#florida x illinois

[thegroovyarchives]

70′s/80′s/90′s Local Television New Year’s Station IDs/Bumpers Part 4 1. KNXT-TV, Los Angeles, California, 1972 2. WGN-TV, Chicago, Illinois, 1977 3. WMBB-TV, Panama City, Florida, 1984 4. WPVI-TV, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1984 5. WCCO-TV, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1985 6. WGBS-TV, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1989 7. WVTV-TV, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1990 8. WCBS-TV, New York City, New York, 1990 Part 1 (x) Part 2 (x) Part 3 (x)

[louis--wifey]

How states react to you asking them to peel an orange for you

Notes: x reader (ig), could be read as an established relationship or just close friends. I'm back with my shenanigans.

Florida

"Will you peel this?"

He keeps talking about whatever he was before, takes the orange, peels it, and steals one slice before handing it back to you

Louisiana

"Will you peel my orange?"

"Of course, cher."

He would respond without hesitation and peel it and give it back to you

California

"I don't feel like peeling it"

"I'll peel it for you, I'll cut it for you, I'll saute it."

Poor boy wants validation and this is how he shows it.

Texas

"Can you peel this for me?"

"Uh, sure."

Agreed bc he likes to feel like he's needed by the people he cares about

New York

"Peel this for me?"

"You can't peel an orange yourself?"

"I can, but I don't want to."

He'd glare at you then snatch it out of your hand and peel it before aggressively shoving it back in your hand

Maryland

"Mary, can you-"

"Of course, hon!"

He'd take it, peel and the present to you with a grin

Massachusetts

"Can you peel my orange?"

"Peel it yourself."

"Oh, oka-"

"Fine!"

He'd peel it aggressively and give you the orange and throw the peel at you

New Jersey

"Will you peel this orange for me?"

"No."

Indiana

"Hey, Indy, can you peel this?"

"Why?"

"Because I don't want to."

"Oh, sure."

He'd awkwardly peel it

Nevada

"Peel it for me?"

He'd give you a weird, judgy look but peel it anyway without saying anything

Utah

He gave it to you already peeled he has children, it's automatic

Illinois

"Please, will you peel this?"

"Yeah, give it here."

He'd hold out his hand for you to give it to him so he could peel it

Washington

"Can you peel this for me?"

"I guess."

He'd not think much of it and peel it

Gov

"Will you peel this, please?"

"Uh, I guess..."

He'd peel and give it back with an awkward smile

And this is where my creativity stopped...

[yesterdays-xkcd]

I'd like to see more damage assessments for hurricanes hitting New York and flooding Manhattan -- something like the 1938 Long Island Express, but aimed a bit more to the west. It's just a matter of time.

Upcoming Hurricanes [Explained]

Transcript

[An unlabelled map shows the region roughly between central Canada and northernmost parts of South America. Dotted lines indicating hurricane paths cover the map, all red except Hurricane Blue, which is blue.]

[A line that goes around in circle around the Bermuda triangle before landing at Greenland.] Hurricane Where-the-Hell-Is-Bermuda

[Line that tracks down from the northwest, loops to Illinois, before returning to the northwest.] Hurricane Illinois-Has-It-Too-Easy

[Line that vaguely resembles a scrotum or a pair of breasts.] Hurricane Freud

[Line that veers up towards Europe before sharply turning to Florida, hitting and retreating the coast several times.] Hurricane Screw-It-Let's-Just-Trash-Florida-Again

[Two lines, one red, one blue, each exclusively taking 90 degree angles. The red line eventually cuts off the blue line, causing it to die.] Hurricane Red Hurricane Blue

[A line in a sine wave.] Hurricane cos(x)

[houseofbrat]

People really don't understand the depravity of what is going on. They really don't.

Elon Musk’s "DOGE" team has gained access to the Treasury Payment System and is actively shutting down payments they claim are “illegal.” However, there is no indication they are following proper acquisition or financial procedures. There has been no coordination with awarding agencies, no legal determinations, and no adherence to FAR or appropriations law. The image shows a spreadsheet of the payments in question. If payments are being stopped without agency review, this could create contract disputes, funding violations, and serious legal issues.

Former social worker here- Lutheran Social Services?? In Chicago and the suburbs they run thousands of programs, from Adult Protective Services to homeless shelters to foster care to senior homes.  Along with Catholic Charities, they are the largest providers of social services in the state of Illinois. A lot of these programs, like Adult Protective Services are CONTRACTED THROUGH THE STATE specifically (for better or worse) to cut down on the amount of government employees- not unlike hiring Space X to build ships for NASA. ....do these idiots think it's like ....payments directly to the church for no reason? Holy shit. 

In Chicago they run hundreds of programs, from Adult Protective Services to homeless shelters to foster care to senior homes. 

Ah, well these are the exact groups that this corrupt administration wants to target for elimination.

No kidding. This is going to gut social services as badly or worse than the last time we had a Republican governor and he straight up refused to sign a budget for 4 years.  That's actually when I left the social work profession. This sucks. 

I can't stress this enough: Most Americans have NO IDEA how anything works. They THINK they know how things work. The notion that the government has been paying faith-based, charitable, and private organizations to do things typically associated with government social services since AT LEAST the George W Bush years is completely new information to them, and they don't believe it. That's how you get them confidently 'discovering' something like this and deciding it's just a boondoggle to get tax dollars elsewhere. You literally cannot tell these people actual facts, because they don't want to accept them, BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW OR CARE ABOUT HOW ANYTHING WORKS.

Perfect example of someone who does NOT know how government funding works is right here: Dr. Vinay Prasad.

I hope everyone is going to be okay with grandma and grandpa getting kicked out of nursing homes later this year because THE CULT OF ELON is totally okay with Elon and his minions cutting their funding!

Yes! They provide the only PACE Program in St Louis. My elderly mother begins the program tomorrow.

They'll literally be putting elderly people in danger. This is a nursing home care in home program.

There are no physical facilities for them to go to. This is truly frightening.

Check out the list tho.... Wisconsin, Florida, Carolinas, Central Ohio, Nebraska, South Dakota....

Yep. The subset of it all is to hurt the poor, old, immigrants and basically anyone who isn’t a top 10% white male. Sadly, we’re winding the clock back to 1933. Hopefully it doesn’t end the same way.

[whitesinhistory]

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So the Republicans are trying to shut down the government to damage their own states so that they make the Democrats look bad before the election… Is that the game plan they’re going with?

Here is the full list of Republicans who voted against the stopgap bill to prevent a government shutdown in September 2024:

Indiana: James R. Baird, Jim Banks, Rudy Yakym III, Victoria Spartz

Ohio: Troy Balderson, Warren Davidson, Jim Jordan, Max L. Miller

Florida: Aaron Bean, Gus M. Bilirakis, Kat Cammack, Byron Donalds, Matt Gaetz, Anna Paulina Luna, Cory Mills, Bill Posey, Michael Waltz, Daniel Webster

Texas: Michael Cloud, Tony Gonzales, Lance Gooden, Morgan Luttrell, Nathaniel Moran, Chip Roy, Keith Self, Randy Weber Sr., Beth Van Duyne, Roger Williams

Arizona: Andy Biggs, Elijah Crane, Paul A. Gosar, Debbie Lesko, David Schweikert

North Carolina: Dan Bishop

Colorado: Lauren Boebert

Illinois: Mike Bost, Mary E. Miller, Darin LaHood

Oklahoma: Josh Brecheen

Tennessee: Tim Burchett, John W. Rose, Andrew Ogles

Missouri: Eric Burlison

Georgia: Andrew S. Clyde, Mike Collins, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Richard McCormick

Utah: John R. Curtis

South Carolina: Jeff Duncan, Russell Fry, Nancy Mace, Ralph Norman, William R. Timmons IV

Kansas: Ron Estes, Tracey Mann

Mississippi: Mike Ezell, Michael Guest, Trent Kelly

Iowa: Randy Feenstra

Minnesota: Brad Finstad, Michelle Fischbach

Idaho: Russ Fulcher

Virginia: Bob Good, H. Morgan Griffith

Wyoming: Harriet M. Hageman

Maryland: Andy Harris

Louisiana: Clay Higgins

Pennsylvania: John Joyce, Scott Perry

West Virginia: Alexander X. Mooney

California: Tom McClintock

Kentucky: Thomas Massie

Montana: Matthew M. Rosendale Sr.

New York: Claudia Tenney

Wisconsin: Thomas P. Tiffany, Derrick Van Orden

New Jersey: Jefferson Van Drew

Alabama: Barry Moore, Gary J. Palmer

Arkansas: Bruce Westerman

Why is this important to me? I would have been out of a job. Government contractors would rather cut you and rehire you for less pay or benefits. Also, if I miss 1 or 2 paychecks I will be homeless.

[fandomgeeknerd]

wttt incorrect quote (how is prangent formed as pronounced by the states and gov) long post

Oklahoma: Am i pregant?

Ohio: Am i pragnent?

Louisiana: Am i pargant?

Michigan: Am i gregnant?

Montana: Am i pegnate?? Help!?

Iowa: Is there a possibly that i'm pegrent?

Alabama: Am i pregegnant or am i okay?

Vermont: Could i be pregonate?

Georgia: How do i know if I'M prengan?

Oregon: Can i be prregnant????

Florida: Can u get pregante...?

Tennessee: Can u bleed while u are pergert?

South Carolina: Can u down a 20 foot waterslide pegnat?

Wisconsin: How can i get by gf pragnet?

New York: What happen when get PERGENAT?

Illinois: Will my get pragnan?

Idaho: What is the best time to s/x to become pregnart?

West Virgina: Are these systoms of being pregarnt?

Texas: Girlfriend aint had period since she got pregat?

New Mexico: Is it possible having s/x to a 8 month fregnant?

Gov: If a woman has starch marks on h- wait *reads more closely* If a women has STARCH MASKS on her body does that mean*laughs* she has been pargnet before period question mark

Virgina: My circle is nomal, but yet i still don't get peegnant.wat can i use period question mark

Arizona: Did most you women FEEL pgrenant before find out?

Wyoming: I am praganant last 5 weeks so can i start s/x?

Colorado: *high* Dangerops prangent s/x? will it hurt baby top of his head?

California: Me and my boyfriend are tying to get prefnat and j havent took my birth control in *laughs a bit* 12 days?

Utah: 38+2 weeks PREGANANANT?

Washington: I think my dog is pregernet???

Maine: Can i get prengt if he had a comdom on?

Nevada: *laughing a bit the whole way through* I think i am pretnet with my 14TH CHILD?

(og video)

[beardedmrbean]

Multinational conglomerate Unilever, the owner of some 400 brands, announced Tuesday it is spinning off its ice cream business — including major names like Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Magnum, Popsicle and Klondike — after more than a century.

The consumer goods giant said the move was part of a growth strategy that would create a leaner business. At the same time, by shedding Ben & Jerry's, Unilever is ridding itself of a longtime headache.

Since its founding in 1978, Ben & Jerry's has been known for its left-leaning advocacy, and the Vermont-based ice cream maker was able to maintain an independent board of directors to continue its progressive activism even after it sold to Unilever in 2000.

But in recent years, the unique structure of the deal that allowed Ben & Jerry's to wade into controversial issues without interference has pulled Unilever into the fray, too.

The biggest lightening rod began in July 2021, when Ben & Jerry’s announced it would no longer sell its products to Israelis in the West Bank, which the company refers to as Occupied Palestinian Territory.

The move sparked outrage from both sides of the political aisle amid accusations that the company was boycotting Israel as part of the boycott, divest, sanctions (BDS) movement, which Ben & Jerry's denied. Israel threatened to take action against Unilever over the move, and U.S. lawmakers called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a probe into the parent company.

Unilever — which has repeatedly distanced itself from Ben & Jerry's political takes and said it has never supported the BDS movement — sold the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream operations in Israel in June 2022 in an attempt to stem the controversy, but its subsidiary's activism has continued to tarnish the brand and drag Unilever with it.

Ben & Jerry's was also hit with its own boycott threat last year after the company angered some Americans on Independence Day with a post on Twitter (now X) that read, "This 4th of July, it's high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it."

Several U.S. states have divested their public employee retirement funds from Unilever over Ben & Jerry's ending sales of its products in parts of Israel, including Arizona, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Texas and most recently North Carolina.

North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell, a Republican, told FOX Business in an interview earlier this year that it’s not likely Unilever anticipated allowing Ben & Jerry's to have its own board would lead to so many problems.

"I don’t know the people at Ben & Jerry’s. I respect their entrepreneurship. I think when they signed the contract, Ben & Jerry’s anticipated something like this," said Folwell, also a 2024 candidate for governor. 

"Unilever didn’t anticipate anything like this," he continued. "Generally, when a parent tells a kid not to do something, they expect them to listen."

[foolcrum57]

BFDI X II TOUR announcement video(s) Summary

Locations covered in the JNJ animation are NYC, LA and Florida

Locations covered in the AE animation are Huston, Chicago and Seattle

-II2 15 will premiere the whole tour -BFDI, the TPOT episode releasing by the time of the tour will show at the first 3 locations, and then the BFDIA episode releasing by the time of the tour will be shown at the other 3 -Taco II plush, Evil Leafy plush, and the Pin enamel pin are the 3 merch offerings -There also seems to be what looks to be… a themed towel? with several BFB voting icons behind adam michael and cary while they are talking. IDK if this is merch tho

Full Schedule: New York, New York - June 29th and 30th at the NYU Skirball Center Houston, Texas - JUly 6th at the Linda & Archie Dunham Theater Seattle, Washington - July 13th and 14th at the SIFF Cinema Egyptian Los Angeles, California - July 20th and 21st at the Saban Media Center Chicago, Illinois - July 27th at the Harris Theater Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Location not yet announced, tickets will go live on April 15th

Tickets are the same price as last time. $35 for standard viewing and $75 for VIP seating which includes meet and greet + signed item.

[doueverwonder]

anyway I've collected a few ships so far, Indiana x Alabama as stated already, Illinois x New York is growing on me pretty fast, Florida x Louisiana but that seems to be a pretty fandom wide ship lol, Washington x Minnesota and Maine x Alaska exist in my peripheral, and I'm still trying to decide on Texas x California, bc I do enjoy them as just rivals but we'll see what happens.

[abwwia]

Bea Nettles, Untitled Self-Portrait, 1972, cyanotype, sheet: 5 1⁄2 x 5 3⁄8 in. (14.1 x 13.7 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Joshua P. Smith

Bea Nettles (born 1946 in Gainesville, Florida) is a fine art photographer and author currently residing in Champaign/Urbana, Illinois. Via Wikipedia #PalianShow

#womenphotographers @womenphotographershistory

[chaosintheavenue]

2023 Fallout OC Census- Results

At long last, it's here! This time, we had 593 usable responses.

(There are a few categories I haven't analysed just yet, which is mostly because I have Ideas for how to display that data. Please stand by…)

Getting right into the numbers...

Game

Fallout (original): 18 Fallout 2: 8 Fallout 3: 59 Fallout New Vegas: 214 Fallout 4: 160 Fallout 76: 28 Fallout Tactics: 2 Van Buren: 13 A spin-off, AU or mod: 14 A TTRPG campaign: 13 Multiple of the above: 41 None, just the Fallout universe: 22

Are they the in-game protagonist?

Yes: 328 No: 203 It's complicated: 61

Species

Unmutated human: 444 Ghoul: 51 Synth: 41 Ghoul-ish: 13 Other mutant: 9 Supernatural/spiritual being: 7 Robot (non-humanoid): 7 Super Mutant: 6 Cyborg/android: 5 Unknown/it's complicated: 2 Other: 7

Definitions of a few categories, just to clarify exactly what's in there:

Ghoul-ish: Refers to all characters who are partially ghoulified, ghoulify during their storylines, and unique characters with primarily ghoul-like traits

Other mutant: Refers to all characters who are specified to have unique mutations from any cause, unless they better fit into the ghoul-ish category. This is a very diverse umbrella category, and in past surveys has included everything from characters specified to have 76-style mutations that basically function as perks, to a character similar in form and nature to the Master

Gender

Cis woman/girl: 217 Cis man/boy: 154 Trans man/boy: 76 Nonbinary: 47 Trans woman/girl: 27 Agender: 16 Genderfluid: 7 Genderqueer: 6 Man/boy, unknown or varies if cis or trans: 5 Transfeminine: 3 Bigender: 3 Demigirl: 3 Woman/girl, unknown or varies if cis or trans: 4 Butch: 2 Demigender: 2 Questioning: 2 Intersex: 2 Lesbian: 2 Māhū: 1 Multigender: 1 Queer: 1 Transmasculine: 1 Unlabeled: 1

Bonus answers I enjoyed: [redacted], a man in a certain sense of the word, cat, doesn't care for this, eh, God knows, a link to the Wikipedia page for Stone Butch Blues, it's complicated, man of questionable gender, no gender left beef, lost their gender in the war, people assume she's a woman but she doesn't really care, whatever's funniest, yeah

Where are they from?

In previous OC survey location maps, I've only included a single data point for each character, regardless of how many places they may have connections to. However, this time I've decided to include each place that a character has lived as one data point.

The list of assumptions I use when creating these maps:

Arroyo = Oregon

Mojave Wasteland = Nevada if no more specific locations provided

Capital Wasteland = DC if no more specific locations provided

Vault 101 = DC (I feel like this one isn't geographically accurate, but it's to fit in with the above assumption)

Washington unqualified = Washington state, not DC (even for Fallout 3 characters, especially since I know of a Fallout 3 character who is intended to be from Washington state)

Appalachia = West Virginia unless otherwise specified

NCR = California

Legion territory with no other information given = Arizona (this feels like the biggest generalisation of all to me. Maybe take the Arizona count with a pinch of salt?)

'Near X place' = in the same state as X place

I go by the current fifty US states. No splitting of California or considering Canada to be part of the US

Locations that could not be easily defined or placed in a specific state/country (examples: the US as a general answer, multistate regions of the US, continents, or extraterrestrial locations) have been excluded for the purposes of this map

The map for the US:

Massachusetts: 104 California: 79 Nevada: 77 DC: 74 Arizona: 32 West Virginia: 25 Texas: 17 Utah: 15 Oregon: 14 Colorado: 13 New Mexico: 7 Virginia: 6 Maine: 6 Idaho: 6 Pennsylvania: 5 Illinois: 3 Washington: 3 Louisiana: 3 Florida: 3 Wyoming: 3 Tennessee: 3 New York: 3 Rhode Island: 2 North Carolina: 2 Minnesota: 2 Vermont: 2 Alaska: 2 Missouri: 2 Nebraska: 2 Michigan: 2 Indiana: 2 Kentucky: 2 Oklahoma: 2 Maryland: 2 Montana: 1 Connecticut: 1 Georgia: 1 New Jersey: 1 Wisconsin: 1

And the map for the rest of the world:

Canada: 7 Mexico: 7 UK: 7 Russia: 4 China: 2 Australia: 2 France: 2 Brazil: 1 Ireland: 1 Israel: 1 Finland: 1 Germany: 1 Japan: 1 Panama: 1

Further breakdown of characters from the UK: Wales: 4 (…these are all my guys, what can I say?) England: 2 Unspecified: 1

Has this character ever lived in a vault?

Yes: 223 No: 366

Faction

Minutemen: 99 Railroad: 86 Followers of the Apocalypse: 80 Brotherhood of Steel: 77 Yes Man/Independent Vegas: 63 NCR: 50 Caesar's Legion: 38 Original faction: 36 Institute: 26 Kings: 16 Great Khans: 14 Nuka-World raiders: 13 Mr House: 13 Raiders in general: 13 Goodneighbor: 11 Enclave: 11 Arroyo: 9 Think Tank/Big MT: 8 Reilly's Rangers: 7 Underworld: 7 Ciphers: 7 (would you believe me if I said the majority here are not mine? XD) Responders: 6 Acadia: 6 New Vegas Strip in general: 6 Lyons' Pride: 5 Children of Atom: 5 Megaton: 5 Gunners: 5 Boomers: 5 Powder Gangers: 5 Cult of the Mothman (all variations): 4 Crimson Caravan: 4 Chairmen: 4 Mojave Express: 4 Necropolis: 3 Shady Sands (pre-NCR): 3 Vault 13: 3 Twin Mothers: 3 Diamond City: 3 Freeside: 3 White Glove Society: 3 Vault-Tec: 3 Bishop family: 3 Regulators: 2 Tunnel Snakes: 2 New Canaan: 2 Gecko: 2 Settlers/Foundation: 2 Abolitionists/Temple of the Union: 2 Galaxy News Radio: 2 80s: 2 Desert Rangers: 2 Unity/Master's Army: 2 Vault 76: 2 US Government: 2 Broken Hills: 2 Sanctuary: 2 Blue Ridge Caravan Company: 2 Goodsprings: 2 Cutthroat raiders: 2 Feral ghouls: 2 Hub: 2 Ghouls in general: 2 Nuka-World in general: 2 Little Lamplight/Big Town: 2

And the list of factions with one response, allegedly for the sake of something called 'brevity': Boulder scientists, Vault City, Littlehorn & Associates, Jacobstown, New Reno, Brotherhood Outcasts, Marked Men, Mole Miners, Treeminders, Forged, Junktown, Triggermen, Free States, Vault 101, Vault 81, Slags, Hubris Comics, Bunker Hill, Rivet City, Van Graffs, Ug-Qualtoth, West Tek, Vault 95, Novac, Atom Cats, The Outer Worlds factions, Commonwealth Super Mutants, caravan companies in general

I was initially planning to include a separate 'ish' category for each faction, to account for characters that are aligned with factions unwillingly/temporarily/out of necessity, but looking at the dataset, that sort of situation was so much more prevalent than I realised and quickly made everything very clunky.

Main approach to problems

Diplomacy: 211 Combat: 147 Stealth: 101 Technical skills: 79 Avoidance: 53

And finally for now- preferred weapon type

Small guns: 191 Melee: 128 Energy weapons: 91 Big guns: 82 Avoids combat altogether: 49 Explosives: 27 Unarmed combat: 24

-

As always, thank you to everyone who participated and gave me a little information about your OCs! If you'd ever like to talk more about them, my inbox is always open :D. Getting to learn about everyone's brainchildren is definitely my favourite aspect of my tangential foray into the Fallout fandom sphere.

My future plan for this dataset includes… a lot of pie charts, to put it mildly. As I've done for past survey datasets, I'll be compiling pie charts for each question, separating responses by the game that the characters are from, and we'll see if any trends emerge!

[louis--wifey]

My ships in order from love it to like it! (I ship a lot tbh)

California x New York (Yorkcali)

Massachusetts x Maryland (Massmary

Florida x Louisiana (Florsiana or Floui)

South Carolina x Georgia (Georgolina)

Rhode Island x New Jersey (Rhode Jersey)

Montana x Wyoming (Montaming)

California x Texas (Texcali)

Illinois x Missouri x Indiana (Illissiana)

Tennessee x Kentucky (Kenessee)

New York x California x Washington (Yorkcalington)

New York x Alaska (Yorkaska)

North Carolina x Virginia (North Virginia)

Massachusetts x Pennsylvania x Maryland (MassPennMary)

Texas x Oklahoma (Texahoma)

California x Washington (Calington)

South Dakota x Minnesota (Minnekota)

California x Nevada (Calivada)

Oregon x Washington (Washingon)

Kansas x Iowa (Kanowa)

Arizona x New Mexico (New Mexizona)

[kaz-playz]

are there any states or ships that you dislike? I want to hear your hot takes :D

Yesssssss

Austin x California. Cant stand it. Hate it so much. Love the people who ship it tho.

OREGON AND WASHINGTON CAN GO TO HELL.

Florida x Hawai'i is another i HEAVILY dislike

Same w CA x HI

Illinois x Indiana is one i dont care for personally.

IDC x Hawai'i .....

U don't understand Washing Machine and Oregano fill me with a repulsion never before observed by man.

[alaskashigh]

character ask game: 5, 15, 20 for new york, California, new jersey and connecticut

My favorites let's go! (sorry this is late, I needed to wait a bit to collect my thoughts)

New York

5: The other side of paradise, Fuck Tha Police, Tongues and Teeth (I relate this to California as well, Yorkcali n all), really any rap song

15: (Same as California ones), New York x New Jersey, sometimes my ship NY/CA/IL/NJ/CT (it depends on the mood)

20: California because since California doesn't get to ramble or rant about his opinions much, New York is perfect for just listening and sometimes adding in his own two cents here and there. He loves not having to talk and getting to just listen to whatever California's brain decides to talk about next. Also Illinois because I feel like they would have a friend rivalry type thing and I can see the two hanging out at like a sports game. ((New Jersey for the same reason as Illinois)) Oh and Nevada because I think Nevada would really push New York out of his comfort zone (in a good way.) New York would be absolutely fed up with him at times because of how dramatic and sarcastic he is lmao.

California

5: California Love (it’s un-ironically one of my favorite songs rn)

15: New York x California and New York x California x New Jersey are my favorite ships for him

20: Florida, New York, Nevada, Washington and Oregon. Florida and New York because they bounce off of his personality nicely. Florida is chaotic and always ready to drag California out of the house, no matter how much he may complain about it. ((California secretly enjoys it and it helps him get out of depressive episodes.)) New York is standoffish and quiet which makes him the best for listening to California’s ramblings, putting in his own input every so often. Nevada because they would be very bitchy but would hype each other up in dramatic/sarcastic ways. (Definitely would help each other with makeup and outfit choices) And Washington and Oregon would be very sarcastic about everything but would enjoy hanging out with him. (they wouldn’t admit that to anyone, though) ALSO I'm dragging in my cryptid headcanons real quick and saying Tahoe Tessie.

New Jersey

5. I don't really have one for him, yet. (someone give me song recs pls, /nf)

15. (same as California and New York), New Jersey x Rhode Island, sometimes Nevada x New Jersey

20. Rhode Island because I see them as like puzzle pieces. One is always not too far from the other. They stick up for each other and listen to each others dumb ramblings on what happened that day, (or in the past). Rhode Island's always there to help calm New Jersey down during panic attacks and bad days, and vice versa. (Nevada for the same reason as New York). Not The Jersey Devil because I can see him having more of a protective "child and parent" kinda bond with it. (NJ being the child, Jersey Devil being the parent.)

Connecticut

5. same as New Jersey, though the Pirates of the Caribbean is something I always link to him lmfao

15. I actually haven't settled with a ship that I like for him. I've considered Colorado and even Arkansas being in a relationship with him, but I don't know. I enjoy Florida x Connecticut though, strictly because of Storytellers_And_States' fics

20. Rhode Island because I can see them being drinking buddies and hanging out every once in awhile. Maybe Florida because I can see them bonding over pirates and chaos. (I need to think more about his friendships-)

[aboutdancers]

what studio would you want to dance at in each of these states:

california (pick 2 lol), arizona, utah, minnesota, illinois, new york, florida

California: studio x or avi’s dp, but mostly studio x

Arizona: club or dance connection

Utah: center stage

Minnesota: Larkin or summit

Illinois: no idea tbh

New York: in an ideal world where I would have money and talent, Joffrey

Florida: dance town or adrenaline

[unwelcome-ozian]

Federal Regions REGION I: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Regional Capitol: Boston REGION II: New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Virgin Island Regional Capitol: New York City REGION III: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia. Regional Capitol: Philadelphia REGION IV: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee Regional Capitol: Atlanta REGION V: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin Regional Capitol: Chicago REGION VI: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas Regional Capitol: Dallas-Fort Worth REGION VII: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska Regional Capitol: Kansas City REGION VIII: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming Regional Capitol: Denver REGION IX: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada Regional Capitol: San Francisco REGION X: Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho Regional Capitol: Seattle