#stephanie lr

[lab-trash]

It's so weird seeing Stephanie after watching Kickin It and seeing her as Mika. Cuz I love Mika! But I hate Stephanie.

[the-flying-robins]

Steph being who she sees when she's dying hurts so good. But this line??? Ouch

[earlycuntsets]

pt. 3 (parts 1, 2, 4)

earlycuntsets.org sourced - where I got all my mcr pictures

first of a series. due to tumblr limits on how many links you can post. this full idea will be continued on future posts. here is 2007-2010. this is pictures. will make a separate post for youtube/recordings.

been needing to fully source my website so here we go! wanted to share with other kool mcr fans.

old fansites/website appearances:

12/17/2010 the night 87x stole christmas detroit mi - ken settle & schwegweb.com (ken settle)

12/18/2020 the edge jingle bell rock toronto ca - popmatters (mcrmy ecuador) & aux.tv

02/13/2011 birmingham uk -blackvelvetmagazine

03/05/2011 barcelona spain - in headphones (mcrmy ecuador)

04/09/2011 denver co - reverb (mcrmy ecuador)

04/12/2011 minneapolis mn - citypages (mcrmy ecuador)

04/15/2011 chicago il - chicago now (mcrmy ecuador) & j.l. hopper

04/17/2011 cleveland oh - radio 92.3 (mcrmy ecuador)

04/23/2011 nyc ny - QRO magazine

05/07/2011 sayreville nj - thenjunderground

05/15/2011 bbc r1 big weekend carlisle uk - country grind slideshow

05/18/2011 orlando fl - ishotyourband.com & jencray.com

05/21/2011 & 05/22/2011 dallas tx - blackvelvetmagazine

05/28/2011 la ca - theaudioperv & sarah dope (deviantart)

07/10/2011 live at t in the park balado uk - thisfakediy

09/01/2011 auburn wa - suzi pratt

flickrs:

12/12/2010 101 rex the halls san diego ca - natalie, brittney denaux,

12/14/2010 st louis mo - todd owyoung, kingdead, todd morgan, jane bush,

12/15/2010 chicago il - ashley osborn, famousliving.dead, liz kannenburg, danigio,

12/18/2010 the edge jingle bell rock toronto ca- megan shauna

12/31/2010 carson daley nye - alexis siracusano

02/12/2011 london uk - lucy roth & emma webb

02/16/2011 dublin ireland - ian keegan

02/18/2011 manchester uk - michelle heighway, kay elliot, frankie cooksie, helena hurricane

02/19/2011 nottingham uk - simplificity

2/21/2011 cardiff uk - holly jenkins

02/22/2011 newcastle uk - sinead granger

02/24/2011 london uk - lucy roth (planetary go mv show)

02/26/2011 tilberg netherlands - rene sebastian

03/01/2011 paris france - jem & dianthallr

03/05/2011 barcelona spain - ruben navarro, elsa nieto, javier bragado domingo

03/07/2011 milano italy - rodolfo sassano, emanuela silm rillo,

03/12/2011 mtv winter valencia spain - laura s.c., ana barettino, grace dirnt, jose fernandez,

03/18/2011 stockholm sweden - victor lundmark

03/31/2011 oakland ca - scernea

04/02/2011 vancouver ca - ashley tanasiychuk, anil sharma,

04/03/2011 seattle wa - ciera walters

04/08/2011 salt lake city ut - sparkk&fade & alex young

04/09/2011 denver co - michael fajardo

04/11/2011 toronta ca - tony felgueiras

04/13/2011 milwaukee wi - echolalia

04/15/2011 chicago il - amelia l, danigio

04/16/2011 grand rapids me - stephanie weier

4/22/2011 nyc nc - brittany vero

04/23/2011 nyc ny - brittany vero, amy winkler, ludovica ciccarelli, tyler olson, robert polanco

05/07/2011 sayreville nj - future daydream

05/15/2011 holmdel nj - michael dubin

05/10/2011 washington dc - specimenlife, kell

05/15/2011 bbc r1 big weekend carlisle uk - chealsea cochrane, sabrina lr,

05/17/2011 ft lauderdale fl - maysa askar & marc schiller

05/21/2011 dallas tx - thunderkiss

06/24/2011 dcode festival madrid spain - juan rodriguez talavera, juan perez- fajardo, patygelduck

06/26/2011 imola italy - giacomo astorri,

06/27/2011 vienna austria - jeremy kruezmayr & steph fiorese

06/29/2011 volt festival sonpron hungary - zalaihirlap (mcrmy ecuador)

07/07/2011 oeiras portugal - palco principal

07/27/2011 vienna austria - inkbotkowalski

08/13/2011 hershey pa - alicia brown

instagram:

05/05/2011 boston ma - rich g

looks like there will be a part four to complete the timeline. damn the link limits

part 4 here

[alchemyviajes]

Tendrà las Islas Cook vuelos directos con Sídney

Tendrà las Islas Cook vuelos directos con Sídney

Recientemente Las Islas Cook anunciò su primer vuelo directo con Australia y gracias a la compañìa australiana Jetstar, Rarotonga va a estarà en conexiòn con Sídney , teniendo dos vuelos directos semanales de ida y vuelta en la aeronave más nueva de la aerolinea , me refiero al Airbus A321neo LR de nueva generación . Stephanie Tully, directora general de Jetstar, comentò : “Rarotonga es una isla…

[nymsonlinecottage]

What are your head cannon sexualities/identities for LR/MM kids

I AM SO GLAD YOU ASKED-

Ok I guess I'll go oldest to youngest, so starting with Adam:

• I headcanon him very strongly as aro/ace

• partially because I don't ship him with anyone, partially for representation, and mainly because I love the idea of him thinking he has to get a girlfriend since he's seen as the Strong Handsome one, but then he realizes there isn't anyone he actually wants to date once he gets out into the world

• and then he's a trans guy

Bree:

• giant lesbian

• lesbionic

• bionigay

• homohero

• g i r l s

• (she was on some compulsive heteronormative bullshit during highschool)

• she's a cis girl, but is one of the best trans allies because she grew up with two trans brothers

Oh, yeah, that leads me to Chase:

• ftm trans

• bisexual disaster

• thank you for coming to my TEDx Talk

Skylar:

• I have this headcanon that everyone on Caldera is attracted to all genders and she never was use to labeling her sexuality so she doesn't

• and she's agender but uses she/her pronouns

Leo:

• enby, he/him/they/them

• pansexual with a preference for girls

Oliver:

• ftm trans

• biromantic/demisexual

Kaz

• I go back and forth between the headcanon of him being ftm and him being genderfluid (really like him being genderfluid tho)

• and he identifies as gay but he hasn't come across a gender he isn't attracted to

And as for the side characters:

• Marcus is an android, I kinda doubt he has a sexuality the way humans do, but if he did, he'd be bi (no gender. only robot.)

• Jordan's a cis lesbian

• Alan's ftm and gay

• Stephanie's mtf and pan

• Caitlin... lesbian, but I doubt they claim her

• Spike's mtf bisexual

• Gus is the only one I will allow to be cis/het

[thegeekerynj]

Short Reviews, when the Big Mouth doesn’t have much to say… Or is trying to get caught up from COVID / Election Overload

An Occasional Attempt to Read, Discuss and Review the Wonders of Comics

By: John Rafferty, cranky old man, and Fan of All Things Comics

Short Takes 

Short Reviews, when the Big Mouth doesn’t have much to say… Or is trying to get caught up from COVID / Election Overload

Legion of Super Heroes 6-10  (DC Comics)

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis    Pencils: Ryan Sook (#6 - 7, 10) Various (8 - 9)   Inker: Wade Von Grawbadger (#6 - 7, 10) Various (8 - 9)

‘You want to be called Bouncing Boy?

Looking at the Memexes, we were considering “The Bullet”.

Bullet?

It’s a projectile that——

No, with me, it’s all about the BOUNCE.

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Can Brian Bendis write everything?

Between story, and downright FUN, this is a great book.  Team books are hard to do well, if for no other reason, because of the characterizations. 

Multiple characters mean multiple personalities, and some of those will always get underdeveloped in relationship to the team, as the writer invariably has favorites  Unless…

What we are seeing with LSH is development of characters from across the spectrum. Every book has development of some of the characters, even if they’re not directly involved in the story. This is a far cry from what you see in other books.

Add to this Ryan Sook’s breakdowns, and Wade von Grawbadger’s inks, and you get a pretty package, all tied up in a big bow. More importantly, this is a story with a legacy reaching back 60 years, and is being truly refreshed for a new audience.

This isn’t the Legion I read in 1967, but it’s damned good! 

Out of 5🌶        🌶🌶🌶🌶.5

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Suicide Squad #9 - 10  (DC Comics)

Writer: Tom Taylor  Artist: Bruno Redondo

I have Kord’s location.

Okay. Do you also have the Senator?

Oh, did you want him back for some reason? That spineless mouth-breather championed a law to dump more waste into the sea. Delusional, greedy @#$% thinks he owns the world.

I have some friends reminding him he does not.

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Floyd Lawton, first appearance, Batman #59, June 1950, as the man who never misses.

Floyd Lawton, a man who feels no rereason to continue living, but has no wish to die: who puts his life on the line to save his teammates time and time again, to save his daughter and her mother, all with the wish of dying in a truly spectacular fashion.

Floyd Lawton, who finally finds a reason to live, in the eyes of his daughter, Zoe.

Floyd Lawton. Deadshot. Perennial member of Task Force X, finally earned his pardon.

Game Over.

By all that’s Unholy, Tom Taylor is a hateful SOB! But the man writes a great story!

Out of 5🌶        🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

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Marvel Zombies Resurrection # 1 - 4  (Marvel Comics)

Writer: Phillip Kennedy Johnson   Artist: Leonard Kirk

‘Fine. I guess we came all this way. 

Might as well do something really stupid.

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This sums up exploring the World, any world, during a Zombie Apocalypse. Especially when those with Super Powers have been turned into Super Zombies.

So, we pick up with Peter Parker, Forge, Karla Sofen (Moonstone), Valeria and Franklin Richards, a Flerkin named Chewie, and the reprogrammed Sentinel lovingly called ‘Nana’, moving from defendable place to defensible area, seeking a ‘safe place’. Somewhere they can rest for more than one night… if that is possible.

Always realizing the next tree could be hiding a zombified Avenger, or Defender, or Loved one…

Johnson’s Miniseries is another version of the Marvel Zombiepocalypse, which begs the question, what happens when Zombie Galactus infects your world? Or, more importantly, when it CARRIES the infection to your world?

Leonard Kirk’s art style is perfect for this story, a very dark, visceral style which is a little hard on the eyes, making the reader work for every panel. Yes, it hurts to read, but IT SHOULD! It’s Zombies!

This is worth the read if you can get all 4 issues (the first issue came out in July).

Out of 5🌶        🌶🌶🌶🌶

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Rorschach #1  (DC Black Label)

Writer: Tom King   Artist: Jorge Fornes

‘They won’t talk to me. Treating me like I’m a  damn Kindergarten kid. I got twins in Kindergarten. Duane and Dwight. I’m not a Kindergarten kid. 

Jesus Christ. What’d they say to you?

That you’re dying.

Shit.

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In 1985, Walter Kovacs died. 

It went unnoticed, but for the few in attendance, for Kovacs died following the Alien Invasion of New York, which, in effect saved the world.

Yet, unnoticed, but for the few, Walter Kovacs became a red splash on the Antarctic permafrost.

And Rorschach, the Crime Hunter, died with him.

Or. did he?

In a world existing somewhere between Watchmen 1985 and Current Multiverses, Tom King and begun a noir-ish tale… Did Rorschsch come back, to foil an assassination attempt, and die in the process?

Did he come back, and fail at an attempt at assassination?

Or, Gentle Readers, is there a whole slew of balls in the air we just haven’t seen yet, that we are going to be expected to juggle deftly, as they drop just into sight?

I can’t wait for the answer!

Out of 5🌶        🌶🌶🌶🌶.5

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Justice League #54 - 57  (Death Metal Tie-In) (DC Comics)

Writer: Joshua Williamson    Artists: Xermanico (54, 57), Pencils: Robson Rocha (55 - 56), Inks: Daniel Henriquez (55 - 56)

“Don’t you get it Cyborg? We’re not the Justice League!

We’re the Suicide Squad!

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I have said before I am not a fan of Joshua Williamson’s writing.

Maybe I just don’t like him on the Flash. 

Four issues, each of them a very good story, each building, with some action and humor, to a smash mouth endpoint, that brings us to Death Metal #5.

I have to say, I’m enjoying this run of Justice League, even with the switch of artist teams mid - tale Xermanico’s work os beautiful, right into the valley of the Starros (that gave me giggle fits!) Rocha and Henriquez’s work is very pretty, and a little darker than Xermanico’s, giving a more atmospheric touch to the Antenna of LOD.

I have to admit, they do a mean Kori, as well! Really FIERCE, with a Full Length mohawk!

Well worth the cost of admission, and a strong addition to the Metal storyline.

Out of 5🌶        🌶🌶🌶🌶.5

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Nightwing #75 - 76 (DC Comics)

Writer: Dan Jurgens   Artists: Travis Moore and Ronan Cliquet (75), Ronan Cliquet (76)

‘We have to talk.’

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Four words. 

Four words that have ended more relationships than violence.

Dan Jurgens has done a masterful job of tying up the Ric Grayson / Amnesias storyline that seems to have run for nigh on ever… by bringing it full circle to Anatoli Knyazev, the KGBeast.

The artwork in these two issues was pretty, with obvious switches between that of Travis Moore (the Titans / Batgirl pages) and Ronan Cliquet’s Batman / KGBeast pages.

Nicely tied up, completing multiple storylines in two issues. Ready to move forward/

Out of 5🌶        🌶🌶🌶.5

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Young Justice  #19 - 20 (DC Comics)

Writers: Brian Michael Bendis and David  Walker   Artist: Scott Godlewski

Red Tomato?

I think he said Tornado, and you know it.

Honestly, he talks so fast, I can’t understand him most of the time.

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Damian Wayne, Robin.  Cassie Sandmark, Wonder Girl. Bart Allen, Impulse. Conner Kent, Superboy. Stephanie Brown, Spoiler. Keli Quintela, Teen Lantern. Zan and Jayna. the Wonder Twins. Jinny Hex, Naomi, Amethyst,

Twenty issues in, and the book is cancelled… or is planned to end. Either way, this is a suck way to do things, DC.

This is a great group of characters. Much better than the roster in the Young Justice cartoon, simply for the diversity. Some heroes just coming into their own, some who have existed for years,  (the Wonder Twins have been around in MULTIPLE iterations since the 1970’s), all helping each other… This was a great jumping in book for pre-teens who weren’t up for all the violence / hyperkinetic action / storytelling of a true adult book.

And, it was FUN!

Bendis, Walker and Godlewski produced a fantastic product every month.

One which is ending too soon. Unless, of course, it is going to come back in a new package… 

Hint, hint, hint…

Out of 5🌶        🌶🌶🌶🌶.5

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Amazing Spider-Man 50 - 53  ‘Last Remains’  (Marvel Comics (duh!))

Writer: Nick Spencer   Artist: Patrick Gleason

‘You’re going to love it, Pete. There’s no better feeling in this life — Than being surrounded by those you love.

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So, what are the rules around DEAD Characters returning?

Do they have to be relevant after so many years? Shouldn’t they be, well, driven to do something? Not take more than 50 issues to finally get around to saying…”Bazinga!’, or it’s equivalent?

I must admit, issue 50 is the first issue of a Spider-Man book I picked up, and started to enjoy, until I realized I needed to pick up the LR issues also in order to get the whole story. Didn’t’t we get enough of this in the Shooter Years? 

What about a year and a half ago, when Marvel vowed they would never pull this crap again?? 

I guess they forgot… (Insert comparison to jackass in office here).

Too much work, don’t really care.

Especially when the reveal of who Kindred is happens in issue 50, and Peter finds out in #53… Puh-Leez!

At least it’s not Professor Warren and his Gwen Stacy clone. **BRRRRR** Freakin’ Creepy Old Perv!

Out of 5🌶        🌶🌶🌶

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Batman 101 - 102 (DC Comics (bigger DUH!))

Writer: James Tynion IV   Artist: Guillen March (101)  Pencils: Carlo Pagulayan   Inks: Danny Miki   Artist: Carlos D’Anda (Pages 13 - 16)

‘DOUBLE RENT! And you don’t talk to the other tenants! They are good people.

Little Santa Prisca is a community. We live through BANE. We live through JOKER. Don’t blow it up with all your nonsense!

You got it Charlie, No Nonsense. Not Here.

Hey! What’s your policy on Hyenas?

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So, Lucius Fox is one of the richest men in the world. 

Selina Kyle has put the Bat on a One Year Clock to get his stuff together, or she walks.

Clownkiller might be the Bernard Goetz of Superhero Vigilantism (look up the reference, I can’t do everything!), but he goes about proving you can’t keep a good vigilante killer down if he has Google.

Ghost Maker is more than we thought, and knows who Bruce Wayne keeps in the closet (or cave).

Is there anyone in Gotham who doesn’t know who Bruce Wayne is?

Tynion continues to pump out some great product, the stories and characters do not disappoint. Including Grifter as Fox’s ‘bodyguard’ was a nice touch, having him get the drop on Batman, a nicer one.

The art in both books, while vastly different, is simply gorgeous. I want to see more od the team of Pagulayan and Miki, I’m hoping to see their work grow with the storylines.

Next issue, BATTLE Sequences! Should be fun, not that it hasn’t been so far.

Out of 5🌶        🌶🌶🌶🌶.5

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Shang Chi  #1 - 2 (Marvel Comics)

‘I have to save my Little Sister!

I have to kill my Big Brother!’

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Only meetings should have agendas.

-Me, just now

Once upon a time, Sax Rohmer wrote stories about the machinations of one Fu Manchu, and his oft overturned attempts to take over the world.

In 1973, Steve Engelhart and Jim Starlin brought Shang Chi, son of Fu Manchu into the Marvel Universe, where he and his MI-6 partners Clive Reston and Black Jack Tarr were responsible for being the monkey wrenches in the machinery of Fu Manchu’s Plans.

It seems that Shang Chi is back, without his prior father. He is still proficient in all forms of martial arts, but now, he is ‘Champion of House of the Deadly Hand’ (like that name isn’t going to come to but him in the butt like a Karmic werewolf), and since the passing of his ‘Father”, now the Commander of the Five Weapons Society.

The artwork is pretty, and the story, steeped in Asian Mysticism, is a little draggy so far. Is the story good? Yeah, it’s a nice reminder of a character I exjyed a long tome ago.

Will it get better? Time will tell.

Out of 5🌶        🌶🌶🌶.5

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The Rise of Ultraman #1 - 3 (Marvel Comics, by way of Tsuburaya Productions)

Writers: Kyle Higgins and Matt Groom    Artist: Francesco Manna

Oh. You’re here to fight because you think we’re one of the species that can’t evolve.

No. I know you cannot evolve.

Fifty-Four of your years ago, my brother came to assist you. And you killed him.

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In the late 60’s, on certain New York television stations, the Saturday Afternoon hours were filled with Japanese imports, Kaiju - United Science Patrol, and of course the story of the death of Moroboshi, and the coming of Ultraman.

Ultraman, a human - alien symbiosis, who fought the Kaiju menace coming to take over the Earth.

Forward to 2020, a new Ultraman, with a new team of USP helpers / friends, and what looks at this point to be a corrupt system surrounding them.

This creative team has done a marvelous job with the material thus far, reviving this character for a modern reader.

It’s just a shame it’s only 5 issues…

It is definitely worth the read.

Out of 5🌶        🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

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American Vampire 1976 #1 - 2 (DC Comics)

Writer: Scott Snyder   Artist: Artist: Rafael Albuquerque

‘DAMMIT! Before what happened with Gus, you were the best vampire tracker and killer around. I’m asking you to help me take down whoever this PEELING MAN is.

But if this shitty music and LASERS is your life now, then just say so, and I’ll leave you to it.

It’s not a laser, you goddamned idiot.

It’s a SOLAR LAMP. **klik**

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Ten years ago, Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque and Stephen King started a journey which has spanned 10 Years in real time, but 200 years, and 12 separate cycles in series time.

The current iteration has our favorite group of vamps and exterminators running around 1976, wrecking discos, trains, and graveyards, all in the name of bringing back Stoker’s primary villain.

Snyder proves again he is up to the task of creating a world of whimsy and horror, providing mayhem, madness, and the occasional snorting giggle. His droll wit, and ability to write a phenomenal action piece makes this cycle of the American Vampire story a must read.

Out of 5🌶        🌶🌶🌶🌶

[wolfwhiteflowers]

Connie s11 spec.

-About Connie...the writing and s11 news

-anti Daryl/Connie

-Connie only

idk I’m kinda a Connie fan but really critical of it. I just want a certain way with the character. It depends on the writing. I really like the idea of Connie but it’s too early to say for me to stan(?).  That’s just how I do it like with my faves it takes like 2-3 full seasons to get invested in it. Anyway, she seems cool but not yet fully developed and I don’t want her to be a prop or used only for Daryl-ship. I also hope for great sisters bonding. There isn’t a lot of that in TV shows so..I would like to see strong Kelly and Connie scenes too. So, to me..it’s like I want Connie to be like a Sasha instead of a Beth. I want Connie to be more herself and do cool things instead of just be as a prop.. And it’s all depends on the writers. :\ (sorry I just don’t care for D/Connie that much like the shippers on the web. It’s very underdeveloped to me and I just see them as friends/acquaintances. Like I can’t ship them or see them as a possible ship threat either. Needs more time and deep scenes between them. Whatever, I still ship Caryl anyway.)

So after the finale aired and more news of TWD, we learn that Connie is alive and mostly saved by Virgil at somewhere, and I’m not sure but she’ll be in one ep in s11 or maybe some episodes in like s11B. It’s actually all about LR’s scheduling (and not writers firing the actor). I’m still confused about it because I would think she might do these episodes while in this pandemic times and movies/tv show re-scheduling(?). I guess LR is still busy like I guess with promoting her movie. I thought she could do 10c but I guess that’s already planned and written earlier/Feb. and probably can’t do s11A because of writers not knowing for sure. And the way Kang said it, Idk if it’s one episode or that there’s a Connie-centric ep plus more episodes that have her in it. So, I think Connie might be still be kind of like a supporting character-like and not see her much in the show. 

I think it’s disappointing for Connie fans/stans for hoping for this great potentional to be really get to know her/what the character could be,,..and then it’s on the last season of TWD. I don’t think she will be in the Caryl spin-off show ...or others, because the spin-off sounds like it’s just Carol and Daryl. (Also, I don’t think writers could play out the D/Connie romance either in s11, when she’s barely there and then Daryl leaves ASZ.) 

So, idk, I’m like yeah Connie lives but the rest sounds disappointing. But I guess all I can think is that Connie lives and I do think she’ll get a happy ending for her story by reuniting with Kelly, in the final season. I’m also kinda thinking Connie will later keep Dog.  But, now, I’m wondering what Connie and Virgil gonna do. Why haven’t they been at ASZ since then or let Stephanie know they know Eugene. Idk. Maybe they’re at a different community that Stephanie and Maggie are not part of. Or, Connie and Virgil will eventually be back in ASZ/Hilltop but I think writers could add something to it. (I am also surprised to see Virgil back too lol.)

[acemaneazu]

I have a question for the class tim twin thing, are they like, clothes gremlins together out to steal everyone’s clothes, bc Cass is like, a year older than Jason

… Cass is like 18. She has to go to high school and stuff like that (we know because Bruce in Batman and The Signal talks abt it), and Jason is far over high school.

I mean, DC’s ages are crazy, yeah, but for what I read, Tim and Cass have literally the same age, they have like months of difference (Cass is 6 month older, lr something like that) and that was the reason they got along and they shared friends like Conner and Stephanie (and Connor, yeah) (pre-new52)

When I say they are twins I mean: they are gremlin twins, they don’t sleep, don’t eat health food, don’t have healthy coping mechanisms, steal each other clothes, love their father, want to become Batman and they do teenagers things as disobey orders, and fight crime and tell people Killing is Bad and do good things together. You know. A typical Teenagers vs the World thing.

Don’t age up Cass. I know DC timeline is a mess, but she’s not older than 18, and Jason is been written to be a 22-ish boy…

[lucillerobertsgyms]

LR Clifton Schedule 4/23:

8:30am Yoga w. Neeta

9:30am Cardio Fusion w. Maggie

10:30am Butt & Gutt w. Maggie

4:30pm Total Body w. Stephanie

5:30pm Drenched w. Rosa

6:30pm Strong by Zumba w. Debbie

7:30pm Core & More w. Ellen (COVERING)

8:30pm Rock Bottoms w. Scottie

[uneminuteparseconde]

Des concerts à Paris et alentour

Novembre 07. Low Jack + Sidney – Bigwax records (gratuit) 07. M.A. Beat! + Domotic – Olympic café 08. Half Asleep + Delphine Dora – Médiathèque musicale (gratuit) 08. Cold Cave + Choir Boy – Petit Bain 08. Jealous + The Absolute Never + Drone à clochettes – Alimentari 08. Dominique A – Maison de la Poésie 09. Le Syndicat faction vivante – Paris anim' Marc-Sangier, Vercingétorix & Didot (gratuit) 09. Sonotanotanpenz + Le Ton mité – Le Chair de poule 09. Words & Action – Le Klub 09. Rendez-Vous + Prurient + Silent Servant + Poison Point + Crave + Low Jack b2b Moyo + Clara 3000 & Coni – La Machine 09. Regis + Vatican Shadow + Samuel Kerridge + December – Rex Club 09. AZF + Randomer + Identified Patient + Zuli + Benoua b2b Legitime – Concrete 09. The Hacker – Badaboum 09. Porest Group + Senyawa – théâtre Berthelot (Montreuil) 09. Kikagaku Moyo + Frédéric D. Oberland – Petit Bain ||COMPLET|| 10. Missing Waves – Paris anim' Nouvelle Athènes (gratuit) 10. Kink Gong + Baba Commandant & The Mandigo Band – théâtre Berthelot (Montreuil) 11. Bo Ningen + Cassels – Point FMR 11. Brothers Unconnected (Alan & Richard Bishop) + Robert Millis & Jesse Paul Miller – théâtre Berthelot (Montreuil) 13. Hot Snakes – Point FMR 13. MellaNoisEscape + Puts Mary – Petit Bain 13. Sophie Agnel, Joke Lanz & Michael Vatcher – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 14. Cocaine Piss + We Hate You Please Die + New Favourite – Supersonic (gratuit) 14. Peter Murphy & David J jouent "In the Flat Fields" – Bataclan 14. Jerusalem In My Heart + Good Luck In Death + Florian Abou Yehia – Petit Bain 14. Tout de suite + Mr Marcaille + Le Crabe – L'International 14. Charalambides + Bridget Hayden + Jon Collin, Nina Garcia & Augustin Bette – Les Nautes 14. Blind Delon + BLNDR + IV Horsemen + Paulie Jan + DJ Varsovie + Panzer – Rex Club 15. Father Murphy + Le Jour du seigneur & Kaïto Winsé + Arnaud Rivière – Les Nautes 15. Babil Sabir 2 + L'Ocelle Mare – Le cirque électrique 15. Méryll Ampe + Emmanuelle Bouyer + Anne Flore Cabanis + Matthieu Crimersmois + Frédéric Mathevet + Colin Roche + Anton Mobin... (Extended Score #2) – Le Cube (Issy-lès-Moulineaux) 15/16. Mario Batkovic – Centre culturel suisse 16. Frigs + Plomb + Cave Story – Supersonic (gratuit) 16. Jasss + Nkisi + Bonaventure (Biennale Némo) – La Gaîté lyrique 16. Ellah A. Thaun + Love Coffin + Bryan's Magic Tears – La Station 16. Tapeworms + Carpet Burns + Casio judiciaire – La Pointe Lafayette 16. Noir Boy George + Officine + Foune Curry – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 16. Parquet Courts – Elysées Montmartre ||COMPLET|| 17. Moriarty – Librairie L'Atelier (gratuit) 17. The Damned – Elysées Montmartre 17. Jung An Tagen + Matthias Puech + Meryll Ampe & Konpyuta – 100ECS 17. Eomac + Defekt + Aktion mutante (Unhuman & Violet Poison) + ANFS + Polly F – entrepôt en banlieue 18. Ensemble Links : « Drumming » de Steve Reich – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 19. U.S. Girl – Nouveau Casino 19. Samara Lubelski + Metabolismus + Gloria Navales – tbc 20. King Champion Sound + Pierre & Bastien + Rose Mercie – Le Klub 20. Duck Duck Grey Duck + Billie Bird – Centre culturel suisse 21. The Breeders – Le Trianon 21. Lydia Lunch & Ian White – La Station 21. Ekafaune + Badbad + Baba Yage – Le cirque électrique 22. Société étrange + Pyjamarama – Le Zorba 22. Scout Niblett + Miles Oliver – Petit Bain 22. Cookies + Trotsky nautique + Guns'n'Ganseblumchen – La Pointe Lafayette 22. Les Filles de Illighadad + Zenobia – NF-34 22. Tomoko Sauvage + Jacques Demierre & Axel Dörner + Frantz Loriot + Anna Frei & Franziska Koch (Textures fest.) – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 22. Serge Teyssot-Gay, Christian Vialard & Éric Arlix : Hypogé – Le Cube (Issy-lès-Moulineaux) 23. Michael Nyman : "War Work: 8 Songs with Film" – Salle Pleyel 23. Ennio Morricone – Bercy Arena 23. Kollaps + Trepaneringsritualen + Verset Zero – Gibus 23. Le Mystère des voix bulgares – église Saint-Eustache 23. Les Morphogénistes + Asié Usu + Annabelle Playe (fest. Vision'R) – Les 100 ECS 23. Saravah revisité (Areski, The Recyclers, Arlt, Bojan Flames...) + Hyperculte + Waltraud Blischke (dj) (BBmix fest.) – Carré Bellefeuille (Boulogne-Billancourt) 23. Yasmine El-Baramawy + Dennis Tyfus + Les Sirènes (Francisco Meirino, Jérôme Noetinger, Mathieu Saladin & Juliette Vocler) + Denis Rollet (Textures fest.) – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 23. Tommy Four Seven + AnD + Stephanie Sykes + VSK – Concrete 23. Steve Rachmad + Scan X + Matteo WNB – Rex Club 23>25. Anne-James Chaton & Manuel Coursin : "L'Affaire La Pérouse" – La Pop 24. Geometric Vision + Solveig Matthildur – Supersonic (gratuit) 24. Seefeel joue "Quique" + Insides – Petit Bain 24. O'Death Jug – Le Bal 24. Smode + Marti Guillem + Maries Laveau + The Shaders + Stéphane Privat + Sune Petersen (fest. Vision'R) – Les 100 ECS 24. Endless Boogie + Pan American + Facs + Von Limb + Waltraud Blischke (dj) (BBmix fest.) – Carré Bellefeuille (Boulogne-Billancourt) 24. Frustration + Twin Arrows – Rack'am (Brétigny/Orge) 24. Trentmøller (dj) – NF34 24. Arnaud Rebotini + Vernacular Orchestra + Soul Edifice – Rex Club 24. ABSL + Cem + Elad Magdasi + Mind/Matter + Moth + Nico Moreno + Paramod + Parfait + Raär + Sentimental Rave – tba 25. Satan + Kill + Necrodancer – Espace B 25. Lene Lovich Band + Morgan King – Supersonic 25. Evan Crankshaw & The Dead Mauriacs + The Mauskovic Dance Band + Waltraud Blischke (dj) (BBmix fest.) – Carré Bellefeuille (Boulogne-Billancourt) 27. Mudhoney – Trabendo 27. Etienne Jaumet – New Morning 27. Elizabeth Devlin – La Tête de chou 28. Anne-James Chaton – Auditorium|Cité de l'architecture (gratuit) 28. Adult. – Petit Bain 28. Borja Fames + Eloïse Decazes + Èlg – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 28. Ensemble IRE joue "Nexus Entropy" d'Ulrich Krieger + Marc Baron + Lionel Marchetti (fest. Bruits blancs) – Anis gras (Arcueil) 29. SK/LR – Chair de poule (gratuit) 29. Esben & The Witch – Point FMR 29. CHDH + Mariachi + Lårs Akerlund & Sten Backman (fest. Bruits blancs) – Le Cube (Issy-lès-Moulineaux) 29. Rakta + Marée noire + Trashley – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 29. Interpol + Nilüfer Yanya – Salle Pleyel ||COMPLET|| 30. Mick Harvey – Petit Bain 30. Artus + Fleuves noirs + Hex – Le cirque électrique 30. Spit Mask + Poison Point + Lunacy + Some Ember + Offermose + Kaukolampi – La Station 30. Deeat Palace + Tamara Goukassova + Tryphème – L'International 30. Machine sauvage + Léon Denise (fest. Vision'R & Cookie Demoparty) – Folie numérique N5|Parc de La Villette 30. John Chatler + Samuel Sighicelli + Shapednoise (fest. Bruits blancs) – Anis gras (Arcueil)

Décembre 01. NAO (fest. Vision'R & Cookie Demoparty) – Folie numérique N5|Parc de La Villette 01. Nadia Ratsimandresy + Bruno Chevillon + Uriel Barthélémi + Marc Sens + Annabelle Playe (fest. Bruits blancs) – Anis gras (Arcueil) 01. Deux boules vanille + Jeff Mills + Molécule + Renart + Nicolas Horvath joue P. Glass, T. Riley et J. Adams + Ensemble Links : "Music for 18 Musicians" de S. Reich (fest. Marathon!) – La Gaîté lyrique ||COMPLET|| 02. Beak> + Le Comte – Café de la danse ||COMPLET|| 03. Idles + John – Bataclan 03. Pardans – Olympic café 05. Julia Holter – Petit Bain 05. Sudden Infant + Massicot – Centre culturel suisse 06. La Tène avec Jacques Puech, Louis Jacques, Guilhem Lacroux & Jérémie Sauvage – Centre culturel suisse 06. The KVB + M!R!M – Badaboum 07. Kink Gong – Médiathèque musicale (gratuit) 07. Antoine Chessex + Nina Garcia + Francisco Meirino – Centre culturel suisse 07. Heimat + Bordigaga + Bruno Billaudeau, Xavier Mussat & Black Sifichi (Semaine du bizarre) – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 07. Nosfell – Espace 1789 (Saint-Ouen) 07. Aubadja + chdh (fest. Vision'R) – Le Générateur (Gentilly) 07. Shxcxchcxsh + W.LV.S + Wlderz – Rex Club 08. Père Ubu (Semaine du bizarre) – Théâtre Berthelot (Montreuil) 08. The Horrorist + Federico Amoroso – L'Officine 08. Jean Benoît Dunckel + NSDOS + CloZee + Kiddy Smile (Inasound fest.) – Palais Brongniart 08. Blawan + The Advent + AWB + Yogg & Pharaon + Netsh – Concrete 09. Panteros666 + Matt Black + Erol Alkan + Kiasmos (Inasound fest.) – Palais Brongniart 09. The Fleshtones – Supersonic 09/10. Moriarty – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 12. Nova Materia – La Maroquinerie 12. Le Réveil des tropiques + France + Helio Polar Thing – Petit Bain 13. The Callas + Selofan + Hørd (fest. Magnétique Nord) – La Station 14. New Model Army – Trabendo 14. Carol Robinson, Bertrand Gauguet, Julia Eckhardt & Yannick Guedon : "Sequel to Occam Ocean" (2018) d’Éliane Radigue – Palais de Tokyo 14. Sida + Broken English Club + Toresch + Moderna + Wr2old + Shazzula (fest. Magnétique Nord) – La Station 14. Hangman's Chair + Jessica93 + Revok – Les Cuizines (Chelles) 14. Succhiamo + Air LQD + Rraouhhh + Christophe Clébard – Le Chinois (Montreuil) 14. Rebekah + Paula Temple + Anetha + Hannah b2b Charlene – Concrete 15. Gaspar Claus – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 15. Ata + Oliver Hafenbauer + Chinaski + Last Love Pilgrim + Kilian Paterson + Slyngshot + DJ Neewt (fest. Magnétique Nord) – La Station 15. Job Sifre + Fatma Pneumonia + X1000 + Spunoff (fest. Magnétique Nord) – La Station 15. AZF – Rex Club 18. Drab Majesty – Point FMR 19. Belmont Witch + Zad Kokar + Petra Pied de biche – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 22. Yan Wagner + Il est vilaine + Magnüm + Mayerling – La Maroquinerie

2019

Janvier 18. Francis Dhomont (fest. Akousma) – MPAA Saint-Germain (gratuit sur résa) 19. Armando Balice + Ingrid Drese + Jérôme Noetinger + Loïse Bulot + Robert Hampson (fest. Akousma) – MPAA Saint-Germain (gratuit sur résa) 20.  Catherine Bir + Raphaël Mouterde + Francisco Meirino + Roland Cahen + Yoko Higashi & Lionel Marchetti (fest. Akousma) – MPAA Saint-Germain (gratuit sur résa) 22. Emmanuelle Parrenin & Dominique Regref – La Ferme du Buisson (Noisiel) 24. Rouge Gorge – Le Chair de poule 25. La Secte du futur + Shiny Darkly – Supersonic 25. Léonie Pernet – Gaîté lyrique 26. Chloé – Elysée-Montmartre 29. Dominique a – Salle Pleyel 31. Deena Abdelwahed – Gaîté lyrique

Février 02. The Residents – Gaîté lyrique 02. Shabazz Palaces + Dälek (fest. Sons d'hiver) – théâtre de la Cité internationale 06. Brendan Perry – Petit Bain 07. VNV Nation – Le Trabendo 09. The Ex : "Ethiopian Night" (fest. Sons d'hiver) – salle Jacques-Brel (Fontenay-sous-Bois) 10. Therapy? – La Maroquinerie 11. Massive Attack feat. Liz Fraser jouent « Mezzanine » – Zénith 16. Anthony Braxton + Dave Douglas & Bill Laswell (fest. Sons d'hiver) – théâtre Jacques-Carat (Cachan) 21. Mlada Fronta + Absolute Valentine + Neoslave – Petit Bain 22. Nils Frahm – Le Trianon ||COMPLET|| 23. Nils Frahm – Le Trianon

Mars 02. Boy Harsher + Kontravoid – Badaboum 07. Scratch Massive – Gaîté lyrique 12. Yann Tiersen – Salle Pleyel 20. Oomph! – La Machine 22. Delia Derbyshire (diff.) + Lettera 22 + Evil Moisture + Caterina Barbieri + Drew McDowall : "Coil's Time Machines" (fest. Présences électronique) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 22. The Young Gods – La Maroquinerie 23. Pierre Boeswillwald (diff.) + Max Eilbacher + Andrea Belfi + Sarah Davachi + William Basinski & Lawrence English (fest. Présences électronique) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 24. Warren Burt (diff.) + Mats Erlandsson + Okkyung Lee + Low Jack + BJ Nielsen (fest. Présences électronique) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 29. Perturbator – Le Trianon 30. Marc Almond – Le Trianon

Avril 05. Beirut – Le Grand Rex 08. The Specials – La Cigale 10. Daughters – Point FMR 14. Arnaud Rebotini joue la BO de "120 Battements par minute" – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 17. Teenage Fan Club – Trabendo 27. She Past Away – La Machine 27. Chloé : Lumières noires – Le 104

Mai 10/11. Dead Can Dance – Grand Rex 11. Christina Vantzou + Eiko Ishibashi + Jan Jelinek + NPVR (Nik Void & Peter Rehberg) – Le 104 12. Massimo Toniutti + François Bayle – Le 104 17. Philip Glass : Études pour piano – Salle Pierre-Boulez|Philharmonie 18. Bruce Brubaker & Max Cooper : Glasstronica – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 31. François Bonnet + Knud Viktor + Jim O'Rourke + Florian Hecker (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio

Juin 01. Eryck Abecassis & Reinhold Friedl + Hilde Marie Holsen + Anthony Pateras + Lucy Railton (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 02. Bernard Parmegiani + Jean Schwarz (fest. Akousma) – Studio 104|Maison de la Radio 26. Magma – Salle Pierre-Boulez|Philharmonie

Juillet 11. Masada + Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman + Mary Halvorson quartet + Craig Taborn + Trigger + Erik Friedlander & Mike Nicolas + John Medeski trio + Nova quartet + Gyan Riley & Julian Lage + Brian Marsella trio + Ikue Mori + Kris Davis + Peter Evans + Asmodeus : John Zorn's Marathon Bagatelles – Salle Pleyel

Août 23>25. The Cure (fest. Rock en scène) – parc de Saint-Cloud

Septembre 13. Rammstein – La Défense Arena (Nanterre)

en gras : les derniers ajouts / in bold: the last news

[cafeleningrad]

Bookish Questions

Got this most entertaining tag game I would like to thank @mistress-elizabeth for greately!

1. Which book has been on your shelves the longest? Since I moved thrice the recent two years… My Civil law book. At my parent’s place it would be “Kalle Blomquist” by Astrid Lindgren.

2. What is your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next? Current read: A tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz

Last read: Life below stairs by Allison Maloney is last one I actively remember but mostly I’ve been trying to get through my newspapers.

Next read: a lot of text books on Frech semantics, and national constitional rights. ”How to read a book” by Mortimer J.Adler, “Alias Grace” by Margaret Atwood, “23 things they don’t tell you about capitalism” by Ha-Joon Chang

3. Which book does everyone like and you hated? Where shall I begin? “Agnes” by Peter Stamm, “Willhem Tell” by Friedrich Schiller, “Twilight” by Stephanie Meyer, “Milk and Honey” by Rupi Kapur (not hate but I could only find 5 good poems, the rest was the Kafka-Kahlo-syndrome) “Outlander” by Diana Gabaldon, the shadow hunter saga by Cassandra Clare, and so on, and so on…

4. Which book do you keep telling yourself you’ll read, but you probably won’t? “Doktor Faust” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe… I know, ahame on me

5. Which book are you saving for “retirement?” Thicker fiction books as my currect ambition evolves around Economist articles and explaining International relations.

6. Last page: read it first or wait till the end? I've a bad habit of reading the very last sentence when the beginning is either too long-winded lr the middle too exciting to wait what comes next.

7. Acknowledgements: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside? Only if a certain historical or biographical context is needed to understand the work, or if the author needs to explain something essential, otherwise acknowledgements even by famous people, especially in English literature, take way too much time before allowing me to enter into a book.

8. Which book character would you switch places with? Maybe a backgroudn character of the His dark material worlds just to know what daemon I have otherwise, I can do without sopa opera worthy love complications and living in circumstances without an enlightened mindset and atibiotics.

9. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time)? A Dutch short story collection… I wasn’t too eager about it but my mother made me a present after an awful week so it has an inofficial value. A three piece Oscar Wilde works colection I got in the most beautiful bookshop I’ve ever set my foot into, back in Ireland.

10. Name a book you acquired in some interesting way. Once I’ve been having lunch in a terrasse on my free day in Ireland. The tereasse was cozy, directly connected to my beloved bookshop. Next to me an elderly, well dressed coupe from Dublin somehow got into a conversation with me. Telling them I was currently reading Irish folk tales, and yes, it’s the first time, I’ve been in Ireland, oh, and I read all three books of Frank McCourt, the husband suddenly stood up and disssapeared in the bookshop. Five minutes later he put “Twenty Years a growing” with a bright smile into my hands and told me, this was a must-read of Irish literature. A wonderful book, offered by strangers.

11. Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person? Despite my huge dislike towards Christmas, I adore choosing books for friends. Either I try finding pretty copies of well liked stories or try to find little jewels to surprise them.

12. Which book has been with you to the most places? My sketch book Gosick by Kazuki Sakuraba

13. Any “required reading” you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad ten years later? A lot of Dorste-Hülshoff and “Der Elkönig” - they came up all the time, as if no other poets existed even toguh these aren’t bad poems on themselves. Otherwise I still hold on on my opinions I had about my liked and disliked books.

14. What is the strangest item you’ve ever found in a book? A pressed foxglove.

15. Used or brand new? For textbooks I am glad if I can get them second hand for a way cheaper price but for books I earnestly want to keep for my small library, I prefer them in a good shape (the former ownership is secondary, though).

16. Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses? I didn’t read much of his works. Some are well written, he's an outstanding figure in his genre but it isn’t like he invented the literature wheel a second time.

17. Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book? [Sopiler!] Stardust! I should be cnflicted as Neil Gaiman’s original has of course a more profound moral but how could I resist Rober De Niro as drag pritate and Michelle Pfeiffer as evil witch?

18. Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid? Dune by Frank Herbert! The topics in these books are happening too intensely on a mental level, characters struggling mostly with inner conflict, most of the story happens in the character’s heads - even for great actors, transporting entire theological, philosophical, and politcal conflicts is impossible to express with facial expression alone. The neverending story by Micharel Ende, what a disgrace. A Song of Ice and Fire, nothing against the actors but the script and essential plotlines are shite. Harry Potter but from a personal estimation as the imagination faded with the movies

19. Have you ever read a book that’s made you hungry, cookbooks being excluded from this question?Any book with an oppulent feast scene. Perhaps one was an Agatha Christie novel taking place at a Christmas dinner table.

20. Who is the person whose book advice you’ll always take? My guitar teacher, one of the most sophisticated people I had the chance to meet. Then a friend of mine looking and acting like a junior professor. And last but not least @sophoclesbowtie !

This has been grand fun so Inpass on to: @valentinevilleforts , @sophoclesbowtie , @21st-century-flapper , @janiedean , @robb-greyjoy , @lordhellebore , @onbanksofanamelessriver @princegrisejoie , @mrs-storm-andrews , @proskenion04

[secretlystephaniebrown]

STATE OF THE BLOG: Thesis Time, Time’s Running Out, and the Return of Steph’s fic about Stephanie Brown

Hey guys! I head back to school tomorrow so I guess it’s time to do another one of these things. Under the cut for a discussion of my schedule and upcoming projects!

Not gonna lie guys, all of this might be kaput. I’ve got a senior thesis to write this semester, and my adviser has promised to kick my ass. But I have hopes!

Deprivation is a wrap for now, which I’m stunned by because I wrote 21k of that universe in a little over 2 months. Feeling pretty good there honestly!

Smut week starts tomorrow which will see the posting of two entries; one from the Scrubs AU 5+1 series, and a snippit from the upcoming LRS rewrite. 

Time’s Running Out is going to be taking top priority now. I’m aiming for every-other-week updates. We just wrapped part 1 and introduced the expanded villain cast, so I’ve got a lot to work with and am super excited to share what I’ve got planned with you guys. 

But honestly, when have I ever only worked on one thing at once? 

Between chapters I’ll probably have a few one-shots to post; I’ve dug up an old Cassandra Cain AU that is promising to be good and long, and my friend Alix had a request for Robin!Steph that tied in nicely to an old scrapped idea of mine. Don’t worry RvB readers, I’m not ditching you yet. I’ve got the Firefly AU still rolling out, and a few other ideas that have been sidelined for a while. I’ll be playing catch-up on old ideas for as long as possible (I’ve got some more Donut Sibs, plus a few other odd AUs). Clear out the barn, so to speak

When I’m about 3/4s done with TRO, I’m going to be officially taking down Long Remembered Shadows from Ao3.  The chapters will remain on Tumblr, but not Ao3. I’m then going to be relaunching the series. York’s plotline ended up being used in TRO, so he’s become superfluous as a POV character. It’s going to be Tex and Connnie centric now. I’ve also added in plans for a Tex/Connie romance, because those two grew on me unexpectedly during my break from that fic. 

Of course I’ll also be doing the Reverse Big Bang! 

Who knows how much of this will be done by the next time I do this though lol. Keep an eye on my writing agenda page for updates!

[spitfirehiphop]

BigBob & Lee Ricks - Beats For Breakfast Trailer

BigBob & Lee Ricks – Beats For Breakfast Trailer

Beats for Breakfast EP, featuring Kali Ranks, Stephanie Adler, D.O.V. YZ1 and Skanks The Rap Martyr, is led by single’s BAD MAN (video), WORLDS APART & LIFE’S A B*TCH, and is the latest project from the creative partnership of Avant Garde producer BigBob and Toronto emcee, Lee Ricks.

LR offers a narrative complexity, infinitely expanding throughout the project. It’s a triumphant collaboration…

[criticaleyes]

Sexualising Fruit...

I came across an artist called Stephanie Sarley. She picked up on the popularity of making fruit sexual and made a killing out of it. She has now had 3 exhibitions and has grown her Instagram following and now currently has 398,000 followers. The reason this particular artist inspired me was because my consumer profile likes a little risk and enjoys being risky and flirtatious. They like to party and do not take them self seriously.

So, I thought if I could make a ‘scent’ around fruit and bring a sexual and flirty vibe I would be hitting my consumer exactly on target. The fact they love the ‘no makeup, make up look’, which means they do take care of their skin and appearance but don’t want to give the impression of doing so, skin care would be perfect. And to make that fit in with my assigned brief ‘scent’ I would make the skin care fruity…

Sexualising fruit has been a big trend for the past couple of years. And I think this type of raunchy, unusual art fits in with the LRS consumer perfectly. Which is why for my scented face mask I want to pick fruit to be the scent.

With it being a scent brief, the only options for my scented face mask would either be a perfumed face mask, a flower-scented face mask or a fruit scented face mask. But coming across Stephanie Sarley, I have come to the conclusion that I want to pick fruit as I feel like I can really play on the fruit aspect when designing a mock-up of the product and make it fit towards the consumer.

[chipsforthepoor]

*Tracklisting* 1 - Through a Melted Moon - Gem Jones 2 - The Hospital Grounds at Night - Sonny & the Sunsets 3 - Did You - Stephanie Goodman 4 - LRS - Clogged Cog 5 - All Night - Fxrroh

[kimtowell]

What is Piperine? The secret component in Black Pepper Extract

Piperine is the active component of black pepper and is responsible for the pungent smell and flavour of the spice.[1] It occurs in pepper at a concentration of around 5 – 10%. As a dietary supplement, Piperine is well-known for its ability to inhibit a process called glucuronidation, where enzymes in the liver add a chemical tag to foreign substances to mark them for excretion.

By preventing glucuronidation and by increasing the time taken to pass through the intestines, Piperine helps to improve the bioavailability of many dietary supplements. It is never a good idea to use Piperine with medication because of how it affects metabolism in the liver.

A Brief History of Pepper

Black pepper has been used by human societies for at least 4000 years, with the earliest recordings of its use occurring in India.[2] Importantly, the lost city of Muziris in the Indian region of Kerala is frequently mentioned in history books as an important place for the export of pepper.[3] Even thousands of years ago, black pepper was a frequently traded commodity and may even have been used as a form of currency in some cultures.

In ancient Egypt, black peppercorns were found in the nostrils of the mummified pharaoh Ramesses II.[4] It had been used in Greek and Roman cultures since around 30 BCE, where it was a highly valuable spice and was probably only available to the very wealthy.[5] In China, black pepper has been used for around two thousand years, although it was originally called ‘foreign pepper’ because China has its own unique species of pepper.

 In terms of its use in traditional and folk medicine, records go back to around the 5th century, where it was believed to cure a large number of illnesses, including constipation, insomnia, abscesses, sunburn and toothaches, among others.[6] Some historians note that pepper was used to cure ailments of the eyes, by pouring remedies made from pepper directly into the eyes – a painful and ineffective medicine to say the least!

In modern times, black pepper is the world’s most traded spice and is common to dishes from every corner of the Earth. Vietnam is the world’s greatest producer of black pepper, producing around 34% of the global supply, with other major producers including Indonesia, India, and Brazil.[7] Recent interest in the nutritional qualities of black pepper has sparked a new wave of scientific research into its properties. Black pepper contains moderate concentrations of vitamin K, iron, manganese,[8] and - of course – Piperine!

 What is Piperine? How it works in the body.

Piperine is the active biochemical component in Black pepper and was first isolated in 1819 by a scientist called Hans Christian Ørsted. [9]Although Piperine isn’t known for its benefits when taken alone, it is very useful for increasing the absorption and uptake of a variety of dietary supplements, especially Curcumin and green tea catechins.[10] It is known to increase the bioavailability of curcumin by up to 2000%![11]

So, this extract from the Piper nigrum spice is best used to improve the bioavailability of dietary supplements and other compounds that are usually difficult for the body to absorb. Piperine works to improve the absorption and uptake of dietary supplements in two key ways:

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Inhibits phase 2 detoxification enzymes in the liver.[12] These enzymes are responsible for a biochemical process called ‘glucuronidation’, in which a chemical ‘tag’ is added to a foreign substance, which marks it and tells the liver to excrete it in urine. By preventing this ‘tagging’ process, Piperine allows supplements like curcumin and green tea catechins to be absorbed by the body before they’re removed by the liver.

 Slows the rate of intestinal transit. This means that supplements spend a long time in the intestines, giving them more time to be better absorbed.[13] At larger serving sizes, there is evidence that Piperine can induce the secretion of more gastric acid, further assisting absorption in the intestines.[14]

 Best Supplements to use with Piperine?

Since Piperine helps to increase the bioavailability of supplements, a natural question is: ‘what are the best supplements to take with Piperine?’. Unfortunately, not that many dietary supplements have been scientifically tested to see how much better they are absorbed when taken with Piperine. However, any supplement that is water soluble and that is metabolised in the liver should, theoretically, have an improved bioavailability when taken with black pepper extract.

Our list of the top supplements to take with Piperine includes:

 Baicalin

A powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory dietary supplement that helps to promote a healthy circulatory system and can be used for improved vitality, relaxation and well-being.

 Green tea extract

A very powerful antioxidant supplement long known for its benefits on human health. Green tea is widely considered the world’s healthiest drink, and the potent active components help to strengthen the circulatory system and support a healthy metabolism.

 Berberine HCl

Berberis aristrata extract has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for centuries, and recent clinical studies point to powerful anti-inflammatory effects. It is a great overall health-promoting supplement.

 Magnolia Bark Extract

The extract from the bark of the Magnolia tree contains the alkaloids Magnolol and Honokiol, which both have powerful effects in the body. It helps to promote a calm, relaxed state of mind and to reduce stress.

 Curcumin

Curcumin or turmeric extract is a potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant phytochemical and is one of the active components of the Balinese health tonic Jamu, which is used to promote good health.

  Warnings when Using Piperine

When taken at the recommended serving size, there is little evidence of any side effects from black pepper extract. Bear in mind though, it is a highly potent natural plant extract and should be taken responsibly. There have been limited studies on large servings, and it is not recommended to exceed the suggested serving size. There is limited research into safety for pregnant and nursing women. If you have any underlying medical conditions, speak to your doctor before using this supplement.

IMPORTANT: Piperine inhibits enzymes in the liver that are involved in the metabolism of exogenous substances. DO NOT USE THIS SUPPLEMENT WITH ANY MEDICATION. Piperine may have dangerous interactions with medication, and should never be taken with any medication. If you’ve used Piperine, do not take any medication that day. Please speak to your doctor before using this supplement if you are taking any medication.

What is Piperine? Conclusion.

In summary, Piperine is the key active compound in black pepper extract. Black pepper has been used for thousands of years as a spice and has a long history of use in traditional and folk medicine from around the world.

When taken as a dietary supplement, Piperine is best known for its ability to help improve the bioavailability of certain supplements. It prevents the action of detoxifying enzymes in the liver and may increase the time taken for supplements to pass through the intestines, allowing greater ability for absorption.

Piperine should never be used with medication since it has the potential to alter the way that medication is absorbed in the body. It is important to consult your doctor if you are pregnant, nursing, or have any underlying medical conditions, before using this supplement.

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