#kayla mills

[moviesandmania]

OUIJA: BLOOD RITUAL Reviews and free on Tubi

‘Be careful what you conjure…’ Ouija: Blood Ritual is a 2020 supernatural found footage horror film written and directed by Dustin Mills (Slaughterhouse Slumber Party; Don’t Answer the Door; Her Name Was Torment and sequel; Bath Salt Zombies; Zombie A-Hole; Easter Casket). Mills also co-stars, alongside Kayla Elizabeth, Rob Grant and Brandon Salkil. Plot: Three Ohio filmmakers set out to debunk…

[pistachions]

Fun facttts abt my ocss:

Carla has been renamed to Kayla and has received a slight redesign, she’s also a botanist!

Gerald is 32 while Kayla is 35!

Gerald somehow sent himself back in time by accident, sending himself exactly at springtime before missing mill (I don’t know what exact year mml takes place in-)

Gerald got his crack from an accident after he fell back in time

They both would form a platonic relationship overtime (coughcoughincludingsomemutualromantic attentioncoughcough)

Aaaand yeh thats all i have for nowww

I LOVE these guys sm actually omg

Botanist and pistachion duo is SUCH a cool idea fr omg

[billcipher-rpblog]

Hello Mr. Cipher, this is Dr. Kayla Mills reaching out to you regarding your voluntary discharge from the Therapism. You have a follow-up session scheduled with me for this week, just to touch base, see how things are going. Please confirm your availability. Thank you.

MIND LETTING ME OUT OF A TIGHT SPOT I'M IN CURRENTLY? THEN YOU'RE FREE TO GIVE ME ALL THE THERAPY SESSIONS YOU SMILING FREAKS DESIRE!

[dear-indies]

Different anon here, but seeing the Becky Albright ask, I would like to know of all the current disabled folks that are in the media, whether it is physical or otherwise. Thank you for your work!

Hey anon! I actually have a masterlist of disabled faceclaims here but for ease of access I'll list some people below too! Listed sexuality and other important information too.

⭐ - has resources at time of posting! bolded - have spoken up for Palestine.

Actors / acting roles:

Non-binary:

⭐ Chella Man (1998) Hongkonger and Jewish - is deaf (not everybody in the d/Deaf/HoH community identities as disabled but I've read that they call themselves disabled!) - is trans genderqueer and pansexual (they/them).

Two-Spirit:

⭐ Ellyn Jade (1990) Ojibwe, Afro Jamaican, Taino, and British - is Two-Spirit (she/her) - has has nephrotic syndrome and celiac’s disease.

Gloria May Eshkibok (?) Mohawk, Ottawa, Irish, French - is Two-Spirit (she/her) and has one eye.

Women:

María Elena Saldaña (1963) Mexican - has dwarfism.

Selene Luna (1971) Mexican - has dwarfism.

⭐ Christina Applegate (1971) - has MS.

Cherylee Houston (1974) - has Hypermobility EDS.

⭐ Angela Rockwood (1975) Thai and German - is quadriplegic.

Maysoon Zayid (1974) Palestinian - has cerebral palsy.

Sarah Gordy (1976) - has down syndrome.

⭐ Lisa Hammond (1978) - has Pseudoachondroplasia and hypermobility syndrome.

Katy Sullivan (1978) - is a bilateral transfemoral amputee.

⭐ Tatiana A. Lee (1978) African-American - has spina bifida.

Cerrie Burnell (1979) - born with her right arm ending slightly below the elbow and has dyslexia.

Amara Zaragoza (1980) Shawnee, Mexican [Purépecha], White - has multiple sclerosis.

⭐ Vanessa Ray (1981) Mexican, Slovak, Scottish, Welsh, English - has not specified which type of Bipolar Disorder she has.

⭐ Anna Paquin (1982) - unsure of disability but has recently been using a cane recently - is bisexual.

Santina Muha (1983) Unspecified - has a spinal cord injury.

⭐ Savannah Welch (1984) - is paraplegic.

Katie Leclerc (1986) - has Ménière's disease.

⭐ Samantha Renke (1986) has Osteogenesis Imperfecta type 3.

⭐ Ruth Madeley (1987) - has spina bifida.

⭐ Tuppence Middleton (1987) - has OCD.

⭐Ali Stroker (1987) - is paraplegic and bisexual.

⭐ Angel Giuffria (1990) - is a congenital left arm amputee and uses a prosthetic arm (uses she/they).

Melissa Johns (1990) - is an arm amputee.

Megan Prescott (1991) - is autistic and has ADHD.

⭐ Sofiya Cheyenne (1991) Taino, Dominican, Syrian, and Italian - has spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita.

⭐ Madison Ferris (1992) - has muscular dystrophy.

⭐ Storme Toolis (1992) - has cerebral palsy.

⭐ Sky Ferreira (1992) Ojibwe, Cree, Chippewa Cree, Cheyenne, Brazilian of Portuguese and possibly other descent, Galician Jewish, Bukovina Jewish, White - has Chronic Lyme Disease.

⭐ Ashley Argota (1993) Filipino - has scoliosis.

Jyoti Amge (1993) Indian - has primordial dwarfism.

⭐ Rhiannon Clements (1994) - born with a shortened forearm.

⭐ Sasha Lane (1995) African-American, Māori, White - is gay and has schizoaffective disorder.

⭐ Ruth Codd (1996) - is a right leg below the knee amputee and uses a prosthetic leg.

⭐ Francesca Mills (1996) - has achondroplasia.

⭐ Lolo Spencer (1996) African-American - has Lou-Gehrig’s disease.

⭐Kennedy McMann (1996) - has OCD.

⭐ Alaqua Cox (1997) Menominee / Mohican - is a lower right leg amputee and uses a prosthetic leg, is also deaf.

⭐Chloé Hayden (1997) - is autistic, has ADHD, POTS, endometriosis, and adenomyosis.

⭐ Kiera Allen (1997) - is paraplegic.

⭐ Annabelle Davis (1997) - has spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita.

Kayla Cromer (1998) - is autistic, has dyscalculia, dyslexia and ADHD.

Marissa Bode (2000) African-American - is paraplegic - is bisexual.

Rhea Norwood (2001) - has type 1 diabetes.

Milly Shapiro (2002) Jewish - has cleidocranial dysostosis - is a lesbian (she/they).

Ellie Henry (?) - has epilepsy.

Joci Scott (?) is a woman of colour but otherwise unspecified - is paraplegic.

Alison Midstokke (?) - has Treacher Collins Syndrome.

Shannon DeVido (?) - has Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

Men:

Tony Cox (1958) African-American - has dwarfism.

⭐ Michael J. Fox (1961) - has Parkinson's Disease.

⭐ Mat Fraser (1962) - has thalidomide-induced phocomelia

⭐ Daryl Mitchell (1965) African-American - is paraplegic.

⭐ Peter Dinklage (1969) - has achondroplasia.

⭐ Timothy Omundson (1969) - is a stroke survivor.

Warwick Davis (1970) - has spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita.

Callan Mulvey (1975) ¼ Maori, ¾ Scottish - is blind in one eye.

⭐ David Harbour (1975) - has not specified which type of Bipolar Disorder he has.

Kurt Yaeger (1977) - is a leg amputee.

Rana Daggubati (1984) Telugu Indian - is blind in one eye.

⭐ James Norton (1985) - has type 1 diabetes.

Prince Amponsah (1985 or 1986) Ghanaian - is a burn survivor, is a double arm amputee with his right arm amputated above the elbow and his left arm amputated below the elbow.

⭐ Ryan O'Connell (1986) - has cerebral palsy - is gay.

Josh Thomas (1987) - is autistic and has ADHD - is gay.

⭐ Nathan Mitchell (1988) Black Canadian - has narcolepsy.

Tim Renkow (1989) Mexican Jewish - has cerebral palsy.

⭐Joel Kim Booster (1988) Korean - has bipolar disorder - is gay.

⭐ Eric Graise (1990) African-American - is a double leg amputee and uses prosthetic legs and a wheelchair.

Steve Way (1990) - has muscular dystrophy.

⭐ RJ Mitte (1992) - has cerebral palsy.

⭐ Sean Berdy (1993) half Ashkenazi Jewish - is deaf and has bipolar disorder.

⭐ Angel Bismark Curiel (1995) Taino and Afro Dominican - has asthma and a heart murmur.

⭐ George Robinson (1997) - has tetraplegia.

Tylan Grant (2001) Zambian / White - is autistic - is a trans man.

Jacob Mundell (?) - is a congenital hand amputee.

Ben Mehl (?) - is blind.

Matthew Jeffers (?) - has dwarfism.

⭐ Daniel Monks (?) - has hemiplegia - is gay.

Not actors but have substantial followings:

Women:

Celine Dion (1968) - has SPS.

Shirlene Pearson (1972) African-American - has pituitary dwarfism.

Abira Greene (1986) African-American - has achondroplasia.

Amy Purdy (1979) - is a double leg amputee.

Katie Piper (1983) - is a burn survivor.

⭐Jillian Mercado (1987) Afro Dominican - has spastic muscular dystrophy.

Jessica Kellgren-Fozard (1989) - has hypermobile ehlers-danlos syndrome with marfanoid phenotype causing blindness in one eye and deafness, is a crutch and wheelchair user - is a lesbian.

Lizzie Velasquez (1989) Mexican - has Marfanoid–progeroid–lipodystrophy syndrome that, among other symptoms, prevents her from accumulating body fat and gaining weight - also blind in her right eye and vision-impaired in her left eye.

Jordan Bone (1990) - is quadriplegic.

Sweet Anita (1990) - has Tourette’s syndrome including coprolalia, is demisexual.

⭐ Chelsie Hill (1992) - is paraplegic.

Hannah Witton (1992) Jewish - has ulcerative colitis.

⭐ Tiny Texie (1992) - has Kenny-Caffey syndrome - is not straight otherwise unlabelled.

Molly Burke (1993) - is blind due to retinitis pigmentosa.

Paola Antonini (1994) Brazilian - is a left leg above the knee amputee and uses a prosthetic leg.

Molly Burke (1994) - is blind and demisexual.

Ellie Simmonds (1994) - has achondroplasia.

Lyric Mariah (1995 or 1996) African-American - is right foot amputee and uses a prosthetic.

⭐ Bella Hadid (1996) Palestinian / White - has Lyme Disease.

⭐Victoria Salcedo (1997) Ecuadorian - is a triple amputee.

⭐ Fatima Timbo (1997) Sierra Leonean - has achondroplasia.

⭐Georgia Rankin (1998)- has skeletal dysplasia.

Clairo (1998) - has juvenile idiopathic arthritis - is bisexual.

Cat Burns (2000) Liberian - is queer - is autistic and has ADHD.

⭐ Aaron Rose Philip (2001) Afro-Antiguan - is trans and has Cerebral Palsy.

Zyra Gorecki (2002) - is a leg amputee.

Briel Adams-Wheatley (?) Brazilian - is a double leg and arm amputee and is a trans woman.

⭐ Danielle Perez (?) Afro-Dominican - lower leg amputee and is queer.

⭐ Hülya Marquardt (?) Turkish - was born Dysmelia and had both legs amputated.

Jasmine Arteaga Sorge (?) Mexican - has cartilage hair hypoplasia.

Tess Daly / tess.daly (?) - has Spinal Muscular Atrophy type 2 .

Men:

⭐ Adam Hills (1970) - is a leg amputee.

Lee Ridley (1980) - has cerebral palsy.

Spencer West (1981) - double-leg amputee and is gay.

Josh Sundquist (1984) - is a leg amputee.

Alex Brooker (1984) - has congenital abnormalities.

Zach Kornfeld (1990) - has ankylosing spondylitis.

Shane Burcaw (1992) - has spinal muscular atrophy.

⭐Jack Francis (1995) Afro Trinidadian / Unknown - has Tourette Syndrome.

⭐ Lewis Capaldi (1996) - has Tourette's syndrome.

⭐ Zion Clark (1997) African-American - is a double leg amputee.

Juan Pablo Dos Santos (1999) Venezuelan - is a double above the knee leg amputee and uses prosthetic legs.

Alex Parra (2000) - is a left leg above the knee amputee and uses a prosthetic leg.

Alex Barone (?) - has fibular hemimelia.

Questioning:

Kristin Chirico (1984) - is questioning their gender, “encompassing a lot of things” but is not yet sure if she’s non-binary or a gender non-confirming woman (they/her) - is openly bisexual and demisexual and has OCD, ADHD, dyslexia, and asthma.

I'll stop for now but PLEASE let me know if you want me to add more to this/update this and again the masterlist has more suggestions!

[masqueradenoir]

A prop coss au idea that is basically just the show once upon a Time without the plot of once upon a Time but it's a world where all the major characters that are part of the sharp gang are living in a small town and many of them are living very different lives or lives that are similar to their lives and their original universe here are some examples

Sterling and Alexis: are cops that are partners obviously not romantically but in basically the same relationship they have in Canon where they're basically siblings that have grown up together Heath is also a cop one that largely works alone but he's still a cop

Tayrun and Mara both work at the local library

Benny is running a mechanic's garage where he works on people's cars while also making custom ones for people basically shifting his mech armor work to something similar but more common in our real world he's also still in a relationship with champagne who in this world is just a medical doctor

Vasilia is a tailor making custom outfits for basically the entire town usually giving discounts to people she likes

Dresden is the town's mayor and unkillable Kate is his adult daughter who he has a really bad relationship with for a lot of reasons if you've seen once upon a Time he's basically Regina Mills in the first season of that show but Kate is not like Henry their relationship is toxic for a lot of reasons namely the fact that Dresden is very distant from her and was never there for her and mostly left her to be cared for by a man who abused her who she eventually killed in self-defense when this man unsurprisingly a human normalized version of bestar went too far Kate got leniency in part because she was the mayor's daughter and she still falls in love with Sterling here he's still at least in part attracted to her due to her danger appeal

For simplicities sake let's just call this the soap opera AU if you have a better name for it tell me and also feel free to ask me questions about this concept I do have some ideas for characters like Jake Kayla I'm not sure on since a lot of the things that I like about her character like her quirks would be very difficult to work into this au concept even though her Canon backstory is basically her coming from the normal world until something sci-fi happens to her and things happen along with adventure

[anonymous-tals]

While at times a little irked by a dissonant opinion from Ben, Kate still makes an effort to tell him that he shouldn’t keep things to himself just because she might not, or even does not agree or like it, especially for very small insignificant things. He should be allowed to have input. But even though she expresses this openness and says she doesn’t care, it seems that’s not exactly true. On second glance, Ben isn’t the only particular one in this pair.

In the season two episode, Alien Dinner Party, Kate finds out D’arcy had aided Ben in “redesigning” their living room, and apparently it bothered her a lot more than she let on: “Oh, okay, that makes sense. You’re our new interior designer! Spend your time moving a coffee table across the room with Ben…” The way she describes it, you’d think they turned the whole house upside down, but the only changes they made were moving the table forward an inch, which is a far cry from across the room, and hanging up a “Live, Laugh, Love” sign. These adjustments were small, but to Kate, they struck her immediately.

We see Ben act similarly to this in the season two episode, Family Day. When arriving at the fair, Ben notices one of the booths isn’t where it’s supposed to be and tells Kayla, who’s setting up there, it’s supposed to be “back a couple feet”. But even after she informs him that there was a rock there, he still insists that the booths should all be 30 feet apart. For both Kate and Ben, things that would be considered trivial to others, each other, are incontestable to them. And I wanna clarify, I'm not saying that to mean they're simply making a mountain out of a molehill. They're not being stubborn or nitpicky for the fun of it. To them, these changes, regardless of how small, have a very real impact.

For Ben, this is pretty run of the mill, but I had never really noticed that Kate had that same kind of idiosyncrasy, probably because Ben doesn’t really voice what he wants ever so she isn’t necessarily facing that discomfort as often as he is. Cause we see sometimes when she is met with that, she has the same kind of reaction he does. She also can be quite regimented, consistent, and while I’d assumed this was largely for the benefit of Ben(having specific dinners each night, etc), maybe some of that helps her just as much as it helps him.

I don’t really have any conclusive thoughts yet on what that could mean for Kate. Is she autistic too? Is it some other thing? I don’t know. Like I said, I haven’t analyzed her enough to come to a conclusion. But I just found it interesting since I'd thought of her as an opposite of Ben. But Ben wasn't the only one who found it easier to communicate over the phone rather than face to face so perhaps they're more similar than they seem.

[triviareads]

Are there any sugar daddy or sugar mama books?

You know, I've yet to come across a sugar mama romance (there have been a few books I've read where the hero had a sugar mama in the past but they... were never really framed as healthy relationships which I feel is kind of telling).

There are a lot of historical romances with wealthy heroes and not-so-wealthy heroines (and he'll inevitably buy stuff for her) but I can only think of two heroes who actually have sugar daddy vibes, and both of them unsurprisingly are Lisa Kleypas heroes. Secrets of a Summer Night's hero Simon Hunt is the og; he wants to make Annabelle his mistress and is fully like "tell me your price" and "you could do with a bit of spoiling", and backs it up by buying her really nice boots (the first pair of shoes in a long line of extravagant shoe purchases), and there's a very sugar daddy-esque scene where he buys her jewels and the second they're home, she all but pounces him to thank him. Marrying Winterborne's hero Rhys Winterborne has a similar energy where he thinks plying a gal with gifts is the best way to court her (and plying her with a piano or a greenhouse is the best way to get her to sleep with him which.... does work tbh), and Helen actually has to teach him to curb some of his more extravagant impulses.

Moving onto contemporary recs:

No Ordinary Love by Ann Christopher is similar to Marrying Winterborne in that the hero has only ever had transactional relationships before, so that's all he knows. So this man, Baptiste (he's French) hooks up with Samira ONCE and pays off 11k in credit card debt. She's understandably shocked and tries to make him take it back and as the story goes on, she teaches him that affection ≠ money.

So Sweet by Rebekah Weatherspoon: A classic modern sugar relationship; Kayla signs up for a sugar website but ends up hitting it off with the website owner/Internet billionaire Michael at a mixer and they begin a sugar relationship that morphs into something more pretty quickly. I also appreciate how it dealt with a pretty common misconception about the kind of person who has success attracting sugar daddies (skinny, white).

Skyscraper Cinderella series by K. Webster: Kind of a bonkers sugar relationship; Winston propositions Ash, the maid who's cleaning his office, and then financially incentivizes every sex act (and non-sexual acts) that Ash performs. There's a good amount of degradation involved. That being said, their relationship is actually really hot and pretty damn hysterical.

Highest Bidder by Sara Cate: Fairly run of the mill as far as sugar daddy/baby romances go, but it fits the bill; obscenely rich older man, financially unstable younger woman, he likes to be called daddy in bed, he takes her to Paris at some point.

The Master by Kresley Cole: So Cat is a substitute escort and it's supposed to be a one-night thing, except it isn't, and then he freaks out about her baby-trapping him and holds her as prisoner in his penthouse so she buys a lot of stuff on his card out of spite (or as she calls it "retaliatory consumerism"). That's the sugar aspect, but honestly the highlight is the prisoner bit.

Preferential Treatment by Heather Guerre: Mikhail offers Kate money to get her our of debt in exchange for domming him. There is also a huge financial domination component that takes a WILD turn when she has him donating money to Super PACs to (ironically) overturn Citizens United.

[blackbutlerfandomnerddomain]

Ebony Black

The ballroom floor was crowded with people dancing as the music play, many party goers buzzed from the cider or drunk off the party's atmosphere. It makes sense for it's a ball celebrating the turning clock of another year of age of one of England's most lovely women.

The very lady of the hour stands still staring out the large glass window of the ballroom, her long wavy locks of golden curls tied up in a gentle curled and rolled up with her long strain rest against the left side of her face, her ears wearing polished pearls much like the many rows around her neck like a tightly snug noose, her gown well kept and not wrinkled in the slightest as she wears her long elegant white gloves and her high heeled shoes peek out under the lace of the skirt just so lightly. Indeed, she has given up her childish short heeled shoes long ago since the whole rumor mill of her engagement cut and the criminal gossip around it. She still can't quite look at the newspaper articles without feeling sick now a days.

"Would you like to dance Lady Elizabeth?"

The voice of a man takes the maiden out her fogged thoughts, her spring green eyes looking to a blond man dressed in a military suit, a cocky grin on his face. With a meek smile, she shook her head, "No thanks. I'm alright right now." She watched as her smile fades as he walks away with a not so hidden scowl. With a sigh she muttered, "Busy bees the lot of them." "My my that's a sudden tongue." Elizabeth whips her head around to see a handsome man with long hair of silver that work well with his beautiful silver coin eyes dressed in fine white with shiny metals on his breasts holding a campaign glass in his black gloved hand. "Grey, hello again." She Elizabeth with a smile and a lighter tone of welcome in her voice for she truly means it as he was simply one of many who have been beside her and her family's side after the whole parade of madness that was the media and trauma.

"Happy birthday My Lady." Said he with a grin that shines, causing a giggle to escape soft pink petal lips. "Thank you so much Charles, you're so sweet." Though the gesture was sweet indeed, Lizzie indeed felt something amidst. "I believe I saw Edward go to the gardens by himself, sure is getting dark-" "I'll go check on him for you."

Lizzie giggles as she watches him hurry out after taking the bait like a bird begging for worms. The two have been painfully obvious for the last few months so it's only natural they see each other away wandering eyes.

She wishes she felt that way again...

As the clock chimes the next hour, Lizzie felt her power hit the bottom of the dance floor. She used to love parties but no they have grown dull. She used to love being a butterfly in center of attention, but now she hated the eyes on her judging her every move awaiting for her to burst. She used to lavish in the moment, but now she just wants to hide away in shame.

Shame of never knowing the difference of her fiance. Shame of "leaving" her fiance and his brother behind. Shame of not once accepting a proposal years later. Shame to have never...accepting that stoic handsome face sooner.

After the entire thing the Midford family worked together with the Phantomhive and Trancy family names as the Queen's Guard Dog and the Funtom business as per pleading request of Lizzie herself. It's honest decent. It distracts her mind and heart from the sudden shift of field. Not at her ex fiance or his twin brother whom she cared for just the same, but to a butler dressed in black with eyes a beautiful red bead color. Lizzie hates herself for thinking of her and him possibly being alone in the garden walks she does when she reads a case. She hates herself for cursing a kiss goodnight from him every night when she feel melancholy. And she hates always thinking on what he said that one day many months ago when he suddenly had to take a leave of absence, his words of confirmation of his much strong affection towards her despite him knowing he can't be with her due to his status as a butler but also as she and her family now know... a demon.

The door open suddenly, the room growing quiet with some whispering murmurs and stares of awe, the sounds of footsteps echoing across the marble floors polish in sparkles as many people stare.

A shadow appears out the ways of the crowd, a shadow of a tall man with hair dark as black combed back and the longer pieces tied back in a bright pink ribbon bow tied tightly dressed in a fine white attire with flares of red and blacks as if the elements were battling right among his skin, a elegant appearance he holds as he's dressed in jewels of many kinds and shiny items that seem like metals if you look closely, his handsome face perfect framed in the shadows and glow of candle lights and the night sky just outside the large bask windows including the large ceiling as his dark eyes shine in a wondrous awe.

With each step he took, his footsteps echo around and into Lizzie's soul as she slowly catches memories of the very man from his gentle smile and that warm glow of his red eyes.

Suddenly, he stops right in front of her and bows much like how a prince does in fairy tale books, his voice deep and gentle, "I am Sir Lord Banishes Calamities, I have came all the way from my homeland to wish you a very happy birthday, dear Lady Elizabeth. And, if you are so kind, I would like to wish you a birthday blessing in a form of a dance if I may so beg?"

Lizzie glanced to her family as her heart swell at the slight plea of his voice, she can tell they know very well who this man is, and she know well that they know her feelings of this moment. She had swore many years ago to never hide from her family again.

So, with a smile, she reaches her hand out and gently took the hand before her. Instantly, the feeling of everyone else has long since disappear from the room. It was just her and him, him and her. Together.

As they dance under the dark sky, Lizzie felt her heart swore in new heights. He may be a demon from Hell, yes, but tell me how she felt like she was in a new found Heaven when she's this close to him.

Her heart swoon more and more with each elegant spin and dip from the mysterious male before her, of course only he can add the flares of the countless fight dances they faced together.

"I must admit, you surprised me." She spoke softly, feeling a drunk flush cover her face in warmth of his senses new her's as her heart beats right against her breast so hard. Sebastian smiles down to her and spins her once more as he speaks low to her, "Well I did say I couldn't be with you due to my status of a butler correct? I figured me showing my status as Lord is more acceptable." Green orbs blink fast as she stares at him, her voice a squeak of shock, "You're a actual Lord?" The demon simple chuckles as he dips her, his face near her neck as if a realistic vampiric creature, the two can simply feel their souls connecting as one as they also hear a new sound...Two hearts beating as one.

Lizzie smiles softly to herself as she gently rubs the golden band coated in a rather large shiny diamond and two rubies and two emeralds on her thin finger. If she could go back and talk with that little girl who made a promise to hide her fencing and be cute and worthy of protecting for the sake of her 8 year old fiance she would happily tell her all the chapters of her engagement and married life of a wonderful man and give birth to their lovely daughter.

The same lovely daughter who stands so still out the largest window of the manor eyeing the road in the front of the courtyard pass the thick floral trees until a black carriage of two come to view. "Mama! Mama! They're here!" Pipped Bell, her seemingly mature appearance shattering into the form of a child in guise of a young teenage lady dressed in dark green as she runs down the halls to the door.

Lizzie giggled and hurried after after she hikes her skirt up to run her flat heeled boots against the floor.

"I feel so terrible. You and I just got wed and I will have to leave you alone."

Lizzie smiled to her new husband, both sitting on a picnic blanket with a bunch of beautifully adorable treats and tea sat ready before the two, the spring sun high above them as she swore a soft yellow gown with short heeled shoes of a pink color and her hair down her back while he wore a simple white button up and black pants with a yellow tie around his neck and dark red vest unbuttoned on his stomach area with his hands and feet bare with his toes buried in the cold water.

Her gentle arms wrap around his strong one and snuggled her face to his shoulder as she speaks, "It'll be alright Sebastian. Obviously you still have your duties as a butler of a Earl Phantomhive. Besides, we'll still see each other when we work on cases and you can visit as much as you may." Sebastian's eyes slowly scan away from his wife, he honestly looks...bashful?

"Yes but...what'll happen if you and I...have a child?"

Two hand held together as they watch the scene unfold of the children talking and bonding as always. Beside on Lizzie's left was Doll, Ciel, and Alois while on Sebastian's right was Hannah and Angela.

"Honestly, I still scratch my head at the idea of what things used to be." Said Doll after looking as Albert and Rachel make flower crowns and place them on both Brair's and Bella's heads. The blond girl couldn't help but giggle in response, "I couldn't agree more. But that's a good thing, yes?"

This is a part two of my previous fic, Angel Belladonna Cake which was written for @sebalizzie, @annoyinglyshinycherryblossom, and @nullb1rdbones

[thesinglesjukebox]

LE SSERAFIM - "CRAZY"

So confusing sometimes to be girling...

[6.15]

Mark Sinker: You wonder sometimes when time is going to get called on K-pop’s vast factory of choreographed prettiness: when the sugar-spun cornices, colonnades, spandrels and turrets on the Hansel-and-Gretel house finally fall away to reveal the same-old-same-old beneath, the ancient shrivelled industry rooted as ever in who gets to devour whom. With an anagram as a cryptic band-name and hyper-choreographed blankness as a attitude branding (of course they dimple up and giggle sometimes, but you could never call it unscripted), Le SSerafim often make fun gestures at refusal — “I wish for what’s forbidden!” in a 2023 song called "Eve, Psyche and the Bluebeard’s Wife." But as Solomon taught us, the rivers all flow into the sea, yet the sea can always swallow more. You want to refuse too! You want to follow the logic: to imagine the cyborg psychosis unleashed by the machine, the robo-gogo pleasure dancers advancing in your direction, Westworld-android style, insanely beautiful cyberpunk sex-cuties Terminator-trained and complete with in-brain targeting overlay, with crosshairs and scheming calibration figures up the side, until no one even grasps any longer who ordered what. “All the girls are girling girling all the girly girls” (first of all in a Southern accent, as “gals”, and afterwards in posh English diction). You want to read clues into the teen-goth Kraftwerk-style threat that’s kept out of the translated lines: “renew the neuron system / I broke out of the prison in my head." Revolution of the Relentless Mannequins, as they break the glass and swarm through the city. And yes, I love this amping up of the menace; I love the promise that all can be overturned and changed in a moment; in our programming is your doom — to me this is a heartening fiction. So good at what they do! What if they did… something else? Who gets to devour whom? Who gets to dethrone whom? But it’s just pop, and its tremors are painted on air. [10]

Kayla Beardslee: [A whiteboard with “Le Sserafim voguing????” written on it and nothing else.] [4]

Jessica Doyle: With Blackpink seemingly done as a group, it makes sense to try and take the trendy-dancing-model-dols slot while it's open. I just wish HYBE hadn't thrown out their previous approach to song selection when they made the pivot. Songs like "Antifragile" and "Eve, Psyche, and the Bluebeard's Wife" had verve and fun to go with the required pose-striking; "Crazy" consists solely of poses. (And this isn't about their vocal performances; a good deal of the charm of "Antifragile" lay in Eunchae's not having to sing "??? ?? like a lion ? ??? ? ??? desire ?".) We don't even get "Where the heck is Saki? / She's waiting down in the lobby." [4]

Andrew Karpan: A sort of loose fabric of a song, more a dreamscape of crossfaded bounce symbology than a statement about anything in particular (non-derogatory)     [8]

Alfred Soto: The synths wander in from early '10s grime, the beats are in place, the vocals are adequate, but it doesn't stick. [6]

Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: A [10] in terms of grist for the fancam mill ("girls are girling" alone!) but unremarkable in all other regards — tips my scales for a shockingly well-executed reference to Galileo's trial. [6]

Katherine St. Asaph: The girls are girling, the funk is funking, the pace is racing. Learned from "Meet Me at the Loveparade" the power of slightly sinister synth riffs and from Lil Jon the power of dropping in a "WHAT?". [8]

Dave Moore: Love the house music 5th synths against the dah-dah-dah hook, but the whole thing is a bit stagnant. They should stick to what they do best -- arty alt rock.   [5]

Anna Katrina Lockwood: The sublime and the ridiculous would coexist here peacefully, were it not for a meme being beaten to death to punctuate every eight count or thereabouts. Still, it makes more sense than most of the 4th/5th(?) generation non-sequitur clamorousness, though that is faint praise indeed.  [5]

Taylor Alatorre: That the song's signature line has the reedy, metallic tone of a computer status update is appropriate, given the dependable K-pop release schedule of a new project every six months. The girls are all girling now, and they require additional supply depots. It hardly matters that the "craziest" deviation from the house-pop formula is found in the rising-pitch imitation of a mechanical overload, a fearlessly campy sci-fi take on the buildup/drop sequence. Such literalizations are welcome in a single with perhaps the most overused title in pop music; if you're gonna grab the low-hanging fruit, you might as well squeeze it for all it's worth. [7]

Jel Bugle: The beats are good, a robotic voice informs us that “all the girls are girling,” and this is a good thing! But Le Sserafim are not good as my fave K-pop Trinity – (G)I-DLE; Itzy and Asepa – and this song lacks a certain sense of dynamism and excitement. It is cold and robotic and not that crazy. [6]

Ian Mathers: I mean, it's not a great sign when the best parts of the song are the ones where the vocals feel like they're samples dropped into an EDM track and the verses kind of drag. But still, fun! [6]

Nortey Dowuona: Having a nuanced take or going "da." Going "da." [5]

[Read, comment and vote on The Singles Jukebox]

[carter84262]

Kayla Windemuller, Michigan Open (XC Meet), Fri 30 Aug 2024

Michigan Open (XC Meet), Fri 30 Aug 2024, Hudson Mills Metropark 8801 N Territorial Rd, Dexter, MI 48130, USA. 1st place in the Women's 5k Kayla Windemuller tells us about her race & it's place in the new season.

[i-am-q]

Putting me in a meta verse does the opposite of keeping both me safe and the people nearby. The radius is growing too.

REAGHAN RUFF AND JILL BIDEN HAVE JOINED THE ARMY OF NAZIS

Formerly referred to as Hitler:

Kayla Williams Pavlantos (accurate)

Mary Richter (Accurate)

Jed Stone ie. “User: Steve Mills” (Accurate)

Reaghan has trained the instrument to tunnel and supply fixed potentials to biochemical pathways vital to keeping me alive.

[agentcable]

Chicago Fire Season 1 Ep. 8 "Leaving the Station"

At the site of a train accident, Peter Mills is upset when he sees a dead body. He questions his future as a firefighter. Dawson and Shay save a 6-year-old girl from her mother, but the woman gets violent. Meanwhile, Severide hurts himself while helping a heart attack victim, and Shay sends Claire, her married, pregnant ex-girlfriend, home to her husband.

If you want to watch the series for yourself, stop reading! This post contains spoilers to the storyline.

The Chief introduces Gavin and Presley, two firefighters from Toronto who will be observing the firehouse. Before introductions can be made, the sirens sound.

The crew arrives at Logan Square Station where a third rail incident has stopped a train. As the Chief works to shut off the power, Severide, Shay and Dawson free a young boy named Jacob, who's trapped in the tracks. Mills goes off in search of Jacob's sister Kayla, who was also hit. Minutes later, Casey comes upon Mills in the darkened train tunnel. He looks ahead to see the body of a girl face down in the tracks. Casey gets two body bags and puts his hand on Mills, who is speechless.

Later that day, the guys are resting in the kitchen. The Chief reminds them that it was a tough scene today. There's no shame in reaching out to speak to someone. Sitting across the table from Gavin and Presley, Mouch asks them about their home country. He's clearly angry about Canada. From across the room, Mills watches the group. How can they act so normal after the horrifying scene they've just witnessed?

Outside, Shay is with Clarice. It's awkward; Clarice is happy to be with Shay, while Shay reminds her that she has a husband to go home to. They're interrupted by the siren and Shay goes to help a girl, Grace, who has just had a seizure. They rush her and her mother Nina to Lakeshore Hospital. Nina tells Dawson that Grace has celiac disease and a history of seizures. Dawson thinks there's more to it.

At the firehouse, Severide watches Mills stand over a pot of soup. When Mills steps outside to throw out the trash, he breaks down. Casey asks the Chief for permission to leave for an hour and asks him to keep an eye on Mills.

Dawson and Shay ask Casey if Hallie can look into Grace's medical file, but Casey says they're on a break. Shay calls an old friend at the hospital and learns that Nina lied about the celiac disease and Grace has been in the emergency room twice in the last six weeks for seizures.

The crew is called to a scene where a man had a heart attack while collecting branches. Severide hooks the pulley onto the man's vest and tries to lower him down, but his shoulder seizes up. Mouch and Otis lower the man to safety. Dawson realizes the victim is diabetic and works on his blood sugar. The man's eyes open; he'll be fine.

Away from the action, Casey arrives at a cemetery and goes to a gravestone where three people are standing. They are Casey's sister, her husband and her daughter. They haven't seen each other for years. Casey goes to the gravestone: it belongs to Gregory Casey. Today is the 15th anniversary of his death.

In his office, the Chief tells a worried Mills that they've all been there. Mills doesn't know what to do, but the Chief says he should take a break and talk to someone. As Mouch folds his laundry, Otis comes up to him and says the Canadian firefighters are actually from Cleveland. Herrmann made them play a joke on Mouch. Mouch and Otis plan to get Herrmann back.

Outside, Shay's got an unwanted visitor, Clarice's husband Daniel. He's angry that Clarice is staying with Shay a few nights a week, but Shay says it's not her problem. She says she'll get Clarice back home today.

Mills wants comfort from his mother, but she begs him to leave. She saw what it did to his father: he became cold and distant.

At the firehouse, Severide's on the phone, begging for more medicine. Shay and Dawson go to Lakeshore. Grace has been seized because she swallowed turpentine. Her mother says she left it out by accident. Dawson reaches out to DCFS because Grace's mother has been going to different hospitals to hide the abuse.

That night, Ingrid, Mills' mother, visits the Chief. She says Mills is not like his father and that she wants him to live a different live. The Chief thinks Mills can decide whether to stay in the profession or leave, but Ingrid says he will not be returning. The Chief meets Severide in the locker room. He asks what's wrong with his arm. Severide says he just tweaked it lifting weights.

Dawson takes Shay to the Wilkinsons' doorstep to speak with Nina. Shay tries to stop her, but Dawson is determined. When Dawson tells Nina that she's poisoning Grace and needs to see a doctor, Nina accuses Dawson of lying and says she'll be contacting her lawyer. Back at the firehouse, the Chief tells the partners off. Shay has to calm her hot-headed partner down. If Dawson doesn't calm down, she'll lose her job.

The next morning, Severide goes to the restaurant looking for Mills. Mills' sister says he went for a drive but hasn't been heard from.

At her apartment, Shay tells Clarice to go home to her husband. Clarice left Shay, and now she's pregnant and married, so she can't just come back. Clarice understands how badly she's hurting Shay and leaves.

Later at the firehouse, Mouch makes a prank in which buckets of water rain down on Presley and Gavin. That's what they get for lying about being Canadians. Except that they're not lying, and Otis is the one who fooled Mouch. The Chief is angry with Mouch and Otis for their silly prank, but before he can say anything, the ambulance sirens start. They're going to Grace's apartment.

Shay and Dawson rush into the apartment expecting to see Grace, but instead they find her mother on the couch, barely breathing after taking an entire bottle of Doxepin.

At the firehouse, the Chief reprimands Otis for the stund he pulled. Gabriel and Presley didn't drive 10 hours to be the butt of a joke, and the Chief orders Otis to apologize. Otis goes over to Mouch and the two of them hear Mouch's story. Mouch explains that he gave $5,000 to a Russian woman in Toronto so that she could get her American citizenship. He never saw her again. The Canadian government agents at the Anti-Fraud centre didn't help Mouch, but just laughed at him. Gabriel and Presley apologize to Mouch on Canada's behalf.

At Lakeshore, Shay, Dawson and the Chief are interrupted by Mr. Wilkinson, who accuses Dawson of being responsible for his wife's suicide attempt. Later, Grace steps up to Dawson and admits that her mother forced her to drink the turpentine. Dawson was right about Nina's manic tendencies.

That night, Severide gets a package with more of his medicine and a not saying, "You owe me." He takes some tablets, and when Shay's friend comes looking for her earrings, they go to the bedroom. They're just looking to keep things simple and fun.

Casey picks up Mills after his shift at the restaurant and takes him to a house he doesn't know. They meet Gary and his daughter Sophie, who has badly burned skin. Sophie shows Mills her burns and he aplogizes, but she doesn't mind. What's a few bad burns when she's alive and well thanks to Casey? Mills realises that in their line of work, for every life lost, there's a life saved. That's the most important thing.

[millieslvrr]

AUGUST SLIPPED AWAYY

Literally tho. It's September now..I'm just shocked like how?? Who put 2023 on 100x speed 😭 cause I'm processing March still lmao. Anyways..this is not mills content (which is coming soon I promise!!) But here's a photodump of August. because it's a TS song, and I love tay tay <33

Hehe I had a lot of fun with my bestie Kayla 😙

Lysm bye!!!

Xo- ems ;) ☆

[esoutherngolf]

Crystal Mountain

Crystal Mountain Names Jamie Davison, Director of Golf The family-owned four-season resort Crystal Mountain is pleased to introduce its new Director of Golf, Jamie Davison, who has a wealth of experience in golf operations and leadership at various country clubs nationwide. Jamie Davison named Director of Golf "After working from all corners of Michigan including the Upper Peninsula, and then down south in Georgia, Texas and South Carolina, I finally feel at home here at Crystal," said Davison. "This resort has such a remarkable legacy already, especially among the snow sports industry, and I'm looking forward to helping create a northern Michigan golf legacy as well." Davison most recently comes from Gladstone Golf Club in the Wolverine State, where he served as general manager and head golf professional. Before that, he spent several years working for ClubCorp, recently rebranded to Invited, which owns and operates more than 200 private clubs worldwide. "He checks all the boxes," said Everett Leonard, Senior VP of Finance overseeing golf. "Jamie understands the complexity of resort golf and has the passion and drive to succeed. He is a proven leader with great business sense; he is tech savvy and has phenomenal customer service skills." Davison earned a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and Business Management from Lake Superior State University and an Associate Arts Degree from Bay College in Escanaba. He later returned to LSSU in 2009 as the head coach of the Division II men's golf team and the first-ever women's golf team. "I had the privilege of recruiting new student-athletes and sharing my knowledge and love for the game with them," added Jamie. "Growing the game is a passion of mine, so being able to work alongside Crystal Mountain's award-winning golf school team is invigorating." As Director of Golf, Davison will lead most golf operations. Greg Babinec will remain the head golf professional, Brandon Dean will be the assistant golf professional, and Trevor Mills will be the golf course superintendent. "His addition to the team makes me even more excited for the future of golf and golf instruction at Crystal Mountain," added Leonard. In addition to his golf background, Davison has been a registered official for high school and college basketball in both Michigan and Georgia for 26 years and continues to referee in Michigan. A native of the Upper Peninsula, Jamie now lives in Traverse City with his wife Kayla and their 2-year-old daughter Lorelei. Established in 1956 Crystal Mountain is located 28 miles of Traverse City and a short drive from Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The 1,500-acre resort features lodging, dining, downhill and cross-country skiing, two championship golf courses, shopping, award-winning Crystal Spa, Michigan's only alpine slide, Peak Fitness, the 'Park at Water's Edge', Michigan Legacy Art Park, a conference center, and real estate options. Please visit CrystalMountain.com for more resort details or information about Four Seasons Club memberships. Read the full article

[hurricanepursonafied]

Things We Said in the Dark

Chapter 5

I stood in the atrium of the school and watched as my father spoke to a lady at the front desk. The room was filled with people, parents speaking to each other or on the phone and children milling about. They where all dressed in the same uniform no matter their age. Speaking of their age, I saw that they ranged from kindergarten to high school and some older kids where dressed in a different uniform with a name tag that had their name next to INTERN in bold font the color of gold.

I assumed it was an intern program for collage aged kids who wanted to continue being part of their old school.

My sisters where wandering around and making friends, Alora was good at that because she was loud, funny, and could make everyone happy somehow, Hazel just knew the best things to say at anytime. You could throw the craziest thing at her and she'd have the perfect response.

I couldn't make small talk to save my life, whenever I tried approaching anyone it was always awkward.

So I stayed by myself. No one ever took the time to approach me so why should I approach them.

I simply followed my father around and did whatever he asked me to do.

Eventually all the parents had to leave and all of the teenagers and children where led into another room where a video played giving a tour of the campus and I was placed next to a small short girl who looked like she was my age. She had dark eyeliner and short choppy brown hair. She looked small and vulnerable in her uniform.

When the video ended and the lights came on I approached her. There was something different about her...

Something I saw in myself but out in the open. Like a gaping wound for anyone to jab at.

Something in me arose and I had the urge to protect her from every conceivable thing that could come up to hurt her.

Maybe it was my maternal instinct.

Maybe it was my loneliness.

When I walked up to her she looked slightly frightened, I tried to soften my features but I've had this stone cold expression engraved on my face for so long it was hard to change it.

"Hello, my name is Violet what's yours?"

"It-its Kayla...it's nice to meet you."

I held my hand out and she shook it, her hand was cold and small in mine.

"I'm kinda excited about enrolling here, did you see the video about the forest? It looked so beautiful!" I tried to speak softly like with a skittish puppy and it seemed to work.

After our introductions we decided to walk around the school, just sort of wandering while teachers and students also milled about.

It seemed that at this school, the 'first day' was more of a 'explore and get acquainted' day.

Kayla and I talked about everything and nothing, we each where into the same things and she confessed that she was bullied a lot at her previous schools for multiple things. Her size, her interests, her family, basically everything about her.

Every word out of her mouth just made me want to protect her more.

After we walked around the grounds for a bit, an intern walked up to us. He was short with pale blond hair and held his hands behind his back, "Deepest apologies for interrupting your talk ladies, but I'm afraid the Headmistress has requested you get your schedules and dorm keys."

I nodded once and immediately started back toward the mansion.

As we where walking back we passed a group of girls, all taller then us.

There where four in the group, two brunettes, one red head and one blonde. The blonde was obviously the leader of the group, the red head looked like she had dyed her hair and could've been blonde before but blonde mean girls tend to want to be the sole blonde in the group or have everyone be blonde.

The girls giggled as we walked past, staring at us unabashedly. They where all tall and slim and beautiful.

I looked the main blonde in the eye and glared at her, not breaking eye contact.

Her laugh faltered as she realized I wasn't fazed or scared.

My gaze sharpened as I felt a wave of warm, almost calming, rage.

She thinks she's better then me.

They all do.

Well I can't change what they think about me. I can only change how I act around them. I already had a friend who I was sure would stick by me. She seemed the type to become overly attached to one person and as I was the same, I figured it would make quite a helpful friendship.

When we made it back to the manor I saw the Headmistresses, she was tall and slim with dark skin and short hair.

Her lips were bright red and smiled serenely, though I suspected that they hid something sinister.

She stood out on the yard on a makeshift stage with a microphone in front of her.

Her dress was as red as her lips and as all the students gathered in front of her, they opened...

"Hello my dear students. You are about to embark on an amazing journey of new friends, fantastic new knowledge, and many many adventures!"

She paused dramatically,

"WELCOME, TO ENDEROAK!"

The sound of applause exploded over the crowd and accosted my ears.

Kayla squeezed my hand and leaned into my shoulder, almost like she was trying to hide.

Dear God, please don't let this be torture for two whole years...

[coupleofbeesread]

Kayla Reviews WHEN THE SKY FELL ON SPLENDOR

Kayla Reviews WHEN THE SKY FELL ON SPLENDOR

I read this book in June, but here I am reviewing it in November. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. Genre: Science Fiction Buy SUMMARY Almost everyone in the small town of Splendor, Ohio, was affected when the local steel mill exploded. If you weren’t a casualty of the accident yourself, chances are a loved one was. That’s the case for seventeen-year-old Franny, who, five years after the explosion,…