#the brazillians have been serving lately

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can I just say as the resident idiot with an acting degree how absolutely refreshing it is to see cc's act their asses off and care so much about delivering a good story and experience to their viewers?? The Brazilians especially lately have been doing such incredible and earnest performances that you can tell they're 100% into. Pac for one, his reaction to the Q!Cellbit news was so goddamn real and a perfect portrayal of his character, of everything he's been hiding from having built up around him all of a sudden. (Don't think I've forgotten about the Lucie reaction in OPQ, I've been thinking about it for weeks.)

And Cellbit and Bagi, god, you can see the acting chemistry they've built with eachother after rping for years, and it translates SO well into their interactions as their characters. Even in such a medium as minecraft everything is so well thought out, every movement of the cubito and spoken word has me hooked to the screen, and it's a testament to their skills as performers.

Heck, even people who haven't had a massive hand in RP, like Tina for example (though I don't know a whole lot about her as a cc) did such a good job at communicating her thoughts to q!Bagi through her real life frustrations at the server lagging and channeling that into her character's worries about getting to know her. It's moments like that which solidify why I love Minecraft as a medium for RP so much, it gets so many people to tell stories in an effective way and immerse an audience in such a way that the peculiarity of the setting, literal cubes, simply serves as part of their stage and world building.

I love analysing ppl's acting sm, qsmp is keeping me FED.

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The Three B’s: Brain, Brand, Body

I’ve started watching a lot of Tony Gaskins videos lately. He's a famous relationship and life coach, offering amazing advice that empowers women (and men, really!) to find genuine relationships, stay true to their standards, and learn how to really vet good men. He’s a Christian, so his content is very religion-oriented, but I tailor his advice to receiving word from the universe. I definitely recommend his videos, especially as I‘m someone who is too soft for the overly ambitious, intense, only focusing on rich men providing for me relationships that tend to be advocated for on here. No shame to them! It’s just not personally for me and I want to prioritize an emotional connection and know his character before his pockets. I want and deserve authentic, genuine, and gentle love, with a hint of spontaneity.

I say all that to say, he recommends single women to focus on their three B’s: brain, brand, and body. When you have established all three, then you are ready for a relationship and men will be flocking to you because of how you hold yourself. I may have fumbled the exact concept, but Tony’s explanation of course, can be found here and he also talks about them in this video here, where he talks about being your best self. I definitely think this can be useful in the level up journey in general, as not everything is to get a husband. 

With that being said, here’s my three B’s and how I’ll be achieving them!

Brain

This is all the knowledge you have. Tony’s whole ‘brand’ is giving women knowledge on how men work, offering insight on their behaviour and thoughts. He used to be the worst kind of man (worse than the ones we all write into our favourite blogs asking for advice about) but that all changed when he found God and his girlfriend, now wife. He describes his content as knowledge on how to navigate men and dating in general, learn ‘the game’ that men play, and how to not get hurt. When you learn this knowledge, you are more equipped and less likely to get your heart broken if you know what games men play.

Knowledge for me:

- I graduated university last year, with distinction (one of my majors was psychology, specifically mental health)

- Using Tumblr to aid in my level up journey, gaining advice and tips on all sorts of things

- Watching Tony’s videos and reading his books (I just bought ‘A Woman’s Influence’ that he wrote with his wife, I can't wait to start it!)

Brand

He usually describes this as one’s purpose and how they live their lives. Christianity is a massive part of his brand, and says God uses him as a vessel for the advice he gives to women (again, I’m not religious, but his advice is SOLID. Tony is so engaging and passionate that he makes me want to open up a Bible!) For those who are life coaches, their brand would be serving others and helping them change their lives.

Brand for me (I interpret it as who I am and how I would describe myself or how others see me)

- Someone who always has their life together (aiming for more of this really, but I’ve been told this is how I already come off!)

- Composed and serene

- Hardworking

- My purpose is to live intentionally, abundantly, and with love. This shows up in a myriad of ways but this is overall how I want to shape my life

Body

Pretty self explanatory! Pretty privilege is a thing, and Tony wants you to know that how you present yourself to the world is important and affects how/if people approach you. You never want to look like “someone shot John and forgot to kill him,” (one if his country-isms) basically looking worse for wear and not being at your fullest potential.

Body for me:

- Lose ten pounds, get my waist down to 26 or 27 inches again. I will accomplish this by changing my eating habits and being more active again

- Always have my nails done

- Hair on point whenever I leave the house - I even have a glueless, perfectly fitting wig that I curl and slap on for running errands, so I don’t need to worry about glueing down my frontal and doing the whole shebang every time!

- Getting my eyebrow transplant surgery

- Chemical peels every six weeks

- Laser hair removal sessions - Brazillian, full legs, and armpits 

- Teeth whitening and cleaning every six months 

- Complete my tattoo removal (luckily it’s only a very small tattoo, but I’ve started my sessions)

- Wear flattering clothing that suits my body. I’ve already started revamping my wardrobe and I’m having an amazing time! When you look good, you really do feel good. That transition from Fashion Nova and Forever 21 to Aritzia and Naked Wardrobe can be hard on your pockets (do not do it all at once! Pace yourself) but you will see a difference in the quality and overall style, and of course the attention you receive from your friends, strangers, and potential suitors! I have no idea where this obnoxious cut-out dress trend is coming from, but it is awful.

What are you guys’ three B’s?

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The amazing health benefits of Acai Berry.

Fancy 'berry' beautiful skin, a blissfully beating heart, and a 'boom shake shake shake' the room sex drive? Well you better read on!

So continues our superfood series, this time detailing a fruit that seems to be popping up everywhere in health food shop freezers. Have you noticed the frozen acai berry packs? They're pretty handy and surprisingly affordable too. Make your own acai bowl and find out just why it is so good for you. Go on, it's what all the cool healthy kids want to do.

What is it?

Acai berry is one of the most nutritious berries you will ever find. Indigenous to the Amazonian rainforests, the acai berry has been used for centuries as an immune boosting, energising and healing fruit. Related to the cranberry and blueberry, research shows that this small fruit is able to support preventing diseases associated with oxidative damage, as well as offering many a health benefit as follows.

Why is it good for you?

1. Healthy heart. Acai berries are high in anthocyanins (also found in red wine), which are an antioxidant found in plants that serve to lower cholesterol levels in the blood stream. They also contain plant sterols which prevent blood clots, improve blood circulation and relax blood vessels, which all lead to protecting our heart. 2. Healthy skin. Acai oil is a great alternative to chemical based skin care products that may actually harm the skin long term. Historically, the Brazillian people have been using acai oil for years to prevent skin conditions. Nowadays you will find many a modern beauty product containing acai oil. Additionally, when taken orally acai berries radiate from the inside out, promoting a healthy skin glow.

3. Digestion. Acai berries aid in the cleaning and detoxifying of our digestive system. The high dietary fiber content keeps our insides in optimal function. 4. Cancer prevention. Acai berries are brimming with Vitamin C and ellagic acid. This combination is an immune boosting marvel and research reports it may be able to suppress the growth of cancerous cells. It appears that Acai's phytochemicals stop carcinogenisis on a molecular level, killing off tumerous cells before they are able to multiply. While acai berries are not a cure, this is certainly some interesting research to follow. (NB: The Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry found that polyphenolic compounds extracted from acai reduced cancer cell proliferation by 56-86%). 5. Anti-aging. Very high in antioxidants, acai berries contribute to slowing (or even reversing!) the typical process of aging as it is related to oxidative damage. Did you know that acai berries are one of the highest sources of antioxidants on the planet? They hold double the antioxidants to that of blueberries. 6. Energy and libido boosting. Linked to increased blood circulation in the body, the acai berry is able to positively impact stamina and combat fatigue and exhaustion. Males particularly report a boost in sex drive.

How do we eat it?

Acai has a rich, slightly acidic, sweet berry flavour, which is great in smoothies, muffins, bars or sprinkled over yoghurt or cereal. Have you tried the Acai bowl? It's all the rage with the healthy kids who are "in the know". Our Acai bowl recipe features in A Nourishing Morning. It's a really well balanced and nutritious way to start your day, even better that it tastes like ice cream.

Where to buy it.

Acai is found in powdered form or alternatively frozen in the freezer section of your local health food shop. Find it online too. I'd suggest looking for an organic certified product for the reason that berries are generally very highly sprayed with pesticides in conventional farming practices. I've been using the Bioglan product of late and would recommend. They offer some further ways to diversify your nutrition and some delicious superfood combinations to try in this article here.

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“What are you doing here?!”

My bus got into Belo Horizonte (Brazillians pronounce it Belle hOrizonch) bus terminal at 05.30. 

I thought I might be able to get a bus to Brasilia leaving that morning. 

Both bus companies that serve Brasilia only had evening departures so I was stuck in Belo Horizonte for the day.

I checked my bags into a locker in the terminal, brought my crappy 2nd best digital camera with me and went off to explore the city.

I remembered reading something before about the place being dangerous, that’s why I didn’t bring my new camera with me. 

I take a look around the city. The city is home to an Oscar Niemeyer designed neighbourhood. 

Niemwyer went on to become world famous after he designed Brasilia, the planned capital city of Brazil.

Walking around in the early morning rush hour I was wary. I couldn’t remember the exact warnings I’d read about the city but I was cautious.  

There didn’t seem to be too many dodgy characters about.

I find the place interesting to wander around, interesting to look at.

I go to the History Museum but it’s closed the attendant tells me. 

All public museums are closed on Mondays. 

I go to the main city park and find it’s closed too.

Next I to the Mercado Central, a never-ending building of a couple of levels where you could buy anything from hardware to fruit to live animals. There were all sorts, Chinese hamsters, guinea pigs, Belgian canaries, geese, ducks, hens, cocks, chicks, pups, kittens.

They had the most adorable tiny puppies that looked like they weren’t born long before.

I stop by a stall and buy some acai, then some freshly cut pineapple.

I left the mercardo and then it happened.

I crossed the street from a park where a fountain display to music was on show for the post lunchtime crowd.

I sat on a small marble cube to the side of the wide footpath which was shaded under some trees.

“What are you doing here?”, the guy demands of me when I’m sitting down. 

He’s standing beside me but not on top of me. I look up at him and try to figure out if I know him, if I’ve met him in a hostel somewhere on my trip. 

He’s a young guy, probably late 20’s.

I don’t know him from Adam, so I retort with “in Belo Horizonte???”.

He warns me that the city is a very dangerous place, not to be around the area at night. 

He tells me that he’s from Sao Paulo, has lived in Italy for a five years and is living in Belo Horizonte for the past two months. 

He says he doesn’t want tourists going home to Europe or wherever with bad stories of Brazil after having been robbed. 

I tell him I’m leaving that evening, he seems relieved.

I take a bus out to BH Shopping and buy some shorts. 

The young sales assistant can’t believe that I can’t speak Portuguese, she’s almost offended. 

I take a taxi back to the bus terminal to make my bus. 

The bus leaves Belo Horizonte at 19.30 and we get into Brasilia at 05.50 the following morning.

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Brazil, Canada, UK, Others to Partner Ooni on Oduduwa Heritage Museum project

The Governments of Brazil and Cuba as well as many international museum operators in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom have agreed to partner the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on the multi-million naira Oduduwa Heritage Museum project.   Oba Ogunwusi who disclosed this in Lagos added that the more than N500 million museum would have their permanent locations in in Ile – Ife and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.   He said in addition to its permanent bases in Ile Ife and Brazil, it would also have mobile features for it to be moved all over the world from both ends for the rest of the world to appreciate the Yoruba Culture as revered in Nigeria, Brazil, Cuba, UK and in Brampton in Canada.   He also said that the museum project which would be unveiled at the Brazillian Embassy on Saturday would be a priceless investment that would boost the image of the country before the international community. ” UNESCO and the Government of Brazil are already in partnership with us.We are in talks with British museum, Canada’s city of Brampton, which has the largest population of blacks.   ” Also, we are partnering with the Government of Cuba that has had a long term bilateral relations with the Kingdom of Ife, and over 20 other countries.   “We are partnering with the Government of Brazil through the State of Rio de Janeiro, the government of Cuba and others to achieve our aim” he said.   The Oba said that the Obafemi Awolowo University ( OAU) and the University of Ibadan (UI)’sDepartments of History, Archaeology and Anthropology ,had been and would continue to be fully involved in the project.   “This project will give birth to a lot opportunities: socially, culturally, traditionally and economically for all Nigerians,” he said. The Oba said that the project being pioneered by the House of Oduduwa, would serve as the centrec for collection, preservation, , exhibition, and promotion of antiquities, treasures and traditional art forms of Africa.   “The Oduduwa Heritage Museum project which is priceless, has to do with the promotion of the ancestral lineage of Oduduwa people in the country and those in the Diaspora. ” A lot of work has gone into this; professionals and experts have put their ideas together to come out with a very detailed collection that has taken us over the years to put together”.   Ooni said that the priceless investment also would involve the collection of artifacts and antiquities for posterity and to promote and preserve the Yoruba culture. He added that the House of Oduduwa had been working on the project more than 20 years before he ascended the throne.   According to Oba Ogunwusi, the international value and recognition that the project will attract to Nigeria has propelled him to continue with it since he ascended the throne of his forebears.   ” We have rare collections of gemstones, antiquities and other artifacts in Ile Ife,and in Nigeria as a country that can never be found elsewhere.   “We need to collect them and preserve them because they were part of what our forefathers left for us and part of our cultural heritage.” He said that there were other artifacts that had been taken away to other countries which we had been finding very hard to retrieve because they are littered all over the world.   He also disclosed that the largest diamond ever seen was taking out of Ife in the late 18th century. “An artiste, Damien Hirst, once sold a piece of Ife golden head for over 110 million dollars and not a single dime entered our country.   “We have very ancient antiquities discovered from many places with some of our contemporary arts. One of our prominent art collectors got our display from United Kingdom and was bought for a huge amount,” he said.   The traditional ruler said that the museum would not just concentrate on monetary values but would also focus on the impact it would have socially, culturally and economically on Nigeria.   He said that the country is believed with several natural and cultural assets and very huge collections that are priceless and required international insurance for their preservation and protection.   According to Ojaja II, in the history of the entire black race which is the most populous people in Brazil are the Yoruba and that is why the House of Oduduwa chose to begin its partnership on the Oduduwa Heritage Museum project with Brazil. He said that most people did not know that there were more Yoruba people in Brazil than in Nigeria, adding that over 100 million Yoruba peopl are living in Brazil while about 70 million are in Nigeria.   “All over the world our ancestral beliefs are still being practised, especially in Brazil and Cuba.” “Through the Oduduwa Heritage Museum, the past and present pivotal roles and contributions of Yoruba people , Nigeria and the black race to civilisation and nation building in Africa will be better appreciated by Africans and the rest of the world.”   ” What we can do is to display and continue to positively promote who we are: our past, our present for generations yet unborn to appreciate and be proud of ,” the Oba said. The Ooni said that the project also would bring out the treasures of Yorubaland ancestors and by extension, Nigeria.   ” Nigeria supplies between 30 percent and 40 per cent of gemstones being sold in Ireland and Hong Kong. We have a huge lot of it coming from Ife. ” If we train thousands of our youths on khow to handle these treasures, it will provide huge jobs for them, reduce youth creativeness and increase our GDP .   “We have gold in abundance and our ancestors had used the mineral resources and others to their own advantages in the past. We need to leverage on such opportunities for our common good.”   He added that several youths would be trained and be exposed to how they could refine such raw materials into commercial products. He added that the advocacy museum would be commercialized to boost the economy of the country, as well as give the country and Yoruba people, a better image.   "It is about time for us to appreciate our own. It’s time for us to tell our stories ourselves,” he said, adding that would be the purpose that the Oduduwa Heritage Museum would serve to the Yoruba people, Nigeria, Africa and the world. Read the full article

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The Bravest And Most Lovely Celeb Child Bumps

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The Bravest And Most Lovely Celeb Child Bumps

Celebrities determine to have households like the remainder of us, and fortunately, many haven’t been shy about exhibiting off their beautiful bumps on digicam. Some are new to the infant sport, however this isn’t the primary rodeo for lots of the mamas pictured right here. We love that they need to share their glowing our bodies with us — hold these images coming, women.

With so many moms-to-be at present sharing this magical time with the world, we thought it might be fascinating to look again on among the most high-profile being pregnant images lately. Try this gorgeous assortment of previous and current buns within the oven.

Ciara unabashedly shared her rising child bump throughout social media whereas she was preggers, and by the look of her images, she was glad as might be. She all the time sported large smiles as she confirmed off her beautiful curves, and boy did she look good.

The 31-year-old singer now has two youngsters, although her first with husband Russell Wilson. They introduced the large information just some quick months after their July 2016 marriage ceremony. Ciara additionally has a two-year-old son with rapper and ex-fiancé Future. The younger boy is reportedly thrilled along with his new little sister, who is called Sienna Princess Wilson.

Mila Kunis welcomed her second child with Ashton Kutcher into the world in late November 2016. The being pregnant was no secret, as snapshots of her rising stomach exploded throughout the web all through the final half of 2016, exhibiting Kunis often in cozy apparel (although she undoubtedly doesn’t look any worse for it).

Whereas she didn’t boast a lot in the way in which of fancy shoots in the course of the being pregnant the second time round, throughout her first she spent fairly a little bit of time within the highlight, dressed to impress and exhibiting off her stunning tummy. We’re glad she was not too shy to indicate it off.

Talking of Ashton Kutcher, his former girl Demi Moore was a pioneer on this planet of feminism, presenting her gorgeous pregnant stomach in a Vainness Honest cowl photograph over 20 years in the past in 1991. Her nude pose, utilizing her hand as a makeshift bra, has develop into an iconic a part of movie star photograph historical past, notably on this planet of well-known child bumps.

On the time, this shot was stunning for the mainstream media, which works to indicate how a lot our society has grown to embrace the fantastic thing about pregnant mamas since then. We salute you, Demi. We love residing in a world the place the infant bumps of our favourite celeb moms-to-be are proudly flaunted each which method.

As regards to beautiful celeb child bellies of years previous, there isn’t a technique to miss the bombshell pop star Britney Spears’ being pregnant images in 2006. For a star whose physique was an icon for sexiness, then 24-year-old Spears acquired a great deal of consideration as her physique reworked to carry a rising child.

On the time, not all that focus was constructive, however wanting again, it’s clear to see how the erotic images of her pregnant physique taken for Harper’s Bazaar characteristic served as an essential cultural function in asserting as soon as once more, like Demi Moore had accomplished, that pregnant our bodies are gorgeous. And oh how gorgeous Britney’s was.

Bear in mind Beyoncés Video Music Awards being pregnant announcement in 2011 as she unbuttoned her glittering Dolce & Gabbana jacket and rubbed her stomach the way in which solely moms-to-be do?

It was a ravishing method for her to share that information with all her followers as they spent the earlier months pondering whether or not or not the rumors of her being pregnant have been true. She was in a position to hold the key for thus lengthy because of her fashionable wardrobe ways, although the true story of why she and baby-daddy Jay Z needed to maintain it quiet all that point might without end stay a thriller to the general public.

Should you haven’t heard, the elegant magnificence Natalie Portman has now had two youngsters. She grew to become a bit extra daring throughout her second being pregnant, and we weren’t unhappy about her exhibiting off extra pores and skin.

In a maternity shoot for Vainness Honest, her naked physique was draped in a sheet along with her hand cradling an uncovered stomach. This was decidedly within the type of Demi Moore’s well-known photograph from 1991. All now we have to say is wow, isn’t this gorgeous! Throughout her being pregnant, Portman was nominated for an Oscar for her starring function in Jackie, as she supplied a not-surprisingly excellent efficiency in her function as former First Woman Jackie Kennedy. What a technique to start 2017.

It wasn’t simply Natalie Portman who channeled Demi Moore’s 1991 being pregnant photograph for Vainness Honest. Supermodel Cindy Crawford additionally sported the enduring bare-all pose on the duvet of W again in 1999 at seven months pregnant along with her first little one, Presley.

This mama-to-be had her reservations about showing fully nude for this photograph, however finally got here round, and we’re grateful for that–she seems to be like an angel on this shot. How fortunate we’re to have the ability to look again on the historical past of celeb child bumps and discover such unimaginable images. Kudos to you Ms. Crawford, for being part of it.

Pregnant along with her second little one in 2016 at age 42, Alanis Morissette let her child bump take over the present on this extraordinary nude photograph underwater. She posted the photograph to her Instagram account with an cute quote from her five-year-old son.

“It’s a must to be further light round women as a result of they’re essentially the most useful individuals on this planet ‘trigger they make individuals.” Effectively stated, younger man. I assume it isn’t shocking that Morissette, a singer-songwriter whose lyrics are well-known for his or her daring language, determined to share such a novel and daring photograph with us.

Mariah Carey’s nude photograph shoot for Life & Type in 2011 occurred solely days earlier than she gave beginning to her twins with Nick Cannon. , it isn’t unusual for a pregnant mama to really feel self-conscious, so taking a pic meant for the general public eye, not to mention for cowl, takes tons of braveness.

Props to Mariah for sharing this intimate second with us all, for being part of the gorgeous motion of baring that child bump. The singer has acquired loads of criticism as she’s gone via her fair proportion of ups and downs–however this photograph presents one of many ups to be happy with.

Nobody ever claimed pop star Christina Aguilera was reserved in exhibiting off her banging physique, so it is smart that in her second being pregnant in 2014, it was no completely different.

This mom-to-be saved up her stage presence lengthy after her stunning child bump started to steal the highlight. This risque and sumptuous black-and-white shot is from her photograph shoot for V Journal. From that look on her face, it’s clear she loved her maternity and embraced these horny pure curves that accompanied it–and with these pics floating round, she was not the one one having fun with it.

Although this beautiful actress has six children, however she has solely been pregnant twice, and a type of occasions she bore twins. The remainder have been adopted, certainly the results of Angelina Jolie’s monumental coronary heart.

Not lengthy earlier than her due date in summer season of 2008, Jolie posed all smiles beside then-husband Brad Pitt on the crimson carpet at Cannes Movie Competition, exhibiting off her voluptuous stomach beneath an beautiful inexperienced costume. Right here’s a enjoyable truth concerning the twins beneath that costume: their first images have been offered to Folks Journal for $14 million, all of which was promptly donated to charity. At this level, it’s no secret that Jolie is gorgeous each in and out.

In 2010, supermodel Claudia Schiffer posed for Vogue Germany in a collection of sultry images by which her seven-month-pregnant stomach is the co-star.

The quilt shot is a nude within the actual pose of Demi Moore’s iconic 1991 photograph, although it doesn’t seem overdone, even when is has been accomplished time and time once more. If we’re being actual, a unadorned supermodel posing pregnant is unlikely to garner damaging consideration, even when it’s mainly an equivalent shot for 200 of them, proper? We’re fortunate that girls as beautiful as Claudia are prepared to strip all the way down to nothing and exhibit their naked child bumps to the world.

Whereas Victoria Secret mannequin Alessandra Ambrosio had been pregnant earlier than, it was throughout her second being pregnant in 2011 that she strutted sexily down the catwalk just like the goddess that she is, and being solely 4 months in, it was hardly noticeable.

All that apart, this Brazillian magnificence has photograph upon photograph exhibiting a full stomach that’s clearly with little one. In every one, whether or not it’s a golden seaside shot, or a horny nude shot in black and white (the place she modeled for Brazilian jewellery model Vivara), she makes these 9 months of maternity seem like nothing put pure bliss.

Throughout Latin pop goddess Shakira’s second being pregnant, as a substitute of doing a canopy shoot for a big-name journal, she and her long-time beau Gerard Piqué (soccer hunk of FC Barcelona) determined to share their maternity images on social media as a substitute throughout a digital child bathe.

The couple joined with UNICEF for this occasion, the place items like mosquito nets and polio vaccines might be bought for distribution amongst youngsters in among the poorer communities throughout the globe. Not solely does this Columbian singer look completely gorgeous along with her stomach coming out of a shimmering gold outfit, she has a coronary heart of gold inside her as properly.

Kim Kardashian, you both love her otherwise you hate her. Nonetheless, it’s onerous to disclaim the sensual glow of a pregnant girl, not to mention of a ravishing movie star resembling Kim whereas she rocks her pregnant stomach just like the star that she is.

However among the criticism she acquired for numerous maternity outfit decisions (lest we bear in mind the floral costume she wore to a gala on the MET), everyone knows this can be a girl with curves to die for. Throughout her second being pregnant in 2015, she aptly flaunted her wonderful child bump in a bronze bikini whereas vacationing within the Caribbean along with her household.

Having bother discovering footage of Latina actress Jessica Alba bearing her blossoming stomach throughout her 2008 being pregnant might be an indication that the flawlessly engaging actress didn’t discover herself to be as flawless as we did as she got here to time period.

Whereas the remainder of the world was certainly gawking as her mom-to-be glow radiated from her like sunshine, everyone knows that many ladies don’t love how they give the impression of being throughout maternity. Whether it is any comfort, Ms. Alba, we love how being pregnant appeared on you, and this beautiful photograph taken on the crimson carpet is not any exception.

The R&B diva Alicia Keys spent her months of being pregnant throughout 2014 flaunting extra than simply her unimaginable voice–she shared her burgeoning child bump with the world, too.

It’s true that an eight-months pregnant Alicia Keys didn’t let her stomach get in between her and her piano, nor gradual her down in spreading her concepts all through the world. Late within the being pregnant, she posted a putting nude photograph of herself with a big peace signal painted on her stomach to Instagram, stating: “It’s you and me on a mission to create a kinder and extra peaceable world.” What a ravishing technique to ship a message.

Throughout each her first and second being pregnant, Blake Full of life turned maternity type into nothing wanting downright hip, to not point out horny as all the time. Pair that along with her breathtaking pure magnificence, and it was all us onlookers may do however let our jaws drop as we drooled.

Oh, how we liked watching her glow that maternal glow as her child bump grew (together with the dimensions of her smile). She went excessive style, she went hippie informal, she outdid herself each time she stepped exterior. At this level, there may simply be a small a part of us holding out hope that she’ll desire a third little one so we are able to watch her dazzle us with a child in tow another time.

Bristol Palin, now a former Dancing with the Stars contestant and memoirist, first garnered fame as Sarah Palin’s unwed, pregnant, teenage daughter, however occasions, they’ve modified. She introduced in December 2016 that she is carrying her third little one, and judging from her social media posts, she and her household have been fairly enthusiastic about it.

No matter controversy existed in years previous about her unconventional home selections has melted away. Bristol gave beginning to daughter Atlee Bay in Might 2017, and we’re certain that’s the main focus of her life now. Congrats!

Singer Jessica Simpson was yet one more celeb to tackle the well-known Demi Moore pose whereas exhibiting off her very pregnant stomach (to not point out her vibrantly glowing pores and skin) on the duvet of Elle in 2012.

Like we stated earlier than, it has develop into a well-liked pose for a cause, and Jessica’s model is not any completely different in its means to seize eyes. Not the photograph itself, however her willingness to pose within the nude got here as a little bit of a shock, given the way in which she had beforehand saved her stomach coated. That being stated, I don’t assume anybody was complaining about her resolution to flaunt that scorching mama-to-be physique.

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Horrible surprise while watching pornos with a childhood friend by RosaPalms

I guess we were probably eleven. Maybe twelve. There was no school; some kind of teacher caucus or contract negotiations or bomb threat. I forget the reason. Vinnie’s dad was at work and we were at Vinnie’s house. We had recently reached that age where we could be trusted to be home alone, and not set the house on fire. This wasn’t the first time I’d been over there without supervision.

Today, however, Vinnie said he had something to show me. I remember being unenthused, as I was more preoccupied with the video games that we usually played. I had always loved going to Vinnie’s house because his dad bought him whatever games he wanted, even the ones with blood and swearing. Today I would guess that it was to try and make up for the fact that he was never around, but at the time I just thought it was cool that I could play Mortal Kombat without getting in trouble.

“What is it?” I asked him as he led me up the stairs towards his room. To my surprise however, we didn’t go to his room as we had so many times before, but turned suddenly and entered his dad’s. I’d never been in his dad’s room before. It was larger than Vinnie’s, with a double bed although Vinnie’s parents were divorced. Across the room from the bed was a corner-unit mahogany desk, with several locking drawers.

“What’s in here?” I asked, my previous question going unanswered.

“You’ll see,” was the only reply I got, a smile lighting up Vinnie’s face. Vinnie was much taller than I was, standing at 5’6” at only twelve years old. He was also considerably more muscular than me; I counted myself fortunately that he valued my friendship as much as he did, because if he hadn’t I surely would have been a target. As it was, his near-constant presence deterred most of the would-be bullies in our school.

Vinnie produced a key from his pocket and practically skipped across the room to his dad’s desk.

Whatever was in there, he was awfully excited to get it.

“Where’d you find the key?” I asked him out of stunned curiosity. In the past while we played video games, we had idly wondered what the contents of his dad’s locked desk drawer might be.

“He left it on top of the desk!” he laughed, “I had to try it when I came in here to do the laundry.” He turned the key and popped the drawer open.

“So what’s in there,” I asked, still standing in the door frame. I was wary about stepping into his dad’s room. Something about his dad was always a little scary to me, and I didn’t imagine he’d appreciate me being there.

“Come and take a look, jeez!” he responded, standing aside so I could approach. I sauntered over reluctantly and peered inside.

Inside the drawer, arranged in neat stacks, was a collection of VHS tapes. The tapes were held in paper sleeves which bore bright, fluorescent colors. I looked at the cover of the tape on top; I saw a photo of four dark-skinned nude women with large breasts and buttocks in a pile performing oral sex upon each other under the title, “Bangin’ Bomb Brazillian Bitches.”

“Is this -”

“Yeah!” Vinnie cried, cutting me off. “It’s my dad’s dirty movies!”

Even above video games, in those adolescent years, pornography had a grip on my imagination. The onset of puberty, not only in myself but in all the students at our suburban middle school, had caused a surge of sexual interest. It was what we all thought about, but with no real sex education program in our school, something that few of us knew anything about. We’d whisper our outlandish theories and pass along stories that we’d heard from older cousins and siblings when we knew there were no teachers – or worse, girls – around to hear us. Sex was an enigma; our bodies were changing, and we could see that those of the girls were as well, but we received frustratingly little information from our parents; I could never put the pieces together, myself. I’d heard things about movies that showed it, but I’d never seen one in person, and in the time before easy access to the internet, coupled with parental supervision, I had very few avenues of even verifying their existence.

Vinnie removed a tape from its box. “Anal Chiropractor” read the title above a photo of a large-busted woman in a low-cut nurse’s outfit. As Vinnie popped the tape into the VCR, I asked him, “what if your dad comes home?”

“He told me he was working late tonight,” he told me, “Probably until at least eight o’clock.” I wonder today when and what Vinnie had for dinner that night, but at the time I was too transfixed with the bouncing titties on the television screen.

I supposed that if I were to watch those tapes today, I would be endlessly amused by the badly-written, inane dialogue, and the implausible, contrived plot, but in my sex-crazed, pre-teen mind, this was fascinating, beautiful, dangerous. This was high art. That my parents would disapprove so vehemently only served to heighten my enchantment. As the doctor, wearing a labcoat, stethoscope, and nothing else entered the 18-year-old porn actress from behind, I knew that I was in the presence of something vital, something urgent, that penetrated into the very depths of my soul.

As the afternoon progressed, we watched nearly every tape in that drawer. I watched as my sexual questions became answered, but some of the tapes only raised further questions. If I had only two parents, why were there five people having sex in “Gangbusters?” Why did women insert things besides penises into their vaginas, and why did they also put things into their anuses as well? And in “Riding Bareback,” what on Earth did a horse have to do with anything?

Still, we moved from tape to tape, discovering new worlds that we had never dreamed possible.

Naturally, we made sure to rewind each tape and place it back exactly where it had been in the drawer to make sure that Vinnie’s dad would never find out. Through it all, I remember being petrified thinking of what might happen had Vinnie’s dad found out.

Around three hours later, Vinnie noticed a strange tape at the very bottom of the pile. In stark contrast to the other tapes, this one had no bright packaging; it was a simple black VHS tape, labeled only with a single strip of masking tape, upon which was written in pencil “9/21/96.” Apparently thinking little of it, Vinnie pushed the tape into the VCR and pressed play.

The tape appeared to be a home video, as the time and date were displayed in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. The camera was motionless, likely resting upon a tripod, and the image before us was that of a young woman tied to a chair. The graininess of the film and the sparse lighting of the room obscured the woman’s face, but she appeared to be gagged. She didn’t have the look of the fleshy, well-built women in the other films we had been watching. Her skin was ghostly pale, she was dangerously skinny, and she looked sick. I imagine today that she was a prostitute, but back then I didn’t know. I thought I was just watching more porn.

A man entered the view of the camera from the right side, completely nude except for a ski mask covering his face, and carrying a small knife. The woman began to shake and whimper as he removed her gag, held his knife to her neck, and grabbing her by the hair, pulled her head down to his groin. I had never heard the phrase “rape” before. I thought they might have just been acting. As he forced his penis into her mouth, I could hear, distorted through the poor quality of the camera, the woman sobbing. She sounded almost as if she were choking. Suddenly, he pulled his penis out of her mouth. The woman gasped for breath as the man walked behind her.

In a flash, he slashed the knife across her throat.

I listened in horror as the girl’s scream was cut off by the gurgling of her own blood, which gushed out of her severed jugular vein and flowed down her neck.

I was shocked. Beyond shocked, really. I was disturbed. I couldn’t reconcile reality with what I had just seen; I just didn’t want to believe it was real. I yelled at Vinnie to turn it off. He seemed as disturbed as I, as he wasted to time ejecting the tape and putting it back in the drawer.

We didn’t talk about what we’d just seen, and after seeing it, neither of us seemed to want to continue watching the tapes. I surely didn’t. At that time, it was around five o’clock, and I told Vinnie I needed to start walking home to be there in time for dinner.

We never talked about that afternoon again. I never really wanted to be at Vinnie’s house after that, either; when he’d invite me over, I’d make up some excuse as to why I couldn’t.

It wasn’t until several years later that I ever heard the phrase “snuff film.” The homemade tapes, showing real murders, filmed for the entertainment of jaded, evil individuals…my blood runs cold even today thinking about what kind of monster gets off to that kind of brutality. What kind of monster Vinnie’s dad must be. What I saw on that tape gave me nightmares for years.

The worst part about a snuff film is that it’s shot only from one camera angle. As I grew older, and my parents’ restrictions on what I was old enough to handle began to relax, I saw many big budget slasher films, shot with multiple cameras to maximize the carnage.

Cut to the gleaming blade in the murderer’s hand.

Cut to the bound, female, in-over-her-head detective.

Cut to the knife, stabbing down.

Cut to the opposite wall, painted red by the spray of blood, as she screams in terror.

Hollywood-fare horror didn’t resonate with me, not after seeing the real thing. No maniacal laughter on the part of the killer, no eerie lighting effects, no surging crescendo of the music as the knife comes down, no hysterical screams from the victim.

Just flat, emotionless acts.

Just a lamp, somewhere behind the camera.

Just sobbing.

Just gurgling.

Just monstrosity.

Vinnie and his dad ended up moving out of town several months later. No one knows where. Vinnie didn’t even tell me. One day they were gone, didn’t even sell the house.

It put me at ease. I had been petrified for months that his dad would find out that I’d seen his tape. I couldn’t imagine what someone twisted enough to own that tape could do to someone who knew his secret. It’s been a few years now, and I’m just starting to feel safe, although the memories of that tape will haunt me until the day I die.

I pray that Vinnie is alright, wherever he is.

Although I wonder…

Did Vinnie remember to rewind the tape before he put it back?