#study spiration

[kmadrigalsoto]

❛ ☾ ◟━ LOCATION: nash's supermarket

❛ ☾ ◟━ TIME: mid-afternoon

❛ ☾ ◟━ STATUS: open to anyone

Coming from a place of privilege, Kimberly didn't have to learn independence. The heiress had her fair share of help, whether it be her driver, nanny, maid, etc. However, when she went abroad for her studies, that's where she willingly learned how to do things on her own. As she got older, the concept of adulting wasn't something she could relate to with someone outside of her tax bracket. However, as soon as she ran away from the Soto Legacy, she knew that it was crucial to adapt on her own—especially in a new country. Out of her day to day chores, there were a few things she despised. One of them was figuring out what to eat. She didn't want to heavily rely on food delivery apps, takeout, or dine-ins, when she's well aware that she has a kitchen that needs to be used.

Currently in Nash's Supermarket, she had been making laps around the store with her grocery cart trying to figure out what to meal prep. By the fridge area, she watched as the last carton of egg was taken from the non-existent pile and it was there that Kimberly was ready to admit defeat. "Maybe this is a sign." she said aloud. "Is there even a point for me to flag someone down when I don't even know what I want?" Turning to the nearest person beside her, she wore a sheepish smile and added, "Apologies, it looks like talking to yourself is a clear sign of hunger...Hm, off the top of your head, what's the easiest meal to make that leaves you satisfied?" Clearly she was looking for quick food-spiration.

[catenaaurea]

The Roman Catechism

Part One: The Creed

ARTICLE VIII : "I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY GHOST"

Importance Of This Article

Hitherto we have expounded, as far as the nature of the subject seemed to require, what pertains to the First and Second Persons of the Holy Trinity. It now remains to explain what the Creed contains with regard to the Third Person, the Holy Ghost.

On this subject the pastor should omit nothing that study and industry can effect; for on this Article, no less than on those that preceded, ignorance or error would be unpardonable in a Christian. Hence, the Apostle did not permit some among the Ephesians to remain in ignorance with regard to the Person of the Holy Ghost. Having asked if they had received the Holy Ghost, and having received for answer that they did not so much as know that there was a Holy Ghost, he at once demanded: In whom, therefore, were you baptized? to signify that a distinct knowledge of this Article is most necessary to the faithful.

From such knowledge they derive special fruit. For, considering attentively that whatever they have, they possess through the bounty and beneficence of the Holy Spirit, they begin to think more modestly and humbly of themselves, and to place all their hopes in the protection of God, which for a Christian is the first step towards consummate wisdom and supreme happiness.

"Holy Ghost"

The exposition of this Article, therefore, should begin with the force and meaning here attached to the words Holy Ghost. This appellation is equally true when applied to the Father and the Son, since both are spirit, both holy, and we confess that God is a Spirit; this name may also be applied to Angels, and the souls of the just. Care must be taken, therefore, that the faithful be not led into error by the ambiguity of the words.

The pastor, then, should teach that by the words Holy Ghost in this Article is understood the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, a sense in which they are used, sometimes in the Old, and frequently in the New Testament. Thus David prays: Take not thy Holy Spirit from me; and in the Book of Wisdom we read: Who shall know thy thoughts, except thou give wisdom, and send thy Holy Spirit from above? And in another place it is said: He created her in the Holy Ghost.' We are also commanded, in the New Testament to be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. We read that the most holy Virgin conceived of the Holy Ghost; and we are sent by St. John to Christ, who baptizeth us in the Holy Ghost.' There are many other passages in which the words Holy Ghost occur.

No one should be surprised that a proper name is not given to the Third, as to the First and Second Persons. The Second Person is designated by a proper name, and called Son, because, as has been explained in the preceding Articles, His eternal birth from the Father is properly called generation. As, therefore, that birth is expressed by the word generation, so the Person, emanating from that generation, is properly called Son, and the Person, from whom he emanates, Father.

But as the production of the Third Person has no proper name, but is called spiration and procession, the Person produced is, consequently, designated by no proper name. His emanation has no proper name simply because we are obliged to borrow from created objects the names given to God and know no other created means of communicating nature and essence than that of generation. Hence we cannot discover a proper name to express the manner in which God communicates Himself entire, by the force of His love. Wherefore we call the Third Person Holy Ghost, a name, however, peculiarly appropriate to Him who infuses into us spiritual life, and without whose holy inspiration we can do nothing meritorious of eternal life.

"I Believe in the Holy Ghost"

The Holy Ghost Is Equal To The Father And The Son

The people, when once acquainted with the meaning of His name, should first of all be taught that the Holy Ghost is equally God with the Father and the Son, equally omnipotent and eternal, infinitely perfect, the supreme good, infinitely wise, and of the same nature as the Father and the Son.

All this is obviously enough implied by the force of the word in, when we say: I believe in the Holy Ghost; for this preposition is prefixed to each Person of the Trinity in order to express the exact nature of our faith.

The Divinity of the Holy Ghost is also clearly established by many passages of Scripture. When, in the Acts of the Apostles, St. Peter says, Ananias, Why hast thou conceived this thing in thy heart? he immediately adds: Thou hast not lied to men, but to God, calling Him God to whom he had just before given the name Holy Ghost.

The Apostle, also, writing to the Corinthians, interprets what he says of God as said of the Holy Ghost. There are, he says, diversities of operations, but the same God, who worketh all in all; but, he continues, all these things one and the same Spirit worketh, dividing to every one according as he will.

In the Acts of the Apostles also what the Prophets attribute to God alone, St. Paul ascribes to the Holy Ghost. Thus Isaias had said: I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send? . . . And he said: Go, and thou shalt say to this people: Blind the heart of this people, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears. Having cited these words, the Apostle adds: Well did the Holy Ghost speak to our fathers, by Isaias the prophet.

Again, the Sacred Scriptures join the Person of the Holy Ghost to those of the Father and the Son, as, for example, when Baptism is commanded to be administered in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. There is thus no room left us of doubting the truth of this mystery. For if the Father is God, and the Son God, we must admit that the Holy Ghost, who is united with Them in the same degree of honor, is also God.

Besides, baptism administered in the name of any creature can be of no effect. Were you baptized in the name of Paul? says the Apostle, to show that such baptism could have availed nothing to salvation. Since, therefore, we are baptized in the name of the Holy Ghost, we must acknowledge the Holy Ghost to be God.

This same order of the Three Persons, which proves the Divinity of the Holy Ghost, is also found in the Epistle of St. John: There are three who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one; and also in that noble eulogy of the Holy Trinity, with which the Divine Praises and the Psalms are concluded: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

Finally, what most strongly confirms this truth is the fact that Holy Scripture assigns to the Holy Ghost whatever attributes we believe proper to God. Wherefore to Him is ascribed the honour of temples, as when the Apostle says: Know you not that your members are the temple of the Holy Ghost? Scripture also attributes to Him the power to sanctify, to vivify, to search the depths of God, to speak by the Prophets, and to be present in all places, all of which can be attributed to God alone.

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So hello there! It has been forever since I actually update a real WIP since my promotion for "The Strange Heir" which I did for @inu-spiration I want to give a huge thank you for the lovely comments for this story, because doing horror is out of my comfort zone and I am so happy that it really resonates with you <3

And I want to shout out to @mrfeenysmustache for saying that I did this project so well, which we may be working on something again in that universe of 'The Strange Heir' but we will see...

I forget to mention that I am working on my Osakita Kitsune x Mortal AU "Better than this" for NaNoWriMo which I did a a lower word counter as to ease my expectations as I have been burnt out thanks to circumstances which 1) I fell sick after a short getaway to Bangkok, 2) I have been studying my Japanese lately, hence the change in brain cells. 3) I need a change in pace after working hard for Strange Heir as feminine horror is not an easy genre

Incidentally working on "Better than This...." is actually so relaxing and I am indulging the comedy because I did not from my previous stories, so that is a good break for me!

So I am tagging the following peeps since you guys are my biggest supporters for this little Osakita story (Thanks Asanoya exchange team) @trancowboy @skippysartq @sugarbeach-art (Please let me know if you want to be tagged in this story)

Here is a peek of a super sassy Kita for your pleasure

[mla0]

oughhhhehehehe ok ill give a bit of background knowledge at least

so clockhand children, they're the entities that live inside of the clock. but there's a lot of different types of nonhumans besides them. the classification i've always used is that an entity is a nonhuman that looks like a human, or humanoid at least, whereas a spirate is something that just straight up looks like a monster. there's also things in-between which is where The Man would probably be

anomalies are nonhumans that aren't in any set category and work in weird, fucky ways that can't really be explained or properly "studied" or anything like that. the andersens + the mining town four are anomalies, and this is a part of why they reiterate over and over again

there's also two "planes" or "dimensions", one is ours where humans live and everything, the other is where a lot of nonhumans reside, in their own little pockets on the other side. but a lot of the shit we see in slenderverse is right at the boundary or thermocline (a thermocline is basically right in the middle between 2 temperature states where there's a long gradient between one to the other, at least if marine bio class is being remembered correctly rn). like, the boardwalk that noah maxwell goes to is in the paracline, it's called the threshold (based off of the black and white filter used in collective videos, threshold effect). same goes with the candleverse and things like that. dead past iterations are fully on the other side, usually in a black void where they basically wait to return again. for the andersens, something like the grey in your fanfics could also work. they remember all the memories of all their iterations (and loops in mla0s case, bc time loop is canon here)

in mla0s case, shaun and michael fucking with the clock how they did not only started a timeloop, but it also essentially trapped patrick within michael, when he had more free reign before. back in the day he wouldn't have really cared about humans so much, even though he used to be one, but because he'd been around them for so long he grew to care about and consider michael and shaun to be his family. which is very sweet because he's never had one before. shaun, like the other two, is also an entity but she has no idea. she's sort of repressed it way back and it's been virtually undetectable, but at some point i guess the timeloop had enough and she eventually becomes aware of previous loops too, and she slowly becomes aware of the fact that her entire life and the entire idea of her being a normal human is a delusion, because she never was one, she was just raised by them. this eventually leads to Andersen Bonding though in shared misery and eventually accepting it as the truth

i should probably explain clockhand children too. most started out as humans who lived a very, very long time ago, but humans who are connected to the clock, or have seen it in some way, can end up being pulled right into it after they die. they're not born, they're created. their society used to be a monarchy, with a centralized queen who provided power to those under her (though a lot of her abilities were just based on a lie) as well as 12 (formerly 13) "council members" who are kind of like direct underlings who rule over specific tasks, kinda like lords or princes. it was overthrown many decades before mla0 started though. the OC i ship with patrick, jesse, is the guy who directly murdered the queen in the past. he used to be her servant, basically

there's so much more i could say but i dont even know where to begin LOL

I so badly want you to open the can of OC worms. I want to Know

vibrates so intensely. i mean, it IS a species of nonhumans who literally live inside of a clock, it was totally connected to mlandersen0 in the beginning so it's not exactly not-fitting for the blog or anything.... but oh boy. oh BOY. i've had these little brain bitches for like 7 years and yet it has not gotten any less messy and convoluted to explain. but perhaps......... perhaps i SHALL open the can of worms

[haterofgod]

[ПЖ_03] Трекер привычек

а сейчас станет совсем сложно.

хрен с ними с полезными прывычками, с ними всегда можно разобраться. иногда хочется завести трекер для трекера ахахах

ещё одна пробле��а, с которой я столкнулась: я забывала про трекер привычек! забывала отмечать каждый день, что я сделала или нет.

❓а он вообще мне нужен?

на самом деле это самый необходимый инструмент при изменении себя и своего образа жизни. давайте разберёмся почему важно вести трекер привычек.

наглядность. и это самый очевидный плюс трекера. вы можете увидеть свой прогресс. дело в том, что привычка сама по себе очень абстракта, а значит не понятна для нашего сознания и психики. наш мозг просто в ужасе от того, что ему надо делать что-то новое каждый день. сознание тоже против, потому что не понимает конечного результата. оно прямо вопит: КАК ПОНЯТЬ, ЧТО Я ВСЕ ДЕЛАЮ ПРАВИЛЬНО? И ГДЕ ЭТОМУ КОНЕЦ?! вот тут на помощь и приходит трекер привычек. все чётко и по делу: ты видишь что на этой неделе был молодцом и делал зарядку каждый день, например. а вот на следующей неделе ты подкач��л и пропустил пару дней.

дисциплина. самое ведение трекера уже дисциплинирует нас. каждый раз отмечая успех или провал, можем более осознанно подходить к своим действиям.

рефлексия. ставя почерк в трекере главное не грузить себя чувством вины, а наоборот подумать над тем, почему ты это не сделал? может у тебя не было сил из-за плохого сна? или у тебя было так много встреч днем, что ты забыл почитать книгу? а может какую-то привычку надо перенести на другое время? если вы будете разбирать причины не выполнения, то сможете скорректировать свои действия и новая привычка легче войдёт в вашу жизнь.

❓а сколько привычек мне надо?

самая моя большая проблема это осознать, ЧТО Я НЕ СУПЕР-ГЕРОЙ. когда хватаешься менять жизнь хочется поменять все и сразу и как можно скорее!

но реальность такова, что это приведёт только быстрому краху.

❗ведение трекера привычек - это тоже привычка❗

и вот об этом точно не стоит забывать! начните с трёх привычек, одна из которых по умолчанию ведение трекера привычек, на утро и вечер. (про день сам не пишу, так как днем мы обычно учимся или работаем, и тут уже не до нововведений) например, зарядка, чтение и трекер.

нет никакой необходимости сразу браться за 5 или 10, поверьте мне. наш мозг очень ленивый. для формирования новой привычки он за действует очень много энергии. вообще, с биологической точки зрения, весь наш организм пытается делать так, чтобы поменьше думать. в "автоматическом" режиме наш мозг потребляет около 5% энергии. а когда ему приходиться работать, что-то запоминать, учить и анализировать, его энергопотребление увеличивается в 5 раз! вы только представьте, что четверть всей энергии вдруг нужна мозгу! да наш организм умрёт быстрее при таком потреблении!

потому, чтобы не умереть от истощения, есть эти все психологические уловки, которые стопорят деятельность. а теперь представьте сколько он будет потреблять энергии для введения в свой распорядок дня около 6 привычек?

снизьте темпы и начните с чего лёгкого и не больше трех.

❓но у меня все равно ничего не выходит!

на своём примере могу сказать, что я все два месяца только и делала, что корректировала свой трекер. какие-то привычки я вообще не вводила в свою жизнь и вычёркивала их, какие-то мне резко хотелось добавить туда. и это нормально.

это рабочий процесс проб и ошибок. не нужно корить себя за то, что вы чего-то не делаете. просто если из 6 новых привычек вы регулярно соблюдаете хотя-бы одну - это успех. остальные же надо пересмотреть.

они могут быть уже не актуальными для вас;

что-то нужно перенести на другое время;

что-то слишком обобщено и это надо разбить на несколько привычек.

ваш трекер должен быть гибким и полностью подстраиваться под ваши требования и ритм жизни. оставьте за собой право добавлять новые привычки в ваш список.

❓и как долго мне ждать?

Я сейчас вас огорчу. 21 день для прививания новой привычки  - бред. Новые нейронные пути (изменение) формируются от 3 до 12 недель, у каждого индивидуально. А чтобы новые связи укрепились потребуется еще от 65 до 91 дня. Вот и считайте, сколько должно пройти времени. Если брать по максимуму: 84 дня + 91 день = 175 дней или почти 6 месяцев.

это биология, детка, с ней не поспоришь ~

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вы можете расчертить трекер привычек, но можете и не делать этого. эффект от аналогового и электронного все равно один. пользуйтесь тем, который подходит именно вам.

а я расскажу то, что использую сама.

Google Календарь. там есть функция "Цель" и календарь сам подберёт время для выполнения какого-то действия,но при этом легко выставить и свое собственное. будет напоминать о том, что скоро надо что-то сделать и после обязательно напомнит об отметке.

Привычки. максимально простое приложение. ничего лишнего: минималистичный дизайн, нет рекламы, напоминания и графики. вот за графики я его и люблю. больше наглядности.

если у вас есть любимые приложения трекеров, то пишите и я их обязательно добавлю в пост ~

новая неделя - новая жизнь ~

[queststudyskills]

#100studytips LISTEN CAREFULLY FOR HINTS IN CLASS

Have you ever found yourself in a class or lecture so madly and rapidly writing notes that you miss a tonne of what the teacher is saying? And you sometimes have to ask the person next to you so you can ‘get with the program’ …. At this most ordinary juncture, you can forget trying to capture exam hints dropped by the teacher, you are simply in ‘survival mode’!

Apparently learning in class is more effective with the 80/20 rule. That is listen 80% and write 20% of the time. And you’re thinking ‘yeah, right, dream on…’ It is ‘kinda’ challenging and semi-unrealistic to achieve this, but if you actually read-up before class about the topic and prepare your notes (see last posts), you CAN be more chilled, and perhaps achieve a little of the 80/20 rule, in order to pick up on hints and material for exam questions.  Some teachers inadvertently drop hints without realising, but if you’re so focused on writing chicken scratch, you would sooo miss those hints.  Try this hack and see… 

[duvetscholar]

25/01/22

100 day challenge: Day 3 of 100

✔️completed all my tasks for today :)

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(I’m really sorry for the shitty quality of my pictures!!!)

This sounds really lame but I have honestly missed Biology class so much! Our new topic is the nervous system and it’s super interesting. Also, if you couldn’t tell, I love my yellow pen a lot.

[ayahbondok]

9/100 days of productivity|Working on a giant mindmap to summarize a chapter in my strategic management course ( this year the course is in Arabic ). Used 2 A4s taped together. Or an A3 paper would get things done ✅

[sungtaro]

hi bestie i hope ur shot isn't wreaking too much havoc <333333 i would like to send in a request for a byounggon fancam, preferably cinema era because i am tasked with writing not just one but two cinema studies papers over the holidays so i need to motivation kjsdbgkjdsb ily so much eri ur amazing in every way okay bye now 💞🌺

HI MOST BELOVED thank u for your patience, i hope i'm not too late to deliver some cinema-spiration in the form of one lovely byounggon ~ 💗 here it is, hope u love it ! n you're the best in the entire world don't forget it mwah

[woodelf68]

TEA RECS 2021

(Sorry for the long post, tumblr isn’t letting me put a “read more” cut in.)

FLUFF

Family – Spinner by woodelf68, A Bear In Need of Rescue by @byrneinggold

Comfort – Lost and Found by @worryinglyinnocent

Fix-It – Love Is Purple by @xiolaperry, A Life for a Life by @paradigmparadoxical

Reunion – Finding You by @silwenworld

Best Child Fic (fluffy fic centered on children in the Rumbelle family) – Best Beloveds by woodelf68, Announcement by @jackabelle73

SMUT

Kink – All I Have by @cannibalisticshadows

Comedy –True Lust by @junoinferno

Best First Time – Birthday by @crossinginstyle

PWP – Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out by woodelf68, The Spirit of the Trees by woodelf68, I Want To Watch by Scarletstar1

ANGST

Death – Believe or Leave by @worryinglyinnocent

ROMANCE

Best Date (Overall) – Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out by woodelf68

Best Courtship – Roses On The Doorstep by @worryinglyinnocent

Best First Meeting – The Spirit of the Trees by woodelf68

Best Bathing Scene – Making a Splash by @ifishouldvanish

GENERAL AWARDS

Best One-Shot – Believe or Leavy by @worryinglyinnocent, Distractions by @thestraggletag

Best Drabble – Getting Ideas by @xiolaperry

Best Post-Ep Fic – A Life For A Life by paradigmparadoxical

Best Comedy Fic – Animal Magnetism by @worryinglyinnocent, A Bear In Need of Rescue by @byrneinggold

Best Movie AU – A Thrill of Hope by ishtarelisheba, What You’d Thought Lost Is There To Be Found by @deliriumsdelight7

Best TV Show AU – The Game by @thestraggletag, A Funny Girl by @shakespeareanhoneybadgers

Best AU Inspired By Other Media (including but not restricted to video games, musicals/plays, and graphic novels)

Best Historical AU – You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me by @crossinginstyle

Best AU – Spinner by woodelf68, Rally Cap by @halfwayinlight

Best AU!OUAT – Out of Time by @worryinglyinnocent, In Another Life by @worryinglyinnocent

Best Series – Precious Moments by @jackabelle73, The Floofy ‘Verse by woodelf68

Best Novel Length Fic (does not have to be finished, but must be a minimum of 40k words to qualify)

Best Holiday Fic – A Thrill of Hope by ishtarelisheba,  What You’d Thought Lost Is There To Be Found by @deliriumsdelight7​

Best Remix – Our Masks by @lotus0kid

Best Crossover Fic –  Afternoon in Soho by @barpurplewrites, Coleslaw and Daggers by @darcyfarrow2005

Best Dark Castle – I Want To Watch by Scarletstar1, Animal Magnetism by @worryinglyinnocent

Best Storybrooke – Fresh Start by @joylee56

SPECIAL CATEGORIES

Best Rumbelle Poly Ship (ex: Golden Swan Beauty, Mad Golden Beauty)

Best Background Swanfire –  What You’d Thought Lost Is There To Be Found by @deliriumsdelight7​

Best Crack!Fic – He Thought It Said Satan by @idesignedthefjords, Everyone Needs A Hobby by woodelf68, How Did You Two Get Together by @barpurplewrites

Best Supernatural – The Princess of Avonlea by @gwenore

Best Creature AU – The Spirit of the Trees by woodelf68, All I Have by @cannibalisticshadows

Best Unexpected Twist – Finding You by @silwenworld

Best Bobby Squared (a fic featuring more than one Bobby character, including multiple instances of Gold and/or Rumple)

Forgotten Gem (a fic completed more than three (3) years ago, that you feel has been overlooked) – Civilised Existence by amuseoffyre

EVENTS

(All fics in these categories are limited to 2020 events only.)

Rumbelle Secret Santa – Three Appointments and a Wedding by @thestraggletag

Rumbelle Christmas in July – Fresh Start @joylee56, Dark Spring by @nerdrumple, A Truth for a Truth: A Study In Confusion by silwenworld

Fluffapalooza – Love Is Purple by @xiolaperry

Monthly Rumbelle (Non-smut) – In Another Life by @worryinglyinnocent, A Flash of Imp-spiration by @worryinglyinnocent, Chocolate Cake and Chocolate Roses by @byrneinggold, Lost and Found by @worryinglyinnocent, The Kelpie by @worryinglyinnocent

Monthly Rumbelle (Smut) – Steamed Up by @worryinglyinnocent, Off The Deep End by @byrneinggold

Rumbelle is Hope – Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out by woodelf68

CHARACTER AWARDS

Best Dark One!Belle – Masters of Destiny by @deliriumsdelight7

Best AU Belle – Distractions by @thestraggletag,  Spinner by woodelf68

Best Spinner!Rumple –  Masters of Destiny by @deliriumsdelight7​, Her Angel by @kelyon

Best Baelfire/Neal – Masters of Destiny by @deliriumsdelight7, Rally Cap by halfwayinlight

Best Gideon – Spinner by woodelf68

ART

Best Fan Art – Mr. Gold sitting on wall edge with cane by @vayuvayu, Rumpelstiltskin and Belle embracing (gold dress/blue coat) by @vayuvayu

Best Cover Art – A Thrill of Hope by ishtarelisheba

Best Comic/Graphic Novel – “Love Letters” by @dekayingtree

Best Artist – @vayuvayu, @dekayingtree

- BEST AUTHOR – @nerdrumple

- BEST NEW AUTHOR – @deliriumsdelight7

- BEST RUMBELLE FIC – Fresh Start by @joylee56, Dark Spring by @nerdrumple

- BEST ANYELLE FIC – Breaking Cycles by @deliriumsdelight7, A Safe Place To Land by @deliriumsdelight7

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Day 13: Love Marks (14 Days of DA Lovers)

The lazy patterns of fingertips roving his back roused him even as they played a tactile lullaby upon his flesh. “Good morning,” Dorian murmured; he tested the whole truth of that statement by opening one eye. The light through the casement was that gray feather softness that could have been early morning or snow-flocked afternoon in the winter-cloaked southern city. The sort of light that found one lost in timelessness. In that light, Tristan was alabaster; firm nearly-white planes of muscle honed by loving chisels and hammers into a miracle of smooth velvet over stone. His hair rumpled from sleep looked like spun sugar, wildly tangible and intoxicatingly edible.

Tristan blinked slowly, cat-like, no more pleased at the prospect of waking than Dorian himself, a frown playing at his lips as he studied Dorian’s back.

“All well?”

“Hmm,” Tristan hummed, a nasal sigh, playing gentle chords upon his person with calloused fingertips. “Puzzle.”

“What is?”

“Quod spirat tenera malum mordente puella;” Tristan sounded the words slowly, imperfect, and Dorian felt a slow-rolling catch in his chest.

“You’re hungry?”

Tristan’s eyes, sharp as cut sapphires, flicked to meet his. “So it is Tevene. I thought it was.”

“What is?” he asked again, amused.

The fingers tapped lightly down the length of his spine. “Quod de Corycio quae venit aura croco.”

He dabbed his tongue to his lips, fighting a tremulous, too revealing sigh. “Oh?”

“Vinea quod primis floret cum cana racemis.”

Dorian shivered, skimming his own fingertips over Tristan’s clavicle; the air suddenly bright as it touched his palate, the words caressing his mind as surely as Tristan caressed his skin.

“Gramina quod redolent quae modo carpsit ovis.”

He bit the inside of his cheek, turning away to rest his other cheek against the pillow. Was one supposed to feel their heart so clearly? The gentle tripping cadence of it? The language of his homeland on the lips of his lover. His lover, who, only the night before, had been slick with sweet sweat; earth and spice, as he was describing. Dorian and the lover he had shared again. Three times now, they’d succumbed. Three times three. Once could be a happy error in judgment, easily brushed aside. Twice was amusement, for the sake of memory. Thrice… three times was dangerously close to becoming a habit.

“Quod myrtis, quod messor Arabs, quod sucina trita, Pallidus Eoo ture quod ignis olet…”

On fire was right. Vacillating between warmth and searing heat. Pleasant, oh, very pleasant certainly, but he couldn’t help wondering what it meant. It was far too early for thoughts like that- if he should have them at all. But watching them together, his thoughtful lover laughing and cavorting with his decadent hedonist accomplice while Dorian looked on. Touched. Tasted. Allowed himself to be drawn into and between them like thread into their loom.

“Gleba quod aestivo leviter cum spargitur imbre, Quod madidas nardo passa corona comas…”

“Tristan…” Dorian murmured, heart tight, turning again to watch Tristan’s lips move over unfamiliar words; he brushed his thumb over one pale, beautiful nipple until it began to pink and tighten. “What-“

“Hoc tua, saeve puer Diadumene, basia fragrant. Quid si tota dares illa sine invidia?”

His fingers stilled. Tristan lifted one pale brow without effect. Genuinely curious. “It isn’t that simple,” he whispered.

“What?”

Dorian searched his eyes. “When did you start studying Tevene anyway?”

“About a month ago.” His cheeks warmed in the morning light. Afternoon? Evening? “What does it mean? What I just read?”

“Read?”

“On your back.”

“On my…” Dorian frowned, sitting up on his elbows to peer over his shoulder to see in the mirror. Words scrawled, calligraphic, across his back in black marker. “What in Thedas?”

“I should have warned you…” Tristan smiled in the reflection, kissing his shoulder. “Aran has a thing about drawing on people.” He turned onto his stomach and eyed his own back in the mirror, similar handwriting scrawled across his shoulders and cascading down his spine. More Tevene.

Ask him to read your shoulders to you, my friend. He’s been working on improving his pronunciation and it would mean a lot to him for you to tell him he’s coming along. You mean a lot to him. I don’t know if he’s told you. Sometimes it’s hard for him to speak the things that mean the most. Sometimes I think I see you worrying about that, so I thought I’d be a pain in the ass and tell you, just in case. This is nice, eh? Hope you enjoy the poem. You smell really good. Wish I could stay. You’re both bloody beautiful.

“Only a month?” Dorian spoke slowly. Carefully. “You have an excellent grasp of the pronunciations.”

Tristan flushed, resting his cheek on his folded arms as Dorian traced the note. “Really?”

“Truly. It is... an unexpected pleasure to hear my mother tongue from your lips.” He watched goosebumps raise beneath his fingers, texturing text. “You didn’t have to trouble yourself.”

“It’s no trouble. I want to learn to speak your language.” Tristan’s gaze slipped shyly away. ‘You mean a lot to him,’ the words flexed as he moved. “That’s okay, isn’t it?”

“Very much so.”

“Good,” he breathed. “Good. So what does it say?”

“Wouldn’t you like to know?” Dorian smoothed golden hair from the back of Tristan’s neck and kissed the tender skin there.

“...it’s not a dirty limerick, is it?” he asked, suspicious.

“No.”

“What does it say then?”

“Your boyfriend wanted us to know that we smell good.”

Tristan laughed. “In as verbose a way as possible, I guess?”

“He is certainly… periphrastic.”

“There’s a word. Remember when you thought he was quiet?” Tristan glanced up, eyes dancing. “You can never trust a linguistics major to keep things simple.”

Not simple, Dorian thought. No. But clear. He was beginning to have a great deal of clarity where he’d been confused before.

———What’d the Latin Say?———

A poem by Marcus Valerius Martialis, 1CE (translated by me and Google, interpreted/interfered with by me):

That breath of an apple when a young girl bites into it;

The perfumed effluence that comes with saffron;

The first vines, in the spring, blooming with clusters of new flowers;

The grass, sweet-scented, newly nibbled by a lamb;

The odor of myrtle, of the Arab spice, blended with

Pale eastern frankincense, on fire;

Or lightly sprinkling summer rains on freshly turned soil beneath

The crown of your hair slicked, aromatic, with muskroot...

As all these, your kisses, boy Diadumenus, are fragrant.

How much sweeter if you were to give them without embarrassment?

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So, life has dealt me some weird stuff lately. But my most recent biggest fandom projects are completed, my studies are on hold for at least another week, and Kit-spiration has returned from its vacation!

So prepare for a bit of a splurge of content while I have the time. I've got three pieces previously written that I want to finish editing and post, and three others I want to write, and then after that... we'll see if we can't get this storyline moving, I guess!

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20 Best Female Fitness Models Of 2020

There are actually so many superb feminine fitness fashions on the market that we couldn’t probably embody everybody on our record. However, we did discover among the many hottest and influential ladies at the moment (however don’t be mad in case your favourite wasn’t included). These hotties are completely doing their factor and all have fairly huge followings on Instagram/social media. So, right here’s our record of common feminine fitness fashions (take pleasure in)! 1. Kayla Itsines First up is Australian private coach Kayla Itsines. This 28-year-old can also be an writer and entrepreneur who based a collection of fitness ebooks known as Bikini Body Guides (BBG). She additionally created the app, Sweat with Kayla, which was probably the most profitable fitness app of 2016. Itsines is vastly common on social media, boasting a powerful 12.5 million followers on Instagram. She was additionally named 30 most influential individuals on the Internet by Time’s, and identifies herself as Greek on account of her household heritage. Itsines can also be definitely among the many wealthiest fitness figures with over $60 million. 2. Sommer Ray An completely gorgeous fitness mannequin from the U.S., this 23-year-old has discovered unparalleled success with 24.9 million Instagram followers to show it. This tops our record for Instagram followers. She additionally owns a clothes model (Sommer Ray Collection) and is getting extra common by the day. 3. Michelle Lewin If we’re speaking about feminine fitness fashions then Michelle Lewin positively belongs within the dialog. This beautiful influencer positively is aware of what she’s doing relating to constructing a head-turning physique. Lewin began off working at a Venezuela clinic and doubtless by no means would have thought she’d blow up how she did. Now she’s one of the recognizable faces who has been on the duvet of a number of high-profile fitness magazines together with Sports & Fitness, Her Muscle & Fitness, and Iron Man. She’s at the moment based mostly in South Florida. Oh… and also you would possibly keep in mind the time she was bitten within the butt by a pig on the seashore throughout a photoshoot. 4. Jen Selter Top feminine fitness mannequin and web superstar Jen Selter is simply 26 years outdated however she has made fairly the title for herself. Her ardour for fitness began in highschool when she labored on the entrance desk of a fitness center. She discovered figuring out to be a technique to relieve stress and earlier than she knew it, she would pave the best way for different social media influencers. Selter apparently performed a component in popularizing the “belfie” or butt selfie and her signature “Seltering” poses. She has additionally been featured in a number of publications comparable to Women’s Health, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, The New York Post, and Elite Daily. Other notable accomplishments embody being acknowledged as a prime fitness influencer by Forbes in 2017. She’s additionally the co-owner for BlendJet (moveable blenders) and founding father of @couplegoals. 5. Paige Hathaway Definitely one of many extra common feminine fitness fashions, Paige Hathaway started her journey in 2011. Hathaway is from Minnesota initially and has achieved such enormous success through the years. Although, her childhood was tough coping with the divorce of her mother and father and custody points. But she went on to do fairly nicely for herself, competing in Bikini, showing in magazines, and raking in 7 figures a year, making her one of many highest-paid fitness fashions. 6. Ana Cheri Besides having a really profitable modeling profession, Ana Cheri can also be a fitness center proprietor, actress, and host with a following of 12.5 million on Instagram. Cheri was additionally a options Playmate mannequin in 2015, citing the next about gym-spiration… “You have to start somewhere. If the gym seems intimidating, try an outdoor sport. Every little bit counts.” 7. Anllela Sagra Anllela Sagra has a killer physique that she isn’t shy about displaying off. Her determine has acquired lots of consideration from prime names within the trade and earlier than she turned actually common, she was a vogue design pupil who would mannequin (vogue) just a few instances per week. But she turned very severe about fitness and needed to compete, of which she positioned third at her first competitors. Sagra’s transfer to the US from Columbia was apparently one of the best transfer the 26-year-old made as a result of it paid off huge time! Here’s an inspiring quote from the bio on her web site… “In life there is no such thing as luck, there are only opportunities and it is your decision whether or not to take a chance on them. I decided to take it and risk everything, lose everything and just jump into the world of possibilities and the truth is that it was the best decision I ever made in my life.” 8. Eva Andressa It’s fairly apparent Eva Andressa works her butt off to rock that sort of physique and he or she positively deserves the popularity. Of course, she used to compete professionally which is smart. Her most notable accomplishments embody… 2008 Brasil, Bodyfitness, 1st 2009 Brazilian National champion, Bodyfitness The 35-year-old Brazilian mannequin has 5.6 million Instagram followers and actually noticed success after showing on the superstar TV present in Brasil – Programa do Jo. Andressa went on to have her personal present in 2015 known as Dica Fitness of which she interviews well-known athletes. 9. Katya Elise Henry Based in Miami, Florida, Katya Elise Henry has actually bought it happening. She’s additionally a WBFF Pro in addition to a coach and mannequin who has impressed and helped to rework so many individuals across the globe. Here’s a bit of the bio from her web site Workouts by Katya… “My journey started when I was at a place probably very similar to where you are right now. I knew how I wanted to look, and I knew that I really wanted to look like that, but I didn’t know where to start. Workouts By Katya was born out of my motivation to inspire and empower everyone to be their best. My vision is to provide you with the best workout programs and information to allow you to be your very best. I was blessed with a Mom who is an amazing personal trainer, and a Dad who has always been involved in sports and weight training. Growing up, I was always active and generally fit. My childhood dream was to be a cheerleader, and I pursued this goal until it was achieved when I turned 18! As I grew older, I started to develop an understanding of the way I wanted to look. My main sources of motivation came from my mom and sister, but also from myself. I know that my fitness journey will never stop – improvement is constant and never-ending!” 10. Karina Elle Karina Elle is on each feminine fitness mannequin crush record. She’s a former athlete and Bikini competitor having received the World Fitness Federation Pro Bikini Championship. The half Asian/half European mannequin is thought for her slender and athletic physique standing at 5’11 tall. She discovered a ton of success in her 20’s and has grow to be one of the in-demand feminine fitness fashions. Elle additionally has her personal web site for training and galvanizing. 11. Emily Skye Personal coach and fitness mannequin Emily Skye based Emily Skye FIT which is the end result of her years being concerned within the trade. But she needed to do extra and now how a web based program consisting of every part ladies have to be more healthy and extra FIT. Emily Skye can also be the co-founder of a cosmetics model James cosmetics. And she’s at the moment anticipating a child boy… 12. Anna Nystrom Anna Nystrom is a well being/fitness/life-style YouTuber from Sweden with 8.6 million followers on Instagram. She skilled just a few setbacks whereas finding out for design and vogue on account of well being points. However, she was capable of flip issues round by studying about well being and fitness which led to her changing into a private coach and the remainder was historical past. Nystrom developed a ardour for social media and used these platforms to encourage so many individuals. She was additionally capable of observe her ardour for design and vogue by launching the exercise clothes line Ryvelle® in 2018. 13. Bru Luccas Brazilian mannequin Bru Luccas went from McDonald’s employee to common fitness determine and enterprise proprietor. She’s additionally one half of a duo together with her sister known as Body & Sisters on Instagram. There’s no approach she wouldn’t belong on this record… 14. Lauren Drain Lauren Drain has one of the fascinating tales on the market that she become a e-book, and have become a New York Times bestseller. She’s a Registered Nurse, private coach, and Bikini Pro who owns her personal enterprise. Despite her unlucky early years the place she was pressured to evolve to a cult, she’s achieved amazingly nicely and is fortunately married. 15. Gracyanne Barbosa Gracyanne Barbosa is a Brazilian fitness mannequin and Carnaval dancer who started her rise to stardom after monetary points led her to pursue dancing and modeling. She posed for Playboy Brazil within the February 2007 subject after which caught the eye of many after a video was shared of her squatting round 450 lbs. The authenticity of the weights used was positively in query however her reputation has risen considerably. 16. Tammy Hembrow Australian-born Tammy Hembrow most just lately posted a fairly racy photograph that caught the eye of the media. And she isn’t afraid to point out what she has labored for. She’s a mom of two at age 26 and began her private model in 2015 and seeks to show ladies reside a more healthy and healthier life-style. Hembrow has 11.Three million Instagram followers and over 1 million YouTube subscribers. 17. Amanda Lee Canadian fitness mannequin Amanda Lee is admittedly shy, nevertheless, that hasn’t stopped her from making her presence recognized. She was very skinny in her youthful years of which she despised however due to her mom who was a private coach, Lee was capable of finding herself and her ardour. She then rose to fame on Instagram after a well-known dancer tagged her and earlier than she knew, the followers and alternatives began to flood in. 18. Brooke Ence A former prime CrossFit competitor who positioned 14th on the 2015 CrossFit Games, Brooke Ence is as spectacular as they arrive. So a lot so actually, that she has had some fairly good success with appearing. Ence has had roles within the movies Wonder Woman (2017), Justice League (2017), and Black Lightning (2018). The Utah native was all the time athletic and aggressive which appeared to essentially repay. Ence stated she was making a comeback to CrossFit competitors in 2020 seeing how common she is, that might be an thrilling build-up for her and followers. 19. Heidi Somers Also generally known as BuffBunny, Heidi Somers is a fitness competitor and mannequin. Somers wasn’t all the time match… or wholesome. In reality, when she lived in her home state of Alaska, she hit all-time low on account of relationships, her job, and her well being habits. So she relocated to Texas and have become concerned with CrossFit earlier than transitioning right into a deal with increase her physique of which she competed within the NPC. And by seems to be of issues, she didn’t waste her potential. 20. Anna Victoria Concluding our record, Anna Victoria started her fitness journey in 2012 with no information of get match and little or no understanding of correct vitamin. She had some well being issues which meant it was much more crucial for her to learn to reverse this and grow to be her healthiest. Fast ahead to 2015 and he or she was altering lives which led to growing her Fit Body Guides and the Fit Body App. Wrapping Up We actually hope you loved our record of 20 common feminine fitness fashions for 2020. Again, you might have a special opinion based mostly on ladies who’ve impressed you. But we selected some huge names that we all know have completed quite a bit. And you by no means know, you would possibly simply discover some new inspiration. Read the full article

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Stationery x Candle ❤ I’ve gotten some new stuff over the past month or so and I thought I’d show you this wonderful washi tape and the card I made with it.

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