#go gosin

[liyazaki]

tinn's dad- aka the most dad to ever dad | requested by @lutawolf 🖤

MY SCHOOL PRESIDENT | EP. 12 [2022-2023]

bonus: and the wingman award goes to...

[sunsetandthemoon]

“Is he the singer you told me Tinn has been close to? Yes. You’ve been having a hard time sleeping because of this? Yes.”

MY SCHOOL PRESIDENT (2022-2023)  

[scrumptiousstuffs]

My School President, episode 12

This series wrapped up beautifully with an emphasised on Tinn and Gun navigating their new relationship in the open. At the heart of it, these 2 complement each other. I love how they grow into a better individual as they lean on each other (and learn from one another)

Also, I cannot profess my love enough to the supportive friends and families surrounding these 2!

As their high school journey ends, these boys are going to start a new journey, and while it seems all of them are going into different paths, following their dreams; I have faith that their relationships and friendships will remain steadfast and as Gun said “We will always have each other.”

♥️💕💗

(I’m going to miss my weekly serotonin boost 😭, what am I going to watch on Friday now that this series has ended?)

[scorbleeo]

Drama Gossip: My Lucky Star

Source: Google Images

Chomjan is arrested when Ratti catches her selling fake jewellery. Ratti is a renowned jewellery designer and a famous car racer. He loathes liars and thieves and seizes any chance he can to put these people in their places.

When Ratti catches his girlfriend cheating on him with his stepbrother, he flees to Italy. He returns months later when his stepmother threatens to sell one of his late mother's favourite necklaces. Filled with rage, Ratti storms into his ex's wedding and steals the necklace. Chomjan is released from jail and walking around homeless when she's caught up in Ratti's escape, causing the security to cuff both of them together.

Tied together by force, Chomjan must help Ratti run from the police this time.

Source: MyDramaList (2023)

Pleasantly Surprised

I don't watch a lot of Thai dramas that are not BL-centric. The first one I completed, I only pulled through because I pulled through every other adaptation of it too, it wasn't even the worst adaptation. The second one, I stopped watching it because it was so boring. Not gonna lie, when I reached the middle part of My Lucky Star, I was very close to dropping this show as well. From the very minimal heteronormative Thai dramas I've watched or tried watching, I noticed slow pacing usually comes with the shows.

I am quite thankful I completed My Lucky Star because wow, those last few episodes were such a ride. So, let's back up a little. The beginning of this drama was good. I was thoroughly intrigued to see how the Thai adaptation will differ from the Taiwanese drama. Then reaching the second quarter, there came a point when it became obvious I cannot compare both adaptations anymore because the Thai version was differing quite a bit. At this point, I was still interested to see what is going to happen. It was during the third quarter, the classic third-act breakup if you understand, that truly bored me. This drama really could have cut down on several episodes because the third-act breakup episodes were actually unhelpful to the entire drama. Then the last quarter, honestly expected some of it but did not expect it to go exactly how it went in the drama.

Ultimately, it's all good. I liked that I finished this show because it's not a bad show. Can it be compared to the Taiwanese version? Hell no, the Taiwanese version holds a very special place in my heart. However, disregarding that this is an adaptation from another, My Lucky Star is good.

I would have loved it more if instead of prolonging the third act, they prolonged the last act. Starting from Phrao engaging Pond to accuse Chomjan of committing a crime.

Last but not least, I hate the fact that not once did Night acknowledge the fact that Chomjan is his lucky star. The whole point of calling this drama My Lucky Star is to show through even the minute details that no matter what tough shit the main male character goes through, he always pulls through because of the main female character. Yet Night didn't even call her his lucky star. I must say, I am a little peeved.

Rating: ★★★☆☆

[waveofstars]

It was an insane favor to ask, and a part of her wasn’t so sure she really meant it. The idea of showing up alone petrified her, but not as much as not going all together would. With her face in her hands, she dramatically fell forward onto the table, tempted to bang her head right there on the surface. She grumbled into her hands before sitting up again, clear embarrassment and aggravation were written across her features. Blowing a piece of hair away from her face, she chose to finally explain. “It’s not that I can’t stand him… I just don't particularly like him. But that’s besides the point. My family has always been best friends with his family. This was even before we dated. So, the whole damn Johnson clan was invited. Including me.” It made more sense for her not to attend, sending some half brained excuse, but her pride got the best of her. Though she was long over her high school sweetheart, especially considering it was her who called it off, the idea of her not showing up just made it sound like she wasn’t over him or bitter that he found his happily ever after. In the same vein, showing up alone was just as pitiful somehow. She didn’t want to hear his family and her own family poke and prod about her romantic life (or lack thereof). “I have to go. But going alone? That’s… pathetic.” Because attending her ex’s wedding with a fake date was not pathetic at all….That’s the story she was sticking with, at least. "I didn't say it was a good idea. However, I did say it would be fun and interesting. You can't say it wouldn't be."

   Shoulders were hunching together, meeting her halfway with a glimmer of excite as Chey began to sound a bit more ambitious towards his gripes about wanting to indulge in a holiday whimsy. Otherwise Christmas for Sam was picking out a bottle of brandy to mix into his egg nog. Yet for some reason he was struck with intrigue no—suspicion—because she remembered long enough to bring it up again - an unlikely and now increasingly questionable revelation to him. The cocking of his head complimented the curve of his brow as he blindly took the drink she slid his way. Tasting its contents with ease, he looked dubious at first before sitting up straight until the arch on his spine was no longer present. “I have more ice stored inside my freezer than all the snow dusting across Texas, Chey... We might as well celebrate Christmas in Australia.” Texas didn’t remind him of stockings by the hearth, hot chocolates and the carolling. “You can’t just throw a Christmas ham onto the grill. That’s like blasphemy.” Sam lifted his pointer finger at her as his own assumptions began to brew in his conscious. He pointed to the curve of her lips before slowly lifting it to her forehead which is where he imagined her motives lay. She was way too accommodating of the idea… and that wasn’t very Chey-esque of her… There is was. The inadvertent curl of his lips appear, the infamous and indignant look he gives her that is very Sam-esque of him. He likes to think it is a half-hearted gesture because he’s convinced that she’s kidding as he digests the hurried babble of hers, focusing solely on ex-boyfriends and weddings. It was all beginning to sound too familiar. “Oh crap. Tell me you’re lying. Like actually, legitimately tell me you’re lying… who the hell goes to their ex’s wedding?” He wants to laugh it off and he wants her to join him so that the two can giggle at the insanity of her proposal. Only that he’s worried he’ll be the only one who’s laughng. “Wait—why? I mean… why? I thought you can’t stand the guy and now you want me to be your date so that we can create our own rendition of ‘The Wedding Date’?”

[sexypinkon]

Sexypink - Medulla Art Gallery presents

West Indian dolls, a portrayal of blackness.

by WENDY NANAN

NOW SHOWING

(*There won’t be a formal opening but you can visit anytime for the duration of the exhibition)

Exhibition continues until: Friday 29th September, 2023

FREE ADMISSION - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Gallery hours: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-2pm.

Address: #37 Fitt Street, Woodbrook, Port of Spain.

For more information please contact:

Telephone: +1(868)680-1041, +1(868)622 -1196

Email: medullaartgallery@gmail.com

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

The dolls were acquired on travels with my father throughout the Caribbean, from Caracas to Cuba, in the 1990’s. Bought in handicraft shops, made for the tourist trade, I was first intrigued by the political and social implications of how we were representing ourselves in a modern, post colonial society.

Why the use of the Aunt Jemima black face and the exotic and quaint depiction of servitude to appeal to wealthy foreigners? Why the acceptance of racist stereotypes and negative imagery, sourced from American caricatures of black people – Sambo Memorabilia?

But I also collected them because they were beautifully and intricately handmade, showing the signatures of their creators, much like fingerprints on ancient Sumerian pottery. I imagined the women making the dolls, hoping for sales, having to pander to the ingrained racist and sexist views of the buyers. More concerned with everyday survival than perpetuating these prejudices.

I recently saw a Facebook post asking for a photo-op of a coconut vendor with donkey cart. We are still painting pictures of La Belle Creole, with wooden ajoupa houses in forested clearings. In my childhood, Tourist Annie walked the streets of Port of Spain, looking very out of place. How do we see and understand ourselves, descendants of the many mixtures of colonisers, slaves and immigrants? And how have we commercialised this history and imagery into clichés to make it marketable for consumption by outside worlds? Is this the masque of our blackness as island people?

Wendy Nanan 2023

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born in Trinidad and Tobago in 1955, Wendy Nanan is the first Indo-Trinidadian, and among the first Caribbean women artists to have a long and sustained professional practice. She obtained her BFA at Wolverhampton Polytechnic, England in 1979. Her work is included in many public and private collections, including Trinidad and Tobago’s National Museum. In her practice, Nanan takes on core questions at the heart of historical and contemporary struggles about identity, culture and power in the region. She has produced work that is at once historically and geographically specific to the place she inhabits, and timeless, gently provocative and persistently infused with her feminist politics. While Nanan is deeply respected by peers and critics in the Caribbean, she remains an under-attended-to artist, in part due to her determined locally-situated practice, she has remained in Trinidad since completing art school in 1980, and is famously reclusive, her philosophy being that “it is more important to create the work than to seek an audience for it.”

by Dr. Andil Gosine

Image: Caribbean Madonna, 2023

Artist Bio Text: Dr. Andil Gosine

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[andrebagoo]

Thanks to Opal Palmer Adisa for this interview which was published in the Jamaica Observer of February 10, 2019.

OPA: For me, the history of Trinidad and Tobago is synonymous with Pitch Lake as that was one of the first facts I learned and because it also saved Columbus and allowed him to continue his colonial voyage. So what is the meaning and implications of this title for your collection?

AB: With Pitch Lake I was drawn to several things. Firstly, the polyvalence of each word. Pitch, a quality of sound, a measurement of steepness or highness, a degree of intensity, a space for play, an act of service in a game, a proposal, the density of words on a page and, of course, especially in Trinidad, another word for asphalt, bitumen, tar. Lake, a place within a terrain, a space filled with water, a metaphor. The conflation of these dynamic words pleases. They resonate in a potentially bottomless kind of way.

And of course the layers of geography, myth, history. The Pitch Lake is itself the world’s largest asphalt lake. Its history is not limited to Columbus, the indigenous peoples of this land developed myths about its formation and purpose long before him. (Incidentally, it seems there is some uncertainty as to whether it was Columbus or Sir Walter Ralegh who encountered the lake first). The lake itself is a natural wonder, its level has barely changed over the centuries. Ancient fossils and objects are spit out of its depths every day. It is a link to the past and the future. Scientists have said there are organisms in it that might give us clues as to what life on moons might be like.

Meaning and implications? That’s really not for me to say. All I can offer is that I was drawn to the lake as a symbol. I hope the whole book asks questions about language, the environment, sexuality, politics, the post-colonial condition. Asphalt from the Pitch Lake has reportedly been used to pave roads and runways all over the world including at Buckingham Palace and La Guardia Airport in New York. So too I hope my words travel.

In addition to the actual lake, Alfred Mendes’s 1934 novel Pitch Lake was also a presence. There is a bit of intertextuality. So there are lots of layers for me. Which I find interesting. Which says something about me and my sad life. Ha.

OPA: Some of your work is definitely a talking back to certain Caribbean iconic  markers, such as “Sargassum,” and others seem a mirror trying to break beneath skin and thought such as “Poui.” How do you attend to your craft, the development and debut of a poem?

AB: Each poem is its own thing, and it's not often easy to predict where or how the idea is going to find expression. The most thrilling part of writing is the preparation to write, yes, but also the moment when you throw everything out the window and just let things happen to you and your poem. ‘Sargassum’ references the sudden proliferation of that seaweed in recent years due to climate change, but of course, it’s also alluding to a history which reaches well beyond the Jean Rhys novel. I see ‘Poui’ as a kind of aubade.  

OPA: As poets, we sometimes write about our life or use it as a point of departure. There are hints of autobiography in some of your poems, but they feel more like pieces of a puzzle, the whole of which we will never get, or private revelations that is really  a mask for something else, for example, “The Lost Earrings.”

AB: The closing section of the book is a series of poems which I regard as small thought experiments, playing with the idea of narrative, interrupting linear notions of time, allowing a stream of consciousness to be dammed then released then remixed then reversed—each a curation of complex emotions. I’m always interested in what the reader finds and their journey.

As for autobiography and masking, think of it this way: a poem is a Carnival costume. It might have a lot of fabric and fancy trimmings. Or it might be slender and revealing. Always, we get a sense of the human body beneath. Always, the choice of mask reveals something about the wearer of the costume. Paradoxically, it’s when we deploy masks that we show more of ourselves.

OPA: As a gay man living in the Caribbean, specifically Trinidad, where homophobia was, and perhaps still remains an issue, how have you addressed that topic in your writing? And now that the buggery law has been struck down, and Trinidad had its first Pride celebration, do you feel safer as a gay man to express that topic more openly in your work as in the poem “After Andil Gosine”?

I don’t ever want to feel safe in my writing. I think the question of “openness” has a lot to do with expectations. Do we expect certain poets from certain backgrounds to always write poems about certain topics? When they defy us with poetry which is not overtly lined to any specific agenda does that make us inclined to regard them as hiding behind masks? Would we hold up heteronormative society to such standards? Are only certain types of poets allowed to deploy the fullest range of artistic expression and experimentation?

The ruling on the buggery law and our first Pride parade were touchstone moments which inspire hope. But the problem of homophobia in our society is a long-term problem.

I don’t address issues in my writing. I just write. And I let whatever comes to the surface rise. Hopefully, this brings me closer to a truth and that truth allows me to bridge different worlds, including worlds of diverse sexualities.

For me, the question of how open you get in your work is more about experience than a wider social narrative, though they undoubtedly blur. It’s like asking would you like to be the subject of a reality TV show or not? Each person has a different answer depending on their personality.

Some of my sexiest poems, or poems in which queerness is part of the fabric of the poem were written and published (and performed) years before recent developments.  

That said, every poem, no matter how clothed, is a deeply personal artifact. Take it or leave it. And poetry is a freedom that I am entitled to. Feeling free in real life does enable me, somewhat, to be braver in whatever I write. And, yes, who knows what a sense of freedom might bring to the mix.

OPA: I really enjoyed the “Art Teacher,” which seems strictly a prose piece, so I am curious about its inclusion in this collection?

It comes in the LAKE section, where I examine language itself, the idea of words forming an endless sea of (broken) narrative. The juxtaposition of a conventional linear narrative alongside the other pieces is meant to trigger comparison; to create the sensation of something suddenly out of place, complicating and interrupting the three-section schematic of the book. Part of me wanted to ask the question: what’s the distinction between prose and poetry? Why is a story not a poem? Heidegger says poetry is the essence of all other art forms.

OPA: Do you have any urge to write strictly prose, where the story element takes precedence?

AB: Poems tell stories. Stories can be poetry. Dylan Thomas. Borges. Baudelaire. All wrote both. That said, I do have those urges. I have lots of urges. Don’t we all? It depends on the pressure giving birth to a particular idea. It’s a matter of feeling things out. There are times when I have written the poem, then the story, then done the painting.

You can read the full interview here.

[daisy-duck-rp]

Nothing is going to stop us now!! @gosin-for-it @junior-woodchuck-huey @lena-despell @sword-horses @violet-sabrewing-rp

Ready to kick any tailfeathers they'll cross

I thought about featuring my redesigns of Nelly the Dragon and Morgana when drawing these.

[missmeikakuna]

Tired Girl Ch. 1- F/F Fantasy story

Rated: T

Fandom: Original story

Relationship type: F/F

Description:

High schooler Nosderag is childish, impulsive and- worst of all- powerless in a magical world. Her strong sense of empathy leads her to rescue an injured fairy and bring it back to her dorm, to the chagrin of her love-powered rumoured lesbian roommate Dalzonf. Together they try to return the fairy to its enclosure before they get arrested for animal theft.

The problem is, people with love powers are seen as criminals, putting a giant target on Dalzonf’s back. CONTENT WARNING: This story will have homophobia, bullying and discussions of sexual assault.

Chapter 1: Powerless Girl

Nosderag tried to tune out of the conversation, she really did. 

But sitting a table away from an incredibly loud person made it rather difficult to focus on reading her spellbook. Not that Nosderag could ever use the spells anyway.

Sosoka was talking about herself. Of course she was. Her name literally meant ‘mine’, so was it really any surprise? 

Her monologuing was interrupted by the sight of a familiar girl passing by them. Dalzonf kept her head down, inadvertently showing off her frizzy black hair. Her skin was dark, even for an Astrabolerian. She was tall and lanky. Her broken glasses just barely kept their grip on her tiny nose. She wore the uniform poorly, a long black skirt and an ill-fitting blood-red sweater over a plain white button-up shirt.

‘Hey, don’t get too close to me!’ Sosoka ordered with a mocking tone. ‘Wouldn’t want to fall in love with you.’

Dalzonf opened her mouth to respond but decided it was as useful an endeavour as climbing a snowy mountain in a bikini. She put her head back down.

The visual of a girl as defenceless as this almost got Nosderag to take her side but, just like Dalzonf, she kept her mouth shut.

Sosoka didn’t like the silence. Much too uncomfortable. ‘So how many people have you manipulated into bed? How many girls?’ Dalzonf gritted her teeth and glared at her. ‘What? Everyone knows what you are. You’re a tired woman. Well, a tired girl sounds more accurate, but whatever.’

That last accusation was enough to finally open Nosderag’s mouth. ‘She’s not married, Sosoka.’

Sosoka scoffed. ‘You know what I mean. That’s why I said tired girl. I bet she’ll become a tired woman to some poor guy and lead him along until he finds out the truth.’

She put on a high pitched voice and place the back of her hand on her forehead like she was about to faint. ‘Oh no, honey! I can’t sleep with you tonight! I’m too tired!’ 

Her voice went deep and gravelly. ‘Oh, but sweety, you say that every night! Why don’t you use a love spell on yourself for once?’

Her voice returned to normal as she leaned forward in her seat, smirking at Dalzonf. ‘Can lesbians use a love spell on a normal girl? Do you need a different spell or is it the same if a female love tolxer uses it on a man?’

Dalzonf looked around her, seeing everyone staring her. It took a couple of tears to convince herself that the best course of action was to run out of the cafeteria.

‘Wow, rude,’ Sosoka said. ‘I was only asking a question.’ She turned to Nosderag. ‘No need to butt in on private conversations, omler!’

Omler. The thorns of that word pierced Nosderag’s eardrums. She shut her mouth, trying to act like no one had turned their attention from the love tolxer to her, the omler. 

She knew she didn’t belong at this school. She was alright at the theory side of things but as soon as she tried to make something come out of her hands or use a wand or do anything magical herself, she couldn’t do it.

It wasn’t fair. Her mother wasn’t omlerous but her father was. Her older brother was a powerful fire tolxer like his mother, but Nosderag? She lost the genetic lottery. No magic powers for her.

She often comforted herself by saying that she was lucky not to be a fire tolxer. At least she wasn’t feared by most people. She didn’t have to wear special handcuffs when going to sleep to prevent herself from sleep-setting the bed on fire. No one ran away from her any time she got the slightest bit angry.

And hey, at least she wasn’t a love tolxer and rumoured lesbian at an all-girls school. 

At the end of the day, Nosderag shuffled home with a hunched back, made worse by all the books in her backpack. She dropped her backpack by the couch in the living room and collapsed onto it.

‘Hey mum, can we talk-’

‘Oh, yes, we have something very important to tell you.’

That wasn’t her mother’s voice. It was her father’s.

‘We?’ Nosderag asked.

Her mother left the kitchen to join the two. She still wore her apron, tied tight around her portly figure. Her round, dark face looked much younger than she was. Magic can do that to a person.

Nosderag’s father, on the other hand, had wrinkles just about every place someone could have wrinkles. His remaining hair surrounded his head like a ring. Time can do that to an omlerous man.

He turned to his wife. ‘Is Gosin coming home soon?’

She shook her head. ‘The station gave him more paperwork. Apparently he got too angry during an interrogation and has to write a formal apology to the suspect.’

He rubbed the bridge of his nose. ‘I see.’ He put his focus back on Nosderag. ‘Anyway, how does spending a bit of time in the dorms sound? Just a few months.’

Nosderag’s eyes grew. ‘Wait, what? Why?’

Her mother sat by her, placing a gentle hand on her shoulder. ‘Your father and I have to work in Madagascar for a bit and we can’t afford to take you with us. And besides, we want to keep you in school.’

‘What the hell’s going on in Madagascar?’

‘Nothing, really, just a small… insurgency. We’re just helping our ally.’

‘So you’re burning superpowered terrorists alive?’ Her mother paused, then nodded. ‘Can’t I live here with Gosin? I can’t be sharing a dorm with people there.’

‘Your brother’s got a lot on his plate right now,’ Nosderag’s father said. ‘And why can’t you share a dorm with others?’

Nosderag looked at the fists on her lap. ‘No one there would want to sleep in the same room as an omler.’

Her mother chuckled. ‘It’s not like your lack of magic will rub off on them.’ 

‘You tell them that. And besides, didn’t you tell me to learn more about the world? Kinda hard to do that in Astraboleria. Take me with you.’

Her father narrowed his eyes. ‘Don’t give me that. You have books. You don’t need to go somewhere to learn about it.’

‘All I’ve learnt here is how many people think I’m useless and how I’d be better off living in the normal world with omlerous people.’

‘Trust me, people in the omlerous world are just as prejudiced as the ones in the crilerous world. At least you get to see amazing magic. You wouldn’t be here if your mother didn’t show me her fire tricks and introduce me to this world.’

‘Amazing magic that I can’t use,’ Nosderag spat, pouting like a child as she crossed her arms. ‘I’m not going into those dorms.’

Her mother wrapped her arms around her and pulled her close. ‘Look, we’ll make sure you’re put together with a girl who won’t judge you.’

‘You mean an omler? No way. I don’t want to wallow in shared misery with someone.’

Her mother stroked her hair. ‘We’ll figure something out. Come on, sweetie. I don’t want to do this either but we have no choice. Please be reasonable.’ Nosderag sighed in defeat. ‘There’s my little dragon.’

Her name meant ‘great dragon’ in Astran. After the birth of their first son, her parents had expected another powerful fire tolxer. Now the name stung whenever she heard it.

A week later, Nosderag faced the 113-story building in front of her. The wheels on her suitcase squeaked as she entered the building and headed to the supervisor’s office. 

‘Um, Nosderag Zotmin, student id NZ487856. I’m new to the dorms.’

The supervisor checked the list for her id and ticked a box next to it. ‘You’ll be in room 112-B,’ he said, handing her a keycard. Nosderag was on the verge of tears when she looked up the spiralling staircase. ‘You can use the elevator.’

She pulled her suitcase to the elevator with newfound hope, which was immediately crushed when she saw no buttons.

‘It’s powered by your magic,’ the supervisor explained.

Nosderag groaned before beginning her trek up the long, long staircase. By floor three her breaths became laboured, by floor 12 her legs felt like they were about to fall out of their sockets.

She tried to distract from the soreness with thoughts about who would be her dormmate. That barely worked since it added a layer of worry on top of the agony.

At level 20 she decided to take a five-minute break. She planned in her head how many breaks she could take without spending all week walking up these damn stairs.

By level 40 she considered dropping dead. After all, she would have to walk up and down these stairs every day.

‘This fucking school,’ she muttered. She took to counting each step, which made her more aware of how hopeless she was in this situation. There was no way she could walk up 112 stories. At least the counting did numb the aching in her calves a little.

‘Level 70 step one, two, three, ugh… four.’ 

When she reached the 80th story, the pain in her body converted to murder in her eyes. Once she made it to her dorm, she was going to kill her dormmate and go to jail and never have to climb these stairs every again.

She reminded herself that her roommate would probably be a tolxer and therefore have the upper hand in a fight. She eventually managed to calm herself down by listening to the loud thud of her suitcase as it hit each step behind her.

‘Level 100,’ she said with a borderline insane grin and deep laughter to match. ‘Hah, take that, internal doubt! Now for the almost unlucky twelve.’

Once she made it to the magical level 112, she sat on the final step and panted for a good ten minutes. Then she stood up and swayed as she shambled to her room.

It took all of her remaining energy to raise her fist and knock on the door, which was opened by a familiar face.

Dalzonf, a girl whose arms could barely hold Nosderag as she collapsed into them.

Nosderag woke up in a bed she had never been in before, in a room she had never seen before. Her breaths sped up as she tried to figure out where she was. They slowed down upon seeing Dalzonf reading a book on her own bed. 

It was not a spellbook but a children’s book, the first in the Black Helmet, Grey Heart series.

‘Man, I haven’t read that series in years. I didn’t know people over the age of twelve still read it.’ Dalzonf glowered at her without even looking away from the page. ‘Sorry. I didn’t expect a tolxer to read an omler’s book.’

‘Dinla Horas comes from the omlerous version of Astraboleria. Of course she’s an omler.’ Dalzonf’s voice was light and airy, as soft as a pillow and high in pitch as the chirp of a chick.

‘Still, reading a book from that world…’

‘I don’t see the issue. So long as she doesn’t fall into people’s arms and then insult their taste in books, I’m fine with an omler.’

Nosderag laughed awkwardly as she sat up. She watched Dalzonf read silently. She took note of her warm honey eyes and plump lips. She wore a low-cut black crop top that somehow didn’t reveal much body fat, shorts also in black and a small blue denim jacket with one side slipping down her shoulder.

Dalzonf turned her head upon hearing the smack of Nosderag’s head against the wall. She couldn’t quite see it against her dark skin, but Nosderag was blushing. Hard.

‘How did you do that?’ Nosderag asked in an accusatory voice, pointing at her suspect.

‘Do what?’

‘Do a spell without using your hands. Can you tolx with your eyes?’

The book in Dalzonf’s hands thumped as she shut it. ‘What are you talking about? I didn’t use my powers on anyone. There’s no one else here.’

‘But…’

Dalzonf’s warm eyes went cold, matching her suddenly calculating smirk. Her voice deepened. ‘Oh, I see.’ Any shred of shyness the other girl was used to seeing from her was scrapped. ‘We wouldn’t want that getting out now, would we?’

‘Huh?’

‘How sweet. My dormmate’s already got a crush.’

‘What? No, no way. You put a spell on me. I know you did.’

Dalzonf stroked her finger up Nosderag’s neck, causing the other girl to gulp. ‘And why would I do that?’

‘Maybe what everyone said is right. You’re a tired girl.’

‘Oh, please. You’re not my type.’

‘So you are-’

‘I never said my type included women.’

Nosderag grinned. ‘But you never said it didn’t.’

Silence, followed by a slow clap from Dalzonf. ‘Well played. Except for, you know, suddenly becoming attracted to me. You were so close to winning this conversation. If only I didn’t have dirt on you. I guess it makes sense for you to fall asleep in my arms. You must have been so... tired.’

Burning cheeks turned into blazing fury as Nosderag leapt out of bed. ‘I’m changing dorms!’ she yelled as she stormed to the door. ‘Why should I have to go through all this effort just to see your ugly face at the top of the steps every day?’

Dalzonf blocked the door with her body. A body that Nosderag definitely didn’t like looking at. No siree.

‘I guess your type must be ugly girls, then.’

Nosderag’s cheeks got so hot that their redness was finally visible. ‘I’m not… I’m not one of you! I’m never defending you against bullies again! Why do you even need people to defend you anyway? You can clearly throw words back in people’s faces.’

‘I guess you’re just too easy.’

That last insult dropped onto Nosderag’s already fatigued shoulders like the roof of a crumbling temple. She huffed as she lied back on her bed and closed her eyes. It was as if she thought she would wake up again to a world where her dormmate wasn’t such a prick.

Her eyes still closed, Nosderag asked, ‘So, since you’re apparently blackmailing me now, what do you want me to do?’

The sound of a page turning reached Nosderag’s ears. Dalzonf chuckled. ‘I’ll think about it.’ 

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A real estate earnings call season for the ages

Clockwise from top left: Vornado’s Steven Roth, Newmark Knight Frank’s Barry Gosin, Redfin’s Glenn Kelman, SL Green’s Marc Holliday, Marriott’s Arne Sorenson, Zillow’s Richard Barton, Realogy’s Ryan Schneider, and Cushman’s Brett White

After the roadshow, there are few theatrical moments in the life of a publicly traded real estate company.

But four times a year, executives gear up to update analysts and investors on their earnings, a periodic glimpse into the inner workings of even the most buttoned-up owners, operators, lenders and brokerages.

Those scripted (and unscripted) remarks took on added meaning over the past few weeks as companies reported their first updates since the coronavirus struck. Real estate chiefs, like their peers across industries, delivered performances that were at times poetic, gloomy, blunt, optimistic and opportunistic.

Some were chomping at the bit. “Frankly, I have been dying to get on this call because I could not believe that anybody thought we were having a problem,” said Brian Harris, CEO of Ladder Capital, a frequent Trump lender and one of several mortgage REITs facing margin calls. Ladder’s core earnings fell 34 percent year-over-year to $30.9 million during the first quarter.

Vornado Realty Trust, which says it is losing $9 million a month due to the pandemic, opened its call with a moment of silence for lives lost — including Stanley Chera, the prominent retail developer and father of Haim Chera, Vornado’s head of retail.

CEO and chair Steven Roth described the pandemic as a “never-before situation” with life turned upside down, people and businesses hurting and an uncertain future. He called 2020 a “lost year, a tragic abyss.”

Cushman & Wakefield opened the call with a shout-out to its own employees taking care of essential facilities including New York-Presbyterian Hospital, which has been at the forefront of caring for coronavirus patients in New York City.

With so much uncertainty, many were reluctant to forecast too far into the future.

Cushman pulled its full-year revenue guidance, as did Marriott and Zillow. Equity Commonwealth was reluctant to say much at all about its pandemic strategy (or lack thereof).

“It’s our general view that we’re early in this,” CEO David Helfand said. “We’re sort of six weeks in and it’s still unfolding, and it’s still very difficult to predict what direction it’s going to go.”

During its call Tuesday, Macerich CEO Tom O’Hern said the first-quarter results “seem, frankly, not that relevant” in light of the pandemic. The mall landlord collected just 26 percent of rent nationwide.

Other leaders are putting on a scrappy front.

Starwood CEO Barry Sternlicht compared the pandemic to World War II, and said “we’re about halfway through.”

“It’s really ugly,” he acknowledged. “But obviously when it’s really ugly, it’s a good time to invest.” The REIT reported a net loss of $66.8 million, compared to net income of $70.4 million in 2019’s first quarter. Revenue was $312.6 million, up from $310.5 million.

SL Green Realty, New York’s largest office landlord, also opted for war metaphors. CEO Marc Holliday described his team as “commercial real estate sharpshooters,” poised for battle – aka the reopening of offices.

Until then, he said the company was making sure everyone remains connected and “zoomed-in like a sniper’s crosshair.”

Was the upbeat outlook a show for investors and analysts? To a certain degree, that’s what earnings calls are about.

Brokerage giant Realogy, which reported a $462 million loss during the first quarter, said transaction volume was down 20 to 25 percent.

“This is actually better than I thought it would be when the crisis began,” said the firm’s CEO Ryan Schneider. Zillow CEO Rich Barton said “we have passed peak fear.”

Vornado’s Roth acknowledged the REIT’s share price dropped more than $25 per share since the pandemic struck ( equating to a roughly $5 billion drop in value.) “I think this is a gross exaggeration,” he said.

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman thanked overworked analysts for staying on the call longer. “We know how hard you’re going to be working tonight, so just bear that in mind when you put the buy rating on Redfin,” he joked. “I don’t mean that. Just call it like you see it.”

With nearly all of the executives calling in from home, things got personal.

Starwood president Jeffrey DiModica said he and others have been camped out at Sternlicht’s house — a sprawling mansion in Miami Beach.

During Zillow’s May 7 call, Barton, who has said his employees can work remotely for the rest of the year, lamented his lack of a home office.

“Right now I’m in my bedroom because I have three kids on Zoom school all over the house,” he said. He recalled that his father had a home office, though he himself never saw the need.

“Well,” he said, “I see the need now.”

Empire State Realty Trust — which is hosting trivia contests for staff and compiled “quarantine playlists” — momentarily deflected a question as execs scrambled to get the answer.

“We’re not trying to be cute here. We’re all of us in different locations,” said Greg Faje, vice president of investor relations. “You know us well enough to know we’re not that cute. We’re not that attractive.”

Some said they see the worst in the rearview mirror. “We have passed peak fear,” Barton said, describing sentiment among home buyers and sellers.

Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson, who has slashed tens of thousands of jobs, said April seemed to be the “bottom.” The hotel company is keeping close tabs on demand in China, where the first Covid cases were reported. Likewise, Cushman said it moved one million people — or 10,000 companies — back into buildings it manages in China.

Bosses jumped on the chance to plug the value of office space. (Not that everyone agrees: Twitter said Tuesday that its employees can work from home indefinitely.)

“Work from home has proven serviceable at best,” said Holliday. “Count me out as someone who believes that [the] future of work will be at home in a bedroom with a laptop computer and spotty Wi-Fi connections.”

Cushman recently published a 300-page reopening manual for landlords and tenants; two weeks ago, it hosted a webcast on reopening that attracted 12,000 participants across 8,000 companies.

“When the time comes, many places of work will reopen,” said the firm’s CEO, Brett White, but acknowledged that the environment would feel “like anything but normal.”

With broad swaths of the economy still shut down, companies fixated on liquidity, which will separate those who can pounce on deals from those struggling to survive.

SL Green told participants it’s preparing a $1 billion cushion. “In the current environment, cash is king,” CFO Matthew DiLiberto said. “We actually call this the billion-dollar plan.” The REIT would have hit that cushion had an $815 million sale of the Daily News Building not been scuttled by the pandemic.

Redfin sold a $70 million stake to private equity firm Durable, and Kelman said the move was necessary given “all heck breaking loose in the last two weeks of March.” The discount brokerage reported a $60 million loss during the first quarter, down from a loss of $67 million in the same period last year.

Cushman executives used the word “liquidity” 20 times during a May 7 call — emphasizing how it built up “strong liquidity,” “ample liquidity,” and “surplus liquidity.” The company ended the first quarter with $1.4 billion on hand, including $380 million in cash and a $1 billion credit facility. But it’s still hoarding cash, and has cut capital expenditures “to the bare bones.”

Zillow said it ended the quarter with $2.6 billion in cash and investments, the highest in its history.

In part, Zillow’s war chest reflects the suspension of its capital-intensive home-buying program. Invoking Star Wars, Barton said he’s eager to start buying again.

“It’s time for us to get back to business,” he said, “and get Hans Solo out of that Carbonite.”

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These real estate players have raised a bundle for Biden

From left: RXR Realty’s Scott Rechler, Chicago real estate mogul Neil Bluhm, Joe Biden, Adler Group’s Michael Adler, L.A.-based developer Jeff Worthe (Credit: Getty Images, Adler Group, iStock)

Scott Rechler is a self-described “longtime Biden supporter.”

But the RXR Realty CEO is one of dozens of real estate powerhouses who have raised big money for the former vice president’s 2020 presidential campaign.

In a Friday news dump on Dec. 27, Joe Biden’s team released a list of 259 “volunteer fundraisers” — individuals who had raised at least $25,000 for the campaign. In addition to the world of entertainment and politics, numerous real estate players dot the list.

An analysis by The Real Deal identified at least 35 people who have significant real estate industry ties, including Los Angeles developer Jeff Worthe, head of Worthe Real Estate Group; and billionaires Neil Bluhm, the Chicago real estate mogul who is now managing director of Walton Street Capital; and George Marcus, founder and chairman of Marcus & Millichap.

David Birdsell, a professor at Baruch College’s Marxe School of Public and International Affairs in New York, said the number of contributors could have been far higher.

“I think it is significant that only 35 people in this industry have raised $25,000 or more” for Biden he said, while noting that the real estate industry traditionally skews Republican.

Biden’s backers The three-dozen industry movers on Biden’s $25,000 and up list come from across the U.S.

Some of the others include Miami investor Michael M. Adler, whose Adler Group has developed and acquired more than 20 million square feet of industrial, office and retail space, and over 8,000 residential units. Another big name is Thad Wong, who co-founded @properties, Chicago’s dominant residential brokerage. The firm was No. 1 in the city with $6.54 billion in sales, according to a TRD March 2019 ranking.

Wong and Bluhm each hosted separate fundraisers for Biden at their homes in September. At the event in his downtown Chicago home, Bluhm introduced the former vice president, telling guests that rival presidential candidates Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders “don’t represent the Democratic Party” he supports, adding he thought Biden had the best shot at defeating President Trump.

“Mr Bluhm is right,” Sanders later responded in a statement to CNN. “The Democratic Party I represent is the party of the working class — not billionaires.”

Biden’s campaign did not explain the timing of its Dec. 27 disclosure — the list’s release was not required — and did not respond to questions from TRD about whether there were any potential conflicts among its contributors.

“At a national level you’re going to see much less concern for taking real estate money than you might in New York City, where it is such a hot-button issue,” Birdsell said. Corporate money and financial-services money caused greater alarm, he said.

Barry Gosin, the CEO of Newmark Group was also on the list; as was Bruce Mosler, chairman of global brokerage at Cushman & Wakefield; Bob Clark, CEO of Chicago-based development and construction firm Clayco; Martha Karsh, co-founder of Beverly Hills-based Clark & Karsh — an architecture, design and development firm — and Stewart W. Bainum Jr., chairman of Maryland-based Choice Hotels International, which franchises more than 7,000 hotels in 40 countries.

Tom Hendrickson, a North Carolina real estate investor and developer, is another top bundler. Hendrickson confirmed he had raised funds for Biden but declined to comment further, when contacted over LinkedIn.

David R. Topping, a Miami-based partner at ABC Properties, said he was a lifelong Republican who decided to back Biden, after supporting Trump in the last election. “I’m delighted to ask other friends of mine who have been lifelong Republicans to join also,” he said.

Mitchell Berger, a founder of the Florida law firm Berger Singerman, was also on the list. The firm has a significant real estate practice group and has helped negotiate hotel acquisitions, in addition to representing firms like New York-based Terranova Properties and private prisons operator Geo Group. Thomas Safran, whose Safran & Associates is a prolific developer of luxury and affordable housing in Southern California, is another.

Q4 fundraising haul

On Jan. 2, Biden’s campaign announced it had raised $22.7 million in the fourth quarter. The figure was more than previous months and was $1.5 million ahead of what Warren took in. But he still lagged former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigeig; and was far behind the $34.5 million Sanders collected.

And unlike Sanders, who released a $2.5 trillion housing plan in September, Biden has yet to offer a comprehensive housing plan. He has stated previously that he wants to make it easier to build denser affordable housing near public transportation, has pledged to increase the energy efficiency of low-income housing and has said he wants to house all formerly incarcerated people.

Katherine Kallergis contributed reporting. Write to Sylvia Varnham O’Regan at so@therealdeal.com

NameCity, StateDetails Pennie AbramsonPotomac, MDWife of Gary Abramson, who is a partner in Tower Companies, a family-owned real estate development firm. Michael M. AdlerCoral Gables, FLCEO of Adler Realty Investments. Robert ArbourLos Angeles, CAPresident at Triple Net Equities. Stewart W. Bainum Jr.Fulton, MDChairman of Choice Hotels International. Mitchell W. BergerFt. Lauderdale, FLFounder and co-chair of Berger Singerman. Neil BluhmChicago, ILReal estate and casino magnate. Estrellita & Daniel BrodskyNew York, NYDaniel Brodsky is a real estate developer. Sean BurtonLos Angeles, CACEO of Cityview, a multifamily and mixed-use developer. He is also president of the L.A. Board of Airport Commissioners. Bob ClarkChicago, ILCEO of Clayco, a construction and building company. Charlie DiradourRichmond, VAPresident of Lion’s Paw Development. Joseph L. FalkMiami, FLPublic policy advisor who advocates to government on behalf of mortgage brokers. William H. FreemanNashville, TNChairman and co-founder of Freeman Webb, a real estate investment firm. Barry GosinBedford Corners, NYLongtime CEO of Newmark Group. Jeffrey GuralNew York, NYReal estate developer, chairman of GFP Real Estate LLC. Tom HendricksonZebulon, NCReal estate investor and developer. Martha KarshBeverly Hills, CACo-founder of Clark & Karsh, an architecture, a design and development firm. Alan LeventhalBoston, MAFounder, chairman and CEO of Beacon Capital Partners, a real estate investment firm. Jeffrey and Randi LevineNew York, NYJeffrey Levine is founder and chairman of Douglaston Development. George M. MarcusPalo Alto, CAFounder and chairman of Marcus & Millichap. Bruce E. MoslerNew York, NYChairman of global brokerage at Cushman & Wakefield. Patrick MurphyJupiter, FLExecutive vice president of his family's company, Coastal Construction. Pascal NardelliPittsburgh, PAPresident of CastleBrook Development. Richard OllerPhiladelphia, PAC0-founder and CEO of GoldOller Real Estate Investments. Scott H. RechlerGlen Head, NYCEO of RXR Realty. Tom SafranLos Angeles, CAHead of affordable housing developer, Safran & Associates. Joe SchockenMercer Island, WAChairman of Broadmark Realty Capital. James Costos & Michael SmithLos Angeles, CASmith is an interior designer. Arthur SolomonProvidence, RIReal estate investor. David A. SteinbergMiami, FLReal estate lawyer, partner at Gerson Preston. Steven Swig & Mary Green SwigSan Francisco, CASteven Swig is chairman of the board of the Swig Co., a real estate investment firm. David R. ToppingCoral Gables, FLPartner at ABC Properties. Peter Shields & Ace WernerArlington, VAAce Werner is a real estate broker at Weichert, Realtors. Bob WislowChicago, ILChairman & CEO of Parkside Realty. Thad WongChicago, ILCo-founder of @properties. Jeff WortheSanta Monica, CAHead of Worthe Real Estate Group.

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My School President, episode 12

I like this scene, it shows us the complexity of what Tinn’s parents are thinking - on one hand, they want to be supportive (also, did this show just subtly tell us his parents are watching BL shows to learn more about how to support their son?? 🫣)

But at the same time, Tinn’s mom being the principal is stuck as the more traditional older generation starts voicing out their discomfort with the whole thing

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Sacha Gosine Labour Candidate for Dartford

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General Election 2019: Dartford candidates grilled in Question Time-style debate held inside Christ Church. Read more

Took some time out from #LabourDoorstep campaigning to go and see my boy Mr Harris and have some fun in the studio 🎤🎶 From one trini brother to another Wiley please show us some love and share to spread hope of #RealChange in #Dartford. We need a Labour Government who are…

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VTS Plans Tool to Help Commercial Real Estate Clients Track Market Trends

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VTS recently announced a new service that will amalgamate data it has on individual leases and will give clients a peek into new market trends, reports The Wall Street Journal.

VTS provides landlords and brokers with a mobile-friendly dashboard so they can track prospective tenants from the time they inquire about the space until their move-in date. This dashboard has given the company insight on critical market metrics like current rents and how much interior work landlords have to promise to persuade tenants to sign deals.

“We can show average base rents, tour activity, what kinds of industries are looking and average transaction times for different industries,” said Nick Romito, chief executive of VTS. “Now you’re making decisions with empirical data versus, ‘I’ve got a feeling the market is hot.’”

“This well attended conference was full of the who’s who of commercial real estate,” said Rich Berliner CEO of Fifth Gen Media. “How much this avalanche of data from VTS will be used is anyone’s guess, but it certainly presses the case that connectivity matters in CRE. If you can’t access the data, how valuable is it?”

VTS is not the only company, nor the first, to understand how valuable market insight can be to tenants and landlords. CoStar Group, Inc. has also sold market data; the company was listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market in 1998 and less than $10 a share and today is trading above $400. Startups like CompStak, Inc. have also offered similar services recently.

Traditional real estate service companies like JLL, CBRE and Newmark Group, Inc. are beginning to transition from market data keepers to advisor roles. This change isn’t too different than when in the financial industry, stock market brokers turned into financial advisors.

“The real-estate brokerage world has gone through and is going through a similar transformation, albeit 15 years behind,” said Michael Shenot, a managing director at real estate services firm JLL.

The real estate industry has not been quick to adopt new technology. According to some real estate executives, a lot of landlords maintain a tight grip on building and lease information because they thought they could drive higher rents.

As new commercial real estate data service emerges however, that tide is changing.

“There are very few industries in the world where you aren’t using large data sets to make decisions,” VTS’s Mr. Romito said. The office, retail and industrial sectors “have been this laggard part of the space where everyone around us is using market information to make decisions except for us.”

It was CoStar that initially disrupted the commercial real estate data industry. Prior to its 1987 launch, landlords and brokers held most information for commercial rents, building tendencies and occupancy rates. Then, CoStar started to gather property data by talking with brokers and landlords, taking pictures and viewing building tenant rosters. Eventually, traditional brokerage firms gave up control of some of its market data to CoStar and begrudgingly formed a relationship with the company. Firms loved CoStar’s data, but not how much it charged.

Since then, companies have taken different avenues to collect data. CompStak for example uses a crowdsourcing system to gather specific lease details from brokers and others who report data in exchange for other information CompStak has.

CompStak currently has information on approximately 600,000 building in more than 70 commercial real estate markets. It plans to sell nuanced sales data and roll out its own analytics service so use can benchmark property against the market. Michael Mandel, CompStak Chief Executive, stated as companies like his and VTS expand, there’s a higher probability of butting heads.

“As we each get bigger we will start competing more with each other,” Mandel said.

For now, new entrants into the commercial property data field have respected traditional brokerage firms’ territory. VTS and CompStak don’t sell information to tenants for example. However, some traditional brokerages welcome new entrants.

“I think brokers will be able to leverage the information for the benefit of their clients and interpret the information and help execute transactions in a more seamless fashion,” said Barry Gosin, Newmark chief executive.

Others expect that the barrier between data firms and brokerages to start to blur in the commercial real estate industry. The example they use is what’s happened in the residential data industry—Zillow Group no longer just provides data. It now buys and flips homes, too.

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忍ミュ第二弾感想（当時のmixi日記より転載）

あまりに懐かしいのでそのまま転載その２ mixiの身内限定公開記事だったので文体は許してください。 古文書を読む感覚でお願いします。 ※写真���それぞれ初演／第二弾のチケットです ※初演は人呼ぶために公演期間の途中からチケ代が値下がりしてた記憶はあって、だからこそ当時貧乏学生だった我々も「え～じゃあ行ってみる～？（半笑」となったんですが、2017年の今じゃ 例えどれだけ捌けなかったとしても  絶対にこんな手段取れないなと思うし、そもそもまさかここまで値下げしてたとは…と愕然としました（作文） あとこの時2回劇場に足を運んでいたらしく、キャラごとに感想述べつつ ******で1回目／2回目の感想を区切っているっぽい

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日付： 2011年01月16日15:45

ほぼ一年前の日記を見てﾆﾖﾆﾖしてました。

というわけで。 やっぱりここは今回の感想ものっけておくべきだと思うのだ（・∀・）どん 長文すぎるので日記���と思って読まない方がいいかもしれない そしてまだまだ編集中、だけどちょっと追記したぞ！ レポっていうか箇条書きの感想になりつつあるのでもはや読み物では…ないよね…^p^

【文次郎】 け..ん.き.元..気ｨｲｲｲｲｲｲｲｲｲｲ!!!!!! ていうか座長とか…おま…大きくなったね…途中の槍アクションが超堂々としていて貫禄を感じました。予算会議っていうテーマが(一応)あったからだけど、６年生の中心、って感じでとても頼れるおとうｓ…お兄さん！になってたと思う( ´∀｀)だけどちゃんと事あるごとに留とつかみ愛してて(一発変換)私は満足 あと半径３メートル以内でけ..ん.きと同じ空気を吸えたことが私の幸福(ひかり) ***** 「ｲﾖｫｵｵｵｫｫ～～～～～～～～…」は公演中ずっと伸ばし続けてるんだろうか…とかふと思ったｗｗ つかMCｶﾜｲｲｨｲｲｲｲ!!!!６回くらい「ありがとうございました！」って言ってたよね…歌上手いのに語彙がない・・・だがそれがいい…必死だったんだよＮＥ！ 「ｶﾞﾝｶﾞｎ＼ｷﾞﾝｷﾞﾝです／　のところでそろばんを…ギターっぽく…!!!なんてお茶目なの会計委員長 そして何気にずっとスクワットし続けてる場面がさすがだなぁと思った次第です。あれでｾﾞｪﾊｧ言わないってすごいよね キャラとして目で追いかけてたのは留さんだったけど、中の人として応援してたのはけんきだったかな///

【小平太】 アクションパワーアップしてたね。やっぱり２回目ともなるとしっかり自分の中に小平太像が出来上がってるんだろうなぁ…というのがわかった！ ***** あとあの、べちゃーっってつぶれる反省の仕方が一番の萌えどころな気がしたね！あれはアドリブじゃなかったんだね^o^ ああいうのも自分で考えたりしてキャラが出来上がっていくのかなー＞ｗ＜ 「細かいことは気にするなー!!!!」

【仙蔵】 か…漢だ 前回の仙蔵と比べて大分雄々しさが増してた。いや、私はこれかなり好きだｗｗ 正直み..っ.ちー以上の仙蔵なんて誰が演じられるんだよ…とか思ってたけど、役者さんによってキャラのイメージって原作ベースだとしてもやっぱり色々変わってくるんだなぁと一番思わせてくれたキャラかも。 あと厳禁ネタも取り入れてたのはよかったｗｗｗｗｗちゃんと取り乱しててかわいかったー( ´∀｀) ***** 「なんというお腹だ…」の言い方がもうだめだ…お前誰よりかっこいいよ仙蔵… しかしどこでそんな仙蔵のキャラを覚えたのか純粋に気になる 一挙一動にｷｬｰｷｬｰってなるわけじゃなかったけど、じわじわくるとはまさに彼のことだと思う あと長い台詞がなかったのも大きいと思うけど、５・６年キャストの中で一番滑舌よかったのこの子じゃなかろうか…

【長次】 笑い声の再現度半端ないわｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ あと抱きしめ合ったところ、長..き.り派は歓喜だったのでは！ないだろうか！！＜●＞＜●＞ 予算請求する場面だけに限らず、よく原作でも茶目っけを出す長次っぽさが随所にあってきゅんとした… ついでに縄標でｶﾞｯｻｶﾞｻいってるのがマイク通して聞えてたのにはちょっと笑っちゃった^o^ｗｗ ***** 縄標の音が入っちゃうのはだいぶ改善されてた(･ω･？) ただ髪型の所為で仙蔵とちょっと見分けつかない時があったのが…！残念…!!

【留三郎】 前回の主役ポジから一転して、見栄を切ってみたり、武器振り回してみたり、安心の熱血お馬鹿キャラになっててかわいかったわぁｗｗｗ ある意味安心して見ていられたという…しかしビジュアルイケてるよなぁメイクってすごい ところで前内くんはケ.マ.オ.カのキャラを踏まえたうえで独自にキャラづくりしていったんだろうか。そこがちょっと気になったｗｗｗ ***** 伊作のブロマイドが欲しいのはお前だけじゃありません！！！！＞＜ あとさーほんとさー抱き合って喜んだりどさくさにまぎれて伊作の腰つかんだりううううう６はUMEEEEE

【伊作】 拉致られるとかおまそれなんてﾋﾛｨｲｲﾝ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!かばいいいいいいいい 途中で「伊作を離せ！」って言ってたのは留？もんじ？どっちだったんだろう…ちょっとちゃんと聞き取れなかった； まぁ個人的には当然留を希望しますけれども(　・∀・)ﾉ！ 戦わないで後方待機、っていうキャラの棲み分けは前回よりも強調されてて、なるほどーと思った。 前作みたいに６年のみで行動する場面、となるとまた別なんだろうけど、 先生や利吉さんみたいにより実践力のある人、 乱太郎たちみたいに守るべき下級生がいるような学園内では、 きっとそういう立ち位置の先輩としてやってきたんだろうなーと。(竹谷はなんか文句つけてたけど！笑) ***** 伊作を離せ発言は普通に利吉さんだった＼(^o^)／!! 「僕は留三郎のブロマイドが欲しいよ!!」って言ってくれたら満点だっｔ

【利吉さん】 主役ですよね。私たちのために二次元から飛び出してきてくれたんですよね!!!!!!!!!!!!!! まず登場シーンで私歓喜。ワイヤー出てきちゃったよ!!ﾃﾗｲｹﾒﾝ。声もｲｹﾒﾝ。ていうかまんま… 初回サービスかと思いきや、その後も出るわ出るわワイヤーアクション!!! みんなよく動いてたけど、トータルでの運動量はやっぱり飛びぬけてたんじゃないかなぁ… あと！最後の舞台挨拶の時にしんべヱの足袋と袴直してあげてたよね私は見逃さなかった しんべヱ本人のかわいらしさも相まって、末..野さんのお兄さんキャラっぷりにすっごいきゅんとした瞬間でした ***** ボｗｗｗイｗｗスｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗパーｗｗカッｗｗｗショｗｗｗンｗｗｗｗｗ ブレイクダンスも踊っちゃうしさすが山育ちは一味違うでェ… あとまさかの前説だったね！ドクタケコスも似合ってる…ケ.マ.オ.カと違って失笑も起こらない…^o^ そして後ろの方にも来てくれたよ！嬉しいよ！死んでしまうよ！！/////

【久々知】 ＼タカ丸ー！／はなんでさんづけじゃなかったのかなねぇねぇくくちくん！！＞(^ω^W それにしても前髪再現度が……ﾊﾟﾈｴ…ｺﾞｸﾘ 個人的に一番ツボったのは「せんぱーい　何してるんですかぁ↑？」ってところの声色かｗｗｗ あと相当キャラの求められている姿を理解しているよなぁ… ***** 「ぐちゃぐちゃになっちゃった///」

【竹谷】 なんとなく久々知の変人っぷりの方がピックアップされてたせいか、わりと常識人キャラにとどまってた… と思ったけどｼﾛｱﾘ集めたりしてる様は十分に変態だったね！やったねたけちゃん＼(^o^)／ あと全員集合の場面では小平太にやたら絡まれてたイメージがある。 ***** やっぱり絡まれてたｗｗｗｗ錯覚じゃなかったｗｗｗｗｗｗｗこ.へ.竹ｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ あとやっぱり武器は　微塵　みたいだねー　 っ【参考URL　/　http://www.rivertop.ne.jp/rivertopsabu/gosin/kibo1/sc0112buki.html】 4,800円で買えるってどういうことなの……しかし「返せよー＞＜」の言い方の初々しいことと言ったら…

【並び順】 センター　：利吉さん・先生・三人組 舞台左手：留三郎・長次・竹谷・小平太 舞台右手：文次郎・伊作・仙蔵・久々知 　…基本的には↑みたいに分かれてたような。でも気のせいかな？ 体格の所為か仙蔵がやたら大きく見えるから(文次郎よりデカかったんじゃないか)、 バランス考えて立ち位置が決まったのかなぁとか考えてた。実際に定位置かどうかはわからないけどね。 ただ今回やたら留と長次がそばにいることが多かった！たまたまかなぁ(･ω･　) ***** 並び順は定位置ではなかったなー(´・ω・｀) でも留と長次の接近率は結構高かったぞ！なんでだろう！

【総括】 ストーリーとしては、その、やはり「前作を見た６年厨(且つ６は��且つ留厨)」という立場からすると、 もっと山場らしい山場が欲しかったなぁ…とは思ってしまったかもしれない…(´∀｀) 前回は完全に留三郎の成長物語だったしね。いや前回好きキャラの見せ場がありすぎた弊害だわｗｗｗｗもっと留の台詞ｸﾚ！とか思ってすみません 今回はオールキャラでわいわい！っていう雰囲気はすごく高かったと思う。原作再現度で言えば今作の方に軍配があがるよねー(あたり前だけど)。 いろんなところに目を向けながら話を楽しめたし、全員にまんべんなくスポットが当たってたし。 ちなみに最近ヲタ抜けしつつある友達に今回のミュについて語った後「ちょー楽しかったよ！」って言ったら「すごい伝わってくるｗｗｗｗｗ」って言われるくらいには全力で楽しんだ。

ただねーまだミュージカルの時にどこに目をやっていいのか全然わからない!!!!それが!!!悔しい!!! あとで後悔したくなかったから、迷ったらとにかく留三郎を見ることに決めてたけど、 多分色々見逃しているよね……ううう何度も行きたくなる気持ちすごく今はよくわかるわ… ****** 二回目見たらこれはコメディとしてすごくよかったと思えたわ!!!!それがよかったー＞＜ やっぱり一回目は何を期待して行ったらいいかわからなかったんだよね…今回は展開もわかってるし 安心して笑えたわ( ´∀｀)ていうかほぼずっと笑ってた気がするｗｗｗｗ しかし舞台は本当に生き物だね・・・ていうかドクタケ陣は色々凝りすぎだ!!!!! そしてしんべヱはかわいすぎである「とめしゃぶりょうせんぱい～＞＜」

【１回目２回目ごたまぜ小ネタ】 ・勇気８％、根性77％ ・曇鬼ロマンス新婚シュミレーション⇒「ほんと太ってなきゃいいのに…」 ・曇鬼側転に挑戦⇒「ムリムリムリムリ」/「どうしてあんなことができるのかなぁ」 ・５年の武器を豆腐に統一しよう⇒「豆腐の白が紺色に映える」/「凍らせればおｋ」「夏はどうすんだよ」 ・留と長次が抱き合ってたぞ！！＜●＞＜●＞ ・山田先生「Here we go!!」 ・利吉さんはブレイクダンスしたのに…土井先生…(´・ω・｀)やればできたんじゃないか！見たかったぞ！

あとまた思い出したら書こう…完全に自分用メモだ…とりあえず一旦〆！あーもう楽しかった( ´∀｀)

[junker-town]

The comprehensive guide to winning rock-paper-scissors

Always throw the same thing. Or don’t!

When it comes to America’s greatest sport, everyone’s an expert.

We’re talking about rock-paper-scissors. It’s one of this country’s longest-standing pastimes, and it might be the game with the lowest barriers to entry. It requires a simple series of hand movements and, uh, not much else. If you crave competition, there’s no easier way to get it than saddling up for an RPS duel against a friend.

These are our most critical pieces of advice.

Some of these thoughts are contradictory to one another, so you’ll have to decide whose side you take. Sound good? Let’s RPS.

Know your opponent’s personality type.

I’ve won some big rock-paper-scissors matches in my life. I’ve had drinks purchased for me, errands run for me, and gruesome dares carried out on my behalf — all because I know the tricks my friends are going to throw at me when we duel. My best win:

I found a video of what's def gonna go down as my peak athletic accomplishment in this life: a rock-paper-scissors/huggy bear tournament win http://pic.twitter.com/Dqve72z1fX

— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) May 3, 2017

People ask me all the time — actually they don’t, but let’s pretend they do — how I win RPS matches. The most important thing is to know the kind of person you’re dealing with on the other side. The guy I beat for an RPS championship a few years ago is a good man and a patriot. He’s also a military man and has a rugged persona.

But because he’s a military guy, I knew he wasn’t going to back down. We both threw rock on our first go-around, and I knew that there was nothing he’d enjoy more than winning with the exact same thing. It’d make him feel tougher and somehow more pure to win without changing his ways. So I just changed my play to paper, grabbed my RPS championship trophy, and went on home. I don’t feel bad about it.

Here is a bold-faced lie from my brother:

@alex_kirshner I beat you every single time when we were kids. You threw scissors first without fail... bad strategy for sure.

— Joel Kirshner (@JKirshner36) May 5, 2017

- Alex Kirshner

Force your opponent’s hand (we’re talking mind games)

I consider myself an excellent rock-paper-scissors player, and my success starts with my mentality: You have to be unafraid to die in the arena. Those who play RPS scared — afraid of throwing the wrong thing — aren’t thinking enough about their opponent. You need to take in every tell on their person: things like their facial expression, perspiration levels, general state of anxiety and/or drunkeness, etc. You won’t do that if you’re also keenly aware that you’re giving off the same tells yourself.

What many don’t realize is that you can force your opponent’s hands. Talk. Be obnoxious. Get in his or her head. If you’re playing best-two-outta-three, comment on their first throw: “Scissors, huh?” Tell them what they’re going throw next. Tell them what you’re going to throw next (and keep your promise ... or not). Feign like you’re mulling over your next move. Drag out the moment. Peer deep into their eyes.

Do whatever you can to induce a flinch. Your opponent will react, and when they do you will have gained another clue into their soul. RPS isn’t about you — it’s about your opponent and the frailty of human will. - Louis Bien

For me, it’s all about coming from a position of strength, first and foremost. Since we’re civilized people, we’re going best two out of three, so I can afford to lose one. You throw rock first every time to initially assert dominance. Then you’ll often throw it back the next round becuase they’re shook. They know I’m the alpha and are threatened. Then I mind-game them, because I certainly wouldn’t throw rock again the third round. Would I? — Richard Johnson

Keep using the same move

I can’t give away all of my secrets when it comes to this classic battle, but one I will share is that particular strategy. If a best 2 out of 3 is being played, this works nearly every time, unless it is also being deployed against you. It’s even better when used in a best 3 out of 5, or greater. Once your opponent has caught onto your move — let’s say it’s paper — that’s when you deploy the rock. It’s very simple, and works like a charm. Your opponent will be defeated, and annoyed with the malarkey. - Harry Lyles Jr.

Go rock, go rock, go rock again, keep going rock, and then, just when your opponent is getting annoyed, look them in the eye, give them a playful smirk, and ... go rock again.

Btw you will not win if you do this, but you can whine when you lose that in real life a rock would destroy a flimsy piece of paper. - Seth Rosenthal

Just roll with the punches.

Don't listen to my dude coworkers who think they can control the uncontrollable. They can't. Rock-paper-scissors isn't rocket science; all you have to do is go with your gut and throw down what you feel. Will you lose? Yeah, sometimes. But that's how probability and life works. Roll with it. - Charlotte Wilder

Transfer the responsibility

Find a surrogate to RPS for you. If they lose, you can blame them. If they win, you can take the credit. Delegation is the key to good leadership. - Ryan Van Bibber

Know your opponent’s weaknesses.

The art of winning RPS is understanding the personality of your opponent. Are they lazy? They’re going to throw rock. High ego? They’re going to think they’re better than you and go scissors. Paper people are difficult to predict, but typically they’re going to be the more quiet and demure members of your friend circle. Also understand the stakes: If the result of the RPS match is low-impact then they’re going to lean on their old tricks, but if there’s a lot on the line then people will over-think their moves and go to the polar opposite of their personality. — James Dator

When playing RPS, you have to remember the one cardinal rule: it’s way more effort to throw scissors than it is to throw rock or paper. Ultimately you just have to decide whether or not your opponent is a rock person or a paper person. If you’re up against Dwight Schrute, just play scissors every time. - Cory Williams

Consistency is key.

Always throw what your opponent just threw. - Justin Bopp

Cheat

We all know that it’s “rock, paper, scissors, shoot,” and you throw what you know on “shoot.” We all know this! Yet there’s always that one asshole that let’s the ritual get started before they break away mid-“scissors” to be all “wait wait lol lol are we doing scissors or SHOOT?” — meanwhile getting a sneak peek at what you had in store for Round 1. And the worst thing about this strategy is that it works. Listen, I’m not here to tell you to cheat at rock-paper-scissors. But I am here to tell you that if you’re desperate — this might just be your play. — Dayana Sarkisova

Lots of people we asked believe in never changing their play.

@SBNation http://pic.twitter.com/Ujano9u8bz

— Joseph Flynn (@ChinaJoeFlynn) May 5, 2017

@SBNation Always use rock. Works EVERY time

— Nikolas Holmes (@NikolasHolmes) May 5, 2017

@SBNation Throw the same thing every time

— Zach Daw (@SoDawsome) May 5, 2017

And a slight variation to that method:

@SBNation People will always try to use the thing tht beats wht u used on ur last move, if u won. If u won with rock, theyll use paper next round.

— Sam Gosin (@samgosin) May 5, 2017

Some people advocate a hard-line approach.

@SBNation cheat

— Russell Steinberg (@Russ_Steinberg) May 5, 2017

Here is the most serious advice:

@SBNation 1. Always stare deeply into your opponent's eyes as if they're the true love you've always been looking for. That should make them nervous.

— Michelle Goldchain (@goldchainam) May 5, 2017

@SBNation 2. Pretend you are your opponent. Everything that makes them them is now you. That should help you know what their next move is.

— Michelle Goldchain (@goldchainam) May 5, 2017

@SBNation 3. After you win, do a little dance. This is less to rub it in your opponent's face and more to attract the ladies. They'll be so pleased.

— Michelle Goldchain (@goldchainam) May 5, 2017