#i'm not from nyc

[pardonmydelays]

hello is anybody going to see dave malloy's three houses at signature theatre and want to record it for me because i'm desperate???

[amis127]

I'm sorry I'm still stuck on Brennan saying "Come get your boy Rick!" with his full chest

This Black as hell season is really having impact

[dumpfrontdesk]

if sweetheart is sneaking around the house invisible and milo bumps into them he throws his hands up and says "ey, i'm walkin' here!"

the first time it was a genuine reaction to being startled but it's become an inside joke ever since

[angeprovocateur]

2025 to do list 🎀

-become a literary/bookstore tourist -annotate the entirety of women who run with wolves by clarissa pinkola estes -discover a new signature scent -express feelings & moods through collage journaling -do an at home blowout in under 20 minutes -embark on a solo weekend trip... but traveling to the desired destination via train only -order more affogato -donate any finished books i have no desire of rereading to little free libraries -start the day with yoga sculpt sessions -save up for a new pair of repetto mary janes -go on a romantic getaway + live deliciously together

[lil-lemon-snails]

Hello everyone!! Little update, i'm finally back home after being away for a few weeks! I have a little catching up to do, but some more YCH slots should open up by the end of the week!

[softpine]

Elaine: Am I bringing you home? Asa: Yes, please. Elaine: What are you doing after? Asa: [...] Elaine: You're still keeping secrets? Asa: Sorry. I wish I could tell you. I really do. Elaine [laughing]: You know, if Griffin hadn't been murdered in the 80s, I would think you did it. Weirdo.

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[rahleeyah]

As jarring as it is to read an EO fic where the author is clearly British (or clearly an Aussie) and did not Americanize the dialogue/story in general I suppose that's only payback for all the not-Britpicked fic of British TV written by Americans

[jacks-weird-world]

🍁

[marlynnofmany]

You guys know about Writing Battle, right? The many-times-a-year writing contest with a short wordcount and a short deadline? Cool prompts, entry fee, big prize money?

It's pretty awesome. I've entered a couple times (honorable mention, woo!) and now I've been invited to be one of the Pro Judges!

The next battle starts this coming Sunday, January 12th (2025) -- since it's nearing Valentine's Day season, the subgenres to choose from will be along romantic lines. The other contests for this year will be different (SFF theme is in April, FYI).

If that sounds like your kind of fun, check it out! I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with.

[meyerlansky]

but for real, if you don't buy barry's accent for curt you haven't heard actual brooklynites from the early 20th century talk:

snipped from this video

if anything, he enunciates a little too clearly to be accurate

[mintjeru]

my take on The orv webtoon panel 💥

open for better quality | no reposts

[god-blog]

Ok, idea that I'm really excited about

Everyone is always talking abt an in-person temple for pagans but what if instead of a temple-temple, there was a museum-temple?

Hear me out bc I think this would be really cool.

Things the temple-museum would have:

Permanent exhibits including:

Outside land art similar to Sun Tunnels by Nancy Holt that line up with the solstices/constellations

Inside sky art for meditating similar to Skyspace by James Turrell (PLS look this one up, it's so pretty. The picture in the article doesn't do it justice)

A wall of prayers/manifestations/affirmations. Visitors write them on a post it or note card and pin it to the wall to make a collaborative exhibition like Post Secret at the Museum of Us

A small gallery with general overviews of popular pagan pantheons: Hellenic, Celtic, etc. This will include artifacts from those time periods either depicting the deities or how people worshiped them

A small gallery with historical witchcraft artifacts. This will include medieval European poppets, Copic love spell manuscripts, Chinese oracle bones, etc.

Rotating temporary exhibits including:

Witch trials from around the world (1400-present, bc they do still happen)

Paleolithic cultures: Venus of Wellendorf, Stonehenge, Cave paintings/music, the Lion-man ivory, etc

Did Christianity Steal From Paganism: yes… no… it’s complicated (basically the overlap between early Christianity and Roman paganism) This will include villa mosaics, sarcophaguses, layouts of early churches, etc

The Rise of Modern Occultism: Hilma af Klint, Carl Jung, surrealism, spiritualism, Wicca, etc

A series of exhibits celebrating closed practices: different indigenous religions, Voodoo, Hoodoo, etc (Very important: these will not be teaching those crafts, just giving them the same public platform/attention as open practices. Key word here is "celebrating." People who practice in those closed communities will be consulted)

How paganism is incorporated into Abrahamic religions: Judaism and paganism, Catholicism and paganism, etc (People who practice in those communities will be consulted)

Modern witchcraft, good or bad? So that would be New Age, the rise of consumerism, witchtok, etc

More in-depth focuses on different pantheons: Celtic, Slavic, Mesopotamian, Hellenic, etc

Historical witchcraft accusations and race: Mary Lewis, the New York City Panic of 1741, Ann Glover, etc

Regular people's (like you!) devotional art. The public will be encouraged to donate/create devotional art pieces. Be that visual media, performance art, video art, music, sculpture, photography, writing, etc. It'll really highlight all the different ways people are worshiping, the diversity in deities being worshiped, and how big our community is

An auditorium. This would be for concerts, festivals/ceremonies that are done inside, and guest speakers. Guest speakers would include academics like Malcolm Gaskill (English historian and author), Katherine Howe (American author), etc. as well as big name practicing witches/pagans.

A garden. I haven’t decided yet what kind but I’m debating between a rooftop garden like the MET, one behind the building but open to visitors, or an atrium like medieval European cloisters/monasteries (bc I love those). The garden would be for meditating, connecting to nature/the gods, feeding pollinators, protecting "creepy" insects like spiders or burrowing bugs (bug hotel?), and potentially -depending on what type of garden it is- housing wild birds in bird houses or bats in bat boxes. Also, it could be a good place for festivals/ceremonies that are done outside, concerts, or general get-togethers like altar piece swaps!

And an altar/worship space. Obviously. It wouldn't be a temple without it. I'm thinking it would be mostly a big empty room with chairs and rugs scattered about and an alcove in one wall for the altar. Inside the alcove will mostly be nonspecific religious objects like candles, nice fabrics, flowers, incense, etc . Visitors will be encouraged to bring their own small personal devotional tools (except candles/incense for fire safety reasons). That way they can pray to, appreciate, and connect to their own gods and the main altar doesn't leave anybody out; the main altar is more for ambience than specific worship.

Giftshop? I'm not sure about this one yet bc it feels wrong to have a gift shop in a temple, but most museums, even small ones, have gift shops. It could have fresh herbs from the garden, candles, and local artists' art like prints, stickers, jewelry, etc. All at a reasonable price ofc (I hate overpriced museum giftshops more than anything else in the world... except overpriced museum tickets)

In terms of funding, museums get more government funding than churches, but they do have to pay taxes churches don't. I was thinking of generally modeling it after the Museum of Us in San Deigo; they let their employees pick the holidays they take off so they can each adhere to their personal religious practice, start paying them at $22 an hour with built in raises each year, and good insurance. They have done an amazing job, way better than any big museum, at collaborating with communities from all over the world to either give back artifacts in their collections or closely work with them to reframe how the artifact is presented/stored. They also don't charge for tickets, memberships, school trips, or basically anything except the giftshop. But that means they rely heavily on donations which may not work as well for a museum that's just starting out. Idk, this is all hypothetical rn.

The pillars the museum-temple would stand on are worship, education, and community.

I feel like teaching people about the history of these practices is super important and isn't smth that everybody bothers to learn or has correct information about. (And I'm a huge history/museum nerd if you can't tell lol)

I'm actually really excited about this lol

[tiffanybluesclues]

Every week someone makes a post about how annoying it is that Dick Grayson fans don't acknowledge his flaws, and every week someone replies with an explanation that the flaws OP listed are entirely fanon and inconsistent with canon as it actually happened and at this point I have to assume that none of those explanations are ever going to stick because clearly some people just want the fanon to be true.

Anyway, I'm just putting this here for me to edit and add relevant-to-the-topic links later so I'll have them nicely at hand to read and sooth my frustrations when it gets real bad out there. (Echo chambers are good when we use them to drown out character mischaracterizing fanon.)

[butterflysonnets]

sometimes a family is two queer traumatised substance-abusing teenage boys and their little gay dog

[kitkatstu-dies]

things that happened to me on the East Coast:

tried Burger King for the first time

ate an Oktoberfest pretzel with beer cheese... it wasn't my taste but it wasn't bad

went snowboarding for the first time!! I suck at it but it was fun

tried to take the subway in New York; it caught on fire? and I had to take a 2 hour detour back to my hotel

went around New York seeing the Christmas lights and trees :) also got some stuff from the markets

saw a Broadway show for the first time!! I loved it so much!! I was into musicals as a kid, and it made me want to get back into it

got pizza from Joe's pizza (features in Spiderman 2)

went to the top of the Empire State Building (beautiful view!)

ate ma po tofu which was so so good!! i am used to spice but I've never had a spice like that... i am going to learn how to make it

[blcssom]

drove to the city for a few days and it was miserable 🙃

ANYWAYYYYYY very ready for the weekend probably gonna throw up some opens but also maybeee like this for a short starter or two? if you have a specific muse you'd like to pick from here feel free to lmk otherwise i'll pull from your wanted opps xoxo