#krudo

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Simian Grunt “El Krudo” Returns to Kickstarter for Issue 6 (Crowdfunding Spotlight)

Simian Grunt “El Krudo” Returns to Kickstarter for Issue 6 (Crowdfunding Spotlight) | #comics #scifi #indiecomics #apes #comicbooks

[sefaradweb]

Almodrote: The Story Behind the Recipe

🇺🇸 Almodrote is a beloved Sephardic dish with a rich history. Originating from 14th and 15th-century Spain, it consists of shredded cured cheese and raw garlic pounded into a paste, often paired with eggplant. Eggplant, introduced to Spain by Muslims, became a staple in Sephardic cuisine and was even stereotypically associated with Jewish food preferences. Recipes from historical texts like the Llibre de Sent Soví and Juan Vallés' Regalo de la vida humana highlight the traditional methods of preparing almodrote. Today, variations of almodrote include feta cheese, gruyere, and eggs, transforming it into a casserole-like dish.

🇪🇸 El almodrote es un plato sefardí muy querido con una rica historia. Originario de la España de los siglos XIV y XV, consiste en queso curado rallado y ajo crudo machacados en una pasta, a menudo acompañado de berenjena. La berenjena, introducida en España por los musulmanes, se convirtió en un alimento básico en la cocina sefardí y se asoció estereotípicamente con las preferencias alimenticias judías. Recetas de textos históricos como el Llibre de Sent Soví y el Regalo de la vida humana de Juan Vallés destacan los métodos tradicionales de preparación del almodrote. Hoy en día, las variaciones de almodrote incluyen queso feta, gruyere y huevos, transformándolo en un plato tipo gratinado.

🇮🇱 El almodrote es un plato kerido por los sefardís kon una rika istoria. Originado en la España de los siglos XIV i XV, konsiste en keso kurado rallado i ajo krudo machakados en una pasta, sovente akompañado de berendjena. La berendjena, introduzida en España por los muzlumanos, se tornó en un komestible básico en la kuchina sefardí i se asosyó estereotípikamente kon las preferensias de komer de los djidyos. Rezetas de textos istórikos komo el Llibre de Sent Soví i el Regalo de la vida humana de Juan Vallés muestran los métodos tradicionales de preparar el almodrote. Oy en día, las variyantes de almodrote inkluyen keso feta, gruyere i wevos, transformándolo en un plato de tipo gratinado.

[kalevalakryze]

Shatter Meet Point

@jedijune Week 1; Prompt 1 Fun/Joy

Relationships: Mace Windu & Original Female Character, Mace Windu & Original Clone Trooper Characters

Characters: Mace Windu, Chessaf're'krudo (Original Female Character), CT-00-2010; Droidbait, Original Clone Trooper Characters, Anakin Skywalker (Mentioned)

Tags: No Major Warnings, Droidbait Lives,

Word Count: 717

AO3 Link: Here!

"Master Windu!" Chess called out, violet hair impossibly to miss in the seas of white-helmeted clones. Even with all the activity around her, the young knight's voice seemed to echo through the hangar as she deftly wove between the different platoons of marching troopers.

A gap between Mace's own 187th and Skywalker's 501st opened up, allowing the Keshiri to dart between them before being trampled, sidling up to her old Master's side with a bantha-shit eating grin on her face.

"Knight Krudo." He greeted civilly, carefully eying the fresh purple and red paint streaked across the battle-worn plastoid, barely hidden by equally worn robes. His brow rose inquisitively as he focused back ahead. Large gatherings of the troopers outside of Coruscant or Kamino were rare where so many different battalions were concerned. "Have you decided which of your troopers you'll be sending to our combined vanguard?"

He didn't need eyes to know that her grin was widening to a concerning stretch, able to catch the way the dark scar across her face wrinkled as her face contorted into something worrying. "Of course, Master. My men are ready... Would you like to meet them?"

Mace hesitated- Chess only knew some of the story, and could barely seem to grasp his... distance, from the troopers who'd fought and died at his command. She'd only been conscious for part of the first disaster on Geonosis. There was a reason his battalion never removed their helmets in his presence, and it all came back to that face. And unfortunately for him, his young knight could never seem to let. it. go.

A gloved hand reached to encircle his wrist. Mace barely uttered a grunt of protest before she was pulling him away towards the fleet of crudely painted LAATs.

"Generals on deck!" A voice shouted, commanding the attention of his brothers. The 141st snapped to attention, no helmet that faced them was alike, all with varying shades of reds and purples, capturing the visage of the Jedi they served.

"At ease," Chess called, waving the hand not keeping Mace prisoner as she continued to drag her Master through the ranks of her battalion, weaving once more as they resumed what had been interrupted. Despite their ease, not a helmet was removed. Mace couldn't help the swell of warmth in his chest, knowing the knight had asked them to refrain while he was among them.

"Master Windu, these are the troopers I've selected for your vanguard." There was something dangerous in her tone- not in the danger that came with the dark side, no. Something variably worse. The danger in a youngling's voice before a Master would find themselves sitting on a cushion full of goop.

"My finest ARCs-" The two specialists stood in a modified form of parade rest, hands clasped behind their backs, chins held high with the hangar lights glinting off their visors. The trooper on the left had paint crossed throughout his armor, giving the visage of a shattering transparisteel viewport . The soldier to the right was decorated in minutely detailed star maps and arrows, etched with the same care one would take if they were bleeding the ink into skin, not plastoid. "This is Shatter, and Point."

Mace blinked... then again. Chess poorly stifled the laughter that threatened to roar through her throat. Somewhere behind Mace, Skywalker's steps paused, openly guffawing at the interaction.

"Knight Krudo." Mace monotoned, staring at the troopers before him. "I find your so-called humor... lacking." He spun on his heel, causing Skywalker to run for the hills, hiding in the throngs of his own battalion. "Droidbait!" He called, zeroing in on one of the blue-painted troopers. "Welcome to the vanguard."

Chess paused, her grin slowly twisting into a scowl. Anakin's head poked through his platoon. "Uh... Master Windu? I was just going to give you Echo and Fives..."

"No need, Skywalker. Droidbait... and Cutup will do just fine with General Krudo's troops for this operation."

"Master?" His padawan's weight pressed into his side.

Watching her from his peripherals, brow raising as mirth threatened to pull at his face. "Master, you are not dodging the funny Mace Windu accusations after this one. Not for as long as I'm alive." The Keshiri's laughter rang through the hangar- Now, it was Mace's turn to scowl.

[ghostflowerdreams]

Writing Research - Knife

The purpose of this research post is to be helpful, more importantly educational. I certainly don’t condone the use of this knowledge for malevolent reasons. I want to help writers with their stories and I figured this would make their search for such information easier.

This is great for the stories that take place in ancient times, apocalyptic setting, and/or contain characters that are blacksmiths, bladesmiths, survivalist, etc. This information would help to make them believable. For example, what if they are teaching another character how to make a knife? Or how to defend against an attacker with a knife? Or how to treat a knife wound?

This post is meant to make a writer’s life a little easier by giving them a starting point. It doesn’t contain EVERY information about knives, but if you know what you’re looking for than I encourage you to look it up.

How To Make A Knife

WikiHow - How to Make a Knife

Mother Earth News - How to Make a Hunting Knife

Mother Earth News - How to Design and Build a Knife

The Crucible - 9 Steps to Forging a Knife: Everything You Need to Know

Begin To Blacksmith - Beginners Guide to Forging a Survival Knife | Blacksmithing Basics

Internet Archive - The art of blacksmithing by Alex Bealer

Reddit: Blacksmithing - Writer, not a blacksmith. I need to know how long it takes to learn basic blacksmithing and how much iron is needed to equip a smithy.

Krudo Knives - How to Build Your Own Forge | DIY Knife Forge Tips & Advice

Reddit: History - How long did it take to forge weapons back in colonial times? Or even swords in the medieval age?

Survival Mastery - How to Make A Knife: DIY Instructions on 3 Different Types of Knives

Reddit: History - How did people sharpen knives in ancient and medieval periods?

Brown County Forge - How to Make a Bushcraft Knife

DIY Blacksmithing - Make Your Own Bushcraft Knife

Sensible Survival - How to Make a Primitive Stone Flake Knife

Youtube - Wannabe Bushcrafter: Primitive Slate Knife (video)

Bushcraft Days - How To…. Make and Use a Simple Flint Knife

Primitive Ways - Hoko Knife

Alderleaf Wilderness College - Knife Making Course

Alderleaf Wilderness College - Survival Stone Tools Class

Gone Outdoors - How to Make a Knife in the Wild

Reddit: Blacksmithing - Update report: First knife using DIY soup can forge

Youtube - Neels Van Den Berg: Forging a Knife - Full Process Explained in detail (video)

Outdoor Life Magazine - Survival Skills: How to Make Knives from Rocks

Popular Mechanics - How to Make a Survival Knife Out of Stuff You Already Have in Your Garage

Youtube - Korea's best handmade knife master. Knife making process (video)

Modern Survival - How to Make a Primitive Bone Knife

Bushcraft Days - How To….Primitive Skills – Bone Knife/Bodkin

OffTheGridNews - How To Make A Survival Knife You’ll Brag About For Years (Part 1)

OffTheGridNews - How To Make A Survival Knife You’ll Brag About For Years (Part 2)

Instructables - How to Make a Knife

Instructables - Making a Survival Knife Out of a 16'' Saw Blade

Survival Sullivan - How to Make Your Own Knife

Mother Earth News - From File To Knife: Make a Bushcraft Knife Using Simple Tools

Youtube - Primitive Life: Make knife from iron (video)

Mother Earth News - The Make-It-Yourself Copperhead Survival Knife

Art of Manliness - How to Make a Knife from an Old Saw Blade

Survival After End - How to Make a Knife in the Wild (Build Stone Blade for Survival Situation)

Reddit: DIY - The "dirt cheap" (literally) guide to forging a knife

Reddit: DIY - Full process of making a knife from scratch

Reddit: I Want To Learn - IWTL how to make a knife by hand

Youtube - Hunt Primitive: How to Make and Use a Stone Knife (video)

Survivopedia - Survival Weapons: DIY Knives For Off-Grid Survival

Archaeology Southwest - Hands-On Archaeology: How to Haft a Stone Knife, Dart Point, or Arrow Point

WikiHow - How to Make a Knife Sheath

Art of Manliness - How to Make a Sheath for a Knife (Or Anything Else)

Craftsman Ave. - Forge a Survival Knife (Introduction to Knifesmithing)

Youtube - Making a Primitive Elk Bone Knife (video)

Primitive Ways - A Cutting Edge: Creating a Steel Blade in a Primitive Setting

Primitive Ways - Making a Leather Knife Sheath

Primitive Ways - Deer Hide Knife Sheath

Survival Resources - Making A Leather Knife Sheath

Sensible Survival - Make a Rawhide Knife Sheath – Part 1

Mother Earth News - Birch Bark Knife Sheath

Primitive Ways - Antler Handle Knife

Gone Outdoors - How to Make a Knife Handle Out of Deer Bones

Alderleaf Wilderness College - How to Sharpen a Knife

WikiHow - 3 Ways to Sharpen a Knife

Mother Earth News - How to Sharpen a Knife

Gone Outdoors - How to Use a Brick to Sharpen a Knife

How To Use A Knife

WikiHow - How to Become Good at Knife Fighting

WikiHow - How to Defend Against a Knife Attack

Survival Junkies - How to Use a Knife for Self-Defense | Knife Handling Guide

Youtube - USCCA (U.S. Concealed Carry Association): Basic Knife-Fighting Techniques: Into the Fray Episode 168 (video)

Black Belt Magazine - What You Need to Know to Realistically Use and Defend Against a Blade

Writer’s Digest - FightWrite™: Knife Fights, Part 1

Writer’s Digest - FightWrite™: Knife Fights, Part 2

Recoil Magazine - Solitary Knife Fighting

Urban Fit & Fearless - Self-defence against knife attacks: evidence-based approach, part 1

Urban Fit & Fearless - Self-defence against knife attacks: surviving a knife attack , part 2

Outdoor Life Magazine - 8 Different Ways to use a Survival Knife in an Emergency

Popular Science - Eight survival knife skills you might need in an emergency

Field & Stream - 8 Ways to Use a Bushcraft Knife to Survive in the Wild

Gone Outdoors - How to Hunt Deer With a Knife

Youtube - Hunt Primitive: Skinning a Deer with a Stone Knife (video)

Instructables - How to Split Firewood...With a Knife

Art of Manliness - 5 Critical Knife Skills for the Outdoorsman

Off Grid World - Top 10 Uses For A Survival Knife

Gear Junkie - How To Make Firewood With A Survival Knife

Backpacker Magazine - Survival: In The Wild with…Only a Knife

The American Mountain Men - A Basic Manual on Knife Throwing by J. B. Wood

How To Treat A Knife Wound

Reddit: Ask Reddit - What does it feel like to be stabbed?

The Crime Fiction Writer's Blog - Stab Wounds Don’t Always Kill

Redwood’s Medical Edge - Author Question: Surviving Stab Wounds to the Abdomen

Reddit: Writing - Dramatic, but non-lethal places to get stabbed/shot?

Reddit: Ask Paramedics - Writer looking for advice, stab wound first aid.

Scout Life Magazine - How to treat a knife cut

Primal Survivor - How to Treat a Knife Wound When You Can’t Call 911

Scouting Magazine - How to bandage an accidental pocketknife wound

First Aid For Life - How to help someone who has been stabbed or is seriously bleeding

The Survival Doctor - How to Treat a Wound in a Survival Situation

Backpacker Magazine - Treat Deep Wounds

Western Hunter - Knife Safety and Emergency Wound Care

Recoil OffGrid Magazine - Plug ‘Em Up: Puncture Wound First Aid

WikiHow - How to Attend to a Stab Wound

SHTFandGO - Simple Emergency First-Aid: How to Treat a Stab Wound

Youtube - AmericanSafetyEMT: Knife Wound First Aid (video)

Worst-Case Scenario - How To Treat A Knife Wound

The Prepared - How to clean a wound

Art of Manliness - How to Treat an Impalement Wound

Survivalist Prepper - Prepper First Aid: Trauma and Large SHTF Injuries (audio)

Reddit: Ask Historian - How likely was a Roman soldier to survive being wounded in battle?

Reddit: Writer’s Research - Could a person in the middle ages survive being stabbed in the neck?

[walaumalistulog]

Si Bobby, stepfather ko na sumakabilang-buhay na, ay isang dating tsuper. Biyahe ni Bobby nun ay Blumentritt-Balut. Taena, akala ko same lang ‘yun ng Pateros, kasi hello??? Balut??? As a Best in HeKaSi.

Minsan, kasama niya ako sa biyahe. Panahong walang-wala kami—swerte na kung makakain kami sa SM San Lazaro ng Jollibee. Ako ‘yung nagsusukli at naglalagay ng bayad sa kahera. Natutuwa pa ako nung kapag nakakakuha kami ng new banknote (yaong kasalukuyang banknote ngayon) kasi ang visually appealing. Talagang hindi namin siya gagastahin, dahil gusto namin ‘yung design ng bagong pera.

Ramdam mo na minumura ka na sa isip ng mga pasahero kasi nagpupuno ka pa ng jeep, pero may male-late na pala. Pero wala, eh. Naranasan ko rin na masiraan si Bobby ng jeep habang bumabiyahe. No choice—lipat ng jeep. Hindi ko alam gagawin ko. Kung samahan ko si Bobby? Binigyan pa ako ng P20, at sabi: “bili ka muna anak ng sundae sa 7-11.” Eto pa, alam ko rin ang pakiramdam na magpa-gasolina, lalo sa alanganing oras. Sa kaalaman ng lahat, palitan ang dalawang tsuper sa isang jeep—isa ay pang-umaga, at isa ay panggabi. Madalas, nauubos ng panggabi ang krudo at dahil gabi na, hindi na nakakapagpakrudo kaya kinabukasan ng umaga, doon magpapagas—kung kailan male-late ka na!

After ng biyahe, magbibilang ako ng kikitain. Porsyentuhan, boundary sa operator, ₱500. Sa kanya na ‘yung wampayb. Hahalikan niya ako sa pisngi, bubulong—“salamat kuya sa pagsama. Kain tayo Jollibee bukas.”

At ayun, kakain kami sa Jollibee. Isang araw na kami naman ang pasahero ng jeep, kami naman ang mag-aabot ng bayad, at kami naman ang bubuhay sa tsuper. Dahil alam namin ang hirap at sakripisyo sa pag-ikot ng manibela na bubuhay sa apat na sikmura namin.

Sa bawat pagsakay ko ng jeep, bitbit ko ang alaala ni Bobby. Ngayong malayo na rin ang narating ko, sa bawat bayad na binigay sa akin ni Bobby, hindi ko man lang siya nabigyan ng sukli.

Ngayong malayo na ako, wala akong panukli sa buong salapi ng pagmamahal at sakripisyo. Keep the change, ika nga.

Sa tabi lang po, Manong Bobby.

Para po. Para po sa’yo ‘to, Papa.

[muzikekasapesh]

- Krudo?

- No, nudo,

da qualsiasi pensiero.

- Intendevo la birra, se la volevi..

- Volevo,

distaccarmi

da tutte le responsabilità,

da tutte le mie impronte che

risalivano al mio essere,

da ciò che mi dava un nome

un etichetta nella sua memoria

che si doveva

distaccare.

- Non iniziare ad opprimerti ora!!

- Stiamo faccendo aperitivo..

- Ma non aprì piu quel baratro,

quel vuoto pieno di grigio

scheggiato, come la bottiglia di sta birra

- Jack, non è che ai bevuto un po troppo?

- È quel che è,

caro Krudo

- Ma non mi chiamo Krudo

- Io, mi chiamo Mreza,

ho la bontà di 25, post 26

anni

con vari sintomi ogni

Lunedì, Mercoledì, Venerdì e Domenica,

sbocciato all'età di

15,

laureato? non ancora,

in relazione complicata,

con l'ansia, gelosa

dal rapporto di fiducia

con paranoie vari

- Poligamo?

- Ah sono in tante, beh,

il tavolo è grande, puoi invitarli a bere

- Ma non, non è una questione..

- Di bere?

Io non bevo mai,

anzi, sono sobrio

- È la quinta che ti scoli zio..

- Sobrio, da tutti

i rimorsi,

rimossi con giorni di riflessione

acuta,

tra pressioni mentali che avvenivano

man mano,

mentre accettai la realtà in qui coinvivevo,

conducevo

e concepivo.

- Non volevo piu

la fama, né l'idea nel essere

cercato,

né la voglia di essere amato

né amar ancor con sto cor'

non volevo né il denaro che

copriva il baratro

anche perché, alla fine,

non è che copriva chissà ché

non volevo né le droghe, né lo sballo

quasi niente, anzi, niente.

- Ti senti bene?

- E si che mi sento,

sento me, te, i rumori

le auto, le bestemmie dentro le auto,

i bicchieri che vengono gettati nel mucchio

di altri piatti e bicchieri

sporchi

sento la musica nel sottofondo,

quella del bar accanto,

quel bambino gridare a squarciagola

e sua madre al telefono che non lo caga

mentre fa il riassunto alla sua amica

su come si è fatta ingropare dal vicino

mentre suo marito

ingroppava l'amica che lei

stava parlando al telefono

- Com'è?!

- Ma lei non lo sa che le fa le corna?

- No, nessun sospetto

- Ma come fai a saperlo?

- Semplice,

mi facevo la sua amica,

ovviamente che mi ha detto tutto

la legenda che le donne si odiano tra di loro

posso confermare

- Quindi tu..

- Si, caro Krudo,

non volendo, ammeto di essere caduto

vittima, di un vortice osceno di tentazione

pieno di intrighi e menzogne, obbligato

da una perseveranza sessula da entrambe

I casi, o meglio dire, le case.

- Oke, penso che..

- Pensar non nuoce,

ma né tentar, se sai come

avvolte l'unica cosa che vorrei

e di svanire, come il fumo nel aria

come le mignotte al sorgere dell'alba

come i sogni al crescere in un terzo mondo

- Jack, stai bene?

- Si si vai tranquillo, sto alla grande,

caro mio Krudo

avvolte servono certi momenti nella vita

per ricordarci dov'eravamo

e sopratutto dove andremo a finire

- Ma io non mi chiamo Krudo..

- Allora ti chiamero amico!

[mazeybitantes-31]

Krudo

“Jacob, mangankanton; nakalutonakon. Innak badangan ni tatang nga agkames ken agpalayas.” Tinan-awan ni Pedring ti adienna nga agin-inat iti papag; kaririing daytoy nupay nakatapuaken amin a manok iti bugbugtong a pinuon ti karmay iti arubayanda.

“Umayak, manong,” dagus nga impenpenna ti pungan ken ules.  “Bareng adda maalak a lawwalawwa imbag la nga ilako dita Namnama. Isu pay nga igatangtayo iti krudo.”

“Saanen. Estimarem ketdi ‘toy balay. Agtagibalaykan, ammom met, awanen ni nanang.” Ket nalagipna la ketdi ti inada a dida man la naitaray iti ospital ta amkemda ti kaawan pagbayadda. Isu nga inang-anger lattan a bulbulong ken ruot ti ipatpatomarda. Agingga a daytay bimmukno iti sikiganna a di met ibagbaga ti ina, nagtinnag a kanser nga isun ti impatayna lima a bulanen ti limbes.

Inulitna ti bilinna iti kakaenna. Binitbitna ti bay-ong a naglaon ti balonna iti amana. Dinan napuotan itay a rimmuar, ti panangiyabaga ti amana ‘tay binulod ni Pedring idi kalman a hose pakairamanan tay paggalut a lastiko ken pitcher type jetmatic a pump. Nadarimusmosanna nga isunton ti mangikararit ‘tay insaritada a generator ti ninongna.

Tinaliaw pay naminsan ni Pedring ti kabsatna sakbay a limmakdid iti solarda. Kasla dandanin mataked ti kabsatna ti kasla sarpaw a balayda. Natayag iti idiarna nga ag-Grade 5 ngem kullapit. Nadaras laeng a matumtumba. Kasungani ti balayda ti Dimagiba nga apliedoda.

Nakaaruat iti kuspak a long sleeves a naasmangan iti payabyab ti amana a kasla agsipsiput iti tukling ti panagkitana a nakamasngaad a mangkamkames kadagiti rinaepanda a natikaganen. Babassit pay ti gipi tapno makaungar koman ti kapagayanda, Insambotda laeng idi napan a kidem a kaadda ti tudo. Isu nga marigatan dagiti raepda nga umungar.

Indissona ti bitbitna iti namayengmeng a pinuon ti santol iti dulon ti taltalonenda. Inwagisna ti imana.  “Tatang! Hooo, tatang! Idiam pay dayta ket ne, adtoyen ti balonmo!

Kasla awan nangngeg ti amana. Nakapokus iti ob-obraenna. Lalo a pinigsaanna ti laawna. Agingga a nabinsirna ti itutungraraw ti ulo ti amana. Nagtung-ed sana winagisan met.

Mayat ti dalukappit ti amana. Pal-id a pal-id iti payabyab. Yam-amlidna ti likod ti narusanger  a dakulapna iti mugingna. Nadaripespes iti ling-et. Agar-arimasa ti rupa agraman takkiag ken barukongna.

Dinarasna nga implastar dagiti linutona. Tallo a nalingta nga itlog ken nakilnat nga okra ken pimmasayan a sili. Inyaonna ti bugguong. Imbatogna ti iniwana itay a perres sana pinisel. Nagadiwara ti umalsem ngem umangtit a raman ti bugguong.

“Sika, kumammetka metten,” inyangad ti nalinab a rupa ti amana. Impakbona ti danum iti imana a namuggo.

“Agyamankami manen Apo itoy a paraburmo, ken iti barok,” intanamitimna sa pasukib a kinita ti lakay ni Pedring.   Kalpasanna, nagrarek iti nauneg ken impugsona ti plemas iti malikudanna.

Imbagana a nagpasar itay ti adingenna.

“Wen, dimo ipalubos nga umay ditoy talon ta dinto ketdi magatlan. Wenno makagat iti uleg. Nangruna ta agbirok met la iti lawwalawwa ti intonaranna.” Inalun-onna manen ti insiwsiwna a sili. Mabisin a talaga.

Di pay naibus ni Pedring ti kanenna, umin-inomen ti amana. Apagwarsi ti amana ti buggona,timmakderen a napan iti nangidarekdekanna itay ti burrarawit a palatandaanna.

“Inton malem ngata nga agpadanumta, basta main-inutanna dagitoy sirawsiraw kada dukkayang a makames,” ti insawang ti amana ti mangngegan ni Pedring. Mayat ti panangsimsimna ti naperresan a buggong. Nagnanam ti panagramanna aglalo ta binulonanna iti danum. Naikabitdan amin dagiti hose ken pitcher pump iti generator. Mangrugin nga agkubbuar iti danum. Ti pangriknana, kasla nangrikna pay dagiti raepda iti bang-ar uray nakamulagat ti init kadakuada.

Nadlaw ni Pedring ti iyayalikaka ti amana. Naguyek iit nauneg, Inarukong. Awan sasaona a tinurongna ti pinuon ti santol.

Ti ammo ni Pedring, mapan aglinong ti amana. Nasayaat man, kinunkunana .

Ngem napasirna a lasla agkamkamat iti anges ti amana. Kinebbaan ni Pedring. Tinarayna ti ayan ti amana.

“Tang, yiladmo dita pinuon ti kayo ta uminomka. Aginanaka. ket ne, sabalin ti maris ti rupam!” indillaw ni Pedring. Malagipna ‘tay maysa a perres a dina napespes itay. Binukainanna ti bay-ong. Apagkitana, indennesna ti pinis-itna a perres iti agong ti amana.

Kasla naungaran a dagus ti amana. Innalana ti kagudua ti perres sana igudugod ti umalsem iti darangidong ken likmut ti ngiwngiwna. Panagriknana, kasla limmandok ti pangana. Gandatenna ti agsao ngem agbeddal.

Nadlaw daytoy ni Pedring. Immuli ti danag iti kaungganna. Ngem saan a nagpaatiw. Indennesna ti imana iti panga ti amana. Naarikapna a saan a nagbatog. Kasla naikaglasi. Pinadasna a dinusag daytoy bareng agsubli iti kalalangana.

Inkadkadagsenna. Idi kuan, maingangan ti lakay ti ngiwatna. Inin-inutna a pinaggarawgaraw ti dila, ngadas ken pangana. Kasla tay adda ik-ikkatenna a naimalamal iti gugotna a kinabukabna a naganus a bunga’t bayabas.

Inandingayna  nga inyawid ti amana. Naimbag ta adda limmabas a nakaparingguyod iti ulnas a nangisagpatanna. Iti wangawangan ti balayda nga indissaagda. Ngem sumanaggaysan ti addang ti lakay.

Nakarikna iti danag ni Pedring. No awan isuna ngata itay, di kad payen naatake ti amana? Dikad nagbatogen dagiti sakana nga inyawidda?

“Naynay a sapsapuam ken baniosam iti inanger, tapno nakaalut-ot iti nakana a sakit, anakko.” Tinapik ti lakay ti abaga ni Pedring ket nagpakadan.

Kagiddan ti panagtaraok ti kawitan ti panaganger ni Pedring iti bulbulong nga usaren ti amana a kas imbilin ti mangngagas. Ingiddanna ti namisok. Pampanunotenna ti iseserrek ti adingna a mapan agbasa. Apag-isunto  no makangaton ni apo init, maiwakasnanton amin nga ibueltana iti balay.

“Umigupka iti digo dayta inabraw, tatang,” induronna ti naimalukong a masida.  “Anusantayon a, ti dinengdeng a marunggay a nalaokan iti sabong ti karabasana. No kayatyo ti naadat, addad’ta ti sili.”

Apagapaman nga ingngato ti amana ti imana a kasla nakadagdagsen. “Haanka madanagan, Pedring. Kayak.” Ngem minulagatan laeng ni Pedring ti adingna. Adda italtalukatik dagiti matana.

“Makaammokan, mapanakon.”

Makasiniten ti raya ti init idi magtengna ti talonda. Napangilangil a nakakita kadagiti di pay nakaungar a pagay. Problema a talaga ti padanum. Agpayso a nakairemedio iti motor, sumangkangina met ti krudo a kasapulanna. Nakaing-ingpisen ti  daan a pitakana. Imbag ta maituredna ti umararaw ken ni ninongna. Isu ti timmarayanna mano a lawasen kalpasan ti napagteng ti amada.

Mayat ti dudumoganna ngem kasla adda natimudna a nangawag ti naganna. Intungrarawna ti ulona kt adda nasirpatna a lalaki nga adda iti sibayna ti nagsardeng a nangisit a kotse. Duapulo ngata a metro manipud iti nasemento a kalsada.

Linintegna ti dalan. Maipasirna a nangato a tao ti nangpayapay kenkuana. Nakaruat iti nangina a polo ken nangisit a pantalon a naparesan ti nangisit ken nasileng a sapatos. Naka-shades.

Sinubadan ti lalaki ti panagtamedna. “Naimbag a bigatmo Pedring. Pasuksukonnaka ni tatangmo ta agsasaritatayo koma. Siak ni David Castillo, no dinak malasin. Siak ti nangtawid daytoy daga a taltalonenyo.”

“Dispensarenyo, sir. Dikayo metten nabigbig. Pasensian, ta ne, dakayo payen ti immay ditoy. Pangnggasiyo sir, ta yun-unayon sadiay balay ta magmagnaakon. napitak ti pagn-anayko. Sumarunoakon.”

Nagtung-ed ni david. Partakam ngarud ket adda pay papanak. No mabalbalin, iti uneg ti sangapulo a minuto, addakanto koman sadiay balayyo.” Pinagandarnan ti kotse.

Nangeddeng. Taray-pagna ti inaramidna. Kababain no aguray iti mabayag ti akindaga.

Adda nadlaw ni Pedring idi makatadog iti paraanganda. Kasla mangmesmesmes ni David. Nalabit, nagsaritadan iti amana no ania man dayta a tungtonganda.

“Imbagak ken amam nga ibbatanyon a talonen daytoy a daga; bumirokkayonton ti sabali a talonenyo.” Nakigtot ni Pedring a nakangngeg iti insawang ti lalaki

“Sir, saankami met a pimmalia a nagtintinnag iti abang,” inkalintegan ni Pedring.

Kasla awan laeng daytoy iti lalaki. “Siak ti makinbagi, isu siak ti masurot. Pudno nga agab-abangkayo ngem sangkabassit met gapu ta tudo met ti bugas ti kararagyo. Ultimo krudo, marigatankayo a mangpaadda. Isu a bassit ti mabagimi.”

Nakita ni Pedring ti kasla nalpes a langa ti amana. Saan unay a makasao ngem nalawag a naawatanna.

“Maudin daytoy  a panangtalonyo no diyo maikadakkel ti abang. Siempre, dumakkel ti abang no napintas ti pannakatagiben ti mula. No agkibaltangkayo, awan maaramidak no di pailakok ti daga, isu a pasensiakayon,” nagubsang a kinuna ni David.

Awan naaramidan dagiti agama idi agpakada ni David. Nagmalmalem nga isu ti pinampanunot ni Pedring; ti insawang ni David, ti di umdas a paggatangda iti krudo ken ti aglalatoy a mulada.

Napayaman ni Jerico ta nagnepnep iti sumuno nga aldaw. Imbayakabakna iti tallo nga aldaw. Umdasen ti nabunnong  a danum agingga nga agbugi ken agdawa dagiti raepna. Ikarkararagna bareng no awan ti bagyo a mamagdeppes iti mulada.

Ad-adda  a napayaman ni Pedring iti yiimbag ti amana. Nakaungaren ta makasaon ken makapagwaywayasen a magna. Makabueltan iti laongda.

Inruangan ti amada ti tungtonganda; ti ipapasiar ni David bayat nga adda iti talon ni Pedring.

Inted ti amana ti relo ken aritos a regalona ti pimmusayna nga ina ken Pedring.

“Alaem daytoy, anakko. Inka isalda. Ammok a kurang ti kuartam a paggatang iti abuno. Dakkel a tulong kaniatayo daytoy. Bareng bumun-as ti apit ket umadu ti maiyabangtayo.”

Minatmatan ni Pedring ti amana. Kayatna ti agprotesta ngem nagteppel. “Tang, pakalaglagipam dayta ken Nanang. Napateg dayta kas tanda ti ayan-ayatyo.”

“Amman, alaen daytoy ta inka isalda. patan-ayem ti talon ta dayta ti masapul” impettengna.

Agkedked latta ni Pedring. “Tatang, mangiremedioak.”

“Uray ta maisalda met laeng. maalatayonto met laeng kalpasan ti panagapit. Saanmo a masirok ti kayat ni David? Kunana daydiay ta kayatna a lumung-awtayo.”

Saan latta a maawatan ni Pedring ti butburtia ti amana. Kawaw ti panangmatmatna kernkuana.

“Pudno nga adda pangpangas ni David, anak, ngem ammok a nasingpet isuna anakko. Nabayagkon nga am-ammo daydiay nga ubing ken   ti pakasaritaan daydiay.”

Adda nagsaretset iti kandela. maysa atumatayab ti nauram ti payyakna nga isu ti nanmaglidem ti aglawlaw. Ngem kalpasan dayta, limmawag met laeng ti arpadda.

Inyawatna ti alahas ken Pedring. “Mamatika anakko, managparabur ti Apo. Instrumento ti Namarsua ni David.”

Maburburtiaan latta ni Pedring. Imbaga ti amana a kayatnan ti aginana. Inagawaan ni Pedring a timmakder. Kinibinna ti amana ngem nagwatengteng ti lakay.

Kinita manen ni Pedring ti inawatna. Ammona a dakkel ti balorna daytoy, ngem ammona iti bagina a saana kayat a maawan daytoy ti amada.

Agipalpalok iti maperperdi a tawa ni Pedring madarimumosanna a nagsardeng ti kotse ni David. Isu latta ti aruatna ken naukkoran ita iti alahas ti bagina.

Iti ilalabas ni David kenkuana, tinung-edan daytoy. Apag-isu met a rummuar ti amana.

“Tatang Gadong,  kayatnak kano a kasao” impasungad ni David ket nasdaaw ni Pedring no apay kasla simmabali ti tenor daytoy ket iti napalabas nga enkuentroda, kasla nagpangas.

“Umunegka pay Sir David ket napudot. Jacob, itimplaam iti kape ken mangalaka iti tinapay,” imbilin ti amana. Palimed met a kitkitaen ni Pedring ti dua ket masmasdaaw latta daytoy ti nakaisem a lalaki ti sangona.

“Pagyamanak ti pammagustom, sir David. wen, kayatka a kapatang mainaig ti ab-abanganmi.”

Nagsay-a ni david. Ngem im-imdenganna a naimbag ti sasawen ti lakay.

“Ammok nga alaemon daytoy a daga daydi amam. Kas heredero, tawidmo daytoy. Bigbigek.”

Saan latta a nagun-uni ni david. Ngem, im-imdenganna latat ti sasawen ti lakay.

Gapu ta dimi metten mapadur-as, kas pammaliiwmo, ala, ket awan maaramidanmi. Ngem no makitam koma anakko, kunak lattan sir David, kas kaniak ikarkarigatak ti dumur-as iti pannakabaldak. Ala, no adda nabatbati pay a kaasim kadakami, kas iti daydi patpatgek nga amam, alaemto ngaruden no malpas ti panagani.” Makalulua ti lakay iti dayta nga inlatakna.

Nagsay-a pay naminsan ni David. Intaliawna ti imatangna iti agama. “Tang Gadong,  adda maysa a banag a diak malipatan. Bigbigek met latta dayta iti kaanoman. Ammo dayta.”

Madanaganen ni Pedring. Agmatan san ti kabutbutengna. maukasen ti daga kadakuada.

Intuloy ni David. “Wen, kasapulak ti kuarta, Tang Gadong.  Mapilitanak ta narikut unayen ti situasionko.”

Dimmenden ni Jacob. Implastarna ti pamedped.

“Pasensian, Tang Gadong,” tumakderen ni David.  “Ngem kas maikadua nga amak, iti naunday a panawen, dakkel ti utangko kenka.”

Naklaat ni Pedring iti turong ti saritaan dagiti dua. Timmakder met ni Tang Gadong. “Agyamanko anakko, sir David. Pangngaasim ta dimo panunoten nga us-usarek daydiay. Tinulonganka idi ubingka ngamin kayatka a tulongan. Gapu iti amam a kabsat ti apongko iti ruar ti matrimonio. Wen, ammok a nasingpetka anakko.”

Naglawagen iti isip ni Pedring ti pasamak. Kaano laeng dayta a naammuan ni David? Nabayag a nailaksid ni Tang Gadong, ket naimbag ta nasukainan ti katulongan da David dayta nga insurat ti pimmusay nga amana.

Inarakup ni David ti lakay. “Yetnagko ngarud, sikayo latta ti mangtaripato iti dayta a daga, Tang Gadong, ay, kaanakan, kunak koma. Uray saan a nabun-as ti apit.”

                                                        Gibusna

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RDK I PDVSA TA FIRMA SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

Partidonan a yega na otro despues di un periodo largu di negosashon RDK I PDVSA TA FIRMA SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Willemstad, 19 di desèmber 2023 – Riba djamars 19 di desèmber Refineria di Kòrsou (RdK) i Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) a firma un ‘Settlement Agreement’, den kua a fiha un akuerdo kaminda ta interkambiá krudo pa e debe habrí ainda na Kòrsou. Ku esaki a marka un momentu signifikante…

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Como Lake Cocktail Week 2023

La miscelazione d’autore direttamente dallo shaker al bicchiere torna con la quarta edizione della Como Lake Cocktail Week dal 28 giugno al 4 luglio, che è una grande occasione per tutti gli appassionati ma anche per le attività coinvolte, perché la mixology è oggi un ben riuscito veicolo di business. Se nel mondo della miscelazione la creatività è forza generatrice di innumerevoli attività e progetti votati alla scoperta di nuove esperienze, quello che accade dietro al bancone del bar è un tema di interesse primario soprattutto per quelle manifestazioni che attorno alla mixology costruiscono storie di assaggi e sperimentazioni. Su queste coordinate si muove ad esempio la Como Lake Cocktail Week 2023, privilegiata per la particolare concentrazione di luoghi deputati all’hospitality e alla ristorazione che nella miscelazione trovano il proprio fiore all’occhiello, infatti sono più di trenta i cocktail bar presenti sul territorio tra hotel cinque stelle, storici street bar e ristoranti stellati. Per l’edizione 2023 rinnovano la presenza Villa d’Este, il Grand Hotel Tremezzo e Villa Passalacqua, new entry insieme all’hotel Musa Lago di Como, dal Grand Hotel Victoria di Menaggio, passando per il ristorante Una Finestra sul Lago e il suo nuovo Onda Cernobbio, fino a Scalo Craft Drink di Cremia. Sulla sponda di levante ci sono la storica Villa Serbelloni di Bellagio, il Filario Hotel & Residences di Lezzeno, Il Sereno di Torno e il Mandarin Oriental, Lago di Como di Blevio. In città si aprono i giardini del Palace Hotel, la Terrazza 241 dell’Hilton e Piazzetta Lake Como di Cernobbio, il nuovo tapas & cocktail bar del gruppo Cookerz, nato in partnership con Tessabit, retailer di lusso del Lago di Como, fino al dehors del Posta Design Hotel e al rinnovato Kincho nel giardino dello Sheraton Lake Como che, lunedì 3 luglio, ospita la Cocktail Competition. Non manca il cuore della movida comasca, dal Fresco Cocktail Shop al ristorante Da Pietro con il suo Da Pietro Pop Up, e ancora il Vintage Jazz, Krudo, The Brothers Cafe, Hemingway Cocktail Bar e il nuovo Spirit Cafè & Cocktail Room di Piazza Volta. Si può preparare un’opera d’arte formato cocktail ispirandosi al claim A ticket to.. e utilizzando ingredienti inaspettati è la mission dei trenta cocktail bar che aderiscono alla competizione, con a disposizione un’attenta selezione di spirits alcolici e analcolici del mercato. Main sponsor è il gruppo Moët Hennessy, accompagnato dal Gruppo Bacardi Martini ritorna sulle sponde del lago Bombay Sapphire Premier Cru, il London Dry che celebra la freschezza dei limoni Fino della Murcia, oltre alla presenza di Altamura Distilleries con la sua Premium Vodka, l’unica al mondo ottenuta esclusivamente da Grano 100% di Altamura, il gruppo Diageo con il portfolio Reserve e  la collezione di distillati ultra premium che include Tanqueray No. Ten, Zacapa 23, Casamigos. Read the full article

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Sa kanyang panayam sa isang radio station, binanatan ni Cong. Odie Tarriela ang Occidental Mindoro Consolidated Power Corporation (OMCPC) kung bakit hindi makapag-abono ng P200 million pambili ng krudo gayung napakalaking kumpanya naman nito. 

'NAPAKALAKING KAGAGUHAN' aniya ito at hino-hostage na nito ang lalawigan dahil nag-iisa siyang power provider/supplier. 

Ang kanyang mga pahayag ay kasunod ng naunang emergency hearing na ipinatawag ni Sen. Raffy Tulfo, April 4 dahil sa patuloy na krisis sa kuryente kung saan 4 na oras na lamang kada araw mayroong kuryente mula na nagsimula noong April 12, 2023. 

Sa nasabing hearing, siniguro ng National Power Corporation (NPC) na makakapagbigay sila ng Php202 million subsidy sa OMCPC sa April 21, 2023. Pero hindi na nila ito nahintay at nagpadala nga ng sulat sa OMECO noong April 12 na hindi sila magpapa-andar ng isang genset dahilan para maging 4 na oras na lamang mayroong kuryente. 

 Ayon pa sa OMCPC, 3 buwan ang kanilang utang sa krudo. At kung matatanggap ang Php202 million mula NPC ay isang buwan at kalahati lamang ang kanilang mababayaran.

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NEW SIGNING ALERT! We are incredibly happy to announce that KRUDO is joining The Weird & The Wonderful family!

KRUDO's debut single 'You Can't Blame Me' is out now! 

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Keshiri Jedi OC, you say? 👀👀👀 (Please tell me everything about her.)

HHHHHHHH BUCKLE UP AND TYSM

asdfghjkl omg I’ve been waiting for this moment that I don’t even know where to start hang on

So, this jumbled masterpiece ! This is some of her most basic information in Aurebesh, I was actively learning it as I was writing this out so I know my T’s and especially G’s are off, but basically:

Chessaf're'krudo, also known as Chess, or Jedi Knight Krudo. She was born on Keshiri (44BBY), but she’d only been on her home planet for a short time before a Chiss Jedi Master in their chunk of wild space had come for her. The Jedi delivered her to the temple so she could hone the force sensitivity that drove the Chiss Jedi to her. The Chiss Jedi named her themselves, which is why her name is of Chiss origin.

She is eventually taken in as Mace Windu’s padawan (31BBY) (my idea was keep the purples together because I thought it would be cool, but now I am just so genuinely in love with it), they butted heads a lot as master and Padawan, Chess didn’t want to be so detached from attachment, she wanted her friends to know she cared for them, was very vocal about her connections being what kept her good, and we know he has his connections, we know he cares, but he can’t express it as well as he wants to (coming from the interpretation of him I’ve gathered in Shatterpoint).

He’s an amazing Master though, and she knows that he cares in his own Emotionally Repressed Jedi ways. He’s tried to find information about her people so she could still connect to her culture, though so little is known about Kesh and the Keshiri, that he never came up with anything.

And when it comes to emotions, Chess always ran into Depa Billaba, who had yet to take on her own Padawan, who hadn’t dealt with the horrors of Haruun Kal. Depa gave her a support in someone who related to her doubts of being good enough for Mace, and helped her navigate his many different expressions of apathy to find his true feelings.

Both of Chess’s sabers are purple, because it’s the color she’d worn on her skin with pride, even when no one knew what she was, when jeers about her background would follow on various missions, every time she ignited her blade to train with mace, purple against purple as they moved through the forms, it was just right, it’s what the force wanted. He helped her design the saber she’d had in her mind, just like he had his own, and every time she went to upgrade it or replace a damaged piece, he was there to help her and sometimes crack horrible, too serious jokes about what would happen if she forgot a certain piece. “Remember to put your crystal back in,” “Uhg, Master-“ “I’m only joking, I know you’ll remember, because I reminded you,” she is also horrible when it comes to Vapaad, both the lightsaber form and the state of mind, but she’s tried often, with both Depa and Mace to guide her. She’s no where near as proficient as them, and prefers the sixth form, with a tendency to slip back into the fifth form when cornered.

Chess passes her trials merely weeks before the first battle of Geonosis, so when they called for Jedi to load on transports and drop down into that arena, she was there. (22BBY)

When they were all cornered, she’d been in the fray, and when the fighting started back up, and she’d thrown herself at a Super Battle Droid, had melted a chunk of his rocket arm away right as he was going to launch, it had exploded in his arm. She was thrown back, to the now more already out ring of Jedi, Clone Troopers and droids battling it out in the dust.

Hot metal had torn through her, from the very bottom of her jaw on her right side, and had curled up to the bottom of her ear. Another piece had cut through starting at the bottom of her neck, arching up and slicing a good path into her neck before it had exited. Her shoulders and chest also suffered a great deal of damage, but none as life threatening as her neck.

She’d been lucky enough to fall back into Mace and Depa, had been lucky enough for him to pinch sliced arteries closed until the transport ships could start dropping. She was one of the first shuttled back to a newly minted light cruiser, and when she woke up, the Clone Wars had begun, she was a General in a war with an entire battalion of clones waiting for her to lead them, and then everything changed.

Now here comes some rapid-fire random garbage that I’m also copy-pasting from the notes I made about her, so if any of it is repeated from the blurbs I’ve just excited hyperfocus typed,,,,

•The droid piece they pulled from her body was melted down and adjusted to become the new emitter for her sabers, and she absolutely has red paint sprinkled on it so she can tell people it’s her blood.

•The 141st Battalion, the group of soldiers she was put in command of was an elite force, one of the smallest battalion sized units and broken up into three companies, with squads forming from each platoon. The group that she finds herself fighting alongside more often is Cresh, though they started to call themselves the Kesh squad after her.

•her clone commander is CC-6116, also known as Buzz, and he’s one of the strongest attachments she’s ever formed, they go hand in hand in every aspect , and are almost never apart.

•the first time Chess struggled with the dark side, it had been at Buzz’s words, while they were pinned down behind enemy lines and waiting for the other squads to form up on their position. “ you’re a Jedi, you can’t be replaced so easily, we’re just clones, we don’t matter.” Chess had shoved her hand into the lip of the armor covering his chest, had yanked him close enough that he had to meet her gaze because there was no where else to look, and she felt how easy it would be, to Fall. Because the Dark could help her free them. Maybe she could win the war if she just took that step off the edge. But she just stared at him for a moment, before she yanked him closer, before she could wrap her arms around him tight with his armor freaking at the pressure and. “Not to me, never to me,”

•the 141st paints their armor in varying degrees of purple and red in honor of their general. She forms a reputation for keeping her face hidden with her hoods, most times, by the time her enemy gets to see the red of her eyes, they’re already fading into the force. When the boys find out that her eyes are red, they started painting strips of their armor in the same color. (I’m going to post a very rough pic of the armor, that I smashed color over at 0300 at work, but the idea is so much better than this picture)

•At great personal risk, she single handedly keeps her casualty rate low, running all across the battlefield and doing what she can to protect her men. She can't save everyone however, and she mourns each loss with her soldiers too, but she's never allowed it to cloud her judgement, not since she looked into Buzz's eyes and promised him they meant everything to her. The nights she'd spent on the lines with her men was enough to remind her that the dark side wasn't going to free any of them, that the only way they'd win is if they stayed together and trusted each other.

•she has her own lightsaber ignition move. It’s trademarked, she’ll fistfight anyone who uses it But I have such a hard time explaining it: so she’ll hold out her right hand, flip the hilt up with two fingers, catch it in her palm with her finger on the ignition switch, while her arm is out parallel to the ground, the second she catches it she’ll ignite so the blade is pointed right out at her opponent, after that’s ignited, she’ll ignite her shoto in a backwards grip so it’s against the length of her arm.

•The clones give her her very first tattoo, just an outline of their helmets on her chest (keshiri females , as I'm interpreting it from jedi battle scars, don't have boobs), the scars along her chest form near perfect dark purple markings along the helmet, which eventually gets adopted as Buzz's helmet markings.

Grevious: "another lightsaber for my collection!!"

Chess: "another scar for my collection! chicks dig scars!"

To her, the force feels almost like the kind of anxiety that has you buzzing out of your skin, she can feel it around her, but instead of the fear or any other feeling associated with anxiety, it becomes a source of comfort, since it's been there all her life, however, this also means that she's always active, moving in some way, shape, or form, and her hands are almost always shaking unless she's using the force or holding her saber (thanks to her connection to the Kyber within).

That's all i have for her now, just her time in the clone wars, but she grows every single day, and I've decided that she does survive the purge, though only a small amount of soldiers were able to be saved from the chip, she still cherishes the small squad that helped her survive.

And, I'd just like to say again, asdfghjkl thank you so much for asking about her because she is literally everything to me. I also have a whole Mandalorian AU for her that's only half formed, and a HUGE time-travel fix-it fic self insert in the works right now, as well as the rest of the prompts for jedi june 2023

thank you for coming to my hot purple lady ramble

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After searching for someone (1.5 years plus) to help out or even design the K signet ring and getting nowhere.... I decided to learn a software program that would allow me to do it myself. #krudodesigns #selfmotivation #krudo #krudoart #rings #silver #krudoartstudio #whenwhatyoudesignmatters https://www.instagram.com/p/B9hU_zonw6F/?igshid=10109arohq1

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Gasoline prices between Santa Rosa and Cabanatuan in Nueva Ecija.

Photo credits from the rightful owner.

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Pale Waves have dropped their new video for ‘You Don’t Own Me’. Taken from their just released new album Who Am I?, the clip fits perfectly to the 90s-slash-00s guitar pop aesthetic that runs throughout the record. All multicoloured hair and graffiti covered walls, it’s a bright, brash delight. [via Dork]

Los Angeles-based pop artist Cooper Phillip is known for her empowering anthems that highlight everything from strength and gratitude to self-love. Her latest single, 'Not Perfect,' is yet another example of her ability to craft uplifting tunes, encouraging listeners to start putting themselves before others in order to fulfill your own desires. The Russian-born singer has just dropped a new music video, and it's everything we expected from this flamboyant artist and more. The theatrical video emphasizes the importance of rebelling against the idea of being perfect and all that it represents. When you begin to let go of the idea of perfection, Phillip reminds us, life is so much better. Phillip wants to encourage you to live life a little less seriously, do what you want, wear what you want, and most importantly, be who you want. After all, our time on this planet is far too short to worry about living up to other people's standards and expectations. According to the artist herself, "'Not Perfect' is about self love and finding qualities about yourself that make you unique. There is no need to modify who you are just to fit in with society's norms. You have to stay true to who you are and carry yourself with pride and with dignity." 'Not Perfect' features Phillip's soaring, soulful vocals, big and bold melodies, and fast-paced, dance-worthy beats. Intoxicating to say the least, this song will worm its way into your mind all day long. By the end, it'll have you grinning ear to ear, and more importantly, it'll remind you who you are. [via Pop Dust]

Closely following the release of their new single, Maltese electro-pop outfit OXYGYN have shared the brand new video for ‘Mercy’. The new video continues from 2020’s ‘Wicked White Lies’, a portrayal of how society deals with social issues in which individuals are made vulnerable, as frontman Kurt Abela details: “We become angered by a social cause when it first emerges, but we are quick to break it down within our own minds and forget. Instead, we focus on our own personal issues, and are not able to overcome them. This video acts as a wake-up call to society that the social issues hinted at throughout the video are still present and need their due attention.”

Oxford alt-pop outfit pecq have unveiled the video for ‘Killing Time’ . The band say: "‘Killing Time' is about making the same mistakes over and over – dying relationships I kept going back to, destructive habits I can’t break. I’m a big one for drastic changes and breaking with the past but so many times I end up back where I started – burn it down and build it just the same." Killing Time is the second single from their forthcoming EP Stranger, due out April 15. [via Loud Women]

With us getting a taster of spring the past weekend, singer-songwriter Bess Atwell is keeping the momentum going with her dreamy new single 'Co-op'. Like the first blooms of spring, Atwell’s latest single unfolds with serene ripples of guitar strings surrounded by her lush calming vocals, leading us to a track that has us reminiscent of Lana Del Rey and Phoebe Bridgers. Similar to her previous offerings, the track maintains the same fresh and unique sound she has displayed throughout her career. Accompanied by a self-directed video, the singer puts the emotional context of the track at the forefront, directly referencing the lyrics with bold imagery and contrasting props. Opening up on the single, the singer revealed, “It’s an illustration of mine and my partner’s life together. The relationship seemed to provide me with some sort of permission to recuperate from family trauma, as if realising for the first time that there was a life outside of that chaos lulled me into an emotional slumber. Through the song, I grapple with the desire for, and fear of, comfort. I used references to Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway to depict a vivid nostalgia and an affinity for trivialities that serve to calm when darker thoughts set it.” [via Wonderland]

Polish alt-pop aesthete Brodka has shared her barbed new single 'Game Change'. The multi-hyphenate returns with new album BRUT, a fresh statement from a potent, outspoken figure. Huge in her homeland, Brodka has shifted and evolved with each project - and BRUT will be a further chapter in this. New single 'Game Change' is out now, and lyrically it's an expressive statement of feminism that comes at a timely moment for Poland. Brodka says that the single "is about gender roles in society; a topic that's particularly prevalent in her home-country of Poland at the moment, where reproductive rights are being rolled back by lawmakers." The dazzling video is online now, and it spins a repressive dogma on its head. She says: "While making the video for 'Game Change', I was inspired by the story of the Albanian Sworn Virgins. Women who, by taking a vow of chastity, take on a male role in society while gaining all the privileges associated with being a man. They are treated as men but can keep their feminine names. This story, although abstract, is relevant to the current situation of women in Poland. Sadly, you don't have to be a Sworn Virgin to have your rights decided by men in the 21st century." [via Clash]

After teasing the collaboration last week, Ashe and FINNEAS have unveiled their new single 'Till Forever Falls Apart'. The collaborative track is accompanied by a video directed by Sam Bennett that shows both artists dancing at sunset. Ashe says of the song, "'Till Forever Falls Apart' is one of my favourite songs with one of my favourite people. If I’ve learned anything from Moral of the Story, it’s that accepting the hard truth is strangely comforting. This song, while sounding like the most romantic song I’ve ever written, is about acceptance as well. The lyrics, ‘I’m gonna love you knowing we don’t have forever’ is about how it’s more important to have had the chance to love than to stay in love. FINNEAS is one of the most talented people I know and it’s fitting to release this song with someone I love so much. I'm lucky to know him and I hope to never know a life without him in it." FINNEAS adds, "Ashe to me, is a timeless artist. Her music will be as relevant and important 30 years from now as it is today. Making music with her has always been an extension of our friendship and I could not love this song more." [via Line Of Best Fit]

Charley enters into the Australian pop world with her debut single 'Hard For Me'. It's the type of slick, high-tier pop song that sits amongst the world's biggest stars, carrying the same acute level of sheen and confidence as Charley moves above a bright, synth-driven production that elevates her every word. It's the type of single that takes the foundations laid by modern-day pop heavy-hitters - she lists Katy Perry as an inspiration, for example - and builds upon them, evolving the sound forwards into 2021 and beyond. Produced by Stephen Schmultz in Nashville three years ago now, the song introduces Charley and everything you need to know about her this early on. You get a taste of her sound and the energies and inspirations that fuel them, as well as the intimacy that underlies a lot of her songwriting, and how she brings pockets of her personal life to the forefront through glitzy pop songwriting. She's a welcome addition to Australian pop, and you get the sense that 'Hard For Me' is really just the beginning. "[Hard For Me has been] a long time coming, and as a Virgo, I am not patient," she says on the single. "In my head, this has always been my debut release. It’s got such a special place in my heart. I’ve had such a vision for every single part of it. "Me and my boyfriend had kind of just gotten back together again at that point. All of the butterflies were heightened again. I just wanted to write a song about how I felt about him and how it gave me such a rush when I looked at him. Everyone has been there! When you just… melt." Take a dive into the single and its Mitchell McKay-directed video clip above. [via Pilerats]

After making a name for themselves with their dusty-yet-glowing self-titled debut in 2017, Chapel Hill duo Blue Cactus are announcing their return with their second LP called Stranger Again. Set to be released May via Sleepy Cat Records, the album continues the pair’s mission to blend classic country sounds with vintage ’70s pop sensibilities and a sobering sense of honesty, as heard on the record’s first single, 'Come Clean.' “Sometimes we are the last person to tell ourselves the truth,” vocalist Stephanie Stewart shares of the track’s lyrical origins. “We ignore our gut, suppress our instincts, and go through the motions of a life that other people have defined for us. We become the person everyone else wants us to be and lose ourselves along the way. ‘Come Clean’ is about radical self-love and acknowledging the struggle in that journey; that hard, unflinching look in the mirror. “In 2017,” she continues, “I was in the process of separating from my then husband. I wrote most of this song during that time. It wasn’t until a year later after the divorce was finalized that I was able to find the words that had been missing from this song. I was carrying a lot of shame and guilt, and once I finally let that go, I was free to rediscover who I was as a person outside of that relationship. I was finally free to love me.” The track’s video echoes these themes of rebirth and relearning, with the band members blindfolded and slowly making contact with the outside world. [via Flood]

Mermaidens have delivered their catchiest, dreamiest cut yet. 'Soft Energy' is the single teased with the announcement of their Soft Energy New Zealand Tour. The new track is stupidly good, and ushers in the next Mermaidens era after 2019 album Look Me In The Eye. Vocalist Gussie Larkin took the director's chair for the 'Soft Energy' video, and with support from NZ On Air and director of photography Ezra Simons (Earth Tongue), has created a blush-tinted world for the band to expose their soft, tender hearts and ask those with a "tough and detached exterior ... to act with softness and vulnerability". [via Under The Radar]

Along with the release of her debut EP, Swimming Lessons, 19-year-old alt-pop singer-songwriter Genevieve Stokes premiered the video for her newest single, 'Parking Lot,' on Friday. Shot in her hometown of Portland, ME, the 'Parking Lot' video is a wistful tribute to the first flush of young love. "I wrote 'Parking Lot' after I met my now-boyfriend for the first time," Stokes tells NYLON. "It’s about the intoxicating, obsessive feeling of a new crush and creating a fantasy world with them. " After teaching herself piano at the age of eight, Stokes spent her adolescence developing her sound, inspired by iconic female singer-songwriters like Cat Power and Regina Spektor. Swimming Lessons was recorded this past year in a cabin in the woods, a haunting, beautiful setting that seeps into the records' sound. [via NYLON]

You can’t blame us for wanting a bit of hedonistic relief after a year of going stir-crazy within our four walls. And as we yearn for release, and ache for the proximity and darkness of a packed dance floor, here to give it to us, no questions asked, is dark-pop trio KRUDO. Comprised of pop singer Olivia May Green, as well as established industry greats, producers Dan Duncan and Igor Tchkotoua, KRUDO blurs the lines of genre to make way for a whole new body-moving beast – and their latest release 'You Can’t Blame Me' is no exception. Moody warped synths, sinister bass lines and the haunting vocals of Green tell a story of empowerment and self-love, as she growls “I’ll never change or leave to fit your master plan.” Just the anthem we needed when many of us will be feeling disconnected and out of sorts. The trio have previously stated that their music is “not about polished pop music; it’s about memorable moments that hold a clear message.” And that much is clear from the formidable sonic palette of the new release, accompanied by a symbolic music video which shows Green breaking the picture-perfect shackles of industry expectation and rising phoenix-like into her own identity. Taken from their two-part EP of the same name, the release comes as part of the ever-expanding release schedule of label HE.SHE.THEY – the event series, record label and fashion brand operating as a safe space for individuals regardless of “age, race, sex, gender, ableness, religious background or sexual preference”. [via Wonderland]

Top popster Bebe Rexha has dropped a brand new single, titled ‘Sacrifice’. The track is taken from her forthcoming second album, which she claims is “by far the most challenging yet fulfilling project I have ever worked on. I wrote, recorded, re-wrote, re-recorded and then repeated that process in order to deliver an album that truly reflects who I am as a singer, songwriter and most importantly as an artist. I want to give listeners a journey of pop paradise fused with elements of rock and hip-hop. It’s important to me that my music continues to recognize ongoing themes of vulnerability, the cycle of self-destruction & self-realization, and female empowerment.” So there we go. ‘Sacrifice’ follows up on 2020’s ‘Baby, I’m Jealous’ which featured Doja Cat. You can check out the vampire themed video above. [via Dork]

Tulliah has debuted the video for her really quite lovely new single, ‘Distant Dreams’. Taken from her debut EP Fre$h Hugs – set to drop next Friday (12th March), the clip was filmed in her hometown of Mt Martha Beach, Australia and directed by Cass Wood. Tulliah explains, “30 degrees, snow gear on the beach, fish man = very weird dream! I had this idea for a while that the video clip for 'Distant Dreams' would be really weird and dream like. When I was in the studio we went on a tangent about being in winter clothes while sunbathing on the beach, flying on planes to Hawaiian beaches and little fishes eating big sharks. I have no idea why haha but I knew it was weird, just like all Dreams are”. Talking about how the track came together, she adds: “We set up my new piano in the backroom of my parent’s. My mum was moving a painting that they have had for years to the top of the piano when she read the back of it – it was called Distant Dreams. This song flowed out of me. I used to never really believe that I could achieve my dreams. This song is about not wanting to break away from my visions and goals. The lyrics ‘don’t go waking me up’ is a really direct demand to myself! It’s about not wanting to go back to doubting my capabilities.” [via Dork]

Ladyhawke is back with a brand new single, ‘Guilty Love’. The first taster of a new album, due to arrive later this year, the track features fellow popsters BROODS. Ladyhawke – real name Pip Brown – explains: “‘Guilty Love’ came about after some writing sessions with Tommy English in Los Angeles. Georgia Nott from BROODS came along to one of our sessions, and after we were talking a while, we realised we had all grown up Catholic. We shared stories and experiences; Georgia then suggested we write a song about shame”. “‘Guilty Love’ is important to Georgia and me for different reasons. Personally, growing up in the Catholic school system, as I reached my teens, I started to feel immense shame and denial about my sexuality. I suffered the constant fear of being judged and alienated by my friends and family. These feelings took a long time to shake off and work through. ‘Guilty Love’ is a way to share our experiences, and hopefully help anyone going through the same thing to know they’re not alone.” Georgia from BROODS adds “’Guilty Love’ came from the classic “in-studio heart to heart”. We talked about growing up religiously and how we carried a lot of shame around the idea of what a woman (or person) should be. This song is about that but also about finding our own way back to a sense of spirituality through love. The love that once caused so much guilt, ended up being the most healing and spiritual. END CONVERSION THERAPY EVERYWHERE!” Too bloody right. ‘Guilty Love’ comes with a video fitting of the song’s message. [via Dork]

Atlanta-based pop artist Siena Liggins shared her video 'No Valet' on Thursday, the second single from her upcoming debut album Ms. Out Tonight. The track serves as the follow-up to 'Dirty Girl' alongside Yung Baby Tate, seeing the singer take viewers from the dancefloor to the backseat of a car in the club parking lot. The quirky clip finds Liggins adorned and surrounded by sparkly glitz, cowboy hats, and disco balls, playfully performing with a full band. "'No Valet' is steamy, downtempo braggadocio disguised as a backseat car anthem for whatever happens after the after-party," Siena explained to FADER about the song. “I was listening to a lot of old songs produced by Timbaland before [producer] Nydge laid down this really sexy bassline that put me in the mood for something steamy and dreamy at the same time.... It’s the confidence I get after the function is over and the groove I need when I’m talking my shit." [via The FADER]

London's Mychelle is certainly an individual. Freshly signed to FAMM - the same management company as Jorja Smith and ENNY - her new single 'The Way' is a subtle but deeply powerful piece of songwriting. Soft and soulful, it relishes on nuance, allowing the most subtle element to rise and grapple with intensity. Mychelle's video for 'The Way' was shot on Hackney Downs in East London - fact fans might not that it's close to our office. Directed by photographer Michaela Quan it's a beautiful glimpse into her world. [via Clash]

Pussy Riot have announced a new EP called Panic Attack, due out next week — March 11. As a preview of the impending release, they’re sharing 'Sexist', a bold new single featuring fellow Russian rapper Hofmannita, which comes with an unforgettable NSFW music video. 'Sexist' is the second single Pussy Riot have shared from Panic Attack, following 'Toxic', their collaboration with Dorian Electra and 100 gecs’ Dylan Brady. Produced by White Punk and Count Baldor, 'Sexist' is a dark electro-pop hip-hop song about the severity of rape culture. Pussy Riot and Hofmannita take turns telling the fictional story of a heroine being invited to a hotel room by a male governmental official, being harassed, and, unable to escape, murdering him in self-defense. Consider shielding your screen before hitting play on the song’s music video. In the NSFW clip, various nude men pose as pieces of furniture while the singers casually push them around with collars and whips. Peppered throughout is plenty of latex apparel, BDSM positioning, and generally regal decor. According to Pussy Riot member Nadya Tolokonnikova, the video is meant to inverse the main premise of the patriarchal culture. “Instead of women and queer people being objectified and serving as furniture, we use sexist pigs as furniture,” she said in a statement. “The video does not encourage to oppress anyone, but rather satirically highlights arbitrary and absurd nature of any oppression.” [via Consequence of Sound]