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12 Things to Know About Planet of the Toons

It was three years ago today, on January 4th, 2022, that I began thinking about, talking about, and even developing and writing a full epic-length story treatment in progress so far for a prospective film, animated (if mainly 2d hand drawn plus the occasional 3d CG element) or otherwise a Who Framed Roger Rabbit-esque seamless blend of both animation (mainly 2d hand drawn and occasional CGI) and live action, to be titled "Planet of the Toons".

Yes, sure, I may be a very highly notorious user here, mostly because many of you animation fanboys and fangirls just don't get my sometimes obsessive interests in certain characters and also just happened to be VERY deeply dissatisfied with any or all of my ideas, especially regardless of my good intentions, and yes, I know it can be VERY predictable sometimes, but imagine this thing called Planet of the Toons possibly garnering lots and lots of controversy before or once it even hits the big screen of movie theaters in some future time, with three or more countries banning it outright, a whole lot of older, lifelong cartoon lovers threatening to boycott my Planet of the Toons epic especially if the depictions of cartoon characters like Dexter, Mandark (from Dexter's Laboratory and Ego Trip), Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck (from Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, of all things), Fievel Mousekewitz and his sister Tanya Mousekewitz (from An American Tail as well as An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, of all things) and/or the very like of them are definitely not to their absolute liking, troubling reactions caused by test screenings for it or even the hysterical and unethical wrath of notorious anti-animation and cost-saving-obsessed Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav (comparable, perhaps, to how William Randolph Hearst and his organization and especially his female lackey Louella Parsons trying to destroy Orson Welles' 1941 classic movie Citizen Kane before even the public ever got a chance to see it in the first place, or how North Korean hackers conspiring to cripple Sony Pictures Entertainment, resulting in the swift, outright withdrawal of Superbad writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's political satire film The Interview towards the very end of 2014, which will be a full ten years ago), the families and children and descendants and current owners of whoever created or owned the animated films and cartoon shows and shorts that inspired my movie and/or that my epic in progress so far have also referenced in the first place also trying to very ruthlessly suppress this Planet of the Toons thing of mine and its release to movie theaters or any type of on screen entertainment, and even someone like yours truly struggling with my artistic rights forever more (see also whatever happened to Orson Welles ever since the making of, controversy over, and VERY limited release of Citizen Kane in 1941!), as well as a whole lot of casual movie goers and/or film or animation buffs writing off this project as an outdated thing of the past or some other, and VERY unknown, reason.

But what many of the possible detractors of this project as well as myself may also seem to ignore, however, is to be that if you will ever one day get a little closer to that epic, inspiring poster in the future featuring, of all things, the very face of the Dexter’s Laboratory Dexter that Genndy Tartakovsky created back in the 1990s, or the Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck that the Warner Bros. animators and animation directors had worked on and refined during the 1940s and 1950s, or even the Fievel Goes West redesigned iterations of Fievel Mousekewitz and his sisters Tanya and Yasha Mousekewitz, rather than the original iterations of the three youthful mouse children that Don Bluth ever animated for Steven Spielberg and David Kirschner back in the 1980s, you will be able to read in tiny print above the title, and something like: “A FILM BY TIMOTHY ROBERT MCKENZIE”.

And this will be massively important: I, Tim McKenzie, have always wanted to be an audacious and ambitious and aspiring filmmaker in my own right, one who will carve out my very own auteurist style and enjoy pursuing topics and things that catch my eye, interest and imagination since I was a little boy, if only I have the power to do it all! Especially to the very best of my abilities.

And, come the release of this Planet of the Toons epic thing of mine in the especially foreseeable future, when all will be said and done about it, I still cannot say if Planet of the Toons will be a good or great film or not and more than just a piece of fan fiction, but here are no more or less than twelve things for all of you to know about my new dream and passion project so that my epic of the Planet of the Toons will definitely not be a childhood-ruining disaster worthy of everything from George Lucas’ controversial Star Wars Prequels to the even more controversial Last Airbender movie by M Night Shyamalan to even the ever more controversial Disney Live Action Remakes...

Now, the First Thing to know about this Planet of the Toons epic of mine is that it is a Fantasy Film!

One day, if you’ll ever go to Planet of the Toons' IMDB page in the future, you will one day find my epic (in progress so far) under the genre of action-adventure and/or drama. And not only just simply comedy or kids & family!

Plus, even with any dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes populating the sweeping Earthlike and off-world vistas and landscapes of my epic (in progress so far), I think it will be definitely safe to say that this epic of the Planet of the Toons epic of mine is a fictional as well as a fantastical story, and even an action-packed one, and not just simply one derived from other sources, and especially any number of animated film and TV cartoon sources, both old and new, classic and contemporary, major and minor, famous and obscure, etc.; And yes, the American Tail franchise is full of the fantastical in addition to its historical late 19th century trappings while Dexter’s Laboratory is full of the fantastical in addition to its science fiction trappings, but so does most popular fiction.

And even for me, Planet of the Toons can best be described as a sci-fi and fantasy action adventure piece...which happened to star or feature any or all kinds of animated and 2d hand drawn cartoon characters -- both old and new, major and minor, preexisting and original, familiar, established, and made up, classic and contemporary and modern, famous and obscure – from all throughout animation art history (and not just simply in other countries like Japan or other parts of Asia and the Far East, but especially in America and other parts of Western civilization, too!) as well as three human astronauts and one chimpanzee mascot from Earth. And with possibly a full bodied, James Cameron-esque sense of thrilling action and adventure to boot! And not only just solely some expanded remake or upgrade of sorts of Genndy Tartakovsky's 1999 animated TV special Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip, y'know!

Of course, Planet of the Toons is also going to be a film project that might well defy the usual genres or categorizations, and it will surely mean something completely different to everyone or anyone who watches it all when all will be said and done. But it will REALLY be pointless for anyone or even any of you to try and point his or her or even your finger on what a thing like my Planet of the Toons epic film project will typically be like or even what its cinematic intentions really are, because the answer to all that will be a whole lot more complex than a simple modern or expanded update of, say, Dexter's Laboratory's Ego Trip TV special, for example.

Now, the Second Thing to know about the Planet of the Toons epic of mine is that certain elements of its story and plot (especially my own work in progress so far) is not going to be exclusive to any culture or religion around the real world!

Any of the three or so universal story or plot elements that my work on Planet of the Toons might include are as follows:

1.    Overcoming the Monster

What do James Cameron’s Avatar, the story of Beowulf  and of Peter and the Wolf (the latter being a kids' symphony music piece by Russian composer (and Sergei Eisenstein collaborator on Alexander Nevsky and the two still-surviving parts of Ivan the Terrible) Sergei Prokofiev and George Lucas’ Star Wars: A New Hope and even the Cyclops episode from Book 9 of Homer's epic poem The Odyssey (the above illustration for which, depicting Odysseus and a few of his surviving guys ramming a fiery olive stick onto the single eye of the cyclops Polyphemus (aka Poseidon's son) is brought to you by Lord of the Rings movie concept artist (for New Zealand filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson's classic three LOTR movies, of course) and Tolkien illustrator Alan Lee (who also did an illustrated version of LOTR back in 1991 in time for the 100 year anniversary, well, at the time at least, of J.R.R. Tolkien's birth in 1892 South Africa) have in common? In all five of those stories the main character sets out to defeat a powerful baddie or evil force that is threatening his or her home. Often it will seem that the odds are stacked against the hero, but their courage and resourcefulness will help them overcome the threat.

 Overcoming the Monster can be good to use for the following reasons:

Talking about succeeding despite the odds being stacked against you

Discussing the life lessons that an encounter like this teaches you

Demonstrating how you, your team or company became stronger through adversity

2.    Voyage and Return

 The main character travels to an unfamiliar place, meeting new characters and overcoming a series of trials, all the while trying to get home. Their new friendships and newfound wisdom allow them to find their way back again.  This plot is common in children’s literature because it often involves the main character discovering a magical land to explore.

 Voyage and Return can be good to use for the following reasons:

Talking about the benefits of opening up to new experiences 

Showing what your protagonist learned on their travels

Demonstrating the power of friendship

And

3.    The Quest

The hero sets out in search of a specific prize, overcoming a series of challenges and temptations. They may have flaws which have held them back in the past which they will need to overcome to succeed. He or she is usually accompanied by a group of comrades with complementary skills that support him or her along the way. 

The Quest can be good to use for the following reasons:

Talking about the importance of sticking to your convictions

Showing how your protagonist grows emotionally to be able to succeed

Demonstrating the power of teamwork

Anyway, and hopefully, Planet of the Toons' story and plot elements will be far more timeless and far more universal than even those who have ever seen any of the original animated film and TV cartoon stuff, especially those from the 20th century that are being referenced by, and which also inspired Planet of the Toons (and that especially includes An American Tail and Fievel Goes West, Looney Tunes and even Dexter's Laboratory and Ego Trip) may suggest, and from the look of any foreseeable future trailer or actual and foreseeable future footage from it, I think my epic of the Planet of the Toons in progress so far will have to contain something of a diverse fusion of many multiple cultures, settings and iconographies from all over the entire globe, with the quest to liberate the planet of the toons undertaken by the Fievel Goes West iterations of An American Tail's Fievel and Tanya (whose original Don Bluth-involved iterations may still appear in some extended flashback scenes, like the nightly dragon attack and rampage that burns down Fievel's home in my epic), the playful and bickering rivalry between Looney Tunes' Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny, and even the conflict between Dexter and Mandark (or even an expanded remake of sorts of the Dexter-Mandark conflict as played out in Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip) being at the very center of it all, especially with even more characters, even more settings, and even more of everything else than those of Lord of the Rings.

So, out of all the three universal story plots, which are Overcoming the Monster, Voyage and Return or The Quest, which one out of the three universal story plots do you think will work best for my Planet of the Toons story in progress so far, even if it's not yet finished until the foreseeable future? Or, maybe all three.

Anyway, The Third Thing to know about my Planet of the Toons epic in progress so far is that I'm not the Next Chris Chan nor am I a lolcow anymore, but a nice and smart and very creative talent in the making!

And also, why would I ever have any interest in making a film that panders exclusively to kids or the family audience? And also, why would I ever have any interest in making a gritty, real and often downbeat film that reflects the ongoing upheavals going on right now not just in the United States but elsewhere in the world? Well, No, I am not a realist, but yes, I am and would rather be a fantasist and not a lolcow or the next Chris Chan (whom I may have heard about before, whom I would still rather condemn for their beastly, monstrous behavior, and who spent all of his life having frequent run-ins with the rule of law and authority) anymore, but rather a very nice,, creative, and very smart person, especially outside of the internet itself!

And plus, since I am not even a gritty realist, I will find it very highly unlikely that I might have any inclination to even make a movie which would only make me look sold-out while simultaneously dragging down my future reputation as an artist so quickly, especially at the very expense of the hell-raising internet users and especially that hell-raising David Zaslav, etc., among other people.

And I do not know whether or not any of my future film work will ever alienate any group of movie goers, but I will never make a movie for just one breed of viewer and I will never make a movie that ditches storytelling in favor of profit or unchecked corporate greed like what Hollywood had become in this day and age! And in fact, I have tackled the notion of incorporating anything that catches my eye, interest and imagination ever since the time when I was a young boy, and if one were to one day project my mind or mental state to the big or small screen one day, it better be:

1.      Vivid

2.      Imaginative

3.      Creative

4.      Fantastical

5.      Purely Cinematic

And

6. Vividly, Beautifully Dreamlike

So there you go!

And now, The Fourth Thing to Know about my epic work on the Planet of the Toons is that it is as much an emotional journey—especially one of self-discovery, unexpected love or friendship, redemption, even perception—as it is a physical journey through an epic or fantastical planet, or world.

As stated above, Planet of the Toons is to be designed as an epic, emotional journey, especially one of self-discovery, redemption, perception, or even unexpected love and friendship and teamwork, just as much as it is also a physical epic journey in an exotic, fantastical and epic world located somewhere in deep space, and in fact, one of the very fundamental ideas that my work on the Planet of the Toons should also possibly use is also this very idea that James Cameron explored in his 2009 film AVATAR: maybe that it is necessary to look past cultural differences, past form, or especially past skin color, to see the truth of other people and to even understand them for who and especially what they really are.

And plus, it is mainly and both through the eyes of one of the three astronauts from Earth, David Joseph Zarus, that is, and as well as through the eyes of the Fievel Goes West redesigned iteration of Fievel's big mouse sister Tanya Mousekewitz from An American Tail that the entire story or saga of the planet of the toons will really unfold from start to finish, from beginning to end, and especially from first frame to the very last.

And, in addition to An American Tail's Tanya and Fievel Mousekewitz themselves, David Zarus of Earth should also undergo the most dramatic change or transformation from the very beginning of the film to the very end, as during the very course of my epic in progress so far, he will surely evolve from a teenage boy trying to make a good living on Earth to a young space astronaut accompanying two others and a monkey mascot to the planet of the toons, all the way to a very enlightened young hero who also cares passionately about the cause against Dexter's rival, The Dark Lord Mandark, and all his terrible minions and servants on the planet of the toons that also threatened the universe.

The Fifth Thing to Know about Planet of the Toons is that it will be as much something that revels in story or character development or emotion as it also revels in visuals and spectacle.

When any story work done for film and other types of on screen entertainment (like television) is crafted to be the perfect vehicle to show the old and new toys that the film, television, and animation entertainment industries had at its disposal whether past and/or present, a story like Planet of the Toons' should nonetheless and also be deeply rooted in story and character and emotion, and when we discover a new world, we have to do so through the prism of a distinct framing device.

And even though most adventure stories and action movies today would contain a group of characters united by a common goal, as in MGM’s 1939 Wizard of Oz classic, each character should also look for something that they lack, but not just fame or fortune, but rather also something of a personal quality that they believe will make them whole again.

Dexter, for example, needs some back-up from other cartoon characters and others who will be able to help him wrest back control of his stolen, ancient invention, the all-powering Neurotomic Protocore from Dexter’s Laboratory: Ego Trip, from his hateful rival Mandark, who had gained control of the Core after killing his and Dexter's own employer who had hired both kid scientists to research and develop new technology and other hallmarks of civilization to help better and improve the future of civilization itself, also as in the Ego Trip TV special.

Daffy Duck needs the money to feed and fend for himself, maybe, while Bugs Bunny, the king of all rascals and tricksters on the planet of the toons itself, needs something that could help him tune out Mandark's tyranny and evil threats so that he can peacefully relax in the underground comforts of his rabbit hole, maybe.

And as for An American Tail's Tanya and Fievel Mousekewitz themselves (or rather specifically, the Fievel Goes West redesigned iterations of both mice, in particular)…

Both sister and brother toon mice, for all the former's desire to fulfill her dreams to become a singer, needed to find some way to liberate the planet of the toons around them, especially for Dexter's benefit, from the Dark Lord and Dexter's rival Mandark of Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip infamy and his evil forces that were threatening the universe outside the planet, to seek proper revenge against Mandark for the fiery destruction of their old home during a wintry nightly attack on their village in the spectacularly transformative form of a rampaging fire-breathing dragon like the one that Maleficent had turned into at the climax of Disney's 1959 Sleeping Beauty, and to seek out the full-sized human ally from another planet such as our own Earth that will help them and even Dexter reach the closely-guarded (in Mandark’s faraway castle, to say the least) Neurotomic Flow Controls and set them all the way back from negative to positive, thereby undoing the tyrannical evil that the mad Lord Mandark had unleashed upon the planet many hundreds and thousands of years before (when Ten'Jad was still young but much older than and more technically ahead of us or of anything else on our Earth)...and somehow, they found one in the name, shape and form of a teenage kid living on Earth named David Joseph Zarus, who also happened to be into animation and cartoons and even dinosaurs, just like me.

Each character in the world in which Planet of the Toons takes place should be introduced to the audience–and not just you and me—in a location where they might well be vulnerable and where they think universal or divine help is the only thing that can ever save them from the forces of evil threatening the entire universe.

And maybe the five or six aforementioned characters (Dexter, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, and even Tanya and Fievel Mousekewitz plus the little Mousekewitz girl Yasha Mousekewitz) or the like should also really be on their own hero’s journey like Dorothy and the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodsman and The Cowardly Lion in MGM’s Wizard of Oz and it will hopefully be just as important to the viewer that Dexter should get the better of his rival Mandark and should succeed his late employer as the proper ruling overlord of the planet of the toons, that Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny should overcome their bickering rivalry to keep everybody safe from the mad Mandark's diabolical harm as well as his tyrannical threats and that Tanya and Fievel Mousekewitz should finally bring peace and freedom to all of their fellow little cartoon mice (with Tanya becoming their new leader, maybe) and fulfill their proper revenge against Dexter's rival Mandark (who, according to a local prophecy, Tanya and Fievel and a human like David Zarus of Earth will ultimately defeat for Dexter's benefit) for getting their old home burned down in a rampaging dragon attack, as it is also to see Mandark and all of his terrible servants and minions defeated once and for all...so there you go!

Now, The Sixth Thing to Know about my Planet of the Toons epic in progress so far is that It would be cool if I have a good track record as a filmmaker or animation person, so as long that I’ll try to tell a good story and do it all for the art and the fun of doing it all, instead of just trying to scoring a profit.

What if I have a perfect or good track record both as a good filmmaker and even as a good storyteller (especially in the animation art world or especially the currently beleaguered US American animation industry and community) ? Well, only time and history will tell, especially if I get to know how to make a good or great movie, and especially an animated if mainly 2d hand drawn one at that, or how to tell a good or great story even if such things by reputation and by end product, maybe, visually breathtaking and beautiful as well as being made with passion and especially as long as my artistic sensibilities will even be unique and acute and as long as I have a powerfully distinct cinematic voice.

And the Seventh Thing to Know about Planet of the Toons is that the very things that catch my eyes, interest, and imagination ever since I was a little boy will also form part of my future directorial territory.

And especially if I could ever become one of those filmmakers or animation people who could really care less about how much money my movies, animated or live, will make, or whether or not they’ll ever be adored by the public, then even that sounds fine with me. And maybe I can also be a visionary filmmaker, especially of the animation kind, that make films that, whether live action or animated or even special/visual effects-driven, could, either way, shape, or form, also be talked about, analyzed, dissected and/or remembered.

And even if Planet of the Toons were to be a completely animated, if mainly 2d hand drawn (plus the occasional 3D CGI element or two) epic movie starring or featuring almost every major and minor, old and new, classic and modern and contemporary, famous and even obscure cartoon character from every studio/network/IP owner, style and era throughout animation art history as well as animation's glorious 2d hand drawn past, it would sure as hell be the best, biggest damnedest and most ambitious if also the most really expansive, epic, complex and/or fun and worthwhile film project ever made among this kind or type of filmmaking especially since or even outside of Robert Zemeckis' 1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit itself.

And I can and I could clearly see something especially in every such character from all throughout the history and world of cartoon and animation art that will also appeal to my (as of now) still developing artistic and even creative sensibilities. Even if I would one day be a respected director who will one day get the massive or sizeable enough budget and studio backing to do whatever I want to do or not, I will be damned if what I create or make would not be so spectacular at all!

The Eighth Thing to Know about Planet of the Toons is that I have been fascinated with cartoons, animation, and even other kinds and types of escapism for all of my whole, entire life (and especially so far)!

Yes, I do grew up having the higher functioning end of something that we now called Autism Spectrum Disorder (or ASD, for short),  but I have also been fascinated with , among other things that catches my eye, interest and imagination since I was a young boy, animation and cartoons, like, for still another example, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny.

In the case of Daffy and Bugs, they are the classic animated example of a a duo of rival comedians, as exemplified by the Rabbit Fire trilogy (consisting of Rabbit Fire, Rabbit Seasoning, and Duck, Rabbit, Duck!) of animated cartoon short made by Chuck Jones in 1951, 1952, and 1953.

Sure, not all the cartoon characters throughout animation art history will share the same amount of dialogue or screen time in my Planet of the Toons epic in progress thus far, as always, but they should still clearly have distinct personalities, postures and even mannerisms that will also enrich my epic work so far on the Planet of the Toons, and since David Zarus of Earth's relationship, or friendship, with Tanya and Fievel Mousekwitz from An American Tail and Fievel Goes West, the very cartoon mice that he is destined to team up with to help Dexter bring about the prophesied downfall of the latter boy genius' hateful rival Mandark, is going to be the emotional core of my Planet of the Toons epic, all this is especially important for any success that Planet of the Toons, and my work on it, should ultimately, somehow achieve.

Even as an aspiring director of films, animated or otherwise, I will still be fascinated with adventure stories (especially uplifting or upbeat ones) in which even ordinary people or cartoon characters have had fantastical or extraordinary responsibilities for him or her to fulfill (and especially, to bravely face down some evil or powerful threat to his or her community), among other types of escapist stuff, and I predict that the character arcs of all five or six aforementioned cartoon characters and even that of the three Terran space explorers, should also be something along these lines. I might even help compile and put together a companion book about the world in which Planet of the Toons is going to be place, especially in loving memory of any or all the things that catches my eye, interest or imagination since my childhood, and I might even clearly do a whole lot of extensive research to prepare for the actual Planet of the Toons epic film project for real, thereby making Planet of the Toons a true lifelong dream passion project for yours truly, Timothy Robert McKenzie,  and in fact, I have actually started writing down or thinking about a whole lot of ideas for such a project three years ago today! And even If I could work on it slowly and bit by bit and piece by piece overtime, I also doubt that I could decide to get lazy when I will finally get my real shot to fulfill my vision at last!

And now, the Ninth Thing to know about my work on the epic of the Planet of the Toons thus far is that it will be pretty much like the epic destined to conquer the world, somehow, and hopefully...

Before anybody will ever take one look at some actual, foreseeable future poster design for Planet of the Toons, being, hopefully, the epic destined to conquer the world, somehow, I suggest you be sure to take a gander at say, for example, such epic stories as the Odyssey and Iliad of Homer, the story of Beowulf, and even the legends of King Arthur and the Lord of the Rings, as well as such epic films like Gone with the Wind, Ben-Hur (1959), Spartacus, Lawrence of Arabia, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and much more, plus the aforementioned Roger Rabbit and the aforementioned film and television cartoons and feature animations referenced by my epic work in progress, even.

Anyway, even to call Planet of the Toons the epic destined to conquer the world by storm, hopefully, or even somehow, may be very possible among some, or even all, of you, no matter where you are.

The Tenth Thing to Know about my Planet of the Toons epic in progress so far is that even if it has [some] science fiction elements or trappings…

I am not even judging anyone else or anyone else’s tastes here or there, for Planet of the Toons, or even my work on it in progress so far, should be unique in that it should always follow a young guy from Earth teaming up with famous cartoon characters (including an assortment of small, adorable mice, a rabbit, a duck, and a kid scientist) on another planet just like Earth to overcome the forces of evil (led by the latter's hateful kid rival) threatening both the planet that they happened to be on as well as the entire universe at large, and yes, sure, it may re-imagine things like that as a largely complete epic fantasy which may nonetheless has some science fiction or futuristic trappings or elements in the sense that it will also incorporate robots and laboratory equipment or some high technology on some highly civilized and highly technologically advanced society such as an Atlantis-like civilization (or Atlemûria, as the Atlantis like civilization could be called in Planet of the Toons).

And even the attitudes that Dexter or Mandark expresses as well as the aforementioned robots and laboratory equipment and highly advanced technology could not just co-exist alongside people or characters who came from from more ancient or medieval or early modern civilizations, and yet somehow they could on Ten'Jad, Planet of the Toons.

But even if Planet of the Toons has [some] science fiction elements or trappings, among other things, how well would it even sit especially for more modern or future audiences?

Anyway, if even the likes of An American Tail and Fievel Goes West as well as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies and especially Dexter's Laboratory are really a part of any of your childhoods, then that is very fine and awesome and very cool with me, but seeing a trio of small, adorable boy and girl cartoon mice team up with three full-sized astronauts and one chimpanzee from Earth as well as a rascally cartoon rabbit and a greedy cartoon duck and a little boy mad scientist from a 1990s kids cartoon show to take on the evil forces of the latter cartoon kid geek's hateful nerdy rival (Mandark of Ego Trip infamy) might either be very exciting and very cool and very awesome to boot or else it might otherwise not go so well anyway with either some of you or the general public, and especially when vividly illustrated on the big screen of movie theaters and especially in the immersive, giant screen IMAX process. But either way, the cartoon mice and (real?) men and cartoon rabbit and cartoon duck and cartoon boy genius teaming up to quash the forces of evil led by a hateful cartoon rival nerdy child of the latter cartoon child scientist in order to save the universe and to liberate the planet of the toons that they themselves just happened to be on, will also be great or good news everywhere.

The Eleventh Thing to Know about my work in progress so far on the epic of the Planet of the Toons is that it would be very nice if it will also just look awesome and/or beautiful (especially on a visual level or even in a visual style)

Even if you ignore the fact that it is based on and/or inspired by an animated feature film or theatrical animated cartoon short or TV cartoon show or episode from the past, or even especially if it’s directed by someone like one certain mister Timothy Robert McKenzie (and that’ll be me, also known online as Timbox, or, at least on Deviant Art, Timbox129, although the term ‘tim box’ refers actually to a container of stuff (but not just cigarettes) that in turn made out of tinplate metal, mind you all!), either way, Planet of the Toons will still just look like a good or great and visually awesome or beautiful film or movie to especially look at.

In the foreseeable future, when any of the actual first footage or the actual first trailer for my work on Planet of the Toons will ever emerge for real someday, it will surely get people so excited in a way that anyone will watch it several times in a row, even as their eyes will grow brighter and brighter. And it is my hope that the first battery of footage or the first trailers ever to emerge for my Planet of the Toons epic will show just enough without ever spoiling anything and if so, it will seem apparent that when all will be said and done about Planet of the Toons, or even my foreseeable future work on this vast and very expansive, multi-part, multi-hour, and mostly 2d hand drawn animated cartoon epic film, especially if it were be done in lush, smooth, full color, striking Scope widescreen frames and compositions worthy of Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone of the Dollars trilogy (with Clint Eastwood) and Once Upon a Time in the West fame, and even presented in multi-channel digital stereo surround sound, so as long that I throw myself into my sincere work on it and ignore any hostile criticism or negativity about it, Planet of the Toons the epic movie will probably be exciting and entertaining, visionary and unique, awesome and beautiful. Especially on the big screen and especially in IMAX as well as widescreen, even.

And whether the ideas, story concepts and other materials that I might used especially for Planet of the Toons should well be enough to attract either a top-notch ensemble of animators, painters, illustrators, filmmakers, actors and actresses, and even voice talent or perhaps a bunch of cheap, fearless, naïve, and smart kids from outside the Hollywood system, either way, there must be something good here or even there.

And hopefully, for enough hours (or maybe two, three, or even almost a full four hours or much, much longer, if not just up to one hundred hours which, even in total, could best be spread through consecutive days and weeks or months) in a darkened movie theater, watching this big, ambitious, very expansive, epic, complex and/or fun and worthwhile animated (if mainly 2d hand drawn) feature length cartoon [mega-]film or something of literally epic proportions or literally epic epicness, we should all just view it as a movie or an event, but not an insult or a piece of propaganda, and not just a movie or an animated cartoon but an epic motion picture event a [whole] lifetime in the making (at least for yours truly).

And of course, the twelfth and final thing to know about my work in progress so far on the epic of the Planet of the Toons is, last but not least, who cares about what would happen otherwise?!

If, and when all is said and done, Planet of the Toons, or even my work on it in progress so far, is truly good or great enough, then that will be enough to unite all or any audience group, whatever their race, gender, class status, religion, culture, etc., for one epic motion picture event and experience that will be for me a whole lifetime in the making. Yes, Planet of the Toons will depict an assortment of small, adorable cartoon boy and girl mice, a cartoon rabbit, a cartoon duck, and a cartoon kid scientist as well as three (real?) astronauts and one monkey mascot but also another Earth-like fantasy planet encompassing similar geography, an entire history, even all kinds of races and species of beings and creatures, as well as a wilderness of still living dinosaurs -- the likes of which had otherwise disappeared on Earth for the past 66 million years before even we ever got to see a living specimen -- and whatever catches this person’s eye, interest, and imagination at the time since I was a little boy and continues to do so ever since. And of course it will not depict all of this exactly the way everyone from fanboys to cartoon lovers, etc. will want or expect such things to be depicted that way or even to their very specific liking, but why does that even matter?

I’m a dreamer (and especially a visionary dreamer almost just like Walt Disney himself!) and I’m a fantasist, and I even think the Lord of the Rings movies by Peter Jackson are masterpieces of fantastical cinema alongside the original 1933 King Kong classic movie and the works of the late great stop motion animator Ray Harryhausen (Jason and the Argonauts and the Sinbad movies (such as Golden Voyage of Sinbad) in particular), but of course before Peter Jackson turned his island home of New Zealand into Middle-earth, Lord of the Rings was already a thousand-page long and three volume fantasy text that had taken its South African-born but Oford, England, UK-based author J.R.R. Tolkien a grand total of seventeen to eighteen years to get published (albeit ultimately in three volumes, and they are, The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers in 1954 and The Return of the King in 1955), so who’s to say what people read or seen in it today what people read in it over 70 years ago, or what people read in any inspirational source materials hundreds or even thousands of years ago? What is important even to me is that my ideas and concepts for my epic of the Planet of the Toons may not be the best idea in the world but it may still be a good movie, as well as an entertaining one that is not only a feast for the eyes, but also stimulates the brain as well as saying something important or meaningful or even powerful.

And yes, I aspire to be a good artist and a good animator and a good director and a good filmmaker and a good storyteller (especially to the very best of my abilities), and right or wrong, Planet of the Toons is my destiny, my epic film, my dream and my creative vision. And nobody, not even you boys and girls, should tell me how I should really fashion my art, nor should I be forced to be influenced by box office performance or approval by fandom or many a fan base.  And look, I have worked to get this Planet of the Toons mega-movie epic this ultimate lifelong dream passion project of mine, still being written or even still being typed out, on Microsoft Word (especially the 2007 edition of Microsoft Word) for a full three years now, and would and could continue to do work to get it made probably for the rest of my life, and if anyone deserves to be satisfied by this Planet of the Toons epic of mine , especially if it's even a work in progress so far—this interpretation–this adaptation—this train wreck(?), even —this animated cartoon(?) epic destined to conquer the world by storm, somehow, and hopefully —it will not just any of you, especially on the internet, or the animation art world, or the film world, or the other creative arts and entertainment worlds, or even especially, let alone, the whole, entire world at large, but it will ultimately, definitely and always will be me, myself, and I, alone....

And that’s the end of it all, for now...

[clarktooncrossing]

Didn't Wanna Feel Older in 2024? TOO LATE!

So long, 2023! You have been a weird-@$$ year to say the least. Between by having to repair old thumb drives, purchase a new printer, finding out I'm susceptible to anxiety attacks, trying out dating for the first time, getting my Discord and Steam account hacked, starting a new Discord server since said account was never unhacked, opened myself up to commissions, managed to post art for Halloween, got Covid, summoned more Kaijus to play an elaborate game of poker, and had a merry enough Christmas. Here's hoping 2024 will prove better. At the moment I have no new goals, since I just want to relax after four months of constantly being active. There's a mile of books, movies, and TV shows I need to get caught up on! My opinions on all of them will be given in future Giraffe's Eye Views, but for now let's get to what you all came here for: yet another unnecessarily long list of things celebrating major milestones this year!

You all loved it when I did this last year. In fact it got more attention that anything else I posted, including the original art I put way more effort and time into. Nah, that didn't sting at all. Seeing my sketches get ignored is so much fun. Passive-aggressive joking aside, I do still love making these lists, so let's get started with some major stuff this year.

Thanksgiving wasn't too long ago, so why not mention that the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade turns 100 this year? I know, that's insane! Watching this festive event has become a seasonal staple in my house and is the only reason I've ever signed up for Peacock. Thank goodness in all those years it hasn't been smashed by a giant monster.

Godzilla turns 70 freak'n years old this year! How crazy insane is that? Here's hoping his old age won't slow him down when he teams up with King Kong this April. Even if it does, Gojira will continue being cinema's coolest character!

Contrasting with the King of the Monsters, Mary Poppins turns 60 years old this year. This movie, considered to be Walt's last masterpiece, has aged considerably well even after all this time.

Oh yeah, and Mickey Mouse enters the public domain this year. Still not entirely sure how that works, but whatever. What I do know is...

Anything from 1974 turns 50 this year. That includes-

The Fort Wilderness Resort (January 1st)

Happy Days (January 15th)

Blazing Saddles (February 7th)

"Waterloo" by ABBA (March 4th)

“Sundown” by Gordon Lightfoot (March 25th)

"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" by Steely Dan (April 25th)

Herbie Rides Again (June 6th)

"Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd (June 24th)

America Sings (June 29th)

Gone in 60 Seconds (July 28th)

Hong Kong Phooey (September 7th)

Shazam! (TV series) (September 7th)

Little House on the Prairie (September 11th)

Wolverine debuted in The Incredible Hulk #180 (October)

Arkham Asylum makes its first appearance in Batman #258 (October)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (October 11th)

Phantom of the Paradise (October 31st)

Earthquake (November 15th)

The Year Without a Santa Claus (December 10th)

Young Frankenstein (December 15th)

The Godfather Part II (December 20th)

Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, Too! (December 20th)

The Island at the Top of the World (December 20th)

An Adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol, Performed by The Walt Disney Players

“Bennie and the Jets” by Elton John

"Hooked On A Feeling" by Blue Swede

“The Loco-Motion” by Grand Funk Railroad

Anything from 1979 turns 45 this year. That includes-

Captain America (The TV movie) (January 19th)

The Dukes of Hazzard (January 26th)

The Warriors (February 9th)

John Carpenter's Elvis (February 11th)

Hair (March 14th)

"In the Navy" by the Village People (March 17th)

The Bad News Bears (March 24th)

Phantasm (March 28th)

"We Are Family" by Sister Sledge (April)

Nickelodeon (April 1st)

"Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind, & Fire (May 6th)

Alien (May 25th)

Rocky II (June 15th)

"My Sharona" by The Knacks (June 18th)

The Muppet Movie (June 22nd) - THIS MOVIE SLAPS!

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (June 27th)

The Amityville Horror (July 27th)

"Highway to Hell" by AC/DC (July 27th)

Apocalypse Now (August 15th)

"Don't Bring Me Down" by Electric Light Orchestra (August 24th)

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (September 2nd)

The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Movie (September 14th)

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (September 22nd)

Spider-Woman (TV show) (September 22nd)

The Black Stallion (October 17th)

Atari's Asteroids (November)

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (November 6th)

Pink Floyd's The Wall (November 30th)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (December 7th)

1971 (December 14th)

The Jerk (December 14th)

The Black Hole (December 20th)

Mickey Mouse Disco

Anything from 1984 turns 40 this year. That includes-

The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man (January)

Night Court (January 4th)

"Rock You Like a Hurricane" by Scorpions (February 3rd)

Footloose (February 17th)

Nintendo's Punch-Out!! (February 17th)

"Eat It" by Weird Al Yankovic (February 28th)

Splash (March 9th)

Children of the Corn (March 9th)

Run DMC (March 27th)

Romancing the Stone (March 30th)

The Toxic Avenger (April 11th)

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (April 13th)

My Little Pony: Rescue at Midnight Castle (April 14th)

"We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister (April 27th)

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Franchise (May)

Marvel's Secret Wars (May)

Spider-Man's Black Suit debuted in The Amazing Spider-Man #252 (May)

"What's Love Got to Do with It" by Tina Turner (May 1st)

WHAM!'s Make It Big (May 14th)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (May 23rd)

Once Upon a Time in America (June 1st)

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (June 1st)

Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. (June 4th)

Ghostbusters (June 8th)

Gremlins (June 8th)

The Karate Kid (June 22nd)

Prince's Purple Rain (June 25th)

Conan the Destroyer (June 29th)

The Last Starfighter (July 13th)

The Muppets Take Manhattan (July 13th)

The NeverEnding Story (July 20th)

The Adventures of Andre & Wally B. (July 25th)

Dragon's Lair (TV show) (September 8th)

Voltron (September 10th)

Muppet Babies (September 15th)

Miami Vice (September 16th)

The Transformers Franchise (September 17th)

Murder, She Wrote (September 30th)

Thomas & Friends (October 9th)

Fist of the North Star (anime) (October 11th)

"We Belong" by Pat Benatar (October 16th)

The Terminator (October 26th)

"Like a Virgin" by Madonna (October 31st)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (November 16th)

Supergirl (movie) (November 21st)

Beverly Hills Cop (December 5th)

Hydlide (December 13th)

Starman (December 14th)

Frankenweenie (December 14th)

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (December 19th)

The Country Bear Christmas Special (December 19th)

Anything from 1989 turns 35 this year. That includes-

The Arsenio Hall Show (January 3rd)

Gotham by Gaslight (February)

SimCity (February)

LJN's Friday the 13th for NES (February)

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (February 17th)

The Toxic Avenger Part II (February 24th)

"Like a Prayer" by Madonna (March 3rd)

Quantum Leap (March 26th)

The Jim Henson Hour (April 14th)

Ranma 1/2 (April 15th)

Pet Sematary (April 21st)

Nintendo's Super Mario Land (April 21st)

Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever (April 24th)

Dragon Ball Z (April 26th)

Disney's Hollywood Studios (formally Disney-MGM Studios) (May 1st)

Disney's Pleasure Island (May 1st)

The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (May 7th)

Konami's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for NES (May 12th)

Road House (May 19th)

"Bust a Move" by Young MC (May 22nd)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (May 24th)

Typhoon Lagoon (June 1st)

Dead Poets Society (June 9th)

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (June 9th)

Tales from the Crypt (June 10th)

Ghostbusters II (June 16th)

Roger Rabbit in Tummy Trouble (June 23rd)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (June 23rd)

Tim Burton's Batman (June 23rd)

The Karate Kid Part III (June 30th)

Do the Right Thing (June 30th)

Weekend at Bernie's (July 5th)

Seinfeld (July 5th)

Lethal Weapon 2 (July 7th)

When Harry Met Sally… (July 14th)

Splash Mountain (July 17th)

UHF (July 21st)

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (July 28th)

Kiki's Delivery Service (July 29th)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (August 11th)

"Pump Up the Jam" by Technotronic (August 18th)

Saved by the Bell (August 20th)

"The Best" by Tina Turner (August 21st)

Little Monsters (August 25th)

LJN's Back to the Future on NES (September)

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (September 4th)

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (September 4th)

American Gladiators (September 9th)

Captain N: The Game Master (September 9th)

Beetlejuice: The Animated Series (September 9th)

LJN's Who Framed Roger Rabbit for NES (September 14th)

Capcom's DuckTales for NES (September 14th)

Doogie Howser, M.D (September 19th)

Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (September 19th)

Baywatch (September 22nd)

Family Matters (September 22nd)

Penn & Teller Get Killed (September 22nd)

Capcom's DuckTales for NES (October)

Neil Young's Freedom (October 2nd)

Prince of Persia for Apple II (October 3rd)

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (October 13th)

The Little Mermaid (November 17th)

All Dogs Go to Heaven (November 17th)

Prancer (November 17th)

Back to the Future Part II (November 22nd)

The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (November 24th)

America's Funniest Home Videos (November 26th)

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (December 1st)

The Wizard (December 15th)

The Simpsons (December 17th)

Konami's Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse on NES (December 22nd)

Fester's Quest for NES

Anything from 1994 turns 30 this year. That includes-

You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown (January 18th)

The Critic (January 26th)

Roger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin (January 26th)

"Baby, I Love Your Way" by Big Mountain (February 1st)

Green Day's Dookie (February 1st)

Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for Genesis (February 2nd)

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (February 4th)

Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? (February 5th)

Aladdin: The Series (February 6th)

The Busy World of Richard Scarry (March 9th)

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (March 18th)

Nintendo's Super Metroid for SNES (March 19th)

Food Rocks (March 26th)

Thumbelina (March 30th)

Final Fantasy VI (April 2nd)

Space Ghost Coast to Coast (April 15th)

All That (April 16th)

Doom II for MS-DOS (May 5th)

The Stand (May 8th)

Weezer's Blue Album (May 10th)

The Crow (May 13th)

The Return of Jafar and Disney Direct-to-Home Sequels as a whole (May 20th)

Beverly Hills Cop III (May 25th)

The Flintstones (May 27th)

Speed (June 10th)

The Lion King (June 15th)

Forrest Gump (July 6th)

Angels in the Outfield (July 15th)

True Lies (July 15th)

Black Beauty (July 29th)

The Mask (July 29th)

The Little Rascals (August 5th)

"Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex (August 12th)

EarthBound for SNES (August 27th)

VR Troopers (September 3rd)

Street Sharks (September 7th)

The Magic School Bus (September 10th)

The Tick (September 10th)

Quiz Show (September 14th)

Léon: The Professional (September 14th)

Tekken (September 21st)

Friends (September 22nd)

The Shawshank Redemption (September 23rd)

Ed Wood (September 27th)

Earthworm Jim (October)

Spider-Man's Infamous Clone Saga (October)

A Troll in Central Park (October 7th)

Pulp Fiction (October 14th)

Wes Craven's New Nightmare (October 14th)

Sega's Sonic & Knuckles for Genesis (October 18th)

Clerks (October 19th)

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (October 22nd)

Gargoyles (October 24th)

Gullah Gullah Island (October 24th)

Killer Instinct (October 28th)

Mortal Kombat II (November)

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (November 4th)

In Search of Dr. Seuss (November 6th)

The Santa Clause (November 11th)

Rare's Donkey Kong Country for SNES (November 18th)

Miracle on 34th Street remake (November 18th)

Star Trek Generations (November 18th)

The Swan Princess (November 18th)

Spider-Man: The Animated Series (November 19th)

Disney's Greatest Hits on Ice (November 25th)

Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (December 12th)

The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure (December 13th)

Dumb and Dumber (December 16th)

Richie Rich (December 21st)

Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (December 25th)

Anything from 1999 turns 25 this year. That includes-

Ed, Edd n Eddy (January 4th)

Batman Beyond (January 10th)

The Sopranos (January 10th)

Jon Stewart becomes host of The Daily Show (January 11th)

Disney's All-Star Movies Resort (January 15th)

Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. for N64 (January 21st)

Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (and a crap load of other Disney Channel Original movies for that matter) (January 23rd)

Zoboomafoo (January 25th)

"My Name Is" by Eminem (January 25th)

Family Guy (January 31st)

Square's Final Fantasy VIII for PS1 (February 11th)

The Planet's Funniest Animals (February 17th)

October Sky (February 19th)

Office Space (February 19th)

Konami's Silent Hill for PS1 (February 23rd)

Batman: No Man's Land (March)

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (March)

Pepsiman for PS1 (March 4th)

Test Trak (March 17th)

RollerCoaster Tycoon (March 22nd)

Doug's 1st (and only) Movie (March 26th)

"Livin' la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin (March 27th)

The Matrix (March 31st)

"I Want It That Way" by The Backstreet Boys (April 12th)

"What's My Age Again?" by blink-182 (April 13th)

Mickey Mouse Works (May 1st)

SpongeBob SquarePants (May 1st)

The Mummy (May 7th)

"Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera (May 11th)

Aliens Versus Predator (game) (May 13th)

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (May 19th)

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (ride) (June 4th)

Disney Sing Along Songs: Flik's Musical Adventure at Disney's Animal Kingdom (June 8th)

Smash Mouth's Astro Lounge and their hit "All Star" (June 8th)

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (June 11th)

Tarzan (June 18th)

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (June 30th)

Wild Wild West (June 30th)

American Pie (July 9th)

The Blair Witch Project (July 14th)

Muppets from Space (July 14th)

Eyes Wide Shut (July 16th)

Inspector Gadget (July 23rd)

Deep Blue Sea (July 28th)

Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith (July 29th)

The Iron Giant (August 6th)

The Sixth Sense (August 6th)

Rocket Power (August 16th)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (the American version) (August 16th)

Dragon Tales (September 6th)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (September 20th)

The West Wing (September 22nd)

Capcom's Resident Evil 3: Nemesis for PS1 (September 22nd)

Freaks and Geeks (September 25th)

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (September 28th)

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (September 29th)

Journey into YOUR Imagination (October 1st)

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (October 1st)

Spider-Man Unlimited (October 2nd)

Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (October 5th)

Fight Club (October 15th)

Namco's Pac-Man World (October 15th)

The Amanda Show (October 16th)

The Nuttiest Nutcracker (October 19th)

Grand Theft Auto 2 (October 22nd)

Ubisoft's Rayman 2: The Great Escape (October 29th)

Insomniac's Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! for PS1 (November 2nd)

Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (November 9th)

Courage the Cowardly Dog (November 12th)

Square's Chrono Cross for PS1 (November 18th)

Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow (November 19th)

Nintendo's Pokémon Gold and Silver for Gameboy Advance (November 21st)

Toy Story 2 (November 24th)

Fantasia 2000 (December 17th)

Stuart Little (December 17th)

Wakko's Wish (December 21st)

Man on the Moon (December 22nd)

Galaxy Quest (December 25th)

Asia at Disney's Animal Kingdom

Anything from 2004 turns 20 this year. That includes-

Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day (January 6th)

Teacher's Pet: The Movie (January 16th)

The Butterfly Effect (January 23rd)

The Lion King 1 1/2 (February 9th)

50 First Dates (February 13th)

Power Rangers Dino Thunder (February 14th)

"Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane (February 16th)

Clifford's Really Big Movie (February 20th)

Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures for Gamecube (March 18th)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (March 19th)

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (March 26th)

Home on the Range (April 2nd)

Danny Phantom (April 3rd) - Screw Butch Hartman, but this show still rocks!

Hellboy (April 2nd)

Ella Enchanted (April 9th)

Kill Bill: Volume 2 (April 16th)

Nintendo's Pikmin 2 for Gamecube (April 29th)

Super Size Me (May 7th)

Van Helsing (May 7th)

Shrek 2 (May 19th)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (May 31st)

Marvel Knights: Spider-Man (June)

DC's Identity Crisis (June)

Garfield: The Movie (June 11th)

Napoleon Dynamite (June 11th)

"My Happy Ending" by Avril Lavigne (June 14th)

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (June 18th)

Phil of the Future (June 18th)

The Notebook (June 25th)

Spider-Man 2 (June 30th)

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (July 9th)

"Breakaway" by Kelly Clarkson (July 19th)

Nintendo's Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Gamecube (July 22nd)

Catwoman (July 23rd)

The Bourne Supremacy (July 23rd)

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (July 30th)

Justice League Unlimited (July 31st)

Blue's Room (August 2nd)

Alien vs. Predator (film) (August 13th)

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (August 13th)

Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (August 17th)

Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (August 21st)

The Batman (show) (September 11th)

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (September 12th)

Higglytown Heroes (September 13th)

Sly 2: Band of Thieves for PS2 (September 14th)

Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (September 18th)

Star Wars: Battlefront (September 21st)

Green Day's American Idiot (September 21st)

Lost (September 22nd)

Shark Tale (October 1st)

Drew Carey's Green Screen Show (October 7th)

Surviving Christmas (October 22nd)

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (October 26th)

Saw (October 29th)

Insomniac's Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal for PS2 (November 2nd)

The Incredibles (November 5th)

Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (November 9th)

Halo 2 (November 9th)

Naughty Dog's Jak 3 for PS2 (November 9th)

The Polar Express (November 10th)

The Sims 2 (November 14th)

Stitch's Great Escape (November 16th)

Turtle Talk with Crush (November 16th)

Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! (November 16th)

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (November 16th)

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (November 17th)

Half-Life 2 (November 18th)

National Treasure (November 19th)

Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (November 19th)

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (November 19th)

Howl's Moving Castle (November 20th)

Nintendo DS (November 21st)

World of Warcraft (November 23rd)

Christmas with the Kranks (November 24th)

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II (December 6th)

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories for Gameboy Advance (December 7th)

PlayStation Portable (PSP) (December 12th)

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (December 17th)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (December 25th)

Shaun of the Dead

Anything from 2009 turns 15 this year. That includes-

Hotel for Dogs (January 16th)

Wolverine and the X-Men (January 23rd)

Paul Blart: Mall Cop (January 16th)

Coraline (February 6th)

Friday the 13th (remake) (February 13th)

Halo Wars (February 26th)

Sega's Sonic and the Black Knight for Wii (March 3th)

Capcom's Resident Evil 5 (March 5th)

Zack Snyder's Watchmen (March 6th)

Power Rangers RPM (March 7th)

Race to Witch Mountain (March 13th)

The Secret of Kells (March 19th)

Monsters vs. Aliens (March 27th)

Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? (April 2009)

Special Agent Oso (April 4th)

Parks and Recreation (April 9th)

Dragonball Evolution (April 10th)

Iron Man: Armored Adventures (April 24th)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (May 1st)

Plants vs. Zombies (May 5th)

Star Trek (remake) (May 8th)

Terminator Salvation (May 21st)

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (May 22nd)

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (May 22nd)

Up (May 29th)

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (June 1st)

The Sims 3 (June 2nd)

The Hangover (June 5th)

Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (June 9th)

"I Gotta Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas (June 15th)

Ghostbusters: The Video Game (June 16th)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (June 24th)

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (July 1st)

"Fireflies" by Owl City (July 14th)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (July 15th)

G-Force (July 24th)

(500) Days of Summer (August 7th)

District 9 (August 14th)

The Time Traveler's Wife (August 14th)

Inglourious Basterds (August 21st)

Batman: Arkham Asylum (August 25th)

Rob Zombie's Halloween II (August 28th)

Disney buys Marvel for $4 billion (August 3st)

Waking Sleeping Beauty (September 6th)

Dinosaur Train (September 7th)

Walt & El Grupo (September 9th)

9 (September 9th)

The Vampire Diaries (September 10th)

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (September 15th)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (September 18th)

Jennifer's Body (September 18th)

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (September 29th) - Still the dumbest name ever 15 years later.

Zombieland (October 2nd)

Where the Wild Things Are (October 16th)

Borderlands (October 20th)

DJ Hero (October 27th)

A Christmas Carol (November 6th)

Fanboy & Chum Chum (November 6th) - BOO! This show was the actual worst!

Fantastic Mr. Fox (November 13th)

Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (November 17th)

Left 4 Dead 2 (November 17th)

Assassin's Creed II (November 17th)

Planet 51 (November 20th)

The Twilight Saga: New Moon (November 20th) - YUK!

Turtles Forever (November 21st)

Big Time Rush (November 28th)

Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation! (December 6th)

Prep & Landing (December 8th)

The Princess and the Frog (December 11th)

Avatar (December 18th)

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (December 23rd)

RuPaul's Drag Race

Minecraft

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Anything from 2014 turns 10 this year. That includes-

True Detective (January 12th)

The Lego Movie (February 7th)

South Park: The Stick of Truth (March 4th)

Mr. Peabody & Sherman (March 7th)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (March 7th)

Dark Souls II (March 11th)

Muppets Most Wanted (March 21st)

Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge (March 25th)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April 4th)

Rio 2 (April 11th)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (April 26th)

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (May 2nd)

Chef (May 9th)

Godzilla (May 16th)

X-Men: Days of Future Past (May 23rd)

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (May 28th)

Maleficent (May 30th)

Edge of Tomorrow (June 6th)

The Fault in Our Stars (June 6th)

Phineas and Ferb Save Summer (June 9th)

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (June 13th)

Shovel Knight (June 26th)

Transformers: Age of Extinction (June 27th)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (July 11th)

Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (July 21st)

Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars (July 26th)

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's Hypnotic Eye (July 28th)

Guardians of the Galaxy (August 1st)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (movie) (August 8th)

Five Nights at Freddy's (August 8th)

P.T. (August 12th)

BoJack Horseman (August 22nd)

Destiny (September 9th)

Gotham (September 22nd)

Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition (September 23rd)

Black-ish (September 24th)

How to Get Away with Murder (September 25th)

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks (September 27th)

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (September 20th)

Star Wars Rebels (October 3rd)

Annabelle (October 3rd)

Gone Girl (October 3rd)

Alien: Isolation (October 6th)

The Flash (October 7th)

BİRDMAN or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (October 17th)

The Book of Life (October 17th)

John Wick (October 24th)

Taylor Swift's 1989 (October 27th)

Sunset Overdrive (October 28th)

Interstellar (November 5th)

Big Hero 6 (November 7th)

Assassin's Creed Unity (November 11th)

Far Cry 4 (November 18th)

Penguins of Madagascar (November 28th)

Toy Story That Time Forgot (December 2nd)

Peter Pan Live! (December 4th)

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (December 17th)

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (December 19th)

Wow, that took forever to type. Chances are I missed something, so if something you enjoy is hitting a major milestone this year, leave it in the comments below!

MAY THE GLASSES BE WITH YOU!

[libraryofloveletters]

Love Delivered To Your Doorstep

Evan Buckley x Reader

Warnings: fem!reader, mentions of cheating, break ups and killing/serial killers. (<in a joking context) 

Category: fluff for the most part. 

Word Count: 3.9k

Author’s Note: Doesn’t follow canon, it has a little of buck begins in there but it doesn't follow a strict timeline. It also is written like Buck moves to LA and has his apartment from the moment he moves there while trying to figure out what he wants to do. 

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Texting and calling was never your choice method of communication. 

Letters had always been more of your thing. 

Truthfully, they hadn't been your thing until your boyfriend moved halfway across the country for university. The two of you met in high school, freshman year and became inseparable since. Growing together and promising to always love each other no matter what -you always knew that couldn't be true but it never stopped you from telling him. 

When he told you that he was going to be applying to UCLA during your senior year of high school, it came as a bit of a shock to you. The plan was always going to college together, get engaged when you were done school and then married with a house by 30. 

You held out the hope of that being possible until the day he showed you his acceptance letter. 

You were incredibly proud of him but it was real now, he was leaving. 

You watched him pack up his entire life and uproot himself from New York and moved across the country. You sent the first letter to him at what was supposed to be his apartment. 

September 30th.

‘Hi baby! 

Just writing to see how you're settling in. How’s UCLA ? Have you gotten a chance to go around and get to see the place ? I know you’re there for school but you've got to live a little too. Hope your neighbours are sweet, your mom told me it’s a pretty nice place and it’s got a good view, sounds like your type of place. Hopefully I can come visit you soon. 

I started my classes last week. My chem professor is a pain in my ass already, he expects us to read an entire textbook in a week - well not exactly an entire textbook but you get the point. My biology professor is a sweetheart, she showed us pictures of her kids and talked about them for an hour, I didn't realize being a mother was so interesting but she was cool. Also showed us a video of an appendectomy that one of her colleagues performed last week. How are your classes and professors ? 

Did I mention I bumped into Sam at the grocery store ? Yeah, he’s back and he’s not fine to tell you the truth. He seemed like he was ready to snap but that might just be my judgment. He said to tell you hello if I spoke to you so- hello :) 

I’m going to sign off here, I know this one is short but I don’t have much to update you on. Life’s been pretty dull without you. Hope you’re having fun out there, soaking up the sun for me.

Write me back soon, I love you. 

Yours always, y/n’

You mailed the letter the next day, a few weeks had passed before you received a letter back. Except this letter had a different sender name but the same address.

October 22nd. 

‘Hi y/n,

This isn't your boyfriend. (I'm assuming that’s who you're writing too based on the context of the letter) I’m Evan, I live in the apartment you thought belonged to your boyfriend or maybe you got the address wrong, I’m not sure.  I know you were waiting for an update on all these exciting things that are happening at UCLA. I do not go to UCLA nor can I update you in anything exciting that’s happening there, sorry.

Anyways, the reason I'm writing you back is because I figured you’d want to know that this isn't the correct address and the person you were looking for isn't here before you send another letter and get no response. I was debating if I should have even written you back, but here I am, writing you back. 

Your professor for chem seems like an ass to be honest (hope that’s not rude) and your biology professor sounds great, is she hot by the way ? because bonus points for that. Anyways, are you studying medicine ? I'm guessing yes because of the classes you're taking. I'm thinking of signing up to become a first responder but I haven’t decided yet on what yet or if I'm actually going to do it. Anyways, good luck on your classes and the shitty chem professor. 

Hope you find your boyfriend (again, assuming) 

Peace out, 

Evan.’

To say you were shocked would be an understatement. How could the letter you sent to your boyfriend’s apartment belong to someone else ? Why was there someone else living in his apartment ? You dug through your apartment, searching for the paper he left you with the address, you finally found it buried in a drawer.

The address on the paper was identical to the one that Evan sent to you and to the one you sent prior to that. Either your boyfriend was lying or you were losing your mind. 

November 4th. 

‘Dear Evan, 

I'm sorry that I sent the first letter to you and as you guessed, I was looking for my boyfriend who seems to be a bit MIA right now. His mother says that’s the right address and the place that she helped him move into. So I'm not really sure what’s happening there. Anyways, sorry for unloading all of that on you. 

To answer your question, yes, I am studying medicine and no, she isn't hot. My bio professor is a 65 year old woman who loves her college aged kids very much. If that’s your definition of hot, then yes - she's got milf status

Have you decided yet if you’re going to sign up to be a first responder ? That’d be pretty cool. Imagine all the girls swoon over you and how many girls you’d pick up just for being a paramedic or a firefighter. 

Wait, are you into girls ? Or guys ? You know, whoever you're into, just imagine how many of them you’d pick up. 

Also, you’re not a murderer or anything right ? because I rather not answer questions when the police come asking about why I've been sending letters to a serial killer. 

Anyways, signing off for now. 

Yours always, y/n. 

ps. if you do end up bumping into or meeting a guy that looks like my boyfriend, (tall, brown hair, brown eyes. he’s got a pierced ear and a little butterfly tattoo by his collarbone- though not sure why or how you'd see his collarbone) let me know or tell him that his girlfriend is looking for him.

Double ps, what size shirt do you wear ?’

Buck laughed at your absurd question. A person he didn’t even know was asking what size shirt he wore. The letter was set on the coffee table with the rest of the mail, getting buried under all of the stuff he had on there. It was almost the end of December when he realized that he hadn't written you back yet. 

December 21st. 

‘Hey y/n, 

Sorry I've taken so long to get back to you. Things have been hectic over here. I’ve been doing some ‘soul-searching’ - I guess you could call it that and honestly, I don’t think if this whole first responders thing is for me. 

I tried out bartending or well, the technical term is mixologist and I’m liking it so far, I think i’m going to stick with it for now. 

How have you been ? How’s school ? Surely, you’re on break for the holidays right about now or at least when you get this letter. I hope that you're spending the break doing something fun. 

I’m not going to make this very long, I’m sure you’ve been busy with whatever you’re doing right now. 

Also, I’ve been meaning to ask. Have you located the mysteriously disappearing boyfriend yet ? I haven't seen anyone that fit your description. 

well, that’s not true- I did and just to be sure I asked to see his collarbone, he looked at me like I was a mad man so I guess it wasn't him ? 

Anyways, I hope you have a good holiday and you're probably gonna get this sometime between holidays, so merry belated (?) Christmas and happy New Years y/n. 

Peace out, 

Evan. 

ps. medium or large, depending on what it is. Hopefully that answers your question weirdo.’

January 13th. 

The morning of the 13th, he went down to check his mail. A box was there with his name on it, the return address was one he had only seen on an envelope. The box returned upstairs with him, setting it on the counter before opening it. 

Upon opening it, there was a letter and some colourful tissue paper with what seemed like a sweater under it. He opened the letter first.

‘Dear Evan, 

Happy New Years! How was your holiday going ? Did you do anything fun ? 

I’ve been good and school is good too, I'm almost done my first year, isn't that crazy ? Just a few more months to go. 

How’s your job as mr. mixologist going ? I'm sure you’ve met some wild people and heard some interesting stories. 

As for the boyfriend situation, that's over. I’m not surprised to tell you the truth but it still kinda sucks. Anyways, so what happened was that his older brother had come home from college last year and brought a friend with him. She went to the same school as his brother but transferred to UCLA- anyways long story short, they hooked up while he and I were still together and he moved in with her after his mom helped him move into the apartment I thought he had. 

But! I’m single and chilling now so it’s all good. (bonus, she cheated on him and left him so yeah) 

I got you a little something for Christmas and as a “sorry for unloading all my boyfriend drama on you” present. I was in the gift shop and it made me think of you. Do you celebrate Christmas? I forgot to check oops. If you don't, count it as a just a “sorry for unloading all my boyfriend drama on you” present? 

I got a large because I wasn't sure if it would fit. I hope you like it. That’s all for now.

Yours always, y/n.’

He unwrapped the tissue paper to see a blue sweater with the letters NYU on it. He smiled, he assumed that’s where you went. It was sweet that you took the time to get him something, even if it was a by the way thing. Not a lot of people would send something to a person they had been talking to via letters and halfway across the country. 

February 12th. 

2 days before Valentine's Day, your least favourite holiday of the year. You weren't looking forward to watching all your friends going on with their boyfriends and girlfriends. The mail had arrived while you were out, you picked it up and headed in. There were two envelopes with your name on it,  a plain white one and a red one. The red envelope was more squared than rectangular, you assumed it was a card- both had the same sender name. 

‘Hey y/n!

Thank you for the sweater, it was nice of you to think of me and get me something. I didn’t know we were doing gifts or I would have sent you something as well and yes, I do celebrate Christmas. 

My job as ‘mr. mixologist’ was going well until I quit. It just didn’t feel like the right fit for me you know ? I'm going to see what else is out there for me. 

Sorry to hear about your boyfriend, he seems like a douche. Who would cheat on you ? You seem great I mean at least you are on paper (did you get my joke, it’s hard to tell) 

Also, remember how I was thinking I might actually give that first responder thing a try? Imagine me as a firefighter, that’s pretty cool right ? 

So I kinda did a thing and signed up and then I got in. I started two weeks ago and it was kicking my ass at first but I've gotten a hang of it and things are going pretty well. There's three other Evans in my class so everyone calls me Buck-I kind of like it. 

The other envelope, hopefully you opened this one first, is a little something for you for valentines. Hope you like it. 

Peace out, 

Buck’ 

The red envelope was on your lap, you pulled the edges carefully not wanting to rip it. Inside was a plain white card with bright red letters that made you laugh. The cover read ‘I’m not sick of you yet!” Opening the card, a $20 fell onto your lap. There was a little message inside that went along with the cash. 

‘Since we aren't together and can’t spend valentines together, there’s some cash to get yourself a box of chocolates and a teddy bear. Happy Valentines Day y/n

Love, Buck.’ 

You smile, this was the first time that Buck had signed with ‘love, buck’ it had always been ‘peace out, buck.’ You tucked the card into the drawer, one you didn’t use very often so you knew it’d be safe there. 

*4 years later*

A few weeks had passed since Buck had last heard from y/n. His last letter to her was at the end of June, telling her all about the day he had spent at Hen and Karen’s. He always described every little detail so vividly that it made her feel like she was there with him- but it was now July, end of actually and moving into August. 

4 years had blown like nothing.

It felt like just yesterday he got the first letter in the mail. 4 years and they still had no idea what each other looked like but they knew every intricate and intimate detail about each other, their lives and the people in it. 

Y/n and Buck had grown rather close over the last few months- more than they already were. Y/n just went through a pretty shitty break up and Buck wasn't exactly big on relationships as of right now. 

He had just gotten home from work, his keys set on the counter when he realized that he forgot to check his mail. Stepping back out, there was a woman in the hallway and boxes scattered across her, leading into the apartment down the hall. 

She must be his new neighbour.

He wanted to go over and introduce himself but she was busy telling the movers where to set her couch so he decided that he would check the mail and then introduce himself when he returned so he did just that. 

Except, she was still busy. 

She leaned against the wall, watching the movers move what looked like a coffee table. She glanced up to see Buck walking by, she smiled and he returned the smile. 

Buck reaches his apartment, the mail in hand and steps in. He sorts through the pile, bills, ads, coupons and no letter from y/n. 

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Your new apartment was a mess. You decided it was time for a change. You applied to a few hospitals after your break up and the one in LA hired you. So you dropped everything and moved- no family, no ties. 

A fresh start. 

It was a nice neighbourhood and the building was quiet. The neighbours you met were pleasant and welcoming. When you were having the furniture moved in, there was a blonde man who smiled at you and you assumed he lived in the unit down the hall because that’s where he stepped into. 

It was almost 11pm when you finally sat down. You had been on your feet all day and just wanted to eat something. The box with the dishes was beside the couch, you pulled the tape off and opened it. There was an envelope sitting on top of the stack of plates. 

Buck’s last letter to you. 

You must have tossed it into the boxes while packing and you forgot to write him back. Tumbling through the boxes, you find a sheet of paper and a pen from your bag. Sitting on the floor, the paper resting on an unopened box, you begin writing. 

‘Dear Buck, 

I’m sorry I've taken so long to get back to you. I quit my job, and uprooted my entire life. The break up sucked major ass as you know, so I decided it was time for a change. 

Guess where I decided to go ? 

Did you guess yet? 

No, not Canada, why would you guess Canada ? 

LA! 

Yeah, isn't that crazy that I ended up here of all places? Maybe we could get together one day (if you haven’t turned into a crazy serial killer that is.) 

Anyways, that’s why I've taken so long to write. I was packing when I got your letter and I tossed it in a box and just found it again. Anyways, I hope you’ve been good, how have things been at the station ? 

I promise I'll write again with more details soon, I just have to get settled in first. 

Yours always, y/n.’ 

Folding the paper, you slipped into an envelope. The address being scribbled into the back of the envelope. You were about to seal it when the building number caught your eye. 

It was the same number as the place you moved into. The same address, the building number, the same floor. 

The unit number was the only difference. 

There was no way you moved into the building that Buck lived in. 

You knew the address felt familiar when you saw the listing but you didn’t think anything of it nor did it occur to you that you knew the address. 

Stepping out of your apartment, looking at the number on the room and back down at the envelope in your hand. Buck’s apartment was down the hall. 

Part of you just wanted to mail it and keep things as it was but another part of you wanted to meet him, to see what he was really like in person. So there you were walking down the hallway at a quarter past 11 in the dead of the night to meet a man you had been sending letters to for the last 4 years. 

The end of the hallway, you stared at the black wooden door in front of you. Your brain weighing the options right now: he’s a sweetheart and welcoming and makes you feel comfortable or he’s a weird guy who’s been lying to you this whole time and you told him everything about you and now he’s going to kill you. 

Before you could register what you were doing, you knocked on the door. 

Glancing down at yourself, you were wearing a pair of old shorts and a t-shirt from high school that you found in a drawer while packing. Not an ideal outfit, maybe he’s sleeping and you can go home and change- the door opened, a man wearing sweatpants and a t-shirt stood there. He looked like he had just woken up. 

“Sorry, did I wake you?” 

“It's alright,” he yawned, his hand covering his mouth as he blinked away a few tears. “What can I do for you ?” he leaned against the door. 

“Um, this is an odd question-” you shifted, glancing down at the envelope in your hand. “Are you Buck ?” 

“I am, who are you ?” 

“Y/n.” 

You had never seen a man wake up that fast, he seemed surprised, confused and concerned all in one. “How- uh, are you- What ?” he mumbled. 

“I found your letter in the box after I moved, I moved into the apartment down the hall” you point to your left, Buck sticks his head out of the doorway and looks at the door you were pointing to. You were the woman in the hallway that he saw earlier, he knew you looked familiar. 

“I just wrote your letter and I noticed that the addresses were the same, just a different unit number so I decided to come check. Sorry if I bothered you, we can talk another day- it’s late and you probably have work” “Would you like to come in?” he opens the door a bit more, looking to you for an answer. 

“Um, okay sure.” stepping in, you can’t help but glance around. The apartment was similar to yours, the layout was a bit different though. “Can I get you something to drink ? Coffee, water ? A beer ?” he rounded the kitchen counter, you took a seat on one of the chairs by the counter. 

“Water’s fine, thanks” 

He reached for a bottle from the fridge, sliding it over to you. You gave him a smile, he leaned against the counter and was now looking- studying you. 

“I know we’ve talked to each other for 4 years but this is kinda strange” you chuckled awkwardly, Buck can't help but smile. 

“Yeah, it is, isn't it? but can I ask why you moved to LA?” 

“Well all of that was in the letter” you slide the envelope across the counter and he picks it up, opening it. Giving him a few moments to read, you watch his expression like you were hoping for some insight as to how he was feeling or what he was thinking. He let out a laugh, “how’d you know I'd guess Canada ?” you smiled at him, a small wave of relief washing over you for some reason. “Lucky guess I suppose” 

“Do you-” “What are-” the sentences cutting each other off, the two of you awkwardly smiling at each other. “You first” looking at him, he hums. 

“Do you have work tomorrow or are you busy ?” His eyes meet yours, you found yourself leaning forwards towards the counter- towards him. He made you feel comfortable, you’d go as far as to say safe, in a way you’ve never felt before. 

“No, I don't start until the 21st. Why ?” 

“I was thinking - if you're not busy and if you want to, of course. Maybe I could take you out for breakfast and I could show you around ? Or lunch or dinner ? Whatever works for you actually” he rambles, fiddling with his fingers to avoid eye contact. 

A small laugh slips past your lips causing him to look up, his brows furrowed as he studies your face, looking for an answer. 

“Breakfast sounds good, what time should I be ready for ?” 

“Uh, is 10 okay ?” he asks, you nod. “I’ll be ready for 10 then.” 

“Okay, I'll pick you up” he smiles. 

“Buck, we live in the same building.” 

“Oh right,” he chuckles, “well I'll be by yours at 10 then” the two of you smiling at each other. 

“Okay.” 

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At least Steve is willing to upgrade their relationship from best friends to fake boyfriends.

The Settler | 52203 words 🍞

“What do you want to do?”

Steve pauses and looks at them.

What he wants is to stay with them. He doesn't have any family left, they all died before he even joined the war and became... this. Captain America turned whatever he is now. But Natasha and Sam have become his family over the years. Not just because they're on the run together, fugitives and vigilantes, but way before that too.

He doesn't want to leave that.

But he knows that, realistically, he can't stay with them and they can't stay with him.

So he looks at them with a smile and lies. “I don't know.”

OR; In which Steve retires and finally finds a place to call home.

You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory | 1148 words 🐈

"Alright, Bucky," Steve slows his steps, watches his neighbour stop at the bottom of the next flight of stairs. There's a canvas bag in his hand that Steve didn't notice earlier, cream coloured with the figure of a sleeping, black cat painted on it. "Have a good day."

He thinks Bucky's cheeks pink up a bit right then and there, but Steve can't tell. He's too distracted by his pounding, foolish heart, by the way Bucky smiles bashfully, and ducks his head. The way he seems like he wants to stay.

To Believe In Tomorrow | 3959 words 👨🏻‍🌾

Bucky's mornings at the community garden get a little more interesting when the new guy shows up.

Maybe This Christmas | 24873 words | Part 1 of Maybe ❄️

Bucky’s not going home for Christmas. But it’s fine. He’s spending Christmas alone in his apartment, but it’s cool. He’s not feeling up to seeing his family after his accident anyway, plus he has to work. He’s totally fine with it. But then he runs into Steve, literally, and suddenly his Christmas isn’t looking so empty after all.

-----

Hurrying was a bad idea. Bucky’s foot hits a patch of ice and slides out from under him in what would have been a comical cartoon banana-peel-like trip, if it wasn’t happening to him, and he braces himself to hit the ground. This is going to hurt.

“Fuck,” Bucky screeches, but as he lands on his back, it’s not the cold hard concrete he expected, but a solid mass beneath him. Oh god, Bucky thinks as he realises he smacked into the person behind him and took them down with him.

Maybe This Year (Will Be Better Than Last) | 133868 words | Part 2 of Maybe ❄️

Last year, Bucky Barnes met Steve Rogers. Well actually, he slipped and fell on him. What followed was the best Christmas either of them had ever had. But what happens when Christmas is over and life returns to normal? What happens after the Christmas miracle?

-----

Bucky should have known. He did know. When things seem too good to be true, they usually are. And Steve is the best thing that has happened to him in a long time, possibly ever, so of course it couldn’t last.

Maybe This Time (I Hope I Get The Chance To Say Goodbye) | 34561 words | Part 3 of Maybe ❄️

Steve and Bucky Barnes are happily married. They've made it through some hard times and come out stronger and happier, together. Then Steve gets called on to come out of retirement for the most important mission of his life and everything changes. Everything.

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“Have yourself a merry little Christmas…” Steve starts singing along softly, and Bucky chuckles, before leaning his head onto Steve’s shoulder, always happy when he’s in Steve’s arms.

“From now on, our troubles will be miles away…” Bucky joins in.

Dancing round their living room, just as in love as ever, their troubles seem light-years away, if not non-existent.

Sadly, they’re closer than they think.

The Unexpected Gift | 9504 words | Part 1 of When Winter Comes 🐕

Steve Rogers is fine.

After ending a long-term relationship with Sam Wilson, Steve moves back to New York. He's tired and lonely but depressed? No. At least, that's what he thinks.

From the window of his apartment, he watches a dark-haired man and his service dog sitting in the park, wondering what his story is.

The Winter Storm | 2218 words | Part 2 of When Winter Comes 🐕

"If I could give you one thing in life, I would give you the ability you see yourself through my eyes, only then would you realize how special you are to me."

After Bucky and Steve confessed their feelings for each other, life has its own twisted way to challenge the most profound love.

One January Night | 4213 words | Part 3 of When Winter Comes 🐕

Before going back to work, Steve Rogers still has things to learn: 1- Depression is a bitch and the battle against it isn't an easy one. 2- Dating a person with disabilities comes with its share of challenges.

Bucky Barnes Has His Shit Together (And Other Lies He Tells Himself) | 14159 words 🔒

You’d think a guy who owns one of the most successful bakeries in Brooklyn, has a million-dollar smile and that antiquated good ol’ boy charm, blond hair and blue eyes and biceps for days, would know what’s what.

But don’t let that fool you: Steve Rogers is a mess.

Obvious | 917 words ☕

"Oh, I have a prompt! So, it makes me laugh how painfully obvious Steve and Bucky's feelings are to everyone when they're in that pining, slowburn, does-he-doesn't-he phase. But imagine Steve and Bucky working in a coffee shop together and constantly bickering, nudging and playfully flirting with each other. And all the employees and patrons are so invested in their relationship and just want them to kiss already but no one realizes that Steve and Bucky have been married since they got out of HS."

[msatlantathickdream]

Sunday January 2, 2022 my Luv’s! Happy New YEAR!!! 2021 was a great year if you did your best to play alchemy with all that weird and fucked up energy that tried to take you down and out. I have not one complaint about the year that was now passed us, I have bunches of gratitude for the shifts that occurred within my Universe and the risk that I took…now its time to continue to raise the bar…for myself and keep it truckin busting out these thing’s called “goals” and staying in my purpose. And yes…rising in more LOVE! In 2021, I had to sit with and in a lot of thing’s ALONE…away from the chatter of the internet “friends” (I was unable to continue to pretend to be okay with showing up for others and being the cheerleader for people who really only wanted to be amused and feed off my yummy energy) I had to minimize my contact with a lot of beings. I just had to. I had to do the shadowwork, in order to heal from the bullshit that was trying to recycle back to me. It was necessary so I can get a better understanding on myself and those who are drawn to me…and some who have chosen to detach from me (knowing damn well they still want to be near me and my sparkle..ha). 2021 was NOT as painful as the last previous years dealing with tons of “loss” and funky…sneaking people. My strategy of keeping certain boundaries worked well, and so what if I had to readjust them…it worked well for me. While doing my shadowwork in 2021, I was not with attending ANY family functions and I wasn’t with acting as if I was not affected by the shitty treatment that I’ve received from certain mf’ers on the maternal side of my family. I was not holding my breath for apologies from people like my oldest cousin (I use to look up to) who once stole my 4th born child identity (to claim her on taxes). This is the same family member who allowed us to stay with her 6mos and when the pandemic hit-I/we had to bounce based on the fact that I couldn’t save money nor make any money living with her…no privacy..no transportation…no understanding of the thing’s that I deemed a necessity. 2021 did bring me lots of clarity….more pounds to my curvy body..lol…more money…and I gave a lot less fucks about those who didn’t try to understand me. And it was not until the end of the year that I realized that even your parents (Mom & Dad) can earn a “time out”..from you…their seed. That idea came after I pulled a muscle in my lower back…and I got this nasty text message from my Mom about how I didn’t say “Merry Christmas” to her….silly you think of her or me…I do not know…but I/myself I do not celebrate Christmas in the traditional sense therefore WHY would I send a “Merry Christmas” anything to my Mom, and I’d spoken with her the day before, she was fully aware I was in some tough pain. Then to add to the reasons to put the “Mothership” on a time-out..I sent her a loving message on New Year’s Eve along with a selfie and she replies with a dry ass response “oh Daughter…good evening”…she did not acknowledge my well wishings and love sent to her. It almost made me cry at midnight when we were officially into 2022…that meltdown was saved by my 4th born who came rushing in my bathroom to cheer and streak about blowing her party horn. Also during 2021 while doing this shadowwork I saw that people are so caught up in their World and if you do not fit..it will speak volumes quickly, and it was up to me whether I wanted to remain in relationship with them so closely. I was okay with letting go…and being okay with having no one else to speak to other than my children and business professionals (such as my doctors, the kids teachers, the clerk at the store,etc). Now that 2022 is here the “newness” vibe is here…not so much with me, but with those who moods and behaviors shift a tad during a calendar change. I am ready to peep out whatever the Universe brings to me. Thanks to my shadowwork and discernment (that includes being a intuitive empath)…I can pick up a old vibe that’s been disguised by carefully pulling back the layers. Its like touring a new building that has been redesigned but with further inspection you find asbestos in the attic and harmful mold in the frame of the windows. And simply put…I will detect bullshit quick! From the potential suitor who say he wants to “court”/date me yet he struggles to make time for date nights and in person conversation…to the people who wanted me to believe that its “me not them”..bullshit..bulllshit…bullshit. Lastly Dear Reader…I was thinking too small based on how other’s treatment of me..had me believing or not believing in the thing’s I came here to do..the thing’s I came here to experience. IF this is you…CUT IT OUT!!! 2022: LOVE more…FUCK often…stress LESS….sleep WELL…ALIGN more…EXERCISE more…eat BETTER…MONEY is a tool that we need flowing constantly-MANIFEST more!!!

[citydreamgrls]

merry christmas all !!!

merry (late) christmas to you all, hope everyone had a lovely day and got at least one thing they were wishing for, whether it be a gift or just to see some family. 

i’m currently working on a pansy x hermione fic, which will probably be a one shot seeing as a lot of my recent works have been multiple parters

but seeing as i’m off work for the holidays until January 4th i have the time to work on bigger things if need be 

love u all and wish you a good holiday period whatever you may celebrate !!

<3333333

[system76]

2020 at System76: A Quick Jaunt Down Memory Lane

As the year draws to a close, we—

Holy bonkers. The year is drawing to a close. The year is drawing to a close! THE YEAR IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE!

Emma! Carl! Come quick! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS FUTURE, THE YEAR IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE!

*Ahem.* Anywho, we’ve managed to accomplish some really fantastic things that when all summed up together...well...let’s just say we got a bit misty-eyed ourselves when we ran down this list. Won’t you join us for a quick jaunt down memory lane?

Pop!_OS 20.04

The 20.04 release brought Pop!_OS into the next decade with Auto-tiling functionality. These windows are so futuristic, they practically tile themselves! In fact, that is exactly what they do. Enlarge them, stack them, hide them in another workspace along with other projects you don’t want to think about just now while the latest version of (insert game here) was just released, do whatever you need to keep yourself organized.

Mice will remember this version as the one that made them obsolete. Keyboard Navigation brought an infestation of keyboard shortcuts to Pop!_OS. Move windows, switch workspaces, and launch applications from your fingertips. Tell your mouse you had a wonderful time together, but…it just wasn’t the right click.

Moving on.

Lemur Pro

Before the launch of the Lemur Pro, high battery life was the most requested feature of a potential future laptop. It was time to give our laptop line some more juice. And then, BEHOLD! The Lemur Pro was born, featuring up to 14 hours of battery life—the equivalent to approximately 76 metric gallonnes (mg) of juice.

Thelio Mega

Thelio Mega is the result of countless hours of testing and countless iterations to be tested. Our goal was to create a machine that could remain cool under stress to keep your components performing at their highest possible potential; even when those components are a Threadripper 3 CPU and 4 NVIDIA RTX Quadro 8000 GPUs. Every part of the chassis down to the GPU brace was engineered for maximum thermal efficiency. It was likely a mini-fridge in another life until we used our summoning circuits to conjure it into existence in our current reality. The result? The world’s smallest quad-GPU workstation for deep learning and scientific computing.

Thelio Wood Colors

Martian Red. Neptune Blue. Dark Matter. The wondrous colors of the universe have converged upon our terrestrial wood veneer. It’s as if to say, “Your place in the world is here with Thelio.” And if the universe says so, well, it must be true! “That’s right,” says the universe. “Thank you for believing in me.” Thank you for believing in us, citizen.

Serval WS

This laptop for protein-folding and machine learning brought its friend to the System76 party and introduced them to everyone. Their name? AMD, of course. Before this computer launched, our laptop line was choc full of Intel options. Now, thanks to the powerful socialite known as Serval WS, folks may be introduced to our second AMD-powered laptop early next year...

Going Remote

You know how in zombie movies, a mall or warehouse area is converted into the lair of a survivor clan? That’s how System76 HQ looks now. During the pandemic, the Production Team claimed the building as their turf. Processes were streamlined, offices cannibalized, and something called a Mega Desk was erected inside the factory. We can only assume this construction is a throne for their appointed leader. But thanks to them and our newly remote staff, we’ve survived the year uninfected and our productivity has remained unhindered.

Computers Galore

The Bonobo WS returned to us as our most powerful laptop. Sporting both a desktop-caliber CPU and GPU, the workstation’s power is the subject of much envy. The Galago Pro was so jealous of the Bonobo WS, it slimmed its bezels and even gained some NVIDIA muscle of its own. Opening up about its vulnerabilities helped it gain confidence, and in turn inspired our other Intel-powered laptops to open up as well. As a result, they now all feature System76 Open Firmware and Embedded Controller Firmware. Great things transpire when computers come together to lift each other up.

Thelio found some inner strength as well, calling upon PCIe 4.0 and ECC memory to aid it on its many quests.

Most of our machines received some sort of update this year, and as one might expect, those aren’t even their final forms!

Celebrated 15 Years

System76 turned 15 this year! Our robots even baked a cake! Thanks to everyone who has supported us up to this point, and we will continue to serve you and your Linux computer needs. We’ve got a lot of cool things planned before the start of Year 16, including a brand new, in-house keyboard. Stay tuned!

If you’d still like to celebrate with us, our Merry Birthday Sale continues through January 4th! Save up to $418 on laptops and $1268 on desktops, and receive an exclusive Merry Birthday pin with your order! The pin has cake as well. It is not a lie.

New Branches on the Family Tree

The Nerd Zone has expanded far and wide this year. In 2020, our team grew by about 30 percent! We’ve had so many warm welcomes that we no longer have to keep the heat on at the factory. (Perspiration warps the Mega Desk, anyway.) We’re excited to meet even more new faces in 2021!

Equipment Upgrades

The production floor has also grown with new, better machinery. To ensure our machines are built with only the best quality, we’ve acquired a new bender, a new sander, and a new etching machine. With high-grade equipment like this, we could host a limbo tournament and inscribe the winner’s name on the pole!

...But we’re going to make computers with them instead. It’s kind of our thing.

That wraps up our Top 10 for this year. Get it? Wraps up? It’s a Merry Birthday joke. You’re welcome.

What were your highlights for this year? Let us know on Twitter and Facebook!

[coldflashevents]

ANNOUNCING THE 12 DAYS OF COLDFLASH 2019-20

Our winter event of the year!

That’s right, folks, not your usual 7 day theme-athon, but 12 festive fills from 25th December 2019 to 5th January 2020.

There is no sign up, no obligation, just a chance to share all your seasonal Coldflash fanworks and start the new year off right.

❄️

The 12 Days:

December

Day 1 - 25th - Christmas. NOTHING BAD MAY PASS ON THIS DAY. Bring your fluffiest fluff, your sickly sweetness, your soppiest romantic hallmark-feel good fic. Have a Very Merry Christmas.

Day 2 - 26th - Gift Giving. Inspired by Kwanzaa. This may be a physical gift, a metaphorical gift, the gift of praise or maybe Santa didn't show up and it's up to Len and Barry to save Xmas. What might the boys give?

Day 3 - 27th - Snowed in. Ah ye Olde Trope. The boys have gotten themselves stuck together and have to make the best of it. Maybe the fire goes out? Maybe there's no fire at all and snuggling ensues!

Day 4 - 28th - Winter Warfare. Inspired by Holy Innocents Day. Snowball fights, pranks. Maybe Captain Cold sets a trap for the Flash, maybe the Flash likes to get up to superfast shenanigans. What happens when the personas come out to play?

Day 5 - 29th - Fake relationship. Maybe the boys have to fake date for a Christmas party or Barry has slipped on ice at highspeed and Len has to pose as his husband to visit him at the hospital.

Day 6 - 30th - Hannukah. Bring forth all your Jewish headcanons, your dreidels and your latkes!

Day 7 - 31st - Airing of Grievances. Inspired by Festivus. Barry and Len tell each other exactly what they think of each other. It all comes out after a Long Year - positive or negative, crushing angst or confessions of the heart; dealer's choice.

January

Day 8 - 1st - New beginnings. Maybe Len has set aside Captain Cold and joined the good guys, maybe Barry has decided to take up cooking or maybe the boys just want to try something new.

Day 9 - 2nd - Yule. It's the last day of Yule so bring forth all your magical Coldflash tales! Bring us Gods, elves, fae, creatures and beasts straight out of the pages of antiquity.

Day 10 - 3rd - Winter Sports and activities. Maybe Ice hockey season is upon us, or maybe Lisa wants to teach Barry and Len how to ice skate with hilarious results. Or perhaps Barry and Len start a personal competition between them; what's in it for the winner?

Day 11 - 4th - The sound of music. Does Barry drag Len carolling, do the boys get roped into another Musical or maybe Len just likes to listen to Barry sing in the shower. Or just a good day to share your Coldflash seasonal playlists.

Day 12 - 5th - Free day! Whatever your heart desires!

⚡

Guidelines

We’re accepting all fanworks - fic, art, graphics, videos, playlists etc - and you may post for as many or as few days as you like. There are no limits.

NSFW material must be placed behind a cut, you must tag and warn of any triggers and any collaborators must be credited.

It would help us immensely if you could include a tag of which day you’re posting for; ‘#Day 1′ for instance.

An AO3 collection for the event will be made closer to the time.

And of course, any questions just hit us up \o/

Official tag will be #12DaysCF19

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🎵 On the first day of Coldflash, Barry gave to Len... 🎵

[jane-the-zombie]

FROM THE VOICEMAIL BOX OF JANE WU

[Voicemail Box is Full] 

[70 New Messages]

1st Unread Message: January 5, 2017, From Lucy Jackson: “Janey, oh my god. I talked to your sister. I heard what happened. I know you don’t want to talk or text and I know you’re busy at work, but give me a call back, okay? We don’t even have to talk about wedding stuff or any of that shit, okay? We can deal with it all later, that’s my job, remember? As your maid of honor - oh, shitit’sgoingtocutmeoff - CALL ME -” 

4th Unread Message: January 7, 2017, From Stephen Wu: “Hey, it’s me. I’ll take care of Sunday’s dinner tomorrow night, alright? Don’t bitch, I’ll get take out. See you tomorrow. Love you.” 

5th Unread Message: January 7, 2017, From Jason Liu: “Hey - Look, I know you don’t want to talk to me, but I just wanted to tell you I’m sorry, alright? I know we talked before, but I’m sorry.

8th Unread Message: January 14, 2017, From Daniel Jefferson: “Hey partner, sorry to cut your leave short. I need you to come in - I’ll get the coffee, don’t worry.”

14 Unread Message: April 5, 2017, From Lucy Jackson: “Jane! It’s me! Lucy! Hello, remember me? I haven’t seen you since your brother’s birthday in March! Isn’t that wild? C’mon, girllie, was gotta GO do something! Lizzie said you’re depressed and that’s so not like you. TEXT ME, I know you know how to use your phone, don’t tell me you turned 30 and suddenly became a boomer.” 

20 Unread Message: May 23, 2017, From Dad: “We missed you last Sunday. And the one before that. Lizzie cooked. It was bad. Love you.” 

27 Unread Message: June 18, 2017, From Daniel Jefferson: “Can you answer your fucking texts? Anyway, a wedding dress was found by the uptown precinct near Echo pond... Please tell me you didn’t. And if you did, why the hell weren’t the guys and I invited?” 

31 Unread Message: August 18, 2017, From Lucy Jackson: “You went SKYDIVING?! THREE TIMES? Without me?!”

40 Unread Message: December 30, 2017, From Lizzie Wu: “Dad and Steve are on my ass about you. Janey. Sunday Dinner isn’t that hard for you. I’ve made it more times in the last few months. And what’s this I hear about you going extreme wakeboarding? What the fuck does that MEAN? Get your shit together, Janey.”

46 Unread Message: May 23, 2018, From Dad: “We need to talk. I miss you. Call me later? Love you.” 

48 Unread Message: July 5, 2018, From Lucy Jackson: “You missed my birthday party... Janey, did I do something wrong? What’s going on with you?

49 Unread Message: November 22, 2018, From Lucy Jackson: [no message left]

50 Unread Message: December 26, 2018, From Dad: "I miss hearing your voice, I love you.” 

51 Unread Message: February 5, 2019, From Daniel Jefferson: “Get your ass up from whatever stupid thing you’re doing this week and get to the station, I need you.”

54 Unread Message: August 15 , 2019, From Stephen Wu: “You flaking out on Sunday night dinner is getting really old, sis. Either come all the time or don’t go at all. I don’t know what the Hell has gotten into you, but you need help. Also what the fuck are you doing freehanded rockclimbing? Are you trying to get yourself killed?!”

58 Unread Message: December 24, 2019, From Dad: “Merry Christmas, Jane. I love you. Call me back, okay?” 

59 Unread Message: March 1, 2020, From Captain Jerome Turner: “Get your ass to my office now, Detective Wu. What the fuck were you thinking? Jefferson was lucky to only get hit in the shoulder. You could have gotten someone killed. You could have gotten yourself killed. You’re out of control Wu. I want your ass here now.” 

61 Unread Message: March 6, 2020, From Daniel Jefferson: “What the hell, Wu?”

63 Unread Message: April 7, 2020, From Dad: “You bought a motorcycle?? Jane, those things get people killed!! What were you thinking?! Call me back! Love you.” 

66 Unread Message: April 28, 2020, From Dad: “Call me back, Janey. Love you” 

67 Unread Message: April 7, 2020, From Lizzie Wu: [no message left]

68 Unread Message: April 7, 2020, From Stephen Wu: [no message left]

70 Unread Message: April 19, 2020, From Dad: [no message left]

 [Voicemail Box is Full]

[clearlydeplorable]

To the Leftists:

If you are a liberal who can’t stand Trump, and cannot possibly fathom why anyone would ever vote for him, let me fill you in.

It’s not that we love Donald Trump so much. It’s that we can’t stand you.

And we will do whatever it takes — even if that means electing a rude, obnoxious, unpredictable, narcissist (your words not ours) to the office of President of the United States — because the thing we find more dangerous to this nation than Donald Trump is YOU.

How is that possible you might ask?

Well, you have done everything in your power to destroy our country.

From tearing down the police, to tearing down our history, to tearing down our borders.

From systematically destroying our schools and brainwashing our kids into believing socialism is the answer to anything (despite being an unmitigated failure everywhere), while demonizing religion and faith, and glorifying abortion, violence, and thug culture.

From calling us racists every time we expect everyone of any skin color to follow our laws equally to gaslighting us about 52 genders, polyamory, grown men in dresses sharing public locker rooms with little girls, and normalize the sexualization of young children, you simultaneously ridicule us for having the audacity to wish someone a “Merry Christmas” or hang a flag on the 4th of July, stand for the national anthem, or (horror of horrors) don a MAGA hat in public.

So much for your “tolerance.”

(See why we think you are just hypocrites??)

We’re also not interested in the fact that you think you can unilaterally decide that 250 years of the right-to-bear-arms against a tyrannical or ineffective government should be abolished because you can’t get the violence in the cities you manage under control. That free-speech should be tossed out the window, and that those who disagree with your opinions are fair game for public harassment or doxing. That spoiled children with nose-rings and tats who still live off their parent’s dime should be allowed to destroy cities and peoples livelihoods without repercussions. That chaos, and lawlessness, and disrespect for authority should be the norm.

This is your agenda. And you wonder why we find you more dangerous than Donald Trump?

Your narrative is a constant drone of oppressor/oppressed race-baiting intended to divide the country in as many ways as you possibly can. You love to sell “victim-hood” to people of color every chance you get because it’s such an easy sell, compared to actually teaching people to stand on their own two feet and take personal responsibility for their own lives and their own communities and their own futures. But you won’t do that, you will never do that, because then you will lose control over people of color. They might actually start thinking for themselves, God forbid!

This is why we will vote for Donald Trump.

Not because he is the most charming character on the block.

Not because he is the most polite politician to have ever graced the oval office.

Not because he is the most palatable choice, or because we love his moral character or because the man never lies, but because we are sick to death of you and all of the destructive crap you are doing to this once beautiful and relatively safe country.

Your ineffective and completely dysfunctional liberal “leadership”(?) has literally destroyed our most beautiful cities, our public education system, and done it’s damndest to rip faith out of people’s lives.

However bad Donald Trump may be, and he is far from perfect, every day we look at you and feel that no matter what Donald Trump says or does there is no possible way he could be any worse for our country than you people are.

We are sick to death of your stupid, destructive, ignorant, and intolerant behavior and beliefs — parading as “wokeness.” We are beyond sick of your hypocrisy and B.S.

We are fed up with your disrespectful divisiveness and constant unrelenting harping and whining and complaining (while you live in the most privileged nation in the world), while making literally zero contributions of anything positive to our society. Your entire focus is on ripping things down, never ever building anything up. Think about that as there is something fundamentally very wrong in the psychology of people who choose destruction as their primary modus operandi.

When Donald J Trump is reelected, don’t blame us, look in the mirror and blame yourselves.

Because you are the ones that are responsible for the rise of Donald Trump. You are the ones who have created this "monster" that you so despise, by your very actions. By your refusal to respect your fellow Americans, and the things that are important to us.

You have made fun of the “fly-over states,” the people who “cling to their guns and religion,” the middle class factory workers and coal miners and underprivileged rural populations that you dismissively call “yahoos” and “deplorables.” You have mocked our faith and our religion. You have mocked our values and our patriotism. You have trampled our flag and insulted our veterans and treated our first responders with contempt and hatred.

You have made environmentalism your religion, while trashing every city you have taken responsibility for. You scream from the rooftops about “global warming” and a “green new deal” while allowing tens of thousands of homeless people to cover your streets in literal sh!t and garbage and needles and plastic waste without doing a single thing to help them or solve the environmental crisis your failed social policies are creating. But we’re supposed to put YOU in charge of the environment while gutting our entire economy to institute this plan when you can’t even clean up a single city??

You complain — endlessly — yet have failed to solve a single social problem anywhere. In fact, all you have done is create more of them.

We’ve had enough. We are tired of quietly sitting by and being the “silent” majority. So don’t be surprised when the day comes when we finally respond. And trust me it’s coming, sooner than you might think. And also trust me when I say it won’t be pretty. Get ready.

When Donald Trump is reelected it will be because you and your “comrades” have chosen to trash the police, harass law-abiding citizens, and go on rampages destroying public property that we have all paid for and you have zero respect for.

When Donald Trump is reelected it will be because we are sick of your complete and utter nonsense and destruction. How does it feel to know that half of this country finds you FAR more despicable than Donald J. Trump, the man you consider to be the anti-Christ?

Let that sink in.

We consider you to be more despicable, more dangerous, more stupid, and more narcissistic than Donald Trump. Maybe allow yourself a few seconds of self-reflection to let that sink in. This election isn’t about Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden.

This is about Donald Trump vs YOU.

So if on the morning of November 4 (or more likely January 19, by the time the Supreme Court will weigh in on the mail-in ballot fiasco that we are headed towards), and Donald J. Trump is reelected?

The only people you have to blame is the left-wing media drones and yourselves.

You did this.

We don't believe in Wealth Distribution, we work hard for our money, and if anyone else wants to make more, they can too.We don't believe illegals should be taking American's jobs. We don't think everyone should get free this, free that.

[tanstaaflaos]

A rant from Trump supporters

The following is a cut and paste from someone I know on Facebook.  In short, they don’t particularly like Trump but like liberals and progressive ideas even less.  They justify their vote for Trump as giving a finger to liberals and the media, rather than supporting Trump.  In short, a very selfish and short-sighted mentality that is unfortunately prevalent in today’s world.  These folks will continue to vote against their own interests if it means they can “win” while sticking it to the liberals.  Here’s the rant:

🛑 STOP! 🛑 EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS ⬇️ If you are a liberal who can’t stand Trump, and cannot possibly fathom why anyone would ever vote for him, let me fill you in. It’s not that we love Donald Trump so much. It’s that we can’t stand you. And we will do whatever it takes — even if that means electing a rude, obnoxious, unpredictable, narcissist (your words not ours) to the office of President of the United States — because the thing we find more dangerous to this nation than Donald Trump is YOU. How is that possible you might ask? Well, you have done everything in your power to destroy our country. From tearing down the police, to tearing down our history, to tearing down our borders. From systematically destroying our schools and brainwashing our kids into believing socialism is the answer to anything (despite being an unmitigated failure everywhere), while demonizing religion and faith, and glorifying abortion, violence, and thug culture. From calling us racists every time we expect everyone of any skin color to follow our laws equally, to telling us that our “tolerance” of lifestyles we don’t agree with isn’t nearly enough — no we must “celebrate” any lifestyle choice or gender option (forget science) you throw our direction or you think it’s fine to calls us homophobic or some other degrading slur you decide is okay to call us — ironically all while lecturing us on hate speech. While you gaslight us about 52 genders, polyamory, grown men in dresses sharing public locker rooms with little girls, and normalize the sexualization of young children, you simultaneously ridicule us for having the audacity to wish someone a “Merry Christmas” or hang a flag on the 4th of July, stand for the national anthem, or (horror of horrors) don a MAGA hat in public. So much for your “tolerance.” (See why we think you are just hypocrites??) We’re also not interested in the fact that you think you can unilaterally decide that 250 years of the right-to-bear-arms against a tyrannical or ineffective government should be abolished because you can’t get the violence in the cities you manage under control. That free-speech should be tossed out the window, and that those who disagree with your opinions are fair game for public harassment or doxing. That spoiled children with nose-rings and tats who still live off their parent’s dime should be allowed to destroy cities and peoples livelihoods without repercussions. That chaos, and lawlessness, and disrespect for authority should be the norm. This is your agenda. And you wonder why we find you more dangerous than Donald Trump? Your narrative is a constant drone of oppressor/oppressed race-baiting intended to divide the country in as many ways as you possibly can. You love to sell “victim-hood” to people of color every chance you get because it’s such an easy sell, compared to actually teaching people to stand on their own two feet and take personal responsibility for their own lives and their own communities and their own futures. But you won’t do that, you will never do that, because then you will lose control over people of color. They might actually start thinking for themselves, God forbid! This is why we will vote for Donald Trump. Not because he is the most charming character on the block. Not because he is the most polite politician to have ever graced the oval office. Not because he is the most palatable choice, or because we love his moral character or because the man never lies, but because we are sick to death of you and all of the destructive crap you are doing to this once beautiful and relatively safe country. Your ineffective and completely dysfunctional liberal “leadership”(?) has literally destroyed our most beautiful cities, our public education system, and done it’s damndest to rip faith out of people’s lives. However bad Donald Trump may be, and he is far from perfect, every day we look at you and feel that no matter what Donald Trump says or does there is no possible way he could be any worse for our country than you people are. We are sick to death of your stupid, destructive, ignorant, and intolerant behavior and beliefs — parading as “wokeness.” We are beyond sick of your hypocrisy and B.S. We are fed up with your disrespectful divisiveness and constant unrelenting harping and whining and complaining (while you live in the most privileged nation in the world), while making literally zero contributions of anything positive to our society. Your entire focus is on ripping things down, never ever building anything up. Think about that as there is something fundamentally very wrong in the psychology of people who choose destruction as their primary modus operandi. When Donald J Trump is reelected, don’t blame us, look in the mirror and blame yourselves. Because you are the ones that are responsible for the rise of Donald Trump. You are the ones who have created this "monster" that you so despise, by your very actions. By your refusal to respect your fellow Americans, and the things that are important to us. You have made fun of the “fly-over states,” the people who “cling to their guns and religion,” the middle class factory workers and coal miners and underprivileged rural populations that you dismissively call “yahoos” and “deplorables.” You have mocked our faith and our religion. You have mocked our values and our patriotism. You have trampled our flag and insulted our veterans and treated our first responders with contempt and hatred. You have made environmentalism your religion, while trashing every city you have taken responsibility for. You scream from the rooftops about “global warming” and a “green new deal” while allowing tens of thousands of homeless people to cover your streets in literal sh!t and garbage and needles and plastic waste without doing a single thing to help them or solve the environmental crisis your failed social policies are creating. But we’re supposed to put YOU in charge of the environment while gutting our entire economy to institute this plan when you can’t even clean up a single city?? You complain — endlessly — yet have failed to solve a single social problem anywhere. In fact, all you have done is create more of them. We’ve had enough. We are tired of quietly sitting by and being the “silent” majority. So don’t be surprised when the day comes when we finally respond. And trust me it’s coming, sooner than you might think. And also trust me when I say it won’t be pretty. Get ready. When Donald Trump is reelected it will be because you and your “comrades” have chosen to trash the police, harass law-abiding citizens, and go on rampages destroying public property that we have all paid for and you have zero respect for. When Donald Trump is reelected it will be because we are sick of your complete and utter nonsense and destruction. How does it feel to know that half of this country finds you FAR more despicable than Donald J. Trump, the man you consider to be the anti-Christ? Let that sink in. We consider you to be more despicable, more dangerous, more stupid, and more narcissistic than Donald Trump. Maybe allow yourself a few seconds of self-reflection to let that sink in. This election isn’t about Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden. This is about Donald Trump vs YOU. So if on the morning of November 4 (or more likely January 19, by the time the Supreme Court will weigh in on the mail-in ballot fiasco that we are headed towards), and Donald J. Trump is reelected? The only people you have to blame is the left-wing media drones and yourselves. You did this. Yep you. I copied and shared this and if you give a shit about your country then you should too.

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500 Follower/Semi-Hiatus Fic Raffle!

So this happened sometime previous to Obiyukiweek:

Normally I would hold my usual prompt-a-thon, put it over the holidays once again, AND WE WOULD ALL REJOICE. But this year I’m afraid I’m just not able to commit to that much writing time -- since I will be heavily, obscenely pregnant with my second kiddo!

SO INSTEAD I will be holding a fic raffle! I will be going on semi-haitus sometime around January 25 and ending, hopefully, sometime around March 25th. DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. I’m not in control here.

However, during that time, I’m hoping to keep updating with FULL CHAPTERS of fics -- which will be selected by the winners of the raffle! From today, 9/28 until midnight on 9/30, you will get one “ticket” in the raffle for each like and reblog. The prizes are as followers:

5th place: 1 B-side scene from any fic 4th place: 2 prompts in any prompt-driven universe (to be listed below) 3rd place: 3 chapters of any open fic (to be listed below) 2nd place: 4 chapters of any open fic, or one-shot sequel/timestamp to any finished, non-Seven Suitors fic 1st place: 5 chapters of any open fic or may request an entirely new fic

[Rules below the cut; PLEASE READ BEFORE ENTERING]

* You must be following me to enter. Please do not unfollow once you’ve entered/won; I’ll be checking before I fill the requests, and if I find the winner has stopped following I’ll select another.

* 1 like or reblog = 1 entry; I won’t put a cap on it, but don’t spam the post with reblogs. Keep it to like...3 a day, tops.

* You can reblog to a sideblog, but only if you let me know what you main blog is -- since sideblogs can’t follow, those entries will otherwise be DQ’ed

* The number of chapters/prompts your place has is the total number of requests you may make -- and you may make requests from any lower place level as well (if you win 2nd place, you may still use one of your “chapters” for a B-side or a prompt-driven fic request).

* Your selections may be either all from the same fic, or different fics -- aka, if you win 3rd place, you can have all 3 chapters be from Desert & Reward, or you can have 1 chapter from Desert & Reward, 1 from Rarely Pure, and 1 Fae AU prompt.

* I reserve the right to refuse any request; I doubt it will happen, but there’s some pairings I just won’t write a big long fic for, even if you win first place.

* This probably goes without saying, BUT: picking chapters does not mean you’ll get to choose the content of them -- it will just be whatever I have next in line for that fic (aka, please don’t pick RPNS and then request that they have sex in the chapter or something; I have plans for what’s happening in just about every fic, I promise)

Prompt Driven Universes:

The Wide Florida Bay

Creche AU

Shirayuki Sedai

Little Mermaid AU

Rapunzel AU

Obi Works For Izana AU

Go For Broke (Noir AU)

Ice Skating AU

Between the Night and Morrow (Fae AU)

Drink Deep of Lethe

Creatures of a Brief Season (Daemon AU)

Seven Swipes for Shirayuki

Strictly Come Dancing

He Who Fell in the Sea (Selkie AU)

Practical Charms (Urban Fantasy AU)

Open Fics

Rarely Pure and Never Simple

Merry & Bright

Truth in Masquerade

Sit Back, Relax, I’ll Take My Time

Desert & Reward

The Daisy Chain

Sensitive Negotiations

All Pain Will Turn to Medicine

Unexpected Complications

Get Up Eight

All That Remains

Like Going Home

The Most Perverse Creature in the World

The Great Chain

What the Heart Wants

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All I Want For Christmas

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The flat smelled like cinnamon and pine when I came through the door. Goliath sat comfortably on the kitchen counter where he wasn’t supposed to be. Not even phased by the fact that I’ve walked in on him misbehaving.

“Are you supposed to be up on the counter? No. I don’t think so, naughty boy.” I patted his bottom and he quickly jumped down, purring loudly as he landed.

“Freddie, baby?” A soft call came from up the stairs. Miranda’s voice sounded almost like a melody.

“Yes, darling?” I called after her.

“Will you come here for a moment?”

“I’ll be up in just one second, love. Are you alright?”

I received no answer. Perhaps she was feeling Ill?

I slipped off my shoes and threw my coat off and tossed it on the back of the couch. The chilly air of the flat gave me goosebumps along my arms.

I made my way up the stairs to my darling Miranda. The bedroom door was shut, but out from underneath it seeped a blueish glow.

Curious to see what it was I opened the door carefully, and stepped in quietly.

Miranda wasn’t sick at all.

On the bed laid the most delicious sight to be seen. My dear Miranda was swathed in a bright red bralette and matching lacy panties. A beautiful red garter hugged her waist and gripped her thighs just right. The stockings she dawned were a beautiful Emerald shade. No shoes, just her little feet tucked away in her perfectly aligned thigh highs. Her hair cascaded over her shoulders and down around her chest, perfectly framing her face.

Miranda’s hands were bound to the end of the bed posts by strands of multicolor Christmas lights, her head hanging off the edge just a little. The blue light radiated off of her skin with a glow, putting emphasis on the shadows and curves of her body. She laid with her knees up and her legs spread wide open.

I stood in awe, and as she looked at me an innocent grin spread across her face.

“Merry Christmas, baby.”

I could barely think of any words to say. She left me speechless. I suddenly noticed the cold sweat I had broke just looking at her, and how fast I felt myself harden with excitement.

“Merry Christmas indeed.” I finally spoke after what felt like an eternity of silence. “Did you tie yourself up like that?”

“I did. I’ve been waiting for you.” Her voice was almost like a purr. My Tiger was out to play again, only this time I didn’t know if she was the prey or if I was.

I closed the door behind me as I stepped closer to the bed. I stood just above her now, her head tilted back to look me in the eyes as I stared down at her.

Her breasts were just barely contained by her bralette. As she breathed in and out the top of her nipple peered out through the lace fabric just a smidge.

I rested my hands on either side of her face and ran my thumbs over her skin. Her head rested just at the height of my lower region, something I assume she did on purpose.

“You look stunning, darling.” You could hear my voice quiver as I swallowed down the looming lump in my throat.

“I dressed up just for you.” She grinned “So you could do whatever you want to me.”

My heart pounded in my chest. Without another word I flung my clothes to the other side of the room, kicking my pants off and kicking them across the floor.

I held myself and teased her lips with my member, rubbing a bit of precum across her mouth. She opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue, asking for me to enter her.

“Tell me you want it, Miranda.” I tapped my cock on her tongue a bit rough.

Her big green eyes still focused on mine, a smirk still plastered across her face. “I want you so bad that I’ve been sitting here soaking wet for an hour waiting for you to get home. Not even touching myself once.” She purred.

“You’re a good girl.”

She opened her mouth back up, sticking her tongue out as an invitation. I slowly began to push into her mouth, her tongue wrapping around me as I glided in. She didn’t take her eyes off of me, watching me slowly pump in and out of her mouth for a few moments. Her eyes welled up occasionally when I really hit the back of her throat, but she took every inch of me like a champ.

She closed her eyes and her face was so peaceful. She let me push in and out of her mouth and she so kindly used her expert tongue to make it all feel even better. As the sensation got more intense I held a hand beneath her chin gently, fucking her faster and faster. The more I moaned the more her hips bucked in excitement, ready for the main course. But Miranda wouldn’t get that just yet. I had every intention of teasing her until I couldn’t take it anymore. Until she was screaming for me. That’s when I would take her.

I plunged myself all the way to the back of her throat. The walls of her throat contracted due to the pressure. I felt it. I was so close to cumming right in her pretty little mouth. I kept thrusting until I couldn’t hold back any longer.

With a loud growl I felt the waves crash through my entire body. I filled her mouth with my cum and watched her smack her lips together, swallowing it down. A bit flowed over the sides of her lips, dripping down her face. She couldn’t move to wipe it away and quite frankly I liked the way it looked too much to care if she wanted it gone or not.

“I love the way you look with my handiwork all over your face.” I knelt down to her level and planted sloppy kisses against her lips. She still tasted like me, with a tinge of her own cherry chapstick.

She let the smile crawl back onto her face, and the cutest little giggle escaped her lips. “Anything for you Freddie.”

I left her with one more kiss before climbing onto the bed, just between her knees. I let my hands caress the insides of her thighs. Very light to the touch, hoping it would tickle her a little. The green stockings were soft beneath my hands, and after examination I found that her lacy panties were indeed crotchless. A little string of pearls laid between her folds and the red lace cupped her labia gently.

I let my finger glide over the pearls before moving them to the side to swirl around her spot. Miranda was warm and wet already, practically radiating heat. I rubbed her clit with a gentle finger and watched her body shift. She’d been longing for that touch for quite some time now. I bet she was super sensitive by now. I pressed my thumb down a bit harder on her clitoris, rubbing steadily. Her toes curled and she pressed her head down into the mattress, letting soft moans escape.

Slowly I let one finger slip inside of her with and upwards motion. Her moans became louder with every stroke and her juices coated my finger. With a second finger in she began to squirm, trying hard to grind against my hand but with her restraints she was unable to. It added more satisfaction to my work. She yelled louder the longer I pleased her. Her shouts began screams, close to begging sobs for me to take her. Her nails dug into her palms as she gasped for air.

The sight of my darling Miranda squirming against my hand, knowing that I was responsible for how wet and ready to go she was. Hearing her moans get louder and quicker had made me hard again, eager to get inside of her for real this time.

“Do you want me now, kitten?” I growled before pressing my lips into her folds, swishing my tongue around her sensitive mound.

“Yes,” She said with a breathy voice “yes please baby.”

I adjusted myself over her, matching my chest to hers. I held myself at her entrance, poking just a bit to tease her. She was so wet I would be able to slide right in. I slid the strand of pearls to the side so I could slowly push the head of myself inside of her, watching her hole widen around my girth. Her gasps for air were audible. She was so damn excited. Her body quivered and her chest heaved as I plunged he rest of my length inside with a rough thrust.

“Freddie!” She shouted, flinging her head back against the mattress.

“What darling did you want me to stop?”

“No no no no no no.” She begged. “Make me feel good baby.”

With another rough thrust she was back to hysterics. I kept going, looking right into her gorgeous eyes. Watching her lose herself in how good she felt.

I may have been a bit selfish. I was fucking her as hard as I could, rather than handling her gently like I usually would. She didn’t seem to mind. It had been quite some time since we had each other like this, I think we both had some pent up energy to release to one another.

I kissed her as we continued, our lips crashing together. My cum from earlier still remained on her chin. She looked so damn good like this. It was a different side to her.

Miranda began to shout my name with a raspy worn out voice. She tightened all around my shaft, pulsing as she orgasmed. I left her breathless but I kept going I was so close to crossing the finish line again. It only took a couple more thrusts before I let loose, filling her with my cum once again.

I lapped a bit up with my index finger and let her wrap her lips around it, sucking it clean.

“How do we taste, kitten?”

“So good Freddie.” Her breathy voice whispered.

Her eyes struggled to stay open. I wore her out. I suppose it’s only right of me to run her a hot bubble bath.

I gently pecked the top of her head as I caressed her cheek.

“Let me untie you dear and we’ll go unwind together.” I kissed her once again with a smile “I love you, kitten.”

She gave a tired laugh.

“Merry Christmas Darling.”

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I'll Be Home for Christmas

Summary: When boyfriends go on tour during the Christmas season, it's hard but it's easier when that boyfriend is Namjoon.

Namjoon X Reader

This was requested by anon btw

Prompt: 11. “I wish you could come home for Christmas” “Open your door”

When I first met Namjoon, I would have never dreamed I would end up with him. We met in high school, chemistry partners, our sophomore year. We didn't know each other at first, but by the end of the first 3 weeks in the class we exchanged numbers. At first, it was just for projects and not anything else. I thought I was ranting to my friend about something unimportant; instead, of sending to her, I sent it to Namjoon. I didn't realize it until ten minutes later, and she still hadn't replied. I knew I messed up, but he gave me phenomenal advice, and it hit home. From then it was like a little seed just got watered.

Time went on the plant watered itself until we hit that crucial moment in a relationship where you can either become stronger friends, change, or create a different kind of relationship. We chose the latter after talking about it with our friends, and someone, not naming names,... but it was Jungkook; that rat. He spilled our feelings for each other, it helped, that is after all, what got us to talk about our feelings. We were rather blunt about it at first, but we just talked about the idea and if this is what we really want the whole night.

I never dreamed I'd be with him, but I couldn't be happier. He became a Kpop idol not to long back, after being underground. Now, he tours all the time, and Skype is nice and all. But it's different holding someone to your skin and cuddling under the blankets as you sip hot cocoa.

With Christmas fast approaching I, finally, found the gift I wanted to give him which was a golden pocket watch with his initials and rapper initials inscribed to it. Although he might not wear it often, or break it--why I got a five-year warranty on it--he would still have a cute little watch just for his use.

He wouldn't be receiving it until January 4th I believe, no matter how much I try to keep up with the dates, I never seem to. I always confuse them with my work dates. And I won't be receiving his until then, provided he bought me, with that hectic schedule of his.

If there is one thing I wish I could have for Christmas, would for him to be home. But since he’ll be on tour for it… I'll be spending Christmas alone if you don't count our pets. Which I'll be cuddled up to all night watching Frosty the Snowman™ and Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer™ until I fall asleep. It's boring I won't deny it, but when you date an idol it's what you sign up for. I'm okay with him being gone, because it means he gets to pursue his career.

Christmas is now upon us, as I wake up from my uneventful dream, it seemed to go by pretty fast, the whole month. Even without Namjoon here, but he didn't have to be here, to be here. He's always in my heart, and one call, text, or Skype away.

Speaking of which, I text him a Merry Christmas Santa emojis everywhere and a little, ‘wanna Skype’ next to it. He texts sure and sends me a Merry Christmas back. I wave to him, and he asks, “Did you open your presents yet?” I shake my head, “I'm still waiting for you to come home one the 4th sweetie” His grin I swear could cure heartbreak.

“I'm glad”

“So what's been your favorite moment on stage?”

“Definitely the fans, cheering for the band and me; but you know the one thing I want?”

“Your parents to come?”

“Yes,… and no. I want you here too.”

“But it's cold outside!!”

“Imagine doing an outside concert”

“But you're dancing the whole time so?”

“Ugh whatever”

“I wish you could come home for Christmas”  I mutter

“Yeah I wish I could too”

“This sucks, but Merry Christmas anyway” I say as I here a few knocks on my door, “I have to get the door and see what's going on it's probably the old lady trying to open her door. Or one of her grandkids are going to her apartment visit Grandma and messed up the address.”

When I reach the door I peep through the peephole and it's a black hoodie is all I see, like the kid is ducking, “Who is it?”

“Open your door” And I'd know that voice anywhere, but I want to make sure, “Is it really?”

“Yeah, baby,... it’s me”

“Prove it~” I tease, and he looks into the peep hole, and his smile gleaming at me as I look. It was truly him, my one Christmas wish came true. I open the door, once I do, I’m picked up from the waist, giggling as he kicks the door and sets me down and wraps his arms around me again as he sits and brings me into his lap and just cuddles me.

“Ohhh!! I got a gift for you!” I exclaim he shakes his head, “You’re enough of a gift-” “You’re such a sap-” “But you love it~” I grumble, and he laughs letting me go, I grab his gift, that I’ve been anticipating to give him. He pulls a gift box out of his hoodie, “I got you one too”

We exchange gifts, I slowly take off the bow trying to see his reaction to opening my present. And he’s doing the same thing to me, so I roll my eyes, “You want me or you to go first-” “How about you!” I grin, and tear off the wrapping, it reveals an everyday box, I raise my brow, and I open it, and it’s another box. “Okay I see how it is you’re playing me.” He laughs shaking his head, and I open that box and inside is something gold, I dump it into my hand carefully and it’s a locket, with my initials on it, I open it and inside is a picture of him, the day I said, ‘yes’. Why? Because our moms took so many pictures, but we could care less and we both couldn’t stop smiling at each other. I resist the tears that want to spill out.

My gift isn’t as sentimental as his, I hope he still likes it though. I quickly put it on and encourage him to open his. He rips the wrapping off, and opens the box, the shock on his face turning into a grin has to be my highlight, he opens it and grins at me, putting it carefully into his sweatpants pocket and having the rest of the chain stick out. And leans over hugging me, I hug him back, “We still have other Christmas presents to open” I chide, “How about you find a movie, I’ll make hot cocoa and we’ll cuddle. Once it’s over we can open presents” I huff and pout, he laughs knowing I have no real meaning behind it, I turn on the TV and flip through it finding Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer™ almost immediately, I pause it.

I get up and see he’s putting marshmallows in the cocoa and I give him a back hug, snuggling into his neck, “I thought we were going to cuddle on the couch~” He teases, “And I thought you’d be done by now~” I tease back, “Just grab your hot cocoa and cuddle with me, on the couch” I follow quickly behind, carefully making sure my cocoa wouldn’t spill over as I place it down on the coffee table. After he places his down, I throw myself into his lap and grabbing the blanket that was draped on the couch for my personal use today, but two is better than one. I drape it over us and cuddle into him; as he hits play on the remote.

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Hey y’all. I thought I would let you know that I am alive and kickin’!  Two of my blogging buddies checked on me a few days ago saying they hadn’t heard from me in a while. Thank you both for nudging me to come out of hiding.

Truth is, I have run out of things to say. Those that know me are in disbelief. I can assure you.

A month or so ago, Stuart and I decided that I shouldn’t be driving anymore due to the unpredictability of my vertigo attacks. We were in the boat fishing. I was sitting at the back of the boat. Next thing we know, I am in the middle of the boat, flat on my back.  Stuart knew the vertigo was bad but this was the deciding factor. He helped me understand how dangerous it was to continue driving. If the jolt of dizzy can land me on the deck of the boat from a seated position, what in the world would it do to me while I was driving? Well, I had experienced a few episodes from behind the steering wheel before we made the decision. At one point, I got a “feeling” before I was knocked on my butt. I had time to pull over on the shoulder or camp out in a parking lot until it passed.  As of late, there is no warning.

So, what is a girl to do if she can’t drive? Well, I can give you a list of what I can’t do but I’ll spare you the pity party and tell you what I’ve been up to.

I’ve been crafting, a lot. I have always been a pretty crafty gal whether crocheting, embroidering, drawing or doodling on whatever I can find.

Now, I’ve taken up sewing. This new found love started when my daughter asked if I could sew her a leather purse.

I started perusing Pinterest and Youtube for guidance, as any good crafter would do. After watching several tutorials  I told her that I would give it a shot. (I haven’t made her purse yet, by the way.) I have always enjoyed repurposing things. As I searched I discovered many “pins” regarding making purses from thrift store finds. Bingo! That is what I was going to do. I started “pinning” like a maniac. A few days ago, I got a new machine, sold my beginner machine and the rest of the story is in progress. FYI – The right tool for the job makes a huge difference.

Interesting story. The woman that purchased my machine planned on sending it to a lady in Cuba. She had spent time in Cuba on a mission trip and has been sending stuff over there since. She showed me a picture of the machine that the lady in Cuba was using at the time. I wish I had the picture to share with you. It blew my mind!  Foot powered and held together with duct tape. In the United States we covet the antique sewing machines. In Cuba they are used everyday.

A teaching buddy of mine took me to a resale shop in a city close by the same day I got my new machine. Elite Repeat gives 100% of the money generated to help battered woman. We were there on a Friday. Unbenounced to us Friday is 50% off day! We bought them out!  Once I got home, I deconstructed the clothes. The deconstructed material is what I am using to make the purses!

  My goal is to open an Etsy Shop in April. I want to build up an inventory before I give it a go. The only thing that intimidates me about having an online business is the shipping aspect. We will see how that goes.

My little buddies keep me company during the day. My ‘ole girl Nana, turned 15 on January 4th! Meow Meow is fat and sassy.

Trinket has made herself at home.

  My blog may encompass crafting in the near future. I haven’t decided yet. Whichever way I go, rest assured it will be entertaining to say the least.

I hope that you all had a Merry Christmas. I’ll be talking to you soon!

      I’m Still Kickin’ Hey y'all. I thought I would let you know that I am alive and kickin'!  Two of my blogging buddies checked on me a few days ago saying they hadn't heard from me in a while.