#instead of repeating myself alot haha

[skimmeh]

I'm going to just make this post here, for the questions people keep asking me haha (/nm)

What program do you use to draw?

I use procrete to draw digitally currently

What program do you use to animate?

Oh boy! I don't animate much, but I use Flipaclip!!! And I'd like to use procrete or procrete dreams but my tablet literally cannot handle it haha

What brushes do you use?

The main brush set I use is this one:!!! It's really great but it does cost money.

So if you'd like a similar brush set but for free, I'd recommend theses!!! (I used to use them for a while!!)

What canvas size do you use?

I don't know- I don't usually plan to have a specific image size when drawing but they tend to be average 900×700 pix size .which I have no idea is a good size to have you drawing..erhhhh *shrugs*

What colour palette do you use?

I don't use colour palettes, I just pick colours I think look nice, and sometimes play around with layer settings. It would be cool if there was a specific palette I took from, because colouring can be a headache for me. But I usually guess what colours I use! :D

[fart-gate]

SGA

Season 5 Episode 6

Notes by me

- ive heard this episode is Rodney centric with lots of cough whump cough. So that should be fun for me hehehehehehe HERE WE GO LADS

- well it just gets right into it doesnt it huh

- hes acting like he has some sort of brain damage ?? Maybe bad head injury I'm guessing

- hes calling for john 😫💟

- what happened someone tell me

- infected????

- hes DYING ! Of what!!!! Somebody say what it is!!!!

- while the theme plays i want to acknowledge davids exquisite acting skillz 👌👌👌👌🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

- a few hrs earlier.....or days.....idk they didnt say lol

- woolseys bored when they arent there haha

- theyre trapped on TOP OF THE GATE THIS IS GOOD SHIT

- shivering 😌

- wet team atlantis is aahhh

- he had a fever immediately? Suspicious

- this shot of them on the gate in the middle of the lake with no lights but the wormhole POETIC CINEMA

- ronon carrying Rodney 💖💗💖

- wait hes back to normal? I dont trust it

- "our boy" AAWW

- back to the present! This is sad I'm sad

- again davids acting is just 🔥🔥🔥

- "Meredith?" 😭😭💟

- "I'm sick" you know when boromir keeps getting shot with arrows and when you think its over he gets shot with another one. This is what watching this episode feels like. I'm boromir

- ronon hugs are the best. I mean who doesnt want to hug Jason mamoa? Hes like hugging a bear that can tear your head off but youre 84% sure he wont

- ronon WHAT theres a place where he can be himself again?? Oh its dangerous yeah that tracks with ronons previous ideas

- WOA Rodney looks handsome in this video log

- something he wanted to say to keller. His feelings about her maybe??? 5 bucks!

- "second childhood" ronon has dealt with it before thats cool

- awwww the fruit cup

- ronon wants to save him so bad 😭😭😭💗💗💗💗💗💗

- "you learned to hunt when you were 6?" I'm laughing,woolsey, have you MET HIM. NO ONE ELSE IS SURPRISED LMFAO

- ronon #1 Rodney Protector

- woolseys story about his dad with alzheimers . I get it. my grandma has that.

- "I'll take him myself"

- SHUT UP !!! PROTECTIVE RONON LIVES IN MY HEAD RENT FREE!!!! I DONT WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER SOUND ON THIS EARTH UNLESS IT IS THIS DIALOGUE ON REPEAT

- lOVE how ronon doesnt do anything when keller says rodneys not leaving without her permission. The respect this man has for everyone

- "ronon dex"

"Thats right buddy"

DECEASED 💀 bye world it was nice knowing ya. Tattoo this dialogue on the back of my eyelids

- "hey john!" I CANT TAKE THIS

- come on keller! I get not wanting him to be in danger but I mean...if theres even a chance.....

- jeannie pulls thru 💪 off to wraith territory! I just realised thats probably not a good thing

- he recites pie in one of his videos

- Woolsey wants Rodney to know he said goodbye??? Unrealistic. Blocked

- sending a malp is a good idea. They should keep doing that

- "john!"

- oh NO hes so scared. David should really have an award for this episode

- john being so sweet 💖💖💖

- "I drink beer?" "Alot!" Lmao

- im sorry but Rodney immediately going to johns courters when he couldnt find anyone.....its true love

- "how about we say goodbye now?"

"NO"

Damn ok lol

- "pretty soon I wont remember who you are!"

"Then I'll remind you!"

I mean I have nothing to say to this

- bossy!John when hes emotional

- "youre a good friend arthur" THAT LAUGH HAD TO BE REAL. WAS THAT IMPROV. IT LOOKED LIKE IMPROV. johns laugh makes ME laugh . CUTE

- im in love with how theyre all taking turns in taking care of Rodney like making sure hes walking okay and stuff. Its amazing how much everyone loves him even though he was quite a dick in the beginning and no one liked him. I just love how much hes grown and how close they all got to each other. Thats the shit I love. Warms my heart.

- "john!"

- "jeannie?" HES BACK

- in his video log he said he keeps seeing his mom? Thats...really sad actually

- "I DIE?!?!?" oh god hes panicking again

- wow keller was right about his reaction I guess

- is this gonna be The Only Person That Can Save Him Is Him

- "save me some ham" lol

- WOW WHAT A SCREAM

- it retracted from the radiation? So its smaller.... Do the surgery!

- YES IM RIGHT !!! GO KELLER!!

- weak Rodney is good stuff

- "youve thrown an awful lot at me in very little time"

"Thats life"

OK RONON. BLUNT AS FUCK

- his goodbye video

- john helping with the surgery even tho he clearly isnt trained for this. Lord let nothing go wrong pls

- EW this is gross

- its coming out by itself??

- "you could have stepped on it"

"She told me to shoot it"

Ronon will take any opportunity to shoot things

- thats all they had to do!!!! Can you imagine.....now they can let the word out and tell everyone around the galaxy to do this when one of their elders gets the parasite! Just go to a cave and do unsanitized surgery

- "thank you" fuck my life

- "I love you. Ive loved you for some time now" THERE IT IS. what a reveal. She's crying! Oh i cant take this. I'm glad that they realise feelings after so long of knowing eachother instead of right after they met. We got to see their relationship grow!! Also someone owes me 5 bucks

- does she love him back???? DOES SHE

I NEED ANSWERS

[cabinetofdrcaligosto]

Hiii, I really love your blog and your posts! You draw Loboto so well! I wanted to know how you draw him? if you can make a little tutorial, it could help me... thanks a lot if you do it :) have a nice day! ♡

Absolutely!  Here’s a little toot of my process!  Here’s how I start:

Not trying to be sassy haha, it’s definitely one of the most helpful things to have.  Find a few images of the character your drawing to look back on.

Next: I simplify the character

It’s easy to get caught up on details.  Loboto is a SUPER complicated character design wise, so you want to start simple when drawing him out.  This also helps ALOT when posing the body. (lol sorry I repeated myself in the drawing below too ^^;;)

It makes drawing a little less stressful.  Instead of worrying about his belts and buckles and buttons and shower cap, all you have to worry about is posing a few squares, circles, and lines :3  This is what I usually do:

Extra notes that might help too:

About that body, “What’s under the lab coat?”  It’s hard to see what a character’s body looks like under huge clothing:

Having a visual of the body underneath can help with posing his giant lab coat later on xD

Eyes:

And probably one of the hardest things to draw on him:

I hope this helps!  Sorry if it’s a bit jumbled by the end there ^^;;;  But if you have other questions or would like me to break something down a bit more for you, don’t be afraid to ask!  I love helping out ^o^

[reefartandwriting]

Trapped P1

Here's p1 of my one shot for lapidot week Day 6: Superhero au.

There's 2 parts because apparently there's a text limit on text posts XD

I split the whole thing just about halfway so it should be fine now. It still sucks though.

(This may or may not turn into a whole Fic after I finish some of my others. Drowning in fics atm.)

Anyway enjoy!

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Peridot POV.

This was, admittedly, not the WORST day I've had. Compared to the time I was once pushed down the stairs and nearly broke my leg, or the time I bassicly got hit by a car, or even the time I was extremely sick for three days straight.

Comfort wise, this wasn't too much harder than day to day life. But alot of people would say my situation wasn't ideal.

Hanging in mid air with ropes tied to all 4 of my appendages, facing the ground which was probably... 4-5 feet away.

So yeah. Not my best, but not my worst.

My mask had miraculasly been left on, but my boosters and power gloves had been taken. I couldn't remember how long ago I had been knocked out while on my scouting mission for the Gems, or who had taken me at all. I had been surveying a warehouse one minute, and hanging the next.

I had already figured struggling was pointless, the ropes were knotted tightly and then duct taped, as if they want to be doubly sure. And without my inventions, I had very limited power.

Though I did posses a small amount of telekinetic abilities, Garnet had insisted that I hold off on that training so I would learn to rely on more than just my abilities. Instead I was heavily trained I hand to hand combat. No particular style, but I had a good mix of karate and wrestling moves under my belt.

I closed my eyes, keeping myself calm by reminding myself that everyone slipped up. There would be a chance to cause at least minor damage to whoever unfortunately might have torture duty.

I also repeated that they were more likely to keep me alive for information, which I would give falsely. The gems had worked themselves ragged keeping Homeworld at bay, I was not about to be the person to trade throwing everything in the metaphorical trash just to live. Though I doubted they would let me go either way.

I realized I sounded grim in my own head, thinking about all the possible outcomes and was even surprised at how little I feared what they might do to me. Because unfortunately for homeworld, I had seen, and actually done, worse.

I was broken from my thoughts by a door opening and closing, and at least three pairs of feet walking toward me. I opened my eyes, relaxing my body out of instinct from training.

"This is what you dragged in? Honestly. He looks like nothing more than a glorified delivery boy." A snarky voice growled. I could see the person had on black business shoes, and despite me having previously felt no fear, my heartbeat quickened as i saw a small yellow diamond insignia on the tongue.

"He was spying, my diamond. That or acting as bait, which I highly doubt. And based on his lame "enhancements" he doesn't have any powers, either. Nothing else was found on him." I kept my snarky remark about them assuming I was a boy to myself, staying quiet and listening to the third pair of feet come around my left side. The third figure said nothing, but wore athletic sneakers and pants, coming just below their knee.

"This is a waste of time. Do what you want with him. If you somehow manage information about the Gems I will be pleasantly surprised, Jasper." Yellow, or who I assumed to be yellow based on the insignia, walked back toward the door, leaving the other two in the room. I kept my breathing slow, closing my eyes again.

"Little runts not as panicky as i expected, eh Laz?" A large hand harshly poked into my side, making me grunt and my breathing speed up. It stung, to say the least. "Cmon, give me a bit more than that, I know it hurts." The large hand repeated the jab, making me grip the ropes and clench my jaw.

"JASPER."

I froze at the third voice finally speaking. A female, smooth in tone despite the anger behind it.

"Leave the dumb blonde to me. I'll get them to talk one way or another. Poking them like a pig isn't gonna do anything but make it shut up. Don't you have a bag to go punch instead?" Surprisingly I felt calmer as she spoke. It was soft but also firm? Though I was a bit nervous about what a reserved person would have in mind about torture.

"Whatever. But we're still gonna meet up later for dinner, right~?" The harsh voice turned strangely and sickeningly sweet, making me want to throw up. What a twisted person this jasper must be.

But the girl answered back just as sweet. She took a step closer to me though, just about next to my head. "Of course~ wouldn't miss it." Jasper gave a small humph of content, as his footsteps faded back to the door as well. Nothing happened for a second after the door closed, but I felt this... what did jasper call her? Laz? Gently slide her fingertips over my cheek, saying nothing. I shivered at the touch, gripping the rope again.

But the soft, sweet touch didn't last long.

Suddenly her hand slid up into my hair and jerked my head up, forcing me to look into a pair of electric blue eyes, covered in a black and matching blue mask. I kept my face straight, meeting her eyes and forcing myself to not shake like a coward against the harsh but strikingly beuatiful gaze.

"You're far from home, gem." She said softly, lessening her grip only slightly as her other hand slid onto my cheek. "Its rare for us to have one of you like this. YD thinks you're nothing, but I know better. Despite her menacing tone, she gave a smile, rubbing her thumb on my cheek. "All gems have a secret. I look forward to knowing yours, cutie~" I clenched my jaw and couldn't suppress a shiver. How could this girl sound so... inviting, but evil at the same time?

She released my head, but I held it up to look at her, letting out a shaky breath as she pulled a blade from her back. "But this isn't the place, is it?" She walked around me as i stiffened, closing my eyes and preparing for the blade to strike or cut me. But there was a pause.

And then and slight whizz noise, as my legs dropped. I squeaked, my feet hitting the ground roughly and my hands taking more weight then before. I turned my head, watching her walk back around me slowly. Our eyes met again. But this time her eyes seemed more serious.

I growled, pulling on the rope. "I'm not talking. Might as well listen to your leader and just kill me." I held my chin up despite my urge to cripple under the girls gaze.

"Leader?" She chuckled a bit, grabbing my face with one hand and pulling me close to her own. "I'm not some pet. I don't listen to anyone." I blushed at the closeness, and her obvious glance at my lips. As she pulled back there was another whizz sound, and I fell onto my knees, my arms free.

"Wha..." she crouched and slapped her hand over my mouth, smirking. "I've been looking for an escape buddy. Thank the stars I was assigned to you." Her voice sounded calmer, and she chuckled again. But more lightheartedly. "Sorry if i spooked you, love~. Couldnt resist a bit of teasing." She stood back up as i gawked at her.

"I... what?" I was honestly confused. This girl wasn't going to torture My idiotic ass until I spilled? Or kill me, as her diamond had requested?

She rolled her eyes and grabbed my hand, pulling me back up to stand. "We're leaving. Unless youd rather me leave you here to fight off jasper." She smirked again though, intertwining our fingers. "I think I'm the preferable choice here."

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*wiggles Brows*

P2 will be posted pretty soon haha

@lapidot-week (Sorry for the 2 parts ;-;)

[fayxiaoweirdo]

I’ve always thought about...

about how it feels like I never really hit a “change.” In the beginning of when I made my Tumblr I told myself I would make this more of a journal... Kind of like a Xanga... That lasted only for like a month though lol... Reblogging urge too strong...  Well this post is just going to be thoughts I’ve been having lately, so just going to write things down to keep my thoughts in order. There’s no particular topic to this post, it’s just me saying whatever comes up on my mind at the moment. Listening to my old playlist on shuffle I made it’s really nostalgic. Alot of songs from middle and high school.... and damn nostalgia slap across from the face my goodness, I can totally remember me just listening to these songs back in the day while chatting on AIM to a bunch of friends who I don’t talk to anymore. An example being the song “Irreplaceable” by Beyonce that just came up on my playlist. I remember I first heard the song when I was in 7th grade on my friend Susan’s Myspace. I met Susan through Maplestory and she was a pretty good friend, talked to her like everyday with her being of the many people I talked to on AIM everyday during the glory AIM years that lasted like 4 years? AIM was king before Facebook messenger killed it off haha. Now I have no idea really what she’s doing, I have her on Facebook but it’s been years since I’ve talked to her. I’ve always told myself I’d love to catch up with everyone who I used to talk to with daily in the past, but I never really got to it... I think I first had this thought like Freshman year of college. I started playing online games in 2nd grade and met alot of people playing games like Gunbound and Maplestory. Gunbound was 2nd-5th grade and Maplestory was 5th grade - 7th grade. Everybody I met was always older than me by a couple years, so I was always known as “Little Joey”. When I hit Freshman year of college I thought it would be cool to catch up with people, now me being older and no longer being “Little Joey”. Now I’m in that post college life and I feel like it’s too late, everybody is busy with their lives now and that’s understandable. Next song that just came up is “Bubbly” by Colbie Caillat... Oh boy this song sure brings back memories HAHA. I used to like this girl named My for a really long time in middle school, and this song was her Myspace song. I remember I would always wonder some dumb thoughts like “I wonder if this song is what she feels when she thinks about me?” and then I would have this song on repeat cause it would remind me of her. The song just became associated with her haha. Nothing has really changed though... I was a hopeless romantic back then and I still remain a hopeless romantic to this day. Nothing about me really has changed since as long as I can remember. I’ve always been.... Me. In my Senior yearbook, one of my friend’s that I had known since third grade had wrote “After elementary, middle, and high school you’ve never changed Joey! Hope you stay the same throughout College as well!” ... and now that college is finished I still haven’t changed. I’ve always told myself I wanted to improve myself, to work on myself, and now recently these days I’ve started to second guessing myself... Have I improved myself? I know my flaws pretty well, and I’m aware of mistakes that I make and will take responsibility for them... But thinking back on it, have I fixed any of my flaws? I don’t know... But yeah. I’ve always enjoyed making these type of posts... I enjoy looking back at these later in the future and reading them, it feels like a time capsule in a way you know? Actually I guess the way I type is a bit different.... Here’s one of the first posts I ever posted on Tumblr back in Junior year of high school....

Fried Chicken… With BBQ Sauce? Jan 25, 2011

Today I realized how fast time goes by when I actually sat down and had a conversation with Armand for the first time all school year. It was nice not talking about school and worrying about things such as grades and homework, helped get the mind off things. So the highlight of the conversation to me, was his story about fried chicken… It went something like this…

Armand - “So I went to this GOOD fried chicken place right?”

Franklin - “What was the name of the fried chicken place, you know it might be good to you, and bad to me cause, well you know…."                       Me - "Armand loves all fried chicken”

Armand - !! “You guys are silly… Hehehe (Inserts Armand’s gay laugh here) … But yea so I went to a GOOD fried chicken place ya know? And don’t worry about the name… You can trust me…. Anyways, I drove up to the to go thing, and I was like ‘yo mayn can I have 10 pieces of fried chicken mayn’, and after that they asked me if I wanted ketchup, but I said I wanted BBQ Sauce instead… AND THE NEXT THING I KNEW, THEY STARTED LAUGHING  AT ME!! AND I COULD HEAR THEM SAY 'HAHAHA GO GET THIS MAN SOME BBQ SAUCE AHAHAHAHA’”

Me & Franklin - LOL Franklin - “What race was the person dude LOLOL”

Armand - “Dude, it was two black girls!! When I drove up to get my chicken, they looked at me and started giggling at me… And I knew there were only two options… Either they thought I was CUUUUTE -plays with cheeks- or they were laughing at me getting BBQ with my fried chicken…  -pouts-”

Me - “They were just probably shy of your huge exploding biceps man, remember?!?! You’re big sexy"              

Armand - ”-Giggles like a girl- well of course Jolina… Anyways so they gave me my fried chicken and they were still laughing at me!! So I looked in the bag to see if they gave me my BBQ  sauce, and they did!! But only one pack…“ So ever since that day I questioned what was wrong with eating fried  chicken with BBQ sauce… I even googled it when I got home to see what was wrong with eating fried chicken with BBQ sauce… I want some BBQ sauce….”

It was a pretty funny conversation, LOVE HOW HE WAS GETTING FRIED CHICKEN TOO (NO RACIAL!! :]) So after that Armand took my phone and took a picture of himself… It seems like he likes to do that a lot… His mistake though hehe…. Time to share it with the whole world…

I love looking back at old things and past memories... I think I have a problem of missing the past more than looking forward to the future... Actually I have changed in the fact that I tend to see things more negatively now than positive. I used to be a pretty optimistic person, but failure after failure has made me a pretty negative person. I guess that’s why I enjoy living in the past more than looking forward to the future, which is a pretty bad thing that I need to change. Well that’s it for this post... Time to figure out how to make a “view spoiler” thing or whatever so people don’t have to see this long ass post if they don’t care for reading it haha. See I just wrote as I thought... The beginning of my post kinda contradicts the end of the post.

[thirdylar-blog]

Been a silent fan of BLACKPINK since day 1 but now I'm going to break my silent because of the amount of hate BLACKPINK gets.

Before we proceed I just want to tell you about my side story, on how I end up being a BLINK.

Way Back August 22,2016 I accidentally click this video of a Girl who's sitting on the top of the Globe. The intro was LIT and it was my first time seeing a Korean Girl Group that is so full of visuals. After i watched the video I crave for more, i want more, so i did search about them and found another MV of them, the lyrics and tone/beat of Whistle and Boombayah keep on repeating in my head. That day i became their fan, I've dated BLACKPINK and in that stage of "Getting to Know Them Better".

Days and Months Passed even years passed I've watched Blackpink grow, and I'm so lucky to witnessed every moment of them on the stage, their first award, first Vlive, and even their first fan meet/sign up.

In their first fansign up I cried not because of sadnees but because of the happiness i felt, finally I got the chance to finally meet them! A Girl Group who drive me this Crazy, who taught me Love and Patience but never Pain! My hands keep on sweating, I feel like I'm going to vomit and pee, I did even wipe my hands multiple times before touching their hand hahaha, it was Lisa who i met first, then Rosé, Jennie and Jisoo, their voices was so different, it was so cute and Angelic, their hands is so soft and squishy haha, and one thing is for sure they are so pure, innocent, Talented, Pretty and lovely.

BLACKPINK? They are not just a Korean Girl Group for me who Smashed the Charts everytime they do Comebacks, or trend just by breathing, because for me? BLACKPINK is my life Savior, Yes they save me from depression, because to tell you the truth I planned to end my life that day, but God have his ways, he introduces me to BLACKPINK who then save me. I've learned alot from them, I received love and care, happiness and Tears, who help me change. Lot's of people might not know but only a true Blinks Knew How much they did influence us to be a better Person, Blackpink even did saves animals in needs behind our backs not letting the world to know it, this is why we are running a campaign to save Green/Nature under Blackpink × Blinks name, and i even witnessed a lot of Blackpink Fansite posting charity works such as "How they help people with cancer, and animals in need under Blackpink × Blinks name" it's a proof that BLACKPINK is not just a K-POP Group and BLINKS is not just a Fandom but a family, BLACKPINK is an Influencer and a Role Model i respect so much.

Now to people who don't like BLACKPINK, I understand that you don't like them, I do, because me myself didn't even like your favs too so yeah name it lol, But what i don't understand is "Why Disrespect Them? If you don't like them then don't,no one force you anyway, but Disrespecting them, Sending death threats and even called them names is already a different story and is not understandable, it does not make you strong nor cool but Weak and Lonely.

And to my own Fandom who turned their backs to Jennie, I Just Want you to know, what if it's Jisoo, Rosé or Lisa who did do their First SOLO instead of Jennie? are you all going to treat them just like how you treat Jennie?, Jennie Kim who still loves Blinks despite of the hate she gets from their own Fandom, Who told us do take Good Care of ourselves, to forget her SOLO and focus on Studying, who still loves us despite of the hate she gets, who's happiness is us, Jennie Kim who took the risk of Doing solo first, because i know she really knew that if her girlies do the solo first they might get bash and hated for it, so she took the risk and take the Pain all by herself so please think again if you're truly a fan.

FAM I won't ask you anything but to Protect BLACKPINK's Smile and Happiness.

Hoping that this message might reach the K-POP Fans here, just like how it reaches the heart of K-POP fans on Facebook, lets spread Positivity and Love.

[taraburke]

Songs to *Fall* for

Well, kiddos - it’s time to dust off your books, make the annual trip to Staples, and have one last BBQ because summer is over, guys. But if you’re an oldie like me working that full time job, you’re probably unclear of what time of year it is because in your mind, you’re already thinking forward to Spring 2019. lol! It may just be another Tuesday for us, but think back, way back, to when Labour Day meant new possibilities! Take that open attitude and listen to the songs below! These are the songs that have been on repeat in my headphones over the past few months and there’s no better time to take these songs with you into the Fall and let them bless your lifeeeee -- click HERE to go my Spotify Playlist and read below for more info on each track:

“Fade Away (Clean Version)” - Logic

I heard this intro of this song in the first few minutes of one of those new Shondaland shows and had to find out what it was. The opening is a sample looped from an acapella group’s arrangement of “Deck the Halls” - so cool! As soon as that beat dropped in, I was hooked. I’m not super familiar with Logic, but I like the song’s concept -- it’s about doing something before you fade away. So I put this song on when I need to feel that pump-up motivation to go out and make moves - perfect for a new season, huh?

“The Best” - James Bay

I don’t think I need to say much here — the song speaks for itself! If you know the Tina Turner original (which, of course, you should), you’ll like this. James Bay has a great voice as well, and this does what a great cover should, gives the song a different feel, but while pointing the listener right back to the original. #TBT

“Vain” - KIRBY

This girl is bomb!!! But I don’t know anything about her - anyone got some info? I only know two songs, but both of them I love ALOT. If she ever travels to Toronto, find me a front row seat. Soulful in allllll the right ways (got that organ ending!!!). 100 thumbs up!

“Just The Way You Are” - James Smith

Another great cover - simply done. I don’t know this artist, just came up on my Spotify and it made me feel good! I’ll take an acoustic performance instead of an overly produced single any day of the week. By the time the song ended, I was like, “Okay sir!!” Love this one.

“Shy" - Leon Bridges

The new, reinvented Leon Bridges! I was aware of him, but something changed between his first album and second album cuz I definitely like him more than I did before. Love the groove on this one. Check out his whole album “Good Thing” for more ‘good things’ hahah (I’ll see myself out lol)

“Six” - Sleeping At Last

This is an indulgent choice but bear with me! Sleeping At Last is an artist who you’ve likely heard in the background of your favourite tv shows (his music is on Grey’s a lot) but he’ll do themed albums and this song “Six” is from a series of songs that he wrote based on the 9 different Enneagram personality types. If you haven’t heard of the Enneagram, I would encourage you to look it up and see which type you relate to — for me, it’s 6 and this song was written to reflect/respond to that personality type. For each song, there is also a corresponding podcast where you are taken through how the song was made, and gives you more info on the type. Interested? Go here. I just love understanding more about personality types and knowing that some of the quirks you may have seen as faults are actually just a part of your personality - you are not alone in feeling the way you do! 

“Your Love” - Tim Bowman Jr.

This is my jam of the year! On the morning of my birthday, I put this on and had a little praise dance party - good vibes! When I first heard this one, I loved how it sounded, but then realized he was talking about the Lord?! Yessir!  Smooth, smooth, smooth AND a baseline for dayyysss. This just makes me happy - reminds you that despite whatever is going on, you are loved and it’s gonna be ok! That’s enough to make me wanna dance~

“Time Will Be The Healer” - Glen Hansard

I got this song recommended to me through Twitter, but I should’ve known I’d like it. Glen Hansard is one of my favourites - it seems a little random, but ever since the ONCE soundtrack, I’ve loved his music. And I’ve wondered what exactly it is, but I think I just really like any artist who sings as if their life depends on it — that raw passion in the last third of the song really comes through. And the sentiment here is true — time will be the healer once again, yes it will.

“Without You” - Leslie Odom Jr.

Wow just realizing how many of these are covers….lol! Anywhoo, this is another one - this time by Leslie Odom Jr. of “Hamilton” fame, one of my favourite performers right now. Plus I love how they made this song, which was originally done as a duet into a solo, and with that simple instrumentation, it really showcases his voice. Next on my list - go see Hamilton lol

“Uphill Battle” - Rozzi

A new discovery for me - Rozzi. I first came across this song via a dance video on Twitter and was immediately wondering who the singer was. Her voice is pretty unique and I couldn’t place it, so my investigation began! Very new - I don’t think she even has a full album out yet, but definitely one to watch! And I’ll link the dance video here — I think a reason I like this song, besides Rozzi’s voice, is the concept behind the lyrics. That idea of knowing that you are, or are going to be, a challenge to someone who is trying to love you?! That’s some real stuff right there..

“Crazy Love” - Chris McClarney

I’ve always liked Chris McClarney, because he’s one of the few praise & worship leaders who, when they sing, really SIIINNNGGG, like he saaaangs. So when my small group leader played this at one of our meetups, I knew it would be good. But I was so touched by the song and every time it comes on in the shuffle, I just have to stop and thank Him. “There’s nothing that can change it, Your love, your love; there’s no one that could tame it, this crazy love”. What a message to walk into your day with! That there is powerful!

“For My Good” - Judah Band

This song is purely for the shout - just put this on repeat and get into it. Such high energy, it makes me wanna move!!! And it’s a good reminder - no matter what it looks like, ALL things work together for my good! Even the things that seem bad to us at first. I’ve had many car jams to this one — you get to that stop light and are just doing a little shouting in your seat! HEYYY NOWWWWW

“Rejoice” - Steve Angello (ft. TD Jakes)

I came across this song on an athlete’s Instagram account — the person was doing these intense pull ups with this in the background, and I’m trying to be on that fitness thang, so I made this part of my workout playlist. I love that this artist just mixed a sermon into this track, like who knew I needed to hear TD Jakes yelling motivation while I worked out?!  haha But even when not working out, this will fire you up! “Woe be unto you if you go into another year and waste another year [...] while someone’s in the hospital begging God for the opportunity that you have right now…” Now if that doesn’t inspire you, I don’t know what will!! 

One last cover to make it an even 14 songs -- we’ll end with Jessie J’s cover of James Brown’s “I Got You (I Feel Good)” - FIREEEEE

Here’s the link to the playlist on Spotify one more time: 

----> SONGS TO FALL FOR

ENJOY!