#feral farmer finn

[justashamwithwastedpotential]

Thank you Harvey for having mercy on my 2 gold

[jasonmacavoy]

(FINN COLE, CIS MALE, HE/HIM) Oh, is that JASON MACAVOY I heard the TWENTY SEVEN year old is LOYAL. But don’t let that pretty face fool you, they are also HOT HEADED. Makes sense seeing how they are an ENFORCER in the GHOST RIDERS MC gang. penned by ally.

stats.

full name:  jason thomas macavoy  nicknames: jay, jayjay birthday: april 5th age: twenty- seven birthplace: bronx, nyc star sign: ares gender: cis male pronouns: he/him sexuality: heterosexual gang: ghost riders rank: enforcer cover: strip club bouncer and occasional street fighter theme song: habits by mgk

appearance. 

face claim: finn cole hair color: dirty blonde eye color: blue height:  6ft weight: 185lbs build: big, burly, and muscular tattoos: yes, very tom hardy in the warrior scars: many, more scar than skin, each with a story. most notable a stab wound on his left side from the Halloscream event.

family.

mother: Heidi Macavoy, estranged stepfather: Tommy fowler, deceased father: unknown (but could make for a fun potential connection tho!) siblings: half-siblings he doesn’t know about pets: none

personality. 

positives (+): determined, dauntless, loyal, strong negatives (-): reckless, hot headed, stubborn, uncouth   MBTI: ISTP zodiac: aries  element: fire hogwarts house: gryffindor drugs/ alcohol/ smoking: rarely, thinks it throw off his fighting game/ yes/ yes aesthetics: a string of purpling bruises fresh from a fight, a pack of marlboro reds to take the edge off, raw knuckles, broken beer bottles, cigarette smoke, gaping holes in the wall, more scar than skin, & a thick layer of sweat sheathing toned muscles character inpso: tom conlon (warrior), ryan atwood (the oc), will turner (pirates), rip wheeler (yellowstone), billy hope (southpaw), j cody (animal kingdom), johnny lawrence (cobra kai), frank farmer (the bodyguard), jon snow (GoT)

biography.

TW: fighting, death, toxic masculinity

Jason Macavoy came into the world fighting, and he had been fighting ever since. His mother, a struggling fashion designer, had just stepped on set for an athleisure shoot she designed when her first born son barreled into the world with clenched fists and a battle cry that would make his father proud. Not the washed up middleweight champ who couldn’t make it to the hospital on such short notice —the one Jason would grow up calling father— but the one night stand who knocked up Heidi Macavoy all those years ago Growing up in the Bronx Jason was a handful: rambunctious, brimming with unbridled energy, and a temper that would only grow with time. He had trouble learning how to read and was easily set off by a poor test score or an off-handed taunt made by a classmate, landing him in several schoolyard scuffles. By the time Jason was seven, his mother fled to pursue the career and the life she had always dreamed of, leaving Jason in the care of his wayward step-father.  His step-father wasn’t good for much anymore except for drinking and coaching, but Tommy was there and he was the only one who recognized Jason’s potential. He saw that for what his step-son lacked in brains, he made up for in athletics. Young Jason was a natural talent when it came to sports, and Tommy helped channel all his energy and anger into UFC in particular. He bloomed into a wrestling prodigy at the local public school. His determination was feral, and the boy wanted nothing more than to prove himself worthy of his mother’s love, one victory he’d never be able to manage. As Jason’s athletic abilities continued to grow, so did his competitive edge and hot temper that continued to get him into trouble on and off the mat. During a championship tournament of his professional career, Jason had made a spectacle allowing a foul to the boy’s side to ignite a wrath in him he didn’t even know he had. He went wild, shouting and swearing at the referee for the unfair call before striking him and leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. He was disqualified from competition and barred from the league.  Not long after Jason was banned from competition, his step-father succumbed to the bottle while his mother still wanted nothing to do with him. More lost than ever Jason turned to underground street fighting to get his fix. It was then Jason found the Ghost Riders or rather they found him smack in the middle of a bar brawl at the tender age of seventeen. Young and hungry for a place that could appreciate and refine his raw potential, Jason pledged his loyalty to the Ghost Riders in exchange for (tba). He now works as a bouncer at a strip club and has spent the last ten years with Ghost Riders, becoming one of their most loyal enforcers and fighters, growing more and more accustomed to the gritty underground lifestyle, the brawls, the arguments, the booze. His step-father’s voice in his head had never been more clear to him: fight.

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[love-bokumono-fics]

Fresh Crops! May 13-19, 2024

This week's newest fics and chapter updates for Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons on AO3!

Before anything else - by Emmi_Beau; Complete, 1/1, 1.6k

Rating: General Audiences; Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings; Category: F/M Fandoms: Animal Parade, Tree of Tranquility Relationship: Molly the Farmer/Perry; Characters: Molly the Farmer, Perry, Finn the Harvest Sprite, Angela the Farmer, Kevin the Farmer, Kasey the Farmer, Luke the Carpenter, Bo, Owen, Toby Additional Tags: Rewrite, Prompt Fill, Fluff and Crack, Fireworks, Feral Behavior, Rarepair Summary: The summer festival was supposed to be fun, but this year 3 certain people had to ruin it for Molly.

Don't Eat Flowers - by Maymist; Complete, 14/14, 26k

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Category: F/F Fandoms: A Wonderful Life, DS Cute Relationship: Nami/Pony | Aya | Jill; Characters: Nami, Pony | Aya | Jill, Rock, Reader Additional Tags: Lesbian Character, Inspired by Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons, Mentions of Other Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons Games, Blue Feather, Romance, LGBTQ Character, POV Lesbian Character, Canon Lesbian Relationship Summary: The new farmer girl in Forgotten Valley attempts to give Nami some flowers to, er… totally give the hint that she's romantically interested in the very much reserved tomboyish red-head. Nami completely jumps to conclusions and misunderstands though, and that's where this silly romance begins. What kind of other madness will ensue?

Swimming through the rain, like fishes in the ocean - by LeeKat_Art; Complete, 1/1, 3.5k

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences; Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings; Category: M/M Fandoms: Animal Parade Relationship: Kasey the Farmer/Toby; Characters: Kasey the Farmer, Toby Additional Tags: Romance, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Warm and Fuzzy Feelings, Fishing, Cuddling & Snuggling, Emotional Support, comfortable silence Summary: As rain cover Castanet, the lone farmer hopes a fishing trip is all he needs to run away from his feelings. But he is drowning in sorrow, that gentle fisherman reels him right back into the light. Swimming through the cold rain together, their dear hearts find a warmth nothing else could provide.

Katakan Yes, Please! - by Villainien; WIP, 3/6, 7.1k; Language: Bahasa Indonesia

Rating: General Audiences; Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings; Category: F/M Fandoms: Back To Nature, Friends of Mineral Town Relationship: Claire the Farmer & Pete | Jack; Characters: Pete | Jack, Rick, Kai, Doctor | Trent, Cliff, Gray, Claire Additional Tags: Fluff and Humor, Romance, Friendship, Absurd, Mention of Karen/Rick, Comedy, Rick and Karen are married, Drama Summary: Kira-kira gimanakah cara Young Men Squad of Mineral Town dalam membantu Jack mendapatkan cinta Claire?

I want you (and my legs back) - by Rottenveggiesouo; Complete, 1/1, 2.2k

Rating: Mature; Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings; Category: F/M Fandom: Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons Relationship: Gray/Mary the Librarian | Marie; Characters: Gray, Mary the Librarian | Marie, Other Characters Mentioned Summary: Just me sprinkling my gray backstory and how much he wants to marry Mary

Runaway - by almakazam; WIP, 1/?, 6.3k

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences; Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply; Categories: F/M, Gen, Multi, Other Fandoms: Back To Nature, Friends of Mineral Town, DS Cute Relationships: Claire the Farmer/Kai, Claire the Farmer & Kai; Characters: Claire, Claire the Farmer, Kai, Pete | Jack, Marlin | Matthew, Pony | Aya | Jill, Popuri, Original Characters, Gray, Mary the Librarian | Marie, Ann the Innkeeper | Ran, Cliff, Karen, Rick, Elli | Elly, Doctor | Trent Additional Tags: Rewrite, Runaway, Drama & Romance, Romance, Family Drama, Family Issues, Slow Burn, Double Life, Heir & Heiress, This was an old fic I wrote back in 2009 lol Summary: Claire has always played the part of the perfect daughter, but behind the façade lies years of control and frustration. It all finally comes to a head when her father ends her engagement and arranges a new marriage to a man she doesn't know, ultimately pushing her to run away. Little did she know that her new groom-to-be is also planning his own escape.

Maybe the harvest moon was the friends we made along the way - by Rottenveggiesouo; Complete, 3/3, 7.8k

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences; Archive Warning: Major Character Death; Category: Gen Fandom: Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons Series Relationship: None; Characters: Pete | Jack, Mark the Farmer, Sara, Pony | Aya | Jill, Other Characters Mentioned Additional Tags: Fluff, Attempt at Humor, Light Angst, How Do I Tag, Animal Death, Character Death, a lot of death tbh, Author Does Not Know How To Tag, Author is happy, Most characters that appear for now are from Awl/ds with some exceptions Summary: Mark is already getting a bit old for the toll of farming, and he doesn't wants his daughter pony to do everything alone, so, his niece and nephew, Sara and Pete, come to the valley to work on the farm.

And one Not Safe For Tumblr fic by Thefallen1986.

[brookston]

Holidays 2.18

Holidays

Armed Forces Day (Sierra Leone)

Clean Out Your Cubby Holes Day

Cold Day in Hell

Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day

Critical Care Transport Nurses Day

Dale Earnhardt Remembrance Day

Day of Diplomatic Staff (Turkmenistan)

Day of Spenta Armaiti (Zoroastrian Goddess of Earth & Fertility)

Dialect Day (Amami Islands, Japan)

Don Luis Muñoz-Marín Day (Puerto Rico)

Enzo Ferrari Day

Flirting Day

Hertha Asteroid Day

Huck Finn Day

International Asperger’s Day

Island Languages Day (Amami Islands)

Kimathi Day (Kenya)

King Biscuit Flower Hour Day

Konudagur (Wife’s Day; Iceland) [1st Day of Góa]

Kurdish Students Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)

National Airboat Day

National Battery Day

National Democracy Day (Overthrow of Rana Dynasty; Nepal)

National Hate Florida Day

National Thumb Appreciation Day

Pluto Day

Rain Water Day (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

Rakali Awareness Day

Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Festival; Japan)

Sepandārmazgān (Women's Day; Zoroastrian Iran)

Sleigh Day (French Republic)

Stained Glass Appreciation Day 

Tacita (a.k.a. Rites of Tacita; Roman Silent Goddess)

Tanigumi Odori (Dance Festival; Japan)

Toni Morrison Day (Ohio)

Thumb Appreciation Day

University Mental Health and Well-Being Day (UK)

World Corporate Social Responsibility Day

World Information Architecture Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Drink Wine Day

Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day

National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day

3rd Sunday in February

Anthesteria begins (3 Day Festival of flowers, feast of the dead and drinking festival) [3rd Sunday]

Battle of the Oranges (Ivrea, Italy) [Sunday before Lent]

Biezputras Diena (Porridge Day; Ancient Latvia) [Sunday before Feb 23 or Feb 4]

Poverty Sunday [3rd Sunday]

World Whale Day [3rd Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning February 18

Aromatic Spectrum Awareness Week [thru 2.24]

Bird Health Awareness Week [thru 2.24]

Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week [thru 2.24]

Build a Better Trade Show Image Week [thru 2.24]

Engineers Week begins [thru 2.24]

National Justice for Animals Week [thru 2.24]

National Sauna Week [thru 2.24]

Through with the Chew Week (Chewing Tobacco) [thru 2.24]

Independence & Related Days

Democracy Day (Nepal)

The Gambia (from UK, 1965)

Manchurian Independence Day

Roscamistan (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning February 18, 2024

Aquaculture America (San Antonio, Texas) [thru 2.21]

Baklahorani Carnival (Istanbul, Turkey)

Daytona 500 (Daytona Beach, Florida)

NBA All-Star Game

Feast Days

Angilbert (Christian; Saint)

Aristophanes (Positivist; Saint)

Awen: The Three Drops of Inspiration (Celtic Book of Days)

Bernadette Soubirous (Lourdes, France; Christian; Saint) [also 4.16]

The Blue-Breasted Party Pigeon (Muppetism)

Colmán of Lindisfarne (Christian; Saint)

Duane Michaels (Artology)

Feast of Minerva (Ancient Rome)

Festival of Women (Ancient Persia)

First Sunday in Lent (Western Christianity) (a.k.a. ... 

Buergbrennan (Traditional Burning of Bonfires; Luxembourg)

Invocabit (Lutheranism)

Paisee Sunday

People's Sunday (Malta)

Publican Sunday

Quadragesima Sunday

Flavian of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Fly-By for Faeries and Elves (Shamanism)

The Fornicalia (a.k.a. The Feral; to the God Manes; Ancient Rome)

Fra Angelico (Christian; Saint)

Frank Miller Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Geltrude Comensoli (Christian; Saint)

Helladius (Christian; Saint)

Ishtar’s Day (Pagan)

Ivrea Carnival begins (Ivrea, Italy) [Saturday before Lent; thru Monday]

Len Deighton (Writerism)

Leo and Paragorius (Christian; Martyrs)

Leone Battista Alberti (Artology)

Louise Comfort Tiffany (Artology)

Max Klinger (Artology)

Navel Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Rites of Tacita (Goddess of Silence; Ancient Rome)

Simeon of Jerusalem (a.k.a. Simon; Western Christianity)

Spenta Armaiti (Festival of Women; Zoroastrian)

Theotonius (Christian; Saint)

Toni Morrison (Writerism)

Wallace Berman (Artology)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [10 of 32]

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [10 of 37]

Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [10 of 30]

Premieres

The Big Broadcast of 1938 (Film; 1938)

The Big Rock Candy Mountain, by Wallace Stegner (Novel; 1943)

Bringing Up Baby (Film; 1938)

Constantine (Film; 2005)

The Cuphead Show! (Animated TV Series; 2022)

A German Requiem, by Johannes Brahms (Requiem; 1869)

Good Vibrations, recorded by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys (Song; 1966)

The Henpecked Rooster (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1944)

The High and the Flighty (WB MM Cartoon; 1956)

The House of Seven Gargoyles (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #23; 1965)

I Am Number Four (Film; 2011)

The Invincible, by Stanisław Lem (Novel; 1964)

Just Ask Jupiter (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1938)

The King of Comedy (Film; 1983)

Kiss, by Kiss (Album; 1974)

Kitbull (Pixar Cartoon; 1933)

Lake Titicaca (Disney Cartoon; 1955)

Learn Politeness (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1938)

The Lion’s Busy (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)

Local Hero (Film; 1983)

Mickey’s Pal Pluto (Disney Cartoon; 1933)

Mickey’s Surprise Party (Disney Cartoon; 1939)

The Missing Mustache or Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 258; 1964)

No Jacket Required, by Phil Collins (Album; 1985)

Mister Roberts, by Thomas Hegel and Joshua Logan (Play; 1948)

Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan (Novel; 1678)

The Pirates of Penzance (Film; 1983)

Porky’s Tire Trouble (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)

Reality Bites (Film; 1994)

The Richest Man in Babylon, by George S. Clason (Book; 1926)

Rumble (Animated Film; 2022)

Samson, by George Frideric Handel (Oratorio; 1743)

Schultze Gets the Blues (Film; 2005)

Severance (TV Series; 2022)

Sick Cylinders (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

Trombone Trouble (Disney Cartoon; 1944)

Uncharted (Film; 2022)

The Villain’s Victory Dance or The Jig is Up (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 257; 1964)

What’d I Say, recorded by Ray Charles (Song; 1959)

The Whole Nine Yards (Film; 2000)

Zorba the Greek, by Nikos Kazantzakis (Novel; 1946)

Today’s Name Days

Constanze, Simon, Simone (Austria)

Bernarda, Šimun (Croatia)

Gisela (Czech Republic)

Concordia (Denmark)

Karita, Karme, Karmen, Rita (Estonia)

Kaino (Finland)

Bernadette (France)

Constanza, Simon, Simone (Germany)

Agapitos, Leon (Greece)

Bernadett (Hungary)

Cinzia, Claudio, Simeone (Italy)

Indra, Kintija, Konkordija, Kora, Vizma (Latvia)

Bernadeta, Gendrė, Lengvenis, Simeonas (Lithuania)

Frode, Frøydis (Norway)

Albert, Alberta, Albertyna, Fryda, Konstancja, Krystiana, Maksym, Sawa, Sylwan, Sylwana, Symeon, Więcesława, Zula, Zuzanna (Poland)

Leon (Romania)

Jaromír (Slovakia)

Eladio, Heladio (Spain)

Frida, Fritiof (Sweden)

Bentley, Blythe, Flavia, Flavian (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 49 of 2024; 317 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 7 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 1 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 9 (Ren-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 9 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 8 Sha’ban 1445

J Cal: 19 Grey; Fryday [19 of 30]

Julian: 5 February 2024

Moon: 71%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 21 Homer (2nd Month) [Aristophanes]

Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 60 of 89)

Week: 2nd Week of February

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 28 of 28)

Calendar Changes

Nuin (Ash) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 2 of 13]

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 2.18

Holidays

Armed Forces Day (Sierra Leone)

Clean Out Your Cubby Holes Day

Cold Day in Hell

Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day

Critical Care Transport Nurses Day

Dale Earnhardt Remembrance Day

Day of Diplomatic Staff (Turkmenistan)

Day of Spenta Armaiti (Zoroastrian Goddess of Earth & Fertility)

Dialect Day (Amami Islands, Japan)

Don Luis Muñoz-Marín Day (Puerto Rico)

Enzo Ferrari Day

Flirting Day

Hertha Asteroid Day

Huck Finn Day

International Asperger’s Day

Island Languages Day (Amami Islands)

Kimathi Day (Kenya)

King Biscuit Flower Hour Day

Konudagur (Wife’s Day; Iceland) [1st Day of Góa]

Kurdish Students Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)

National Airboat Day

National Battery Day

National Democracy Day (Overthrow of Rana Dynasty; Nepal)

National Hate Florida Day

National Thumb Appreciation Day

Pluto Day

Rain Water Day (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

Rakali Awareness Day

Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Festival; Japan)

Sepandārmazgān (Women's Day; Zoroastrian Iran)

Sleigh Day (French Republic)

Stained Glass Appreciation Day 

Tacita (a.k.a. Rites of Tacita; Roman Silent Goddess)

Tanigumi Odori (Dance Festival; Japan)

Toni Morrison Day (Ohio)

Thumb Appreciation Day

University Mental Health and Well-Being Day (UK)

World Corporate Social Responsibility Day

World Information Architecture Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Drink Wine Day

Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day

National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day

3rd Sunday in February

Anthesteria begins (3 Day Festival of flowers, feast of the dead and drinking festival) [3rd Sunday]

Battle of the Oranges (Ivrea, Italy) [Sunday before Lent]

Biezputras Diena (Porridge Day; Ancient Latvia) [Sunday before Feb 23 or Feb 4]

Poverty Sunday [3rd Sunday]

World Whale Day [3rd Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning February 18

Aromatic Spectrum Awareness Week [thru 2.24]

Bird Health Awareness Week [thru 2.24]

Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week [thru 2.24]

Build a Better Trade Show Image Week [thru 2.24]

Engineers Week begins [thru 2.24]

National Justice for Animals Week [thru 2.24]

National Sauna Week [thru 2.24]

Through with the Chew Week (Chewing Tobacco) [thru 2.24]

Independence & Related Days

Democracy Day (Nepal)

The Gambia (from UK, 1965)

Manchurian Independence Day

Roscamistan (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning February 18, 2024

Aquaculture America (San Antonio, Texas) [thru 2.21]

Baklahorani Carnival (Istanbul, Turkey)

Daytona 500 (Daytona Beach, Florida)

NBA All-Star Game

Feast Days

Angilbert (Christian; Saint)

Aristophanes (Positivist; Saint)

Awen: The Three Drops of Inspiration (Celtic Book of Days)

Bernadette Soubirous (Lourdes, France; Christian; Saint) [also 4.16]

The Blue-Breasted Party Pigeon (Muppetism)

Colmán of Lindisfarne (Christian; Saint)

Duane Michaels (Artology)

Feast of Minerva (Ancient Rome)

Festival of Women (Ancient Persia)

First Sunday in Lent (Western Christianity) (a.k.a. ... 

Buergbrennan (Traditional Burning of Bonfires; Luxembourg)

Invocabit (Lutheranism)

Paisee Sunday

People's Sunday (Malta)

Publican Sunday

Quadragesima Sunday

Flavian of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Fly-By for Faeries and Elves (Shamanism)

The Fornicalia (a.k.a. The Feral; to the God Manes; Ancient Rome)

Fra Angelico (Christian; Saint)

Frank Miller Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Geltrude Comensoli (Christian; Saint)

Helladius (Christian; Saint)

Ishtar’s Day (Pagan)

Ivrea Carnival begins (Ivrea, Italy) [Saturday before Lent; thru Monday]

Len Deighton (Writerism)

Leo and Paragorius (Christian; Martyrs)

Leone Battista Alberti (Artology)

Louise Comfort Tiffany (Artology)

Max Klinger (Artology)

Navel Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Rites of Tacita (Goddess of Silence; Ancient Rome)

Simeon of Jerusalem (a.k.a. Simon; Western Christianity)

Spenta Armaiti (Festival of Women; Zoroastrian)

Theotonius (Christian; Saint)

Toni Morrison (Writerism)

Wallace Berman (Artology)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [10 of 32]

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [10 of 37]

Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [10 of 30]

Premieres

The Big Broadcast of 1938 (Film; 1938)

The Big Rock Candy Mountain, by Wallace Stegner (Novel; 1943)

Bringing Up Baby (Film; 1938)

Constantine (Film; 2005)

The Cuphead Show! (Animated TV Series; 2022)

A German Requiem, by Johannes Brahms (Requiem; 1869)

Good Vibrations, recorded by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys (Song; 1966)

The Henpecked Rooster (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1944)

The High and the Flighty (WB MM Cartoon; 1956)

The House of Seven Gargoyles (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #23; 1965)

I Am Number Four (Film; 2011)

The Invincible, by Stanisław Lem (Novel; 1964)

Just Ask Jupiter (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1938)

The King of Comedy (Film; 1983)

Kiss, by Kiss (Album; 1974)

Kitbull (Pixar Cartoon; 1933)

Lake Titicaca (Disney Cartoon; 1955)

Learn Politeness (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1938)

The Lion’s Busy (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)

Local Hero (Film; 1983)

Mickey’s Pal Pluto (Disney Cartoon; 1933)

Mickey’s Surprise Party (Disney Cartoon; 1939)

The Missing Mustache or Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 258; 1964)

No Jacket Required, by Phil Collins (Album; 1985)

Mister Roberts, by Thomas Hegel and Joshua Logan (Play; 1948)

Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan (Novel; 1678)

The Pirates of Penzance (Film; 1983)

Porky’s Tire Trouble (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)

Reality Bites (Film; 1994)

The Richest Man in Babylon, by George S. Clason (Book; 1926)

Rumble (Animated Film; 2022)

Samson, by George Frideric Handel (Oratorio; 1743)

Schultze Gets the Blues (Film; 2005)

Severance (TV Series; 2022)

Sick Cylinders (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

Trombone Trouble (Disney Cartoon; 1944)

Uncharted (Film; 2022)

The Villain’s Victory Dance or The Jig is Up (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 257; 1964)

What’d I Say, recorded by Ray Charles (Song; 1959)

The Whole Nine Yards (Film; 2000)

Zorba the Greek, by Nikos Kazantzakis (Novel; 1946)

Today’s Name Days

Constanze, Simon, Simone (Austria)

Bernarda, Šimun (Croatia)

Gisela (Czech Republic)

Concordia (Denmark)

Karita, Karme, Karmen, Rita (Estonia)

Kaino (Finland)

Bernadette (France)

Constanza, Simon, Simone (Germany)

Agapitos, Leon (Greece)

Bernadett (Hungary)

Cinzia, Claudio, Simeone (Italy)

Indra, Kintija, Konkordija, Kora, Vizma (Latvia)

Bernadeta, Gendrė, Lengvenis, Simeonas (Lithuania)

Frode, Frøydis (Norway)

Albert, Alberta, Albertyna, Fryda, Konstancja, Krystiana, Maksym, Sawa, Sylwan, Sylwana, Symeon, Więcesława, Zula, Zuzanna (Poland)

Leon (Romania)

Jaromír (Slovakia)

Eladio, Heladio (Spain)

Frida, Fritiof (Sweden)

Bentley, Blythe, Flavia, Flavian (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 49 of 2024; 317 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 7 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 1 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 9 (Ren-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 9 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 8 Sha’ban 1445

J Cal: 19 Grey; Fryday [19 of 30]

Julian: 5 February 2024

Moon: 71%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 21 Homer (2nd Month) [Aristophanes]

Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 60 of 89)

Week: 2nd Week of February

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 28 of 28)

Calendar Changes

Nuin (Ash) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 2 of 13]

[markoftheasphodel]

airlock said: I suppose the thing that really could drive a rift between Catherine and some of the more prim-and-proper jagen clubbers is how she genuinely enjoys fighting – like, in an AU setting where nobody is fighting as a job, would that mean Catherine is still going around picking bar fights and coming home 4 AM leaving Shamir to treat her barstool bruises and beer bottle cuts?

Yeah, that’s just it. If they’re all jostling elbows in the Askr canteen it’s not such a problem (especially not with actual bloodthirsty wackos like FE7!Karel and such underfoot for comparison), but in modern-day NYC, Catherine is TOTALLY picking fights in the bar when the others just want to enjoy their beer & karaoke in relative peace.

(Sounds great, plz add Catherine to FEH k thx)

Alois kinda has the opposite problem, somewhere deeper than all the dad jokes; he’s good at knighthood, but it’s also more or less been thrust upon him from early childhood by Jeralt – some tidbits, especially his endings, make it pretty clear that he’d be happier if he retired and went on to do something more wholesome, like start a bakery or run an orphanage. I suppose modern AU Alois just has a shitty day job but is a family man first?

When I worked for the Power Company I had a co-worker who just... walked out of the control room one day and went to be a sheep farmer. No lie. But yeah, modern!Alois is totally longing for something that isn’t the cop life or the FBI life or whatever. Or running the electrical grid. :)

As for gilbert, all I have to say is “[seth voice] I can excuse walking off on your family, but I draw the line at walking off on your liege” “[titania voice] you can excuse walking off on your family?” … come to think of it, I’m sure Finn’s thoughts on the walking off on your family situation would be a great deal further complicated by him having gone through that whole lachesis and nanna situation 

Oh god I can totally hear the Seth and Titania voices. I mean, Seth would kinda squirm inside when confronted by Gilbert’s backstory because Seth knows what a knight is Supposed to Do and he knows deep down in his basest desires he wants some improper things, so what would Mr. Silver Knight actually do in some kinda no-win situation? This is the shit that keeps Seth up at night. As for Finn... yeah. He’s in zero position to side-eye anyone wrt to duty over family, but as The Guy who basically embodies one of the two things Gilbert is fail at (specifically, the ‘protecting your l’il orphaned liege and tryna make sure he grows into a good future king and not a feral boar’), Finn knows how much his own life sucks and tbh might look at Gilbert and think “huh, Gilbert ran off to take holy orders... wait, that’s an option? you can just... LEAVE?”

Because bailing on the world without a forwarding address is in the cards and we know it even if the characters don’t.

Wow, what a messed-up bunch of people. 

[raptorginger]

Chemistry & Conservation: Chapter 11 - Conversations, or We Could Be Happy

Rey knew he’d see the scars.  How could he not as he was the one washing her.  That had been on purpose.  She washed him and he washed her.  She didn’t like talking about it, but it was going to come out eventually, especially if they spent as much time naked together as Rey was hoping, and she wanted it over with.  He’d been honest with her about his past, his struggles with his parents and his uncle.  The pressure others put on him.  His panic attacks.  She wanted to share her past with him too.  It was a freeing feeling, she mused, wanting to share her past pain with another person.  Finn was aware of a bit of it, had pieced some things together, but had never had the full story.

“Rey, what is this?” Ren asked, his voice both concerned and angry at whoever had done this to her.  He ran his fingers over the silvery marks that were scattered across her back.

Rey shook her head.  “Not now.  After,” Rey said, turning her face up to the warm spray.  Ren reached around her, pulling her close.  

“I can’t rinse off all the soap if you do that,” Rey laughed after a moment.

“I like you soapy,” Ren said, kissing her neck teasingly.

Rey elbowed him gently in the stomach.  Ren let go, tickling her sides as he did so.  Rey turned and laughed, trying to push him.  

Eventually, she got all the soap off, and they both got out.  Rey threw him a towel, and they went about drying themselves off.  Rey wrapped the towel around her and went to the small linen closet.  She pawed around a shelf where she kept extra toiletries.  Finding what she was hunting, she tossed it to Ren.  He caught it reflexively.  It was a brand new toothbrush.

“I keep the ones they give me at the dentist,” Rey said.

“Practical,” Ren said, tearing open the package.  They went about brushing their teeth, drying each others hair.  Rey took Ren’s towel as he went back into the bedroom, putting on his clothes from last night.  Rey walked out to find him sitting on the bed, watching her.  She blushed as she made her way to her dresser, naked.  

“You’re adorable when you’re embarrassed, Rey,” Ren told her.

She threw him a chastising look over her shoulder as she pulled on clean underwear.  She fastened her comfy Saturday bra and sought out her favorite baggy sweats and a fitted tank top.  She chose to forego the zip up hoodie.  

Ren thought she’d never looked more beautiful.  Her hair was still a mess from the shower, her sweats riding low and her tank top riding high enough to show a bit of her taut midriff.

“God, Rey,” Ren breathed.

Rey quirked an eyebrow.  “What?” she asked, picking up some clothes and throwing them in the hamper.

“You’re beautiful.”

She looked away, blushing again.  Ren pushed himself off the mattress, pulling her into a brief kiss.

Rey looked him in the eye.  “You’re not so bad looking either,” she said, reaching up and running her fingers through his damp hair.

Ren broke into a broad grin.  He’d always considered himself awkward and unappealing. ��But the way Rey was looking at him now, well, it made him feel like she might just be right.

Rey’s stomach decided to grumble just then, making them both laugh.  

“Come on,” Rey said.  “Kitchen’s this way.”

“I know,” Ren replied.  “I found it last night.”

Rey went about making a pot of coffee while Ren declared he was making eggs and toast.  He was much better at cooking eggs that she was, Rey had to admit.  Every time she tried to make fried eggs, they ended up scrambled.  He could even crack eggs one handed, a skill Rey seriously envied.

They were sitting at Rey’s dining room table dipping their toast into perfectly runny egg yolk when there was a knock at the door followed by a clicking of the lock.

“Does your landlady always just barge in like that?” Ren asked.  “Because you might want to do something about that for the future,” Ren continued, a devilish gleam in his eye.

Rey gave him a light smack on the arm as Mrs. Lao poked her head in the door.  “Good morning, Mrs. Lao,” Rey said cheerfully.

“Good morning Miss Kitty Kat,” Mrs. Lao replied in her stern grandmother voice.  “This young man brought you home in quite a state last night!” she said, pointing to Ren.

“I’m sorry to have woken you, Mrs. Lao,” Ren said apologetically.

Mrs. Lao waved her hands.  “I just wanted to make sure he didn’t try and take advantage of you!”

“Excuse me,” Ren said, getting up to get a glass of water.  Rey had turned a spectacular shade of red, and he was in danger of laughing his ass off.

“No no no, Mrs. Lao! He was a perfect gentleman.”

“Good,” Mrs. Lao replied succinctly.  “You,” she declared pointing at Ren again, “You treat my Rey nice Mr. Ren Solo!”

“I have no intention of doing otherwise, Mrs. Lao,” Ren said gravely.

She nodded and shut Rey’s door.

“My mom would like her,” Ren said.

“I’m sorry, Mrs. Lao is really protective.  I’ve lived here since I moved almost six years ago, and she thinks of me like a granddaughter.”

“Don’t be sorry.  It’s nice to know you have someone looking out for you.”

“You have no idea,” Rey replied, her eyes growing dark.

Taking the cue, Ren picked up their empty plates, rinsing them in the large farm style sink before putting them in the dishwasher.  Rey had moved to the couch, stretched out across its length.  Rey bent her knees so he could sit beside her, hugging them close to her chest.

“Rey, you don’t have to talk about this if you don’t want to.  If you’re not ready to,” Ren said gently.

Rey shook her head.  “I want to tell you.  It’s just hard.”

Ren nodded, remaining quiet, letting her sort herself out.

Rey decided the best way to go about it was to be straightforward, emotionless.  “My parents died when I was seven.  They were alcoholics, among other vices.  My dad was a beater, my mom was a yeller.  After they died, their dealer, Plutt, took me before Social Services found out.  He made me tag along with his runners, and I was beaten bloody when I refused.  I should have left then, but I couldn’t.  I was frozen.  It wasn’t until I woke up in the middle of the night and saw Plutt with his pants around his ankles standing next to my sleeping mat that I fought back and bolted.  I kept an iron frying pan next to my mat, under some blankets.  I swung at him and knocked him over so I could hit him in the head.  I grabbed whatever I could and ran.  I was eight.

“I made my way to another city, getting rides in the backs of trucks from nice farmers on their way to markets or wherever.  One particularly nice man, a Mr. Jinn, drove me most of the way once I got out of Niima.  He dropped me off at the outskirts, and I never saw him again.  I borrowed his last name.  I lived on the street until I was ten.  Finn found me on his way home from school one day.  He gave me his extra sandwich from lunch.  He came back later with his father, Mitch, and mother, Marie, who brought me some dinner.  They asked me to come with them, but I wouldn’t.  They brought me food for a couple weeks, getting me to trust them.  Winter came, but I still wouldn’t go.  One day, they found me unconscious and took me to their home.  I guess I was non-verbal at that point, and I reminded them of a feral cat when I woke up.  Since they couldn’t get a name out of me, they called me Kitty.  Finn still calls me that.  And Mrs. Lao because she heard Finn call me that once and it stuck.

“I came around in time, started talking again, told them my name.  I felt more comfortable around Finn’s mom, and she would take me with her when she went to teach at the university in town, since I was afraid to go to school alone.  It was there that I guess they decided to have me tested by the university.  Finn’s mom taught an advanced math class, and I did better than half the students on the tests and assignments.  She’d given me the extras to doodle on, but I would complete them instead.  She’d start getting assignments from colleagues and giving me those.  

“After about a year, a team determined I had the critical thinking and analytical skills necessary, and they brought me in under a special program.  I’m sure it was just a coincidence that it was good PR for the university.  I graduated when I was sixteen and went right into my master’s program there, conservation and medieval studies with some chemistry classes thrown in.  I completed both at eighteen, and got my doctorate in chemistry one month shy of twenty-three.  I came here when I was twenty-one to finish.”

As she finished, Rey realized tears were pouring down her face.  The release had felt good, like a weight was off her back.  

“For so long, I felt like nothing, even after Mitch and Marie took me in and raised me alongside Finn.  Sometimes, it creeps back, the feeling.  I wish I could get rid of it, but it’s always there.”

Rey sighed and looked at Ren.  He was facing her, his knees pulled up too, like they were bookends on her couch.  He was watching her intently, his fingers steepled on his knees.  “That was a lot to lay on you.  I’m sorry,” Rey said, wiping her eyes.  “I push people away.  I don’t trust them.  For some reason, I trust you.  I don’t want to push you away, Ren.”

Ren said nothing at first.  He was overcome with anger at the people who’d hurt her and admiration for her perseverance.  He couldn’t think of anything to say that wouldn’t sound trite.  Instead, he leaned forward, one leg on the floor, one stretching out, pulling Rey to him so she was between him and the couch cushions, her head resting on his chest.  He held her gently, one hand cradling the back of her skull, the other holding her side.  He whispered to her, “You’re not nothing.  Not to me, not to anyone.  And you couldn’t push me away now, not even if you tried.  Don’t be sorry.  Never be sorry.”

Rey settled into the space he made for her, resting her arm on his chest, clutching his shirt.  She sighed deeply, starting to drift off as he played with her hair.  Soon enough, they both fell asleep, not sure where they were going, but content that they’d started off right.

***

Rey felt something cold and wet in her hand.  She twitched her fingers, and whatever it was started licking her palm.  One eye cracked open, and she found herself staring into BB’s bright brown eyes.  The Shiba Inu gave her his trademark silly grin, and jumped, placing his front paws on Ren’s chest in an effort to reach Rey’s face.  

Ren was startled awake, inhaling sharply.  “What the hell?” he asked sleepily, looking at the dog currently trying to climb onto him to get to Rey.

“Should we come back later or…” Poe asked, amused.

Rey and Ren sat up, scrambling apart.  BB was yipping excitedly.  Finn, Poe, and Rose were standing in front of them, bemused expressions on their bright faces.

“Does everyone walk into your apartment, Rey?” Ren asked her.

Rubbing her eyes, Rey muttered, “Finn why did I give you a key?”

“For emergencies,” Finn smirked.

“We just wanted to check on you, Love,” Rose said.  “We hadn’t heard from you in awhile.”

“I’m fine, you guys.  I’ve just been…” Rey wasn’t quite sure how to finish that sentence.

“Busy?” Finn offered helpfully.

“Yeah,” Rey replied.

“So who’re you?” Poe asked, looking at Ren.

“Uhh, Ren Solo,” Ren said, standing to shake Poe’s hand.  

“No shit?  You’re in the Chem department right?”

“Yeah.  You’re in Engineering?”

“Yeah, man!  We all are, actually.  Well, except Rey here.”

“And you two are sleeping on the couch together because you’re nap buddies?” Finn asked sarcastically, cutting to the chase.

Rey glared at him.  Finn just smiled broadly.

“We’re actually, umm…” Ren replied, looking at Rey.  

Rey looked at him, and smiled, reaching for his hand.  “Together,” she finished.  Ren smiled back.

Rose clapped her hands in front of her face, stifling a ‘squee’ sound.  

Poe nudged Finn, “Told you she had a guy.”

Finn rolled his eyes.  Looking at Rey, Finn said, “Look, we actually came over to ask if you wanted to get lunch, not interrogate you and your new boyfriend.  That was a bonus.”

“You’re welcome to come, Ren! I mean, Doctor Solo,” Rose added brightly.

“Ren.  And yeah, I could eat,” Ren shrugged.  “Thanks.”

Rey looked from Ren to her longtime friends.  The only three people who had stuck with her through the years.  She was overcome with a swell of feeling for them.  She smiled and said, “Sure, just let me change.”  As she walked to her room, BB following at her heels, she wiped away the happy tears that had formed in her eyes.

***

Ren settled in comfortably with Rey’s friends after the interrogation he’d been expecting.  They’d sat at the patio at Maz’s that day so BB could join them.  Maz even brought BB a bowl of water and a plain burger cut up into pieces.

“Are you that Ren Solo? The chemistry genius and son of Leia Organa-Skywalker and Han Solo?”  Yes, I’m THAT Ren Solo.

“Is it true your dad ran a covert rescue op and that’s how he met your mom?”  That’s the short version, yes.

“Isn’t your uncle the Chair of the History Department?”  Yes.

“You know if you break Rey’s heart or hurt her in anyway, we’ll kill you?” Understood.  And I have no intention of doing so.

“Bark!” Pat pat belly rub.

[brookston]

Holidays 2.18

Holidays

Armed Forces Day (Sierra Leone)

Clean Out Your Cubby Holes Day

Cold Day in Hell

Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day

Critical Care Transport Nurses Day

Dale Earnhardt Remembrance Day

Day of Spenta Armaiti (Zoroastrian Goddess of Earth & Fertility)

Dialect Day (Amami Islands, Japan)

Don Luis Muñoz-Marín Day (Puerto Rico)

Enzo Ferrari Day

Flirting Day

Great Back Yard Count begins (North America) [until 2.21]

Huck Finn Day

International Asperger’s Day

Kimathi Day (Kenya)

King Biscuit Flower Hour Day

Konudagur (Wife’s Day; Iceland) [1st Day of Góa]

Kurdish Students Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)

National Airboat Day

National Battery Day

National Democracy Day (Overthrow of Rana Dynasty; Nepal)

National Hate Florida Day

National Thumb Appreciation Day

Pluto Day

Rain Water Day (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

Rakali Awareness Day

Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Festival; Japan)

Sepandārmazgān (Women's Day; Zoroastrian Iran)

Stained Glass Appreciation Day 

Tacita (a.k.a. Rites of Tacita; Roman Silent Goddess)

Tanigumi Odori (Dance Festival; Japan)

Toni Morrison Day (Ohio)

Thumb Appreciation Day

University Mental Health and Well-Being Day (UK)

World Corporate Social Responsibility Day

World Information Architecture Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Drink Wine Day

Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day

National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day

3rd Saturday in February

Barley Wine Day (San Francisco) [Saturday before Presidents Day]

Community Pubs Week begins (UK) [3rd Saturday through 4th Saturday]

International Restaurant Day [3rd Saturday] (also May, Aug & Nov)

National Black Movie Day [3rd Saturday]

Red Sock Day [3rd Saturday]

Saturday before Ash Wednesday [Wed., 6 Weeks before Easter] (a.k.a. ... 

Carnival begins (Brazil, Malta)

Carnaval de Barranquilla (a.k.a. Barranquilla's Carnival; Colombia)

Carnival Saturday

Egg Saturday

Shopping Cart Saturday (New Orleans) [Saturday before Mardi Gras]

World Pangolin Day [3rd Saturday]

World Whale Day [3rd Saturday]

Independence Days

The Gambia (from UK, 1965)

Roscamistan (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Aristophanes (Positivist; Saint)

Bernadette Soubirous (Lourdes, France; Christian; Saint) [also 4.16]

The Blue-Breasted Party Pigeon (Muppetism)

Colmán of Lindisfarne (Christian; Saint)

Festival of Women (Ancient Persia)

Flavian of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

The Fornicalia (a.k.a. The Feral; to the God Manes; Ancient Rome)

Fra Angelico (Christian; Saint)

Frank Miller Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Geltrude Comensoli (Christian; Saint)

Leo and Paragorius (Christian; Martyrs)

Navel Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

The Prophet’s Ascension (a.k.a. ... 

Al Isra et Al Mirage (Djibouti)

Isra and Miraj (Kuwait)

Isra Mikraj (Brunei)

Isra’ Mi’raj Nabi Muhammed SAW (Indonesia)

Leilat al-Meiraj (Comoros)

Maha Shivaratri (South Africa, UK, US)

Miradji (Matotte)

The Prophet’s Ascension (West Bank and Gaza)

Rites of Tacita (Goddess of Silence; Ancient Rome)

Simeon of Jerusalem (a.k.a. Simon; Western Christianity)

Spenta Armaiti (Zoroastrian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [10 of 32]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [10 of 37]

Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [10 of 30]

Premieres

The Big Broadcast of 1938 (Film; 1938)

Bringing Up Baby (Film; 1938)

Constantine (Film; 2005)

The Cuphead Show! (Animated TV Series; 2022)

Good Vibrations, recorded by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys (Song; 1966)

I Am Number Four (Film; 2011)

The King of Comedy (Film; 1983)

Kiss, by Kiss (Album; 1974)

Kitbull (Pixar Cartoon; 1933)

Lake Titicaca (Disney Cartoon; 1955)

Local Hero (Film; 1983)

Mickey’s Pal Pluto (Disney Cartoon; 1933)

Mickey’s Surprise Party (Disney Cartoon; 1939)

No Jacket Required, by Phil Collins (Album; 1985)

Mister Roberts, by Thomas Hegel and Joshua Logan (Play; 1948)

The Pirates of Penzance (Film; 1983)

Reality Bites (Film; 1994)

Rumble (Animated Film; 2020)

Schultze Gets the Blues (Film; 2005)

Trombone Trouble (Disney Cartoon; 1944)

Uncharted (Film; 2022)

What’d I Say, recorded by Ray Charles (Song; 1959)

The Whole Nine Yards (Film; 2000)

Today’s Name Days

Constanze, Simon, Simone (Austria)

Bernarda, Šimun (Croatia)

Gisela (Czech Republic)

Concordia (Denmark)

Karita, Karme, Karmen, Rita (Estonia)

Kaino (Finland)

Bernadette (France)

Constanza, Simon, Simone (Germany)

Agapitos, Leon (Greece)

Bernadett (Hungary)

Cinzia, Claudio, Simeone (Italy)

Indra, Kintija, Konkordija, Kora, Vizma (Latvia)

Bernadeta, Gendrė, Lengvenis, Simeonas (Lithuania)

Frode, Frøydis (Norway)

Albert, Alberta, Albertyna, Fryda, Konstancja, Krystiana, Maksym, Sawa, Sylwan, Sylwana, Symeon, Więcesława, Zula, Zuzanna (Poland)

Leon (Romania)

Jaromír (Slovakia)

Eladio, Heladio (Spain)

Frida, Fritiof (Sweden)

Bentley, Blythe, Flavia, Flavian (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 49 of 2023; 316 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 7 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 28 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Jia-Yin), Day 28 (Ding-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 27 Shevat 5783

Islamic: 27 Rajab II 1444

J Cal: 19 Xin; Fiveday [19 of 30]

Julian: 4 February 2023

Moon: 4%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 21 Homer (2nd Month) [Aristophanes]

Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 60 of 90)

Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 29 of 30)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 2.18

Holidays

Armed Forces Day (Sierra Leone)

Clean Out Your Cubby Holes Day

Cold Day in Hell

Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day

Critical Care Transport Nurses Day

Dale Earnhardt Remembrance Day

Day of Spenta Armaiti (Zoroastrian Goddess of Earth & Fertility)

Dialect Day (Amami Islands, Japan)

Don Luis Muñoz-Marín Day (Puerto Rico)

Enzo Ferrari Day

Flirting Day

Great Back Yard Count begins (North America) [until 2.21]

Huck Finn Day

International Asperger’s Day

Kimathi Day (Kenya)

King Biscuit Flower Hour Day

Konudagur (Wife’s Day; Iceland) [1st Day of Góa]

Kurdish Students Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)

National Airboat Day

National Battery Day

National Democracy Day (Overthrow of Rana Dynasty; Nepal)

National Hate Florida Day

National Thumb Appreciation Day

Pluto Day

Rain Water Day (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

Rakali Awareness Day

Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Festival; Japan)

Sepandārmazgān (Women's Day; Zoroastrian Iran)

Stained Glass Appreciation Day 

Tacita (a.k.a. Rites of Tacita; Roman Silent Goddess)

Tanigumi Odori (Dance Festival; Japan)

Toni Morrison Day (Ohio)

Thumb Appreciation Day

University Mental Health and Well-Being Day (UK)

World Corporate Social Responsibility Day

World Information Architecture Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Drink Wine Day

Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day

National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day

3rd Saturday in February

Barley Wine Day (San Francisco) [Saturday before Presidents Day]

Community Pubs Week begins (UK) [3rd Saturday through 4th Saturday]

International Restaurant Day [3rd Saturday] (also May, Aug & Nov)

National Black Movie Day [3rd Saturday]

Red Sock Day [3rd Saturday]

Saturday before Ash Wednesday [Wed., 6 Weeks before Easter] (a.k.a. ... 

Carnival begins (Brazil, Malta)

Carnaval de Barranquilla (a.k.a. Barranquilla's Carnival; Colombia)

Carnival Saturday

Egg Saturday

Shopping Cart Saturday (New Orleans) [Saturday before Mardi Gras]

World Pangolin Day [3rd Saturday]

World Whale Day [3rd Saturday]

Independence Days

The Gambia (from UK, 1965)

Roscamistan (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Aristophanes (Positivist; Saint)

Bernadette Soubirous (Lourdes, France; Christian; Saint) [also 4.16]

The Blue-Breasted Party Pigeon (Muppetism)

Colmán of Lindisfarne (Christian; Saint)

Festival of Women (Ancient Persia)

Flavian of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

The Fornicalia (a.k.a. The Feral; to the God Manes; Ancient Rome)

Fra Angelico (Christian; Saint)

Frank Miller Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Geltrude Comensoli (Christian; Saint)

Leo and Paragorius (Christian; Martyrs)

Navel Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

The Prophet’s Ascension (a.k.a. ... 

Al Isra et Al Mirage (Djibouti)

Isra and Miraj (Kuwait)

Isra Mikraj (Brunei)

Isra’ Mi’raj Nabi Muhammed SAW (Indonesia)

Leilat al-Meiraj (Comoros)

Maha Shivaratri (South Africa, UK, US)

Miradji (Matotte)

The Prophet’s Ascension (West Bank and Gaza)

Rites of Tacita (Goddess of Silence; Ancient Rome)

Simeon of Jerusalem (a.k.a. Simon; Western Christianity)

Spenta Armaiti (Zoroastrian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [10 of 32]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [10 of 37]

Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [10 of 30]

Premieres

The Big Broadcast of 1938 (Film; 1938)

Bringing Up Baby (Film; 1938)

Constantine (Film; 2005)

The Cuphead Show! (Animated TV Series; 2022)

Good Vibrations, recorded by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys (Song; 1966)

I Am Number Four (Film; 2011)

The King of Comedy (Film; 1983)

Kiss, by Kiss (Album; 1974)

Kitbull (Pixar Cartoon; 1933)

Lake Titicaca (Disney Cartoon; 1955)

Local Hero (Film; 1983)

Mickey’s Pal Pluto (Disney Cartoon; 1933)

Mickey’s Surprise Party (Disney Cartoon; 1939)

No Jacket Required, by Phil Collins (Album; 1985)

Mister Roberts, by Thomas Hegel and Joshua Logan (Play; 1948)

The Pirates of Penzance (Film; 1983)

Reality Bites (Film; 1994)

Rumble (Animated Film; 2020)

Schultze Gets the Blues (Film; 2005)

Trombone Trouble (Disney Cartoon; 1944)

Uncharted (Film; 2022)

What’d I Say, recorded by Ray Charles (Song; 1959)

The Whole Nine Yards (Film; 2000)

Today’s Name Days

Constanze, Simon, Simone (Austria)

Bernarda, Šimun (Croatia)

Gisela (Czech Republic)

Concordia (Denmark)

Karita, Karme, Karmen, Rita (Estonia)

Kaino (Finland)

Bernadette (France)

Constanza, Simon, Simone (Germany)

Agapitos, Leon (Greece)

Bernadett (Hungary)

Cinzia, Claudio, Simeone (Italy)

Indra, Kintija, Konkordija, Kora, Vizma (Latvia)

Bernadeta, Gendrė, Lengvenis, Simeonas (Lithuania)

Frode, Frøydis (Norway)

Albert, Alberta, Albertyna, Fryda, Konstancja, Krystiana, Maksym, Sawa, Sylwan, Sylwana, Symeon, Więcesława, Zula, Zuzanna (Poland)

Leon (Romania)

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Day of Year: Day 49 of 2023; 316 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 7 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 28 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Jia-Yin), Day 28 (Ding-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 27 Shevat 5783

Islamic: 27 Rajab II 1444

J Cal: 19 Xin; Fiveday [19 of 30]

Julian: 4 February 2023

Moon: 4%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 21 Homer (2nd Month) [Aristophanes]

Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 60 of 90)

Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 29 of 30)