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one thing that still makes me as plain old happy as it did when I was a kid is my granddad giving me some money to buy an ice cream with, there just aren't many simple joys that can quite compare to that
#it was very tasty#it had red velvet cake in it#also that was very nice of him#we were out watching a Sports and there was an ice cream stand in the stadium#here's to the little things#ice cream#grandparents#martian's granddad
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Holidays 10.2
Holidays
Audiophile Day
Batik Day (Indonesia)
Book It (a.k.a. National Young Reader's Day)
Erntedank (Thanksgiving; Germany)
Family Day (France)
Gandhi Jayanti (India)
Go For a Stroll After Dinner Night
Granddad’s Day (Belgium)
Guardian Angel Day
International Day of Non-Violence (UN)
Name Your Car Day
National Batik Day (Indonesia)
National Body Language Day
National Bowhunting Day
National Brow Day
National Custodial Worker Day
National Disabled Author’s Day
National G.O.E. Day (Grows. Overcome. Empower.)
National Grandparents Day (Italy)
National Healthcare Entrepreneurs Day
National Manufacturing Day
National Michelle Day
National Produce Misting Day
National Report Long Term Acute Care Hospital Fraud Day
National Research Maniacs Food Day
Old Man’s Day (Hertfordshire, UK)
Oschophoria
Peanuts Day (The Cartoon)
Phileas Fogg's Wager Day
Potato Day (French Republic)
Stan Lee Day
Teachers and Instructors Day (Uzbekistan)
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Day
World Cerebral Palsy Day
World Farm Animals Day (a.k.a. World Day for Farmed Animals)
World MRSA Day
World No Alcohol Day
Wrongful Conviction Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
International Chole Bhature Day
National Fried Scallops Day
National Non-Alcoholic Beer Day
National Smarties Day
Tofu Day (Japan)
1st Monday in October
Blue Shirt Day [1st Monday]
Child Health Day [1st Monday]
Day of Unity [1st Monday]
International Day of the Doctor [1st Monday]
International Tenants Day [1st Monday]
National Consignment Day [1st Monday]
Peat-Cutting Monday (Falkland Islands) [1st Monday]
Supreme Court Opening Day (US) [1st Monday]
World Architecture Day [1st Monday]
World Day of Bullying Prevention [1st Monday]
World Habitat Day (UN) [1st Monday]
Independence Days
Guinea (from France, 1958)
Imperium Aquilae (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]
Republika (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]
Feast Days
Annie Leibovitz (Artology)
The Cisco Kid (Radio Series; 1942)
Dashain Festival (Nepal)
Denha I of Tikrit (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Feast of the Guardian Angels
Gerda’s Blot (Pagan)
Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels (Christian)
Leodegar (a.k.a. Leger; Christian; Saint)
Mehregan (Persian Festival of Autumn; Iran)
Noodle Day (Pastafarian)
Oschophoria (Fall festival to Dionysius; Ancient Greece)
Pancake (Muppetism)
Redd Foxx Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Sacchini (Positivist; Saint)
Thomas, Bishop of Hereford (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Premieres
Antz (Animated Film; 1998)
Atom Mother Heart, by Pink Floyd (Album; 1970)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, by Gertrude Stein (Biography; 1933)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (Film; 1957)
Burning Sands or The Hot Foot (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S2, Ep. 59; 1960)
The Burns and Allen Show (Radio Series; 1934)
By Word of Mouse (WB LT Cartoon; 1954)
The Curse of Anubis (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #3; 1964)
DC Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis (WB Animated Film; 2018)
Death in the Desert or A Place in the Sun (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S2, Ep. 60; 1960)
The Dharma Bums, by Jack Kerouac (Novel; 1958)
Enter the Saint, by Leslie Charteris (Short Stories; 1930) [Saint #2]
Fast and Moose or The Quick and the Dead (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 166; 1962)
Flying Home, recorded by Glenn Miller (Song; 1937)
Football: Now and Then (Disney Cartoon; 1953)
Freedom, by Neil Young (Album; 1989)
Ghost in the Machine, by the Police (Album; 1981)
Glengarry Glen Ross (Film; 1992)
The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins (Book; 2006)
Hell and Back (Animated Film; 2015)
Homeland (TV Series; 2011)
The Invention of Lying (Film; 2009)
Kid A, by Radiohead (Album; 2000)
The Kinks, by The Kinks (Album; 1964)
Lazy Jay Ranch, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 165; 1962)
The Martian (Film; 2015)
Mean Streets (Film; 1973)
The Mighty Ducks (Film; 1992)
Of Mice and Men (Film; 1992)
Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz (Comic Strip; 1950)
Regatta de Blanc, by the Police (Album; 1979)
Scrubs (TV Series; 2001)
Soul Train (TV Series; 1971)
Splash Mountain (Disney Attraction; 1992)
The Third Man, by Graham Greene (Novel; 1949)
Tom & Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (WB Animated Film; 2007)
The Twilight Zone (TV Series; 1959)
Three Hearts and Three Lions, by Poul Anderson (Novella; 1953)
Weed Smoker’s Dream (l.k.a. Why Don’t You Do Right), recorded by Harlem Hamfats (Song; 1936)
Westworld (TV Series; 2016)
(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, by Oasis (Album; 1995)
Whip It (Film; 2009)
Zombieland (Film; 2009)
Today’s Name Days
Gideon (Austria)
Anđelka, Anđelko, Teofil (Croatia)
Oliver, Olívie (Czech Republic)
Ditlev (Denmark)
Leela, Leeli, Leelo (Estonia)
Valio (Finland)
Léger, Ruth (France)
Bianca, Gideon, Jacqueline, Schutzengelfest (Germany)
Kyprianos (Greece)
Petra (Hungary)
Angelo (Italy)
Ilma, Reinhards, Skaidris (Latvia)
Eidvilas, Gervydas, Getautė, Modestas (Lithuania)
Liv, Live (Norway)
Dionizy, Leodegar, Stanimir, Teofil, Trofim (Poland)
Ciprian (Romania)
Levoslav (Slovakia)
Ángeles (Spain)
Love, Ludvig (Sweden)
Cyprian, Justina (Ukraine)
Ackerley, Ackley, Adair, Forest, Forester, Forrest, Foster, Elwood (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 275 of 2024; 90 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 1 of week 40 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 28 of 28]
Chinese: Month 8 (Xin-You), Day 18 (Gui-Si)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 17 Tishri 5784
Islamic: 17 Rabi I 1445
J Cal: 5 Shù; Fiveday [5 of 30]
Julian: 19 September 2023
Moon: 88%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 23 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Sacchini]
Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 6 of 15]
Season: Autumn (Day 9 of 89)
Zodiac: Libra (Day 9 of 30)
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Holidays 10.2
Holidays
Audiophile Day
Batik Day (Indonesia)
Book It (a.k.a. National Young Reader's Day)
Erntedank (Thanksgiving; Germany)
Family Day (France)
Gandhi Jayanti (India)
Go For a Stroll After Dinner Night
Granddad’s Day (Belgium)
Guardian Angel Day
International Day of Non-Violence (UN)
Name Your Car Day
National Batik Day (Indonesia)
National Body Language Day
National Bowhunting Day
National Brow Day
National Custodial Worker Day
National Disabled Author’s Day
National G.O.E. Day (Grows. Overcome. Empower.)
National Grandparents Day (Italy)
National Healthcare Entrepreneurs Day
National Manufacturing Day
National Michelle Day
National Produce Misting Day
National Report Long Term Acute Care Hospital Fraud Day
National Research Maniacs Food Day
Old Man’s Day (Hertfordshire, UK)
Oschophoria
Peanuts Day (The Cartoon)
Phileas Fogg's Wager Day
Potato Day (French Republic)
Stan Lee Day
Teachers and Instructors Day (Uzbekistan)
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Day
World Cerebral Palsy Day
World Farm Animals Day (a.k.a. World Day for Farmed Animals)
World MRSA Day
World No Alcohol Day
Wrongful Conviction Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
International Chole Bhature Day
National Fried Scallops Day
National Non-Alcoholic Beer Day
National Smarties Day
Tofu Day (Japan)
1st Monday in October
Blue Shirt Day [1st Monday]
Child Health Day [1st Monday]
Day of Unity [1st Monday]
International Day of the Doctor [1st Monday]
International Tenants Day [1st Monday]
National Consignment Day [1st Monday]
Peat-Cutting Monday (Falkland Islands) [1st Monday]
Supreme Court Opening Day (US) [1st Monday]
World Architecture Day [1st Monday]
World Day of Bullying Prevention [1st Monday]
World Habitat Day (UN) [1st Monday]
Independence Days
Guinea (from France, 1958)
Imperium Aquilae (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]
Republika (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]
Feast Days
Annie Leibovitz (Artology)
The Cisco Kid (Radio Series; 1942)
Dashain Festival (Nepal)
Denha I of Tikrit (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Feast of the Guardian Angels
Gerda’s Blot (Pagan)
Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels (Christian)
Leodegar (a.k.a. Leger; Christian; Saint)
Mehregan (Persian Festival of Autumn; Iran)
Noodle Day (Pastafarian)
Oschophoria (Fall festival to Dionysius; Ancient Greece)
Pancake (Muppetism)
Redd Foxx Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Sacchini (Positivist; Saint)
Thomas, Bishop of Hereford (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Premieres
Antz (Animated Film; 1998)
Atom Mother Heart, by Pink Floyd (Album; 1970)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, by Gertrude Stein (Biography; 1933)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (Film; 1957)
Burning Sands or The Hot Foot (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S2, Ep. 59; 1960)
The Burns and Allen Show (Radio Series; 1934)
By Word of Mouse (WB LT Cartoon; 1954)
The Curse of Anubis (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #3; 1964)
DC Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis (WB Animated Film; 2018)
Death in the Desert or A Place in the Sun (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S2, Ep. 60; 1960)
The Dharma Bums, by Jack Kerouac (Novel; 1958)
Enter the Saint, by Leslie Charteris (Short Stories; 1930) [Saint #2]
Fast and Moose or The Quick and the Dead (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 166; 1962)
Flying Home, recorded by Glenn Miller (Song; 1937)
Football: Now and Then (Disney Cartoon; 1953)
Freedom, by Neil Young (Album; 1989)
Ghost in the Machine, by the Police (Album; 1981)
Glengarry Glen Ross (Film; 1992)
The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins (Book; 2006)
Hell and Back (Animated Film; 2015)
Homeland (TV Series; 2011)
The Invention of Lying (Film; 2009)
Kid A, by Radiohead (Album; 2000)
The Kinks, by The Kinks (Album; 1964)
Lazy Jay Ranch, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 165; 1962)
The Martian (Film; 2015)
Mean Streets (Film; 1973)
The Mighty Ducks (Film; 1992)
Of Mice and Men (Film; 1992)
Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz (Comic Strip; 1950)
Regatta de Blanc, by the Police (Album; 1979)
Scrubs (TV Series; 2001)
Soul Train (TV Series; 1971)
Splash Mountain (Disney Attraction; 1992)
The Third Man, by Graham Greene (Novel; 1949)
Tom & Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (WB Animated Film; 2007)
The Twilight Zone (TV Series; 1959)
Three Hearts and Three Lions, by Poul Anderson (Novella; 1953)
Weed Smoker’s Dream (l.k.a. Why Don’t You Do Right), recorded by Harlem Hamfats (Song; 1936)
Westworld (TV Series; 2016)
(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, by Oasis (Album; 1995)
Whip It (Film; 2009)
Zombieland (Film; 2009)
Today’s Name Days
Gideon (Austria)
Anđelka, Anđelko, Teofil (Croatia)
Oliver, Olívie (Czech Republic)
Ditlev (Denmark)
Leela, Leeli, Leelo (Estonia)
Valio (Finland)
Léger, Ruth (France)
Bianca, Gideon, Jacqueline, Schutzengelfest (Germany)
Kyprianos (Greece)
Petra (Hungary)
Angelo (Italy)
Ilma, Reinhards, Skaidris (Latvia)
Eidvilas, Gervydas, Getautė, Modestas (Lithuania)
Liv, Live (Norway)
Dionizy, Leodegar, Stanimir, Teofil, Trofim (Poland)
Ciprian (Romania)
Levoslav (Slovakia)
Ángeles (Spain)
Love, Ludvig (Sweden)
Cyprian, Justina (Ukraine)
Ackerley, Ackley, Adair, Forest, Forester, Forrest, Foster, Elwood (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 275 of 2024; 90 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 1 of week 40 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 28 of 28]
Chinese: Month 8 (Xin-You), Day 18 (Gui-Si)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 17 Tishri 5784
Islamic: 17 Rabi I 1445
J Cal: 5 Shù; Fiveday [5 of 30]
Julian: 19 September 2023
Moon: 88%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 23 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Sacchini]
Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 6 of 15]
Season: Autumn (Day 9 of 89)
Zodiac: Libra (Day 9 of 30)
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Okay so, I know you got the au where you show certain avatars as parents, but super curious, how do you think the other characters would be as parents? (Aka Tim,Jon, Martian, Sasha, etc.)
Boy howdy, I’m only doing the kids listed in the AU, or else this is gonna be way too long of a post.
Jonathan Sims: Great dad, but he gets overprotective sometimes because he fears his children will end up like he did. Is a lot better with older kids than younger kids. Has never lost a game of “but why” before. In a Jonmartin scenario, he is surprisingly enough considered the more laid back father.
Martin Blackwood: Gets overprotective like Jon, but even more so. Has a hard time letting his children’s younger years go, and ends up a ridiculous amount of their old toys and clothes. Cries whenever his kids have to get injections/shots. Surprisingly good at showing authority when it’s needed.
Tim Stoker: Absolute champion at making his kids laugh after something bad/scary happens. Very laid back parenting methods, to the point that his kids are pretty reckless. Likes to rough-house when his kids are up for it. Loves taking his children on trips, especially for outdoor activities!
Danny Stoker: Calls his parents and brother constantly to ask for advice when the kids are little, but after that he’s fine. Has the funniest reactions to his kids doing stuff. Scrapbooks damn near everything. Takes his kids on yearly camping trips with Tim and his family. King of piggyback rides.
Sasha James: Calm and collected mom that is never phased by anything ever. Best listener in the world. Teaches all of her kids, no matter their gender identity, how to do makeup and tie their hair in different ways. Loves doing art and science projects with the kids. Loathes parent-teacher conferences.
Melanie King: Has never once given into a tantrum, and she never will. Even if it’s a bit embarrassing for her, she’ll still play pretend with her kids. Doesn’t even blink when her kids break shit; it was bound to happen. Can’t keep from laughing when her kids do something stupid. Best hugs.
Julia Montauk: Absolute queen of waking her children up at three AM to go to the grocery store and buy candy/sweets. Longs for snow days more than the kids. Teaches her children how to fight as soon as they’re school age. Invites Trevor over a lot and introduces him as the kids’ granddad (yes, Trevor cried).
Alice “Daisy” Tonner: Literally terrified to be a mom, and gets overprotective when the children are babies. Carries her kids everywhere until her S/O convinces her to let them walk on their own. Gets really aggressive with other parents when their kids are bullying hers. Has a really hard time raising teens.
Basira Hussain: The chillest mom known to man, even chiller than Sasha, but this isn’t always great; tends to under-react to big events. Teaches her kids to read way earlier than most other parents. Never argues with her kids. Also has a hard time with teens because she struggles with their mood-swings. Loves her kids so, so much.
Oliver Banks: Comes off as an incredibly anxious father, but he’s much more level-headed than he looks when it comes to his children. Always knows what’s wrong. Has the best advice. Much less stressed during the baby years since he’s used to not getting a lot of sleep.
Georgie Barker: Has made it to every single event for her kids without fail, and she throws the biggest, most amazing birthday parties ever! Loves goofing around and hanging out with her kids, especially once they’re teens. Hates homework, so she doesn’t bug her kids to do theirs. Low-key sucks at putting her foot down.
Mike Crew: I don’t really see him wanting kids tbh. Wine uncle. Lets the kids jump on the couch and scream as soon as their parents are gone. Sucks at cooking, but can at least make mac and cheese from the box. Refuses to watch kids who are teens, for fear of them pressuring him into letting them drink.
Helen Richardson: Does and says shit that absolutely flabbergasts other parents, but her kids are too accustomed to notice that she’s a bit weird. Best baker in the seven seas; her after school treats are to die for. Queen of multitasking. Better with babies than kids, but either way she’s an amazing mom.
Jane Prentiss: Like Mike, I feel like she’d rather not have kids of her own, but she sure as hell would make for a great aunt/babysitter! Brings her bug collection over and lets the kids look at/hold them as much as they want, so long as they promise to be gentle. Gives them too much sugar.
And I think that’s everyone! Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk, in which Ted can never shut the fuck up.
#supercasey askies#anonymous#anon#tma#tma child avatars au#jonathan sims#martin blackwood#tim stoker#danny stoker#sasha james#melanie king#julia montauk#daisy tonner#alice daisy tonner#basira hussain#oliver banks#georgie barker#mike crew#helen richardson#helen distortion#jane prentiss#long post
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Christmas fic #1 DonnaxDoctor
"Have you never celebrated christmas?”
Donna looked at the Doctor. They were cruising through time and space in the Tardis after another adventure. Donna had just finished setting tea. She and the Doctor were both sitting in their chairs while the Tardis was on auto-pilot.
“No.” The Doctor said.
Donna almost threw her cup of tea into the air.
“You NEVER celebrated christmas?!” She exclaimed.
The Doctor shook his head. “No. I mean, it was never a thing back at Gallifrey. It’s more for humans.”
“But it’s such an important holiday! We met on christmas, didn’t we?”
The Doctor nodded. “Yes...”
“And you never celebrated it...” Donna put her cup of tea down and jumped up. “Okay, we’re going to make that happen!”
“What?” The Doctor asked.
Donna smiled at him. “Set a course for anywhere where we can shop, martian! We need to do some shopping!”
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And so they arrived at Ejun, a planet that was more a mall than a living place. There were aliens that lived there, but not many.
As they walked into the busy mall, Donna’s eyes widened. It was the biggest mall she had ever seen! Everything you could buy was there!
“So...” The Doctor walked besides her with raised eyebrows. “What do we now?”
Donna grabbed his sleeve with a grin.
“Now we’re going shopping! COME ON!”
She dragged the martian to a shop where they sold good things. They had all kinds of Christmas things and gifts.
“Look, how adorable!” Donna grabbed a small snow-globe with a little house in it.
“Oof, don’t wanna buy that.” The Doctor said. “Those things are dangerous.”
“Snow-globes?” Donna snickered. “Really, spaceman?”
“Yeah, really. I once knew someone who got trapped in one of those things.”
“You really need to be more calm.” Donna walked to a store-clerk with the snow-globe in her hand. “Excuse me, mister, is this dangerous?”
The alien which resembled a huge fly looked at her and the snow-globe in her hand.
“No, miss. Why do you ask?”
“Ah, well...” Donna grinned and pointed to the Doctor. “That idiot thinks that globes are dangerous.”
“Only the ones you can buy on Opless, but not here.”
“I see, thanks.”
Donna walked back to the Doctor which a teasing look.
“Told you.” She waved the globe in front of his face. “No danger here.”
The Doctor sighed. “Okay, you were right and I was wrong. Can we leave?”
“Not yet! We need to buy more things and get you into the christmas spirit!”
Donna threw the globe towards him.
The Doctor grabbed it in his hand and looked at it. He smiled at little at the object. Maybe christmas with Donna would be nice...
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The two of them came back exhausted after a long day of shopping.
They bought a christmas tree, a couple of snow-globes, an automatic small santa doll that was singing, things for in the tree and of course presents for each other.
“Now we give each other the other their present?” The Doctor asked as he sat down on the sofa.
Donna nodded. “Yes! At Christmas it is tradition to give each other presents. But not all families do this, so it’s not mandatory.”
“Then why are we doing it?”
“Because we care about each other. Now, scoot over!”
Donna planted herself next to the Doctor. He blushed a little when she sat very close to him.
He observed how turned around to pull a small wrapped gift from her pocket. When she turned back around she smiled for a second at the present. She put a small stray of her burning fiery red hair behind her ear.
His two hearts sped up a little when she looked at him again.
“Here.”
She handed him the red wrapped gift.
“Thanks...” The Doctor whispered and he unwrapped his present.
A small bow tie fell onto his lap.
“What...” The Doctor took it into his hands and raised his eyebrows. “Why...”
“You always wear a tie!” Donna said. “I think that it would be nice to change your clothes once in a while and a bow tie looks nice on a suit too, right?”
The Doctor smirked. It was stupid, but really cute that she bought something like that for him...
“I have a gift for you too!” The Doctor grabbed his gift from behind his back. “But I didn’t wrap it...sorry.”
“Nah, it’s alright.” Donna took the gift. It was a light brown leather jacket.
“Nice, huh?” The Doctor said. “You can wear this in any weather you want. The inside can cool or heat down according to the weather, so you’ll never feel to cold or to warm.”
“Thanks...”
Donna moved closer to the Doctor. She put her head onto his shoulder and sighed.
“This really has been nice, spaceman.” She whispered. “Christmas at my mum’s home is...well, granddad is there, but my mum always forgets to buy gifts for me, so she always give me money.”
The Doctor put his arm around her shoulder and gave her a kiss on her head.
“I will never take you for granted.” He whispered.
“Thanks....me too. I’m glad I get to travel with you. I hope we can travel forever.”
“We will!” The Doctor said. He pulled a little back and smiled at her. “You know, there is a market at the planet Shan Shen next week! Let’s go there!”
“Of course space man...maybe after that we can go on a new years holiday for once!”
The Doctor smiled. “Yes...maybe.”
“And after new years, there is valentine’s day....”
Donna’s voice trailed off. She looked up at the Doctor with a worried look.
“What is wrong?” The Doctor asked, a bit confused.
“Doctor.” Donna’s voice had become serious. “What would you do....if a companion had fallen for you?”
“Then...” The Doctor smiled briefly at her. “I don’t know. I mean, I know what love is, but, uhm, I’m not a type to be romantic and affectionate all the time.”
Donna pulled back and held her hands up “Oh, me neither! I don’t have time to be all lovey-dovely!”
“Yeah!” The Doctor said. “Plus, being with me is really a challenge! There are a lot of woman who fall for me...”
“Oi, don’t brag, spaceman. I’m one of the many woman who likes a man who’s a bit tougher.”
“Tougher?” The Doctor asked.
Donna chuckled. She jumped up and stretched her arms out. She looked down at the Doctor who stared up at her.
“Yeah...I like guys who are a bit more...bigger.”
“What?!” The Doctor jumped up with a blush. “I’m fine down there-”
“I meant your body, geez! Really, you’re as thin as they are.”
“Then...you would never date someone like me?”
Donna tilted her head slightly. “Well...only if you had feelings for me...which you don’t, right?”
The Doctor nodded. “Yes, I don’t.” He lied.
Donna smiled a little sadly. “Right...”
“But you are the most important woman in the universe!” The Doctor said. “And I wouldn’t chose anyone else to travel with!”
Donna smiled more brightly and slapped his arm. “Of course you wouldn’t, daft martian...really, if you ever replace me, I’ll haunt you in your dreams!”
“Timelords don’t dream.”
“Okay, depressing......”
Donna yawned
“Anyhow, I think I’m going to get some shut eye...humans need sleep.”
The Doctor smiled at her. “Sure. Goodnight.”
Donna waved at him as she walked off.
The Doctor sighed and looked at the christmas tree again.
He put his hands onto his chest and he sighed deeply.
“Really...I’ve always cared so much for Rose, but you....”
He glanced at her bedroom door. It was closed and he was sure that she didn’t hear him. He looked back at the christmas tree and muttered to himself:
“Donna Noble... just how do you make me fall for you?”
But he was wrong. Donna was listening at the door.
As soon as she heard those words she turned around and put her back against the door. She put her hands against her chest. A blush and a confused smile came to cover her face.
“That martian...” She gulped. “He...he is such a daft martian for saying that...”
She wanted to barge in there and tell him how she felt, but she couldn’t.
Maybe on Valentine’s day.
#donna noble#DoctorxDonna#Tenth Doctor#fanfiction#Doctor Who fanfic#christmas fanfic#cute little fanfic i made while i was waiting for christmas dinner/food
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Isn't it great that Bendis didn't kill a cat, but only destroyed the whole city of Kandor, wrote that Superman and Lois are too horrible parents to raise their son and need to have help from mass-murdering granddad. And fills the book with horribly cringy lines, mopey Superman without Lois and Martian Manhunter who wants to conquer earth. But at least there was a giant ape to fight. Everyone already knows where your priorities lie.
Anonymous said: Bendis only made Superman a mass-murderer himself, by stranding an alien Armada in outer space without hope of getting picked up “they will wonder where their fleet went”.
Anonymous said: He let’s Superman spout nonesense “I can shut it out but I never will”, when the truth is: Superman still sleeps. So he shuts things out. But hey senseless pathos in writing is all you need when writing Superman to make the masses happy.
Anonymous said: I wasn’t too happy with Tomasi’s run. But at least when a villain showed up wanting to get rid of Jon’s inferior human side he didn’t get custody of the boy. That was the lowest point in any Superman comic ever
I’ve already addressed most of what you’ve had to say (including in…uh, something you clearly read), and the remaining stuff has quick answers: there’s a difference between an abstract off-screen tragedy and a fucking charbroiled kitty corpse steaming in front of the crying child who loved it and accidentally killed it in terms of what makes sense to put in a dang Superman comic, Jurgens himself ended the Oz arc making clear his homicidal tendencies were implanted,* we’re shown the aliens survive and presumably they should be able to get home or get rescued because Superman clearly wouldn’t casually kill thousands (the question he notes they’ll ponder is how the fleet is destroyed, i.e. he moved too fast for them to tell it was him, not where it went), and Superman’s reasoning for never shutting the world out** is the opposite of a moment about how hard it sucks to be Superman. However, given you sent me four separate messages, that I only bothered answering because you at least didn’t personally insult me, I doubt that’ll much matter. And to be fair, you’re pretty on the money about the ape. But look, am I the guy who’ll suck up any excuse I can find to make Superman more mopey and maudlin - I’d love to see the evidence for that compiled from across my writings - or the guy who wants him to fight gorillas on the moon?
* Man, I’d be so much more inclined to buy the backlash as not purely on name value if Bendis were going in an UNPRECEDENTED NEW DIRECTION with a RADICAL NEW TAKE as opposed to writing such a straight-up, classicy-classic Superman aside from taking Lois and Jon off the board for a couple issues. The one big maybe-huge change with Rogol Zaar? Well, The Oz Effect was pretty much exactly that: suddenly, the foundations of Superman’s Kryptonian origin are potentially CHANGED FOREVER by the emergence of a standard-model new supervillain, with the mystery being if they can be believed or not (though Oz immediately doubles down that this is extra super-duper real). Except there I didn’t pick up much of anything from fandom aside from perhaps a shrug or two, because Jurgens wasn’t born of boiling devil jizz and the tears of good little fans to rise up and destroy all that is good in comics forever by sheer dint of his existence in the way I’ve been repeatedly informed Bendis was. Because believe you me, if Tomasi or Jurgens were writing these exact stories with these exact beats, plus some rambling dad speeches breaking up the lazy action scenes with a little additional actively disquieting violence thrown on top/basic storytelling more or less flattening out into the comics equivalent of oatmeal respectively, we’d still be hearing no end of what a bold, lovely, Right and Correct and True and Good era for Superman this is.
** Do…do you consider sleep and quiet to be literally the same thing? I like having a good nap, but I don’t consider it a release from sensory input or anything, I’m not conscious for it and it’s not at all like being in a dark silent room the way Superman basically equates space with.
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Poor Bruce goes with it because let’s face it the man is so caring and full of love. He remembers his mother saying she wanted the mansion filled with children’s laughter and his father joking about filling every room up. He wanted siblings too so having a hoard of kids running around just feels right, hearing one of the new small ones call Alfred granddad made him tear up.
He buys dry-erase name plaques for the bedrooms and buys extra of everything so whenever the next kid shows up. There is a closet filled with extra clothes ranging/organized in age ranges. Another closet is stuffed with warm coats and scarves just Incase.
Sometimes it takes a few tries before he remembers which kid belongs to which name. (My grandma would go through the whole list of her kids and the grandkids until she landed on the one she wanted) several of the kids will pull a Fred/George and swap names for a day even the ones who don’t look anything alike.
The League has a betting pool on how long it will be till he adopts another one, the shortest time was less than a month. No one has one the pool more than once. John doesn’t see why it matters, Martians have big broods of children why should it matter that Bruce’s brood is not of his own making? 
Clark: It’s not that being around kids makes me uncomfortable, but why be a dad when you can be a fun uncle?
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Supergirl 3x03 ‘Far From The Tree’ Liveblog
Supergirl 3x03 Far from the Tree
Oh shit voiceover us back! But sadder :(
You’re Supergirl, but you’re Kara Danvers too, honey
“The whites have been trying to kill you’re kind for centuries.” this line works on so many levels
Why is Kara being judgemental about this car? This car is awesome, watch the fucking leather, Supergirl
Oh no she left Alex and Maggie alone with Eliza. Yikes
“You have no childhood pictures” damn Eliza, delicate much
Fuck, well I’m crying
Oooo an ancient stick
Save mars, please. How did the rovers miss all this shit?
You don’t need that, baby. Fuck them
That’s a terrible idea , Alex. Drop it
HUG!!!
“My son would never have fled!” ouch. So no hug then?
Maggie calls her dad. Me *cries a whole goddamn river*
Probably all the time, Jonn
Well, this is terrilby awkward (Tony Almeida still looks good tho)
“I remember everything you taught me.” including that she was shameful
Mars Mythology, cool
Supergirl, you can probably take all of them
Oh no! A slap!
This is all so tramatic
Whoa look how many friends they apparently have
Where would she get pictures from asshole!?!
Oh he has a wallet pic! Omg I can’t handle this
Fuck, daddy sawyer can’t handle it
“They are building a wall!” of course this is Trump’s fault
Good acting during that fight. And by that I mean it hit me right in the feels
Daddy Sawyer’s reasoning is so fucked up, because yeah the world sucks, and of course Maggie was gonna get hate and disrespect as a lesbian, but she didn’t have to get it from you, dude. As her father, you were suppose to be a safe place.
Why can Kara see the memory? How does this telepathy work?
These happy green people are exactly what I needed
They HUGGED!
Is Britney Spears seriously playing right now? Wtf? Hahaha That car is from the 50s tho.
Me at Kara: what the fuck are you even doing?
Kara: having the best time fucking with these whites!
This fool better put Kara down!
Everytime this guy in the Valor promo says “For those about to deploy…” I think “FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK!”
This salty white martian learned a valuable lesson
I hope Space Granddad comes to crash on Space Dad’s couch haha
The wallet photo!!!! Oh god
“I don’t need anything from you! I’m already good.” YES! YOU! ARE! YOU ARE GREAT! And in my house we value and cherish Maggie Sawyer!
Subtle, Alex. Damn this is gonna hurt. Noooooo
Haha Space Dad loving this random piece of grass.
Wait, can’t Jonn and his Dad fly too?
Soooo many daddy issues
Wtf is this promo? How is this cult on Supergirl’s level? And also, is Lena back next week?
#supergirl#supergirl spoilers#supergirl 3x03#far from the tree#the cw supergirl#kara danvers#kara zor-el#alex danvers#maggie sawyer#sanvers#supercorp#lena luthor#jonn jonzz#martian manhunter#miss martian#supergirl liveblog#time for the pain#maggie matters#we flove maggie#sanvers matters#floriana lima#chyler leigh#they should have named this episode daddy issues
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Holidays 10.2
Holidays
Audiophile Day
Batik Day (Indonesia)
Book It (a.k.a. National Young Reader's Day)
Erntedank (Thanksgiving; Germany)
Family Day (France)
Feast of the Guardian Angels
Gandhi Jayanti (India)
Go For a Stroll After Dinner Night
Granddad’s Day (Belgium)
Guardian Angel Day
International Day of Non-Violence (UN)
Name Your Car Day
National Body Language Day
National Bowhunting Day
National Custodial Worker Day
National G.O.E. Day (Grows. Overcome. Empower.)
National Grandparents Day (Italy)
National Healthcare Entrepreneurs Day
National Manufacturing Day
National Produce Misting Day
National Report Long Term Acute Care Hospital Fraud Day
National Research Maniacs Food Day
Old Man’s Day (Hertfordshire, UK)
Phileas Fogg's Wager Day
Stan Lee Day
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Day
World Cerebral Palsy Day
World Farm Animals Day (a.k.a. World Day for Farmed Animals)
World No Alcohol Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
National Fried Scallops Day
National Non-Alcoholic Beer Day
National Smarties Day
Peanuts Day
1st Sunday in October
Blessing of the Fishing Fleet (San Francisco) [1st Sunday]
Change a Light Day [1st Sunday]
Country Inn/Bed-and-Breakfast Day [1st Sunday]
Erntedankfest (Potato Harvest Festival; Germany) [1st Sunday]
Get Out and Drive Day [1st Sunday]
Great Books Week begins [Sunday of 1st Full Week]
Intergeneration Day [1st Sunday]
International African Diaspora Day [1st Sunday]
International Blessings of the Fishing Fleet [1st Sunday]
Pickle Day [1st Sunday]
Stepparents Day [1st Sunday]
World Communion Sunday [1st Sunday]
Independence Days
Guinea (from France, 1958)
Feast Days
Dashain Festival (Nepal)
Denha I of Tikrit (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels (Christian)
Leodegar (a.k.a. Leger; Christian; Saint)
Mehregan (Persian Festival of Autumn; Iran)
Noodle Day (Pastafarian)
Oschophoria (Fall festival to Dionysius; Ancient Greece)
Pancake (Muppetism)
Redd Foxx Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Sacchini (Positivist; Saint)
Thomas, Bishop of Hereford (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Premieres
Atom Mother Heart, by Pink Floyd (Album; 1970)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (Film; 1957)
The Dharma Bums, by Jack Kerouac (Novel; 1958)
Flying Home, recorded by Glenn Miller (Song; 1937)
Freedom, by Neil Young (Album; 1989)
Ghost in the Machine, by the Police (Album; 1981)
Glengarry Glen Ross (Film; 1992)
The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins (Book; 2006)
Homeland (TV Series; 2011)
The Kinks, by The Kinks (Album; 1964)
The Martian (Film; 2015)
The Mighty Ducks (Film; 1992)
Peanuts (Comic Strip; 1950)
Regatta de Blanc, by the Police (Album; 1979)
Scrubs (TV Series; 2001)
Soul Train (TV Series; 1971)
Westworld (TV Series; 2016)
The Twilight Zone (TV Series; 1959)
(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, by Oasis (Album; 1995)
Whip It (Film; 2009)
Zombieland (Film; 2009)
Today’s Name Days
Schutzengelfest (Austria)
Anđelka, Anđelko, Teofil (Croatia)
Oliver, Olívie (Czech Republic)
Ditlev (Denmark)
Leela, Leeli, Leelo (Estonia)
Valio (Finland)
Léger, Ruth (France)
Bianca, Gideon, Jacqueline, Schutzengelfest (Germany)
Kyprianos (Greece)
Petra (Hungary)
Angelo (Italy)
Ilma, Reinhards, Skaidris (Latvia)
Eidvilas, Gervydas, Getautė, Modestas (Lithuania)
Liv, Live (Norway)
Dionizy, Leodegar, Stanimir, Teofil, Trofim (Poland)
Levoslav (Slovakia)
Ángeles (Spain)
Love, Ludvig(Sweden)
Cyprian, Justina (Ukraine)
Ackerley, Ackley, Adair, Forest, Forester, Forrest, Foster, Elwood (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 275 of 2022; 90 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 7 of week 39 of 2022
Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 2 of 28]
Chinese: Month 9 (Júyuè), Day 7 (Wu-Zi)
Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)
Hebrew: 7 Tishri 5783
Islamic: 6 Rabi I 1444
J Cal: 5 Shù; Foursday [5 of 30]
Julian: 19 September 2022
Moon: 46%: Waxing Crescent
Positivist: 23 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Sacchini]
Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 7 of 15]
Season: Autumn (Day 10 of 90)
Zodiac: Libra (Day 8 of 30)
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Holidays 10.2
Holidays
Audiophile Day
Batik Day (Indonesia)
Book It (a.k.a. National Young Reader's Day)
Erntedank (Thanksgiving; Germany)
Family Day (France)
Feast of the Guardian Angels
Gandhi Jayanti (India)
Go For a Stroll After Dinner Night
Granddad’s Day (Belgium)
Guardian Angel Day
International Day of Non-Violence (UN)
Name Your Car Day
National Body Language Day
National Bowhunting Day
National Custodial Worker Day
National G.O.E. Day (Grows. Overcome. Empower.)
National Grandparents Day (Italy)
National Healthcare Entrepreneurs Day
National Manufacturing Day
National Produce Misting Day
National Report Long Term Acute Care Hospital Fraud Day
National Research Maniacs Food Day
Old Man’s Day (Hertfordshire, UK)
Phileas Fogg's Wager Day
Stan Lee Day
Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Day
World Cerebral Palsy Day
World Farm Animals Day (a.k.a. World Day for Farmed Animals)
World No Alcohol Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
National Fried Scallops Day
National Non-Alcoholic Beer Day
National Smarties Day
Peanuts Day
1st Sunday in October
Blessing of the Fishing Fleet (San Francisco) [1st Sunday]
Change a Light Day [1st Sunday]
Country Inn/Bed-and-Breakfast Day [1st Sunday]
Erntedankfest (Potato Harvest Festival; Germany) [1st Sunday]
Get Out and Drive Day [1st Sunday]
Great Books Week begins [Sunday of 1st Full Week]
Intergeneration Day [1st Sunday]
International African Diaspora Day [1st Sunday]
International Blessings of the Fishing Fleet [1st Sunday]
Pickle Day [1st Sunday]
Stepparents Day [1st Sunday]
World Communion Sunday [1st Sunday]
Independence Days
Guinea (from France, 1958)
Feast Days
Dashain Festival (Nepal)
Denha I of Tikrit (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels (Christian)
Leodegar (a.k.a. Leger; Christian; Saint)
Mehregan (Persian Festival of Autumn; Iran)
Noodle Day (Pastafarian)
Oschophoria (Fall festival to Dionysius; Ancient Greece)
Pancake (Muppetism)
Redd Foxx Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Sacchini (Positivist; Saint)
Thomas, Bishop of Hereford (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Premieres
Atom Mother Heart, by Pink Floyd (Album; 1970)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (Film; 1957)
The Dharma Bums, by Jack Kerouac (Novel; 1958)
Flying Home, recorded by Glenn Miller (Song; 1937)
Freedom, by Neil Young (Album; 1989)
Ghost in the Machine, by the Police (Album; 1981)
Glengarry Glen Ross (Film; 1992)
The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins (Book; 2006)
Homeland (TV Series; 2011)
The Kinks, by The Kinks (Album; 1964)
The Martian (Film; 2015)
The Mighty Ducks (Film; 1992)
Peanuts (Comic Strip; 1950)
Regatta de Blanc, by the Police (Album; 1979)
Scrubs (TV Series; 2001)
Soul Train (TV Series; 1971)
Westworld (TV Series; 2016)
The Twilight Zone (TV Series; 1959)
(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, by Oasis (Album; 1995)
Whip It (Film; 2009)
Zombieland (Film; 2009)
Today’s Name Days
Schutzengelfest (Austria)
Anđelka, Anđelko, Teofil (Croatia)
Oliver, Olívie (Czech Republic)
Ditlev (Denmark)
Leela, Leeli, Leelo (Estonia)
Valio (Finland)
Léger, Ruth (France)
Bianca, Gideon, Jacqueline, Schutzengelfest (Germany)
Kyprianos (Greece)
Petra (Hungary)
Angelo (Italy)
Ilma, Reinhards, Skaidris (Latvia)
Eidvilas, Gervydas, Getautė, Modestas (Lithuania)
Liv, Live (Norway)
Dionizy, Leodegar, Stanimir, Teofil, Trofim (Poland)
Levoslav (Slovakia)
Ángeles (Spain)
Love, Ludvig(Sweden)
Cyprian, Justina (Ukraine)
Ackerley, Ackley, Adair, Forest, Forester, Forrest, Foster, Elwood (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 275 of 2022; 90 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 7 of week 39 of 2022
Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 2 of 28]
Chinese: Month 9 (Júyuè), Day 7 (Wu-Zi)
Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)
Hebrew: 7 Tishri 5783
Islamic: 6 Rabi I 1444
J Cal: 5 Shù; Foursday [5 of 30]
Julian: 19 September 2022
Moon: 46%: Waxing Crescent
Positivist: 23 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Sacchini]
Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 7 of 15]
Season: Autumn (Day 10 of 90)
Zodiac: Libra (Day 8 of 30)
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My granddad worked for NASA. My dad is calmly trying to explain orbital mechanics and also yelling at me to calm down as I move frantically about my house collecting space documentaries. Part of me wants to throw in The Martian and see if she'd believe it.
Hey, I just met someone who went through the American school system AND NEVER LEARNED ABOUT APOLLO 13!!!?
H- hOW!?!!
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10 Questions
I was tagged by the lovely @anoutlandishidea so here we goooooo! 1.) What are your favorite opening lines from a book? Oh, I've got a few... "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Pride and Prejudice (My car is named Fitzwilliam...) "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much." Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone "I'm pretty much fucked." The Martian 2.) What song always makes you emotional? "Slide"- Goo Goo Dolls "You Make Loving Fun"- Fleetwood Mac "On Top"- The Killers "Everywhere"-Fleetwood Mac "Breezeblocks"- Alt-J 3.) What is the creepiest thing that has ever happened to you? When I was younger, a friend and I were playing outside around Halloween. Well, we started to hear the creepiest music, seemingly out of nowhere. There were no cars around, no one else outside. It was like... distorted music box music. We ran inside as fast as we could. 4.) How do you feel about candy corn, the most unappreciated candy in this universe? (No bias here, none at all.) Ugh, no. Sorry. Soooo gross. 5.) Your boozy drink of choice? Anything fruity. Wine; fruity beer and ale and cider; fruity cocktails. Amaretto sours are amazing too. 6.) What embarrassing/hilarious story never fails to be brought up at your family holiday dinners? That's for me to know... 😜😜 7.) Favorite childhood memory? I miss going on vacation with, like, my entire family. Parents, grandparents, aunts, cousins. It was always a good time. Christmas mornings with my parents and my brother. I also miss the smell of the first day of school in elementary school. 8.) What’s your ~aesthetic~ (doesn’t matter if it’s real or if it’s a goal)? I want to be at a coffee shop, reading or writing, drinking a delicious coffee, listening to some indie music with someone I love. 9.) TELL ME YOUR HOMETOWN MURDER STORY. I really don't know... There was a rumor that our old library was haunted. I'm at a loss... BUT, I will tell you this story. Strap in, because it's a long one. Back in the day, when my grandparents were super young (19-20), they were driving along and picked up a hitchhiker. Now, back then, that was no big deal. Just something that happened sometimes. Anyway, the guy was not a good guy. He pistol whipped my grandfather, shoved them both in the trunk and stole the car. They escaped, because my granddad was able to finagle the trunk open and shove his (bloody) hand out of it. A police officer saw, and pulled the guy over. My grandparents were eventually photographed for a magazine because of this. Some family history for y'all. 10.) If you were to get a tattoo (or another tattoo), what would you get? I have 3 right now. Eventually, I want to expand what's on my back into some florally type tattoo with bees. I'm working on it, but it'll be awhile before I get it 😝😝 I'll tag... @takemeawaytocamelot @marlosbooknook @internallydeceased @mibasiamille @thatwetwomaybeoneagain @diversemediums @thescarlettpeacock and anyone else that wants to join!
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The Voice of God, government work ethic, and the hazards of careless idioms.
We never say “it’s good enough for government work” in my family anymore.
Here’s the story.
Ken glanced at the dozen or so man-height speakers hanging from the ceiling behind us, then raised an eyebrow at me. “Man,” he said, “when you granddad gets up and reads his piece, he’s going to sound like God.”
Know what?
He did.
My granddad and I were in a choir together once. One performance, we sang a lot of songs with lyrics by class-act poets, which means poets I don’t love but that you might have heard of. e e cummings and Robert Frost and similar. Proper wordy geezers and that. Poets that earned their street cred. I didn’t love all the poems myself; I did appreciate that bossman choir director decided to ask members of the choir to read the poems between some of our singing performances.
Thus the Voice of God coming out of the rafters, rendering some word puzzle or other like some elemental proclamation out of the air.
A thing or two about my granddad. Tall man, and broad, and strong. He wore a beard as big as his voice, and talked as much as a hill. Think hundred-year-old pine tree and you’re getting there.
My granddad anchored things. Not everything, sure, but he stood at the back like a stone, but sometimes thundered like a storm, and it kept the coarse straight.
You ever had someone you looked up to? Like, that you physically always had to raise your chin to see them? He was like that.
He was also like those other people, whose presence just sort of seems to come from a little upwards, on account of a certainty of purpose. People sometimes have that. Mountains have it more often.
I liked his computer room, because we could play Reader Rabbit on his ancient Apple computer back in the day. He liked gadgets, I knew, because he had the nicest computer of anyone — back when I was five — and always kept up with gadgets for my whole life after that.
I made a note of the poster in his computer room whenever I went in there, because I loved some science fiction, me. He had a framed picture of one of the space shuttles coming into land. In the corner of it, I remember noticing a medal. I never asked him about it.
My granddad helped design air conditioners, like that keep you cool and warm you up. More on that in a second.
And…left turn…
Did you ever see the film Apollo 13? It’s sort of like a less ambitious The Martian with the small caveat that it covers events that actually happened.
It’s about a road trip to the moon where the silver bullet totally fails halfway there, and they can’t find any exits off the free way, so they need to fix it without stopping.
Fortunately, they’ve got walkie-talkies, so they can phone home and get some tips from the dealership.
The dudes at the dealership — NASA — proceeded to work a problem that has since become famous: we now think of it as the square peg going into the round hole.
I ain’t a sciencey type, so I can’t say for sure. What I know is it had something to do with the air conditioning on their silver bullet camper trailer.
At the time, my granddad was finishing his doctorate work. He was one of a handful of cats they got on the phone and said to them, “Hey, guys, we need some help fixing this.”
I don’t know if you saw the end of that movie, but I guess they got Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon back, so that’s cool, I guess.
I never heard if that’s what he had the medal for. I did hear it wasn’t the only Apollo mission my granddad did some work on.
I told you that story so I could tell you this one.
My grandma on the other side holds a degree in fine art. She’s good at aesthetics, and she is also good at being cool with a certain amount of messiness in the works. I can respect that. I hope you can.
One day, my grandma — paternal grandma — and my granddad who I’ve been talking about — maternal granddad — had a big old banner to hang. Maybes twelve feet long. Artsy, big thing, made by my grandma. Pretty thing, and she was the expert in it.
They hung it, and the all-important question in hanging of things came up: was it straight enough.
Well, art-degree-holding grandma says of the banner she designed, “Good enough for government work.”
Seemed fair.
Then my granddad stood up on his dignity, as it were, with his beard like thunder and glinting eyes, and he said, “We put a man on the moon.”
We don’t say “good enough for government work” in my family anymore.
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Welcome to the DonaldDrumpfSucks.com Tumblr!
Y'know, I ran out and grabbed this domain while that John Oliver episode was actually still going on. Wanted it that bad. Then I just sat on it, because, hey, it's not like we're going to actually elect a nationalist, borderline fascist, oligarchic, sexist, assaultative, bigoted, pathological liar to the PRESIDENCY, right? We're not really that completely batfuck of a population that we'd actually light the entire house on fire with all of us in it, would we?
Well, apparently we don't need no water, let the motherfucker burn.
Burn, motherfucker, burn.
I'm not egotistical enough to believe that even if I had gotten off of my ass and done something with donalddrumpfsucks.com back last summer, it might have changed things. I am only an egg, to quote my favorite Martian (no, not the "antenna head" one). So what now?
Well, now I think I'll just post every single objectionable thing that Donald Hector Elizondo "Mountain Dew" Camacho Trump does, purely for people's amusement. Am I attempting to change the world? Only if you count making people laugh. But research has established that if you take people with deeply held beliefs that are not based on empirical observation, and expose them to visible, tangible proof that their belief is incorrect, their beliefs actually get STRONGER, not weaker. This probably at least partially explains the last election. So all you GesTrumpo out there: I'm not trying to convince you that you are on the wrong side. If you were intelligent enough, you'd have realized that already. A few people (none of whom I forgive in the slightest, BTW) have already penned online apologies for supporting Herr TinyHands, because they thought he'd "Become Presidential" when he was elected. Has any bully become nicer when given more power? Morons.
So if you like the articles I reference here, and especially if you happen to like my prose, definitely feel free to spread word about the website (ref it as donalddrumpfsucks.com, please), or email me (I don't check that email very often, I have to admit). I think you will understand why I won't be enabling comments. I don't feel like being a full-time censor for alt-right mouthbreathers. (
(And to end this first, entirely too long post, if you don't get the "Drumpf" joke...) Back last Spring, John Oliver pointed out that the original family name, and indeed the one which Donald's granddad may have immigrated here with, was Drumpf. Being a non-English speaking immigrant, I'm sure he was viewed (by some) with suspicion and hatred as well, But because he was ALLOWED to stay, because he worked extremely hard, because some luck came his way, and, not unimportantly, because he was a WHITE immigrant, he arrived penniless and died with a small fortune, which Trump's father inherited. He converted it into a larger fortune which was shared (somewhat -- The PresiDon is quick to say that he only benefited by a few million dollars from his father's fortune) with our new Chief Executive. Who, through "The Art Of The Deal", which I interpret as "screwing the other guy just as hard as he'll possibly let you", parlayed it into a fortune of totally indeterminate size, which he does not pay any Federal Income Tax on whatsoever. (No, that wasn't libelous -- as Trump will not release his tax returns, I do not have knowledge that he has ever paid a cent of Federal Income Tax. If he releases them, and he has, I will immediately edit this to reflect a truer statement. But since I'm not intentionally and knowingly spreading a damaging untruth about someone, it isn't libel).
So what am I gonna do here? Post funny stuff about Trump. Stuff in his own words that makes him look like the non-Presidential, Archie-Bunker-style moron he is. I'll only repost stuff I can externally verify, from a real website or other offline source. No fake news, and I'll hold off on posting things that seem too good to be true until they turn out to be real. I hope that's not too boring for people. Sadly, being circumspect is all too often giving up power to those who will more readily jump the gun and be wrong more often. I try not to do that.
(One more thing -- that whole "me" thing I keep referencing. I'm the VoiceOver Of The People. I'm your conscience in a Guy Fawkes "Anon" mask but with a big red clown nose. I am aware that someone could probably fairly easily "doxx" me, and if this site (after I get struck by lightning twice while being eaten by a shark in a plane crash) gets famous, someone will. But just be at peace about it. I ain't making any money on the site. The opposite is in fact true. I have a Ph.D. and a real job. And, for now, that's it about me. Besides, hush -- we're just talkin' 'bout Drumpf!)
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Love this guy a lot. My Granddad has been in the hospital the last few days but is doing much better. Good seeing him back as his ornery self. pic.twitter.com/uEd13iPraS
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