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junsei-draws-rotasu · 2 years

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Watching TMNT 2007 movie (live reaction)

Heard lots of hate of the movie yet loves the turtles? I don’t get much from it, beside that Leo is hot, and Donnie got the fruit in this one

Dramatic intro

“An evil born 3000 years ago” It’s Krang isn’t it? Heard Leo turned into a battery in this one lol

Excuse me what? Okay didn’t expect taking over the kingdoms is part of the backstory of this past brotherhood

I’m guessing the Yoalt brotherhood here is the before reincarnation of the turtles. Which is why I’m guessing The turtles are reincarnated, like the IDW comics

Dude, the narrator is just going to ignore the female there? Like, it’s not brotherhood only bruh

Unless she identifies as male then carry on.

Also, what Kikian did, will that be foreshadowing what will Leo do? Yeah, I’m assuming Leo since that guy has a sword.

I guess my reincarnation theory is wrong

Okay, give some context please. It says Central America, and yet the dude says jungle. Is this metaphorical or literal? Im not American

The lady looks like Bell without the yellow dress

It is literal jungle. Why is it called Central America???

Wow, is that guy actually dead?

Wett, my blue -boy!

Is that little boy Casey? It would be cool.

Leo you look… idk what the word for the person who hangs with the trees and has a cloak on

Im assuming this is April

I—

LEONARDO?! Why did you sound like your flirting???

“Well… our strange crowed isn’t the same without you” Gives Leo a look, which Leo looks surprised at.

I— is this the origin of April x Leonardo?

“No, I’m not playing hard to get. I’m telling you , sir, it’s not that kind of phone line” They weren’t kidding Donnie would be the fruit in this version of TMNT

Yeah, children are brutal. I would know, since I used to be the child who bites peoples hand if they pet my head

Damn, Raph looks hot in his vigilante outfit

That voice… did 2012 Raph voice actors 2007 Raph too?!

Yeah, that ‘boo’ sounds familiar

“Your brothers need you Leo. Your brothers are lost without you…” they look fine to me. And Leo thinks so too. But maybe for April, Leo might go

Michealangelo VA sounds like 87 Mikey’s VA

Aw, Mikey missed the old days

Ooooh, Splinter looks so fluffy here!

Bet inside that box is Leo ( and I lost that bet… boo)

Damn, April cleaned up nicely

“Aguila” sounds almost like Eagle in Tagalog

Is Mr. Winters the immortal Kikian?

Damn, Karai. Also, what’s with the animation for the Women? Their waist so so damn thin, it hurts my eyes to look at them

Gargoels! I spelt that wrong but eh.

I’m so used to Casey being so armored up like in 2012. I’m not ready for 2007 Casey to just show up with a bat and mask only. Like—what? What if they kick your groin? At least 12Casey covered that up

Oh, didn’t realized Leo has light brown eye. Same with splinter. And Raph… I guessing all of them have light brown eyes

Ow, just how much Truama does the children gave Mikey 😧

“I think we’re going on the wrong foot here” Ha!

Dramatic entrance! (The low key evil… wait they are considering they wanted to concur every kingdom)

Okay, hold up—Splinter you expect too much! Especially when he just got back! The team would be rusty and of course they wouldn’t be well oiled machine like before! Also, Leo has been gone for almost 2 years! He can’t just heard his brothers like a dog to the sheep after being gone for so long! Also, this turtle haven’t really interacted with anyone!

There are excuses when Leo is out-of touched with his brother for 2 years! You can’t expect a person to stay the same they were before!

Oooh, April knows sword arts? Sweet!

No Nightwatcher outfit, Raph?

Wow, a smoke bomb that shows the ninja running out of t he smoke. Which is cool and lame. I liked it better when they instantly disappeared, but Raph got hit, soooo, fair

Okay, that’s it… Mikey… why is he so… goofy? Like, no serious moments or at least something badass? Is he the butt of the joke here? I’m almost an hour in and he’s just there… joking… like, I didn’t get any badass moments from the fight?

I was right about the Winter guy!

The music is such a bob

“I appreciate your intentions, but you can’t change the world like this!” Leo, I’m assuming a lot here, but, didn’t you and your brother do the same thing?

Man, Leo is quipping left and right here. Arrogant little sh*t (I say this with affection)

“I’m better than you” well damn, didn’t expect that.

Okay, this fight feels like they’re ready to kill each other for real. I mean, as a person with siblings, we do fight, but always have to hold back to not injure ourselves much, but this feels like real murder intent

So, Raph just realized he hurt his brother, and almost killed him…

Oh, so this is the scene where Leo gets kidnapped and turned into a battery

I’m sorry, but that “NOOOOO” is so fucking dramatic and I can’t take it seriously 🫥

What’s with this Splinter on Kneeling?

‼️SPLINTER! YOU DONT TELL YOUR SON/STUDENT HE’S NOT THE FAVORITE! WTF🤬 ! Even if you say he isn’t your least favorite son, you are IMPLYING you DO have a least favorite!

Oh? Are we finally getting an over due moment from Mikey? I hope so, if the writers messed this up on Mikey having a emotional serious moment, I don’t know what I’ll do

Raph, that’s more of a goal than a plan

It finally hit me, the General “Aguila” sounds like the Shredder 2012

“Come to Daddy” I THOUGHT Ya’ll ARE JOKING WHEN HE SAID THIS!! I almost chocked!

I would agree with Karai, but you gotta admit. They’re a couple when they’re fighting in important matter of times

Huh, so the Krang isn’t the villain, shocking.

And finished! I wish Mikey and Donnie get more screen time tho

#tmnt #tmnt 2007 #teenage mutant ninja turtles 2007

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lysershine · 3 years

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@willwoodimagines lore timeline (what is my life)

So firstly, a fuckin massive thank you to @hotsinglelemonsinyourarea because I cannot do this shit alone and he’s helped me compile all of their old posts because I, apparently, underestimated how long they’ve been doing this. So from this point forward, I’m assuming nothing is a joke. Here we go!!

I am so sorry. Let’s do this.

So earliest posts that are likely lore come from around April the 9th. This post is a conversation seemingly between Three and One where Two is gone on a road trip, -- although it might not Actually Be A Road Trip, -- and then One tells everyone to stop acting like Two is dead, because he’s not. Which, fair enough, although later in the conversation, Two replies and seems to invent that he’s at the beach, probably to calm down the people speculating about his whereabouts. I am Anything But Calm.

There’s also this post, presumably from One or Three but it’s hard to tell cuz Three didn’t start signing posts until much later and they type pretty similarly, where they tell us we should be grateful for them feeding us and keeping us warm, and it’s tagged with ‘#I wish I was warm.’

So here’s where stuff gets very interesting! Backstory, people! In this post, we start to see some pieces put together. The imagine reads:

IMAGINE: Will Wood invites you into his home for an exclusive performance of I/Me/Myself. You are so excited! But then, he asks you to come down into his wine cellar, explaining that his keyboard is down there. You go down there hesitantly. You don’t realize for several minutes that he did not follow you down here. The only things here are a laptop and a sticky note with the words “POST IMAGINES” written in sharpie. You are so afraid and attempt to leave the way you came in but the door is gone. You are trapped. It is so cold and you just want to see your family again.

So that’s horrifying!! But it gives us insight into how the mods were probably captured and why they’re running this blog. It’s a great blog. 10/10, doesn’t make me solve codes. Oh wait.

After that post, -- which I am assuming comes from Three, -- we’re treated to a bunch of morse code that the wonderful Nigel was kind enough to translate for me:

They then added in a reblog, “It seems I have made a typo! I meant mod 1 won’t let me speak, I am mod 3.” So, it seems like One is trying to quiet any cries for help.

This is shortly thereafter followed by this post from the 11th, and to quote directly, it says:

IMAGINE: Inside of the cellar basemeant, there is a suit. It is tempting but Weill said you are not allowed to touch. YOu know you want to. Touch it. he is guarding it. he is hiding something. follow for more will woof imagines.

So that’s riddled with typos, and if you stick them all together you just get eeOf so I’m gonna assume that all this means is that this post is courtesy of Two. There’s also a skeleton circled so maybe Will has previous victims or something? Who knows.

On the 12th, we have a couple posts, one about being in Will’s basement and watching him cosplay the onceler, another about Will being vaguely inhuman. Don’t know how important that is but I’m gonna make note of it anyway, because Will being inhuman especially might make sense for some stuff.

The next seemingly important post is this one:

So this one is probably about Two, my evidence being this post and the fact that, following this, Two gets significantly worse at spelling and more confused about what’s going on with their captivity. My best guess is that Two gets in trouble either for the lack of imagines OR they did touch the suit from that earlier imagine and now they know something that they shouldn’t. Either way, Will takes him away and brainwashes??? Lobotomizes??? Bite of ‘87s???? Idk???? I’m gonna go with lobotomy, it seems the most accurate to Two’s behavior from here on out, I really have no idea but he comes back Very Different. And in the tags it says ‘Laplace’s Angel 2:14!’ and the line at that time is “Somebody, help me!” so you know, pretty straightforward cry for help.

Though it makes me think that in the cellar, they are probably limited to interaction with only things directly connected to Will Wood, which is why “as a treat” they watch the documentary and they communicate with his music like this. They’re not allowed any media other than his.

Anyway, here’s an important note: From this point forward, Two is an unreliable narrator. Everything he says from here on out should be taken with a pillar of salt. (H.A.L.T., it’s not my fault!)

So with that in mind, the next post of importance is this one, a conversation that goes Three, One, and then Two. Two says Will let them watch the documentary as a treat, One tells them to stop making it seem like Will is holding them captive, and Three just says “movee :-)”. Which, fair enough.

The next posts that are worth noting are this one, where Three simply says “mental anguish” and One shuts them down saying that no one on the blog is experiencing that, and threatens them in the tags, and then this one where someone is being silenced.

There’s this post, which in the website version of their blog links to itself, I don’t know how or why or if that matters but if someone figures something out with that, please let me know. There’s also this imagine, which is about bodyswapping with Will -- storywise, I don’t think this is something that really happens, -- but it’s tagged with ‘#I miss my family.’ So that’s Not Good.

There’s some posts in between solidifying that despite this wackiness, the mods are indeed still friends. And then we go straight back into absolute horror with this post:

And so evidently they are Less Than Okay and probably being held captive by Will Wood. It’s immediately followed by this morse code, presumably from Three because he seems to use morse where One uses binary, and when deciphered, it reads: “I am blinking. Hear my cry.” Three’s post is then followed by One trying to shush them once more, saying:

“[W]e at Willwoodimagines would like to apologize for last night. We might have, perhaps, made it seem as if we are being held in a wine cellar against our Will (Wood), and that some of us have been down here for six years, and that we may miss our families, but I, Mod 1, would like to remind you that we are fine and need no help! Cheers!:) #We are NOT blinking. At all. #Not at all. No blinking from us! Blinking? Aha! Not at all.”

So what can be gathered from this is that they’re absolutely being held in Will Wood’s wine cellar, and some of them have been there for six years, and they miss their families, are NOT fine, definitely need help, and are CERTAINLY blinking. Also the random bolded letters spell “help” again.

Then there’s this post, which Nigel translated for me (ty man ily):

We also have this crudely-drawn map from Two, but it doesn’t seem to be related to anything. Anyway, the address is totally garbled, yep, but nonetheless if you put it into Google you get the address for a relatively poorly-rated landfill in New Jersey:

So clearly someone picked up on that, because then we have an ask from an anon who wants to know what the recycling situation is where they are being held. One seems very confused by this question, and Two pipes in saying that have a trashcan. Their confusion would make me assume this is the wrong address, but I don’t actually have to assume, because One(?) confirms it later with this post containing binary that can be translated to read:

“oh god the address was wrong i don't know where we fucking are help“

So you know, concerning! This is immediately followed by another ask, this one in binary. The conversation goes:

“Are you good?” “Absolutely not”

Which kinda speaks for itself. There’s also a quiz they made and I took it to see if there was any lore and uh apparently I’m most like One, so that’s poggers, I think? Idk there wasn’t any lore though. There is this post where Three says that Two’s favorite song isn’t a Will Wood song, and One threatens to knock them the fuck out, and I’m adding this as a point to my theory that they’re unallowed to consume media unrelated to WW. They make up though, so it’s fine.

It gets more quiet and more confusing for a while, Three saying “wake up” and this post being tagged with ‘#I’m cold and I am afraid.’ Two leaves again, Three goes quiet cuz they’re having a rough time, Two hates being smol-bean-ified and is behind held below One and Three, who seem to be in the same room? They’re also all starving, and Three could be an arsonist if you let them out.

Blah blah, they called me out and I cried about it, and NOW we’ve reached the 100-follower-special. Thank fuck.

Three posts this, it leads to binary, and that binary says:

“Listen carefully. The video that Will (Wood) be posted is extremely important. Do not skip it.“

This is immediately followed by this video of Two sprinting through the woods, presumably to freedom, if you read the tags. Three follows that with another post, saying “It has begun.�� One shuts them down again in this post, but it links to binary that says:

“hello? can you read this? mod 2 is free! and hopefully will be coming back for us both. you all did absolutely nothing to help so i'm not thanking you for this. however i am thanking you for following us all! you've given us moral support thank you, mod 1“

As I’ve said earlier, I’m fairly certain that their captor is Will and he has access to this tumblr, which is why One especially is trying to be quiet about this. Like in this post where they apologize for the insanity on the blog, which links to binary, and it reads:

“we’re not in ddlc. i am not monika. listen to me closely. mod 3 and i are still stuck here. we have been posting cries for help for weeks. go look for them! they’re like easter eggs. just for you! thank you, mod 1“

DO I LOOK LIKE I’M COLLECTING EGGS YET??? DO I??????? Anyway, I got named the official lore account so now I’m fucking trapped here, and then we get some posts about how Two has made it to a McDonald’s.

Then One posts yet another apology, with two links. Link one directs you to a groupchat between the three mods, detailing Two’s escape and everyone’s very odd adoration for fast food. But then again, Three says they’ve been eating slop for a while, so. Fair enough. To bring back my old commentary about this, though; in this conversation there seems to be a bit of confusion over who exactly put them in the cellar where they’re captured, but as we saw earlier it was indeed Will Wood himself who is keeping them prisoner. However, Two also asserts that very soon he will be able to save One and Three, apparently with the help of Will? So there are two possibilities here:

1. Two is still an unreliable narrator, so it’s a possibility that his lobotomy or whatever has ruined his ability to perceive threats and he is being tricked by Will, who is indeed their captor, and will get thrown back in the cellar with the other two.

2. Something bigger than Will is controlling the situation. It makes no sense that all three mods would remember Will putting them in the cellar if he didn’t. So someone else could be controlling Will, I don’t know. They allude to a person from the documentary and initially I assumed it was Will but I actually haven’t seen the movie (shock and horror, I know, I’m sorry), so maybe it’s someone else and that’s the piece of the puzzle I’m missing? Idk, if you’ve made it this far and you’ve seen the documentary, check the conversation and let me know.

Link two leads to binary, and when translated it becomes:

“i do think it’s less endearing and more terrifying how people on a blogging website care more about my freedom than my own friends and family did i dont need to sign this. you know who it’s from“

Which, maybe, but I love ARGs and Nigel and I are already incredibly invested so whoops. Besides, who’s gonna do it if we don’t?

Anyway!!! I sent an ask in response to some of my confusion for the groupchat, and because One said to keep sending messages. One responded, and I was redirected to even more binary because of course! This time it says:

“THANK YOU FOR ASKING MOD 2 SAID THAT HE HAS INTERACTED WITH WILL. SO I DO NOT THINK WE ARE BEING HELD BY WILL HIMSELF. I BELIEVE MOD 3 KNOWS BUT WHEN I ASKED AGAIN HE JUST TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE GUY FROM THE MOVIE. THIS WAS NOT VERY HELPFUL THANKS MOD 1 P.S. THIS IS IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE I'M VERY EXCITED!!”

Then there were two posts in quick succession, the first one was a new puzzle type! Morse code! And grandma taught me that, so I can tell you it says:

“I think we posted an address once but it was wrong and we got caught doing it. I didn’t like that day. This entire computer has safety settings on it so I can’t just ??? (this looks like a keysmash or something to me?) stop writing. Hold on, I hear something.”

And I would’ve thrown it directly in a translator, but as One acknowledges in their next post with a link to more binary, I had to translate by hand because:

“well! you'll never guess what desktops do to morse code! we're back at binary! anyway. we did post an address but everything went wrong, i don't like thinking about that entire week, the pain was unimaginable! more importantly, though, i've asked mod 3 and he s hold on i think i hear something.“

That post was immediately reblogged with more binary that just says:

“well that’s not good”

Which is horrific!! So I sent an ask, like, ayo homie what the fuck, and I got a response! The text itself is just a dismissal that anything’s wrong, but the bolded text spells out “footsteps” so that’s terrifying! Also Two apparently slept in the McDonald’s parking lot and One slept in a sleeping bag in the cellar.

They posted that this morning when I started working on this post, -- I’ve been here for like eight hours now I think, -- and so I replied expressing my distress that they were active again and One responded with backwards text, which when read normally, says:

“Did you think we were going to sleep forever? The show must go on!”

Death undertones, I dig it.

Anyway, @hotsinglelemonsinyourarea my beloved asked why they were watching @emerald-whale, and One hit back with binary that says:

“you don't think we're watching all of you? tell the lorekeeper to write this one down. sincerely, mod 1″

Which is fucking horrifying, but no worries One, I am writing it down!! I am making a whole ass fucking timeline!! Because I am but a humbled servant that kneels to whatever story you’re trying to tell here. :) Apparently. ::) I hate it here.

Anyway, an anon sent in an ask that is one of the funniest interactions ever:

“ooohhh pizza mozarella pizza mozarella rella rella oohh“

“alright no more lore for you guys until you learn how to behave”

And then Two felt like pitching in as well:

Now keep in mind all of this was posted very fast and I was writing this post, -- still am, whoops, -- so I sent this very stressed ask telling them to SLOW DOWN THE LORE PLEASE IM FUCKING PLEADING as well as asking each mod a question, and I got shot back more binary cuz they hate me but they did answer my questions so the conversation goes:

Me: “One, are you in the same room as Three? What about Two?” One: “yes. no. i miss 2 dearly.” Me: “Two, who did you bite to get out? Two: “the ghuy from the movee !!!! i bit him and sstole hias phone!!!!!! his passw ord was "willwoodsux" :-)” Me: “Three, how long has it been since you’ve consumed any media that isn’t WW related?” Three: “It’s only been a year since I entered the cellar, so not that long ago :-) Around July you're welcome, lorekeeper sincerely, the three mods

So to clarify what and why I was asking:

1. My theory about One and Three being together while Two is separate is confirmed, yay me! Kinda trivial but I want to understand what’s going on in the cellar, so that stuff makes sense in context.

2. I haven’t seen the Will Wood movie, so this means nothing to me! Lucky for me, I have a friend, @indubitablyswag, who has seen it, so I asked them!

They have no fucking clue either!! So I will probably be renting that movie tonight, because this lore is worth money to me now, apparently, -- and I’ve been meaning to see it anyways.

3. Three made a comment about having never seen Ratatouille, which Nigel thought tied into my theory that non-WW things weren’t allowed in the cellar. I think this confirms that, but it actually doesn’t excuse Three from not knowing Ratatouille because it came out much longer than a year ago. (Unless this ARG takes place in a different year? I’ll have to ask about that.)

Then there’s another pizza mozzarella whatever ask, but it’s okay cuz Two fucking murders them.

I got my numbers screwed up and hurt One’s feelings, (IF YOU’RE READING THIS, ONE, IM SORRY, I MEANT THREE!!) something???? hurts, and I have wasted a solid nineish hours of my existence on this.

Then One gave me a whole ass heart attack by asking my favorite flavor of ice cream. (Theirs is birthday cake, apparently.)

I’m posting it before any of those fucks give me any more lore to add to this timeline because I’ve been here for like ten hours and I honestly just Can Not Keep Doing This, so I’ll be back with more theories later, -- especially after I’ve seen the movie.

In the meantime, au revoir, I’m gonna go have a stroke. I hope you guys are pleased with your lorekeeper. Cuz if you’re not then literally what has this been for? :::))

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thecrenellations · 4 years

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Return of the Thief Notes, Part One: The Book of Pheris, Volume I

Notes from my first read, October 2020. (Part Two | Part Three | TaT)

Contents: "So, so, so” watch, Costis watch, swearing, trashing the king’s attendants, being objectively wrong, boundless enthusiasm and love

I promise I’ve had more developed thoughts since these often incoherent ones, but I’ve enjoyed having these notes to refer to - for sentimental reasons and for entertainment, so here they are, for others who enjoy liveblogs and/or being whisked back in time to their first read of this wonderful book.

Format: Page number. My thoughts (Context?)

Dedication, Table of Contents, Exordium:

There it is – to Sounis

Exordium – vocab #1

Interregnum?!? Alyta?

Pheris!!!

Yeah I love him from the first page

MOIRA

MOCKING COMMENTS HELP! Gen lives!

A new level of unreliable narrator

Moira, messages of Gods, Pheris, messages of __

Wtf is going on in this study? A zoo?

high king vs great king vs annux?

okie dokie dude

Chapter 1

1. Susa – Costis

2. Infirmity – who gets to be hero/tell story (I started reading right after the book launch, in which mwt spent some time talking about her writing influences and decisions connect to this question - Pheris isn’t her first disabled protagonist and storyteller, of course, but it was lovely to meet him properly directly after hearing her talk about it. Book launch foreshadowing part 1...)

Melisande?

Is this why he wasn’t taught to read?

3. Always the summer

Bees!

4. Hunting cat… hm…

Ok … shrine … 😬

5. Once again we start with a disaster or having to flee

Which Eugenides precipitated

Bite!

Little monster :(

6. Falling…

7. :( :( :(

His purpose? D:

8. YIKES

Chapter 2

9. Hello there! (Gen!)

Massive chair?

10. CRACKED WATER JUG (amphora motif???)

11. Triangle from seal!

Gen that’s rude to Pheris :( (“He will fit in very well with my attendants”)

Wait. This must have happened before ACoK! (nope)

12. :(

Xikander … never made an impression before

How old is Pheris? (lol)

13. Philologos come thru!

Royal closet reappears!

14. Hello weird secondhand scene!

He is Eugenides

Marina…

15. Petrus? GALEN? OH SHIT!

Is this why Galen was called? (nope)

16. Hell yea Petrus

Miras’ golden balls oh no

All these previously unnamed sucky attendants!

17. Ula – goddess of hearth and healing

Ok … Galen … or a god? Eugenides????? (why did these options occur to me before Mr. Shows Up At Your Bedside At Night himself)

18. Finally the attendant floor plans I crave + hunting scenes!

19. EXCUSE ME he slept through Sounis + Eddis wedding!!!

Again – high king!

20. So Ion is beautiful … hmm.

Yeah … Sejanus has facets. I like it.

21. Clearly no one would know what king would do … lol

Don’t mind me just sorting the attendants on a spectrum of awfulness!!!

22. SO SO SO – ION!!!!!

How many fucking attendants are there and how many are on my hit list!

Is “the necessaries” bathrooms or like … him stealing? (just the bathrooms ... the Gen-Pheris parallels were really getting to me at this point)

23. OH MY GOD THE UNIFIED CREST

Also … frogs. Frogs.

24. Big day for Gen huh

Definitely an aura of Something as he writes about Gen

25. HELLO EVERYONE

26. Sorry Kamet, Pheris does the physical descriptions better. They’re beautiful

I’m blacking out at Eddis and Sounis

27. Jesus Christ. The bear.

Cousin time!

Under the table is the new up on the roof!

Uh… twin imagery ….

Gen’s feet!

Jesus. The matching

28. Cleon … wtf? A cousin?

A trial for Sophos?

Show! Us! Sophos’s! Shoes!

29. If u throw things out the air shaft you might hit the king

Was it a chicken?

Lol nvm the guy at night is Gen. That is … very sweet

- Showing up at night

- Accent

- Complaining about Petrus

- Swearing

- One hand

I am judging Costis and Sophos for not describing the paneling in Gen’s room!

Chapter 3

30. Was it a chicken?

An earring huh, good hand huh

31. Literally screaming “NO!” at Gen. Don’t joke about dying! I am killed by Gen on annux day. This is. My boy. Yes he is perfect. Yes he will refuse to get up. I love him. I died on page 31

Philologos is still the best of them

32. Dancing bear indeed

Always the powdered gold

Ruby!!!!! <3

Aww a smile!!! <3

Pheris he likes you!

33. They both love invisibility and lost it … I cry

Erupt like the sacred mountain excuse me!

OR WORSE return to bed! Lol

34. He’s Eugenides when he’s talking to Attolia

Ouch hero talk

! from Irene!

My queen!

Hey Phresine!

They way we do <3 he’s hating it but he’s so comfortable with her

Sister and bro mention! C’mon!

I love them

EYEBROW

35. Honestly that’s a yes (“I have no idea what you mean, my queen”)

It’s so cute they hang out in the morning … like how long was it even since they’ve seen each other lol

:( tough walk for Pheris

Is it prophecy time?

Lol how long does this construction take?!

Also … she’s pregnant, huh? but no one knows (nope)

Is befriending someone weaponized as a prank count for Gen’s enemies to friends list?

Also SHOW ME the magus. I know he’s here!

36. Pheris excuse me, why not recreate this!

Lol cast off language of history indeed

Feel the thrum of the goddess!

EXCUSE ME… a minor goddess? Mystery goddess? Or Philia?

Oh Gen

37. Well, Gen, someone is having a worse day than you.

Damn, how far we come.

Aww Sounis, babe, I love you and so does Gen

[drawing of the four of them sitting in a row]

38. Artadorus???? Pomegranate?

39. HEIRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A friend! Also lol. Two smiles, for Pheris and Heiro..

40. Yesss Melheret joke in action.

Costis has left tho right?

Jesus, Melheret

SHE GAVE HIM A HORSE (I COULD NOT DEAL with this entire conversation, but then again I could not deal with this whole book.)

41. I love them all so much

“on that horse, you will look like a king” I can’t with her sense of humor

He sure did say that

I feel like I’m missing something with the fight on foot thing … remembering battles?

Helen called him Gen!

Sophos stop talking about yourself and bringing apricots into everything lol

Lol these bystanders don’t know how lucky they are. Nor does Pheris, yet

42. She’s protecting him

Also … Gen … you didn’t want to be a soldier.

43. Guards have capes

2 startled men … hm …

Oh Gen. The fucking brutal echoes…

44. :( :( :(

Gen tell your wife you’re sick!

The attendants are so dumb

45. So, so, so :(

Tell who? Petrus?

Wink!

Yes?

46. Bleeding! Salt! Lemon! Heck no! What is he, a piece of meat?

Oranges?

47. “savoring each bite as if it were my last” ... Same … but with this book

Hmm… Alyta! Goddess of the gentle rain! (despite this “hmm,” I did not put the pieces together)

48. Oh no Teleus! And someone?

Aw he realized <3 lemon water

49. Gen eat your broth lol

50. I love them.

Ion’s really trying to make up for what he did that one time

51. Without the approval of the great goddess HAHAHA

I love them. Cousin time! Growl?

Idk whether or not to be reassured, Gen.

Wow Cleon I do not like that. Also didn’t he die? (...)

Comma (“I am not, Eddis”)

Go smack him!

52. Gen I love you.

Helen I love you.

He’s so bad at self care but I love him

Chapter 4

55. love that our narrator just disappears and reappears

56. Attolia’s brother’s bedroom? Yikes. Ominous. A detail in a story we’ve already gotten, different every time <3

57. fucking attendants. 3 good ones. Medander you were beneath Costis’s notice before but I hate you. Costis didn’t have time for you or Xikos or Xikander and nor do I

58. interesting pawn talk!!!

59. <3 Pheris :(

The Gen comparisons though

:( :( :( :(

60. flamboyance <3

Cemphora bush

Bees

61. I love him

62. I love them

Also lol “Your majesty?”

63. Name … hm … (“I have deliberately omitted [my tutor’s] name here”)

64. more twin imagery I swear

WAIT … it was his birthday! Not just Annux day?!! Gen was born in late summer???

Attendant list thank you

65. laying it all out there, huh … (that one Gen quote)

Lol they’re the same but Pheris likes horses

66. Insellia! Hello nice to meet you

67. Gen that’s mean. (“He is hardly even half of one.”)

68. Coleus leves???

“I am Eugenides.” <3

Gen why

69. Gold cups???? Hmmmmm. Also lioness. Def invoking Costis. (they’re probably not the cups, but STILL)

Earth….

70. Moira! Hi!!! Rainbow shawl!

Like a rabbit!

Pester!

I’m … very sad he uses his Attolian accent with Helen

71. Aaah so good

Mortals

Moira knows another messenger?

Does he think he can’t die in battle?

72. hmm are they WRANGLING?! (Galen and Petrus and my Fire and Hemlock word association)

Kill that pastry Irene I love you

morning training with his … guard? (Is that the whole guard or a guard? Costis senses tingling once again.)

73. Oh gen.

Ouch! (“to send people to their deaths and not risk my own is contemptible”)

Is she implying he’s paying Therespides?

74. Interesting Cleon plan. So many doubles

OUCH. (“Only if he comes back from the dead.” I assumed Lader had died in the war; it’s a different ouch now. I love that they both accidentally say things to each other that poke old wounds, and it’s not a big deal but it’s also not dismissed! Their relationship has come so far, and I love them so much.)

75. Verimius – Lavia – Celia??? Somebody is queer in there!

A GUARD

This scene confuses me. Xortix? Layteres? Aris! but dice thing is less political … so maybe? (just wait....)

76. So many reasons to hate Medander

Hey Costis! You exist! KoA happened!

Gen is just … still so uncomfortable and miserable. He chose, he has people, but still.

RIP Clopius also WHAT

77. Lol Hilarion’s grand statements

78. Yorn Fordad Hello!

Luxurious mustache

The mighty Pents?

Besin Quedue – she’s coming 4 you watch out

79. RIP Baron Hippias

Chapter 5

80. Spring! Plays! Cenna!

81. Oh dear

Oh dear

At least they said he was pretty

83. ?!? :( wine

Uh oh. Stockpiling

85. What even.

AAAAAAAAAH COSTIS

86. Omg Irene. Hissing. I love her.

Also … Gen’s the viper

Also this scene was written by Pheris.

Damn.

87. oh no.

What better man

She fucking quoted Howl. I love them.

Also, bees (this scene killed me)

90. Falling?

Oh shit

Also … Juridius and Pheris, Susa and Costis (comparing demands for information)

93. oh my god (IT’S THE WINDOW SCENE)

Oh my god

94. She! Called! Him! Gen!

I love this and it scares me

Lol Chloe

Irene you learned from her though

95. D:

96. :(

97. water stuff

98. what the heck

OH NO (Quedue scene)

100. yikes

Omg

Wow.

102. yikes yikes YIKES

103. a blade has protruded from his chest (tbt to The Thief)

jesus

106. shit

Did Gen hit him?

108. lol Phresine

109. lol

I want genuinely every character’s reaction to this shit

Chapter 6

111. what the heck Gen.

112. like a god [crown doodle]

114. Perma?

116. Gen. Gen. Gen. Do not.

117. AAAA (god intervention)

122. Juridius to Dite

124. bye Iolanthe and Ileia! Tell us about Caeta and Silla.

125. did not expect so much Ion

Chapter 7

127. Fryst god of winter

She laughed!

They’re so married

128. OH SHIT (Costis ship is sighted and I remember what’s about to happen next)

Interesting timing

He rode the horse home?

131. Beauty and good, beauty and kind

134. The gods’ goodwill

Keep them safe <3

135. Is that his MOM?!! Wtf (it was!)

Pheris steal those earrings!!!

RING! SMASH BOX!

137. AMPHORA EARRINGS (and flowers)

138. I love Phresine

139. Why do I feel like all the game birds are pigeons

140. meanwhile Gen’s been hanging out with Kamet. Shit. I cannot.

WELCOME HOME BOYS!

HELL YEAH KAMET ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS!

RELIUS COME THRU

141. lethium soup! The reversal

Safe for you

142. of course he knew <3

143. Kamet time! I love him. We get to see Kamet!!!

Also … echo of Gen’s notes on Mede

145. very handsome. … gaycostis vindication (referring to @costis’s url at the time and this post. Little did I know what else was to come in the next chapter and then a few months later with the adaptation news...)

Do you know who I am?

Chapter 8

147. Of course he’s a cartographer

A favorite huh

148. of course she didn’t tell us his age!

149. the angsty window staring I crave

Music!

151. adventure, huh

I do have a soft spot for Melheret

152. concerned about amphora gift

153. Glad they can be well and united in spite!! (Gen and Melheret)

154. Pheris loves math and I love him

155. Hello Teleus. Hello olives

Lol Relius is not into math

156. pigeons. Inkpot!

157. yeah honestly. He tortures people. He was NOT tortured by the king

159. lol (“I have noted the elective nature of certain behaviors” ... I love Relius and Pheris.)

160. The Invitation! I <3 it

161. EXCUSE ME WHO

Legarus!

FOLKS HERE WE ARE (I cannot overstate how wonderful it was to read this page. I did not know who the poem was from, and “Someone loves me very much, even with all my faults” is even sweeter to reread, but it’s just ... his confidence is so different from the tentative consideration of a new philosophy of trust and love we see in KoA. And there is subtextual queerness in the books before this one, some more apparent and some more subtle (and what is obvious to one reader may be subtle or invisible to another, in these books especially), and there is the attendant love triangle a few chapters back, but HERE - here, Pheris acknowledges the real feeling and love in Legarus’s disastrous relationship and tells us directly that his lover was a man, here he seamlessly makes it clear how bi and poly Relius is, and he quietly ties these relationships and realities to his growing understanding of the world. It’s not subtext. And there’s a lot more to come, but this page really hit me, and sort of promised the “more to come” while assuring me that what had come before, more subtly, was there. I used to have heteronormative readings of both these books and myself, and when Thick as Thieves brought them crashing back into my heart after years away, I knew better about myself, and I saw that - or the possibility of that reading - reflected in the new book, and it was such a good surprise. It meant a lot, and this page meant a lot, and that is why I’m writing a small essay to accompany this note.)

Lol wow

162. Where are you traveling, man (this question remains)

163. Fuck you, Orutus

164. Stole an inkpot!

165. the map!!! (Kamet’s)

166. I love them!

167. The Math Master hmm

Am I an oracle (Nope! :) )

#there is SOME context #and some rambling #but i'm sure some of it doesn't make sense so i'm very up for explaining anything #return of the thief #the queen's thief #mwt #something i #rott spoilers #return of the thief spoilers

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OH i forgot to mention one last tidbit abt the Sillytime au; Phone Gal! She’s the person who calls you up every night to check in on you. She totally doesn’t have a crush on the cool new engineer and DEFINITELY doesn’t think the new animatronics are secretly creepy. Realtalk, she’s SUPER superstitious, and every night she’ll talk up stories abt the animatronics. (E.g. The Bite of ‘87 was an incident where an animatronic managed to chomp off the entire upper torso of a person.) She’s an unreliable narrator, sure, but that adds to the fun of it. She’s also 80′s themed, she’s got feathered hair and shoulder pads :>c

#fnaf #sillytime au #speaking words

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4, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 23, 25, 27, 28, 33, 35, 37, 43, 47, 59, 51, 52, 53, 55, 61, 65, 67, 68, 82, 86, 87, 99, 100! Sorry if that's too many, you don't have to answer them all!

IT’S NEVER TOO MANY.

4. What is your zodiac sign?

I am a Cancer sun, Cancer moon, and Libra rising.

7. Do you have any pets?

I do! My family has two dogs and two cats, but technically only one of the cats is ‘mine’ and her name is Daisy. I’ve had her since I was five.

11. How many pairs of shoes do you own?

I just counted, and twenty-six.

13. What talents do you have?

Well, I hope I’m a talented singer, actor, and dancer since I’m a musical theatre major.

14. Are you psychic in any way?

I mean, sometimes I’ll be like “watch, fucking (insert an event) happen just because my life is a sit com” and it’ll happen. But also my life is just weird. Like things happen to me that just don’t happen to normal people.

15. Favorite song?

There’s so many, but the song I played on repeat while driving home from Nashville yesterday was ‘Change’ by Bailey Baum.

16. Favorite movie?

Ooo. It kind of depends on my mood. I’ve been rewatching Someone Great on Netflix a lot, but one I’ve loved for years is Roman Holiday.

23. Have you ever got in trouble with the law?

I got a speeding ticket when I was 16, but other than that, no. I tend to do my best to stay out of trouble because cops unnerve me.

25. What color socks are you wearing?

None right now, but my favorite pair of socks are navy blue and white!

27. Would you like to be a big celebrity?

I actually would. My roommates and I keep joking about becoming YouTubers and becoming influencers, but we’re all performers in that they’re dancers and I’m an actress.

28. What type of music do you like?

I truly like almost anything, but my favorite is, like, acoustic pop/alternative? I don’t listen to screamo, though.

33. What do you typically have for breakfast?

Coffee. I’m really bad at taking care of myself and that includes eating breakfast.

35. Have you ever tried archery?

I have! I wasn’t good at it!

37. Favorite swear word?

Cunt. Or fuck.

43. Can you do any other accents other than your own?

I can do a somewhat convincing British accent and I can say some things with French and Russian accents. I’m useless at Australian accents. My natural accent is southern.

47. What is your most expensive piece of clothing?

I have a Michael Kors scarf.

51. Are you scared of spiders?

Terrified. There was one bigger than a quarter in my shower about a week ago and I had a panic attack while my roommate killed it for me.

52. Favorite food?

I really love grilled pineapple.

53. Favorite foreign food?

Vegetable chettinad.

55. Most used phrase?

“Oh, no.”

59. Do you suck or bite lollipops?

Suck ;D

61. Do you sing to yourself?

All the time. I tend to make up songs to narrate tasks I’m doing.

65. Best dramatic movie you’ve ever seen?

I don’t know if this counts as drama or action (maybe both?) but Miss Bala was so good.

67. Can you name all 50 states of America?

I wanna say I can, but that could be a lie.

68. Favorite school subject?

English. Though I was pretty good at math.

82. How fast can you type?

Pretty fast, depending on my interest and if I have a deadline.

86. What are you allergic to?

Pollen.

87. Do you keep a journal?

Yes.

99. Color of your bedspread?

White.

100. Color of your room?

It’s a rented house and it’s like a tan/beige color.

#hann #starwarsgazer

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THE SURPRISE PARTY

March 10, 1951

“The Surprise Party” is episode #122 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on March 10, 1951.

Synopsis ~ Iris lets slip that one of Liz's friends is throwing a party Saturday night, and Liz and George aren't invited. But which friend is it?

“My Favorite Husband” was based on the novels Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, the Record of a Happy Marriage (1940) and Outside Eden (1945) by Isabel Scott Rorick, which had previously been adapted into the film Are Husbands Necessary? (1942). “My Favorite Husband” was first broadcast as a one-time special on July 5, 1948. Lucille Ball and Lee Bowman played the characters of Liz and George Cugat, and a positive response to this broadcast convinced CBS to launch “My Favorite Husband” as a series. Bowman was not available Richard Denning was cast as George. On January 7, 1949, confusion with bandleader Xavier Cugat prompted a name change to Cooper. On this same episode Jell-O became its sponsor. A total of 124 episodes of the program aired from July 23, 1948 through March 31, 1951. After about ten episodes had been written, writers Fox and Davenport departed and three new writers took over – Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Pugh, and head writer/producer Jess Oppenheimer. In March 1949 Gale Gordon took over the existing role of George’s boss, Rudolph Atterbury, and Bea Benaderet was added as his wife, Iris. CBS brought “My Favorite Husband” to television in 1953, starring Joan Caulfield and Barry Nelson as Liz and George Cooper. The television version ran two-and-a-half seasons, from September 1953 through December 1955, running concurrently with “I Love Lucy.” It was produced live at CBS Television City for most of its run, until switching to film for a truncated third season filmed (ironically) at Desilu and recasting Liz Cooper with Vanessa Brown.

MAIN CAST

Lucille Ball (Liz Cooper) was born on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She began her screen career in 1933 and was known in Hollywood as ‘Queen of the B’s’ due to her many appearances in ‘B’ movies. With Richard Denning, she starred in a radio program titled “My Favorite Husband” which eventually led to the creation of “I Love Lucy,” a television situation comedy in which she co-starred with her real-life husband, Latin bandleader Desi Arnaz. The program was phenomenally successful, allowing the couple to purchase what was once RKO Studios, re-naming it Desilu. When the show ended in 1960 (in an hour-long format known as “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”) so did Lucy and Desi’s marriage. In 1962, hoping to keep Desilu financially solvent, Lucy returned to the sitcom format with “The Lucy Show,” which lasted six seasons. She followed that with a similar sitcom “Here’s Lucy” co-starring with her real-life children, Lucie and Desi Jr., as well as Gale Gordon, who had joined the cast of “The Lucy Show” during season two. Before her death in 1989, Lucy made one more attempt at a sitcom with “Life With Lucy,” also with Gordon.

Richard Denning (George Cooper) was born Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger Jr., in Poughkeepsie, New York. When he was 18 months old, his family moved to Los Angeles. Plans called for him to take over his father’s garment manufacturing business, but he developed an interest in acting. Denning enlisted in the US Navy during World War II. He is best known for his roles in various science fiction and horror films of the 1950s. Although he teamed with Lucille Ball on radio in “My Favorite Husband,” the two never acted together on screen. While “I Love Lucy” was on the air, he was seen on another CBS TV series, “Mr. & Mrs. North.” From 1968 to 1980 he played the Governor on “Hawaii 5-0″, his final role. He died in 1998 at age 84.

Gale Gordon (Rudolph Atterbury) had worked with Lucille Ball on “The Wonder Show” on radio in 1938. One of the front-runners to play Fred Mertz on “I Love Lucy,” he eventually played Alvin Littlefield, owner of the Tropicana, during two episodes in 1952. After playing a Judge in an episode of “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” in 1958, he would re-team with Lucy for all of her subsequent series’: as Theodore J. Mooney in ”The Lucy Show”; as Harrison Otis Carter in “Here’s Lucy”; and as Curtis McGibbon on “Life with Lucy.” Gordon died in 1995 at the age of 89.

Bea Benadaret (Iris Atterbury) was considered the front-runner to be cast as Ethel Mertz but when “I Love Lucy” was ready to start production she was already playing a similar role on TV’s “The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show” so Vivian Vance was cast instead. On “I Love Lucy” she was cast as Lucy Ricardo’s spinster neighbor, Miss Lewis, in “Lucy Plays Cupid” (ILL S1;E15) in early 1952. Later, she was a success in her own show, “Petticoat Junction” as Shady Rest Hotel proprietress Kate Bradley. She starred in the series until her death in 1968.

Ruth Perrott (Katie, the Maid) is not heard in this episode.

Bob LeMond (Announcer) also served as the announcer for the pilot episode of “I Love Lucy”. When the long-lost pilot was finally discovered in 1990, a few moments of the opening narration were damaged and lost, so LeMond – fifty years later – recreated the narration for the CBS special and subsequent DVD release.

GUEST CAST

Elvia Allman (Sally Roman) was born on September 19, 1904 in Enochville, North Carolina. She started her performing career on radio in the 1920s, as both a storyteller and singer. Allman’s first episode of “I Love Lucy” is also one of the most memorable in TV history: “Job Switching” (ILL S2;E1) in September 1952. She played the strident foreman of Kramer’s Candy Kitchen. Allman returned to the show as one of Minnie Finch’s neighbors in “Fan Magazine Interview” (ILL S3;E17) in 1954. Changing gears once again she played prim magazine reporter Nancy Graham in “The Homecoming” (ILL S5;E6) in 1955. She made two appearances on “The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour“ - first as Ida Thompson, Westfield’s PTA director in “The Celebrity Next Door” (LDCH S1;E2) and as Milton Berle’s secretary when “Milton Berle Hides Out at the Ricardos” (LDCH S3;E1) in 1959. On “The Lucy Show” she was seen in “Lucy Bags a Bargain” (TLS S4;E17) and in “Lucy The Babysitter” (TLS S5;E16). Allman died on March 6, 1992, aged 87.

Shirley Mitchell (Fran Lewis) was born in Toledo, Ohio, on November 4, 1919. She started her acting career on radio in Chicago but soon moved to Los Angeles. Mitchell was a regular on radio in series such as “Fibber McGee and Molly” and “The Great Gildersleeve”. She became friends with Lucille Ball in the late 1940s when she was featured in four episodes of “My Favorite Husband.” Mitchell reunited with Lucille Ball on “I Love Lucy” playing Marion Strong, a member of the Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League in “Lucy and Ethel Buy the Same Dress” (ILL S3;E3), “Lucy Tells the Truth” (ILL S3;E6) and “Lucy’s Club Dance” (ILL S3;E25). Shirley Mitchell died of heart failure on November 11, 2013, seven days after her 94th birthday.

Fran’s husband is named Tom, although we do not meet him.

EPISODE

ANNOUNCER: “As we look in on the Coopers tonight, George and Liz have just finished dinner.”

Liz remarks on this being the first time they’ve stayed home in three weeks.

LIZ: “The way we’ve been going you’d think the government was going to ration fun.”

Rationing in the US was introduced in stages during World War II. The Office of Price Administration (OPA) warned Americans of potential gasoline, steel, aluminum, and electricity shortages. Most rationing restrictions ended in August 1945 except for sugar rationing, which lasted until 1947 in some parts of the country.

The telephone rings and George tells Liz they should just let it ring, lest someone tempt them out of their homes.

LIZ: “Maybe it’s ‘Sing It Again’ and we’re losing a jackpot.”

"Sing It Again” first aired on CBS radio in September 1948. In several markets it was aired right after “My Favorite Husband,” which was true of this particular date (March 10, 1951). It worked like this: a song would be performed, then sung again (hence the show's title) with new lyrics, describing a famous celebrity. If the contestant (or a listener, phoned at random) solved the puzzle, they would have the opportunity to try to identify the ‘Phantom Voice’ from clues from the preceding weeks. The jackpot was huge for its time: $25,000 in cash and prizes. In 1950, it became one of the few programs ever to be simulcast on both radio and television.

George tells her to grit her teeth, but Liz can’t bear it and picks up the phone. It is only Iris. She is calling to ask Liz what she will wear to the party on Saturday night. Before Liz can ask “what party” Iris realizes Liz may not have been invited. Iris quickly hangs up before explaining. Liz wonders who it is giving the party and why they weren’t invited. She doesn’t want to go, but wants to know who doesn’t like them enough not to invite them to a party. She dissolves into tears. George doesn’t care, but Liz can’t sleep until she knows who it is.

Liz calls Sally Roman (Elvia Allman), who, Liz says, is invited everywhere. She will undoubtedly spill the beans. Sally says she is going to the party on Saturday night, but doesn’t say where or who is throwing it.

SALLY: “Well, she’s your best friend!”

Liz wonders if they are talking about the same party to get her to say a name - but she doesn’t bite. Liz calls Iris back but Iris hangs up! Liz won’t quit - she continues dialing as the scene fades out.

After 17 phone calls, Liz still hasn’t found out who is throwing the party. She tells George to put on his coat; they are going to confront Iris - despite it being ten o’clock at night! Liz says she can’t sleep until she finds out where it is they’re not going.

End of Part One

A public service announcement talks about community spirit in Western Germany, where US GIs built a playground for a children’s home in a town heavily bombed during the war. “We are Americans. As we go, so goes America.”

Part Two

ANNOUNCER: “As we look in on the Coopers once again, we find them on their way over to the Atterburys. The Atterburys, not knowing that they are going to have the pleasure of late evening visitors, have already gone to bed.”

Rudolph and Iris are snoring loudly in bed when the phone rings. Rudolph picks it up but no one is there. He realizes it is the front doorbell. Rudolph reluctantly goes to answer the door - without his bedroom slippers - stubbing his toe. Liz and George are at the door. Liz wants to ask Iris something, so Rudolph begrudgingly invites them in. Iris comes down to see who it is. Liz bluntly asks her who is having the party on Saturday night. Iris says she can’t tell her.

LIZ: “Who? Who? Who?” RUDOLPH: “George, will you take your owl and go home?”

A variation on this owl joke was used on the very first episode of “I Love Lucy,” “The Girls Want To Go To a Nightclub” (ILL S1;E1):

ETHEL MERTZ (to Lucy, who is dialing the phone): “Who are you calling? Who, who, who?” LUCY RICARDO: “Quiet, you sound like an owl.”

And repeated in a new context on season one of “The Lucy Show,” “Lucy Buys a Sheep” (TLS S1;E5):

VIV BAGLEY: “Who got dinner last night? Who did the laundry last week? Who did the marketing yesterday? Who? Who?” LUCY CARMICHAEL: “Apparently some crabby blonde owl.”

Liz gets Iris to tell her that the ‘friend’ lives three blocks away from the Coopers. Liz is satisfied that she can figure it out from that clue. Rudolph falls asleep immediately - standing up! Next morning, Liz’s breakfast is getting cold. She can’t stop thinking about the mystery party-thrower. She has come to the conclusion that it must be Fran Lewis. Now she has to call Fran and wangle an invitation. She doesn’t want to go - just to get invited - so she can decline!

On the telephone, Fran (Shirley Mitchell) says she was just about to call Liz - about her missing cat. Liz invites her over to her house on Saturday night, knowing she’d have no choice but to invite her to the party Liz thinks she’s giving. But no - Fran accept her invitation. Liz hangs up.

GEORGE: “Well? Did you find out who is giving the party?” LIZ: “Yes. We are! My little plan backfired!”

At the bank, Mr. Atterbury tells George that he only got three hours sleep last night due to heart-burn, which she attributes to Liz. Rudolph confides in George that the girls in the club are giving the party on Saturday night - in Liz’s honor. The party is being given at Marge Van Tassel’s on Saturday night. George calls Liz and tells her the truth about the party and that it is in her honor.

Later, Liz is talking to Fran on the phone. She tells Fran that her mother fell down and broke her leg so they have to break their plans for Saturday night. That takes care of that! Now all she has to do is wait for Marge’s invitation!

GEORGE: “Sometimes you amaze me.” LIZ: “Sometimes I amaze myself!”

End of Episode

#My Favorite Husband #Lucille Ball #Richard Denning #Gale Gordon #Bea Bendaret #Elvia Allman #Shirley Mitchell #Rationing #Sing It Again #Radio #CBS #owl #Bob Lemond

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It’s becoming much harder to reach customers with traditional methods of digital advertising. Companies need to constantly step up their game to stay relevant on the web. If you feel the same, creating a video marketing strategy for your business might just what you are looking for. Video marketing isn’t exactly new, but it has been gaining traction as a valuable and relevant way of attracting visitors and customers. While online users often completely tune out forms of advertising like banner ads, video marketing continues to grow as a promotion channel. It’s also quite versatile as you can use it on social media, your website, in online advertising, and various other channels. Plus, unlike typical advertising, it integrates naturally into a website’s content or a social media feed. While video marketing may be one of the more difficult and expensive forms of marketing yourself to pull off effectively, the results are more than worth it. Just look at these stats — 12 times more shares on social media, 49% faster revenue growth, and 157% increase in organic traffic from SERPs than people who don’t use video. How could you not try it? That’s why, today I'll take a look at how to create an effective video marketing strategy, beginning to end and set you up for marketing success.

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Understand Yourself and Your Audience

It might be exciting to dive straight into recording and editing, but this process starts slow. Before you so much as begin making plans, you need to determine your target audience and understand your own business’ branding. Every business targets a buyer persona: the ideal person who’s most likely to be interested in your products, broken down by demographics like age, race, and interests. The same goes for marketing video content. Who is your target audience? Who is your content most likely to reach? Your first step should be doing some research and getting a rough idea of what platforms they’re on, what types of videos they’re interested in, and what tone and style resonates best with them. Finding success in video marketing starts with understanding your audience.

For example, if you decide to produce step-by-step software tutorials, how you go about this depends on your target audience. Some may prefer a straightforward and serious approach, while others would like an upbeat narrator. A slow-paced tutorial that covers all the very basics is appropriate if you’re targeting older users, but it would quickly frustrate a young adult that’s already well-versed in technology. Know your audience, and be prepared to craft your content around them. Besides that, figuring out what type of content is consistent with your branding is key to reaching your target audience. What sort of videos do similar companies put out? Do they create helpful guides, funny viral videos, professional interviews and explainer videos? It isn’t just about your audience; what type of videos work with your branding? Figure out how to use the brand you’ve built to put your own spin on things. There are many types of video content you can create, but you’ll need to make it yours if you want to leave an impact.

Lay Out a Basic Video Marketing Strategy

Once you have a good idea of who you’re marketing to, it’s time to start creating a rough draft of your strategy. That means doing all the deep research, making outlines, and generally deciding on goals and the way you’re going to go about this. First step: Research. The best place to start is figuring out and choosing the types of videos you want to focus on. Here are just a few examples: Explainer videos are essentially mini advertisements that convince customers to try your product. Brand videos focus on your company’s mission, vision, and goals. Product videos show demos, unboxings, and shots of your stuff in action. Instructional videos and tutorials walk users through using your product. Case studies feature your customers and the positive effects you’ve had on them. Vlogs give a glimpse into you and your company’s daily life. Pick a few that are appropriate for your brand and interesting to your target audience. This will help with the next step: planning out the particulars. How long do you want your videos to be? They might be less than a minute long, just a few minutes for bite-sized content, or even 20-40 minutes of in-depth discussion. This very much depends on the type of videos you’re making. You should also decide how frequently you’ll want to post them — daily, weekly, monthly? — and the tone you’re trying to emulate. Are your videos formal and professional, or casual and cheerful? Last, pick your platforms. Social media like Twitter and Facebook are usually best suited for short explainer videos and fun viral subjects, while YouTube and Vimeo host all kinds of medium- and long-form video content. You don’t need all the nitty-gritty details, but it’s good to have a general plan for your project’s scope. Create a Detailed Content Strategy Guide Once you have a basic idea of what you’re after, you should create a detailed content strategy guide. This will help you and anyone who’s working with you stay on brand and keep things moving forward. Keep it all collected in one document for easy sharing. In it, start by stating your reason for pursuing video marketing — what you hope to achieve, and what you want to give your customers. Also clearly identify your target audience, who your videos are made for, and how you plan on reaching them. You should next lay out the detailed guidelines for your video content, using the research you did before. Here are some good things to include: Target video length Tone Schedule Publishing platforms Branding considerations like colors to use in graphics Also state how you plan on managing the creation of videos before, during, and after their publication. List who’s involved at each stage of the process so they can be reached easily. If you have any resources like a schedule, brainstorming forum for pitching video ideas, or links to video content you’d like to draw inspiration from, make sure to list these as well. You might not know all of this yet, but start making this document anyway and fill it out to completion as you do more research. (By the way, it’s also a good idea to have a content style guide for your blog.) Figure Out the Budget Last, you need to determine how much this is all going to cost. This includes the initial price of purchasing equipment and software, plus any recurring costs like video hosting, advertising, or paying actors. If you’re starting out with yourself, a smartphone, and a free editing program, you might not need to buy anything. But creating more professional, high-quality content will usually mean paying some money. Here’s a brief list of items to take into account. Equipment: Video cameras, lenses, lights, tripods, and any other accessories you’ll need to improve the quality of your film. Locations and Studios: Setting up a recording studio, filling out the set/purchasing a green screen, or renting out a location to film in. Employees: Actors to play roles, film crew to work the cameras, lighting, and audio, editors to fine-tune the videos, and animators or artists to create graphics. Costumes and Props: Professional clothes, makeup, and props if necessary. Software: Editing software to clean up, cut, and tweak your videos. This is usually a one-time fee but it can cost several hundred dollars. Advertising: Don’t forget to budget the money it’ll take to push your video out there and get it seen. Depending on the type of videos you’re making and how much you’re investing into quality, you might need to pay thousands of dollars, or only a few hundred. It’s best to start small, gauge the success of your endeavor, and work your way up from there.

Bring it All Together

Once you have a concrete plan in place and the resources to pursue it, you can finally make the arrangements. Hire new employees or give your current ones tasks, write up and edit your first script, and start ordering props and setting up your recording studio.

Once you’ve gathered everything you need, you can finally record, edit, and upload your first video. This first experience should give you a better idea of the time the whole process will take, so you may want to tweak your schedule a little. Then you can get right to work on producing your next set of content!

Analyze and Optimize

No matter how much planning you put in, your first few videos definitely won’t be perfect, but it’s part of the learning experience. Part of having a video marketing strategy in place is to use analytics and social media metrics to help you gauge user reaction and figure out what you did right or wrong. Platforms like Twitter and YouTube come with comprehensive analytics built in, but if you’re hosting on your own site, you may need to use a tool like Google Analytics. These tools can gauge clicks and watch time across individual videos, which are invaluable statistics to examine in depth. If you’re posting somewhere like YouTube or on social media, you’ll also have access to engagement metrics like view count, shares, likes, and comments.

At first, you may want to post a variety of content and see what gets the best response. Every few weeks or months, make sure to go over your analytics and evaluate how well you’re doing. Use this to optimize your content strategy and see if you’re doing everything right or if it’s time to take things in a new direction. After that, it’s a matter of rinse and repeat.

Create a Detailed Video Marketing Strategy to Get More Clicks

Video marketing is definitely one of the more difficult promotion strategies to set up and maintain, but it’s also one of the most lucrative sources of growth. Creating an effective video marketing strategy is the key to finding success in your new endeavor. Identifying your brand and audience, planning around this knowledge, and analyzing your metrics to continue optimizing your strategy will help you grow and make better content. While high production value should be an end goal, you don’t need to spend thousands of dollars to get into video marketing. You can start with a smartphone camera and a free video editing program like Openshot. Pick a budget that matches your business and see what you can do. If you enjoyed this post, why not check out this article on Sitejet Review And Appraisal! Post by Xhostcom Wordpress & Digital Services, subscribe to newsletter for more! Read the full article

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kokoro4kakashi · 7 years

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Get to Know Me!

Tagged By @do-you-even-kakashi :)

Rules : Answer these 92 statements and tag however many people you want

THE LAST : 1. Drink : water, it’s like 90+ here. (i am dying) 2. Phone call: the vet, prolly... 3. Text message: meh bf *heart eyes* 4. Song you listened to: Hah, does the like 30 second video that GassyMexican on youtube puts up when he’s streaming count? Cuz that diddy sticks in my head for daaaays. I love it. ♫ I am live streaming. You should go there - and watch it. I am live streaming. You should go there - and watch it. ... ♫ 5. Time you cried: Eh, sometime earlier in the week cuz I miss my brother.

HAVE YOU: 6. Dated someone twice : Nupe. 7. Kissed someone and regretted it: Nupe. 8. Been cheated on: Nupe. 9. Lost someone special: Yup. 10.Been depressed: Yup 11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: Nope, don’t drink. Not the annoying righteous ‘I do not drink’, but more the ... ew, I dun like everything I’ve tried so fuck it.

LIST 3 FAVORITE COLORS: 12-14. Purple, teal, annnd white.

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU: 15. Made new friends: Yup. 16. Fallen out of love: Yup. 17. Laughed until you cried: Yup. 18. Found out someone was talking about you: Nupe. 19. Met someone who changed you: Yup. �� 20. Found out who your friends are: Yup. 21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list: Nupe.

GENERAL: 22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: A few. 23. Do you have any pets: 4 cats. 24. Do you want to change your name: Nupe. 25. What did you do for your last Birthday: Nothing. 26. What time did you wake up: 8:30am 27. What were you doing at midnight last night: Trying to get to sleep for the few hours of sleep I get. 28. Name something you can’t wait for: insulin remission on my cat. 29. When was the last time you saw your mom: Today 30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: Motivation. Make it last longer, I guess. I have spurts where I’m like I AM GONNA DO THE THING! then literally a half hour later I’m like eeeeh... it can wait. (narrator: it usually shouldn’t wait) 31. What are you listening to right now: CNN, and the A/C 32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: I remember a SUPER annoying Tom from 6th grade. 33. Something that is getting on your nerves: The increasing disrespect in this neighborhood. 34. Most visited Website: Tumblr, Youtube, Twitter

LOST QUESTIONS. I JUST PUT IN RANDOM INFO ABOUT ME 35. Mole/s: Yup. 36. Mark/s: Er, I have a small scar on my arm from a cat bite. 37. Childhood dream: I dunno... I think I just wanted to be happy with whatever I ended up doing. 38. Haircolor: Brown 39. Long or short hair: I prefer medium on myself. 40. Do you have a crush on someone: Fictional Characters, yes. (*waits for someone to point out my weakness for hokage-naughties*) 41. What do you like about yourself: My wit. 42. Piercings: Just ears. 43. Bloodtype: ?? 44. Nickname: None irl 45. Relationship status: Taken :) 46. Zodiac: Sagittarius 47. Pronouns: She/Her... I guess. Not opposed to Duuuuuude, tho. 48. Favorite TV Show: Oh, dun think I have a favorite... am getting amped up for Thrones to come back, tho.

49. Tattoos: Nupe. 50. Right or left hand: Right. 51. Surgery: er, some dental surgery in the past. 52. Hair dyed in different color: Nupe. 53. Sports: None... but I can watch baseball without complaining. Well, I can watch most sports without complaining, really, but I know baseball well. 55. Vacation: somewhere on a private island 56. Pair of trainers: Yes?

MORE GENERAL: 57. Eating: Nothing atm! Thinking of gettin somethin tho 58. Drinking: Water 59. I’m about to: Check activity feeds of meh blogs and then maybe tumblr a bit after eating. 61. Waiting for: Hm... I guess a few hours from now when I pick a movie to watch. 62. Want: A few Kakashi and Minato figures I have my eye on but not the impulse to just buy atm. Really wish I did something here I could possibly ask commissions for, lol. Just to pay for a few figures. We’d all win. I’d post tons of picks, yanno it :) 63. Get married: Someday! But with no fuss, prolly just the minimum of going to the courthouse, or whatever it takes to just be official and keep costs and sillly dresses, etc out. 64. Career: If I could water plants all day, I’d love that.

WHICH IS BETTER 65. Hugs or kisses: Er, hugs but lemme know first! 66. Lips or eyes: Eyes. I’ve stared at people before cuz of it. 67. Shorter or taller: shorter 68. Older or younger: older 70. Nice arms or nice stomach: um, gonna say stomach cuz i need to take care of mine a bit, lol 71. Sensitive or loud: sensitive. 72. Hook up or relationship: Relationship. 73. Troublemaker or hesitant: hesitant, i know thee well.

HAVE YOU EVER: 74. Kissed a Stranger: Nupe 75. Drank hard liquor: Nupe 76. Lost glasses/contact lenses: Don’t have any. 77. Turned someone down: Kinda. 78. Sex on the first date: Nupe. 79. Broken someone’s heart: Hope not. 80. Had your heart broken: Yup. 81. Been arrested: Nupe. 82. Cried when someone died: For ...ever. 83. Fallen for a friend: Nupe.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN: 84. Yourself: Sometimes. 85. Miracles: Those happen to other people. 86. Love at First Sight: Not really. 87. Santa Claus: There was a time, til I heard my parents one eve carrying presents out of their room after midnight. 88. Kiss on the first date: Nupe.

OTHER: 90. Current best friend name: Heather, haven’t talked to her in over 6 months tho cuz she gives me so much grief about my situation, tho. 91. Eye color: Brown 92. Favorite movie: I could watch Jurassic Park every day.

Tagging......... anyone with an R in their url! ;)

#personal #thanks for the tag! <3

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teenycabb · 7 years

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Stay awake-royai? If you're still taking them

I have no defense as to why this is so late. Other than that I’m a lazy bum whose muse likes to go on vacation for days at a time. It took until I was confined in a car for hours to actually finish this. Anyway enjoy some shameless fluff.

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87. Stay Awake

Roy waved his hand in front of his face in an attempt to shoo the bugs away. It worked for a couple seconds, but they were back buzzing in his ear and in his vision the moment his hand returned to his side. Giving a sigh, Roy gave up and let the bugs buzz and bite as they pleased.

”Would you tell me why we’re out here this late at night?” Riza yawned.

Roy looked down at his companion and smiled. She was in her faded nightgown with his slippers dwarfing her feet and a shawl tucked tightly around her body. Riza had finished her nightly routine and had been about to crawl into bed when Roy took her by the arm and dragged her outdoors, and to the peak of a nearby hill.

Her confusion only grew at the sight of a blanket spread out across the grass.

”Sit down. You’re going to like this.”

And so, she sat. Roy flopped down beside her and stretched out flat on the blanket. Riza recognized as the quilt from his bed. A small frown spread across her face at the thought that the best quilt in their possession was spread out across the dirt. She looked down at the hem of her nightgown and picked at one of the loose strings.

There was silence as they rested on the blanket as the last traces of the day’s light faded into night. Riza’s strict posture eased until she was laying against the ground at Roy’s side. Her shawl left where it was draped across her shoulders and was spread out to cover her body like a blanket. Her head rested on her arm as she looked up at the night sky. Stars winked against the rich black backdrop.

”You know, the night sky still amazes me. Back in Central you could consider yourself lucky if you could even see a quarter of the stars that we see here. There’s too much light and exhaust from the factories to actually see anything. That was one of the first things I noticed when I first came here. Just how clear the sky was.”

Roy talked comfortably, filling the silence as time passed. Riza listened to him. Listened as the tone and timbre of his voice narrated his thoughts to her. It was easy listening, and Riza soon found herself drifting off as he talked.

”Hey, you have to stay awake. They’re about to begin.” Roy reached over and gently shook her shoulder. He pulled away as soon as her eyes fluttered open to look at him and pointed towards the sky in front of them. “You don’t want to miss this.”

Rubbing some of the sleep from her eyes, Riza pushed herself to a sitting position. Her shawl fell down to her lap, but she didn’t pay it any mind.

”Miss what? What are you talking about?”

Roy didn’t get the opportunity to answer. A hiss caught her attention and she turned to find the source of the noise. An explosion echoed across the hills and the sky was filled with a vibrant red.

Riza’s hand dropped from her face. She gaped up at where the firework had illuminated the sky. Her face darted from Roy’s back to the sky as she attempted to formulate what she wanted her tongue to say. No words were coming.

It didn’t take more than a few seconds for another to fill her vision. This one was blue and green. Her breath caught at the vibrancy of the explosion.

“You told me that you hadn’t seen the solstice’s fireworks display since before your mother passed. I thought that you might want to see them again. Something we could do together before I leave.”

Riza wasn’t listening to him. She didn’t hear how his voice trailed off near the end. Her attention was focused entirely at the lights display happening in the sky above her. Her eyes shone as she was caught between memories of a life gone by and the one she lived.

Instead of watching the explosions of color above him, Roy focused his attention upon the girl beside him. She had grown so much since he had first arrived at her door to pursue an apprenticeship with her father. Not just physically, but in other, more important ways. She let him in and allowed him to become her friend. Something neither one seemed to have very many of.

He wanted to reach over and take her hand, but he didn’t dare break the trance the fireworks had pulled her into. This was for her. One last thing they could share memories of.

They sat in silence, save for the explosions celebrating the longest day of the year. When the finale came around, Riza gave a small gasp at the spectacle and she clutched at the shawl in her lap. When it was over, she looked back at Roy, the smile across her face the widest he had seen up unto that point. Roy returned the smile.

”Thank you so much for this.” She reached out and gripped his hand.

”It was nothing. I just–”

His voice died suddenly when Riza leaned forward and pressed a quick kiss to his cheek. When she pulled back, she didn’t meet his eyes, but returned her shawl to around her shoulders. Her hand squeezed his for a moment before she let go. Roy stared dumbly up at her as she stood.

”We should get back to the house. Father might worry if he found us missing for our beds.”

He wouldn’t. He wouldn’t even leave his study unless there was a dire emergency. Even then, he wouldn’t check on them in their rooms. He never had. Both of the teens knew it.

Roy nodded anyway. He understood the underlying message Riza didn’t want to voice. He stood and gathered the blanket in his arms. Even though it was dark, he brushed away the small bits of debris that the blanket picked up from the ground.

”You will be in charge of cleaning that quilt once we get back to the house,” she said as she began to walk away in the dark. “And next time, bring one of the shabbier blankets. It won’t be so bad if you aren’t able to get all of the dirt out of it.”

Roy was glad the darkness masked his flush. Next time. She said next time. He clutched the quilt tighter as he imagined how that would be. He was so caught up in his dreamings it took Riza calling his name to break him free.

Hurrying to catch up with the younger girl, Roy tripped over his own feet and only barely saved himself from landing face-down in the dirt. He thought he could hear the soft giggles of his companion over the thump of his heart in his ears. Next time he wouldn’t make a fool of himself. Maybe.

#royai #roy mustang #riza hawkeye #fma #fullmetal alchemist #my writing #I wanted to get this done by the fourth #but that wasn't in the cards apparently

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racbythewindow · 6 years

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Ants

I took a few bites. But then they were forgotten, for a few hours, laid bare on the messy table.

I was hungry at first, but then soon after a number of swallows, I was suddenly drowned in tasks, focused and disappearing from reality.

That morning, I was very determined to buy the puffs across the street despite carrying a heavy bag pack. They looked like the most decent puffs I can find for the week.

After a few hours, I turned from focusing on the screen to take a brief look around. My puffs were by then entirely surrounded by troops of ants. I tried my best to save them, hide them in my bag, hide them in my empty mug tumbler, and even tried to hide them in a tissue box, nothing actually worked.

Now that I’m tired from playing hide and seek with the ants, I just stared curiously, starting to question their origins. Few seconds passed, it was actually very amazing to see how the ants able to get through the lid of the covered mug successfully. They looked like hunters, hunting down food very aptly.

That exact view reminded me about the wondrous journey of a salt. One tiny cube of salt came from one drop from the entire ocean, it traveled through continents, went through days of sunlight, met several people on road, touched by few hands, and in the end, it was written to be the taste that one tongue gets to taste.

Sustenance is indeed very specific. The money I got to buy the puffs were handed down by mom, which was actually given from dad. The money was a tiny part of his huge salary, nevertheless, dad must have not ever come across in his mind the idea of paying ants their lunch.

Allah is indeed The Intricate Provider.

Lately, I am very anxious about uncertainties that lie ahead. It felt just like yesterday when I finally get to graduate and bid farewell to my degree years. Getting a degree was not a big of a deal to most people. But not me. Edinburgh was the land that witnessed how I’ve been put in a series of difficult situations while taking one of the most difficult courses in the world. I was never a fearful child, until the waves of events I had yet to discover when I was abroad happened to not missed me exhaustively. It was an impossible journey that I dreaded so much, for which few months after coming back I did not know how to begin again.

After nights of self retrospecting, I decided one day to re-narrate my 25 years of life. It was not hard to kindly tell myself this time, to really see things eye to eye. For a minute I realized that I cannot find any day of my entire life that Allah has been unkind to me. The degree was hard, yes, but some days I managed to get a few As. Being abroad in the North of UK was deeply lonely, but Allah supplied me with enough money and food to go around and seek support, sometimes sent me to happy places. The subject of Architecture was always confusing, I repetitively self-talk myself to hold on tightly, although it felt like one of the greatest regret I ever did to myself. However, Allah never implied to me to actually change the world with only Architecture, and not finding a definitive answer about what should I really be is never a sin.

I remembered how I wanted to enroll in SBP or MRSM, but mom and dad made me to half-heartedly survive a religious boarding school for five years. I always wanted to avoid being a religious scholar, hence He listens, He flew me to Edinburgh, not to send me away from Him, but closer than I can ever imagine.

He replaced my friendships with better sister-ships, He made kneel to prostrate, He made me cry a river begging for so many things, He made me listen and see, He made me write, and He made me live.

Allah never forgets; to always provide, and care, with the softest mercy, He will never dare to abandon. He had intricately arranged everything beautifully, for pen has lifted and the ink has dried.

Not only we can actually hope for His Mercy, but we are also actually living our life with proven mercies. We are ourselves, our memories, our stories; the living proofs that His Rahmah never cease.

I hope to always remember, the way Prophet Yunus said Subhanak, when he was entirely lost and cold. ( Al Anbiya’: 87 )

I hope to always remember, the way Prophet Yusuf said oh Allah You’re indeed Lateef, after years of “unfortunate” journey. ( Surah Yusuf : 100 )

I hope to always remember, how Prophet Ayyub said Ya Arhamur Rahimin, in distress and illness. ( Al Anbiya’: 83 )

I hope to always learn from the way our father Prophet Ibrahim said Rabbi, Rabbi, Rabbi, gently, in all affairs and supplications. ( Surah Ibrahim : 36 -41 )

They are indeed the people who think very highly about Allah, no matter the wreckage ( read: ni’mah ).

As for the ants, I let them had their feast. We shouldn’t share after all in this case. Allah Ar Razaq had provided us equally.

#realdeal

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skiasurveys · 7 years

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1. What is your full name? Jen 2. How old are you? 20 3. When is your birthday? December 5th 4. What is your zodiac sign? Sagittarius 5. What is your favorite color? Lilac 6. What’s your lucky number? 21 7. Do you have any pets? 2 cats. 8. Where are you from? Canada 9. How tall are you? 5′1 10. How many pairs of shoes do you own? Way too much 11. What did you last have for breakfast? Cereal 12. What was your last dream about? Something with Connor 13. What is the best thing about you? I don't care about shit 14. Put shuffle on your iPod, what were the first 5 songs? 1. Ditmas Mumford and sons 2. I will always return - Bryan Adams 3. Prologue - les mis 4. Darling let's go out tonight - JJ Shiplett 5. Hunger - of monsters and men 15. Favorite song?why am I the one FUN 16. Favorite TV show? Don't have one right now 17. Favorite movie? The lion king 18. Do you miss anyone right now? Connor 19. Do you want children? No 20. Do you want a church wedding? Don't care really 21. Are you religious? Not really 22. Have you ever been to the hospital? Few times 23. Have you ever met any celebrities? No 24. Baths or showers? Baths 25. What color socks are you wearing? None. 26. Have you ever been famous? No 27. Would you like to be a big celebrity? I want to be known but not when people are stalking me 28. What type of music do you like? All types except rap and country 29. Have you ever been skinny dipping? No 30. How many pillows do you sleep with? 4 31. What position do you usually sleep in? I get spooned 32. How big is your house? Average 33. What do you typically have for breakfast? Cereal 34. Have you ever fired a gun? No 35. Have you ever tried archery? Yes. I sucked. lol 36. Who is your celebrity crush? I don't have one 37. Who do you look up to? My mom 38. What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep? Like 2 days but that's rare. Sometimes I do all nighters 39. Do you have any scars? Yes I do, some on thighs and one on my knee from my accident 40. Have you ever had a secret admirer? I don't know. 41. Are you a good liar? Nope. 42. Are you a good judge of character? Yes 43. Can you do any other accents other than your own? Nope 44. Do you have a strong accent? No 45. What is your favorite accent? Scottish and Swedish 46. Name all the countries you’ve been to? United States. I'm from Canada. 47. What is your most expensive piece of clothing? My shoes 48. Can you curl your tongue? No 49. Are you an innie or an outie? Innie 50. Left or right handed? Right 51. Are you scared of spiders? No 52. Favorite food? Nuggets 53. Favorite foreign food? Chinese and Japanese 54. Are you a clean or messy person? Clean 55. Most used phrase? "Fuck me" 56. Most used word? Like 57. How long does it take for you to get ready? 40 minutes. That's including showering, make up, hair and getting dressed. 58. Do you have much of an ego? I don't 59. Do you suck or bite lollipops? Lick 60. Do you talk to yourself? Yes 61. Do you sing to yourself? Yeah. 62. Are you a good singer? No 63. Biggest Fear? Suffocating 64. Are you a gossip? Sometimes. 65. Favorite character in anything? Idkkkk 66. Do you like long or short hair? Long on myself 67. Can you name all 50 states of America? Probably 68. Favorite school subject? Art 69. Extrovert or Introvert? Bit of both 70. Favorite hobbies? Drawing, recording videos for YouTube, editing videos, video games 71. What makes you nervous? Dentists , people who view my message and don't reply , when someone asks me "can I talk to you " 72. Are you scared of the dark? Kind of 73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes? Depends. 74. Are you ticklish? Yeah 75. Have you ever started a rumor? No. 76. Have you ever been in a position of authority? A few times 77. Have you ever drank underage? Yes 78. Have you ever done drugs? Weed 79. Who was your first real crush? Marty McFly 80. How many piercings do you have? 0 81. Can you roll your Rs? No 82. How fast can you type? Fairly fast. 83. How fast can you run? Somewhat 84. What color is your hair ? Light blonde. 85. What color are your eyes? Brown 86. What are you allergic to? Dogs 87. Do you keep a journal? Yeah. I don't make journal entries though, I just make notes or something. 88. What do your parents do? Dad is dead, mom works for an eye doctor 89. Do you like your age? I'm 20. It's shitty. 90. What makes you angry? A lot of shit 91. Do you like your own name? I hate it!!! 92. Have you already thought of baby names, and if so what are they? No 93. Do you want a boy or a girl for a child? Neither 94. If you had to have someone narrate the story of your life to you when you died, who would it be? Morgan freeman..? 95. What’s the best thing you’ve ever won? My boys heart ;) 96. How did you get your name? From my mom..? 97. Out of the original 151 which is your favorite Pokémon? I don't know 98. What browser do you use? Google Chrome. 99. Color of your bedspread? White 100. Color of your room? Beige and lilac

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weeklyhumorist · 5 years

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Whimsical, Feel-Good Alternatives to Some Stephen King Classics

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Carry

Blanch is not a popular girl. See, Blanch has an imaginary friend she talks to whenever the impulse takes her: a pet rock she calls Carry.

Blanch carries Carry everywhere she goes. She sets Carry on her desk at school, reserves a place for Carry on the seat next to her on the bus. Carry accompanies Blanch to the soup kitchen where Blanch volunteers after school. At the soup kitchen Carry sits in a hard-boiled egg container by the big pot of soup, grinning eternally away.

Steadfast in her belief that Carry is as real as any person, Blanch begins to garner sympathy, and then interest, instead of ridicule. Classmates begin talking to their own imaginary friends: other pet rocks, pet sticks, pet gobs-of-gum from under desks, from the soles of shoes. Even Blanch’s teacher, Mrs. Desjardins, brings a potted plant from home and begins each day by reciting “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” to her floral friend named Daffodil.

A true inspiration, Carry teaches us all about the power (certainly not the danger) of unwavering belief.

Pet Sanctuary

Life of Pets meets The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary.

Evolution is alive and well in this fable-ish little tale featuring Bobo and Macaque, two ne’er-do-well simian beaus who get into a tumble (wink, wink) of mischief when the lights go out.

Bordering on the salacious, this slinky little number might be the one to keep you up past your bedtime.

You naughty little monkey you.

Sale: Em’s Lot

The hot, dusty summer of 1979 ends and Dorothy (a tired fifty-six-year-old cobbler) can’t take it anymore. “That’s it,” she declares to her old dog, Otto, “we’re moving north.”

That night she dreams of skating on frozen ponds, sliding down snow-whitened hills, the whimsy of snow-angels, the unadulterated joy of a white Christmas.

When Dorothy wakes to a stormy morning she battens down the hatches and drives the For-Sale sign determinedly into the hardened ground. Just as she’s about to hole up for the storm, Dorothy trips on the front step and knocks herself cold.

Here the story takes a colourful turn: in what seems like another reality Dorothy disembarks from The Polar Express and finds herself in a strange and wonderful wintery land called frOZe. As she looks around, her voice quivers gleefully in the cold: “Oh, Otto. I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”

And, oh, Otto, the magic that awaits us between the covers of Sale: Em’s Lot.

The Dad Zone (translated from the French classic, La Zone Papa)

Lonely, looking-for-love Jean Lefèvre lives in Château Roche where he teaches high school business and dresses like an accountant who lives in an apartment without wi-fi or windows.

Down the hall lives the whimsically beautiful Sara Braque de Nelle. Sara, to note, dates musicians exclusively and winks at everyone she passes.

The first time she winks at Jean he falls in love.

In an elaborate plan to win her heart, Jean makes a few quick calls to get the old band back together. “American Idol: the Rock Band Edition” is coming to town and, swift as he is, Jean spies his chance.

One for the underdogs, The Dad Zone builds to a nail-biting sing-off finale between The Dad Zone (the eponymous motley crew of ragtag middle-aged fat balding dads, led by Jean himself) and Meh (a group of highly trained, super-talented teenagers led by Guy Le Guy who—coincidentally?—might be Jean’s estranged-from-birth son).

Will Jean win Sara’s heart? Will Guy and Jean discover their connection in some implausible plot twist? Or will The Dad Zone flop so gloriously we won’t know whether to laugh or cry?

When it comes time to cast your vote, Idol fans, vote The Dad Zone.

A Well-Lighted Place

Not set in or about a dark tower.

Or a waste land.

And not to be confused with the Hemingway title.

This roman a clef tells the story of how Stephen King himself (known here as Prince) comes to be—above all others (except maybe that Brit, Robert Galbraith)—the one person any semi-literate avatar among us identifies when tasked with naming the most famous writer of all time.

Chapter 1 opens at a respectable hour at a respectable café in a respectable Paris. Prince and two other up-and-coming writers–Thomas Stearns and Poppa H–sip their whiskey neat. They discuss the craft, the word, the source, the point of it all. Quotable quotes abound.

Chapter 2 opens at three in the morning with Oscar Wilde (late to the party and playing himself), standing aloof and at a protected distance from our writer-friends who have since passed out in the rain. Clutching his lapels, Mr. Wilde drolly states: “Three of us seem to be in the gutter, and one of us is a star.”

“Oh, Oscar,” says Prince, coming to. “Not so fast.”

Chapter 3 opens with Prince at his typewriter smoking cigarette after cigarette and slurping down pots of black coffee.

By chapter 87 we discover Prince has been our narrator the whole time, and on the last page when he tasks his friends with naming the most famous writer of all time, we already know the answer and we’re happy to see it writ on the page.

11/10/69

An intricately crafted unraveling of how Big Bird comes to make his/her television debut.

L. Moe, one the world’s preeminent ornithologists, writes: “The Big Bird story is to birders what the JFK story is to American history enthusiasts: gripping, essential, rife with mystery. From one watcher to another, we’re in the company of a rare sighting indeed.”

Whimsical, Feel-Good Alternatives to Some Stephen King Classics was originally published on Weekly Humorist

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