#jacques the vulture

[bubbasbubblebutt]

Sometimes I think about Jacques. I know it's most likely a niche inside joke between the developers since he is an animal that they had to program and create to just eat off of corpses in dead dawg but. I also just think about maybe Jacques was named by Caleb? Was he named after an actual person? Did Caleb just hear the name and just liked it?

If Caleb did name the vulture, the vultures have to mean something to him right? Even if they're like the crows in trials, it's still a piece of "home".

God damnit bhvr please for the love of God give us more lore and introspection into Caleb and how he thinks PLEASE

[daniarts19]

The Total Drama Characters if they are animals.

I’m doing a update to my animal au list, just for things

Hosts:

Chris McLean- Weasel

Chef Hatchet - Alligator

Blaineley - Fennec Fox

Josh - Labrador retriever

Don - Golden Eagle

Island/Action/World Tour Contestants:

Ezekiel: Opossum

Eva: Honey Badger

Noah: Aardwolf

Justin: Peacock

Katie: Meerkat

Tyler: Border Collie

Izzy: Red Panda

Cody: Mouse

Beth: Quinea Pig

Sadie: Chinchilla

Courtney: Jackal

Harold: Canadian Goose

Trent: Silver Fox

Bridgette: River Otter

Lindsay: English Cocker Spaniel

DJ: Deer

Geoff: Sea Lion

Leshawna: Brazilian Toucan

Duncan: Grey Wolf

Heather: Snow Leopard

Gwen: Corsac Fox

Owen: Panda

Sierra: Striped Skunk

Alejandro: Jaguar

Revenge Of The Island Contestants

Staci: Parrot

B: Elephant

Dawn: Owl

Sam: Sloth Bear

Brick: German Shepherd

Anne-Maria: Black Panther

Dakota: Flamingo

Mike: Mash Deer

Jo: Spotted Hyena

Scott: Red Fox

Zoey: Gazelle

Lightning: Zebra

Cameron: Rabbit

Pahktiew Island Contestants

Beardo: Bison

Leonard: Pangolin

Amy: Saluki

Samey: Saluki

Rodney: Moose

Ella: Squirrel

Topher: Black Footed Ferret

Dave: Abyssinian Cat

Scarlett: Rat

Max: Mole

Jasmine: Kangaroo

Sugar: Pig

Shawn: Amardillo

Sky: Cheetah

The Ridonculous Race contestants

Tammy - Tapir

Gerry - Cobra

Pete - Rattlesnake

Ellody: Mongoose

Mary: Beaver

Laurie: Alpaca

Miles: Goat

Jen: Ring Necked Parakeet

Tom: Hyacinth Macaw

Kelly: Mink

Taylor: Mink

Mickey: Chipmunk

Jay: Chipmunk

Lorenzo: Tazmanian Devil

Chet: Warthog

Rock: Striped Hyena

Spud: Sloth

Dwayne: Lion

Junior: Lion cub

Crimson: Hawk

Ennui: Vulture

Stephanie: Asian Rhinoceros

Ryan: African Rhinoceros

Carrie: Sheep

Devin: Dhole

Emma: Siamese cat

Kitty: Siamese cat

Jacques: Husky

Josee: Lyxn

Brody: Harbor Seal

Sanders: Doberman Pincher

MacArthur: Pitbull

Total Drama Island (2023) contestants

Caleb: Horse

Axel: Wolverine

Nichelle: Tiger

“Scary Girl” Lauren: Fruit Bat

Damien: Bat eared Fox

MK: Raccoon

Wayne: Reindeer

Raj: Emperor Penguin

Ripper: Spotted Skunk

Zee: Giraffe

Chase: Coyote

Emma: Tabby Cat

Julia: Swan

Millie: Hippopotamus

Bowie: Crane

Priya: Indian Peafowl/Peahen

I just hope I do some fanart for their designs and maybe redraws too.

[dummybirdnero]

My first thought for Jacques was vulture, but I think vultures are pretty cool

Yeah Jacques could never 😤😤😤

[viscontent-enjoyer]

I'm happy to share with you the Aceslinger hook

"Finally, I have them all"

Okay, so...

I received the "Ace's Wild" charm, which I thought it was not possible since it was a newsletter reward I wasn't aware of until it was already too late. But, thanks to a bug or Behaviour's sudden display of generosity, it is here, and I'm finally able to complete my Aceslinger hook.

So, here it is:

Hey, I know it's not much, but it's about sending a message... I guess.

or just because it makes me happy since Aceslinger is one my favorite ships

Anyway, these are the charms I used (in case you're interested in charming any random Ace you meet in your lobbies):

The sexy most important charm:

The "killer style" engaging charm:

The "I wanted Jacques the Vulture, but I can't be picky" charm:

(this last one is part of the PG-13 version, if you forget about the previous charm oc)

As an extra, there's a variation where, instead of the raven I use the elk antlers:

Not just because of the Wild West theme, but because of the +18 "horny" joke.

(Thanks, @dweetwise. It's been more than a year and I can't get over that Deathslinger's oxen outfit joke).

[enkisstories]

John Phillips was still grumpy about the trio having taken a break without asking during the spring fair and the "irredeemable" criminal Connor was the subject of much gossip in Fort Detroit. That's why John borrowed six sets of manacles at the fort and chained the convicts together by their ankles to prevent them from leaving the fields.

Hunger, cold and the outhouse shrubs made working almost impossible whenever the farmhands entered "Very Uncomfortable" territory.

Daniel with his love for the outdoors and Chris with hisp reference for cold temperatures lasted a little longer than the other three, but even they hit their limits eventually.

Trouble was, John had witnessed Chris selling his sunday suit to Jacques Villareal. He knew the convicts had money and therefore sold them bread instead of providing it for free.

Gavin could only get described as keen as mustard during this time. He took to his new position as overseer, that he fulfilled in addition to his tasks around the Phillips residence, with a passion that didn't endear him to his former friends.

What even is he doing in this screenie? He looks like a vulture waiting for Tina to drop dead!

[argerich]

some stuff i liked this year

Theatre

Oratorio for Living Things // Heather Christian

Evanston Salt Costs Climbing // Will Arbery

Nightclub Cantata // Liz Swados

Long Day’s Journey Into Night // Eugene O’Neil

Chekhov’s First Play // Anton Chekhov

The Skin of our Teeth // Thorton Wilder

Leopoldstadt // Tom Stoppard

Assassins // John Weidman, Stephen Sondheim

Topdog/Underdog // Suzan Lori-Parks

Suffs // Shaina Taub

Film 

New Releases

Nope // Jordan Peele

Decision to Leave // Park Chan-wook

Petite Mamam // Céline Sciamma

Everything Everywhere All at Once // Daniels

First Watches

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg // Jacques Demy

Secrets and Lies // Mike Leigh

Le bonheur // Agnes Varda

Fanny and Alexander // Ingmar Bergman

Queen Christina // Rouben Mamoulian

High and Low // Akira Kurosawa

The Long Day Closes // Terrance Davies

Desert Hearts // Donna Deitch

Three Colors: Red // Krzysztof Kieślowski

Tampopo // Juzo Itami

Music

New Releases

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You // Big Thief

Bleed Out // The Mountain Goats

Magnificent Bird // Gabriel Kahane

Ants From Up There // Black Country, New Roads

Laurel Hell // Mitski

Crash // CharliXCX

Flood // Stella Donnelly

No Rules Sandy // Sylvan Esso

Experts in a Dying Field // The Beths

How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars? // the Weather Station

First Listens

Miami Memory // Alex Cameron

Have One On Me // Joanna Newsom

The Liz Swados Project // Various artists

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg // Michel Legrand

Turbulent Indigo // Joni Mitchell

Ravel and Prokofiev // Margaret Argerich and Berlin Philharmonic

Vulture Prince // Arooj Aftab

Judee Sill // Judee Sill

The First Songs // Laura Nyro  

Pure Comedy // Father John Misty

Books 

Nightwood // Djuana Barnes

Always Coming Home // Ursula K Le Guin

Nona the Ninth // Tamsyn Muir

Orientalism // Edward Said

Giovanni’s Room // James Baldwin

Orlando // Virginia Woolf

Imago // Octavia Butler

The Ministry for the Future // Kim Stanley Robinson

Why Fish Don’t Exist // Lulu Miller

Broken Earth Trilogy // NK Jemisin

TV 

I don’t watch enough so just Severance!

[modernfilmcanon]

Cannes Daily Dispatch 5

Mes amis du cinéma,

Een mens kan de dag slechter beginnen dat met een Spaanstalige transgendergangstermusical. Je kunt veel van Jacques Audiard (Un Prophète, Dheepan, Les Olympiades) zeggen, maar niet dat de man in herhaling vervalt. Emilia Pérez (17/20, competition) is het superonderhoudende relaas van een advocate die van een brute drugskartelleider in Mexico de opdracht krijgt om zijn gezin naar Zwitserland te escorteren terwijl hij zal verdwijnen om een geslachtsbevestigende operatie te ondergaan en een nieuw leven als vrouw te beginnen. Klinkt bezopen? Dan heb je de film nog niet gezien. ‘Fearless in its ridiculousness’, schreef Vulture en dat klopt precies. Schrijf Audiard maar op voor het palmares; kan me onmogelijk voorstellen dat deze film zonder een van de hoofdprijzen huiswaarts gaat. Hoe

Le Procès du Chien van Laetitia Dosch (14/20) was een fijne klucht waarin een advocate voor hopeloze zaken – een hoofdrol van de filmmaakster zelf – de verdediging op zich neemt van de hond Cosmos, zoon van Barbapapa en Chocopix. De hond heeft zijn Portugese huishoudster gebeten en zou daarom volgens de openbaar aanklager moeten inslapen. De advocate weet de rechter ervan te overtuigen dat niet zijn baasje, maar de hond zelf terecht zou moeten staan en dus zit voor het eerst sinds de Middeleeuwen, toen in Zwitserland een proces tegen bijen werd gevoerd (heb nog niet gecontroleerd of dit een verzinsel is van de filmmaakster), een dier in de beklaagdenbank. Vanzelfsprekend is Cosmos gelijk tot topfavoriet gebombardeerd in de strijd om de Palme Dog, een ludieke prijs voor de beste vertolking door een hond. Maar het is ook een scherpe, intelligente komedie, waar tussen alle kluchtigheid door intelligente ideeën over feminisme en de relatie tussen mens en dier in doorschijnen

My Sunshine van Hiroshi Okuyama (16/20, Un Certain Regard) bleek vervolgens een teder, humanistisch, zacht ontroerend Japans drama. De film volgt de lotgevallen van Takuya, een verlegen, stotterend jongetje die een passie ontwikkelt voor kunstrijden op de schaats (of was zijn interesse misschien eerst getrokken door het meisje waarmee hij een schaatskoppel zal vormen?). Hij krijgt hulp van een voormalige kunstschaatskampioen die zijn potentieel ziet en zich over hem ontfermt. De film baadt in prachtige zachte kleuren, waarbij het licht met de seizoenen (en met de ontwikkeling van de personages) mee verandert. Alleen het regelmatig terugkerende gebruik van Clair de Lune was er misschien iets teveel aan, ofschoon het ook wel gepast was voor een film die vertoond werd in de Salle Debussy. September Film brengt de film in Nederland uit; de Kore-eda liefhebbers weten waar ze moeten zijn.

Vervolgens mocht ik (met dank aan de Berlijnse sales agent Films Boutique) aanschuiven bij een buyers screening (waar strikt genomen enkel distributeurs toegang hebben) van The Seed of the Sacred Fig van Mohammad Rasoulof (18/20, Competition), een film die hier aanstaande vrijdag zijn officiële première zal hebben. Vooraf was er al veel over de film te doen. Crew- en castleden, en familieleden van de crew, werden opgepakt door het Iraanse regime en op die manier werd druk op Rasoulof gezet om zijn film terug te trekken uit het festival. Vervolgens kreeg de regisseur (een paar jaar geleden nog winnaar van de Gouden Beer in Berlijn met There Is No Evil) een gevangenisstraf van acht jaar, maar voordat hij werd opgepakt, ontvluchtte hij Iran te voet. De regisseur is inmiddels in Europa en kiest voor een leven in ballingschap in Duitsland, ofschoon hij nog altijd hoopt naar zijn thuisland te kunnen terugkeren. Rasoulof was in het verleden al meerdere keren voor het filmfestival in Cannes uitgenodigd, maar stond tot nu toe nog altijd ietwat in de schaduw van landgenoten als Asghar Farhadi en Jafar Panahi. Daar komt met deze nieuwe film een einde aan. Het is een bloedstollende spannende thriller/familiedrama over het gezin van Iman, een Iraanse onderzoeksrechter die net promotie heeft gemaakt als er protesten in het land uitbreken vanwege de dood van Mahsa Amini. Imans rebelse tienerdochters tonen zich kritisch over de uitleg die het regime geeft voor Amini’s dood. Als vervolgens het pistool dat Iman van zijn werkgever had gekregen verdwijnt, verdenkt Iman zijn eigen gezin en laat hij zich steeds verder meezuigen in een maalstroom van paranoia, met verstrekkende gevolgen.

A bient��t,

Mark

[brookston]

Holidays 3.11

Holidays

Alphabet Day

Cornish Heath Day

Daily Newspaper Day (UK)

Debunking Day

Dream Day

European Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Terrorism (EU)

Frankenstein Day

Human Services Day

International Day of Startups

Johnny Appleseed Day

Key Deer Awareness Day

Lend-Lease Day

Mahasivarathri Day (Sri Lanka)

Maha Shivaratree (Mauritius)

Mandrake Day (French Republic)

Moshoeshoe Day (Lesotho)

Mount Etna Eruption Anniversary Day

National Covid-19 Day

National Day of Observance for COVID-19 (Canada)

National Debunking Day

National Dream Day

National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day

National Healing Headbands Day

National Immune System Day

National No-Code Day

National Payton Playmaker Day

National Promposal Day

National Singles Day (UK)

National 311 Day

National Wash Your Nose Day

Nina Hartley Day

Press Day (Tajikistan)

Prime Time Day

The Snowy Day

Solo Poly Day

Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day (EU)

Wash Your Nose Day

Women Physicians Day (Canada)

World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film

World Plumbing Day

Worship of Tools Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Apple Appreciation Day

National “Eat Your Noodles” Day

National Sofrito Day

Oatmeal Nut Waffle Day

2nd Monday in March

Adelaide Cup Day (South Australia) [2nd Monday]

Bock Beer Day [2nd Monday; also 3.20]

Canberra Day (Australia) [2nd Monday]

Commonwealth Day (a.k.a. Empire Day; UK, Commonwealth nations) [2nd Monday]

Eight Hours Day (Tasmania) [2nd Monday]

Fill Our Staplers Day [Monday of 2nd Full Week]

Labour Day (Victoria, Australia) [2nd Monday]

National Butcher’s Week begins (UK) [2nd Monday]

National Napping Day [Monday after DST]

Wildlife Week begins [2nd Monday]

Workplace Napping Day [Monday after DST]

World Salt Awareness Week begins [2nd Week in March]

Weekly Holidays beginning March 11 (2nd Week)

International Brain Awareness Week [thru 3.17]

Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign [thru 3.17]

Independence & Related Days

Cheslovian Federation (Declared; 2003) [unrecognized]

Crudaith (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Lithuania (from USSR, a.k.a. Day of Restoration; 1990)

Montgomery Convention approved Confederate States constitution (1861)

Sorrenia (Declared; 2013) [unrecognized]

Taranaki Province Day (New Zealand)

Xarbarstan (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning March 11, 2024

Feis Ceoil (Dublin, Ireland) [thru 3.22]

Indiana Tourism Conference (Evansville, Indiana) [thru 3.13]

SXM Festival (Grand-Case, Saint Martin) [thru 3.18]

Taste the Grapes: Lost in Space Edition (Munich, Germany)

Feast Days

Alberta of Agen (Christian; Saint)

Angus, the Culdee (Christian; Saint)

Aurea (Christian; Virgin)

Bela Lugosi Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Benedict of Milan (Christian; Saint)

Bunching of Fairies for the Second Flight (Shamanism)

Constantine (Christian; Saint)

Douglas Adams (Humanism; Saint)

Douglas Adams Day (Pastafarian)

Eulogius of Cordova (Christian; Martyr)

Feast Day of Hercules/Herakles (Ancient Rome/Greece)

Felire Oengusso Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Flower Sisters Witches of Belvoir Day (Pagan)

Gyalpyo (a.k.a. Gyallo Loshar; Nepal)

Jacques de Molay Day (Everyday Wicca)

Johnny Appleseed Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Kenneth Hayes Miller (Artology)

Marduk’s Day (Pagan)

Nora Nicks (Muppetism)

Óengus of Tallaght (Christian; Saint)

Pythagoras (Positivist; Saint)

Sophronius of Jerusalem (Christian; Saint)

Tessa Margaret Redi (Christian; Virgin)

Vindicianus (Christian; Saint)

Islamic Moveable Calendar Holidays

Ramadan, 1st full day  (Islamic) [through April 9] (a.k.a. …

Awal Ramadan (Afghanistan, Malaysia)

Beginning of the Holy Month of Ramadan (Maldives)

Puasa (Brunei)

Ougadi (Myanmar)

Start of Ramadan

Ugaadi (Mauritius)

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Blue Dragon Festival (Chinese) [2nd Day, 2nd Moon]

Zhonghe Festival (Chinese) [2nd Day, 2nd Moon]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

The Adam Project (Film; 2022)

All Things Bright and Beautiful, by James Herriot (Book; 1975)

Birds in the Spring (Disney Cartoon; 1933)

Complicated, by Avril Lavigne (Song; 2002)

Contrasts in Rhythm (Disney Cartoon; 1955)

Dangerous Woman, by Ariana Grande (Song; 2016)

A Day at the Zoo (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)

Donald’s Better Self (Disney Cartoon; 1938)

Don Carlos, by Giuseppe Verdi (Opera; 1867)

Everything Everywhere All At Once (Film; 2022)

Fellini Satyricon (Film; 1970)

Four Weddings and a Funeral (Film; 1994)

Goon From the Moon (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1951)

Homeless Hare (WB MM Cartoon; 1950)

The Hudsucker Proxy (Film; 1994)

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (UK TV Series; 2001)

I Will Always Love You, by Dolly Parton (Song’ 1992)

Less Than Zero, by Elvis Costello (Song; 1977)

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Animated Disney Film; 1977)

Mars Needs Moms (Animated Film; 2011)

Metal Health, by Quiet Riot (Album; 1983)

Minnie the Moocher (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1932)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Animated Studio Ghibli Film; 1984)

On Violence, by Hannah Arendt (Science Book; 1970)

Operation Cold Feet (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1957)

The Original Soundtrack, by 10cc (Album; 1975)

Penny Antics (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1955)

Porky’s Movie Mystery (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)

Princess of Thieves (Film; 2001)

A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry (Novel; 1959)

Rigoletto, by Giuseppe Verdi (Opera; 1851)

Ringing Bell (Animated Film; 1978)

Robin and Marian (Film; 1976)

Robots (Animated Film; 2005)

The Sea Haunt (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #26; 1965)

Stand and Deliver (Film; 1988)

10 Cloverfield Lane (Film; 2016)

Texas Tom (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1950)

THX 1138 (Film; 1971)

Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (WB Animated Film; 1992)

Turning Red (Animated Pixar Film; 2022)

Two Little Lambs (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1935)

When the Wind Blows (Animated Film; 1988)

Today’s Name Days

Alram, Rosina (Austria)

Blanka, Kandid, Tvrtko (Croatia)

Anděla (Czech Republic)

Thala (Denmark)

Aigar, Ain, Ainar, Innar, Inno (Estonia)

Kalervo (Finland)

Rosine (France)

Alram, Rosina, Ulrich (Germany)

Szilárd (Hungary)

Costantino (Italy)

Agita, Konstantīns (Latvia)

Gediminas, Konstantinas, Vijolė (Lithuania)

Edvin, Tale (Norway)

Benedykt, Drogosława, Edwin, Kandyd, Konstanty, Konstantyn, Prokop, Rozyna, Sofroniusz (Poland)

Sofronie (Romania)

Angela, Angelika (Slovakia)

Áurea, Ramiro (Spain)

Edvin, Egon (Sweden)

Alberta, Albertina, Angus, Connie, Constance, Constantine, Consuela, Consuelo, Elberta, Ramiro (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 71 of 2024; 295 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of week 11 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 23 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Ding-Mao), Day 2 (Jia-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 1 Adair II 5784

Islamic: 1 Ramadan 1445

J Cal: 11 Green; Foursday [11 of 30]

Julian: 27 February 2024

Moon: 3%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 15 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Aristippus]

Runic Half Month: Beore (Birch Tree) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 82 of 89)

Week: 2nd Week of March

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 22 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Adar II (ʼĂḏār; only in leap years) [אֲדָר / אֲדָר ב׳] (Hebrew Calendar) [Month 12 of 12]

Ramaḍān [رَمَضَان] (Islamic Calendar) [Month 9 of 12] (Burning Heat)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 3.11

Holidays

Alphabet Day

Cornish Heath Day

Daily Newspaper Day (UK)

Debunking Day

Dream Day

European Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Terrorism (EU)

Frankenstein Day

Human Services Day

International Day of Startups

Johnny Appleseed Day

Key Deer Awareness Day

Lend-Lease Day

Mahasivarathri Day (Sri Lanka)

Maha Shivaratree (Mauritius)

Mandrake Day (French Republic)

Moshoeshoe Day (Lesotho)

Mount Etna Eruption Anniversary Day

National Covid-19 Day

National Day of Observance for COVID-19 (Canada)

National Debunking Day

National Dream Day

National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day

National Healing Headbands Day

National Immune System Day

National No-Code Day

National Payton Playmaker Day

National Promposal Day

National Singles Day (UK)

National 311 Day

National Wash Your Nose Day

Nina Hartley Day

Press Day (Tajikistan)

Prime Time Day

The Snowy Day

Solo Poly Day

Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day (EU)

Wash Your Nose Day

Women Physicians Day (Canada)

World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film

World Plumbing Day

Worship of Tools Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Apple Appreciation Day

National “Eat Your Noodles” Day

National Sofrito Day

Oatmeal Nut Waffle Day

2nd Monday in March

Adelaide Cup Day (South Australia) [2nd Monday]

Bock Beer Day [2nd Monday; also 3.20]

Canberra Day (Australia) [2nd Monday]

Commonwealth Day (a.k.a. Empire Day; UK, Commonwealth nations) [2nd Monday]

Eight Hours Day (Tasmania) [2nd Monday]

Fill Our Staplers Day [Monday of 2nd Full Week]

Labour Day (Victoria, Australia) [2nd Monday]

National Butcher’s Week begins (UK) [2nd Monday]

National Napping Day [Monday after DST]

Wildlife Week begins [2nd Monday]

Workplace Napping Day [Monday after DST]

World Salt Awareness Week begins [2nd Week in March]

Weekly Holidays beginning March 11 (2nd Week)

International Brain Awareness Week [thru 3.17]

Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign [thru 3.17]

Independence & Related Days

Cheslovian Federation (Declared; 2003) [unrecognized]

Crudaith (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Lithuania (from USSR, a.k.a. Day of Restoration; 1990)

Montgomery Convention approved Confederate States constitution (1861)

Sorrenia (Declared; 2013) [unrecognized]

Taranaki Province Day (New Zealand)

Xarbarstan (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning March 11, 2024

Feis Ceoil (Dublin, Ireland) [thru 3.22]

Indiana Tourism Conference (Evansville, Indiana) [thru 3.13]

SXM Festival (Grand-Case, Saint Martin) [thru 3.18]

Taste the Grapes: Lost in Space Edition (Munich, Germany)

Feast Days

Alberta of Agen (Christian; Saint)

Angus, the Culdee (Christian; Saint)

Aurea (Christian; Virgin)

Bela Lugosi Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Benedict of Milan (Christian; Saint)

Bunching of Fairies for the Second Flight (Shamanism)

Constantine (Christian; Saint)

Douglas Adams (Humanism; Saint)

Douglas Adams Day (Pastafarian)

Eulogius of Cordova (Christian; Martyr)

Feast Day of Hercules/Herakles (Ancient Rome/Greece)

Felire Oengusso Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Flower Sisters Witches of Belvoir Day (Pagan)

Gyalpyo (a.k.a. Gyallo Loshar; Nepal)

Jacques de Molay Day (Everyday Wicca)

Johnny Appleseed Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Kenneth Hayes Miller (Artology)

Marduk’s Day (Pagan)

Nora Nicks (Muppetism)

Óengus of Tallaght (Christian; Saint)

Pythagoras (Positivist; Saint)

Sophronius of Jerusalem (Christian; Saint)

Tessa Margaret Redi (Christian; Virgin)

Vindicianus (Christian; Saint)

Islamic Moveable Calendar Holidays

Ramadan, 1st full day  (Islamic) [through April 9] (a.k.a. …

Awal Ramadan (Afghanistan, Malaysia)

Beginning of the Holy Month of Ramadan (Maldives)

Puasa (Brunei)

Ougadi (Myanmar)

Start of Ramadan

Ugaadi (Mauritius)

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Blue Dragon Festival (Chinese) [2nd Day, 2nd Moon]

Zhonghe Festival (Chinese) [2nd Day, 2nd Moon]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

The Adam Project (Film; 2022)

All Things Bright and Beautiful, by James Herriot (Book; 1975)

Birds in the Spring (Disney Cartoon; 1933)

Complicated, by Avril Lavigne (Song; 2002)

Contrasts in Rhythm (Disney Cartoon; 1955)

Dangerous Woman, by Ariana Grande (Song; 2016)

A Day at the Zoo (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)

Donald’s Better Self (Disney Cartoon; 1938)

Don Carlos, by Giuseppe Verdi (Opera; 1867)

Everything Everywhere All At Once (Film; 2022)

Fellini Satyricon (Film; 1970)

Four Weddings and a Funeral (Film; 1994)

Goon From the Moon (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1951)

Homeless Hare (WB MM Cartoon; 1950)

The Hudsucker Proxy (Film; 1994)

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (UK TV Series; 2001)

I Will Always Love You, by Dolly Parton (Song’ 1992)

Less Than Zero, by Elvis Costello (Song; 1977)

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Animated Disney Film; 1977)

Mars Needs Moms (Animated Film; 2011)

Metal Health, by Quiet Riot (Album; 1983)

Minnie the Moocher (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1932)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Animated Studio Ghibli Film; 1984)

On Violence, by Hannah Arendt (Science Book; 1970)

Operation Cold Feet (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1957)

The Original Soundtrack, by 10cc (Album; 1975)

Penny Antics (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1955)

Porky’s Movie Mystery (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)

Princess of Thieves (Film; 2001)

A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry (Novel; 1959)

Rigoletto, by Giuseppe Verdi (Opera; 1851)

Ringing Bell (Animated Film; 1978)

Robin and Marian (Film; 1976)

Robots (Animated Film; 2005)

The Sea Haunt (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #26; 1965)

Stand and Deliver (Film; 1988)

10 Cloverfield Lane (Film; 2016)

Texas Tom (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1950)

THX 1138 (Film; 1971)

Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (WB Animated Film; 1992)

Turning Red (Animated Pixar Film; 2022)

Two Little Lambs (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1935)

When the Wind Blows (Animated Film; 1988)

Today’s Name Days

Alram, Rosina (Austria)

Blanka, Kandid, Tvrtko (Croatia)

Anděla (Czech Republic)

Thala (Denmark)

Aigar, Ain, Ainar, Innar, Inno (Estonia)

Kalervo (Finland)

Rosine (France)

Alram, Rosina, Ulrich (Germany)

Szilárd (Hungary)

Costantino (Italy)

Agita, Konstantīns (Latvia)

Gediminas, Konstantinas, Vijolė (Lithuania)

Edvin, Tale (Norway)

Benedykt, Drogosława, Edwin, Kandyd, Konstanty, Konstantyn, Prokop, Rozyna, Sofroniusz (Poland)

Sofronie (Romania)

Angela, Angelika (Slovakia)

Áurea, Ramiro (Spain)

Edvin, Egon (Sweden)

Alberta, Albertina, Angus, Connie, Constance, Constantine, Consuela, Consuelo, Elberta, Ramiro (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 71 of 2024; 295 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of week 11 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 23 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Ding-Mao), Day 2 (Jia-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 1 Adair II 5784

Islamic: 1 Ramadan 1445

J Cal: 11 Green; Foursday [11 of 30]

Julian: 27 February 2024

Moon: 3%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 15 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Aristippus]

Runic Half Month: Beore (Birch Tree) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 82 of 89)

Week: 2nd Week of March

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 22 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Adar II (ʼĂḏār; only in leap years) [אֲדָר / אֲדָר ב׳] (Hebrew Calendar) [Month 12 of 12]

Ramaḍān [رَمَضَان] (Islamic Calendar) [Month 9 of 12] (Burning Heat)

[notmuchtoconceal]

Jacques Lipchitz. Prometheus Strangling the Vulture, 1936.

[whoslaurapalmer]

okay I have dug deep into my bird knowledge and googled a lot and came up with more birds bc I CANNOT stop thinking about birdelaires

So originally bea is a blue jay bc they are stylish and fancy, moderately violent, and good at mimicry (they will imitate hawks to scare away other blue jays so they get more food.)

Bertrand is a cat bird, very sleek and cute, also in the mockingbird family, they imitate the silliest little cat noise and it's so funny but they also have a very sweet natural bird call

The kids are dark eyed juncos, in the sparrow family and just very small and cute

Lemony is a mourning dove, they're EVERYWHERE and have one of the most identifiable calls especially when you don't always see them, and i think they sound very soft. I did consider a crow, BUT. //Mourning// dove.

The quagmires are indigo buntings -- tiny!!!! blue!!!!! Baby!!!!!

Carmelita is a whip-poor-whill -- have you ever heard a whip-poor-whill. they........are kind of irritating

Fiona is a varied thrush, because I always associate her with the color orange?

(Fernald is a townsend's solitaire, because they're in the thrush family, and i think the feet stand out and look a little, hook-y, although that's true of most birds, really)

Esme is a steller's jay -- vaguely similar to the blue jay, and INCREDIBLE to look at.

Kit and jacques are probably also mourning doves

Jerome is a regular pigeon. because. he's. a pigeon

Theodora is a western crowned pigeon, for the Hair of it all

the denouements are crows!!

Olaf, okay now I think it would be neat if he was a turkey vulture -- a scavenger, a hovering specter of death, but I think olaf disparages the good, sweet sweet name of the turkey vulture?? SO. He's a seagull because I think that's the funniest thing in the world. Angry. Nosy. Will steal all your possessions.

Widdershins is of COURSE an albatross.

Hector is a blackbird, especially because they look like they have such big, permanently 'aaaaaa??' eyes.

Josephine is a chickadee, as they're one of the birds most likely to call warnings

Monty is a spangled cotinga, a very cool very bright blue bird whose range includes part of peru!!

R and Olivia are hummingbirds, bc I always think of them together and they're very colorful (for r) and very hurried and a little frantic (for olivia)

Nero is a club-winged manakin, a bird that can hit its wings together to create a little noise that sounds like, no lie, a tinny little violin. They also look puffy and pompous.

Georgina is I think a great blue heron? stabby beak. very tall

the man with no hair/woman with hair are of course eagles

oh babybea!! babybea is a bluebird, since they represent hope.

@whoslaurapalmer birdelaires....

[philamuseum]

Greeting visitors on the East Terrace of the museum is “Prometheus Strangling the Vulture,” an alternate telling of the Greek myth where the hero overcomes the bird—a metaphor for overcoming adversity that reflects the struggles of contemporary society. “Prometheus Strangling the Vulture,” begun 1943, cast 1952–53, by Jacques Lipchitz © The Estate of Jacques Lipchitz, courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York 

[daniartist19]

Cartoon as Animals (AU Thing) Part 3

Part 3 is now in.

Total Drama

Chris - Weasel

Chef Hatchet - Alligator

Beth - Quinea Pig

DJ - White Tailed Deer

Gwen - Black Panther

Geoff - Sea Lion

Lindsay - English cocker spaniel

Heather - Snow Leopard

Duncan - Wolf

Tyler - Bolder Collie

Harold - Canadian Goose

Trent - Tiger

Bridgette - River Otter

Noah - Aardwolf

Leshawna - Toucan

Katie - Meerkat

Sadie - Chinchilla

Ezekiel - Opossum

Cody - Mouse

Eva - Honey Badger

Owen - Giant Panda

Courtney - Jackal

Justin - Peacock

Izzy - Red Randa

Alejandro - Jaguar

Sierra - Striped Skunk

Blaineley - Fennel Fox

Jo - Spotted Hyena

Scott - Red Fox

Zoey - Gazelle

Mike - Marsh Deer

Lightning - Zebra

Brick -  Germany Shepherd

B - Elephant

Dawn - Barn Owl

Dakota - Flamingo

Anne Maria - Florida Panther

Staci - Parrot

Cameron - Rabbit

Sam - Sloth Bear

Ella - Squirrel

Sky - Cheetah

Max - Mole

Dave - Abyssinian Cat

Leonard - Pangolin

Beardo - Bison

Amy and Sammy - Salukis

Jasmine - Kangaroo

Topher - Black Footed Ferret

Sugar - Pig

Scarlett - Rat

Rodney - Moose

Shawn - Amardillo

Don - Golden Eagle

Carrie - Sheep

Devin - Dhole

Kelly and Taylor - Minks

Kitty and Emma - Siamese Cats

Ennui - Vulture

Crimson - Hawk

Jay and Mickey - Chipmunks

Ryan and Stephanie - Rhinoceros

Josee - Snow Lyxn

Jacques - Siberian Husky

Brody - Chocolate Labrador Retriver

Dwayne and Junior - African Lions

Sander - Doberman Pincher

MacArthur - Pitbull

Chet - Warthog

Lorenzo - Tasmanian Devil

Jen - Ring Necked Parakeet

Tom - Hyacinth Macaw

Rock - Harbor Seal

Spud - Sloth

Laurie - Alpaca

Miles - Goat

Ellody - Mongoose

Mary - Beaver

Tammy - Tapir

Gerry - Cobra

Pete - Rattlesnake

6Teen

Jude - Black Footed Ferret

Nikki - Rabbit

Jonesy - Mexican Wolf

Jen - Bolder Collie

Wyatt - Canadian Red Deer

Caitlin - Leopard Cat

Stoked

Reef - Emperor Penguin

Fin - River Otter

Emma - Harbor Seal

Lo - Swan

Broseph - Sea Lion

Johnny - Cougar

Might do a part 4 if i can.

[cacchieressa]

Elegy Just in Case by Richard Jackson 

     The end approaches, but the apocalypse is long lived.        —Jacques Derrida, "Of an Apocalyptic Tone"

The river's down again, the boat piers loom over the mud.                                   An emptiness so vast I can't tell if I am in it or it in me.                             As when I am barred from my own dreams.                                   Most of our lives we live backwards. What I didn't say stalks me. What I neglected waits in the trees with the vultures.

There are chasms in the words I have for this. There is my old heart shuttered with denial.

It is as if the lost names rise now from the mud.

One of them arrives with his hands full of hours. One arrives as a Luna moth at the back door. Another knows his imagination contains his future. Another, the eternity he dreams won't last for long. Yet another, how we once walked on our knuckles.

On this starless night even the wind wants to be visible.                 It is their dreams that have dropped anchor in my own.                            As when the boy in Croatia marked the poor stone grave with a simple prayer fingered with the mud at his knees, and whose words trembled with a flash of wind.                                                  My own words are dredging the river bed.                                      The piers reach out towards the trapped skiffs.                                  What they search for is a time where our dreams begin,                                  the river mud giving up its secrets, stumps trying once again to be trees, a pair of boots someone must have lost overboard before the drought, the salamanders emerging, a few glistening stones pretending to be islands,                                            the shadow of the heron sweeping the surface, unable to find a proper ending.

[psygull]

tagged by @krimprim and @lostcryptids to spell my name in song titles! my name is kind of short so i did my username too

Rags to Riches - Tony Bennett One Touch - LCD Soundsystem Ziggy Stardust - The Moog Cookbook

People-Vultures - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Shadrach - Beastie Boys Yeti - Radiorama Gossipo Perpetuo - Jean-Jacques Perrey Unmarked Helicopters - Soul Coughing Lee Van Cleef - Primus Language is a Virus - Laurie Anderson

tagging @hootenanie @spacepunksupreme @charlottan @fairybumpkin @steampunkforever and whoever else wants to

[gayspock]

whats going on in love island though?

sloppiness. idk if you know how love island works, but basically at just past the half way point all the couples are split up, and half are sent to casa amor, half stay in the villa & they introduce 5 new girls & 5 new boys to the separated groups... then they spend a few days with the new ppl & at the end of that they can either choose to "recouple" with them or stay with their og partner. if they choose to recouple, the new person comes back with them into the main villa - but theyre then in a couple with them, potentially leaving their og partner single unless they also recouple. anyways basically 2 different couples (tasha&andrew, indiyah&dami) BOTH got split up bc ALL of them brought a new person back and it was carnage ... but then also also also. paige was super loyal to jacques, and jacques was came back to her "solo" (i.e: he didnt officially recouple) BUT he was busy being a freaking manslag the ENTIRE time he was away from her. he like had 2 lasses on the go, though granted. it was like.. he was lipsing one none stop and vocally said he was keeping the other as, like, a backup backup plan... but then just ditched both of them to go back to paige and act like nowt happened.... like the WHOLE way he was acting for dayyssss like speaking abt it. bro. him and freaking dami, my man, who i TRUSTEEDDD with my everything jeez were moving freaking mad the whole time.. jeezzzzzz... dami was also necking it on with two girlies in his bed . fucked up. they kept justifying it like "its like. a test... we're testing whether our og couples are really all that" LIKE NAUR YOU'RE JUST MUGS? MAN.... anyways jacques, like i said, came back and is probs gonna play victim or guilttrip paige or pull some bollocks out his ass bc. every time he does this shit he literally twists it and litterallyyy goes into a huff or acts a victim and its like. paige... whos like. god love her. 0 backbone. jacques called her pathetic to her faceon freaking national tv and she THEN went on to say 0 redflags like hiya and hello woman. is anyone in there. and anyways jacques in general is a fucking knobhead. like certified nonce. he was brought on bc he's gemma's ex (who has a famous daddy so you know they were setting her up with the screen time in the beginning) but like he was shagging her when she was 16/17 and he was 21 ... right. freak. she was doin her fuckin gcses and not to mention during lockdown like. and i say that not in the sense of like "bro breaking lockdown to date" (well that too) but more like BRO DID SHE EVEN GET THE CHANCE TO DATE AROUND AS A TEENAGER BEFORE YOU VULTURED HER.... and jeezzzz no ones saying shite about it. like... red flags red flags red flags and thats just the start of it with that "cheeky lad" fucking hell i'll show him cheeky freaking lad... fucking whallop him. and unfortunately we dont have any star lasses in the villa rn who will rip him apart properly like there's ekin-su, yeah, but shes like. idk. ppl are saying she'll do it but thats not my woman's style imo...................