#board games are underrated as hell in my opinion

[ssstarlighttt]

i think we need more fics of characters playing board games personally

[helpforhardcorepets]

I don’t see that many people talk about RT’s and Kevin’s so I figured I might as well share some tidbits about em

RTGame

Insists he is the drift king. I dunno where he got the title from but just go along with it. He’ll get pissy if you don’t

Mostly responsible unless he’s playing board games. Then he can shit talk like the rest of em

HATES SPIDERS. Seriously this is one of the most important things about him, do not even imply a spider may exist in his general vicinity. One time a spider fell on his enclosure in the middle of the night and he screamed so loud I thought someone died

Likes sheep and penguins. I gave him a stuffed sheep big enough to use as a bed

Likes to use Legos to build cities with people in them with the most fucked up roads known to man. Then he’ll dump water on the city and laugh at houses getting destroyed

Likes a pint of beer every once in a while

Don’t let him gamble he tends to get addicted :(

If you ask him to clean his area he’ll either optimize it to hell and back or do it in the most inefficient way possible to mess with you

CallMeKevin

Very nice guy, can and will try to annoy you

Good for making a friend with a new MCYT. Has been trying to make small talk with my Hardcore Technoblade but it hasn’t worked yet

A source of mischief and mayhem so make sure to consistently check on him. One time I left for five minutes and came back to find he was trying to start a cult

RT is a great look out for him and can rein him in. They’re a good duo, get along splendidly if difficult to understand at times

Talks about his dear leader Jim Pickens a lot. Idk who that is

Goes through weird phases like only walking in a straight line. Don’t worry there’s nothing wrong with him he’s just like that for a couple days

A Kevin is smarter than he acts. Don’t underestimate his intelligence or you’ll regret it

Overall, a very underrated starter duo in my opinion. While keeping just one can overwhelm someone new with their mischief I’ve found the duo balance each other out quite well. Plus, this duo can get along with damn near everyone provided Kevin doesn’t act too annoying. I’d put them up there with ClingyDuo and Phistin in terms of how well they get along

[jamesvanriemsdyk]

Best GMs and coaches in the league ACC to you?

we can start with gms because coaching is a bit more complicated. best gms in the league is easy to look at because like, who has a good team? who has had a consistently good team? whose locker room is the most cohesive, whose coaching staff is the best? who is the best at acquiring and keeping the best players, coaches, staff, etc? and you can see that in the way teams play. 

(putting this under the cut because it got long. and i mean Long.)

so, in no particular order: kyle dubas (leafs), steve yzerman (red wings, i will explain this later), don waddell (canes), julien brisebois (lightning), joe sakic (avs), and kelly mccrimmon/george mcphee (golden knights) (god i still hate that name and also will explain this later too) are the best in the league in my opinion. honorable mention to marc bergevin, who has held onto his job much longer than he arguably should have, but still has a decent team on the ice and a decent coaching staff, although the french rule does severely handicap them (i understand why it exists but it does, it just does). 

david poile (preds) is the longest tenured gm in the league (has been the preds gm since fucking 1997, thats insane, thats legit before i was born, what the fuck), and i do genuinely think he is very good at his job, and that he is very hockey smart, but oh boy have his recent decisions been suspect as hell, and that reflects in the state of his team. doug wilson (sharks), who is the second longest tenured gm in the nhl, is in the exact same boat (the karlsson deal is a nightmare, and also did he just forget that his star core was gonna get old and retire or ??).

with dubas, waddell, brisebois, sakic, and mccrimmon/mcphee all have the same basic strengths: they draft well, they have a fundamental understanding of their team structure and how to manage public perception of the team and everything that implies, and they have two fingers on the pulse of their locker room at all times. im not going to pretend to know as much about sakic and mccrimmon/mcphee as i do the eastern gms, but it doesnt take much to figure it out. look at the avs, and their locker room, the success theyve found after being dead fucking last in the league. look at the knights and their incredible success that theyve found after literally not existing before 2017. ive talked about dubas a lot on my blog, but its incredibly easy to see that waddell and brisebois do the same shit he does, and i can do a deep dive on them if asked. bergevin has moments of brilliance, like the suzuki trade and acquiring caufield and anderson, but things like kotkaniemi’s development and their entire blue line give me a massive pause, which is why he’s not in the main list. he’s a good gm. he’s just not the best.

in regards to steve yzerman: you have to understand that this is the man that built the tampa bay lightning as we know them. this man was gm of the bolts until fucking 2018. tampa bay has been a monster in the eastern conference for years, BECAUSE of the work steve yzerman put in. his team set the franchise record for wins, and he was the first and is the only lightning gm to have won gm of the year. look up the 17-18 roster. it is, essentially, the roster that won them the cup last year. make no mistake, i think brisebois is great, and hes on the list for a reason, but the biggest part of brisebois’ success was steve yzerman’s incredible hockey mind. brisebois essentially had to sell off a fourth of his roster, and the lightning are still a top team in their division and in the league, and thats why he’s there (it is so incredibly easy to fuck shit up post cup win), but the brisebois lightning would not exist without steve yzerman, plain and simple.

what steve yzerman is doing in detroit should be watched very, very closely by every single person in the hockey world. youre fucking nuts if youre not paying attention to them, not gonna lie. the mantha trade was excellent, if really sad if you know even a bit about the wings, but the amount of draft picks steve yzerman has amassed and the way he’s using the prospects and players he already has is really fucking admirable. mike babcock left the red wings organization absolutely in tatters, and i think, honestly, it was always steve yzerman’s plan to go home to detroit and rebuild. if there is anyone who is going to strike absolute gold this draft year, it is steve yzerman. watch the red wings, i am telling you, keep a beat on detroit. they are going to be good. its not an if, its a when.

(real quick on the knights situation: mcphee was the first gm of the knights, and was also president of hockey ops at the same time, and then in 2019 mcphee said he was just gonna focus on his job as president, but we all know hes still an integral part of the way the knights are run, and he and mccrimmon have kinda been building the knight together since the beginning anyway bc mccrimmon was originally mcphee’s agm. so. thats why theyre together)

as for coaches, it’s very simple. rod brind’amour (canes), sheldon keefe (leafs, yes im biased, we’ll get into it), jared bednar (avs), joel quenneville (panthers), jon cooper (lightning), barry trotz (isles), and mike sullivan (pens).

(disclaimer: obviously coaching is done as a team, and assistants and specialist coaches and staff are all very important, but the head coaches set the tone and organize the entire machine, if you will, so im going to be talking about head coaches as if theyre the entire coaching staff. its just easier this way im sorry)

im gonna just start with the easy ones: barry trotz, mike sullivan, and jon cooper have been in the league for years. cooper is the longest tenured coach in the nhl for a reason (again, just look at the tampa bay lightning. its the gm’s job to make the coach’s life easier and the coach’s job to make the gm’s life easier, and this is one of the prime examples of it in the league. its dope as hell tbh), trotz is one of the most respected coaches in the hockey world for a reason (the caps lost something when he walked. they just did. and now the isles are absolute hell to play against and that is largely the coaching of barry trotz, you legit cannot tell me im wrong), and while mike sullivan does have his faults, i think hes found a way to please both management and the crosby-and-malkin unit, which has been really really fucking hard to do. he also led the pens to back to back cups, which you can never really uh. ignore. lmao. so theres those three.

i know less about bednar, but again, another example of the coach and gm working together to make each others’ lives easier. sakic gets bednar the players and staff he needs to make the avs better, and bednar takes those players and staff and makes them into the absolute giant they are. it wouldve been really, really easy to fuck up makar’s development, or bowen byram’s, or sam girard’s, or ryan graves’s, or jost or mackinnon or rantanen’s, but he hasn’t, and he hasn’t just given up on players like burakovsky or kadri, he’s given them new life as players and made them more successful.

joel quenneville is the reason the bl/ckh/wks were a legacy team point blank period. sure they had the talent, sure the gm drafted well, but you do not get the legacy of the chicago bl/ckh/wks without joel quenneville. they fired him on a whim and it absolutely was a mistake, and the moment the cats hired him i literally out loud said ‘oh no’ because i knew exactly what that meant for the leafs and their position in the standings. the panthers are underrated generally, yes, but they would not be the powerhouse they are this season without quenneville. just look at q’s wiki stats. he’s absolutely unbeilevable. he won the jack adams in fucking 2000, before he’d even won any of the cups with the h/wks. i cant tell you what kind of a locker room coach this guy is, but i can tell you his teams win and win convincingly, and that firing him was the biggest mistake the h/wks have made in years.

whenever i talk about coaching, i talk about rod brindamour and sheldon keefe in the same breath every single time because there is no match, and i mean none, for the love inside those locker rooms. the avs, maybe, but my point stands. keefe and brindamour fucking BLEED team spirit, it is at the center of their coaching styles and their teams are good because of it specifically. marner and matthews are good, yes, and they always have been, but they have surpassed all expectation and then some with keefe. aho, teravainen, and svechnikov are good, yes, and they always have been, but they have surpassed all expectation with brindamour. brindamour and keefe have both hashtag played the game, so they Get It, and more than that, theyve grown and changed their understanding of the game as the game itself has changed, and so they can command the authority of their teams while also connecting to them on a really deep level. i should make a note here that keefe and brindamour are incredibly, deeply hockey smart, and that they are also just technically good coaches, skimming their wiki or nhl dot com articles will tell you that, but what makes them stand out to me is that their players would fucking die for them. the leafs would go through the end boards for keefe, the canes would do the same for brindamour. travis dermott said it best when keefe got promoted: boys wanna play for him. beyond that, the management skills both brindamour and keefe have are just frankly amazing (the amount of ego keefe specifically has to manage in the leafs locker room is astounding and he does it so incredibly brilliantly). the leafs and the canes are talented, yes, and would have been talented regardless of who was coaching them. but brindamour and keefe bring both of those teams from talented to exceptional, and the true mark of an amazing coach is not only how many games their team wins, but how they win them, and the leafs and canes have been winning games this year for and because of each other, and that starts with their coaches. what makes a great coach, to me, is not the talent on the team (though that certainly helps), but how the coach manages his players no matter who they are, and how he helps those players grow not just as players as people, because no matter how much pure stats people and twitter hockey dudebros wanna deny it, that shit does affect on ice play, and it does make good players better.

so theres my analysis of the best coaches and gms of the nhl, im so sorry this is so long, oh my god. also, shoutout to @bishops--knifetrick for sending me an ask about this literally a month ago that i just never answered, sorry for that, but here i hope this is good. :)

[jonesyjonesyjonesy]

“Jonesing for Jones” Masterlist

all my Jonesy posts in one place for our sweet baby angel bassist 

The Daily Jonesy (updated frequently)

~note: these images are not mine~

Key (all based on my own personal opinion so...) 🥵 - hot as hell!!!! 🥺 - b a b y 😝 - hehehe 😵 - cursed

the community loves our boi  🥵 🥺

JOYFULjoyful  🥺 😝

Jonesy + Percy  🥵 🥺

NERD  🥺 🥵

He Wants Me To Perish  🥵

He-Man 😵

Blessed Tree Shirt (1972) 🥺🥵

The Japan Haircut 🥺🥵

you all need to give old!jonesy his due 🥺

Daffodil boi 🥺

J A P A N 🥵🥺😝 (ultimate)

No Clogz (1977) 😝🥺

Jonesy’s Dog is the Star 😝

Earl’s Court B o o t y (1975) 🥵

animal PAnTs 🥺

Underrated Vest Jonesy (1975) 😝🥺

Joyful Jonesy (1971) 😝🥺

Heart Pants  🥵😝

Happy 75th, Jonesy (compilation) 😝🥺🥵

Happy New Year, Jonesy 😝

Unbuttoned at Kezar Stadium (1973) 🥵

TCV Sex Dream  🥵

Twist and Shout 😝

Hold Me Like Your Bass 🥵

Keyboard Angel (Hiroshima, 1971) 🥺

Car Jonesy 😝

Top Model Jonesy 🥵😝

Iconic Heart Shirt Jonesy 🥵

Old!Jonesy 🥺

Bass Ecstasy Jonesy 🥵

BANGZ  🥺🥵

Asks

Fanfiction

Down By the Seaside (fluff, angst, nsfw)  jpj x fem!reader

Between parenthood and touring, you and your husband have grown distant, good roommates more than partners. When John suggests a weekend by the seaside to reconnect, you’re hesitant at first. After all, how much difference can the sea air really make?

The Lonely Hours (fluff, angst, hurt/comfort, nsfw) jpj x fem!reader

Sensible stenographer in the daytime, wild music junkie in the night, you’ve found a rhythm to a life you like. But that comes to an abrupt halt when your parents find out you’ve been rendezvousing with a musician.

Dead End Friends (slow burn, nsfw, old!jonesy) jpj x fem!reader (in progress)

You don’t get star struck anymore, not since you started running the studio. But meeting the legendary John Paul Jones certainly has your head spinning. And not in the way you expected.

Self Control (nsfw, old!jonesy) jpj x fem!reader fic

John wants to play a game. The rules are clear. And you want to win. But that’ll be hard when he’s in control of the board.

Cursed Zep

pt. i - Pop Proms at Royal Albert Hall, 1969

[nitrateglow]

My bottom five new-to-me movies of 2020

2020 sucked. So did these movies. Before I do my customary top 20 favorite movie discoveries list, I wanted to share five very special new-to-me movies that were painful to watch. Forgive me if it all sounds like ranting. It probably is.

(And remember-- if you like any of these movies, that’s fine. I am not attacking YOU. I just didn’t like a movie. I know this is a stupid disclaimer to put on a list of opinions, but combing the venomous old IMDB message boards has me on edge a bit lol.)

Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker

Whether you love the sequel trilogy or hate it, everyone pretty much agrees this movie was a mess. I thought no movie could have a more structurally unsound screenplay than The Crimes of Grindelwald, but Rise of Skywalker gives it staunch competition. It creates a new artform from making things up as the plot requires: new powers for Rey, new Macguffins to pursue, new motivations and backstories for characters.

I admit I dislike The Last Jedi. I dislike it a lot, actually, and it appears JJ Abrams did too from the amount of retconning he does here (Rey isn’t nobody! Honest, guys!). But you can’t backtrack THAT much. Either plot out your entire trilogy before shooting the first film or play fairly with the cards you were dealt by the filmmakers of movie two.

If anything, these movies have become a cautionary tale about not having a plan when making a movie trilogy. Now, George Lucas didn’t really have one either when he was making the original trilogy, but in that case, he wasn’t even sure the first movie was going to be a modest hit, let alone the biggest movie of the 1970s. He had an excuse and did well enough finishing the trilogy. Here, Disney knew there would be sequels, they knew they had a hungry audience, but they chose to just wing it and the results are just-- so disappointing, especially given the talented young actors and lovely special effects they had at their disposal.

The more I think about it, the more poetic the image of Palpatine hooked up to a life support system/crane is. The best ROTS can do is riff on earlier, better movies and hope our affection will make us overlook the awfulness.

Artemis Fowl

Outside of Animal Crossing, Artemis Fowl might have been the only entity to benefit (if only slightly) from the pandemic. I cannot imagine it would have been anything but a box office bomb had the theaters been open.

Artemis Fowl feels like it should have come out in 2003-- not just because the books were more prominent then, but the whole style of this film in general. In 2020, it’s positively anachronistic. The whole thing is a joyless attempt at dipping from the old Harry Potter well, with a bit of Spy Kids thrown in for good measure. Beyond that, it’s so poorly done as a whole. I have never read the Artemis Fowl books, but I watched this with a friend who has and his head near caught on fire. Apparently, it cuts out everything that made the books cool, like the protagonist basically being a kid version of a Bond villain. Here, he’s anything but that: he’s the usual bland child protagonist surrounded by a cast of slightly more interesting characters. Josh Gad seems to be the only one really trying. Judi Dench shows up and somehow gives a worse performance than whatever the hell she was doing in Cats.

I was actually shocked Kenneth Branagh of all people directed this. I generally like his films, even the less successful ones like his musical adaptation of Love’s Labors Lost. Even the uninspiring live-action Cinderella remake he helmed is at least pretty to look at-- Artemis Fowl has neither brains nor beauty to recommend it.

Bloodline

This film was intended to jumpstart a career comeback for Audrey Hepburn. This decidedly did not happen. One has to wonder what she saw in this sordid material in the first place. Maybe she really just wanted to work with director Terence Young again? Or she thought this would be a good, more modern take on her screen persona? I have no clue. All I know is that Bloodline is one of the worst big-budget Hollywood movies I have ever seen.

No contest: this is Audrey Hepburn’s worst movie. Hate on Green Mansions and Paris When It Sizzles until the stars turn to ash-- at least there was some fun camp value in them. The plot in Bloodline makes no sense, going into unrelated digressions that lead nowhere (did we really need that extended flashback about the dead father? or the subplot with Omar Shariff’s two families?). Oh and then there’s the awful sleazy snuff film subplot that’s also poorly developed and goes nowhere. Hepburn is game, but she can’t save the sinking ship. The best she can do is be charming in a terrible 70s perm.

Luckily, she made the underrated They All Laughed two years after this cinematic fecal matter bombed, so at the very least, Hepburn’s big screen swan song was a film worthy of her presence. (Hint: there will be more about that movie on my top 20 of the year list!)

Halloween III: The Season of the Witch

You all have no idea how excited I was to see this. All the mentions of it on Red Letter Media made it sound like deliriously entertaining schlock. I mean, it’s a movie in which the villain sells cursed Halloween masks that turn children’s heads into bugs and snakes! That sounds awesome! Instead, the movie is badly paced and boring: the main characters are uninteresting and the plot takes an interesting premise then does.... nothing with it. Nothing whatsoever. The second act is the cinematic equivalent of treading water. In fact, so little happens, that the filmmakers squeeze in a pointless sex scene between two character who have all the chemistry of a lit match and a bag of M&M’s.

The thing that annoys me most about this film is that it killed off a great concept: that all of the future Halloween films would be standalone stories centered around the spookiest time of the year. Unfortunately, this movie botched itself so badly that people often think the absence of Michael Meyers was the problem. It wasn’t: it was the absence of a good story.

Blindsided

This is probably the most watchable movie on this list, but that’s not saying much. A bloodless ripoff of Wait Until Dark, Blindsided is an unimaginative thriller with no thrills, humor, or interesting characters whatsoever.

The whole film is just repetitive. The situation doesn’t slowly boil to something horrific, the threat presented by the villains doesn’t escalate, there are no interesting interactions between the characters: no, here the underdeveloped protagonist is interrogated, tortured and/or sexually harassed, tries to escape, is recaptured, rinse and repeat for ninety minutes. I admit there’s some clever resourcefulness on the part of the heroine in the last scene-- but it’s basically just Wait Until Dark’s climax (down to the twist with the villain finding an alternative source of illumination for crying out loud!) without the emotional payoff that comes from slow-burn pacing or the fantastic performances, so even that’s a letdown.

I thought the movie might at least be saved by Michael Keaton as the main criminal mastermind since he’s shown he can be a great villain in other movies (if they had remade Wait in the 80s, he would have been a perfect Harry Roat Jr.), but even he seems to be phoning it in here. Beyond a scene of attempted cat murder (I’m serious-- the bad guys are so incompetent they can’t even kill a cat), there’s not even anything so bad it’s good to enjoy. Blindsided is just dull and by-the-numbers.

[koyacyi-vode]

A, Q, and L for the ask game :)

A:  Favorite character?

wOW that's a loaded question. To be honest it changes a lot and depends on circumstances! It's especially hard as a clone fan since they're all similar in ways but then vastly different but makes it hard to choose favorites!! 

Like there's so many characters that I just adore. Like Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Ahsoka, Rex, Cody, Fives, Fox (sorry for putting them next to each other), Jesse, Hardcase, Echo, Blackout, Wolffe; i LOVE Din from the Mandalorian, and Boba, Han, Leia, Luke. I love Depa, Plo, Mace, Shaak Ti, Grievous (i just think hes neat), the delta boys from the repcomm game, Maul, Kanan, Hera. Baze and Chirrut. I could literally just keep listing for a super super long time. I'm a very poor decision maker. Craziest thing is that I don't even know SO MANY cool characters. Like for instance i know i will LOVE Revan, but i havent gotten to the old republic yet in my reading and watching and playing!! i will eventually, but there's so much great content it will take me a long time. I'm a big sap and love characters very easily, so it could just be a neverending list of characters i like. A shorter list would be characters i'm neutral towards or dislike aksjdhsh

Anyways, if someone had a gun to my head I'd say R2D2.

Q.  Any Rare pairs? 

I really like Depa/Grey because it's uhhh incredibly tragic, and because it hits on my jedi/commander niche that i like to read about. And the few fics i've read with them have been so soft and sweet. Last time i checked there were 12 fics with them but really only 3 or 4 that would really count as ship fics. I DO have a fic in the works for them but it's on hold until i finish this wolffe prompt and chapter 4 of jareor! 

Also i jumped on board the Vox train with @forcesensitivebantha and co because they have a FUNNY AS HELL dynamic. Cannot BELIEVE they never even met in canon, but they are really fun to read about!!

L.  Underrated Character?

I'll answer this one again cause I can just choose someone new! Shaak Ti is super underrated in my opinion! Part of that is yes, because she really is THAT pretty and I'm hopelessly gay for her. But the way she moves in the Conspiracy arc (her robes billowing around her when she jumps down the flight of stairs SWOON). But I also think her role as lead Jedi trainer of the GAR is interesting. I liked how she talked with Domino squad and used her wisdom and fought for the clones rights when she could. She was also incredibly fun in the 2003 clone wars series too.

[xsecretblastsx]

1x14 - The Blair B*tch Project

A new week (well not so new) and a new recap. This episode is so Mean Girls Upper east side version, and it was fun. 

As usual, recap after the break 

Thoughts I had while Watching the episode:

Is always such a delight to star an episode with one of Blair’s Audrey Hepburn inspired dream sequences, this one in particular is one of my all time faves though.

“You don’t have anyone” auch, also very simliar to watch said to her on the last episode :(

“I’m in mourning of my old life” I wonder how many times Blair thought that through the whole show

Chuck annoying Serena to no end will never get old.

So was this suposed to be Bart’s penthouse?

Chuck was always so charming with Lily, and it’s curious because it was genuine. Same with Eric,he was nice since the beginning, honestly the merging of the Van der Bass family is one of my fave plot points in the show.

I wonder what Serena did on spring break that she hadn’t talked to Blair.

This is why women say men are the worst, so Chuck and Nate get to be all offended by the mere sight of Blair, as if she was the only one in the wrong here. 

Poor Blair, yoghurt is so sticky. Also I’m not a fan of Nate here, he finds it funny and then he’s al concerned about Jenny’s tender nature. As if.

Nice and neutral would never work for Blair the same way it works for Serena, even if she wanted to. 

The way Jenny came up with a plot against Blair on the spot just to avoid an expensive dinner, like wow.

“Don’t put your dirty package on the table, If i had a dime for everytime i heard that” Same Erick, same. 

Gotta love Blair and that hostess

Getting Blair to wait alone at Butler, that was brilliant Jenny, taking that dress.. not so much. She may be really smart and devious, but she still has a lot to learn.

Bart really was such a lousy dad, which in turns makes Chuck even more jaded and like to do worst, such a vicious cycle.

15000, for a custom made Valentino, auch Jenny.

Rufus is so naive here, but then again he doesn’t know Blair. Yet what she tells him about the struggle ain’t wrong. 

Wow she stole the same dress twice. I guess Little J no more. 

So Serena is annoyed by Chuck not only by his little pranks, but because he’s nice towards her mother and brother, that actually makes more sense in a way.

Also I love Lily’s line: “Chuck might be excentric but he’s not diabolical” it’s funny and also a bit telling of why Chuck actually likes her.

That was brilliant Blair, that Jenny cake is quite the thing. Also what the hell is she wearing.

Is ain’t wrong Rufus is kind of a hotty... for a dad. 

Even though she’s being talking about the same thing non stop, it’s funny to watch Dan complain about Serena talking to much, when he suffers from verbal diarrhea half the time, but who am I to judge

Blair really is in her bitch element here.

Jenny’s argument with her dad was so real, because both on them are right in some way. It ain’t easy. And once has to be either very mature or antisocial for it not to bother you.

I’ve said it before but I love Eric and his sense of humor, and he has some of the most underrated lines on this show, even deep and hard stuff is funny

It’s awful and yet I love that sweater with the dolphins Chuck’s wearing. I also would like to know why is so easy to feel bad for Chuck Bass.

Dan’s also super critical of his dad, and I’m like is there someone out there this guy doesn’t judge?

This is one of those times I wish I didn’t know what was coming, because I still remember how curious I was to see Jenny’s plan towards Nate.

Eric is quite loyal, being mad at Serena because she drove Bart to kick out Chuck.

Well played Jenny, well played, that last look she gaves Blair is sooo good, it’s the moment when Blair really realizes how worthy of an adversary Jenny is.

I love the ending of this episode, is one of my faves. It ends with an unlikely victory for Jenny, a tad of mistery, and a great song.

For real, I love “Sour Cherry” by The Kills.

When I think about my favorite episodes in S1 this one normally doesn’t came up, but I think it should. Is a really good one. Jenny’s the star of this episode and weirdly I don’t mind. I love her dynamic with Blair, especially in the first two seasons and this is the episode when it really takes off. This episode is also the start of the Van der Bass family which I also love for many reasons.

So Jenny and Blair, at the time of this episode this was one of Blair’s lowest points, she lost her Queen B title and not only that but she’s shunned out by everyone, even getting yoghurt dropped on her head, what a change. She says at the start of the episode that she’s in mourning of her old life, and while it was meant to be just a display of her dramatic personality, this is really the end of her old life, the Blair we met in the pilot had a completely different future ahead of her, pristine reputation, not as single crack in her pefect image, with a blue blooded boyfriend and a place at the top of the hierarchy, that Blair never came back entirely, and that’s good. Obviously it will take her the rest of the show to grow up and mature, but I like seeing her fight for what she wants in a way that lets her devious brain shine, and she got quite the adversary.

Jenny is in many ways the perfect rival for Blair. In theory Jenny shouldn’t be a formidable oponent in the way she is, she has no connections, no name, no money, and yet she plays the game almost better than anyone, she’s smart, ambitious an cunning, which are traits she shares with Blair. She’s also a hardworker and willing to do what it takes to get what she wants. This episode she shows how brilliant she because it was almost impossible to bounce back from getting caught with that dress she stole, and one can tell Blair thought that was a sound victory and she can’t quite believe when Jenny shows up with Nate and has claimed back her spot. It was great to see, and I some ways even I love Blair I find myself rooting for Jenny, she’s that good.

HonestlyJenny can give Blair a run for her money and yet I’m not sure she entirely realizes it, because Jenny is fighting against Blair’s shadow in her mind, she can win battles but I get the feeling she doesn’t believe she can win the war. In part because she still has a lot to learn, but in some ways I think Jenny feelsi at disadvantage againgst Blair in a similar way Blair feels toward Serena: a rival that is ahead on the race just by virtue of who she is, with envy and admiration in equal parts.To me their dynamic is interesting through the whole show because Blair even if the doesn’t want to admit it fears Jenny too, a new younger queen in the making, with the ability to knock her dow even it seems unlikely, it’s a tale as old as time, a bit like Queen Elizabeth the first and Mary Queen of Scots. And this is just the first episode of this battle,I really love this part of the show.

The other big plot this episode is the merging of the Van der Woodsen and the Basses which is great because we get to see more of these two broken families and learn more about them. Serena is obviously not happy about this,particularly the part about living with Chuck; at this point we know they were all friends before, but I got the impression out of the group they liked each other the less, with a poor opinion of each other. Their behavior throught the whole season reinforces that��and honestly through the season Chuck has not given her even one small reason for her to like him, and I feel part of the reason Chuck was so eager to plot against Serena with Blair was because he got a first row sit to the mess she left when she run for boarding school, with a heartbroken Nate and a devasted Blair. And yet while Serena constantly sees the worst ih him, he’s actually trying for once, as hard to believe as that is for her.

If this episode made one thing obvious is how much Chuck always wanted to have a family, he’s genuine in his compliments to Lily as extravagant as they may seemed and he’s really good with Eric too, they took really quick to each other because they have felt inadequate at some point or another, he eventuanlly makes the effor with Serena too, as Eric explains to her when he gives her a message from him (which backfires, but no the point) and for all his bad qualities Chuck can be a very non-judgemental person when he wants it, this episode for instance Serena gets him kicked out of the penthouse and yet as soon as she apologizes and ask for his help he let’s it go. Because as we see his relationship with Bart is awful, his father always expects and believes the worst of him, and even when he’s nice it ends up being not genuine, and so for the first time via the Van der Woodsens he has the oportunity to get a family life that it’s more than that. 

At his core Chuck is a lonely person, which is part of the reason he latches so easily to Van der Woodsens here, sure he had Nate but that was it, and Nate as good hearted as he is not the most reliable person, it’s quite noticeable this episode, aside his new found relationship with the Van der Woodsens, since Nate has dropped their friendship he’s basically on his own in every scene this episode, even more son than Blair who was Serena, even if Serena is flighty and always gets caught up in something, and sure enought the episode ends up with the mistery of who is “G”, which was intriguing the first watch because imagine a person that gets even Chuck Bass like oh no! But that’s for next episode. 

Randoms bits I’ve noticed

The timing of this episode is sort of weird. Last episode seemed like it was the end of January or something like that, and now this one is  after spring break, and since thanks to gossip girl wikia, we know Jenny’s birthday is on March 30th, and Serena says to Blair about her “3 week old scandal” and I’m like, I mean it’s possible, but then the first to episodes after the holidays had to be like really way too long after the holidays, and that doesn’t makes much sense either.

We also got a new location for the school, I sort of like the other one better. 

When the girls throw yoghurt on Blair’s head, all the yoghurt cups are turne upside down. 

At the top of the piano there’s a picture of Chuck as a little kid (which is actually Ed), guess Bart wanted to a least gave the impression he care. I do love the fact the show asked the actors for photos of themselves when they were kids. The ones on top of the piano at the Waldorfs are pics of Leighton as a kid.

Feel like saying it againg, but  this was such a good ending:

[breastforce]

SIMS 4 PACKS RANKED #5: GET TOGETHER

This one honestly surprised me. A lot of people would typically rank Get Together a lot lower. Hell, even I had it lower on this last at first. The core concept is rather vague and unexciting at first glance. The main thing this expansion allows you to do is let you create..... clubs, for your sim and their virtual sim friends to hang out together. It’s not the flashiest pack ever, and it doesn’t add that much more depth to the game.

But what I realized is that I use the stuff that this pack has to offer a LOT, to the point where I started taking it for granted.

As uninspiring as the concept of “Being Able to Make Clubs’ seems at first glance, being able to customize them results in a surprising amount of silliness to be had and turns it into a rather versatile tool.

So here’s some of the things I’ve done with just the clubs feature:

Make a group of cowboy prisoners who like to dance, cook food, and fight each other.

Put my sim recreations of the heroes and villains of my tabletop games in two separate groups who will beat the shit out of each other at first sight.

Make my sim able to summon a group of people dressed up as garden gnomes to clean up the house.

Make a group of serial romantic beekepers in bear costumes.

Make a group of Sims dedicated to becoming so angry that they die.

Make a group of sims that love to swim but are FORBIDDEN from eating, sleeping, showering, or being nice to anybody.

Create a foodie club run by a serial killer that uses it to obtain her victims.

Recreate the Bachelorette.

Make a sex cult.

Have the same sex cult devote themselves to gardening, cooking, and fishing in order to try and bring their former leader back to life.

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Not to mention the slew of uses I’ve had for them that may not quite be as silly but still manage to provide useful, such as an acting club, a vampires club, a rebel teen club, clubs for my 100 baby challenge, clubs to get a whole bunch of sims essentially ‘living’ on the same lot.

The additional activities that you get are also pretty substantial and I’ve found a lot of use with. DJ Booths, a foosball table, a darts board, dance floors that double as cardboard clutter, and the legendary poop bush.

I’ve had so much fun with this stuff in this pack - it’s really the most underrated one in my honest opinion. It’s a pack for people that like to play God, using cheats out of the whazoo and creating elaborate torture homes for your virtual humans. And if you’re one of those people, I’m sure you’ll enjoy this.

[wariofranchisefanblog]

I hope you don't mind me asking this, since it isn't directly Wario series related, but what do you think of the ND Cube Mario Party games? They do have Wario in it, you mentioned that you are a MP fan and I find them overhated aside from Super which everyone loves

Hey I don’t mind! Any chance to talk about one of my favorite Mario series is fine by me!

9 is an odd case, I don't mind the gameplay style it introduced and I think Magma Mine and how the second half let's you make some decision on whether to try and screw your opponent over or just not take any risks and get away from the lava ASAP does show the potential it has.

Thing is, that's the only board that in my opinion, really gives you enough control in any way, it's difficult to get Special Dice and certain board events can screw you over way too easily, Captain Events are even worse, since whoever is Captain has the full power to just screw you over as they please.

Despite everything I do think there is fun to be had with it, the minigames are good and it had good bonus modes like Boss Rush and Perspective Mode. It's really just a very mixed bag, got it's good qualities, but the bad parts are really obnoxious.

Island Tour is just undercooked.

The Minigames are mostly okay, with some winners and stinkers sandwiched in and out of the boards I actually do really like Bowser's Peculiar Peak and Star-Crossed Skyway is okay, but all the other boards range from bad, to having ideas, but being designed in ways that don't allow them to be utilized in any meaningful way.

10 is good and underrated. Yeah I said it.

It does away with so much that I didn't like in 9, such as the Captain Events or luck based bosses and the game makes it a point to hand out Special Dices a lot, allowing for a greater degree of control over your fate. That way I feel the car playstyle is fine, even if I do prefer the traditional formula myself.

Bowser Party I have a lot of love for, even with some balance issues and a lack of content, this is one of the coolest ideas to ever be put in a Mario Party game and I want it revisited someday.

amiibo Party I see as more of an extra, it's bare and how it forces you to use amiibo for certain imputs is dumb, but the presentation is charming as hell.

Star Rush I am also fond of. Toad Tour is a cool idea, with my only issues being that a lack of partners can hold you back a bit too much and it could have used more minigames, repeats happen quite a bit.

Coinathlon is also really fun, but the rest of the modes I don't care for, not even the puzzle minigame of the day and Balloon Bash in particular really lacks anything that made Toad Tour work. Despite this though I do think that what I see as the two main modes, hold up.

Top 100 could have worked and I mean there is charm to it, the minigame remakes are fine and there are a number of nice details and nods to the older titles that really make it feel like they wanted this game to be a little celebration of the series.

The problem is that there is just no glue that holds everything together. It's fun when you play the Minigame Island, but after that any incentive to even play the minigames is gone, since the board game portion is no better then Balloon Bash and there aren't enough Minigame Modes to keep you going for long.

There are also a couple of stinkers in the collection, that were clearly just added to have more minigame types, like the mic games or Tug o' War, even if that one is much better on the 3DS then it was on the N64.

Don't get me wrong, I love the minigames in Mario Party, but they work far better as part of a bigger whole, then as the sole content you are getting.

Super Mario Party is good, it's fine. As is noticable I don't find NDCube's output that bad at all, so I'm not as in love with this game as others are, though I DO find it to be a very promising foundation for future games.

I do champion the original formula above all else, so it's great to have that back and the inclusion of Star Rush elements is something I honestly adore. The game also nails personality, which is good, since I feel that some of the cartoony zanyness from previous games isn't quite here.

Even the extra modes are solid across the board here, I'm especially fond of Sound Stage, since that one is pretty much Mario Party x Rhythm Heaven and there is nothing that's not good about that.

My biggest problems come from the boards, while fine enough to play on, they are few in numbers, pretty generic and small, it doesn't take long until you have seen everything with them and while yeah, there is a lot going on every turn, there aren't any more out of the way mechanics like Big Boo in Horror Land to spice things up and few really threatening events.

I'm also not the biggest fan of the single Joycon control scheme, but it's something you get used to.

Super is still fun and I'm glad it's bringing the series back to it's roots, but as I mentioned before, I see it as more of a foundation for future games to build on.

If I had to rank them it would be:

1. 10 2. Super 3. Star Rush 4. Island Tour 5. Top 100

10, Super and Star Rush are all good.

9 is a mixed bag, that's held back by a couple really obnoxious low points.

Island Tour has two boards that I'll gladly replay, but that's about it.

Top 100 has, some questionable minigame choices and the bleh board game portion aside, decent content, but very little you can do with it.

[vivitalks]

another one! i stole it from @bentylershook​ because i’m a self-obsessed punk and they said anyone could do it so WHATEVER

When you have cereal, do you have more milk than cereal or more cereal than milk? well i TRY to have more cereal

Do you like the feeling of cold air on your cheeks on a wintery day? NO I DO NOT, it makes me VERY COLD

How do you take your coffee/tea? coffee as a mocha frappucino, tea with milk and sugar (always english breakfast). i’m very particular.

Do you keep plants? nope, i would forget to feed them and they’d die

What artistic medium do you use to express your feelings? i write a lot, especially in a journal

Do you like singing/humming to yourself? so, annoyingly, much

What’s something that made you smile today? hmm well my pal grace kept texting me about her cool hotel, which made me smile. AND i got coffee with a kind of distanced friend, which was really really fun. 

What’s your favorite pasta dish? mac and cheese!

What’s your favorite eye color? i don’t have a favorite but blue eyes are pretty...although my sister has really pretty like...hazel eyes idk all eyes are pretty shhh

What’s your favorite bubblegum flavor? like...fruit flavored. bubble gum tastes too sweet and...bubble gum-y, and i hate mint flavored things

What is your opinion of socks? Do you like wearing weird socks? Do you sleep with socks? Do you confine yourself to white sock hell? Really, just talk about socks. My opinion of socks is they’re underrated and a great addition to the world. they’re like socially acceptably slippers. i only wear ankle socks, though. the other ones are uncomfortable. I do sleep with socks because my hands and feet get cold really easily, and i DON’T trust white clothing, socks included.

What’s your fave pastry? crepes or donuts

Tell us about your pet peeves! y’all don’t wanna know all of them but i hate when people who can’t sing well think that they can sing well. i know that’s a personal problem but it drives me CRAZY. also hate people who walk slowly in school hallways. also hate people who, uh, tear other people down just for the sake of feeling superior. also, people who make condescending comments about, like, attire? very unnecessary. also when my siblings (especially the younger ones) ignore me trying to reason with them. and so on

Think of a piece of jewelry you own: what’s it’s story? does it have any meaning to you? i’m wearing it right now! it is a gold-colored arrow with, like, rhinestones, on a gold-colored chain. my older sister and i went shopping one time and we bought matching ones from claire’s for like eight dollars. wait, maybe i can find a picture. yes, i found one!

Do you have a favorite coffee shop? describe it! yeah it’s starbucks lol what can i say i’m uncultured and have basic tastes. i also just...like, haven’t drunk a lot of coffee in my life yet

Do you trust your instincts? yes, but i also challenge them, and if they hold up under scrutiny, i tend to think they’re legit

What food do you think should be banned from the universe?

i’ll say tilapia because i really don’t like how it tastes

Do you like buying CDs and records? What was the last one you bought? i bought...oh man, it’s been awhile. i have no idea. i don’t buy CDs or records because i don’t have a record player and i like to have my music available on my ipod so i usually buy music on itunes

Think of a person. what song do you associate with them? my friend Sam Craig from Brazil, and Rather Be by Clean Bandit. i have a very specific memory.

Do you like poetry? what are some of your faves? i like some poetry. my favorite two are: the love song of j. alfred prufrock by t.s. eliot, and the road not taken by robert frost. 

What’s the stupidest gift you’ve ever received? uh...my parents bought me this lightbulb that has a remote control and when it’s on your can use the remote to change the colors. that’s kinda dumb i guess cuz i don’t use it

What’s winter like where you live? right now it’s ENDLESS but it’s usually just cold and snowy. a regular winter.

What are your favorite board games? i don’t really like board games...like at all. i like word on the street. and the game of life. and pay day.

Is there anything you should be doing right now but aren’t? sleeping. also, finishing that quarter assessment thing for my chorus class. also, writing my newsies royalty au that i just started.

Are you in the minion hateclub or fanclub? HATE

Are you planning on getting tattoos? which ones? right now i have neutral plans on tattoos. luckily i have a whole lot of time to decide if i want one. i know they’re super permanent, and painful, so i’m hesitant. but if i found something truly, deeply meaningful, i might get a tattoo. i’m not opposed!

Are there any artistic movements you particularly enjoy? i don’t know what this means. grace likes impressionism so that one

Talk about one of your favorite cities. okay, well, i’ll talk about rio de janeiro. it’s not my favorite city, but i know it well. where i lived, you could walk to the beach. in lower leblon, you could walk anywhere. restaurants, bookstores, grocery stores...everything was within reach. lots of my friends lived nearby. the beach is lined with numbered posts so you know how far you’ve gone - it’s a mile between each one. there’s a canal runs through it. everyone lives in an apartment and there’s always a doorman and an elevator. my apartment had a pool. it was a complex. and very awesome. it’s very hot in rio but everyone is friendly and you can wear flip-flops literally anywhere. if you’re so inclined, you can be barefoot. i know brazil is wicked corrupt now, but...i do love rio.

Where do you plan on traveling this year? this year this year? not school year? i’ll probably visit my grandparents in MA and i’ll definitely be doing college visits in pennsylvania, massachusetts, and new york. i will also be visiting new york for other reasons, shows and whatnot. we’ll see about going to israel, but depending on the schedule of our lives, i might go there this year to visit my sister who’s doing a gap year there.

Myer briggs type, zodiac sign, and hogwarts house? INFP, i’m pretty sure; leo; ravenclaw.

i wasn’t tagged so i tag nobody and everybody! steal this from me! talk about yourself! attaboy

[metricula]

I have a friend that’s the frontwoman and primary composer of a metal band, Valentine Wolfe. She kicks ASS. The skills, the aesthetic, the soaring voice, the storytelling. Goth as hell, ethereal. Her duo partner and spouse taglines her as “half Veela, half Dementor.” While watching them on stage, the masc-leaning person (another musician) next to me commented, “She’s too cute; she’s not spooky, she’s spoopy!” And I kept thinking, Why? What do you mean by that? Is it her soft, hyper-feminine speaking voice? Her aesthetic of long hair and dresses? Why did he need to say that? I wish I had pointed it out, but as a feminine performer not wanting to rock the boat… I didn’t. This person had also made comments too me about my own femininity as a performer. We get judged and dismissed for being too feminine, too cute, too sweet, even when we’re writing songs about death rot. When I go to upload my music for distribution, the genre options are “singer songwriter” and “female singer songwriter.” When I was first getting started, someone at a con came up to my now-husband, Richard, and asked, “She was great! Who writes her songs?” He was sort of taken aback. “…She does.” Listen, I use my femininity as part of my act. I will happily show as much cleavage as I legally can for adult shows and solicit tips. I understand there are pros and cons to that, but at the same time: I am my own product but I’m also more than my act. I see it click when people start taking me seriously when we’re behind-the-scenes. That I’m more serious and thoughtful than my public persona. That I do a lot of work and consideration before I put myself out there, and that I’m always trying to learn more. I feel like I have to better, more organized, more professional to be taken seriously because of the way I look; I mean, I’m literally a clown sometimes. And this is me as a white woman; women of color and gender non-conforming folks have tons of other bullshit on top of that. At the same time, when I’m in “character,” I feel like my anger or activism gets treated as “safe,” or part of a bit. I can say the same thing off stage in the same tone and people find it much more confrontational (“confrontational” in that I’m speaking openly on a topic and not couching assertions). I guess part of it is that I’m much more open and authentic on stage and in my public voice than they realize; I’ve seen this play out in my private life too, when I talk openly about my feelings or health but I’m not taken at my word. (An aside, but to be totally fair: I get it! I do do bits and joke and smile when I’m angry or have panic attacks that are mostly “freeze” or masked. I try really hard to take that into consideration when I’m communicating in my personal life, to varying degrees of success.) Anyway, I was revisiting my thoughts on this because of the hot take going around that Taylor Swift is the Millennial Bruce Springsteen and I am on board. I don’t love-love Taylor Swift and she has the same kinds of White Feminism problems I do, but she’s still the dominant voice in her songwriting even when she’s collaborating. She describes what she sees. Regardless of how you feel about Taylor Swift, it’s an interesting read comparing Baby Boomer and Millennial radio sensibilities and the way we treat men writing about women vs. women writing about men. Taylor Swift is also an underrated guitarist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF1tx9KyhPc At any rate, it’s a complicated topic and I’ve had experiences in my own life where my art was influenced by the men around me in negative ways. The topics of my songwriting, the kind of music I liked, the kind of “girly” guitar I played. “Fuckboi” wasn’t a common term for me when I was in my 20s, but those kinds of negging dudes are “guitarbois.” Some of them don’t even play guitar! Or anything! But they have a lot of opinions on how I do music, and it’s distinctly different from offering constructive criticism or talking shop. They want to make sure they’re still higher in the pecking order. I actually made a micro-game about it called “Punch a Guitarboi,” because externalizing my feelings is how I keep from obsessing. Also my sprite is cute!

[themeltedheadaches]

ALL THE ASKS DO IT unless ur too busy #collegelife love u ❤❤❤❤

LOVE U BOO never too busy for u (also using this to procrastinate on my french composition so)

1: when you have cereal, do you have more milk than cereal or more cereal than milk?

i eat my cereal………………….dry…………..

2: do you like the feeling of cold air on your cheeks on a wintery day?

YES that’s literally my life now. i love it but also my nose was running today all the way to get coffee in downtown. i was in THREE LAYERS it is not even DECEMBER

3: what random objects do you use to bookmark your books?

answered! :)

4: how do you take your coffee/tea?

if i’m going to be a bitch and just get plain coffee, i’m gonna get it black bc otherwise i’ll just have a white mocha or a cappuccino or something (the ppl at the campus coffeeshop know who i am. they know my order. “one sin-ful latte coming up!” thank u for fueling my Addition.) i take my tea with milk and sugar if it’s black tea ((earl gray)) or with honey if it’s green tea. if it’s white tea i’ll sometimes have it with sugar, and if it’s something like peppermint or lavender or chamomile i’ll just have it plain. IM A PICKY BITCH

5: are you self-conscious of your smile?

i used to be! but now i like it. 

6: do you keep plants?

YES pls pray for them

7: do you name your plants?

answered! :)

8: what artistic medium do you use to express your feelings?

poetry! i like to watercolor too, actually, though i left them at home :(

9: do you like singing/humming to yourself?

YES i miss my car bc that’s when i would have Prime Time to sing and hum to myself or along to whatever song i live for at the moment. (i’m into a musical rn and i can’t yell the lyrics out i’m so ANnoyed Always)

10: do you sleep on your back, side, or stomach?

answered!

11: what’s an inner joke you have with your friends?

i have fucking countless at home……. at college there are quite a few too! as in: “hypothetically, vodka?,” “fuckinG,,,WHAT,” “[blow twice] [slurp sound] [tongue click] noice.,” “SHPEAKERSH OHN!,” “over there! like, over there? over there. over there?,” “just going to go kick some nutria,” and of course, the classic, “same, but jewish.” 

12: what’s your favorite planet?

URANUS actually tho it’s uranus. i had to do my planet project on it in the 4th grade and i gave my brother AND mother silent treatment for two days bc they laughed at its name. i’m very protective

13: what’s something that made you smile today?

i saw my favorite puppy on campus again today!! he’s grown so much!! also my poetry professor’s wife had a successful surgery! #GoMeredith 

14: if you were to live with your best friend in an old flat in a big city, what would it look like?

SO MESSY………………….listen. @michelle i’ve seen ur room, and i would just accept that that is how we live now and it’s fine. it would also be aesthetic as fuck tho tbh. full of yarn and animal fur. and books. and junk food #RIFP

15: go google a weird space fact and tell us what it is!

if saturn’s rings were a meter long, they would be 10000 times thinner than a razorblade! what the fuckkkkkkkkkkk

16: what’s your favorite pasta dish?

UHHHHH fucking;;;;;;;;what how am i supposed to #represent my italian fmaily with this DISGUSTING question,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, jk i fuckig love risotto, just ur basic bitch peas and cheese risotto and i’ll cry. also?? gnocchi!! holy shiiiiiiiit. 

17: what color do you really want to dye your hair?

my hair has such good color i’d actually rather shave it all off than dye it :/

18: tell us about something dumb/funny you did that has since gone down in history between you and your friends and is always brought up.

HHHHHHHH yesterday. LITERALLY yesterday. there was a french club meeting that served cheese and bread! so i took my Good Friend WIliam (who is not in french, unlike me), and we walk into the room, and i say “helLO!” bc that’s good manners, when you’re going to just get food and leave, and it’s dead silent. i get food and leave. william has told everyone in our entire hall twice.

19: do you keep a journal? what do you write/draw/ in it?

answered!

20: what’s your favorite eye color?

i’m so biased……….but……..brown………..

21: talk about your favorite bag, the one that’s been to hell and back with you and that you love to pieces.

my brown leather one! it’s actually super fake leather and i got it from target!! but it’s cute and small and somehow fits everything i need to put in it, including 3 beers and my wallet and 2 phones last weekend. i’ve had for 4 years now 

22: are you a morning person?

yes! i like waking up early actually 

23: what’s your favorite thing to do on lazy days where you have 0 obligations?

go on youtube and waste time, or walk around campus/downtown with friends, or shop!

24: is there someone out there you would trust with every single one of your secrets?

yes

25: what’s the weirdest place you’ve ever broken into?

my cousin’s RV

26: what are the shoes you’ve had for forever and wear with every single outfit?

my brown leather boots! wow there’s a trend here lmao. actually i’ve had two pairs of these bc my first was falling apart?? i used them first in a cosplay……in the 7th grade………..(i was matt from death note and to this day i’m STILL not fucking ashamed, i had the wig and goggles and everything.) i love them and wear them all the time, they’re so comfy and warm and stylish and i feel like a hacker badass everytime i wear them. still to this day.

27: what’s your favorite bubblegum flavor?

bubblegum gives me hives i do Not enjoy it :(

28: sunrise or sunset?

sunset!

29: what’s something really cute that one of your friends does and is totally endearing?

one of my friends down the hall will call things/ppl “cute as pie” completely genuinely!! i love her!!

30: think of it: have you ever been truly scared?

oh yeah

31: what is your opinion of socks? do you like wearing weird socks? do you sleep with socks? do you confine yourself to white sock hell? really, just talk about socks.

i fucking love them thanks end of story. wearing them makes me feel cozy and put together and also atm my dorm floor is Disgusting. i sleep with them when it’s cold and my feet are dry! i have so many fun socks it’s great. i love them. socks are highly underrated.

32: tell us a story of something that happened to you after 3AM when you were with friends.

my friend and i were driving around evERYWHRE basically, we went from pasadena/san marino to like. hollywood all the way to beverly hills and back and it was wonderful, we stopped 3 times to chase stray cats, take shitty pictures, go to iHop, and almost died several times bc hE SNAPS AND DRIVES at NIGHT on LA FREEWAYS

33: what’s your fave pastry?

croissants, followed by scones, followed by coffeecake 

34: tell us about the stuffed animal you kept as a kid. what is it called? what does it look like? do you still keep it?

bunny the stuffed bunny! she’s pretty large, like as long as my torso! she’s white fabric with colored fluffy bits and very floppy, loose ears. she has green button eyes that i had my grandma sew on bc otherwise she actually scared me a bit when i was a kid, but i loved her anyway bc my great-grandmother sewed her for me in the first place. bunny still lives on my bed at home! 

35: do you like stationary and pretty pens and so on? do you use them often?

YES! i ddon’t use them very often though bc i feel like i should save them for something. rip me

36: which band’s sound would fit your mood right now?

stromae hands down

37: do you like keeping your room messy or clean?

clean….i’m so lazy tho

38: tell us about your pet peeves!

sudden loud noises, being startled, being touched physically when i don’t expect it, someone making assumptions about me, being dismissed, being told what i want or what i’m going to do, borrowing something of mine w/o telling me, being interrupted 

39: what color do you wear the most?

HONESTLY black bc i’m an emo bitch

40: think of a piece of jewelry you own: what’s it’s story? does it have any meaning to you?

one i’ve been wearing a lot is the fork ring i got from the portland saturday market! it’s literally the tines of a vintage fork separated from the part you hold, sanded down so it’s round, and looped into a ring shape. i fidget with it a lot and it reminds me of my mom and step-dad, bc i got it when i was with them. i wear it mostly everyday tbh

41: what’s the last book you remember really, really loving?

new american best friend by olivia gatwood in general, or thick as thieves by megan whalen turner when i re-read it out loud to my mom on the ride up to college

42: do you have a favorite coffee shop? describe it!

yeeeeeeS i have several! the bistro, which is on campus: it’s so comfortable, it has couches everywhere and board games and so many books and zines and the walls are half chalkboard so there’s always art or snark everywhere. the music is super eclectic (it was lorde yesterday, today when i went in it was old-school 90s rap), plus it’s student run so the coffee and pastries and food are SO GOOD. the archive, which is downtown, is really boujee as fuck but it’s SO COOL. it’s so fucking aesthetic, with brown leather stools and uncomfortable booths and vintage books and stuff everywhere. for half the day, it’s a coffeeshop, and after 7, it becomes a bar. then back home, of course, coffee bean and tea leaf is the classic

43: who was the last person you gazed at the stars with?

half my hall when we went star tripping at the start of the year!

44: when was the last time you remember feeling completely serene and at peace with everything?

honestly the last time it was genuine was probably around…….january? i was in so much emotional pain and grief, but i was surrounded by family who loved me and were in that same pain and were so happy i was with them to help and be there with them. i wasn’t serene per say, or at peace, but there was this equilibrium….

45: do you trust your instincts a lot?

yes!

46: tell us the worst pun you can think of.

my RA told me this one this morning: did you hear about the explosion in the cheese factory in france this morning? de-brie everywhere! 

47: what food do you think should be banned from the universe?

tomatoes 

48: what was your biggest fear as a kid? is it the same today?

spiders, YES

49: do you like buying CDs and records? what was the last one you bought?

i do…………………….. it was the soundtrack to romeo et juliette (2010)

50: what’s an odd thing you collect?

everything; stickers, pressed flowers, rocks, receipts 

51: think of a person. what song do you associate with them?

the easiest one is when i think of my roommate, davey the dog’s barking cover of “do the hustle”

52: what are your favorite memes of the year so far?

ew

53: have you ever watched the rocky horror picture show? heathers? beetlejuice? pulp fiction? what do you think of them?

no, yes, no, no, it was okay

54: who’s the last person you saw with a true look of sadness on their face?

ME, BITCH

55: what’s the most dramatic thing you’ve ever done to prove a point?

chugged an an entire pitcher of water to prove i could, three times

56: what are some things you find endearing in people?

genuineness! vulnerability! eye contact! fidgeting!

57: go listen to bohemian rhapsody. how did it make you feel? did you dramatically reenact the lyrics?

made me feel PUMPED, and of course i did

58: who’s the wine mom and who’s the vodka aunt in your group of friends? why?

i am both

59: what’s your favorite myth?

uHHHHHHHHHH i love the myth of beowulf actually bc i had to do a project on it once, i have a soft spot for it, i love all myths tho wtf

60: do you like poetry? what are some of your faves?

YES,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, recently some of my favorites are the entirety of a montage of a dream deferred by langston hughes, “totem sonnets” by sherman alexie, “on earth we’re briefly gorgeous” by ocean vuong, “one art” by elizabeth bishop

61: what’s the stupidest gift you’ve ever given? the stupidest one you’ve ever received?

stupid gifts are nonexistent :/

62: do you drink juice in the morning? which kind?

noooo

63: are you fussy about your books and music? do you keep them meticulously organized or kinda leave them be?

yes lmao…….i kinda leave them be but i don’t like it if i let someone borrow them and they trash them uGH

64: what color is the sky where you are right now?

Pitch Black

65: is there anyone you haven’t seen in a long time who you’d love to hang out with?

YES

66: what would your ideal flower crown look like?

morning glories, lavender, baby’s breath!

67: how do gloomy days where the sky is dark and the world is misty make you feel?

very good, thankfully, bc i am in oregon

68: what’s winter like where you live?

in LA, it’s cold and sweet and late and breathless and i adore it

69: what are your favorite board games?

jenga, clue, ??

70: have you ever used a ouija board?

NONONONONO

71: what’s your favorite kind of tea?

peppermint for mornings, earl gray for evenings!

72: are you a person who needs to note everything down or else you’ll forget it?

yes, sadly

73: what are some of your worst habits?

biting the skin around my fingers, bouncing my knees incessantly, procrastinating on my french compositions……

74: describe a good friend of yours without using their name or gendered pronouns.

well there’s this amazing person who i met in freshman year german…….;)

75: tell us about your pets!

i WISH

76: is there anything you should be doing right now but aren’t?

yes :(

77: pink or yellow lemonade?

pink of course

78: are you in the minion hateclub or fanclub?

i am the true hateclub: i don’t react. do not give them power. they Feed off of your Hatred

79: what’s one of the cutest things someone has ever done for you?

get me flowers, surprise me with chocolate, come up to me and compliment me on my writing, etc!!

80: what color are your bedroom walls? did you choose that color? if so, why?

at home my walls are a soft orangey-peach, which is picked bc i love it. here, my walls are very very white, which i did not pick, but am neutral towards.

81: describe one of your friend’s eyes using the most abstract imagery you can think of.

circuit-board chips busted open

82: are/were you good in school?

ehhhhhhh

83: what’s some of your favorite album art?

MELODRAMA

84: are you planning on getting tattoos? which ones?

yes! a minimalistic double-delight rose for my great-grandmother, “love ya!” in my grandpa’s handwriting, maybe a nutshell with a crown over it (for the “king of infinite space” bit in hamllet), possibly “soyez réaliste, demandez l’impossible!” (be realistic, demand the impossible!) from the french student revolution in the 60s

85: do you read comics? what are your faves?

somewhat, def hawkeye or the young avengers bc i’m basic :/

86: do you like concept albums? which ones?

the only one i’ve rlly ever listened to is fucking danger days, so i worship them obviously

87: what are some movies you think everyone should watch at least once in their lives?

i think ppl should make their own agendas :/ however, i have deeply loved secondhand lions, up, moonlight, the grand budapest hotel, and other basic bitch things

88: are there any artistic movements you particularly enjoy?

impressionism!! aaaaaaa!!! also just shove me in front of abstract art and i’ll fall for it!!! 

89: are you close to your parents?

so so so so close to my mom and step-dad, on okay terms with my dad

90: talk about your one of you favorite cities.

listen to me. I LOVE SEATTLE. art! fish market! weird side streets! mean street art! bitchy coffee!! neon everywhere!! a big fuckin needle in the sky!

91: where do you plan on traveling this year?

ITALY THIS SUMMER IM SO EXCITED i’m gonna meet all my mom’s friends from her semester abroad that she’s kept, i’m gonna see what she saw when she was my age, i’m gonna see where my dad’s family is from maybe if we go south???, i’m gonna see all the places and things she used to tell me about to get me to dream big and want to see the world and experience what’s out there!! aaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

92: are you a person who drowns their pasta in cheese or a person who barely sprinkles a pinch?

depends on the pasta

93: what’s the hairstyle you wear the most?

down bc i’m fucking lazy and also inept when it comes to doing things with hair

94: who was the last person you know to have a birthday?

my friend across the hall from me, who is now 19 years of bitchiness!

95: what are your plans for this weekend?

stay in, study, maybe go to a kickback tho

96: do you install your computer updates really quickly or do you procrastinate on them a lot?

lol i put them off until my computer ceases to function altogether 

97: myer briggs type, zodiac sign, and hogwarts house?

zodiac obviously

98: when’s the last time you went hiking? did you enjoy it?

fucking…….summer?? i did!

99: list some songs that resonate to your soul whenever you hear them.

“feelings” by hayley kiyoko, “vacation town” by the front bottoms, “february” by beach bunny, “hard feelings/loveless” by lorde, “moon river” by henri mancini, “let me in” by flor, “a million miles away” by the plimsoles, “girls like me” by bonnie hayes, “love my way” by the psychedelic furs, the entire legend of zelda soundtrack, “place, je passe” from the mozart l’opera rock soundtrack, etc etc

[aquaticsapphic]

Do all or as much of the gay asks as you feel like doing

thank you! I was honestly gonna ask myself some of them on anon if I didn’t get any asks, so thanks for saving me from that embarrassment.

also fuck tumblr bc I just spent an hour answering this and it didn’t post it but it deleted all my comments so take 2!

1. describe your idea of a perfect datebeach date!

2. whats your “type”character trope wise it’s powerful and badass ladies, including the “bitchy” typein real life I find myself crushing on extroverted and friendly people a lot bc it’s hard for me to tell if someone wants to be friends or girlfriends and if someone shows a lot of interest in me I assume it’s the latter.

3. do you want kids?hell no

7. are you a morning time gay or night time gay?considering I’m posting this at 4am, nighttime gay.

8. opinion on nap dates?hell yeah

9. opinion on brown eyes?extremely underrated (they’re so cute!)

10. dog gay or cat gay?cat gay!

11. would you ever date someone who owned rodents or reptiles?not a fan of rodents, but I love reptiles. the only problem I have with them is that their food grosses me out too much. (I hate mice/rats and crickets/grasshoppers)

12. whats a turn off you look for before you start officially dating someoneI can’t stand cigarette smoking

13. what is a misconception you had about lgb people before you realized you were one?I was one of Those People that thought if you came out to me you had a crush on me

14. what is a piece of advice you would give to your younger selfhonestly like everybody likes to joke about how they would tell their younger self that they were gay, but I’d actually do that and explain what it means to be gay, and the intricacies of sexuality, and help myself through that process.

16. who is an ex you regret?the first one. She basically told me I turned her straight lol

17. night club gay or cafe gay?I’ve never really been to a night club bc I wouldn’t want to go alone and all of my friends are introverts/socially anxious

18. who is one person you would “go straight” forliterally no one?? fuck this question

19. video game gay, book gay, or movie gay?I went from a book gay to a movie gay

20. favourite gay ship (canon or not)Olivia and Edison from the Gal Pals youtube series which I just recently watched

21. favourite gay youtuberGay Women Channel / Unsolicited Project (technically not one person but who cares)

22. have you ever unknowingly asked out a straight person?I don’t know, I’m not usually the one asking

23. have you ever been in love?yup

24. have you ever been heartbroken?yup

25. how do you determine if you want to be them or be with someonethere’s definitely a lot of overlap, but I think one of the ways to tell is the more open I am to the crush, the more likely I want to be with them, and the less open I am to the idea, the more likely I am to think I want to be them.

26. favourite lgb musician/bandFlorence + the Machine

27. what is a piece of advice you have for young / baby gaysembrace your sexuality! read gay fanfic, watch gay shows, talk about your gay crushes, and love this aspect of you.

28. are you out? if so how did you come outI guess? my close friends and parents and brother knowI told my parents right before I went to a Pride parade with my mom for her activist group (she’s straight as far as I know) and like hell I was going to pretend to be straight at Pride.for my brother and friends, it’s just been jokes like me taking pictures of rainbows and going ‘me’ and the like.

29. what is the most uncomfortable / strange coming out experience you haveprobably telling my parents bc I felt like I had to make it Official and have a Talk about it, and like, I still don’t know if I’m allowed to have sleepovers w other girls? or even future gfs? even if we don’t fuck? bc like, I’d hate to not be able to chill w my friends/s.o. and just play board games or watch tv/movies just bc there may be a possibility we’re getting freaky.

30. what is a piece of advice for people who may not be in a safe place to express their sexualityit’s up to you to decide if/when you want to come out, but if you are in a difficult position don’t feel pressured to come out because your safety and well-being comes first. and being in the closet doesn’t make you any less gay

[vamporchid]

Just for fun!

1: when you have cereal, do you have more milk than cereal or more cereal than milk? I can’t use milk...or dairy...so almond or soy, so more cereal...but I hardly ever eat cereal so yeah...

2: do you like the feeling of cold air on your cheeks on a wintery day? I’m Canadian, it’s a given lol

3: what random objects do you use to bookmark your books? Uhm, bookmarks oh and business cards LOL

4: how do you take your coffee/tea? coffee, two sugar and cream, tea all on its own or with honey

5: are you self-conscious of your smile? Yup, thanks mom...I has a huge mouth lol

6: do you keep plants? Ahahahaha yeah. Sorry laughing to a friends response as I’m doing. Yes I do, all kinds and I have a garden and flower garden.

7: do you name your plants? K not that crazy...

8: what artistic medium do you use to express your feelings? Uhm, I do traditional drawing, paintings, crafts, tattoo and now I’m venturing into airbrushing. Oh and I can’t forget writing.

9: do you like singing/humming to yourself? Who doesn’t?

10: do you sleep on your back, side, or stomach? My right side. Stupid spine.

11: what's an inner joke you have with your friends? Squirrels. Ahahaha. Bucky and Squirrels.

12: what's your favorite planet? Other than earth? Pluto. It’s neglected.

13: what's something that made you smile today? My two year old son, getting excited when his sisters let him play with their stuff. He’s funny.

14: if you were to live with your best friend in an old flat in a big city, what would it look like? Farm house chic with chickens!

15: go google a weird space fact and tell us what it is! In the late 1950′s, by way of something labeled Project A119 the United States decided it would be a good idea to launch a nuclear missile at the moon. Why? Evidently they felt it would give them a leg up in the Space Race. Fortunately, however, the plan was never executed.

16: what's your favorite pasta dish? Lasagna, but I can’t eat it no more...

17: what color do you really want to dye your hair?  Fire engine red!!

18: tell us about something dumb/funny you did that has since gone down in history between you and your friends and is always brought up.  I grab a cop by the collar once to try and drag him to my friend that was in trouble. That ladies and gentlemen is not the correct way to get an officers attention.

19: do you keep a journal? what do you write/draw/ in it? I used to, not anymore.

20: what's your favorite eye color? Green

21: talk about your favorite bag, the one that's been to hell and back with you and that you love to pieces. My black and pink school bag. I actually used to live out of in College. I refuse to get rid of it even though my husband hates it.

22: are you a morning person? No!

23: what's your favorite thing to do on lazy days where you have 0 obligations?  Write, read or draw!! Oh and crafts.

24: is there someone out there you would trust with every single one of your secrets? @amethystflame, she’s my witness, muahahha. Squirrels.

25: what's the weirdest place you've ever broken into? Mayor’s office LOL.

26: what are the shoes you've had for forever and wear with every single outfit? None, I’m always getting new footwear.

27: what's your favorite bubblegum flavor? Uhm Bubblegum.

28: sunrise or sunset? Sunset. Sunrise means I’ve been up all night, again. Ugh.

29: what's something really cute that one of your friends does and is totally endearing? @amethystflame, every morning we always text each other good morning lol

30: think of it: have you ever been  truly scared? Hells yes. One of my kids almost died. Scary.

31: what is your opinion of socks? do you like wearing weird socks? do you sleep with socks? do you confine yourself to white sock hell? really, just talk about socks. No socks in bed, but other than that I like them lol. But not in the summer.

32: tell us a story of something that happened to you after 3AM when you were with friends. Broke into the mayors office, that is where I’ll end that LOL

33: what's your fave pastry? Apple turnovers are underrated.

34: tell us about the stuffed animal you kept as a kid. what is it called? what does it look like? do you still keep it? A pink seal, Nicky. My kids use it now.

35: do you like stationary and pretty pens and so on? do you use them often? They are pretty, I’ll use them, but it’s not like that’s all I use. I use whatever is on hand.

36: which band's sound would fit your mood right now? Green Day

37: do you like keeping your room messy or clean? Clean! Major OCD!!

38: tell us about your pet peeves!  Oh there’s not enough time for this!

39: what color do you wear the most? Blue or green, black as a shade.

40: think of a piece of jewelry you own: what's it's story? does it have any meaning to you? Like random jewelry? Well I have a Lapus Lazuli pendant I ordered from Egypt with a clear quartz stone on it. It’s suppose to help with all kinds of things. And I love things that have to do with Egypt. So yeah.

41: what's the last book you remember really, really loving? Gail Z Martin’s The Summoner Chronicles.

42: do you have a favorite coffee shop? describe it! Timmies, I am Canadian. That is all.

43: who was the last person you gazed at the stars with? My husband lol.

44: when was the last time you remember feeling completely serene and at peace with everything? Is never a good answer?

45: do you trust your instincts a lot?  Hellz Yes!

46: tell us the worst pun you can think of.  Can’t think of any

47: what food do you think should be banned from the universe?  Span and Klik! Nasty!!

48: what was your biggest fear as a kid? is it the same today?  Zombies and yes I’m still terrified.

49: do you like buying CDs and records? what was the last one you bought? I haven’t bought either in years.

50: what's an odd thing you collect?Knives, I guess. Because I collect a bunch of things.

51: think of a person. what song do you associate with them? Person, uhm my husband, True Love by Pink. Fictional Character, Winter Soldier, Simple man by Shinedown

52: what are your favorite memes of the year so far? Anything Marvel or cats lol

53: have you ever watched the rocky horror picture show? heathers? beetlejuice? pulp fiction? what do you think of them? Rocky Horror picture show, beetlejuice and pulp fiction.

54: who's the last person you saw with a true look of sadness on their face? My Two year old, when his dad left for work this morning.

55: what's the most dramatic thing you've ever done to prove a point? My ex was driving me nuts. I kept telling him if he kept claiming I was nuts, that I would start to act like a psycho. I was decorating an Xmas tree and hit him in the face with around 25 Xmas glass ball decorations. That night we got to spend the night at the hospital getting his eyes washed.

56: what are some things you find endearing in people? Random acts of generosity or kindness.

57: go listen to bohemian rhapsody. how did it make you feel? did you dramatically reenact the lyrics?  I always do and I love Queen, still sends shivers down my spine when I listen to them.

58: who's the wine mom and who's the vodka aunt in your group of friends? why?  At this very moment. Well I’m into the wine and @amethystflame is into the vodka ahahahaha.

59: what's your favorite myth? I was gonna write good men aahahahahaha. Shut up you laughed. I don’t believe in myths. They are stories that probably happened that got some pazzazz at some point.

60: do you like poetry? what are some of your faves? Yup. Edgar Allen Poe. The Pit and The Pendulum.

61: what's the stupidest gift you've ever given? the stupidest one you've ever received? The dumbest gift I’ve ever given was probably to my sister, a grow a man and some stress ‘balls’ ahahaha. Received...spongebob square pants season two...I don’t watch that cartoon...

62: do you drink juice in the morning? which kind? No. But I do have a glass of hot lemon water every morning.

63: are you fussy about your books and music? do you keep them meticulously organized or kinda leave them be? I have OCD, everything organized lol.

64: what color is the sky where you are right now? Black, it’s night and it’s not a clear night.

65: is there anyone you haven't seen in a long time who you'd love to hang out with?  My old work friends, but I actually just got to go visit them this past weekend after not seeing the for 14 years. Woot.

66: what would your ideal flower crown look like? Daffodils, sunflowers, cat tails and fall leaves!!

67: how do gloomy days where the sky is dark and the world is misty make you feel? Uhm, gloomy lol

68: what's winter like where you live? I live in Northern Ontario Canada, cold, long and tons of snow. TONS OF SNOW.

69: what are your favorite board games? Monopoly and anything that makes you think, like clue.

70: have you ever used a ouija board? Why yes I have, I own one, it’s on my bookshelf.

71: what's your favorite kind of tea? Chai Tea!!

72: are you a person who needs to note everything down or else you'll forget it? Nope, not usually.

73: what are some of your worst habits?  I crack my joints, a lot.

74: describe a good friend of yours without using their name or gendered pronouns. Pink-ish hair. American, Yank. Cap obsessed ish. Naps. Squirrels. Kids. NO MARK!

75: tell us about your pets! Three cats. One is old and dying. One’s a bitch. And the last one well he’s young and huge. I think he’s part lion. Who knows.

76: is there anything you should be doing right now but aren't? Working out.

77: pink or yellow lemonade? BOTH!

78: are you in the minion hateclub or fanclub? There are ppl that hate them? WTF?!

79: what's one of the cutest things someone has ever done for you? My husband proposed to my twice. And I got two engagement rings out of the deal lol.

80: what color are your bedroom walls? did you choose that color? if so, why? Olive green. Was like that when we bought the house. I’m ok with it, so it’ll stay for now.

81: describe one of your friend's eyes using the most abstract imagery you can think of. Skip! LOL

82: are/were you good in school?  Yup. Like at the subjects. 90s. Was I a good kid...well my parents threaten to put me into military school lol

83: what's some of your favorite album art? Rob Zombies stuff is always great and so it Tool’s

84: are you planning on getting tattoos? which ones?  I have a forever growing list. But my next one is a comic book sleeve with all my fave characters and quotes.

85: do you read comics? what are your faves? Yes, Mostly marvel.

86: do you like concept albums? which ones?  Concept albums? HUH?

87: what are some movies you think everyone should watch at least once in their lives?  Boondock saints for sure and The Crow.

88: are there any artistic movements you particularly enjoy? I don’t think I understand this question lol.

89: are you close to your parents?  Ish I think. LOL. They’re all good and stuff. I am a lot more now then when I was younger that‘s for sure.

90: talk about your one of you favorite cities. Uhm. Cities? I’m not a city fan. I did really like Mexico when I visited though.

91: where do you plan on traveling this year? NYC @amethystflame Comiccon is happening!

92: are you a person who drowns their pasta in cheese or a person who barely sprinkles a pinch? I can’t eat dairy...

93: what's the hairstyle you wear the most? Curly Mohawk.

94: who was the last person you know to have a birthday? My twin girls, big 11.

95: what are your plans for this weekend?  So far watching Marvel Movies with my friend lol

96: do you install your computer updates really quickly or do you procrastinate on them a lot?  Mine are on auto update.

97: myer briggs type, zodiac sign, and hogwarts house? ENFJ, Aquarius, Raven Claw

98: when's the last time you went hiking? did you enjoy it? Pfff Can’t remember. Probably lol.

99: list some songs that resonate to your soul whenever you hear them. Full Circle by Aerosmith. Simple Man by Shine down. Had Enough and Firefly by Breaking Benjamin. And many more...

100: if you were presented with two buttons, one that allows you to go 5 years into the past, the other 5 years into the future, which one would you press? why?  Five years into the future so that I can see what I can fix before it happens lol.

Ok. @amethystflame, @chenria, @r2smuse, @mellorian-j if you want!

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Dallas Cowboys: 2017 Record Predictions

With last week’s release of the 2017 NFL regular season schedule, Tony Iosso and I each decided to do game-by-game predictions before this Thursday’s draft. Let’s take a look at what Dallas will be up against and how we believe they will fare.

Week 1: Sept. 10th 8:30 PM vs New York Giants

Matt: The Cowboys struggled mightily with New York last season. They were in both games, but just couldn’t get it done against an improved Giants team. I don’t think the Giants sweep the Cowboys again, but in week one, I’ll take New York to win another tight one. LOSS: (0-1)

Tony: Last season, rookie sensations Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott were unable to overcome the Giant defense, failing to crack 20 points in either loss. I wouldn’t discount this as a major motivating factor throughout the offseason. Throw in Dez Bryant’s recent back and forth with Janoris Jenkins on Twitter and the Cowboys won’t lack for bulletin board material this summer. Give me the Cowboys in this one to avenge last season. WIN: (1-0)

Week 2: Sept. 17th 4:25 PM @ Denver Broncos

Matt: Despite this being an extremely good defense, the Cowboys match up well with the Broncos. Plus, I can’t see Denver’s offense keeping pace with the high-powered offense of the Cowboys. I like Dallas to pull away late and take this game on the road. WIN: (1-1)

Tony: Traveling to Denver for a game is never an easy task, but making the trip in September is far better than late December. While the Broncos’ defense is still formidable, they struggled to stop the run last year. Coupled with a predicted below average offense and I think Dallas has enough firepower to start the year 2-0. WIN: (2-0)

Week 3: Sept. 25th 8:30 PM @ Arizona Cardinals

Matt: Traditionally, the Cardinals have one of the toughest NFL venues to play at. They fell way short of last season’s expectations, which makes me think they have a bounce back year in 2017. The Cowboys’ defense is questionable on the back end, especially before this year’s draft. LOSS: (1-2)

Tony: Away games in Arizona have not been kind to the Cowboys in recent past. However, this is a new team with new players. I think Arizona could struggle on offense this year even against a Cowboys defense with multiple question marks. Dallas wins and moves on, keeping their hot start alive. WIN: (3-0)

Week 4: Oct. 1st 1:00 PM vs LA Rams

Matt: The Rams match up pretty well up front against the Cowboys. I do think they can slow down Dallas’ rushing attack, but overall, Dallas is the better team. I like the Cowboys to make a statement here with an early-season thrashing of the Rams. WIN: (2-2)

Tony: On paper, this is a win for the Cowboys in my opinion. It will be interesting to see what the Rams look like under a new coaching staff and scheme. Wade Phillips will have the defense near the top half of the league in my mind and the game will be tougher than anticipated. However, the Cowboys find a way to pull it out at home. WIN: (4-0)

Week 5: Oct. 8th 4:25 PM vs Green Bay Packers

Matt: Payback time! Yes, the Cowboys have major needs on the back end and Aaron Rodgers can be lethal (see last season’s playoff matchup), but Dallas has this one circled. I like a shootout with Dak coming out on top at home. WIN: (3-2)

Tony: Ah, our arch nemesis Aaron Rodgers and the Packers come to town in early October. In 2016 the Cowboys went to Green Bay and beat the Packers before ultimately losing to them at home in the playoffs. I think the reverse happens in 2017, which means Dallas takes a loss here before enacting their revenge later. LOSS: (4-1)

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Week 7: Oct. 22nd 4:05 PM @ San Fransisco 49ers

Matt: This one could be tougher than it looks, but without a legitimate quarterback on the roster, the 49ers have no chance. I expect their defense to give Dallas some problems, but not be a real threat to win the game. WIN: (4-2)

Tony: The 49ers are a team on the rebuild and the Cowboys should hold the edge in almost every major category. But the Cowboys struggled in San Fransisco last season, granted it was Dak and Zeke’s second game. I believe they find things a bit easier this go around, after coming off of a bye week. WIN: (5-1)

Week 8: Oct. 29th 4:25 PM @ Washington Redskins

Matt: The Redskins played Dallas tough last season. With this game being in Washington, I think Kirk Cousins and co. handle the Cowboys in their first matchup of the season. Give me the Redskins here.  LOSS: (4-3)

Tony: Cowboys vs Redskins is traditionally a close game, regardless of team records. I expect this contest to be no different. The edge goes to the home team here as Dallas falls to 5-2. LOSS: (5-2)

Week 9: Nov. 5th 4:25 PM vs Kansas City Chiefs

Matt: The Chiefs are extremely tough, and probably one of the most underrated teams in the NFL. Despite Dallas playing at home, I think the Chiefs match up well and their secondary could give Dak Prescott fits. LOSS: (4-4)

Tony: Andy Reid’s teams are always a threat and this Chiefs team is no different. However, I think they still lack the offensive firepower to take advantage of any holes in the Dallas defense. I will take the Cowboys in a close one, moving to 6-2 on the year. WIN: (6-2)

Week 10: Nov. 12th 4:25 PM @ Atlanta Falcons

Matt: Do the Falcons become victims of the curse of the Super Bowl loser? I don’t think so, but I also don’t think they can stop the Cowboys’ run game. I like Dallas to win a shootout against Matty Ice and the Falcons. WIN: (5-4)

Tony: The Cowboys will take their first trip to the defending NFC champion’s new stadium here, and should be in for quite the test. Matt Ryan and company appear set to pick up where they left off last season and knock off Dallas. LOSS: (6-3)

Week 11: Nov. 19th 8:30 PM vs Philadelphia Eagles

Matt: The Eagles are tough to read coming into 2017. They have a talented, young passer in Carson Wentz, and an improving defense. Last season, they started hot and fell apart. I think Dallas is the better team and they take care of business. WIN: (6-4)

Tony: After a tough road defeat to the Falcons, the Cowboys bounce back at home on Sunday Night Football against division rival Philadelphia. I expect the Eagles to be improved in 2017, making the division a true four-team race. However, Dallas gets the victory in this one. WIN: (7-3)

Week 12: Nov. 23rd 4:30 PM vs LA Chargers

Matt: This one looks like an easy win, and despite the Chargers hitting on a few draft picks last season, they still aren’t close to contention. Rivers will be tough on the Cowboys’ secondary, but I like Dallas here. WIN: (7-4)

Tony: The annual Thanksgiving Day game sees the newly relocated Chargers come to town. Phillip Rivers is always capable of a huge game and has a multitude of weapons on offense this season. Coming off of a night game the previous week, the sluggish Cowboys get outscored by Rivers and fall on turkey day. LOSS: (7-4)

Week 13: Nov. 30th 8:25 PM vs Washington Redskins

Matt: While I picked Dallas to lose in their first meeting with the Redskins, that won’t be the case in this game. Washington will be in the middle of their usual late-season collapse. Dallas feeds off of their home crowd and knocks out the Redskins here. WIN: (8-4)

Tony: This is the third straight nationally televised game for the Cowboys, and I expect them to rebound with a victory. After a Thanksgiving day disappointment, Jason Garrett has the team fired up for the stretch run. WIN: (8-4)

Week 14: Dec. 10th 4:25 PM @ New York Giants

Matt: I think for the second straight week, the Cowboys get revenge for early-season losses against divisional foes. The Giants are tough at home, but I see Dak Prescott getting his first career win over the Giants in Week 14. WIN: (9-4)

Tony: The Cowboys have a brutal December schedule, but if they want to advance in the playoffs these are the types of games they have to win. The goal gets off to a rough start though as I see them losing this one at MetLife Stadium. LOSS: (8-5)

Week 15: Dec. 17th 8:30 PM @ Oakland Raiders

Matt: The Raiders have become one of the best teams in football since acquiring Derek Carr and Khalil Mack a few seasons ago. This will be a hell of a matchup and potential Super Bowl preview. I like Oakland here, though. LOSS: (9-5)

Tony: The Raiders are widely considered as one of the teams capable of knocking off the Patriots and representing the AFC in the Super Bowl. If the Dallas secondary is still a major weakness, then Derek Carr could put up some big numbers. The Cowboys come out of the black hole with a loss moving to 8-6, and causing national media outlets to start the Cowboys December collapse narrative. LOSS: (8-6)

Week 16: Dec. 24th 4:25 PM vs Seattle Seahawks

Matt: Seattle took out Tony Romo in the preseason last year, and I think the Cowboys get a little payback here. Playing at home, I see the Cowboys running all over Seattle. Dallas wins a close game against another likely playoff team. WIN: (10-5)

Tony: These new younger Cowboys come out to prove they are not the same team as previous years by beating the Seahawks quite handily. The win moves them to 9-6 and likely sets up a huge week 17 matchup in Philadelphia. WIN: (9-6)

Week 17: Dec. 31st 1:00 PM @ Philadelphia Eagles

Matt: Dallas, after what I predict to be a slow start, gets hot to end the season. The Eagles will play them tough, but with Dallas still fighting for playoff position, I see them taking care of Philly — whom I believe will be out of contention. WIN: (11-5)

Tony: In this prediction, the Cowboys would likely need a victory here to assure themselves a playoff spot. This situation has not worked out for the team in the past, but Dak and Zeke continue to prove these aren’t the same Cowboys. A late Dan Bailey field goal gives the Cowboys a playoff birth and division crown for the second straight year. WIN: (10-6)

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A ton of random ass questions

Chi figured I’d be bored so she sent me this thingy she found.

1: when you have cereal, do you have more milk than cereal or more cereal than milk? I don’t eat  cereal 2: do you like the feeling of cold air on your cheeks on a wintery day? Nope. I hate cold. 3: what random objects do you use to bookmark your books? Bobby Pins 4: how do you take your coffee/tea? Hot 5: are you self-conscious of your smile? Nope 6: do you keep plants? Nope 7: do you name your plants? Nope 8: what artistic medium do you use to express your feelings? Music/Blood 9: do you like singing/humming to yourself? Yep 10: do you sleep on your back, side, or stomach? Yes 11: what's an inner joke you have with your friends? experts and professionals  12: what's your favorite planet? Mars 13: what's something that made you smile today? A NAZI fuck getting punched in the face 14: if you were to live with your best friend in an old flat in a big city, what would it look like? a cross between a library a computer lab and a vampire lair 15: go google a weird space fact and tell us what it is! Not gonna use google for that one but Gravitational waves have two important and unique properties. First, there is no need for any type of matter to be present nearby in order for the waves to be generated by a binary system of uncharged black holes, which would emit no electromagnetic radiation. Second, gravitational waves can pass through any intervening matter without being scattered significantly. Whereas light from distant stars may be blocked out by interstellar dust, for example, gravitational waves will pass through essentially unimpeded. These two features allow gravitational waves to carry information about astronomical phenomena never before observed by humans. 16: what's your favorite pasta dish? I hate pasta 17: what color do you really want to dye your hair? Black and red is fine thank you 18: tell us about something dumb/funny you did that has since gone down in history between you and your friends and is always brought up. Do you want that one about setting the stage on fire or the one where the club got flooded with cow blood? 19: do you keep a journal? what do you write/draw/ in it? You look at it 20: what's your favorite eye color? Red 21: talk about your favorite bag, the one that's been to hell and back with you and that you love to pieces. Oh my old gucci bag? Someone figured he’d be funny and offerd to by me a handbag of my choice. The tears of regret were sweet to me :-) 22: are you a morning person? Fuck no 23: what's your favorite thing to do on lazy days where you have 0 obligations? Answering dumb questions on the internet. 24: is there someone out there you would trust with every single one of your secrets? No, I signed a ton of NDAs in my life. 25: what's the weirdest place you've ever broken into? a underwater cave 26: what are the shoes you've had for forever and wear with every single outfit? Oh my Krokodile Skin boots

27: what's your favorite bubblegum flavor? N/A

28: sunrise or sunset? Sunrise because it say’s it’s time to go to bed 29: what's something really cute that one of your friends does and is totally endearing? Does eating pizza all the time count? 30: think of it: have you ever been truly scared? Nope 31: what is your opinion of socks? do you like wearing weird socks? do you sleep with socks? do you confine yourself to white sock hell? really, just talk about socks. I have black socks. End of story. 32: tell us a story of something that happened to you after 3AM when you were with friends. Be more specific 3AM sounds like 2 hours before I stop  DJing 33: what's your fave pastry?  Kürtőskalács 34: tell us about the stuffed animal you kept as a kid. what is it called? what does it look like? do you still keep it? Peter, a blue rabbit. No he left this world decades ago 35: do you like stationary and pretty pens and so on? do you use them often? Nope/Nope 36: which band's sound would fit your mood right now? Pentagram or  Project Armageddon 37: do you like keeping your room messy or clean? yes 38: tell us about your pet peeves! I hate people that’s about it 39: what color do you wear the most? Black 40: think of a piece of jewelry you own: what's it's story? does it have any meaning to you? Nope it’s just stuff 41: what's the last book you remember really, really loving? Was re-reading  Demon Download by Jack Yeovil earlier today. That one is fun. 42: do you have a favorite coffee shop? describe it! Nope 43: who was the last person you gazed at the stars with? Chiara 44: when was the last time you remember feeling completely serene and at peace with everything? Never 45: do you trust your instincts a lot? Yep 46: tell us the worst pun you can think of. follow Mrs. Kasha Davis twitter for bad puns 47: what food do you think should be banned from the universe? That industrial garbage that fast food chains sell all of it 48: what was your biggest fear as a kid? is it the same today? I had none 49: do you like buying CDs and records? what was the last one you bought? No I like owning ‘em. The last one I bought was 45 Grave “Pick your Poison” for Chiara 50: what's an odd thing you collect? Lovers 51: think of a person. what song do you associate with them? Moonskin by Samal reminds me of Chiara 52: what are your favorite memes of the year so far? a NAZI getting punched in the face 53: have you ever watched the rocky horror picture show? heathers?beetlejuice? pulp fiction? what do you think of them? I’ve seen all of ‘em Pulp Fiction is overrated 54: who's the last person you saw with a true look of sadness on their face? N/A 55: what's the most dramatic thing you've ever done to prove a point? Cut a bitch 56: what are some things you find endearing in people? Creativity, salty and bitterness in combination with charm and wits  57: go listen to bohemian rhapsody. how did it make you feel? did you dramatically reenact the lyrics? You watched too much Wayne’s World 58: who's the wine mom and who's the vodka aunt in your group of friends? why? Me and Me 59: what's your favorite myth? Go read about Hel 60: do you like poetry? what are some of your faves? I’m so cliche I like  Shelley, Byron, Goethe, Blake

61: what's the stupidest gift you've ever given? the stupidest one you've ever received? I don’t do stupid gifts and the “stupidest” was by a acquaintance who presented me with a very unremarkable bottle of blended scotch. 62: do you drink juice in the morning? which kind? Nope 63: are you fussy about your books and music? do you keep them meticulously organized or kinda leave them be? I take good care of all items in my collection 64: what color is the sky where you are right now? Black 65: is there anyone you haven't seen in a long time who you'd love to hang out with? Haven’t seen Lily Tombstone in person in a long time 66: what would your ideal flower crown look like? Next 67: how do gloomy days where the sky is dark and the world is misty make you feel? Happy :-) 68: what's winter like where you live? Cold  69: what are your favorite board games? Go! 70: have you ever used a ouija board? yep 71: what's your favorite kind of tea? Black and Green Tea 72: are you a person who needs to note everything down or else you'll forget it? Nope 73: what are some of your worst habits? Nothing comes to mind 74: describe a good friend of yours without using their name or gendered pronouns. They love pizza and play a mean guitar. 75: tell us about your pets! I have none 76: is there anything you should be doing right now but aren't? nope 77: pink or yellow lemonade? I don't care as long as there’s enough vodka in there. I really loved Bikers Farm 78: are you in the minion hateclub or fanclub? Banana! 79: what's one of the cutest things someone has ever done for you? The one time I got my enemy’s head on a silver ... oh  wait nope that never happened 80: what color are your bedroom walls? did you choose that color? if so, why White because everything else in there is black or silver 

81: describe one of your friend's eyes using the most abstract imagery you can think of. Not now maybe later 82: are/were you good in school? yep straight A's School is boring 83: what's some of your favorite album art? Everything by H. R. Giger 84: are you planning on getting tattoos? which ones?  85: do you read comics? what are your faves? Yep Sandman and The Crow 86: do you like concept albums? which ones? I’m not gonna list each and every concept record in my collection but Alice Cooper’s The Last Temptation is one that’s way underrated 87: what are some movies you think everyone should watch at least once in their lives? Metropolis, Blade Runner, Casablanca, Only Lovers left alive, The Hunger, The Rock Horror Picture Show, Velvet Goldmine, This Is Spın̈al Tap, Paris is Burning,  88: are there any artistic movements you particularly enjoy? Dada & Neo-Dada, Transgressive art, Shock art, Bauhaus,  Vienna School of Fantastic Realism, Pre-Raphaelitism 89: are you close to your parents? Yep 90: talk about your one of you favorite cities. Look here 91: where do you plan on traveling this year? All over, as usual 92: are you a person who drowns their pasta in cheese or a person who barely sprinkles a pinch? I hate pasta I hate cheese 93: what's the hairstyle you wear the most? A mohawk for the last 24 years 94: who was the last person you know to have a birthday? My sister 95: what are your plans for this weekend? Stay at home and finally get over that dame flu 96: do you install your computer updates really quickly or do you procrastinate on them a lot? Security fixes are instant 97: myer briggs type, zodiac sign, and hogwarts house? google it 98: when's the last time you went hiking? did you enjoy it? not by itself it’s pointless but walking from a to b in nature is fine 99: list some songs that resonate to your soul whenever you hear them. More by Sisters of Mercy, Sweet Soul Sister by The Cult, Because the Night as covered by Beki Bondage 100: if you were presented with two buttons, one that allows you to go 5 years into the past, the other 5 years into the future, which one would you press? why? Future. Year one after Trump should be interresting