#this is honestly a great cast to have as your first bb experience

[cylonbarnes]

i love that i got my mother into big brother this year. she watches and enjoys and understands none of it. "was julie on this episode? i dont remember." julie is only on the thursday eviction episodes. it's week 9 and you haven't yet noticed this pattern. leah won HOH, but jankie world confuses mum: "does she get anything for that? immunity?" IT'S WEEK NINE SHE MAKES THE NOMINATIONS

[pendragaryen]

The things that stay with us...

This was supposed to be my last BFSN-post while the show is still airing - the last BFSN-entry right before the series finale. But now it’s just... a FSN-post? Call it a Big-Hug-post. A Hug-Gratitude-post. Or whatever you prefer. Though in my heart Bellarke will ALWAYS be canon (and nothing can ever change that): They didn’t give it to us in the actual show (a show, whose narrative clearly told us otherwise all this time, but well.. whatever...). It’s too much honour to grace such a disappointing last season with a BFSN, dearies. (Or... even more so now? ;P ) So, call it what you like i guess! ;). Honestly, i didn’t want it to end.. just like that... without any last words to you, the kindest, most tolerant and beautiful minded fandom i’ve ever been (proudly!) a part of since 2016. (The selfie lies. It’s not current. I’m sorry, i can’t show you my face these days.. This is from the day just before it all went inevitably down with this season: BB’s death. So... enjoy: That smile’s for you, fam! ;) 2nd pic: The tattoo i got almost two years ago now, on Sept. 22nd 2018, and that never fails to remind me of my emotional support person and the fact, that after every “down” in life there will come an “up” again <3<3<3 )

What makes the whole experience of this last ever season of The 1OO for me so incredibly sad is.... Well, please bear with me if you will... My english STILL isn’t the very best... But i’m trying to put my feelings into words:

Last year, when we got the news that S7 would be the final season, i DREADED this moment. I was AFRAID of this last day (and the hours) before the actual finale. And why so? Bc I am a person, who’s an incredible loser when it comes to let go of the things i love so dearly. Like The 1OO. I... in times i was OBSESSED with it, with the story, with the chacracters and the way they’ve been written, so credible, so tangible in their actions, nothing was just bad or good and even the villains actions had been understandable to some extend. It was amazing! I felt with almost every character! I LOVED it. (And to be very clear here: I’ll never STOP loving The 100′s 6 seasons, that are still existing for me!)

But what i wanted to say is: I dreaded the moment when l would have to let it go. THat inevitable moment, when this show with all its storylines and characters, that have been a part of my life for the last years and that i love so dearly, really ends. Forever. It would end and i wouldn’t be ready to let go, bc it means the world to me. Bc it changed me in more than just one way - no, even better, bc it made me want to change myself! “To do better...” *ugly crying...* THis show SAVED me in a way and in a time, where i was in a very dark place in life, in a very dark mind space (constant illnesses, termination of my job due to these illnesses, an ugly lawsuit etc. pp) , this show and its actors, especially one Robert Alfred Morley (yes), who helped me to look at myself and my mental insecurities and illness from a whole new point of view. I wasn’t ashamed of myself anymore. I felt... relieved. Understood. I even felt kind of loved for what i am, even with my anxieties. (There may or may not come a point or even a person in everyones life, that helps to develop this new kind of view on themselves. And for me this person was and always will be Bob Morley. And whatever happens, i’ll always love him for his open- and kindness and be thankful for his inspiration. I still call myself lucky to have talked with him a couple of times. I treasure these moments. Always.)

So, i was AFRAID of this day, when this all would come to an end. I KNEW it would wreck me, i would be devestated, i would be so incredibly sad, that i won’t be able to put it into words.

And here i am now. I AM sad. I AM devestated. But for so very different reasons that i could never imagine in my wildest nightmares... This last season... Season 7--- no i won’t start again. Not AGAIN. But... just that: What they’ve been creating for us here... it really overshadowed my joy of watching this show throughout this last season, yes even BEFORE that horrible murder of my all time fave and comfort character. I take back whatever i said about S6 or even S5. THIS... S7 was the season, that didn’t feel like the show i fell in love with anymore. Though changes CAN be refreshing and exciting... these changes haven’t been that for me.

Look. The thing is: Even WITH Bob’s request for time off and everything... There would’ve been PLENTY options for the writers to actually make it all make kind of sense! THEY COULD’VE DONE IT BETTER! If they’d really wanted to, that is... And here’s the point: I think they didn’t WANT it. For whatever reasons, whatever happened bts, they decided to do it like they did. And no-one’s able to understand their choices or the characters anymore - those characters we used to know so well, these characters i felt with over the course of so many seasons - who i could understand! EVEN THE VILLAINS! And now... look at the thanks we got. I can’t understand shit anymore when it comes to S7. Bc nothing makes sense. When i see even the GREATEST meta-writers among us surrender in their posts - than it’s really sad times for this fandom...

It’s not even just about Bellarke anymore. Sure, i AM disappointed that they’re not canon now. But then they shouldn’t have arranged the whole story around these two! “The backbone of the whole story”!!! I am laughing. In that case S7 was SPINELESS! Let me tell you. Everyone’s just... flailing around... great little side storylines, but somehow... disconnected from each other and all over the place. That’s how it felt for me to watch this season. And i’m feeling so exhausted by now... I never stopped hoping... I always thought, at some point it would make sense. I’ve read all your great metas AND I WANTED TO BELIEVE! It made perfect sense! (I seriously felt like Fox Mulder from time to time this season... and the lack of sense in the storyline as well as the complete absence of my personal faves (yes i include Clarke (Eliza) here, bc heck, she was so sidelined this season too, self inflicted or not) - all these things had been the “UFO’s or aliens i was hoping to see” one day... Guess i was wrong.)

I’m babbling... Sorry. But it will be for the last time in that kind of form. Promise.

At the end of the day (at the end of all things.. sigh, Frodo... i see you... *blinks back tears*) I am so glad that you’re all here with me, in the same boat. That I’m not alone feeling this kind of lost and baited and betrayed. Bc whatever you like to call it: The narrative promised us otherwise. Did JRott OWE us canon Bellarke? NO. Of course not. But HIS STORY did. The story he’d been telling us for SIX GD YEARS! THAT is what makes me so mad. But most of the time (and despite the selfie above) i’m just sad. Sad and disappointed. I know it will pass one day. And that i’ll find joy in watching S1-4, even S5 except for a couple of scenes, and certain episodes of S6 again. But now is not the day. Even IF they’ll give these characters a “happy ending” in some transcended form or whatever, in the afterlife maybe,... S7 is ruined for me. It wasn’t even a bliss for me before, but it was certainly ruined after they killed “The Heart” - pointlessly (THIS is what will haunt me even years from now..).

Today is the day for saying goodbye. It aches my heart, that we’ll have to do it the way we have to now. But at least we are together. So let’s raise a glass in honour of all the hours of joy and excitement this show brought us over the years, maybe even the tears and laughter, let’s raise a glass for the outstanding performances of the cast and the great storylines some writers developed for us. I am thankful beyond words. Let’s raise a glass to this awesome, talented fandom! I’ve met and talked to dozens of you guys througout the years, and it had always been a pleasure! I hope we’ll stay in touch! <3<3<3 And last but not least: Let’s raise a glass for Kass Morgan. This is HER baby in more than just one way. Without her vision... there wouldn’t have been a show. Or even Bellarke. CANON Bellarke, that is! ;) And i LOVE it!

These are the things that stay with us, these are the things we will remember.

So, have fun with the finale tonight guys! Or should i say: Good luck? ;) I won’t watch now. I haven’t watched since 7x13, and i won’t start again tonight. Not even for the finale. BUT... i’ll probably do it some day in the future. I’m still kind of curious after all. And there are still some characters i want to know how it ends for them. It‘s just... i don’t want to support any ratings. I don’t want to support JRott anymore. But i’ll probably get back to it - if what y’all will write about it afterwards looks promising or not... ;)

See you on the other side!

(Tags under the cut)

Hugs and love to you, dear fam! Tagging @together-is-my-favourite-place @natassakar @geekyogicheese @immortalpramheda @carrieeve @bellamyblake @angelbellamy @burninghoneyatdusk @iwearplaids @wankadi @katersann @nvermindiseeyou @ruggedmurphy @clarkgriffon @poppykru @broashwhat @malclmbright @kizo2703 @cominguproses13x @clarkeindra @tenmonologues  @shialablunt @sometimesrosy @zavens @wonderingwhyy @charmainediyoza @the-suns-also-rise @lee-em-dee @bellamynochillblake​ @junebugninja @songhyeri @underbellamy @talistheintrovert @jeanie205 @bellamys11thfreckle @doontpanic @clarkegriffinblake @goddess-clarke @eyessharpweaponshot @hostagetakerandhistraitor @infp-with-all-the-feelings @theatre-steph @historyofbellarke @as-inevitable-as-morning @bisexualbellamyblake @little-oxford-st @delicatebluebirdruins in no particular order (i am so sorry in advance, if i should’ve forgotten someone... >.<), and yes, i include you too @merlination my Danny, bc without you, i wouldn’t have started watching The 1OO in the first place... ;)

[jidai]

jidai’s budget mutuals/friends appreciation

Hi, all! I’m quite late with this but I decided to put a small friends and mutual appreciations post in hopes of brightening up the end of this year a little bit. ❤️ If you were tagged, please make sure to check below for a small little message from me. However, I want to make it very clear that I truly appreciate all of my mutuals. You guys brighten up my dash and always reblog or create so many funny and creative posts. I just wanted to give a few special shout outs to those that have taken out the time to reach out and interacted with me past my ask box or we just see each other often.

The messages are ordered by your URL, so you might have to scroll for awhile before you see your messages. I’m so sorry lmao. 

Happy New Years, everyone!

@25th​​, Nonnie, the Young Genius. bro, remind me how old you are 🧍‍♀️ Like my brain CANNOT fathom the thought that you’re so skilled at SO many things and you’re not even in your twenties??? PLEASE SPARE THE TALENT. i will even accept crumbs. But I’m writing to tell you that you are such a wonderful presence on my dash. I always look forward to your gfx. They’re so SO good and you’re improving from one post to another. Like WOW. Now, you’re even starting an art blog, too? You’re so dedicated to the arts. I respect that a lot. Your hard work and commitment will bring you very far in life, whatever you decide to do. 

I love interacting with you. You’re such a big sweetheart and full of positivity and energy. I look forward to seeing more of your art and gfx ❤️

@biscuitwalk​, Dann, the AK Wiz. Dann, I know you’re not as active on here so idk when or if you will ever read this but I want to say that I miss you and your creations so, so much. I will say it a hundred times over and OVER but you inspire me so goddamn much. You have no fucking idea. Your works are absolutely gorgeous and unique. I can look at it once and I can instantly recognize your style (and your cute lil’ pufferfish <3). The way you utilize colors and implement various techniques, shapes, textures into your work. Goddamn, you’re so good. I always look to your work if I ever need inspiration and they help me brainstorm. God, I wish I could put it into words how much I adore your works.

We didn’t really talk for long but you seemed like such a kind and fun person to be around. I wish you the best in your future endeavors, wherever you are. Stay safe <3

@elriccs, Mirai, the Short King. 🧍‍♀️ ok look I know, I know I’m TERRIBLE at replying to you and I’m so fucking sorry. I absolutely love to talk to you but my dumbass cannot seem to reply in a timely manner LASELKSAL. That’s on me and I gotta do better. Anyways!!! Thank you SO fucking much for always leaving such kind messages on my work. I swear to god you’re one of my biggest hype man and I ALWAYS look forward to reading your tags. They’re so funny and it makes me all tingly and happy inside. Bro, like, you just radiate big fun vibes, bro. I really hope that I can get to know you better so I can just insult you until it’s too late to walk away </3

And of course, let me also remind you that I love your works so much. They way that you utilize your textures and those muted colors... OOMPH *chefs kiss* I will always love--

@lockhvrts​​, Em the Soulsborne GOD. hi em 🥺 it’s been awhile since I’ve had a proper conversation with you and I hope you’re doing okay! I miss you and our conversations where we do nothing but geek out and complain about the game industry lmao. if you manage to read this, I just wanted to let you know I miss your presence here. It’s been kinda dull not seeing your beautiful soulsborne gifs and your game rants. Let’s catch up soon. <3 stay safe and well!

@nathanprescutt, Benn, the Man. BENNNNNNNN.  I love you a lot bro. I know we haven’t had long conversations for some time and I hope I can change that! You were my first friend on this blog and I will always appreciate it. I remember us just geeking out over your works and how I would always send you a gfx request like once a week LMAO. The one thing that I have always appreciated about you was the fact that you’re very opinionated (if not, very vocal on your stance on things) and you hold your ground. There were a few time where you encouraged me to speak on topics that I think I shouldn’t and that stuck with me for quite awhile. I’m still a nervous rambling mess when it comes to debates but just know that the one time you supported me to voice my opinion--I hold it very dear to my heart. 

While I don’t spend much time together, I will always remember our animal crossing session. It was  so much fun just trashing and chilling on your island. Especially the bar :( that bar was fucking AMAZING. Maybe once FFXVI comes out, we can geek out hehe

Also, thank you so much for sending in photos of all your doggos, omg. I miss seeing them so much I hope they’re doing well. Stay hot, my German bro lol. Ich bin sehr dankbar, so eine tolle Freundin zu haben. ❤️❤️❤️

@noxdivina​, Lin the Big Dick Daddy Kind. The church is open for business bitch and I’m here to preach the GOSPEL.

Okay, jokes aside, I’m really happy that we became mutuals. You’ve always give off this like, mysterious cosmic vibe (????? huh). And your selfies just further proves that you are wtf. But you’re always so kind to those that you interact with. You’re an absolutely sweetheart and like I just want to give you a giant hug every time we interact. You’re such a soft human being. It’s so nice being around you. It’s like being tossed in the oven and baked at 250 degrees F for 25 minutes. And to boot you’re really talented, hello? God really said let there be a perfect human being and yeeted you into the universe. Thank you for always leaving such kind messages and words in my DM/askbox/works. I cherish them so much. I hope I can get to know you better in the future bc you’re rad, bro <3

anyways, updated drawing of u and maya:

i always assume you’re in a black fur parka 24/7 and maya is coatless neck down. also deck me with those jacked arms of yours thanks  🧍‍♀️

(edit: fuck i forgot to draw a PARTY HAT ON MAYA IM SORRY)

@rokuseis​, Sei, the Dumber.

i have nothing to say to you go away you banana hater ASELKSAEKL

BITCH, you doo bee getting on my nerve 24/7/365 🧍‍♀️ you were an unexpected but a very welcomed addition to my life. I can’t believe we really went 1 fuckin’ year without speaking to each other and then suddenly our friendship blew up because over a stupid BANANA. Now you gotta deal with me and my stupid, random, crude ass messages daily. I cannot. Clown to clown communication. But thank you so much bitch for being there for me and telling all of these funny ass stories and life experiences.

I know I don’t say it a lot because when we talk it’s literally just dogs barking at each other but I want to make it clear now: I love your humor and vibe so much. You never fail to make me laugh anytime I talk to you and I appreciate it so much. I can’t tell you how many times I felt better after talking to you. Even though sometimes your fucking jab hits hard and I end up actually inSULTED BY IT. But thank you for becoming my friend and I look forward to all of our stupid moments together. Looking forward to shitting in your sink when I finally fly to your home <3

@wolfamongthem, Anna, the Grinch. Please don’t hurt me for that title. I'm just saying if someone needs a live casting, it’ll be u. Anyways, did you know that I was so fucking intimidated by you for a long ass time, even before we became mutuals aseljas LMAO. I always see your gifs around on explore and they’re so gorgeous and then I look at your text posts and it’s u roasting people like there’s no tomorrow- 🧍‍♀️ bitch I was SCARED OF U KSKS. Now that I’ve talked to you a few times, you’re really funny like where do you find those reaction memes????? Like bro you and your shitposts is my morning cup of coffee. 

Anyways, in 2021 I expect a full-fledge review of all AAA games from you-- no more shit talking in the tags let it all out BITCH. Thank you for being such a great mutual! I look forward to see what weird shit you will send me the next time we talk lmao

@zenien​​, Selm, the I’m-gay-for-Lady-Maria-or-anything-that-moves-in-BB-Bitch™. ok bitch if I’m being honest I wrote yours last so my brain is FRIED. so everything i say from here is raw from the HEARt cause that’s all I got left. But anyhow, we savin’ the best for last! honestly, i didn’t expect you to barge into my life like that. i really didn’t. i was just gonna keep admiring with my 7 feet (2.1336 meters) pole. I’m glad you made the first move because look where we are wtf 🧍‍♀️ friends??? I wouldn’t believe you if you told me that in 2014 when I first followed you lmao. 

You’re such a kind soul. I know you may disagree but I’m determined to convince you. I can’t tell you how much I want to thank you for taking the time to talk to me during my rough bits. It’s like sitting on a wooden bench in a park during sunset and you sit next to me, just enjoying the vast sky. You radiate such peaceful energy. It’s very calming. Or you know, 2 seconds later i’m suddenly suplexed by your 40 tons of insults like what-- 

Thank you for everything, so far. Truly. It’s been so fun listening to you talk about your Bloodborne journey and see your reactions live. It’s been so fun to see you post your graphics and it continues to blow me away. It’s been so fun hearing about your life and the stories of your adulthood. Every words that we have exchanged, I hold dearly to my heart--more than you ever know. Love u bitch.

[glambertmirleelau]

Getting to Meet George Salazar

So, like I debated really hard about posting this story or not on this, cause I’ve never shown my real face on this blog, but here we are so this also doubles as a face reveal lol. This happened back in February, and I posted pictures about my trip on my personal Facebook and my Instagram and twitter, however here I am just going to talk about the night I met George (copy and pasted from my Facebook for now anyways), and once I get my theater blog up and going I may remake this post in more detail over there. Anyways, without further ado, enjoy.

Before I start tho, that weekend was the best weekend of my life. I WILL NEVER FORGET IT. Is it strange to say it was life changing?! It was AMAZING. There’s so much I could say, but its so hard to find the words. And on the anniversary of me discovering Be More Chill and by extension George this year, I probably going to make a appreciation post for both.  

Anyways. Okay for serious now. Story time.

( From my Facebook with edits in [brackets] - all pictures added, not all on FB, in order as the story is being told)

So the day of the show (February 18th) we[my mom and I] left the hotel for the show early because of weather (and that the theater was further away then we thought. And some of the road conditions were kinda scary on the way there.) Anyways, eventually we got to the performing arts center over an hour early and really needed to use the bathroom so we went inside and someone showed is where it was. Then we went back out to the entrance area and we're waiting there because it was cold outside. 

[Sketchy and scary Road to PAC]

[This is the snow and entrance sign for the PAC] 

Then a gentleman in a suit came downstairs and asked if he could help us. We told him we where here for the show and were just super early. Then he introduced himself as John Zirkle, the Warren Miller PAC [which is where the show was] Director and one of the producers of the show. He said he was happy to see us since they had had a few people call and say they weren't coming because of the storm that had gone through earlier that day. Then my mom mentioned that we had driven from Nevada (where I live at the moment) and He goes, "Oh that's you?! Danielle and George said something about that. So you must be the one who has been posting about us on Facebook and stuff?" I said yes with a nervous laugh. And then he asked me if I was a theatre nerd (which I totally am and was wearing my theatre masks necklace so yeah what gave it away lol) and I said yeah kinda. He asked me where I heard about the show, to which I confessed that I followed George on social media and that where I had found out about it about three weeks ago and had been ask/talking back and forth with George. He was like "That’s really awesome. We'll have to make sure you get to meet him after the show." And like I could feel my excited nervous blush spread across my face as I agreed and said yeah I really wanted to because I really love George and his work. And Then he asked me about my tickets. So I get them out to show him and he takes them and says "Let's see what we can do about these seats. Let's get you moved right up front in the middle so you can have the best seats in the house!" He then took my tickets back upstairs to confer with the Danielle (the lady in charge of tickets and seating who's name I never fully got to catch to thank her properly). She was super nice when she had helped me on the phone earlier in the weeks leading up to this (and during the whole evening) so I had brought her a key chain from Nevada. She gave us upgraded seats, right up front in the middle, and when I say that I'm not kidding. I mean RIGHT UP FRONT. Like I could see the sweat from the stage lights. I've never been that close to a stage for a show in my entire life.

[Show Poster]

[Upgraded Tickets]

[View of stage before show began in upgraded seat, not the best picture lol]

Then we watched the show, which was amazing and hilarious and also filled with puns, and lots of theatre/musical jokes. It was definitely a show I'd see again. Like if you ever have a chance to see a production of it I highly recommend it, especially if you are a theatre nerd like me. It's a great show. Also I liked the fact in such a way that none of the actors had what society would consider “perfect” bodies. They were normal people like you and me. But there was a moment in the play in which the two main characters sat on the edge of the stage and then sang a song. They were literally close enough for me to reach out and touch them. The moment they sat down I swear my heart almost stopped. (There were a few moments that this happened actually lol Like the scene with the shirts being taken off, I could have died XD )

I just wanna say getting to see George perform in real life is a whole different experience compared to just listening or watching a video. He has a very powerful voice that's amazing to experience in real life. He also does in fact do the stomping thing with his feet whenever he hits a hard note with feeling. Again, honestly it's an amazing experience to see him perform in real life. And I hope I'm lucky enough to get to experience it again someday.

Anyways, after the show, I asked Danielle if I could have a poster that I could have the cast sign, which she was awesome and just went and took one off the wall for me to have. I wasn’t the only one who wanted to see or meet the cast so I waited my turn very patiently. I was lucky enough to get all the cast members [except George and one other cast member, Rachel]  to sign the poser and get a picture with all of them [before meeting George]. All of them were amazed that we had come from Nevada, come to find out they had been told both by Danielle, John and George that I was coming so far.

[Cast in order of me meeting them, excluding George (and Rachel, who I met later, alongside/after/with George), and (their character) ]

[Left: Me  Right: BB Arrington (Heidi) ]

[Left to Right: Ned Riseley (Jeff); Me; Sharon Kelly (Mary/Music Director)

[Completely Signed Show Poster (picture taken back at hotel) including George (who wrote my name in all caps lol) Rachel, and the producer who upgraded my seats, John (He and George where the ones to write a message on the poster for me.]

George was the last one I got meet. I was really, really nervous this whole time, so much to the fact I was shaking while I was getting to talk with the other members about stuff while I waited my turn. And then I finally got to walk up to him. 

He said hi and I said hi. Then he was like, “You were in the front row right?” And I said yeah, and then I said I was the girl who was coming from Nevada. And I swear his face lit up. He goes “Oh, Hi!!!” and gave me a hug and asked what my name was and I told him. He told me he liked my name and then I pulled out my key chain (it was a lizard key chain) that I had gotten for him for him being so nice and helpful and he took it and smiled and laughed and said “It’s George Salamander! I love it! I’m gonna keep it forever!” before he put it in him pocket. He signed my poster for me, then the program stuff [not pictured]. Then I asked him to sign my notebook I’m gonna use for signatures and he wrote a note in there with it as well. Then as he was giving it back to me I gave him the letter I had written for him. He said thank you and gave me another hug. Then John came up to the us smiling making sure I had gotten to meet George and seeing if I was having a great time. (Which I absolutely was) and then I asked George for a picture, to which he said Of Course. And then subconsciously I switched sides to get the picture and George laughed and was like “I love that you knew which side was your good side!” I was gonna take a selfie with him but then John offered to take the picture for us. Then John asked if he could get a copy of the picture because he was amazed with my traveling story and that he wanted to be able to share it with others in the future. So I let him give me his email. 

While this was going on, George saw my mom and was like “You must be mom!” and he went over and gave her a hug and thanked her for taking me all this way and that he hoped I knew how great of a mom I had. (and I do :) ) And then she was like “She has been so excited and nervous over getting to meet you. She makes me listen to Be More Chill and stuff a lot. I probably know all the lyrics too by now.” George laughed and said “First of all I apologize. But you amazing for doing this for her!”

[Keychain I got for George (location covered for my safety), George Slamader lol]

[George’s Signature and message in my signature notebook]

[FINALLY George Salazar (Hunter) and Me on the right]

I still had to get one of the girls [Rachel] from the show sign the poster so George went into the green room and got her. Then after she signed I asked for a picture and George offered to take it for me. But before he took the real picture, he totally did the photo bomb thing where you take a selfie instead of taking the actual picture. And the girl I was taking he picture with was laughing and like “I knew you were gonna do that!” and then he took the real picture. Then he gave my iPod back and gave one last hug before thanking me for coming.

[Photobomb Selfie George took on my camera on my iPod]

[Me; Rachel Wenitsky (Susan) (who also my have been my favorite character, beside George’s (Hunter)]

Then we were getting ready to leave, and I went to buy one of the theater’s winter season shirts [not pictured] and Danielle just gave me one for free, which was incredible. I wasn’t able to shut up the whole way back to hotel, or able to sleep that night either. Hell, I’m still not able to shut up about it!

[Temperature outside when we left the theater, from a separate post (but thought I’d include it so you guys could see how cold it really was) on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram the night of the show, since i made my complete post once I was home safely after the entire trip - with caption:

“ Driving in 1 degree weather in Montana to go see [title of show] and getting to meet George Salazar afterwards, was it worth it? ❄️😬 ABSOLUTELY FREAKING YES 😍 I'll try to post more about it tomorrow or once I'm safely at home. But I have so many pictures to post and stories to tell about tonight because it was amazing and one of the best nights of my life!! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AT THE WARREN MILLER PAC 🎭 FOR BEING SO AMAZINGLY NICE AND FOR EVERYTHING THEY DID FOR ME TONIGHT IN GENERAL!!! TOTALLY MADE THE TRIP 1000% WORTH IT!!” 

George liked the post both on Twitter and IG.]

  Special Thanks:

Mom – THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for taking time to take me to this show. I know there were some scary moments on the drive. This trip, show and getting to meet George Salazar was life changing for me, you don’t even know how much this really meant to me. There aren’t enough words for me to say how thankful I am for you for giving me this opportunity and unforgettable weekend with a day that will be burned into my memory forever. Thank you so much! I love you!!

Warren Miller PAC - Thank you to everyone at the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center for making my experience the best experience possible! It was the most fun I’ve had in a long time. I hope to be able to come see another one of your productions again in the future at some point, purely because of how positive this experience was. Extra Special thanks to Danielle, for being so helpful on phone, giving me a free shirt and being so nice (and helpful) at the show, and John Zirkle, for making sure my experience was great, being really nice and for working with Danielle and giving me upgraded, amazing front row seats and making sure I got to meet George Salazar.

George Salazar - It almost seems silly that I’m thanking you as well, but thank you for being amazingly nice to me after the show. I was so nervous to meet you, let alone get be in the same building as you and see you perform live. (You have one one he most powerful voices I’ve ever heard!) I may not ever get the chance to do either again, but I hope that some day I will be lucky enough to get the chance again. This weekend was unforgettable for me. (I was finally able to give you a hug! By the way, you give AMAZING HUGS.) You are one of the only reasons I still want to do theatre after everything I’ve gone through and still believe in myself enough to do so. Whether I become an amazing actor like you, a behind the scenes techie or whether I just become a teacher who inspires other young people like me to love theatre. And I’m happy with that. Chances may be that you may forget having met me in 6 months or a year, but for now just know that I won’t forget how nice, awesome, and great you were to me. You have left an imprint on me, that will be stuck with me forever, no matter where life takes me. This last weekend, though short, will be in my memories forever. Thank you so much for everything.

(End Facebook Post)

I also made a very similar 3 part post of this on Instagram, tagging all the cast, whom all liked it, at the same time I put it on Facebook. George also liked it and commented this.

Bonus Story #1:  Fun little story I forgot to mention at first about what happened. During the show there was a scene in the show where all the characters were on their phones and they had just found out something life changing about their show and like at that exact moment George dropped his phone prop, but it was at such a good moment that I thought it was scripted, like maybe his character was so shocked he dropped his phone. So after the show you know I got to meet him and stuff, and I'm standing next to him while he's talking to one of his cast mates while waiting for John to give me his email so I could send him our picture and George goes , "I still can't believe I dropped that phone!" And I chimed in with like zero filter or stopping to think about it "If if makes you feel any better I thought it was part of the show, so it was a really nice recovery!" He looked at me with this smile and was like "Yes! Good!" And then everyone standing there kind of laughed about it. Moral of said story, nobody's perfect. :) (But George is apparently really good at improvising on stage when he messes up. Which is kind of awesome. Lol )

Bonus Story #2: So this has nothing really to do with the night I met George but I thought I’d add it in anyways, a few weeks after I got to, I was having a bad couple of days, struggling with my anxiety and shit and one night I couldn’t sleep because of it, so I took to twitter and Instagram to try to get the emotions off my chest, and I happened to talk about George in it, very positively, so I tagged him in it. Here is the FB post and also edited together picture of what ensued and what I had to say.

(FB post and Picture)

  So it finally happened. I cried because of George Salazar, and not because he was singing. And it was like ugly crying. See, on Sunday night I had a hard time falling asleep, so I made a stream of tweets over on Twitter. I was mostly just trying to get out how I was feeling so I could maybe fall asleep. And then I took that and put it over on Instagram too. I apologized in advance to anyone I had bothered since it was so late at night. I had mentioned George in it so over in Twitter yesterday morning he liked some of the tweets. Then I was gone for a large portion of the day, and I was not having a good day at all. Like I really wasn't feeling great. [I felt like shit. Like Garbage to be honest, emotionally and physically] But when I got home I got a notification from Instagram so I opened up Instagram and George had liked and commented on my Instagram post. And this is what George had said. 

And I was having such a messed up day but that really kinda just turned my day back up in its head so fast it had me in tears. I can't explain it but even everytime I read it back now it still makes me emotional. (Those cartoons I added to this are actually kind of accurate what happened). I can't believe/ handle how nice he is. He's such a positive force in my life. I don't know how I got lucky enough to be alive at the same time as George, let alone be lucky enough to have him like my things and talk to me on social media or having been able to have met him. I am grateful everyday for these things. I know I just sound like I'm Fangirling here but I'm not. I was gonna post this last night, but it was still super emotional about this and didn't want to get emotional here. So here it is. 

(End FB post)

One last statement: GEORGE SALAZAR IS LITERALLY THE NICEST MAN YOU WILL EVER MEET! HE IS SO FREAKING SWEET AND AMAZING THAT THERE ARE NOT PROPER WORDS TO MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND HOW AMAZING HE REALLY IS.

And that’s all I’ve got for you guys for now lol. 

That’s all folks! Thanks for reading!!

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BLACK PRINCE BOOK – FAMOUS WEIDER’S BUST – THE TRUE STORY OF BODYBUILDING ICON

TRUTH COMES OUT IN SO MANY FORMS

SOMETIMES I LOOK BACK ON THE WHOLE SITUATION. I GET THIS QUESTION FROM FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD DURING TOURS AND EXHIBITIONS:"ROBBY, IS THAT YOUR BODY WITH WEIDER'S HEAD ON IT?" - "YES, IT IS..."

The famous Joe Weider's bronze bust and Robby Robinsonin the Weiders-Bust-Pose

on the covers of  Weiders' Magazine MUSCLE BUILDER POWER,

September & November 1979 ▶

"I can honestly say that I never met a person who loved BB more than Joe Weider. And he is a lovable and funny person, too... Robby, I'm SO glad you published this! We (insiders) ALL knew it was your bust with Joe's head and had fun with that info ... Robby Weiderson, HA..." - Rachel McLish, The first Miss Olympia 1980

"Like Rachel said, we all knew it was Robby's image at the time. Joe figured he could get away with it and look great in the process. I built many of the stands he put the busts on, and I asked him, "Is that Robby's body?" -- and he mumbled something and walked away. We all knew it was an inside joke but at Robby's expense..." -- Roger Callard, Golden Era bodybuilder, training partner of Robby Robinson in Gold's gym in 70s, and Hollywood actor

"MASTER-BLUSTER" JOE WEIDER IN WEIDERS-BUST-POSE

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„ … Joe called down to the gym and told me he wanted a sculptor, known for realistic renderings, to create my bust in clay to be later cast in bronze. «Your physique in bronze will be preserved in bodybuilding history. It will sit in our lobby alongside the paintings of the other greats like Larry Scott and Arnold» Joe continued, «Mr. Crawford told me it would take probably six days of you sitting for him. He’s going to do it right here in my office. I think this will be sensational. Let’s do it over several weekends. We can start this Saturday.» I said okay, but thought it odd that they would grace me with such an honor. Nobody else’s bronze bust was in Weider’s lobby, not even Arnold’s. Their photos were triple life-size, but no bronze busts … ‟

ROBBY ROBINSON IN WEIDERS-BUST-POSE IN GOLD'S GYM VENICE, CA 2008

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 I WAS

HIS FAVORITE PHYSIQUE. MANY RESENT IT. BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. JOE KNEW MUSCLES. HE STUDIED PHYSIQUES, LIKE IT'S A PICASSO. THAT WAS WHY HE WAS SO SUCCESSFUL. "ONE OF A KIND"

„ … for the next three weekends, for four hours a day, we drove out to Woodland Hills and I sat still and flexed, not an easy thing to maintain. While I posed, Ashley asked Joe questions about the project, He said he choose me because he thought my muscularity would translate best to bronze … Joe knew exactly what he wanted, positioning me with my arms crossed and my chest held high. He would leave us to work for a while, and then come to give instructions. “Ralph, make sure you get all the details here in his bicep including the veins you see over here. Robby, keep your chest high. That’s right, great.” He would impress this upon us both. We would all look at the work after each sitting. I told Mr. Crawford that I admired how the muscles materialized from the clay, and related it to my visualization as I “sculpted” the muscles with each repetition … ‟

THE ORIGINAL BRONZE BUST OF "THE FATHER OF THE CHAMPIONS" JOE WEIDER

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▶„ … The clay bust was finished, and it was as sensational as Joe had said it would be. As we stood around admiring Mr. Crawfod’s work, Joe announced he would have a big ceremony to unveil the bust … Two weeks to the day was the big night of the unveiling. We were dressed to the nines. Anxious, we arrived early and sat in the gall and watched person after important person arrive, until there must have been several hundred or so. There up on the stage, under a spotlight, sat the bust on a column under a veil. Ashley was proud to see me recognized for my hard work. She knew exactly how much time and focus I put into my bodybuilding.

The time has arrived. As Joe walked up on the stage, the hall’s lights started to dim and silence replaced the party chatter. “Ladies and gentleman, I present to you the new Weider bust to be used on all our products and advertisements throughout the world”, Joe proudly proclaimed.When he lifted the veil I had the shock of my life. I looked at Ashley and saw her jaw drop to the chst. For a couple of seconds, neither one of us could breathe or speak. My head had been severed off the bust and replaced with a replica of Joe’s head … ‟

THE WEIDER'S BUST CHANGED MY LIFE

ONCE

I SAW WEIDER'S HEAD ON IT, I SAID TO MYSELF, "WHEN YOU GOT MONEY - $350 MILLIONS$$$$$$$ - YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT". EVEN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM WILL WORK IN THEIR FAVOR TO PROECT THEM. IT WAS AMAZING HOW HE WAS PROTECTED BY JUDGES AND LAWYERS. MY WIN WAS THAT THEY COULD NEVER USE MY IMAGE IN THE MAGAZINES. THAT REALLY PISSED AMERICAN MEDIA/ WEIDER PUBLICATIONS OFF!

ROBBY ROBINSON IN WEIDERS-BUST-POSE,

MUSCLE BUILDER

, SEPT 1979

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„ … In September, “

Muscle Builder

” rolled me out on another cover: a shoulder, chest and head shot, just like the pose I held for the sculpting of the infamous Weider bust … While the pictures didn’t lie, the article did. It exaggerated my war experience and flat-out lied about my having a father-son relationship with Weider. It claimed that under his tutelage I was a fast learner … With Ben Weider controlling the competitions, the IFBB and its worldwide affiliates, and Joe’s magazine proclaiming himself the trainer of the champion, the Weiders had successfully monopolized bodybuilding … Joe’s propaganda was convincing people around the world they could achieve the physiques of his stars by using his supplements and following the diets and routines printed in his magazines. The part he left out was that these bodybuilding stars were on steroids, not weight-gaining supplements, and that training and diet protocols for a natural bodybuilder and one on steroids are completely different. Joe and his “Muscle Builder” magazine were misleading fans and aspiring bodybuilders, and I was part of the machine. Yet staying with the Weider empire was the only way for me to realize the dreams I had dedicated my life to. I thought of myself as a thorn in Weider’s side … ‟

JOE WEIDERS BUST, THE FAMOUS BODYBUILDING SIMBOL

ON THE  FRONT COVER OF

MUSCLE BUILDER

, NOVEMBER 1979

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„ ... When the November issue of “Muscle Builder” came out … just two months after the cover with my bust, this cover displayed the bronze Weider bust in the exact size and position in which mine had appeared. Held side by side, they looked identical, except for the heads of course. Even the color of the bronze was the same as my coloring … ‟

JOE WEIDER AND THE FAMOUS WEIDER'S BUST

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▶

JOE WEIDER

POSTED MY PHYSIQUE ON THE COVER OF

MUSCLE BUILDER

. ONCE THAT MAGAZINE HIT THE NEWS-STANDS WORLD-WIDE, I WAS SWAMPED WITH OFFERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. I AM STILL BEING SWAMPED WITH APPEARANCES AND EXHIBITIONS.

JOE WEIDER

EMPOWERED BBING THROUGH HIS WORK. I REALLY DON'T BELIEVE HE EVER THOUGHT OF FAILURE. HE WAS SO SELF-ASSURED.

WITHOUT JOE

NOBODY WOULD HAVE KNOWN RR. BECAUSE OF HIM I AM A PRINCE, LEGEND OF THE GAME.

PEACE, ROBBY

Read more about RR's training and life experience, about other legends of Golden Era of bodybuilding and what really happened behind the scenes of Weider's empire - in RR's BOOK "The BLACK PRINCE; My Life in Bodybuilding: Muscle vs. Hustle" - available now on Amazon and Kindle -

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EMMA KENNEY OF ‘SHAMELESS’ IS ALL GROWN UP AND KILLING IT

Oct 4, 2017 @ 7:00 pm By Mallie Koczon

If you’ve been a fan of Shameless like most of the world, you watched a bb Emma Kenney grow up throughout the eight seasons of the show. Now, she’s officially eighteen, and she’s got big dreams to star in a movie in Paris and go to film school.

Even though Emma has been a main character on a hit show in Hollywood for the past eight years, she’s still a normal teenage girl who crushes on sk8r bois and shops frequently at LF. Emma is also very serious about cutting out animal products from our diets, and is a close friend to many animal organizations and shelters. Check out our interview and photoshoot with the actress below, inspired by the ladies of the 50s that she is obsessed with.

You’ve been on the show Shameless for a long time now. Not all shows last that long. Did you expect to be signed on for that amount of time when you first accepted the role?

No, y’know I started the show when I was 10, and my mother and I both kind of figured it would go for a few years, maybe two years. And it just kind of kept on going, it just didn’t end. And now I’m 18 and I’ve turned into an adult on it, so it’s really cool. I’m so blessed.

Tell us a little bit about what it’s like to grow up on a show. You basically had a second family, right?

Yeah, it’s weird! It’s kind of interesting because I’ll get people that come up to me on the street and they’ll give me hugs and say, “I watched you grow up!” And my mother’s always like, “Whaaatttt…don’t touch my daughter.” [laughs] And I’m a little taken aback sometimes but I have to think about it, like, these people did literally watch me grow up on television, whether I know them or not!

Do you think that the people you’ve worked with have shaped you as an actress at all, and if so, how?

Yeah, for sure! I’ve learned SO much from everybody I’ve worked with. I’m very curious, I always ask questions on set — not just to the actors, but to the crew and production as well. There’s so much that goes on in the making of a set and it’s very cool to me. I want to go to film school. But yeah, I’ve learned to be on time, how to be prepared for a scene, how to act on set, through the entire cast. I really look up to the people I work with on Shameless. Everybody had a lot of history and a lot of knowledge.

When it’s time for Shameless to be over, how hard is it going to be to say goodbye to a show that has been such a huge part of your life?

It’s gunna be hard for sure, but we’ve all created such a tight bond that it’s not going to be a goodbye with each other, it’s just going to be a goodbye to the Shameless family era. I think it’s definitely going to be rare for all of us to work together ever again after the show, which sucks because we’ve created such a great working dynamic together. But we’ll obviously stay in touch.

What are your feelings about Deb as a character?

I’ve grown up with the character. We’ve grown up together in a weird unison, but opposite ways. It’s very odd. It’s been a lot of life imitating art and art imitating life. The writers and their experiences, and the character we’ve created as a whole. I care about the character, and I’m a little bit defensive over her. I’m very protective over Debbie, as almost like a little sister or a friend. A very personal relationship.

So obviously everyone associates you with Deb, but actors aren’t always like their characters. Are you anything like Deb, though?

No. I mean, in a way, I guess. I suppose there are certain similarities. Sometimes if I meet people, they’ll be like, “Oh, you talk just like Debbie!” And I’m like, yeah. That’s just my voice [laughs]. People also tell me I look so different in person, and it’s like of course I don’t look the same as Debbie does, I don’t have a baby on me, I wear makeup in real life — as superficial as those comparisons are.

Character driven-wise, though, Debbie and I are very different because I think we’ve just had different experiences growing up. But, there are still natural human emotions that are similar. Debbie and I cry the same way, we feel the same sadness and all that, because it’s just me. There are similarities, but just different circumstances.

Did you ever have a crush on anyone on set?

Yeah, I had a huge crush on Jeremy [Jeremy Allen White, her co-star and brother on the show] growing up, when I was like, ten. The first season. And Justin Chatwin. But, not anymore [laughs]. Now they’re like my brothers. It’d be weird. Now I’m like repulsed by them. Kidding. I love them.

What’s the funniest thing that’s ever happened on set?

We have a lot of funny experiences on set. I don’t know. I think this season in general, has been a really funny one, because we’ve been on this show for eight years, so we’re all just so close that we are just like, let’s make it exciting and bring something new to this. So now we’re just like, stupid on set. We obviously take our jobs seriously, we’re very professional when the cameras are rolling and shit, but in between we’re just stupid. Like Jeremy, Cameron, and I do this thing — I fully take credit for starting this — but we’ll bounce on our toes Backstreet Boys-style and go “Woo!” Like, “Let’s get ready, boys!”

What was your favorite scene or episode to film and why?

Ok, so episode three of season 8 is SO good. It’s one of my favorites. I did ADR for it yesterday, audio digital recording, which is where you fill in sound if there’s dialogue that has sound going over it or whatever. So I saw a ton of footage from the episode yesterday, and like, I don’t watch the show myself, but this episode was so good that I was begging the sound guys to show me more scenes. And we had a lot of crazy night shoots for this episode, a lot of work leading up to it, and it felt great that all that hard work had paid off.

Wait — you don’t watch the show?!

No.

Why not?

I don’t know, I just don’t like to watch my own work. It puts me in my head and I start over thinking it — and on superficial levels. When I was young, I watched back footage where maybe I was insecure and playing the character in a superficial way where I was literally posing in a scene. And it’s like, damn. That’s not acting. So I don’t like to look at it anymore. Maybe it came with age or maturity, but now, I don’t let superficial things block me or get in my head. I’ve learned the tricks to avoiding that, and for me personally, that involves not watching my work.

Where are you from? How did you get into acting?

I’m from Brooklyn. When I was four years old, I started in an acting class, and I got a manager through one of the showcases at the end of the classes. I was sent out on auditions, and for the most part I was just doing student films at NYU. Actually, I did a student film when I was really young, which had a lot of blocking choreography — not dancing, but a lot of movements and motions and following marks. And that was kind of the moment when I was like this is so cool and fun and I love doing this. And last night I had a night shoot until 3 a.m. and we filmed a similar scene, and it reminded me of that, and I was like, wow I really still love it.

Do you go to regular school? How is growing up in Hollywood different?

I graduated high school in May, actually. At first I was going to public school in New Jersey when we weren’t filming. I would wrap in LA, then fly to New Jersey and I went to school there. I stopped going there my sophomore year, because the kids were mean and would kind of judge me. Sometimes even the teachers would be weird.

It was a very judgmental dynamic. I wanted to be chill and be friends with people, but they were just mean naturally. They would take pictures of me and shit — just stupid, mean, teenage things. I’m still friends with some people out there, though, that I’m still in touch with. But then I came out to LA and I graduated from an actor school in Malibu, and it was cool because we all grew up doing events and stuff together, and then we walked in graduation together.

You seem to have a tight group of friends. How did you all meet, and how do you maintain the friendships when you all seem so busy!

I actually met most of my friends in LA through Ethan, who plays Carl on the show and who is basically like my brother in real life — he’s my best friend. I’m kind of introverted. My personality is extroverted but I don’t like to go out often, and I like to do my own thing. I didn’t have a lot of friends growing up.

Ethan pretty much just introduced me to all of my friends now, and we’ve just made a friend group from that. My friends are really good people. They have their heads on straight, we all support each other, and we all want the best for each other, which is the right friendship. And it’s so find to hard out here! I’m so happy that my friends will always be there.

You’re pretty outspoken about being a pescatarian. Why is cutting out animal protein important to you, and what do you want people to know about it?

I just think it’s unethical to eat meat. It’s just unnecessary. And some people talk about how much they love it and they’re just not gunna give it up and that sucks. But I think that if everyone even made a small effort into y’know, not eating meat even one night a week, it would make a huge impact.

What’s the easiest first step towards cutting out animal protein?

I think small steps. You can research, Google it, get a bunch of books. A lot of people thing going vegan, vegetarian, or pescatarian is more expensive, but it definitely doesn’t need to be. Actually, it can be cheaper. You can buy a box of pasta for $2 which will give you multiple meals.

I just don’t think it’s good [to eat meat]. You’re just eating negative energy and fear; I just don’t think it’s ethical. I eat fish because I’m extremely anemic — basically if you touch me, I bruise. They have to airbrush me every day on set. So I have to eat fish. And then, I eat cheese as well, because honestly I just love cheese. Meat’s also just not good for you. If you want to do it for selfish reasons, then stop eating it because it’s bad for you.

You’re anemic. The symptoms of that are pretty crazy, and being iron deficient is scary especially at a young age. Is that something you’re outspoken about?

I’m severely anemic. I bruise and bleed so easily — I’m bleeding right now! Bro, I’m falling apart! My skin is just sensitive. I had thick skin growing up and now I have thin skin [laughs]. Favorite hashtag #anemicactresslife. I mean I talk about being anemic publicly a lot. But no, I mean take your iron pills if you’re deficient. Don’t not take your pills.

You don’t seem to take yourself seriously on Instagram, and I think that’s what a lot of your fans love about you. Is social media just not your thing or do you just like to have fun with it?

I love social media, and I love having fun with it. Everyone always makes fun of me because I’m always Snapchatting and Instagram story-ing, but it’s just fun to enjoy your life and remember it. I love stalking my own Instagram. I’m always doing it. My captions are so dumb I just write whatever comes to my head. I just don’t care! As long as you’re spreading positive energy.

Were you ever bullied growing up for having red hair? If so, what did you learn from that?

Yeah, in New Jersey the kids would be mean to me, shouting Debbie at me. I don’t know. I don’t even remember all of it. It affected me in the moment but it didn’t long-term affect me, because I realized it’s literally so stupid. If kids are being mean to you because you’re working hard and doing what you love, it’s stupid. Do your own thing and do good for yourself, and those things won’t affect you.

Who are your biggest female inspirations and why?

I really look up to Emmy Rossum. I truly do. She’s been a great role model the entire time I’ve known her. She’s got an amazing work drive and work ethic, she’s taught me so much about how to carry myself on set and in this industry, how to carry myself in a proper, strong way. Emmy fought for equality and equal pay on Shameless because she was being paid less than Bill Macy, our male lead, which makes no sense because she’s our female lead. Naturally, they should get equal pay, and Emmy really fought for that. I also look up to Shanola Hampton. They both have taught me so much about being positive and being a strong woman and a strong actress.

What advice do you have for young girls who don’t feel like they fit in?

I’ve never felt like I fit in. I’m weird, outspoken, and odd. But that’s what’s fun about life. You find your friends eventually. You WILL find people who get you and understand you for you. Growing up kind of sucks. I’ve found the people who love me for me, as cliché as that sounds, and it’s amazing. If you get bad vibes from someone, just don’t hang out with them. There’s just no point.

How do you deal with any hate that you get, IRL or online?

I make a joke of everything. Maybe that’s not good? And sometimes I’ll respond to people online with something stupid.

What do you think you’ll be doing in the next five years?

I’m about to start a new show, Roseanne, and I’ll also be filming Shameless. So I’m going to be apart of these two amazing shows, which is so rad, I feel so blessed. I’m really grateful. I also want to travel, and go to film school. I just turned 18, so I literally have my whole life ahead of me.

Tell us about your dog!

Oh my gosh. My dog, Charlie, is a German shepherd terrier mix. She’s a girl, but we all call her Charles as a joke. It’s just so funny because she looks like a Charles. She’s also so spoiled. I adopted her from this spot on La Cienega, called Saving Spot Rescue, and she was just a baby when I got her, around 3 or 4 months. She was from Compton, and they brought her into this shelter. Charlie is amazing, she’s a Scorpio, she’ll be one on October 30th. And I just love her, she’s so cute. She didn’t have a lot of confidence at first. Whether you’re going to adopt or buy a dog, there’s always that shy period, though, so why not just adopt? I personally say adopt.

Favorite item of clothing you own?

Lowkey my Gucci loafers.

Dream item of clothing that you don’t own?

The Chanel combat boots.

Dream role to play?

I have so many. I want to do an action movie, a Hunger Games style movie, I want to do a 70s period piece. I really want to work with Gus Van Sant, he’s my favorite director. I want to work with Gia Coppola. I want to do a movie in Paris. There’s so much that I want to do. I hope I have time for it all.

Favorite vegan restaurant?

Gracias Madre.

Would you consider yourself an old soul or a new soul and why?

Old soul. I have a weird theory about life, I feel like there’s nine lives in a soul, and you’re 9th life is a cat, where you’re just chilling and you’ve lived all your experiences. Cats are such weird aliens. So I feel like I’m on my 8th life, and next I’ll be a cat. I feel like I’ve been here for a minute.

Coconut milk or oat milk?

Almond milk.

Where do you get your coffee?

Alfred’s.

Since this shoot is 50s themed, who is your favorite 50s lady and why?

I’ll be basic and say Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall.

Favorite color to wear with your red hair?

I love a forest green.

What do you look for in a partner?

Commitment, kindness, and trustworthiness. And I like skater boys. Or surfer boys. Yeah, that’s hot [laughs].

Yes or no to fuckboys?

NO. Hell no.

What’s something no one knows about you?

Then people would know it.

Biggest fear?

Going blind.

Favorite boy band growing up?

One Direction.

Favorite animal organization?

PETA, Mercy for Animals, or Best Friends.

How can someone reading this help support those organizations?

You can donate to the organizations, or adopt, or even just bring awareness to them. Then definitely trying to go a meal a day or a meal a week with no animal products.

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Welcome Everyone to The Point! The Point is where I, the BB Fanatic, will get down to The Point with either your favorite former & current Big Brother houseguests or your favorite former & current Sequester players about many various topics including there own season(s), if they watched the most recent season(s) & their thoughts on it as well as & especially what they are doing now in their life. It is now time to get down to The Point with one of your soon to be favorite Sequester Players, and someone who I personally am not only rooting on like I said in my interview w/ Deana Bauer, but picking as the winner of Sequester season 3, the one and only Kimberley Ford!

The BB Fanatic - First off Kimberley, Thank you for agreeing to do this interview with me. You honestly are my pick to win this upcoming season which starts November 3rd at 8 pm est. Now unlike other interviews you may do this one will focus on you as a person & player. First off, how did you hear about Sequester? What made you interested in Sequester itself & what was your strategy going in after you found in you were cast?

Kimberley Ford - Thank you so much for reaching out! I enjoy interacting with fans online! Thank you so much for choosing me as your pick to win and I hope I do you proud.

I began hearing about sequester a couple years ago during the online games. I applied to be on an online season and was selected but unfortunately timing didn’t work out with family obligations.  So I have been very interested in participating in one of the live seasons and applied for season 3! Audrey has been phenomenal as a producer and is nothing short of amazing!

What made me interested in sequester was the competitiveness, the fast pace and the sheer luck factor of some of the competitions! I thrive when I am challenged in situations which makes sense as I am an operating room nurse and love the adrenaline rush of not knowing what is coming at you during a trauma!

My strategy going into the house is to deflect the threat off of me. I am a very social and outgoing woman so I knew making connections wouldn’t be hard. I want to hide the fact that I am a former freestyle amateur wrestler and involved in pro wrestling currently because I don’t want people to assume I am a physical threat. I also am extremely good at puzzles and have a great intuition and ability to read people so I also want to deflect that skill from me. I also am a former Mrs Calgary and Mrs Alberta so I want to have someone attractive on my side as well. Therefore my plan is to get a big strong man, a nerd, and a beautiful person in an alliance with me so I can deflect the threat off of me and know that those people will also connect with different populations in the house so we can divide and conquer!

The BB Fanatic - We can't talk about what happened yet cause it won't premiere until November 3rd at 8 pm est but what we can do is ask more about you & you are many things. A Sequester player of course, as well as a Registered Nurse, an abstract painter, & my favorite thing on your resume, professional wrestler! You have watched wrestling since you were 7 or 8 years old. Was there anything or anyone from your childhood that made you in awe & want to be like that particular wrestler when you got into the business?

Kimberley Ford - Absolutely! I am EXTREMELY passionate about wrestling. It is in my blood. My parents always had wrestling on in our home and we watched stampede wrestling, WCW, and WWF almost every week. When a family friends son wanted to go watch my dad took us both. I remember a cage match between Bret and Owen hart and a ladder match between Razor Ramon and Shawn Michaels. I fell. In. Love. With. Wrestling. I knew at that point I wanted to do that for the rest of my life. My parents didn’t want me to waste my life and knew I had potential to graduate university so I wanted to please them and completed my bachelor of nursing degree and started working in the field. But the passion for wrestling never stopped. I got married and had my son and life’s priorities changed. Now that my son is older I am able to pursue my wrestling career knowing that I have my education to fall back on. I know I may never make it to the WWE but at least I am following my childhood dreams and not many people have the drive to do that.  Long story short, Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels were huge inspirations for me. Shawn’s charisma and Bret’s skill.

The BB Fanatic - Reason I brought that up so soon is I wanted to tie your wrestling background into your Sequester game. Do you think your wrestling background is something going into Sequester that helped you. Sequester has battles, and lets face it, if its a physical battle they are in trouble, & as smart as you are, if its a mental battle, they are in trouble. So did your physical strength help your confidence in preparing for Sequester Season 3?

Kimberley Ford - My physical strength is obviously and attribute that will help me in physical competitions. I want to keep that a secret so if people challenge me to a battle match they will be shocked and devastated in my strength. Also it will be great to build my resume for jury with the physicality. I have always been a very confident woman and I think competing in wrestling teaches you to have faith in yourself. Competing in pageants definitely helped build more confidence and stage presence and being a pro wrestler you have to be extremely confident going out to that ring and performing as you have to trust your opponent and they have to trust you.

The BB Fanatic - This question is always set aside for something special. Something fun. I want to head back to the topic of you being an abstract painter. I am a huge fan of art. I think the creativity it takes and just what a person can come up with due to their mind, their heart & their soul is beautiful! What started your love for painting. Did you always want to focus on abstract painting or was there another form of painting that you tried before hand?

Kimberley Ford - I have been drawing since I was very little. When I was 4 years old and in kindergarten my teachers just fostered that talent. I have a painting of a pumpkin from that year which my mother hung on the window as a Halloween decoration. My mom was offered money to put it in an art gallery. I’m self taught and it comes naturally to me. I am actually a very good portrait artist in pencil, I have only started abstract painting seriously since 2005. I love creating and the pride that comes from displaying what the mind can do. My son has inherited a lot of my artistic ability and I can’t wait to see what he accomplishes in life!

The BB Fanatic - Now before we close out this interview I want to give you the floor to talk about anything you want in regards to Sequester or your job, your career in wrestling or anything you stand behind & are a advocate of? Whatever you would like to talk about you can say right here right now, the floor is yours & once again Thank you Kimberley!

Kimberley Ford - Thank you so much again for reaching out, what I would love to close with are the causes I am very passionate about: infertility awareness and special needs funding.

I was a part of a charitable foundation called Generations of Hope which provides funding for families that would otherwise be unable to afford treatment to have children. I believe that your socio-economic status should not determine if you are fit to parent. I unfortunately had medical issues that prevented me from conceiving naturally and I have no issues talking about it because I think awareness of pregnancy loss and infertility is the first step to realizing there is a problem and a need for funding. So if you would like to donate you can see what the foundation is about at www.gensofhope.com

In 2017 we raised $120,000 which means many families were able to have children and that means the world to me as my son is a miracle and going to do incredible things in this world.

My son has special needs and has faced many challenges in schooling in his young life. He was expelled for being different, bullied, and emotionally traumatized by his initial experiences. Having him assessed and diagnosed appropriately and advocating for him and his education has been a full time job for the last 3 years. Finally he has been integrated into a regular classroom this year and excelling but only due to teachers, educational aides, behavioural therapists, and a principal who has been down the same path as us to show us what is possible and where and how to advocate. Thank god for teachers and educators who truly love what they do and see the potential in children. Please support your local school system!!

We are all in for a crazy ride this season on sequester and the fans are going to LOVE THIS SEASON!!!

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How To Ride Slinky Dog Dash with NO WAIT! Is After Hours At Disney’s Hollywood Studios Right For YOU??

Have you ever wanted to just be able to walk onto popular Hollywood Studios attractions like Slinky Dog Dash, Tower of Terror, and Rock ‘n’ Rollercoaster with no wait? How about being able to do that while eating all of the popcorn, soda, and Mickey bars you can possibly hold?

Hollywood Boulevard

Sounds like a dream, right? Well, guess what: it’s actually exactly what happens at After Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios! We’re here to tell you all about it, including our thoughts and how to determine if these events are a good investment for you. Ready? As Slinky Dog says, “hold on!”

How After Hours Events Work

After Hours events are currently offered at Magic Kingdom, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios. These special ticketed events started at Magic Kingdom a few years ago, but they’re new for Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom.

After Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

For three hours after the park closes, After Hours guests enjoy nearly empty parks, short wait times for popular attractions, and unlimited popcorn, ice cream novelties, and select non-alcoholic beverages. Tickets are $125 each if purchased in advance or $129 each if purchased on the day of the event. (Disney Vacation Club members and Annual Passholders may be eligible for a discount, bringing the ticket down to about $99 including tax.)

See our full review of Animal Kingdom After Hours here!

Getting There

After Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios officially runs from 8:30 PM – 11:30 PM, but guests are able to enter the park as early as 7:00 PM.

Hollywood Studios Entrance

Upon check-in at the park entrance, you’ll receive a wristband and a guide that lists the attractions, entertainment, and food available for the night. The wristband is important, because you’ll need to show it to move around the park and to pick up your complimentary snacks and drinks.

Sunset Boulevard

Attractions

During our After Hours experience at Hollywood Studios, the following attractions were open:

Star Tours — The Adventures Continue

Slinky Dog Dash

Alien Swirling Saucers

Toy Story Mania!

Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

At Star Tours, the wait was never more than five minutes.

Star Tours Wait Time

We had only three people in our Starspeeder 1000 for the trip to Tatooine and Geonosis. (We may or may not have been the Rebel Spy, too!)

Star Tours

Over in Toy Story Land, the wait for Slinky Dog Dash was just TEN MINUTES.

Slinky Dog Dash Wait Time

Alien Swirling Saucers, another attraction in Andy’s Backyard, had a five minute wait time the entire evening. Oooooh!

Alien Swirling Saucers Wait Time

Wait times for the popular Toy Story Mania attraction ranged from 5 – 10 minutes.

Toy Story Mania Wait Time

We literally walked through the Toy Story Mania queue without encountering another human!

Empty Toy Story Mania Queue

Meanwhile, over at Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster, you’d have to wait no more than five minutes to hop in a car and experience the streets of Los Angeles.

Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Wait Time

And at Tower of Terror, the wait time was an appropriately-spooky 13 minutes.

Tower of Terror

Characters and Entertainment

Character Meet and Greets

During our visit, Hollywood Studios had a great variety of characters available to meet, and the waits were never longer than five minutes.

Olaf

Minnie Mouse and Mickey Mouse

Toy Story Pals, including Buzz Lightyear, Woody, and Jessie

BB-8

Chewbacca

Kylo Ren

Olaf happily showed us his bottle of summer sunscreen.

Olaf

Wait times to see Sorcerer Mickey and Hollywood Minnie can often reach 60 minutes or more on a regular day in the park. But at After Hours? We met ’em both in under 5 minutes.

Mickey Mouse

It was so fun to see Minnie and Mickey in these picture-perfect costumes!

Minnie Mouse

At Star Wars Launch Bay, Chewbacca posed for a photo and then greeted us with the best Wookiee hug.

Chewbacca

BB-8 was impossibly cute.

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Kylo Ren, not surprisingly, tried to convert us to the Dark Side.

Kylo Ren

Entertainment

Sunset Seasons Greetings – complete with faux snowfall! – played throughout the night on Sunset Boulevard. Since Sunset Boulevard can sometimes get a bit crowded with guests during normal evening park hours, it was magical to be able to experience this show on a practically empty street multiple times throughout the night.

Sunset Seasons Greetings

The film at Star Wars Launch Bay was also available to experience approximately every 10 minutes throughout the evening.

Wait Times at Star Wars Launch Bay

Food and Beverage

One of the major perks to the After Hours events is that unlimited select snacks and drinks are included with the price of your ticket!

Complimentary Snack Stand

At Hollywood Studios, the following complimentary snacks and drinks were available at popcorn carts and snack stands throughout the Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard areas:

Popcorn

Ice cream novelties, including Mickey Premium Ice Cream Bars, Mickey Premium Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Sandwiches, and Edy’s Fruit Bars

Bottled drinks, including Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, and Dasani Water

The snack stands were plentiful and we never had wait in line. Just walk up, ask for what you want, and enjoy!

Empty Toy Story Land

Normal pricing is $5 for popcorn, $5.75 for Mickey bars and sandwiches, and just under $4 for bottled sodas and water, so depending on how much you plan to snack, this could work out to offset the cost of your ticket quite a bit — especially if you’re choosing to do After Hours in place of a day in the park, which costs a similar amount, but doesn’t include unlimited snacks and drinks.

Sunset Boulevard

If you’d like a more substantial meal or an adult beverage, there are plenty of other food and drink items available for purchase. Woody’s Lunchbox in Toy Story Land, Anaheim Produce on Sunset Boulevard, and KRNR The Rock Station outside of Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster were open and serving their full menus.

Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith

There was also a drink stand offering a special themed After Hours Midnight Margarita. This adult beverage was available for purchase outside of Sunshine Day Cafe.

Midnight Margarita

Merchandise

While most of the merchandise locations in the park were closed, there were still plenty of opportunities to shop in practically empty stores. Mickey’s of Hollywood, Rock Around the Shop, Tower Hotel Gifts, Tatooine Traders, Launch Bay Cargo, and stands throughout Toy Story Land were all open for After Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

Tatooine Traders

Our Thoughts

This reviewer had never attended an After Hours event before and was admittedly skeptical, but we honestly had a great experience. No lines. Tasty snacks. Cute characters. A nearly-empty park.

Chinese Theater with no crowds!

As an added bonus, After Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios felt especially magical to experience during the holiday season. The Christmas decor, carols, and falling snow on Sunset Boulevard were absolutely magical, and being able to have an unobstructed view was such a treat.

Sunset Seasons Greetings

Check out all of those wide open spaces!

Empty Hollywood Boulevard

Back in the Muppet Courtyard, it really felt like we were alone in the park.

Muppet Courtyard

Even better? Every Cast Member we encountered was especially cheerful, kind, and helpful, which made After Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios even more fun.

Is After Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios Right for You?

If you want to experience popular attractions with no wait while stuffing yourself with delicious popcorn and Mickey bars, then yes. We think these After Hours events would be particularly good for adults or families with older kids.

Hollywood Boulevard

Little ones might not enjoy After Hours as much due to the late night schedule, absence of Disney Junior characters (Sofia the First, Vampirina, and Jake from Jake and the Neverland Pirates were already asleep for the night), and lack of kid-oriented shows (no Frozen Singalong or Voyage of the Little Mermaid). Also, tickets for kids are the same price as tickets for adults.

Empty Toy Story Land

We get it: at $125 per ticket, these events are not cheap. So here are a few things to consider as you make your decision:

After Hours costs about as much as a day ticket to the park on a busy day. If your goal is riding popular rides as much as possible, booking an After Hours event instead of purchasing a Magic Your Way ticket for that day may make more sense for you. It’s a similar cost, but more access to rides without the hassle of booking fastpasses or dealing with crazy crowds; PLUS you can offset the cost with complimentary snacks and drinks.

If you can’t stand crowds and lines or are traveling with a guest who has sensory processing difficulties, this could be a decent solution for you.

Some After Hours events — especially those at Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom — are probably not a good deal for small children. Most child-oriented rides, attractions, and shows in these parks aren’t open for After Hours. This is not necessarily the case in Magic Kingdom, where fantasyland rides are available.

While After Hours only officially runs for three hours, guests have reported being able to get into the park at 7PM with their After Hours ticket. Depending on the official closing time for the park that day, that could get you an extra 1 to 3 hours in a park during its regular operating hours to take advantage of rides and attractions that might be closed during After Hours.

At around $125 a pop, After Hours can get very expensive if you’re traveling with a large group or big family and are planning on also paying for a regular park ticket on the day you’re attending the event.

So if you are into popular rides, want to accomplish a lot in a just few hours — or just really enjoy eating heaps of ice cream — checking out an After Hours event at Walt Disney World might just be worth it for you. But crunch the numbers and make sure it’s right for YOUR family before pulling the trigger.

PS: Don’t forget to check out our review of After Hours at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, too!

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Have you experienced After Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios? Leave a comment and let us know what you thought!

Disclosure: In nearly all circumstances, Disney Food Blog writers and photographers pay full price for their own travel, hotel, food, beverage, and event tickets. We do this because it’s important to us as journalists to ensure not only that we give you unbiased opinions, but also that you can trust us to do so since we’re paying our own way. On rare occasions, when we are invited by a company to attend a preview as media, and when we choose to accept that invitation, we will always make you, our readers, aware of that situation. Today, we were invited by Disney World to attend After Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Note that when we attend events as media we are 1) Not required to review that event/food on any of our channels, and 2) Not required to review that event/food favorably. You can always count on DFB to give you a 100% unbiased and honest review of any event that we attend, food that we eat, or beverage that we drink. You can see more in our Disclosure Policy. Thank you for reading. — AJ

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hi, i'm gonna be honest I didn't read all of the opening speeches bc ive been working all weekend and I'm v tired and the white text against the black background hurts my eyes but anyways. here are some questions.

1. this is just out of curiosity - why was I the target the round I went home? I honestly didn't think I did much that warranted being voted out, bc I was mostly just voting w the majority and other than a few alliances near the beginning I was kind coasting due to being busy w my new job. it just didn't make sense to me, strategically. so why do you think I was the target (if you weren't targeting me) and why did you target me (if you were).

2. this one is for Andrew specifically. tell me about your alliance with brian before he was voted out. I know you were aligned w him in some way, and I wanna know the details on exactly what went down and whether or not you were someone who voted for him to stay or to go. he is my loved one in this game after all.

3. why should someone who maybe hasn't been super invested in the game vote for you? someone who doesn't know the details of every single tribal council, someone who barely knew who was or wasn't in the game, someone who just got too distracted to pay attention once they were voted out? why should that person vote for you, when as far as they know, everything you've said about what happened in the game could be false?

4. give a genuine compliment to every juror and the hosts too. no one word answers, nothing fake or generic, a genuine compliment.

5. nick, how much of our alliance together was true? I really did want to work with you, and according to your jury speech you wanted me to stay that round, but was it just for that round? or did you actually want to work with me on a real level and not "i'll keep her around because she could help me later"?

anyways, congrats to both of you. its not easy getting to ftc, so no matter who wins, be proud of yourself and all that stuff. good luck!

Nick:

1. I literally have no fucking reason why you were the target to leave in all honesty. I wasn't targetting you that round, in fact I was probably the only one campaigning actively for you to stay. I felt like you were only the target because of Ashley Sarah and her influence in the season. I guess she and some of her allies felt you were expendable or that you didn't provide any substance to their game. I am not really sure, I only heard your name out of one mouth so I was kind of in awe when you were in fact the target and person leaving that round. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

3. The facts are, as I also mentioned in my answer to Colin, that I won two individual immunities, was transffered an idol from Colin based of persuasion, found a legacy advantage that I kept incognito, I flushed Dom's super idol by work with two people I had little to no connections with, negated at total of 8/12 votes I received this season, and was able to make it to the finale despite so many people wanting me out along the way. All of these are facts and 100% real reasons to vote for me over Andrew.

4. Zakriah: We talked a bit this season and I felt like you and I could have worked together going into merge, but after I learned that you had some drama with other castaways it was going to be hard for us to get close. You were really nice to me in PMs and I dont know what you did to anger people in other ORGs, but I am glad I didn't have to find out this season. Thanks for playing, hopefully we can get to know each other more ex post facto.0 Daisy: After the messiness that was Switz I was looking forward to having a chance to work with you and mend the bridge. I genuinly think you are a very sweet girl and very fun to be around. I have no idea why you left when you did nor what you did to piss off so many people, but in my books you were robbed.   Chris: So much love for you dude. I was so looking forward to working with you this season. After all the mess of other games we were in I felt like this was going to be our time to make it far together... I was upset that you kinda gave up after Liana was voted off. I really wished you stayed in further but it was too impossible to flip that many votes in the second merge vote without raising too much alarm. Ryan: I haven't met you up until this season but I did enjoy our chats and I felt like I probably could have worked with you further in the game. You give off the vibe that you are very smart and methodical which is a really good trait IMO! Hope there are no hard feelings because I'd love to talk after the season and maybe if we are ever in a game together you can idol me out instead! Nicholas: I was ecstatic when I saw you got cast for this season. You were super fun to host in Atomic and I felt like you and I would jive well. It was good getting to know you and have casual convo with and I wish that we could have worked more closely together this season. Dont fuck me over in FF! Ashley Sarah: Coming from Switzerland with you into here I wasn't really sure how'd we work together. You were somebody I really wanted to have a second chance working with because I feel like you are loyal to the people you are with. I felt like you are very smart and socialize well with others. I am glad I had another opportunity to play a game with you. Ruthie: QUEEN. You are literally one of my favorite people to play games with. You are beyond sweet and they way you hold yourself is very motherly and repected. You are so fun with to be in games with and I wish I stayed longer in festive to work with you to the end. Dom: I love you so much bitch. You are on of the only reasons I am still on skype lets be real. Without you i'd be so fucking bored this entire summer. You are one of my best friends ever. You are literally so funny and messy. Sorry for fucking you over. Colin: I didn't really know you too much tbqh leading up to this. We had mutual friends and I always felt like we would get along. I am glad for the experience, you made this game exciting and talking to you was great. I feel like you are my friend now. Kait (even if she isn't in jury): Even though you fucking hate me for some reason, I respect your moxy. You won two immunities which is kinda cool I guess. Nicole: I wasn't sure what terms we have been on since Me*n Girls BB, but I was so glad to have a chance to be cast and hosted by you this season. You were on top of a lot of your shit and you set down the law of the land. You stood up for your season and I have so much respect in that as a fellow host. You are now truly one of the most iconic women I know in this community. Me @ Nicole: https://youtu.be/WMgZ5fFae1s?t=111 Ian: Even though you were kind of a ghost on the hosting team. You are really iconic IMO. You were one of my favorite people to talk to in Switzerland and I worked so hard to make sure you stayed in that first merge vote because I enjoyed talking to you so much. If you had any say casting me this season, thanks :) Luke: Fuck you! Jk you are super funny and one of my favs in the community. You are so sweet to Lagoon and you are one of my favs in festive. Sorry for IHOS that was a mess lmao. We aight now tho ;)

5. I did want to work with you a lot. I am not really sure how long it would have lasted tbqh. I knew I for sure wanted to work Dom, Colin, and Ruthie. But I also felt like you and Chris could have benefited me a lot, more than people like Ryan, Andrew, or Kait. I did want to work with you for a couple more rounds, but I dont think I would have put my entire game to save you if that's what you mean.

Andrew:

You were the target the first round basically out of a process of elimination thing. Kait and I had aligned with 6 other people at the merge and the only 2 people we really weren’t with were you and Chips. So we figured we could try and take you and Chips out back to back, which is actually what ended up happening. Chips just wasn’t active at all, so we figured we could take out the person that was more threatening of you 2, and I know while you said you also weren’t super active, you were at the end of the day more active than Chips.

Brian and I had a side deal going on where we would definitely have each other’s backs, and I wanted Kait as my loved one to get in good with him too because I wanted to see if you and Brian would be able to link up with Kait and I at a swap and/or merge. To be entirely honest, if Brian hadn’t gone I would have absolutely wanted to be a group with you and him along with Kait. That’s what we did with Ruthie and Ashley since they were the last duo along with Kait and I, so we would have been open to being with you and Brian too. I am sorry that it did go down that way. But yeah, Brian and I definitely had a “have each other’s backs” mentality that I really would have wanted to stick with that he not gone. We hadn’t talked in a while since our last game together, and I think he seemed genuine about wanting to work with me like I was with him.

I think that if someone is concerned about things being said by final tribal participants as false, then it could help to look at the basis of the gameplay. For me, that was my connections. I wanted to have enough so that I could continue advancing. I wanted people to trust me, and I wanted everyone to think that I was there to be their vote. I wanted to give strategic reason for them to not vote me out not because I was a goat but because I could be a benefit to their games. This was definitely shown by Nick wanting to use Kait and I later on for the Super Idol flush, and Dom and Colin linking up with Kait and I late game to try getting to the end, especially when Ruthie and Ashley had fallen through for me. With this strategy, I am happy to say that it got me to the end, and that I got to the end on my own terms that I wanted. Like I’ve stated in earlier answers because the topic of “success” continues to get thrown around - just because some moves aren’t successful doesn’t mean you weren’t playing. I believe I was playing from start to finish. I continued to cultivate relationships and work with what I had. I gave reason for people to keep me because it could benefit them. I worked through each and every alliance I was a part of until I ended up being at the end of this game where I could plead to you guys and try to convince you why I should win. That’s why I think someone who wasn’t super invested in this game should vote for me.

• Zakriah: You’re a bad bitch and you know you’re a bad bitch which is something I respect a lot, and I think you honestly just know what you’re about. Kinda goes back to the Hali thing in Dom’s answer • Daisy: You genuinely fight for what you believe in even if people are dicks and are being immature about it. You won’t take their shit because their shit isn’t worth it and you believe in what you believe whole-heartedly • Chips: I dunno how to really describe it other than “small bean” but you’ve always just been a sweet person to everyone since I met you like, a year and a half ago. You seem like you make an effort to really be nice to people and that’s something I appreciate a lot • Ryan: I know we didn’t really get to talk much but you already came across as immediately funny and someone with the same sense of humor as me. I mean you used a RPDR gif to drag me so I’m already super into it • Nicholas: Funny as fuck like, when I first met you it was just back and forth jokes and memes and that’s something I really base on making friends quickly around here tbh. Just make me laugh and have a genuinely good time • Ashley: Someone else I didn’t get to talk to a ton aside from strategy but, you seemed like a real person who wasn’t really about any of the fake shit. Which sounds like it could necessarily not be a HUGE compliment but when you look at this community, those people can be hard to come by sometimes and I hope we get to actually play again because tbh that’d be fun to see more of • Ruthie: Honestly probably the sweetest person I’ve met in this community. I really don’t think you have a mean bone in your body and it looks like you really try to find the good in everyone, which is something this community doesn’t really do so it’s a refreshing thing to see • Dom: I know the 2 of us have really only had a handful of small experiences with each other and nothing huge, but with that being said I feel like you’re really quick to being friendly and personable. This especially goes back to BB Sinnoh where we seemed to immediately click and that’s something nice to see around here when a lot of people can be fake • Colin: Since I’ve known you there just seems like there’s something about you that would be really unassuming and sweet (NOT THAT YOU AREN’T SWEET) but then you can end up being cutthroat as fuck in these games and you really show you’re a strong person, but still also a genuine person who isn’t fake as shit

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Dermalogica Clear Start Today, Clear Skin Tomorrow Kit Review

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Contains: 

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Oil Clearing Matte Moisturiser SPF 15 (15ml).

Price and buy online in India:

950/- INR. Buy it at Aplava, Amazon and Nykaa. This is currently on discount at Aplava and Nykaa.

  Ingredients:

My Experience with Dermalogica Clear Start Today, Clear Skin Tomorrow Kit:

Dermalogica Clear Start Today, Clear Skin Tomorrow comes in a travel sized packaging. The packaging is no nonsense pleasant to eyes. The outer packaging is white and cyan colored with white font describing all the details and steps to follow.

The bottles inside are opaque white plastic bottles with clear start written on them.The kit contains products for 3 step CTM process(Cleansing, Toning and Moisturizing).

These products are also available individually so I’ll break down my review to individual products:

1. Dermalogica Breakout Clearing Foaming Wash:

First step is washing the face. The foaming wash comes in a white opaque bottle with press open cap and name and details written in green font. It is odorless transparent gel which lathers moderately. It gives clean feeling without drying out skin and removes any makeup residue from face.

Despite being a breakout clearing face wash it is mild and non-drying and I feel this can be used by all skin types. It is effective at calming the inflammation around breakouts and helpful in preventing further breakouts to great extent. It can be used on face, neck and back. I have used it on shoulder breakouts which were caused due to water and climate change and it was effective in calming them down and curing. It does not irritate my sensitive skin at all.

I love this face wash and might purchase the full size in future. The only con can be price but very less quantity is required for one time wash. I have been using this twice a day and 30ml bottle lasted me for 15-16 days.

Dermalogica Breakout Clearing Foaming Wash Price & buy online in India:

1495/- INR for 177ml. Buy at aplava, purplle & nykaa.

2. Dermalogica Breakout Clearing All Over Toner:

This is step 2 after cleansing the face. Dermalogica Breakout Clearing All Over Toner comes in similar kind white opaque bottle with spray pump and transparent cap. Name and details are written ion pink font. fuss free and travel friendly packaging. Spray mechanism works perfectly and distributes the product evenly on face.

I spray this all over my towel dried face and pat it into the skin. The toner is clear and has refreshing scent. it gets absorbed into skin quickly and does not leave any kind of residue behind. This works perfectly in combination with facewash and helps calming down breakouts and preventing new ones.

I will not mind repurchasing it but only if I can find it on discount. It is expensive for a toner and there are many alcohol free soothing toners and thermal spring waters available which serve the same purpose and come with cheaper price tag.

Dermalogica Breakout Clearing All Over Toner Price & Buy online in India:

1495/- INR for 118ml. Buy it at aplava, purplle and nykaa.

3. Dermalogica Oil Clearing Matte Moisturiser SPF 15:

This product is for step 3 of CTM routine i.e. moisturizing. Dermalogica Oil Clearing Matte Moisturiser also comes in similar packaging like other products, White opaque bottle with flip open cap and details mentioned ion blue font. I love how simple and clean the packaging of this kit looks.

Dermalogica Oil Clearing Matte Moisturizer is stark white in color and has lotion like consistency but it has some weird texture which is like sticky lotion which i really do not like. As soon as I apply it on face it leaves white shiny residue with slightly sticky feeling(Reminds me of some sunscreens 😐 ) . It does takes its time to get absorbed in skin and then it becomes perfect base. It is not perfectly matte moisturizer and my combination skin starts to get oily after 3-4 hours which is not a good performance (If you have ever used fair n lovely you can understand what I am saying). Sometimes I directly mix it in my bb cream and that way it performs better. ?If you use matte foundation then it will work better. I have noticed that it stings on breakouts.

Honestly I am not a fan of this moisturizer and won’t recommend it to people with oily skin. It might leave white caste on darker skin tones. Overly priced moisturizer with everything opposite it claims to be. Not recommended. If you want to try it, try a sample size or try this kit.

Dermalogica Oil Clearing Matte Moisturiser Price and buy online:

1795/- INR for 60ml. Buy this at aplava, Purplle and Nykaa.

Final Verdict on Dermalogica Clear Start Today, Clear Skin Tomorrow Kit: 4/5

I am impressed with this kit. Out of 3 products, I really liked foaming wash and all over toner. Matte moisturizer is average and failed to impress me. Facewash and toner combination works wonderfully on calming down breakouts, though I can not comment how it will work on severe breakouts. Matte moisturizer is not matte and might leave white cast like some sunscreens/sunblocks. It won’t be able to provide sufficient sun protection with SPF 15.

I recommend Dermalogica Clear Start Today, Clear Skin Tomorrow Kit  if you do not want to invest in full size products without trying. It is day care kit. Now I’m looking forward to try out their night-care Dermalogica Clear Start Tonight, Clear Skin Tomorrow Kit.

Share your thoughts in comments. Till next time…take care…xoxo.

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Dermalogica Clear Start Today, Clear Skin Tomorrow Kit Review

Dermalogica has been in my skincare wishlist so I have purchased Dermalogica Clear Start Today, Clear Skin Tomorrow Kit is my Aplava haul. I was really excited to try this out. This kit is meant for breakout prone oily skin as it contains a breakout clearing foaming face, a breakout clearing toner and an oil clearing matte moisturizer. Grab a cup of your favorite drink because this is going to be a rather long review 😉 .

About Dermalogica Clear Start Today, Clear Skin Tomorrow Kit:

Clears away dead skin cells, dirt and excess oils to unclog pores and control oil & shine.

Clears breakouts, soothes and revives irritated skin.

Ultra-rich matte-finish hydrating moisturiser provides all-day oil and shine control.

Contains: 

Breakout Clearing Foaming Wash (30ml).

Breakout Clearing All Over Toner (30ml).

Oil Clearing Matte Moisturiser SPF 15 (15ml).

Price and buy online in India:

950/- INR. Buy it at Aplava, Amazon and Nykaa. This is currently on discount at Aplava and Nykaa.

  Ingredients:

My Experience with Dermalogica Clear Start Today, Clear Skin Tomorrow Kit:

Dermalogica Clear Start Today, Clear Skin Tomorrow comes in a travel sized packaging. The packaging is no nonsense pleasant to eyes. The outer packaging is white and cyan colored with white font describing all the details and steps to follow.

The bottles inside are opaque white plastic bottles with clear start written on them.The kit contains products for 3 step CTM process(Cleansing, Toning and Moisturizing).

These products are also available individually so I’ll break down my review to individual products:

1. Dermalogica Breakout Clearing Foaming Wash:

First step is washing the face. The foaming wash comes in a white opaque bottle with press open cap and name and details written in green font. It is odorless transparent gel which lathers moderately. It gives clean feeling without drying out skin and removes any makeup residue from face.

Despite being a breakout clearing face wash it is mild and non-drying and I feel this can be used by all skin types. It is effective at calming the inflammation around breakouts and helpful in preventing further breakouts to great extent. It can be used on face, neck and back. I have used it on shoulder breakouts which were caused due to water and climate change and it was effective in calming them down and curing. It does not irritate my sensitive skin at all.

I love this face wash and might purchase the full size in future. The only con can be price but very less quantity is required for one time wash. I have been using this twice a day and 30ml bottle lasted me for 15-16 days.

Dermalogica Breakout Clearing Foaming Wash Price & buy online in India:

1495/- INR for 177ml. Buy at aplava, purplle & nykaa.

2. Dermalogica Breakout Clearing All Over Toner:

This is step 2 after cleansing the face. Dermalogica Breakout Clearing All Over Toner comes in similar kind white opaque bottle with spray pump and transparent cap. Name and details are written ion pink font. fuss free and travel friendly packaging. Spray mechanism works perfectly and distributes the product evenly on face.

I spray this all over my towel dried face and pat it into the skin. The toner is clear and has refreshing scent. it gets absorbed into skin quickly and does not leave any kind of residue behind. This works perfectly in combination with facewash and helps calming down breakouts and preventing new ones.

I will not mind repurchasing it but only if I can find it on discount. It is expensive for a toner and there are many alcohol free soothing toners and thermal spring waters available which serve the same purpose and come with cheaper price tag.

Dermalogica Breakout Clearing All Over Toner Price & Buy online in India:

1495/- INR for 118ml. Buy it at aplava, purplle and nykaa.

3. Dermalogica Oil Clearing Matte Moisturiser SPF 15:

This product is for step 3 of CTM routine i.e. moisturizing. Dermalogica Oil Clearing Matte Moisturiser also comes in similar packaging like other products, White opaque bottle with flip open cap and details mentioned ion blue font. I love how simple and clean the packaging of this kit looks.

Dermalogica Oil Clearing Matte Moisturizer is stark white in color and has lotion like consistency but it has some weird texture which is like sticky lotion which i really do not like. As soon as I apply it on face it leaves white shiny residue with slightly sticky feeling(Reminds me of some sunscreens 😐 ) . It does takes its time to get absorbed in skin and then it becomes perfect base. It is not perfectly matte moisturizer and my combination skin starts to get oily after 3-4 hours which is not a good performance (If you have ever used fair n lovely you can understand what I am saying). Sometimes I directly mix it in my bb cream and that way it performs better. ?If you use matte foundation then it will work better. I have noticed that it stings on breakouts.

Honestly I am not a fan of this moisturizer and won’t recommend it to people with oily skin. It might leave white caste on darker skin tones. Overly priced moisturizer with everything opposite it claims to be. Not recommended. If you want to try it, try a sample size or try this kit.

Dermalogica Oil Clearing Matte Moisturiser Price and buy online:

1795/- INR for 60ml. Buy this at aplava, Purplle and Nykaa.

Final Verdict on Dermalogica Clear Start Today, Clear Skin Tomorrow Kit: 4/5

I am impressed with this kit. Out of 3 products, I really liked foaming wash and all over toner. Matte moisturizer is average and failed to impress me. Facewash and toner combination works wonderfully on calming down breakouts, though I can not comment how it will work on severe breakouts. Matte moisturizer is not matte and might leave white cast like some sunscreens/sunblocks. It won’t be able to provide sufficient sun protection with SPF 15.

I recommend Dermalogica Clear Start Today, Clear Skin Tomorrow Kit  if you do not want to invest in full size products without trying. It is day care kit. Now I’m looking forward to try out their night-care Dermalogica Clear Start Tonight, Clear Skin Tomorrow Kit.

Share your thoughts in comments. Till next time…take care…xoxo.