackenzie

[diioonysus]

"i hear jerusalem bells a-ringin', roman cavalry choirs are singing, be my mirror, my sword and shield, my missionaries in a foreign field, for some reason, I can't explain, i know saint peter won't call my name, never an honest word, but that was when I ruled the world."

[scotianostra]

The 1st of May 1690 saw Battle of the Haughs of Cromdale.

Please note some sources say this happened on April 30th, and where I agree with them, the battle was a two parter over that day and May 1st, .......

Jacobite Clansmen were defeated by Government Forces under Sir Thomas Livingstone. Despite being a relatively minor encounter, this little known battle marked the effective end of this particular Jacobite rising.

By this point the Jacobites were led by Sir Ewen Cameron, who supported King James. The Jacobites requested aid from King James who was engaged in resisting a threatened invasion of Ireland. He sent arms, ammunition and provisions but also a few Irish officers including Major-General Thomas Buchan, who James instructed would lead the Jacobite forces.

At a meeting at Keppoch of the Jacobite Clans in support of King James agreed to continue with the war but only after the spring. In the meantime Major-General Thomas Buchan and 1,200 infantry would attempt to weaken the British Government forces.

Major-General Thomas Buchan decided to march down through Strathspey in order to try to gain support from clansmen within the Duke of Gordon’s country in Moray. A number of his men deserted reducing his men to 800. A number of his Scottish officers advised him to not advance past Culnakill, however Buchan ordered his men to march down the Spey as far as Cromdale, where he encamped on the last day of April.

Government forces and Clans in support of them, included a 600 strong contingent from Clan Grant, met the Jacobite forces at Cromdale. They were led by Sir Thomas Livingston who commanded a garrison at Inverness. As the Government forces approached, the Jacobites made a brief stand, but on realising they were outnumbered they retreated. A mist came down from the hillside, which allowed most to make their escape resulting in 400 casualties.

James Hogg wrote about the battle in his "Jacobite Reliques" he added some artistic license.......

HAUGHS O' CROMDALE

As I came in by Auchindoun, A little wee bit frae the toun, When to the Highlands I was bound, To view the haughs of Cromdale, I met a man in tartan trews, I speir'd at him what was the news; Quo' he the Highland army rues, That e'er we came to Cromdale.

We were in bed, sir, every man, When the Engligh host upon us came, A bloody battle then began, Upon the haughs of Cromdale. The English horse they were so rude, They bath'd their hooves in Highland blood, But our brave clans, they boldly stood Upon the haughs of Cromdale.

But, alas! We could no longer stay, For o'er the hills we came away, And sore we do lament the day, That e'er we came to Cromdale. Thus the great Montrose did say, Can you direct the nearest way? For I will o'er the hills this day, And view the haughs of Cromdale.

Alas, my lord, you're not so strong, You scarcely have two thousand men, And there's twenty thousand on the plain, Stand rank and file on Cromdale. Thus the great Montrose did say, I say, direct the nearest way, For I will o'er the hills this day, And see the haughs of Cromdale.

They were at dinner, every man, When great Montrose upon them came, A second battle then began, Upon the haughs of Cromdale. The Grant, Mackenzie and MacKay, Soon as Montrose they did espy, O then, they fought most valiantly! Upon the haughs of Cromdale.

The Macdonalds they returned again, The Camerons did their standard join, MacIntosh play'd a bloody game, Upon the haughs of Cromdale. The MacGregors fought like lions bold, MacPhersons, none could them control, MacLaughlins fought, like loyal souls, Upon the haughs of Cromdale.

MacLeans, MacDougals, and MacNeils, So boldly as they took the field, And make their enemies to yield, Upon the haughs of Cromdale. The Gordons boldly did advance, The Frasers fought with sword and lance, The Grahams they made the heads to dance, Upon the haughs of Cromdale.

The loyal Stewarts with Montrose, So boldly set upon their foes, And brought them down with Highland blows, Upon the haughs of Cromdale. Of twenty thousand Cromwell's men, Five hundred fled to Aberdeen The rest of them lie on the plain, Upon the haughs of Cromdale.

As I said about the artistic license, by the time Hogg wrote this Montrose was long dead, having been hung in Edinburgh in May 1650, Cromwell also died in 1658. That aside it is a cracking song, if historically incorrect. Despite the muddled history the song remained popular and many a Highland regiment has marched to the tune of this song, The Corries, as always, do it justice.

[introversions]

added some new muses & a sparkly new muse page! check it out. new muses under the read more have not been added yet.

evelyn “evie” yamasuki — 22, she/her, naïve & childish cosplayer, fukutomi tsuki.

felice kwon — 26, she/her, con artist with a conscience, kim hyungseo (bibi).

jimmy han — 35, he/him, stone cold casino owner & killer for hire, lee soo hyuk.

mackenzie “kenzi” hughes — 23, he/him, journalist who stages crimes for stories, thomas weatherall.

salim malik — 42, he/him, broody criminal hacker & hacktivist, riz ahmed.

sloane humphrey — 25, she/they, disillusioned runaway turned rich kid, chase sui wonders.

[mediaevalmusereads]

2023 Reading Wrap-Up: the Good, the Bad, and the Meh

Below is a list of books that I read in 2023. I’ve sorted them into 3 categories: the good (books I loved), the bad (books I didn’t like), and the meh (books I thought were just ok). Other than these categories, the books aren’t listed in any special order or ranking.

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

The Good

The Beautifu Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Civilizations by Laurent Binet

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

Baking Yesteryear by B. Dylan Hollis

Powers of Darkness by Valdimar Asmundsson

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare

Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare

A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare

The Square of Sevens by Laura Robinson-Shepherd

Japanese Ghost Stories by Lafcadio Hearn

Unlocked by Courtney Milan

Writing Fiction by Janet Burroway

The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder

If We Were Villains by ML Rio

Under the Eye of Power by Colin Dickey

Proof By Seduction by Courtney Milan

Our Hideous Progeny by CE McGill

Bea Wulf by Zach Weinersmith

Hen Fever by Olivia Waite

The Ruin of Gabriel Ashleigh by KJ Charles

Lord Dashwood Missed Out by Tessa Dare

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare

A Lady by Midnight by Tessa Dare

A Rogue's Rules for Seduction by Eva Leigh

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

Perfume by Patrick Suskind

Affective Medievalism by Thomas Prendergast and Stephanie Trigg

A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare

The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin

Kent State by Derf Backderf

Anti-Christ by Mernard McGinn

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

The Meh

The Nothing Man by Katherine Ryan Howard

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

A Christmas Bride by Mary Balogh

A True Account by Katherine Howe

The Disenchantment by Celia Bell

Hazardous Spirits by Anbara Salam

The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare

Penguin's Poems for Love by Laura Barber

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

Marry Me By Midnight by Felicia Grossman

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Trial By Desire by Courtney Milan

The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

Weyward by Emilia Hart

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

The Twenty Days of Turin by Giorgio de Maria

Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sara MacLean

How the Wallflower Was Won by Eva Leigh

The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

Erotic Medievalisms by Elan Justice Pavlinich

Hit Me With Your Best Scot by Suzanne Enoch

Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins

Prize for the Fire by Rilla Askew

Bisclavret by KL Noone

The Witches of New York by Ami McKay

A Natural History of the Romance Novel by Pamela Regis

The Bad

A Love By Design by Elizabeth Everett

Mr. Malcolm's List by Suzanne Allain

A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Finding Meaning by David Kessler

Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare

The Prince of Prohibition by Marilyn Marks

The Heiress Hunt by Joanna Shupe

The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley

[rarealdcresults]

American Artistic Awards, in Pittsburgh (April 30th - May 1st, 2005):

High Score Mini Solo:

Jessica Restano “Mousetrap” (Acrobatic) - 1st Place / High Gold

Brooke Hyland “Inchworm” (Acrobatic) - Did Not Place / Gold

Dominique Wright “Ease On Down The Road’ (Acrobatic) - Did Not Place / Gold

Alexa Kacin “Just A Spoonful Of Sugar” (Ballet) - Did Not Place / Gold

Maddie Hohman “Springtime” (Acrobatic) - Did Not Place / High Silver

Olivia Ice “Little Egypt” (Jazz) - Did Not Place / High Silver

Jordan Thomas “Respect” (Jazz) - Did Not Place / High Silver

High Score Mini Group:

“Work That Body” (Jazz) [Jordan Thomas, Gabrielle Kemp, Claudia Peterman, Emily Stoken, Dante Wright, Gabrielle Casarcia, Mia, Natalie Secola, Maddie Hohman, Brooke Hyland, Dante & Taylor Breen] - Did Not Place / Gold

“At The Copa” (Jazz) [Olivia Ice, Jessica Restano, Ashley, Alysha Matarazzo, Gina Gionta, Nicole, Essence, Brittany White, Jackie & Brandon Pent] - Did Not Place / Gold

High Score Junior Solo:

Izumi Presberry “Bad Bad Leroy Brown” (Tap) - 1st Place / Outstanding Choreography / Platinum

John Fiumara “Spider-Man” (Tap) - 2nd Place / Outstanding Costume / Platinum

Alexandra McGee “Hostess With The Monsters” (Jazz) - 3rd Place / High Gold

Nina Linhart “Lila Tremaine” (Musical Theater) - 4th Place / High Gold

Brandon Pent “G.I Blues” (Hip Hop) - Did Not Place / High Gold

Alexis Rectenwald “Public Enemy” (Jazz) - Did Not Place / Gold

Alicia Gelifuss “The Roof Is On Fire” (Acrobatic) - Did Not Place / Gold

Brianne Smail “Secondhand Rose” (Contemporary) - Did Not Place / Gold

Cassidy Gussallus “Ocean” (Acrobatic) - Did Not Place / Gold

Mackenzie Meixner “Superstition” (Jazz) - Did Not Place / Gold

Micha McGee “In My Front Parlour” (Musical Theater) - Did Not Place / Gold

Natalie Bailey “It’s Good To Be Back Home” (Musical Theater) - Did Not Place / Gold

Stephanie Pittman “Little Fairy” (Ballet) - Did Not Place / Gold

High Score Junior Group:

“The Door On The Floor” (?) [Erika Maruca, Nina Linhart, Alexandra Salerno, Hannah Opalko, Alexandra McGee, Jessica Ice, Mackenzie Meixner, Brianne Smail, Savanna Carrozzi, Natalee Bailey & Brittany White] - 1st Place / Cash Award / Platinum

“Goodies” (Hip Hop) [Ebony Kimes, Dominique Wright, Alexis Rectenwald, Jesse Johnson, Brandon Pent & Izumi Presberry] - Did Not Place / High Gold

“Daisy Dukes” (Specialty) [Nina Linhart, Alexis Rectenwald, Mackenzie Meixner, Savanna Carrozzi, Natalee Bailey, Alexa Kacin, Cassidy Gullus, Micha McGee, Stephanie Pittman, Dominique Wright & Alicia Gelifuss] - Did Not Place / High Gold

“All The Boys Around Me” (Jazz) [Jessica Ice, Andrew, John Michael Fiumara, Izumi Presberry, Dante Wright, Brandon Pent, Quinton, Jesse Johnson & Josh Ice] - Did Not Place / Gold

High Score Junior Large Group:

“Disco Inferno” (Jazz) [Alexandra, Rebecca Hudek, Brittany Pent, Janel Moriarty, Lisa Hulker, Erika Maruca, Alíe, Dominique Wright, John Michael Fiumara, Mackenzie Meixner, Olivia Joy, Ebony Kimes, Brianne Smail, Emily Stoken, Cassidy Gusallus, Donnaya Presberry, Alexandra Salerno, Stacey, Jesse Johnson & Jessica Manza] - 1st Place / High Gold

High Score Teen Solo:

Kaitlyn Reiser “Once Upon A Time” (Lyrical) - 1st Place / Platinum

Crystal Jennings “Kill Bill” (Jazz) - 2nd Place / Platinum

Romana Henson “Wild” (Open) - 3rd Place / Platinum

Jessica Ice “ Lady Of 29 Palms” (Jazz) - 4th Place / High Gold

Miranda Maleski “Hernando’s Hideaway” (Acrobatic) - Did Not Place / High Gold

Kristina Pendleton “Mercy” (Contemporary) - Did Not Place / High Gold

Leah Pivorotto “Too Darn Hot” (Jazz) - Did Not Place / High Gold

Mia Pivorotto “Swing” (Tap) - Did Not Place / High Gold

Alivia Shoop “Oh Susannah” (Jazz) - Did Not Place / High Gold

Savanna Carrozzi “I’ve Got A Penny” (Acrobatic) - Did Not Place / Gold

Cydney Miller “No Good Deed” (Acrobatic) - Did Not Place / Gold

Kelly Monteleone “Cool” (Hip Hop) - Did Not Place / Gold

Hannah Opalko “Kiss Me In The Rain” (Acrobatic) - Did Not Place / Gold

Alexandra Salerno “Rodeo” (Ballet) - Did Not Place / Gold

Jessica Manza “Preakness” (Tap) - Did Not Place / High Silver

High Score Teen Duet/Trio:

Gianna Martello & Amanda Stelluto - “A Bottle Of Red” (Contemporary) - Did Not Place / Gold

High Score Teen Group:

“Cherries” (Musical Theater) [Kaitlyn Reiser, Gianna Martello, Jennine Wedge, Amanda Stelluto & Emily Shoop] - 1st Place / Cash Award / Platinum

“Steppin’ To The Bad Side” (Jazz) [Mackenzie Meixner, Brianne Smail, Alexandra Salerno, Alexandra McGee, Kelly Monteleone, Erika Maruca, Alivia Shoop, Miranda Maleski, Hannah Opalko, Jessica Ice & Nina Linhart] - Did Not Place / High Gold

High Score Teen Line:

“Ladders” (Contemporary) [Theresa Moio, Alisha Boranoti, Marissa Mechling, Loren DeMarco, Nina Pivorotto, Miranda Maleski, Hannah Opalko, Alexandra Opalko, Jessica Ice, Kelly Monteleone, Kaitlyn Reiser, Jennine Wedge, Emily Shoop, Gianna Martello, Amanda Stelluto, Leah Pivorotto, Alivia Shoop, Romana Henson, Kristina Pendleton, Cydney Miller, Bethany Flora & Crystal Jennings] - 1st Place / Platinum

“Giggles” (Jazz) [Gianna Martello, Jennine Wedge, Crystal Jennings, Kaitlyn Reiser, Miranda Maleski, Alivia Shoop, Theresa Moio, Emily Shoop, Leah Pivorotto, Nina Pivorotto, Amanda Stelluto, Romana Henson, Kristina Pendleton, Alexandra Opalko, Bethany Flora, Marissa Mechling, Alisha Boranoti, Kelly Monteleone, Cydney Miller, Cheri Davis, Loren DeMarco] - Did Not Place / Platinum

High Score Senior Solo:

Bethany Flora - “Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word” (Musical Theater) - 1st Place / Platinum

Marissa Pampena - “Take Off” (Musical Theater) - Did Not Place / High Gold

Nina Pivorotto - “?” (Musical Theater) - Did Not Place / Gold

Regional Teen Miss:

Gianna Martello - “Look At Me” (Lyrical) - 1st Place (Title Winner)

Regional Senior Miss:

Amanda Stelluto - “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight” (Lyrical) - 1st Place / Title Winner

Scholarship Winners:

Miranda Maleski - Winner (Junior)

Nina Linhart - Runner Up (Junior)

Crystal Jennings - Winner (Senior)

Leah Pivorotto - Runner Up (Senior)

[the-evil-clergyman]

At Last Sir Gareth Overcame the Red Knight, from Arthur and His Knights by Thomas Mackenzie (1925)

[thefugitivesaint]

Thomas Mackenzie (1887-1944), 'Danse de la Nuit', ''The Sketch'', Vol. 92, 1915 Source

[midnight-star-world]

Artists Of The Year 2021 Presented By MSR

So today on the MSR (Midnight Star Report), we will be celebrating the 8 Artists who made this year 2021 special with their music. Let's spend a little time talking about each Artists up next.

The first nominee for 2021 is Jameson Rodgers. Jameson did release his debut album this year which is titled "Bet you're from a small town" which I did a review recently. The main reason Jameson is on the list for the first time is cause of 2 #1 songs. The songs are "Some girls" which really ended last year, & started this year as a top song on my weekly list MSR (Midnight Star Report). The second song features fellow artist of the year nominee Luke Combs on "Cold beer calling my name".

The next nominee for 2021 is Dustin Lynch. Dustin Lynch is another artist grabbing his first artist of the year nominee. Dustin Lynch helped me through some tough times in my life this year with the song "Momma's house". And he has also helped us get introduced to a new artist MacKenzie Porter on the song "Thinkin' bout you" which is a 4 week number one on the Billboard Country Music Airplay Chart at the time of this writing.

We have never had a duo or a group ever been nominated until now. And we will have our first 2 Duos of the years. The first of the 2, I will be talking about is FGL (Florida Georgia Line). FGL haven't had the best success on my weekly charts until now. And in the past I have said and I guess I may stay with this statement that FGL would have the most number ones on my weekly list all-time. My pick for Entertainer of the year winner did come true when Thomas Rhett won recently. So maybe something could happen. FGL scored 2 number ones with "Long live", & "Drinkin' beer. Talkin' God. Amen" with their good buddy Chase Rice. Up next we will talk about the next Duo of the year.

The next duo we have nominated for Artist of the year 2021 is Dan + Shay. This is probably a long time coming, But Dan + Shay scored 2 number ones. Dan + Shay got some success with the song "I should probably go to bed" which was number one around Daylight savings time. And then they gave some upbeat with "Glad you exist". The next four nominees have all been Artists of the year before.

Thomas Rhett is a 3 time artist of the year. He won in 2018, 2020, & 2021. The reason he won this year was with his number ones "What's your Country song", & "Country again". Thomas Rhett finds a way to always score numbers ones on my weekly list. He has 8 number ones so far. Which the rest of the artists on this list do as well, except 1.

Luke Bryan is up next. Luke Bryan is here to celebrate his 3rd artist of the year nomination. Luke has won 2018, 2019, & 2021. Luke scored 2 numbers on my weekly list. Luke Bryan has a song that almost won song of the year in my opinion "Down to one". And Luke also wrote in his opinion the song of the Summer "Waves". But in the 4 years, I have been doing this one artist has won 4 Artists of the year.

Jason Aldean is the only one to win 4 consecutive Artists of the year. Jason has won 2018 to 2021. Jason scored 3 number ones on my weekly list. The songs are "Got what I got", & "Blame it on you", & The massive hit song with Carrie Underwood "If I didn't love you". The song with Carrie finished second on the Ultimate Countdown finishing second to a song to our final Artist of the year nominee.

Luke Combs, what a year he had. Luke scored 5 number one songs this year. For at least the second year in a row he finishes with the song of the year. It might be 3 years in a row, which is why he is a 3 time artist of the year nominee. Luke has won artist of the year for 2019, 2020, & 2021. The song of the year for Luke is "Forever after all". Luke also had number ones with the songs "Lovin' on you", "Better together", "Cold as you" and as previously stated "Cold beer calling my name" with Jameson Rodgers. And Luke has the most number ones on my weekly with 9. But before I go, I would like to say a few things to you all.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and every single blog I post. Thank you also goes out to both CMT (Country Music Television), & the Billboard Country Music Airplay Charts for doing their weekly Country Music Song Countdowns. I just wanted to do my yearly post about the year that we just had. And to also celebrate some of the music and the artists who made this year easier to get through.

[geekynerfherder]

Black Dragon Press present ‘UNDO’, an artbook featuring the work of 17 contemporary artists from around the world currently working in the fields of fine art, comics & illustration.

Featuring work from:

Ashley Mackenzie

Edward Kinsella

Gérard DuBois

Isabel Selinger

Jõao Ruas

Johnny Dombrowski

Katherine Lam

Kevin Tong

Kilian Eng

Max Löffler

Patrik Svensson

Peter Diamond

Rory Kurtz

Teagan White

Thomas Danthony

Wesley Allsbrook

Yuko Shimizu

A4 Off-Set Litho with 36 illustrated pages on Munken Pure Rough paper, in a numbered limited first edition of 300 for £20.

£1 from every order will be donated to the World Land Trust, and all profits from the sale of ‘UNDO’ will be donated to the suicide prevention charity CALM.

On sale now through Black Dragon Press.

[whatdoesshedotothem]

Monday 15 July 1833

7 50

3

fine morning F66° at 9 ½ am at which hour breakfast - M- came at 9 50 - took the carriage with her with me and out at 10 ¼ - to Thomas’s about the stamp not being good on the lamp - impossible to renew it without paying the duty 17/. or 18/. paid over again - it had been cleaned 3 times and could not be expected to be better - sometimes did not stamp new plate much better now - weight 14 oz. and the rest about 45 - then to Jones’s strand, Bates’ Cheapside, Coleman 4 Haymarket, Howel and James etc and home at 1 - Lady S- de R-‘s carriage came for me immediately - and at the same time Lady G-  in her carriage - left M- to take my carriage to Fentons’ and for it to be waiting for me in Dover street at 4 - took up Alice and we all went to 3 St. James’s square for the Stuart girls - waited 10 minutes at the door, and then they and Miss Hyriott and Alice and I drove off with the rest to the India house - Public day - several people there, that we saw very little - only one man to attend to everybody - could neither see the manuscripts nor the collection of insects which the man said was the finest in Europe – a state Howdah (elephant cover) taken by Lord Combermere weighing 7cwt., chiefly silver – a Chinese lantern made of horn and model of Chinese villa – were to have gone to St. Pauls’ – no plan arranged – hesitation what to do – drove of to the tunnel – then saw close by Brunels’ 2 semi-arches shewing how one arch might be built without centres – on the principle of connecting the brick-work by iron laths (about the width and thickness of barrel-hoop) the whole length of each course of brick the iron not seen because cut off ½ bricks’ breadth from the outside walling of the arch – then all drove to St. James’s square - finding Lady G- going to call, I drove off home at 4 ¼ and finding my own carriage at the door, drove off to Wimpole street and sat 1/2 hour with V- found her on the sofa 1st time she would not advise between Russia and Italy but owned she was for Russia only in opposition to aunt  - then called and brought M- from Fenton’s at 5 ½ and she sat with me while I dressed - set her down at Fentons at 7 5 having cheered her as much as I could on taking leave - she seemed low - at Miss Tates at 7 10 - only Captain S- and myself there besides Miss T- and Lady S- Miss Courtenay at Copenhagen - Vere had told me but I promised not to say she had done so that she had taken in a young man to marry her who being disappointed about her money left her and she divorced him in Scotland and took back her maiden name talks of courts and princes that vulgar way  not a person for me to be intimate with nor it seems is Miss Mackenzie Seaforth V- asked if she was very poor and when I said she had seven or eight hundred a year said she might do better for that at Rome than I she did  she received all artists English also and those not of the highest grade dirty dark stairs and very dirty herself  Madame de Hagemann had written about Miss Stuart Courtenay - she had been on a little visit of 3 years to the Queen of Sweden - said she was related to Lady Albina Foster  but finding Madame de H- there said nothing more about it - said she was related to Lord Stuart - Lady S- said her father Captain Courtenay R.N.? was 1st cousin to Lord S-. Mrs Prideaux is now  in non compos and confinement - set down Captain S- at the corner of park street at Lady Gordon’s at 11 ½ having promised to call tonight to talk further about Italy Sir Alexander sitting by her  never rose from his seat but seen got up kissed her and went to bed said I was really not more determined than before but she said she thought I was inclined to keep my plan and go to Russia - to write to her from Paris and say what way I had settled - home at 12 10  till 2 reading over again and making notes from the Pollington and Charles Stuart Savile letters from Russia and Persia  M- sent off this morning for me my letter to IN-  to the care of Fisher York and the parcel containing

the claps knife also to the care of Fisher Petergate York – ‘Miss Norcliffe, to the care of Mr. Fisher Petergate, York’ began on Friday

[cherryusa]

Wow, our very first acceptance! This was kind of a wild ride as an admin for, what, the second time total in my entire life! Some of you made these decisions incredibly hard, but I truly went with who I thought embodied the characters best, so I hope there are no hard feelings! Thank you to everyone who applied, and I so hope your name is on this list. You all really made my day by applying. So... Drum roll, please! Here is our brand new cast of characters! Give it up for the Cherry Class of ‘98! 

THE GOLDEN BOY: 

HARVEY HARGROVE JACOB ELORDI, PLAYED BY JESS

THE MANNEQUIN:

CARIA YILDIZ SIMAY BARLAS, PLAYED BY ELLE

THE ROMANTIC:

MACKENZIE “MAC” WALSH GAVIN LEATHERWOOD, PLAYED BY B

THE FALLEN ANGEL:

ALICE ALDER MADCHEN AMICK, PLAYED BY MAY

THE WANNABE:

VIRGINIA ANN PETERSON SYDNEY SWEENEY, PLAYED BY LEXI

THE HEARTBREAK KID:

CASEY RUSSELL  ARCHIE RENAUX, PLAYED BY ELLA

THE ARTIST:

SLOANE SALT VANESSA MORGAN, PLAYED BY BIANCA

THE FILMMAKER:

LAURIE GRIMSHAW LEONARDO DICAPRIO, PLAYED BY LEX

THE WRITER:

NOAH ROMERO BENJAMIN WADSWORTH, PLAYED BY T

THE THESPIAN:

DOMINIC MASON THOMAS DOHERTY, PLAYED BY ANNE

If you weren’t accepted, again, we’re so sorry! We loved all of the apps in our inbox, and we truly wish we could have all of you. Remember that acceptances for the Bitch are going to on Thursday, and we’d love to see you then! For everyone who was accepted into our initial opening, the checklist is a good place to start just to get your blogs in order, and as you begin to send in your blogs, I’ll begin inviting people to the ooc discord! Refrain from posting intros or anything for now, and stay tuned for more information on the official opening plan! I’m so happy to have all of you. Welcome to Cherry! 

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hsi.org/SaveRalph SAVE RALPH Written & Directed By SPENCER SUSSER Produced By SPENCER SUSSER JEFF VESPA LISA ARIANNA Cast TAIKA WAITITI RICKY GERVAIS ZAC EFRON OLIVIA MUNN POM KLEMENTIEFF TRICIA HELFER LIV TENNET Cinematographer Tristan Oliver BSC Editor Spencer Susser MODEL BUILD AND SHOOT ANDY GENT, ARCH MODEL AND FILM STUDIOS MODEL SHOOT ARCH FILM STUDIO Stop Motion Producer Lisa Hill Animation Director and Animator Tobias Fouracre Camera Operator Mark Swaffield VFX Supervisor Neil Riley Motion Control Stuart Galloway Justin Pentecost MODEL MAKING ARCH MODEL STUDIO Art Direction Andy Gent Modellers Christy Matta Stefano Cordioli Jade Gerrard Sofia Serrano Marina Ralph Andrew Saunders Kat Probert Patrycja Cichocka Angela Quartaroli Josie Corben Angela Pang Ofelya Ka Roddy Mcdonald Mick Chippington Mark Fisher Mitch Barnes Gary Welch Molly Cooper Florence Ford Roy Bell Elizabeth Riley Claudia Brugnaletti Executive Producer PETER KLINE - DONNA GADOMSKI - TROY SEIDLE Policy Advisor AVIVA VETTER Re-Recording Mixer…… Robert Mackenzie  Sound Editor…… James Ashton Sound Assistant…… Jessica Meir Additional Dialogue ……  Christopher Weekes VFX & Online…… Siamese Siamese Executive Producer…… Francesca Hope Post Co-ordinators…… Dana Harrold Ainsley Pettitt     VFX Technical Director & Lead Artist - Andrew Buckley VFX Artists - Kristen King - Antony Webb Color - Tim Stipan, Company3 Behind The Scenes Fuschia Kate Sumner - Ross Metcalf - Thomas Lee - Gary Blake Special Thanks Vanessa Buckley - Michael Gracey - Bob Wallerstein - Matthew Wallerstein - alldayeveryday - Jamie Hilton - Jessie Hilton - Howard Cearns - Emma Cearns - Jeffrey Flocken - Kim Davis-Wagner & Justine Arteta - Anna Frostic - Tom O’Connell Ohad Rein - Denson Baker - Grant Sputore - Nash Edgerton - Company 3

[doubleattitude]

NUVO Dance Convention, Pittsburgh, PA: RESULTS

High Score by Age:

NUbie Solo

1st: Penelope LeMieux-’These Boots’

2nd: Harper McCarey-’I Can Go the Distance’

3rd: Brynley Brett-’Let Me Entertain You’

4th: Ava Edmonds-’Baby I’m A Star’

5th: Elliana Macioce-’Dreamer’

6th: Adelia Paulino Elisio-’Grace’

7th: Emma Sweat-’Stupid Cupid’

Mini Solo

1st: Kensington Dressing-’Confliction’

2nd: Lexus Natalie-’Alternate World’

3rd: Ashley Otano-’Dark Matter’

4th: Jasmine Pando-’Strains’

5th: Kennedy Thompson-’Light Of the Seven’

6th: Aili Joyce-’Hurricane’

7th: Emily Polis-’Hypnosis’

7th: Morgan Gilbert-’Just Watch Me Now’

8th: Lola Rodi-’Sweet Child O Mine’

8th: Kendall Bruce-’Swing Phenomenon’

9th: Giada Reino-’Nature Boy’

9th: Mya Lanigan-’Roxy’

10th: Jaelyn Ward-’No Sunshine’

Junior Solo

1st: Eric Poor-’Swan’

1st: Cameron Vorhees-’Unplug’

2nd: Giselle Gandarilla-’Expressions’

2nd: Bella Rose Penrose-’Schindler’s List’

3rd: Adelina Belusko-’Odalisque Variation from Le Corsaire’

3rd: Londyn LeMieux-’Tar’

4th: Nadia Wilde-’Goodmorning Midnight’

5th: Maura Matsuka-’This Is War’

6th: Alexcia Shannon-’Passacaglia’

7th: Shayla Blair-’To Be Free’

8th: Audrey Mayernik-’Anchor’

8th: Lexi Pawelchek-’Red Violin’

9th: Kate John-’Dreaming Awake’

9th: Eliza Mercer-’Goetia’

10th: Elliana Quiner-’Hidden’

Teen Solo

1st: Ava Carroll-’Are you sure’

1st: Xander Perone-’Finding My Path’

2nd: Rachel Quiner-’In Case You Don’t Live Forever’

2nd: Ava Wease-’May It Be’

3rd: Zoey Schneiter-’Do You Feel Real’

3rd: Kelsey Erdely-’I Like It When You’re Gone’

4th: Piper Panek-’Alone’

5th: Elyse Wingertsahn-’I Cry For Daylight’

5th: Caroline Quiner-’The Corner’

6th: Britton Johnson-’Monolithic’

6th: Samuel Evans-’Que Bueno’

6th: Samantha DeFabio-’Unhinged’

7th: Scarlett Szewczyk-’Be A Lady’

7th: Camryn Lanigan-’Fall Creek’

7th: Olivia Martin-’Smile’

8th: Calico Reyes-’Trust In Me’

8th: Shay Kaminski-’Love and Respect’

9th: Maranda DiNinno-’Are You Evenn Real’

9th: Posey Zielinski-’Cat’s Cradle’

9th: Emma Middleton-’Unraveled’

9th: Lindsey Weaver-’Vacant’

10th: Brooke Phillips-’I’d Hoped to Settle This’

10th: Maeve McCormack-’Maybe We’ll See’

10th: Sarah Georgiana-’Without Permanence’

Senior Solo

1st: Julianne Doner-’May I Carry Your Heart

2nd: Alexandra Pignone-’Questions’

3rd: Gionna D’Alessandro-’Wish you were here’

4th: Avery Earle-’Marks’

5th: Riley Miller-’Dress’

5th: Isabella Torres-’Medora Variation’

6th: Brooke Givens-’Return Them To One’

6th: Emma Racunas-’Tenderness’

6th: Kylie West-’What A Little Moonlight Can Do’

7th: Ava Sacco-’Elephants’

7th: Anna Miller-’Go’

8th: Claire Faust-’All I Need Is You’

9th: Lydia Taylor-’As The World Caves In’

9th: Mackenzie Seifert-’Want You Back’

10th: Bella Mills-’Can’t Stay Away From You’

10th: Morgan Faust-’Final Curtain’

10th: Kendall Lilley-’Piece of My Heart’

Mini Duo/Trio

1st: Evolve Dance Complex-’Gallows’

2nd: Thomas Dance Studio-’Little Shop of Horrors’

3rd: Artistic Designs Dance Company-’Two Birds’

Junior Duo/Trio

1st: Evolve Dance Complex-’Exiles’

2nd: Center Stage Dance Studio-’Dancing In the Dark’

2nd: Evolve Dance Complex-’Two’

2nd: Lanzi Dance Academy-’Watch Out Here We Come’

3rd: Studio 412-’Nature Boy’

Teen Duo/Trio

1st: Viva Dance Co.-’Fate Playing’

2nd: Artistic Designs Dance Company-’Postcard’

3rd: Viva Dance Co.-’Ne Me Quitte Pas’

Senior Duo/Trio

1st: Artistic Designs Dance Company-’I’m Not My Own’

2nd: Artistic Designs Dance Company-’Blue’

3rd: Queen City Dance Academy-’Find A Place’

Mini Group

1st: Evolve Dance Complex-’Undertow’

Junior Group

1st: Evolve Dance Complex-’Hope There’s Someone’

2nd: Studio 412-’Afraid To Go’

3rd: Thomas Dance Studio-’Can Can’

Teen Group

1st: Elite Dance By Damien-’Cringe’

2nd: Mid-Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts-’Approach with Cubism’

3rd: Evolve Dance Complex-’Debut’

Senior Group

1st: Ultimate Dance Complex-’We Have It All’

2nd: Ultimate Dance Complex-’I Keep On Falling’

3rd: Artistic Designs Dance Company-’Passionfruit’

Mini Line

1st: Jamie’s Dance Force-’Lose Control’

Teen Line

1st: Evolve Dance Complex-’Cruelest Month’

2nd: Evolve Dance Complex-’Pump it Up’

3rd: AVID Dance Productions-’Let Me Think About It’

Senior Line

1st: Elite Dance By Damien-’Comrade’

Mini Extended Line

1st: Jamie’s Dance Force-’My Way’

Teen Extended Line

1st: Elite Dance By Damien-’Bring Me To Life’

2nd: AVID Dance Productions-’All I Really Want’

3rd: AVID Dance Productions-’I Love You Always Forever’

High Score by Performance Division:

Mini Contemporary

Evolve Dance Complex-’Undertow’

Mini Tap

Jamie’s Dance Force-’Lose Control’

Junior Jazz

AVID Dance Productions-’Anything I Do’

Junior Contemporary

1st: Evolve Dance Complex-’Hope There’s Someone’

2nd: Studio 412-’Afraid To Go’

3rd: Thomas Dance Studio-’Can Can’

Junior Hip-Hop

Jamie’s Dance Force-’10 Bands’

Teen Contemporary

1st: Evolve Dance Complex-’Cruelest Month’

2nd: Elite Dance By Damien-’Cringe’ 

2nd: Evolve Dance Complex-’Pump it Up’

3rd: Mid-Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts-’Approach with Cubism’

Teen Tap

1st: Ludovici Dance Academy-’You Make Me Feel’

2nd: AVID Dance Productions-’Baba O Riley’

Teen Hip-Hop

AVID Dance Productions-’Rich Girl’

Teen Ballet

Mid-Atlantic Centre for the Performing Arts-’Gypsy Dance’

Teen Musical Theatre

AVID Dance Productions-’All I Really Want’

Teen Jazz

AVID Dance Productions-’Let Me Think About It’

Teen Specialty

Jamie’s Dance Force-’Head Over Heels’

Senior Jazz

1st: Ultimate Dance Complex-’I Keep On Falling’

2nd: Elite Dance By Damien-’Pretty In Pink’

3rd: AVID Dance Productions-’Fancy’

Senior Contemporary

1st: Ultimate Dance Complex-’We Have It All’

2nd: Elite Dance By Damien-’Comrade’

3rd: Thomas Dance Studio-’All At Once’

3rd: Elite Dance By Damien-’Standards of Society’

Senior Tap

Jamie’s Dance Force-’The Fear’

Senior Specialty

Artistic Designs Dance Company-’Passionfruit’

Best NU Group:

Mini

Evolve Dance Complex-’Undertow’

Junior

Studio 412-’Afraid To Go’

Evolve Dance Complex-’Hope There’s Someone’

Teen

AVID Dance Productions-’Let Me Think About It’

Ludovici Dance Academy-’You Make Me Feel’

Thomas Dance Studio-’In Another Life’

Mid-Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts-’Approach with Cubism’

Elite Dance By Damien-’Cringe’

Evolve Dance Complex-’Cruelest Month’

Senior

Thomas Dance Studio-’All At Once’

Ultimate Dance Complex-’We Have It All’

AVID Dance Productions-’Goliath’

Elite Dance By Damien-’Comrade’

Artistic Designs Dance Company-’Passionfruit’

Studio Pick:

AVID Dance Productions-’Let Me Think About It’

[p-redux]

Perez Hilton article about Sam hawaiigate

*yawn* Perez is obnoxious and celebs, and pretty much everyone hates him. Nothing to see here. But I do love your Hawaiigate, I should have been hashtagging it. 😁 And now I will. #hawaiigate

Pathetic how Extreme Shippers have continued their streak of destruction with EVERY woman Sam has dated, including sending stuff to tabloids and trying to ruin reputations.

So let me put out the TRUTH right here so that everyone who is posting LIES on their blogs or accounts on Tumblr, on Instagram, Twitter and on Outlander Facebook groups sees it.

Here are the FACTS:

1. Sam is straight.

2. He has never dated or slept with Caitriona Balfe.

3. He has been rumored to have dated Katie Rebekah Osborne, Amy Shiels, Hannah James, Georgia Ellenwood. And has 100% for sure dated Cody Kennedy, Abbie Salt, Mackenzie Mauzy, Christina Ochoa, and now Gia Marie.

4. He is currently dating Gia Marie and they are isolating in Hawaii in a private house away from people.

5. His friend Luke Neal is just that, his friend. Luke is also straight. And dated and lived with photographer, Faye Thomas for YEARS. He had a long term GIRLFRIEND after that as well.

6. Gia is a model, Playboy Playmate and makeup artist. She is NOT an escort or prostitute.

7. The blonde woman on Gia's IG is one of her best friends, not her lesbian lover. But even if Gia had dipped in the lady pond, it wouldn't be a crime, and it would be par for the course for Hollywood. In the entertainment industry, it's normal for even straight women to play with a soft option, instead of hard woman once or twice in their lives. 😚 If you're clutching your pearls over that, I suggest you live a little, and quit being so bourgeois. Look it up, it's French. 😉

8. Gia dated a MAN, named Jonathan for years. They are no longer together.

9. The two men Gia and her best friend went with to Cartagena, Colombia are a gay couple. It was a friends trip, not a lovers trip.

Please refer to this ☝ as needed. And quit being such A-holes. It's not cute. Enough is enough.

I gotta go back to work tomorrow, so I won't be on much again until the weekend.

Stay frothy, my pets. 😘

[boykeats]

sorry if anyone has already asked you this before, but it's pride month and this year, i want to immerse myself in lgbt culture. got any lgbt media recs? they could be anything - books, shows, songs, poetry, art, etc etc

fiction

james baldwin’s giovanni’s room

pat barker’s regeneration

austin chant’s peter darling

emily m. danforth’s the miseducation of cameron post

leslie feinberg’s stone butch blues

e. m. forster’s maurice

mackenzie lee’s the gentleman’s guide to vice and virtue

malinda lo’s ash

s. t. lynn’s cinder ella

anna-marie mclemore’s when the moon was ours

mary renault’s the charioteer

benjamin alire sáenz’s aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe

virginia woolf’s orlando

tv shows

cw’s black lightning

fx’s pose

itv’s in the flesh

netflix’s special

plays

angels in america - tony kushner

breaking the code - hugh whitemore

fun home - alison bechdel

indecent - paula vogel

not about heroes - stephen macdonald

songs

against me! - the ocean

big thief - shark smile

grizzly bear - two weeks

the irrepressibles - two men in love

left at london - revolution lover

leo mateus - dear liberty

lucy dacus - dream state

rostam - bike dream

shea diamond - i am her

wrabel - the village

poets

c. p. cavafy

eduardo c. corral

natalie diaz

emily dickinson

andrea gibson

eileen myles

frank o'hara

federico garcia lorca

audre lorde

mary oliver

sam sax

danez smith

chrysanthemum tran

ocean vuong

artists/photographers

meg allen

heather cassils

thomas eakins

frida kahlo

annie leibovitz

catherine opie

john singer sargent

david wojnarowicz

grant wood

soraya zaman