#im grant chapman (real)

[beadelmare]

hi. hello. its me.

sorry i was listening to adele while thinking of that, but hi!!!

6y slowburn warrior here with another bit of the reality i’ve been cooking 🔥

so, moonchaser was the remus x james ship name and i have a story for you

so i searched it up, and i said “aww!” cus i saw cute fan art right? i scroll down, and it’s about.. sexting? mood swing is actually crazy.. i verbally did “aw! ..oh..😨”

also, obi-wan is x himself because in clone wars he gets satine and she is huzz! and she is dead! 💜

mama theres a OBI WAN KENOBI behind you! 💜

i realized that my brothers name in my dr is grant, and so is a character from atyd and they dated remus.. i just imagined like

in the hallway

“grant, wait up!”

remus turns around with a horrified look on his face (“hes right behind me isnt he? 😨”)

and he wakes up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night: “somethings not right.”

so, for today’s little fun bit, ill say a song that is based off of the people in my drs relationship with me🥰

sirius:

paradise is very fragile — lana del rey

this love — taylor swift

dirty love — mt. joy

bad idea! — girl in red

gods & monsters — lana del rey

james:

thats so true — gracie abrams (when he and lily are dating..😔 like cmon “what’d she do to get you off? taking down her hair like “Oh My God!” taking off ur shirt i did that once.. or twice😬.. uhhhgh” im taking his shirt off first im sorry lily but i want your man AHSHDJAKDJSJJA )

in between — gracie abrams

fucking boyfriend — the bird and the bee

other woman — lana del rey

video games — lana del rey

lover, you shouldve come over — jeff buckley

remus:

no.1 party anthem — arctic monkeys

heroes — david bowie

touch tank — quinnie

there is a light that never goes out take 1 — the smiths

boys dont cry — the cure

bartender — lana del rey

moonage day dream — david bowie

like real people do — hozier

peter:

opera house — cigarettes after sex

sweet creature - harry styles

let the light in — lana del rey

forever winter — taylor swift

sailor song — gigi perez

lily:

lacy — olivia rodrigo

girl ive always been — olivia rodrigo

obsessed — olivia rodrigo

regulus:

champagne coast live — blood orange

work song — hozier

lucerne - richy mitch and the coal miners

cowboy like me — taylor swift

A&W — lana del rey

barty:

nothings gonna hurt you baby - cigarettes after sex

crush — ethel cain

my boy only breaks his favorite toys — taylor swift

f2f - sza

skin and bones — david kushner

only angel — harry styles

NFWMB — hozier

evan:

kiss it off me — cigarettes after sex

sextape — deftones

darling, i — tyler, the creator

piledriver waltz — arctic monkeys

the bolter — taylor swift

pandora:

babooshka — kate bush

rhiannon - fleetwood mac

love grows (where my rosemary goes) — edison lighthouse

dorcas:

vigilante shit — taylor swift

guilty pleasure — chappell roan

no body, no crime — taylor swift

+ alongside casual by chappell roan and bad idea right by olivia rodrigo for all of the huzz 😋😛

this took me longer than expected, but it was fun !! if you cant tell im a fein for lana del rey and taylor swift.. 😇

GIRL MB I DIDNT SEE THIS😭😭 im ngl i have no idea about that star wars bit but it's like one am so nothing makes sense anyways... ALSO GRANT CHAPMAN MENTIONED RAHGHGHHHGHG I LOVE HIM SM i'm actually gonna commit to this and listen to all these songs today cause i'm fully invested in this dr now lmaooo AND LANA AND TAYLOR ARE SO🤩

[mrsfrecklesmarauders]

Happy Birthday Grant Chapman! :

Grant knew he didn't deserve love. He had seen real love once. He didn't remember how old he was, he was probably little. He didn't know where was this. And he certainly didn't remember the faces of the lovers. There were a boy and a girl discussing about something on the street. Grant didn't recall what they were saying but they spoke, yelled, cried. But then Grant remembered that before the girl left, the boy stopped her. He screamed 'I love you' many times. The way they kissed, they way they cried into each other's shoulders. The way they looked at each other. The way he grabbed her face it was from out of this world.

Grant knew he would never have that kind of love. For starters because he was queer and queer folks didn't get that. And second of all he was nothing. Not even his parents wanted him. Margot, the woman who raised him, didn't want him. Who would? Who would genuinely love this piece of nothing?

Grant didn't have beauty. Grant didn't have money. He didn't have a great personality. He spoke funny and he was full of shit. He didn't even have proper clothes.

So Grant accepted meaningless sex and encounters with different men. The minute the moment of passion was over, they left. Maybe they called him for a rebound. Because perhaps Grant was good on the shag and that was all.

Grant didn't mind. Love wasn't for him. He didn't deserve it. Grant thought lots of shitty people didn't deserve it. Like Fen and the lads.

Remus was very of the few people who deserved love. Remus was Grant's best friend. Grant could tell anything to that little kid. He always put that face of surprise. He was constantly smiling with Grant's shit. Remus was the only one that actually gave a damn about Grant. It surprised Grant everytime. Why did he care so much? Nobody had.

But Grant never saw Remus as more than a friend. It wasn't until that summer.

After Remus left for his posh school, Fen was restless. He didn't like that Remus just disappeared.

"I was getting used to that little lad..." he said "I can't believe you don't know where your little boyfriend is..."

Grant couldn't tell him where Remus was. Fen would want to take advantage of it. Make Remus steal from the posh kids. So he pretended he didn't know.

"I don't think I'll ever see 'im again" he shrugged.

But Remus was back that summer. And the first time Grant saw him, his heart did something funny. And he felt something moving on his tummy. Little Remus had grown. He looked more and more like a man. His hair was shorter and messier, with lots of curls. He was better dressed. He smelled nice. His voice was deeper. Something Grant had been noticed on the phone but it sounded so much different in person. Grant felt attracted to his best friend. He even swallowed.

"Grant..."

Grant's started beating faster when Remus smiled like that. Bloody hell what was wrong with him?

Grant didn't smile.

"Wha'chu doing here?" he asked.

Remus' smile dropped.

"I came to see you..."

Grant shook his head.

"You shouldn't have... I..."

"Guess who is back from the death, eh lads?" Fen said from behind "Our little, not so little Remus..." he put an arm around Grant's shoulder.

Grant was scared Fen would do something to Remus. That he would drag him back to his layer. Grant used to adore and admire Fen. But lately, he had been realizing Remus was better without him, without them. Grant had been lying and hiding to protect Remus from Fen.

"Where the fuck were you?"

Remus crossed eyes with Grant. And Grant begged him not to spill out the truth.

"My dad sent me to another school..." Remus answered "As shitty as the last one"

Remus' return was rather odd for the gang. The rest of the lads accepted Remus back. But Fen was no stupid. He suspected something.

"I thought you would be glad to see me" Remus told Grant later that night.

They decided to go to some parking lot and drink in celebration for Remus' return.

Grant had been trying to drown his worry and the new feelings he had for Remus with alcohol. Like he always did.

"I am happy to see you, sweetheart"

Fen and the lads were doing stupid drinking games. They were probably doing some drugs. They were nasty people.

Remus nodded and hugged his knees. Grant wanted to hug him. Grant wanted to warm his body with kisses and touches... God! He shook that thought away. This was Remus. Not some random hot lad.

"I am sorry, love" Grant said "I'm just worried that Fen would find out about you posh school and your posh friends..."

Remus shrugged "They are not really my friends... You guys are... This place, the gang is more familiar for me..." he sighed "Perhaps I should stay here with you and don't come back to school..."

Grant turned to him.

"Are you joking?" he raised his voice because he was angry.

Grant was almost nineteen now. He met Remus in the same shitty school. But Grant never graduated. He failed his exams. He was stupid like that. But Remus was the intelligent one. He got into that posh school with a scholarship. Remus was so amazing he could get into Uni and find nice decent jobs. Something none of the lads could.

Remus looked down embarrassed.

"What happened, love?" Grant asked.

Remus sighed.

"I kissed Sirius... And he bloody detested it"

Remus cried. And Grant hugged him. It wasn't silly because Sirius wasn't simply Remus' crush. He was properly in love with him. He had been for a long time. The way he used to see his pictures on Facebook. The way he spoke about him.

So Grant heard as Remus told him about the kiss. Remus wasn't sure if he had misread the signs. But sometimes Sirius made him feel special. And Sirius flirted with him. And Sirius looked at him in a particular way. Remus thought Sirius could feel the same. He let himself go. But after the kiss, Sirius panicked and was disgusted. And everything was wrong and awkward between them.

"You should've seen his face" Remus sighed "He was disgusted of me"

"I don't see it as lost cause" Grant smiled

"Oh it is very lost" Remus shook his head "I've ruined our friendship"

"Maybe he is just panicking for kissing a bloke for the first time.... I've had a few of those..."

Remus snorted.

"He is the straightest person I know.."

"Remus..." Grant swallowed "Don't ya dare leave that school only for Sirius... Yeah know? You didn't go there only for him, did you?"

"One of the main reasons was him"

"Well... You've made other friends... You've learned lots of things..." Grant smirked "Probably that brain of yours is getting bigger..."

Grant rubbed his hair. Remus laughed. Grant felt something warm on his chest with that sound.

"I am not the best of my class" Remus smiled "That's definitely Lily"

"Yeh deserve better than this, sweetheart" Grant said after a while "Yeh deserve better than Fen"

Remus looked curiously at him.

"Has he done something to you?"

Grant faked a smile. He was good at that.

"Nah... Fen is a twat. But he is good with meh"

Fen had become nastier and nastier. Sometimes Grant felt disgusted with all the stealing and the businesses. And selling drugs to posh kids that looked so lost. But Grant didn't know better. He would always be trapped.

Remus didn't look convinced. He had admired Fen once. But perhaps he had seen how nasty he was.

"I missed you so much" Remus said "You have no idea how much"

Grant felt like he couldn't breath for a second.

"Me too, sweetheart" he said "Me too"

For the rest of the night, they drank more. And they laughed more. With alcohol in his system, Grant stopped worrying. He had the lads and he had Remus. Just like before. Back when all of them were a weird family.

Fen took Grant and Remus to his flat after that. He said he wouldn't leave drunk assholes on the street like that. Anyway, Grant had been living there momentarily because he had been kicked out from his own dorm for missing rent. Bullshit.

"The boyfriends wouldn't mind sharing a bed, eh?" Fen told them, putting his arms around them. He was waisted "Mah boys..."

Remus and Grant giggled.

Later, the sounds of Fen banging his new girlfriend kept them awake. Fen was always loud. But the girl was worse.

Grant looked at Remus. And Remus looked at him. They laughed in the dark.

"Ar'ya drunk, love?"

"Tipsy. You?"

Grant sneered "You sound so posh now"

"Shut up" Remus hit his arm playfully.

Grant giggled.

"Yer dad isn't gonna be worried?"

Remus was silent for a second.

"He only cares about his new wife and his new daughter now... Sandra is expecting"

"Blimey!"

"Yeah"

Grant was restless. He was sweating. And the moans on the next room made him kind of horny. Remus was lying next to him. And Grant could feel the heat emanating from him.

Grant turned to face Remus. Remus did the same. They looked at each other for a second.

"If Sirius doesn't want'cha, he is a total twat, love"

Remus smiled at that. Then he shook his head.

"I've wanted him for so long... I've fantizised about how our first kiss would go..." he chuckled "But perhaps things doesn't go the way I want"

Grant giggled because he was starting to get nervous and that was stupid. Because this was Remus. Grant didn't get nervous in front of the boys he shagged. This was silly.

Remus smiled.

"What?" he asked "What is it?"

Grant scooped a little closer.

"I'm glad yer ma best friend, sweetheart"

Remus scooped closer as well.

"I am glad you are my best friend too"

Grant leaned in. Remus closed his eyes.

Grant kissed Remus before. Back when they met. It had been a silly friendly kiss because Remus had never kissed anyone and Grant thought that was adorable. But right now it was different. Grant actually wanted Remus so badly, that when Remus opened his mouth for him, it gave him a shot of pleasure.

They shared a long passionate kiss. When they broke apart, they both laughed. And Grant was glad. He didn't want to mess things with Remus. They were friends. Best friends. And Grant didn't fall in love. And Remus was in love with someone else.

They kissed again. And again. And again. Just because they could.

They snogged for the rest of the summer. The best weeks for Grant. Sadly trying not to think about the day Remus would go back to school.

But that day came sooner. As Remus left to his mate's house because something happened with Sirius. And Remus ran after him. Of course he did. They were mates after all.

In the fall, Grant missed Remus like hell. Confused about what he was feeling for his best friend.

Until he received the call.

"Sirius and I kissed... Kind of snogged last night..." Remus had said "I think he feels the same for me?"

Remus sounded so happy when he told Grant everything about him and Sirius. Their tiny love story. So Grant was obviously happy for his friend. The boy he had loved for so long, finally loved him back.

Grant didn't see Remus again until now. Grant had had a fight with Fen and the others. It all had become nasty. They bit the shit out of him. And then Grant had wanted to drown his problems again with alcohol.

Grant never intended to call Remus or worry him. But his drunk self hadn't care about that. He had wanted to hear his voice.

Grant didn't expect for him to pop up and never with Sirius. But here they were. And they the way they were looking at each other, the way they were talking, it reminded Grant of that couple from years ago.

For a moment he doubted it. He thought or maybe wished Sirius was just another asshole that would break Remus' heart. But Grant was wrong.

Sirius and Remus were two people so perfect for each other and so in love with each other that it hurt.

When they finally shared a kiss, Grant looked away. And he kept smoking.

It was okay. Grant wasn't meant for love. He didn't deserve it. Remus did. And God he fitted so much better with his prince charming. He was handsome, rich and perfect. He could make Remus happy. Grant was sure of that.

So Grant smiled. Because he was happy for his best friend. He deserved to be happy.

[eesirachs]

hey im crazy interested in theology but my environment has never rlly fostered it and ive really only gotten as far as the book of revelation. do you have like an extensive list of stuff you've learned about/read/are interested in?? like the real historical deep dives? i know the basics but i want to really learn the details and the fringe stuff but i don't even know what im looking for. just like. anything to do w theology especially catholic. if you have the time though of course so np if not!! thank you either way:))

i am happy to make a list! below i've condensed an mdiv and half a doctorate in theology. if you need any particular recs, any pdfs, or any syllabi on a subject, dont hesitate to pm me. ofc some of these broad categories overlap. i've tried to keep this to books and not articles because that would overwhelm me

tanakh

coogan & chapman historical & literary intro to the hb; trible god & the rhetoric of sexuality; christine hayes' yale divinity school lecture series; bellis & kaminsky jews, christians, and the theology of hebrew scripture; near eastern archeology (journal); ex audito (journal); robert alter (translations); walter brueggeman; anchor bible series; john barton critical companion to hb

early christianity

(primary sources): gnostic texts; irenaeus; ignatius of antioch; eusebius; ambrose; jerome; augustine; nestorius; cyril of alexandria; capadocian fathers; dionysius; bede; meister eckhart; aquinas (secondary sources): norris christological controversy

martyrs & mystics

(primary sources): perpetua & felicity; blandina, queen pulcheria (read of her from nestorius); julian of norwich, hildegard von bingen; macrina; quintilla & priscilla (montanists writ large); theresa of avila (secondary sources): mandelker & powers pilgrim souls; beverly lanzetta womens body as mystical text; patricia donahue-white reading divine maternity; estelle jelinek tradition of women's autobiography; bernard ginn the varieties of vernacular mysticism; anne jensen god's self-confident daughters; peterson handamiden's of the lord; peter brown the body & society; epstein & schraub body guards: the cultural politics of gender ambiguity; gilliam clark the female man of god; herbert musirello the acts of christian martyrs; taylor petrey resurrecting parts; many will also recommend caroline bynam holy feast & holy fast and rudolph bell holy anorexia--i do not recommend these but they may be essential context

feminist, womanist theologies; asian theologies, mujerista theologies, disability theology, ecotheology

(keep in mind that some of these are first and second wave feminsim and do not reflect theological standards of inclusivity) rosemary ruether sexism and god talk; elizabeth johnson she who is; delores williams sisters in the wilderness; monica coleman making a way of out no way; m. shawn copeland enfleshing freedom; melanie harris ecowomanism; mary daly beyond god the father; jacquelyn grant white women's christ and black women's jesus; elizabeth johnson women, earth, creator spirit; katie canon katie's canon; marit trelstad cross examninations; monica coleman ain't i a womanist too?; virginia fabella & sun ai lee park we dare to dream; ada maria isasi-diaz en la lucha, daphne hampson on autonomy and heteronomy; kwok pui lan introducing asian feminist theology; elizabeth schussler-fiorenza in memory of her; phyllis trible texts of terror; eboni marshall turnman towards a womanist ethic of incarnation; lai ling elizabeth ngan ways of being, ways of reading; kelly brown douglass the black christ; chung myun kyung struggle to be the sun again; carol christ rebirth of the goddess; sallie mcfague models of god; mayra rivera decolonizing epistemologies; crscy john we dare to dream; karen baker-fletcher sisters of dust, sisters of spirit; sharon v betcher spirit and the politics of disablement; darby kathleen ray deceiving the devil; rita nakashima brock & rebecca parker proverbs of ashes: violence, redemptive suffering, and the search for what saves us; readings in ecology and feminist theology; elizabeth johnson ask the beasts; kwon pui-lan postcolonial imagination & feminist theology; kelly brown douglas sexuality & the black church; marcella althaus reid indecent theology; monica r. miller in ain't i a womanist too?; the oxford handbook of theology, sexuality, and gender; isasi-diaz in our own voices: latino/a renditions of theology

critical theory and carnal hermeneutics

richard kearney carnal hermeneutics; emmanuel falque the metamorphosis of finitude; jean-luc marion god without being; elaine scary the body in pain: the making and unmaking of the world; bataille eroticism: death and sensuality; thomas lacquer making sex; jean-luc nancy on being; emmanuel falque the wedding feast of the lamb; noel carrol the philosophy of horror; monster theory; jean-luc nancy corpus; lacan's fifth seminar; jean-luc nancy being with the without

horror

the medusa reader; richard kearney stranger's gods and monsters; gerard loughlin alien sex; barbara creed the monstrous feminine; daniel stephen hey the malady lingers on; julia kristeva powers of horror; yi fu tuan landscapes of fear; jacques derrida the animal that i am; elizabeth klaver images of the corpse; foucault the abormal; rene girard violence and the sacred; adams christ and horrors; kristeva stabat mater; philip johnston shades of sheol

queer theory

pak su yon coming home/coming out; gloria anzaldua speaking in tongues; tina beattie queen of heaven; dale b martin sex and the single savior; joseph marchal bodies on the verge: queering pauline epistles; rhiannon graybill are we not men? unstable masculinity in the hebrew bible; queer theology: rethinking the western body

appetites

t&t clark handbook to early christian meals in the greco-roman world; peter-ben smit fellowship & food in the kingdom; pitre brant jesus & the last supper; mary douglas food & the social order; mary douglas deciphering a meal; panayotis coutsoumpos, paul and the lords supper; reta halteman finger of widows & meals; hal taussig in the beginning was the meal; david grummet material eucharist

aesthetics & art

bal mieke contemporary art, preposterous history; jo cherylo exum between the text and the canvas: the bible and art in dialogue; richard taylor how to read a church; david gordon finding beauty where god finds beauty: a biblical foundation of aesthetics; rosalind hackett art & religion in africa; steven pinker on mentalese; thames & hudson the reenchanment of art; elizabeth grosz chaos, territory, art: deleuze and the framing of the world; griselda pollack psychoanalysis and the image; john berger ways of seeing; james elkins the object stares back; james elkins pictures & tears; helene cixous stigmata; gaston bachelard the poetics of space; james elkins on the strange place of religion in art; theodore adorno aesthetic theory; gilles deleuze pure immanence; david morgan the sacred gaze

sacraments

(primary sources): hans boersma heavenly participation; calvin institutes; hubmaier balthasar; luther; edward schillebeeckx christ the sacrament of the encounter of god; alenxander schmeman; tertullian de baptismo; aquinas summa contra gentiles; zwingli (secondary sources): gustaf aulen eucharist & sacrafice; r swanson unity & diversity in the church; john behr the trinitarian being of the church; paul f bradshaw (prolific in this subject); yngve brillioth eucharistic faith & practice; clifford dugmore the mass & english reformers; gayle felton this gift of water; j fisher christian initiation; edward kilmartin the active role of christ and the holy spirit in the sanctification; jack lewis baptismal practices of 2nd and 3rd century church; andrew mcgowan is there a liturgical text in this gospel?; john mckenna eucharistic presence; frank meige sacramental semiosis; kyle pasewark the body in ecstasy; h. m. riley christian initiation; herman sasse this is my body; e. j. yarnouth anaphoras without institution narratives; kimberly belcher hope efficacious engagement; brightman the english rite

[westerberg]

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1. what is the first song you remember hearing? Oh man uhh... i remember my my dad playing the video for... oops i did it again I think? by britney spears and i was very obsessed with it. if i saw the video I would know but i don’t feel like doing that. hard to say if that is my earliest memory of music tho. i remember listening to the R.E.M. In Time greatest hits in the car late at night and feeling weird out of body as Man on the Moon came on. i like that story better but I have no idea when that memory is from. i also feel like i heard my mom singing along with Sarah McLaughlin or Norah Jones a lot when i was very young.

2. what is the first band you got into? hmm... i  really loved Bon Jovi when I was very young but i didn’t like. have any knowledge of them or their discography I just liked slippery when wet and their greatest hits. and also thats embarrassing so i am trying to think of an out... probably the first real musical obsession i had was lana del rey when I was 14 /15 but thats also not great. just take the L buddy... i didnt actually get into music i would now consider very good until about 16.

3. do you collect any physical music? during quar i started trolling ebay and other similar sites for cheap cds and I have gotten a pretty good collection! you would be shocked the number of people who just really do not want to have their R.E.M. albums anymore. I have a few vinyls- a couple of cheap Joni records, Station to Station, the mats Dead Mans Pop boxset thing, and the R.E.M. single So. Central Rain. Oh and I have a very cool cd single of beastie boys body movin’. I also have a collection of cassettes that used to belong to my mom- she passed 5 yrs ago so they are very special to me! she had some R.E.M., U2, Eurythmics, Squeeze, Crowded House, Indigo Girls, and I recently dug up a bootlegged Tracy Chapman tape! she might have some more at her childhood home and if I find a tape of murmur i’ll like blackout. the sad thing is that now I really like all these musicians my mom apparently liked but i was not into them when she was alive so :/ figuring things out feels like archeology. was listening to In Time greatest hits the other day and was like she definitely skipped E-Bow the Letter every time it came on lol bc i did not hear this song until like last year.

4. what is your favourite piece of music memorabilia? do you know that picture of R.E.M. where they are all holding roses like they are all going to the prom together? i scored a poster of that off Ebay for the incredible deal of $50!! a deal at any price :) I don’t have much that is like legit valuable lol. But here you have to see the picture

5. what's your favourite concert you've ever been to? hmm i havent really been to any truly mindblowing concerts I don’t think. I got to see Tommy Stinson play an acoustic set at 7th street entry in 2019 which was very cool. I feel crazy saying thats my favorite but it was incredibly special.

6. if you could see one artist who is no longer alive in concert, who would it be? If you ask right now I would probably have to say Replacements with Bob Stinson. Prince would be a close one

7. have you met any musicians? almost! when i went to see tommy stinson, afterwards he was hanging in a bar next to the club and was taking selfies with people. i kept thinking about getting in line and eventually i decided to just do it. when i finally went to go look for him he was deep in a conversation with someone and I also realized i had nothing intelligent to say, so i sat and stared at him talking for a bit until i left and went back to the show.

8. what is your go to album when you're feeling sad? Tim by the mats! i think i maybe listened to this album every day my senior year of high school. it is legitimately strange how I feel as if this album just knows me very well. everyone says this about the mats but every song feels like it’s about me and my life. I think a perk of being a lower middle class Minnesotan with an alcoholic father is just really really getting the replacements. but i guess it depends on the kind of sad I am. If i’m just looking to be cheered up i might go with Lifes Rich Pageant or Green by R.E.M. because invariably by the end of Tim I will be bummed out !

9. what is your go to album when you're feeling happy? somehow this is a very hard question. Radio City by Big Star was a big one for me when i was still on campus. maybe an obvious one but rubber soul is a good being happy album

10. what is one music documentary you love? the doc Every Everything about Grant Hart from Hüsker Dü is a favorite. it’s just all interview with him and he’s a fascinating guy. I’ve never watched an interview with him where i wasn’t like woah u’re smart :0... the director of that also did a good replacements doc but at certain point with mats journalism im just like well i could’ve just read trouble boys.

11. what is one concert DVD you love? I think I only own one concert DVD, Prince’s Lovesexy show which i was very obsessed with back in high school.

12. do you prefer listening to playlists or albums? i prefer albums usually, sometimes i’m in the mood for a playlist but albums are def superior

13. do you prefer to listen to albums in order or on shuffle? in order !!!! What am i a psychopath

14. what is your favourite deep cut song by your favourite artist? Portland by the mats is a top ten song of theirs. very in character for it to be a b-side i’m not even mad

15. what is your favourite cd/cassette/vinyl you own in terms of packaging? I love the inner sleeve of my Grandpaboy cd which is just Paul Westerberg’s doodles and scribblings. sometimes when i buy stuff off of ebay it comes with notes and stuff too which is my favorite. my copy of suicaine gratifaction came with a very sweet note of how much the previous owner loved it. and my copy of mbv’s loveless has this very hard to read note which i can maybe make out half of. if you can read it please translate for me.

i love being tagged but if you do not want to answer 15 long questions do not feel pressured! i shall tag @the-replacemints @pattismithgender @myfcukingrat @willemdafoeplscallmemynumberis @little-rimbaud @milesofsmiles97 @electrofolk 🤙😜💘

[foxsimthings]

Nidira ‘Dee’ Trent for @kit-cat-sims Sammy Fritz!

Master Actress | Bro - Creative - Carefree Musical Theater Actress | Part-time Swim Instructor

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Nidira, known most often as Dee, was born and raised on the sunny beaches of Sulani. Her father ran boat tours with his glass-bottom boat, showing visitors the wonders of the ocean while her mother cared for the family. Money was usually tight; Dee has two older sisters and two older brothers, and at the time her elderly grandmother was living with them as well so the family could take care of her. 

Dee was always a girl of many passions, many interests. Every day it was a new dream. ‘I want to go into space!’ ‘I’m going to study dinosaurs!’ ‘I’ll be a veterinarian!’ Her parents were hard-pressed to get her to focus long enough to take care of her school  work and even then, the moment they got her sat down and looked away for half a second she’d be sprinting out the door to get into the water.

They say you’re more likely to be killed by a cow than by a shark, and while that may be true, there are things a person can do to avoid either of those things. Maybe it was that Dee went out swimming after dusk, a carefree teen showing off to her friends. Maybe it was the splashing and the hollering, the great commotion they made flopping off the dock. Or maybe it was the shimmering anklet she wore that gave some tantalizing glint in the moonlight. Maybe it was just bad luck that resulted in a parents’ nightmare; waking to the sound of their child’s screams.

Surely it needn’t be said that she survived, but the leg didn’t. And, understandably, it was a good few years before she was ready to get into the water again.

While she’d always been a girl of flighty fantasies, Nidira had a few constants in her life. She loved to sing since she was young, and come Sundays when her mother decided to rouse the household into a mass clean, Tracy Chapman and India Arie became the soundtrack of their day. Nana Trent was quite a songbird in her day and when the old show tunes started playing she couldn’t stop her toes from tapping. So, too, did Dee love the stage. Enrolled in whatever young musical theater projects, classes and extracurricular activities that her parents could afford, her love for the stage developed early.

Despite being a bit of a distracted student, Dee still managed to secure a modest scholarship and an audition at an acting academy in Del Sol Valley. 

But Nidira’s path didn’t lead immediately to success. In all fairness, it still hasn’t. She’s acted and sang in a great many musical productions, worked her ass off in the theater, received as much training as she could afford -- but to no meteoric rise to fame just yet, despite having the talent, having the drive and the work ethic. A matter of connection, maybe. A matter of being in the right place at the right time.

Whatever the reason, her musical theater is little more than a passion at the moment. It doesn’t pay the bills, so she instructs kids swimming lessons as her part-time employment and works on her craft as often as possible. 

Her most recent role in a small theater production of Hairspray as Seaweed is coming to an end just in time for her to be eligible to apply to Sammy Fritz’s bachelor show. What she knows about him she knows from the tabloids, from industry chatter or small-time actresses that claim to have worked with him and sometimes more. 

Is there more to him than the tabloids show, than the rumours would have her believe? Dee is willing to put it all on the line to find out the guy’s truth.

Personality: • Easy-going. Dee has never really been one to sweat the small stuff, but facing constant rejection, criticism and critique in her profession has only heightened her ability to let it all roll off the duck’s back, so to speak. • Chameleon. While Nidira tends to present as put-together, well-dressed and organized when she’s in positions that could benefit or damage her career, she’s a much more casual woman by nature. Her rehearsal clothes usually consist of sweatpants and a big sweater, occasionally her pajamas. She can dress up to play arm candy and is more than happy to do so, but her natural form is dressed down. • Kind. The Trent family values kindness above all else. Beauty, smarts, fitness, none of it means anything if you’re unkind. Nidira can’t afford to put out grand monetary gestures but she often puts ten bucks toward the next person in line’s groceries, moves starfish from the beach back into the water and never hesitates to help someone with their groceries. She believes that when she’s in the ground, the only thing worth leaving behind is the memory that she was kind. • Outgoing. Dee is not the type to slink into a corner at a party; she’s out making friends, starting up conversations and introducing herself to everyone she can. Her laughter can usually be heard and distinguished from across a room. • DIY. Growing up without a lot of money, Dee learned how to get things done herself. She cuts her own hair, hems her own pants, can do a fair bit of work on her car when she needs to. And if she doesn’t know how to fix something on her own, hell, she can find out! • Spontaneous. Nidira loves to surprise people. Sometimes it’s with a gift for no reason at all, sometimes it’s showing up with pizza and a box of wine. She delights in living in the present as much as possible and doing things her own way. Dream Date: Probably something like going to the water slides, wheeling one another around at mach speed in shopping carts at 2 AM or hitting up some weird hole-in-the-wall bar to eat $5 chicken wings and see a band nobody knows play songs they wrote in the lead singer’s mom’s garage.

Fun Facts: • Dee loves reptiles and has a bearded dragon named Alan after Alan Grant in Jurassic Park • She’s allergic to bee stings, a fact she learned on vacation in Salvadorada which then put her in hospital for her entire vacation. • Dee has four different prosthetic legs, all of them hand-painted by artist friends of hers. • She gives $20 of every cheque to shark conservation efforts in Sulani. • Dee was almost cast in a real film, but it was implied that she would only get the role if she performed certain favours for the casting director. She declined the role. • Though she lives far away, Dee is very close with her family and spends every holiday she can back in Sulani with them. She’s promised her parents that with her first cheque from her first big movie role she’s going to buy them a house. All she can hope now is that it’s going to happen some day.

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Top Songs of 1988 - Hits of 1988

Top Songs of 1988 - Hits of 1988 Top Songs of 1988 including: Aerosmith – Angel, Bad Boys Blue - A World Without You (Michelle), Bananarama - I Want You Back, Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car, Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy, Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine, Bros - When Will I Be Famous?, Cher - I Found Someone and many more! Subscribe to our channel to see more of our content! 1. Aerosmith - Angel 2. Bad Boys Blue - A World Without You (Michelle) 3. Bananarama - I Want You Back 4. Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car 5. Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy 6. Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine 7. Bros - When Will I Be Famous? 8. C. C. Catch - House Of Mystic Lights 9. Cazuza - Faz Parte do Meu Show 10. Céline Dion - Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi 11. Cher - I Found Someone 12. Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid 13. Début de Soiree - Nuit de Folie 14. Def Leppard - Love Bites 15. Duran Duran - I Don't Want Your Love 16. Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'Anna 17. Eighth Wonder - Cross My Heart 18. Elsa & Glenn Medeiros - Un Roman d'Amitié 19. Elton John - I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That 20. Enya - Orinoco Flow 21. Eros Ramazzotti - Solo con te 22. Fairground Attraction - Perfect 23. Falco - Wiener Blut 24. Fat Boys & Chubby Checker - The Twist 25. George Michael - Father Figure 26. George Michael - One More Try 27. Glenn Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You 28. Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine 29. Herbert Grönemeyer - Was Soll Das 30. INXS - New Sensation 31. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Hate Myself for Loving You 32. Kim Wilde - You Came 33. Koreana - Hand in Hand 34. Kylie Minogue - Locomotion 35. Kylie Minogue - Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi (I Still Love You) 36. La Guardia - El Mundo Tras El Cristal 37. La Unión - Más y Más 38. Los Rebeldes - Mediterráneo 39. Luca Barbarossa - L'amore rubato 40. Matt Bianco - Don't Blame It On That Girl 41. Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana 42. Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror 43. Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal 44. Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True 45. Mory Kanté - Yeke Yeke 46. Münchener Freiheit - Bis wir uns wiedersehen 47. Mylène Farmer - Pourvu Qu'Elles Soient Douces 48. New Kids On The Block - You Got It (The Right Stuff) 49. Ofra Haza - Im Nin' Alu 50. Pat & Mick - Let's All Chant 51. Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing 52. Peter Schilling - The Different Story 53. Phil Collins - A Groovy Kind Of Love 54. Phil Collins - Two Hearts 55. Prefab Sprout - Cars and Girls 56. Rainhard Fendrich - Macho Macho 57. Rick Astley - It Would Take a Strong Strong Man 58. Rick Astley - She Wants To Dance With Me 59. Rick Astley - Take Me to Your Heart 60. Rick Astley - Together Forever 61. Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible 62. Robin Beck - The Very First Time 63. Roxette - Listen To Your Heart 64. Sabrina - All of Me (Boy Oh Boy) 65. Salt-N-Pepa - Push It 66. Sam Brown - Stop 67. Sting - Fragile 68. Terence Trent D'Arby - Sign Your Name 69. The Beach Boys - Kokomo 70. The Primitives - Crash 71. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) 72. Tino Casal - Eloise 73. Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You 74. Tracy Chapman - Fast Car 75. Tracy Chapman - Talkin' About A Revolution 76. U2 - Desire 77. Van Halen - When It's Love 78. Whitney Houston - One Moment In Time 79. Yahoo - Mordida de Amor 80. Yazz - The Only Way Is Up Related Searches: Greatest Hits of 1988, Best Jukebox 1988 Playlist, Late 1988 Non Stop , Top 1988 Non Stop, Mix 1988 Compilation, Best 1988 List, Late 1988 UK, Best 1988 Playlist, Best 1988 Non Stop, Best 1988 Video, Greatest 1988 Non Stop, Mix 1988 Playlist, Best Jukebox 1988 List, List of 1988 Mix, Top 1988 USA, Best Songs of 1988, Top Music 1988, Hits of 1988 Relate Hashtags: #songsof1988 #hits1988 #songs1988 #listof1988mix #hits1988 #bestsongs1988 #classic1988playlist #greatest1988nonstop #best1988list #best1988video #top1988mix #greatest1988video #mix1988playlist #top1988nonstop #mix1988compilation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyxks67i0eM