#disney workout challenge

[xoxosimp]

Right Person, Wrong Time

POV: You break playboy!Bucky’s heart 

Pairing: Bi!Bucky Barnes x Bestfriend!Reader

Part two: Perfect Timing

Warnings: angst, not beta’d, mediocre writing

A/N: This is heavily inspired by this sound on tik tok and one of my favorite scenes in a Disney channel show I used to watch LOL.

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If there is something about life, you like things to be simple. 

You flourished when you had a consistent and simple routine. Where others feel bored with things being the same everyday, mundaneness gives you a certain type of peace you never wanted to give up.

Bucky Barnes was a part of your routine. Every day after work, you and Bucky would run at the park. Sometimes it was one mile, other days it was five. 

Your workout routine with Bucky was never stale. Warm up, run, (Bucky insists that he always runs behind you for whatever protective reason he has. And looking at your ass is a great motivator, not that you know the latter). Then you would have dinner together, either one of you would cook or you would go out to eat. 

The sound of you and Bucky’s steps echoed against the pavement. Sweat clouded your vision and your lungs were begging for a respite but you were halfway to your checkpoint point. You picked up the pace, challenging him to keep up from behind. 

Bucky caught up to you and gestured to your foot, “ Your shoe is untied, angel,” he panted out.

You furrowed your eyebrows and glanced at your feet, breaking your stride. “ Well, I guess we can take a break now,” Bucky said as he came to a stop.

You smiled, “ You freaking liar!”

Bucky holds up his hands as if he was innocent. “ Don’t hate me just because you stopped, beautiful.”

You rolled your eyes and leaned against the rails of a bridge you so conveniently stopped at.

“ What do you wanna do for dinner?”, you asked Bucky, wiping the sweat from your forehead.

“Anything you want, I want, angel.”

You asked him everytime and every time he gave the same response.  He always wants what you want. “ Then let’s get Peruvian food, I could kill for lomo right now.” 

Bucky chuckled to himself, like he had something to say. “ Do you not want lomo, Buck?”

“ That’s fine, angel, just..” he trailed off. “ At least this dinner won’t have a side of tension.”

Bucky alluded to a dinner you had with your other friend Steve Rogers, and his significant other, Lililian. Steve isn't the one to argue in public, but his girlfriend kept picking fights. You and Bucky would attempt to dissolve the tense atmosphere, but it always seemed to thicken again.

“ Yeah, I couldn't imagine going through all the drama they’re going through. Steve looked like he wanted to explode,” you recalled.

He nodded his head. “ I think Steve needs someone less…in your face, you know?”

“Elaborate.”

“ Steve has a … strong personality, angel. He needs someone to soothe rather than excite.”

“So what, he needs someone to tame his inner alpha?,” you quipped. 

Bucky chuckled and looked at you. After a pause, he said, " You know, we wouldn't be like that.” 

You raisd an eyebrow, standing up straight, “ Like what?”

“ Complicated. If we were together, it would just be me and you, plus together.”

Your stomach fluttered. The notion of dating Bucky wasn't completely foreign to you. Bucky was an attractive person, inside and out. It was something about the way he looks at someone, the way he looked at you, that you knew you could trust him with the darkest parts of yourself. His huge fucking arms were always open if you needed a hug, and his beautiful blue eyes were always on you.

But if Bucky Barnes was anything, he was a player. He knew how to play a woman ( or man) like a finely tuned instrument, and make them melt into his hands. 

Bucky Barnes didn’t date. Bucky Barnes didn’t settle down. He thrived in spontaneity. 

You shook your head, “ We’re friends, Jamie.”

“ But I want more. I want more of you, angel. You’re the first person on my mind when I wake up, and the last thing before I go to bed. I can’t go a day without you. Would it really be that much of a difference if we were together?”

He spoke with so much conviction that you almost trusted him.

“ Bucky , ever since I met you, you’ve always been a player,” you explained. “ We have the perfect relationship and I don't wanna lose you just because you wanna try something new.”

You could have slapped him and Bucky still wouldn't have looked so shocked. His expression makes your heart drop into your stomach. 

“ What the hell is that supposed to mean?” he countered.

“ You get bored easily,” you crossed your arms. “ If we started dating you would get bored of me, then we would break up and our relationship would never be the same.”

“ We’re friends, Bucky,” you reiterated. “ You can have as many boyfriends and girlfriends you want, and we can still be best friends.”

Usually you could tell what mood Bucky was in. He had a “ I’m Hangry” glare and a “ I’m tired of this bullshit “ glare. You couldn't make out what he was feeling.

“ I don't feel like Peruvian food today,” he uttered “ Let me walk you to your car.”

“Are we good, Jamie?” 

“ We’re good, (Y/N).

He didn't call you angel, or beautiful, or any of the other pet names he would call you. Bucky didn't give you a kiss on the cheek and tell you to drive safe once you got in your car. The feeling of hurting him weighed heavy on your chest, but the relief of speaking your truth was liberating. 

Maybe you made a mistake, telling Bucky you didn't trust him with your heart.

No, it’s for the better. 

[the-froschamethyst4]

The Cowboy Hat Rule

𖤐Pairing: Cowboy! Price x City girl! Reader

𖤐Pronouns: She/Her

𖤐Warnings: smut, cowboy hate rule, strangers to lovers, slight fingering, p in v, slight eating out, handjob, drinking, smoking, making new friends, small town love, some humiliation

𖤐Summary: Y/n came to a small town just outside the city she grew up in and found herself in a small local bar and had some fun with some strangers

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9:00AM

Y/n was packing her stuff to get ready to move out west to a small town just outside her hometown. Y/n was a city girl no doubt.

She use to get spray tans before vacations or before she goes out anywhere with her friends. Only shop at high end store like Gucci, Louis, Fendi and Prada, her groceries costed around someone’s rent, she paid so much.

She decided to move so she could have her freedom and wanted to start a small farm with Chickens to sell their eggs, cows to sell their milk and cheese, and sheep for their wool.

She found an abandoned ranch house with almost 4 arces of land, just enough for a barn and enough grass for the animals to graze and eat.

Y/n took some notes on how to take care of them and is honestly excited to have a farm. She likes a challenge and she also is ready to give up her lavage lifestyle for the barnyard.

She had looked did some digging around the small town and saw a small bar, a local grocery store, a strip mall with probably 7-8 different stores, she’s never really heard of.

A mechanic, a salon, a sandwich shop, and she also saw a couple of other farms and every Saturday there is a local Flee Market.

She can’t wait to move and live there.

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11:30AM

Y/n saw her new home just up ahead. The movers were confused on if this was the right house but pulled into the driveway and helped unload the truck.

One of the movers looked at Y/n trying to see if they were at the right house.

“Miss? Are we here?”

“Yes! We are here. Awww~ this place is amazing,” she said as she opened the door and took in the sight, it needs to be done up some but she can fix it or see if anyone around knows how to fix certain things.

She let the movers inside and place her couch, love seat, tables, nightstand, dresser and bed down in their certain spots.

Y/n was excited and grabbed her box’s from her car and placed her bathroom stuff in her master bathroom, bedroom stuff in her master bedroom and so on.

She paid the movers and started to set up her bed. And started to unpack the kitchen supplies and bathroom supplies. She unpacked her TV for her bedroom and started to set up her Netflix, HULU, Disney+ and YouTube and did the same with her TV in the living room.

She took in all her stuff in her own house and not in a apartment. Y/n went outside and started to take pictures on where she wanted her barn for her animals.

She didn’t know if she wanted to put it next to the large oak tree to act as shade for her animals or next to the pond to act as a natural water source for them.

She doesn’t know, but she will come up with something.

Now…small town love. She hasn’t really thought about love or finding love in a small town like this place, after her last relationship she’s kind of put off from dating for about a year.

She liked the single life even though it can be very lonely at times hints why she wanted a farm. Give her something to do so she won’t be bored out of her mind, and she can keep herself occupied.

She got in her car and drove to a local store that carried a lot of farm products from equipment, feed, even animals. She parked her car and got out, she definitely looked out of place.

A white t-shirt, black leggings, tennis shoes and a high ponytail. She looked like she just got done doing a hard workout. Everyone else looked like typical country people dressed like they’re ready for the local rodeo.

She rubbed the back of her neck before walking inside and grabbed a cart and started to look around for feed and took a look at the ducks, geese, bunnies and other birds they well selling, unfortunately not the ones she’s looking for.

She just smiled at the cute baby animals and headed to the back where there was flowers and some small sheds. She looked at one that looked like a mini version of a red barn it was cute, something she could use as a chicken coop.

“Hello, you finding everything okay?” A man walked up to her, she jumped a little bit before turning to him.

“Oh yeah…ummm~ I’m actually new to town and I bought that abandoned ranch house on the hill.”

“Oh that house, I’ve never seen anyone live there. It’s like they just made a random house for no reason.”

“Yeah that’s what my seller told me. Like they gave up half way through.”

“Well welcome to Mountain County, oh I’m Alex,” he put his hand out and Y/n shook it.

“Nice to meet you, Alex. I’m Y/n,” she said with a smile on her face.

“But anyways, what are you gonna do with the 4 acres?”

“A small farm, just a couple of animals sell their products and make money I guess,” she awkwardly laughed.

“Ahh~ I own a farm as well, I do this part time and I work on my farm full time. I sell crops at the flee market, I sell corn, potatoes, dried sunflower seeds, carrots, bell peppers, you name I probably sell it.” He laughs.

Y/n could tell he was trying to be friendly and not sound like he’s being cocky.

“Do you have animals?”

“Yeah, cows, sheep, horses, pigs, goats, llamas and chickens, I gonna get geese and ducks soon.”

“That’s cool, do you have any tips for me?”

“Yeah.”

Alex and Y/n could probably talk for hours and hours but unfortunately that’s not the case. Y/n and Alex exchanged numbers to keep in touch and so if Y/n had any questions she could text Alex and ask.

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1:30PM

Y/n headed home unpacked some more of her boxes and started to set everything she just bought outside her home. She will be getting a small shed she could keep the feed and whatever inside of it.

She headed back into her house. She changed out of her sweaty clothes and changed into some shorts and a tank top leaving her hair in the ponytail.

She laid on her couch grabbing her phone and looked at some picture of her 'friends' back at the city seeming to be having a blast without her. She didn't even get a 'goodbye party' from them.

She rolled her eyes and continued to scroll through the social media. Y/n saw her considered 'best friend' hanging out with her ex-boyfriend, they were all huggy on each other which made her feel gross.

The guy she told her friend about that was such a jerk to her, and she's over here hanging out with her. Thinking it's okay and that Y/n may never see it.

"So annoying," she rolled her eyes at the post and tossed her phone to the side ready to turn on the TV, but her phone pinged making her look at her phone and saw Alex's name pop up.

Alex: *Hey at The Mountain Top Bar, they're doing all you can get shots and drinks and they're doing line dancing, come join us*

Y/n: *Us? Who am I meeting, Alex?*

Alex: *Some friends of mine, come on, come join us*

Y/n: *Give me a minute*

Alex: *Yeah, take your time, sweet thing*

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2:40PM

Y/n went to her car and drove to The Mountain Top Bar, she was in a dark green, emerald dress, she looked stunning. She exited her car and opened the door to the bar.

She read a sign with pretty handwriting font saying what Alex told her.

All you can eat, free shots and drinks on the house and Line Dancing of the century

She smiled at the sign. She opened the door and saw people dancing, laughing, getting drinks at the bar and playing darts and pool. She looked around for Alex and couldn't find him till she looked at the bar seeing him look like a cowboy like every guy in this place.

She walked up to him and gently tapped his shoulder getting his attention.

"HEY! You made it," he said as he got up and hugged her waist.

"Yeah, thanks for telling me about this, I would have never guessed," she said.

"Anytime, come, meet the guys," Alex said.

They walked to the bar counter and Alex got his friends attention to look at Y/n.

"Y/n, this is. Ghost, Soap, Gaz, Alejandro, König and Price is somewhere around here..." Alex said as he looked around the bar. "Oh, there he is," Alex pointed to a tall, buff man on the dancefloor dancing to Fake ID line dance.

(Okay, no but IMAGINE Price doing the Fake ID line dance from Footloose...jaw dropped, or line dancing in general, periodt)

Y/n watched in amazement as she watched this man dance with perfect synchronization with the rest of the people dancing around him.

"Wow," she said with a smile.

"Yeah, he's being a showoff, come have a drink with us," Alex said.

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3:10PM

Y/n talked with the guys and enjoyed her drink given to her by Alex. Alex promised to give her the first drink of the night.

"HEY! Price, this is Y/n," Alex said, and Y/n placed her drink down and turned to Price.

Price gave Y/n a smirk and titled his cowboy hat towards her.

"Howdy," he said, Y/n felt her cheeks heat up.

"Hi," she said with a smile.

Alex could see Y/n's cheeks all heat up, he smirked and gently nudged his shoulder at Y/n.

"Hey," she whispered at him.

"Why don't we go play pool, Price, Y/n you guys stay here and guard our spots," Alex said.

"Yeah, yeah, sure thing," Price said.

Alex and the rest of the guys left the bar and Y/n and Price just awkwardly looked away from each other feeling embarrassed from being left alone with each other.

"Sorry about Alex," Price said.

"It's okay."

"Are you new in town? I've never seen you here before?"

"Yep, I just moved in this afternoon, Alex is the first person I met while I've been here and now, I guess his friends are my friends, maybe...that Ghost guy doesn't seem to like me."

"Ghost, doesn't like anyone...he just sticks with us because we're the only people who will talk to him," Price chuckled.

"Ahh~ that makes sense," Y/n said.

Price leaned on the bar counter looking at Y/n as she talked about her life about being in the city. Price has never really talked to a city girl before; he was thought that the 'city folk' were a bunch of weirdos and think only about themselves but surely enough he's wrong about Y/n.

"And I left because I wanted to change up my lifestyle, I've always wanted to be a farmer but thought I've never had the time for it, but I realized lately how much free time I have nowadays and so, I thought that I should come live out here and start my own small farm."

"How small? And what will you sell?"

"Just sheep, cows and chickens, sell wool, milk, cheese and eggs."

"Mmm~ yeah, that'll be great."

Price was listening to her talk, and he heard a certain song come on Take it off by Kesha came out, he turned and grabbed her hand.

"Hey come dance," he said.

"But I don't know how to line dance."

"That's okay, follow my lead."

They went to the dancefloor, Price stood in his position with Y/n to his left. She looked nervous but stood in her stance and watched as some people bounced to the song before the lyrics started.

Soon they started everyone started as Y/n felt lost, she didn't know what to do even when looking at Price for help. He was too big of a natural and Y/n could barely stay on her feet. When she would try and move backwards like everyone else, she tripped a bit but caught herself before she could fall.

Price saw and just chuckled at her being clumsy. Y/n could hear him chuckle at her, she felt a bit embarrassed, she stopped what she was doing and headed back to the bar.

Price looked to his right and didn't see Y/n, he looked around and saw her at the bar. He was trying to swiftly make it off the dancefloor was soon trapped on the floor by people crowding around.

Y/n sat at the bar, running her finger over the rim of her glass and looked bored out of her mind.

Alex came up next to her.

"Hey, where's Price?"

"On the dancefloor...I can't keep up," she said, taking a sip from her drink.

"It's okay, line dancing can be hard for people who don't know what to do, trust me, it was hard for me, but I got it down, later." Alex looked at Y/n looked at Price on the dancefloor and turned back to her glass.

"I think, I should go..."

"No, no, stay a bit longer," Alex tried to convince her to stay. "Do you smoke?" He asked. "Come on, you may need some fresh air, come on," Alex said as Y/n followed him outside the bar.

Price saw Y/n and Alex leave the bar to go outside. He again tried to get off the dancefloor and followed them outside.

"Hey, what happened?" He asked with his hands out looking at Alex who was leaning against the brick building and Y/n stood in front of him picking at her nails.

"Sorry...I...I just couldn't keep up and to save myself from embarrassment, I decided to stop."

"Aww, honey, it's okay-"

"Should I leave you two alone?" Alex asked, ready to put out his cigar.

"Umm~"

"If you don't mind," Price told him.

Alex left Price and Y/n alone again. She looked down at her feet as Price took Alex's spot against the brick wall.

"Honey, tell me what's wrong."

"Nothing's wrong, I just didn't want to embarrass myself or you, so I just left and went to the bar and came out here with Alex."

"Honey, I've been embarrassed before by others and let's just say some had it worse, it's your first time, who cares, everyone had their first time, line dancing. Did Alex tell you he fell probably 7 different times during Fake ID, boy could barely stand after tripping so much, he basically made camp on the ground," Price laughed trying to make Y/n feel better.

Y/n still feel awkward that she didn't know what she was doing. She tried to smile at Price telling a story about Alex falling but it didn't make her feel any better.

"Come on, honey, there has to be more to it then you thinking you can embarrass me or yourself," he said, putting his pointer finger under her chin making her look up at him.

"I just...I just need to go home, I'm tired from moving and making new friends, that I'm just worn out," she gave a lazy smile to him and was about to walk to her car, but Price stopped her.

He took his black cowboy hat off his head and stuck it on Y/n's head, some people outside saw it happen and their eyes widened at Price's sudden gesture. They've never seen Price do that.

"Price?" He leaned forward and his lips touched hers, he was gentle about it and smirked when he pulled away from her lips.

"I have a question for you, little lady."

"O-Okay," Y/n was too stunned to even think straight.

"Do you know the hat rule?"

"Hat rule?"

"I know you, city folk probably don't do that, but here...in the country, when someone puts their hat on your head...it means they're taking you home...and you little lady, get to come home with me," he said with a cheesy grin on his face.

Y/n was shocked that he did this, she JUST met him tonight, at least take her on a date before making her 'yours' first Price, come on now.

"D-Do I have to go with you tonight?"

"Nah. but it just shows that...you're mine and whoever fucks with you, I'll know," he said with a smirk on his face.

"Price."

"Hm?"

"Take me home, please."

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8:26PM

Price had picked up Y/n out of his red and white Ranger. He kicked his door open and was kissing Y/n’s lips getting a soft moan from her.

He smirked and took her to his bedroom. He placed back on the ground as his hands found her butt and started to gently squeeze them and unzip her dark green dress letting it fall to her ankles.

She kicked it away just leaving her in her underwear. She could hear Price struggling to unbuckle his pants, so, she decided to help him. Her hands were a natural, she pulled his unzipped pants to the side where she can feel his hardened dick in her palm.

She smirked into the kiss as she could feel his hot breath on the side of her neck. Her hands moved up and down, they were soft and felt like someone was barely touching him.

"Oh g-god," he mumbled, he kissed her neck some more but could barely stay on his feet from how gentle she was being with him.

"Am I hurting you?" She asked.

"N-No...I'm...f-fuck," he mumbles again.

Y/n fell on her back on the bed behind her teasing Price once she stopped, she looked down at him, he was taking off his shirt and pants, he removed his cowboy hat and put it on Y/n's head.

"Holy fuck, you look amazing in it, little lady," he said, licking his bottom lip.

"Thank you, kind sir," she tipped the hat at him with a cheeky smile on her face.

He trapped her on the bed and kissed her lips, his hands ran all over her body, holding her waist and he moved his hands down to her thighs and pulled her the edge of the bed.

Price looked down at her and kissed her lips again, his hands cupped her face. She started to remove her underwear and Price smirked before sticking his fingers into his mouth getting them wet and feeling her folds, they were already wet.

He stuck them inside of her lower half and earned a loud and high-pitched squeal from her. Her hand gripped his wrist trying to push his fingers out, but she didn't want them to leave her.

He moved his fingers in and out of her quickly and earned a moan from her. She looked down at his fingers inside of her and watched him pull them out seeing a thick white substance thickened on his middle and ring finger.

He brought his fingers to his mouth and cleaned them off, she felt her folds drench in the white liquid. He bent down to her clit and licked the white liquid clean off her, she grabbed a handful of his hair wanting him to keep going and not stop.

"P-Please don't s-stop, P-Price," she moans. His tongue went inside of her and licked her folds again.

"Hmmm~" he hums and sat up, his left hand grabbed her wrists holding them above her head and his right hand on his dick hitting his tip just above her clit. She moans at the wet sounds clapping against each other.

"Ah!" She moans.

He pushed himself inside of her. She looked helpless underneath him; his right hand held her waist, gripping her tightly that he could very well leave a hand mark on her side.

He moved slowly at first but soon picked up the pace when he could feel her tighten around his dick. He bit his bottom lip possibly making it bleed.

He leaned down to her lips kissing them, once he pulled away, he could see the blood on her lip, he wiped his lip with his thumb and saw the blood and licked his thumb removing the blood from her lip.

Y/n didn't care she was feeling good by Price. He didn't stop moving fast, he wanted her to moan his name, moan so loud that her voice breaks. He cups her face and kisses her lips again.

"H-Holy fuck," he cussed under his breath as he looked at Y/n's face, it was red, and he could see tears threatening to fall from her eyes. He wipes her tears away getting a soft smile from her.

"Are y-you sure I'm n-not hurting you?" He asks.

"I-I'm sure," she stutters as her head went back and moaned again feeling her stomach tighten and she could feel that same liquid run down her clit and possibly onto the bedsheets, Price was huffing and puffing due to the feeling of coming as well.

He pulled out and he watched the cum quickly squirt out of her, he licked his lips and grabbed a rag to help clean her up.

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Price had started a bath for Y/n. She was currently in it washing herself as Price stripped the bed and put clean sheets on it and had sweatpants hanging low on his waist showing off his Calvin Klein boxers.

He fixed the pillows and went to the bathroom with some clean clothes for Y/n. She looked up at him with tired eyes and saw him drop an oversized t-shirt and a clean pair of boxers on the sinks counter.

He sat on the edge of the bathtub and looked down at her.

"How's the bath?"

"Good, I love this feeling," she said, bring her hand out of the water and watching the water droplets fall back into the tub.

"I'm glad..." he said, cupping her face. "Tomorrow...would you like me to show you around, my property?"

"That'll be great, thank you," she said with a soft smile on her face.

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Y/n came into the bedroom and fell on one side of the bed and cuddled up to Price's chest, she grabbed her phone and wanted to play dirty like her 'best friend' did with her.

She got on Price's stomach, he was confused and placed his hands on the side of her thighs.

"What are you doing?" He asks.

"Just...a little payback for what my 'friend' did to me, by getting together with my ex. I'm going to show I'm not bothered by it and show you off...I'm not gonna show your face, I'm just going to make them feel jealous that I moved on and they can't hurt me," she said with a smirk on her face.

She took a photo of her sitting on her stomach showing off his toned body, his hands on her thighs and her left hand placed on his stomach.

She took several others, one where she leaned against his chest and showed a bit of his face, but she put a blue heart emoji over his face.

She posted them to her social media and within an instant people were liking it and some people, she did still keep in touch with where wandering who this guy was with Y/n.

"She's mad," Y/n evilly giggled at her 'friend' commenting.

Best_friend132: *Girl, you've only been there for a day and you're already screwing someone*

Y/n rolled her eyes and tossed her phone to the nightstand and looked at Price with a smile on her face. She cuddled to his side and Price placed his hand on her waist as he read his book and Y/n could look at the pages with him.

"What even is this?"

"It's called 'Ace' it's about this Mafia couple who hate each other but in the long run fall in love with each other," she sat up stunned that Price, would read romance books, he doesn't even look like he would even read books. If he did it would be a hunter magazine.

"You read romance novels?"

"Yeah, some are interesting, but I usually read adventures, thrillers and humor, really. But some romance books are good."

"Never expected you to read romance novels," she giggles at him.

"Yeah, I know. I try and keep this away from the guys, they'll never let it down." He said, shaking his head and putting his book down and hugged Y/n's waist before they both drifted off to sleep.

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5:00AM

Y/n woke up to the sound of a rooster doing his usual morning call, Price woke up as well with his face berried into the crook of her neck and gave her a slight kiss.

She moaned into him kissing her neck, she cupped the side of his head and she felt him rub his hardened dick against her.

"Price."

"Sorry, can't help it..." he said as Y/n placed her hand in his pants and started to help him out.

She moved her hand up and down, her thumb touched the tip of his dick, he gave out a very breathy groan.

"Fuck," he moans before leaking cum on her thumb. It was very quick, and he knows that, he wasn't embarrassed he finished fast, he just wanted to cum in Y/n's hand. It was just...amusing to him to cum inside her hand.

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7:46AM

Price had gotten ready for his farm work, Y/n sat on the porch waiting for Price, she looked up when she heard the screen door to the house slam shut.

"Come on, let me show you around."

"Okay," she stood up excitedly and followed Price around his farm like she was a lost puppy, which she was, she didn't know where everything was.

[niqhtlord01]

Redoing a scene: Boba Fett meets the Mods

With the new Disney+ show “The Book of Boba Fett” the writers wanted to introduce a Boba Fett that was not only coming into the mantle of crime lord but also a man who understands the importance of family.

The mark they missed on is that by presenting a kinder more family oriented side of Boba Fett it comes into immediate confrontation with him trying to be a crime lord, as he appears to lack the resolve necessary for running a criminal empire.

With a conflict between his two driving forces it is understandable that many fans felt let down by his presentation for his show and walked away feeling like there could have been more.

An example of this is Boba Fett’s first interaction with the gang known as the “Mods”. Within his new palace Fett is met by locals who offer him tribute for protection and is informed that a rival gang has been stealing water and credits from one of his tributaries. The owner says that the gang lacks respect for Fett and because of that others will seek to steal from his new domain as well.

Fett goes to the town and confronts the gang for their actions. They insult and mock him to his face in front of the tributary, going so far to call him a relic; and rather than taking action to silence just brazen defiance Boba offers them a job and denounces the tributary for charging so much for water.

He allowed a challenge of his territory and personal character to go unpunished and then allows those who insulted him a position within his growing empire. In the real world Boba would most likely have been killed and forgotten as stronger gangs claimed his territory.

I believe the writers were attempting to showcase he is not as prone to violence and is willing to talk out issues rather than bring force of arms, but the situation coupled with the strong sense of reputation Boba Fett is known for demands a form of reaction in a violent manner to assert his status as a crime lord. If I had written the scene I would have pushed it along something like this: *Scene opens with Boba Fett and his gang slowly walked down the street. Camera looks over their shoulders as they approach the Mods gathered around a fire chatting

Boba: You the Mods?

Mods Leader: *Talks over shoulder* Who wants to know?

Boba: The man you stole from.

*Mods leader turns around as rest of Mods watch*

Mods gang member: Best back off old man before you get hurt.

Boba: The name is Boba Fett.

Mods gang member: We know, and we don’t care.

Mods gang member: Leave.

Fennec: *Raises rifle*

Boba: *Raises hand to forestall her*

Boba: This is your one chance.

Boba: Return what you stole, leave my territory, and you shall not be harmed.

Mods Leader: That’s going to be a bit of a problem.

Boba: Oh?

Mods Leader: Yeah; cause I like it here and I don’t feel like moving on.

Mods Leader: So why don’t you and your runts skulk back to your stolen palace and hide there like the relics you are.

*Mod gang starts to circle Boba Fett. Augmetics lighting up along their arms and legs as they draw their own weapons*

Boba: *Sighs*

Fennec: Now? *Hefts rifle*

Boba: No.

Boba: *Hands Fennec his rifle to her surprise*

Boba: *Tilts head to side with loud crack*I could use the workout.

*Mod Leader’s eye cybernetic lights up and fires a blast at Boba Fett.*

*Fett Tilts head to the side and it ricochets off his helmet into a Mod who was standing next to the Leader*

*Gang rushes Fett as Fennec and the two Gamorrean’s step back and watch*

*Mod lashes out with a droid arm augmetic tipped with a Vibroblade.

*Fett shifts to the side and the blade misses him. He then takes the arm and twists it into another Mod ganger, impaling them on the blade before Fett elbows the Vibroblade’s owner in the face sending the pair of gangers down to the ground*

*From the back ranks a Mod lashes out suddenly with a long metallic whip that wraps itself around Fett’s arm.*

Boba: *Looks down at whip and laughs*

Boba: Cute.

*Using the same hand now entangled by the whip, Fett shoots out his own cable that wraps itself around the Whip Mod’s throat causing them to gasp for air.*

*With a hand gesture the cable begins retracting back into Fett’s gauntlet pulling the whip Mod to him before grabbing him by the throat and head butting them with his helmet.*

*As the whip Mod falls to the ground another Mod ganger approaches this time unleashing a flurry of kicks with their droid legs. Tiny jets are attached to their legs allowing them to pivot seemingly at random to deliver a barrage of kicks to Boba.*

*Boba tries blocking them his gauntlets but the speed of the kicks keeps increasing to the point they start landing heavier blows on his chest sending him to his knees.*

*Just as the kicking Mod raises their right leg about to deliver a downward strike Fett activates his knee rockets and blasts their left leg to pieces. The kicker loses his balance, falling on to their back just as Ft grabs the right leg and pulls a wire from one of the tiny jets. The Jet spurts to life and sends the mod flying into nearby crates before pulling them erratically down the street.*

*Boba Fett turns to see the Mods leader now facing him with blaster pistols in each hand.*

Boba: *Stands up and faces Mod Leader*

Boba: I see you’re the smart one.

Mod Leader: You make another move and you’re dead!

Boba: You’re brave. A fools bravery, but brave; I like that.

Mod Leader: I said-

*A laser blast shoots out of Boba’s wrist gauntlet and hits the Mod leader’s eye augmentic and sends them to the ground screaming in pain*

Boba: *Walks over to Mod leader gasping on ground and kicks pistols away*

Boba: That was a low yield blast; you’ll live but it feels like you are dying just the same.

Mod Leader: *Gasping, clutching burnt eye augmetic*

Boba: Your gang has spirit and I can use people like that; so here’s the deal.

Boba: *Takes off helmet and leans down over Mod Leader*

Boba: You all can come to my palace by sunrise tomorrow and work for me, or leave town for good.

Boba: Because if I have to come out here again, I will not be in such an understanding mood.

Boba: *Puts helmet back on and leaves Mod gang on the ground groaning and slowly getting back to their feet*

Fennec: *Hands Boba back his weapon as he walks by*

Fennec: Letting them live was an interesting choice.

Boba: Like I said, I needed the practice.

*Fett stumbles for a moment and clutches one of the points he took a blow from during the fight before quickly recovering*

Fennec: And now I wager you need a dip in the bacta tank

Fennec: *in hushed tone* Are you alright?

Boba: *Grunts and keeps walking* I hate it when they kick.

[smoshgoshbefosh]

September 2nd!!

What Smosh Videos were Posted on Your Birthday?

2010:

Fry Eating Contest!- Smosh Pit

2011:

Star Fox TV Show!- Smosh Main

2012:

No videos uploaded September 2

2013:

Leg Jump Challenge!- Smosh Pit

Best Multiplayer Maps! (Why We're Single)- Smosh Games

It's Rayman! (Super Mari Fun Time)- Smosh Games

2014:

Videos Games Make the Best TV Shows! (Why We're Single)- Smosh Games

Heads Up w/Gronkh & Sarazar (Button Bash)- Smosh Games

2015:

Smosh: The Horror Movie (Game time w/Smosh Games)- Smosh Games

2016:

Batman Sucks 3- Smosh Main

Shock Collar Disney Trivia (Game Bang)- Smosh Games

2017:

Mario Kart in Real Life?!? (Smosh Pit Weekly)- Smosh Pit

Rick and Morty Play GTA V! (The Damien and Shayne Show)- Smosh Games

2018:

We are Terrible Friends (Board AF)- Smosh Games

2019:

Who's the Best Smosh Couple? (Courtney Plays Sims 4)- Smosh Games

2020:

People who Workout Once- Smosh Main

2021:

Casting Ourselves in Parks and Recreation- Smosh Pit

2022:

Heated Scenes: Townies (shorts)- Smosh Main

Addressing Things...- Smosh Games

2023:

Looking for Revenge (Reading Reddit Stories)- Smosh Pit

Fortnite in Real Life- Smosh Pit

That is NOT an Animal (Shorts)- Smosh Games

[countessofravenclaw]

El Lugar más Feliz de la Tierra: Chapter five

To all that come to this happy place, welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. - Walt Disney

Luna had never heard these words before, nor had she heard of the man who had said them... well until she and Mateo end up having a movie night and Luna comes up with an idea. If there is really a place that can be called "the happiest place on the earth" she wants to see it for herself. So she and all her friends leave on an adventure ... an adventure over to a place where you can leave today and enter the world of the past, future, adventure, and fantasy.

There is a dedicated song for every chapter. It will be liked below V ¤

Made the force be with you and bright suns

“Tell me again why we’re rope dropping this again?” Matteo downed the rest of his coffee as he walked through the Disneyland’s gates behind Gastón and Nina. It was already the Friday of the week they had arrived. Time really flew when you were having fun… even if you fell to bed because you were absolutely exhausted every night. It's really true what they said about Disney not being the most relaxing vacation, but surely it was a workout. Matteo already was planning on canceling all his dance rehearsals for the week following them coming back. 

“Stop being so grumpy, Matteo.” Gastón was just laughing at him, “No one forced you to come along. You could have stayed in bed.” 

“No chance of that happening,” Matteo shook his head annoyed. “I’m not going exploring Star Wars Land for the first time while Luna’s in my ear asking ten questions that I don’t know how to answer.” 

“Didn’t you make her watch one movie once?” Nina asked as they kept walking toward the Frontierland.

“Yeah, the Clone Wars one. She fell asleep during it.” 

“When was that?” Gastón turned to look at Matteo. 

“I remember,” Nina piped up, “It was on the same day I decided to go to Oxford. Over six years ago now.” 

“Forever ago,” Matteo nodded, “And we have not watched Star Wars since with her. Maybe she’ll want to do that again now that she has this Disney obsession.”

“If she does, you’re in for a huge marathon,” Gastón laughed, “We really need to get you caught up with everything.”

Matteo rolled his eyes. He had been an avid Star Wars fan ever since he had been young. It was actually one of the few things he and his dad actually had in common. He had been to see the Og trilogy in the theaters, but now obviously wasn’t into it anymore. 

Then he had met Gastón who also was a huge fan, even if he was much more into all of the lore. When Nina had entered the fray, Matteo had become a little bit of a third wheel, but they had made it work. They had actually had bunch of fun watching stuff together and both Nina and Gastón had very good takes.

All that being said, Matteo had not been able to keep up with all the content that now existed for the universe. He had seen all the movies, the one animated series from the 2000s and the Mandalorian, the first one of those series on Disney Plus… There were bunch of those now.

“I’m a busy person,” Matteo shrugged as they were walking through The Main Street. “I don’t have time to keep up with everything in the world.” 

“You think we’re not busy?” Gastón raised an eyebrow at Matteo, “Okay, next time Luna’s abroad for a competition, you come over at us and we’re gonna have a marathon. So, you’re set up for that Mandoverse movie, because you are coming with us.”

“I know that there is another galaxy now, apparently.” Matteo continued, “I still don’t get the space whales.”

“Yeah, you need those to get to another Galaxy… Which is basically acting like a revolving door on trapping the Specters. They’re never going to be together as a family again.” 

“It’s gonna happen someday,” Nina noted, “Otherwise no one is able to watch the Rebels epilogue the same again. The Mandalore takeover and hand over of the Dark Saber already has such a different significance now.”

“This is what I meant. I have zero idea what you’re talking about.” 

“That’s why we need to get you up to date,” Gastón grinned, “and then there’s the books…”

“I don’t care about the books—” Matteo started saying, “—Sorry, let me rephrase that. Don’t want to badmouth books while Nina’s present. I don’t have time to read.” 

“You should give the High Republic a fighting chance. Those are really good.” 

“I think we should focus on this Star Wars right now,” Matteo pointed forward as they kept making their way through Frontierland. “I trust this place has some lore, so spring it on me.”

“Well, in our universe, it’s called a Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge which opened up here in Disneyland in 2019.” Gastón started, “But like in universe, it’s this planet called Batuu, which is like on the outer rim. The place is called Black Spire outpost, which was one of the prominent trading posts in the planet and in the system.” 

“It has appeared in books. I don’t remember the High Republic titles, but Thrawn Alliances by Timothy Zahn had it as a prominent location.” Nina continued, “And then there are couple books written for it specifically like the Black Spire by Delilah Dawson. I’ve been meaning to read it but haven’t gotten to it yet.”

“It’s kind of weird that it hasn’t appeared on screen yet,” Gastón noted, “But maybe it would be a bit hard to film covertly here or at Orlando. Things could get leaked.” 

“Okay,” Matteo nodded. He asked, so he could not make fun of them for the lore dump. He hadn’t expected there to be that much, but of course Gastón and Nina knew it. “So, let's go in and pilot the Falcon.” 

“You have your priorities in order.” Gastón laughed as they walked in. 

***

Nina looked at the landscaping when they entered the land. Everything was constructed from red rocks. Giant black spikes that looked like burned threes loomed above them… right… black spires. 

Lore wise, this place had a bunch of history, but Nina did not remember it all right now. She didn’t remember all the details from Thrawn Alliances, because she hadn’t had the time to reread it. 

Also, frankly, that wasn’t her favorite of all the Star Wars books. None of the Thrawn books really were, she hadn’t even read the legends ones. Her favorite definitely was the High Republic publishing writing initiative. 

That being said, she hadn’t read any Star Wars books in a while, since she didn’t always have time. She was a writer, so most of her time not writing was taken up by planning and research. Star Wars wasn’t one of the research topics right now, as her current trilogy was as far away from Sci-Fi as you could get. Space Opera and high fantasy was something she had been thinking about for her next series, not that that would be started any time soon, but something similar to Ahsoka maybe. 

“All the rock work is anchored by strong geometric forms. Many architectural components are fragmented and asymmetrically arranged, with thick walls often coated with heavy, ancient plaster to tell the story of a mysterious land with a deep, rich history.” Gastón said as he pointed towards the structures, “They must have taken a lot of real-life inspiration from places like Morocco and maybe Turkey.” 

“You know,” Nina tilted her head when she looked at him, “I really like when the architect in you comes out.” 

“Well, I’ll do it more often then,” He smirked at her. “Since I don’t get much use of my minor that much in my line of work.”  

“You will,” Nina kept looking at him. Castillo corporations was a construction company, but Gastón was a couple tiers lower of the team that did the actual project planning and executing. He was part of a team that handled energy emission and process influx calculations that the executive team required. It was an extremely good placement for an entry level job. He was going to go far. As long as he was happy, that was all that mattered to her, “Someday.” 

“So, our lightning lane for the Rise Of Resistance is gonna be up soon, so we should head down there now.” Gastón said after looking at the app. 

“Let’s go,” Matteo nodded as they started walking through the marketplace of the Black Spire outpost towards the Resistance forest.

“Wow,” They walked past the life-sized Millenium Falcon, “We need to get some pics in front of that.”

“Yeah, later—” Gastón said as he wrapped his arm around Nina as they kept walking. 

They entered the queue, which for the first part looked like some sort of jungle, like the Jungle Cruise they had been on a couple of days ago. Then they entered what was for a lack of a better word, a cave. A cave that was decorated with all kinds of props as the place was supposed to be some sort of a resistance base. 

“This is very well done,” Gastón said to her, “It almost feels like we're on Yavin IV.”

“Yeah,” Nina nodded. 

They walked past all sorts of gear, in boxes, crates, hangers. There were a bunch of BlasTech EL-16 blasters, flight suits, explosives and even proton bombs scattered around on the crates and around the queue. Star Wars was very well known for its numerous easter eggs, but Nina wasn’t best at identifying them. Gastón had a much better eye for those. 

They finally entered a room with a few of those clear screens with spacey looking lines. 

“Why are we stopping?” Matteo asked as the doors closed. 

“Ever heard of a pre-show before Matteo?” Gastón asked. 

“I know what it is,” Matteo rolled his eyes, “But nothing’s happening…”

As he had said that a sudden beeping could be heard, coming from above one of the shelves… Could you really call them shelves, it was mostly machinery. 

Some light started to blink on the screens, and to their surprise BB-8 rolled to the view on the shelf. The droid animatronic was quite impressive. Nina and Gastón had been theorizing the whole trip on how certain effects and animatronics actually worked on the rides. Gastón obviously had much more knowledge on the subject, even if he hadn’t studied robotics. 

It was fun to talk about and extremely intriguing, even if it did “break the immersion” a bit, and that's why others didn’t really like them doing it.

“There is probably some sort of arm that's operating the ball part from behind.” Gastón whispered to her as the droid kept rolling on the shelf. 

“BB-8. Prep the Ready room.” Intercom sounded as the animatronic of BB-8 was about to roll off view. 

“Commander Nien-Numb, please report back.”

The images on the screen changed again and some light flickered red again as the music started building up. 

“BB-8, is everyone assembled?” Suddenly a hologram flickered into the view on top of a table. 

“How do you think that works?” Nina whispered to Gastón. 

“I think there is some sort of an angular mirror and maybe an o-led screen.” Gastón whispered back. 

“Recruits, thank you for joining the cause.” The hologram of Rey started speaking, “A covert resistance team led by my friend Finn has infiltrated one of the First Order Star Destroyers, that is now headed to this system. Your out post on Batuu is no longer safe. We have transports waiting to take you to General Organa’s secret base on Bagara.”

“When did we sign up?” Matteo appeared to be joking, “I think I missed the memo.”

“Remember that it is vital that you keep the location of our secret base hidden. Lieutenant Beck, one of our top commanders will lead you.”

“Affirmative,” suddenly a mon calamari appeared on the screen on their left, “The transport is ready. Commander Poe Dameron and his squadron of X-wings will escort us.” 

“So, we are on a run now?” Matteo questioned as the doors opened and they were led outside. “Not what I was expecting…” 

“Well, we’re part of resistance now,” Gastón laughed, “So better not slip up. Come on.” He took Nina’s hand as they started approaching what looked like a transport.

“Go, go, go!” The cast member urged them to hurry up as they entered inside the transport. There was a huge animatronic of the mon calamari they had seen before. 

“All ships, launch!”

The “ship” they were on started shaking and moving as the screens showed them lifting off from the planet and up to space. 

“Where are all those Tie-fighters coming from?”

Suddenly it looked like they were caught in the middle of a huge firefight. 

“So, this is the point we get captured, right?” Matteo asked as the sounds of the dogfight continued, and the captain was yelling something about a tractor beam and Star Destroyers. 

“Cargo vessel TR-141 identify yourself,” A First-Order officer appeared on the screen. 

“Yep, I think we just got caught,” Gastón nodded, and Nina wrapped her arms around his arm. 

This was much more her thing in the form of excitement. Storyline driven with not too much trill. It was probably gonna get a little faster paced, but not too thrilling. 

“Prepared to be boarded.”

“Tell them nothing. Future of the Resistance is at stake.”

Suddenly the doors—not the door on the other side of the vehicle, but the door they had come through to get inside the ship—opened and a cast member dressed as an officer walked in and started barking orders at them about needing to go to an interrogation. 

“How was that possible?” Matteo questioned as they walked off the ship. 

“I think we were on some sort of a turntable,” Gastón said as they looked around the hangar, which was immensely impressive. “And then we were either lowered somewhere or just stayed static, but I’m not sure.”

“Maybe you should have become an imagineer,” Matteo nudged him, “You are enjoying this way too much.” 

“Would you, if the offer ever came up?” Nina asked him and they started walking toward a hallway as the cast member kept telling them to proceed to the detention cells. 

“Maybe,” Gastón shrugged, “If they ever decide to build a park in Argentina or something, but that’s a bit far-fetched. I’m not going to move up that fast.”

“Never say never—” Nina said as they were literally locked into a cell. 

“Well, ain't this imitating…” Matteo remarked as they were done with being “interrogated” by both General Hux and Kylo Ren, “...so are somebody gonna come and bust us out?”

As he was saying that, the wall next to them started glowing, almost like it was being cut. Then a literal piece off that wall was pulled out. 

“We’re with the resistance. We’re busting you out.” Cast members started leading them through the wall. 

***

“I didn’t realize that it was going to drop, but it was fine,” Nina was saying as they were exiting the ride. 

“It looks like Jazmin made the girls do a full fashion photoshoot with the princesses,” Gastón remarked as he looked at the thread of pictures being sent to their group chat. 

“Well, I am not sad about missing that,” Matteo laughed. 

“You do know that everyone will also want to come here,” Gastón pointed out before looking at his watch, “We’ll need to act as tour guides…We have about 25 minutes until the Savi’s reservation. How about we go grab some blue milk?” 

“I am still not sure how good of an idea it is to let you two have lightsabers,” Nina said as she took the cup of the blue milk from the counter and sipped it. “This definitely tastes strange.” 

“Hey, we will be extremely responsible with our laser swords,” Gastón responded to her, “And you want one yourself… They’ll look good on our wall. Here, take the green one, so I can try that.” 

“Where are you building your shrine?” Matteo asked as he sipped his colorful milk and almost spit it out, “What is in these?”

“We could put them in our guest room,” Gastón shrugged as he tried the blue milk, “This isn’t that bad. I mean we have to get at least one of the legacy props from that one shop. Where are you putting yours?” 

“I’ll have to hide it in the closet or something,” Matteo shook his head. “Otherwise, Luna will steal it for a prop in her next competition or something.” 

“She might wanna make her own,” Nina noted. 

“If that’s the case, none of us are brave enough to stop her,” Matteo laughed. Luna with a lightsaber was definitely a scary thought… He had already bought a loth cat plush from the creature shop to give to her on her birthday and was planning on making a hyperactive droid in her honor, but if she was gonna want a sword too…well, it was his problem so he could deal with it. “But hey, let's go make ours first.”

***

“I think that went quite splendidly,” Matteo remarked as they exited the Millenium Falcon ride. 

“You literally crashed the ship seven different times,” Gastón crossed his arms, “We should all be scared of your driving skills from this point onwards.” 

“Anyways,” Matteo ran off the ramp, “We need those pics before others will start wondering if we really have gotten stranded on that other galaxy, since that was something that apparently happened a lot.”

“Yep,” Matteo heard Gastón say as he and Nina followed him to the closest photopass photographer.

“Get your lightsabers out!”

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Okay, so I had quite a hard time with getting this chapter done (I hope it doesn't show too much), but that's why ends little abruptly. I guess I would have kept descripting every attraction ever super in detail, it would have gotten kind repetitive and that's not fun to write or read. I got this finished right after Ahsoka finished, so thats why there are lot of references to space whales, other galaxies and ghost crew not getting their happy reunion.

[jenifersohowe]

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[rndyounghowze]

PHL-16 Salonen Directs Daphnis and Chloe

Conducted By: Esa-Pekka Salonen

Presented By: Philadelphia Orchestra

The organ is an instrument without social status. You’ve heard its haunting strains in church on Sunday morning, in the concert hall on a Friday night, and the baseball game on Saturday afternoon. The organ is one of the few instruments that you can’t take with you from place to place. we’d estimate the pipes in Verizon Hall are over two stories tall. One of the things we’re not always used to is hearing the swells of the organ coming together with the symphony orchestra to make music. One of the things that we love about the Philadelphia Orchestra is when most orchestras would make a performance by Notre Dame Organist Olivier Latry the centerpiece they’re just warming up for a second-act performance of Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe in its entirety. They don’t end the program until they’ve thoroughly knocked your socks off.

This small section of Saariaho’s Oratorio is a wonderful introduction to her opus. Salonen has used both of his performances with The Philadelphia Orchestra to honor the signature sounds of his friends gone by. This piece feels like a short layover in a fairy tale world. We don’t know where we are going yet we do know that when we get there we’ve left too soon. Saariaho’s music creates an aural atmosphere that invites the listener in. We’d almost call it a soundscape. We just know that we have found a composer we will be listening to for life.

In the very beginning, Salonen gives the audience a short primer on why it’s hard for the orchestra and the organ to mix. The organ was built to have the same range as the entire symphony and emulate any tone. It’s a machine. It’s cheating. So his challenge was to write a piece where the organ and the orchestra “didn’t cancel each other out”. So in this piece, he paid homage to some of the signature places we’ve heard the organ before and played to the strengths of the symphony instruments. The strings focused on deep swells and sweeping glissandos that sounded like lasers. By his own admission, Salonen included a bow to Bach (who wrote several pieces for the organ). Yet also paid homage to the organ in Flyers Stadium (he even recounts a Flyers game he watched in 1986). He then highlighted a special part at the end where the organ plays a soulful farewell to his mother and Saariaho who both passed in the same year. Latry got a full-body workout by the end of the piece. With each movement taking us to new unknown territories we had no clue that by the last notes of the piece we were all collectively holding our breath.

Ravel’s composition is supposed to accompany the story of a goatherd named Daphnis and his shepherdess Chloe. If you look up the plot of the popular ballet you can see why it’s not often performed anymore (Pan killing Pirates? Orgiastic Baccanals? Why the heck not!?!) Yet the score by Ravel is worth hearing all on its own. Even without ballet dancers in front of you, you can hear “motifs” that are individual to the character. That means that each phrase of the score sounds like a conversation. When we close our eyes we can still see a story going on.

That does mean that the music can feel like it’ assaulting you at times. During a part of the score depicting Pan attacking the pirates who have captured Chloe there is a wind machine playing. The air raid siren paired with the brass and the drums sound like WW3 is going on. That is the skill of a great composer for narrative dance. Ravel wove the story through the music to lay a foundation for the choreographer. Now the narrative is so complete in the score it can stand alone.

What did we learn as we came to the end of Salonen’s residency with the Philadelphia Orchestra? The biggest thing we learned is that music intertwines through our lives. We all encounter symphony music even if we’ve never attended a performance. The same orchestra that helped make Disney Magic in Fantasia years ago is also heard on Satellite radio every week. Flip through IMDB and you’ll find some kind of symphony orchestra is involved in making the music.

Then you walk into a symphony hall and you hear a composer talking about the emotion they poured into a score. You hear Salonen talking about his dear friends that have passed. By conducting their scores it feels like he’s bringing them back to life. Salonen used his own life experiences, losing his mom or Gretzky scoring a goal, to create this beautiful piece that filled the entire hall.

We hope everyone gets to hear the Philadelphia orchestra play live. We hope watching them play makes you think of the moments you spend with your loved ones differently. Hopefully, it will make you research who made your favorite movie music. Or maybe cheer for the organ the next time the Fliers or the Phillies score.

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Let's Move: Check In #1

Shoes and workouts! I FINALLY GOT FITTED FOR A PAIR OF RUNNING SHOES! This is HUGE! I have been an active runner since 2014 when I started my running journey with a whopping 48.6 miles in four days, also known as The Dopey Challenge in Walt Disney World. I ran in decent shoes, but they were not the best because I did get runner’s toes, and my poor feet died. I was a newbie to running and…

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March 20 - 2024 Wednesday

11:54pm

6/10

This morning, very little cleaning again. Not that my room really needs it. I just did some dusting and putting a couple things away. This morning's shower was extra short since I had to do dishes too. For breakfast I made another breakfast sandwich with instant oatmeal this time. I played Stardew Valley while it cooked.

During work I warmed up with a color study and a few shygal sketches. Then I worked on and almost finished the shygal commission I'm currently on. Streaming was frustrating today because no matter what I said, someone always tries to be "right" even when there isn't a right or wrong. Like how we were talking about sexual orientation and someone implied that I haven't experienced enough real life relationship to know what I'm into?? Thats just one small example, this kind of behavior happens every day. I'm fixing to start ignoring every time I see a stupid response, like it was never typed.

After work I tried to do my workout but my tummy was a little grumpy so I only did about half. Then I kinda sat around until lunch. Lunch was my homemade stir fry rice with pork.

During afternoon work I tried joining BR's server again but it was more game talk and it got old pretty quick. I finished today's request and worked on my animation for another hour. My tummy started feeling worse so I left the call and worked on AE's avatar for about 15 minutes before quitting. I had to use the bathroom which helped but I still felt bad. I got a heating pad for my tummy and made some peppermint tea.

DS called fairly early today for fursuit work and chill time. I played the MLP game for awhile. It was the coziest I had been today because this is what I wanted most, bestie time and pony game. After her work, she read me 3 short Disney storybooks, the kind you read to kids at bedtime. They were good, especially the one about Figment. She's really sold me on him and the Dreamfinder as characters. I keep thinking a crossover with them, Bob Ross, and Vsauce would be oddly fitting and amazing. Then we tried some Roblox. I proposed a mountain climbing game I saw someone else play. We didn't get very far, I don't think she likes that kind of repetitive challenge, falling over and over until you finally get it right. Thats something we differ on. Then we peeked at a Monster High RP game briefly before bedtime. In bed we did our puzzles, Monster High reading, and Kingdom Hearts. The Connections puzzle today was hard and different, must be a NEW guy making them. After she fell asleep, I played Stardew Valley. Im leaving my water heater on tonight to see if it'll work, I have reason to believe it might. I just want more hot water in the morning.

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Today I was thinking about acceptance, more specifically accepting both the good and bad parts of any experience. Its a good way to stay connected to whats happening, reminding myself that there are always 2 parts to everything. It helps if I start obsessing over the negatives. It's about searching for that silver lining and truly accepting that it exists. Im REALLY good at accepting bad things, I need to work on accepting good things.

3 things I liked about today.

Playing stardew Valley.

Painting the Shygal commission.

Extra time with DS.

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Why You Should Be A Morning Person

What is the one thing that all successful people share? They rise early and get the most out of their morning. Here's why:

Awakening early allows you the chance to reflect before the bustle of the day gets underway. Simply put it's "you time" -- the time to write down your goals throughout the day. You can progress against them before other people have a chance to grab your attention and time. This puts you in control of your day.

Of course, it's extremely difficult to get up and that's precisely why those who rise early have an advantage over others. They are able to tackle their day when others doze off.

Here are a few examples of early risers who are extremely successful:

Virgin Branson is the founder. Richard Branson wakes up at 5:45 a.m., even when the island is his own, and utilizes the morning to train and have breakfast before getting ready for the day.

Michelle Obama is the First Lady of America. Michelle Obama starts her day at 4:30 am to do an exercise before her kids get up.

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook gets up at 3:45 am each day to check his emails, workout, and go on a Starbucks breakfast before going to work

Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz gets up at 4:30 am to work out (often cycling along with his spouse) -and, of course, to prepare a cup of coffee in order to kick off his day.

Disney Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger rises at 4:30 am and makes use of early morning time to read his newspaper and exercise or enjoy music or check emails and catch up on TV

Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour wakes at 5:45 am to play tennis for about an hour before her work demands require it.

GE President Jeff Immelt wakes up at 5:45 am and engages in a workout in the gym while reading the newspaper and watching CNBC

Did you see a consistent trend in all these successful people? Every morning routine includes exercise as a major aspect.

Alongside the general physical and mental health advantages, research has proven that moderate-intensity workouts for more than 20 minutes can provide mental and emotional energy over the course of 12 hours! That means these business leaders will be more focused, productive, and efficient in their work as a direct consequence of their exercise routine in the morning. Exercise time lets them think and think through problems in a non-stop manner which means they can begin to work immediately after they are in the office. A morning workout is an extremely efficient way to use time.

Alongside waking up earlier and working out there are additional morning routines that can help you start your day off in the correct direction

Drink 16 oz. of water after waking pre hydrate yourself after seven to eight hours of sleep

Create Your Bed -Every morning can lead to better productivity throughout the day.

Get a healthy Breakfast to fuel your body to meet all the challenges of your workday (led by the energy-rich fruit and veggies)

Drink 1 to 2 cups of Coffee -Give yourself a healthy early morning energy while reaping known health benefits

Get caught up on the News Make use of the time of silence to be aware of what's happening all around you.

Prioritize Your Day Make a list of your top priorities, and think about ways to accomplish them.

Also read: Good morning kiss image

This ensures you are successful prior to the time you even know that your "work day" even begins in whatever form it might have for you. Being a morning person isn't only reserved for only C-level executives. Everyone can benefit from implementing these practices.

Do you think it's impossible for you since you're in need of additional sleeping time? Experts suggest that you go to bed earlier at night to make the early morning wake-up call acceptable.

These strategies and stories of success can help me get up in the morning, when all I want to do is lie down a little more. I hope they will also motivate you to create your own morning weapon!

Related post: Why Is It Important To Have Good Quality Coffee Every Morning?

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Having worked in the Disney vault, been an animator, having my first jobs through Mattel, and working on exercise videos, I'm uniquely positioned to go all sorts of pedantic on this biotch.

This video, since it's in American English, is more than likely NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) standard, which means the frame rate is 29.97 fps (frames per second). The ~60 mentioned by the OP would be fields per second, which relates to the "pull down" comment.

When tv was first created, one of the challenges was getting the electron gun to paint the entire picture. Summed up, the screen has phosphorus on it. Hit phosphorus with electrons and they glow. For a short time. The gun shoots electrons in a line across the screen and that makes the light and dark of the picture. The tricky thing is, if the gun draws the lines right next to each other, by the time it reaches the bottom, the top has already faded. To fix it, the gun draws every other line, then goes back to the top and draws the rest of the lines. Each set of lines is called a "field". So 2 fields makes 1 frame.

With me so far?

Film is shot 24 fps. It used to be hand cranked in the silent era but when they developed sound, it had to be consistent. I'm sure there's a reason for 24, but I don't recall it offhand. Basically, it's just the number they settled on for a standard. Television's 29.97 fps is a complex history and relates to electrical transmission in the States and the mechanics of making it work, plus an error margin which makes the number a non-integer.

ANYWHOO, animation for projection developed along with film. Stop motion is a straight-ahead method (as opposed to pose-to-pose) where you photograph the puppet, then move it slightly, then photograph it again. 24 times for one second of film. That's animating on 1s, or each frame. Animators soon found you didn't HAVE to animate on 1s to make it look smooth in all situations. You could photograph each pose 2x and get away with it. This is called animating on 2s. Sometimes you need to switch to 1s when the object moves across a large space quickly, but you can always go back to 2s.

As a side note, the Rankin-Bass holiday specials like Rudolph have that odd look to them because they animate a lot on 3s. This saves time and therefore money. Animation is a specialized skill and takes time to learn. Stop motion has the additional challenge of knowing how far to move the puppet for the proper motion. And usually it has to be shot in order because of the movement subtleties that come from the physical manipulation of the puppet.

Enter 1991 and Barbie. The most probable way they made this was to record the workout, cut it together, then animate the Barbie. If the deadline was tight they may have recorded the routine and chosen which sections to animate while they took a day to record the workout with the kids.

For stop motion, they could have done it 2 ways: regular straight-ahead with an animator choosing whether they animate on 1s and 2s, using their knowledge and skills to make it work. Animation skills honed to 24fps. Or it could have been rotoscoped.

Simply, rotoscoping is tracing over live-action footage. By it's nature, it is done on 1s, essentially motion-capture without the fancy equipment. But it's time consuming because you have to animate every frame. Cut some out and it can look weird. Plus, at what is essentially 30 fps, it's more work. So, settled then, go with 24 fps.

But filming a workout video would be expensive. You have to develop the film and film cartridges (the Mickey Mouse ears on the top) can only hold 10 min worth of film. Plus you're shooting 3 cameras or more simultaneously. Better to go with videotape.

How do you get 24fps film onto 30fps video? Telecine (tell uh SIN ee) 2:3 pull down. Take the first frame of film, scan field 1 (odd lines of the image). Take the same frame and scan field 2 (even lines of the image). This makes video frame 1 (2 field scans of 1 frame). Take the next film frame (#2) and scan fields 1 and 2, which makes video frame 2. Then scan field 1 (odd lines) of film frame 2 AGAIN (3 field scans of film frame 2), then the second field (even lines) of film frame 3. That's the third video frame. Video frame 4 is field 1 of film 3 (2 field scans of film frame) and field 2 of film frame 4. 2 more scans of film 3 (3 field scans of film frame 3) makes video frame 4. Video frame 5 repeats the cycle. 2 field scans of one frame then 3 field scans of the next. 2:3 pull down (from film to video).

To sum: It's 29.97 fps not 60. 2:3 pulldown is an industry standard not "weird" and 3:2 is the same thing, but not the common reference. Stop motion animation is tough and time consuming and NO ONE is going to animate 30fps on 1s without computers doing the inbetweens in a for-profit environment. Especially not a toy company exploiting a brand in '91.

Pedant out

So I was looking through my VHS tapes for interesting stuff to capture next and one of them was "Dance! Workout with Barbie" which I thought might be interesting because, well, Barbie movie is coming out soon.

But for the first 30 seconds it's just kids dancing, so I guess this isn't interesting, and then BLUESCREENED STOP-MOTION BARBIE DANCING!? I am speechless

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Disney Workout Challenge Day 4

Featured Character: THE BEST PRINCESS EVER

Workout: My abs are screaming at me

Question of the day: What is something you would continue to work towards, no matter the cost? Have you done this in the past?

My son. I will do whatever I can to give my son a happy life, both now and in the future. That means parenting and teaching, helping with his transition and sixth grade (because sixth grade sucks, especially for him, poor guy!), and making sure he has fun. It also means bringing home a paycheck and keeping the bills paid, keeping a clean living space, and teaching Lynn the skills he needs to pay the bills and keep his space clean.

And it’s not going to stop when he turns 18. I will do everything I can to make sure he leads a good life. I know he’ll fail at some things and I know he’ll get his heart broken--I’m not trying to remove those things, I just want to give him a safe place to land when he falls.

(Bringing this back to the movie, remember the scene where frog!Naveen doesn’t know how to cut up mushrooms? Trying to prevent scenes like that for my boi)

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Workout Challenge Day 14

It’s been a hot minute since I actually completed a @disneyworkoutchallenge.. since day 7 - oops! But it was so nice outside today, after my 30 minute cardio/strength video workout, I checked out what was going on for today.

✨ jumping jacks 100 | probably didn’t do 100 but there were jumping jacks in my workout video so i did some

✨ jump squats 15x3 | also had some jump squats in my workout video

✨ jump rope 15 mins ✓

it’s always so much fun to grab a jump rope and spend some time jumping around! i definitely recommend it to change up your cardio.. in just 15 minutes fitbit says i burned 200 calories!

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YAY GYM!

Today's Disney Workout Challenge was all about Gaston from Beauty and the Beast. @disneyworkoutchallenge 's are about vanity which is funny because she is trying to make me vain by giving me killer tris and bis 😉😉

-Push-ups 15x6

-Tricep dips 8x10

-Plank 20 seconds x5

-Arm circles 15 seconds x5

-Jumping jacks 100!

Question of the day: Are you a vain person? Where do you draw the line to separate being vain from being confident? Is being vain a bad trait? Why?

I don't think I'm a vain person. I know my imperfections and it's harder for me to admit that I excel at something than to be hard on myself.

The line for vainty and confidence I think comes when you stop realizing others are awesome or just as good as you at things. When you stop celebrating accomplishments that others work hard for because you think you could do better.

And I do think being vain is a bad trait. Like I just mentioned, in my opinion, you stop thinking of others when you cross the line between confidence and vanity and that's no fun for anyone!

Thanks for a great day back at the gym! 💪