#thought I’d give a throwback pic too

[golden-girl-daisy]

Apparently this Dogblr turns 8 today. It’s been crazy seeing everyone’s dogs age and mature in that time and I still think of fully adult (and some senior dogs) as puppies because I watched them find their homes. Love y’all, Dogblr! You’re stuck with me until this beloved hellsite dies.

[des-dabbles]

𝕊𝕋𝕆ℝ𝕐 ℙℝ𝕆ℂ𝔼𝕊𝕊 ℂℍ𝔸𝕃𝕃𝔼ℕ𝔾𝔼

by @herpixels

The challenge: show a certain part of your story process based on you being tagged by other creators!!!

I was tagged by the amazing @poetic-falls​. Since they answered all, so will I. I feel like lots did this not too long ago, but I’ll tag: @nova-plays, @junktrait and @rainbow-llamas​.

Long stuff under the cut.

1. Your writing process - show us a part of your script or explain how you write your scenes. Do you write in screenplay format or novel format? Etc, etc.

It depends. When I was working on my Wilder FDC, that was mostly unscripted. It was purely based on gameplay. Same with my current gameplay, the Harding’s. With the Tuhoro’s, I have done a lot more scripted writing. My google docs are filled with the various scenes and such.  

2. Scene building - show us you in the middle of scene building through pictures, gifs, or a video. Explain what is the best thing about scene building and what is the worst!

I have a love/hate relationship with building. I love creating something special for my sims but don’t think I’m that great a builder. It’s a struggle. lol. I delete most off my WIP pics, so don’t really have anything to share. And I don’t think I do anything special when building. Just adding those little touches that make it unique for that sim/scene.  

3. CC/Pose Making - do you make your own cc/poses for your scene? If so, what is your process like to create? Do you just go off the top of your head? Do you use reference photos?

I definitely do not create my own poses. I have so much love for the amazing cc creators out there. @nova-plays has made a few poses specifically for me and some of my scenes (ILY).  I will occasionally do recolors of photos/frames to add that special touch to a sim’s house.

4. Getting in the zone - What do you do to get in the zone to work on a scene? Examples include: show us your playlist you use when working on a scene, what’s your go-to scene snack/drink, etc.

Depends on my mood. Spotify helps a lot and I have a playlist I made for Tuki/Adi story. I’ve also been listen/watching a lot of streams recently. I just usually need some sort of background noise. 

5. Screenshot folder - give us a look into your screenshot folder to show us just how much goes into ONE scene for your story. (Scrapped pictures encouraged!!!)

It’s a messy organized mess. I do take lots of pictures I end up not using, but it’s more just me taking the same picture from many angles. 

6. Captions - are you a caption on the picture kind of storyteller or captions in text box type of storyteller? Why? Do you do both?

Dane’s BC was the first time I did captions. While I do like them, I also hate them. lol. I’m a writer that tends to struggle with conversation so it’s sometimes easier to write what the person is thinking/feeling vs trying to convey that in actual speech.

7. Editing!!!!! - explain and show us your process editing a scene through a video, gif, or picture. A Before and after will suffice if you aren’t in the middle of editing a scene as you answer this.

So... my editing depends on my mood. The last time I majorly edited anything would have been Dane’s BC. The before picture has my reshade on it, but from there, it’s running a few different ps actions over the image, some blurring and adding light leaks. I’ve been embracing more warmth recently in my photos. 

8. Throwback - show us an ANCIENT story scene you done in the past and explain how you would do the scene differently today!

I don’t... Besides Tuki’s story, I’m not at the point of wanting to redo my scenes. Truthfully, I have a love/hate relationship with sims stories. It’s a more personal thing of being able to display what I want to show using the things in game and never quite getting it right. I’m definitely too tough on myself and if I stress too much over things I’ve done, I’d never post again,

That said... quite a few of my scenes go through a test scene first. Usually it’s there for me to get a better feel for the scene. Tuki at Penny’s grave was one of them. I thought I had a saved version of the scene where I tried a different rain effect, but I can’t find it. (The pics for that scene show an unedited one vs the final one in the story post.) Also, I like to test outfits and sceneries. See what works. When I was doing the 15 day couple challenge with Dane and Ray, I originally thought they’d marry in Sulani. I wasn’t happy with the shots I was getting. I tried Windenburg instead and their entire proposal/wedding story hit my like a ton of bricks. (Pics below are the unedited ones) 

[bessmarvins]

For the ask game: 1, 3, & 37 :D

HELLO thank u!!!

1. celeb crush uhhhh i have had so many obsessions over the years but no current ones!! tbh i really can’t think of one rn i know one will probably come across my dash in .2 seconds and ill reblog and tag it but im blanking here. gonna give u a throwback crush and say tim mf riggins in the friday night lights series.

3. OKAY BITCH i just got riled up about something a girl posted on instagram lmao. she was in my sorority and is two years younger than me so she graduated from this yr. she just posted on her story about how people are posting throwbacks to graduation and she said “its truly making the class of 2020 SO SAD that we don’t get to have that same experience” and “if you’re gonna post them, maybe at least wish us well? say something nice? just a thought” like...LMAO bitch?! it’s not my fault coronavirus fucked us over! i haven’t even posted a throwback pic but i think thats so fucking stupid. like sorry your feelings are hurt but people can post whatever they want to reminisce on good times in their lives. we’re ALL missing out on shit because of quarantine, people have lost their jobs, people have lost their lives, people are risking their lives everyday, and your biggest concern is someone made you sad becauese you couldnt walk across a stage? yeah. i get it. it sucks. i’d be pissed too. but i’m also pissed that i pay over a thousand dollars a month in rent for an apartment im not living in right now and i cant see any of my friends lol. you got your diploma, you still graduated. it could be worse. my mom died less than 2 years ago and i was a wreck on sunday, you didnt see me post “could you guys maybe not post pics with your moms on mothers day? it makes me sad” because i’m not a selfish little bitch lol like just stay off social media if it affects you that much. we can’t tiptoe around every single person who follows us to make sure we dont hurt ur lil feelings over something we can’t control. you’ll be fine boo. like “dont post pics of you and your significant other bc im single” lol fuck off. i really am a very sensitive considerate person and i care about other people’s feelings but like??? come the fuck on get some perspective its instagram. would it REALLY make you less upset about the circumstances if they mention you in a post???

UPDATE after i typed all that: she posted another story saying if you post a throwback grad pic and dont mention the class of 2020 in it “you’re very mean.” lmao ok girl didn’t realize it was kindergarten you were graduating from.

37. yes. i was such a goodie two shoes back in the day but i did in fact go to the principals office and get lunch detention for 3 days for forging a signature on my agenda (which served as a hall pass) so i could go to class late while i was just  bullshitting with two of my friends in the bathroom lmao

#another post where alexis brings up her dead mom because i am actually nancy drew reincarnate

[caribbeanmomma]

Iris at it again - but of course!

So the West-Allens are back from their honeymoon in Bali and they are finally opening gifts. Iris sits there like a sour puss as the gift from Oliver and Felicity is opened. An espresso machine that is not on their wedding list. Good ol’ Iris takes it as her probably 1000th opportunity to rail against Felicity for interrupting her awesome wedding. Notice how Barry seems fine with the espresso machine and doesn’t weigh in on Iris’ remark about the wedding getting crashed. Surely the writers could have made room for him to say “Yeah, that, that was not good.” or “I love those guys but TIMING” or some other Barry-ism but he just sits there and says “Right” when Iris says “Getting married during our wedding wasn’t on the registry either”. He seems to reluctantly put it in the return pile.

It’s like the writers are trying to divide the pro Iris and anti Iris camps even more. Barry doesn’t seem to care or else I”m sure they would have put that in. Maybe they’ll put it in later but right now they are showing Iris as the petty and petulant one. 

I’ve already expressed my views on the wedding. What’s wrong with it to start with - Stein just died and there was JUST a funeral (this rebuke goes for you too  Olicity!), no one is dressed up, Jon had no prior knowledge (Barry just grabs him and takes him like a phone call couldn’t do to at least let him know he was coming), their close friends and family are not there... it was done on a whim after THREE attempts. And then she got her FOURTH wedding I’m assuming from the pic on the table and she’s sitting there like a child pouting. I’m sure no one interrupted them during wedding number 4 so what is the big deal? After Felicity tells her her fears about losing Oliver you’d think she’d be happy about them getting married on some level. Get over it Iris! Your after funeral in the park wedding wasn’t special! It was a lets get this done real quick before zombies invade the earth. That’s why they had wedding number FOUR right? To make it official and special? 

Obviously Felicity thinks there is more to their friendship than Iris does. Maybe she’s a bit salty that Felicity and Barry once contemplated having a thing and even kissed. Would Felicity be okay with Barry and Iris doing the same to them if the situation was reversed? I’d like to say she’d be fine with it as she’s quirky and the situation wasn’t like they were in church or doing it super ceremoniously with preparations etc. But I’m biased.

Now, the espresso machine itself... we see these supposedly good friends not RSVP-ing and now not giving a gift off of the gift list (although I don’t think it was cool to give something NOT on the gift list, someone please tell me what else is Iris after? She lives in a sweet a$$ loft that seems packed to the brim with everything. I’m not sure what on a gift list that was so important that if they weren’t gifted it that she just couldn't get herself) - and why an espresso machine? I’d like to think that the writers do all these things for a reason and perhaps meant to show it as a throwback somehow to them being at Jitters together and how far they’ve come or something! (I’m totally reaching here). Anyone want to bet that if the gift was say something dripping in diamonds or some exorbitant piece of tech that would make Iris somehow exhibit meta powers that it wouldn’t be sent back or scoffed at by her?

What’s the deal? Why didn’t Oliver and Felicity RSVP (along with the others that didn’t - maybe they were tired of getting ready for weddings that never materialised?) and why the non-requested gift? Why not wait until Barry and Iris said their vows and then ask Jon to marry them next? These are characters we’ve been shown as thoughtful and considerate and who would put their lives on the line for their friends but then turn around and not show themselves as good basic wedding guests seems so off.

The writers have to be up to something with the relationship between these two couples (especially from Iris’ end). Maybe there will be some mention tomorrow on Arrow? Either way, Iris’s reaction - immature and just plain yuck.

[lapublicites]

INSTAX @ HOME PROJECT.

 For this project, I decided to recreate one of the first ever projects I did in my first year of university at UAL.

This project consisted of two images, showing off various polaroids that I had, however that project - although aesthetically pleasing - didn’t exactly make me feel any type of way towards it. It was pretty but I felt that it lacked depth and meaning, which always helps an advert feel more personal.

With this, I decided to start researching up previous Instax adverts. While I researched, I realised that their adverts were quite minimalist and bare and I wanted to step away from that.

Not every memory is shot like a day in an Instagrammers life, I wanted my adverts to be messier and more lifelike, something people can relate to in their busy lives, especially now with all of us staying home and houses getting messier, more memories being made despite everything and I wanted to be able to catch that at this vital moment.

I went through a lot of ideas, debating whether I should stay with just photo advertisements or branch out more. I decided on the latter, however the progress to it gave me a lot of things to research.

Instax’ previous adverts are very minimal. 

They’re almost similar to my first try back in 2017, hence why I tried to go in a different direction. I focused less on the partying and the adventurous aspect that Instaxs hold, but I inside went for the more close to home and personal vibe.

I asked my friends and people close to me to take photos of their own polaroids, scattered on their bed with things they love and that define them.

With these photos, I tried a few different methods of what I wanted to do (insert pic of the faded adverts w the slogan), I was still stuck on wanting to do print adverts before Brian suggested that I try to do this as a live project, so that’s what I did.

I researched into two projects, one called the ‘It Gets Better’ project (@itgetsbetter) and The Live Drawing Project (@livedrawingproject). 

These two projects both have under 100k followers and while rather small, they still have a community within them. I first looked at ‘It Gets Better’.

The ‘It Gets Better’ project focuses on uplifting, empowering and connecting with LGBT+ youth around the world. Their posts are primarily video posts from actors and other people all around the world, sharing and showing their support for the LGBT+ youth, especially during this tough time. They’re still active, receiving a decent amount of likes on each post.

I looked at this project as I want my project to be able to uplift peoples day to day lives, showing them that there can be memories in everything, showing them that this quarantine can be used to create memories, despite how sullen the world is currently.

The second project is the Live Drawing Project.

This instagram is the home of LDP, an art project started in France. While the location exactly is unknown (I’m unable to enter their website as I don’t have a log in), their instagram shows pictures of peoples art and creativity shown up on the walls of buildings and houses. They also have an event called the Night Of Illuminations where they’ll have people gather while they project the drawings for all to see in the night, making them show up best.

I absolutely adore this project, I love the fact that it’s still being updated this year and that many, many people are joining in.  

While only a small following, they’ve been around for a year and have grown a gathering of people who will follow their projects. They also hosted various art lessons throughout France, which I found amazing.

I chose to focus on this project as I wanted to see the drive that a smaller instagram had. They may not have thousands of followers but they’re still updating and inspiring others to do the same as I said previously with the ‘It Gets Better’ project. I want to bring people together and to inspire them to create memories from their own homes.

I started to create the adverts with Instagram in mind and started to look through the photos and choose which ones I wanted to post first on the ‘gram.

I used these two pictures that my mum (picture one) and my best friend (picture two) sent me and used these to create my first set of posts on my Instagram.

I decided to have a white background as Instagram doesn’t have a ‘dark mode’ and therefore works with the minimalist feel of the whole account. I also used the yellow from the icon as it would match.

For the ‘@ home’ font I used Sweet Purple, a fun and simplistic style yet one that looks homemade and personal. I’ve used this font on other projects such as my Animal Crossing Amiibo Cards, that can be found on my portfolio here.

I posted these with a relatability in mind. I wanted to hone in to people's personal sides, to make them feel nostalgic and happy to look at photos that they took with loved ones and I want them to feel the urge to create them within their own home, to make memories that’ll replace the thoughts and things that have happened over the last few months.

While creating the Instagram posts, I decided to go with a yellow colour scheme. Yellow is not only my favourite colour but it’s also widely recognised as the happiest colour, according to sources. I wanted to keep the colours light and happy to keep with my message of creating happy and fond memories. 

I decided on having ‘picture breaks’, where I’d include a picture like the one above in between photos to somewhat break up the posts, and to be able to give commenters a place to ask questions and talk if they wanted to know anything but didn’t want to comment on the polaroid picture itself. I added a post with what Instax @ Home is, explaining my ideas behind the project and what I would like people to do (partake, comment, tag me in posts, etc). This turned out to work wonderfully, as I’ve had people tagging me in posts!

I created 5 of my own polaroid posts to beef up my feed and to get traction within my account, creating content and tagging it so it can bring in more traffic to my page, as well as bringing in people who’ll want to take part! These photos are ones rom my past memories, 

This is what the account looks like currently (apologies if the image is bad quality - it shouldn’t be!).

Now the Instagram is live and I’m waiting for people to start joining in. I’ve got a lot of likes on my first few posts and I hope that I’ll be able to continue this project well after the deadline, or for as long as quarantine is.

UPDATE: 17TH JUNE 2020, DAY BEFORE HAND IN

After I posted the images on Instagram, I got immediate following and interactions!

While I only have 30 or so followers, I’m getting interactions and people tagging me and sharing their own Instax pictures!

I realised, I shouldn’t be so focused on making new memories in a household, but instead finding the polaroids and reminiscing on the old photos that have been taken.

One person, under the @ silenceofthesunflower, they captioned a picture of themselves with ‘a long throwback, @instaxathome made me miss my polaroid camera. I should’ve brought it in with me’

This made me realise that people don’t particularly want to make new memories in this pandemic, but instead focus on the past ones to be able to remember happier times. I wanted to combat the sadness of the world's current situation by creating more memories, but I realise now that some people just want to remember, and that’s okay too. I will be posting both old and new polaroids to this account as a way to expand my userbase!

However, despite that, I do hope this makes more people pick up their Instax camera and use it more in the future. I have my own and I know I don’t use it as much as I should. This project has made me realise, as well, that I should be using my camera more often. I have the means to make memories so why aren’t I?

I know I will absolutely be continuing this project past my deadline and hope to make it a fully fledged account with followers and interactions daily.

[sweetdimplesbruv]

My initial thoughts upon my first viewing of Kingsman 2:

There was a look on Harry’s face a couple times after he found out about Eggsy’s relationship with Tilde...oh my. Prime angsty fic material, I am tellin’ you! 

Poppy’s death was so anti-climactic. All that and then...? 

They never should’ve allowed the opportunity for pap pics of Mark Strong on set of the wedding with the green screen legs because that is my own personal headcanon now. I know they went with death because it gave weight to the scene/movie, but nope! :D He’s alive as fuck!!!!! With badass prosthetics.

Who was the new white dude? What happened to Ryan? Why did they introduce a new friend only for him to die? Why?

The Eggsy/Tilde interactions were cute to me. 🤷🏼‍♀️ But I wish they hadn’t already got married? They should’ve taken a little more time to build up the foundation of their relationship for the viewer because it came across a bit, “Ah yes, might as well get married now.” But I like them together. They’re cute.

I wish that Tilde would have a little more characterization though. I understand she’s a minor part of the movie, but reducing her to The Prize in two different movies???????? Do better! Her existence is only a means to give Eggsy more depth and that’s annoying.

Roxy ain’t dead and I won’t hear anything to the contrary.

For that matter, Brandon and JB aren’t dead either because...um.....y’know.......Harry fortified his office to withstand...y’know...missiles and stuff. Yeah... That’s what happened.

That fucking hug with Eggsy’s face all squished up on Harry’s shoulder just about murdered me in my chair.

I love how deeply Eggsy cares for everyone in his life. He is just the sweetest.

The finger condom scene was unnecessary but at least it wasn’t as bad as I’d psyched myself up for. In a way, I thought it was nice that Eggsy was really, really reluctant to do it. He DID NOT WANT TO. I like that he wanted to call Tilde, even if she got mad at him (rightfully so....lol). I also like that the second that he did what he had to he was like, “Nope.”

And I liked the little bit of topless!Eggsy. 😈

Eggsy full on fucking snapped Charlie’s neck. Daaaamn!!!

Elton John was magnificent. What percentage of his lines was the word “fuck” do you think? 😂😂😂😂

When you were a kid, did you play with those little paper dolls that had the paper clothes you could put on them with the little notches to hold the clothes in place? Yeah, that was about the level of characterization for the Statesmen. What a waste of talent. I liked everyone and all, but???? Why kill off already established people that are well liked by your audience only to replace them with little paper dolly personalities?

Honestly, I just want a poly fic now where Harry and Merlin both mercilessly tease Eggsy by calling him “Your Highness”...preferably while they’re fucking him. Maybe while Tilde watches???? Or participates. Honestly, I’m open to it all. I am a simple woman of simple desires, what can I say?

The throwbacks to the last movie veered too far into cheesy territory for me a couple times.............

I’ve read better plotted fanfic, just sayingggg. Still enjoyed the movie though.

Anyway, that is all. I’m gonna go see it again tonight. 

Edit: I keep reading posts by other people sharing their opinions and I think it’s funny how we all walk away from the movie with wildly different interpretations. And I don’t mean that in a condescending way! 

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10/26/19 3:40 am - Inventing A New Ranking System For People

Alright I don’t know if it’s sexist since I’m bi (LOL Andi would hate when I called shit gay and say that it’s okay because I’m half-gay).

But I did a lot of brainstorming and wanted to show off my new rating scale.

1-10 is trash. We used to parody it by saying it was more efficient to just do Binary where 0 is you wouldn’t smash and 1 is you would.

There’s just no depth there.

The crazy-hot chart is at least a little better because it’s got two factors you’re assessing.

So Here’s what I’ve got for you today.

I spent that one night at Darlin’s watching her stream and drawing this picture because I kept imagining what it would be like to write down all my feelings and have her read about how much I loved her and how highly I thought about her and maybe she’d take me back. I came up with this scale, but didn’t draw that part of this page out until just now.

I’m glad I’m writing the official scale part and all the numbers now that I don’t really want Andi back. It all feels more honest, though the opinions haven’t really changed. One of the things I said to Andi when I was breaking off our friendship was that I felt shitty like I was manipulating her back into a relationship and not being real friends with her.

Honestly I don’t know if I could control myself to try to be platonic friends with her now. Probably not, I’m tryna fuck like everyone I hang out with LMAO.

But anyway, Andi and I loved DnD and so that was the inspiration for this scale. Forreal here it is:

So here’s the rundown. You’ve got your normal 6 stats on the left, Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. 

It helps to fill these out as well, because then you have 12 points of assessment.

For example, Andi’s digestive issues means that there is no fucking WAY she’d be able to pass a constitution check on poison, since she can barely eat most regular foods; hence she has a -2 in that stat. It also helps to remember that when you’re doing real stats that 18 is like supergenius and 20 is literally unachievable naturally so there’s no way you ought to give a real person much higher than like a 16 or 17 intellect.

Okay now here’s the fun part. My made up stats are Hobbies, Spontaneity, Mental Health, Sex, Beauty, and Status/Refinement. 

Hobbies are what I consider to be the strength of a relationship. It’s how much you guys have in common with the things you like to do. On these stats I think it’s more natural to fill them out to a max score of 20. Andi gets two points off for not liking drugs and not liking fucked up shit from 4chan or videos where she gets grossed out like Me!Me!Me! but she was damn near perfect in terms of wanting to do stuff I wanted to do. Drinking, video games, sex? Yeah. got it.

Spontaneity is a subjective stat. One person’s SPO 20 is probably another person’s SPO 1, after all. You’d want someone in your life to be as crazy and willing to go out and do wild shit as you are, I’d presume. Or at least I do, which is why in terms of having Andi ready to go on road trip adventures across the country with me she didn’t quite hold up. I’d give her a -2 but she did fuck me in a parking lot the first night I met her. Really thought about giving her a flat stat just for that, but overall I think it’s negative.

Mental Health isn’t just a category for me to take a jab at Andi for having depressive issues, I fucking swear I’m not that much of a dick. Mental Health, or MHP, is a throwback to that Crazy-Hotness chart/meme/adage. You really do have to take into account if someone isn’t going to slice your ass with razor blades when they fuck you lmfao, or if they’re going to fight with you or fuck your friends any chance they get. Some people are just crazy and now here’s a stat for that. But alright yes, I am an asshole and took off points because Andi was depressed so much lmfao.

Sex + Beauty  I like these stats being their own categories for the same reason that INT and WIS are different stats. Raw beauty is your natural 1-10 scale of hotness. Of course, it’s more accurate because it includes .5 decimals by going 1-20. I’d give Andi a 7.5 on my hotness scale, where 10s are like Natalie Portman, Britney Spears ~Toxic era, and Kimberly from the Power Rangers. So in DnD Beauty she gets a 15. She had perfect tits, a great ass, a tight stomach, a pretty smile, and legs for fucking days, man. Pretty fucking hot.  For sex, I’d say you should rate someone on a scale from 1-18 normally, just because an 18 is the highest stat you can roll naturally before increasing your stats with feats. But then you can continue to add 1 or 2 if they actually have some mindblowing skills. Like if they give the best head you’ve ever gotten or something they can break into that best-in-the-world territory that a 19/20 stat in DnD is supposed to represent.  That being said, Andi was one of my favorite fucks. She didn’t have unbelievable stamina on top and didn’t give a legendary blowjob. But she was ALWAYS ready to fuck. And so enthusiastic. And so sexy. And kinky. The only area she loses points from rolling the nat 18 is for kissing and for whatever was causing the puss flavor.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I really honestly think it was just because we were too lazy to shower most of the weekend though so I didn’t want to take a whole second point off for that.

And so that leaves us with Status (/Refinement) Status is a somewhat more nebulous stat, but I wanted to add a stat in for how classy someone is. Does she come from a rich family? Does she have money? Does she make more money than you? How is her taste in music and culture and art? Would you feel shitty not taking her out to a fancy restaurant? Like sometimes you have to acknowledge that you’re tryna fuck a hot piece of trailer trash. It’s fine, man. Like Mungo Jerry said In The Summertime, “If her daddy’s rich, take her out for a meal / If her daddy’s poor, just do what you feel.” It’s not a bad thing to not be classy.  For starters I liked that Andi made a little more money than me, but she wasn’t rich enough to take me in and be my sugar momma 😂 I also didn’t think she had Great taste in anime and music, so she ends up in an above-average-but-still-kinda-middling stat. 

And that covers it!

I hope this doesn’t make me the worst person ever. But I might start reviewing all the people I sleep with like this. I think it really demonstrates their appeal a lot more than anything else I’ve heard of. 

Let me know if I’m the biggest piece of shit ever for this so I know not to do it though lmfao.

Also Andi, if you ever read this for some reason I hope you’re... flattered? I guess? I really hope you meant what you said when you told me I could write about you because... this is probably a lot. I really don’t think I was out of your league though, and when you looked at your porn pics of us and said you couldn’t believe your ass looked so good I hope you know you always looked great. 

💕 It really was fun. Unblock me so we can be friends again. It’d be cool to chill now that I’m in a better headspace I think. 

I was thinking about calling you when I finally got to this part in my catching up, but I want to give you your space. Forever, I guess. You always said you were the bad bitch Ex’s And Oh’s girl who would have your exes chasing you to the end of the Earth and I’m not about that chase lmao.  But you were worth it. You were worth a lot more, to be honest lol, I wish I had gotten my shit together before we broke up instead of after. But you really convinced me to treat myself right, and take better care of myself in a way that nobody outside of my family has and you mean a lot to me for that. So I hope you’re doing well and I don’t want to do anything to fuck that up if you are, so I’m not gonna be that ex that calls you out of the blue that says “oh are you ready to be friends again, sorry for that shit I said.” Also because I’m not. But if you wanted to be friends anyway that’d be rad.  💕 💕

[virgoes]

im sorry @followers lmao

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1: Favorite MV? i really like the married to the music mv like the aesthetics of it2: Who was your first bias in ______? uhhh i’m gonna do all my faves i guess; bts: yoongi tbh; exo: minseok; got7: ...jb; shinee: jonghyun; exid: solji; astro: eunwoo; wonder girls: sunmi3: Favorite OTP? i dont know uhhhh i like chanyeol n ksoos friendship 4: Least favorite group? i dont pay attention to groups i dont like5: Favorite girl group? wonder girls... or exid i guess6: Favorite duo? akmu7: Favorite Solo singer? dean8: Your favorite K-drama? uhh i really like the best hit tbh i really liked heart strings though throwback to when i was super into cnblue9: Favorite Actor and Actress? i don’t know enough about acting to know who i like or don’t like10: Last group you started to listen to? astro i think 11: Last song you listened to? jjp’s new album12: Favorite picture(s) of your bias(es)? i don;t save pics tbh all my favorite things about/of members are in each of their #best (name) tags13: Favorite picture of your bias group? ^14: Favorite era? bts: hyyh pt 2; exo: ex’act i guess; idk anyone else enough15: _____ or _____ ? (members/songs/MV/OTP/actor/actress/groups) lmao16: How many k-pop songs do you have on your phone/ipod? i don’t download songs anymore, i have ailee’s ep from forever ago and cnblue’s ep too i think that’s it oh and some snsd songs17: What did you listen to before k-pop? i mean i still listen to a variety of stuff now too lmao but i liked indie or psychedelic for a little and then before that i was REALLY into bands like emo/screamo bands18: Tell me about your bias. Why is s/he your bias? (i’m gonna do my number 2s too cos this is fun lmao.) for yoongi: i guess the biggest thing is that he’s in it for the music although like so is namjoon but yk and i always respect musicians no matter their level of fame so and he’s similar to me in terms of how he thinks and acts from what he’s shown us at least and i’m self absorbed lmao and i dunno hes cute i guess. kyungsoo: he’s really driven so i respect him for that he’s not really afraid to be himself i think and he’s super like next door boy style :/ i think he’s being recognized as an actor which is cool too. eunwoo: he’s cute as FUCK and maybe it’s because he’s new in the industry but i like how he knows his place and is so so modest and humble and also driven to do what he wants well. jimin: i love his dancing style and how tiny n cute he is and how much it seems like he genuinely cares for the people around him and his fans mmm i feel like he takes criticism badly though but he always tries to please everybody even if that means bad on him. baekhyun: he’s super funny and annoying but like everyone in exo says it livens the atmosphere and it rly does and his voice is so nice like his singing brought me in first i think and it’s nice to see him grow esp because with him he seems to be accelerating in terms of growth like as a performer, singer, person compared to other people. mark: i think he’s been kinda blowing up recently but it doesn’t seem to affect him that much which is nice i think n he just seems like he’s having fun and sometimes it’s not that deep so19: Your favorite thing about your bias? ^ basically lol but if i had to specify one thing each (just for my no. 1s) then yoongi: his involvement + passion for music, kyungsoo: his motivation, eunwoo: how cute he is lmao 20: How did you get into k-pop? my friend showed me some music videos and then i started listening to suju, beast, snsd, and shinee’s title tracks and then started getting into stuff that way. i got back into it once i listened to exo’s stuff21: How did you discover your favorite group? if bts is my fav then i just saw dope’s mv lmao and my friends liked them too so i decided to actually listen to them22: Favorite performance? bts’ cover of perfect man maybe23: Favorite song by ______? ill just say my fav k-song rn it’s tomboy by hyukoh lol24: A group you never thought you would ever listen to? honestly anything past exo like i didn’t think i’d ever get into bts or anyone else especially k-indie and k-hh artists cos i didn’t wanna get too far into k-music cos i know it’s a trap lmao25: A group you'll never give up? probably shinee + cnblue since they were my favs from the start26: Do you own any merchandise? no actually, my friends in korea rn might be getting my posters but i have spotify premium so 27: Favorite album? the ones i can constantly go back to and listen to are dean’s albums, hyukoh’s 22, wonder girls’ reboot, exo’s exact, bts’ wings + dark&wild28: Ever heard about _____? lmaoooo29: Do you think you will like k-pop in ___ years? i think this time around it’ll be a much longer phase 30: An unpopular opinion about______? idk

[mulder-isms]

Musings over pizza - (Thorcid fanfic)

A\N: Hi *coughs because of the dust*

This fic was first inspired by this prompt I’ve got from anon:

Since they've known each other for so long, I'd love some sort of throwback about Thorgy and Acid knowing each other and then Acid seeing Thorgy becoming more and more popular and creating a scene in Brooklyn

also this adorable feedback:

Call me vanilla but I'd literally read anything you wrote like you could write 5000 words about Thorcid eating pizza on the couch and I'd be down.

And you need to know some things in advance:

1) Watch Thorgy playing the piano cardboard performance 

2) In a recent interview (7:13) Thorgy talked about his early adventures with Aja, so yes, Aja is in this fic COME THROUGH SEASON 9

3) Also this pic

4) This happens in the thorcid novel universe, but you have to ignore The birthday series lol and remember what happened in Twilight Time 👌  

5) Smut for your nerves!

PS: feedback is the wind under my wings, so help a bitch to still be inspired 💋

*

“It’s always Shane doing his Shane-nigans!”

The voice of his father echoed and hit the back of his head. It was his cousin’s birthday. Shane was 7 years old. The energetic little boy thought it was a cool idea to open one present. But then he wouldn’t stop after the first one and ended up opening all of them, consumed by his curious nature.

Every time he would do something crazy or reckless, or just existed being his unusual self, people’s reaction was always the same: a heavy sigh accepting what it was unchangeable. Shane was a force of nature. Wild and unpredictable, nevertheless still pure.

The year was 2006.

It was his first time performing out of the campus in an actual bar. He felt silly with his platform shoes and crazy make up, no padding, no body or a hint of glamour.  But all his friends were there to support him. He took a deep breath. This is what he wanted. To be free of conservatory rooms with perfect acoustic. He wanted loud and bad music blasting on his ears. He needed the chaos.

“Shane, you’ll be up in 10 minutes” an older queen warned him backstage. He started jumping to warm up and relax his tense muscles.

His dorm neighbor friend spotted a very well-known face strutting among the crowd, “Oh my god Acid Betty is here!”

Shane heard about Acid Betty but never saw her in the flesh. She was a vision with a huge blonde mohawk and an eyeliner that would go all the way to her forehead, cutting the dancefloor like a fierce goddess.

“She is fucking amazing” his friend mouth dropping admired, but his expression was changing by the second. “Oh shit she is coming this way!”

Their eyes met and she winked at Shane. He peered behind checking if it was really for him. But she was really going into his direction. She stopped being out of focus to be inches in front of them, an explosion of colors and a very luring presence.

“Good luck, kid. Hannah told me it’s your first day. We surely need a dance off to pop your cherry and spend that tip money” she spoke loudly and her voice was deep and matched her persona in a weird way.

“I don’t guarantee the tip money but the dance off and embarrassment is for free” he replied surprisingly fast and staring too much at all details of her outfit. He wondered if she noticed and was going to make fun of him. She was quite terrifying.

The facade broke when she laughed throatily in a dorky way and left them behind. Shane’s friend was still starstruck. Shane felt like he was possessed for some seconds, her strong presence taking over his body lighting his fire to kill that performance.

Drag was beautiful.

Maybe he would be that beautiful one day.

*

Jamin lungs were filled with the thick air, the mixture of perfume, cigarettes and the nauseating sweetness of fog machines. It’s been months since he was in a gay bar. Months since all his Acid Betty attires were hanging on his studio, lifeless. He didn’t want to touch it anymore. Acid Betty was dissolving from his skin every day.

He had a regular job where he could still be creative. A regular boyfriend by his side. Some people still recognized him and he pretended to care about them and smiled politely. Bar 4 had terrible lighting, and the stage was, well, there wasn’t one. They sat in a table next to it and his boyfriend was complaining about the noise. There was a painting decorating the black wall of the performance area. Just a blast of watercolors splashed on the canvas.

He used to be that.

A blonde tall queen entered the stage. He heard of her, people talking about how funny and witty her performances were, Brooklyn drag was going in all directions. Thorgy Thor. He had recollections of meeting her few years ago. He remembers her fire dancing by his side on the dancefloor. She had a different name. Something goofy.

The performance was a voice over, and she was playing a character that was that typical I’m-an-actress-singer-dancer L.A rejected type. He felt a strange connection. She had beautiful legs under the light blue tights and she was acting like she was in an audition.

“I guess everyone is a drag queen nowadays…” his boyfriend bitched taking a sip on his drink. Jamin didn’t care and kept staring at queen hypnotized.

“Actually, I’m Thorgy and I would love to audition for you!” the blonde queen pleaded in response to the voice over.

“Well, you gotta a cute look. What can you do?” the other voice on the recording asked.

“I’m an excellent pianist, and I can kick my leg really in the air like this!” and then she demonstrated throwing her leg high and people in the bar were laughing. Jamin chuckled and his boyfriend threw him a judging glance. “And I really can suck a great-

“Uh-huh!” the voice interrupted and everybody was cackling loudly. “Well, play away!”

Jamin observed Thorgy playing on the cardboard piano with all the feeling and intention in the world. He thought she was great and creative. He felt inspired. And staring at her endearing smile he couldn’t help but wonder if she really could suck a great dick.

“I’ve heard she actually plays the violin and other instruments”

He overheard someone commenting behind their table. He glanced at Thorgy again and that painting on the wall. People are full of colors.

*

After a couple of drinks and a lot of bitching Chris wasn’t feeling well and Jamin left him home. He was starving and decided to stop in his usual pizza place. It was open until very late and it was the favorite place for dawn stoners and starving drag queens post gigs.

He sat in his booth, ordered a large pepperoni one with nothing to drink since he was on a diet. He was drunk, tired and drained of Chris’s negative energy the whole night long. He heard a loud cackle coming from a group of queens that were eating and laughing on the balcony.

“We’re leaving, girl. It’s fucking 3 am how are you even still eating. We’re outside for a smoke, we give you 10 minutes”

One of the queens said to Thorgy that was devouring a piece with both hands and no napkin. The other queens left and Thorgy continued engaged in her piece. Their eyes met across the room. Jamin wasn’t sure if she was going to recognize him, although they’ve met a couple of times out of drag. He waved coyly and Thorgy squinted her eyes trying to recognize him for a few seconds.

She opened a smile with a half full mouth, got out of her stool and was on her way to join Jamin in the booth. He regretted the decision immediately as she was approaching holding her pizza.

“Acid Betty on Joe’s! What an unexpected encounter!” she chanted sitting in front of Jamin.

“Hi” he replied putting his pizza down. “ It’s the only place open after you spent hours tucked and hungry and that people won’t judge you”

“Yeah, but you’re not tucked or hungry”  Thorgy noticed eyeing him curiously biting her lower lip. Her make up was smudged and her gray blue eyes were popping out because of the blonde wig and navy headband.

“I’m drunk and pissed, and these make me hungry” he replied quickly making Thorgy laugh. It was an unarming sound.

It was funny how they would have this brief encounters with fiery witty conversations.

“I was at the Bar 4 with my boyfriend. I really liked you performance” he remarked grabbing another piece.

Thorgy looked at him for a few seconds surprised with the compliment, her mouth curling into a half smile feeling her heart suddenly beating faster.

“Um…I was kinda feeling like shit when I recorded. Thank you” she replied looking down and playing with the plastic fork that was on the table.

“I overheard you actually play the piano and the violin. You should do it in drag”

Thorgy scoffed. The idea of playing her violin in the middle of drunk people banging on the walls to Lady Gaga was at least scary. They would throw tomatoes at her.

“Listen to your heart. Fuck other people.”

He answered her unformulated question and Thorgy was quite stunt by it.

“I’m afraid if I start listening, it will never shut up and I already have enough voices in my head” she confessed. Acid analysed her with curiosity, as if she was something to be discovered. It was an enticing look.

Thorgy was afraid of the randomness of everything. That the people that could be important to you, that could read you like a pleasant book, might just pass you by. We can never know what they really mean to us. There’s no soulmates signs on their foreheads. There’s no sign of “keep me” popping out of their heads.

They both stood in silent and Thogy noticed her friends outside making gestures for her to hurry up.

“Chris was asking about your name and I never asked you about it.” Jamin recalled chewing and noticed Thorgy staring at his mouth.

“My middle name is Thor”

Jamin raised his brows surprised and chuckled.

“I’m Shane Thor Galligan”

“Thor-gee” Jamin concluded before she even finished and Thorgy just nodded. “You have the fierceness, the viking dreads, but you’ll need the hammer at some point, girl”

Thorgy smiled and got out the booth making a gesture that she needed to go.

“For now I don’t even have a car” she shrugged squeezing Jamin’s shoulder before leaving him with three remaining pieces. Jamin observed her fading inside the crowded car into the night through the glass of his booth. ‘Until the next random pizza sharing encounter’ he thought.

*

It was one of those weeks where getting out of the bed was a struggle. An unseen force would pull Shane down, would break his spirit. Hours wandering around the house. Rearranging the closet that was already arranged. Alvaro was worried about his friend, and if a life long friend is worried about you something must have been really wrong.

Some people paid him a visit, and he wasn’t expecting Aja to appear on his door at all. She was a cool Brooklyn chick, fresh blood and full of energy. He once was like this. He too thought he was the new cool drag that everyone was talking about. Aja was around with her group of friends and she had all figured out like all millennials. Bursting into parties with fake ID and turning on the dancefloor.

Right now in front of his door it was just Jay, with a box of pizza and a bottle of wine. He was wearing a jeans jumper and a ripped t-shirt, a backpack on his back.

“Bitch why you cancelled yesterday. It was amazing at the metropolitan. Now I’m officially legal to drink”

“Officially legal to die drinking you mean” Shane remarked. “Girl, what are you doing here?”

Shane was walking into the living room indicating that Aja could come in. He sat on the couch embracing his legs as Aja opened the box of pizza.

“This is a cheap ass wine that I use for some cleansings. And speaking of that…” he observed Shane and the apartment that was unusually tidy. “The energy of this place seems a little off. And you girl, where are your ‘woos!’ storage?”

Shane shrugged defeated. He went to the kitchen to pick up some glasses for them. “I guess I’m out of it”

“I’m here for a little magical intervention. I owe you girl, you’ve booked me to all these gigs last month. I want to read the cards for you and get rid of whatever is giving me chills right now” he said shrinking and brushing off the invisible force. Shane laughed shaking his head.

“You’re a cuckoo witch”

*

Aja put some Kanye on while Shane protested but after a few glasses of wine and some conversation about Aja’s crazy dates and adventures he was feeling lighter. When he started sorting the cards on the coffee table Shane was having his second piece of pizza.

She pulled The wheel of fortune at first.

“This too shall pass” he started mysteriously. “Whatever you’re feeling right now, remember, everything vanishes. Also a huge change is on the way about your career.”

“Well, after listening to this record I’m quitting classical music officially” he drunk stated taking a big gulp on his glass.

“It’s funny, because my mother read the cards for me this week and it was my first too”

Shane was observing Aja’s painted nails going through the cards and his head already spinning with the possibilities. He picked out another one.

“Lovers” he scoffed rolling his eyes showing the cards of two identical hearts together. “You’re a gemini. That’s your official card. It means it’s time for you to stop whoring around and pay attention to love. The good type, ya know? From Nicholas Sparks books and shit. You need to open up the possibilities that you can be loved” then Aja stopped talking and looking at the wall behind Shane. He widened his eyes scared. Was he seeing something?

“What bitch?” he asked nervous and looking behind.

“The image of something related to a new year came to me…like a sunrise?  A sunrise after a New Year’s eve party?”

As Aja was speaking Shane got chills on his spine. The memories of that unforgettable New Year’s Eve with Jamin emerged from the depths of his mind.

“I don’t know, sis. This wine is cheap as fuck and the mushrooms of this pizza” Aja speculated organizing the cards again to put in the case again.

“That’s it?” Shane grunted still curious.

“I’ll write you some things you need to do. You’re going to have the bath of your life”

After finishing the pizza, Aja left some notes for teas and a bath that involved milk as an ingredient, so Shane could snap out of whatever was going on is his busy mind. The image that he conjured was still haunting.

He also wondered what changes could happen to them. Everything seemed so still, like the world wasn’t moving around, and gravity was sinking his feet. He felt like nothing could change. Aja was still young and vibrant, and maybe her visit was a reminder that he still had it too.

*

The auction was going well. People were buying Acid’s iconic attires and wigs but somehow Thorgy felt defensive about it. As she was watching Jamin talking to audience, she didn’t want to see those outfits go. They were part of Acid’s history, and so of her too. She never minded auctioning her stuff because they were most from thrift stores. But these were made by Jamin’s beautiful hands. And they would become just a disconnected piece of an incomplete look.

After the gigs, they all went to Jamin’s house to hang around in his studio to have some drinks. Alotta was there and Shane questioned how this friendship bloomed. Jamin was part of the Brooklyn scene again and he couldn’t be more happier. After all the queens left, they ordered a pizza.  Since he didn’t have the intention of staying, forbidden by Jamin that said he needed to organize the place, he just took a shower and put on a purple jersey he had on his bag for weeks and nothing underneath.

Jamin was on the couch of his studio just browsing through his phone, no shoes, feet on the coffee table. The pizza box was closed waiting for Shane. He was still wearing his checked suit and Acid Betty’s t-shirt.

Shane came in the room analyzing the whole place, checking some of his paintings and toys. He held a sweet smile, like this place was the core of Jamin. He picked up a troll doll that was on the shelf and stroke the blue hair. Jamin glanced up and down aware of his presence, and then he looked up again locked with the vision of Shane with that oversized jersey, no shoes on, the hairy legs in all their glory and the dreads half loose in a bun. His complete weakness.

“I’ve never seen a jersey so out of place in my whole life” he pointed out checking his body and he approached to join him in the couch. Shane just shimmed and sat by his side putting his legs over Jamin’s with no ceremony and lying down. His arm reached for a piece of pizza that he shoved into his mouth still laid.

The Jersey was barely covering his crotch and Jamin side looked down at him still holding his phone, placing his elbows on Shane’s legs.

After some seconds in silence eating his pizza and observing his boyfriend Shane felt like talking but he paused. He noticed the lines on Jamin’s forehead. His perfect lips wet by the red tomato sauce of the pizza. His black hair fading away with the memory of the first time he saw Acid out of drag. Blonde and skinnier.

He loved this version if front of him more than any memory of their long history of brief encounters. At last, found in translation.

“I was bothered to see all your stuff go. I don’t know. I’m kinda sentimental about outfits. The wig that you were wearing when I first met you was there. You make everything you wear. I felt like I was seeing little pieces of you being taken away by strangers”

Jamin stopped typing on his cellphone and sighed looking at his boyfriend, he rubbed his legs and laid by his side, hugging Shane by the waist, putting a leg over him. He started nuzzling on the hollow of his neck and Shane continued eating but started giggling with the ticklish sensation of Jamin’s stubble.

“Don’t bother, Thorg. They’re just outfits. Sometimes you need to get rid off the old stuff so your mind can see things without dust on it. I’m creating plenty of new stuff.” he reassured him whispering on his neck. Shane wasn’t still very convinced. He reached out another piece and handed it to Jamin that devoured it quickly.

“We’re on that stage. We’re eating pizza laid down with onions falling on our faces and we don’t give a fuck” Shane realized disgusted but accepting the reality.

“And we’re going to have sex smelling like pepperoni” Jamin added and Shane raised his brows with a smile curling on his mouth.

“Are we? I’m not staying over. You were the one kicking me out saying that you needed to organize your studio” he recalled playing difficult and prompting himself to a sitting position brushing off all the pizza remains that were on top of him.

“Well, you appear naked wearing a goddamn purple jersey you leave me without options” he defended himself pulling him back by the waist but he fought back. But not much since Jamin started kissing his lower back sending shivers to his spine.

He got back to the couch and Jamin was on top of him and their kiss was deepening. His stubble was scratching faintly at his skin in a way that was making him tingle all over. Shane’s hands were exploring Jamin’s back, going south to grab his ass and pushing his hips further between his legs. Jamin’s cock was hardening and rubbing over Shane’s belly, his pants becoming small and uncomfortable.

Jamin positioned himself on his knees so he could remove his suit. Shane was watching him still painting and flustered, legs locked around him, throbbing with desire.

“Take off your pants and lay on your back” Shane ordered before Jamin could even decide what to do. He laughed getting out of the couch so he could remove all his clothes and Shane followed him.

“You’re such a jock with this jersey” he teased Shane that pushed him to lie on the couch where he collapsed. He was on top of him in seconds with Jamin’s cock in hands, licking the head as if it was his favorite popsicle. Jamin could feel Shane’s cock squeezed between his legs and he rubbed making him moan in pleasure. He took him to the whole and the vision always made him impressed. Shane grunted in appreciation as Jamin’s hips were rising against his face.

Shane was so dedicated to this task, it was clearly he was relishing every second. He suddenly stopped and changed position, making Jamin open his legs and he lowered himself, kissing the inside of Jamin’s thigh and he shivered, both at the touch and at the loss of the pressure of his mouth.  

He was rapping his hand around Jamin, resting the thumb on his tip, smoothing the precum that was forming. Jamin’s fingers were raking through his dreads while he moved lower, licking his balls to find his entrance.

“Fuck Shane…” he pleaded overwhelmed with the stimulation. Shane laughed watching him with eyes closed, his stomach going up and dowm. Shane was grapping his hand around his cock pumping him firmly and slowly, up and down, with a mischievous grin. He slid one of his finger slowy inside him, licking the place to make the move smoother.

Shane’s mouth and finger work in tandem was too much. Jamin was fighting the urge to push his head further inside him, but instead of that he pulled him to stop. Shane was already kissing his stomach, slowly going up, his tongue swirling on his nipples.

Jamin pulled him for a kiss and softly chuckled holding him onto his chest.

“You are so horny today” he stated still short of air as Shane removed some pubic hairs from his mouth giggling . “I thought you were still sore from yesterday” Jamin was still painting looking down at Shane, his cheeks all rose and lips swollen.

“Well…I am…” he realized as if he was aware of that only in that moment and numb the whole time with desire. “But I want you to fuck me. Really hard. Like, now”

Jamin’s eyes widened and he cackled scared of his urgency.

“Get the lube” he gave up trying to make some sense into Shane’s head.

“Ugh” Shane complained. He was perfectly nested on Jamin’s chest and he didn’t want to get his purse inside the apartment. He eyed the bottle of olive oil on the table and wiggled his brows.

“Are you serious?” Jamin was incredulous as Shane reached for the bottle over Jamin as if he was a rug, pressing on his lungs.

“Come on, bicth” he ordered again. “It’s an oil. Smells great and it’s edible.”

Shane laid on his back and Jamin put some olive on his cock and on Shane’s making him giggle.

“You’re paying to wash this couch” Jamin complained but he was extremely turned on with the whole thing. Shane pulled him by his neck impatiently.

“Shut up and fuck me already” he whispered inside his mouth. Jamin’s stomach tensed in anticipation as he slid one finger inside Shane, preparing him, making him moving his hips up and moan.

He placed himself inside him slowly making Shane ache with the urgency, their gaze locked. Shane removed his glasses and Jamin’s and put on the coffee table so he could cup his face as Jamin’s hip was going further in and out of him. Shane could feel the energy radiating from his body, and his breathing quickened, his stomach fluttering with anxious desire.

They were kissing as Jamin went faster, placing himself on his knees and putting Shane’s legs up over his shoulder. Shane started pumping his cock but Jamin took over, and kept thrusting, Shane’s butt cheeks burning with the pounding. Shane’s cock was glistening with precum but Jamin didn’t stop pumping him.

Their bodies slapped wetly together, and he grunted as he held Shane’s hips still, his cock savagely pounding into him. Shane’s thighs were shaking, and he knew that he was on the edge. He kept moaning non stopping incoherence mumblings.

Shane’s breathing hitched as he felt her orgasm building. “Don’t stop,” he panted breathlessly, as his body began to convulse, the knees tightening, his core arching forward. Jamin continued his assault as Shane was still pulsing around his cock, their moans matching in intensity.

Shane was curling in pleasure as he stroke his cock feeling the other orgasm hitting, spilling his cum all over his stomach. Jamin followed him right after, removing his cock and shooting over his stomach too. He felt the waves of pleasure spreading all over his crotch and legs and he collapsed over Shane reaching for a languid kiss. They were just breathing heavily and nuzzling their noses. They were feeling the hot liquid between connecting them like glue. The sensation was quite funny.

“We’re like a very disgusting pizza” Jamin whispered, his head resting under his chin. He observed Shane’s purple jersey on the floor.

“I think there’s olive oil even on my hair” Shane touched the top his head grabbing some dreads.

They stayed there entwined by olive oil.  Shane paid for the couch cleaning but Jamin decided that it needed a new fabric. It was dirty again with paint and make up two weeks later.

*

The Metropolitan bar was full. Everybody was excited for the new episode of season 9. Thorgy was in the dressing room almost ready to come out with Aja fixing her orange suit and skirt. She looked like a futuristic secretary from the 60’s. Thorgy was listening to “Que sera, sera” from Pink Martini on her phone as Aja was finishing her make-up.

“Girl, did you take that bath that I prescribed to you years ago? Oh my god, I’ve never asked you about it!”

Thorgy was wearing his curly brown hair wig and fixing it with a comb. She stopped trying to remember what she was talking about.

“Pfffff, I lost the paper and probably ate the ingredients” she scoffed fixing her Thorgy t-shirt looking at the mirror.

“And how about the new year party thing?”

She just shook her head trailing off the subject. Aja was the real deal and the younger queen took her silence as a confirmation.

“Sis, I told ya. Wheel of fucking fortune.”

Then Aja posed to the mirror sending a kiss to her own image. Thorgy thought that maybe her witch friend could win. Maybe the wheels were still rolling.

[younggohan]

“Americaaa, God bless you if it’s good to you...

*blows the dust off my profile like it’s a Sega Genesis cartridge*

Welcome back y’all. Sports will always be my first love. I grew up watching MJ hit game winners over the Jazz and T.O. catching improbable passes from Steve Young to win a wild card matchup against the Packers (I cried after that game). But lately? I don’t know man, music has been knocking on the door the past few years and I’m about to cook some dinner for them. As a matter of fact, I took the whole month off of social media last month and what triggered my return was the consistent fiasco that took place at the Grammys. I’ll get to that in a moment because I’m sure you’re wondering how my experience without social media went. Let’s get into it.

I was tired of being a millennial

You ever felt like you wanted to get away from something because you had too much of it? You were too involved and couldn’t find a way out? Always felt the need to like a pic as routine rather than interest? You ever had a mayo & jelly sandwich? Alright, that was irrelevant but don’t knock it until you try it. But yes, I became over consumed with Social Media, to the point where I was running late to work because the morning scrollies on the toilet was hittin’. We’ve all been there. So I felt like it was proper timing with the New Year to take a sabbatical from everyone else’s life and focus on my own. It was refreshing, spent the month reading (currently reading David & Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell), connecting with people in real life (what a concept) and watching LHH Miami/NY (gotta pick and choose our battles). All in all, it was worth the time off, and I plan to limit my time on SM going forward.

 They Took Me Out My Element

Anyway, back to the topic (word to J.Cole). I’m done with the Grammys fam. Y’all know me, I’m usually an optimistic person, I give everyone and everything a chance (I gave White Famous a chance, even watched all 10 episodes, it wasn’t good, but I appreciated the message). Going into Grammy night, I shook off the wrongdoings of last year (Adele beating Beyoncé) and the year before that (TPAB losing against 1989) and the years before that (Macklemore beating K Dot for best rap album, Twisted Fantasy losing to that Esmeralda Spaulding girl, still enraged by that). 

Tonight was going to be a new night! 2017 was the first year that Hip Hop was the most consumed genre in the U.S. That lines up Jay & K Dot nicely for album of the year. Prior to that, Speakerboxx/The Love Below was the last hip hop album to win that prestigious award. Back in 2004. 14 years ago. I know the person reading this now isn’t the biggest hip-hop fan, and that’s fine, you don’t have to be. All we are asking is for respect, recognition on a national stage. I mean, you’ve seen Kendrick’s performance in 2016, that had to make you feel something right? Well that at least warranted him to open this year’s Grammys with another masterful performance. It gave me chills, it motivated me to become a better me, and that was after watching it the 7th time. The meticulous creative direction he takes in his performances is something to marvel (and should be a case study at your nearest institution if it were up to me, but I digress.  

“The only thing more frightening than watching a black man be honest in America, is being an honest black man in America” (Chappelle, 2018).

  Let’s marinate on that for a second. A black man opened the 2018 Grammys through the vehicle of Hip-Hop. Look how far we’ve come right? Ha, you would think. K Dot had a good start of the night. He won best rap song, best rap album (in which he endorsed Jay for president, I guess Yeezy ain’t running no mo?) best rap performance, best music video and best rap/sung collaboration. But when it came to the main event? The best album of the year goes to…Bruno Mars. Hol up. YOU mean to tell me that Bruno Mars had a better album than DAMN.? Damn, where’s the love? Where’s the justice? I lost it in real time. I screamed, I got into arguments with my friends and even told my mom about it. I couldn’t believe my ears. It happened again.

You mean to tell me that a 9-track album that is 34 minutes long beat out K Dot’s latest masterpiece? Explain to me how it is better. Because 24K made you dance? Because ‘That’s What I Like’ made you feel good about your surroundings? TELL ME. Music is supposed to make you FEEL. more than just “happy”. It is supposed to make you think differently, make you gain a perspective that you did not understand previously. Music is supposed to HUMBLE. you, give you insight to things you hadn’t thought about. Music should invoke FEAR., letting your thoughts wonder to places you wouldn’t have imagined before you pressed play. Bruno Mars did all that for you? Because DAMN. did for me. And I know what you’re going to say, “Mike, music is subjective, you can’t say 24K is supposed to only make you feel one way and only that way.” Granted, and I appreciate your opinion hypothetical person, but more importantly, music is best served forward. So ask yourself, forget about the numbers and the artist, which album brought music more forward: throwback R&B ballads or thought-striking lyrics that encapsulate the ultimate level of storytelling?

I know it’s easy to say that at least they got nominated, that’s progress. I’m here to tell you that’s not enough. Even Jay said it at the pre-Grammy party, “We can pretend we don’t care, but we do. We really care because we are seeing the most incredible artists stand on that stage, and we aspire to be that.“ Who wouldn’t want to win the most prestigious award? Who doesn’t want to feel validated?

Am I going to boycott the Grammys next year? I don’t know yet, I’m an optimistic person. But at what point does history tear down optimism? I’d hate to have to wait my whole life to find out that answer. I guess Frank Ocean was on to something:

http://frankocean.tumblr.com/post/157125310721/ok-ken-and-david-as-much-as-i-hate-to-make-you

[dudence-blog]

Dear Dudence for 14 December 2017

It’s a week until Christmas and Hanukkah is in swing.  Hopefully you’ve got your presents ordered, wrapped, or delivered.  If you’re one of the lucky few who don’t need to write to an advice columnist to figure out who you should spend your holidays with I hope it’s a great time for you.  I’ve got the gluehwein warming in the kitchen so on to the letters other people asked someone else!

My boyfriend and I have been together for two years, and he is loving, caring, and dedicated. He’s in the medical field and enjoys helping his patients. Most of the time, I can see myself marrying him and being happy, but some things he says politically make me nervous, and I’m worried that he’s too uncaring about other people’s situations. He doesn’t have a problem with Roy Moore being a senator because “he hasn’t been convicted.” He seems to judge sexual harassment victims for not coming forward earlier and doesn’t understand why some wouldn’t.

Dear Is He Insensitive, welcome to being in a relationship with someone who roots for another team than you do.  Sometimes this difference is between Yankee and Red Sox fans, sometimes it’s between OU and UT.  In this case it’s between D and R.  Your boyfriend is making excuses for Roy Moore’s behavior in the same way that Mets fans were perfectly cromulent with Jose Reyes’ domestic abuse and Texans fans shake their heads about Brian Cushing’s PED use.  Your boyfriend also has the perfectly human response to the victims of “This isn’t what I would do or what I would expect everyone I know to do if it happened to them.”  It doesn’t make him right or them wrong, it’s just something people do.  It doesn’t mean he is insensitive to the plight of such victims closer to him.  He just chooses to spend his emotional attention on people who are not complete strangers thousands of miles away with whom he will never interact.  I want you to go ahead and ignore Newdie’s advice on this one because, honestly, she is a child who thinks that history began on or about 21 January 2009.  Roy Moore is an awful person; his political actions alone should have been disqualifying for the office of Senator, that he took an interest in young women which was awkward for the time, and downright creepy when viewed through today’s expectations (Unless you’re the President and First Lady of France).  That he lost is, probably, for the benefit of the nation.  But unless you live in Alabama your boyfriend’s view on Moore’s candidacy matters exactly as much to your relationship as to whether he was a Cubs fan who was suddenly less than willing to condemn Ardolis Chapman as an abuser.  Also, let me go ahead and let you know that every single person who seeks that high of an elected office is, at some level, an awful person.  You need to be to have the single-minded megalomania to decide you, and you alone, know what is best for several thousand to hundreds of millions of people, many of whom deeply and sincerely disagree with you.  It’s just a matter of whether their awfulness has been brought to light, or if they’re a member of your team.  You might be too young to remember, but 18 months ago Bill Clinton’s history of assault and harassment was just not that important, and almost 30 years ago no less a feminist than Gloria Steinem believed he was entitled to One Free Grope.  Rand Paul is, apparently, an awful-enough neighbor to justify being assaulted.  Bob Menendez and Alcee Hastings took bribes.  There are, what, 4 Congressmembers who’ve been outed using taxpayer dollars to settle harassment claims?  Only you can decide whether your politically disinterested boyfriend’s lazy defense of a bad candidate is worth you blowing up a relationship with someone who satisfies you in the many other dimensions of a relationship.  I, personally, wouldn’t end a relationship I can see otherwise ending in wedding bells over a disagreement on the players on your political team. 

Is it ever acceptable to make a request about your partner’s appearance? I would never comment on something like weight or unchangeable physical characteristics (nor would I want to—I think my wife is beautiful). But what about easily changeable things? My wife has recently stopped coloring her hair, so now she is all gray.

Dear Dye Job, of course it’s acceptable to make requests about your partner’s appearance.  “Honey, I really like that red blouse you wore last week,” be polite, sensitive, and keep it positive.  As for your specific request let’s talk.  It was something she previously did, but she has stopped doing.  Maybe she didn’t like the hassle, maybe she thought it wasn’t money well-spent, maybe she didn’t think you noticed it enough, maybe she is just deciding to give her hair a break for a bit.  I’d suggest just asking her about it.  Frame the question in a positive and supportive way; if she asks if you have a preference, be honest, but accept it might just not be something she wants to do.  You’ll never know if you don’t ask.

I’m in my late-30s but for some reason am painfully embarrassed by my pre-teen/middle school years. I don’t want any throwback pics or “hey, remember how you used to...” discussion. It’s completely irrational. I was not tormented and had no particularly traumatic incidents. Just your garden-variety awkward. Anyway, I’ve never told anyone this because I realize it’s nuts. If things come up, I just laugh along and change the subject as swiftly as possible. But recently a family member has started posting clips from old family videos on Facebook. I am absolutely mortified at the thought of some of the videos that I know they have of me being made public.

Dear Adolescent Embarrassment, are you me?  It might be small comfort but, honestly, as long as your recorded moments don’t feature you fiving a Nazi salute or shooting the neighbors pets no one fucking cares how embarrassing and awkward you were as a pre-teen because all of us were like that.  The coolest, sexist, most confident person you know has a picture of video of them wearing awful clothes, a then-popular hairstyle, and their voice cracking in that awful way it does.  Ask whoever has those videos to not upload ones of you, and if they do it anyway just ignore it.

I am 36 years old and have been in a relationship with a great guy for almost two years. He is 43. We are talking about marriage and possibly kids if that works out. I have zero issues with our relationship—it’s great. The only concern I have is that prior to dating me, my boyfriend only dated very attractive women under 26 years old. Some of them were even as young as 20 or 22, while he was in his mid-to-late 30s. I guess I am concerned that someday he will want to go back to that.

Dear Reading Too Much, in addition to believing that history began on or about 21 January 2009 NuPru also thinks that romantic partners are incapable of wanting anything different from what they have dated before.  Yes, it is possible he might want to go back to dating college-age women, or the fact he’s dating you and you two are discussing a future together means he’s ready to move on from dating women in their early to mid 20s.  Also, since you’re talking age-ranges here a 34 year old dating a 26 year old is not exactly Mrs. Robinson trying to seduce someone.  Heck, it’s well within Half Your Age +7.  NuPru is reading an exceptional amount of malice into very sparse information.  If you haven’t talked with your boyfriend about your concern that you might be a bit too mature for his chickenhawkish ways may I suggest that you do so.  However, when you do I suggest you throw out all the argle-bargle NuPru mentioned about “power imbalance”, “being fresh out of high school”, etc because the only way to make that conversation end more poorly would be to ask if he’s preparing to run for the Senate in 20 years.  Don’t ask him why he wanted to date youngerer women, ask him what makes his relationship with you more special than the ones that came before.  

I recently got out of a very long-term relationship. I hadn’t expected to enter the dating world so soon, but I met a guy while traveling for work and made an instant connection with him. I only travel to his area a few weeks a year, so I stayed in contact with him and we chat almost every day. Well, I’ve just recently met someone else more local (once again, it caught me by surprise). I know I’m not necessarily ready for a relationship with either, but I’m really starting to like both of them. I’ve always felt I could be polyamorous, as I feel that people have the capability to care for and love multiple people, but should I continue spending time with both of them?

Dear Poly Maybe?, you see that cart in front of you?  You need to dismount your horse, unhitch it from the cart, move your horse in front of the cart, then rehitch it.  You’re newly free from a long-term relationship and now you’ve found multiple people you want to bang.  It is far, far, far more likely that something is going to come along to derail your relationship with either, or both, of them before you need to start explaining how you love them both equally and hope they’re okay with you being banged by the other.  

My father has just collapsed from a cancer none of us knew he had. He is ailing, and my mother is absolutely freaking out. She has always had undiagnosed, untreated mental illnesses. Since his retirement, she has clung to my father. My sister is there trying to manage things while my father is in the hospital. If she leaves the room, my mother freaks out. Last night mom called me, hysterical, saying that she had been “abandoned” (my sister went to the gym). She wandered the neighborhood wailing and sobbing until a neighbor came out to talk to her. Sooner or later, someone may call the police. She has not been to a doctor since I was born (I’m in my 50s). She won’t listen to anyone and wouldn’t let a caseworker into the house to assess the situation. I am estranged from all of them but would like to get her some help.

Dear Mother off the Rails, provide your sister the elderly care information Newdie offered.  

I recently asked out a man and he said yes (yay!). However, it turns out my roommate is also interested in him.

Dear Swiped a Crush, she who hesitates is lost.  Give her the polite heads-up, be prepared for some drama, but go on with your plans.  Real life is not an episode of Friends.

My daughter is 16 years old. Her mother and I have been divorced for most of my daughter’s life. For years, I have had to fight my ex’s attempt to keep my daughter from me and to keep joint, 50-50 custody. However, as a teen my daughter has been rebelling—stealing, failing school, et cetera. I’ve punished her by taking her phone away or not letting her go over to friend’s houses. Instead of backing me up, my ex sides with my daughter—without asking me why I punished her.

Dear Daughter Doesn’t Want, the good news is in a few years she’ll be dating Reading Too Much’s ex-boyfriend.  Wait, that might not be good news.  I would not sacrifice your time with your daughter so easily as Newdie is suggesting.  I get the impression that your relationship with your daughter’s mother is not the most amicable, but if you haven’t had a serious parent-to-parent discussion with her lately over your daughter’s behavior, discipline for her self-destructive actions, and the expectation that you’ll both support one another you need to.  I’d also suggest dealing with your lawyer about what your options actually are.  Your daughter is old enough that her preferences should be given some serious weight, but she’s not so old or mature that she should just be allowed to go off the rails.

[junker-town]

Why Miami players are stunting a big ol’ gold chain on the sideline

There’s a pretty cool reason for this new, season-long tradition, and it even involves Vince Wilfork.

Miami had a ball in Week 1. They were in control against the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats, winning 41-13. More importantly, however, the Hurricanes were also stuntin’ on them on the sidelines. Look at this dope chain on defensive back Malek Young.

Baller. http://pic.twitter.com/RxM7SBwnv5

— Canes Football (@CanesFootball) September 2, 2017

This is my new favorite album cover. Too bad it looks like it’s limited edition.

The chain is given to players who force a turnover, per a new Miami tradition.

Young secured an interception earlier in the game and got to sport the bling as a reward.

The story behind the chain’s existence is a unique one. According to the Sun-Sentinel, two weeks before the season started, UM cornerbacks coach Mike Rumph called a Miami jeweler, Anthony John Machado, or “AJ,” to ask if he could make a rope chain players could wear after forcing a turnover. AJ and former Miami Hurricane Vince Wilfork, who happened to be in AJ’s store when Rumph called, had a better idea:

The initial thought was a rope chain that players would get to wear after forcing a turnover.

“Naw, man,” chimed in Wilfork, recently retired after a 13-year NFL career. “We got to do the Cuban link, AJ!”

The consensus among the three was a collective “Hell yeah!”

“In Miami, what are we famous for? We’re famous for the Cuban chains,” Machado says. “But we need to add a little something to it.

“So we did a big U charm — orange stones, green stones in there to flash it out.”

Here’s AJ showing off the bling he designed:

What U know about school spirit??? Ball hawk of the week goes to my guy Malek Young @uno_deuce_ ✊ ⛓@realkingofbling @joshthejeweler @miamihurricanes @canesfootball #yourjewelersfavoritejeweler #realkingofbling #custom #gold #miami #miamihurricanes #hurricanes #canes #canesnation #theu #um #305 #madeindade #nfl #onlybuilt4cubanlinx #homegrown #collegegameday #swag #mvo #miamisveryown #turnoverchain

A post shared by ajsjewelrymiami (@ajsjewelrymiami) on Sep 2, 2017 at 1:10pm PDT

AJ’s expertise in jewelry is well-known — he claims so have over 700 active NFL players that are active customers. Here’s him hanging with New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul:

My fam came by @iamjasonpierrepaul before he heads out for the beginning of the #nfl season #family Good luck brother ✊ Go #giants #giantsnation #gmen #newyorkgiants #newyork #yourjewelersfavoritejeweler #realkingofbling #custom #gold #diamonds #nfl #mlb #nba #miami #miamisbest #madeindade #305 #954

A post shared by ajsjewelrymiami (@ajsjewelrymiami) on Sep 3, 2017 at 11:01am PDT

The newspaper adds that the chain is made out of 900 of orange and green sapphire stones, a “U” that’s 6.5-inch-wide, and a 36-inch, 2.5-kilogram, 10-karat gold chain.

@CanesFootball has TURNOVER ICE Let @Rebecca_Sports explain why #Canes defenders will look so ❄️❄️❄️ this season. http://pic.twitter.com/SSdt1a1DRJ

— FOX Sports South (@FOXSportsSouth) September 2, 2017

Miami defensive coordinator Many Diaz told his defense they were in for a surprise if they got a takeaway against Bethune-Cookman.

"He told us this morning about the turnover chain," sophomore linebacker Shaquille Quarterman said via 247Sports after Miami's 41-13 win. "It goes to whoever gets the turnover. You get to rock that huge Miami-style chain… it was just another incentive."

"We didn't really need much," Quarterman continued, "but that was definitely an incentive. Seeing Malek get it was amazing because we all wanted to know who was going to be the first guy to get it. Malek did his thing and he earned it, so congrats to him."

Must be nice.

Miami’s kept it rolling throughout the season.

Here it is during the Toledo game:

The turnover chain, the only thing hotter in Miami than @CanesFootball. http://pic.twitter.com/mGEGIPg9q7

— ACC Digital Network (@theACCDN) September 24, 2017

The player above is safety Sheldrick Redwine, who got a penalty as he was putting this chain on because he took his helmet off before he got to the sideline:

UM was penalized because Redwine (fumble recovery), in his excitement to don the gold, “popped his helmet off before he got to the sideline.’’ The coach [Mark Richt] said lightheartedly during his Monday-morning weekly radio show with UM’s flagship station 560 WQAM that “the guy in charge of the chain has got to stay back in the bench area. He was wanting to go on the field and give it to him.’’

And Week 5 against Duke:

You earned it, Pinck. http://pic.twitter.com/tryLvsgi68

— Canes Football (@CanesFootball) September 30, 2017

And Sebastian the Ibis mascot has one:

.@UM_Sebastian has his own turnover chain http://pic.twitter.com/he2IwwUJ1O

— Miami Hurricanes (@MiamiHurricanes) October 21, 2017

And now even Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez have joined in:

Some people (who were probably just looking for a reason to say terrible stuff about the Canes anyway) have a problem with it ...

When the racists come out, you know THE U is back. http://pic.twitter.com/maYG8Agm8S

— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) November 6, 2017

But head coach Mark Richt argues the chain is nothing but fun. He went on The Herd and gave these comments about the jewelry:

“What’s wrong with that, you know?” Richt said. “People want to build it into something else. I can tell you — I tell my guys — I care more what is in your heart than how you wear your hair, if you’ve got a beard, or whatever the heck it may be.

“I care about how you act as a person and how you act as a teammate and a fellow student and all that. That’s what’s most important to me. We’ve got great — not good guys — we’ve got great guys on this team.”

A few college football teams have done similar things like this.

Alabama has a wrestling-style title belt, also given to defenders who record takeaways ...

How long these Bama players ball? All day, all day http://t.co/AO3w3HJb7s (pic: @ByCasagrande) http://pic.twitter.com/2ZC1Qxnoah

— SB Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) April 9, 2015

... and Colorado State now has a similar belt ...

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... while Ole Miss’ belt has turned heel.

Ole Miss has a NWO wrestling belt and I think I’m back in on the Rebels http://pic.twitter.com/eH2SALPBci

— Jack McGuire (@JackMacCFB) September 3, 2017

If there was a The U part 3, I’d want this photo on the cover:

Malek Young is my new favorite player in the history of college sports http://pic.twitter.com/y2OP5aPuUI

— Gabe Fernandez (@thelatinochild) September 2, 2017

It reminds me of The U’s throwback swagger.

Tradition never stops.

[readmeri]

Do you know what I love? Beer! Do you know what I do not love? Hangovers. Bahh Grr Shudder. When I was 20, I swear I could drink all night and not be too careful about mixing drinks, I could dance til 2am, I could carry on at a friend’s house after and then sleep on the floor with narry a drink of water by my side. I could wake at 10 and eat a Pot Noodle and be sound as a pound. I didn’t even look rubbish.

I got up this morning – not the morning after drinking, but a whole day after that, to discover that my eyes are both really sore. That is categorically unfair by anybody’s standards. I thought if I had an easy day yesterday, lots of tea, a good night’s sleep I’d be all fine today. The hangover is spreading, my friends, and it ain’t pretty.

I had a discussion on the Secondlife Reddit the other day with someone who (I suspect) is younger than me and goes out partying. I explained that I did it a lot in my 20s, some in my 30s and much less in my 40s (I’m still only early, I have no idea what the rest will bring) and what I did not explain is that THIS, right here, is why. It hurts way more.

Shudder.

What to wear in Second Life today?

Visit | London Village Hair | [RunAway] Joanne Hair – Reds HUD (Hairology, 10-28 Feb) Dress | Addams Gery Spice Dress & Pantys set [Mait/2Sli/3Bell] (Rewind: A 90s Throwback Event, 10-28 Feb) Shoes | Bleich Mesh Dorothy Cherry Shoes [Mait/Sli/TMP/Bell] (Collabor88, Feb 8 – Mar6)

About:

  Oh how appropriate that I’m complaining about my age and how I used to be able to party ‘back when’ and I receive fashion from that very era to share with you. Addams Gery Spice & Pantys Set is right now at Rewind, an event featuring 90s themed items for your retro joy. If you are not familiar with the Spice Girls, go straight to Jail, do not pass go, do not collect £200.  If you are not familiar with Monopoly either, you’ll be wondering what I’m on about :D.

The dress, however, isn’t only available as the Union Flag (the Union Jack is only called such when it is on a ship, when it is anywhere else, it’s known as the Union Flag), it also comes in a load of other colours and you can wear this anywhere. Seriously, I wore it to go to the supermarket and got only a few raised eyebrows.

RunAway’s Joanne hair is a really lush style, elegant and smooth. I felt very hot in it indeed, especially in the reds. You can find it at Hairology in a load of different colour packs and share the joy.

Bleich’s Mesh Dorothy shoes were just too adorable to walk past at Collabor88 this round. I think you can choose from 8 colours for the shoes themselves and the socks come with a texture change HUD. I think of their addition to this outfit as a slight updating of the look to reflect my refound love of Mary Jane’s in the 21st century.

Here’s a couple more pics including a ‘well lit, no shit’ shot.

And finally, I’ll give you what you want, what you really, really want…

Second Life Fashion from ReadMeri | zig-a-zig-ah Do you know what I love? Beer! Do you know what I do not love? Hangovers. Bahh Grr Shudder.

[junker-town]

Why Miami players are stunting a big ol’ gold chain on the sideline

There’s a pretty cool reason for it, and it even involves Vince Wilfork.

Miami had a ball in Week 1. They were in control against the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats, winning 41-13. More importantly, however, the Hurricanes were also stuntin’ on them on the sidelines. Look at this dope chain on defensive back Malek Young.

Baller. http://pic.twitter.com/RxM7SBwnv5

— Canes Football (@CanesFootball) September 2, 2017

This is my new favorite album cover. Too bad it looks like it’s limited edition.

The chain is given to players who force a turnover, per a new Miami tradition.

Young secured an interception earlier in the game and got to sport the bling as a reward.

The story behind the chain’s existence is a unique one. According to the Sun-Sentinel, two weeks before the season started, UM cornerbacks coach Mike Rumph called a Miami jeweler, Anthony John Machado, or “AJ,” to ask if he could make a rope chain players could wear after forcing a turnover. AJ and former Miami Hurricane Vince Wilfork, who happened to be in AJ’s store when Rumph called, had a better idea:

The initial thought was a rope chain that players would get to wear after forcing a turnover.

“Naw, man,” chimed in Wilfork, recently retired after a 13-year NFL career. “We got to do the Cuban link, AJ!”

The consensus among the three was a collective “Hell yeah!”

“In Miami, what are we famous for? We’re famous for the Cuban chains,” Machado says. “But we need to add a little something to it.

“So we did a big U charm — orange stones, green stones in there to flash it out.”

Here’s AJ showing off the bling he designed:

What U know about school spirit??? Ball hawk of the week goes to my guy Malek Young @uno_deuce_ ✊ ⛓@realkingofbling @joshthejeweler @miamihurricanes @canesfootball #yourjewelersfavoritejeweler #realkingofbling #custom #gold #miami #miamihurricanes #hurricanes #canes #canesnation #theu #um #305 #madeindade #nfl #onlybuilt4cubanlinx #homegrown #collegegameday #swag #mvo #miamisveryown #turnoverchain

A post shared by ajsjewelrymiami (@ajsjewelrymiami) on Sep 2, 2017 at 1:10pm PDT

AJ’s expertise in jewelry is well-known — he claims so have over 700 active NFL players that are active customers. Here’s him hanging with New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul last month:

My fam came by @iamjasonpierrepaul before he heads out for the beginning of the #nfl season #family Good luck brother ✊ Go #giants #giantsnation #gmen #newyorkgiants #newyork #yourjewelersfavoritejeweler #realkingofbling #custom #gold #diamonds #nfl #mlb #nba #miami #miamisbest #madeindade #305 #954

A post shared by ajsjewelrymiami (@ajsjewelrymiami) on Sep 3, 2017 at 11:01am PDT

The newspaper adds that the chain is made out of 900 of orange and green sapphire stones, a “U” that’s 6.5-inch-wide, and a 36-inch, 2.5-kilogram, 10-karat gold chain.

@CanesFootball has TURNOVER ICE Let @Rebecca_Sports explain why #Canes defenders will look so ❄️❄️❄️ this season. http://pic.twitter.com/SSdt1a1DRJ

— FOX Sports South (@FOXSportsSouth) September 2, 2017

Miami defensive coordinator Many Diaz told his defense they were in for a surprise if they got a takeaway against Bethune-Cookman.

"He told us this morning about the turnover chain," sophomore linebacker Shaquille Quarterman said via 247Sports after Miami's 41-13 win. "It goes to whoever gets the turnover. You get to rock that huge Miami-style chain… it was just another incentive."

"We didn't really need much," Quarterman continued, "but that was definitely an incentive. Seeing Malek get it was amazing because we all wanted to know who was going to be the first guy to get it. Malek did his thing and he earned it, so congrats to him."

Must be nice.

Miami’s kept it rolling throughout the season. Here it is during the Canes’ Toledo game:

The turnover chain, the only thing hotter in Miami than @CanesFootball. http://pic.twitter.com/mGEGIPg9q7

— ACC Digital Network (@theACCDN) September 24, 2017

The player above is safety Sheldrick Redwine, who got a penalty as he was putting this chain on because he took his helmet off before he got to the sideline:

UM was penalized because Redwine (fumble recovery), in his excitement to don the gold, “popped his helmet off before he got to the sideline.’’ The coach [Mark Richt] said lightheartedly during his Monday-morning weekly radio show with UM’s flagship station 560 WQAM that “the guy in charge of the chain has got to stay back in the bench area. He was wanting to go on the field and give it to him.’’

And Week 5 against Duke:

You earned it, Pinck. http://pic.twitter.com/tryLvsgi68

— Canes Football (@CanesFootball) September 30, 2017

And now even Sebastian the Ibis mascot has one:

.@UM_Sebastian has his own turnover chain http://pic.twitter.com/he2IwwUJ1O

— Miami Hurricanes (@MiamiHurricanes) October 21, 2017

A few college football teams have done similar things like this.

Alabama has a wrestling-style title belt, also given to defenders who record takeaways ...

How long these Bama players ball? All day, all day http://t.co/AO3w3HJb7s (pic: @ByCasagrande) http://pic.twitter.com/2ZC1Qxnoah

— SB Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) April 9, 2015

... and Colorado State now has a similar belt ...

CBS Sports Network

... while Ole Miss’ belt has turned heel.

Ole Miss has a NWO wrestling belt and I think I’m back in on the Rebels http://pic.twitter.com/eH2SALPBci

— Jack McGuire (@JackMacCFB) September 3, 2017

If there was a The U part 3, I’d want this photo on the cover:

Malek Young is my new favorite player in the history of college sports http://pic.twitter.com/y2OP5aPuUI

— Gabe Fernandez (@thelatinochild) September 2, 2017

It reminds me of The U’s throwback swagger.

Tradition never stops.

[junker-town]

Why Miami players are stunting a big ol’ gold chain on the sideline

There’s a pretty cool reason for it, and it even involves Vince Wilfork.

Miami had a ball in Week 1. They were in control against the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats, winning 41-13. More importantly, however, the Hurricanes were also stuntin’ on them on the sidelines. Look at this dope chain on defensive back Malek Young.

Baller. http://pic.twitter.com/RxM7SBwnv5

— Canes Football (@CanesFootball) September 2, 2017

This is my new favorite album cover. Too bad it looks like it’s limited edition.

The chain is given to players who force a turnover, per a new Miami tradition.

Young secured an interception earlier in the game and got to sport the bling as a reward.

The story behind the chain’s existence is a unique one. According to the Sun-Sentinel, two weeks before the season started, UM cornerbacks coach Mike Rumph called a Miami jeweler, Anthony John Machado, or “AJ,” to ask if he could make a rope chain players could wear after forcing a turnover. AJ and former Miami Hurricane Vince Wilfork, who happened to be in AJ’s store when Rumph called, had a better idea:

The initial thought was a rope chain that players would get to wear after forcing a turnover.

“Naw, man,” chimed in Wilfork, recently retired after a 13-year NFL career. “We got to do the Cuban link, AJ!”

The consensus among the three was a collective “Hell yeah!”

“In Miami, what are we famous for? We’re famous for the Cuban chains,” Machado says. “But we need to add a little something to it.

“So we did a big U charm — orange stones, green stones in there to flash it out.”

Here’s AJ showing off the bling he designed:

What U know about school spirit??? Ball hawk of the week goes to my guy Malek Young @uno_deuce_ ✊ ⛓@realkingofbling @joshthejeweler @miamihurricanes @canesfootball #yourjewelersfavoritejeweler #realkingofbling #custom #gold #miami #miamihurricanes #hurricanes #canes #canesnation #theu #um #305 #madeindade #nfl #onlybuilt4cubanlinx #homegrown #collegegameday #swag #mvo #miamisveryown #turnoverchain

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AJ’s expertise in jewelry is well-known — he claims so have over 700 active NFL players that are active customers. Here’s him hanging with New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul last month:

My fam came by @iamjasonpierrepaul before he heads out for the beginning of the #nfl season #family Good luck brother ✊ Go #giants #giantsnation #gmen #newyorkgiants #newyork #yourjewelersfavoritejeweler #realkingofbling #custom #gold #diamonds #nfl #mlb #nba #miami #miamisbest #madeindade #305 #954

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The newspaper adds that the chain is made out of 900 of orange and green sapphire stones, a “U” that’s 6.5-inch-wide, and a 36-inch, 2.5-kilogram, 10-karat gold chain.

@CanesFootball has TURNOVER ICE Let @Rebecca_Sports explain why #Canes defenders will look so ❄️❄️❄️ this season. http://pic.twitter.com/SSdt1a1DRJ

— FOX Sports South (@FOXSportsSouth) September 2, 2017

Miami defensive coordinator Many Diaz told his defense they were in for a surprise if they got a takeaway against Bethune-Cookman.

"He told us this morning about the turnover chain," sophomore linebacker Shaquille Quarterman said via 247Sports after Miami's 41-13 win. "It goes to whoever gets the turnover. You get to rock that huge Miami-style chain… it was just another incentive."

"We didn't really need much," Quarterman continued, "but that was definitely an incentive. Seeing Malek get it was amazing because we all wanted to know who was going to be the first guy to get it. Malek did his thing and he earned it, so congrats to him."

Must be nice.

Miami’s kept it rolling throughout the season. Here it is during the Canes’ Toledo game:

The turnover chain, the only thing hotter in Miami than @CanesFootball. http://pic.twitter.com/mGEGIPg9q7

— ACC Digital Network (@theACCDN) September 24, 2017

The player above is safety Sheldrick Redwine, who got a penalty as he was putting this chain on because he took his helmet off before he got to the sideline:

UM was penalized because Redwine (fumble recovery), in his excitement to don the gold, “popped his helmet off before he got to the sideline.’’ The coach [Mark Richt] said lightheartedly during his Monday-morning weekly radio show with UM’s flagship station 560 WQAM that “the guy in charge of the chain has got to stay back in the bench area. He was wanting to go on the field and give it to him.’’

And Week 5 against Duke:

You earned it, Pinck. http://pic.twitter.com/tryLvsgi68

— Canes Football (@CanesFootball) September 30, 2017

A few college football teams have done similar things like this.

Alabama has a wrestling-style title belt, also given to defenders who record takeaways ...

How long these Bama players ball? All day, all day http://t.co/AO3w3HJb7s (pic: @ByCasagrande) http://pic.twitter.com/2ZC1Qxnoah

— SB Nation CFB (@SBNationCFB) April 9, 2015

... and Colorado State now has a similar belt ...

CBS Sports Network

... while Ole Miss’ belt has turned heel.

Ole Miss has a NWO wrestling belt and I think I’m back in on the Rebels http://pic.twitter.com/eH2SALPBci

— Jack McGuire (@JackMacCFB) September 3, 2017

If there was a The U part 3, I’d want this photo on the cover:

Malek Young is my new favorite player in the history of college sports http://pic.twitter.com/y2OP5aPuUI

— Gabe Fernandez (@thelatinochild) September 2, 2017

It reminds me of The U’s throwback swagger.

Tradition never stops.