#chronic-night-dreamer

[galpalaven]

writing hiraya's take on the dream sequence jflkds

[roguelov]

Imagine a reader who has chronic nightmares and is afraid of falling asleep meeting and being comforted by Morpheus! <3

Angst? But with fluff? A bit of hurt/comfort??? HELL YESSSSSSSSSSSSS

At first you were accustom to the constant nightmares, although it was irksome and annoying to wake up with your heart pounding up in your throat, but you eventually accepted this was your fate. However, over the last month these nightmares leave you fearful to even sleep now. You held off sleep, drank an ungodly amount of caffeine, tried meditation and even some over the counter medication but none of it worked. Once you closed your eyes, you were tormented only to wake up minutes later and doomed to repeat the process.

Your disruptive sleep also gained the attention of the one responsible for such nightmares. Morpheus sensed the minor disruption, along with his nightmares moving onto the next dreamer suddenly. Curious, he turned his gaze to you. He watched as you appeared in a warped version of Fiddler Green with a slew of his nightmares lurking about. He watched as your eyes adjusted to the darkness only for you to instantly cower at the crunch of twigs and dried leaves. You swore under your breath, recognizing the place.

Then the hunt began.

A nightmare - a mix of predatory beasts and mythology - charged. Your breath hitched and your legs immediately knew what they must do: run. You ran and ran. But, the running was futile. The nightmare leapt high into the air, landing on your back. You screamed, you pleaded, you cried, then you disappeared.

You had woken up.

From then on, Morpheus was intrigued by you. He watched you a few more times, and each time a small ache in his chest grew. Nightmares were essential. They forced mortals to face their fears, to overcome them, yet this? This was not it. You were being tormented, instead of aiding he was hindering you.

So, when you fell asleep, Morpheus was ready.

This time instead of seeing the gnarly trees with its spindle like branches mimicking claws, you saw an endless field of an assortment of flowers.

“Is this to your liking?”

You whipped around. Your heart leapt up into your throat, ready for the nightmare to begin. It was no nightmare, nor monster. It was a man. He slowly approached you. “No nightmares will plague you tonight,” he said softly, like reassurance from a lover.

“How - how do you know that?” You asked, stepping back from him. “Who are you? Where am I and -“

“I am merely a friend at this moment,” he continued. “Please, allow me to right this wrong.”

He extended out a hand. You eyed it unsure of any of it.

“You will be under my care, let me offer you a sweeter night.”

What do I have to lose?

You stepped forward and slowly put your hand in his. His eyes softened. You cleared your throat, “What … what did you want to show me?”

“So much, my dreamer.”

For the first time in so long, you slept so soundly. You woke up with a long happy sigh, and with the feeling of your stranger’s hand in yours. Later that night, you were eager to fall back asleep. A voice warned you of a possible nightmare, but when you opened your eyes seeing the grand field you knew nothing would harm you again. And when your eyes meet your stranger’s dazzling blue, you felt so at peace. As if welcomed back home.

He extended his hand out again, “Where to now, my dreamer?”

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

Character cuddle scale

How-to: rate your OC based on how they handle cuddling/being cuddled

Got tagged by @ndostairlyrium and @cao-the-dreamer! <33

Tagging in turn @herearedragons @a-drama-addict @nanowatzophina @curiouslavellan @bearsizedant @midmorninggrey @thatwinglessthing @goofsoup and anyone else who'd like to have a go! c: (doesn't have to be DA ocs of course!)

Neira Surana: 4/10 - It's Complicated

She won't protest because she is The Worst at setting boundaries and she doesn't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but it's not hard to tell that cuddling makes her feel awkward. And yet if you catch her at the right moment she will melt right into it.. It's a weird mix of being touch starved and being a people pleaser and sensory things tm and not having her boundaries figured out well.

In any case, because of that she rarely offers or seeks hugs, and her reaction to receiving them will vary.

Kala Brosca: 2/10 - do you have touch privileges? no? go away.

If you are anyone but Rica, Zevran, or Alistair, (or baby Endrin), you aren't touching her, end of story. You can try if you'd like but if you lose your kneecaps or break an arm or two, that's on you. She isn't one for touch, and happy this way. She doesn't get a 0/10 because there is exactly one (1) person that she gets very clingy and cuddly with, and that is Alistair.

Noya Tabris: 8/10 - don't get squashed!

Big no-no until you are Approved TM, but she becomes very touchy once they warm up to someone. She's used to being physically close with people and it's something she looks for in her social circle! Cuddling to warm up, hugging for greetings, huddling close to whisper spooky stories at night... It's very ingrained into them as a form of showing love so they might have a hard time remembering consent, but Does Her Best to be mindful. Chances are if you ask for a hug she'll be glad to give it! You might want to pad your ribcage beforehand though; no half-assed hugs from this elf!

Var'renan Mahariel: 7/10 - (un)certified therapy hugger

When she's not in the mood for it she will say as much, but often they are perfectly content with cuddles or hugs, both from/for people they trust and people who they think might need it. It's not his primary love language by any means but it is something that they generally appreciate, and well, it is a simple way to provide comfort or support without the need for words or grand gestures.

Liam Hawke: 5/10 - average once again lol

He is very needy in terms of touch, yes, but actually not much of a cuddler except with a few select people. With those people he will seek it out relatively often, with everyone else, very rarley. That said, he doesn't mind a hug from a friend now and then, but won't usually be the one initiating it.

Lilian Hawke: 9/10 - champion of kirkwall AND of cuddles

Likes her intimidating reputation in public but is actually a runner up for hugging champion, don't tell anyone. She won't just let anyone that close, mind, but once she does turns out being good with boundaries and enjoying physical closeness and having practice from growing up with younger siblings makes for a top tier combo.

June Trevelyan: 3/10 - touchy, but not cuddly

Thing with June is that either it's No Touchy, or All The Touchy. Once she likes you she loses all sense of personal space and she Will drape over your lap like a cat, or squeeze close to get a look at what you're holding, without second though. Consciously cuddling or hugging though? Not really her thing, most of the time. Once she starts thinking about affection she doesn't know what to do with it

Ari Adaar: 4/10 - he's a little confused, but he's got the spirit

Chronic overthinker also overthinks The Rules Of Hugging, big surprise. Plus, he is large and strong, and he knows it, so any time someone is Up Close he gets worried about accidentally hurting them, so that's an additional Awkward Factor. That said, when someone he cares for needs a hug or cuddle he is more than ready to offer one, even if he feels inadequate. He is very honoured that they trust him with it and, well, can't say it doesn't feel nice..

Adriel - 9/10 - more than incidental hugger

Heck yeah to both! She often shows affection in very physical ways, so she's both a great giver and receiver od hugs. Considering she has a parent who is very particular about touch she's learned early to mind boundaries, but she is very liberal and enthusiastic about cuddles once she has the 'go ahead' to do so

[azureandcrimson]

Sleeping Issues.

Okay. I have a lot of headcanons, but I think this is one that would be canon or could be. Wukong and Macaque get nightmares, a lot, Wukong less then Macaque (Because I made a super horrible traumatizing past for Macaques family before he met Wukong :3) In the past if one of them got a nightmare they would get up and walk to wherever the other was sleeping without a word and just cuddle up with each other (Platonic or Romantic) But after Macaques death/murder and revival, both of their nightmares picked up, and also he had more issues with sleep as he worked with LBD and The Mayor, he barley ate, he barley slept, (I HC that Wukong is chubby and Macaque is skinny <3) but anyways, he barley took care of himself because he was so focused on other things, and if he did get sleep he would wake up from a nightmare about an hour or two later. So, that leads to this headcanon I have for Macaque. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Macaque has Insomnia Nightmares/Nightmares Disorder While nightmares are associated with certain mental health conditions, such as PTSD. Nightmare disorder is a pattern of repeated frightening and vivid dreams that cause significant distress or impaired functioning. It is one type of parasomnias, which are behavioral sleep abnormalities. Nightmare disorder causes frequent, extended nightmares that commonly depict serious threats to the dreamer’s life, safety, and well-being. They wake from them feeling alert and deeply distressed. Typically, they can vividly recall the content of the nightmare. Mild: Less than one nightmare per week on average. ~ Moderate: One or more nightmares per week, but less than nightly. ~ Severe: Nightmares every night. It can also vary in duration: Acute nightmare disorder lasts one month or less. ~ Subacute nightmare disorder lasts at least one month but less than six months. ~ Chronic nightmare disorder lasts for six months or longer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ After he get's these nightmares he can't fall back asleep because his thoughts are swirling, so usually he just stares up at the sky/ceiling/ whatever he's under, thinking, laying there for hours until he has to get up.

[felinefractious]

This is Someone. She walked into my house uninvited last summer and then didn't leave. She is extremely affectionate and loses her mind the one night a week she is allowed access to the couch. Her favorite toy is a child-sized beanbag chair patterned like a bee, which she beats the shit out of on the daily. She has a chronic respiratory infection and screams if I don't let her on my bed.

What breed is she?

Someone is part if a breed group known as Wanderers, similar to how the Maew Boran breed group encompasses thai cats, khao manee, korat, etc.

I can’t say which variant she is for sure but based on your description I think she’s a Dream Variant or Dreamer. This variant is known to develop problems with chronic rhinosinusitis as a side effect of suppressing their true power because the world isn’t ready for that yet.

[owl-with-a-pen]

My brain constantly ping pongs between thinking Nia is a chronic insomniac or still just narcolepsy levels of falling asleep anywhere and everywhere all the time. Maybe she’s also ping ponging between the two depending on how she’s doing with her powers at the moment. Sometimes she’s falling asleep at game night, at work, at the dinner table. Sometimes she goes three days on two non-consecutive hours of sleep. Every so often the universe throws her a bone and it’s normal for a while. And Brainy is either waking her up in stupid places in the middle of the day or pulling sleep hacks out of his sleeves at 2am, forever engaged in the game of trying to help his girlfriend get the correct amount of sleep.

Oh, oh, I actually shared some of my thoughts about this exact topic after the Dreamer/Flash crossover gave us some more delicious lore. You can read that here !

But, yes, I like to imagine Nia's sleeping pattern fluctuates, too. The Flash crossover gave us some more insight into Nia's abilities and confirmed that what was holding her back was the fact that she was fighting too hard to control her dreaming ability, which goes against the natural unpredictability of the visions themselves.

So, if Nia's in a good headspace, I think that's when she might find herself falling into the more narcoleptic characteristic of falling asleep in random places, although she no longer views it as the same stressor/inconvenience as before. She just had to learn to embrace that it's a natural part of her power and that she has to let her visions in when they come knocking, no matter where or when that might be.

The difficulty of leading a double life means that Nia often falls into the unhealthy habit of caffeine binging to keep herself from falling behind at Catco. So, if Brainy starts seeing coffee cups stacking up, he knows to check in with her.

Since talking about this the last time, I started thinking of possible tech that Brainy might design to help Nia keep track of her dreams. In real life, there are headbands or wristbands that can track sleep patterns, brainwaves, etc, and so I like to think that maybe Brainy adds an extra layer to Nia's bracelets, something that taps into her dream energy to notify her if she might be about to fall into the dream state. That way, she's got a bit of warning to prep for a vision, especially if she's somewhere public where randomly passing out might not be ideal. It also means she's less likely to turn to coffee to keep her awake and allows her to better embrace her powers to their fullest extent. Win-win 😉

[traincat]

get to know me

Tagged by @ladymercury-10! tag whoever you want to get to know better!

Three ships: IkeSoren has taken over my entire life. FlashKaine, because I have @pariah-arts' What Died Didn’t Stay Dead on my mind, and Spideytorch in perpetuity. I have something I'm working on for them that I'm going to drop in the tag at some point the exact same way a cat drops a dead rat on their sleeping owner.

First Ship: probably Ash/Misty from Pokemon lol. that's the first thing I can like, consciously remember shipping in a "I want these characters to Hold Hands" way.

Last song: Casual by Chappell Roan.

Last Film: Little Richard: I Am Everything. I think the last fiction movie I watched was Miss Granny, which made me WEEP and miss my own grandma.

Currently Reading: stuff for work lmfao. I read a lot of manuscripts for my job which kind of cuts into enjoyment reading.

Currently watching: True Detective: Night Country! I've been loving it so so much. I also watch a lot of documentaries (I like to have the TV on while I work or write), and I need to finish Love Between Fairy and Devil.

Currently consuming: aren't we all consuming all the time something something capitalism. I don't really know what this means. I just ate white fish salad on a cracker with kimchi. and now I have coffee.

Currently craving: I really want a fried oyster.

Tagging @pariahsdream, @loisfreakinglane, @ladypfenix, @chronic-dreamer, @unclepetunio and anyone who wants to do this. Consider yourself tagged!

[makeadealwithdean]

WIP TITLE GAME

rules: make a new post with the names of all the files in your wip folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have wips.

thank you for the tag @kallisto-k!! i've been so excited to do this, just had to find time cause i have way too many wips/fic ideas

Supernatural WIPs:

#1 let me

#2 'tis the damn season (series)

#3 bleeding in love (series)

#4 dear, though the night has gone (series)

#5 "jar!"

#6 a castle made of sand

#7 bff (best friend fallout)

#8 destiel goes to hot topic

#9 english girls

#10 illicit affairs

#11 is everything a bob seger song to you?

#12 it cut deep to know you, right to the bone

#13 just because we're blood don't mean we relate

#14 love you real, love you raw

#15 birthday spanking

#16 my heart belongs to daddy

#17 red wings

#18 soulless sam chasing you through the woods

#19 spanish homework help

#20 christmas fic

#21 why are you here?

Stranger Things WIPs:

#22 that's how my love goes

#23 strawberries and cigarettes

#24 massage fic au

#25 breaking him

#26 dial drunk

#27 black & white

#28 billy goes to the byers house

#29 (pretty boy) don't get cut on my edges

#30 a night in

#31 back seat

#32 deal gone right

#33 guitar player

#34 let me fix your crown

#35 this love is ours

The Vampire Diaries WIPs:

#36 love sucks (spn crossover)

#37 poker face

#38 they say i did something bad, why's it feel so good?

#39 what am i seeing? (spn crossover)

#40 ian somerhalder is actually a vampire?

#41 feel so close to you right now

#42 dreams

#43 never knew i could feel this much

#44 drunk in love

Criminal Minds WIPs:

#45 mgg jazz club fic

#46 dance floor mishap

bold = actually partially written fics, the others are more bullet pointed ideas

right so, that was a lot, but if you want to ask me about any of them in hopes i'll actually sit down and finish them, PLEASE DO. i'll link my ask box here. i need all the motivation i can possibly get <3

anywho, tagging @hintsofhoney @jensengirl83 @wayward-dreamer @dragonflylady77 @hellcheercaine and whoever else wants to join! sorry if you've already done it, and i've tagged you, i really need to get back into being chronically online lmao

[hannahhook7744]

Jane Darling headcanons revamped;

Her full name is actually Jane Marian Stuart-Darling of Darling Coast.

She is the oldest grandchild of her family at 32 years old by the time the events of the pocketwatch transpire.

She has two younger brothers—William (24) and Daniel (17).

She has Danny has 7 first cousins (Jeremiah, Wilma, Diana, Moria, Jonathan, Wallace, and Dalton) and 2 second cousins (Millie and Warpaint).

Jane is the only one old enough to actually remember their great aunt, Millicent, unfortunately enough.

She is also a big nerd—loving books, dnd, role playing, cosplaying, and is a chronic day dreamer. She also loved school when she was in it.

Jane is a very strong swimmer and loves going swimming with her husband, Alex (who just so happens to be Melody's ex).

She is bestfriends with Jim Hawkins and got into a lot of shenanigans with him as a kid. After she mellowed out because of her Neverland adventure, that is.

She owns a lot of maps and still has Nanny ||.

She is a night owl and practically lives on energy drinks and coffee.

This is because she doesn't want to have to deal with her horrid nightmares of her time in Neverland.

Jane also loves treasure hunting and climbing things.

She learned how to use a rapier better after Neverland so she could better protect herself, her brothers, and her cousins.

She likes traveling and has a vial of pixie dust Peter gifted her the last time she was in Neverland.

She met Jim in the Naval academy when they were kids and she has since became an instructor at Neverland Academy.

Jane is very close to her parents and loves them dearly.

She drives a purple car, which is her favorite color.

She also loves fishing even if she won't admit it.

[padawansuggest]

Okay so my gf and my dad are lucid dreamers who don’t actually know HOW to lucid dream (trust me there are signs you can look it up they both have the capability to lucid dream but neither want to or have tried yet idk man it’s really weird cause they both love naps so much but haaaaaaate dreams) and because of this they both describe their dreams the same way. They 1: hate them and 2: it’s confusing and annoying at best so they just can’t stand the actual dreams.

Anyways. I completely lack the ability to lucid dream. But. I fucking LOVE my dreams that aren’t nightmares, because an unfortunate issue for me is chronic nightmares but otherwise I actually love my dreams and get frequent dreams that would amazing books/movies or fics. Like I have had probably two super good ones in the last month or so. One of them full on had a mixture of a H*gw^rts type school but mix in elements from Breakbills (The Magicians, specifically the part in that it’s a secondary school, not a primary school) and I genuinely think it would make a good novel and sequel and I love the idea still considering it, while the last one I had was like 6 hours ago and it gave me a super good idea for a fic that involves kiddo CodyWan with Mandalorian Empire and a bunch of other epic shit lmao i straight up had to write it out after I woke up and even now it’s still a super solid fic idea and it’s got Lesbians~

Anyways. So what I’m saying is that lucid dreamers don’t have the ability to suspend reality for the plot, because they KNOW it’s a dream and so it’s all just fast and confusing until they actually learn how to lucid dream (mad neither of them are learning that bitch do you KNOW what I would give to have a secondary life in my own head???? Wasted. Rude.) and they even describe it as just annoying flashes sometimes.

So. Lucid dreaming is actually very specific and not the same as normal dreaming in which you suspend reality and go with the flow, and it’s got a lot of major markers that aren’t the same as regular dreaming.

I can overall make decisions in my own dreams. I don’t always have the best options for them, but I can make them. I can choose to look for a book in a store, or I can choose to go into that flower shop. I found that since I learned to make simple decisions in my dreams, while it doesn’t exactly help me realize it’s a dream, it overall can push the dream in one direction or another. Last night I chose to look for a customer instead of just filling an order for them when I realized they had ordered the grossest combo known to man and I was like ‘Imma ask for a second opinion’ and suddenly I was no longer filling orders, but a lost princess who very Futurama style got cryogenically frozen and so did her old gf and now they’re in the future and can finally be together without being sentenced to death from homophobia. It was wild.

Either way. So you know those dreams where your teeth start falling out or crumbling (mine crumble and block my mouth if my mouth is dry irl and I’m all ‘shame my mouth is going to be blocked by teeth for the rest of forever’) and you’re like ‘wow, this sucks’ and let it turn into a nightmare or get weird?

Yeah. So. That. Still. Doesn’t help me realize it’s a dream. At no point in the dream do I have the capability of realizing it’s a dream. That’s not a possibility for me. But. I do… have a way of waking myself up. But I’m not like ‘I gotta wake up’ because it doesn’t occur to me that it’s a dream. I sorta just. Shut down. I’m all ‘yeah it’s time to die’. And. I. Die. I just like kill myself in the dream and wake up with a headache from grinding my teeth.

So. Just a thought. If you don’t have the capability of realizing you’re in a dream and changing things??? Just die. It apparently works.

[yumeka]

MAGIC & ABILITIES

Monday's magics can be classified into two categories: passive && active. her passive magics are the magics she uses subconsciously, without really having to put much thought and effort into casting (mainly the magics she uses for communication), while her active magics are something she has to actively be thinking about and casting to use, and are the magics they would classify themselves as a mage in.

PASSIVE MAGICS:

SCRIPT MAGIC: Monday's primary way of communication is by using an altered form of script magic. unlike with most script magics, where the script will perform whatever is written out, monday's scripts basically have no effect and only appear to put her thoughts into words. a good example would be if they said 'boom', instead of the script exploding like it normally would, the word just appears before vanishing with no effect. most people would find it weird to alter a magic to be effectively useless, but monday has had one too many conversations end with destruction for them not to look into altering the property of the magic.

ILLUSION MAGIC: this magic works in compliment to their script magic solely to make their scripts more visible to whoever they are talking to. this typically will manifest in the form of little speech bubbles floating by their head or whatever is the object of focus. in instances where words aren't effective, the illusions will form question marks or exclamation around their head, kinda like how they can be drawn in anime or manga. in scenarios where they need to draw attention to themselves (either good or bad) the illusions will typically look like fireworks going off to draw attention to her.

ACTIVE MAGICS:

DREAM MAGIC: A magic originating in Alvarez, dream magic allows the caster to harness an individuals dreams and pull objects, spells and on extreme occasions, people from the dream into the waking world. it often gets mistaken for a type of requip magic due to items & objects being the easiest things to pull out of dreams. this magic does come with some heavy caveats, namely being that the user cannot pull items from their own dreams, and the individual they are harnessing their dreams from has to actively be asleep. the moment the person wakes up, all items pulled from the dream vanishes, like they never existed in the first place.

DREAM WALKER: An advanced subcategory of dream magic, dream walker allows the user to enter and manipulate peoples dreams. while using this skill the caster does vanish from the waking world and is only present within the target's dream. if the dreamer is lucid dreaming, they will have equal or more control of the dream than the caster, but in most scenarios, the caster is in full control of the situation and can add or remove things to the dream. if the dreamer is awoken at any point, the caster is removed from the dream instantly, and it's a rather violent process leaving the caster dazed and in worse case scenarios injured. Monday only ever uses this magic with consent of the dreamer and uses it as a type of therapy to help people with chronic nightmares, going into them and manipulating them into something more pleasant to help the person sleep through the night

SLEEP MAGIC: Because their magic is heavily reliant on an individual being asleep to work, Monday knows the most basic forms of sleep magics. she never will put anyone to sleep involuntarily unless they are deemed as a threat, and in most situations don't disclose this as a magic they have in case they do need to incapacitate someone momentarily

[daxieoclock]

OCs

Dia - full name: Seprigrininat-un-Diadelixaphage. Greymoral homunculus with an empathy disorder, raised as an assassin by her father, whom she killed for abusing her sister. She and her siblings are in hiding from the crime empire who owns their father’s debts, and Dia is trying to find both her purpose and her brother, who was captured by said crime empire. She was a pirate for a year, wears a skull bandana and uses a scythe and weather magic.

(art by my friend’s friend Park who does not have tumblr)

Farris - a gaunt woman who sold her soul to an undead fae in order to escape abuse, and is now hunting that fae to kill her so she can die freely on her own terms. Dia’s rival and eventual lover. She lashes out as a defense mechanism. Manipulates her own body into a weapon with the magic of the undead.

Max Enoch - a teenage Jewish trans girl with a golem made of folded paper, a crush on her best friend Jenny, and severely repressed trauma. Tries really hard to be an aloof cool girl at the cost of her vulnerability.

(art by @lilyhoshikawa​ )

Primrose - goes by Prim. The poltergeist of the girl haunting this narrative. She’s insanely powerful and insanely vindictive, an apparent human living in a mirror world of twisted deities, whom she both culls and protects. Daughter of the Dreamer - the invisible “Idmon.”

Puck - a little boy with antlers, a scar over one eye and whimsical theater kid energy. He is just a little guy. Prim’s baby brother, son of the Dreamer - the invisible “Titania.”

(art by @cattownartist​ )

Lucy “Twitch” Blum - newly out trans girl still dealing with a whole lot of trauma. Almost killed the party when her self-loathing took monstrous form, but she got better. Accompanied by her Persona, Venus. In a very lovey-dovey relationship with resident butch Lena.

Arcade Cassidy - bartender and butch eyecandy by night, nerdy terminal insomniac by day. Horribly cursed, and dealing with it the best they can - by being buried in medical debt, mostly. Probably going to eat a g-d some day.

Mezzanine “Mezz” Penglihaten - mixed Indonesian and Japanese, she’s chronically ill chemistry major and part time magical girl, by the name “Transience.” The providor of her powers takes the specter form and name of “Izanami.” While Mezz is firm and softspoken, Transience is cocky and brash and loud. Full profile here.

Keth Sayar - up and coming punk rock star, shredding her way through the undercity of Zaun...or so she likes to say. Despite her insistence on her stage name - Caustic Shock - she’s as of yet an inexperienced band geek running around with a haunted electric guitar, getting into trouble. And she’s 15. But it’s not a phase, mom!

[nimdreams]

My Archetype

I am a dreamer archetrope. I identify this way because of my strong connection to dreams and because of my daydreaming tendencies. An archetrope is often something you inspire to be, and I inspire to let dreams affect my daily life, to be with my head in the clouds, drifting away to beautiful places. I wish to be the dreamer; full of imagination, the creative, the fantastical, the fantasizer. It is also something innate.

I am also strongly connected to dreams, it is part of my star and fox spirit identities. As a star I was made from the Dream and for fox spirit, dreams is where I am truly fully myself. I have multiple vivid and often lucid dreams every night and have access there to all my magical abilities.

I believe this identity has greatly helped me in life. When I was severely chronically ill, I still had a life in my mind. I had distraction and wonder. It has helped me through tough times. I love living my life as a dreamer.

I think this archetrope has also heavily influenced my alterhumanity in general. If I wasn't a dreamer, I might not have had my fox spirit dreams and my rich inner world as a star. I don't have many goals in life, I just want to remain deep in fantasy.

This identity connects me to the child in me. When I was young I had such a vivid imagination. I channel that still. It is something I tried to push away, tried to live in the "real" world, but opening myself up to being a dreamer is so much more wonderful. I allow myself to be me.

I am literally and figuratively a dreamer.

[brookston]

Holidays 10.1

Holidays

Antiope Asteroid Day

Arbor Day (Northern Mariana Islands)

Armed Forces Day (South Korea)

Bad Bunny Day (California)

Bonn Phchum Ben (Ancestors’ Day; Cambodia)

Captains Regent Day (San Mario)

CD Player Day

Children’s Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, Sri Lanka)

Chronic Urticaria Awareness Day

Cut Out Dissection Day

Day of Prosecutors (Azerbaijan)

Day of Teachers and Inspectors (Uzbekistan)

Day of the Defenders of the Ukraine (Ukraine)

DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) Day

Escape Room Day

Feast of Penha (Brazil)

Fire Pup Day

Fiscal Year begins (US)

Foundation Day of the People's Republic of China

Green Day

Ground Forces Day (Russia)

Guoqing Jie (China, Hong Kong, Macau)

International Day of Older Persons (UN)

International Gaucher Day

International Music Day

International Raccoon Appreciation Day

International Raise It Up Day

International Willy Wonka Day

Investiture of the Captains Regent (San Marino)

Journalist Day (Peru)

Kung Fu Day

Las Vegas Shooting Remembrance Day

Less Than Perfect Day

Lincolnshire Day (UK)

Little Golden Books Day

Magic Circles Day

Model T Day

Monkey God Festival (Hong Kong)

Moving Day (NYC)

National Architect Day (Mexico)

National Black Dog Day

National Book It! Day

National Day of the People's Republic of China

National Green City Day

National Hair Day

National Lace Day

National Latino Physician Day

National Massage Day (UK)

National Roller Skating Day

National Seniors Day (Canada)

National VHS Day

National Walk Your Dog Day

Older Persons Day (Kazakhstan; Tajikistan)

O’qituvchi va Murabbiylar Kuni (Day of Teachers and Instructors; Uzbekistan)

Pancasila Sanctity Day (Indonesia)

Popcorn and Tears Movie Appreciation Night

Postcard Day

Prosecutor’s Day (Azerbaijan)

Stone Fishing Ceremony (French Polynesia)

Tampere Day (Finland)

Teacher’s Day (Uzbekistan)

Ukrainian Cossacks Day (Ukraine)

Umbrella Academy Day

US-ROK Alliance Day (US and Korea)

Vat Day (French Republic)

We Are the Music Makers, and We Are the Dreamers of Dreams Day

White Rabbit Day

Willy Wonka Day

World Ballet Day

World Bluegrass Day

World Bluetits Day

World Handmade Day

World Paralysis Awareness Day

World Postcard Day

World Series Day

Wold Vexillology Day

Yosemite National Park Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Coffee Day (Japan)

Croqueta Day (Miami, Florida)

German Brewer's New Year's Day

Greek Coffee Day (Greece)

Homemade Cookies Day

International Coffee Day

International Sake Day

Japanese Tea Day (Japan)

Manifest Drunkenness Day (France)

National Marinara Sauce Day

National Pumpkin Spice Day

Pudding Season begins

Vegan Baking Day

World Cocoa & Chocolate Day

World Sake Day

World Vegetarian Day

Independence & Related Days

Chuuk Constitution Day (Micronesia)

Cyprus (from UK, 1960)

Investiture of the Captains Regents (San Marino) [also 4.1]

Nigeria (from UK, 1960)

Palau (from UN Trust Territory status, 1994)

Tuvalu (from UK, 1978)

Unification Day (Cameroon)

1st Tuesday in October

Customer Experience Day [1st Tuesday]

IEEE Day [1st Tuesday]

National Advising Day [1st Tuesday]

National Fruit at Work Day [1st Tuesday]

National Night Out (Alternative) [1st Tuesday]

News Engagement Day [1st Tuesday]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Takeout Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

To-Do List Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Tranquil Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning October 1 (1st Week of October)

Active Aging Week (thru 10.7)

Getting the World to Beat a Path to Your Door Week (thru 10.7)

National Vegetarian Awareness Week (thru 10.7]

National Walk Your Dog Week (thru 10.7) [1st Week]

Trichotillomania Skin Picking & Related BFRB Awareness Week (thru 10.7)

Universal Children’s Week (thru 10.7)

World Dairy Expo (thru 10.4)

Festivals Beginning October 1, 2024

Algeria International Festival of Comics [FIBDA] (Algiers, Algeria) [thru 10.5]

Historic Bluffton Arts & Seafood Festival (Bluffton, South Carolina) [thru 10.20]

Melbourne Fringe Festival (Melbourne, Australia) [thru 10.20]

Orangeburg County Fair (Orangeburg, South Carolina) [thru 10.6]

World Dairy Expo (Madison, Wisconsin) [thru 10.4]

Feast Days

Abai (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Agnolotti Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Antonio Roybal (Artology)

Bavo of Ghent (Christian; Saint)

Camilla D'Errico (Artology)

The Canterbury Martyrs of 1588 (Christian; Martyrs)

Descension of the Lawyers Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Edward James (Christian; Blessed)

Faith Baldwin (Writerism)

Festival of Fides (Pagan)

Festival of Juno Sororia (Ancient Rome)

Festival of the Rosary (Christian; Saint)

Fides Publica (Old Roman Goddess of Faithfulness)

Fidharieus of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Flattering Finals (Shamanism)

The Frith (a.k.a. Augury; Celtic Book of Days)

Giulia Lama (Artology)

Kalends of October (Ancient Rome)

Katsushika Hokusai (Artology)

Louis Untermeyer (Writerism)

Melorus (a.k.a. Melar or Mylor; Christian; Martyr)

Ms. Barrett (Muppetism)

Nicetius (Roman Catholic Church)

Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (Artology)

Older Persons Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Oschophoria (Autumn Dionysus Festival, Greek God of Intoxication)

Pergolese (Positivist; Saint)

Plat (Christian; Saint)

Remigius of Rheims (a.k.a. Remi; Christian; Saint)

Romanos the Melodist (Christian; Saint)

Thérèse of Lisieux (Christian; Saint)

Protection/Patronage of the Theotokos (Eastern Catholic Churches)

Wasnulf (a.k.a. Wasnon; Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Binary Day [110] (4 of 9)

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Abbey Road, by The Beatles (US Album; 1969)

Alice Cooper #1 (Marvel Comic Book; 1979)

And So Tibet (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1964)

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, by Gertrude Stein (Autobiography; 1932)

Belabor They Neighbor (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1970)

The Big Country (Film; 1958)

The Big Dipper, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 5 & 6; 1966)

The Big Fix (Film; 1978)

The Big Knockover, by Dashiell Hammett (Short Story; 1927)

Blue Plate Symphony (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1954)

Bugs in Love (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1932)

A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller Jr. (Novel; 1959)

A Close Shave, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Clown Jewels, featuring Sidney (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1961)

Cool Runnings (Film; 1993)

Deep Sea Doodle (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1960)

The Devil’s Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (Book; 1906)

Dexter (TV Series; 2006)

Dr. Rhinestone’s Theory, featuring James Hound (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1967)

Expert Explorer (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1963)

Ferdydurke, by Witold Gombrowicz (Novel; 1937)

The Fighting Prince of Donegal (Film; 1966)

First Flight Up (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1962)

The Fleet’s Out, featuring Sidney (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

Fountains of Wayne, by Fountains of Wayne (Album; 1996)

Freakonomics (Documentary Film; 2010)

The Friendly Ghost (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1954)

The Fright Before Christmas or A Visit from Saint Nicholouse (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 217; 1963)

The Frog (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1969)

Galaxia (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1960)

Gaston’s Easel Life (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1958)

Ghosted (TV Series; 2017)

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest, by Stieg Larsson (Novel; 2009) [Millennium Trilogy #3]

The Gold Dust Bandit (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1964)

Good Mousekeeping (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

Green Onions, by Booker T. & The M.G.’s (Album; 1962)

Happy, Texas (Film; 1999)

The Hard Boiled Egg (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1948)

Hashimoto-San (Hashimoto Cartoon; 1959)

The Headless Horseman (Ub Iwerks ComiColor Cartoon; 1934)

The Helpful Genie (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)

Hippolyte et Aricie, by Jean-Philippe Rameau (Opera; 1733)

The Horse's Mouth, by Joyce Cary (Novel; 1944)

How to Keep Cool (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

Hund for Pound (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1963)

How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie (Self Help Book; 1936)

The Hunt for Red October, by Tom Clancy (Novel; 1985)

If Cats Could Sing (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)

Jackass (TV Series; 2000)

Journey to the End of the Night, by Louis-Ferdinand Céline (Novel; 1932)

Knight-Mare Hare (WB MM Cartoon; 1955)

Kubla Khan, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Poem; 1797)

The Last Hero, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2001) [Discworld #27]

Love That Pup (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1949)

Madame Bovary (Novel; 1856)

Mad #1 (Magazine; 1952)

The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dick (Novel; 1962)

Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka (Novella; 1915)

Mickey’s Choo-Choo (Disney Cartoon; 1929)

Midnight Love, by Marvin Gaye (Album; 1982)

The Monks Present, by The Monks (Album; 1969)

Mouse and Garden (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)

Mutiny on the Bounty, by Charles Bernard Nordhoff (Novel; 1932)

The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie (Mystery Novel; 1920) [1]

The Mysterious Stranger (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1948)

A New World Record, by Electric Light Orchestra (Album; 1976)

Nice Doggy (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

Night of the Living Dead (Film; 1968)

No Space Like Home (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1971)

Now We Are Six, by A.A. Milne (Poetry; 1927) [Winnie the Pooh #4]

Panicky Pancakes (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

Pastry Panic (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)

Penny Pals (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1962)

Perils of Pearl Pureheart (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1949)

The Pigs’ Feat (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)

The Planet Mouseola (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)

The Poky Little Puppy, by Janette Sebring Lowrey (Children’s Book; 1942)

The Pony Express (Flip the Frog MGM Cartoon; 1932)

Rabbit Hill, by Robert Lawson (Children’s Book; 1944)

Redwall, by Brian Jacques (Novel; 1986)

The Redwood Sap (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1951)

The Reformed Wolf (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1954)

The Reluctant Pup (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

Ringworld, by Larry Niven (Novel; 1970)

The Rock Hound (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1968)

Screaming Life, by Soundgarden (EP; 1987)

Selling England By the Pound, by Genesis (Album; 1973)

She, by H. Rider Haggard (Novel; 1886)

The Social Network (Film; 2010)

Soups On or Rocky Goes to Pot (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 218; 1963)

Sour Gripes (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)

Spooky-Yaki (Hashimoto Cartoon; 1963)

Stranger Than Paradise (Film; 1984)

Surfin’ Safari, by The Beach Boys (Album; 1962)

The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter (Children’s Book; 1902)

Tally-Hokum (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1965)

The Tartar Steppe, by Dino Buzzati (Novel; 1940)

Teaser and the Firecat, by Cat Stevens (Album; 1971)

Tell Me a Bedtime Story (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Film; 1974)

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (Film; 1989)

The Third Musketeer (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1965)

The Three Little Kittens, by Marie Simchow Stern (Children’s Book; 1942)

This Is Your Life (Radio Series; 1952)

A Tiger’s Tail (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1964)

Tin Pan Alley (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)

The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (Late Night TV Talk Show; 1962)

A Truckload of Trouble (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1949)

Turtle Scoop (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

Valley Forge Hero (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1963)

Vincent (Disney Cartoon; 1982)

Walt Disney World (Theme Park; 1971)

The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot (Poem; 1922)

Watch the Butterfly (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1966)

We Think the World is Round (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special)

When God Was a Woman Merlin Stone (History Book; 1976)

Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys (Novel; 1966)

The Winning Ticket (MGM Cartoon; 1938)

The Wiz (Film; 1978)

The Young Lions, by Irwin Shaw (Novel; 1948)

Yule Laff (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1962)

007 in New York, by Ian Fleming (James Bond Short Story; 1962)

Today’s Name Days

Theresia (Austria)

Remigije, Tereza, Terezija (Croatia)

Igor (Czech Republic)

Remigius (Denmark)

Ragnar, Rain, Rainer, Raino, Rauno, Reinhard (Estonia)

Raine, Rainer, Raino, Rauno (Finland)

Ariel, Mélodie, Muriel, Thérèse (France)

Andrea, Remigius, Theresia, Werner (Germany)

Ananias, Romanos, Thiresia (Greece)

Malvin (Hungary)

Teresa (Italy)

Lara, Lāsma, Zanda (Latvia)

Benigna, Mantas, Mintė, Remigijus (Lithuania)

Rebekka, Remi (Norway)

Benigna, Cieszysław, Dan, Danisz, Danuta, Igor, Jan, Remigiusz (Poland)

Ariadna, Irina, Sofya (Russia)

Arnold (Slovakia)

Teresa, Teresita (Spain)

Ragna, Ragnar (Sweden)

Carter, Remington, Remy, Rhea, Rhiannon (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 275 of 2024; 91 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of Week 40 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 29 (Wu-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 28 Elul 5784

Islamic: 27 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 5 Orange; Fryday [5 of 30]

Julian: 18 September 2024

Moon: 1%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 23 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Sacchini / Grétry]

Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 10 of 90)

Week: Last Week of September/1st Week of October

Zodiac: Libra (Day 9 of 30)

Calendar Changes

October (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 10 of 12]

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Holidays 10.1

Holidays

Antiope Asteroid Day

Arbor Day (Northern Mariana Islands)

Armed Forces Day (South Korea)

Bad Bunny Day (California)

Bonn Phchum Ben (Ancestors’ Day; Cambodia)

Captains Regent Day (San Mario)

CD Player Day

Children’s Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, Sri Lanka)

Chronic Urticaria Awareness Day

Cut Out Dissection Day

Day of Prosecutors (Azerbaijan)

Day of Teachers and Inspectors (Uzbekistan)

Day of the Defenders of the Ukraine (Ukraine)

DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) Day

Escape Room Day

Feast of Penha (Brazil)

Fire Pup Day

Fiscal Year begins (US)

Foundation Day of the People's Republic of China

Green Day

Ground Forces Day (Russia)

Guoqing Jie (China, Hong Kong, Macau)

International Day of Older Persons (UN)

International Gaucher Day

International Music Day

International Raccoon Appreciation Day

International Raise It Up Day

International Willy Wonka Day

Investiture of the Captains Regent (San Marino)

Journalist Day (Peru)

Kung Fu Day

Las Vegas Shooting Remembrance Day

Less Than Perfect Day

Lincolnshire Day (UK)

Little Golden Books Day

Magic Circles Day

Model T Day

Monkey God Festival (Hong Kong)

Moving Day (NYC)

National Architect Day (Mexico)

National Black Dog Day

National Book It! Day

National Day of the People's Republic of China

National Green City Day

National Hair Day

National Lace Day

National Latino Physician Day

National Massage Day (UK)

National Roller Skating Day

National Seniors Day (Canada)

National VHS Day

National Walk Your Dog Day

Older Persons Day (Kazakhstan; Tajikistan)

O’qituvchi va Murabbiylar Kuni (Day of Teachers and Instructors; Uzbekistan)

Pancasila Sanctity Day (Indonesia)

Popcorn and Tears Movie Appreciation Night

Postcard Day

Prosecutor’s Day (Azerbaijan)

Stone Fishing Ceremony (French Polynesia)

Tampere Day (Finland)

Teacher’s Day (Uzbekistan)

Ukrainian Cossacks Day (Ukraine)

Umbrella Academy Day

US-ROK Alliance Day (US and Korea)

Vat Day (French Republic)

We Are the Music Makers, and We Are the Dreamers of Dreams Day

White Rabbit Day

Willy Wonka Day

World Ballet Day

World Bluegrass Day

World Bluetits Day

World Handmade Day

World Paralysis Awareness Day

World Postcard Day

World Series Day

Wold Vexillology Day

Yosemite National Park Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Coffee Day (Japan)

Croqueta Day (Miami, Florida)

German Brewer's New Year's Day

Greek Coffee Day (Greece)

Homemade Cookies Day

International Coffee Day

International Sake Day

Japanese Tea Day (Japan)

Manifest Drunkenness Day (France)

National Marinara Sauce Day

National Pumpkin Spice Day

Pudding Season begins

Vegan Baking Day

World Cocoa & Chocolate Day

World Sake Day

World Vegetarian Day

Independence & Related Days

Chuuk Constitution Day (Micronesia)

Cyprus (from UK, 1960)

Investiture of the Captains Regents (San Marino) [also 4.1]

Nigeria (from UK, 1960)

Palau (from UN Trust Territory status, 1994)

Tuvalu (from UK, 1978)

Unification Day (Cameroon)

1st Tuesday in October

Customer Experience Day [1st Tuesday]

IEEE Day [1st Tuesday]

National Advising Day [1st Tuesday]

National Fruit at Work Day [1st Tuesday]

National Night Out (Alternative) [1st Tuesday]

News Engagement Day [1st Tuesday]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Takeout Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Target Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Tater Tot Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

To-Do List Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Tranquil Tuesday [1st Tuesday of Each Month]

Trivia Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Two For Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning October 1 (1st Week of October)

Active Aging Week (thru 10.7)

Getting the World to Beat a Path to Your Door Week (thru 10.7)

National Vegetarian Awareness Week (thru 10.7]

National Walk Your Dog Week (thru 10.7) [1st Week]

Trichotillomania Skin Picking & Related BFRB Awareness Week (thru 10.7)

Universal Children’s Week (thru 10.7)

World Dairy Expo (thru 10.4)

Festivals Beginning October 1, 2024

Algeria International Festival of Comics [FIBDA] (Algiers, Algeria) [thru 10.5]

Historic Bluffton Arts & Seafood Festival (Bluffton, South Carolina) [thru 10.20]

Melbourne Fringe Festival (Melbourne, Australia) [thru 10.20]

Orangeburg County Fair (Orangeburg, South Carolina) [thru 10.6]

World Dairy Expo (Madison, Wisconsin) [thru 10.4]

Feast Days

Abai (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Agnolotti Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Antonio Roybal (Artology)

Bavo of Ghent (Christian; Saint)

Camilla D'Errico (Artology)

The Canterbury Martyrs of 1588 (Christian; Martyrs)

Descension of the Lawyers Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Edward James (Christian; Blessed)

Faith Baldwin (Writerism)

Festival of Fides (Pagan)

Festival of Juno Sororia (Ancient Rome)

Festival of the Rosary (Christian; Saint)

Fides Publica (Old Roman Goddess of Faithfulness)

Fidharieus of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Flattering Finals (Shamanism)

The Frith (a.k.a. Augury; Celtic Book of Days)

Giulia Lama (Artology)

Kalends of October (Ancient Rome)

Katsushika Hokusai (Artology)

Louis Untermeyer (Writerism)

Melorus (a.k.a. Melar or Mylor; Christian; Martyr)

Ms. Barrett (Muppetism)

Nicetius (Roman Catholic Church)

Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (Artology)

Older Persons Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Oschophoria (Autumn Dionysus Festival, Greek God of Intoxication)

Pergolese (Positivist; Saint)

Plat (Christian; Saint)

Remigius of Rheims (a.k.a. Remi; Christian; Saint)

Romanos the Melodist (Christian; Saint)

Thérèse of Lisieux (Christian; Saint)

Protection/Patronage of the Theotokos (Eastern Catholic Churches)

Wasnulf (a.k.a. Wasnon; Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Binary Day [110] (4 of 9)

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Abbey Road, by The Beatles (US Album; 1969)

Alice Cooper #1 (Marvel Comic Book; 1979)

And So Tibet (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1964)

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, by Gertrude Stein (Autobiography; 1932)

Belabor They Neighbor (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1970)

The Big Country (Film; 1958)

The Big Dipper, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 5 & 6; 1966)

The Big Fix (Film; 1978)

The Big Knockover, by Dashiell Hammett (Short Story; 1927)

Blue Plate Symphony (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1954)

Bugs in Love (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1932)

A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller Jr. (Novel; 1959)

A Close Shave, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Clown Jewels, featuring Sidney (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1961)

Cool Runnings (Film; 1993)

Deep Sea Doodle (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1960)

The Devil’s Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (Book; 1906)

Dexter (TV Series; 2006)

Dr. Rhinestone’s Theory, featuring James Hound (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1967)

Expert Explorer (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1963)

Ferdydurke, by Witold Gombrowicz (Novel; 1937)

The Fighting Prince of Donegal (Film; 1966)

First Flight Up (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1962)

The Fleet’s Out, featuring Sidney (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

Fountains of Wayne, by Fountains of Wayne (Album; 1996)

Freakonomics (Documentary Film; 2010)

The Friendly Ghost (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1954)

The Fright Before Christmas or A Visit from Saint Nicholouse (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 217; 1963)

The Frog (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1969)

Galaxia (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1960)

Gaston’s Easel Life (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1958)

Ghosted (TV Series; 2017)

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest, by Stieg Larsson (Novel; 2009) [Millennium Trilogy #3]

The Gold Dust Bandit (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1964)

Good Mousekeeping (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

Green Onions, by Booker T. & The M.G.’s (Album; 1962)

Happy, Texas (Film; 1999)

The Hard Boiled Egg (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1948)

Hashimoto-San (Hashimoto Cartoon; 1959)

The Headless Horseman (Ub Iwerks ComiColor Cartoon; 1934)

The Helpful Genie (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)

Hippolyte et Aricie, by Jean-Philippe Rameau (Opera; 1733)

The Horse's Mouth, by Joyce Cary (Novel; 1944)

How to Keep Cool (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

Hund for Pound (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1963)

How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie (Self Help Book; 1936)

The Hunt for Red October, by Tom Clancy (Novel; 1985)

If Cats Could Sing (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)

Jackass (TV Series; 2000)

Journey to the End of the Night, by Louis-Ferdinand Céline (Novel; 1932)

Knight-Mare Hare (WB MM Cartoon; 1955)

Kubla Khan, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Poem; 1797)

The Last Hero, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2001) [Discworld #27]

Love That Pup (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1949)

Madame Bovary (Novel; 1856)

Mad #1 (Magazine; 1952)

The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dick (Novel; 1962)

Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka (Novella; 1915)

Mickey’s Choo-Choo (Disney Cartoon; 1929)

Midnight Love, by Marvin Gaye (Album; 1982)

The Monks Present, by The Monks (Album; 1969)

Mouse and Garden (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)

Mutiny on the Bounty, by Charles Bernard Nordhoff (Novel; 1932)

The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie (Mystery Novel; 1920) [1]

The Mysterious Stranger (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1948)

A New World Record, by Electric Light Orchestra (Album; 1976)

Nice Doggy (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

Night of the Living Dead (Film; 1968)

No Space Like Home (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1971)

Now We Are Six, by A.A. Milne (Poetry; 1927) [Winnie the Pooh #4]

Panicky Pancakes (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

Pastry Panic (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)

Penny Pals (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1962)

Perils of Pearl Pureheart (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1949)

The Pigs’ Feat (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)

The Planet Mouseola (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)

The Poky Little Puppy, by Janette Sebring Lowrey (Children’s Book; 1942)

The Pony Express (Flip the Frog MGM Cartoon; 1932)

Rabbit Hill, by Robert Lawson (Children’s Book; 1944)

Redwall, by Brian Jacques (Novel; 1986)

The Redwood Sap (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1951)

The Reformed Wolf (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1954)

The Reluctant Pup (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

Ringworld, by Larry Niven (Novel; 1970)

The Rock Hound (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1968)

Screaming Life, by Soundgarden (EP; 1987)

Selling England By the Pound, by Genesis (Album; 1973)

She, by H. Rider Haggard (Novel; 1886)

The Social Network (Film; 2010)

Soups On or Rocky Goes to Pot (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 218; 1963)

Sour Gripes (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)

Spooky-Yaki (Hashimoto Cartoon; 1963)

Stranger Than Paradise (Film; 1984)

Surfin’ Safari, by The Beach Boys (Album; 1962)

The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter (Children’s Book; 1902)

Tally-Hokum (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1965)

The Tartar Steppe, by Dino Buzzati (Novel; 1940)

Teaser and the Firecat, by Cat Stevens (Album; 1971)

Tell Me a Bedtime Story (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Film; 1974)

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (Film; 1989)

The Third Musketeer (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1965)

The Three Little Kittens, by Marie Simchow Stern (Children’s Book; 1942)

This Is Your Life (Radio Series; 1952)

A Tiger’s Tail (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1964)

Tin Pan Alley (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)

The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (Late Night TV Talk Show; 1962)

A Truckload of Trouble (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1949)

Turtle Scoop (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

Valley Forge Hero (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1963)

Vincent (Disney Cartoon; 1982)

Walt Disney World (Theme Park; 1971)

The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot (Poem; 1922)

Watch the Butterfly (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1966)

We Think the World is Round (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special)

When God Was a Woman Merlin Stone (History Book; 1976)

Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys (Novel; 1966)

The Winning Ticket (MGM Cartoon; 1938)

The Wiz (Film; 1978)

The Young Lions, by Irwin Shaw (Novel; 1948)

Yule Laff (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1962)

007 in New York, by Ian Fleming (James Bond Short Story; 1962)

Today’s Name Days

Theresia (Austria)

Remigije, Tereza, Terezija (Croatia)

Igor (Czech Republic)

Remigius (Denmark)

Ragnar, Rain, Rainer, Raino, Rauno, Reinhard (Estonia)

Raine, Rainer, Raino, Rauno (Finland)

Ariel, Mélodie, Muriel, Thérèse (France)

Andrea, Remigius, Theresia, Werner (Germany)

Ananias, Romanos, Thiresia (Greece)

Malvin (Hungary)

Teresa (Italy)

Lara, Lāsma, Zanda (Latvia)

Benigna, Mantas, Mintė, Remigijus (Lithuania)

Rebekka, Remi (Norway)

Benigna, Cieszysław, Dan, Danisz, Danuta, Igor, Jan, Remigiusz (Poland)

Ariadna, Irina, Sofya (Russia)

Arnold (Slovakia)

Teresa, Teresita (Spain)

Ragna, Ragnar (Sweden)

Carter, Remington, Remy, Rhea, Rhiannon (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 275 of 2024; 91 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of Week 40 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 29 (Wu-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 28 Elul 5784

Islamic: 27 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 5 Orange; Fryday [5 of 30]

Julian: 18 September 2024

Moon: 1%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 23 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Sacchini / Grétry]

Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 10 of 90)

Week: Last Week of September/1st Week of October

Zodiac: Libra (Day 9 of 30)

Calendar Changes

October (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 10 of 12]

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Introduction to Blogging

Hey there, fellow internet explorers! I'm Vince Lloyd Rondares, and I'm not sure how to describe myself. I'm a bit of a paradox, a walking contradiction, a human kaleidoscope of thoughts and experiences. Some might call me a dreamer, others might call me a cynic. I'm a bit of both, really. But one thing's for sure: I'm a storyteller, and this blog is my digital cauldron, where I brew up stories from the raw ingredients of my thoughts, experiences, and dreams.

I'm a student just like you, navigating the wild and wonderful world of academia, late-night study sessions, and the ever-present quest for caffeine. But I'm also a writer, a storyteller, and a chronic overthinker who finds solace in the power of words.

I've always been a writer, even if I didn't always call myself one. I wrote in my journals, scribbled on napkins, and left notes on mirrors. Words were my way of making sense of the world, of expressing my emotions, and of escaping into worlds of my own creation. But it wasn't until recently that I realized the power of sharing my stories with others.

I stumbled upon the world of blogging like a lost traveler discovering a hidden oasis. It was a place where I could connect with others who shared my passion for words, where I could explore different genres and styles, and where I could experiment with my voice. And so, here I am, a self-proclaimed "accidental alchemist," ready to share my creations with you.

What kind of stories do I have to tell? Well, they're a bit like my personality: a mix of the mundane and the magical, the humorous and the profound. I write about my everyday experiences, my observations of the world, my struggles and triumphs, and my dreams and aspirations. I also write about the things that fascinate me: art, music, literature, philosophy, and the mysteries of the universe.

But I also write about the things that are close to my heart: the challenges and joys of student life, the pressure of exams, the thrill of new discoveries, and the constant search for meaning in a world that often feels overwhelming.

My goal is to create a space where we can all come together, share our stories, and explore the beauty and wonder of the written word. I want to inspire you to write, to read, to dream, and to connect with the world around you. I want to remind you that even in the darkest of times, there's always a flicker of hope, a spark of creativity, and a story waiting to be told.

So, if you're looking for a place to escape the noise of the world, to find inspiration, or simply to connect with someone who loves words as much as you do, then welcome! This is your space, too. Let's embark on this journey together, one word at a time, and see what magic we can create.

I'm excited to be a part of this community, to learn from you, to share with you, and to grow with you. Let's make some magic together!