#conneticut eats

[lobstertalesblog]

Black Dog Bar & Grill Putnam, CT.

The classic Fish and Chips! I love fish and Chips and sometimes you just have to go with what you know and love!

The fish and chips at @blackdogbargrille is made with fresh North Atlantic Haddock and is slightly battered. I really like how you can taste the Haddock through the batter and the fish just melts in your mouth. The batter is not too heavy.

The perfect bite for fish and chips is some fish with a fry or two with tartar sauce!!

Based on presentation and taste of the @blackdogbargrille fish and chips I would rate this dish a 9 out of 10.

[creatureprofessor]

my happy face means smiling w my mouth completely closed, a habit i picked up when i was wearing permanent braces and was really self-conscious about it, and my lips are on the thinner side to begin with, and i scrunch my eyes real small, to make my eyes look less asymmetrical. i also frequently clasp my hands in front of my torso and hold them there as a sort of idle animation. so on pictures i'm featured in usually look like there is a short, round-faced plotter somewhere near the side who sniles so sneetly.

[basil-from-connecticut]

imagine being from Connecticut we shoufl figure out whas wrong with you over whatever they eat in conneticut some time

idk i feel like being from Omori wheeerever that is would b the weirder thing, conneticut is at least a place nd not w/e omori is

[parkminijiminie]

I think them being distant in June/July 2023 and them enlisting together in December 2023 is quite possible and can make sense, depending on how their relationship evolves during the next episodes. Let's just say that Jimin and Jungkook once were a couple but then broke up when the band went on hiatus to focus on their own lives and careers but with the promise to stay friends. Staying friends somehow didn't work, so that created tension between them. Which Jimin intended to fix. So he flew to New York to get Jungkook to travel with him to maybe smooth out the problems between them. But at this point Jungkook probably was harbouring some petty feelings towards Jimin and Jimin might have also felt a bit awkward, hence the car conversation. These feelings don't just disappear, so we had two episodes of them being less... gentle with each other. But by the time their trip ended, they started to understand how to be friends again. Because even if they were a couple at one point, they still were friends before that. Close friends. But they needed some time to understand how to act as friends again. I think step by step they started to repair their friendship after their trip to Conneticut. Exactly what Taekook also did in 2020 after their ITS talk. The damage cannot be healed in just a couple of days but they made the first big step during the first part of their travel show. We'll see how they'll act in Jeju, especially with Tae around. Maybe this time Tae will act like a matchmaker, the same way Jimin did for Taekook in 2020. (Although I have to admit I'm very nervous about the Jeju episode. Depending on how big Tae's part will be and if Jungkook might even ditch Jimin for Tae, this could go very horribly wrong.) I think by the time they went to Sapporo things were back to a pretty normal level. In their last live as four, Jungkook was extremely attentive towards Jimin. Comforting him about the hair, making sure Jimin knows it's ok to eat and massaging Jimin's neck as a way to give him some comfort. (Although am I the only one who noticed that Jimin seemed kind of surprised by Jungkook's touchiness?) I don't think they're a couple anymore. But I think they found their way to be friends again.

This is a theory I could get behind. Obviously, we're all speculating.

I would also like to add that even if JK and JM were ever just friends and never really broke up, this trip was for real special for them, because it was their last chance to spend some time together before being separated for 2 years (even if the planned to enlist together, in July the wouldn't be sure yet) and possibly repair their friendship, if we go with the narrative about them having distance in first part of 2023.

I fully admit that I also am nervous about the Jeju episodes. I know no matter what Taekooker will hate on JM bc they can create a moment or narrative out of thin air and straws, but I at least hope they don't get any real ammunition to use against him.

[askthesinclairs]

(You've heard of Conneticut Clark, now get ready for... Louisiana Lester! 🤭💕)

I'm setting our drinks down when he comes back, our pasta already on the table.

The happiest man alive... my heart feels like it could burst and I can't stop smiling; I want to do everything I can for Lester to be happy

We sit and eat in comfortable silence for a while, taking in the moment

Lester sighed happily. plopping into his seat and beginning to munch away. seems bro was quite hungry as he is absolutely s t u f f i n g his face. He takes a bit to actually chew the food in his mouth then swallows

"so! what yer hobbies, babe? got anythin' in particular ya enjoy doin'?" he questioned.. more or less curious about the person he just decided to marry. he works hella backwards it seems..

[myachingsushi]

To be clear, the shooter didn't cause anything over than a death. There were three states (Conneticut, New York, & Missouri) in which Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield were trying to enforce this new anesthesia policy, New York and Conneticut had said they would NEVER allow this policy and had ALREADY denied it. This happened BEFORE the shooting occured.

Eat the Rich, sure! But don't confuse correlation with causality. The policy was already being stopped, AND ALSO, someone shot the CEO but shooting the CEO isn't what stopped this yall.

Aight, so a suspect has been caught. In the next couple of days we’re going to be bombarded with a cavalcade of information about Luigi Mangione. As we start this period I want everyone to remember:

The killer--whether he is Mangione or another man--is a living, breathing, human being. He has followed people you don’t like, held beliefs you disagree with, and possibly voting for politicians you think suck.

He still shot a man with the blood of millions on his hands. He still caused an outpouring of rage that caused BCBS to roll back its ghoulish anesthesia policy.

Carve that into your fucking minds. Mass media is about to do its damnedest to remind us to hate each other, not the top .001%. Do not let them do this. Y’all understand what I’m saying? Here, lemme spell it out more clearly:

DO NOT FUCKING PURITY TEST THIS GUY, ASSHOLES!!

And if you see people fixating on his purity over the message he sent, call them out on it.

We have lost again and again and again on healthcare because we keep letting the rich divide us. Remember: the people united will never be defeated.

Edit: A couple of people have asked me to not convict Mangione in my post, and they're right. Mangione has been arrested on gun charges, not for the murder, and regardless of the charge he obviously hasn't been convicted yet. It's too soon to lay Brian Thompson on his head. I've modified the post to reflect that.

That said, what I've said here applies to whoever the killer is. As the media circus plays out, a lot of talking heads will be pulling out all stops to remind us to hate each other, not the insurance CEOs. Do not fall for their tricks!

[trudjs]

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[hiveswap]

hungary fucking eats conneticut massachusetts and rhode island

[kaz-playz]

MEGA QUOTES POST.

Chaos.

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Maryland: Why do I always try to tell people we're cool? We are so very uncool.

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Iowa: If I ever had a child, I imagine they would be a lot like you. 
California: Aww, thanks— 
Iowa: Which is probably why I’ve never reproduced.

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Kentucky: If the thought of something makes any of you giggle for longer than 15 seconds, you are to assume you’re not allowed to do it.

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Massachusetts: Clownery. Tomfoolery. Absolute fuckery, I am going to revoke your life privileges.

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California: How high are you? 
Colorado: Mm, I don’t know how to say it in feet. 
Florida: No, they’re asking what drugs are you on. 
Colorado: Oh, antidepressants, why?

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Conneticut: When I met you I thought you were a real bitch. 
Illinois: What changed your mind? 
Conneticut: Oh, I still think you’re a bitch, I’ve just grown to like that about you.

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Conneticut: It’s time to turn this into a real business. 
Virginia: What do you mean? Like, carry a briefcase, and wear a tie, and pay taxes? 
New York: Wait, have you not been paying your taxes? 
Texas: I handle our accounting.

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Virginia: Are you trying to seduce me? 
Massachusetts: Why, are you seducible?

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Colorado: So oxygen went on a date with potassium, it went... OK. 
Louisiana: I thought oxygen was dating magnesium, OMG. 
Colorado: Actually oxygen first asked nitrogen out, but nitrogen was all like NO. 
Illinois: I thought oxygen had that double bond with the hydrogen twins. 
Florida: Looks like someone's a HO. 
Louisiana: NaBrO. 
Maryland: I'm done with all of you!

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Georgia: Tell them to eat shit, Alaska. 
Alaska: Tell them yourself. 
Georgia: Eat shit, asshole. Fall off your horse.

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Pennsylvania: Regular soda is too sweet! 
Colorado: Diet soda has a weird after taste! 
Pennsylvania: No! Ugh, oh my god. Diet soda is THE BEST! It doesn't have sugar! It's SPICY! 
Colorado: It has other weird stuff in it! I'll take REGULAR sugar in my REGULAR soda! 
Pennsylvania: It's SO SWEET like it's a dessert though! Diet feels more like a drink! 
Colorado: I'm going to physically attack you. 
Pennsylvania: Which is better, Iowa? 
Iowa: Oh, I usually drink water! 
Colorado: Wha- NO! 
Pennsylvania: DISGUSTING!

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Colorado: Look, I know you think my judgement's clouded because I like Conneticut a little bit. 
Montana, holding Colorado's notepad: You doodled your wedding invitation. 
Colorado: No, that's our joint tombstone. 
Montana: My mistake.

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Maine: We both look very handsome tonight. 
Texas: You know, if you'd just said that I looked handsome, I would have said, "So do you." 
Maine: I couldn't take that chance.

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Florida: Can I bother you for a second? 
Alaska: You're always bothering me, but go ahead.

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Indiana: My friends say I'm the most charismatic out of the group. 
New York: Well, you always have a smile on your face. 
Indiana: Thank you. 
New York: 
New York: What drugs do you take?

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Pennsylvania: What’s the dumbest thing you believed as a child? 
Alaska: That naptime was a punishment.

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California: I love murder mysteries! 
Gov, trying to impress them: I've been a suspect in four murder cases.

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Massachusetts: Don’t weep for the stupid. You’ll be crying all day.

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Florida: I don’t remember that. 
Texas: Do you remember that night last week when you slept in a revolving door? 
Florida: ...No. 
Texas: Okay, do you remember when you were chased by those wild dogs for two miles? 
Florida: Not especially, no. 
Texas: It was in between those two things.

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Gov: Is letting someone win at chess sapiosexual bottoming? 
Maine: Can everyone in this godforsaken group please learn the skill called "Think Before You Speak"? 
California: Ya know... it might be.

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*Pennsylvania is fighting a monster* 
Indiana: Just stay calm! You already have everything you need to beat it! 
Pennsylvania: The power to believe in myself!? 
Pennsylvania: No, a knife! Stab it!

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Iowa: What are amphetamines? 
California: Drugs that can go on land and water. 
Iowa: Ohhhh.

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Illinois: *walks to cabinet, removes oreo box, takes half a sleeve, throws empty box out* Hi! 
Indiana: Hey- what are you doing-? 
Illinois, shoving an oreo into their mouth: I am saving space :D

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Pennsylvania: Hi, could I ask how exactly does one accidentally set a lemon on fire?? 
Virginia: Microwave for 40 minutes. 😔 
Texas: Why were you microwaving a lemon??? 
Virginia: I read boiling lemons helps cover up up bad smells (I wanted to cover up the scent of burnt oranges) but I didn't own any pots. 
Maryland: Did you burn an orange too? How??? 
Virginia: Microwave for 40 minutes. 😔

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Alaska: Wow! Maryland made you cry? 
Maine, tearing up: Yes, and they said some really mean things that are only partly true.

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Pennsylvania: Maine, those tarot card readers know what they're doing! Think of Iowa, they're so smart! 
Maine: Those are suggestions! They're not- 
Pennsylvania: Iowa knew things, Iowa knew things! 
Maine: I don't think tarot cards told them that, though! I think if you just shotgun blast things into the air, saying you think you know things, then you're bound to hit one of them! 
Pennsylvania: I don't like thinking about it like that. They're just brilliant. 
Maine: Well, they are brilliant! But- 
Pennsylvania: And they saw into the future, and they're basically a god. 
Maine: ... 
Maine: They aren't.

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Georgia, shooing Gov away: Can you go be depressed over there? You’re bumming out my whole area.

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Pennsylvania: Are you drunk? 
Conneticut: Only on the spirit of Christmas! 
Alaska: And the spirit of whisky.

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Illinois, trying to comfort Alaska: What's the problem? Anxiety? Low self-esteem? Obsessive thoughts of random arson? I've been there.

[thebonepirate]

i got conneticut georg so i think i'm gonna eat twelve conneticuts

[lobstertalesblog]

Mix Rooftop Restaurant & Bar, Mystic CT.

Chilled Oyster presentation- champagne foam and lemon Granita.

@mix_at_sift in Mystic CT is a beautiful dining experience. It is above @sift_bake_shop on a rooftop overlooking the river. I loved the decor and fireplace seating they offered. We went there for Happy Hour and enjoyed our mimosa tower! We also got the cheese and charcuterie, seacoast mushroom tart and hazelnut crusted goat cheese fritters. My favorite thing we ordered was the oysters!

I have never had oysters with a champagne foam and lemon granita before, and honestly I never want to eat oysters any other way 😉 The champagne foam was light and gave the oysters a sweet, bubbly taste and then the lemon was a perfect amount of citrus. It was a perfect combination with the oyster.

Based on presentation and taste of the food at @mix_at_sift I would rate these dishes a 9 out of 10.

[duchess-fox]

Lessons from the Screen: Juliet Sharp (Gossip Girl)

Juliet was a controversial character - you either loved her or hated her. I personally liked her character and feel the writers did her dirty with the drugging of Serena storyline (because in the GG world, underdogs and social climbers must be squashed). I think there's a lot to learn from this character, more so than any of the others especially in the journey to levelling up.

Who is Juliet?

Juliet is strictly middle class. Her family lives in a nicer part of the United States - Cornwall, Conneticut - but she herself did not attend the private school in the area. Her half brother was a teacher at that private school.

Juliet is both streetsmart and booksmart. She has the booksmarts to get into Columbia and she has the streetsmarts to put an elaborate plan to take down Serena into action.

Columbia and Keeping Up

She attends Columbia, an ivy league school, but not without her cousin's help. We see that Juliet relies on him for her tuition and living expenses. Most college students would work to supplement their meager income - however Juliet does not.

Juliet joins Hamilton House and eventually becomes their key master. This pursuit was probably almost full time work in itself.

Juliet was able to successfully plant herself among the children of members of high society and would have likely have successfully found herself married into their ranks if not for her involvement with Serena & Co.

Juliet's Downfall

Juliet is forced to bow out of the scene (a possibly withdraw from university) after forcing Serena into an institution.

Her single-mindedness and desperation to exact justice for her brother leads to her cousin cutting off her financial support and possibly being forced to withdraw from Columbia.

Lessons we can learn

The right place, at the right time

We, and Nate, are first introduced to Juliet when Nate takes his one-night stand date to brunch at Norma's - an upscale restaurant. She's there reading The House of Mirth and drinking a coffee. She's a refreshing change to the girls that Nate has been seeing lately who seems to only have a handful of phrases in her pretty head.

Lesson: Being at the right place, at the right time can help you meet potential friends and even partners. Like Juliet, you don't have to be there for breakfast, just there reading a book and drinking coffee. So even though you might not want to spend too much money on eating out, buying a coffee is relatively inexpensive. Treat it as if you're taking yourself out on a date - maybe even get yourself a slice of cake and enjoy it slowly along with your book. Make sure the place is upscale, make sure your book is physical (no e-readers - it's hard to have conversation about a book when people can't see what you're reading).

Learn to DIY beauty treatments

In order to keep up with fellow Hamilton House club members, she had to be resourceful. She learned to blowdry her own hair and likely did other beauty treatments herself.

Lesson: If you can't afford to have your nails and hair done, learn how to do them yourself! I do my own gel manicures and I use Korean products, the exact same ones as the salon I used to go to. While you might not be able to source the exact products a salon will use (since a lot of products are professional only), you can still get some quality products. There are also heaps of tutorials online on how to do your nails and your hair.

Stretch your resources when it comes to your wardrobe

We primarily see Juliet in a lot of neutrals - namely grey. She probably also has the only wardrobe that remains somewhat relevant today. She also needs to dress for the kind of crowd she wants to be a part of.

She goes to an outlet to buy designer clothes and if she does buy from the department stores in the city, she returns them after she wears them. She even has a tagging gun to put the tags back on. She also subscribes to Rent the Runway to supplement her wardrobe.

Lesson: While I don't condone the returning of worn clothing, if you have to have some designer clothes, Rent the Runway is great for that - it allows you to rotate clothing at a fee which is good if you have special occasions to dress for.

In saying that, designer clothing is very hit or miss (as evidenced by the other character wardrobes from Gossip Girl). You're much better off having some classic, timeless pieces - sheath dresses, blazers, button downs, simple sweaters, jeans that look amazing on you (regardless of what silhouette is currently in fashion). You can always accessorize with jewelry, bags, belts and shoes.

Men don't give a shit about what designer bag/shoes you're wearing as long as it looks expensive. So you don't have to get an expensive bag - just one that looks high quality and therefore expensive (I should probably do a post on what to look out for).

Put your best interests first

Juliet loses everything because she's too busy trying to get revenge for her brother who doesn't seem the least bit remorseful that he cost his sister her education and possibly her future. Her cousin stops funding her tuition when she gets involved in his relationship with Serena.

Lesson: So, think of your own best interests first. Don't set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm!

[dis--parity]

Gallery of the Brushtaceans

Gallery of the Brushtaceans is a 2005 American independent sci-fi drama film, which was written, directed, and produced by Austrian filmmaker Jimmy Wähien, who stars in the film alongside Dolores Hardat and Barry Hitch. The film centers on the invasion of Earth by crab-like aliens known as the Brushtaceans, and the fight against the invasion by John Crust (Wähien), Elise Macreary (Hardat), and Gustavo Amon (Hitch). Although the central plot brings the cast together, much of the film’s 2-hour 17-minute running time is occupied by unresolved subplots, including a romantic subplot between John and Elise, but were dropped as a result of the film’s inconsistent narrative structure.

A number of critics, including popular review-comedy webseries creator JoseRose, have labeled Gallery of the Brushtaceans as a cult-classic ‘so bad it’s good’ film. This reputation is backed up by its history; originally premiering and showing only in a limited number of Conneticut theaters, Gallery of the Brushtaceans quickly achieved cult status due to its bizarre jarringly poorly-produced special effects, technical and narrative flaws, and Wähien’s off-kilter performance as the main character.

Plot

John Crust is a struggling artist who has just finished his degree in marine biology, and is looking for a new source of inspiration for his art career after struggling to find a job in the field. With the help of his friend from the university he graduated from, an astronomy student named Elise Macreary, he decides to go with her to observe the natural world for inspiration. Just before he is about to paint a scene with Elise under a starry sky, a large spaceship in the shape of a crab descends upon the Earth. Embarking from the ship are a race of aliens known as the Brushtaceans, who possess technologically-advanced paintbrushes that can induce hypnotic patterns in observers and eventually metamorphose them into other Brushtaceans. [Citation needed]

John and Elise meet a doomsday prepper named Gustavo Amon, who claims to have been studying the Brushtacean phenomenon for years, and has conceived a way to defeat them. The three set out in order to steal parts from the Brushtacean’s ship to build a machine that can superheat the ocean, boiling the crab aliens alive; becoming food, according to Gustavo, is the Brushtaceans’ main weakness. The original plan is cut short when the group is confronted by the leader of the Brushtacean crusade, the Palette Paladin. The Palette Paladin splashes Gustavo in alien bleach, erasing him from existence. Believing that they will soon die, John and Elise finally and abruptly confess their romantic feelings for each other, which causes the Palette Paladin to drop his paintbrush. John then picks up the giant paintbrush and uses it to slash the Palette Paladin in paint, which causes him to sink into the canvas floor of the Brushtacean mothership. He then uses the brush to paint the final part for the ocean-heating machine into existence and activate it, boiling all of the remaining Brushtaceans alive.

The ending scene shows John and Elise wearing engagement rings, eating a delicious crab rangoon while watching the sunset as a letter addressed to John rests in the sand; a letter from a Conneticut art museum congratulating him on the sale and display of his latest piece, The Palette Paladin. The final shot shows the trapped Palette Paladin in a display window, trapped helplessly inside a painting with a starry background.

Cast

Jimmy Wähien as John Crust, Palette Paladin, and Brushtaceans 1, 2, 3, 7, and 9. Dolores Hardat as Elise Macreary, and Brushtaceans 4 and 6. Barry Hitch as Gustavo Amon, Brushtaceans 5, 7, and 8, and News Anchor. Dean Raynes as Soldier 1 Bill Crewer as Soldier 2

Production

Jimmy Wähien stated that the idea for Gallery of the Brushtaceans occurred to him during a fever dream in a 2006 interview about the film, though a conflicting account from Barry Hitch states that Wähien conceived the film after coining the ‘Brushtacean’ term as a throwaway joke after an indicent where a crab was seen walking with a discarded paintbrush on a Conneticut beach. Wähien went on to write the script for Gallery of the Brushtaceans in just under a week, with no revisions or proofreading until filming had begun and budget restrictions had begun to set in.

Much of the sound design of the film consisted of stock sound effects and stock music. The main theme, Gallery of the Brushtaceans, was commissioned from John Barry, which depleted most of the film’s sound budget. After that, only a handful of stock gun, sword, and splat sound effects were purchased for use in the film, and many of the other sound effects, most notably the sounds and ambience of the Brushtacean mothership, were produced orally by Wähien, and mastered in an audio recording program. This is also how he was able to voice the Palette Paladin.

The design of the Brushtaceans also posed some difficulties during production. Many ideas were considered, such as stop-motion animation and CGI, but both of these methods proved either too much of a deviation from the film’s visual style or too time-consuming to effectively produce. Eventually, a handful of felt puppets for the Brushtaceans were created, and miniature versions of each set were made for the scenes in which Brushtaceans appeared, with the human characters being implemented into these scenes via chroma-keying.

The film took just under two years to produce, as much of filming was done on weekends and was financed by Wähien’s day job. Many more complex sets were done as miniatures, and human characters were transplaced into these setpieces with chroma-keying in order to save money.

Reception & Cultural Impact

Gallery of the Brushtaceans has been noted for its poor production quality and subpar acting, particularly by Wähien, unanimously panned by critics after its release for its low-quality visual effects, jarring sound design, and poor acting, screenplay, writing, direction, and cinematography.

The film currently holds a 31% approval rating on Rot.ten Toma.toes based on 22 reviews, with an average score of 4.4 / 10. Despite disdain from critics, the film has achieved cult status among viewers out of ironic acclaim for its shortfalls.

In 2010, popular review comedy series producer José Manuel Pelayo Mirieva, better known as JoseRose, mocked the film and highlighted its bad acting, visual and sound design, and writing, but encouraged his viewers to watch the film. In response to this video, Wähien made a digital version of the movie free to download from his personal website in 2014 to increase viewership. Although there was no charge for the film itself, Wähien accepted donations in order to support his career, which turned out to be moderately successful from fans of the film.

Wähien has gone on to become a niche cultural icon in light of his role in Gallery of the Brushtaceans, and has done several interviews where he answered questions about the film in much the same incoherent manner as he delivered lines in the film. However, in a 2019 interview, he revealed that this was a persona born of his struggles as a newly immigrated Austrian creator looking to make his vision come true, and thanked the supporters of his film for their respect in spite of the film’s poor quality.

The film has also been the subject of brief controversy; following the leak of the Haemolife Files, a rumour began to circulate that the Brushtacean art was used as brainwashing material by the cult, but this rumour was quickly dissipated and disproven when the actual images were released. In a more recent conspiracy theory in 2021, some people claimed that Wähien used the film as a medium to convey a prediction about the nature of /N/F.T art. However,  Wähien has been vocal about his distaste for digital consumables such as this, and disregards this theory as nothing more than hearsay.

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『🍬』 “... this is the worst fuckin’ film ever made. But it’s the best worst film ever made. That’s why it’s my favourite ever, yo, and that’s why I got a Wähien poster in my room.”

『🔧』 “... you seriously need better taste.”

[url-breathless]

Monica Geller’s Attitude Towards Body Image and Food

TRIGGER WARNING!  

UNHEALTHY ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOOD/EATING.

SPOILER ALERT kinda: Friends TV Show (1994-2004)

This is a list that I have made while re-watching Friends from the first season to the tenth season until the eighth episode. I was writing it quickly as I was watching it so there might be some spelling mistakes and the synopsis might be a bit off. Nevertheless, if you go back to the episodes you’ll know exactly what I am talking about. 

I’m just putting this here, because I don’t know what else to do with it and I think this adds depth to Monica’s character and her attitude towards eating, working out and.. perfectionism? 

Listed below are the specific season and episode of any actions or sayings or conversations that highlights Monica’s obesity when she was younger, eating habits when she was obese, eating habits now and/or fear of gaining the weight back. 

- "remember monica, its food not love"- S1E13

- chandler gaining weight, monica helping him out -S2E7

- monicas old bathing suit when she was bigger. chandler said it can cover conneticut when it rains -s2e14

- ross to monica: "cheater, cheater, compulsive eater". everyone yelps. -S3E9

- monica ate a whole box of brown bird -S3E10

- monica: "i can fit in the the frigde, but i mean i'll be cold. but hey i am always cold" -S3E22?? the episode w jon favreau

- monica's highschool and date with chip mathews - “The fat girl inside of me really wants to go,” Monica says. “I owe her this. I never let her eat” -S4E2

- monica: "i have not been picked up this much since kindergarten and they had to bring in someone from junior high to seesaw with me" -S4E10

-monica's nickname: big fat goalie -S4E12

-chandler calls monica "fat sister" to ross in flashback ('92) -S5E8

-(i dont know if this counts, but) in response to rachel's terrible trifle, to get away from it, monica said: "and im going to go to the bathroom, so i can look at it in the mirror as i eat it" -S6E9 

-ross says monica tried to escape from fat camp// monica: “i havent baked this many cookies since the 9th grade.” -S7E3

-ross: “monica was sent to her room without dinner so she ate the mac off a jewelry book she made” -S7E4

-monica said a guy she was friends with said he wouldnt be her boyfriend when she was in the 5th grade because she was fat and made chandler apologize for doing the same thing to another girl -S7E6

-monica said on her 6th birthday she got on a bike and it got damaged/bent because of how “fat” she was. -S7E9

- monica says will was so overweight, she was considered the thin friend. -- BONUS:  will: 'can you tell them im skinny now''   monica: “oh me too.” -S8E9

-monica: *talking passionately about bread* "oh i really am not high, i just used to be fat." -S8E16

-ross to mon: ''monica couldnt get braces because their dog, chi chi, needed knee surgery. you (monica) were the 200 pound 11 year old who rode her''- S8E18

-monica says she picked out the names of her baby at 14. chandler (sarcastically): ''oh no its gonna be named after a snack or baked good isn’t it'' -S8E24

-monica said ross saw a childhood therapist because he had a recurring dream that she (monica) was going to eat him -S9E3

-ross about monica to rachel: "that little fatso was a terror" -S9E5

-rachel (introducing monica to her sister amy/jill): 'monica is ross's sister' , amy (or jill idk): ''no.. she was really fat.'' , monica: ''that was me.'' S9?E??

-monica says skippy used to push her because he liked her. rachel says honey all those boys were betting to see if he could knock you (monica) -S9E13 OR E12

- ross was telling a story and he mentioned that he had to head over to the store to get a dozen candy for someone... that someone was monica. S9E15

-monica: "thats how it starts I don't need to eat the cake, ill just smell the icing. Why not just a little sliver or a slice or two. next thing you know you’re 210 pounds and you get wedged in going down the tunnel slide'' -S9E17

-chandler to monica when evaluating a guy for sperm donor and monica rejects him: "why? because his great grandmother was obese? our child is gonna get that from you anyway" -S9E22

-monica said she won the pie eating contest when she was younger -S10E8

I want to end this by saying: There is nothing wrong with being fat. I was much happier eating whatever the heck I wanted without having to worry than I ever was starving myself to lose weight... I am glad I know this now, and I hope whoever is reading this and is struggling realizes this too.. Trust me, its not worth it.

Obviously, if you’re obese, there are tons of scientific research stating that you can develop many serious health risks.. So, do your best to exercise and most importantly to eat clean in a healthy way.. and of course, go to a certified nutritionist for help and don’t take advice from the internet. 

Good luck and best wishes to all. -M

[cogneartive]

The Great Peter Infodump of March 2020

yo @brackets-and-woolly-hats @mijaco-geo and @mike-nesmith-for-mayor I have recently been informed that yall would really like me to infodump about Peter and I want to thank yall because I think if I held it in any longer I would explode

Also thanks to the coolcherrycream articles and various interviews that I learnt all these from in the 5-ish months I’ve been thinking about the monkees for

But before I start going hnngggg Peter I would like to warn you that despite my tone this is going to contain some heavy stuff. We’re talking brief mentions of blood, and suicide and death so be careful about that

This is gonna get hella long so *cracks knuckles* let’s begin

Childhood

let’s start from the very beginning: a very good place to start

Friday, 13th February one bb was born and he would always say that Friday the 13th was a lucky day for years onwards

He was born with a lot of diversity in his parentage

He’s Irish and German-Jewish on his mother’s side and Norwegian on his dad’s side

Speaking of Jewishness (is that a word???) I rememeber an article saying that he used to randomly say Hebrew words in interviews and I think he taught Mike how to say something too?? I dont know

Peter was a very friendly boy even when he was just a toddler cus he would drag any new friend he had home

Anyway, he was born in Washington DC

Once on Christmas he went missing and his mum and grams panicked and looked all over the house for him

Turns out he was just waiting at lampost in the snow because he wanted to make sure that Santa would bring him a present

Speaking of Grams, when he was 3 (i think im doing this from memory) he was at a post office with his mother when she came in.

He got uber excited and shouted “THAT’S MY GRAMS. HER NAME IS CAIT!”

And so everyone turned to look at her and he squealed

He would also often ride on the top part double deck buses and whenever the bus slowed down, he would wave to nearby people and say “HI MY NAME’S PETER WHAT’S YOUR?” to which those people who wave back and sometimes answer him. I mean, wouldn’t you?

Also he started to play with pianos when he was 3 and also he liked dancing so that’s cute

One of his first memories was of being at the hospital where his brother Nick (who they called Nicky and that’s what I’m going to call him) was born

Soon after Nicky was born they moved to Germany Yeet. He was 4 and the time and Nicky was like 18 months or smth

Germany

Right so I dont know why people dont talk about this part of his childhood because like,,,it’s interesting??

In Germany they had two maids

They had to put sugar in every food so that Peter and Nicky would actually eat the strange German food

He became very fluent in German and would help his mother with translations

He was also fluent in French for some reason

Someone made a statue of his 4 year old head and it became a famous minor art piece that featured in calendars

It probably now sits in his house because I saw in in the background of the short documentary that his son, Ivan Ivanoli made about him which you sould check btw

Anyway, when Peter was 5 he made his first official best friend Ule who was two years older than him

Once when he was playing hide and seek with Nicky he ran at full force at a closed glass door that he thought was open, shattering it, and getting a shard into his arm. Reasonably he screamed

Apparently, he was hurt a major artery and would have bled to death if not for someone being in the house to call a doctor

Once he was out and about wandering around, as you would do if you were Peter when he was stopped by some official looking guy from going back into his own house.

It’s important to note that Peter looked very much like a German boy and would ONLY talk in German outside. God knows why he did this.  Reasonably, the dude thought he was lying and he had to call for his mum

Anyway, in Germany school starts when you’re five but his birthday was in the middle of the school year so his parents sent him in early which set him up for some outcasted child syndrome later

And then the moved back to America yeet

AMERICA (LAND OF CAPITALISM)

So he moved back into America but it didn’t stop there. No. They had to move around like a 100 different times and as someone who went to a total of 4 different schools (so far oh no) that sets you up with outcasted child syndrome. What also sets you up with outcasted child syndrome is if you’re an undiagnosed neurodivergent which Peter seemed to think he was when he was in his 50s (either ADHD or autism) so uhh keep that in mind

So he was in school and as mentioned earlier he was a year younger than his peers so that’s fun

He was very very clever. Often he would finish his work first and his (4th grade) teacher would make do some reading or creative writing. She encouraged him to do creative writing because she saw some talent in there

Not only was he acadmically gifted, but he was also musically gifted. Playing not only the piano (which he got lessons for) but also the guitar, the banjo, the bass, and the french horn which he got an award for when he was in highschool playing in a band made out of college students for some reason

Speaking of awards, he was once given an award for maths

This giftedness would later set him up for Gifted Child Burnout he had in college

Also he changed schools like a total of 13 times so that’s fun

He went to a private school but apparentl, according to his parents, he hated it (but he remembered liking it???)

Also, he made a lot of jokes in class

Remember Nicky? Yeah, Nicky would often write songs for him to sing and stuff (Nicky would later write songs for Peter’s solo album and a bunch of other stuff what a great brother we stan)

The family had some kind of barn once where he would do puppet shows his siblings

Anyway, school life was all fine and dandy until 5th grade hit and he changed schools and everyone lost interest in him because he was one year younger

Also his dad was apparently very disconnected with him. Needless to say, Peter felt like his father didn’t like him

Once when he was 9, he told his father that he noticed that when the clouds were around at night, it would be warmer during the day to which his father shouted at him saying that “he has no proof of that” and that he shouldn’t say anything without proof

This of course led him to feel like no one wanted to listen to what he wanted to say

poor baby

I think his father would have been the reason why Peter would later say in an interview that he hated “loud abusiveness” the most

He would also later say that a combination of his dad and feeling like he was weird and different would lead him to his drinking problem

So umm we dont stan his dad ok

Once when he was 13 he picked up a loaded shotgun and put it against his head. But he decided that he didn’t want to do it at the last second.

Overall, life from 5th grade till highschool was terrible for him

He didn’t have any friends in his school

So when he moved to a new school in Conneticut where he was surrounded with people of the same age, he was really happy all the way until college where he flunked out twice

Hippie Time (Honestly this part is just me talking about him and Stephen Stills because Steter Stirk changed me)

And so Peter became a hippie in Greenwich Village

In the Village, he became a sort of entertainer. Not just singing and playing, he was also a comedian. 

And then he kept hearing about this dude who looked like him from other people.

This dude turned out to be Stephen who was also hearing the same kind of talk for about the same amount of time

Pete and Stephen VIBED im not kidding they started to play with each other and also Stephen’s room mate who was also there

Also it turns out that they liked to talk about the same things so that’s neat

Peter went to Venuzuela apparently and when he came back the Monkee thing happened yeet

Once when Stephen was waiting to move into his new house Peter was all like “hey dude live with me”

For a while they also lived in the same house when he was Monkee and if that doesn’t fuel any ship fics I dont know what will

Im serious the ship is here and its real I saw fics and fanart

Dont ask about Stirk

They played with the colour tv and would “pick apart each other’s brains” umm

Also Peter’s favourite band was buffalo springfield and we stan a friend who would say your band was their favourite band

And I think this is where my knowledge starts to fade because I haven’t really heard any cool facts from here on afterwards

Last Final Cool Facts

He was a teacher for quite a while and taught about Maths, basketball (despite not liking any sport except swimming) and Easter Philosophy,,,yes easter philosphy the man was into that kinda stuff

Also he was a big reader. Always having a smoll book in his pocket that he would read while on set with the Monkees. But he was particularly a non fic kinda guy

He would write poetry on the back of scripts

In the 2000s he said that his sister thought he might have ADD

Also autism but when asked about it he’d be all P E R H A P S

which is very unhelpful Peter pls give us a straight answer

I mean he cant give us straight answers because he was the gayest monkee (he fricked a dude once but he didn’t like it)

Hey look I ended on a gay note yeet. Thanks for reading this mess

[mz-elysium]

The Bay By Night

Last updated: August 1, 2019

The Bay by Night follows five protagonists as they struggle to survive a night filled with vampires, hunters, werewolves, and worse in the San Francisco Bay Area. The freedom-loving Anarch vampires have found themselves betrayed by their Baron of the Bay and handed over to the feudalistic and lordly Camarilla. Ruthless elders and their minions flock in droves, while Anarchs either bow and scrape with the hopes of avoiding the wrath of their overlords or plot vengeance in the night.

One way or another, blood will run.

Genre >> new adult urban fantasy, supernatural fantasy, gothic horror, romance

POV >> third person, multi-pov, interlocking with individual stories

Current status >> 88k words

Expected length >> 500k+ words

WiP tag >> #the bay by night, #tbbn

Also features:

Vampire Oscar Wilde with a pirate ship

Hunters in black trench coats with swords

Everyone is their own worst enemy

Shakespearean levels of tragedy

Eventual happy endings (promise)

Found family (brother/sister, father/daughter, mom friend)

Game of Thrones: Vampire Edition

Edits and posts

Character Introduction: Matthew Monroe

Character Introduction: Annabelle Hawthorne

Character Introduction: Nathaniel Hawke

Primer: Ghouls

Tags

my oc: tony, my oc: monroe, my oc: annabelle, my oc: hawke, my oc: reed

The Bay By Night

tbbn

POV Characters

[Tony Ross] is a new Anarch and turned only last year during a Sabbat attack, which took the life of his older brother, a loss he’s still reeling from as he struggles to pull himself free from his brother’s shadow. Tony soon finds himself at the center of a dizzying web of politics as his gang’s leader (the idealistic orator, Everett Smith) sets himself against the new Camarilla overlords. Without a place to turn and trapped between the sly Valentine and rebellious Anarchs, he strives to protect his still-human sister from the vampires who surround her. (Black and gay protagonist, family devotion, living a life true to self)

[Matthew Monroe] is a charismatic and honourable Camarilla loyalist, eager to stake out territory and titles amidst the fresh land rush. His sire’s death fifty years ago set him free, but the wounds of his century of abuse are still fresh. Ever since, Monroe’s struggled for respect and honest friendship among the selfish vampires. He finds grudging acceptance among his clan and, for the first time in the last 174yrs, power begins to flow into his lap. Monroe longs to set things straight, but the elders’ game of shadows isn’t kind to those with things to lose -- like his dear ghoul and adopted childer. (abused protagonist, unequal love, good intentions and looking down the road to hell)

[Annabelle Hawthorne] is an heirloom ghoul with more than two centuries of service under her. The countless decades serving monsters has burned the appearance of humanity from her with a cold wind. Once, she served Monroe’s sire, and now him. Monroe’s a far kinder regent, but a master nonetheless. He allows her to attend university and associate regularly with mortals and his unwitting herd, who she fiercely defends from her regent who preys on them. While Monroe approaches her for an earnest friendship, Annabelle’s good friend (James Ritter, elder ghoul of the influential Jan Pieterzoon) searches for a way to escape the chains of blood that emotionally enslave and physically addict ghouls to their vampiric masters. (addiction, slavery, what it means to be human)

[Nathaniel Hawke] was once an infamous vampire hunter, feared from San Francisco to Miami. In New York, he pissed off one too many, who turned him as punishment. Animated by the quasi-sentient Beast of vampire blood, he’s unable to end his life and struggles to find his fellow hunter (Joan Schubert, a Catholic inquisitor).to help him. Along the way he discovers he can feed on vampire blood, but depends on the patronage of a powerful elder of the Bay to protect him. One of the elder’s brood (the eternally cheerful Kathy Weise) takes him under her bat wing and, much to his discomfort, he begins to learn about the monsters he’s spent fifteen years slaying. (found sister/brother, man vs self, the meaning of good and evil)

[Chelsea Reed] is the proud and cunning leader of a pack among the dread Sabbat, a blood cult who revels in their undead nature. With the recent loss of New York to the Camarilla, the Sabbat are compelled to turn their heads westward and the warlord (Polonia) takes her with him as a personal templar. Chelsea struggles as she comes into her own with powers of shadow, but the Abyss worms its way into her mind, even as the priest of her own pack deals with foul dreams and being tormented by a far greater force. (mentally ill protagonist, found family, urban fantasy guerrilla war)

Background knowledge

Disclaimer: The Bay By Night is based on White Wolf’s Vampire the Masquerade RPG system and the world’s history. Some things have been retconned or streamlined to make more sense and all the characters and plot are original.

The Sects

There are three major factions of vampires (or kindred, as the civilized ones like to call themselves) that were formed during the Inquisition in response to humanity hunting them down.

Camarilla. Somewhere between Mafia and a royal court, they’re the Big Brother cabal who steeples long thin fingers together and says “Eggcellent” in an obscure European accent. Steeped in subterfuge, arrogance, scheming, backstabbing, favours, and with a glass ceiling about three feet high for the average fledgling. The dominant sect of vampires around the world and, by and large, lawful and peaceful if you don’t fuck with the elders who’ve ruled it like quasi-benevolent dictators since men wore tights.

Sabbat. They’re the inheritors of Caine’s legacy (of “Caine and Abel”, the First Murderer) and they weren’t going to start kowtowing it to any elder. After all, the end is neigh and when Caine rises again, he’s gonna want to start devouring those elders who pissed him off eight thousand years ago by siring the clans (those 13 elders are myths in modern times, told like stories from the Bible in culturally Christian America). In the modern nights, the Sabbat are a murderous blood cult steeped in mysticism and a deep worship for Caine and contempt for humanity.

Anarchs. The ones who thought the Sabbat were nuts. Anarchs just wanna be free, man. Don’t want no one telling them what to do or how to live or where to eat or when they gotta face sunrise. So long as they agreed to be peaceful and follow the Cam’s rules, they were allowed the protection of the Camarilla. From 1944 - 1966, they rebelled in California and established the Anarch Free States: hundreds of small baronies run by gangs where the only law was “every vampire for themselves”. With the Sabbat breathing down from Sacramento, the Baron by the Bay turned desperately to the Camarilla, who were only too happy to help repel an attack.

The Siege of New York (2008 - 2010)

Sabbat has claimed New York as a stronghold since before it was New Amsterdam, but during the Great Depression a brave Camarilla prince staked a claim in Manhattan. She struggled valiantly, fighting a war nightly, but it became too much.

Prince Michaela pled at a conclave for assistance. New York had been a lost cause for centuries and the cautious elders scoffed at the plea. Matthew Monroe, a born gambler and opportunist, pledged to uphold her claim to the ends of his life.

He called in a favour from another prince and tipped the first domino by taking the case of New York to the justicar of his clan, the Ventrue Justicar Lucinde. She deployed her agents and Monroe played runner between allies who loathed each other.

Jan Pieterzoon, a key strategist, was sent on behalf of his sire, the Camarilla Founder Hardestadt. Pieterzoon and Monroe worked close the next two years, as Pieterzoon humiliated the Sabbat leadership of New York and captured the city. The Sabbat power base and Polonia’s pride, stretching from Miami to Conneticut, now had a gaping hole where the crown jewel once sat.

The justicars swooped in and claimed credit, dividing the city among esteemed elders and their childer, giving their agents and strategists a pat on the head.

Pieterzoon accepted the plea from the Anarch Baron by the Bay and surreptitiously asked Monroe to come with him to San Francisco, personally offended but unsurprised at how Monroe had been treated.