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Holidays 9.22

Holidays

American Business Women’s Day

Band-Aid Day

Breakfast, Snack, Elevenses, Snack, Lunch, Snack, Tea, Snack, Dinner, Snack, More Snacks, Supper, Snack, and Bilgewack Celebration Day

Canterbury South Day (New Zealand)

Car-Free Day (Europe; Montreal, Canada)

Chainmail Day

Chong Chao (Macau)

Day of Bilbo

Day of Frodo

Dear Diary Day

Elephant Appreciation Day

Emancipation Day (Ohio)

Festival of Disappearances

First Day of Fall [Autumnal Equinox, Northern Hemisphere] (a.k.a. …

Alban Elfed (Celtic Winter Finding)

Autumnal Equinox (a.k.a. Mabon, Alban Elfed; Celtic, Pagan) [6 of 8 Festivals of the Natural Year]

Feast of Carpo (Celtic Goddess of Autumn)

Festival of Ragutiene and Ragutis (Slavic Goddess & God of Beer)

Festival of the Sea Goddess (Eskimo)

French Republican New Year (France)

Higan (Japan)

Kukulcan Snake God Celebration (Ancient Mayan)

Mabon begins (Northern Hemisphere; Neopaganism)

Miķeļi Festival begins (Latvia; The Week of Iron)

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day

Oenach Carman (Ancient Celtic)

Ostara begins (Southern Hemisphere; Neopaganism)

Proposal Day

Sendai Great Tug-of-War (Japan)

Shubun no Hi (Japan)

Spring Day (Argentina)

Svarog’s Day (Asatru/Slavic Pagan Mead Drinking Festival to God of Fire & Sky)

Flag Day (Norway)

Flaunt Your Favorite Beach Towel Day

Hobbit Day

International Day of Radiant Peace

Jeans for Genes Day (UK)

National Centenarian's Day

National Day (Saudi Arabia)

National Elephant Appreciation Day

National Girls’ Night In Day

National Laundry Workers Day

National Legwear Day

National Online Recovery Day

National Rock ’n’ Roll Dog Day

One Web Day [ website ]

Remote Employee Appreciation Day

Resistance Fighting Day (Estonia)

Thrue Bab (Blessed Rainy Day; Bhutan)

Treaty of Basel Day (Switzerland)

Trumpet Day (Mormons)

U.N.C.L.E. Day

World Car-Free Day

World Rhino Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cask Ale Week begins (UK; through 10.2)

Ice Cream Cone Day

National White Chocolate Day

4th Thursday in September

Arthur's Day (Arthur Guinness) [4th Thursday]

Remember Me Thursday [4th Thursday]

Independence Days

Brunei (from UK, 1984)

Bulgaria (from Ottoman Empire, 1908)

Mali (from France, 1960)

Switzerland (Becomes independent state, 1499)

Feast Days

Believe the Impossible Day (Pastafarian)

Boidromia (Honoring Apollon, god of rescue during war; Ancient Greece)

The Bottle (Muppetism)

Brother Dave Gardner Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Candidus (Christian; Saint)

Coya Raymi (Incan Moon Goddess Quilla)

Digna and Emerita (Christian; Saint)

Emmeram of Regensburg (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Mikeli (Harvest Celebration; Ancient Latvia)

Felix and Constantia (Christian; Saint)

Ignatius of Santhià (Lorenzo Maurizio Belvisotti; Christian; Saint)

Laud of Coutances (Christian; Saint)

Maurice (Western Christianity)

Paul Chong Hasang (Christian; One of The Korean Martyrs)

Phocas (the Gardener, or of Sinope; Christian; Saint)

Phocas, Bishop of Sinope (Christian; Saint)

Sadalberga (Christian; Saint)

Saintin (Sanctinus) de Meaux (Christian; Saint)

Septimius of Iesi (Christian; Saint)

Theban Legion (Christian; Saint)

Thomas of Villanova (Christian; Saint)

Philander Chase (Episcopal Church)

Ritual of the Netjers and the Two Lands (Ancient Egypt)

Schiller (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Premieres

The Band, by The Band (Album; 1969)

Baywatch (TV Series; 1989)

Black Rain (Film; 1989)

Das Rheingold, by Richard Wagner (Opera; 1869) [Ring of the Nibelung #1]

Dizzy Up the Girl, by The Goo Goo Dolls (Album; 1998)

Family Matters (TV Series; 1989)

Family Ties (TV Series; 1982)

Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway Musical; 1964)

Friends (TV Series; 1994)

Full House (TV Series; 1987)

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (Film; 2017)

The Lego Ninjago Movie (Film; 2017)

Lost (TV Series; 2004)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series; 1964)

Maverick (TV Series; 1957)

Prometheus Unbound, by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Lyrical Drama; 1820)

Queens of the Stone Age, by the Queens of a Stone Age (Album; 1998)

Se7en (Film; 1995)

Sports Night (TV Series; 1998)

Two and a Half Men (TV Series; 2003)

Veronica Mars (TV Series; 2004)

The West Wing (TV Series; 1999)

Calendar Changes

Libra (Balance) begins [Zodiac Sign 7; thru 10.23]

Today’s Name Days

Moritz (Austria)

Emerita, Katarina, Mauricije, Toma od Villanove (Croatia)

Darina (Czech Republic)

Mauritius (Denmark)

Marvo, Maur, Mauri, Maurits (Estonia)

Mauri (Finland)

Maurice (France)

Emmeram, Gundula, Mauritius, Moritz (Germany)

Fokas, Loizos, Louise, Phokas, Zografia (Greece)

Móric (Hungary)

Maria, Maurizio (Italy)

Maigurs, Māris, Marisa, Mariss, Morics (Latvia)

Tarvinas, Tomas, Virmantė (Lithuania)

Kåre, Kyrre (Norway)

Joachim, Joachima, Maurycy, Prosimir, Tomasz (Poland)

Móric (Slovakia)

Mauricio (Spain)

Maurits, Moritz (Sweden)

Druce, Drucilla, Maurice, Mauricio, Maury, Merrick, Morell, Morris, Morrison, Murray (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 265 of 2022; 100 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 38 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 20 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guìyuè), Day 27 (Wu-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 26 ʼĔlūl 5782

Islamic: 25 Ṣafar 1444

J Cal: 25 Aki; Threesday [25 of 30]

Julian: 9 September 2022

Moon: 22%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 12 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Metastasio]

Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 13 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 1 of 90)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 30 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Autumn (a.k.a. Fall) [Season 4 of 4]

#calendar #Holidays

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a-simple-complexity · 3 years ago

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Things about the creepypasta improv thing my close friend and I have been doing since 4th or 5th grade (maybe longer):

- My character doesn't really have a cp name yet but has been around for 401 years

- My character, when not at the mansion, is roomies with JTK (and he steals cheese its)

- Vivian's (the close friend) character is close to Slenderman and has a older sister bond with Sally

- Aside from the Jeff The Cheeze Itz Snatcher gag we have more running gags

- Such as Masky locking Toby in the closet when he's annoying only to turn around and see Toby standing there.... MENACINGLY (lol)

- LJ punts Mr Widemouth across the mansion weekly

- EJ is no longer allowed to cook for others after the barbeque of 2017. We miss you, Butler Bill

- Tuesdays and Thursdays Viv's character takes pets and children out the mansion for a playdate while everyone else has some fun

- Viv's Hidden Stash of Tuna TM

- My Hidden Stash of Vodka and Rum TM

- My character might have a problem but then again immortals aren't really affected by alcohol like most mortals are

- Speaking about my character: Holy. Pets.

- They have a bunch of guard dogs (despite them all being guard dogs they are pampered like you wouldn't believe)

- Pastas respect COVID stuff. Slender ordered everyone to scatter until it's mellowed out alot. Slender caught it at some point. They say get the vaccine and wear ya damn mask.

- There's a "Community Garden". It's just a few pitcher plants, some Butterworts, a killer cow plant (courtesy of Ben pulling some strings), a small patch of wither roses (courtesy of Herobrine), and a oran berry plant (courtesy of a few poke-pastas), rose bushes, etc

- Holidays are fun too

- Christmas time is filled with my character and Viv's taking Sally, Jane, Clockwork, and Nina out for a "girls" night

- Granted Nina only gets taken along bc despite the love-hate relationship between my character and Jeff, Jeff deserves time away from Nina during the holidays at least

- Also despite Jeff hating Nina he appreciates the knives she gives him (and return he gives her some sort of card)

- Due to staying in the vents constantly and stalking everyone my character gets everyone what they think they like would like

- Christmas lights everywhere. Splendor always gets Offender to put the star on top the comically large tree just bc

- Despite it not being Christmas music, everyone listens to Hotel California by The Eagles

- and watches Christmas movies (what was that Christmas movie with Tim Allen?)

- Everyone plays in the snow. Jeff decides to start a snowball fight and Sally makes a snow man.

- Everyone wears something festive and it's normally an ugly sweater thanks to Trender

- Spiked nog anyone?

- Thanksgiving includes everyone gathering together and having fun

- A small hunting trip is planned instead of a football game (the hunt takes place the day prior bc no one wanna miss the parade)

- Sally's favorite float is the Charlie brown float

- You know how the president pardons a turkey? Slender pardons a victim (and has been doing it since meeting Viv's character bc of a joke Viv made)

- My character makes mashed potatoes or some sort of really outdated dish from the 1700's

- The Slender Bros, Viv's character, Sally, Toby, Smile Dog, Jeff, and Nina all watch the dog show after the parade

- Nina is kinda allergic to dogs and doesn't really like them but bc of her lingering obsession with Jeff she puts up with it

- Offender and Trender argue over what dog they think should have won (funny to watch to grown immortal-ass men argue over this)

- Slender carves the turkey

- The pardoned victim is allowed to stay for dinner granted a majority of memories get changed (not really erased, just changed)

- My character, Jeff, and Ben all walk through the woods before dinner and get fucking plastered (and think no one notices....everyone notices)

- the week of Thanksgiving the tree gets put up (acceptable if it's the week of Thanksgiving, any other time then it's just weird)

- My characters mom, (considered the co-founder of Hell) pops in, steals a couple slices of pie, and leaves

- Halloween is celebrated kind of like Thanksgiving and Christmas

- My character decorates the mansion with various bones

- 31 Days of Horror Movies (at some point it's decided to watch Earnest Scared Stupid and some of the serious dog lovers opt out)

- The Slender Brothers dress up as the three musketeers. Splendor is Porthos, Offender is Athos, Slender is D'artagnan and, Trender is Aramis

- Jeff and my character do a duel costume by dressing of as Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer from Cats (musical not movie, duh) alternatively they dress as Rum Tum Tugger and Mr. Mistoffelees.

- Sally dresses as Carrie or a fairy princess

- Jane, Clockwork, Nina, Viv's Character dress up as four of the five muses from Hercules (Viv changes last minute to a cat due to her character having cat ears and a cat tail)

- Toby, Masky, and Hoodie originally wanted to dress as the three musketeers but after slender took that idea they decide to dress up as separate things. Toby dresses as Masky. Masky dresses as the phantom of the opera and Hoodie is a ghost.

- Smile dog dresses as a hot dog :P

- A small hunting trip is planned and Jane and Clockwork take Sally trick or treating

- Everyone finishes the month with A Night are Before Christmas (a classic)

- Not many celebrate Valentine's day

- It's really only the Slender Bros, Viv's character, My character, Nina, Toby, Masky & Hoodie, and Sally

- and by Sally I mean she just leaves candy from the candy bowl everywhere

- Masky and Hoodie make a day of it since Slender gives them holidays off. They eat cheesecake in the woods and just spend the day together.

- Toby spends the day alone but still celebrates in his own way. Eating waffles.

- Offender (in our improv thing he's not....yeah....he's just a hopeless romantic that does consensual hook ups) and my character spend his their leaving roses out at restaurants and going to bars for hookups. They have a bunch of stuff worked out.

- Viv and Slender spend the day in bed or lounging in the living room watching some cheesy comedy.

- Trender spends the day as a self care day seeing as he's alone at the moment. Every day is self care for him but it's even more on Valentine's Day. He goes all out and even treats himself to a fancy restaurant.

- Splendor likes going to neighborhoods and leaving cute little poems on people's doors then heading to the zoo for personal time.

- Nina harasses Jeff who, in return, leaves the mansion and heads to the apartment him and my character share.

- New Years is something everyone celebrates. While some have resolutions others have new quotas they're trying to meet.

- Sally tries to stay up and watch the ball drop (she's only seen it drop twice before falling asleep)

- My character and Viv's character get shit faced

- Jeff normally sits there with a beer in one hand and Smile Dog beside him

- that's really all that consists of New Years

More about our two characters:

My character:

- a 401 year old demon thing

- in our universe hell is ran by the 7 devil's as well as my characters mother. Hells more of a city than a pit.

- Has lived with Jeff as a roommate since late 2018

- Use to be with Herobrine but broke it off with him for unknown reasons.....they're civil and still good friends. He's one of those people that could make a good boyfriend but is best as a close friend

- On their 400th birthday a crackening happened in Hell that enhanced their powers and they were hunted by Zalgo. Luckily a truce was established.

- Has been by Viv's character side since her characters soul was first created. More in Viv's Character's section

- Y'know those dogs that were talked about in the beginning? They primarily stay at their mothers mansion in Hell.

- Also all cats go to hell but they don't get hurt. They like to watch. Sometimes if you're lucky you might get a celebrity's cat. That's how my character got their lovely (and kinda douchy cat) Delilah. She likes to pee all over people's suits just bc she's like that.

- They were born in 1620 but are progressive

- Still liked fashion through the ages

- Maybe not the health damaging ones

- Is able to fly and teleport but due to back pain and migraines prefers to stay grounded and rarely use teleportation

- Doesn't actually kill much but has had souls sold to them (job as a demon....doesn't really need one though....is Crossroads Demon)

- Had a one night stand with Trender about 240ish years ago

- Does have proxies....it's those souls they take and barter around for

- Souls in hell can be used for currency depending on whether or not they sold their soul

- Anyways, was at some point known for having an obsession with chainsaws and hoodies...still has a bunch of hoodies and a chainsaw but doesn't really use them much (is more of a flannel and gun person now)

Viv's Character:

- her character managed to get everyone's favorite dwarfed rag doll cat from the internet

- Her character use to be with Entity 303 and ended up Slenderman

- that makes two of us who were with a Minecraft pasta and ended up with a slender brother lol

- I think her character is called Kat or KC so for now imma call her character Kat

- Kat has an addiction to tuna and milk

- Also has cat ears and a cat tail which are both very sensitive

- when Kat's soul was created my character was created. Even though Kat has been through many many reincarnations my character has always been alongside her. Even though my character doesn't die they act as a guardian towards Kat.

- Has a tendency to sit up in the cat walks and within the walls of the mansion alongside my character

- Gets lost in the forest from time to time and needs help getting out

- Despite being with Slender she has her own room to store her weapons and stash her plans.

- If I'm not mistaken Kat also was with Toby for a short while but doesn't talk about it much. Imagine dating your ex-lovers boss lol

- Disappears for up to a week sometimes without saying where she's going and when she comes back she acts as if nothing happened

- When both Kat and my character started living in the mansion they shared a room for about a year.

- Kat had a personal garden that was completely wiped out by Zalgo before a treaty was established and she still hasn't forgave him

- The garden mostly had marigolds and a few small plants. The only one that really mattered was Audrey the Venus fly trap.

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sugdenlovesdingle · 4 years ago

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Flufftober day 16: Kemonomimi (Animal Ears/Tails)

My hero (AO3 link)

A/N: Like I said in my first post for flufftober - robron with cat ears or something ain’t it for me (and also kind of difficult to fit into fic) so I went with literal animal ears/tails and reworked/finished a fic I started in 2017 I think.

So have some vet!Aaron AU - enjoy!

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Aaron’s life was pretty much perfect. He had a job he loved, a boyfriend he loved even more, a nice house he bought with said boyfriend, and a family that was (for the most part) supportive of his relationship.

There was one thing missing from his picture perfect life though...

A dog.

“Hey, how was work?” Robert asked as Aaron walked through the door. “Is it just the two of us tonight?”

Aaron smiled. It wouldn’t be the first time he’d brought his work from the clinic where he worked as a vet home with him.

“Yeah sorry to disappoint.” He joked and walked up to Robert to kiss him hello. “The last two kittens were adopted out today. Paddy took them for Leo. So you can still visit.”

Robert rolled his eyes and turned his attention back to the pan on the hob in front of him while Aaron grabbed a beer from the fridge and hopped up on the counter.

“It was a quiet day at the clinic today. But the police needed a vet at a puppy mill. Paddy let me go.”

“And you didn’t bring any of them home with you? I’m so proud.” Robert teased.

“Shut up.” Aaron shook his head laughingly and took a sip from his beer. “There were so many of them. Dalmatians. All locked in old horse stables.” He said, turning serious.

“How bad was it?”

“Most of them were in an alright condition considering. A bit skinny and filthy but nothing too horrible. Lots of fleas though. They were all taken to the shelter in Leeds. I think I might go volunteer there on weekends. See how they’re doing.”

Robert groaned.

“No, come on Aaron, I like my quiet Saturday lie ins.”

“I know.” Aaron said, slightly confused, as he took another drink. “Which is why I said I might volunteer. As in I alone. You don’t have to come along.”

“And let you loose in an animal shelter on your own? I don’t think that’s a very good idea.”

“What? Why not? What do you think will happen?”

“You and your big heart filling this house with dogs given half the chance.”

“You say that like it’s a bad thing.” Aaron said, only half joking.

“Come on, we talked about this. We both work full time, that’s not fair on a dog.”

“We have a big garden, both our families live close, Liv or Vic could walk them, or they could come to work with me.”

“And do what? Assist you during surgeries?” Robert asked, tapping Aaron’s leg to make him move so he could serve up their food. “Wait, they?”

“Well… if we get two they could play together, right?”

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“No luck with the boyfriend then?” Matty, the vet tech at the clinic Aaron worked at, asked him while he updated patient files a few days later.

“Not really.” Aaron sighed.

“You’re not splitting up are you?” Vanessa interrupted. “I didn’t set you up with my friend so you could dump him.”

“What? No. We’re fine. We’re just… having a difference of opinion.”

“So you’re fighting?”

“No. We’re not fighting. It’s just. Those dogs from the puppy mill from the other day? I tried to talk to him about maybe adopting one… or two… but he doesn’t want a dog. Or well… he doesn’t think it’s fair on the dog because we both work.”

“He’s got a point there.”

“Not you as well.”

“What?! He’s right. You know training a puppy is hard work. And it’s not like you can just take it to work with you and train it between surgeries.

“I know.” Aaron sighed. “I hate it when you’re right.”

“I thought you’d be used to it by now.” Vanessa joked.

Aaron rolled his eyes.

“You should’ve seen them though. They were so friendly despite all the horrible stuff they’d been through…”

“They’ll take good care of them at the shelter. And make sure they go to a good home. You know puppies are always adopted out quickly.”

“I know. It’s just that we’ve got this big house with a garden… and we don’t have kids yet…”

“Yet?!” Vanessa asked but Aaron ignored her. That was a conversation for another day.

“It would be nice. And with half the family living just around the corner, there would always be someone to walk them if needed. And Rob can work from home…”

“So you want a dog but you want your boyfriend to take care of it?” Matty asked, amused.

“Well it’s not going to happen anyway, is it? He doesn’t want it and I’m not just going to spring a puppy on him.”

“Maybe you could show Robert some pictures? Or take him to meet the dogs at the shelter?”

“Don’t give him any ideas.” Vanessa warned him.

“I already thought of that.” Aaron admitted. “But he’s right. You’re all right. We both have busy lives, it wouldn’t be fair on them. Not right now anyway.”

The rest of the day went by quietly and uneventful and with Vanessa taking care of the patients, Aaron busied himself doing odd jobs around the clinic they normally didn’t have time for.

About half an hour before closing, Robert arrived to pick him up to go home, like he always did on Fridays when he finished early.

Unfortunately at the same time two RSPCA inspectors came rushing in, one carrying a dog, while the other opened doors and held up an IV bag.

“We found her near a busy road.” The first explained. “We think she might have been hit by a car.”

Everyone sprang into action.

“Treatment room one is cleaned and restocked.” Matty said, directing them to the right place, while Aaron quickly checked the dog over as they walked.

“No visible injuries?”

“No but we’re pretty sure she’s pregnant and her hind leg is broken. We gave her fluids and something for the pain.”

“We have another dog in the car.” The second inspector told them. “A male, quite aggressive at first but calmed down some when we got him in a crate.”

“Anything wrong with him?” Vanessa asked.

“Not as far as we could tell but we haven’t been able to properly examine him. And to be honest, I don’t fancy my chances taking him out of the crate without knocking him out first.”

“Alright. I’ll deal with that. Matty, you go help Aaron.” Vanessa ordered.

“Shouldn’t I call Paddy to come help?”

“No time. Just go.” Vanessa said and turned to Robert. “I need your help.”

“What? Me? You do realise I’m not a qualified vet, right?”

“Yes, but you’re here. I need you to distract the dog so I can sedate him.” She said as she grabbed a syringe and needle and some kind of vial.

Robert did his best to help her and the three of them managed to get the male dog knocked out and into the clinic.

Matty came rushing into the treatment room.

“Aaron took the other one into theatre. He has to deliver the pups by c-section.”

“Ok, you help Aaron, I’ll examine this one and come help out too.”

“Alright. But are you sure you don’t want me to call Paddy?”

“He won’t be back yet from the conference. It’ll take him too long to get here. We’ll just have to make do.”

Matty nodded and then turned to Robert.

“How are you with blood?”

“What? Why?”

“We need all the help we can get in there.” He said and all but dragged Robert with him to the scrub room outside the OR. He showed him how to properly wash his hands and helped him put scrubs and gloves on.

“But I’m not a vet. I don’t know what to do.” Robert protested.

“I’ll tell you.” Matty promised. “Now come on.”

In the almost three years they’d been together, Robert had visited Aaron at work plenty of times and even seen him work and do what he loved, yet he’d never actually been in this part of the practise, and he’d never seen Aaron perform surgery.

“Rob?” Aaron looked up briefly when he recognised his boyfriend’s voice. “What are you doing in here?”

“I figured we could use the extra hands.” Matty explained. “You really have to sit Paddy down and look through the applicants for the new vet position when he gets back.”

“Yeah, yeah, I will.” Aaron promised and focused on the surgery again. “Ok, I’m about to open the womb and take out the pups. I need you to be ready for them.” He announced a few minutes later.

Matty handed Robert a towel.

“We’re ready.”

“Wait, what do I do?”

“The pups are asleep too because of the anaesthetic, so you need to wake them up and get them breathing.” Aaron explained. “Matty will show you how. The first one is coming right up.”

Matty stepped forward with an opened towel in between his hands and carefully let Aaron put the tiny puppy in there. He turned around as he wrapped the towel over its tiny body and started rubbing it.

“You get the next one.” He told Robert. “Just hold it in the towel and rub it to wake it up and get the lungs working.”

“And don’t be afraid to be a little rough. They can handle it.” Aaron said as he placed the second puppy in Robert’s hands.

“I don’t want to hurt it…”

“You won’t. Just rub its back like Matty’s doing. It’ll be fine, I promise.”

Robert had never believed his boyfriend less but still did as he was told.

In the end, they managed to safely deliver five puppies and Aaron fixed up the mother’s other injuries and stitched her up.

“Can she look after the babies now?” Robert asked as he and Aaron carefully put the mother in a kennel to recover.

“Yeah, most likely. We’ll just have to wait for her to wake up properly, and keep the pups warm for the time being.” Aaron explained. “That’s what the heating pad is for.”

“Don’t they need feeding?”

“They do. But they can wait a while until everyone has recovered.” Aaron said and started taking off his surgical gear. “They might need fostering for a while though. Mum might need some help looking after them.”

“There’s five puppies, Aaron. Five. We don’t have room for six dogs.” Robert said, sensing what his boyfriend was getting at.

“I know… but it’ll only be temporary. Until we can find them good homes.”

Robert raised an eyebrow but didn’t say anything.

“And you helped deliver them. They would have died without us. All six of them. Don’t you want to see them grow up? Make sure they go to good people?”

“Yeah… I suppose so.”

“You saved lives today.” Aaron smiled and wrapped his arms around Robert’s waist, leaning in to kiss him. “My hero.”

#robron #robron fic #flufftober #aaron dingle #robert sugden #my writing

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musical-broken-heart · 5 years ago

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Truth or Dare

Fandoms: IT/ Truth or Dare 2017 Ships: Reddie Benverly Stenbrough TW: Death.... Torture?

Stan sat next to his boyfriend Bill who hugged him. The seven of the friends talked before Stan yelped and stomped on a roach. “Whoa Stanny! You’re a vegan aren’t all things living people?” Richie joked getting a disgusted look from his friend.”No roaches are filthy little demons that eat your flesh!” he said. Richie rolled his eyes and set a deck of cards down with truth or dares on them. “Who goes first?” he asked. Beverly looked to her boyfriend, Ben, and sighed. “I’ll do it.” she scoffs grabbing a card.

Beverly: dare Make out with Mike “Alright Bev you can kiss. I’ll go next.” Mike smiled after Ben and Bill clapped with the kiss. Grabbing a card his smile left. “I’m not playing anymore,” he said. Eddie took the card and looked at it his smile fading as well. Reading it out loud everyone went silent.

Mike: truth Did you sleep with Stans boyfriend “N-no! I never slept with Bill!” everyone got a ding on their phones reading “Lair” Stan looked over to Bill who is still staring at his phone. “Did you sleep with Mike?” he asks. Bill looks at him and shakes his head. “Stan we were drunk it meant nothing!” Bill quickly said causing Stan to shake his head. “I can’t believe you!” he stood up and left the room. Bill stood up but Stan slapped him away. Turning to the group he glared at them all. “Who did you tell?!” he yelled. “I didn’t tell anyone!” Mike yelled. They turned to Richie and they all started fighting. “I didn’t know you cheated on Stan!” Richie yelled grabbing a beer and a card. “Very funny! I’m not doing it!” he yelled throwing the card down.

Richie: Put your hand on the stove burner 5 minutes Leaving the room he drank the beer. The door shut behind him. “Very funny Eds!” Richie called to his boyfriend who wasn’t there. Before he could say anything else the stove went a flame and he was forced forward his left-hand landing on it. Letting out a scream of pain he couldn’t move his hand. The others ran into the room as Richie slowly lifted his hand the smell of his burnt flesh not half as bad as it looked. Stan grabbed Bill and covered his mouth as his boyfriend held him close. Eddie rushed over to Richie and brought him over to the sink cleaning up his burnt hand. “I’m leaving! This is insane!” Stan said walking to the front door which wouldn’t open. Before he could be pulled away the godfather clock opened to show on the glass written in a red liquid

Stan: Eat Richie's burnt flesh 5 minutes Stan stared at it in horror shaking his head. Bill wrapped his arms around the boy trying to calm down the boy who started to hyperventilate. “Stan! Baby listen to me!” he said turning the boy around holding his face gently. “You don’t have to do this okay. Honey it’s alright okay match your breathing with mine!” Bill said calmly holding Stan’s hand to his chest. Nodding Stan slowly calmed down. “Stan you have to do it! You could die if you don’t!” Eddie said as he wrapped Richie’s hand. “I can’t do it!” Stan said genuine fear in his voice. “3 minutes!” Ben warned looking at his phone. Stan sobbed into Bills chest and slowly walked over to the stove hesitantly grabbing a piece of burnt off skin. Grimacing he swallowed it and fell into Bills arms. The phone on the wall started ringing. Beverly slowly walked towards it and reached out her hand. Before she grabbed it she noticed the wire that would have connected it to anything. Lifting it up it was cut. The phone shouldn’t have been ringing. “Pick it up!” Mike said. Holding the phone to her ear her face went pale and she looked at Stan. “All of it,” she said tears falling down her face.

Shaking his head and hugging Bill and sobbed. “Stan you have to. You are going to die if you don’t!” Ben said trying not to yell at the jew. Walking over to the oven he slowly cleaned off each bit of skin that was burnt off Richie. Running to the garbage he leaned over it and hacked it all up. “Okay, guys I’m done! This is going too far!” Ben said walking over to the room where the game started. On the TV words read:

Ben: Touch the wire 2 minutes Laughing he glared at Richie. “What the fuck is wrong with you?!” he yelled Richie shook his head. “I-I don’t- I didn’t- Why would I do this?!” he yelled back. “Guys we’re all scared just calm down!” Beverly yelled. Everyone was about to say something when the chandelier fell revealing wires that would have killed whoever touched them. Ben shook his head. “No! I’m going to die! I’m not doing that!” he said Eddie ran over to him. “Take off everything that is metal!” He said taking his friends watch and belt and everything else that was metallic. Grabbing a blanket he handed it to Mike who was the fastest out of them all. “Ben you are going to touch the wire and as soon as I say go touch it. Mike right before I say go I’m going to point to you and you need to run at his wrapping the blanket around him pulling him away. Okay?” he asked. Ben and Mike nodded as the others watched. Richie held Beverly who was crying for her boyfriend.

Eddie pointed at Mike and yelled, “GO!” Ben reached up and grabbed the wire and Mike ran pulling him away wrapping the blanket around him. Standing up Ben shook in the floor foaming at the mouth. “Ben!” Beverly shouted breaking free from Richie’s arms and kneeling next to the boy. “He’s fine just give him a minute,” Eddie said feeling for his friend's pulse. After a few seconds, Ben sat up getting a scream from Beverly. “See. How you doin�� Ben?” Eddie asked a small chuckle escaping his lips. Ben nodded and slowly stood up. “Fine, I think,” he said. Beverly hugged him and the group sighed. “You guys hear something?” Mike asked walking to the stairs. On the stairs, a baseball bat rolled down and landed by Bills feet. Stan grabbed Bill's arm as he grabbed it.

Bill: Break Mike's leg 1 minute Bill shook his head. “No! I’m not going to break his leg!” Bill yelled walking away from his friend. Mike rolled his eyes and grabbed Bill pushing him against the wall. “You broke my leg before you can fucking do it again!” he yelled. “Damn it, Mike! I never meant to break your leg! I thought you were right behind me in that maze!” Bill yelled. Richie rolled his eyes and threw the bat at Bill. “Just break his fucking leg Bill! Break it! Swing the goddamn bat!” Stan yelled as Ben counted down to 10 seconds. Bill lifted the bat and swung it at Mike's knee. A snap was heard and Mike fell to the floor holding his knee. Eddie kneeled down and put pressure to it causing him to yelp. “Can you move it?” Eddie asked getting a no from his friend. Sighing he walked over to a doorway which lead to a closet. “We need to get out of here!” Eddie said taking out his inhaler. Cards began to fall from the second floor around Eddie and he picked one up. Eddie: Do you have an addiction problem 2 minutes Richie looked at the card and then to Eddie. “Eds-” Eddie cut him off and shook his head. “No! I don’t have an addiction!” he said. Everyone got a ding on their phones and looked at it. ‘Lair’. Richie looked to Eddie and stepped forward. “Baby if you have a problem you need to tell us about it! The pain medication are you addicted to it?!” Richie asked. Eddie scoffed and shook his head. “I’m not a fucking addict!” Eddie shouted walking to the door and grabbing his coat. Richie got another ding on his phone and looked at it.

Tell the truth or die!

Fear ran through his veins and he looked to his boyfriend. “Eddie! You need to be honest!” Richie yelled only being ignored by the boy. “Eddie!” he yelled but Eddie just opened the door outside. Before heading out he turned to look at the Losers who were pushed aside by something and the closet door opened and Eddie was pushed out of the house falling onto the ground getting impaled by the garden hose. “Edward!” Richie yelled running outside only to be held back by Stan. “No! We need to call someone! Now!” Ben yelled as Bill took out his phone and Richie sobbed in Stan's shoulder.

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full moon | part four

full moon part 4

chapter 1 - chapter 2 - chapter 3 - chapter 4 - chapter 5 (not out yet)

pairing: richie x reader

age of the main characters: 17-18

word count: 3,134 (wow!)

warnings: smoking, cursing, sexual harassment, irresponsible driving

tense: 1st person

abbreviations: y/n : your name

prompts: 97: “ Don’t touch me. ”

music recommendations: goodbye (karaoke) by don’t hug me i’m scared, sweet dreams (are made of this) by emily browning, midnight in the garden by atli ��rvarsson

a/n: so many words wow hope you enjoy this long ass chapter! (i could’ve split it into at least two parts but it’s all for you 💜)

(goodbye (karaoke) by don’t hug me i’m scared LOOP ON)

I got through the already broken fence and stepped into the woods with ease. I could see the bloody balloon very well, surrounded by the fields of various trees and bushes, it was almost screaming to get my attention. I heard a subtle crack behind me, but couldn’t dare to get my focus off the flying object. Right away I noticed a big tree that no longer had the feeling of an unkept jungle. Inside the tree was a huge hole, pitch black inside, where probably five grown men could fit. The balloon suddenly stopped and levitated in place. Before I could proceed to overthink anything, a white gloved hand appeared from the tree hole. I watched as it clutched on the dirt, crawling out. When a red pompommed wrist showed, my nerves went loose and made me scream for my life.

I closed my mouth when the light caressing my closed eyes disappeared, and darkness surrounded me. I opened my eyes and just then felt the overwhelmingly intense cologne irritating my nostrils. Sound not hitting me yet, I tilted my head back and looked around. No longer was there a big tree nor the tree hole. Not even the bloody red balloon, but a bushy and disgustingly moist forest again. Looking up, I saw the face of Lucifer himself, Richard Tozier, gazing down at me, saying something in my direction. My hands were on his chest, while his on my shoulders, shaking me subtly. Just then, when all senses hit me, I heard his voice.

“(y/n), (y/n), jesus, do you hear me?” His tone was annoyed but also a bit worried, I guessed. I opened my mouth, trying to spit something out as well as going through everything that had happened. His hands were still clutched on my thin sleeves.

“I, uh, the tree, balloon...” I muttered. Richard’s brows furrowed, as he penetrated my eyes with his gaze, seeking an explanation. “Wait, you followed me here?”

He scoffed. “I found you screaming in the woods, talking about balloons, and you’re asking me about following you?” He’s avoiding the question. His hands finally left my shoulders and I took mine off his chest as well, missing the feel of a leather jacket on my fingertips left behind. I stumbled back and reflected on what had happened again.

“Let’s go back.” He pushed me in the right direction extremely cautiously and began to walk behind me, leading and watching my step.

A minute has passed, and I couldn’t gather my thoughts. The fact that Richard Tozier followed me to the woods hasn’t hit me yet, as the bushy forest disappeared and I was once again at the school backyard.

“Try not to die when I’m gone, okay?” And with that, Richard has passed me from behind, hands in his pockets, with no intention of going back to biology class. His head down and back arched, somehow with grace, he disappeared, once again, leaving me trembling.

(goodbye (karaoke) by don’t hug me i’m scared OFF)

***

“Anyway, we’re going to the shopping center in Augusta, you should come with us, (y/n).” Jane awakes my consciousness once again.

“Huh? Sorry, what for?” Her stare deepens as she raises her eyebrows at me.

“To try on prom gowns.” Jane repeats slowly, visibly not concealing her annoyance with me. “(y/n), you didn’t forget, did you? Prom is in three weeks.” She scoffed. I did forget.

“No, of course not.” I tried laughing it off, but my acting skills weren’t top notch. “Yeah, sure, I’ll go with you. I have something to get in Augusta anyway.”

“Great, so it’s settled.” Emma speaks up. “Wednesday after school, we’ll go by a bus.”

***

It’ll be good to take my thoughts off Richard for a while. Or so I thought, but didn’t realize how far away it would be from Derry. By the time we got there, I was already exhausted. Augusta, being the capital of Maine, population 18,594 as of 2017, has still been nothing compared to Phoenix. I glanced at the flashy, yellow sticky note once again, memorizing the address written down on it. Jane and Emma found themselves trying on the fifth dress since they got in the mall.

“Does it make my boobs look bigger? I think it does.” Jane fixed the corset. “(y/n), what do you think?”

I looked up from the note and murmured. “It’s nice.”

“That’s what you said about the other three.” She sighed.

“It looks very good on you.” Emma helped me out, clearly satisfying Jane with that. I glanced at the hung up clock and cautiously stood up from my spot by the window.

“Hey guys, I’m gonna go grab something from the library real quick. I’ll see you at the restaurant.” Jane let out a silent “oh, okay” and I left.

Leaving the mall, it was no surprise to notice raindrops falling down onto the uneven pavement. Asking around, I got to the destination on my sticky note. The library was extremely cozy. All woody and traditional. It reminded me of my favorite Hollister store in Phoenix.

“Are you looking for something?” An old lady sitting behind the desk uttered in a raspy voice.

“Yes, um, I’m looking for ‘The History of Derry’. Is there a chance I could get it?” I smiled lightly and found myself caressing my unpainted fingernails.

“Just a minute.” She stood up and walked to the nearest wooden shelf. After fixing her glasses and running her finger through the book spines, she grabbed one by it’s headband and handed it over to me. The book was a square covered in brown leather, with black painted words on top. I payed for it and left.

(sweet dreams (are made of this) by emily browning ON)

“Have a good night.” I exclaimed as I walked out, and concluded with surprise that it was already dark outside. The air was humid and the street lights were dimmed. I hid the book inside my messenger bag, and trying to recall the directions to the mall, I entered the dark maze of grey buildings and narrow alleys. The claustrophobic street opened as I found myself in a dimmed and moist crossroad between abandoned buildings, looking scarier than I recalled. A band of men standing next to their rusting cars, noticed an intruder, being me.

“Hey, where ya goin’, sweet cheeks?” One of them exclaimed as I fastened my pace. They laughed and walked towards me. A four pack of beer flew from behind me, landing in the men’s in front of me hands. I acknowledged that I’m being circled.

“What are you up to so late at night, huh?” He caressed my chin as I turned my head in the other direction, almost tripping over. My brain was frozen in place like a wheel that could no longer turn. I was paralyzed by my own fear. I knew exactly what was about to happen but I could do nothing to stop it. Soon, I would be nothing more than a news story of a young, innocent girl found dead on the streets of Augusta. There was no one here to save me.

“Don’t touch me.” I muttered through clenched teeth. They continued to laugh and circle me tighter, from time to time whispering something to me. Trying to get a glimpse of my predators, I felt dizziness hitting me. They were close enough now that I could see the sick, twisted grins of the two men in front of me. I spun on my heel, only to see that the others had expressions that matched. They would enjoy this. I could see it on their faces.

"I want her first this time Jared," the man closest to me said to one of his companions.

"No fair! You got the last one first!" he replied, outraged.

"Boys, since you can't seem to stop fighting, I'm going to get her all to myself." The oldest looking one said. Tears filled my eyes, blurring my vision.

"Aw, come on!" the other man said. He came over to me and wrapped around the middle of my body. That one griped me so tightly he was going to leave bruises, not that it would really matter in the long run. "Such a pretty thing," he continued, stroking my face with his fingertips.

"Mmm..." his breathing began to speed up. Quick gusts of hot air were being blown onto my exposed skin. "Now where shall we begin?"

As I was about to shout for help, a violent tyre squeal made everyone jump away from the sound. As the men rushed back, I turned face to face with the familiar, matte black Toyota MR2. As I stared into the blinding lights of the car, the driver doors opened rapidly and a black figure walked out. In the dimmed light, his skin looked paler than ever, his eyes darker than in the sunlight.

“Get in the car.” He spit out as he pushed me towards the vehicle. I followed his command numb headed. Inside the car, I felt a gust of cologne hitting my nostrils. The upholstery was nice in touch and warm. I thrilled to the sensation as I observed a peculiar scene. Richard appeared to be having a staring contest with my predators. As they backed out, he slowly spun on his heel and got inside the car. Trembling, he did an irresponsible maneuver, almost hitting the men, then spun the car around and drove off violently. Holding onto the cup holder as much as I could, I heard a small ‘what the fuck’ coming out of his mouth. I glanced at his tense face.

“You followed me. Again.” I spoke numbly. Richard inhaled sharply.

“I was driving by.” I gaped unimpressed and observed his maneuver.

“You should put your seatbelt on.” He laughed at my nervousness, revealing his teeth.

“You put your seatbelt on.” He scoffed, fixing his grip on the steering wheel. I pushed my back against the passenger seat and stared at the road with no expression, as Richard drove dangerously, earning honks from the cars he has passed.

(sweet dreams (are made of this) by emily browning OFF)

***

“Where in the world have you been?” Jane exclaimed as I got out of the black matte car in front of the restaurant we were supposed to meet at. “We’ve waited for you over 3 hours! What the hell, (y/n)?” As I was about to apologize to Jane and Emma, a voice interrupted me.

“Sorry, it’s my fault.” Richard came out of his matte black car and smiled lightly at the girls, pushing his hair back, and making them gape uncontrollably. “We ran into each other and started talking. I lost the track of time.” He sure knew how to charm anyone. Jane tucked her hair behind her ear and exchanged the smile. “I thought (y/n) would be hungry, so I offered her a meal before a ride home, since it’s already dark outside.”

Jane and Emma looked at each other knowingly and grinned widely.

“No, I mean, of course. We were already leaving anyway, right, Jane?” Emma spit out, to which Jane nodded energetically.

“Yeah, so have a safe ride home, (y/n). See you at school.” She gave me a smile and passed me, giggling with Emma. I glanced at Richard, he seemed to be staring at me this whole time.

“A meal? Really?”

“What? If you’d rather stay with your best guy friends back there, you should’ve said so.” He spit out. “They sure seemed nice to me.” I rolled my eyes in annoyance as I followed him inside the restaurant. We sat down by the empty table with two seats. He handed me the menu. I glanced briefly at it, feeling his gaze on me.

“You know, I’m not that hungry.”

“Still, you should eat.” He didn’t move his stare off me.

“Why would you care?” I put the menu down. He thrilled to the sentence for a while. Before he could answer, a waitress with a punk hairstyle and heavy makeup approached our table.

“Hi there, how could I help you?” She says, swaying her hips and checking out Richard, as if I didn’t exist. He took a look at the menu for the first time and turned to the waitress.

“Cheese ravioli for this lady.” I looked away as he used his most seductive voice. She wrote something down.

“And something for you?”

“A glass of water would be great.” He smiled stunningly, making her blush.

“It’s on me.” The waitress winked at him and left, swaying her hips once again. He concentrated on me at last.

“What if I was lactose intolerant?” Richard laughed at my seriousness.

“Then I’d be in trouble.” He flashed his pearly white teeth at me and I looked away once more. I bit my lip awkwardly. I had so many questions buzzing in my head, none of them escaping my mouth. The feeling of confusion made me scream for a rest. I shouldn’t be afraid of him, definitely shouldn’t show him that. Who is he to me? No one, right. He’s no one.

“Why did you follow me?” A question rolled out of my mouth. His face was expressionless, making it even harder for me to read him.

“I already told you. I was driving by.” Does he take me for a dumbass? His eyes showed no emotions, yet lips formed into a thin line.

“Yeah, sure. Just like that time in the woods, right? You were just...” I crossed my arms. “Passing by.” Whatever he was doing, was not working on me. All of his lies and explanations. Richard smirked, looking down at his hands.

“I guess you could say so.” I scoffed in disbelieve. At this moment, the waitress trespassed our bubble of awkwardness and placed a glass of water in front of him. I gave her a death stare as she left. “You know...” He brought my attention back to him. “You’re so stubborn, why can’t you just thank me and forget all of this ever happened?”

“Listen.” I raised my voice, stern as ever. “I don’t know what it is that you’re doing, but I want you to tell me about Neibolt.” Richard stiffened. “I saw the way you reacted at the party when I said it’s name. I know you can tell me what it is.” His stare was no longer relaxed, brows furrowed and lips still formed into a thin line. “Please.”

He looked away for the first time. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I scoffed at his response.

“You’re kidding me, right? Of course you know what I’m talking about.” I exclaimed, but quickly hushed myself. “I want to know. I want to know what the Neibolt house is and why I’m having these god awful nightmares. I know it sounds crazy... but there’s something that pulls me towards it.” He sighed, as his gaze softened.

(midnight in the garden by atli örvarsson LOOP ON)

“See? Why are you like this?” My eyes widened, brows furrowed. “I tried avoiding you, keeping my cool, but you pulled me inside your world and now, it’s too late.” His tone was soft and vulnerable. Richard looked around as if someone was overhearing. “I want to know you. You seem like someone worth knowing. Every day, I feel like I’m surrounded by people with hard edges and sour faces, but I get the sense that you’re different. Too often people seem to think that they have the answers to everything. Their faces are trapped in permascowls and they can’t be bothered with anything besides their own narcissism. You aren’t like that. You still ask questions. You’re still looking for the answers...” The waitress cut him off, as she placed a plate before me. She smiled once again at Richard, but he didn’t exchange it, still tense. He sighed as she left.

“Weren’t you the one who told me to stay away from you?” I huffed, clenching my fists.

“I meant it would be better if we weren’t friends, not that I didn’t want to.”

I tried gathering my thoughts. Frustrated at not being able to answer him, I looked down at my plate and began to eat the already cold pasta. Did he just open up to me? I couldn’t believe he was the same Richard from school, cold and calm. I heard a chair squeak against the wooden floor as Richard stood up from his seat, hands in pockets.

“I need to go for a smoke.” He murmured and left. I noticed he left money to pay.

After a few minutes I couldn’t stand the tension and left a half full plate. As I walked out, I saw him leaned against his car, a cigarette in his mouth. He threw it out and crushed with his heel. We got in the car and he started the engine. His quietness was intimidating.

“Richard..” I broke the silence. “Please, I need you to tell me about Neibolt.” He fixed his grip on the steering wheel. I noticed he does that when he’s nervous. After a moment of silence, he spoke.

“Back there, in the woods, did you see a clown?” I wasn’t ready for such a question.

“I, uh, I guess. Yes? I think I did. I don’t remember much. I just know I saw a balloon, and when I followed it, it lead me to an old tree with a tree hole in it... Then something started coming out of it.” Richard fixed his grip again.

“Are you doing something tomorrow after school?” His voice was serious.

“No, I don’t think so.” Richard nodded to himself.

“Alright, I’ll show you something tomorrow.” As he said that, the car stopped. He got out the car and walked over to the passenger door, opening them. He leaned over to take my seatbelt off.

“I can do it myself.” I murmured coldly. I pressed my back against the seat, watching as he freezes before me. His side profile was right before my eyes, and I could smell his perfume very well. His jaw clenched as he took a deep breath. Richard backed out, almost embarrassed, and I got out of the car. We were outside my house. He closed the car doors behind me and once again glared at me. I exchanged the look, admiring his beauty. He truly is charming.

“Thanks.” I spit out looking down. I threw him an awkward half smile and proceeded to head home. I turned around at the doorstep and saw him leaning against his car, watching me. “I’ll see you tomorrow.” I spoke up once again, seeing his dark as night eyes and a hand raised goodbye last time, before closing front doors behind me.

(midnight in the garden by atli örvarsson OFF)

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allwillbeone · 5 years ago

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Me, a comic reader vs ABC’s “Marvel’s Inhumans” show ep 1 & 2, a live blogging at Discord(revised version)

Me, watching the cursed Inhumans show in few minutes and Triton got shot while Black Bolt and Medusa are having sexy time: I can't, I can't keep up with the show anymore

This is bad, I can tell the show is bad in these few minutes No I'll finish it in spite

[Under the cut because it’s a long post with a bunch of nonsense, tldr: The X-Men didn’t suffer for this]

And Medusa ignored the important call because they are having sex I can understand why the audience rooted for Maximus at first

Now for 4 minutes? The sexy time is ended but I got really cheap CGI cityscape The show is worse than I expected

The city of Attilan is uglier than any brutalist apartment And the lunascape scene looks like a Play Station 2 game, not even 3, PS2 Maximus' first appearance looks so... basic, if I didn't know he's Max I thought him one of the citizens

I really feel sorry for those actors, they are doing their job amazingly but the writing and costumes and setting and CGI and props are bad, so bad, stupidly bad

The X-Men and the Royal family didn't suffer for this

8 minutes and here we go, eugenics shit against one of their family members? And were you expecting I'm going to root for the royal family, writers?? It's really bad... I'm watching the show only 10 minutes and it already makes me hate the show

I mean, it was 2017? and this shit is worse than in 60s comics

Yeah they can't keep romani people and asian people's ethnicity but keep slavery and eugenics shits I even don't understand why MCU so much loves those facial hairs on non facial hair characters

Gorgon: let's destroy the moon rover Karnak: Wow, how mature Humans: Oh no it looks like a hoof that crushed our rover Medusa and Max: shit... BB: Okay do nothing

Umm... is this why Max thought he has to be in charge...?

Medusa, you ignored a really important call and stopped your husband to answer the call because you gave your priority to sexy time, and now you act like you are a dignified queen with authority This show makes my eyes roll hard

Suddenly Karnak starts bubbling on some nihilistic nonsense in the middle of the terrigenesis ceremony and Gorgon being a eugenicist shit against a family member again. And they'll wonder why one of them revolt against them? I also wonder why...

The scene of Lockjaw's first appearance is something off... he moves like a bad animatronics Ummm, why Crystal has to cover her hand with a cloth if they just grab terrigen crystal with the bare hand from a box?

I'm not sure I can finish the show... this is worse than what I heard...

Well, no one sans Max willing to engage the boy that seems gets nothing from terrigenesis, even the boy suddenly collapsing and having a seizure on the floor... wow, so cold. While Crystal is fawning over that cheep CGI butterfly wing girl, you are so basic, Crys

They've lost my respect one by one Only Triton and Max keep me have some respect as characters but I'm sure the writing will also screw them Poor Triton

And Triton's makeup is also... bad

The actor of Maximus really had the charisma and the charm in his acting, alas the plot and the writing are so bad

Oh Max starts his "revolution" as a pep talk to lower caste people, and he's smol, smoler than the boy, so smol, they got the actor that could represent him perfectly but Marvel was stupid so they gave him that boring superhero movie black leather and ugly facial hairs instead of iconic Jack Kirby armors or evil mad scientist lab coat

In dinner or lunch or idk, Karnak is being rude and gross out of nowhere to a female servant, and I can't understand what did the showrunner want to describe by the scene

He and Gorgon are dicks to people without any reason

Yeah, and only asian man being a dick to a white lady out of nowhere.... it seems really... a red flag And only black man being an extremely eugenics scum to his family member is... also... a big red flag

Now Max reveals Triton's death and apparently the mission was secret to even Karnak so BB is getting accused at the dinner table. And BB's excuse is "Oh no you never know he really dead" lmao And he thought it's good to invite nuhumans to the moon because "They are family" while treating your moon people with useless/no power as slaves because of the limitation of the resource? Oh yeah, you go Max, you notice the obvious problem

And BB's answer is "Not now, trust me" Oh yeah, maybe going to Earth is "not now", but "getting nuhumans from earth because they are our family uwu" is also not now imo

It's still over 20 minutes and I can't believe I can find those stupidness from the show easily

I need to eat mushrooms to survive this

Maximus: -Calling out his big bro's BS and storming out of the dining- Karnak: Maximus is dangerous, but I'm loyal to you, trust me

Karnak, it's not a good way to gain people's trust

BB takes a big gun out of Gorgon's hand. Gorgon... a gun... Crystal's dress looks like nipples are showing throw the fabric It's just a fold on the fabric apparently but uh...

Medusa: You can't trust Maximus, we can discuss that BB: -signing, apparently he doesn't want to discuss this-

Oh at least he loves his lil bro to some degree

Everything in the show looks fake af, but yes Medusa's hair is the worst

Oh no I didn't notice the scene is switching to the flashback scene because the switching sequence is bad, and it means oh no that scene

[Flashback scene: BB and Medusa first meeting] aaaaaaaaaa Um, not yet... just a short "first contact" scene...

I'm afraid Max starts wooing Medusa out of nowhere, um...

To be honest it doesn't make any sense in the narrative of the show so far but anything didn't make sense in the show so I can let it go

It's kinda ironic that Max was the one who got precognition power in comics, while he saw the chance in the boy with precog power in the show

Umm, this Iso look-like character is... Auran...?

And Auran got killed by Max(with BB's power) in comics, wow ironic

Attilan in comics: Sci-fi city with a bunch of weird spires and alien buildings Attilan in the show: Are these... maximum-security prisons???

The scene is supposed to be in the rooftop garden on the palace, but it looks like a patio in a prison.

An old guy from the genetic council: It's treason, Auran arrest him, I'm really sorry things become like this Auran: -beat the old man til death-

idk why but it feels kinda comedic...

Then the scene is Oahu island because maybe Triton is there? Wow, nice vacation Triton

While Karnak is playing with a moon rover and guarding people are like "Hey, king Maximus' order, bitch!" and Karnak is like "king Maximus? ... oh shit" lmao

Wow, Max, you are the one who made those humans shoot Triton? And now you are trying to kill Gorgon? ... well, this Gorgon has been an extremely eugenicist scum to you and never stop being a dick, I can't blame you about Gorgon in the narrative, go ahead

And those henchmen are really incompetent, where are the suspense and drama

Karnak: Maximus betrayed us and the royal guards with him Gorgon: wtf I'm the head of the royal guards Wow Gorgon, apparently you have no popularity with them...

Now the royal guards are trying to get Medusa and a fight scene begin... the CGI on her hair is soooo hideous, it's almost comedic And playing "Paint It Black"? Seriously???

Finally someone in the royal guard uses their power to take down the target instead of attacking people like humans that they are disregarding

Max, holding a hair clipper: I have no choice Medusa: If you do this I never forgive you Max: (Surprised Pikachu face meme)

TBH Medusa's line here sounds really... stupid... he's committing a coup against your husband, do you think he would mind of your feelings about your hair??? But apparently, he would mind because idk whatever reason And why they just leave her, at least confine her or do something, you are committing a coup!

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Oh no THAT SCENE!!! [Flashback scene: BB killed their parents with "WHY"]

wait, is the man in the left is... younger Max? He looks like an adult man here and much older than younger BB

(No apparently it's the present BB watching his younger self, it's really confusing and I have mild prosopagnosia)

So now, royals get Hawaii vacation, congrats

And BB makes a scene in the middle of Honolulu, and Lockjaw just disappeared before things got into a big mess, bad dog

Medusa: I have to find Black Bolt -riding a bus with tourists- Karnak: I have to find my king -trying to go down a cliff and fall-

Wow, Max is talking Crys about her privilege and propagandas Crys: You make me sick, you are just a human Wow, this Crys is worse than comic Crys

not because of his personality or something, but because he has no power??? Oh yes, she needs a mediocre human's dick even she can be a eugenicist scum to her own family member The show is really bad

They only keep the bad parts of comic canon in the show

It's already over 50 minutes so far, and I can't find any good part in the show... other than those unfortunate actors' acting skills

Gorgon is walking into the sea and battling with crashing waves in vain because he feels emo for Triton

And nice surfers rescue him because... apparently... he can't swim...? And those surfers are too nice and chill, they knew Inhumans already because of plot or something like that and just listening Gorgon's story while sharing beers. They are too nice

Crys can contact Medusa because Auran just dropped her comlink and leave it? Those people are supposed to be elite guards but they are so incompetent, even can't hold their childish princess Oh apparently it was Auran's plot to catch Medusa, much better

Gorgon: You should leave Surfers: Why we have to leave our beach Gorgon: because I challenged my cousin and here will be the battleground

Umm... in that case who has to leave the beach is you, Gorgon...

Oh Eldrac was in the show, I wonder how's he now Max wants to kill BB and Gorgon especially, and not mention to Karnak, he's fine with Karnak being alive... while he's not with Gorgon, lol

[Eldrac, looks like Doh the boss character of a retro video game Arkanoid] ...is this... Eldrac...? What they have done to you, you are boring here

BB feels awkward with his outfit and tries to change to norm clothes is definitely funny, finally I can find a good intentional comedy in the show... And he steals those outfit and hurts security guy, wow

[BB is getting arrested by Honolulu cops] Definitely they should make the show as a superhuman sitcom Like make Max a fabulous mad scientist and let him commit a coup in every week, and BB and co overthrow him and take back the throne at the end of the show. In Every Week.

[BB is running away from the cops and police cruisers] This is definitely a comedy material Marvel, are you telling me this is not a comedy show?

Police officer: Taser! Taser! -shoot taser- BB: Oof -destroying a police car accident because he can't hold his voice-

This BB is a weakass, comic BB has endured far worse, how could you have sexy time with your wife if mere human taser let you lost your control!?

[Police officers are beating the shit out of BB] Wow, be nice to an alien robber, honolulu police officers

Max grabbing his hand makes the boy see those visions, but putting an assuring hand on the boy's shoulder causes nothing and they are just okay...? Hmmm...

[Auran snaps a bus driver's neck] Auran you shouldn't kill a human just because they are trying to stop you entering a bus, people will be suspicious

Auran: -finding Medusa's broken comlink in the empty bus- Me: Oh yeah, Medusa ditched the comlink to hide her whereabouts and went to search BB Medusa: -appears behind the bus and attacking Auran and starts catfighting- Me: wtf

Medusa stubbed Auran with a pocket knife... isn't she supposed to be an elite royal guard!? Why everyone is stupid and weakass Medusa takes a comlink from Auran and tells BB she'll find him and kill Max, with tearful eyes, but I even don't feel any sympathy toward those slave owners... especially to that king who tried to invite more people while many people under his rule are already suffering the overpopulation...

And the mine scene... they are supposed to be a civilization with highly advanced tech, but they have to use their own bare hands and simple tool for mining? What about letting them use more safe and effective machines? Is it too much to ask?

Oh yes, they have no tech guy other than Maximus, apparently. This was why they depend on his technology for their city defense even he'd use it for his future coup(and show!Max is not a tech guy here, so they don't have any tech guy apparently)

Okay, I can see what they wanted to do. Jenkins and Lee's Inhumans second series and Hines' Silent War. I can see many references from those comics. But they couldn't make any coherent plot and story from them.

The showrunner thought their version was "more complicated, more real, and more compelling version" than comic Max and miserably failed because they wanted to do Inhumans vol.2 and Silent War and the very core part of the story is "Max has a point but his twisted mind and impulsiveness made his execution totally bad" It's sad that Once and Future Kings haven't written before their production This is why you are the worst showrunner in the MCU, mister Buck

So... this Auran has healing factor... she doesn't have anything that makes her Auran but okay...

I finished Episode 1 & 2, it feels like eternity

#Inhumans #silly artifact insect here

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dry-valleys · 5 years ago

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“ From near and far they arrived, joined the force Ready to serve the allied command Sent into training though they already earned their wings They were ready fly, they were fit for the fight”

Wojtek was unveiled in Edinburgh in 2017, the beer-drinking bear serving as mascot for Polish troops and carrying arms at Monte Cassino in 1944.

Wojtek fought alongside many Poles and other Europeans, helping defend Britain and liberate Europe, and like many of his countrymen (including my granddad) after his fighting was done, was unable to go home. Wojtek dwelt at Edinburgh zoo until his death in 1963.

Now told in Adam Zamoyski’s book The Forgotten Few and the recent film Hurricane, the story of the Poles in Edinburgh then and now is something that can be brought to mind simply by walking through Princes Street Gardens any day. As Donald Wilson, Lord Provost, observed:

“It makes a statement about fighting for freedom and showing support and comfort to those who are suffering.

It celebrates the ties that have been established in Edinburgh and Poland between our communities and strives to further strengthen this bond over time“

#photos #edinburgh #scotland #ecosse #ww2

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theundergrounddog · 6 years ago

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Kenny Omega at DDT (Part 1)

Kenny first went to over to Japan to wrestle for DDT in the summer of 2008. He was there for just over a month and it was on this tour that he met and wrestled Kota Ibushi for the first time.

In late 2007/early 2008 Kenny Omega was starting to break out into the American independents, having regained his passion for wrestling after a pretty bleak experience in WWE developmental. Now he was finally venturing out of Winnipeg again he had his sights set firmly back on Japan.

He made a video of him doing a DDT style match, the company saw it and wanted to bring him over. This is also when he cut this promo on Ibushi. (It is both cringey and totally adorable in classic Kenny Omega style.)

In interviews Kenny has mentioned that he came to Japan determined to give 100% effort. The way he saw it the tour was only a one off unless he could be so good that DDT would have to bring him over again. But although Kenny describes his ambition in quite aggressive terms; after going through the blogs of the DDT staff and fans of the period the overwhelming picture is of a promotion and its fan base falling head over heels in love with him.

The day before Kenny’s arrival, Sanshiro Takagi, the president of DDT wrote this on his blog:

“August 4 Kenny Omega who is participating in DDT from beer garden wrestling has pointed out a mistake about the previous report.

"You wrote my special skill was "Kamehameha", which is a mistake, that is "Hadouken " That isn’t right. I think that the rest is largely in line."

It is said that. We are sorry for your inconvenience, but we appreciate your patience as we will revise your recognition.

hm….

Is it not the same thing as the Dragon Ball strike? He is something like the American version of Ibushi.”

Reputation as a pedantic geek rightfully established, Kenny arrives on the 31st and Takagi, Kenny and Michael Nakazawa go to eat together. Check out that cute little ninja turtle shirt.

“Kenny Omega arrived Japan today and we had dinner together. I was worried how crazy he is but basically he’s okay except mentioning he wants to wrestle at Yoshinoya (beef bowl restaurant).

Anyway I was relieved and took some pictures for this blog but suddenly he was trying to throw Michael Nakazawa by German Suplex. I managed to stop it somehow but I understand why he’s claiming he’s off-ring champ.

Oh, but I think I shouldn’t have stopped it because it’s Michael Nakazawa (LOL)

Also he knew FU☆CK will have a show at DDT Dojo on 8/3, and asked me if he could see it. I really think he has so many things in common with Ibushi.

I’m so happy to have him this time!” (translation from m-drop)

The match with Ibushi was not actually Kenny’s first match in Japan. The beer garden shows started up on the 4th and Kenny had a tag match that first night teaming with Ken Ohka against a masked wrestler ‘HERO!’ and a second, time traveling HERO! (welcome to DDT). Kenny’s team loses but the audience is impressed with his athleticism and Takagi with his ability to adapt to the comedy match style. Kenny serves at the stalls among the rest of the DDT roster.

(source)

On the 6th of August, the 3rd night of the beer garden shows is when Kenny and Ibushi have their first match. It’s fantastic and you can watch it on DDT universe here. (Or other places online if you are willing to search a little.)

The Shin-Kiba 1st Ring where the match and all the beer garden matches were, holds about 290 people according to Wikipedia but apparently way more than that showed up to try and get in for Ibushi Produce Night. (One blogger estimates 600) So the place was packed.

The match is 2/3 falls with the extra stipulation that one of the falls must take place outside of the ring and one inside. This suited the whole ‘Kenny Omega - Canada’s king of the streets’ gimmick he was doing. (I think maybe purely for the benefit of DDT?) Apparently, he regretted this later as everyone who booked him of the back of this wanted him to do scary outside matches. You live and learn I guess.

They start inside the ring for a bit but soon go outside.

Both score an outside fall and then head back into the ring. The camera man loses them in the crowd halfway through and has to scramble back through the food stalls to reach them again.

More facts about this match:

-This was Kota’s actually the second match of the night. He fought Gota Ihashi – (this is the same guy he tries to propose to in that crossdressing date skit.) in a boxing-type match earlier.

-While Kenny and Kota were fighting outside, Nakazawa and Dino went into the ring and performed a strip tease for the people who hadn’t bothered to leave their seats. (Again: Welcome to DDT)

(source)

- In 2017 Kenny ranked jumping off the bleachers through Ibushi as one of the 3 most painful bumps of his career. (The other two were from his second match with Ibushi in 2012)

Ouch.

Back in the ring Kota wins; beginning his streak over Kenny which remains unbroken to this day. Kenny lays on the mat beaten.

Kota gets up and calls for the mic. He thanks everyone and motions to the guys to help Kenny stand.

Kenny is holding it together up until this point. But then Ibushi claps and says thank you and the crowd starts chanting for him and the poor guy is so overwhelmed he just starts full on crying.

Kota cuts a promo to the crowd along the lines of: “Thank you very much for today. I feel a bad because I hit my head, so I will finish. The end.” Both of them start staggering out. Kenny crumples on the way out of the ring still crying. Kota hugs him again and then leans on him to stand up. He’s kind of wowed by the strength of Kenny’s emotional reaction I think.

He hugs and pats him some more and eventually they make it out of the ring. Kota goes through the curtain and Kenny follows, after a final applause from the crowd.

The DDT fans love the match and they love Kenny omega.

Post-match comments from http://www.m-drop.com/archives/228

Sanshiro Takagi: “It was the most craziest match I’ve ever seen. Every move in and out of the ring was totally amazing. Although Kenny lost the match, I believe he gets lots of applause and attention from Japanese fans in just one night. I was so thrilled to watch the match. I will wrestle against Kenny on Sunday with “Street fight-anywhere fall” match for my Extreme Championship as ex.King of out-of-the-ring match. I promise to retain the belt. Everybody, get ready!”

Kota Ibushi: “Kenny Omega is an AWESOME wrestler! Power, speed, craziness, intelligence – everything is perfect. He is really a nice guy! He is the real Pro-wrestler. I couldn’t keep up with him during the match actually. Also I felt something common between us. It’s like “Yes! That’s it!!” He was great not only out of the ring but in the ring. I lost my memory after Michinoku Driver and then I noticed I was in the ring – now I’m pretty sure Michinoku Driver on the road is very dangerous! Also I noticed fans were crazy as well. I’m so glad Pres. Takagi told me it was legendary match. I love Kenny Omega! He’s great!”

Kenny Omega: “To be honest with you, I was a little bit nervous before the match as this is the one against Kota Ibushi. But I am so glad that we had a great match tonight. Ibushi is an awesome wrestler as I thought. And I feel we understood each other from the bottom of our heart after this great match and we are now best friends. I want to team up with him and wrestle together!”

#Kenny Omega #kota ibushi #golden lovers #ddt #dramatic dream team #hopefully everything is sourced #i'm gonna do a part 2 about the rest of his 2008 tour #it will probably be a while though #i love kenny omega #he's great #golden lovers research tag

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brookstonalmanac · 2 years ago

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Holidays 9.22

Holidays

American Business Women’s Day

Band-Aid Day

Breakfast, Snack, Elevenses, Snack, Lunch, Snack, Tea, Snack, Dinner, Snack, More Snacks, Supper, Snack, and Bilgewack Celebration Day

Canterbury South Day (New Zealand)

Car-Free Day (Europe; Montreal, Canada)

Chainmail Day

Chong Chao (Macau)

Day of Bilbo

Day of Frodo

Dear Diary Day

Elephant Appreciation Day

Emancipation Day (Ohio)

Festival of Disappearances

First Day of Fall [Autumnal Equinox, Northern Hemisphere] (a.k.a. …

Alban Elfed (Celtic Winter Finding)

Autumnal Equinox (a.k.a. Mabon, Alban Elfed; Celtic, Pagan) [6 of 8 Festivals of the Natural Year]

Feast of Carpo (Celtic Goddess of Autumn)

Festival of Ragutiene and Ragutis (Slavic Goddess & God of Beer)

Festival of the Sea Goddess (Eskimo)

French Republican New Year (France)

Higan (Japan)

Kukulcan Snake God Celebration (Ancient Mayan)

Mabon begins (Northern Hemisphere; Neopaganism)

Miķeļi Festival begins (Latvia; The Week of Iron)

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day

Oenach Carman (Ancient Celtic)

Ostara begins (Southern Hemisphere; Neopaganism)

Proposal Day

Sendai Great Tug-of-War (Japan)

Shubun no Hi (Japan)

Spring Day (Argentina)

Svarog’s Day (Asatru/Slavic Pagan Mead Drinking Festival to God of Fire & Sky)

Flag Day (Norway)

Flaunt Your Favorite Beach Towel Day

Hobbit Day

International Day of Radiant Peace

Jeans for Genes Day (UK)

National Centenarian's Day

National Day (Saudi Arabia)

National Elephant Appreciation Day

National Girls’ Night In Day

National Laundry Workers Day

National Legwear Day

National Online Recovery Day

National Rock ’n’ Roll Dog Day

One Web Day [ website ]

Remote Employee Appreciation Day

Resistance Fighting Day (Estonia)

Thrue Bab (Blessed Rainy Day; Bhutan)

Treaty of Basel Day (Switzerland)

Trumpet Day (Mormons)

U.N.C.L.E. Day

World Car-Free Day

World Rhino Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cask Ale Week begins (UK; through 10.2)

Ice Cream Cone Day

National White Chocolate Day

4th Thursday in September

Arthur's Day (Arthur Guinness) [4th Thursday]

Remember Me Thursday [4th Thursday]

Independence Days

Brunei (from UK, 1984)

Bulgaria (from Ottoman Empire, 1908)

Mali (from France, 1960)

Switzerland (Becomes independent state, 1499)

Feast Days

Believe the Impossible Day (Pastafarian)

Boidromia (Honoring Apollon, god of rescue during war; Ancient Greece)

The Bottle (Muppetism)

Brother Dave Gardner Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Candidus (Christian; Saint)

Coya Raymi (Incan Moon Goddess Quilla)

Digna and Emerita (Christian; Saint)

Emmeram of Regensburg (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Mikeli (Harvest Celebration; Ancient Latvia)

Felix and Constantia (Christian; Saint)

Ignatius of Santhià (Lorenzo Maurizio Belvisotti; Christian; Saint)

Laud of Coutances (Christian; Saint)

Maurice (Western Christianity)

Paul Chong Hasang (Christian; One of The Korean Martyrs)

Phocas (the Gardener, or of Sinope; Christian; Saint)

Phocas, Bishop of Sinope (Christian; Saint)

Sadalberga (Christian; Saint)

Saintin (Sanctinus) de Meaux (Christian; Saint)

Septimius of Iesi (Christian; Saint)

Theban Legion (Christian; Saint)

Thomas of Villanova (Christian; Saint)

Philander Chase (Episcopal Church)

Ritual of the Netjers and the Two Lands (Ancient Egypt)

Schiller (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Premieres

The Band, by The Band (Album; 1969)

Baywatch (TV Series; 1989)

Black Rain (Film; 1989)

Das Rheingold, by Richard Wagner (Opera; 1869) [Ring of the Nibelung #1]

Dizzy Up the Girl, by The Goo Goo Dolls (Album; 1998)

Family Matters (TV Series; 1989)

Family Ties (TV Series; 1982)

Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway Musical; 1964)

Friends (TV Series; 1994)

Full House (TV Series; 1987)

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (Film; 2017)

The Lego Ninjago Movie (Film; 2017)

Lost (TV Series; 2004)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series; 1964)

Maverick (TV Series; 1957)

Prometheus Unbound, by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Lyrical Drama; 1820)

Queens of the Stone Age, by the Queens of a Stone Age (Album; 1998)

Se7en (Film; 1995)

Sports Night (TV Series; 1998)

Two and a Half Men (TV Series; 2003)

Veronica Mars (TV Series; 2004)

The West Wing (TV Series; 1999)

Calendar Changes

Libra (Balance) begins [Zodiac Sign 7; thru 10.23]

Today’s Name Days

Moritz (Austria)

Emerita, Katarina, Mauricije, Toma od Villanove (Croatia)

Darina (Czech Republic)

Mauritius (Denmark)

Marvo, Maur, Mauri, Maurits (Estonia)

Mauri (Finland)

Maurice (France)

Emmeram, Gundula, Mauritius, Moritz (Germany)

Fokas, Loizos, Louise, Phokas, Zografia (Greece)

Móric (Hungary)

Maria, Maurizio (Italy)

Maigurs, Māris, Marisa, Mariss, Morics (Latvia)

Tarvinas, Tomas, Virmantė (Lithuania)

Kåre, Kyrre (Norway)

Joachim, Joachima, Maurycy, Prosimir, Tomasz (Poland)

Móric (Slovakia)

Mauricio (Spain)

Maurits, Moritz (Sweden)

Druce, Drucilla, Maurice, Mauricio, Maury, Merrick, Morell, Morris, Morrison, Murray (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 265 of 2022; 100 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 38 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 20 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guìyuè), Day 27 (Wu-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 26 ʼĔlūl 5782

Islamic: 25 Ṣafar 1444

J Cal: 25 Aki; Threesday [25 of 30]

Julian: 9 September 2022

Moon: 22%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 12 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Metastasio]

Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 13 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 1 of 90)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 30 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Autumn (a.k.a. Fall) [Season 4 of 4]

#Holidays

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wiersema1 · 6 years ago

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Summer 2018 Travelblog

When I was a kid our parents took us on a driving trip every summer for two to three weeks. Mom and Dad looked forward to it immensely. Dad saved all his money from his middle-class salary from Kemper Insurance, and saved up all his sick days and vacation days earned throughout the calendar year and blew them all on our annual trip. He loved the freedom, the driving on the open road through our nation’s interstate system. He wanted to see the world, have some nice expensive dinners, and visit America. He also dug jamming that trunk with all the suitcases, just making it barely fit each and every day. Dad also loved pounding martinis the minute we checked into the hotel. Who could blame him? Having to listen to me talk all day in a small car? Good grief.

So now I continue the Wiersema family tradition by taking our family on the same vacations (more or less). However, I’m not a martini guy. I’m a beer guy and we have a Honda Odyssey van rather than a two-door Buick Regal. Anyways, the luggage fits nicely rather than snugly (vans > two-door cars) but the arguing and fighting increases with each and every bozo driver that doesn’t have their headlights on in the dark. I know! Another difference is the texting and driving has become so rampant that it’s a modern epidemic. Black plague anyone? No thank you, I’ll have some texting and driving instead…… something needs to be done. (*PS This sounds like a future rant column.)

This year we drove from our home in Mundelein, Illinois to Boston, Massachusetts by way of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We also stopped at Niagara Falls and Cooperstown, New York as well as several other stops. Here’s a rundown of our trip(s) along with photos.

2014 : Texas; via Route 66

2015 : St. Louis and Hannibal, Missouri; via the Mississippi River Valley

2016 : Upper Peninsula Michigan; we drove all the way around Lake Michigan

2017 : Tennessee & the Smoky Mountains

2018 : Toronto, Niagara Falls, Boston, & Cooperstown

Day 1 (Friday, July 6, 2018) : Mundelein, IL > Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

The first day of a driving trip is always very exciting. You rush around packing the car and making sure nobody forgets anything. “Do we have the contact solution, the sunglasses, the hats, the pillows, my extra pair of underpants?” Once you get rolling, the excitement settles into a dull, melodic rhythm of “Are we there yet?” noises heard from the backseat. Then you realize it’s already time to get out the extra underpants. The first day is always a long drive. This year we ended up just over the Canadian border. Deborah (my beautiful wife) booked us a hotel in Sarnia. We went out to eat at a restaurant on the water called Stoke’s Bay Grill & Bar. It was really Canadian right away. I loved it! CFL (Canadian Football League) was on the TV’s, some weird items on the menu like fried clams (I just totally invented that, like a fiction writer would do), and a really friendly waiter who loved hockey and the Toronto MapleLeaves (inside joke) and Chicago Blackhawks. Then confusion! He asked us a really strange question. Oh no! Cultural differences. How will we ever survive? When we asked for the bill, he replied with “You need the machine?” While my wife stared at him, my mind wandered into “Rage Against the Machine” territory. As I was jamming out in my brain to some hard-core metal, my wife politely asked, “Wait, what?” He exclaimed that if we were going to use a credit card that we would need to scan our card on a credit card machine at our table. Oh, right! We told him we don’t do that in America. Rather, we give the card to them so that they can steal our credit card number behind our backs. No worries. We were full-fledged Canadians on our first night. I dug it the most!

Natalie and Dad at Amsterdam BrewHouse on Lake Ontario in Toronto.

Day 2 (Saturday, July 7) : Sarnia, Ontario, Canada > Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The second day of a trip is really exciting too, except you start running into little problems getting adjusted. For instance, you have four people in one hotel room trying to use one bathroom and one shower. So while you’re trying to get your body adjusted to sitting in a car, sometimes all day, you also have to deal with everybody’s unique sleep schedule. As most of you know, I’m a late riser. This can cause problems. Oh well, I’m in charge as the man of the house, er the hotel room, right? Right guys? Is anybody listening? Sometimes I get the feeling that everybody is talking but nobody is really listening. Do I need to repeat it?

Hotel rooms……. they inspire kids to goof around. This is the Residence Inn in downtown Toronto.

Anyway, we drove from Sarnia to Toronto. We stayed at the Residence Inn by Marriott in downtown Toronto. It was pretty sweet! The only problems we had were minor. A strange skater dude skateboarded into our van at an intersection as we waited for pedestrians to cross. The weird part was he seemed to infer that it was our fault. It was confusing. I was kind of mad and then lost it with just a tinge of road rage, but don’t tell anyone. The guy skated into our van, then threw me double fingers (I think.) It was all very confusing because it was a Saturday around 4 pm and there were a ton of people on the streets. Our kids are screwing around in the back seat and I’m driving this monster soccer-mom van. Then boom! So I looked in the rearview and saw this guy giving me double “buzz-off” signs. I’m ready to get out of the car but luckily he zoomed off into the abyss. I was ready to fight…..and I would’ve won let me tell ya.

Casa Loma

The first thing we saw in Toronto was a mansion called Casa Loma. It was pretty cool. The place is gigantic and there were a ton of visitors. It’s not as big as Biltmore in Asheville, North Carolina but it’s similar. Many movies have been filmed in the rooms of Casa Loma including “Cocktail”, “Extreme Measures”, and “Maximum Risk”.

Moving on, we loved Toronto! We went out to eat at Amsterdam BrewHouse on the shores of Lake Ontario. It was awesome. Great food, atmosphere, and beer. I would highly recommend Amsterdam to anyone in Toronto. If I lived near this place, I’d be there nearly everyday.

Does this look like a princess that needs a knight in shining armor?

My beautiful wife and I at the top of the castle at Casa Loma in Toronto. Good thing I saved her from the evil lair where she was being held against her will, a la “Sleeping Beauty”. To borrow a phrase from Chipper Jones, “Deborah is the queen of my castle.”

Day 3 (Sunday, July 8) : Toronto

My son and I went to Rogers Centre, formerly known as SkyDome, for a Blue Jays game. The New York Yankees were in town and it was a Sunday afternoon ballgame. The weather was fantastic.

Trev and I hung out by the Blue Jays bullpen before the game so that we could cheer on Mundelein’s own Ryan Borucki, who made his 3rd career start for the Blue Jays.

As luck would have it, the first big-leaguer from our hometown high school (Mundelein High School) was scheduled to start for the Blue Jays. His name is Ryan Borucki and he made his 3rd career start. He pitched fantastic but unfortunately he didn’t bag his first major league win because Toronto’s offense couldn’t support him…… “No sticks man”.

After seven excellent innings allowing only one run, he left the game at the 7th inning stretch. The Jays had men on in the bottom of the 7th but couldn’t push it across so Borucki was saddled with another no-decision, leaving a 1-1 game that the Yankees eventually won in extras, 2-1 in 10 innings. Nonetheless, it was an amazing stadium and beautiful day for a ballgame. I highly recommend SkyDome!

Toronto’s CN Tower right next to SkyDome on a beautiful Sunday afternoon at the ol’ ballyard.

Day 4 (Monday, July 9) : Toronto > Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Trev and I went to the Hockey Hall of Fame! It was awesome, even better than I imagined. It’s an underrated Hall. It’s very interactive which is great for kids of all ages. Trev loved playing video games (EA Sports NHL ’18) and shooting pucks with a real-life stick at a video board goalie. He beat me. Boo for Dad.

Trev next to a cool Chris Chelios’ Chicago Blackhawks jersey. Sweet action bro!

The greatest part of the Hockey Hall was definitely the collection of famous trophies including the Stanley Cup, the Conn Smythe Trophy, the Hart Trophy, the Vezina Trophy, and the Art Ross Trophy. They have a vault where they store the original Stanley Cup which is obviously irreplaceable. Wow, the history in this Hall was incredible. A special place for all hockey fans. Go there!

This is the “Original” Stanley Cup Championship Trophy. Since it is irreplaceable, the Hockey Hall of Fame locks it up in a vault. I know…….. really awesome!

Trev beat me with 2 goals to my one. Way to go T-Magic!

Possibly my favorite trophy in sports is the Conn Smythe Trophy awarded to the NHL’s Playoff MVP. It’s just so cool, right? The design has the old Maple Leaf Gardens mounted on top of a base with silver maple leafs where they engrave the winner’s name. Way, way outstanding. I especially love the Blackhawks triumvirate of Jonathan Toews (2010), Patrick Kane (’13), and Duncan Keith (’15). This version on display is Sidney Crosby’s 2017 Trophy. Alex Ovechkin just won it in June for the 2018 edition. Overall, it’s a fantastic Trophy Room which really is the highlight of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

After the Hockey Hall we were on our way to Niagara Falls. What can we say about this fantastic part of God’s creation? I’m speechless, which is hard for me. We went on the boat ride which was more than amazing. Great memories for our family. Let’s let the pictures do the talking.

Day 5 (Tuesday, July 10) : Niagara Falls > Lake Placid, NY, U.S.A

Who loves a sports town with a Hall of Fame? I do! I do! Sign me up! Lake Placid is a hidden gem of a town in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. Lake Placid is the site of two Winter Olympic Games, 1932 and 1980. In case you forgot, the 1980 Winter Olympics is one of the most famous Olympics ever because of the miraculous upset of the Soviet Union’s men’s hockey team, consisted mostly of professional players, by the teenage and college kids that made up the United States men’s team. It’s known as the “Miracle on Ice”. There’s even a movie called “Miracle” which I can’t believe I haven’t seen yet. I know. What am I waiting for? Nothing. Sign me up for that too.

Day 6 (Wednesday, July 11) : Lake Placid, NY > White River Junction, Vermont

On Wednesday we left Lake Placid and drove to Vermont. We stopped and saw Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York in the afternoon. Fort Ticonderoga has a unique history, having been a part of several wars while being in possession of many different countries. There’s some cool things to check out, especially for people who like learning about different types of cannons and guns. Trev really enjoyed it. Check him out pretending to shoot the cannon! He loves this stuff. They also have some excellent monuments to fallen heroes of yesteryear.

Day 7 (Thursday, July 12) : White River Junction, VT > Boston, Massachusetts

On Thursday we left Vermont and headed further east to our final destination, Boston Massachusetts. What a city! Boston is really cool. If it wasn’t for all the people, I’d love living there. Haha! We stayed at a Homewood Suites in Needham, MA which is a suburb of Boston. It was a new hotel and our suite had two rooms and a kitchen which was nice for us so that we could make ourselves at home. We were nervous about our decision to stay outside of downtown because we knew that we’d need to drive into the busy downtown bustle all three days and we had heard about the awful Boston traffic. Truth was, the traffic wasn’t bad at all. At least not nearly as bad as Chicago and the Chicago suburbs. Boston was a breeze compared to what we’ve been living with for decades.

On this first day in Boston, we drove to Lexington and Concord. This is where the Revolutionary War started in 1775. In a way, this was a microcosm of what our trip was all about. We wanted to learn and teach our kids about the important history of the United States of America. How did it start? What happened? What were the important events? Where did they happen and who made them happen? As we learned, it all started in Boston and the surrounding areas. Lexington and Concord does a great job with their bus tours. They had a narrator on the tour bus that explained it all and told interesting stories. Then we would get off the bus and view the sacred grounds of these events. It was fascinating. I had been on the same trip, more or less, in the 1980s and I still remembered many things. The Minuteman statue? I recall standing there 30 years ago. The Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere, Bunker Hill, etc. I remembered most of it. It’s amazing what the brain can recall.

The Minuteman Statue in Lexington, MA.

The lobby in the Homewood Suites in Needham, MA.

Day 8 (Friday, July 13) : Boston

Adversity struck on Friday the 13th. The plan was to go downtown and get on another tour bus that would drive us around all the main sites along the Freedom Trail. We had paid about $120 for four tickets. You’re supposed to be able to hop on and off the bus all day. The problem was the tour bus was always too crowded to board. There were no empty seats on any of the buses all day long! We actually never got on a bus. It was ridiculous. Needless to say, we were all hot, tired, and exhausted after walking everywhere instead of riding. We even took a few cabs but it was disastrous in a sense. On the other hand, it was awesome anyway. Don’t worry, we ended up getting a refund. Surprisingly, we even received a personalized letter from the CEO of the bus company too, apologizing for their mistakes and our trouble. He included free passes for any bus another time. They are set up in several American cities. Not bad.

Despite the change of plans, we saw several amazing places: the Mapparium, Old North Church, Faneuil Hall, Paul Revere’s house, the Swan Boats in Boston Common, and Cheers! We even sat at the famous bench where Robin Williams counsels Matt Damon in “Good Will Hunting”. It was spectacular. A great day filled with sweat, ice cream, history, and an annoying old man who told me to take my hat off in Old North Church…..”Son, remove your hat. This is a church for Godsakes!” I’m kidding about the “Godsakes” part but the rest is a true story. I quickly removed my hat thinking I was a bad person. Then I looked around at about a dozen others wearing hats of all sorts. Hey old man, this one’s for you. Buzz off!

The famous park bench where Robin Williams counsels Matt Damon in “Good Will Hunting”. Look up the scene if you don’t remember. In this case, I guess I’m Robin’s character Sean the counselor and Trev is the rascally obnoxious smart kid who needs therapy, otherwise known as Will Hunting. Sounds about right.

At the top is the Old State House, near the spot of the Boston Massacre. The bottom two were taken at the Old North Church. Natalie did a great job posing as a worshiper a la Teddy Roosevelt.

Day 9 (Saturday, July 14) : Boston

I finally saw Fenway Park. All these years I’ve wanted to go there to see the Red Sox and their historic park. This was a definite “bucket list” item for me. The ballpark, and the game, didn’t disappoint. I absolutely loved it. Fenway Park is now #1 on my list of favorite ballparks I’ve attended a game at in person. It ousts my previous #1 Giants Park/AT&T Park/SBC Park/Pac-Bell Park in San Francisco. We went to San Fran in 2001 so that ranking held for 17 years! Sorry San Fran, you’ve fallen to #2. Beautiful weather, a spectacular crowd with friendly BoSox fans, the hot dogs!, and a finish unrivaled in my entire 100+ baseball games I’ve ever seen! That’s right. How do you see the best game ever? When it goes extra innings and the home team wins on a walk off grand slam!!! Xander Bogaerts hit it just barely over the Center Field wall to earn the victory. What a day! Unforgettable.

Look at this goofball out on Jersey Street (used to be called “Yawkey Way”). Also, check out the man on stilts!

We met great BoSox fans. Check out this woman who’s clapping behind Deb. She worshiped J.D. Martinez. She always shouted in a thick Boston accent, “Hey J.D., you can have my lucky charms any time.” Therefore, we’ve nicknamed J.D. “Lucky Charms” henceforth.

Trev wanted a “Green Mawnstah” shirt so we bought him one and then took a pic in front of the Green Monster.

Panoramic shot of the view from our seats. I actually loved the obstructed view because it reminded me of Old Comiskey Park. I’ve never been in a stadium that felt close to Old Comiskey at all until Fenway. This stadium is easily the best ballpark I’ve ever seen. It’s not even that close.

Day 10 (Sunday, July 15) : Boston

Because of the disastrous trolley situation on Friday, we decided to try it again on Sunday except with a different trolley bus company. It turned out well. This time we were able to hop on and off the trolley all day. We saw most of the Freedom Trail, especially the parts we hadn’t already seen on Friday. On this day, we saw Bunker Hill, “Old Ironsides” (the U.S.S. Constitution), the Tea Party Museum, Boston’s “Little Italy” neighborhood, Harvard, and MIT.

The kids with Sam Adams while drinking…..Sam Adams. What! Above that is a pic of them dumping tea into Boston Harbor. I remember doing this over 30 years ago! The museum is better now but the dumping of the tea remains the same.

My beautiful daughter Natalie and me while I strangely hold a lemonade cup.

This photo summarizes our family well: Mom & Dad are happy and fun and not afraid to get goofy. Trev is a hot dog. Natalie remains calm and wonders what our problem is. Above this is the Lampoon Castle Building at Harvard. Many famous writers including George Plimpton, John Updike, Doug Kenney, and Conan O’Brien have worked here since the inception of the comedic Harvard Lampoon publication was founded in 1876. (I saw a feature story on 60 Minutes recently.) Above that are a couple of photos of the Bunker Hill Monument.

Day 11 (Monday, July 16) : Boston, MA > Warwick, Rhode Island

On our way out of Boston, we hit Plymouth Rock and drove out on Cape Cod. We created a song that the whole family enjoyed immensely (Must be sung with a Boston accent, i.e. “Cape Cawd”): “Cape Cape Cod, together we will see, Cape Cape Cod, fun for you and me, Cape Cape Cod, surrounded by the sea, Cape Cape Cod, lobsters we will eat”. Sometimes these little things become great memories. A super fun family day that ended with mini-golf and then dinner at the “Lobster Boat”. Yeah you guessed it….one must pronounce it with a Boston accent, i.e. “Lawbstuh Boat”.

Day 12 (Tuesday, July 17) : Warwick, RI > Cooperstown, New York

Driving from Warwick, Rhode Island to Cooperstown, New York was outstanding. The scenery was breath-taking. It’s kind of like going back in time to a world long since left behind. It’s all small country roads to get to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. It’s quite an experience just getting there. And then when you do……wow. We did almost the exact same drive thirty years ago and it was memorable. It remained so three decades later.

Day 13 (Wednesday, July 18) : Cooperstown, NY

Is there anything more fun in the world than going into a sports Hall of Fame? I think not. The Baseball Hall was easily the greatest Hall of Fame I’ve ever seen. Did it seem familiar to what I remembered as a 10-year-old boy? No, not really. Not at all. Memories from thirty-three years ago can be hazy. This is one of them. I’m actually shocked that I have little memory of the Hall. I think my dad was in a hurry to get out-of-town that day. I don’t know for sure. I remember the Babe Ruth statue. I remember a gift shop that I was rushed to make decisions. As a kid I got a “I (heart) baseball” button, a mini pennant, and a mini wood baseball bat. That’s all. I always regretted that. This time, I left no room for regrets.

I went crazy! I spent everything my wife had on pennants, banners, a Chipper Jones HOF jersey, a snow globe (I started a small collection a couple of years ago), magazines, two t-shirts, etc. My wife says I can’t buy anything for a long time. That’s fine. I agree. I’m not sure I’ve had more fun in years!

As for the Hall itself, it is outstanding. There is so much to look at you would need to go back several times just to get a full view of everything. If you wanted to study a particular era, you could spend hours doing just that.

Since we were there about a week before the 2018 Inductions, there were displays of all the new inductees. That made it very special for me because I love this year’s class. The six inductees this year were Jack Morris, Alan Trammell, Trevor Hoffman, Jim Thome, Vladimir Guerrero, and Chipper Jones. You could argue that Thome, Vlad, and Chipper are three of my all-time favorite players. For sure, Vlad and Chipper are two of my faves while Chipper is definitely in my top five favorite players ever along with Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lenny Dykstra, Frank Thomas, and Ichiro. Well, that’s six. OK. Let’s throw in Pedro Martinez, Mark Buehrle, Mike Trout, and Bryce Harper for our Top Ten.

At the end of our big day in Cooperstown, we headed over to the famous Otesaga Resort Hotel on Otsego Lake. It is truly magnificent. All the Hall of Famers hang out here on Induction Weekend each and every year. I can see why they like it. You can sit on the veranda in a rocking chair and take in the beautiful sights of God’s green Earth. Peace abounds. We ate on the porch and heard some stories from the waiter. He said Frank Thomas is one of the nicest guys and best tippers he’s met in his couple years working there. Next time I visit Cooperstown I plan on staying at the Otesaga. It is truly a special place.

Day 14 (Thursday, July 19) : Cooperstown, NY > Elyria, Ohio

Two weeks in a car and hotels can really get you thinking. During this year’s trip, I had plenty of time to reminisce, think about life, and best of all hang out with my family. I am beyond blessed. God has shown his grace and mercy to me in abundance. I shall never forget this year’s vacation. The memories are endless. I shall remember our experiences in Toronto, Niagara Falls, Lake Placid, Boston, Cape Cod, and Cooperstown with great joy and humility. A fantastic vacation that I would obviously highly recommend.

Day 15 (Friday, July 20) : Elyria, OH > Wiersema’s Maplewood Estate, Mundelein, IL

After another super long day of driving, we made it back home to Maplewood. Thank God we made it home safely. It was a magnificent trip that we’ll all remember forever. Two weeks of driving, eating, drinking beers, seeing Halls of Fame, going to baseball games, visiting historic National Parks including America’s Freedom Trail…..it doesn’t get much better. An outstanding trip.

Next year…….Yellowstone Park, Mount Rushmore, the Badlands, Montana, Wyoming, the Rocky Mountains, and Custer’s National Monument, site of Custer’s Last Stand. I already can’t wait! Pack the car. Let’s go right now. Why wait for 2019? Oh yeah, we better save up the money and the vacation days. Get your tour books, your cowboy boots, and your National Park Passport books ready. July ’19 is right around the corner!

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nwbeerguide · 6 years ago

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Numerous breweries from the Pacific Northwest attend this year's Pints for Prostates

Press Release

DENVER, CO – A group of 74 of America’s leading craft breweries will take part in the 10th annual Denver Rare Beer Tasting to raise funds for the Pints for Prostatescampaign. Preliminary information about the beers they expect to pour is starting to emerge.

The prostate cancer awareness event will be held on Sept. 21 in Colorado during the same weekend as the Great American Beer Festival. The Denver Rare Beer Tasting 10 features the chance to sample rare, exotic and vintage beers from dozens of leading craft breweries and the opportunity to meet the men and women who made them. VIP tickets for the event sold out in just one minute. There are a limited number of general admission tickets still available.

“The Denver Rare Beer Tasting is an annual celebration of beer passion and brewing craftsmanship. We’re humbled by the fact brewers bring some of the most unique beers on the planet to our event to help fight prostate cancer,” said Rick Lyke, founder of Pints for Prostates. “We reach men through the universal language of beer and are proud to help expand what people think when the topic turns to beer.”

Responses from breweries invited to the event are still coming in, but here is a nearly completely provisional list of brews expected to be poured at the Denver Rare Beer Tasting 10:

Alaskan Brewing, Juneau, Alaska, Barrel-Aged Heritage Coffee Brown

Alpine Dog Brewing, Denver, Colo., Bear Creek Distillery Single Barrel Bourbon Mocha Vanilla Bean Dyatlov Pass Incident Russian Imperial Stout*

Amalgam Brewing, Denver, Colo., Premiere Goat & Balaton Reduction*

AleSmith Brewing, San Diego, Calif., Mexican Speedway Stout

Atom Brewing, Erie, Colo.* Wheatwine

August Schell Brewing, New Ulm, Minn., Funk Junction Peach*

Avery Brewing, Boulder, Colo., Nox Reposado & Islay

Bell’s Brewery, Comstock, Mich., Batch 9,000 Ale (2010)

Big Sky Brewing, Missoula, Mont., Oak Aged Biere de Noel

Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales, Denver, Colo., Roswell & Cat Sabbath

The Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, N.Y., Aglovale

Cascade Brewing, Portland, Ore., Fruitopian Noyaux

Casey Blending & Brewing, Glenwood Springs, Colo., Apricot East Bank Preserves

Cerebral Brewing, Denver, Colo., Barrel-Aged Ancient Ruins - Rocky Road

Departed Soles Brewing, Jersey City, N.J., Funk Rock Princess & Noble Soles*

Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Ore., Family Tree Peach Sour

Dry Dock Brewing, Aurora, Colo., Bligh’s Barleywine & Signature Series Coconut Belgian Dark

Ecliptic Brewing, Portland, Ore., 2016 Bourbon Barrel-Aged Orange Giant Barleywine

Fiction Beer, Denver, Colo., Barrel-Aged Malice and Darkness Variant*

Firestone Walker Brewing, Paso Robles, Calif., XVIII Anniversary Ale (2014)

Foothills Brewing, Winston-Salem, N.C., Dead and Berried Blackberry Imperial Stout

Forager Brewing, Rochester, Minn., Nillerzzzzz

Founders Brewing, Grand Rapids, Mich., CBS

Freetail Brewing, San Antonio, Texas, Raspberry Ananke & Port-Finished Whiskey Barrel-Aged La Muerta*

Fremont Brewing, Seattle, Wash., Three Matts 2018 & Coconut Edition B-Bomb 2017

Full Sail Brewing, Hood River, Ore., 2016 Top Sail Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Porter

Fullsteam Brewery, Durham, N.C., Saskatoon Seems Nice

Garden Path Fermentation, Burlington, Wash., TBD*

Grand Teton Brewing, Victor, Idaho, 2016 Brett Saison

Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver, Colo., Wood Werks #1 Belgian-Style Sour, Wood Werks #2 Flemish-Style Sour & Wood Werks #3 Brown Rye Ale

Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Richmond, Va., Bubby's Blackberry Cobbler

Intrepid Sojourner Beer Project, Denver, Colo., Rum Barrel-Aged Imperial Turkish Coffee Stout

Jester King Craft Brewery, Austin, Texas, Atrial Rubicite

Kane Brewing, Ocean, N.J., Barrel-Aged Sunday Brunch

Libertine Brewing, San Luis Obispo, Calif., High Rent

The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, Calif., Veritas Peach

Melvin Brewing, Alpine, Wyoming, Port Barrel Aged Ruckus

Moksa Brewing, Rocklin, Calif., Grasp of Darkness & Rad Berry Stout *

Modern Times Beer, San Diego, Calif., Monsters’ Park Aged in Spanish Brandy Barrels & Quadrajet*

New Belgium Brewing, Fort Collins, Colo., Apricot Foeder Dubbel

New Holland Brewing, Holland, Mich., 20th Anniversary Ale (2017)

New Realm Brewing, Atlanta, Ga., Reserve Tripel Aged in Rye Barrels*

NoDa Brewing, Charlotte, N.C., Olde “Fashion” Voyager

Odell Brewing, Fort Collins, Colo., Elephunk

Our Mutual Friend Brewing, Denver, Colo., 24FPS, Oud Bruin (2015), Fixed Blade (2017) & American Wild (various vintages)*

Ozark Beer Co., Rogers, Arkansas, Bourbon Double Cream Stout (2017 & 2018)

Perennial Artisan Ales, St. Louis, Mo., Barrel-Aged Vermilion

Perry Street Brewing, Spokane, Wash., Jubileum

The Rare Barrel, Berkeley, Calif., Cherry Home Sour Home, Garage Service & On the Shoulders of Giants*

Rhinegeist Brewery, Cincinnati, Ohio, Marg Monday Tequila Barrel-Aged Gose

River North Brewery, Denver, Colo., 2017 Vicennial Series: Barrel Aged God Complex, Barrel Aged Shadowman & Barrel Aged Father Time

Rogue Ales, Newport, Ore., Pinch Imperial Gose

Rowley Farmhouse Ales, Santa Fe, N.M., The Smoking Swede

Saint Arnold Brewing, Houston, Texas, Bishop’s Barrel 15 (2016)

Samuel Adams Brewery, Boston, Mass., Utopias Aged on Cherries & Kosmic Mother Funk

SanTan Brewing, Chandler, Ariz., Gose Añejo*

Saranac Brewery/F.X. Matt Brewing, Utica, N.Y., Blackberry Jam Sour

Side Project Brewing, Saint Louis, Mo., Derivation Blend #9

Sierra Nevada Brewing, Chico, Calif., Denver Super Rare Barrel-Aged Narwhal

Spangalang Brewery, Denver, Colo., Brut Imperial Lager

Springdale by Jack’s Abby, Framingham, Mass., Geography Bee Cuvee *

Stone Brewing, Escondido, Calif., Lost Abbey/Stone Sticks N’ Stones

Stoup Brewing, Seattle, Wash., Funky Cold Bordelleaux*

Sun King Brewing, Indianapolis, Ind., The Velvet Fog

Surly Brewing, Minneapolis, Minn., Barrel-Aged Ten & Rosé

Three Floyds Brewing, Munster, Ind. TBD

Trophy Brewing, Raleigh, N.C., Heavyweight Champ Variant #3, Juneberry Sour Golden with Strawberries, Blueberries and Blackberries & Golden Sour Blend #2*

Union Craft Brewing, Baltimore, Md., Third Stone Apricot Sour

Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project, Loveland, Colo., Bourbon\Cognac Grow Old With You, Tiramisu Little Nonsense & I am Brut - IPA

WeldWerks Brewing, Greeley, Colo., TBD

Werk Force Brewing, Plainfield, Ill., Bourbon Barrel Aged Sleepy Bear with Coconut*

Woods Boss Brewing, Denver, Colo., Reviresco Scotch Ale Aged in Woodford Double Rye Whiskey Barrels*

Wormtown Brewery, Worcester, Mass., TN Tats -- Mexican Chocolate Edition

Yazoo Brewing, Nashville, Tenn., Deux Rouges (Cranberry & Cinnamon)

(* Indicates brewery’s first appearance at Denver Rare Beer Tasting.)

In addition to the beer and silent auction donations made by participating breweries, Craft Beer and Brewing is the media sponsor for the Denver Rare Beer Tasting 10 and logistical support is being provided by MicroStar. Additional sponsorship packages are available for companies that wish to take part in this boutique tasting.

More than 95 percent of all tickets for the event have already been sold. The remaining general Admission tickets are $125 and available via AXS.com. Each attendee receives a commemorative tasting glass, t-shirt, program and pen. A special beer centric lunch created by Jensen Cummings of Brewed Food is included in the ticket price and guests will have the chance to bid in an exciting silent auction that includes a variety of unique beer experiences and collectibles. During the event, attendees can also participate in the Brewers Health Initiative, a free men’s health screening. Last year, 165 men took advantage of the free blood test during GABF weekend in Denver.

“Each year the Denver Rare Beer Tasting is one of the most talked about events during the Great American Beer Festival weekend,” said Lyke. “The beer list coming together is one that is impossible to duplicate. The combination of unique beers, talented brewers and devoted beer fans in the room creates a special atmosphere at the event.”

The first nine Denver Rare Beer Tastings sold out several weeks in advance. The event will be held this year on two floors of the McNichols Civic Center Building at 144 W. Colfax Ave.

All Denver Rare Beer Tasting ticket holders will be entered in a drawing for a special beer trip for two. VIP ticket holders will receive three raffle tickets and general admission ticket holders will receive one ticket. Anyone wearing a Pints for Prostates t-shirt or hat to the event will receive another free entry for the drawing. Additional tickets will be available for a donation. The winner will be drawn during the event from tickets collected exclusively at the Denver Rare Beer Tasting. The winner and a guest will receive a beer trip that includes roundtrip airfare from the continental U.S., hotel accommodations, ground transportation, brewery tours, pub crawls, beer lunches and beer dinners.

Pints for Prostates is a 501(c)3 non-profit charity and all net proceeds from Denver Rare Beer Tasting go towards the group’s awareness mission and help to fund the education and support programs of the Us TOO International Prostate Cancer Education and Support Network, and free prostates cancer screening programs provided by the Prostate Conditions Education Council.

About Pints for Prostates Pints for Prostates reaches men through the universal language of beer to encourage them to take charge of their health. The group was founded by prostate cancer survivor and beer writer Rick Lyke in 2008. The grassroots effort raises awareness among men about the importance of regular men’s health screenings by making appearances at beer festivals, social networking and pro bono advertising. According to the National Cancer Institute, approximately 165,000 new prostate cancer cases will be diagnosed in 2018 in the U.S. More information is available atwww.pintsforprostates.org. Pints for Prostates also has a presence on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (@pints4prostates).

from News - The Northwest Beer Guide http://bit.ly/2JDnru0

#Beer #News #Brewery

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hotpinkstaples · 7 years ago

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MUST-WATCH FOR NEW DDT FANS

I’ve compiled a list of the major shows that took place in DDT over 2017 for the ppl who are new to DDT and a) need to have a clear understanding of what the fuck is going on, b) can spare one month of their time, and c) looking for a reason to stick around on DDT Universe past the first month.

this list below is not the full package. i’m only listing the major shows so that you can have an idea of what exactly the kayfabe is and how it all led up to the d-king grand prix, who the characters are, what the titles are, who are the full-timers/part-timers/import talent, and who the elder statesmen are vs the developing aces vs the DNA wrestlebabies. the videos listed below are in chronological order, starting from january 2k17, all the way to january 2k18. again, this is NOT THE FULL PACKAGE. THIS IS A THIRD OF THE CONTENT THEY PRODUCE. THEY HAVE SEVERAL SISTER PROMOTIONS THAT ALSO RUN MAJOR SHOWS. IT IS A GOOD STARTER KIT FOR PEOPLE LOOKING TO GET INTO THE PROMOTION AS A WHOLE. IF THESE SHOWS MAKE YOU HAPPY, THEN PLEASE KEEP YOUR SUBSCRIPTION AND HOP ON BASARA, GANBARE Pro Wrestling, AND Tokyo Joshi Pro! GOD SPEED, AND GOD BLESS DDT!

SWEET DREAMS: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170129_REC_DDT

NANIWA WRESTLING ROAD 2017: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170204_REC_DDT

INTO THE FIGHT 2017: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170219_REC_DDT

(marquee event I) JUDGEMENT 2017 : https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170320_REC_DDT

NARIMASU: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170408_REC_DDT

MAX BUMP 2017 : https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170429_REC_DDT

SAITAIMA SLAM vol. 20 : https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170514_REC_DDT

ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2017: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170521_REC_DDT

AUDIENCE 2017: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170528_REC_DDT

KING OF DDT 2K17 ROUND 1: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170602_REC_DDT

KING OF DDT 2K17 ROUND II: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170604_REC_DDT

KING OF DDT 2K17 ROUND III: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170625_REC_DDT

SHINJUKU VILLAGE 2K17: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170702_REC_DDT

ROAD TO RYOGUKU 2K17 continued : https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170723_REC_DDT

BEER GARDEN 2K17 I: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170730_REC_DDT

BEER GARDEN 2K17 ft. DAMNATION: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170801_REC_DDT

(marquee event II) RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2017: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170820_REC_DDT

CAMPSITE WRESTLING 2017: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170903_REC_RJY

FACTORY WRESTLING 2017: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170920_REC_RJY

GENERAL ELECTION 2017: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20170924_REC_DDT

WHAT ABOUT SUNDAY?: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20171008_REC_DDT

WHAT ABOUT MONDAY?: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20171009_REC_DDT

SHIN-KIBA, I’M BACK!: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20171102_REC_DDT

GOD BLESS DDT 2017: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20171123_REC_DDT

BURNING X-MAS 2017: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20171220_REC_GBR

NEVER MIND 2017: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20171224_REC_DDT

DAMNATION ILLEGAL GATHERING: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20171230_REC_DDT

D-KING GRAND PRIX NIGHT 1: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20180105_REC_DDT

D-KING GRAND PRIX NIGHT 2: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20180107_REC_DDT

D-KING GRAND PRIX NIGHT 3: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20180108_REC_DDT

D-KING GRAND PRIX NIGHT 4: https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20180110_REC_DDT

D-KING GRAND PRIX NIGHT 5: https://ddtuniverse.com/program_group/index/20180111_DDT

D-KING GRAND PRIX NIGHT 6: https://ddtuniverse.com/program_group/index/20180113_DDT

D-KING GRAND PRIX NIGHT 7: https://ddtuniverse.com/program_group/index/20180114_DDT

#ddtpro #dramatic dream team #ryogoku peter pan 2017 #ddt judgement 2017 #d king grand prix 2018 #real talk #Wrestling

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themegalosaurus · 7 years ago

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A Hiatus (SPN genfic, 1777 words, G)

I wrote this for @quickreaver for Summergen 2017. She had some super creative prompts but I chose this one: ‘downtime’.

LJ || AO3

Dean doesn't notice Sam's beard growing in until he looks up one morning and double-takes at the mountain man entering the kitchen. "Dude," he says, and Sam, soft in long-sleeved T-shirt and sweatpants, blinks at him through a halo of tousled hair. Come to think of it, that's longer than normal too, curling at the nape of his neck where it's usually disciplined into something at least approximating order just under his ears. "You going for some kind of Chewbacca deal?" Dean asks, and Sam rubs a hand over his jaw, back up through his hair which ends up sticking up worse than ever. "Just don't see the need to cut it right now," he says. "I only do it for the Fed outfits, anyway, and we haven't had a proper case in forever." Then he shuffles over to the coffee machine and makes himself a fancy latte with one of the bottles of syrup that have appeared on the counter in the last few weeks. "I'm pretty sure you've been a good few inches off an FBI regulation cut for the past five years," says Dean. Sam shrugs broad shoulders and Dean looks down at his black coffee, sniffing enviously and surreptitiously at the caramel-vanilla scent that wafts in his direction from Sam's girly turquoise eco-mug. It's true that they haven't caught a hunt in a little while. It might be something to do with the Brits; they got so used to being drip-fed leads via text message that he and Sam have gotten lazy on their usual routine of scouring the web for whatever weird stuff might be happening in their line. Add to that, it's summer, and things always just seem to die down a little this time of year. It's like payback for the enormous shit-show that kicks off every spring.

Later that morning, making a grocery run in the 90-degree Kansas heat, Dean can understand why the creepies of the American Midwest, at least, might choose to lie dormant for a few weeks every year. The car has air conditioning but it's old and not good for much, and the black paint and leather interior combine to turn his baby into a sweatbox that has him gasping for the cooler as soon as he hits the gas station on the outskirts of town. He buries his face amongst the chill plastic bottles of soda before reaching in further to swipe the coldest Coke he can find from the back of the shelf. Then he grabs an armful of miscellaneous chips and candy, and three boxes of Popsicles from the freezer by the door. When he gets home he stashes the groceries and is disconcerted to find that Sam isn't in the library, or in his bedroom, or in any of the easily accessible rooms downstairs. Dean is just getting concerned when his phone buzzes with a message. "Did I hear the car? I'm outside. Up the back stairs." Dean bristles at the implied instruction before realising that he has nothing better to do, grabbing a beer for both of them, and heading out. He finds Sam in the centre of a cleared area of ground, hidden from the view of passers-by by virtue of its location in the middle of the disused power station next to their home. Brown brick walls climb up enormous in every direction, the huge span of earth between them covered mostly with nettles and weeds. Dean's only been up here once before, waded through thorns into the open vault of the building and retreated rapidly back down again when he realised it housed nothing but ragged bushes and bits of uncleared factory junk. Sam, though, must have been working on this project for a long time. He's dug out a large, rectangular plot against one of the walls, from which tendrils of green curl up against the brickwork, clinging into the crevices. Neat rows of small plants march out in rows across the earth, right up to the edges of the patch. Evidently, the need for space is such that Sam's decided to expand; Dean's dumbass brother has chosen as his occupation on this hot summer day the insanely unsuitable task of breaking up the next patch of the concrete floor. Just as Dean emerges out into the sunlight, Sam brings a huge heavy mallet down onto the ground, sending dusty powder spraying up in every direction. He staggers backward, drops the mallet and wipes a sweaty forearm over his face. "Beer," says Dean, offering a bottle damp with condensation. Sam gawps at him like he's fricking God's heavenly messenger before taking the beer in a blistered hand and downing what looks like three-quarters of the bottle. "Gardening," Dean says, half a question. Gardening Winchester-style, with a sledgehammer and steel-toed boots. "Yeah," says Sam. He indicates the vines presently sunning themselves against the brick. "Tomatoes are coming out, look." He's not wrong. There are plump red cheeks peeking from under the leaves, all over the wall. "I thought we could jar them up for pasta sauce or something." "Sure," says Dean. He looks at the wall, assessing. There are a lot of tomatoes. "I wasn't sure if they'd take," Sam says. "But." "Yeah," says Dean. He reaches out and snags the nearest tomato, holds it poised for a moment between his two fingers before he pops it into his mouth and bites into it, where it bursts wet and vivid over his tongue. Pasta sauce is always useful, he supposes. He looks at Sam again. It's not just the beard and the unkempt hair that make his brother look wilder than usual. Sam's built up a tan through these days outside, is golden brown where he's too often library-pallid from hibernating with only the glow of a laptop to sustain him, his arms swelling bronzed and sledgehammer-strong. It's also the clothes. Rather than the usual layers of plaid or his neat Fed suit, Sam is wearing an old shirt, a scruffy tee with a hole along one side of the collar that he (naturally) has sweat right through. He smells terrible.

For some reason, the whole disgusting spectacle makes Dean feel great. "You want a popsicle?" he says, and Sam's eyes light up. "Back in a second." They sit straight-legged on the baking concrete and eat the popsicles, looking up through the ragged edges of the factory's rafters to the bright blue Kansas sky. A bird of prey wheels overhead, something big - an eagle, maybe - and suddenly Dean's jolted into a memory of another summer, a motel in the middle of the Arizona desert with an outdoor pool and the sky open like this above them, Dad gone and he and Sam the only people for miles around, except for the worn-out middle-aged woman who ran the place. Dean had done bombs into the deep end of the pool and Sam had ploughed earnestly up and down, swimming laps, his chest and shoulders just starting to fill out into adolescence. Dad had been on some hunt that he hadn't thought Dean ready for (Dean wonders now if it was a siren, something like that). School had been out. Doubtless whatever followed after had been the usual terrifying horror show, but thinking back to that moment what Dean remembers is the quiet and the unusual sense of freedom, of peace. "We could build a pool out here," he says. Sam raises his eyebrows, looks around. "It's big enough, I guess." He glances down at the hammer. "Don't much fancy digging that out by hand." "Yeah." They'd need some machinery, of course, but that could be done. This is farm country. Dean could source a digger, put on dungarees and a southern accent and talk nonsense about crops. No reason why not. "You got anything else fit to eat?" he asks Sam, swiping another tomato. Sam has some zucchini bristling under broad leaves at the back of the plot, so they yank them free and make a garlicky, buttery pasta dish for dinner. After, Dean comes back up outside, notionally to measure out for his pool-in-progress but really to relish the stars scattered overhead across the huge, black-purple sky. Sam comes up with a glass of whiskey and they sit in the dark together, the herby scent of the vegetable patch floating exotic in the air around. "Summer vacation," Dean says, and Sam says, "Breathing space," rapid and a little uncertain. He smiles at Dean, a quick flash of white teeth in the darkness. "Yeah," says Dean. Dean sticks a message on a local small ads site, looking to borrow a digger. He marks out ground across the other side of the space to where Sam has his vegetable patch, deciding how big they need to make their pool. He gets the other sledgehammer and starts breaking up the concrete, acquires a pretty thick tan of his own, and develops his own beard (which, okay, takes a little longer to grow in than Sam's). He's sleeping better than he has done in years, worn out with physical work and the peculiar tiredness of long days in the sun. It's August third when Sam knocks on his door in the morning and sticks his head into the room. He's clean shaven, his cheeks oddly pale against the tan band of skin across his eyes and nose. "Sorry, man," Sam says. "Caught a job up in Wisconsin. Djinn." "All right," says Dean. He rubs his hands over his face, beard prickling under his palms. That'll have to go. The Fed threads are hanging neatly in his wardrobe, a little musty after their long summer of disuse. A lifetime of training means his weapons kit is ready and waiting. He tugs it all out, the guns, the knives, the ammo, and fights down the knot of regret, reluctance, whatever it is that is weighing down his stomach. "Come on," he says to himself in the mirror, shaving away the evidence of the weeks off work. His old self stares back at him. Dean feels his shoulders sag. As the car pulls out onto the highway, the sky rattles thunder. A fat drop of rain hits the windshield. Sam wrinkles his nose and looks up into the darkening clouds. "Good for the garden," he says. Then he pulls a Tupperware out of nowhere. The scent of fresh-picked tomatoes fills the car. Dean's stomach begins to unclench. He looks over at his brother. "You still haven't cut your hair." Sam grins at him. "Eh, it's not exactly regulation anyway." "Yeah, okay." Dean says. He grabs for the Tupperware box. "Give me one of those."

#my fic #my stuff #summergen 2017 #bittersamgirlclub #it's been so long since i posted any writing idk who to tag :-/

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