#cassanova 2005

[angie-j-kay]

And you, Sam, just consider; you love your Frodo. Smeagol loves your Frodo. Aren't you both on the same side?

[rabbitcruiser]

National Day of the Cowboy

Saddle up and get ready to ride into the sunset with the thrill and excitement of the Wild West! Cowboys are the ultimate symbol of grit, determination, and adventure.

Giddyup! Ride ‘em Cowboy!

Celebrate this symbol of the American West by learning about and appreciating the National Day of the Cowboy.

History of National Day of the Cowboy

Following the Civil War, many men moved west looking for ways to work and make a living. One of the attractions of the American frontier was the relative freedom, as well as the option to become cowboys who could access free range cattle.

The “Wild West”, beginning in the 1860s through the end of the 19th century, became a time of a bit of chaos on the frontier where gangs of criminals were easily bred. Infamous cowboys, like Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and John Wesley Hardin were outlaws who committed various robberies, cattle rustling and even murder.

First sponsored in the US Senate in 2005, National Day of the Cowboy was originally brought about by Wyoming’s US Senator at the time, Craig Thomas.

Former president Bush said this about the National Day of the Cowboy: “We celebrate the Cowboy as a symbol of the grand history of the American West. The Cowboy’s love of the land and love of the country are examples for all Americans.”

National Day of the Cowboy Timeline

1725

The term “cowboy” is first being used 

Jonathan Swift uses the word in his famous book, Gulliver’s Travels, but it really just means a boy who tends cows.

Mid-1800s

The “Wild West” period begins

After the American Civil War, many men head to Texas where free-ranging cattle are available for any cowboy who wants to round them up – and the popularity of eating beef increases.

1875

“Billy the Kid” is first arrested 

This infamous cowboy criminal is a gunfighter, murderer, fugitive, cattle rustler, and eventually dies at the young age of 21.

1930

John Wayne first appears in film 

The Big Trail is the first movie that actor “Duke” Morrison makes in what will be a series of more than 75 films over his lifetime.

1960

Dallas Cowboys are founded 

In the early days of the National Football League (NFL), the Dallas Cowboys franchise was established and went on to become an extremely popular team.

How to Celebrate National Day of the Cowboy

Celebrating National Day of the Cowboy can be loads of fun in a variety of ways! Try out some of these delightful ideas to enjoy the day:

Dress Like a Cowboy

This can be a way to connect with your inner cowboy by wearing some special gear to work, to school or just while running daily errands. Try out some basic blue jeans, some clever cowboy boots, a leather vest and a western shirt (complete with shell snaps!).

Perhaps try a bolo tie or a handkerchief tied around the neck. And, of course, it would be appropriate to top it all off with an enormous cowboy hat. The bigger, the better!

Listen to a Cowboy Song Playlist

Because they typically hail from the southwest, cowboys may have a particular style of music they enjoy. National Day of the Cowboy would be a perfect time to create a list of songs that give a nod to the tunes of these unique characters:

Mommas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboysby Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson (1978). This one was originally recorded by Ed Bruce in 1976, but this more popular version was recorded two years later.

Cowboy Take Me Away by The Chicks–formerly Dixie Chicks (1999). A play on the phrase “Calgon Take Me Away”, from the famous slogan from bath product commercials, this song reached #1 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart in February 2000.

Cowboy Cassanova by Carrie Underwood (2009). Released on Underwood’s third studio album, Play On, the single was certified 2x Platinum.

The Cowboy in Me by Tim McGraw (2001). Written by Jeffrey Steele, Al Anderson and Craig Wiseman, this song made it to #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart that year.

Visit a Rodeo

A great time for enjoying all things related to National Day of the Cowboy, visiting the rodeo can be an amazing experience! Regular events include activities such as steer wrestling, bull riding, calf roping, steer roping, bareback horse, barrel racing and saddle bronc riding. Of course, don’t forget the scorecard for keeping score.

Don’t forget to wear the above-mentioned cowboy gear when headed to the rodeo. Those who are lucky might get to see a rodeo clown. Perhaps even try riding the mechanical bull!

Follow Some Sage Cowboy Advice

Cowboys from the Wild West have lived a great deal of life and have tons of experience! With all of that experience comes a great deal of wisdom and they have often been known to share their advice with others in clever phrases, like “Don’t squat with your spurs on”, or “Never corner something meaner than you”.

Enjoy a few of these phrases and consider sharing them with friends, family and coworkers in honor of National Day of the Cowboy. Some of them might even be fun to have printed on a t-shirt to wear on the day:

“Don’t go in if you don’t know the way out.”

“If you get thrown from a horse, you have to get up and get back on, unless you landed on a cactus; then you have to roll around and scream in pain.”

“Some cowboys have too much tumbleweed in their blood to settle down.”

“If you’re ridin’ ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it’s still there with ya.”

Watch Some Cowboy Movies

One of the great film settings of all time, the Wild West is the perfect place for cowboy movies to be made! This day offers a great time to enjoy a collection of classic Western movies in honor of National Day of the Cowboy! Try out one (or all!) of these:

True Grit (1969). One of John Wayne’s most famous movies, this film features a US Marshal and Texas Ranger who chases down a murderer in dangerous territory. It was remade in 2010, starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Brolin.

Rango (2011). Fun for adults and family members alike, this computer animated Western comedy film stars Johnny Depp who voices a chameleon character who accidentally gets stranded in the desert.

The Lone Ranger (1956). This classic cowboy film was based on the American television series of the same name that was from 1949-1957, starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels.

No Country for Old Men (2007). Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin and Woody Harrelson are the all-star cast in this modern Western crime thriller movie created by the Coen brothers. Based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy, this film won a huge array of film awards.

Are cowboys real?

Yes. Although they are less common than they may have been several decades ago, the American cowboy continues in places like Colorado, Texas, Montana, and even Connecticut.

How did cowboys dress?

Cowboys are known for their pointy leather cowboy boots, vests with pockets and very large cowboy hats.

What are cowboy hats made of?

Cowboy hats are typically made of either felt or straw. Less commonly, they can be made of leather.

Do cowboys ride cows?

No! Cowboys ride horses, of course. They are called cowboys because they take care of and drive cattle herds.

How do cowboys talk?

Depending on where they are from, cowboys may have unique phrases like “Howdy Partner”, “Giddyup”, “City Slicker”, and “Head ‘em up and move ‘em out”.

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[biathediamond]

ONE PERSON IS INTERESTED THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME!

k disclaimer real fast this is going to be INCREDIBLY Moffat-critical so if you really like his stuff... this analysis is not for you and I salute you on your way

SECOND disclaimer is that I have only watched 5 seasons of 2005 so far so if i say something that gets retconned... do not worry I will most definitely be back

OKAY so the thing I was worried about going into season 5 (just based on the episode summaries) was that this was... strangely plot-heavy compared to the last 4 seasons. And I was right. it was. Which is not necessarily a bad thing and was not what's made me realize that I'm not going to enjoy the Moffat run as much

The next thing I was worried about within the very first episode is that they changed so damn much. There is the obvious new cast and crew, but then you have new cameras, new/better CGI and practical effects, a new opening, and a completely new story that feels miles away from where we left off in season 4. Which again, is not inherently bad and was not my realizing that I was not going to like this as much.

It was actually the episode the Vampires of Venice and how it was very similar plot-wise to season 2's Tooth and Claw and yet so, so far. Both follow the same basic premise: Doctor and co. travel back to a IRL eath historical time and place and encounter a mythological creature (that's of course alien). HOWEVER!!! Davies approach was to really just leave it at that. Of course the werewolf is an alien, but it is ALSO 100% a werewolf and they let it just be a werewolf. Moffat has a whole-ass tragic backstory for these not-vampires and halfway through they totally drop the whole "vampire" thing. Then there's also the fact that like. that was a total missed opportunity to pull a "Queen Victoria fights the werewolves" or "Dickens fights the ghosts" or "Shakespeare fights the witches." like idk how about they actually have Cassanova and he fights the vampires??? It just felt so very very different from the past four seasons of dw and not in a good way

And from there I just started noticing more and more. First off, the character development for both Amy and Rory is utterly abysmal. And Matt Smith a great Doctor but even he couldn't save the fact that the Doctor was also flat as a piece of paper compared to the last four seasons. Like I know he's the "doctor that forgets" BUT that feels very literal and also: not in a good way

And what sealed the deal for me is that at the end of season 5 we get what is perhaps some of the best imagery to come out of DW and that is the Lone Centurion, AND IT FALLS SO FLAT OVERALL BECAUSE WE GET THIS IMAGERY FOR ALL OF LIKE. 5 MINUTES AND 2 OF THAT IS EXPOSITION. Like there was SO much potential to make the "lone centurian" thing a MUCH bigger part of rory's character and actually give him some fucking depth!!

AMY ALSO. I am so annoyed that they all of the sudden in the SECOND TO LAST EPISODE reveal that she's apparently passionate about Roman/Britain history??? WHY WAS THIS NOT A BIGGER THING BEFORE. MISSED. POTENTIAL. All three of the Doctor's companions in the Nuwho era up to this point have been more excited to see other worlds and the future, why can't Amy be the companion who wants to see the past???

THEN THERE'S ALSO HER SPECIFIC MOTIF FOR THE FIRST FEW EPISODES OF USING THE DOCTOR TO "RUN AWAY"??? like think about it: Rose ran to the Doctor, Martha never intended to leave in the first place, and Donna spent months looking for the Doctor to explore with him, AMY COULD HAVE BEEN THE COMPANION THAT WAS RUNNING AWAY. How's that for a defining motif?? THEY SHOULD HAVE PUSHED IT. HER CHARACTER ARC IS ALREADY ABOUT RETURNING TO THE "IMPORTANT" THINGS. PUSH THAT. If I was "fixing" this than Amy would have been more obviously a bit of a coward. The potential is there with her whole thing in the Beast Below about trying to pull the Doctor out before hard decisions had to be made, and her whole thing about running away from her wedding, JUST PUT IT IN MORE. AND I think she deserved a defining moment where she stops running. I personally think that since Amy was the anomaly she should have sacrificed herself in the Pandorica (it still turns out alright for a reason I will get to). She's the companion who had to learn that inaction is still an action!!

And Rory- fucking Rory and his Lone Centurion imagery had the potential to be the DoctorDonna of the Moffat run. They needed to push his quality of loyalty further. Like PLEASE why couldn't we have had Amy the girl who ran away and Rory the boy who always ran after her??? ALSO WITH ALL THE TIMEY-WIMEY WHY DIDN'T WE GET THE LONE CENTURIAN BEFORE?? i know there's a half-assed answer why but also: Davies didn't establish the "wibbly-wobbly" JUST FOR MOFFAT TO IMMEDIATELY GET ALL CLEVER AND HAVE NO FUN. like Rory is literally what Davies run of DW was about: someone who is - in every way - ordinary, average, and plain, and yet he still has the capacity for greatness and boy does he deliver. and it would have meant something IF IT LASTED FOR MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES IN THE LAST EPISODE.

And while - like I said - I love Matt Smith and when you're just watching clips of Eleven out of context it is quintessential Doctor, BOY DID THEY USE NONE OF HIS PARTICULAR FLAVOR OF DOCTOR TO IT'S FULL POTENTIAL. Each Doctor has their own personality and their own faults and their own way of dealing with their trauma: Nine hid, Ten got angry, and Eleven forgot. BUT!!!! It's also about when that excited, adventurous facade breaks. Nine and Ten both had their Moments (at least one a season), while Eleven... kinda had one or two? but they were more just what you'd expect in high-stress situations and less like the carefully crafted denial he's in is breaking down. Like I definitely wanted most situations to be handled under the "forgot" facade, BUT COULD WE HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE "everything comes crashing down" MOMENT????? LIKE NINE AT THE DALEK IN SEASON ONE'S "DALEK". like there's a specific flavor of angst that comes from trying so fucking hard to deny everything you went through and everything that happened just for that to... not work eventually.

and then there's ALSO Amy and Eleven's relationship which - for lasting as many seasons as it did - is awfully stilted. WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN FIXED!!! What about little Amelia Pond who feeds the homeless man who crashed in her backyard and then immediately shoves a history book in his face??? who waits all night because she wanted to see the Romans and get away from her aunt?????? what about Amy Pond who - unlike the companions before - has to be convinced that "fairy tale" still has a place in the world??????????? AND MOST IMPORTANTLY: Amy Pond, who stopped running and sacrificed herself and came out okay at the end? The Doctor who latches on to her because of this??? because maybe, just maybe, if there is fate, that it could turn out okay this time??? AND ALSO WITH THE RUNNING MOTIF WHAT ABOUT WHEN AMY LETS THE WEEPING ANGEL TAKE HER???? SOME LINE ABOUT HOW SHE'S "RUNNING AWAY AGAIN?" RIGHT BEFORE SHE GETS TOUCHED?????

there was SO MUCH FUCKING POTENTIAL this season and NONE of it became what it COULD have been. And when you review this and Moffat's other work, I think it's because he's entirely too plot-focused. He clearly wants to do smart, clever narratives that befuddle their audiences and appeal to the overcomplicated "nerd" side of fans and the problem is that the precedent Davies set is just. so different. If DW was ALWAYS like the fifth season then I don't think i'd be bothered much at all, but coming off the back of Davies' more character-focused, episodic style that fits the DW theme better it stands out like a sore thumb.

so yeah that's what I wanted from the crumbs we got. Rory being the most ordinary, unspecial person in the world who'd sit guard for thousands of years just because he loved someone. Amy being the girl who couldn't see the magic in real life until she stopped looking for it everywhere else. and Eleven, the doctor who tried to start over, and move on, and forget, and it never really worked. and like. not just have these things objectively there, BUT IT BEING SHOWN AS WELL THAT'S KINDA IMPORTANT.

and we could have HAD IT and i will FOREVER BE ANNOYED about that.

and now i will go watch season 6

k now that I have finished the first season of Moffat's run I have. many thoughts.

if any one wants to hear.

[redheadbigshoes]

“Coming out Story” trope (A LGBT character comes out of the closet and reveals their sexual identity to their friends, family, and associates)

*Reminder that all the media included here does not necessarily portray the characters as something positive, this is just about which media has this trope.

*Pls check parental rating if you’re a minor.

MOVIES:

MLM: I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, Two Of Us, Beautiful Thing, Get Real, Handsome Devil, Naomi And Ely's No Kiss List.

Lesbians: Gray Matters, Blockers, V For Vendetta, Margarita With A Straw, The Half Of It, Saving Face, Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story, Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives, Steam, 100 Girls, Crush, Dating Amber.

Gays: Bent, C.R.A.Z.Y., Trevor, Cursed (2005), Dating Amber.

Sapphics: Desert Hearts, I Can’t Think Straight, First Girl I Loved, Pariah, Sappho, Across the Universe (2007), A New York Christmas Wedding, The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love, Holly Slept Over.

Bisexuals: Margarita With A Straw, The Craft: Legacy, Plan B (2021), Kissing Jessica Stein, Cassanova Was A Woman.

Trans/non-binary: They/Them (2022), 3 Generations.

LITERATURE:

Trans/non-binary: Parrotfish.

Gays: Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories, The Mortal Instruments, Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda.

Lesbians: Testimonies: Lesbian Coming-Out Stories, A Woman Like That: Lesbian And Bisexual Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories, The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali.

Bisexuals: A Woman Like That: Lesbian And Bisexual Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories, Running With Lions, Just Juliet, Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating.

Sapphics: Sing You Home.

MLM: Hero, Autobiography of Red, The Best at It.

TV:

Gays: Will & Grace, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Happy Endings, General Hospital, Gossip Girl, Glee, Neighbours, Shameless (US), Dear White People, October Faction,

Trans/non-binary: Degrassi: The Next Generation, Transparent, Supergirl (2015), Star Trek: Discovery, Feel Good, First Day, The Umbrella Academy.

MLM: Six Feet Under, Ugly Betty, Noah’s Arc, As The World Turns, When I'm Sixty-Four, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Played for Laughs, Interview with the Vampire (2022).

Lesbians: South of Nowhere, The L Word, Glee, Pretty Little Liars, Supergirl (2015), Runaways (2017), Fresh Off The Boat, Almost Family, Batwoman (2019), Dates, Trinkets, Never Have I Ever, Tipping the Velvet, The Republic of Sarah, The Sex Lives of College Girls, Reboot (2022).

Sapphics: All My Children, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Skins, Faking It, The Wilds, Impulse.

Bisexuals: Neighbours, Brooklyn 99, Proven Innocent, Gossip Girl (2021), Twenties, The Bisexual, Avocado Toast.

Aro/Ace: Koisenu Futari.

Pansexuals: Schitt's Creek.

[hitarehayameblog]

Welcome to the Ineffable Husbands Multiverse

1930's AU

Miles Maitland & Ginger Littlejohn

(Bright young things 2003)

Vampire x Vampire Hunter AU

Aro Volturi & Peter Vincent

(Twilight saga) (Fright night 2011)

1800's AU

Robbie Ross & Giacomo Cassanova

(Wilde 1997) (Cassanova 2005)

Serial Killer x Detective AU

Dr. Martin Whitly & Det. Alec Hardy

(Prodigal Son 2019) (Broadchurch 2013)

Feel free to add another AU if you find one ❤

[perennialessays]

A: Michaelmas Term. The Colonial, the Postcolonial, the World: Literature, Contexts and Approaches (A/Core Course)

The A course comprises 8 1.5 hour seminars and is intended to provide a range of perspectives on some of the core debates, themes and issues shaping the study of world and postcolonial literatures in English. In each case the seminar will be led by a member of the Faculty of English with relevant expertise, in dialogue with one or more short presentations from students on aspects of the week’s topic. There is no assessed A course work, but students are asked to give at least one presentation on the course, and to attend all the seminars. You should read as much in the bibliography over the summer – certainly the primary literary texts listed in the seminar reading for each week. The allocation of presenters will be made at the meeting in week 0.

Week 1

Theories of World Literature I: What Is World Literature?...What Isn’t World Literature? (Graham Riach)

This seminar will consider what we mean when we say ‘world literature’, looking at models proposed by critics as Emily Apter, David Damrosch, the WReC collective, and others. The category of ‘world literature’ has been in constant evolution since Johan Wolfgang von Goethe popularised the term in the early 19th Century, and in this session we will explore some of the key debates in the field.

Primary:

+ David Damrosch, What is World Literature? 2003

+ ------ What Isn't World Literature, lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfOuOJ6b-qY

+ WReC (Warwick Research Collective), Combined and Uneven Development: Towards a New Theory of World Literature

+ Extracts from Johan Wolfgang von Goethe, Karl Marx and Friechrich Engels, Franco Moretti, Pascale Cassanova, Emily Apter and others.

Secondary:

+ David Damrosch, World Literature in a Postcanonical, Hypercanonical Age in Haun Saussay ed, Comparative Literature in an Age of Globalization 2006 pp.43-53

+ Franco Moretti, Conjectures on World Literature, New Left Review 1 2000 54-68

+ Mariano Siskind, ‘The Globalization of the Novel and The Novelization of the Global: A Critique of World Literature’, Comparative Literature 62 (2010) 4: 336-60

Week 2

English in the world/Language beyond relativity (Peter McDonald)

Primary:

+ The Oxford English Dictionary (especially 1989 print edition and online, 2000-)

+ You should also read Sarah Ogilvie, Words of the World: A Global History of the Oxford English Dictionary (2012)

+ Florian Coulmas, Guardians of the Language (2016)

+ Perry Link’s short essay ‘The Mind: Less Puzzling in Chinese? (New York Review of Books, 30 June 2016), which is available via: https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/06/30/the-mind-less-puzzling-in-chinese/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NYR%20Krugman%20on%20King%20Als%20on%20Martin%20Cole%20on%20police&utm_content=NYR%20Krugman%20on%20King%20Als%20on%20Martin%20Cole%20on%20police+CID_9def725d3263b14fe6dce4894ed64907&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_term=The%20Mind%20in%20Chinese

Secondary:

+ Jacques Derrida, Monolingualism of the Other, or The Prosthesis of Origin, trans. Patrick Mensah, 1998 (French edition, 1996)

+ Charles Taylor, The Language Animal (2016)

Preparation

A (2 students: position papers, maximum 1000 words, on ONE of the following. Please ensure both topics are covered. Also bring along a handout with your key quotations—copies for the entire group) 1. Explain the significance of the epigraphs from Glissant and Khatibi for Derrida’s argument and analysis in Monolingualism. 2. Explain Taylor’s distinction between ‘designative-instrumental’ and ‘expressive-constitutive’ theories of language.

B (all remaining students: single-sided A4 handout—copies for the entire group) Browse the OED, especially using the online feature that allows you to group words by origin and/or region, and select ONE loanword from a non-European language. On one side of an A-4 sheet give an account of the word, explaining why you think it has particular significance in the long history of lexical borrowing that constitutes the English language and the shorter history of the linguistic relativity thesis

Week 3

The (Un)translatability of World Literature (Adriana X. Jacobs)

This seminar will examine the role of translation in the development of the category of world literature with a particular focus on the term “translatability.” We will consider how translation into “global” English has shaped contemporary understandings of translatability and how to reconcile these with the more recent turn to “untranslatability” in literary scholarship. To what extent are the parameters of world literature contingent on a translation economy that privileges certain languages, authors and texts over authors? What room is there in current configurations of world literature for works that “do not measure up to certain metrics of translational circulation” (Zaritt)?

Primary:

+ Emily Apter, Against World Literature: On the Politics of Untranslatability (New York: Verso, 2013)

+ “To Translate,” in Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon, Barbara Cassin, ed., ed. and trans. Emily Apter, Jacques Lezra, and Michael Wood (Princeton: Princeton UP, 2014): 1139- 1155. (read introduction online: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10097.html)

Secondary:

+ Antoine Berman, “Translation and the Trials of the Foreign,” trans. Lawrence Venuti, in The Translation Studies Reader, 3rd edition (New York/Abingdon: Routledge, 2012): 240-253.

+ Johannes Göransson, “‘Transgressive Circulation’: Translation and the Threat of Foreign Influence,” Cordite Poetry Review (November 1, 2016): www.cordite.org.au/essays/transgressive-circulation.

+ Ignacio Infante, “On The (Un)Translatability of Literary Form: Framing Contemporary Translational Literature,” Translation Review 95.1 (2016): 1-7

+ Lydia Liu, “The Problem of Language in Cross-Cultural Studies,” in Translingual Practice:Literature, National Culture, and Translated Modernity—China, 1900-1937 (Stanford: Stanford UP, 1995): 1-42

+ Ronit Ricci, “On the untranslatability of ‘translation’: Considerations from Java, Indonesia,” Translation Studies 3.3 (2010): 287-301.

+ Saul Zaritt, “‘The World Awaits Your Yiddish Word’: Jacob Glatstein and the Problem of World Literature,” Studies in American Jewish Literature (1981-) 34.2 (2015): 175-203.

Week 4

Literature and Performance of the Black Americas (Annie Castro)

In this seminar, we will engage with a variety of writings by Black authors across the Americas that emphasize issues of race, nationality, cultural heritage, and performance. This course will serve as an introduction into critical debates regarding the complex interchange of Afro-diasporic persons, ideas, and discourse across the Western Hemisphere. Please come prepared to share a short (approximately 200 words), informal written review of the assigned readings. This review, which is intended to aid group discussion, should place the assigned texts in conversation with one another, particularly in regards to their conceptualizations of race and culture in artistic expression.

Primary:

+ Erna Brodber, Louisiana (1997)

Secondary:

+ DeFrantz, Thomas and Anita Gonzalez, “Introduction.” In Black Performance Theory (2014)

+ Edwards, Brent Hayes. “Prologue,” “Variations on a Preface.” In The Practice of Diaspora: Literature, Translation, and the Rise of Black Internationalism (2003)

+ Harris, Wilson. “History, Fable, and Myth in the Caribbean and Guianas” (1970). In Caribbean Quarterly: The 60th Anniversary Edition (2008)

Week 5

Theories of World Literature II: Is World Literature Beautiful? (Graham Riach)

Traditional definitions of world literature are heavily based on the idea of universal cultural value. This seminar will consider some of the main issues in universalist conceptions of world literary value, particularly in relation to aesthetics, and the role of interpretive communities in dealing with distances in time, culture and language.

Primary:

+ Simon Gikandi, Slavery and the Culture of Taste (Princeton University Press, 2014)

+ Sianne Ngai, Our Aesthetic Categories: Zany, Cute, Interesting (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2012)

Secondary:

+ Isobel Armstrong, The Radical Aesthetic (Oxford: Blackwell, 2000)

+ Bill Ashcroft, ‘Towards a Postcolonial Aesthetics’, Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 51, 4 (2015), pp. 410-421

+ Elleke Boehmer, ‘A Postcolonial Aesthetic: Repeating Upon the Present’, in Janet Cristina Şandru Wilson and Sarah Lawson Welsh eds., Rerouting the Postcolonial: New Directions for the New Millennium (2010), pp. 170-181

+ Peter de Bolla, Art Matters (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001)

+ Simon Gikandi, ‘Race and the Idea of the Aesthetic’, Michigan Quarterly Review, 40,2 (2001), pp.318–50.

+ Peter J. Kalliney, Commonwealth of Letters: British Literary Culture and the Emergence of Postcolonial Aesthetics (Oxford: OUP, 2013)

+ Catherine Noske, ‘A Postcolonial Aesthetic? An Interview with Robert Young’, Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 50, 5, 609-621 (2014)

+ Rethinking Beauty, special issue of diacritics (32.1, Spring 2002)

Week 6

Cultural Memory and Reconciliation (Catherine Gilbert)

In this seminar, we will explore representations of conflict and its enduring impact in narratives from South Africa and Rwanda. In particular, we will consider questions surrounding the relationship between testimony and literature, how writers work to convey the complex nuances of trauma and memory, and the role of literature in remembrance and reconciliation.

Primary:

+ Achmat Dangor, Bitter Fruit (London: Atlantic Books, 2004 [2001]).

+ Jean Hatzfeld (ed), Into the Quick of Life. The Rwandan Genocide: The Survivors Speak (London: Serpent’s Tail, 2008).

+ Please also listen to: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, ‘The Danger of the Single Story’ (TED talk, 2009): https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en

Secondary:

+ Jean Hatzfeld (ed), Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak, translated by Linda Coverdale (New York: Picador, 2005). Esp. the chapters ‘In the shade of an acacia’, ‘Remorse and regrets’, ‘Bargaining for forgiveness’, and ‘Pardons’.

+ Madelaine Hron, ‘Gukora and Itsembatsemba: The "Ordinary Killers" in Jean Hatzfeld's Machete Season’, Research in African Literatures, 42.2 (2011), pp. 125-146.

+ Antjie Krog, Country of My Skull (London: Vintage, 1999 [1998]). Esp. Chapter 3, ‘Bereaved and Dumb, the High Southern Air Succumbs’, pp. 38-74.

+ Achille Mbembe, ‘African Modes of Self-Writing’, Public Culture, 14.1 (2002), pp. 239-273.

+ Ana Miller, ‘The Past in the Present: Personal and Collective Trauma in Achmat Dangor’s Bitter Fruit’, Studies in the Novel, 40.1-2 (2008), pp. 146-160.

+ Zoe Norridge, Perceiving Pain in African Literature (London: Palgrave, 2012)

+ Richard Crownshaw, Jane Kilby and Antony Rowland (eds), The Future of Memory (New York: Berghahn Books, 2010). Esp. the introductions to each of the three sections on memory, testimony and trauma.

Week 7

Comics and Conflict: Witness, Testimony and World Literature? (Dominic Davies)

In this seminar we will explore the seemingly prevalent tendency of the use of comics –that is, sequential art that combines juxtaposed drawn and other images with the (hand)written word – to depict conflict zones in geo-historical areas as diverse as Palestine, Bosnia and Afghanistan. Why have comics, a highly mediated form that draws attention to the contingency of its own perspective, been used to document witness testimonies from war zones across the world? How do comics, constructed from a sophisticated architecture of borders and gutters, communicate these testimonies across national borders, perhaps even forging alternative kinds of ‘world literature’?

Primary:

+ Joe Sacco, Safe Area Goražde (2000), Palestine (2001)

+ Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, and Frederic Lemercier, The Photographer: Into War-torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders (2009)

Secondary:

+ Ayaka, Carolene, and Hague, Ian eds., Representing Multiculturalism in Comics and Graphic Novels (2015)

+ Chute, Hillary, ‘Comics as Literature? Reading Graphic Narrative’, PMLA 123.2, 45-65 (2008)

+ ——, Disaster Drawn: Visual Witness, Comics, and Documentary Form (2016)

+ Denson, Shane, Meyer, Christina, and Stein, Daniel eds., Transnational Perspectives on Graphic Narratives: Comics at the Crossroads (2014)

+ Hatfield, Charles, Alternative Comics: An Emerging Literature (2005)

+ Mehta, Benita, and Mukherjee, Pia eds. Postcolonial Comics: Texts, Events, Identities (2015)

+ Mickwitz, Nina, Documentary Comics: Graphic Truth-telling in a Skeptical Age (2015)

+ Worden, Daniel ed. The Comics of Joe Sacco: Journalism in a Visual World (2015)

Week 8

World Poetry: A Case Study from India (Rosinka Chaudhuri)

Here, we will look episodically at the development of modern poetry in India in relation to the world; that is, we shall see how the world entered Indian poetry at the same time as it transformed poetry in the ‘West’. The very word for poet - ‘kavi’ - began to be redefined as the Sanskrit word came in contact with modernity in the nineteenth century, at the end of which we have the phenomenal figure of Tagore, who was perhaps the first ‘World Poet’ recognised as such from East to West. The decades of the 1960s-’80s - when Pablo Neruda was common currency and Arun Kolatkar sat at the Wayside Inn in Bombay - to present-day studies of multilinguality and the role of translation shall be explored to devise a notion of poetry in the world over time as it happened in India.

Primary:

+ Buddhadeva Bose, ‘Comparative Literature in India’, in Jadavpur Journal of Comparative Literature, Vol. 45; see http://jjcl.jdvu.ac.in/jjcl/upload/JJCL 45.pdf

+ Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, ‘The Emperor Has No Clothes,’ in Partial Reccall: Essays on Literature and Literary History (Delhi: Permanent Black, 2012)

+ Amit Chaudhuri, ‘Arun Kolatkar and the Tradition of Loitering,’ in Clearing A Space: Reflections on India, Literature and Culture (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2008).

Secondary:

+ Roland Barthes, ‘Is There Any Poetic Writing?’ in Annette Lavers and Colin Smith translated Writing Degree Zero (1953; New York: Hill and Wang, 1967).

+ Rosinka Chaudhuri, The Literary Thing: History, Poetry, and The Making of a Modern Cultural Sphere (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2014).

+ Bhavya Tiwari, ‘Rabindranath Tagore’s Comparative World Literature,’ in Theo D’haen, David Damrosch and Djelal Kadir ed. The Routledge Companion to World Literature (London: Routledge, 2012).

+ Deborah Baker, A Blue Hand: The Beats in India (New York and Delhi: Penguin, 2008).

+ Laetitia Zechhini, Arun Kolatkar and Literary Modernism in India: Moving Lines (London: Bloomsbury, 2016)

+ Anjali Nerlekar, Bombay Modern: Arun Kolatkar and Bilingual Literary Culture (Northwestern University Press, 2016).

[sherlock-is-ace]

pls tell me a/c headcanons u have! I love ur url!

skksg thank youu!!! Ok, here we go:

Crowley’s obsession with houseplants began when Aziraphale gave him a tiny pothos ivy as a housewarming gift.

Aziraphale’s old computer was a gift from Crowley, he bought it when that was a modern computer and Azi never updated to a new one. Crowley thinks it’s because Azi won’t understand modern computers but it’s just because it was a gift from his demon husband.

The computer still works perfectly and can do all a modern computer can because Aziraphale keeps miracleing stuff to it.

It’s canon that Crowley sleeps, but Aziraphale doesn’t, so whenever they sleep on the same bed Azi just lays there reading, next to his sleeping husband all night :’)

Every 21st of October Crowley secrelty does something special for Aziraphale, like he takes him out to eat of gift him some new book, something small. Crowley thinks he’s being clever and that Aziraphale doesn’t remember that was the day the Earth was created and that’s when they met, but he remembers :’)

Cassanova (2005) exists in gomens world and is actually Crowley. Also, it’s actually Mary Loquasious as well, Crowley got her the job.

I said this before, but I stand by it. Aziraphale was friends with Oscar Wilde, he also hates Bosie (but that’s me projecting lol).

Now that we’re in the subject of movies that exist in gomens world… Wilde (1997) is actually Aziraphale. He wanted to tell his friend’s story. (he had to play Robbie cause they didn’t write him on the movie lol)

Crowley loves Wilde and Aziraphale loves Cassanova but neither of them would ever admit it.

Crowley started the “gays can’t sit” thing. He didn’t mean it, he just can’t sit.

A lot of Crowley’s tortures were actually Aziraphale’s ideas, he just twisted them a little. Like for example, selfies… Azi invented the word cause he thought it was kinda funny. Crowley just went for it.

Also the blue/black or gold/white dress was an Azi original. They disagreed on the colors and then Crowley had the brilliant demonic idea of making it a thing.

I’ve also said it before but the tide pods thing was Aziraphales fault too. Here’s my other post with it :P

Oh I also saw this one about Arthur Conan Doyle and I absolutely love it.

Also someone once said Crowley threw the first brick at Stonewall and I’m here for it. x

Can’t think of any others at the moment… I feel like I’m forgetting important ones tho… I’ll be sure to write them down next time i come up with something in case someone asks me again lol

[mizufae]

Oh fuck the 2005 cassanova starring a baby David Tennant is on Netflix and I no longer have Dr who PTSD

[newsfreethinker]

Lil Aqua presenta «Cassanova»: su quinto álbum desde 2020

Lil Aqua presenta «Cassanova»: su quinto álbum desde 2020

Diego Martinez (9 de enero de 2005), más conocido como Lil Aqua, presenta «Cassanova»; su último álbum, publicado en marzo de 2022. Lil Aqua es un artista emergente de Longmont Colorado, EE. UU. Que, con una edad temprana, se ha convertido en la voz del futuro, y ha atraído la atención de las emisoras de radio de su localidad. Lil Aqua habla de su álbum «Cassanova». «Estuve en el estudio…

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[leggo-my-eggo-las]

Cassanova (2005) with Heath Ledger

How come period pieces are almost always dramas, anyway? I want to watch a sitcom about a dude in renaissance-era Tuscany trying to get rich quick by scamming the local merchant princes.

[cumberbatch-daily-blog]

A Detailed Biography

Disclaimer: I provide with a lot of links about almost eveything. The links of the sites of the organisations are provided in case you are interested in learning more about the organisation and/or want to help/donate. 

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is a British actor having performed in television, films, theatre and radio productions. He was born in London in 1976 to parents Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton, both actors. He grew up in  the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. He has a half-sister, Tracy Peacock, from his mother's first marriage.

Education

Benedict attented the boarding Brambletye School in West London at the age of 8, and he was an arts scolar at Harrow School after. At school he was involved in many Shakesperian works, such as Titania, Queen of Fairies and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, at the age of 12. His drama teacher has referred to him as “the best schoolboy actor” he had ever worked with. Benedict after finishing school at Harrow’s, he took a gap year, travelling to India, where he was a volunteer teacher at a Tibetan Monastery in Darjeeling. He then, attented University of Manchester from where he gratuated with a BA in Drama. He continued his acting training getting his masters degree in Classical Acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Theatre

Benedict has performed some major roles in theatre since the early days, including George Tesman in Hedda Gabler (March 2005) for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Role, and David-Scott Fowler in After the Dance (June 2010), with the play actually winning four Olivier Awards. The same year he also performed in The Children’s Monologues, a charity event in London, which was produced by Dramatic Need. Following the next year, Benedict started playing Victor Frankenstein and his creature in Frankenstein (February 2011) at the Royal National Theatre, receiving an Olivier Award for his performance.  In 2013, he was also a part of a cast featuring members of the Royal National Theatre Company in 50 years of Stage, the Royal National Theatre’s landmark event for its 50th anniversary. Benedict returned back on stage, starring in Hamlet (August 2015), earning his third Olivier nomination for his performance.

Television

Benedict began his televesion career landing two seperate guest roles in Heartbeat (2000, 2004). He continued on his television path playing Freddy in Tipping the Velvet (2002), Edwards Hand in Cambridge Spies (2003) and Rory in Fortysomething (2003) next to actor Hugh Laurie. His first main part in television came in 2004, when he palyed Stephen Hawking in tv film, Hawking (2004), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA TV award for Best Actor and winning the Golden Nymph for Television Films - Best Performance by Actor. He portrayed Edmund Talbut in To The Ends Of The Earth (2005), making also brief appearances in comedy sketch show Broken News (2005) and sitcom Nathan Barley (2005). He also palyed alongside Tom Hardy in tv adaptation Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007). Benedict played the lead character in 2008′s The Last Enemy (2008) which earned him a nomination for a  Satellite award for Best Actor in TV Film. The following year, he played the role of Luke Fitzwilliam in Marple: Murder Is Easy (2009) and Bernard in Small Island (2009), which earned him a BAFTA TV nominatation for Best Supporting Actor. Following 2010 Benedict will land the role of Sherlock Holmes in BBC’s adaptation of Sherlock (2010-) which will be a standpoint for his career onwards. In 2012, Benedict played Christopher Tietjens in Parade’s End (2012) with his performance earning him a second Emmy Award nomination for Best Actor in Miniseries. In 2016, Benedict played Richard III in Shakespeare’s play, the second series of films of The Hollow Crown (2016).

Film

Benedict started his career in the big screen, playing the role of William Pitt the Younger in Amazing Grace (2006) which got him a nomination for the London Films Critics Circle “British Breakthrough Acting Award”. He also got supporting roles in Atonement (2007) and The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) as well as appearing in the role of Joseph Hooker in autobiographical film, Creation (2009). He continued his filmography appearing in 2010′s The Whistleblower (2010), Four Lions (2010) and portraying Peter Guilam in Tinker Tailor Spy (2011) featuring also Gary Oldman and Colin Firth. In the same year he appeared as Major Jamie Steward in Steven Spielberg’s War Horse, next to Tom Hiddleston. In 2012, Benedict provided the voice and motion capture for Smaug the dragon and the Necromancer in the Hobbit films based on Tolkien’s novel. He reprised his role as Smaug and the Necromancer for The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). Benedict told the Total Film about the motion capture asperct of the films and the facial markers he used to highlight the dragon’s experssions and movements “You just have to lose your shit on a carpeted floor, in a place that looks a little bit like a mundane government building. It was just me as well, with four static cameras and all the sensors.” 2013 was a busy year for Benedict as he appeared as Khan in Star Trek Into The Darkness (2013), Jullian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks in The Fifth Estate (2013), William Prince Ford, a slave owner in 12 Years A Slave (2013) and portrayed Charles Aiken (little Charles) in August: Osage County (2013) in which he also recorded a song titled “Can’t Keep It Inside”. Benedict portrayed mathematician Alan Turing in the film The Imitation Game (2014), earning him nominations for the Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG and Academy Award for Best Actor. He was also casted in Black Mass (2014) opposite to Johnny Depp. In 2016 he starred in Marvel’s Doctor Strange (2016) playing the role of neurosurgeon Stephen Strange and Dormammu. Benedict will reprise the role of Strange in Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and will also play Thomas Edison in The Current War (2017) which is said to be released sometime in 2017. 

Radio

Benedict has partcipated in various radio productions for the BBC with some of his best-known roles being in John Mortimer’s novel Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders (2009) playing young Rumpole. He also played Captain Martin Crief in Cabin Pressure (2008-2014), Angel Islington in BBC’s radio 4 adaptation Neverwhere (2013) and Werner Heisenberg in BBC’s radio 3 adaptation Compenhagen (2013). In June 2014 he read the orginal BBC radio bulletins from June 1944 for the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings. 

Narration

Benedict has narrated many documentaries for the National Geographic and Discovery Channel. He has read several audiobooks including Cassanova, The Tempest, The Making of Music, Death in a White Tie, Artists in Crime and Sherlock Holmes: The Rediscovered Railway Mysteries and Other Stories. He has also done voice overs for commercials for Jaguar, Pimms and Google+. He also provided the voice of Dante Alighieri in Girlfriend in Coma (2012). He also naratted the documentary Jerusalem (2013) as well as the documentary Christiano Ronaldo: The World at his Feet (2014).

Music

Benedict recorded  a song titled “Can’t Keep It Inside” for the film August: Osage County (2013). On September 2016 he appeared on stage with Pink Floyd singing lead vocals on the song “Comfortably Numb”.

Production

In 2013, Benedict Cumberbatch, Adam Ackland, Patrick Monroe, Ben Dillon and Adam Selves launched SunnyMarch Ltd, a production company. The first project of the company was Little Favour (2013), Benedict playing the leading role directed by Monroe.

Personal Life

In 2005 Benedict with his two friends were abducted and held captive at gunpoint while in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Eventually they released them wihout explaining anything to them. Benedict has said about the above incident: “It taught me that you come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It’s made me want to live a life less ordinary.” On February 2014, Benedict and British opera director Sophie Hunter, married at the 12th centure Church St. Peter and St. Paul on the Isle of Wight.

Charity

Benedict is an ambassador for the Pince’s Trust as well as a supporter of the organisations Odd Arts, Anno’s Africa and Dramatic Need whose focus is using arts to help young disadvantaged people. He also took part in the Ice Bucket Challenge for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Benedict has also donated artwork for charities including the Willow Foundation and Thomas Coram Fountation for Children.

Stop The War Coalition:

He joined the Stop The War Coalition protest in London against Iraq in 2003. 

Stand Up To Cancer:

In 2014, he participated in a video campaign for Stand Up To Cancer as he also posed for photographer Jason Bell for an exhibition at Pall Mall, London, to mark 10 years of the “Give Up Clothes For Good” charity campaign, which has raised  £17 million for Cancer Research UK. 

Feminism:

Benedict identifies as a feminist, as in International’s Women Day 2014, he was a signatory of Amnesty International’s letter to Prime Minister David Cameron for women’s rights in Afghanistan.

LGBT Community

In an interview for the OUT magazine he opened up about experimenting with his sexuality while on boarding school. He quoted as saying: “ While there was experimentation, it had never occurred to me as, 'Oh, this is that!' It was just boys and their penises, the same way with girls and vaginas and boobs. It wasn't out of desire.” LGBT group Stonewall responded positively to Benedict’s comments, saying, "Seeing someone in the public eye – especially somebody as influential as Benedict – talking positively around gay issues, is powerful for young lesbian, gay and bisexual people. It is often difficult for those growing up to find role models who demonstrate that it is equally okay to be gay or straight."  

Migrant Crisis

In 2015, Benedict fronted a video campaign for Save The Children, its mission to aid Syrian refugees. He also condemned UK’s response to migrant crisis in a speech at the audience after his performance in Hamlet. He was giving nightly speeches after his performances in Hamlet asking for donations to help the refugees. The money raised was more than £150,000 for Save The Children.

The same year, Benedict was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to the performing arts and to charity. He also, received the honour from the Queen at an Investiture Ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 10 November 2015.

Sources: Wikipedia | Biography.com

[rabbitcruiser]

National Day of the Cowboy

Saddle up and get ready to ride into the sunset with the thrill and excitement of the Wild West! Cowboys are the ultimate symbol of grit, determination, and adventure.

Giddyup! Ride ‘em Cowboy!

Celebrate this symbol of the American West by learning about and appreciating the National Day of the Cowboy.

History of National Day of the Cowboy

Following the Civil War, many men moved west looking for ways to work and make a living. One of the attractions of the American frontier was the relative freedom, as well as the option to become cowboys who could access free range cattle.

The “Wild West”, beginning in the 1860s through the end of the 19th century, became a time of a bit of chaos on the frontier where gangs of criminals were easily bred. Infamous cowboys, like Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and John Wesley Hardin were outlaws who committed various robberies, cattle rustling and even murder.

First sponsored in the US Senate in 2005, National Day of the Cowboy was originally brought about by Wyoming’s US Senator at the time, Craig Thomas.

Former president Bush said this about the National Day of the Cowboy: “We celebrate the Cowboy as a symbol of the grand history of the American West. The Cowboy’s love of the land and love of the country are examples for all Americans.”

National Day of the Cowboy Timeline

1725

The term “cowboy” is first being used 

Jonathan Swift uses the word in his famous book, Gulliver’s Travels, but it really just means a boy who tends cows.

Mid-1800s

The “Wild West” period begins

After the American Civil War, many men head to Texas where free-ranging cattle are available for any cowboy who wants to round them up – and the popularity of eating beef increases.

1875

“Billy the Kid” is first arrested 

This infamous cowboy criminal is a gunfighter, murderer, fugitive, cattle rustler, and eventually dies at the young age of 21.

1930

John Wayne first appears in film 

The Big Trail is the first movie that actor “Duke” Morrison makes in what will be a series of more than 75 films over his lifetime.

1960

Dallas Cowboys are founded 

In the early days of the National Football League (NFL), the Dallas Cowboys franchise was established and went on to become an extremely popular team.

How to Celebrate National Day of the Cowboy

Celebrating National Day of the Cowboy can be loads of fun in a variety of ways! Try out some of these delightful ideas to enjoy the day:

Dress Like a Cowboy

This can be a way to connect with your inner cowboy by wearing some special gear to work, to school or just while running daily errands. Try out some basic blue jeans, some clever cowboy boots, a leather vest and a western shirt (complete with shell snaps!).

Perhaps try a bolo tie or a handkerchief tied around the neck. And, of course, it would be appropriate to top it all off with an enormous cowboy hat. The bigger, the better!

Listen to a Cowboy Song Playlist

Because they typically hail from the southwest, cowboys may have a particular style of music they enjoy. National Day of the Cowboy would be a perfect time to create a list of songs that give a nod to the tunes of these unique characters:

Mommas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboysby Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson (1978). This one was originally recorded by Ed Bruce in 1976, but this more popular version was recorded two years later.

Cowboy Take Me Away by The Chicks–formerly Dixie Chicks (1999). A play on the phrase “Calgon Take Me Away”, from the famous slogan from bath product commercials, this song reached #1 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart in February 2000.

Cowboy Cassanova by Carrie Underwood (2009). Released on Underwood’s third studio album, Play On, the single was certified 2x Platinum.

The Cowboy in Me by Tim McGraw (2001). Written by Jeffrey Steele, Al Anderson and Craig Wiseman, this song made it to #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart that year.

Visit a Rodeo

A great time for enjoying all things related to National Day of the Cowboy, visiting the rodeo can be an amazing experience! Regular events include activities such as steer wrestling, bull riding, calf roping, steer roping, bareback horse, barrel racing and saddle bronc riding. Of course, don’t forget the scorecard for keeping score.

Don’t forget to wear the above-mentioned cowboy gear when headed to the rodeo. Those who are lucky might get to see a rodeo clown. Perhaps even try riding the mechanical bull!

Follow Some Sage Cowboy Advice

Cowboys from the Wild West have lived a great deal of life and have tons of experience! With all of that experience comes a great deal of wisdom and they have often been known to share their advice with others in clever phrases, like “Don’t squat with your spurs on”, or “Never corner something meaner than you”.

Enjoy a few of these phrases and consider sharing them with friends, family and coworkers in honor of National Day of the Cowboy. Some of them might even be fun to have printed on a t-shirt to wear on the day:

“Don’t go in if you don’t know the way out.”

“If you get thrown from a horse, you have to get up and get back on, unless you landed on a cactus; then you have to roll around and scream in pain.”

“Some cowboys have too much tumbleweed in their blood to settle down.”

“If you’re ridin’ ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it’s still there with ya.”

Watch Some Cowboy Movies

One of the great film settings of all time, the Wild West is the perfect place for cowboy movies to be made! This day offers a great time to enjoy a collection of classic Western movies in honor of National Day of the Cowboy! Try out one (or all!) of these:

True Grit (1969). One of John Wayne’s most famous movies, this film features a US Marshal and Texas Ranger who chases down a murderer in dangerous territory. It was remade in 2010, starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld and Josh Brolin.

Rango (2011). Fun for adults and family members alike, this computer animated Western comedy film stars Johnny Depp who voices a chameleon character who accidentally gets stranded in the desert.

The Lone Ranger (1956). This classic cowboy film was based on the American television series of the same name that was from 1949-1957, starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels.

No Country for Old Men (2007). Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin and Woody Harrelson are the all-star cast in this modern Western crime thriller movie created by the Coen brothers. Based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy, this film won a huge array of film awards.

Are cowboys real?

Yes. Although they are less common than they may have been several decades ago, the American cowboy continues in places like Colorado, Texas, Montana, and even Connecticut.

How did cowboys dress?

Cowboys are known for their pointy leather cowboy boots, vests with pockets and very large cowboy hats.

What are cowboy hats made of?

Cowboy hats are typically made of either felt or straw. Less commonly, they can be made of leather.

Do cowboys ride cows?

No! Cowboys ride horses, of course. They are called cowboys because they take care of and drive cattle herds.

How do cowboys talk?

Depending on where they are from, cowboys may have unique phrases like “Howdy Partner”, “Giddyup”, “City Slicker”, and “Head ‘em up and move ‘em out”.

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Not too long ago, linebacker was considered one of the weakest positions on Auburn’s roster. Now it should be the most stable area of the defense as the team prepares for fall camp.

Sure, there have been some good players over the years – Josh Bynes and Cassanova McKinzy come to mind – but the unit hadn’t lived up to the standard set by groups from the Pat Dye and Tommy Tuberville eras.

Enter Travis Williams.

He was hired before the 2016 season to be Auburn’s linebackers coach. He himself was a tremendous linebacker for Auburn despite being undersized and overlooked in the recruiting process. He made All-SEC teams in 2004 and 2005, and won the Pat Dye leadership award in those same seasons. He played alongside Karlos Dansby, Dontarrious Thomas, and Will Herring.

Some considered the hire a reach, since Williams hadn’t been a full time coach at a Power 5 school as a position coach yet. Some thought it was a safe choice for Gus Malzahn, since Williams had been a grad assistant in 2009-2010. But in reality, he was the perfect person to bring about a change in attitude and production on the Plains.

In many ways, Auburn linebackers led the defensive resurgence of 2016. An area of weakness turned into a strength and the Tigers finished in the top 10 nationally in scoring defense. They played much tougher against the run and showed the versatility to defend in the passing game. And the best news? All the major players return in 2017.

Tre Williams, the only senior of the group, was the highest recruited of the bunch. He has steadily improved each year and become a force at weakside linebacker, finishing second on the team in tackles last season.

Deshaun Davis, a junior from Mobile, burst onto the scene last season and grabbed the starting middle linebacker spot. Like his position coach, Davis is a bit undersized but makes up for it with tremendous energy, passion, and fearlessness to attack ball carriers. Personally I had a blast watching him play last year.

At strongside linebacker, junior Darrell Williams took a big step forward in 2016 with a productive season. The Hoover product seemed to flourish in Kevin Steele’s system.

Defensive coaches insist that junior Montavious Atkinson is considered part of that starting group. He was usually the first reserve to enter the game and provides some flexibility in pass coverage, as he used to play safety. If any of the three were to be hurt, I believe Atkinson would be the next man into the starting lineup.

Sophomore Richard McBryde provides additional depth. Linebackers out of high school, Tre Threat and Tadarian Moulty may be called upon to provide depth at the Buck position this season. Moultry is an explosive, highly touted linebacker who chose Auburn over Alabama. It will be interesting to see if he ends up playing this season and if so, where on the field he lines up.

It’s important to note that Auburn typically plays with either 2 or 3 linebackers on the field at a time, depending on whether they are in their base defense or in nickel. With four quality experienced players at their position, true freshmen Chandler Wooten and KJ Britt are potential redshirt candidates.

Expectations are incredibly different for this group than they were a year ago. Despite the defensive line and secondary having many quality players returning, it is the linebackers who will be expected to lead the way. With Montravious Adams and Carl Lawson gone, their job may be a bit more difficult this season. But I think they have the talent and experience to handle it.

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