#nana andersen

[inuvik]

If You Look / Arild Andersen (1993)

[billboard-hotties-tourney]

Okay, folks, the mini-tourney is inching closer to the finals, so I'm going to give a list of the competitors in the Miss Billboard Tourney in order to give everyone a chance to submit more propaganda. The nominees are:

Lale Andersen

Marian Anderson

Signe Toly Anderson

Julie Andrews

LaVerne Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Patty Andrews

Ann-Margret

Joan Armatrading

Dorothy Ashby

Joan Baez

Pearl Bailey

Belle Baker

Josephine Baker

LaVern Baker

Florence Ballard

Brigitte Bardot

Eileen Barton

Fontella Bass

Shirley Bassey

Maggie Bell

Lola Beltran

Ivy Benson

Gladys Bentley

Jane Birkin

Cilla Black

Ronee Blakley

Teresa Brewer

Anne Briggs

Ruth Brown

Joyce Bryant

Vashti Bunyan

Kate Bush

Montserrat Caballe

Maria Callas

Blanche Calloway

Wendy Carlos

Cathy Carr

Raffaella Carra

Diahann Carroll

Karen Carpenter

June Carter Cash

Charo

Cher

Meg Christian

Gigliola Cinquetti

Petula Clark

Merry Clayton

Patsy Cline

Rosemary Clooney

Natalie Cole

Judy Collins

Alice Coltrane

Betty Comden

Barbara Cook

Rita Coolidge

Gal Costa

Ida Cox

Karen Dalton

Marie-Louise Damien

Betty Davis

Jinx Dawson

Doris Day

Blossom Dearie

Kiki Dee

Lucienne Delyle

Sandy Denny

Jackie DeShannon

Gwen Dickey

Marlene Dietrich

Marie-France Dufour

Julie Driscoll

Yvonne Elliman

Cass Elliot

Maureen Evans

Agnetha Faeltskog

Marianne Faithfull

Mimi Farina

Max Feldman

Gracie Fields

Ella Fitzgerald

Roberta Flack

Lita Ford

Connie Francis

Aretha Franklin

France Gall

Judy Garland

Crystal Gayle

Gloria Gaynor

Bobbie Gentry

Astrud Gilberto

Donna Jean Godchaux

Lesley Gore

Eydie Gorme

Margo Guryan

Sheila Guyse

Nina Hagen

Francoise Hardy

Emmylou Harris

Debbie Harry

Annie Haslam

Billie Holiday

Mary Hopkin

Lena Horne

Helen Humes

Betty Hutton

Janis Ian

Mahalia Jackson

Wanda Jackson

Etta James

Joan Jett

Bessie Jones

Etta Jones

Gloria Jones

Grace Jones

Shirley Jones

Tamiko Jones

Janis Joplin

Barbara Keith

Carole King

Eartha Kitt

Chaka Khan

Hildegard Knef

Gladys Knight

Sonja Kristina

Patti Labelle

Cleo Laine

Nicolette Larson

Daliah Lavi

Vicky Leandros

Peggy Lee

Rita Lee

Alis Lesley

Barbara Lewis

Abbey Lincoln

Melba Liston

Julie London

Darlene Love

Lulu

Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Barbara Lynn

Loretta Lynn

Vera Lynn

Siw Malmkvist

Lata Mangeshkar

Linda McCartney

Kate McGarrigle

Christie McVie

Bette Midler

Jean Millington

June Millington

Liza Minnelli

Carmen Miranda

Joni Mitchell

Liz Mitchell

Marion Montgomery

Lee Morse

Nana Mouskouri

Anne Murray

Wenche Myhre

Holly Near

Olivia Newton-John

Stevie Nicks

Nico

Laura Nyro

Virginia O’Brien

Odetta

Yoko Ono

Shirley Owens

Patti Page

Dolly Parton

Freda Payne

Michelle Phillips

Edith Piaf

Ruth Pointer

Leontyne Price

Suzi Quatro

Gertrude Rainey

Bonnie Raitt

Carline Ray

Helen Reddy

Della Reese

Martha Reeves

June Richmond

Jeannie C. Riley

Minnie Riperton

Jean Ritchie

Chita Rivera

Clara Rockmore

Linda Ronstadt

Marianne Rosenberg

Diana Ross

Anna Russell

Melanie Safka

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Samantha Sang

Pattie Santos

Hazel Scott

Doreen Shaffer

Jackie Shane

Marlena Shaw

Sandie Shaw

Dinah Shore

Judee Sill

Carly Simon

Nina Simone

Nancy Sinatra

Siouxsie Sioux

Grace Slick

Bessie Smith

Mamie Smith

Patti Smith

Ethel Smyth

Mercedes Sosa

Ronnie Spector

Dusty Springfield

Mavis Staples

Candi Staton

Barbra Streisand

Poly Styrene

Maxine Sullivan

Donna Summer

Pat Suzuki

Norma Tanega

Tammi Terrell

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Big Mama Thornton

Mary Travers

Moe Tucker

Tina Turner

Twiggy

Bonnie Tyler

Sylvia Tyson

Sarah Vaughan

Sylvie Vartan

Mariska Veres

Akiko Wada

Claire Waldoff

Jennifer Warnes

Dee Dee Warwick

Dionne Warwick

Dinah Washington

Ethel Waters

Elisabeth Welch

Kitty Wells

Mary Wells

Juliane Werding

Tina Weymouth

Cris Williamson

Ann Wilson

Mary Wilson

Nancy Wilson

Anna Mae Winburn

Syreeta Wright

Tammy Wynette

Nan Wynn

Those in italics have five or more pieces of usable visual, written, or audio propaganda already. If you have any visuals like photos or videos, or if you have something to say in words, submit it to this blog before round one begins on June 25th!

If you don't see a name you submitted here, it's because most or all of their career was as a child/they were too young for the cutoff, their career was almost entirely after 1979, or music was something they only dabbled in and are hardly known for. There are quite a few ladies on the list whose primary career wasn't "recording artist" or "live musician," but released several albums or were in musical theater, so they've been accepted.

[letthemhateme]

eugh it's so hard to find people to roleplay with these days, everyone is in private cliques and discord servers

so anyway here's my last attempt at screaming into the void to find interactions, these are all the canon characters I write in all the different fandoms. I write para/multipara, just about any genre (esp angst and fluff and smut) m/m ships only and 18+ for various nsfw themes, and I'm open to canon compliant threads and AUs. I'm a lil slow on replies sometimes because life sucks and so does chronic pain, but I'm also down to just hang or play games or whatever idk. I don't always feel like writing every muse on the list, and I have my favorites, but I also have pretty niche interests so don't be afraid to reach out if something catches your eye. I'm a lil picky in who I write with, I don't care for drama and I require at least basic literacy, but other than that just be nice :3

I don't write on tumblr because I have no idea how to work this hellsite tbh, but I'm open to trying

Right now my biggest muse is probably Goro Akechi (P5R) and I have the worst akeshu brainrot rn hehe I would die for akeshu interactions

Games

Cyberpunk 2077 — Johnny Silverhand, male V

Persona 5 — Joker, Akechi

World of Warcraft — Anduin Wrynn, Mathias Shaw, Sabellian, Neltharion/Deathwing, Koltira Deathweaver, Azuregos

Warframe — Tenno

Genshin Impact — Childe

Witcher — Jaskier, Iorveth, Gaetan, Detlaff, Regis

Nier Automata — 9S, Eve

Dishonored — Daud, the Outsider

Hades — Zagreus, Thanatos

Morrowind — Nerevar, Nerevarine, Dagoth Ur

The Legend of Zelda — Link (SS, TP, TotK, BotW)

Haven — Yu

Nier Replicant — Brother Nier, Emil

A Date With Death — Casper

Anime/Manga

Jujutsu Kaisen — Satoru Gojo, Toge Inumaki

To Your Eternity — Fushi

Natsume's Book of Friends — Natsume Takashi

B: the Beginning — Izanami

TAL — Baek-Jeong

Hozuki's Coolheadedness — Hozuki, Hakutaku

Bungo Stray Dogs — Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Chuuya Nakahara

Attack on Titan — Levi

Castlevania — Alucard

D. Grayman — Allen Walker, Lavi

Kara no Kiyoku — Tobi

Dororo — Hyakkimaru

The Case Study of Vanitas — Noe, Vanitas, Louis

Kara no Kyoukai — Mitsuru Kamekura, genderbend Shiki Ryougi

Talentless Nana — Jin Tachibana

Night Head 2041 — Takuya Kuroki

Shows/Movies

Every Hugh Dancy character ever tbh

The Witcher — Jaskier

Hannibal — Will Graham

Books

Animorphs — Tobias

Skulduggery Pleasant — Skulduggery, Nefarian Serpine, Lord Vile

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — Jekyll and Hyde

Other

Fate/ series — Robin Hood, Cu Chulainn, Andersen, Gilgamesh, Zhou Yu

YouTube — Jameson Jackson, Antisepticeye

Forgotten Realms — Bishop, Artemis Entreri, Jarlaxle

Fallen London — Mr Eaten/Candles, Mr Veils, Mr Stones, Mr Pages, Mr Wines

[lyricityhq]

mwfcs?

fizemos um mwf e um mwm anteriormente, mas vou adicionar mais alguns nomes. players, sintam-se à vontade pra recomendar fcs também.

mwm: mena massoud, avan jogia, niko terho, jeon wonwoo, dylan sprayberry, alex landi, john boyega, alberto rosende, daniel kaluuya, yoon jeonghan, diego boneta, jacob batalon, keiynan lonsdale, keith powers, chris evans, micheal evans behling, daniel ezra, aubrey joseph, trevor jackson, luka sabbat, kedar williams-sterling, jonathan daviss, jesse williams, charles melton, darren barnet, rish shah, alperen duymaz, alex fitzalan, gregg sulkin, wen junhui, cillian murphy, paul rudd, alex høgh andersen, rami malek, emre bey, regé-jean page, alfred enoch, trevor jackson, chay suede, patrick gibson, darío yazbek bernal, leo suter, michael cimino, aaron altaras, taron egerton, oliver stark, cha eunwoo, timothée chalamet, tom holland, choi yeonjun, william gao, katsamonnat namwirote, hero fiennes tiffin, charlie plummer, noah centineo, jacques colimon, boun noppanut, áron piper, hwang hyunjin, freddie thorp, pawat chittsawangdee, jaehyun, maxence danet-fauvel, bangchan, atthaphan phunsawat, ryusei yokohama, park seonghwa, tye sheridan, park bogum, taylor zakhar perez, jonah hauer king, emre bey, regé jean page, lucien laviscount, woo dohwan, kofi siriboe, froy gutierrez. mwf: nana, lily collins, natalia dyer, alexandra daddario, adele exarchopoulos, brenda asnicar, fiona palomo, camila morrone, courtney eaton, madison beer, maude apatow, saoirse ronan, dianna agron, suki waterhouse, liana liberato, olivia holt, maia mitchell, gideon adlon, maya hawke, phoebe dynevor, olivia dejonge, haley lu richardson, kiernan shipka, anya taylor-joy, olivia scott welch, angourie rice, kathryn newton, bailee madison, sara waisglass, thomasin mckenzie, katelyn wells, diana silvers, sadie soverall, katie douglas, jessica alexander, kaitlyn dever, natasha liu bordizzo, bruna marquezine, anya chalotra, priscilla quintana, camila mendes, alba baptista, whitney peak, halle bailey, ashley moore, brianne tju, brittany o'grady, amita suman, davika hoorne, yandeh sallah, greta onieogou, stephanie beatriz, zoë saldaña, audrey plaza, bianca santos, brianna hildebrand, diana guerrero, emeraude toubia, gina rodriguez, karla souza, ebone noel, jorja smith, melissa fumero, oldey jean, angelina jolie, gwendoline christie, christina ricci, emily ratajkowski, rosamund pike, cobie smulders, halle bailey, grace van patten, ryan destiny, ayo edebiri, yara shahidi, rain spencer, chase sui wonders, alexa demie, ana de armas, zendaya, alycia debnam-carey, bensu soral, danielle campbell, ella purnell, zion moreno, adelaide kane, imani lewis, lana condor, madeline mantock, issa rae, caitlin stasey, britt robertson, elizabeth lail, summer bishil, jane de leon, kiana madeira, ogan browning, hunter schafer, danielle rose russell, alva bratt, kristine froseth, erin kellyman, luca hollestelle, seychelle gabriel, rachel hilson, sophie skelton, alina kovalenko, zorzo natharuetai. mwnb: liv hewson, quintessa swindel, amandla stenberg, janelle monáe, troye sivan, emma corrin, jessie mei li, mason alexander park, sara ramírez, fin argus, lizeth selene, nico tortorella, e.r. fightmaster, roberta colindrez, brigette lundy-paine, indya moore, mae martin, chella man, dua saleh, blu del barrio, dominique provost-chalkley, katie findlay, celeste o’connor, jade willoughby, kaylee bryant, ariela barer, poppy liu, terry hu, lachlan watson, pedro vinicius, shamir bailey, asia katie dillon, tylan grant, theo germaine, sivan alyra rose, ess hodlmoser, bilal baig, vico ortiz, fin argus, mae martin, james majoos, kehlani parrish, olive gray, morningstar angeline, tommy dorfman, ruby rose, bex taylor-klaus, gerard way, jude karda, kaitlyn alexander, shamir bailey.

[spicebiter]

Reading List (Latest Update Nov. 6, 2024)

The full list of books I'm interested in reading. Spoiler before you open the read-more: This list has 500+ entries so it's a tad long.

I'm pretty much constantly adding things to all of my lists- hence why I'm amending when this was last updated to the title itself- and will update this post anytime I update the wheel I use to randomize my next choice, which usually happens after I've added or subtracted a significant number of options.

Beowulf

Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism; Third Edition

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Watership Down by Richard Adams

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee

Monsieur Proust by Celeste Albaret

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander

Brick Lane by Monica Ali

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

Eva Luna by Isabel Allende

The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders

Andersen’s Fairy Tales by H.C Andersen

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Animorphs Series by K.A Applegate

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Emma by Jane Austen

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Oracle Night by Paul Auster

Bunny by Mona Awad

Borderline by Mishell Baker

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

Just Above My Head by James Baldwin

Crash by J.G Ballard

North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud

Cousin Betty by Honore de Balzac

The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

I’m With the Band by Pamela Des Barres

The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by Laird Barron

Gateways to Abomination by Matthew M. Bartlett

Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard

The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

The Stone in the Skull by Elizabeth Bear

Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett

Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone De Beauvoir

The Second Sex by Simone De Beauvoir

Art of Fiction by Walter Besant and Henry James

Pushkin; A Biography by T.J Binyon

The Etched City by K.J Bishop

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

Out of Africa by Karen Blixen

In the Vanisher’s Palace by Aliette De Bodard

Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen

Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman

The Ends of the World by Peter Brannen

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown

Sonnets From The Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner

The Serpent and the Rose by Kathleen Bryan

Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry

Notes of a Dirty old Man by Charles Bukowski

Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Pontypool Changes Everything by Tony Burgess

Song of the Simple Truth by Julia de Burgos

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Gender Trouble by Judith Butler

Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler

American Predator by Maureen Callahan

A Most Wanted Man by John Le Carre

Through the Woods by Emily Carrol

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

The Vorrh by B. Catling

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

The City of Brass by SA Chakraborty

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Moliere Biography by H.C Chatfield-Taylor

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Journey to the West by Wu Cheng-en

Wicket Fox by Kat Cho

The Awakening by Kat Chopin

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

Finna by Nino Cipri

The Divinity Student by Michael Cisco

The Black God’s Drums by P. Djeli Clark

Pranesi by Susanne Clarke

Parasite by Darcy Coates

The Meaning of Consuelo by Judith Ortiz Cofer

Swimming With Giants by Anne Collet

The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Inherit the Wind by Linda Cushman

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

Dreadnought by April Daniels

The Devourers by Indra Das

Fifth Business by Robertson Davies

The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Possessed by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden

An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser

House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III

The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews by Peter Duffy

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis

The Collected Stories by Welty Eudora

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

Introducing Evolutionary Psychology by Dylan Evans and Oscar Zarate

A Collapse of Horses by Brian Evenson

The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane by Henry Farrell

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Sanctuary by William Faulkner

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor

It Devours! by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor

Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor

Time and Again by Jack Finney

Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

Johnny Tremain by Esther Hoskins Forbes

The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford

A Passage to India by E.M Forster

The Diary of Anne Frank

Lies (and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them) by Al Franken

River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

At Fear’s Altar by Richard Gavin

Count Zero by William Gibson

The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

Neuromancer by William Gibson

Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg

The Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone

Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Marathon Man by William Goldman

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin

Grimm’s Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

My Life in Orange by Tim Guest

The Library of the Unwritten by A.J Hackwith

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon

The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall

The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway

Empire of Light by Alex Harrow

The Little Locksmith by Katherine Butler Hathaway

City of Lies by Sam Hawke

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

Descendant of the Crane by Joan He

Sacred Time by Ursula Hegi

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

Dune Series by Frank Herbert

Cover-Up by Seymour M. Hersh

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill

The Outsiders by S.E Hinton

The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman

The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman

The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

The Rule of Magic by Alice Hoffman

Rescuing Patty Hearst: Memories From a Decade Gone Mad by Virginia Holman

The Iliad by Homer

The Complete Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

Songbook by Nick Hornby

To Escape the Stars by Robert Hoskins

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Pigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

Warrior Cats Series by Erin Hunter

The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur

The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley

The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood

The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

Daisy Miller by Henry James

False Bingo by Jac Jemc

The City We Became by N.K Jemisin

The Fifth Season by N.K Jemisin

Nervous System: Or, Losing My Mind in Literature by Jan Lars Jensen

The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson

Howl’s Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce

Ulysses by James Joyce

The Trial by Franz Kafka

The Archidamian War by Donald Kagan

The Fall of the Athenian Empire by Donald Kagan

The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan

The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition by Donald Kagan

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

The Hunger by Alma Katsu

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

The Story of My Life by Helen Keller

Out of Control by Kevin Kelly

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Liu Ken

Ironweed by William Kennedy

You By Caroline Kepnes

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

The Very Best of Caitlin R Kiernan

Carrie by Stephen King

Christine by Stephen King

Cujo by Stephen King

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King

The Shining by Stephen King

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Sir James Knowles and Sir Thomas Malory

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Gidget by Frederick Kohner

The Cipher by Kathe Koja

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Extravagance by Gary Krist

Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

Babel by R.F Kuang

The Poppy War by R.F Kuang

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

False Hearts by Laura Lam

The Wide, Carnivorous Sky by John Langan

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Changeling by Victor Lavelle

Lady Chatterley’s Lover by David Herbert Lawrence

Lies of the Fae by M.J Lawrie

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

Jade City by Fonda Lee

Forest of Souls by Lori M. Lee

The Dirt; Confessions of the Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee

Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

The Complete Pyramids by Mark Lehner

Solaris by Stanislaw Lem

Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism by Vladimir Lenin

Human Errors by Nathan H. Lents

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin

Small Island by Andrea Levy

A Ruin of Shadows by L.D Lewis

Teatro Grottesco by Thomas Ligotti

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

Let the Right One In by John Lindquist

Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link

The Holy Barbarians by Lawrence Lipton

The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu

The Hike by Drew Magary

The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Gregory Rabassa

A Month Of Sundays: Searching For The Spirit And My Sister by Julie Mars

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin

Property by Valerie Martin

The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

A Bolt from the Blue and Other Essays by Mary McCarthy

The Group by Mary McCarthy

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald

Atonement by Ian McEwan

The Rapture by Claire McGlasson

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

Quattrocento by James McKean

The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin

Terms of Endearment Larry McMurtry

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

The Colonizer and the Colonized by Albert Memmi

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Prinsipe Teñoso and Prinsesa Flocerfida - subverting the fairy tale classic Svinedrengen [TL]

[Prinsipe Teñoso at Prinsesa Flocerfida - pag-baligtad ng ekspektasiyon (expectation) mula sa kuwentong ada na Svinedrengen] [sinalin sa wikang Tagalog; maaaring may mga hiram na salita]

Ang Porkero (taga-alaga ng baboy) o Svinedrengen ni Hans Christian Andersen ay sinalaysay ang kuwento ng isang manliligaw na prinsipe mula sa maliit na kaharian at ng anak ng emperador, isang prinsesa. Sinuyo ng manliligaw na prinsipe ang puso ng prinsesa sa pamamagitan ng maganda ngunit payak na mga handog— mahalimuyak na rosas at humuhuning ruwiseñor. Pinawalan ng prinsesa ang mga handog sapagkat ang mga ito'y pambalana at karaniwan. Bagaman tiyak na angkop ang katayuang panlipunan ng manliligaw na siya'y pinapayagang mamanhikan at hindi maikakaiya ang bihirang kagandahan ng rosas na alay at matamis na huni ng ibong alay, ang prinsipe ay tinanggihan pa rin ng prinsesa. Bilang pagsubok, dinungisan ng prinsipe ang kaniyang mukha at nagbihis siya ng kasuotan ng pangkaraniwang mamamayan. Lumapit siya sa emperador sa kanyang bagong gayak at nagsumamo para sa isang hanapbuhay. Ginawaran siya ng tungkuling porkero ng imperyo. Buong araw, siya ay umalaga ng mga baboy sa kanilang balay. Pagsapit ng gabi, siya ay kumakalikot at nagyayari ng mga bagay na may magarang kakayahan. Isa sa mga ito ay ang isang pakuluan na napapalibutan ng kaskabel. Ang mga kaskabel ay humuhuni ng kahali-halinang himig—ang nag-iisang himig na kayang tugtugin ng prinsesa—tuwing kumulo ang laman ng pakuluan. Kataka-taka, kapag dinutdot ng isang tao ang kaniyang daliri sa asó mula sa pakuluan, maamoy niya ang bawat putahe na linuluto sa lahat ng kalan ng bayan. Mas higit na 'di-pangkaraniwan/gara ang pakuluang ito kaysa sa payak na bango ng isang bulaklak na inalay ng prinsipe, kaya kalikasan na naisin ng prinsesa na mapapasakaniya ito.

"Sampung halik mula sa prinsesa at mapapasakaniya ito."

"Masyadong nakaririmarim!"

Ang prinsesa ay nag-alok ng sampung halik mula sa kaniyang mga babaeng tagapaglingkod, ngunit nanatiling tutol ang porkero. Bantulot na pumayag ang prinsesa ngunit nag-utos na ikubli siya ng mga tagapaglingkod niya habang binibigay niya ang mga halik sa marungis na porkero para sa kaniyang pakuluan. Sa unang sandali na kaniyang inuwi ang napanalunan, pinagkaguluhan ng prinsesa at ng kanyang mga babaeng tagapaglingkod ang gara ng pakuluan.

Ng walang sinayang na panahon, ang prinsipeng-naging-porkero ay lumikha ng kalugin, na kapag yinugyog ay siyang tumutugtog ng kahit aling himig na pangsayawan. Waltzes, polka, banggitin (mo) na lahat ng uri. Nabighani muli ang prinsesa at hinangad niya muling magtaglay ng nilikha ng porkero.

"Isang daang halik ang kabayaran."

"Anong kahibangan!"

Ang prinsesa ay handang magbigay ng sampung halik at itinakda niya ang butal sa kanyang mga tagapaglingkod. Tinanggihan ng porkero ang gano'ng alok. Bantulot na pumayag ang prinsesa sa hiling ng porkero muli at inutusan niya ang mga tagapaglingkod niya na paligiran sila upang maharangan ang pagganap ng bayad. Sinubaybayan ng bilang ng mga tagapaglingkod ang bawat halik na nilapat ng prinsesa sa porkero. Pagkakataon nga naman, ang emperador ay nangyaring lumabas sa patangwa at napansing napaliligiran ng marami ang babuyan. Nanaig ang pagka-mausisa ng emperador at siya'y bumaba, lumabas sa kaniyang tirahan at lumapit sa kumpulan.

Ang mga tagapaglingkod ng prinsesa ay masyadong subaybay sa pagbilang ng mga halik na nagaganap na hindi nila napansin ang emperador ay nakasisilip na sa kanilang awang.

Pagkasulyap ng emperador sa kagagawan ng prinsesa, binato niya ng sapatos parehong ulo ng prinsesa at ng porkero, na siyang gumambala sa ika-animnapu't walong (ika-68) halik.

"Anong kahulugan nito?!" Ang emperador, sa panggagalaiti sa prinsesa na pinagpalit ang kaniyang mga halik para sa pawang mga laruan, ay iniwinaksi ang prinsesa at ang porkero mula sa imperyo. "Lisanin (niyo) ang aking paningin!"

Nanaghoy ang prinsesa habang bumagsak ang mabigat na ulan. Hiniling niya na sana'y tinanggap niya ang namamanhikang prinsipe at pinagsisihan niya ang kaniyang mga napiling pasya. Ang porkero ay lumisan upang linisin ang kaniyang wangis at baliwalain ang kanyang karaniwang damit. Humarap siya sa prinsesa ng nakagayak ng pamprinsipeng kasuotan at katangi-tangi ang kagandahan ng prinsipe na hindi napigilan ng prinsesa na yumukod.

"Tinalikuran mo ang tapat na alok na pagsasama ng isang prinsipe ngunit hahalik ka ng manlolokong porkero. Wala akong para sa'yo bukod sa suklam na nadarama." Sa pamamagitan ng yaong salita, binawi ng prinsipe ang kaniyang mungkahi ng pagsasama sa kasal, at iniwan ang prinsesa ilang at nag-iisa.

※Kasunod ay isiniwalat ang ilang bahagi ng Prinsipe Teñoso (1954), ang screenplay ni Johnny Legarda na batay sa screenplay na sinulat ni Manuel Conde (Principe Teñoso (1942)).

Sa kuwento ng nabanggit na pelikula mula sa taong 1954, si Prinsesa Flocerfida ng kaharian ng Hongria ay unang nasulyapan ang isang nakatatandang sakiting mamà na tinutulungan ng hardinero ng palasyo sumilong. Nabatid niya ang maliit na pinggan na hawak ng hardinero habang iniisip ng lalaking ito kung ano ang ipapakain sa mamàng pulubi. Lumapit ang prinsesa sa hardinero at hinayag na may pahintulot siyang kumuha ng mas malaking pinggan sa kusina ng palasyo at maaaring manatili ang sakiting mamà sa silungan ng hardin/halamanan ng plasyo. Bukod dito, matatanggap ng mamà ang kalahati ng pagkaing nararapat sa prinsesa upang mabusog siya.

“Mabait pala ang prinsensang 'yan. Eh kung lahat ng tao'y katulad niya, [ang] ginhawa ng mundo.”

Sa ibang pagkakataon, si Haring Diego ng Hongria ay ipinagbigay-alam sa kaniyang mga anak na sina Prinsesa Juana, Prinsesa Flora, Prinsesa Laura, at Prinsesa Flocerfida na sa kaniyang kaaarawan ay magkakaroon ng piging. Kaniyang pinaaanyahan ang iba't ibang prinsipe at marangal na kalalakihan ng iba't ibang kaharian. At habang ang ang mga lalaking ito ay nasailalim ng balkonahe ng palasyo, ayon sa utos ng haring ito, ang mga prinsesa ay maghahagis ng granadang ginto (golden pomegranate) tungo sa kahit aling kapuri-puring lalaki sa ilalim ng balkonahe na kanilang napupusuan. Kung sinuman ang makasambot ng granada ay siyang maaaring mamanhikan para sa palad ng prinsesa. Ang utos ng kamahalan ay nanaig sa isip ng mga babaeng ito na hanggang sa oras ng pagtulog ay pinag-uusap pa rin ito ng mga prinsesa.

“Anong pipiliin mong maging asawa?” […] “Ayaw mo ba ng prinsipe, duke, heneral?”

Habang ang mga kapatid niya'y naghuhuntahan ukol sa anong uri ng asawa ang kanilang nanaisin at hindi nanaisin, napansin ni Prinsesa Flocerfida ang sakiting mamàng pulubi mula sa kaniyang katayuan sa patangwa. Pagkalipas ng ilang segundo matapos ilubog ng sakiting mamà ang kaniyang buong katawan sa ilalim ng tubig ng batis, isang magandang lalaki (mas kabataan kung ihahambing sa hitsura ng mamà). Siya ay maligayang lumangoy na tinatanglawan lamang ng liwanag ng buwan. Wari niya'y hindi makatotohanan, na sa kalaunan siya ay ilalarawan ni Prinsesa Flocerfida bilang "isang bunga lamang ng panaginip."

Dumating ang araw ng piging para kay Haring Diego at ang marangal na kalalakihan ay tumayo sa ilalim ng balkonahe ng palasyo. Si Prinsesa Juana, Prinsesa Laura, at Prinsesa Flora ay nagsihagis ng kanilang gintong granada tungo sa iba't ibang mga prinsipe. Si Prinsesa Flocerfida ay tumingin sa mga hinirang na baguntao (walang asawa) ngunit tumalikod ang prinsesa sa pagkabigo sa pagpipilian. Hindi handang sumuko, nagpanukala ang hari na siya ay dapat pa rin pumili ng mapapangasawa at siya'y bibigyan ng mas malaking lipon sa susunod na araw. Ang kaniyang pagpipilian ay hindi na hanggang sa kalalakihang may mataas na katayuang panlipunan katulad ng isang prinsipe o isang heneral lamang ngunit kasama na rin ang sinumang baguntaong lalaki ng kaharian nila ang magtitipon sa ilalim ng balkonahe bukas.

Sa araw na iyon, bilang biro, may mga lalaking mataas ang katayuang panlipunan na nakabihis na kagila-gilalas ang humila sa mamàng pulubi at dinala siya sa ilalim ng balkonahe. Noong makita ni Prinsesa Flocerfida na ang mamà ay bilang na sa kumpulan ng mga baguntao ay masigasig niyang hinagis sa kaniya ang granadang ginto. Naalingasngas sa kinalabasan, tinanong ni Haring Diego:

“Ibig mong sabihin tinalaga mong mapakasal doon sa matandang gusgusin?”

"Opo, ama kong hari."

“Flocerfida, inuutos ko: bawiin ang iyong granada.”

“Tutol po ako, amang hari. Buo na ang aking pasiya.”

“Laking kahihiyan… Suwail na anak! Ngayon din ay lisanin mo ang palasyo! Sulong!”

Si Haring Diego na tinatalaga ang pagparusa sa kaniyang anak ay pinag-utos ang ministro na ikasal ang dalawa sa lalong madaling panahon (upang idiin ang "pagkakamali" ni Prinsesa Flocerfida) at winaksi sila mula sa palasyo. Maaari lamang sila tumira sa kagubatan. Inalok ng prinsesa ang kaniyang kamay sa sakiting mamà habang sinabi ang "Tayo na, mahal ko." Habang ginawa niya ito, ang iba't ibang "marangal" na kalalakihan ay nag-u-usap-usap kung paano siya'y nagkamali o maaaring ang mamà ay napagkamalan lamang. Siya'y tinanghalan ng malilinis na kalalakihan na kay gara ng bihis at kay gilas ng yaman, ngunit pinili niya ang pulubing may sakit at tastas na kasuotan.

Habang ang prinsesa ay naglalakad palayo na walang bitbit ngunit ang panibagong asawa at ang damit na nakabihis sa kaniya, sumigaw ang hari:

“Mga mamamayan ng Hongria! Hayan! Malasin niyo ang sarili kong anak! (Ang anak ko) Ay hindi natatangi sa katarungan! Palalasap ko sa kanya ang lupit ng aking pagpaparusa. Pagsisihan niya! Pag-!” Hindi natapos si Haring Diego sapagkat siya'y nahimatay, natumba mula sa karamdamang lumamon sa kaniyang puso. Samantala, sa kagubatan, ang prinsesa ay walang tigatig at nabuhay ng maligaya magpakailanman kasama ang kaniyang asawa.

“Bakit nga ba umibig ka sa isang matandang pulubi?” Siyasat ng asawa.

“Ewan ko nga ba… Sapat nang sabihin ko sa'yo […] Nakita ko ang lalaki […] na kasing larawang katuparan ng aking pangarap.” Sagot sa kaniya ni Prinsesa Flocerfida. Inalala niya ang pagkakataon na nasaksihan niya ang isang "hindi makatotohanang/hindi kapanipaniwalang" lalaki sa batis noong isang gabi.

“Noon pa na i-pasiya ko na, na anumang anyo ang ipagkaloob sa kanya ng tadhana, ang siyang magmamay-ari ng aking puso.”

Paano binaligtad ang ekspektasiyong hango sa Svinedrengen ng Prinsipe Teñoso?

Hindi katulad ng prinsesa sa kuwento ni Andersen si Prinsesa Flocerfida sapagkat siya ay hindi hambaw na tao. Ginawa siyang hinding wiling-wili sa mga laruang may magarang kakayahan sa Prinsipe Teñoso (1954 idinirek/pinangasiwaan ni Gregorio Fernandez). Hindi nagagambala ang kaniyang kalooban ukol sa katayuang panlipunan, kalusugan, o anyo ng kaniyang asawa. Hindi siya nanaghoy noong siya at kaniyang asawa ay tinakda sa isang payak na kubo sa kagubatan bagama't laking mapalamuting palasyo siya at may mga alok siya ng pag-iisang palad mula sa mga prinsipeng may kabang-yaman. Kahiman sa una'y napukaw siya ng "loobang o tagong ganda" ng sakiting mamà, hindi niya hinanap ang wangis na liban sa kanyang katuwang. Minahal niya siya ng walang prejudice o pinsala.

Sa huli ang prinsesa ay pinabuyaan noong pinanumbalik ang tunay na hitsura ng sakiting mamà—isang makisig na kabataang prinsipe sa kaniyang kalakasan. Ang tunay niyang pagkatao ay si Prinsipe Juan Teñoso ng kaharian ng Valencia. Katulad ni Prinsesa Flocerfida, siya ay pinarusahan ng isang palalong amang hari. Matapos niya matupad ang panata upang mapawi ang sumpa ng kaniyang ama, nagwakas ang balat-kayo niyang hitsura. Yamang mababang loob at payak ang unang pagsasama nila sa ilalim ng kasal, kalaunan ay nagkamit si Prinsipe Juan Teñoso ng mahiwagang panyo (isang pabuya sa pagiging mabait) na pinahintulutan siyang mag- mahiwagang yari ng kahit anong gayak at/o palamuti na naisin ng puso ng prinsesa. Bukod sa mga pabuyang ito, dahil siya ang naging susi sa paggaling mula sa karamdaman ni Haring Diego, na pahintulutan silang dalawa dumating sa palasyo, tamang-tama lang sa oras ng kasal ng mga kapatid ng prinsesa.

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#ProyeccionDeVida

🎬 “INTENSAMENTE” [Del Revés / Inside Out]

🔎 Género: Animación. Comedia / Fantástico / Aventuras / Infancia / Cine Familiar / Pixar / 3-D

⌛️ Duración: 94 minutos

✍️ Guión: Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve y Josh Cooley

📕 Historia: Pete Docter y Ronaldo Del Carmen

📷 Fotografía: Adam Habib y Jonathan Pytko

🎼 Música: Michael Giacchino

🗯 Argumento: Riley es una chica que disfruta o padece toda clase de sentimientos. Aunque su vida ha estado marcada por la Alegría, también se ve afectada por otro tipo de emociones. Lo que no entiende muy bien es por qué motivo tiene que existir la Tristeza en su vida. Una serie de acontecimientos hacen que Alegría y Tristeza se mezclen en una peligrosa aventura que dará un vuelco a su mundo.

👥 Reparto en Voces: Riley Andersen (Kaitlyn Dias), Desagrado (Mindy Kaling), Bing Bong (Richard Kind), Alegría (Amy Poehler, Nana Spier), Tristeza (Phyllis Smith), Papá de Riley (Kyle MacLachlan), Jangles (Josh Cooley), Temor (Bill Hader), Jake (Flea), Mentalero Bobby (Bobby Moynihan) y Fritz (John Ratzenbe).

📢 Dirección: Pete Docter y Ronaldo Del Carmen

© Productoras: Pixar Animation Studios & Walt Disney Pictures.

📼 Distribuidora: Walt Disney Pictures, Disney+

🌎 País: Estados Unidos

📅 Año: 2015

📽 Proyección:

📆 Sábado 29 de Junio

 🕗 8:00pm.

🎦 Cine Caleta (calle Aurelio de Souza 225 - Barranco)

🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ Ingreso libre

🙂 A tener en cuenta: Prohibido el ingreso de bebidas y comidas. 🌳💚🌻🌛

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Bienvenue au Danemark, pays des contes et des sirènes

Ode à la ville de Copenhague, à ses habitants et à l’enfance, la nouvelle bande dessinée de Pandolfo et Ribjerg démarre en fanfare au propre, au figuré et surtout dans un joli désordre! Selon un rituel immuable, la Garde Royale quitte le château de Rosenborg pour rejoindre Amalienborg à midi. Durant une demi-heure, elle défile à cheval, à pied et en musique dans les rues de la ville. Bloquée dans un taxi, Nana Miller, une touriste française fraîchement débarquée, tente de joindre son ado de fille restée à Paris. L’échange est compliqué. Nana a pris quelques jours de vacances sur un coup de tête, sans vraiment avertir sa fille. La musique, la gaieté et les embouteillages occasionnés par la relève de la garde n’arrangent pas les choses. Mais voilà que l’atmosphère change et se transforme en chaos total. Imaginez que le corps sans vie d’une sirène a été découvert du côté d’Amalienborg.

Commence pour Nana un séjour qu’elle n’aurait jamais cru possible, même dans les livres! En arrivant à son hôtel, elle découvre des employés et des voyageurs en sidération devant le poste de télévision, puis les voilà qui quittent en hâte l’établissement sans dire un mot. Les Danois en émoi sont en passe de se calfeutrer pour plusieurs jours dans un silence pesant. Presque tous car Nana est rapidement prise en charge par le seul habitant de l’hôtel à l’année, Thyge - prononcez « Thüü » - un géant sonore et remuant qui parle un français un peu folklorique. Pour compléter le portrait, il est le maître d’un caniche rose qu’il a appelé « Nom d’un chien ». Les présentations faites, entrons dans le vif du sujet.

Tant que l’énigme de la mort de la sirène n’est pas résolue, Nana ne peut pas rentrer chez elle. Afin d’accélérer les choses, elle et Thyge vont enquêter et suivre un premier indice : la jeune femme a remarqué à plusieurs reprises un individu louche traînant dans les parages…

Le scénario, émaillé d’avertissements au lecteur, et les dessins sont truffés d’humour. Voyez par exemple, dans les premières pages, cette famille de canards qui eux aussi défilent.

Terkel Risbjerg excelle à représenter sa ville et les corps en mouvement. Les plans alternent au gré des atmosphères, tantôt inquiétantes ou, au contraire, gaies et folles lorsque nos deux casse-cou de héros et leurs amis sont en scène.

Les dialogues sont un régal, surtout quand Thyge parle le français. La relation entre Nana et sa fille sonne très juste. L’histoire est rocambolesque et c’est ce qui fait son charme. Pandolfo et Risbjerg auraient eu tort de s’en priver dès lors qu’elle se déroule dans la patrie de Hans Christian Andersen, auteur de La Petite Sirène. Et qui dit contes, dit enfants : notre géant au grand coeur ayant conservé une part d’enfance en lui, il est d’une sincérité touchante quand il dialogue avec les gamins dans l’émission qu’il anime à la radio.

C’est à croire que Anne-Caroline Pandolfo et Terkel Risbjerg se sont amusés à réaliser cette bande dessinée. Sachant la somme de travail que cela représente, au niveau du dessin du scénario et des textes, ce n’est sans doute qu’une impression. Toutefois, il est à relever que Terkel a bénéficié d’une bourse du Staten Kunstfond, le Conseil des arts du Danemark, bourse qui a permis au couple d’envisager leur travail différemment pendant un an. Les artistes vous le diront: la pression est grande et obtenir le soutien d’une institution permet de respirer et d’avoir l’esprit libre pour créer. On le ressent à la lecture de cette bande dessinée que l’on referme en applaudissant.

Copenhague, Anne-Caroline Pandolfo, Terkel Risbjerg, Dargaud, 2024

[tilbageidanmark]

Movies I watched this Week # 155 (Year 3/Week 51):

My first Singaporean film, Anthony Chen's award-winning debut feature, Ilo Ilo. There is a new sub-genre emerging in recent years, realistic dramas about live-in maids and domestic workers (Many from South America and from South-East Asia: 'Lina from Lima', 'The second mother', 'La Nana', 'Roma', 'La cieniga', 'A simple life', and also others I haven't seen). Most are terrific, and so is this one, with 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

[That Wikipedia list of movies with 100% score on RT is often a reliable indicator for the type of fair I like to spend my time with]. Highly recommended - 9/10.

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2 more by Aki Kaurismäki:

🍿 My 10th tragic feature by him, and possibly my favorite, The match factory girl. The great Kati Outinen is a sad and lonely young woman who has a one-night stand. Minimalist, bleak and unrelenting, this was no Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. Considered by some as the "Best Finnish film". 9/10.

🍿 To Each His Own Cinema, a 2007 anthology of 34 3-minute shorts by different directors about how movies inspired them. Takeshii Kitano, the Dardenne brothers, Zhang Zimou, Jane Campion, Atom Egoyan, Gus Van Sant, Lars von Trier, Roman Polanski, Michael Cimino, David Cronenberg, Wong Kar-wai, Ken Loach, Claude Lelouche, David Lynch, Etc. It was commissioned to celebrate 60th anniversary of The Cannes Film Festival.

The often-repetitive stories were about old cinema houses out in the country, ticket taking, projectionists, watching Bresson and Fellini in small villages, and similar wet dreams for cineastes. A nice touch was that the credits were shown only at the end of each short, so you could try to guess who directed it while watching.

Most of the films were not very good. Among the few stand outs were Hou Hsiao-hsien (A family in 1940s Taiwan goes to see a film in a suddenly decrepit theater), Aki Kaurismäki (Foundry workers on lunch break enjoy a Lumiére silent film of workers on lunch break), Abbas Kiarostami (Iranian women watch 'Romeo and Juliet' and cry), Wim Wenders (The inhabitants of a remote Congo village watch Black Hawk Down) and The Coen Brothers (A cowboy resembling Llewellyn Moss at a repertory art house, debating if he should see Renoir or Nuri Bilge Ceylon).

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Ridley Scott's first stream-of-consciousness film, Boy and Bicycle. Made in 1962, when he was 23, and starring his 16 year old brother, Tony [who would jump to his death from the San Pedro Bridge exactly 50 years later]. A boy skips school, and wanders round the empty docks of his West Hartlepool industrial seaside town. Like a working class scene from 'Dubliners'.

It took Ridley 15 years before he was able to direct his next movie, during which time he specialized in producing commercial advertising. His most famous one, The bike Ride, an advert for bread, also featured a boy on a bike. It was later voted as the 'Best British Advert of all time'.

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My 7th and 8th films by Sofia Coppola:

🍿 Priscilla, another pretty young woman living in a privileged gilded cage (like Coppola's herself did). A beautiful romance without sex, and with an oppressive power imbalance. "The Elvis" and the 14 year old girl [and without a single Elvis song]. 7/10.

🍿 In her shallow The Bling Ring, a group of celebrities-wannabes Valley Girls burgles from Hollywood celebrities homes, and become mini-celebrities themselves. It was pretty, but I couldn't find any deeper meaning there.

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Danish cinema produced dozens of 'Danish Noir' works in the 1940's, during the Nazi occupation, and the 1950's. Mordets melodi ("Melody of murder") is considered Denmark's first horror film, and is my first movie directed by the great Bodil Ipsen. [The Danish "Oscars" are actually called "The Bodil's" after her and the other female influencer, Bodil Kjer].

Like Fritz Lang's 'M', a crazed, ambi-sexual killer continues to strangle women while singing a luring French cabaret song, and the dark, dramatic sets are visually stark.

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Bradley Cooper's new adulatory bio-pic Maestro, about the larger-than-life, overbearing genius that was Leonard Bernstein. Uncanny recreation of his life, but mostly his bisexuality vs. his love for his wife and family. Carey Mulligan was tremendous in it. So was Gustav Mahler. This is the year of the “Great Man” in movies, Napoleon, Oppenheimer, Ferrari, Bernstein… (Photo Above).

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First-watch earlier Buñuel X 2:

🍿 Nazarin, Buñuel‘s own favorite work, about a saintly priest, who mistakenly tries to follow in Christ's footsteps. But all his literal interpretations of the dogmas are proven to lead him, as well as his small coterie of freaks and miscasts, into misfortunes. One of the last of his Mexican films, this religious parable is the one that convinced the Spanish censors to allow him to return from exile.

🍿 Bunuel's only documentary (pseudo-documentary rather), Land Without Bread, describing (exaggerated) misery in a remote Spanish town. Extreme poverty, hunger and destitute rarely seen on film.

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Dil Dhadakne Do is an Indian soap opera, staged on a first-class Turkish cruise ship in the Mediterranean, directed by a woman, and narrated by a dog. It's a 3-hour long American-style 'Rich and famous' sit-com of a large family, full of expected love intrigues of bland characters.

I was hoping for another hopping Song and Dance story, but there were only 3 dance numbers in it, Gallan Goodiyaan, Girls like to dance and the final credit scene.

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3 atypical Christmas fairy tales:

🍿 My second unusual anime by Satoshi Kon, Tokyo Godfathers (after 'Paprika'). An imaginative Christmas Miracle parable of The Three Magis. Except that here they are three unlikely homeless heroes, an alcoholic, a trans woman, and a teenage runaway who likes to spit on people from above. They discover an abandoned newborn while searching through the garbage for presents. Emotional and unorthodox. 8/10.

🍿 The Bloody Olives, a Belgian meta Film Noir of a husband, his wife and her lover who keep murdering each other again and again while decorating their Christmas tree. Full of twists and double crosses.

🍿 "One morning, as Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a giant banana..."

Malcolm Tucker's Oscar-winning parody Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life was not too convincing: It's too easy to parody Kranz Fuckfuck.

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First watch: Truffaut's second installment of the Antoine Doinel's saga, Antoine and Colette. The boy of '400 Blows' is now 17, and awkwardly falls in love for the first time. Youthfully charming.

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2 by Norwegian Kristoffer Borgli:

🍿 The first half of Dream scenario had me in stitches: Such an original thought experiment, and so unhesitatingly fresh. But exactly at mid-point, when everybody's dreams turn into nightmares, the story progressed into a underwhelming flirtation with broader contemporary themes, fame, cancel culture, public perception. The only anchor left in Paul's life is memories of his lovely wife, Julianne Nicholson. 6/10.

🍿 Checking out his only previous feature, Sick of Myself: That too was a story with an intriguing premise that opened very strong, end completely fizzled halfway. A young barista lives anonymously and unnoticed, being ignored by her self-centered boyfriend and acquaintances. One day at work, a woman is being mauled by a dog and she's the only one jumping to help her. While covered in blood, she is suddenly the center of attention. The rush causes her to start an insane dive into self-mutilation. The second half centered on narcissism, influencers, victimhood and social media, and was highly disappointing. My 5th film with Anders Danielsen Lie. 4/10.

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"Chip, you know how I hate the brown word"...

My first black comedy from John Waters' commercial period, Serial mom.

With Waters regulars Chesty Morgan, Tracy Lords, Mink Stole, Patty Hearst and Ricky Lake [But it could do better with less Fat jokes]. Also, with a lawyer named Nazelrod and a panties-sniffer named Marvin Pickles. The hot rock and roll girl band is called Camel Lips. So the anti-establishment humour is very elementary.

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“I Didn’t Come To Rescue Rambo From You. I Came Here To Rescue You From Him”…

First watch: I did not expect Rambo: first blood to be that watchable, with such excellent Jerry Goldsmith score. A traumatized Vietnam vet feels spat on and maligned. And all the years I thought it but a thoughtless, jingoistic violent flick.

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3 more stand-ups:

🍿 Trevor Noah: Where Was I, his latest stand-up opens with his best line upfront: "I really enjoy every day in America right now. The same way you'd enjoy your last day on earth". It has a few other good jokes, but otherwise it's pretty tame. The venue, The Fox Theater in Detroit, looks magnificent. 4/10

🍿 Sane man, my first stand-up with heavy-smoker, politically incorrect Bill Hicks. I heard the name before, but never seen him perform.

🍿 So, for the second time in a week, I re-watched Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure, a contagiously funny presentation.

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4 Shorts:

🍿 Agnès Varda's Les Fiancés du pont Mac Donald, a Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton-inspired silent comedy from 1962. With JL Godard and Anna Karina.

🍿 Re-watch: From David Firth's, the creator of 'Salad Fingers', the unsettling Cream. Inventing a single solution to all of the world's problems.

The credit page at the end is just as hilariously expansive as the bitter story itself.

🍿 Figs, a gentle 81-year-old black woman who survived a life of oppression, from the cotton fields of Louisiana to becoming a teacher in South Los Angeles.

🍿 The girl with the yellow stockings, a light German story of a young man asking his girlfriend to marry him again and again.

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One I couldn't finish even after trying hard for nearly 20 minutes: The toothless, 1990's Clintonite-lite, political romance Speechless. Trying to cash in on the then real-life hookup between James Carville and Mary Matalin, it was awful on every level.

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(My complete movie list is here).

[dreamkiller94]

NBA on ESPN - The Time Is Now from McGloughlin Brothers on Vimeo.

Directed by The McGloughlin Brothers

Agency: Arts & Letters Creative Co. ECD: Charles Hodges ECD: Molly Jamison Director of Strategy: Andy Grayson Strategy Director: Zack Stergar Strategist: Bodi Karsono Group Business Director: Brenda Schneider Business Director: Lindsey Kirkner Business Manager: Salim Collins Senior Producer: Beata Mastalerz Producer: Sean Riojas Creative Directors: Andrew Kong & Chris Kim Creatives: Sam Christian, Brendan Howard & Joe Hartley Music Supervisors: Casey Wheeler & Cam DiNunzio Director of Business Affairs: Lenora Cushing Business Affairs Managers: Jennifer Kmetzsch

Production Company: Hinterland Films Producer: Lorraine Geoghegan Post Production Support: Jen Connolly, Penco Post VFX Support: Eddie Sheanon End Titles: Ian Downes Colorist: Philip Hambi Color Producer: Dan Hills

Music: Composer: Nathan Micay Artist Management: !K7 Music Artist Manager: Will Saul Publishing: Domino Publishing Co. Senior Director, Creative Synch: Jess Martin VP, Licensing & Copyright: Seigo Takeshima Audio: Sonic Union Sound Designer/Mix Engineer: Julienne Guffain Audio Post Producer: Justine Cortale VO Talent: Nana Dadzie

Client: ESPN EVP, Creative Studio and Marketing at ESPN: Tina Thornton Senior Director, Sports Marketing: Curtis Friends Senior Director, Sports Marketing: Lucas Ferraro Associate Director, Sports Marketing: Jason Ritchkoff Associate Manager, Sports Marketing: Maximo Reyes Marketing Coordinator, Sports Marketing: Mohammed Ahmed Associate Director, Marketing Production: Matt Cheron Associate Producer II: Jonathan Little Production Coordinator: Sean Andersen Production Coordinator: David Wimberly Production Coordinator: Chelsea Mikell Producer, G&L: Edward Nieves

[esgdatainrate]

Bifold Doors In-Depth Profiling With Key Players and Recent Developments, Forecast Period: 2021-2031

Bifold Doors Market Overview:

Bifold Doors Market was valued at $9,779 million in 2016 and is expected to reach $13,929 million in 2023, growing at a CAGR of 5.2% from 2017 to 2023. Doors constitute a vital part of the infrastructure as they provide entry as well as exit points. Further, they provide insulation, separation of rooms, and protect the interiors of the house from external temperature conditions.

Bifold doors constitute a combination of panel doors logically hinged, leading to folding of the panels. This folding mechanism allows the doors to co-exist as door-walls systems, which enhances the visual appeal of the interiors. Bifold doors are applicable in patio doors, balcony doors, interior dividers, a combination of glass and wall systems, and store & restaurants front doors among others. They can also be used for large cabinets, in-built closets doors that require minimum opening and closing space, and suitable for replacement doors.

The demand for global bifold doors is driven by growth in demand for efficient doors that offer sufficient insulation as well as heat retention through the material of the panels. In addition, these doors are appealable as door-wall systems and require minimum changes in the architecture for maximizing the space. However, the high cost associated with these doors, owing to use of multiple panels for folding mechanism is expected to hinder the market growth. In addition, installation of bifold doors requires careful and precise hinges of panels to enable a proper folding mechanism; thus, they are usually difficult to set-up for do-it-yourself users.

Segment Overview

The bifold doors find their application as patio doors, balcony doors, interior dividers, room separators, and as closet doors among others. The exterior bifold doors are expected to dominate the market share in the forecast period owing to significant adoption of energy efficient patio and balcony doors.

The bifold doors market is segmented on the basis of material, application, end user, and geography. On the basis of material, it is classified into wood, metal, glass, vinyl, fiberglass, and others (uPCV, PVC, and fiberboard). The applications covered in this study include interior doors and exterior doors. Based on the end user, the market is bifurcated into residential and nonresidential. Geographically, it is analyzed across North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and LAMEA.

The key players operating in the global bifold doors market are Andersen Corporation, BiFolds BiDesign Ltd., Chase Windows Co., Euramax Solutions Limited, JELD-WEN, Inc., Kloeber, Nana Wall Systems, Inc., Origin Frames Ltd., Pella Corporation, and The Bi-folding Door Company.

Market Segmentation

North America is expected to offer lucrative growth opportunities, thereby registering the highest growth rate, owing to increase in expenditure on home remodeling and rise in consciousness towards interior decorations.

Full Report With TOC:-https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/bifold-door-market

[sixmapleleafs]

bedtime // frederik andersen

Summary: A special bedtime story for your four kids turns into a night of reminiscing and possibly an addition to the family...

The kids cheered in front of the TV as Freddie blocked yet another shot from the opposing team, he’d had an amazing game and the kids had been cheering him on from the couch since it was a school night. The microwave dinged behind you and you grabbed the now warm milk, pouring it into your daughters sippy cup, walking out of the kitchen into the family room in order to make your presence known.

“Ok kids” you said making them look at you, “time for bed” they all whined causing you to chuckle, “its a school night and it’s already past your bedtimes”.

“But mommy, daddy’s not home yet” your seven year old son says.

“I know Ethan but he will be home soon and I’ll make sure he tucks you in when he is, ok?” He nodded his head pulling himself up and running past you as you picked up your three year old daughter, handing her the sippy cup.

“Can we have a bedtime story, mamma?” She asks you.

“Yeah! In you and daddy’s bed!” Your five year old son, Nathan, shouts excitedly as he jumps up from his spot on the couch.

��Yeah! Yeah!” Your daughter says from your arms as she claps her hands as best as she could.

“Of course baby, get Ethan and Harry to help you pick one” you say nodding towards your oldest son who was still watching the post game stuff that was playing on the TV. Harry looked up at you and nodded when you gave him a look silently asking him to help his youngest brother. He was just like Freddie in almost every way, a gentle giant and already an amazing goalie at only age 9, he was also a giant mommas boy and you’d found him playing dress up with his little sister or partaking in her tea parties many times.

You headed upstairs with your daughter in your arms making your way straight to your room since she was already in her pyjamas. The boys come running in, Nathan has a large book in his hands that you don’t recognise from their bookshelves.

“What have you got there baby?” You ask him as they all climb into the bed. You grab the blanket that was folded at the end of the bed, getting ready to pull it up over all of you as you get comfortable in between the four of them, so they can snuggle into your side.

“We found it earlier and we didn’t know what it was” Harry explains as he takes the book from his brother and hands it to you. That’s when you see it. It was your wedding album. You hadn’t looked at it in years. You ran your fingers over the gold lettering that spelt out Frederik and Y/n.

“It’s daddy and I’s wedding album” you tell them as they look at you confused.

“What’s a wedding album?” Nathan says looking at you with his big brown eyes.

“Well in this book is all the photos from the day we got married, from start to finish, it’s all in here” you told him and a giant smile broke out onto his face.

“I want to see your wedding mommy, can we look through it?” Haley says from beside her oldest brother and you smile brightly looking over at her.

“Of course, if that’s ok with the boys?” They all nod and smile as they snuggle closer together on either side of you.

You opened the book, waving your hand as dust flew into the air, you hadn’t realised it had been so long since you last opened it. The first four pages were covered in signatures and messages from everyone who came to the wedding. You smiled as you read a few of them quickly. You turned the page and the words the groom were written in the same gold lettering as the front of the book.

The next few pages had photos of Freddie and his groomsmen, there were loads of shots the photographer had taken of Freddie getting ready in his suit and styling his hair. The next page had pictures of Freddie and his family, a few with his dad and his brother then one with all the men from his extended family. There were a few of Freddie and the boys all together in their suits, then one of just Freddie and Auston, who was the best man of course. The kids immediately burst into laughter when they saw the picture.

“Look at uncle Auston’s moustache” Ethan said in between laughs and you laughed along with them, remembering how Auston proudly wore that moustache everyday with no shame. You had no idea why he had decided to get rid of it to be honest.

“He was daddy’s best man, in fact mommy and daddy introduced him to Aunty Elise that day and now they’re married” you told them, referring to how you had introduced them at the wedding and they’d immediately hit it off.

“And we’re getting another cousin soon” Harry said making you chuckle.

“Mhm any day now there will be a third baby Matthews” you told him as he smiled before returning his attention back to the book in front of you. “Doesn’t daddy look handsome?”

The kids all nodded in agreement and Harry joked about how he looked like he was the prince of Denmark making you all laugh. It was a common joke in your family that Freddie looked more like royalty that the actual royal family. You turned the page, the bride was written in gold in the middle of the page and you smiled as you remembered the day and how you felt getting ready to marry your best friend.

“Are these pictures of you mamma?” Haley said and you nodded, turning the page.

The first photo was of you getting your hair curled as you sat surrounded by your mother and grandmother, both of them smiling with tears in their eyes as they looked at you. It was a beautiful shot and you were thankful that the photographer had managed to catch that moment.

The next one showed you stood in the middle of all your bridesmaids, standing in your matching robes and styled hair with your make up done perfectly.

“There’s all your aunties with mommy whilst we were getting ready” you told them as they looked intently at the photos on the page. “And there’s grandma and great nana” you said pointing at the photo.

You turned the page, showing them the photos of you with Freddie’s mom and sister and they all immediately pointed and asked if that was mormor and you nodded. Next there were pictures of you in your dress looking in the mirror as you teared up.

“Why were you crying mommy?” Nathan asked you looking concerned.

“Because I was really happy baby” you explained and he nodded, his face relaxing as he looked away again. “Look there’s grandpa, that was the first time he ever saw me in my dress” you said as you pointed at the next picture.

“He’s crying like you” Haley pointed out and you chuckled, “was he really happy too?” She asked and you nodded. You turned the page again.

“What’s a first look?” Harry asked reading from the page.

“It’s when the bride and groom get to see each other for the first time on the wedding day, it’s just them and they get to share a moment together before the wedding begins” you explain, “sometimes they give each other gifts but daddy and I decided to write letters to each other and read them before we saw each other”.

The next pictures revealed exactly what you had just described, you and Freddie stood back to back reading the letters. The photographer had captured a shot of each of you smiling, then tearing up, then reaching down to your side to grab each other’s hand.

You remembered how Freddie had spun you around to face him, taking in every inch of you in your dress. His eyes had filled with tears and he’d crouched down covering his face with his hand as his emotions took over him. It was one of the rare occasions where you had seen him cry, since that day he’d only really cried like that when each of your kids were born. You remembered how you had reached out to rub his shoulder giggling even though your own tears were threatening to spill over. He’d stood up and immediately wrapped his arms around you, telling you he loved you and he was the luckiest man alive. The photographer had captured every moment.

“Now daddy’s crying” Ethan said with a laugh, snapping you out of the memory.

“Daddy never cries” Nathan pointed out and you nodded.

“It was a very emotional day baby, everyone cried even daddy” you explained smiling softly at your son, suddenly feeling extremely grateful for your family in that moment.

“You look so pretty mamma” Haley said running her small figures delicately over the photo of you in your dress.

“She looked like a princess” you heard Freddie’s voice from the doorway, he was wearing his game day suit and leaning against the doorframe to your bedroom.

“Daddy!” Haley squealed as she climbed down from your bed and ran into her fathers arms, he immediately lifted her up and she wrapped her small arms around his neck, the sight made your heart melt as he carried her back over to the bed.

“Congrats on the win dad, you played really good” Harry said.

“Thanks bud, did you guys watch the whole game?” He asked as Nathan moved from the spot beside you where the two of them had previously been and Freddie scooped him up in his other arm. He sat down beside you, the kids getting comfortable in his lap as he leaned down to press a kiss to your lips.

“We all wore our jerseys too daddy” Haley said bringing her fathers attention back to her, she’d had him wrapped around her finger since the day she was born, in fact since the day you found out you were having a girl and Freddie had immediately started painting the nursery pink and buying her little outfits. Freddie chuckled as he kissed her forehead.

“How long were you stood there?” You asked him.

“Since you called me handsome” he said with a smirk and you rolled your eyes, not being able to stop the smile from spreading across your face. You continued looking through the album until you got to the last page and noticed the kids were struggling to keep their eyes open. It was well past all of their bedtimes and you looked up at Freddie to find him already looking at you smiling softly.

“C’mon lets get them in bed” you said but he didn’t budge, instead he leaned down to kiss you softly.

“I love you” he said and you smiled bringing him into another soft kiss.

“I love you too” he kissed your forehead before you were burst out of your little love bubble by Harry.

“Ewwwwww” he said making you giggle and blush a little bit, you didn’t think he had been paying attention to the two of you.

“Come on big man, it’s time for bed” you said as you carefully moved Ethan so he was standing, he was seconds away from falling asleep but he followed his brother down the hallway anyway.

Freddie picked up the younger two and carried them to their beds. You followed Harry and Ethan to their bedrooms, tucking Ethan into his bed and kissing his head softly as he mumbled a goodnight and love you. You moved next door to Harry’s room where he was already tucked into bed waiting for you to say goodnight as he did every night, you kissed his forehead and said goodnight before closing the door quietly. You walked down the hall to Nathan’s room where he was already snoring softly, you kissed his forehead gently so you wouldn’t wake him then headed to Haley’s room.

“I love you daddy” you heard her say in her tiny voice, you peaked your head around the door to see Freddie’s large frame knelt beside her bed, her small hand was in his giant one and she had her Carlton the bear stuffed animal under her arm.

“I love you too princess” he said placing a small kiss to her forehead.

“Goodnight mamma” she said causing Freddie to look over at you, a content smile on his face. He looked truly relaxed. Like this was where he was meant to be.

“Goodnight baby” you said as Freddie stood up, switching the nightlight beside her bed on as he did so.

You made your way into your en suite bathroom, Freddie not far behind you. You both brushed your teeth in a comfortable silence before he headed towards his closet to get changed into something he could sleep in.

When you finally made it under the covers you were hit by how exhausted you really were, you closed your eyes and were just about to fall asleep when you felt Freddie’s strong arms wrapped around you, pulling you into his chest. You looked up at him sleepily and he pressed his lips to yours in a sweet kiss.

“Thank you” he said quietly and you looked at him confused.

“For what?”

“For giving me all of this, our family. I love you so much and I never want you to feel like you aren’t appreciated because you are, baby, you really are” he said before you pulled him down for another kiss, suddenly not feeling so tired anymore. The kiss quickly got heated and Freddie was in top of you in no time. Let’s just say your family of six was about to become seven...

[riffsstrides]

If You Look Far Enough - Arild Andersen, Ralph Towner, Nana Vasconcelos (1993)

Manfred Eicher strikes gold with yet another inspired melding of musical minds. This album is something of a sleeper ECM hit and worth seeking out for fans of any and all of these musicians.

Arild Andersen Bass

Ralph Towner Guitars

Nana Vasconcelos Percussion

Audun Kleive Snare Drum

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LISTE DES APOTRES (élèves de 7eme années)

- les places pour les personnages inventés sont limitées à ceux listés ci-dessous : premiers arrivés, premiers servis. - hb signifie halfblood (sang-mêlé), pb signifie pureblood (sang-pur) et mb signifie muggle born (né-moldu). Impossible de créer des familles de sang-pur qui n'apparaisse pas dans le registre. - vous pouvez toujours tenter de négocier pour les avatars, qui ne tente rien n'a rien. Sachez cependant que vous avez très peu de chance si vous proposez quelqu'un de trop âgé.

                                                                             L E S  G R Y F F O N D O R

cliquez sur les noms pour accéder aux fiches des personnages. Bill Weasley — pb › George Griffith  › kulhwch. — préfet en chef. Alfie Abercombie — hb › Joe Kerry  › kulhwch. Tybalt Brown — hb › Jordan Barrett  › kulhwch.  — chef de ligue. Place libre (g) pour un inventé  › kulhwch. Place libre (g) pour un inventé › neutre. Robin Vane — hb › Maya Hawke  › kulhwch — fureteuse. Lyra Frobisher — hb › Sophie Turner, Julia Almendra  › kulhwch Beth Murk —  hb › Margaret Qualley  › yspaddaden. Place libre (f) pour une inventé  › kulhwch. Place libre (f) pour une inventé › yspaddaden.

L E S  S E R D A I G L E

Holly Bulstrode — pb › Kristine Froseth  › yspaddaden. Isobel Dawlish — hb › Natasha LiuBordizzo  › kulhwch. — fureteuse. Maxine Belby — hb › Nana Komatsu  › kulhwch. — fureteuse. Place libre (f) pour un inventé  › neutre. Place libre (f) pour un inventé › mg › kulhwch. Ercole Faucett — hb › Alex Høgh Andersen  › neutre. Fergus Greengrass — hb › Adrien Sahores › yspaddaden. Jonas MacNair — pb › Otto Lotz  › yspaddaden. Place libre (g) pour un inventé  › neutre. Place libre (g) pour un inventé  › kulhwch.

L E S  P O U F S O U F F L E

Isolde Thicknesse — hb › Ella Purnell  › yspaddaden — prefete en chef Maeve Doge — hb › Luise Befort › kulhwch. Marabelle Smith — pb › Tashi Rodriguez  › kulhwch. Place libre (f) pour un inventé  › camp au choix. Place libre (f) pour un inventé › camp au choix. Ludo Verpey — hb › Fionn Whitehead  › kulhwch. — fureteur. Rahim Cresswell — hb › Arjan van Hesteren ›  neutre. Ziggy Abbot — hb › Brenton Thwaites  › kulhwch. Place libre (g) pour un inventé  › neutre. Place libre (g) pour un inventé  › kulhwch.

L E S  S E R P E N T A R D

Bacchus Ombrage — hb › Finn Cole  › yspaddaden. — bloqueur. Cillian Avery — pb › Arón Piper  › yspaddaden. Lark Rowle — hb › Tom Glynn-Carney › yspaddaden. Place libre (g) pour un inventé  › neutre. Place libre (g) pour un inventé › camp au choix. Sloane Parkinson —  hb › Alice Pagani  › yspaddaden. — bloqueuse. Sybil Warrington — hb › Florence Pugh  › yspaddaden. Emory Selwyn —  hb › Sonia Ben Ammar  › yspaddaden. — cheffe de ligue. Place libre (f) pour un inventé  › camp au choix. Place libre (f) pour un inventé › camp au choix.

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Όταν δεν μπορούσε να ζωγραφίσει, ο Van Gogh διάβαζε με μανία

Ο Vincent van Gogh φημίζεται πέρα από τους εξαιρετικούς πίνακες του και για τις επιστολές του. «Ο προσωπικός τόνος, το υποβλητικό στυλ και η ζωντανή γλώσσα της αλληλογραφίας του ώθησε πολλούς να δώσουν στην αλληλογραφία του καθεστώς λογοτεχνίας», λέει το Μουσείο Van Gogh, ενώ ο ποιητής W.H. Ο Auden, που δημοσίευσε μια ανθολογία των επιστολών του, έγραψε: «Δεν υπάρχει σχεδόν ούτε μια επιστολή του Van Gogh που να μην βρίσκω συναρπαστική».

Όταν δεν μπορούσε να ζωγραφίσει, ο Van Gogh διάβαζε και έγραφε με μανία. Μεγάλο μέρος των γραπτών του, ειδικά των επιστολών του προς τον αδερφό του Theo, ήταν στα γαλλικά, μια γλώσσα που έμαθε στην εφηβεία του και εξάσκησε όσο ζούσε στο Βέλγιο, το Παρίσι και την Arles.

Το πάθος του για τη γαλλική γλώσσα προήλθε από την ανάγνωση των έργων του Victor Hugo, του Guy de Maupassant και του Émile Zola. Αγαπούσε τη λογοτεχνία και τα βιβλία που διάβαζε σχετίζονταν με τη ζωή του. Όταν ήθελε να ακολουθήσει τα βήματα του πατέρα του και να γίνει ιερέας, διάβασε βιβλία θρησκευτικού χαρακτήρα, ενώ όταν σκεφτόταν να μετακομίσει στη γαλλική πρωτεύουσα διάβαζε παριζιάνικα μυθιστορήματα. Στις επιστολές του προς τον Theo περιγράφει τις πνευματικές και δημιουργικές του προσπάθειες, καθώς και τις απροκάλυπτες εμμονές του.

Αυτή είναι η λίστα των αγαπημένων βιβλίων του Vincent van Gogh, όπως την δημοσίευσε το Μουσείο Van Gogh

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol (1843)

-Jules Michelet, L’amour (1858)

-Émile Zola, L’Oeuvre (1886)

-Alphonse Daudet, Tartarin de Tarascon (1887)

-The Bible

-John Keats, The Eve of St. Agnes (1820)

-George Eliot, Scenes of Clerical Life (1857)

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1887)

-Hans Christian Andersen, What the Moon Saw (1862)

-Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (1471-1472)

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1851-1852)

-Edmond de Goncourt, Chérie (1884)

-Victor Hugo, Les misérables (1862)

-Honoré de Balzac, Le Père Goriot (1835)

-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami (1885)

-Pierre Loti, Madame Chrysanthème (1888)

-Voltaire, Candide (1759)

-Shakespeare, Macbeth (c. 1606-1607)

-Shakespeare, King Lear (1606-1607)

-Charles Dickens, Hard Times (1854)

-Emile Zola, Nana (1880)

-Emile Zola, La joie de vivre (1884)

Διάβαζε συχνά μοραλιστικά βιβλία που ήταν πολύ δημοφιλή μεταξύ των μελών της προτεσταντικής  κοινότητας στην οποία μεγάλωσε. Ασχολήθηκε με την ηθική του Charles Dickens και τον νατουραλισμό του Zola. Μέσω του Daudet ικανοποίησε την ανάγκη του για χιούμορ και σάτιρα, ενώ μέσω του Γάλλου ιστορικού Jules Michelet βρήκε τη σοφία που θα μπορούσε να εφαρμόσει στη δική του ερωτική ζωή.

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