#hillcrest club

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A-T-2 437 Ghost Of Christmas Past

Merry Christmas Everyone. Ghost Of Christmas Past is a label Christmas compilation, from Motown to Salsoul they're not uncommon, this one comes from Belgium's Les Disques Du Crépuscule. I've just seen it gets a mention go the Guardian's horrible clickbait Christmas album list aimed at 'cool' middle-class dads to listen to on Spotify while waiting for their Ocado delivery, put those Banner mountain boots to use and walk to the shops! Ghost Of Christmas Past was originally released in December 1981, the following year it got a rerelease with a slightly different track listing, they called it a remake (I think Ze did the same for it's A Christmas Record.) An expanded double CD came out in 2015

Soft Verdict - For Christmas Only this is only on the 1981 version

Antena - Noelle a Hawaii this makes it's first appearance in 1982. Camino Del Sol is here A-T-2 035

Durutti Column - One Xmas For Your Thoughts on both the 81 and 82 issues. Zinni by Durutti Column is here A-T-2 057

Thick Pigeon - Jingle Bell Rock is actually from a slit single with The French Impressionists who are on the 1982 remake. Thick Pigeon are on the original 1981 compilation with a track called Silhouettes. Jingle Bell Rock appears on the later issues of the compilation. More Thick Pigeon here A-T-2 010

Cabaret Voltaire - Invocation is on all versions. Cabaret Voltaire here A-T-2 154 and A-T-2 155

Hillcrest Club - Breakfast at Christmas first appears on the 1982 remake

Michael Nyman - Cream Or Christians on the 1981 album but dropped from the 1982 issue

Tuxedomoon - Weihnachtsrap like the above gets dropped for the 1982 issue

Mania D - Stille Nacht Goes Disco first appears in 1982

[sapphic-storm69]

My head during the entirety of Hillcrest

[dynastinoble]

Birthdates for my OCs (of 2024) [UPDATED]

Kamala Shankar: February 3, 2010

Dionne Cunningham: July 19, 2010

Mel Huang: October 1, 2009

Taylor Metzenbaum: November 17, 2009

Raquel Torres: June 26, 2010

Quinn Walsh: March 30, 2010

Padam Mahajan: April 25, 2010

Evan Rhodes: September 29, 2008

Judah Becker: September 24, 2009

Gordon Calhoun: March 1, 2010

Maeve Hayworth: November 3, 2009

Olympia Drake: May 23, 2010

Calliope Reyes: April 4, 2010

Rebecca Clemens: October 6, 2010

Mindy Moretti: June 15, 2008

Harsha Kapoor: April 20, 2009

Lavender Ionakana: January 13, 2007

Emma Sands: March 12, 2009

Giselle Ortiz: May 5, 2008

Vanessa Chen: November 15, 2006

Evan Rhodes: February 25, 2010

Isaiah Sweeney: June 14, 2010

Michelle Boggs: April 7, 2010

Diego Rodriguez: July 9, 2010

Genesis Lin: March 23, 2010

Erica Mendez: November 1, 2009

Kapil Balakrishnan: December 24, 2009

Chase Powles: January 24, 2010

Eli Goodburn: April 3, 2010

Deja Bright: November 27, 2008

Amaya Hicks: June 14, 2009

Kehlani Loomis: August 7, 2009

Teyana Garcia: October 20, 2008

Lennox Walsh: January 17, 2009

Pattie Mariens: April 26, 2009

Kumit Sharma: January 3, 2002

Amber Donahue: May 13, 2011

Natalie Metzenbaum: April 24, 2007

Oz Metzenbaum: June 30, 2016

Jamal Cunningham: August 10, 2005

Ava Huang: January 24, 2012

Kaylee Huang: November 14, 2014

Malik Nelson:

Tamika Underhill: February 10, 2010

Esther Knight: October 24, 2009

Darby Dale: January 21, 2010

Michelle Werkheiser: March 8, 2010

Bailey Turner: May 19, 2010

Yamini Patel: April 23, 2008

Brooke Seong: May 14, 2009

Samuel Donnelly: January 10, 2009

Natasha Connors: November 14, 2007

Delilah Samson: July 23, 2008

Logan Kang: March 6, 2007

Pandora Barrett: April 12, 2008

Cameron Radcliffe: June 16, 2008

Zaria Bakir: June 15, 2010

Alyssa Guevara: May 4, 2010

Kat Mendoza: October 19, 2008

Shiloh Xiang: January 14, 2007

Peyton Rojas: December 20, 2006

Trevor Schermerhorn: April 19, 2009

Henry Dobson: March 23, 2008

Julia Bermudez: June 26, 2009

Agnes Rattakul: November 3, 2008

Mrs. Gladys Nicholson: April 26, 1989

Autumn Schwartz: October 21, 2010

Trinity Bender: June 14, 2009

Claire Nakamura: February 7, 2009

EDIT: Added the Teen Force Seven characters, Chase and Eli characters, The Black Babes characters, Theatre Club Kids characters and The Thornton Heights Trio characters since they're my OCs.

[trench]

School gun report for the week of 9/10/23-9/16/23

Still catching up… 9/11/2023: The shooter from the Proctor High School football game in Utica, New York, mentioned in the previous report, has been arrested. The suspect is a 16-year-old male. More guns for children, I guess. The victim of that shooting was a security guard who was shot in the head. At last report, he was in critical but stable condition. *** A female student of DuVal High…

[iamdjgordon]

Cinco de Mayo in San Diego 🇲🇽🇺🇸🎉

[windforestsso]

OC map 2024!

It was not long ago since Valedale been updated and it shows. Many OCs have moved there.

I have not included OCs from the old map as I didnt have access to the old file and I dont want to jump between multiple posts to get names and photos because that was just too confusing. I have done a google doc list with the Ocs so next update will be easier. But even if I didnt include OCs from the old post, we went from 73 to 95 Ocs, the population is growing.

I will not update this untill a new area been updated or added. But if anyone sees spell mistakes or wrong infomation given for ocs I can edit that. But I will not fix the map pic.

Address book is under line:

Central Jorvik:

Jorvik city:

Breasha Keane - Somewhere by Leonardos Lottie Emberwoods - Lives in Governors fall, she have no horses. Have a twin in South Hoof, Charlie Mary-Ann - lives close to Leonardos

Crater of Jor:

Alexei Sparrowhawk - lives in the mountain between Wildwoods and Dino Valley Sora Sparrowhawk - Kallter witch in dino valley searching

Firgrove:

Moa Windforest - Hidden shack in the forest  Ryland - lives at the ranger station

Firgrove Village:

Adelaide “Swift” Swiftheart - A kalter from Icengate lives near Firgrove Alexis Carolina Nightjar Elaina Hawkwatcher - Lives with her grandmother Luca Goldstone - Wilderness enthusiast. Big brother to Max in Tailtop village

Starshine Ranch:

Athena Rockstorm - Calamity Claymore - Charlie Emberwoods protoge, soul rider and chaos child. Have a big brother, Kit, in Cape West Fishing Village Daine Dusty Claymore - A retired cowboy. Uncle to Calamity and Kit Claymore Rora Dolphinheart -

Goldenhills Valley:

William Ravenyour - haunts the hayloft on Goldenleaf Stables (belongs to Dakota Ravenyour) Willow Crazytree - (no photo)

Cape West Fishing Village:

Adriana Braveheart Bella Highgirl - Officially owns a house here but has a second home in Avalon’s Meader where she stays under busy soul rider/druid times. Used to hop from hotel to hotel. Cody Hunter Doveshovel - Rents a bed with the Jorvik Fishing Club, but travels frequently for work and soul rider shenanigans. Kit Claymore - A fisherman and Amnesiac. big brother to Calamity in Starshine Ranch

Harvest Counties:

Crescent Moon:

Feya Elfchild - Lives alone

Jarlaheim:

Alyssa Evelyn - Lives close to the rocker hairstyles shop Everlee Songbird - lives with a roommate thats also a member of the keepers Iris- Neightbour to Linda. Frequently visits the family in Cape West Fishing Village Johann - Lives in the northern part of Jarlaheim. Joins Ruth on adventures often Lucy Flowerhill - Lives with Linda Niko Northlight- lives in an apartment Riley Wolfstorm Selena - Lives by the vet Yasmine Westbank -

Jorvik Stables:

Amira Monsave - 19 year old, rents a room. In jorvik to look for Anne Arya Mistwood - 24 year old, works and lives at Baroness’ racetrack but because of renovations she currently lives with their half sister, Shilo, in Jovik Stables Brook - Lives behind the white double doors Monty Lionheart - A fancy lad just vibing Shilo Stormfire - 18 Year old, dorming at the stables during the summer to train and compete with her Lipizzaner, Glory. Currently have her half-sister Arya Mistwood as a roommate

New Hillcrest:

Blake Silvercrest - lives in the stables Lucas Roni - Lives with her two dogs Opal and Potato. She works as a waitress in the local café during the day

Mistfall:

Dundull:

Azalea “Az” - lives around Dundull and work as a ranger Bodhi Applewright - Charlie Emberwoods protoge, soul rider and wanderer. Big brother to Toby in Redwoods Vendela Zoe Silverborn - lives alone

Wildwoods:

Astrid - precise location of home is unknown Heather - Sleeps in the hayloft of the stables in Redwood Point Max Goldstone -Charlies protoge, soul rider & adventurer. Have a big brother, Luca in Firgrove Rachel - Redwood Point Ranger Station Toby Applewrights - A junior ranger. Little brother to Bodhi in Dundull

North of Northern Mountains:

Donna Buttergood

Silverglade:

Alina - lives in the field between Silverglade Manor and Nilmer’s highland

Fort Pinta:

Esther Darkdragon - 26 year old, lives with Svea Darkdragon in an apartment Morgan Saltcrest - Pirate in the sea outside of the Fort Pinta Rose - Svea Darkdragon - 24 year old, lives together with Esther Darkdragon in an apartment

Moorland Stables:

Esther Northberg - lives in the hay loft above the stables Jamie Nightlock - A baby doing his best Kit Applewood -21 year old, lives with Mrs. Holdsworth, thinking of getting a small place in Valedale Montana

Silverglade Manor:

Nahla Wolfwalker - Half kalter on a quest

Silverglade Village:

Adelaide Odenburg - Lives in the pink house in the circle with two others Amelie Emberwoods - Lives at Steves farm as a riding camp instructor. Is cousin to Charlie and Lottie Emberwoods Athena Peacecry - Lives with her parents Aurora Bellavance - rents a room, wants to move to Firgrove or Goldenhills one day Ava - Recently moved to the north side of town, close to the championship Lady - Lives with Big Bonney

South Hoof Peninsula:

Ines - Lives in the cottage south of the Rescue Ranch

South Hoof Rescue Ranch:

Charlie Emberwoods - Work as a rehabilitator, have a twin in Governors fall, Lottie. Juni - travels a lot Vilda Ravenhill - Accidently roommate with Hugh Wynonna - Rents a room

Valedale:

Hollowwoods:

Damian - Lives with his family

Silversong River:

Rowan Riverborn - she a näck chills as a horse and is a danger to children Zelda Krüger - 22 year old, rents a room in Avalon’s Meander

Valedale Village:

Corinne Eaglebridge - Lives alone Evangeline Bitterhouse - A druid in-training. little sister to Genevieve Genevieve Bitterhouse - Charlie Emberwoods Protege, soul rider and a nature witch. Big sister to Evangeline Halo Starborn Joseph - had an apartment in Fort Pinta but let the lease run out Kelly Nightborn Lexa - Moved to Valedale Village after she used to live with her family in Moorland Marie - Lives in a house next door to Avalons Renata Rose Riverlee - Is a Pandorian hunting for someone, lives in valedale when not in Pandoria Sadie Algren - Take cares of horses at the village stables while their owner is away, travels to pandora to study flora and fauna Sora

Homeless:

Alou - contantly traveling with other shopkeepers on the Southern Jorvik event circuit Juli - Either in Pandoria or traveling, he supposed to live in south hoof but wont stay there. Ruth - drifter, can be seen more frequently around Jarlaheim and Greendale

[harpersessentials]

my current meow generation is living in brindleton bay and now with the new baby and the need to move into a new house, i decided to do my usual list of favourites nocc lots for brindleton bay.

i always imagine brindleton as a bucolic coastal world. well, less bucolic than henford, but still pretty much linked to the farming style of living. so all my choices follow that premise.

1 - Club Calico (40x30)

Bay Community Library (Library) by @moonlightowl-es

2 - Salty Paws Saloon (20x15)

Lighthouse Restaurant (Restaurant) by xnicole11xx

The Salty Paw (Restaurant/Lounge) by @kazroze

Old Pier Restaurant (Restaurant) by delpfina

The Whiskerman’s Grill (Restaurant) by @ariafaeyt

the happy lobster bar & restaurant (Restaurant) by @grenedae

Seafood Restaurant (Restaurant) by @flubber32c4

Whiskerman's Seafood (Restaurant) by @lilamausmaus

3 - Catscratch Cottage (20x15)

Bay Market (Retail) by schnuck01

Lady With Cats (Café) by simmarysims

Living on the Dock (Residential) by @catsaar

4 - Ragdoll Refurb (20x20)

Harbor Café & Bar (Bar/Café) by @catsaar

Brindleton Grocery Market (Retail) by @Jordan_Aslett

The Cornflower Crab (Restaurant) by @therubyramses-sims

Family Bay House (Residential) by simmarysims

5 - Tail’s End (40x30)

Brindleton Pawspital (Vet Clinic) by @mikkimur-sims

Ghoulery Farm (Residential) by @xogerardine

Hemingway House (Residential) by quiescence90

6 - Pupperstone Park (40x30)

Pumpkin Farm (Café) by MarmeladArt

Derwent Mansion (Residential) by @xogerardine

Brindleton Bay Community (Community Space) by fallon133

7 - It's A Good House (40x40)

Modern Farmhouse (Residential) by @awingedllama

Brindleton Park (Park) by @moonlightowl-es

Whimsy in Brindleton Bay (Residential) by @nomorebadtownies

8 - Domus Familiaris (30x30)

The Cardinal (Residential) by schnuck01

Creature Comforts Clinic (Vet Clinic) by schnuck01

Charme Rural (Residential) by @simsontherope

9 - Sporting Space (30x20)

Moore Shoppe (Retail) by @catsaar

Happy Tails (Vet Clinic) by @zebrafizz

Melrose (Residential) by @xogerardine

Dreamy Fall Home (Residential) by simmarysims

10 - Brindleton Pawspital (40x30)

Brindleton Pawspital (Vet Clinic) by Malloc1Lisa

Brindleton Pawspital (Vet Clinic) by @moonlightowl-es

Bayside Pet Hospital (Vet Clinic) by @therubyramses-sims

11 - Hound's Head (64x64)

Autumn Farm (Residential) by @BereSims20

Hillcrest House (Residential) by @BereSims20

Flower Farm (Residential) by @BereSims20

Brindleton Farmhouse (Residential) by @BereSims20

12 - Bedlington Boathouse (20x20)

Brindleton Bay Starter (Residential) by @theseptembersim

Beach House (Residential) by @plantsimgirl

Rustic Sandstorm (Residential) by @drewdsims

Lake Cottage (Residential) by @simnematographygj

Smuggler's Cottage (Residential) by @suanin89

Cozy Cottage (Residential) by @cubedkiwis

bedlington boathouse (Residential) by @myshunosun

13 - Hindquarter Hideaway (30x20)

Westbourne Barn (Residential) by @xogerardine

Nuptialem Borough (Wedding Venue) by @rebouks

Bab's Barn (Wedding Venue) by @plumbobteasociety (lite cc)

Basegame Starter Home (Residential) by @plantsimgirl

14 - Dachshund’s Creek (30x20)

Creekside Bungalow (Residential) by @magnoliidae

Secret House of a Little Witch (Residential) by @boringcat

15 - Chateau Frise (40x40)

Love & Pumpkins (Wedding Venue) by @moonlightowl-es

16 - Deadgrass Discoveries (30x30)

The Old Deadgrass Museum (Museum) by @surely-sims

Deadgrass Family Farm (Residential) by @ariafaeyt

The Enchanting Meadow (Residential) by @ladychaos

Wedding Barn (Wedding Venue) by @rachelpedd

Mansion Deadgrass (Residential) by @mikkimur-sims

House by the Lighthouse (Rental) by @peacefulprunes

[aconflagrationofmyown]

Origin of the Hollywood Hullabaloos Biker Gang

A Sarge & lil Mama Oral History (Elvis Presley fanfiction)

NOTE: Below are excerpts from Chapter Nine of the “Presley’s Remembered”, a project taken on by the youngest of Elvis and Elaine’s children, compiling interviews, recollections and anecdotes of their famous parents from the early days of their marriage till their late father’s death. In some instances the children interviewed the friends and acquaintances themselves, in other cases they utilized published memoirs and diaries, as well as interviews given on talk shows, radio and to official biographers. The sentiments below are included for their reminiscent value, they do not reflect the opinions or convictions of the Presley family, nor their endorsement as a perfectly accurate portrait of a very public family whose most private motivations were known to them and them alone.

Warnings: PG-13 at the worst? hinted mention of infidelity, the mob, cuckolding bets and a sickening amount of fluff

Billy Smith (cousin): There was this idea, Elvis pitched it to us but I’m pretty sure it was Elaine’s idea but, anyway, the idea was to start a motorcycle club, right? Like, that’s, that’s all there was to it, which sounds silly now in retrospect because it became such a, well, such a big thing ya know? But initially it was just Elvis Presley standing in his backyard in LA saying: “what if we made a bike club and only invited people we like?” And of course everyone immediately became supportive and worked really hard to be likable, you know, to guarantee an invite to be a member. A member of this club that didn’t even exist yet.

Red West (entourage): Oh yeah the bike club. You know how that started, right? It was nothin, I mean -nothin! Elaine and Thumper were already bikin’ through the Hollywood hills, down the canyons and all that whenever Elaine was in town. It’s what they did when Elvis wasn’t home and Elaine wasn’t on set with him. Sidecars and the crowd of kids strapped in and just crusin’. Probably kept the woman sane havin’ somethin’ she could sorta do on her own, get the uh, uh, ya know the uh, -any disgruntlement out. But it became pretty obvious Elvis wanted in on it. He got so excited by this idea Elaine had of him startin’ a whole club, and I remember he came tearing into the den at Hillcrest house to tell Elaine about it and, uh, Elizabeth was there, and uh, Elaine she, she listened to him real patient and animated like always -she always was that way for him you know, humoring him I think- and after he finished with all the details she just said, “that’s brilliant E!” and told him they oughta invest in, in uh, in some specialized leathers if they were gonna do it properly. And he said side cars for the babies too, like that was new, and she said “of course” and then you’ve EP tearing back outside to get the stuff ordered. And let me tell you, he was on cloud nine till he called Ann to tell her about it, and instead of the, the, the excitement, I guess, that he was expecting from her too, she was really miffed. Ann kept saying she and Elaine already had that and he needed to find another hobby. It was like stickin’ a pin in a balloon, man, it went from the only thing he cared about to being worth nothin’. Took Elaine like, like a week or more to build him back up. Those days they, they were kinda rough on him, little things really hit him hard at that time. Elaine -she was the only one to realize how, fragile I guess, fragile he was. Yeah. But of course, in the end, she cheered him up and now ya have the Hollywood Hullabaloo Club and it’s legendary.

Ann-Margret (co-star): Well now, I don’t want to overstep, overshare anything but you are right, it was very private at first, just me and Elaine going on joyrides with the kids. The kids got a little stir crazy in LA, more than they did in Memphis, you see. Elaine was very conscious that they needed to get out and be outside and there were concerns that in LA it wasn’t as safe for them to do so. So she had these custom made sidecars -trailers, is what they really were- and we’d pile them in and go out into the hills or sometimes south to the desert and just, get some sunshine and some wind in our faces. It was very special to me, that companionship with her, I felt it was very -healing, for the both of us. And I think, well, I believe it helped me feel forgiven. That she would share that -share herself- with me, and I found myself seeking her company more and more. Elaine was really a wonderful person to enjoy things with, she didn’t have to say a lot but you were never in doubt about whether she was engaged or not, she was always engaged. In the smaller things just as much as the large, and those rides were really simple and joyous, and I was a little selfish, I suppose, about them. She was very much herself on them, she was doing them for her own enjoyment, her children’s, it was one of the few times I saw her be abrupt with photographers or even fans. She really carved out that time for enjoyment and I had seen that, recognized that. But since I didn’t have the tact that she had, I just went ahead and told Elvis that those were special to her. And I guess that suggested his addition would detract from that, because it would, it would have suddenly made it more -in a bad way. I think he knew how much she gave to him, how much of herself, and how much she allowed him to have his own things and not encroach, she was so rarely jealous, really seemed to understand he was a force of nature and one person couldn’t hold all that attention. So I think he wasn’t so much sulking over not being wanted, as he was struggling with trying to mimic her, and be ok with her having her own thing. And he just wasn’t built like that, he needed all of her most of the time, and that’s just, that’s just how it was.

Jerry Schilling (entourage): first off I had to find someone who would make those massive pull behind wagons for the kids. And they had to be real safe, obviously, and it was a feat of engineering, Elaine designing them and making them exist. I’ve never seen Elaine throw money at something like she did those side cars. That’s not including the legal bribes either. And those ones lasted for about five whole months and then EP up and says it’s gonna be a whole gang and there’s gotta be more. This time lots of little side cars instead of the two large ones that Miss Ann and Miss Elaine were using before. So, with the bike club they just sorta divvied the kids up between everyone and there were some of the folks like the Cooke’s who had kids of their own. So it was a big production but the end product was such a blast, it was worth it. I mean it just went to show that EP really didn’t want to do much of anything without hauling his family along, just wasn’t compelling to him without them. And the gang grew from there.

Barbara Stanwyck (co-star): Oh god, the Hollywood Hullabaloo -god those were good times. It got to where I used to look forward to the parties and the dinners, because those Presley’s were masters at hospitality, but the biker gang? Oh that was madness and the most childish thing I’d engaged in -in forever. I didn’t have much of a childhood, been on the grind since 13, and the idea of having something so silly and fun and wholesome and just doing it, appearances and logistics be damned? God that was, that was everything and I know I wasn’t the only one who went in a little timid and then became rabidly devoted to our group. Hollywood’s culture was changing back then, and there were lots of rivalries and splits between the old guard and the new and serious actors and entertainers and it could all get a little mean and sore. But in the bike club? All that went away, you were with people and it humanized your rivals and your exs and turned you all into kids for a minute. I know a lot of rifts got healed through that, just as many wrecks of motorbikes happened too, but I’d say it was worth it.

Elaine Presley (when asked by her daughter): it was on the set of Roustabout, I believe, when Barbara piped up and told Elvis she knew how to ride. There was this brief break between filming one day and you should have seen how fast he tossed her onto his bike and drove off to prove it. Giddy in a cloud of dust and the whole movie set squawking about when they’d be back. She handled it like a champ, and I made a metal note she was gonna be invited, I could tell by his face that she was the sort we were looking for

Marlon Brando (actor): Hollywood can get so insular, so claustrophobic with all these cliques and pretentiousness and such. Drains your life away, and in between projects that can be a very down time. I was contemplating not even staying in the city for breaks when I heard about this lady who had succeeded at making a judge pass a law legalizing these motorcycle carriages. It was so she could bike with her kids. All five or six of them. A lotta kids. And my first thought was: she is either the worst mother or the most devoted one on earth. And I was curious about the mechanics of it. And so I asked around and heard from Sinatra that it was Elvis Presley’s wife. Which made sense, that’s where the money to throw at judges came from but I’d never heard anything that gutsy about her before that. I mean really, there were the rumors about Cooke but that was the usual shit. By far, the most I heard about her was the betting pool at the Coconut Grove where they had a pool over who could cuckold Elvis Presley first. And other than that, it sounded like she was good at making bacon and babies, right? I had this opinion of them (the Presley’s) that they had no idea what they were in for in this town. There was this contempt and lecherous fascination everyone in the industry had for them -and they were so generous and gracious about it. I really had some contempt for them, for what I thought was their naïveté. Until the thing about the bike carriage. I realized that Mrs Presley must’ve been sorta ingenious, or else hired someone clever, and I sure wished I had a mother who cared to take me along like that, you know? I just kept thinking of those carriages, kept thinking how it had to be an avid motorcycle fanatic to design them and so I stopped by the shop that made them. Asked who designed them. They said Elaine Presley. I went to Hillcrest House. I wanted to meet someone who liked motorcycles and kids that much. I mean, she had to be a good sort of person with those interests, right? Course then it was, it was like meeting human sunshine. Heavily pregnant sunshine. Elaine showed me around the garage, or the kids did is more like what happened, gave me a tour and she said how her husband would be bummed he wasn’t there to meet me. And I didn’t mind him, I mean I would have liked to meet him, and sure there’d been the business of Rita and him before the marriage. But that was water under the bridge, she’d used him to make me jealous, all there was to it. She said he was sweet, actually that’s my word. Boring is the word by Rita used. It had me thinking about him back then, it’s like, shit, he was a baby, you know? And the women they ate him up, used him like Rita did, used him like a bull. Made sense why he wanted to be married so bad, have someone who wasn’t in it to eat him up. But uh, my interest was in the woman who made those sidecars. In parting Elaine said I was welcome to swing by again, that I really had to meet “her boy”. I realized she meant Elvis Presley, he was her boy, and that made sense. That's how it felt it should be. So I ended up opening my big mouth and assuring this sweet girl I’d swing by again in a day or two. And of course all the kids watching me swear to their mother, I had to come back. That’s how I came to be -embroiled- in the scheme.

Lamar Fike (entourage): Yeah, yeah she’d be puttering around in the garage a lotta afternoons, before dinner but after the market and sports games. She’d be under a bike or two and the kids would be passing her wrenches and she’d be drilling them on their times tables. Homeshcoolin’ ‘em while changin’ oil, it was the craziest, loveliest thing I’d ever seen. Course the kids were so responsive to it, she’d give ‘em little rewards when they got numbers right, let ‘em tighten a screw or whatever. And it taught ‘em a lot about life and putting in the work for all the fun they then went and had on the road with their mama and Thumper. They saw her getting dirty and frustrated sure, they also saw her stick with it, finish a job. And keep coming back even though she coulda passed it onto me or anyone else. And yeah, sometimes EP would come home from the studio a little early and find her out there and he’d just lay down right next to her, get his nice Hollywood clothes all filthy, passin’ her stuff and askin the kids ‘bout their day. Course then the kids they’d go through the times tables or the spelling or everything all over again, whatever she’d had ‘em just rehearse and whatever they were whining about doin’ with her they’d get all excited to show him. The progress that they had made, they liked showin off for him. He liked workin’ out there with her, so much so sometimes you’d have to leave ‘em be, clear the garage out, ya know. He found that attractive about her, the kerchief in her hair and the grease and shit, he didn’t mind, probably got in trouble for ruinin’ his clothes but he liked playing with her like that. He liked her like that. And yeah, one day Marlon Brando just sauntered through, pulled along by young Jesse who was showin’ him everything and Elaine really actin’ sorta star struck. She wagged her finger at me when escorting him out, I remember she said “don’t you tell on me, Lamar!” -and I thought it was the cutest thing as all she’d done was be nice to him, she was just real loyal and scared of hurtin’ EP. Course they all became friends later.

Ann-Margret (co-star): The angriest I’d ever seen Elaine was after my phone call with Elvis. She actually drove to my house in her rare spare time and to use an Elvis' turn of phrase, she lit into me. She said I was really insensitive and stupid for discouraging him about the club and that I’d made him feel burdensome and like she, Elaine, was trying to get away from him in the few days he had to be with them. Which we both knew I hadn’t meant it that way, but of course that’s how he took it and she had a right to be mad. I just didn’t expect her to be as angry as she was. I truly hadn’t seen her temper to that degree, had once doubted its existence. She was very even keeled about annoying or hurtful things, I mean she found out about the affair and just sorta shrugged, for god's sake. I thought that would be the ultimate test. But no, no this is what sent her fury skyrocketing, she really was so sensitive to him being wanted by them and never feeling like he crashed in on his own family when he came back. Even though that’s exactly what he did. He was a huge disruption every time he returned but that’s not how husbands should be, that’s now how homelife is done, so she simply forbade it from being taken that way. And I realized then just how much she loved him, not only would she give up every shred of indepence for him, she told me that if I ever slipped up like that again and made him feel unwanted by either of us, she’d make sure I never saw them again, or could ever even get in contact. I remember really thinking she was gonna jam the firepower up my tush a few times that conversation. It was like a Chanel No. 5 scented tornado and it shook me up good. I never tried to stick up for Elaine Presley again, she said she could do it herself, so I let her. Before the month was out, there was a biker gang and we had matching leathers and a name and over a dozen new additions. There was nothing serene about those rides ever again, but it pulled Elvis out of a terrible funk that I blamed him for, and she didn’t. And that was the difference. She just changed the atmosphere till Elvis Presley could glow again, whatever it took. For the mid 60’s it was the Hollywood Hullabaloos and she invented them for him.

Red West (entourage): Ok but you know why she did it, right? Elaine liked it quiet and she liked it all small and private but she knew with EP wanting in that she couldn’t let Marlon Brando into the girl gang and not her husband, right? Like, she knew that. It was so funny the night she told him at dinner that Brando had come to the house and she’s all “actually it was me he wanted to see” and EP is like an excited puppy all wanting details and he got about fit to burst with excitement over the idea of Brando joining the gang and then it was like, a switch went off in his brain. He went all pale and quiet, smile went away. You could tell he was visualizing his wife on a bike with Marlon Brando. I thought he’d break the table top he got so angry by this mental image he hadn’t even admitted to. It was hilarious. And Elaine you know, she never argued with him. He was so jealous of her, and she never argued like a lotta broads would have. He would be irrational and she’d say “ok”. Then suggest a loophole. Always worked, and the loophole was him bein’ in too. Startin’ a whole gang. Thumper hated the idea, told EP the same and it deflated him, man. But I’m tellin’ ya, Elaine knew if she was going to get what she wanted then she had to bring him along, let him in on the action when he was on his free time. Became a big ole deal after that, remembered as his bike club and stuff, but nobody remembers it was ‘cause Elaine Presley was a clever broad and wanted to go riding with her friends.

Elizabeth Mansfield (family friend): We were at the table and after his initial excitement you could see Elvis pondering the logistics of Marlon Brando taking a liking to his wife and right about when he started to idly push his food around on his plate Elaine pipes up casually and says “his voice is sorta annoying, though.” and Elvis snaps “whose?” and Elaine goes “Mr. Brando’s! His voice doesn’t seem to match the rest of him. But I guess I’m spoiled.” The rest of the dinner was spent with Elvis defending Brando’s dialect.

Jerry Schilling (entourage): ok, no, no it wasn’t just sidecars ok? This was an entire procession of bikes and trailers and stuff, eventually we’d take these massive packed dinners Elaine prepared ahead of time and we’d have the most luxurious picnics and bbqs up in the hills and sometimes there was even camping overnight, if enough of the security made it with us. Elvis and Elaine had already done a lot of riding up there themselves, just goin’ on dates up there long before Thumper and Elaine took to it when he was gone, so E and E, they had all these areas scouted out and would even say this area is good for camping or this one’s got a creek or there’s a good tree to relieve yourself behind. Course with how all over each other they always were, we used to joke there wasn’t much country around that they probably hadn’t used for coupling. Every tree ya pissed against ya had to wonder if it’d seen action.

Barbra Cooke Womack (wife of Sam Cooke): Some of my last, carefree memories of Sam before his death were from that summer when they started the Hullabaloos. We weren’t really good bikers, Sam collected cars, that was his hobby, but being a biker wasn’t the chief requirement for the gang. If you were bad at biking they gave you a helmet and called it a day. Elvis would say “you know where the accelerator is right?” and Sam would shoot back “It’s the break I’m worried about” and Presley would say “that’s no way to live”, and Sam would laugh and that’s the sorta attitude they were looking for. Had to be carefree. And really, it pulled Sam and I outta the depression we’d been in after the loss of our son. (Mr. and Mrs. Cooke’s two year old son drowned in their swimming pool the previous year.) Elaine’s still got a picture hung at Graceland of her and Sam and Elvis and Anne all jiving on a plank of plywood. They’d have these dance offs and the kids were judges, and they’d dance it out on this minuscule square of wood that they hauled up for the grill. Because yes, they hauled a grill up into the hills. Yeah, anyway, one of my favorite pictures is that one, the two teams facing off, Sam and Elaine versus Elvis and Ann, and behind them our daughter Andrea and their girl Ella putting on their best juror faces. Good times.

Ella Presley (daughter): Yes, Andrea and I, with Barbra (Stanwyck) sometimes advising us in matters of technical form, would judge these contests very seriously. Very serious business I’ll have you know, really, really took it gravely. And the parents, they tried to keep it serious for us, that is, as long as possible. Then it would just turn into all out jollification and everyone would start grooving.

Ann-Margret (co-star): they’d be blaring Solomon Burke and Chuck Berry and Otis, we’d get down to anything with a beat, and invariably the kids would end up joining in. Or Elvis would forget he was supposed to be facing off against Elaine and just end up cuddling up to the competition. Like, hey man we have high stakes here, burgers are at stake!

Marlon Brando: What was that -the uh, the Chuck Berry song, Elvis would always grab her and they’d just start swiveling together in perfect unison, ‘most playfully erotic thing I’d ever seen against the glow of a sunset on the hills. The kids were used to it. H-how’s it go? Something uh, something like uh-

Daisy Mae Presley (daughter): Mhmm, yeah, a staple was “You Never Can Tell” by Chuck Berry and daddy loved grabbing mama and acting it out. They weren’t broke teenagers when they married but he was obviously trying to relate to it.

Marlon Brando: uh, how’s it go, it’s uh, uh, (sings mumbling) “It was a teenage wedding and the old folks wished ‘em well,”…yeah, that one. Swiveling, the both of em, in the middle of the campsite. A free show, it was crazy.

Ella Presley (daughter): Jesse and I had some tournaments too, later on. And there was wrestling as well, I remember daddy would get into it with anyone, and then all the kids versus him and Jerry or him and Marlon. Just dancing was something the family did, came natural, that urge to move. Something about a bonfire and twilight brings it out of anyone I think, twilight -you could be anywhere at twilight. You can go back home in your mind.

Jackson Presley (second son): Actually, come to think of it, I’m pretty confident my first memory was sitting on a bike. In mama’s lap, had to be, and looking up at this rustling blob of pink. I later learned the blob was a massive bougainvillea vine and my dad was trying to climb the thorny thing to get back one of my sisters' hair bows. What? Oh, no, I-I don’t know if he was successful. The thorns make me doubt it but, he was stubborn ya know, so if he hadn’t gotten it I bet we’d still be there. So yes, I guess.

Marlon Brando (actor): I ended up liking Elvis, and Elvis’ family, infinitely more than I uh, I anticipated. Not really news is it? (chuckles) I did swing back by Hillcrest House and I got fed the best meal of my life and I got to watch the kids all interacting and I got to watch this famous couple interacting, and something about it really satisfied me. It was holy chaos everywhere, all the time, with a center of peacefulness at its core. Those were genuine, happy times, everyone was still putting effort into being a unit, in their family. Really the glory days of Elaine’s showmanship of you're going to base your judgments about motherhood on the children’s presentation and mental well being. I think if she got a medal, it should be for what she did in the 70’s, to hold them all together, but if you’re thinking of what is now remembered as that classic family, those were the years. Picture perfect, even when you got on the inside, and I wanted inside. You bet I did. Probably because there was always this wicked little undercurrent to keep things interesting, to keep that marriage’s integrity. I saw that, and I liked it. They were best friends, Elvis and Elaine, and the camaraderie floated down to their kids and to the rest of the gang. And I kept coming back for more. And soon I found myself and my precious bike saddled with a sidecar and a Presley child in it, spending my Los Angeles autumn’s getting a sore back from camping on the ground. No one else coulda made me do that, you’d have to pay me and even then, I dunno. But I did it for free, gave my free labor even, over five years, whenever they were in town.

Daisy Mae Presley (daughter): I got Marlon, always. Or almost always. Probably demanded him and raised hell unless I got him, I just really liked his personality. Everyone in the Memphis Mafia was so scared of pissing daddy off by somehow risking us or hurting us, God forbid. So they always drove like pussies when they had us, and there was no fun in that. And Rosalee was always a scaredy cat, so she was with daddy and I got Marlon. Used to ribb Rosalee about how daddy drove like a maniac and so she was always choosing the scariest ride but she always insisted she felt safer with him. And of course she was. We all were. I just didn’t care for safe, ha. Of course, now it’s notorious that a monster joined and was carting Jesse around for a whole summer before we learned he was Nevada Cost Nostra.

Elaine Presley (being asked by a reporter on the street): There were never mobsters in the bike club, Mr. Corleone himself owned nightclubs and his methods were unorthodox, that’s it. He was an entrepreneur. I met his wife once. I don’t I trust my children to mobster or thugs

Daisy Mae (daughter): He was totally a mafia guy. Like a real Italian mafia guy. He helped mama with the FBI wire taps at Graceland for the divorce case, his level of contacts were insane. Oh I…maybe I shouldn’t of said that I-

Marlon Brando (actor): Daisy was a unique kid even back then, never fit in with her sisters, acted like one of the brothers and was fearless. Pretty obsessed with her dad’s attention even back then, but she was always trying to earn it by being a daredevil just like him. It took about two years but once he realized I’d rather die than hurt one of his kids, Elvis gave the go ahead and Daisy and me, we’d take jumps and go over the dunes, catching some much air. The hypocrite was already doing it himself with Rosalee in the sidecar the whole time. But hey, he -he was protective, and the kids knew they were special, loved, all ya can ask for as a kid. That, and uh, that and your own motorcycle chauffeur, I guess.

Ella Presley (daughter): We knew things had really changed when it went from family drives and Mama and Tamale (the nickname the Presley children gave to Ann Margaret) taking us out, to daddy piling us all in the caddy and taking us to get leathers made. We had gear before, mama used to pack us in so well that we’d probably have survived a nuclear attack besides a wreck. (laughs) But yes, we got to stylize our own helmets. I got a plain black one and brought it back and painted it, because that’s what mama did with hers. Mine had like this flower crown of pink flowers on black, very hippy, according to Daddy. I was six, ok! And there wasn’t some gritty aspect to motorcycles in my mind, I’d grown up seeing mama on them in her skirts and lipstick, jewels hanging onto her ears for dear life when she picked up speed. A painted flower crown on my helmet seemed very fitting to me, alright? Give me some slack here.

Daisy Mae (daughter): Ella really had no idea about being badass and all that biker stuff that I don’t ever remember even talking to Marlon about but, sorta like osmosis, I got the general vibe that we were hot stuff. At five years old. (Rolls her eyes) But Ella, Ella was all pink and black like mama. And daddy was cooing and thinking it was the cutest thing. Then, then daddy had mama’s leather pants monogrammed. And Ella wanted that too. He melted on the floor in horror when she asked.

Barbara Stanwyck (co-star): so when this thing got serious, really got off the ground, that whole family turned out looking sharper and more coordinated than the Von Trapps. A lot groovier, too. And then came the kicker, Elaine had these leather trousers that, being Elaine, they looked phenomenal on her stems, and a cheeky EP monogrammed on the back pockets. Picture it. An initial per ass cheek, dark pink on black. Looked like a spanked butt, and of course her husband loved it, I’ve never seen him take such public appreciation for vulgarity on her like that, but who can blame him? You’ve seen the pictures, she’s scorching hot in them, and they’d save her from roadburn so, all was good. Till Miss Ella pipes up and says she wants some, too.

Ann-Margret (co-star): Always like mama that one, and watching and imitating her to a Tee. And most of the time it pleased Elvis endlessly, but this time, you could see him connecting the dots of his little girl being just like her mama who was his wife who he was so rabidly hungry for. And he barked that no way in hell could she get those leathers. And of course the poor little dear had no idea where she’d gone wrong. So he immediately chased her as she ran upstairs crying, making amends by helping her repaint the sidecar to look exactly like her mama’s bike. But no monogrammed leathers.

Billy Smith (cousin): EP got me this gorgeous, macho beauty of a motor, all bronze and black and masculine. And I couldn’t wait to take it for a spin up in the hills, outrace ‘em all. Then the day of the first outing I went outside and saw I got saddled with a pink and black little sidecar hooked up to my bike and just like that, my Isle of Man dreams were over.

Marlon Brando (actor): I got pretty excited about this, uh, this whole thing, I was itchin’ to go. Didn’t get what all the fuss was about. I’d seen Elvis hanging around the house, I could see Elvis going a million miles a minute wanting to get on with it but then he’d have to have it picture perfect, so the outing would get canceled till the cars got swapped with the bikes till they matched, the colors, the aesthetic had to please him and it would take a big reshuffle and -all that. I got pretty sick of it, like -when’s this gonna begin? Day before we had been almost ready, then someone forgot the gramophone and that caused a lotta commotion and by the time it was solved the rain had come. So the next morning, we swear we are all going, hell or high water. It’s happening, we were all burned out on making it perfect, just wanted to joy ride, right?

Barbara Stanwyck (co-star): I’ll never forget that morning everyone was loading up and mounting their bikes and Elvis pauses by Marlon’s and starts showing this funny look on his face the longer he inspects the sidecar and Marlon’s bike.

Ann-Margret (co-star): I saw him reach out his hand and sorta thumb at the orange stripe on Marlon’s fender, it didn’t go with Daisy’s purple sidecar, you see.

Barbara Stanwyck (co-star): and then Marlon, in a voice he usually saved for the stage snarled- “leave Papa’s bike alone, Mopey” and Elvis just -obeyed. It was the funniest thing ever, he used Elaine’s nickname for him and Elvis didn’t bat an eye.

Ann Margaret (co-star): E clutched his hand to his chest like he’d been burned by the metal and went and got on his bike without another word. We actually made it out of the gates that day. The rest was history.

Finis~

Thank y’all so much for reading! This was an entirely new style of storytelling for me and I’d really love to hear your thoughts and get your suggestions if there are other topics you think might be interesting to be explored in this way. My very big thanks for sweet Christi for holding my hand through this and giving her feedback.

One of the things that interests me with this whole series is painting a dichotomy between the vulnerable and intimate voyeurism we get to experience with the one shots, verses how this couple is perceived by their associates and the world at large. It just makes it more real for me and I hope it did for you.

Also, as a side note, you may have noticed I tried to keep some of these individuals as rather unreliable narrators, their prejudices or existing recollections of Elvis’ real life being a bit… biased… one way or the other. I suppose I keep outing myself on who I’m not fond of in the MM. oops

Xoxoxo 🌹 Marina

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[oathkeeperoxas]

After the snippet you posted for Adi's ask, now I really want to see the first instance of "Purr" is in the wip.

Six instances of purr in part one. This is from chapter 3, perhaps not exactly what you were looking for 😏

Mitchell has been here for a lot longer than Ice has, and he knows all the dives – Ice only convinces him to let Ice drive half the time, usually when Ice promises to throttle back on the alcohol so they can get home in one piece. The other half the time, Mitchell rocks up in front of Ice’s house on his bike, and pats the back seat with a smirk, holding out until Ice’s half hearted arguments putter to a stop.  He should probably argue more. He should probably insist they take the bike less. But the car has nothing on the bike, when Mitchell leans down low and Ice can almost imagine they’re flying together across the asphalt, his arms holding Mitchell tight, Mitchell’s leather and oil scent on his tongue. Times like that, Ice gets dangerously close to doing things that he shouldn’t. Up in the air, distance and the ever-present threat of being overheard stymies any words or actions that he might be tempted to indulge in.  There’s no such barrier down here on the ground. And nothing to stop Ice from burying his nose in the back of Mitchell’s neck and closing his eyes, until the only sensation in the world is Mitchell pressed up against him, the purr of Mitchell’s bike between his legs, and the smell of Mitchell’s sweat thick in his mouth.  They do their fair share of partying. At clubs that Ice hears about from the Commanders on base, and at stinking holes in the wall that Mitchell probably tripped into a year or so ago. Either way, they drink, and dance, and Mitchell sure as hell hooks up with more girls than Ice does, but that’s alright. They’re both getting around (and sometimes their conquests overlap) but Ice is a bit more conservative in his choices; not that that’s saying much. Mitchell will fuck anyone that looks his way, something that Ice has scolded him out for on more than one occassion when he’s recognised the girl as being someone that certainly should have been off limits. “That was Captain Hillcrest’s daughter,” Ice despairs, and Mitchell just laughs, and laughs, and Ice loses his train of thought, a little bit, because Mitchell looks so good like this that it’s hard to keep anything straight in his head.

wip guessing game ask meme

[pop-sesivo]

Esta caricatura de Al Hirschfeld, "Comedians at Hillcrest Country Club", fue publicada en 1952. El camarero se inclina sobre Danny Kaye, que tiene un tenedor lleno de comida. Otros personajes del dibujo son, en el sentido de las agujas del reloj desde abajo, Groucho Marx, George Burns, Jack Benny, Danny, George Jessel, Lou Holtz, los tres hermanos Ritz, Chico Marx y (de pie) Harpo Marx (vía Danny Kaye King of Jesters).

[greenparakeetwantsbananas]

"We got into real trouble at Hillcrest once. We were out on the course on a very hot day and we decided to take off our shirts. You couldn't take off your shirt at Hillcrest, that was against the rules. We got an official letter from the club reminding us of the rule and asking us not to take off our shirts again. So the next time we played we took off our shirts again, and our memberships were suspended for two weeks. The day we were reinstated we were back out on the course. When we reached the third hole, we took off our pants. And when members complained, we pointed out that we were wearing our shirts, then reminded them that there was no rule against playing in our undershorts. There is now."

- George Burns

[bonesandthebees]

sd anon back again sporadically the corporate 9-5 is destroying me (especially bc half the time i have no work and it’s so much more exhausting to be bored than it is to be busy) anyways it is 1 am in the midwest and i am consuming off-brand samoa cookies

ANYWAYS. i will be home in a few weeks so please drop the sd bar/club recs bc my friends are finally either 21 or in possession of a fake so we can all actually go out

HI SD ANON!! ugh godspeed with the corporate 9-5 it is so exhausting to be bored

omg yes bar recs ok I gotchu

one of my favorite bars (more for vibes than drink quality) is part time lover in north park. it's lounge kind of bar with a vinyl record store inside the bar! so you can get your drinks and just go browse vinyls or just chill on a couch, it's super cool. the drinks are fine but nothing special for some of the prices.

gossip grill in hillcrest is a lesbian/queer bar with really fun vibes for dancing especially if you go on a busy night

if you want more of a college age party vibe then pacific beach is always gonna be your go to area. waterbar, firehouse, mavericks—those are the popular ones and they're all pretty interchangeable tbh. mavericks is way overrated though do not pay a super steep cover I did that for halloween 2021 and it was not worth it.

the grass skirt is also in pacific beach and actually has really fun drinks! it has less of a dance vibe and more of a lounge vibe but I really like the drinks. the entrance is through a poke bowl place right next to it bc it's technically a speakeasy but without the typical speakeasy vibes (it's very tropical)

and if you want a very bougie speakeasy experience the convoy music bar is one I went to really recently. the drinks are expensive (but delicious) and the place is super tiny so if you're going in the actual evening you'll have to make reservations, but we went around 4pm and got in no problem without reservations. the entrance is in the back alley behind tofu house and looks super sketchy but you'll see 'music bar' written on a trash can in front of the door

hope you guys have fun!!

[dicebits]

Original content alert?!?!?

Yeah so I'm fully hyper fixated on the Scream franchise and I totally didn't create an OC bc of it

ANYWAY

This is the darling Sami Hillcrest

They're Non-binary (They/Them)

They're 22, and their whole everything takes place in the events of Scream 4.

They grew up in Woodsboro, just like the main cast; witnessed the original '96 killings when they were 7, then 8 when Scream 2 happens, and 11 when 3 takes place. Thus making them born in 1989 :]

Because of how the events of scream are with Sidneys mom's death happening a year prior, sending Woodsboro into a scare. Sami was taken out of public school when they were 5-6, so they got to only experience a little bit of kindergarten before being homeschooled.

Till like 8th grade they were home schooled; They entered high school like normal, graduating class of 2009. While Sami was a senior Jill Roberts and Charlie Walker were freshman and lightly knew of each other due to Sami being in the Film club as a senior.

It took Sami a really long time to even discover who they were (being nonbinary), and Sidney's book "Out of Darkness" was their whole inspiration to start actually living their life!!!

I'm still working out the super specifics of their character but I fully see that Sami has some chronic health condition that has plagued their whole life. Making them desensitized to death and finding no reason to live when their whole childhood they expected to just die randomly in their sleep. Which makes Sidney's book all the more important to them.

Along with that, growing up, they would read trashy romance novels as a form of escapism so they're a loser in that way <3

Also after graduating they fell into a rabbit hole of learning about the Woodsboro murders because they had grown up with it all but weren't able to understand anything bc they were a child!!!

So basically they're a lowkey obsessive observer. And they work at the bookshop that's shown in Scream 4 :]

If this takes off or if anyone is interested I'll totally info dump about their canon death :)

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Student-Friendly Apartments for Rent in Fullerton

The No.1. choice for a student-friendly apartment to rent in Fullerton is Alight Fullerton. The Alight Fullerton is within a walking distance or just a short commute from the campus. Then, since this is close to the university, you'll get access to academic classes, libraries, and other facilities. Besides, Alight Fullerton features modern amenities, high-speed internet, in-unit laundry, and fitness centers, which enhance the overall living experience of the residents. In addition, the Alight Fullerton encourages a social interaction with other students. Living in a student-friendly apartment offers a beautiful and a relaxed student life. If you need a student-friendly home, call the leasing team of Alight Fullerton at (562) 534-8950.

Fullerton, CA - Job Market

The Fullerton, CA, boasts a strong job market in Fullerton, CA. Compared to the national average, Fullerton is known to have a strong job market. This feature means that the unemployment rate is low while the job growth is high with competitive wages. There are ample job opportunities available in Fullerton, and employers are actively seeking qualified candidates for the job. This situation leads to increased competition among employers to attract and keep the top talent, which, in turn, results in higher wages and better benefits for the workers. The area's job market can indicate the quality of life, as areas with abundant job opportunities often have more shopping, dining, and recreational options.

California State University-Fullerton

The California State University, which was founded in 1957 in Fullerton, is a public institution located in Orange County, California. This university has a total undergraduate enrollment of 36,943 during the fall of 2023. When it comes to size, the campus spans 236 acres. According to the news, this school ranks #136 in the 2025 edition of the Best Colleges, and it offers more than 50 undergraduate degrees and around 50 master's programs compared to those in the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics. The education and the highly ranked midwifery and anesthesiology programs in the nursing department are also included. The students can also explore over 50 clubs, join a fraternity or sorority, or play in an intramural sports team.

Pinktober Event of Firefighters to Bring Awareness

The Fullerton Firefighters are promoting cancer awareness and treatment through a series of Pinktober events throughout October. The events include a charity golf tournament on November 6, 2024, with proceeds donated to the St. Jude Memorial Foundation. The firefighters will also be collecting donations at the corner of Harbor and Orangethorpe on October 12 from 8:00am - 2:00pm. A physical challenge on October 20 at Hillcrest Park stairs honors those battling cancer, with proceeds going to cancer charities. The supporters can also contribute by purchasing special Pinktober gear, with proceeds going to the cause. The event is a great way for the community to support cancer awareness and treatment efforts.

Link to Map Driving Direction

California State University, Fullerton 800 N State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92831, United States

Head south on Folino Dr toward Nutwood Ave 23 ft

Turn right onto Nutwood Ave 381 ft

Turn left onto N Commonwealth Ave 0.2 mi

Turn right onto College Pl Destination will be on the left 26 ft

Alight Fullerton 555 N Commonwealth Ave, Fullerton, CA 92831, United States

[jamieroxxartist]

* You know every time I hear that Amy Macdonald - This is the Life track, it always reminds of something I saw many years ago (early 2000's) when I was living in San Diego, in Hillcrest (Hillcrest is the LGBTQ+ neighborhood in SD and so it was chuck full of nice shops that sold expensive, fancy soaps, Hair Salons, and Nightclubs) and I lived in the middle of it. Anyhow me, my ex-wife and the normal gang were all walking down University Ave to a club we liked. It was a nice summer night as really only Southern CA nights can be. We had started the party early at our apartment and were walking along, laughing, having fun, not a care in the world. You know just gang of people having fun and on their way to have some more. Something that happened every night in that neighborhood.

So as we walked along, we passed a closed-for-the-night Mattress store. And there on the sidewalk was an Unhoused Person (that is what they call them these days. I guess it's not make whomever is saying it feel bad for the person.)

Anyhow he was lying atop some flattened cardboard boxes, which were acting, I guessed, as his Mattress. He was asleep and snoring away (we could hear him between cars on University Ave. Sleeping away, lost in a good dream, I hoped) but right above him in the Mattress Store window was a big sign about the Big Mattress Sale that they were having. I mean a person could have drawn a thought bubble around it for some street-art juxtaposition. idk the scene certainly didn't make me feel artsy, but rather just sad.

I just hoped this poor guy was dreaming of a pretty gal on a beach somewhere and not just of a Mattress.

Anyhow, suddenly I didn't feel much like going out anymore.

Pic: One of the “Homeless Jesus” statues by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeless_Jesus )

[kennyfischerconsulting]

I was asked who were some of my mentors.

THREE BRILLIANT SCRAP MEN – WHAT THEY HAD IN COMMON

Ben Fixman – Whitey Sall – Morris Lefton

It certainly wasn’t their education level or social standing. Benny dropped out of school in the 9th grade and Whitey graduated from the Warton School of Business. I don’t remember Morris’s education status.

Benny was regarded as brash and rough, and few wanted to deal with him in the beginning. Whitey was a Hillcrest Country Club member and very refined in his speech and actions. Morris seemed to be somewhere in the middle. Morris knew how to blend in at any function that we attended, be it scrap, melting, stockholders’ meetings or foreign visitors.

What they had in common besides their brilliance, their awareness, and their relentless push to get the job done was their belief in relationships.

From Morris “ If you don’t go, you don’t know” to Benny’s “ treat your customers like your best friends” to Whitey who enlarged it a bit.

Since I moved to LA to expand my knowledge and Diversified’s export business, Whitey would tell me when I first started going to Asia to do the following, AFTER I shaved my beard, because Korea didn’t like to do business with men with beards. Figure that one out.

Whitey said that when I went to a trading company like Mitsui or Mitsubishi that I would see a room with a bunch of desks in rows and at the head and slightly elevated on a platform would be one desk.

That would be the Director. He told me to treat that person with respect and humility. OK sure. No big deal. And then he said to pay attention to the first row of desks that were closest to the Director. He said that the natural progression over the years would make those sitting up front a boss or head of a department and I should have an established relationship with them.

So, there is was. Relationships, Relationships, Relationships. All three of these giants stressed the value of Long-Term Relationships.

How right they were. Not only was it fun and exciting to get to know these Asian traders, but Whitey had me take my wife on one of my Asian trips to meet our customers and friends in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Thailand and their wives and family. His hopes were that it would help cement the relationship.

I can say without hesitation that this was the way to go. Not only did we get great prices, but claims were few and far between and even then, they were easily settled.

Thanks to their wisdom we were able to maintain these relationships which were so important to our growth.

I am still friends with Eric Belokamen, who ran our Tokyo office and initiated our relationship with Sale Lim in Korea. I have a picture of S.I. Ko ( the founder) and me on my wall from when we had lunch in LA a few years ago.

It hit me yesterday that I forgot to mention two of Fixman's favorite truisms when it came to deal making.

1.) What is there about this that I don't know?

2.) What is the upside potential versus the downside risk?

Thanks gents for your wisdom.