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[madrone33]

Right so... been going crazy trying to catch up on the explosion of stuff peeps have been doing since the EPIC: The Musical Ocean Saga release, but. Got some downtime now, and I just wanted to post my reaction to listening to the songs, 'cause it was wild bro.

Fyi, this is all taking place at around 11:30 pm 24th Dec for me, as I'm an australian, so that would make it... uh, 8:30 am 24th Dec for americans I think? Idk, timezones are weird bro. Basically, I listened to the songs and then wrote down my immediate reactions at like 1 am lol.

*ahem*

OK HOLY SHIT HOLY FUCK. OK OK. They came out for australians. They CAME OUT FOR AUSTRALIA!!!!

I was on dicord, right? And then another australian says they're out, and i'm like wait what but there's still like 16 hours till midnight in est, but i look up 'luck runs out jorgre rivera-herrans' on yt (cause it's a unique name) and scroll down and FUCK IT'S THERE!! THE STANDARD AUTO TOPIC VERSION!! IT'S NOT EVEN MIDNIGHT HERE YET?? (23:24 at the time of discovery. The vid says it was uploaded 3 hrs ago already)

The piano. I heard the first notes of piano and ohhhhh shiiiit it's actually happening!!!

i opened the door and called out to mum 'cause i was still in disbelief and she was still awake and i was like "mum... i think it's out" or SOMETHIG LIKE THAT IDK THE EXACT WORDS. She said jokingly she'd thought i had an existential crisis and GIRL IT KINDA FELT LIKE IT?? I WAS NOT PREPARED! I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANOTHER 16 HOURS!

I tapped on the link thingy to the album in the description and then i had the album RIGHT THERE HOLY MOTHER OF JESUS. IT'S STORM. IN THE FLESH. THERE'S A FUCKING TRUMPET-

I did my civic duty and informed (read: screamed in all caps) to everyone in the discord while mum listened to the first song 'cause she said she was interested and asked and i was so excited and gave her my headphones to listen to storm and then I took em back once I was done and now it's time to go dark. I said goodnight to mum and... pressed play.

Here's the highlights:

Storm: mixing is on another level bro. The vocals, the harmonies, the chorus, and hearing all those snippets without breaks in between, actually flowing and making sense and that ending beat is AHHH-

It went so fast. It's three min long how did it go by so fast what-

Luck Runs Out: the piano is godly. They actually changed the melody of the 'you could be caught off guard' part. My first thought after ooo? Was 'damn it no longer sounds like shut up and dance w/ me' lol.

I think this one changed the most from the snippets. Jsut the way they say lines, and stray words. I love it. The harmonies-

KYFC: the intro is that one atmospheric snippet he did with the flutes!! Aeolus sounds so sassy compared to the old snippets oof hell yes! There's a small instrumental interlude between the first chorus and the crew asking about the bag which is new.

THE PENELOPE PART. OH. MY. GOD. I LEGIT TEARED UP, I WAS CRYING, I'M CRYING JUST THINKING ABOUT IT AND TYPING THIS OUT IT WAS SO FUCKING HEARTBREAKING.

Trying to hold them in his arms? Time to be that father he always wanted to be?? His eyes and heart and soul is heavy??? I'm FUCKING CRYING-

Also wow he really just stayed up for 9 days huh? Respect. Also, fuck those crewmates man. Bet they felt real stupid when it got them killed. Oh, wait, fuck it didn't Poseidon killed everyone but them oh hell nah- And Odysseus still goes to save them from Circe?? Bro. BRO. Just let them die. It ain't worth it.

And that's how Jorge introduces the land of the giants? Cool! I was wondering about that.

Poesiedon pull up! (Is it bad that i thought he sounded like ares in the pj musical there lmao-)

RUTHLESSNESS: it's here. Oh my lord it's here. Everyone stay calm. Fuck it IT'S FUCKING HERE!!

The chanting, Ody's terrified 'Poseidon...', the electric guitar on Poseidon's verse, the fucking growl in his voice is amazing, the 'Die.' is as;ihfd HELL FUCKING YES!!

I love that the 'Captain-!'s of the drowning men is more apparent here, and the silence afterwards... ooof you can hear Ody's horrified stuttered breaths and the way the lyric's changed to '43 left under your command' is soooo fucking good.

And then Ody's sudden defiance and the fucking burning in his eyes as he defies a god and escapes death- Yes. YES! It's so good-

... No wait it's over?? That's it??? WHYYYYY-

(Side note - the fact that there weren't any ads between vids is incredible and I thank the gods for this blessing.)

Ok, but all seriousness, that was incredible. I- I couldn't stop smiling. My face actually started hurting I was smiling so much. I was shaking the whole time, and I had to keep reminding myself to breathe, and- It was amazing. This was an amazing experience, and I'm so glad I could freak out to mum, and she was excited with me, and it was such a good surprise, like an actual chrismas gift from Jorge or some shit. I love it. I love this. Genuinely. It's an amazing thing he's given us and I thank him, sincerely. Thank you, Jorge, and everyone involved in creating this for people to enjoy and love. You should all be proud.

Thanks for reading me freak out, whoever made it to the end lmao. Tagging @dootznbootz because their rambles gave me the confidence to throw my own into the void. Thx :D

[lycorogue]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

Originally started by @izanae. **EDIT: Seems izanae was also tagged by someone, but didn't state who. So I'm not sure who truly originated this questionnaire... Thanks for the tag @tree-reads

The "original" Fic Writers Ask thread (that izanae started) was getting lengthy (by nature of the game), and I was about to double its size (by nature of my writing style). But please go and check that thread out to see how other wriblrs answered. You might find a new favorite that way!

Alright, let's get to it.

1. How many works do you have on ao3?

49 (really? It feels like I have so many more...) You can also find me over on FFN and DA still, and I do post my stories here too... just... FYI.

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

357,107* *I feel like I should clarify that the 49 stories and 357k words is since I started publishing fanfic in 2010. I feel like this doesn't seem all that impressive now... (also... holy hecken! I've been publishing fanfic for 13 years!?)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Mostly Miraculous Ladybug (31), but I originated in the "Hey, Arnold!" fandom (7*). I've also written for Fruits Basket (4). I have a couple of D&D fanfics - 1 each for 2 of my D&D characters, and I have written one story each for the following fandoms: - Left 4 Dead/Jonathan Coulton's song "Re: Your Brains" - Graceling Realm series by Kristin Cashore (specifically, the novel Bitterblue) [Rated: Explicit] - Ender Series by Orson Scott Card (specifically, the novel Speaker for the Dead) - Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (the LoZ franchise is one of my main fandoms... I'm shocked I haven't written more for it...) [Told in 1st person] - An all-OCs fic set in the X-Men: Evolution universe *I have more HA fics over on FFN that I didn't port over because they aren't completed works.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Woven Heartstrings Summary: Chat Noir needs a Christmas gift for Ladybug. Marinette is a very crafty and creative person, so Chat Noir asks her for some help in making a gift for his lady. While hesitant in aiding Chat Noir's attempts to woo her superhero self, Marinette reluctantly agrees. Although, after a week of working side-by-side with Marinette, Chat Noir's not so sure he wants to gift the scarf he's making to Ladybug after all. Could Your Paradise Also Be Your Hell? Summary: Marinette is not coping very well when she's magically transported into her older-self's body, and discovers she's now married to Adrien Agreste. [Unofficial companion piece to Remember That Time When... by @mostlovedgirl-writes ] Peeping Tomcat Summary: Something called to Adrien, and before he knew it, he was addicted to sitting outside Marinette's window as Chat Noir; just watching her. His voyeuristic habit needs to stop, but things have gotten far too complicated now that he realizes he's growing a crush on her. [Story told in 1st person; non-sexual voyeurism] I Was Thinking of You Summary: Girls' Day derails when Marinette realizes the male lead of a romance movie reminds her of someone other than Adrien. [Lukanette story] Is it True? Summary: Marinette instantly regrets confessing her feelings for Adrien. He decides it might be time for a confession of his own.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Always. I may run out of spoons and miss a comment for a little while, but I make a point of going back and still replying eventually. Even if it's months later. EDIT: I neglected to copy/paste the whole question originally. So, here's the answer to the why/why not question. I make sure to respond to all comments because people put in the effort to read my story and then tell me how they felt about it. I NEED to send the love right back to them. I need them to know that their words matter and warmed my heart. (That said, even if you don't leave a review, I do love you, Reader)

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Despite my friends teasing that I'm "the queen of angst", I actually don't have too many stories that don't end on a hopeful note. So, if we're going "pure angst ending" I only have two: Unsent Letter for the Fruits Basket fandom and True Husband for Speaker for the Dead (Enderverse). Both are shorter stories of people believing they are unworthy of love, pity those who do love them, and believe they have sinned and are deserving of being miserable. If you want to stick within the Miraculous fandom, I'd say I'm Not Allowed to Love You [contains s4 finale spoilers]. That was angsty enough that I had to end on a hopeful note via an epilogue that I added to the closing author's notes.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Oh goodness! As mentioned, I try to end just about all of my stories on a high note. I was able to narrow the 49 stories down to 8 with a fluffy, happy ending. Out of those 8? I think Woven Heartstrings has the most optimistic, love-filled ending? Everybody is just showing their love and appreciation for everyone else (even Adrien and Gabriel... written pre-Chat Blanc, I believe???). It's just a lovefest story. Runners Up categories: - Favorite LoveSquare Fluff winner: I Just Wanted to Kiss You - Happiest Lukanette content winner: I Was Thinking of You - Happiest Family Unit winner: Build Your Own Luck - Happiest Platonic Love winner*: The Truest of Friends *excluding Woven Heartstrings - Happiest "I'm probably going to rework this as original fiction" winner: I Don't Care [a Gabriemilie story written before s5 lore drops]

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I have been so so SO lucky that I have not. My heart goes out to you writers who do. :'(

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I have written smut 3x (working on a 4th). I published 1. I am cishet, so I am vanilla and write cishet. Smut is also a rare genre of writing for me to venture into. So rare that my current "smut" story is more "plot with eventual porn" than it is "porn with(out) plot". The sex is a significant character development moment in 3 out of the 4 stories I wrote. The 4th was more of a character study for a pair of OCs. No shade on the "porn without plot" folks. Those stories are so fun and indulgent and I appreciate them so much. My brain just won't let me pare down to that style no matter how much I try. It's like "Nope. Must have character growth. Throw emotions into this mess!"

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one?

I think I've only attempted to write a crossover once... and it was not a very successful result. It was Arnold Shortman and Helga Pataki from "Hey, Arnold!" in the world of Familiar of Zero. Helga was Louise and Arnold was her familiar Saito.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Uh... I don't think so???

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not to my knowledge (although I'd be down if someone wanted to translate any of my works). That said, Woven Heartstrings does have the only non-English review I've received (it's in French). So.... maybe someone translated it into French without letting me know??? I just assumed the reader knew enough English to understand what I wrote or otherwise used a translating service....

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Three different times. One was partially published. Prior to the Hey Arnold Jungle Movie officially being made, @chibisunnie and I attempted to write up a fanscript (is that how we met? I can't recall....). My friend Ronoxym and I have also attempted to write two different X-Men OC stories centered around his OC Devon. Although, in both cases, it was more he wrote the story and then I kind of unintentionally hijacked it???? The incomplete co-written fic that I actually attempted to publish* was one of the two I wrote with Rono: Please, Let Me Explain. *not published on AO3; on FFN and DA only

14. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

That I've written for? Love Square. Specifically anything where Marinette is herself instead of Ladybug: MariChat or Adrienette. They just remind me so much of myself and my husband. Fave in general? My OTP of OTPs is probably Gambit and Rogue from X-Men. I tend to refer to my husband as Gambit to my Rogue. (Are you sensing a theme as per my relationship vs my shipping tendencies?)

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

My poor unintentionally abandoned "Hey, Arnold!" epic What is Truly Meant to Be. It is on FFN and DA only.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I am frequently told that I keep the characters and world so in-character/canon-accurate that my stories read like "lost episodes" of a show. I'm also fairly good at dialogue and conveying emotions.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

- Naming things. Titles. Naming a McGuffin. Coming up with superhero/villain names. etc. - Anything with a LOT of action in it. Be that fight scenes, chase scenes, or sex scenes. I'm someone who can picture things in my head as clear as if I were watching a movie, and I try to convey what I'm seeing to the reader as if I were writing visual media such as a show/movie or comic. This usually leads me to micromanage the movement of the characters and the action ends up feeling clunky and repetitive. - Allowing the characters to get physically hurt in a way that professional medical treatment is needed. Broken limb? Stab wound? Concussion? Injured eye? Poisoned? Nope. Can't do it. Mental block tells me "no". - Write short, sweet, concise stories/drabbles/ficlets (can't you tell?)

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Huh. With the exception of proper nouns (such as Chat Noir), I'm not sure if I've used non-English words that aren't just borrowed words within English or words most English speakers would know anyway (such as enchanté, cómo estás, or dōmo arigatō). I know I italicize thoughts, so I don't know if I'd italicize a non-English word to signal that it's a foreign word??? I'd assume the readers would know that already. I think, if I were to ever use a foreign word within dialogue it would have to depend on the circumstance. If the foreign word or phrase is important for the POV character to learn, I may include it along with a translation. Otherwise, I may just state that the characters are speaking in this other language and then write it in English so my readers have a better chance at understanding what is being said. Also, I am far from multilingual, so that would help me avoid translation errors.

19. What’s the first fandom you wrote for?

Technically, I think it would be X-Men???? I think I came up with X-Men OCs and storylines for those OCs back when I was in, like, 5th grade????? Then I did some Batman fanfics in middle and early high school. Mostly solo roleplay/dressup in my basement because I was that nerd still playing pretend by myself when I was 16. First fandom I published a fic for? If you don't count play-by-post RPGs*, then my first published-online fanfic fandom was "Hey, Arnold!" *the play-by-post game was for Batman.

20. Favorite fic you’ve ever written?

YOU'RE ASKING ME TO PICK MY FAVORITE CHILD!? Unlike parenthood, I GUESS I could put effort into actually answering this.... I've got it narrowed down to 4. These are the 4 I have probably reread the most. Two of them are the stories I wrote as kind of fanfics of @mostlovedgirl-writes 's fanfics. Take what you want from that, but, basically, I guess I love living in the worlds MLG creates??? The other two finalists are my personal headcanons for Miraculous Ladybug. Headcanon stories: Build Your Own Luck - cute little Dupain-Cheng family bonding story about the origins of the lucky charm bracelet that Marinette gave to Adrien. Forever in Darkness - What Plagg's life was like with his previous holders, and why he thinks Adrien is the best one he's had. Inspired by MLG: Could Your Paradise Also Be Your Hell? - How Marinette spent the night before heading off to NYC. Unofficial companion story for Remember That Time When... Rolling Thunder - Adult Marinette and Adrien stumbling their way into a romantic relationship, finally! Based off of Finding Yourself in the Details Honorable Mention to my longest story and first completed chaptered story: Peeping Tomcat

Phew! That... was a LOT! Thanks for sticking around until the end! It was fun going back through my portfolio.

All that wish to answer this, consider yourself tagged!

Official no-pressure tags for: @mostlovedgirl-writes, @captaintoomanybattles, @thetauruspixie, @livrever, and @cyhyr

[nityarawal]

Notes to random Idy camp sister hustling bribes at court:

Jenny (Gemma) Wood:

F-bombs kill Fairies!

Excuse me? What are you talking about?

It seems your medicine isn't working! I pray you alkalinize while you have time & find your creativity with the Lord. Prayers & peace for your soul.

Just not into this vibe. God bless! Enjoy your scriptures today. Xo

Nitya

I publish everything my dear. You got no dirt on me! Everyone wants to dance with my family in court. Get in fucking line. I'll get your son out first! Lol

I'm a freedom fighter.

What's his name? (:

Peace,

Nitya

My friends wanted to invite you over last night!

My intuition was right! I said:

No her vibe is off. She's on Psyche meds & I don't think she's supportive of my family.

Peeps like that are often court contentious to put family away.):

I'm a freedom fighter.

She's really suffering- quite ill.

Nailed it didn't I?

Nitya

Is that how you talk to the Lord? Don't contact me until you find your 'faith' please. 2nd warning. 3 strikes your on blast gf!

Send me your videos. I did not give you permission to record me. This is a violation of my rights. I have full copyright of my person as an artist. I will report this as a violation of International custody battle & real estate probate scam. It's Treason.

Who hired you to be a court handler in smear campaign? (:

Lmk and I'll go easier on you. The word is my Real Estate license. A full disclosure journalist/realtor. Did you really thunk a random camp sister could meddle with me? What a joke. It's obvious you're a court rat- drugged on poisons.

Send me your son's name wrongfully incarcerated and I'll get him out so you don't rot in hell For selling him on black market.

You're welcome.

Moms don't let Idy kids get raped girlfriend!!!!

I hope you find your unconditionally loving Mamma Gene's before it's too late!

'O' seems like a Diseased mess!

I have many friends suffering because of waspy cowgirl games.

No one wants to sleep with you because of this. You're toxic and not appropriate vibe for moms or kids.

Grateful your mother tried.

Enjoy your moonshine sista'!!!!(:

Nitya

FYI- I don't post work on Facebook. Boycotted site years ago & Elon is sitting on Zuckerberg's head farting and refunding my legal fees for bitchy bullying- like this- "girlfriend!" LOL

Not!

Cambridge analytica scandal alot bigger than your drunk ass!(:

Nitya

Are you crazy? I wasn't there. You are delusional! Call your Dr.

I let my Camp bros you're deluded & spreading Slander about nonsense. What's wrong with your brain? Are you on meth? Addicts will say anything for a fast buck- amazing! Lol

You were obviously trying to traffic more kids at a innocent party there. What's wrong with you? I was home at my Camp cooking. Do you often hallucinate on moonshine drunk?

I will let kiddies know you're pimping them to cops on bribes for Rapes though at campsite there asap.

BTW none of the guys here are up for taking a hit for the team! This is gross you Slander & smear people for bribes. Fess up. My Pen is ruthless= truth. Like a flood on your head.

Fucking Palm Springs gays deserved it! Lol

Marilyn Peed finally on their deserving heads. Go get the next piss from her will you? (:

[bitsandbobsofwriting]

Hi! A reference to ur up-coming prompt about mother-hen arthur and chaotic merlin: If we're going to be honest peeps here, that's what it should have been. Weird country boy and Outcast/Found Family Gang r gonna have collectively ZERO risk centers. Arthur, perfect prince boy, is bound to end up running after all of them, lol. Love ur work! and ur blog is the first thing to show up if u google ur user, fyi. <333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 -Eccentric

(Referencing This Post)

You are so right. Percival and Lancelot are (presumably) country folk just about scraping by pretending to be Noble Knights. Elyan is a city peasant turned mercenary turned Pretend Noble Knight. Gwaine is an actual Noble who was so bad at Noble-ing that he turned Drunk Country Idiot, and then accidentally back to Pretend Noble Knight. Merlin is a country bumpkin who has NO understanding of what propriety means, doesn't care to learn, and isn't even pretending to be proper. Mordred is just a child trying to impress so really, he'll do anything, and the others mercilessly take advantage of that.

Arthur had hoped that Leon, being the oldest, being an actual Noble, being the only one other than himself to be properly trained as a knight/courtier, would have a good influence on them. Except he walks in on his First Knight drawing a dick on Percival's sleeping face, and the only excuse that he manages to get out through his wheezed laughter is "Merlin told me to". Arthur has this dawning, horrified realisation that the exact opposite has happened.

And like... Arthur is King, but there's only so much he can do for them. There's only so many times he can cover for them. There's only so many times he can chase someone up a tree or stop Cook from beating them senseless or use his Kingly voice on them before it stops working. He's just... so exasperated and tired and "Gaius!! I am not ready to be a father!! Especially to a group of grown men, half of whom are older than me!!!"

~

Coming next!!! Control Part 3 is finished and queued for 13:30GMT 02/11/21!!! Come back then to read it (pay attention to the TWs lads, this one's heavy).

[michelemoutons]

and at last, the post that maybe three people maximum have been waiting for...

em's comfort retro rally videos: a masterlist!

in a much-needed return to this blog's roots, and as an antidote to all motorsport- and life-related chaos, i now present to you: the first edition of em's favorite retro rally videos!

general disclaimer/info: these videos mainly come from the group B era of the world rally championship (wrc), which generally speaking was in the '80s. i am only human, so expect a lot of bias toward my personal favorites...which will become very apparent as you read this list hehe. also i'm not even gonna pretend to be an expert on this or anything. a lot of these are literally just based on Vibes

table of contents

i. my top 5 rally coverage videos

mainly coverage for television, recorded on VHS and uploaded to YouTube by some truly incredible people

ii. honorable mentions

not rally coverage, but retro rally videos nevertheless

often documentaries, mini-doc features, interviews

for all videos, i have indicated the language (most are in english fyi); if any links fail or videos disappear, send me an ask or DM and i'll remove the culprit/find an alternative link.

and now, onward!

(TW for occasional flash photography in many of the night sequences of the videos, as well as a gif included in this post)

i. my top 5 rally coverage videos

in which my bias toward audi sport, mouton/pons, mikkola, toivonen, and vatanen are put on blast for all to see 🥴 i am not an expert in anything i am just very good at research and a whore for aud—[SNIPED]. for the sake of brevity, i narrowed my favorites down to 5. maybe another time i will share all the rest!

also, a general note about the commentary: sometimes, the commentary around michèle and fabrizia can get... weird. keep in mind, they were the most prominent female team partnership around that time, and the first to nearly clinch a wrc wdc, and to modern ears, the commentators really didn't know how to act around them. personally, it wasn't horrible for me, i just ignored the weirder bits, but i understand if others might find it off-putting. also for the sake of your sanity don't read the comments.

5. Rally of the 1000 Lakes, 1984 | finland

link: overall coverage (eng)

podium: vatanen/alén/toivonen (full final results)

comments: this was definitely a rally for most of audi sport's drivers to forget: bar stig blomqvist, who came quite close to the podium finishers with a 4:14:01 to henri toivonen's 4:12:57! both hannu mikkola and michèle mouton had to retire from the race, which may lead you to wonder: why does this rank among my favorites? well, it's always fun to watch group b rally cars sailing through the air against picturesque scenery, and this video also contains an intriguing (at least for me!) look at the scrutineering process, with drivers at their most casual.

owie :( they were fine though!

4. Lombard RAC Rally, 1981 | britain

link: overall coverage (eng)

podium: mikkola/vatanen/blomqvist (full final results)

comments: hannu winning by 11 whole minutes even after rolling his car in the middle of the forest is actual legend behavior! anyway this was michèle's first wrc outing in britain, and even though she and fabrizia had to retire, they still did quite well, consistently running high in the leaderboards after the first few stages. and that's considering the fact that michèle had a bad cold for much of the rally and had to ask fabrizia to drive the car to service park for her at one point bc she was so tired. which fabrizia did... with a pencil in her mouth. lot of big names in one video—also, jean todt makes an appearance as a co-driver!

shamelessly poached off of one of my text post edits

3. Marlboro Safari Rally, 1983 | kenya

link: overall coverage (eng)

podium: vatanen/mikkola/mouton (full final results)

comments: ok can i just say how stunning the video presentation is?? the opening sequence is just!!! the shots of the wildlife! the sprinting giraffes! wow! anyway the visual of drivers in deck chairs just tickles me for no reason, and michèle please tell me what you ask for at the hairdresser's and also where you got that orange blouse (this is obviously not just specific to this rally, she always eats and leaves no crumbs). this was michèle's first entry and only finish in kenya (and of course it was a podium mwah). it was also her last wrc entry in the A1 quattro, as she switched to the A2 for the rest of her program in the '83 season. also this is one of my favorite podium pictures ever.

lksdjffnnkd there's almost too much to unpack... fabrizia somehow surviving in high waist jeans in a hot car... michèle's do-it-yourself shorts... this podium picture was the subject of a very frantic video chat conversation between myself and a friend at 2am a few months ago

2. Rallye de Portugal, 1982 | portugal

links: short recap (eng) | overall coverage 1, stuck in the middle of two other rallies. timestamps in descrip. (eng) | overall coverage 2, very vibey with cool music (ita... also peep walter röhrl speaking italian)

podium: mouton/eklund/wittmann (full final results)

comments: GOD I LOVE THIS ONE SO MUCH AAAA! michèle's first podium of '82 being a win? this rally being the one where there's footage of her going shopping with fabrizia afterward? (more on that later) them winning by 13 whole minutes? and that's not even considering THEE most poetic victory ceremony of all time! in fact let me talk about that bc the racing and the win aside, that's why it's so high up on my list! literally poetic cinema! it's night, they're standing on top of the car and floodlit and surrounded by cheering crowds but they may as well be the only ones there in their own little world, laughing at each other and barely even having to look to each other when they're raising their hands—like god! shut up! we get it you're besties 😭

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and now... last but certainly never least...

1. Lombard RAC Rally, 1982 | britain

link: overall coverage (eng)

podium: mikkola/mouton/toivonen (full final results)

comments: firstly, if you were to ask me about my dream podium, this would be it. hands down, across all series of motorsport, my comfort podium would be hannu, michèle, and henri in any order. (there's such a cute picture of them from this rally on pinterest, standing in order on a staircase. henri is not looking at the camera because he is laughing at something michèle is saying and it's such a Vibe but i cannot find it wah). the battle for second between michèle and henri ran down to literally the last stage, and their times are separated by seconds, which is just wild to me. the context of this rally deserves another post, which i honestly don’t have the energy to make rn, but just take my word for it that it threatens to destroy me if i think about it too hard! anyway this is just such an awesome rally and i’ve watched this video so many times haha

i love this rally so much that i actually had a character in a story i was writing attend the ceremony captured in this picture as a small child and made it a formative moment in her life. no, there is nothing wrong with me.

ii. honorable mentions

(is it obvious who my faves are? yikes)

'Group B - Avec Michele Mouton' (eng) - taken from a longer feature presentation about group b, a segment specifically about michèle. a friend once described its vibes as ‘a synth wave edit of an 80s anime set in a cyberpunk world about racing’

'1983 Audi Sport National Rally with Michele Mouton' (eng) - in which michèle takes journalist sue baker as a co-driver for a spin in an A1 and a rally win. fun behind-the-scenes video

'Intervista a Fabrizia Pons, la Regina delle Note' 1, 2, 3 (ita) - very thorough interview which is mostly fabrizia telling all sorts of stories, including the very entertaining story of how she found out she was going to be michèle’s co-driver. also what a badass title

'2008 Otago International Classic Rally' (eng) - THE BESTIES REUNITE THE BESTIES REUNITE!!! michèle and fabrizia reunite for a rally that fabrizia convinced michèle to join, they suffer some problems but there are plenty of wholesome bestie moments to be had

'Michele Mouton hurls Group B Audi Quattro up Goodwood hill' (eng) - i mean, self explanatory. the sound of the chirping tires? asmr could never. very short watch if you want a quick pick-me-up

'1990 Louise Aitken-Walker feature' (eng) - a video featuring a female rally driver from scotland and her point-scoring run at the rallye monte -carlo. i am convinced that louise was john finnemore’s inspiration or at least an influence for the character of linda fairbairn. no my hat is not made of tin foil what are you talking about

hannu rocketing around michigan back in 2017 (eng)

hannu flying around goodwood in 2015 (eng)

sometimes i listen to fabrizia's recent onboards (yes, she's still at it!) and this one is one of my favorites, from 2016 (ita)

[smokedturtles]

Introduction post????

Hi!! I used to be on Instagram as an anime account back in the middle school (idk if y’all followed peppermint.sticks but if you did that’s me!!). I’m back on here mainly bc I want anime art but I am also open to meeting new people!!!

I have a very busy social life (full time college student, pretty outgoing etc.) so my messaging time could be delayed…here is some about me

I’m gonna keep my name out of posting for right now!! If u wanna be friends just dm me lol. I’m 19, bisexual, and majoring in Enviornmental science specifically renewable energy. Pronouns are she/her/hers. I am also in a relationship with my amazing long distance army boyfriend since February 2021!! I have a lot of interests, but public health and urban planning are some of them!! Personality I am a very empathetic kind person (will not be a doormat lol), smart, and ambitious. I joke around a lot and consider myself to be pretty caring. As for hobbies I love hanging out with my friends, partying, writing (I used to write short stories and even books but I always drop them bc I’m lazy), (maybe I’ll post snippets of what I write??), drawing (less frequent now), and tarot reading. I play piano not as frequently though. I’m also quite absorbed in my religion (which now has become modern day spirituality…quite frustrating pls stop white washing my religion) which is Hinduism and Buddhism and a big advocate on eliminating all the misconceptions and trying to bring back the power to it!! Stop calling your crystals, chakras, yoga practices and energy spirituality!! It’s Hinduism!!!

‼️PLEASE DO NOT SPOIL ANIMES THAT HAVE NOT CAUGHT UP TO THE MANGA. PLEASE TAG IF THERE ARE SPOILERS. ESPECIALLY AOT. I DO NOT READ MANGA.‼️

An extensive list of my animes I have watched can be found on my anime list (the website)! My username is andimhome (I’m attaching a link). There you will see my interests. I update it frequently. But… top 3 have got to be (and this was a hard list) Sakik K, AOT, and steins gate!!

My favorite movie is Spirited Away!! I’m trying to watch all of the Studio Ghibli movies!!

I am also into vocaloids, or getting back into them I should say!! Favorite one is Rin <3 I know it’s basic to say my favorite songs are the daughter of evil series, but I don’t care because they are!!

Sometimes I might go into small rants or tangents on here to vent, probably won’t like often, once in a blue moon. But just an FYI!!

I have such a wide music taste and I will always send you my playlists if you need it!! Some artists I like (not limited to at all): Uzi, Travis Scott, Kanye, Drake, Suicide Boys, Lil Peep, TV girl, Mitski, RKS, Eden

That’s it!! I hope we can be friends!!

[sophiezscanz]

FYI

I just wanted to point out that when I say “give credit if reposting on other sites:)” on my posts I am not claiming I own them. Cuz I DO NOT, I physically own copies of them yes but that’s totally different. I say give credit so people can find my page so they can find more great scans of their favourite band. And of course please credit the photographer if you know who they are! I try to leave in their name as much as I can but sometimes their name isn’t on the picture or nearby and I scan thousands of pics so I can’t always remember their names, but if you know then fab, plz credit them it’s their photo.

Heck, the celebs that are in the pics have zero problems pointing out that I found the image and happily mention my @ when they repost. So it shouldn’t be so hard for you.

And as you can see I do not put watermarks on my scans, 1. They look ugly 2. Not my picture 3. it’s illegal! - so just because you upped the contrast a lil bit or “spent hours online trying to find pics” doesn’t make you entitled to put one on.

I see a few of you get pressed in the # when reblogging my stuff, eg: “love how it says give credit as if op works for Kerrang”, like that’s cute you’re defending the pic but I assure my intentions weren’t like that sweetie - so yeah I do look at some of your reblogs, mainly cuz some of the stuff you guys say is hilarious but there’s an odd time someone’s ripping on me and that’s not very cash money of you

So all I ask you to do if you’re reposting somewhere is to just put something like “scanned by @sophiezscanz “ or just tag me (my Instagram is also ‘Sophiezscanz’) I really don’t ask for much (oh and credit the photographer if u know them 😌) I really do scan all these pics for their fans, I’m not interested in a lot of these bands but I know some of these pics are rare so I’m not gonna hog them to myself.

Special thanks to the peeps that always acknowledge that I scanned the pics in their reposts, ily 💚

[getouttayormind]

Life is “Hell” if you Want it to Be, but You Can Choose Differently if you Realize - The “PLAN”

Hell means you reincarnate back on 3D Earth AGAIN. Boom. If you are afraid when you die and do not have the needed awareness of other options to pick/choose where else you can go to, you will default to 3D earth. Once you become aware of an inkling of a choice, aka become semi awakened, you start choosing ways to not go to hell/reincarnate into 3D earth aimlessly again and DECIDE to choose differently. Majority of all are going to “hell”, as in they have to start this realm of life over and reincarnate to reexperience life in order to have opportunity to evolve. With awareness, which is the key to moving on, you realize you have unveiled a multi stage process to getting out of “hell”. The first stage is awakening, on a multi stage journey to awareness reveal. Each stage is arbitrarily defined, and is meant to give a progress towards the main goal of true understanding which cannot be defined so take it or leave it how it is portrayed below.

Stage 1

You may or may not realize you’re in a matrix, but when you get the inkling you are, you get frustrated and start your next lifetime over with a little head start. You may stay in this stage multiple times (several to 25+ lifetimes).

Stage 2

You know you’re in a matrix and you try, out of ignorance to wake people up with no success. It may take awhile to get from stage 1 to even consider stage 2. Because you are talking to stage 1 people and they ain’t got time for that, so you will be very frustrated and defined by them as arrogant/looney tunes for your interactions with stage 1 peeps. You may stay in this stage a couple to several life times.

Stage 3

You know you’re in a matrix and you realized you are awake but that others have to wake up on their own, not because of you. Stage 2 taught you that trying to tell people how to wake up doesn’t work, they have to figure it out on their own. You may stay in this a couple life times and then when you are ready can further choose, to go to stage 4 with a passion to wake people up, or skip stage 4 and jump stage 5 to assist those who are just starting to awakening in stage 3/4/5.

Stage 4 (Optional) - Accelerates Stage 3 peeps by Negative Boost

You know you’re in a matrix and that the only way to wake people up is to antagonize them and exploit them by being/doing the most pushy/sometimes horrible things in order to get people to pay attention to what they need to in order to wake up. You can only bear one life time this way. May create a reincarnation in stage 3 based on how far negative you go or you can go on to stage 5.

Stage 5 (from Stage 3 overachievers or from Stage 4)

You know you’re in the Matrix and already spent your time last life time frustrated or chose the sickening/horrible/karma inducing optional stage 4 to accelerate others awareness, or you have just had enough of 3D to bring attention to it that now you have to wait aimlessly for things to change. It is done welcomely because of your last incarnation where you enhanced the evolution by exploiting so much that your reward/penalty is to wait (key word/patience fucking sucks) until others wake up more because of the unveiling deeds you did last lifetime.

The Final Stage...

You realize the steps that are needed to go through the process. You see who is at each stage of the process. You understand who is really in charge/what their motives are based on their recollection and ability to deal with the circumstances involved in order to move the process along. FYI it is a process. This process is used to evolve thought. This process is used to create experience. These created experiences are the way to expand thought and evaluation in order to evolve the mind.

Everything stays at the same level of thought unless acted upon by an unbalanced thought force. Hint Hint!!!!!

As in, crazy things must be done (catalyst) to create discord/unbalanced force/thought patterns that people react to so that people have to choose (key word) what they want their future to be like. WITHOUT catalyst, things stay the same (things at rest stay at rest, things in motion stay in motion, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force), do you see?? Does that make sense? Do you see?

This is how it works. Read it again. This is HOW it works.

This is how it is done. Read it again. This is HOW it is done.

The physical world is a means to understand through experience whatever needs to be understood in order to evolve the consciousness of the population being targeted right now.

Some of you are choosing to experience beyond the Final stage right now. It sucks. It is beyond the last stage needed to evolve. You are apart of a Bonus stage and FYI you are nuts. Why? Because you are a competitor and don’t like to lose. Not in the true sense but the spiritual kind. You wanted to be with everyone you cared about and ALL of those that you love to experience the next consciousness barrier fully knowing that free will exists and that you had very very minimal influence in the evolution of others consciousness other than you could point towards it as you were able to to help influence others focus to what they need to focus upon in order to join you in the next level of consciousness (grammatically correct exceptions have been applied).

Your competitiveness/determination to help others in the most outrageous ways drove you to be here again. As in, you have already done this and chose this because you want more of your best friends to join you and are crazy enough to take on the impossible task of trying to accelerate people’s evolution pathway by trying to point at things to help them do it faster in a non infringing way. Aka you are fucking nuts.

So here you are, now knowing this, slowly discovering and realizing your counterparts on Twitter, Facebook, Q, awakened friends and family, and suddenly you are not totally alone. You have a small army of equal crazies that could not sit patiently waiting in the next realm for all of those you loved so much and wanted to enjoy their company with you, so you SELFISHLY chose to reincarnate against the necessary realms of existence just because you wanted to!!! You are freaking nuts!! All of you!!! And it’s so awesome!! Because guess what??

It doesn’t matter how you evolve. You do what you want to do to make the experience the experience you want to experience. And if you dont like it the first time? Try try try again and figure out what can be done to make it happen!!

Full circle. You chose to redo your last version of life without needing to for the sake of evolutionizing (it’s a new word) yours and others consciousness. You chose to come back to this realm of existence to bring others with you in the most simplest of terms. If you could help create a 5-10% consciousness boost for 5-10% of the people you cared about, it would mean more people to the party...and you are a party animal!!!

[technoskittles]

Pure Feeling Playlist

Okay, so I had someone on twitter express interest in the songs I have for my playlist for Pure Feeling and figured, yeah, I could share it. I don’t have a spotify (I don’t like the interface plus the music selection is way too limited for my taste) and the playlist itself is on Youtube Music. It’s also private because I don’t really want random people seeing it or other people messing with it if I unlocked it, so I’ll just type up all the songs here with links that way y’all can scroll through and listen to what you want.

I understand there’s probably an easier and faster way to do this probably, but hey, with the quarantine I clearly have some extra time on my hands so why not?

Though, couple of warnings:

1. It’s LOOOOOOONG (it’s 300+ songs in total) (don’t worry I’m gonna put this under a cut)

2. Some of the songs aren’t going to make much sense in terms of the AU. This is for two reasons: a) Some of the songs allude to events/characters that haven’t shown up in the story yet (there’s a LOT of songs regarding Mara’s father) and b) some of them are just general songs that I use to get a basis of emotion/vibe when writing particular types of scenes.

3. My music tastes are all over the place (and this doesn’t even include some of the other genres I listen to just because it doesn’t fit this AU lol)

But this playlist is my main muse and is probably one of the best insights to my process/inner thoughts so, without further ado.....my full playlist.

(I grouped the songs from the same artist together for the easiest convenience)

(And some songs might kind of be repeats if I listen to multiple versions for the purpose of this fic)

Got any favorites? Any songs that worry you about the future of this fic? Or just something you might want more clarification on? Feel free to shoot me ask about it!

South London Forever by Florence + The Machine

Patricia by Florence + The Machine

I Will Be by Florence + The Machine

Too Much Is Never Enough by Florence + The Machine

You’ve Got The Love by Florence + The Machine

Never Let Me Go by Florence + The Machine

Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine

Cosmic Love by Florence + The Machine

Ship To Wreck by Florence + The Machine

St. Jude by Florence + The Machine

Over The Love by Florence + The Machine

Pure Feeling by Florence + The Machine (hey look it’s the fic title)

Heavy In Your Arms by Florence + The Machine

What Kind Of Man by Florence + The Machine

Stuck On You by Meiko

Stuck On You (Acoustic Version) by Meiko

Adventure of A Lifetime by Coldplay

Sky Full of Stars by Coldplay

Hymn For The Weekend by Coldplay

Simple and Clean by Hikaru Utada

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI - Hikaru Utada

Be My Last by Hikaru Utada

Colors by Hikaru Utada

Distance (M-Flo Remix) by Hikaru Utada

Without You (Justice Skolnik Remix) by Oh Wonder

Rockabye by Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie

In The Rain (an unofficial rendition from Miraculous Ladybug by David Russell)

Stone Heart (an unofficial rendition from Miraculous Ladybug by sxrlove06)

Lost In The Moment by Daniel Lee Kendall

Fragile by ARCADES

Daddy Issues by The Neighbourhood

Scary Love by The Neighbourhood

Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood

Sweater Weather (Vaski Remix) by The Neighbourhood

Honest by The Neighbourhood

Alleyways by The Neighbourhood

Stuck With Me by The Neighbourhood

Lights by Ellie Goulding

Goodness Gracious (The Chainsmokers Remix) by Ellie Goulding

Still Falling For You by Ellie Goulding

Starry Eyed by Ellie Goulding

Don’t Need Nobody by Ellie Goulding

Candy-Coloured Sky by Catmosphere

‘Till We’re In The Sea by RKCB

affection by Jinsang

summers day v2 by Jinsang

Let Go by Frou Frou

Must Be Dreaming by Frou Frou

I Just Want You by Robert Duncan

Forget by Alicks

Dinner & Diatribes by Hozier

Nevermind by Dennis Lloyd

Let It Happen by Tame Impala

Think About You by Kygo ft. Valerie Broussard

First Time by Kygo ft. Ellie Goulding

Fragile by Kygo ft. Labrinth

Feel Your Love by Nyquill

I See You by MISSIO

Learn To Let Go by Kesha

Praying by Kesha

I Love My Life by Justice Crew

Sex by Cheat Codes x Kris Kross Amsterdam

Everlong by Foo Fighters

Party Like It’s Your Birthday by Studio Killers

The Disappearance of The Girl by Phildel

Soul On Fire by Mystery Skulls

we’ve never met but, can we have coffee or something? by in love with a ghost

What is Love? by Y//2//K & Yung Death Ray ft. Jaymes Young

A Manner to Act by Ra Ra Riot

Suckers by Ra Ra Riot

Do You Remember by Ra Ra Riot

You And I Know by Ra Ra Riot

Oh, La by Ra Ra Riot

Can You Tell by Ra Ra Riot

Consequence by The Notwist

Anyone Else by PVRIS

Dead Weight by PVRIS

Can You Hold Me by NF ft. Britt Nicole

Young Folks by Peter Bjorn and John

No Fear by Dej Loaf

I’ve Been Waiting by Lil Peep & ILoveMakonnen ft. Fall Out Boy

Give U Up by CALVIN (I’m sorry in advance for this one)

Heartbeat by Scouting For Girls

Keep It Simple by Tove Lo

Sweettalk My Heart by Tove Lo

Glad He’s Gone by Tove Lo

Not On Drugs by Tove Lo

Got Love by Tove Lo

Crave by Tove Lo

Paradise by Tove Lo

Moments by Tove Lo

Talking Body by Tove Lo

Habits (Stay High) by Tove Lo

Scars by Tove Lo

Out Of Your Mind by Tove Lo

Vibes by Tove Lo

Lies In The Dark by Tove Lo

Come Undone by Tove Lo

dont ask dont tell by Tove Lo

Cherry Blossom by ALA.NI

Feels Like Home by The Him ft. Son Mieux

Quiet by Lights

Skydiving by Lights

365 by Zedd & Katy Perry

Left to Right by Marteen

Could You Love Me? by Black Saint

Midnight City by M83

Marble Soda by Shawn Wasabi

Crystal Dolphin by Engelwood

Pusher (Shawn Wasabi Remix) by Clear ft. Mothica

She’s A Riot by The Jungle Giants

Stranger by Jay Hayden & King Vodka

Now That I’ve Found You by Carly Rae Jepsen

Marty McFly by Luke Christopher

Rocks by Imagine Dragons

All Day And Night by Jax Jones ft. Madison Beer & Martin Solveig

Run Free by Deep Chills ft. IVIE

Maps by Maroon 5

Feelings by Maroon 5

blue by Pools

High Hopes (The Lucifer Edit) by Quails

breathin’ by Ariana Grande

Into You by Ariana Grande

Shy Girl by Kedam

Something Good Can Work by Two Door Cinema Club

What You Know by Two Door Cinema Club

Sleep Alone by Two Door Cinema Club

This Is The Life by Two Door Cinema Club

Do You Want It All? by Two Door Cinema Club

Sun by Two Door Cinema Club

Eat That Up, It’s Good For You by Two Door Cinema Club

Undercover Martyn by Two Door Cinema Club

Sunflower by Post Malone & Swan Lee

Señorita by Shawn Medes & Camila Cabello

Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie

Everybody’s Angel by Down With Webster

All Fall Down by OneRepublic

Counting Stars by OneRepublic

HOLD ME TIGHT OR DON’T by Fall Out Boy

Jenny by Walk The Moon

Youth by Daughter

Get Lucky (Cover) by Daughter

Love by Daughter

River Flows In You by Yiruma

Girls And Boys In School by Neon Trees

Girls And Boys In School (EP Version) by Neon Trees

Helpless by Neon Trees

In The Next Room by Neon Trees

Beings by Madeon

Dried-Out Cities by Fallulah

Bloodline by Fallulah

Almost Home by Mariah Carey

Headlock by Imogen Heap

Closing In by Imogen Heap

Lifeline by Imogen Heap

Goodnight And Go by Imogen Heap

First Train Home by Imogen Heap

I Am In Love With You by Imogen Heap

The Walk by Imogen Heap

More by Kaskade & Felix Cartal ft. Jenn Blosil

Lay Down by Kaskade & Late Night Alumni

My Distance by Kaskade

Lessons In Love by Kaskade ft. Neon Trees

Kill The Lights (Audien Remix) by Alex Newell ft. DJ Cassidy, Nile Rogers, & Jess Glynne

Fall In Love/Lie by INNA

Cola Song by INNA

Caliente by INNA

Iguana by INNA

Ruleta by INNA ft. Erik

I Like You by INNA

Love by INNA

Shining Star by INNA

Bebe by INNA

Bebe (Yaniss Extended Remix) by INNA

Better Not by Louis The Child ft. Wafia

Living Island by Pogo

Still Into You by Paramore

Hard Times by Paramore

Emergency by Paramore

Ignorance by Paramore

I Caught Myself by Paramore

Letting Go by HERB x Kendall Miles

To Be Human by Sia ft. Labrinth

Big Girls Cry (ODESZA Remix) by Sia

Elastic Heart by Sia

Angel By The Wings by Sia

If You Didn’t See Me (Then You Weren’t On The Dancefloor) by Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

Butterfly In The Still by Iwasaki Taku

Dare (La La La) by Shakira

Me Enamore by Shakira

Loca by Shakira ft. Dizzee Rascal

Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango) by Shakira

Addicted To You by Shakira

Whenever, Wherever by Shakira

When A Woman by Shakira

Can’t Remember To Forget You by Shakira ft. Rihanna

Better Than Yesterday by HollySiz

This is What You Came For by Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna

Sweet Nothing by Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch

Rain by Pueblo Vista ft. .Eehlou & Shiloh Dynasty

G.B.D. Pressure (Extended) by Chillster

Valentine by Aether ft. Veela

Lemme See by Usher ft. Rick Ross

Promises by Aly & AJ

Like Whoa by Aly & AJ

Silence by Aly & AJ

Find A Way by Safety Suit

Ordinary Day by Emilie Mover

Green Light by Lorde

Don’t Feel Like Crying (MK Remix) by Sigrid

Crazy in Love by EDEN ft. Leah Kelly

Broken Girl by Matthew West

Crazy in Love by Sofia Karlberg

This Is What Makes Us Girls (The Confect Remix) by Lana del Rey

1901 by Phoenix

Lisztomania by Phoenix

Please Don’t Touch by RAYE

Island In The Sun by Weezer

God Is A Dancer by Tiesto & Mabel

Tighten Up by The Black Keys

Do I Wanna Know? by Arctic Monkeys

Lazy Eye by Silversun Pickups

Don’t Play by Halsey

Bad At Love by Halsey

Young God by Halsey

Now Or Never by Halsey

Hurricane by Halsey

Drive by Halsey

Eyes Closed by Halsey

Eyes Closed (Stripped) by Halsey

Haunting by Halsey

Strangers by Halsey ft. Lauren Jauregui

100 Letters by Halsey

Ghost by Halsey

Break A Sweat by Becky G

Little Talks by Of Monsters And Men

I wanna be your girlfriend by girl in red

Run by Alison Wonderland

I Want U by Alison Wonderland

Peace by Alison Wonderland

Peace (Acoustic) by Alison Wonderland

Dead To Me by Kali Uchis

Good Enough by Evanescence

Go Slow by Gorgon City & Kaskade ft. Romeo

Feel Good Inc by filous & LissA

All I Need by Within Temptation

A Lot Like Love (Oliver Heldens Edit) by The Voyagers ft. Haris

Hideaway by Kiesza

Memories by KSHMR ft. Sirah

American Sadness by XYLO

One Step At A Time by Jordin Sparks

Your Shirt by Chelsea Cutler

Hope Of Morning by Icon For Hire

Collect Call by Metric

Flowers On The Grave (Acoustic) by The Maine

Fabulous by Ally Brooke

Falling (blackbear Remix) by Trevor Daniel

You by Petit Biscuit

Unlove You (Drop G Remix) by Armin van Burren ft. Ne-Yo

Formation (R-TRAX Trap Remix) by Beyonce

Schoolin’ Life by Beyonce

Simmer by Hayley Williams

Ruby by Foster The People

Moral Of The Story by Ashe

Colorblind (Left/Right Remix) by Karma Fields ft. Tove Lo

Don’t Stop The Music by Jamie Cullum

Goody Two Shoes by Adam Ant

Don’t Stop the Fancy Footwork (Chromeo vs. Rihanna)

She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) by David Guetta ft. Sia

Slow Burn by Audiograf

Write My Story by Olly Anna

1 Thing by Amerie

I Like That by Janelle Monae

Your Favorite Place by Joey Pecoraro

Beauty Mark by Parov Stelar ft. Anduze

Dead Hearts by Stars

Change of Seasons (EP Version) by Sweet Thing

Larger Than Life by Pink Zebra ft. Benji Jackson

Are You With Me (Pretty Pink Remix) by Lost Frequencies

Nothing But by Skin

In Common (Kenny Dope Remix) by Alicia Keys

Resonance by HOME

All Stars by Martin Solveig ft. ALMA

Lavender’s Blue Dilly Dilly [From the Cinderella (2015) OST]

Besame Mucho by Jorge Blanco

Touch You Right Now by Basic Element

Dinero by Trinidad

Icon (Reggaeton Remix) by Jaden Smith ft. Nicky Jam & Will Smith

Make Me Sweat by Kat DeLuna

Sombredosis by Kat DeLuna ft. El Cata

Real Love by Memory Tapes

Feelings by Hayley Kiyoko

This Side Of Paradise by Hayley Kiyoko

Wanna Be Missed by Hayley Kiyoko

Gravel To Tempo by Hayley Kiyoko

Pretty Girl by Hayley Kiyoko

Fiesta (Remix) by Bombe Estereo ft. Will Smith

Love by TeZATalks

Had by TeZATalks

Heal by Loreen

Analyser by AlunaGeorge

Attracting Flies by AlunaGeorge

Damaged by Plummet

My Kind by Hilary Duff

Sparks by Hilary Duff

Talk by DJ Snake ft. George Maple

First summer without you by Outgoing Hikikomori

First birthday without you by Outgoing Hikikomori

2 Heads by Coleman Hell

Mathematics by Little Boots

Hearts Collide by Little Boots

Meddle by Little Boots

Parachute by Cheryl Cole

When she went away by Max Richter

When she came back by Max Richter

Who Knew by Pink

Lash Out by Alice Merton

Back To The Start by Mr. Little Jeans

Perfecto. by Ayo. & .Disfnk ft. Daniela Andrade

service by j^p^n

I’m In Love Again by tomppabeats

Close by Nick Jonas ft. Tove Lo

Falling Apart by Michael Schulte

Dusk ‘Til Dawn by ZAYN ft. Sia

Pillowtalk by ZAYN

Minimal Beat by Lindsey Stirling

Perfect Illusion by Lady Gaga

Do I Wanna Know? (Cover) by CHVRCHES

La Familia (Guy Sigsworth Remix) by Mirah

Broken Parts by The Ready Set & Mokita

Invisible Chains by Lauren Jauregui

Lonely Gun by CYN

Cartier by Dopebwoy ft. 3robi & Chivv

Boss Bitch by Doja Cat

[raisinghellonstarbug]

Ok so update on my thoughts of watching The Umbrella Academy so far...

(SPOILERS MIGHT BE AHEAD - WARNING JUST IN CASE)

I've pretty much managed to watch season 1 and a few eps of season 2 so far in the space of a few days. I'm really enjoying it and I'm on the edge of my seat majority of the time! At first I wasn't as the first two episodes of s1 were a bit slow, but when we got to know Five a lot more, I was happy to know him. I also liked Allison trying her best to be a better sister to Vanya.

When I found out that Vanya had a power (although I hadn't read the comics, it seemed kinda obvious it was steering towards the truth), I was astounded by the great level of her power. Like holy hell she can destroy the whole world! There's her siblings who can manipulate objects, manipulate people, are super strong and part-ape, can speak and conjure up the dead, and has tentacles attached to his body (but also lives through Klaus)... And then you got Vanya, who can manipulate sound??! Five to me has a power just as great as Vanya's so I believe he's just as powerful..

She actually scared me a little in the finale and I just found it amazing that the one person who thought she didn't possess any powers and was only ordinary, made to believe for years by their psycho father that she was nothing special, turns out to be the most special of all with the most powerful abilities. Crazy, huh?

Now. I like all the characters pretty much, except I didn't like Cha-Cha and I'm glad she's gone. I wasn't a big fan of Diego first but I've grown to like him more now that he's softened up a bit... But the one thing I can't quite get my head around is Luther and Allison?? Like, they love each other right... But not just as siblings, but like actual lovers and I don't know how I feel about that because even though they're of course adopted and aren't biologically related, it still feels strange to me.

But mostly, I just don't like Luther's moping around feeling sorry for himself. It's annoying now tbh. I don't like him at the moment which is a shame because I did at first... Anyway, I hope he stops being obsessed with Allison soon or they start a relationship and then the newness of it will die down because it's kinda boring and I'm not interested in that part of the story.

However, Sissy and Vanya?? That's more interesting! I like Sissy and it's nice to watch a TV series where gay relationships are formed and it's not taboo or made to seem weird. It's just there and it's nice. I was gutted for Klaus though with Dave. I would love to see Dave more in the show. I have only seen 3 eps though of season 2 and I'm deliberately making sure I don't know anything yet of what's to come, maybe Dave appears again? I hope so.

Also - I like Lila and even though she's working for the Commission, her story is really sad and I hope she breaks away from them bastards because they basically ruined her life. Why did her parents have to die?? She's been through hell and I love her character.

So. That's me up to speed really. I'm well confused about the whole secret twelve peeps but we'll see what happens! It's constantly intriguing. Oh, and those Swedes are dicks.

My list of the characters in order from my favourite to least favourite at the moment:

1. Five (he's just brilliant in every way and does not give a shit and hats off to a SIXTEEN YEAR OLD Aidan for playing him so wonderfully, it's impressive as hell and I hope he makes it big when he's older)

2. Klaus (what can I say? He makes me laugh - just like Robert did as Nathan in Misfits. If anyone knows that show knows how great it is that he plays an immortal moron who ALSO can speak to the dead!! Hahaha and now speaks to the dead in this show! Shame he's not immortal though. It's just funny how similar Klaus and Nathan are)

3. Vanya (she reminds me of me in some ways - and I can relate to her indifference in the first season)

4. Ben (he's funny like Klaus - but he also has that whole "i told you so" attitude which i love)

5. Diego (that hero complex is annoying as hell but when he's being a softie he's great - his sarcasm is also great)

6. Allison (she's pretty fiesty and I like that, but she could be more interesting)

7. Luther (he's a cute brawn isn't he? But also like I said a moping one, so I hope that changes)

So that's it so far. I don't expect everyone to agree with me just fyi. Might update again when I finish the season! A great show so far and it's getting better as it goes along...

P.s I hope Pogo will be ok - I miss him!

And props to the show for adding in the history of the Civil Rights Movement and how painful a road it has been for the black community to even get some form of humanity in their lives, even if it's still not as it should be yet. It's also not the main focus too which is good because otherwise the show could become too politically correct.

[whatevasss]

ONE | TWO | THREE(cs)

when two strangers switch their phones by accident. 

Staring out to the Han River "Awe this is so pretty." Taking a bite of chicken washing it down with a cold beer, the Banpo Bridge show was starting. Putting down the chicken in your hand, you stared out to the river and the bridge to reveal water flowing down the bridge as the light changes colors and kpop blasting throughout the area. As you were admiring the view and bouncing to the rhythm of the music, you felt a strong arm around you. Turning around you realize it was your boyfriend, giving him a quick smile, you turn your head back to the view. Ten minutes later, and the show slowly vanished from your sight, disappointed you sat back down on the steps and continue eating your now cold chicken. After devouring the chicken, you guys decided it was time to leave. Quickly picking up the trash, you turn towards your boyfriend "I have to used the restroom real quick." With a nod, you ran towards the restroom and did your business. Coming out, you saw a dark figure with his back towards you, knowing it was your boyfriend, you decided it would be a fun little prank to mess with him. Slowly walking up to him, you jumped on his back screaming " STOP RIGHT NOW YOU LITTLE PEEPING TOM, I CAUGHT YOU NOW." With everyone slowly turning their heads towards your screaming, you were dropped to the floor to reveal a complete stranger giving you an odd look. This is when you realize you had fucked up and this guy wasn't your boyfriend, but a complete total stranger. Reality quickly hit you in the face as you got up to apologize to the guy you called a pervert. You saw the look on his face and you can tell he wasn't all too happy nor please with what you just did. At the corner of you eye, you saw your boyfriend heading towards you, and you make a ran for him and tug him running away from the scene before anything bad could happen. Running all the way to the subway station, you stop to look back and finally let out a breathe and start panting as you realize he didn't come chasing you guys. Relief you started thinking about what happen, and the strangers faced flash before you "wow, he wasn't bad looking..." "Y/N ! Y/N !" snapping back to reality hearing when your boyfriend called you..."Dam, that was crazy, huh?" Searching for your phone in your pocket and bag, but it was nowhere to be found. With a fear in you, you slowly turn to your impatient boyfriend side eyeing you "uhm...babe, I think I lost my phone." Sensing him being annoyed, you quickly told his hand to walk back to the direction of the Han River. "UGH." he signed loudly letting you know he wasn't too pleased with you. Quickly going to the steps that you were seating earlier, but the phone was nowhere to be seen, heading to the restroom and the phone was still nowhere to be seen. As you head out the restroom, you saw a phone lying on the ground, walking quickly to it, you found your phone. Happily waving it at your boyfriend with a sign of relief. - 3am : unknown calling > delcine 3:05am : unknown calling > decline 3:06am : unknown calling >decline 3:07am : unknown calling > decline

"Who the fuck keeps calling me at 3am. ugh" annoyed you shut the phone off and go back to sleep. - 10am ... turning the phone back on to reveal 20 missed calls from unknown.     10 text from unknown.  10 missed calls from Dabin.           5 text from Dabin. 5 missed calls from Scott.              2 text from Scott.

Confused you rubbed your eyes again to look at the screen clearly to make sure. "What the fuck.!" paused you just stared at the screen blankly. "Who is Dabin and Scott, why are they saved on my contacts." Clearly you had no idea who these two are and why they were saved on your phone. Trying to open the phone, you swipe the screen up but it won't unlock, after several tries, it asks for the pass code, quickly typing 1314 to unlock your phone but to your surprise it won't unlock. Frustrated you threw the phone onto the bed, "stupid phone." You proceed to get on with your morning routine. As you were finishing up, you heard a ding indicating you have a new text...”hm. that’s weird, when did i change my ringtone." shrugging it off, you grab the phone off the bed and continue to once again to try to unlock your phone. It still won't unlock, you try again and again and making your frustration even more than before. Not giving a fuck anymore you threw the phone back on the bed and head to the kitchen. Scanning around you realized you didn't go grocery shopping, "Fuck, there's no food and I'm hungry." Debating on what to do, you head back to the bedroom, grabbed the phone and tried again, but it still won't unlock. You wanted to text your best friend, Viv, to see if she wanted to grab food with you. Being annoyed you quick got dressed and head out to her apartment as it was in the same complex, just a couple of floors down.  ... Ring ring ring ... silent ... ring ring ring ... silent ... annoyed, you bang on the door and still no answer. "Gosh, what is with today." Good thing, you know the code, and let yourself in. Once inside you head to the bedroom to see your best friend completely knocked out still. You saw a water bottle on the nightstand and decided to play a little prank on her and drop whatever water was left in the bottle all over her. "UGHHHH. BISH. WTF." laughing hysterically you gave her a opps, my bad look. "bish, hurry up and get up, i'm starving! lets go eat!" 

-

Entering a cafe after breakfast.  Y/N : Go grab and a table and I’ll order the drinks and such.  V : MMKAY.  Y/N : What do you want?  V: Uhm..iced vanilla latte please.  Y/N : Okay. 

Nodding a simply yes, you headed to the counter. “One ice vanilla latte, one iced americano, one cheesecake, and one carrot cake please.” 

Heading to the table with the tray of food and drinks. As you set the tray down, Viv shocked “Bish, why did you get so much? We just ate.” Simply shrugging your shoulder you took a seat across from her. Silently enojying the sweet goodness, Viv started to speak. 

V : So are you not going to tell me about yesterday?  Y/N : UHM...nothing happened.  V : What do you mean nothing happen? I thought we have talked about this and how you need to be strong and go through with this.  Y/N : I know, but I just can’t. OK? Can we please just drop this?  V : NO, we cannot just drop this. He’s a cheater and you know it. So, why are you still holding on to him when all there left is pain for you. Can’t you see? Y/N : CLEARLY NOT BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO LOSE HIM. OK. I DON’T WANT TO. I DON’T BELIEVE IT. I WON’T BELIEVE IT.  V : You need to realize he is not going to stop, he is not going to turn around. He isn’t the guy you fell for.  Y/N : JUST STOP IT PLEASE.  V : BISH, you have lost him when he cheated on you. And I’m sorry, but the truth is the truth. 

Speechless as you don’t know what to say or do as a single tear flow down your check. Quickly wiping it, afraid of her seeing it and making a bigger deal out of this. Sighing...”But but but...” no other words came out. You knew the truth, and that was the truth; it hurts but the truth is the truth. You didn’t want to lose him, you don’t want to face reality. "Y/N, listen to me, you know its best to leave him before you get anymore attached to him. i know how much you loved him, and i'm sorr..." Before she can finish talking, your phone started to ring. 

Unknown calling > accept. Not wanting to hear what your best friend had to say, you quickly accepted the call. 

Y/N : UHM...Hello?” Unknown : FINALLY YOU PICKED UP. WHAT THE FUCK TOOK YOU SO LONG. 

Not wanting another person yelling at you, you quickly hung up the call. 

Unknown calling > accept  Y/N : Please sto,,, Unknown : DON’T YOU DARE HUNG UP NOW.  Y/N : What do you want? I don’t know you.  Unknown : YOU HAVE MY DAMN PHONE AND I WANT IT BACK. Y/N : I have no idea what you are talking about. Please calm down and stop yelling at me or i’ll hung up again.  Unknown : Fine. Now will you please just give me my phone back?  Y/N : Uhm...this is my phone ?  Unknown : No, it’s not. It’s mine.  Y/N : Uhm.... Unknown : Punch in 951 to unlock the phone and it’ll prove that its mine.  Y/N : Uhm... Unknown : SOOOOO...? ----  You quickly type in the pass code 951 to unlock the phone.  --- Y/N : OMG, it unlocked. WTF. I wasn’t able to unlock this phone the whole morning.  Unknown : Well, no shit Sherlock Holmes, this is my phone.  Y/N : Then were is my phone?  Unknown : What is your pass code? Y/N : 1314  Unknown : Seems like I have your phone. Cute doggie by the way.  Y/N : OMG, how did this happen? How do you have my phone and how did I end up with yours?  Unknown : Beats me baby girl.  Y/N : Uhm...ok ?  Unknown : Yes?  Y/N : What do we do now?  Unknown : Are you really asking the obviously, baby girl?  Y/N : Please stop calling me that. I am not your baby girl.  Unknown : Ok, baby girl. What is your name then?  Y/N : That’s none of your business.  Unknown : Then I guess baby girl it is.  Y/N : Ugh, Unknown : hahaha. Where are you? Y/N : xxx cafe in xxx, you? Unknown : Fuck, I’m at the airport right now.  Y/N : That’s at least a hour away without traffic.  Unknown : No shit, baby girl.  Y/N : Then ...  Unknown : ... Y/N : What time is your flight?  Unknown : Boarding in 30min.  Y/N : Dam...I guess when you come back? Unknown : In a week.  Y/N : That long?  Unknown :  Why? You can’t wait to see me huh, baby girl?  Y/N : HA. Yea right. I just want my phone back and be done with you.  Unknown : Baby girl, you don’t have to be in denial. I know you’ll fall for me once you see me.  Y/N : HAHA. Funniest thing I heard all day. But FYI I have a boyfriend.  Unknown : Challenge accepted, baby girl.  Y/N : Prepare to be hit with a big fat FAIL.  Unknown : We shall seee...  Y/N : So what is your name?  Unknown : Christian and you? or would you like me to just call you baby girl?  Y/N : ...  Unknown : I told you my name, isn’t it fair for me to know yours?  Y/N : How do I know your not a creep who did this on purpose. Unknown : Believe what you want baby girl.  Y/N : ... Unknown : I gotta go now, baby girl. Keep my phone safe please.  Y/N : Y/N Unknown : What was that, baby girl?  Y/N : My name is Y/N. Unknown : Sexy name for a sexy girl. I’ll see you in a week then, Y/N. 

--- The phone call came to an end, and you couldn’t stop smiling. It was like he put some kind of spell on you. You felt butterflies in your stomach when he started calling you baby girl. Drifting your thoughts away as who this boy was...your best friend smack you back into reality, “What was that about?” Without responding you got up smiling like an idiot and lleft the cafe leaving your best friend behind.

---

to be cont...

I literally wrote this in a hour at work so please ignore any mistakes. thank you. :) feedbacks will always be appreciated. 

[allthefilmsiveseenforfree]

Toy Story 4

I have given almost no thought to the fourth entry in the Toy Story franchise. I just felt like we were really DONE after Toy Story 3, you know? It was cathartic, it was meaningful, it made me bawl like a baby. I’d said goodbye and I was doing great. And then suddenly, Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz (Tim Allen) and the gang are back for round 4 and I’m just supposed to what, welcome them back with open arms? And now there’s a SPORK involved? I don’t know, fam. I was skeptical. But Pixar usually knows what they’re doing, so I sat down opening weekend ready to be transported back to the magic of childhood all over again. Could this entry in the franchise possibly live up to the greatness of all 3 of its predecessors? Well...

Gosh, it’s nice sometimes to be proven wrong. This movie is so delightful my face hurt from smiling afterwards. I think I laughed more at this than any other comedy this year. And its heart is still firmly in the right place, helping kids and grown-ups alike think about what it means to love and be loved, and what we’re willing to give up for a chance at happiness. Essentially, Woody’s new kid, Bonnie (Madeline McGraw) isn’t that interested in playing with him anymore. Instead, she’s made herself a new favorite toy - Forky (Tony Hale), a literal collection of trash barely being held together by silly putty and glue. Even though Woody isn’t Bonnie’s favorite toy, he knows how important it is for her to have Forky, and he will stop at nothing to keep Forky safe when Bonnie’s parents decide to take her (and all her toys) on a road trip. As you can imagine, some toys get lost, some toys get found, and there’s a lot of action-packed close calls along the way. 

Some thoughts:

There is no Pixar short before this one, just FYI.

One thing I love about the Toy Story films is the thematic richness that is always so clear and well-executed. From the very first scene, it’s set up that this is going to be Woody’s movie, and it’s going to be about him choosing between two different types of love - the love of a companion or the love of duty in his role as a Kid’s Toy. All of the Toy Story movies are essentially Woody movies, but this one feels even more so than the rest, and it’s a lovely meditation on aging, change, and parenthood from the perspective of a character that many of us have grown up with for the last 24 years.

Some of the animation is so beautiful I want to cry. Woody lying in the rain. The LIGHT in the antique shop. Have you ever seen light look so ethereal and gorgeous in animation? 

The four abandoned toys in Bonnie’s closet are voiced by the four greatest living comedians of our grandparents’ generation - Melephant Brooks (Mel Brooks), Chairol Burnett (Carol Burnett), Carl Reinerocerous (Carl Reiner), and Bitey White (Betty White). It’s a quick scene but man, what a joy for a comedy nerd like me.

Blink-and-you’ll-miss-them lesbians dropping off their son at Bonnie’s kindergarten class!

Throughout all the marketing, I have been so confused about Forky and why on earth he’s involved in this movie. However, within 2 minutes, I was completely sold. Tony Hale’s performance is perhaps the funniest performance I’ve seen in any media this year. Every single line delivery is gold, and he brings a real sweet earnestness to Forky’s identity crises and his confusion at a big world he doesn’t understand. And those goddamn googly eyes are the funniest fucking thing - it’s so dumb, but when a gag works, it works.

So I saw Child’s Play this weekend as well, and let me tell you - Benson, the ventriloquist dummy in the antique shop, is 10 million times scarier than Chucky will ever be. That motherfucker is going to haunt my dreams.

Now let’s talk about some other members of the ensemble. Is it just me, or does it seem like Buzz is being extra stupid here? I just don’t remember him being this stupid. A little obtuse, sure, but...this feels 10th season of a CBS sitcom bad. The one plot line I really hated was his dumb “inner voice” running gag. It felt like a lame gimmick in comparison to the really interesting nuanced interactions going on in every other plot thread of the film. 

I love the idea of Bo Peep (Annie Potts) as a Mad Max road warrior feminist rebel.

Another thing I appreciate about the Toy Story movies - all of their villains are portrayed sympathetically, and usually due to a lack of love in their lives. Don’t get me wrong, I love a great campy evil just for the sake of being evil villain as much as the next girl, but there’s something to be said for a series of movies that show antagonists as people who are hurting, who have a need that was never filled, and are willing to learn and grow when they are confronted about it. I think that’s a valuable thing for kids and adults alike to see.

I particularly liked the parallel and inversion of Gabby (Christina Hendricks) and Woody here, how they’re both so blindly devoted to the idea of loving a kid that they can’t see anything outside of that, including how their actions might be hurting other people. It’s a tight script overall, and particularly in their stories it digs deep into a lot of interesting emotional material. 

Fun easter egg: in the old toy disco that Bo Peep takes Woody to inside the antique shop, the first toy they interact with is the original tin toy from one of the first Pixar shorts! 

I know he’s having a very it moment right now, which he deserves every single second of because he’s, by all accounts, a truly wonderful human being, but I would die for Keanu Reeves’ Duke Caboom, and I don’t care who knows it.

For people who are interested to know - there is a cat who experiences some toy-chasing antics, but no harm comes to her. 

Did I Cry? Yeah, yeah I did. Nowhere near the waterworks of Toy Story 3, but when Gabby finds her kid, and at that last line, yeah, there was more than a light misting.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise, but this really is as good as all the other Toy Story movies. You’d be hard-pressed to name a franchise this consistent in quality, and I highly, highly encourage kids and grown-ups alike to travel to infinity and beyond with this crew one more time.

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[maria82871]

Box 1 of Glossy Box

So as most of you know I have an addiction. Some might think it’s shopping, music, movies, food shopping... (Yes, I said it twice lol) Others might have thought it’s handsome men watching...(Well, that’s like a hobby like bird watching HAHA) But truth IS I love makeup. (shoes is the other one ;p) I love trying different looks,enjoy watching youtubers putting makeup. Getting a makeover, samples, etc.  I love to look natural, to classy and depending when and where even crazy (never trashy) My love for makeup started around the age of years old. My parents bought me make it your self makeup kits. I’m talking old school early 80′s barbie style. From the time I was able to wear make (back in my days we waited until our teens) and colors were limited I always wore my “Go to colors” But these days with so many brands out there, different ways to express yourself with colors Sky’s the limits Ladies!

I have a few different subscriptions which I will be writing about. Sharing my thoughts on these beauty subscriptions. Especially if these are good for women over 40! I’m over 40 & proud of it. I’m glad to see my generation embrace our age. We aren’t like our grandmas. Even our mothers who are now grandmother’s are looking amazing with out any medical procedures. Not there is anything wrong with them. Personal I would love to get lip injections and some fillers around my eyes and forehead. But I can’t afford them. (Well explain on another blog) 

Let’s get started. Glossy Box offers  5 premium beauty products every month worth over $60 dollars. I signed up for buy 3 boxes for $58 plus one free. Plus Free Shipping and Handling.  I added the links on Glossy and each item I’ve tested so feel free to check them out. Also Glossy Box offer great deals. And if you are a member of  Rakuten you get cash back.  I’ve been waiting to see if Glossy will live up to the hype that I’ve been reading on Instagram  

Glossy Box  

The packaging  from the shipping box to the product box I was impressed. The shipping box is black with beautiful white logo! So cute! (Yes, I will be adding pictures)

When I got to the box itself I knew that I was going to be in for a real treat... The pretty in pink box with blush pink tissue paper tie up with a black ribbon is very chic.  This packaging sophisticated and chic. As you can tell I really like there packaging. I tend to save boxes for arts and crafts projects, storage and these boxes themselves (aside from all the products) is great to use as a present/ gift box (Christmas and Birthdays)  ;) Let’s be honest pretension is everything! From a scale from 1-5 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest, I’m giving them a 5! 

The pamphlets: Ladies let be honest, after 40 we know that sooner or later we are going to need reading glasses. One of my problem is, I’m just like my mother who is always losing them. lol Unlike some other beauty boxes the pamphlets have tiny print that you can’t barely read the product information with reading glass and a magnifying glass. And if my nephew is around being he’s only 10 I have to bribe him to read it for me. (Not for an all American Boy lol) Imagine my delight this pamphlet actually have normal size print.  The way the print them balance out of darker and lighter shade that flows well with the pictures of items.Unlike some other beauty boxes they offer one page writing as much as they can squeezed on an 4X6 size paper.  On a scale from 1-5  pamphlet is 5

OK, OK let’s get down to “Nitty Gritty” The AWESOME ITEMS!

5 full side items:

1- Morgan Taylor Professional Nail Lacquer 

 “Lux Be A Lady” (shade’s name) I love this color. it’s a neutral shine soft brown earthy color. It would be approved by The Queen of England for the all the Princess could wear on the list. HAHA (The Queen would hate me I love loud both bright and dark nails HAHA) It’s has a creamy texture with a full brush. Also this product doesn’t have a storng odor like some other nail polish have  I was able to do one hand without having to re dip for more polish. However I suggest that 2 coats per nails will make them look like you got them done at the saloon

2- Sleek MakeUP’s: Sun Is Shining Eye shadow Palette  

Has an array of back-to-basic soft nudes, subtle golds and warm peach shades, perfect for chic daytime or nighttime fun! 12 shades of mineral based higly-pigmented Long lasting trust me you don’t have to worry about touching up while at work. During the day have a matte look and before going out on blend those colors. These intense color pay-off! FYI, the price is GREAT! $12.99 which is prefect for us ladies who can’t afford $150 for eye-shadow palettes. This brand truly cares about quality

3- Emma Hardie Purifying Pink Clay Mask:

OK  this is a sample size. But it goes a long way! Aside from being a little on the thick side make sure you put it one lightly. It’s works amazingly well. Putting it on makes me feel like I’m at a spa. You can feel it working. A deep botanical-rich exfoliate purify pink clay mask that: exfoliate, detoxify  balance, and refine pores. Scale from 1-5 I’m give it a 4 My reason I have another clay mask that I like better. But this would be on my top 5 list of face mask for sure. 

4- Invisibobble The Waver: I got the clear. Which is good for any women at any age. At first glance I thought it was going to be flimsy especially because I have very think hair. Those that knows me and knows my hair. I’ve been famous for breaking brushing while combing my hair,hair pins, barrettes, even ponytail holders! Lord have mercy!  My hair is like the Hulk without being green. LMAO Well these two little hairpins was able to stay, hold my hair in place when it was 3H outside working on my garden! Scale from 1-5... 5 for sure! 

5- Omorovicza Cleaning Foam: This delicately scented blue cleansing foam swiftly purifies and refreshes the skin. It’s sulphate-free. It does an Okay job on removing makeup. Not so much for eye makeup. If you have sensitive skin this product is good for you. On my scale from 1-5 I’m give it 3. I’m on the fence with it. 

6- Hask Unwined Provence Rose’ Deep Condition and Brut Rose’ Deep Condition. (I loved both of them. My hair is silky smooth, soft and helps with protecting my hair from harsh chemicals from dying it. I personally liked the smell from Provence Rose a little more.  Scale from 1-5 they both are getting 5. I would buy these for myself and as gifts for my girls. 

Well my peeps this sums up my review of box one. I’m still testing box two. Plus I have a few other beauty items I’m excited about writing soon. I hope you all enjoy my review.s Feel me to drop me a line and share with your friends, family and so on! 

Have An Amazingly Bless Day! 

Maria 

[fabulous-fluffy]

Seriously, Certificate or Not?

My Fabulous and Crazy Journey

Title: Seriously, Certificate or not?

Hello My Fabulous and Fluffy peeps!!

When school ended, I would always run home to watch All my children and then the wedding story. At age 16, I knew what kind of wedding I wanted, how many bridesmaids, heck even the type of food that would be served. Only part that was missing was the groom.

Years roll by and life lessons take place and BAM! I have a new outlook on marriage. Life events can seriously change your view of things. My dad decided to go outside his marriage. Although my parents reconciled . It truly left a bad taste in my mouth. Marriage was a No in my book. I could’ve cared less.

I looked at my father as Prince Charming and now that view was crushed. I started to look and view men as all the same. I felt every man wasn’t worth two cents to marry.

Fast forward some years. Now I’m pregnant with my daughter and no marriage. Not a big deal to me. All I inherited was a baby daddy.

FYI, I hate the term baby daddy/momma. I am only using it for this article. LOL. Fast forward baby number 2 and 3. Only exception, I fall in love with my present baby daddy. I would give him my good right kidney if I could. LOL.

Oh snap! The dreams of becoming a bride have come back and taken over my mind. I envision myself watching the wedding story again. This can’t be happening. I was only suppose to want a long term relationship and raise my babies.

But like me (50/50) my baby daddy sees marriage as a piece of paper.I know he loves me without a doubt. My dreams of becoming a bride are shattered or are they not. Is it true? Is marriage just a piece of paper. I had to sit back and really evaluate everything. The answer was right In front of me.

My first example of marriage was my parents. My father took care of my mother until death do us part, not the wedding certificate. No wedding certificate stopped the infidelity. No wedding certificate showed how much my parents loved me. No wedding certificate can truly measure the love a couple has for each other.

In 2019 . We get so wrapped up in other people’s business and always want to apply a label. How about we stop and look at the big picture.

Big picture meaning

1. It’s none of your damn business unless I make it yours

Sorry that was a deep one but the others are truly the big picture

2. Are they in a healthy relationship?

3. Do they admire each other?

4. Do they have their partners best interest at heart

5. Are they in love or just the idea of love?

My peeps, live your best life for yourself!! If marriage is not for you, don’t just do it because of the masses!! Everyone wasn’t meant for marriage just like everyone wasn’t meant to wear leggings 😹. My baby daddy knows that if one day MJ #23 ask for my hand in marriage, well I’M OUT!! LMAO

Love y’all

Mrs Fluffy

[fandomregina]

ITS HISTORY TIME

History: Roman

Agustus to Theodocious and information about Jesus and Christianity. *Warning::: Contains MANY CURSE WORDS*

(IF any information is incorrect, please tell me! I might have gotten some stuff mixed up between emperors and such so!! Please!!! tell!! me!!!!!!!)

Ok. Lemme start from, like, the beginning or something like that. Alright, so let’s go over the emperors first because there’s a lot of them.

Alright, let’s start out with Marc Antony, so after caesar DIED, he and some other roman peeps tried to become emperor and so he was part of the first triumvirate. He went to Egypt and fell in love with Cleopatra and Augustus, Octavian at the time, was like, this fucking idiot just handed me the emperor pass.  So there was a war that started, Augustus won, and Antony killed himself and so did Cleopatra.

And so we move onto Augusts. He was a little shit. Nah, kidding. He was a humble guy, but smart. He had the “republic” but he had the power of consul and tribune (So like a lot) and was a humble chill guy (expert he called himself Princeps but whatever)

Then we have Tiberius. Now, Tiberius is the little fucker who was only emperor because he had a good history of being a general or some shit but he ended poorly so them we have

Caligula. Oh my god lemme tell you some tea on Caligula. Caligula isn’t even his actual fucking name. It’s GAUIS. Anyways, he was the big fucking asshole who committed murder and sexual crimes, wore clothing/costumes to imitate the gods, and he fucking BANKRUPTED ROME. Like???? Who does that???? Anyways, he was killed (obvs)

Claudius was emperor for a little while ’n stuff. He expanded into Great Britain and stuff. Made people from Gaul senators n’ stuff too. BUT YOU KNOW WHO WAS AFTER HIM?

FUCKING NERO. Ok, so this little shit (supposedly. We don’t know) started the fire that burned down like 76% of the empire/peoples homes. And you know what he did? (What did he do) WELL LET ME FUCKING TELL YOU WHAT HE DID. He built the golden house on! The! Burned! Empire! That!!!! Idiot!!!!!!! And even worse, be blamed the Christians for it!!!! And he was only 16!!!!!!!!!

Now after he was killed, we got the three Flavians rule

First off, we got Vespasian. He was a smart guy. He built the Flavian amphitheater on the stupid palace’s lake that Nero built and gave ‘it to the people because NERO WAS A LITTLE SHIT” and so he began building, what we know it as today, the Colosseum. But you know what he did that made him an asshole? He burnt down the second (Jewish) temple and Jerusalem!!! The diaspora began!!! That asshole!!!!!

Anyways, after him we have Titus. This asshole also destroyed Jerusalem and was Vespasian’s son! He even made an arch that commemorated the sack!

That’s all he really did, so Domitian (Diocletian) was even worse, but this time it was against Christians!!! Dominos, sorry Domitian, started persecuting Christians in Pizza nova, sorry Piazza Navona,  and it! Was! So! Bad! That!Out!of!sympathy!some!polytheists! Converted!!!!!!!!! He wasn’t even just an asshole to Christians, to criminals, he would cut off someones had if they even just stole an apple or something!!!! Anyways, he divided the Roman Empire into 4 parts, hoping it would strengthen it.

Anyways, after this asshole, we have another asshole, we have our lovely Trajan. He expanded into Great Britain, had a 3 fucking story MALL and built a forum.

After him, we have Hadrian who built a wall in Great Britain b/c they didn’t want to expand anymore and he built the pantheon

After Trajan, we have Constantine. he saw the first to letters of Jesus (JE) in the sky before the battle of Milvian bridge and ‘converted’ on his death bed.

So after Constantine,, we don’t even have to know him, just an FYI, Theodosius made Christianity mandatory

So Jesus was born to Virgin Mary and at 30 started his missionary. He was crucified and was brought MUR DUR by Judas (no!)his disciples had the last dinner with him and was resurrected after 3 days and was alive for 40 days than ascended to heaven. Afterward, his apostles and they spread his message and shit, and you know what else spread? The fucking FIRE NERO Blamed on them! And them! Diocletian starts the great Christian persecution and more people convert out of sympathy and then Constantine converted to Christianity at his death bed and stuff like  than Theodosius made it mandatory n shit

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