#ulu's pants

[annemarieyeretzian]

SURREALISM 👁️ love, ur local art mom 🩵

disclaimers and more information under the cut ✂️

hi I’m annemarie and I’m an art historian! not adjuncting for the first time in five years was rly hard for me so I threw some slides together so I could still (sort of) teach the same material as my language of art class but a) I threw these slides together for instagram so space was/is limited and b) language of art is a ten week run through art history so I’m presenting only the most accessible information here – there’s so much more to this art period and to these artists! – please don’t expect it to be comprehensive and please do ask if you have any questions!

oh p.s. my first ever class of art history students came up with the name ‘art mom’ for me at the end of the quarter and yes it does make me cry if I think about it too long thanks so much for asking

[writing-mlm]

hi this is weird but like I’ve been on a avatar kick and just finish legend of Korra and wanted to know if you could do a bolin x Male waterbender who’s best friends with Korea and she encourages it but reader is oblivious to the pinning

Plans without planning

Summary: Bolin has been trying for months to put his big boy pants on, thankfully he has the sand to help him. Pairing: Bolin x Male reader Wc: 1.8k A/n: maktaaq- whale skin and blubber and suaasat— a soup made out of either seal, whale, caribou, or seabird meat

Dressed in soft blues that blow in the soft breeze that seems to live in the Air temple, you peel an orange with an ulu in the same manner Bolin had watched you cut maktaaq countless times before. Eating a slice, you huff while picking at the skin. It’s just not the same. 

A vacation, Korra had promised this would be a vacation. But you couldn’t see water for miles and you refused to eat meat within the temple; something you’re sure Tenzin would approve of but you were sure you were going fruit and vegetables mad. There were only so many times you could eat a salad before you were done with greens for the rest of your life.

“I know right,” Bolin forced a laugh as he sat next to you, running his hands nervously up and down his legs. “Men like us need meat!” He raises a fist, faking being angry. You chuckle, sparing him a glance before looking off towards the clouds. He beams, red dusting his face when you laugh at his joke. 

You think Bolin’s funny. He’s a lot of things, but you like that he’s funny. Coming from a family of sticks in the mud he’s like a breath of fresh air. Not to mention he’s the nice type of funny, he’s never mean with his jokes. He’s also so kind, and gosh, again, coming from a family of sticks in the mud who were hell-bent on making a family of damn near bodybuilders, you’ve never really had someone speak so kindly around— and at— you before. 

Plus, he’s jacked. 

A silence falls over the two of you while you offer him half of your orange. He takes it with a thank you and looks towards the clouds. He gulps and nibbles on it, unsure if he should start a conversation. He probably should, right? He looks at you again, chewing on his bottom lip while trying to think of something to talk about. 

Bolin thinks you’re scary, so his ideal type. He won’t go too into detail about his type because honestly, as long as he thinks the person could absolutely wreck him, he’s going to fall head over heels for him. He likes that you’re a little softie, though. In the confines of rooms, isolated from the rest of the world you’re a bubbly guy. You like his jokes, a whole lot. He remembers one time you didn’t stop laughing until you nearly passed out. 

He’s a naturally chatty guy, he never stops talking really. 

But his mind is running blanks, what could he possibly think to say? You’re so… ugh! And he’s so…eh! Shaking his head, he clears his throat and you start to look at him when the door behind you gets thrown open.

“There you guys are!” Korra shouts and you look behind you while Bolin jumps, shouting that he wasn’t doing anything. You glance at him, a little confused before turning your attention back to Korra. “Oh, was I interrupting anything?” She grins, a hand now on her hip. Her other hand flickers between the two of you and you shake your head, smiling over at Bolin who nearly melts under your gaze. 

“Having a manly talk about eating meat,” You grin, tossing up the orange peel. She catches it and lights it on fire while you roll your eyes. Show off. “Why?” Her eyes widen when she remembers why she’d ventured all the way up there and she smiles, playing with her arm cuff. 

“Oh, Asami wants to go to the beach—“ Your eyes twinkle at the mention of a beach. Water. Glorious, amazing water. 

“Say less, Korra. Let's go!” Jumping over the chair, you rush out to go and change into your swimming trunks while Korra’s gaze slowly shifts to Bolin. She raises her eyebrows and sighs, head resting on the frame of the archway. 

“I know!” He cringes, covering his face. “I’m trying— I am!” He swears, still covering his face. 

“Really? It’s been three days and still you haven’t made a move,” This whole trip was some elaborate plan he’d come up with and begged Korra and the others to go along with. Mako didn’t really care, he tried not to involve himself in his younger brother's love life and Asami was always down to leave the city. 

Korra on the other hand. If the word involved could become a person; it would become her. She’s been telling him all your favorite things, your least favorite things, and ways that would totally get him to win you over. Not to toot her own horn but she’s quite the matchmaker— she got her and Asami to date, after all. 

“I will,” He promises. “Why don’t you guys give us a moment on the beach?” She nods, looking over her shoulder. Just making sure that you aren’t there. 

“I’ll see what I can do.”

—

“You ever built a sandcastle?” Bolin asks while he’s already knee-deep in sand and you’re letting the waves roll over your legs. You’re enjoying the water like a fish that’s been above the surface for too long. 

“I built plenty of snow castles. Never a sandcastle,” You shake your head, turning your body so you’re fully facing him. He gasps and shakes his hands, unable to contain his excitement. You smile at his excitement, eyes darting down to your sand-covered legs as a crab runs across. You flinch and shoo it away without him noticing. 

“I love sandcastles! You just need a bit of water and a bit of sand and… boom! A masterpiece is born!” He explains. “And it doesn’t just need to be a castle, you can make anything!” 

“Can we make…” You trail, thinking about something. “A snowman?” He nods and you agree, collecting water while he runs to get a bucket. When you look around you find that the others had since walked to the other end of the beach. You can only imagine they’re having another heated conversation. Mako is probably saying something annoying or stupid. Or both. 

When Bolin returns, you drop the water and the two of you start working. They’re very… not great attempts at a sand snowman but Bolin says they’re cute and you’re inclined to agree with him. Eventually, the two of you make an entire army of them, covering a good part of the beach before you both settle in the sand. 

“You got really good,” He notes, looking at the progression of the sculptures. His didn’t. At least by comparison. He was rushing the whole thing and if he was being honest, definitely wasn’t paying attention to anything but you the entire time. 

“Thanks! Yours are nice too,” You raise a hand, pointing lazily at his tilting sand snowmen. “They really capture the feeling of a melting snowman.” At the compliment he beams, red covering his face in a way that isn’t a sunburn. 

“Yeah, because they’re all bleh when they melt!” He laughs, mimicking a snowman dying in the sun when he says bleh. You nod, laughing alongside him. 

When the shared laughter dies down, you look for Korra and the others. It’s been hours since you’ve last seen any of them. Hopefully, they didn’t get into a fight or something. 

“Korra?” Bolin asks, following your line of sight. You nod, pushing hair out of your face as you turn back to him. “They’re probably trying to out-swim each other or something. Korra mentioned she’d be back around sunset!” He lies through several stutters, unable to look you in the eyes. 

But you take his words at face value and nod. 

There’s a silence that falls over the two of you and Bolin runs his hands up and down his sandy legs. Again, he has no idea what to talk about. There are a million topics he possibly could but… he can’t remember any of them right now. 

He looks at you, eyes quite literally sparkling before he sees Korra a distance away. She’s making wild gestures before she huffs and grabs Asami, kissing her before pointing at Bolin and then you. He flushes and looks away with a clearing of his throat. 

“You’re cute in this light,” You smile and he jumps, turning to you with eyes blown as wide as saucer plates. 

“Wha-what?” He asks and you chuckle, looking him up and down with a slow flicker of your eyes. 

“It’s just… you look nice with the sun on you like that.” You shrug, your fingers digging into the sand. 

“You always look nice,” He blurts, sitting on his legs and your eyebrows raise at the sudden burst. 

“Thank you?” He nods, hands moving wildly again as he talks. 

“Like this one time, when you tried out pro-bending, and you made the waterfall over the opposite team and we got disqualified—“ You cringe at the memory but he shakes his head. “It’s okay. But you looked so good doing it. And then when you were sick and I offered to make you soup, you looked nice standing in that blanket.”

“I had snot running down my nose and puffy eyes, Bolin,” You laugh. 

“Well, yeah, but still.” He shrugs. “You’re always cute— handsome— whatever!” He rushes out. 

“I didn’t know you thought that about me,” You admit, sitting up and wiping your hands free of sand. “Is that why Korra kept insisting we shared a bed back at Zaofu? With Suyin?” 

“Maybe,” He meekly nodded, settling back into the sand. He huffs, looking up towards the sky. He guessed this was a good time; probably the only chance he’d get again to actually follow through with his plans. “I’ve been trying to ask you out for five months! But I keep getting all tongue-tied and nervous. And then there was that time with Mako— he ruined the whole thing.”

“Really?” You ask, scratching your cheek. “I would’ve said yes.” You admit, standing up. It’s getting late and you really don’t like the feeling of the wet stand on your legs. 

“Wait really?” He smiles and you nod, looking towards the water and then back at him. 

“I thought you knew, I gave you half of my last suaasat. Not even Korra gets that privilege.” He scrambles up and holds your face for a long moment. His eyes dart between yours and you smile at him.

“Are you going to stare at me or kiss me, Bolin?” You tease and he shakes his head, clearing his thoughts. 

“Kiss, definitely kiss.” He leans in, eyes closing and you lean in. Your nose brushes his for just a second before your head tilts a little, pulling him in. Once your lips touch you hear cheering from behind you and laugh while Bolin pulls away, joining in on the cheering. 

Shouting, he picks you up and you cling onto him, not used to people lifting you so high up. 

[soratartan]

02.46 || 02 Agustus 2024

Haii aku kembali lagi. Padahal dah mau tidur tp ttp aja masih gabisa tidur. Kepikiran seseorang yg baru aja aku stalker. Maaf ya mas aku jd kang stalker. Karna aku harus garang di depan njenengan.

Baikk kali ini aku akan menceritakan tentang njenengan disini.

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Dia adalah tetanggaku. lebih tepatnya tetangga jauhku. Namanya inisial aja eaw 2 huruf (IH). Beliau ini sangat alim (bagiku) karna sudah jadi anak pondokan dr MTS. Kita satu sekolah waktu MI karna memang dekat dari rumah. Aku hanya sekedar tau belio sebagai seseorang, bukan kenalan, ga pernah ngobrol, atau bhkn selebihnya.

Hal ini semua bermula saat takbiran kemarin. Aku tbtb ga sengaja melihat belio dari kejauhan. (Btw ngetik baru sampe sini aku dah nangis sesegukan rek sumpah sampek buntu irungku || 02.47). Aku merasa ada sesuatu yang aneh. Kagum. ya sekedar kagum mungkin aura beliau sudah dalam berada umur yang matang menjadi sosok lelaki idaman orang tua. Dibilang ganteng biasa aja si tp menang di kharisma. Wibawanya ada. Aku liat adem bgt rasanya. Tp juga sekaligus tertamparrr karna aku bukan ugheta².

Selesai udah kita ga pernah ketemu lagi sampe sekarang. Kurasa beliau sering kerumah karna bapaknya tu temen lengket ayah aku gaes. Bapaknya Ta'mir Masjid dan Bapakku bendaharanya. Jadi yaa gitu deh.

PLOT TWIST nya lagi. Bulan lalu aku mimpiin beliau. Kek tbtb bangetttt padahal aku ga mikiran belio sedikitpun. Cuma memang beberapa minggu sebelum aku mimpiin belio tu dia follback aku gesss. Pehhhh tremorrr. Balik lg yaw. Aku tu malah sering kepikiran kating yg masukin aku di Close Friendnya. tp mimpiku malah belio.

PUNCAKNYA ITU WAKTU BANGUN HABIS MIMPI ITU RASANYA 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Astagfirullah sakit hati bangettt guweeeh 😭

Nyesekkk pwoll di ulu hati sampe nangiss. Sakit bangettt rasanya kangen tp gabisa ngungkapin karna dia gak kenal guee woiii pliss. Kek siapaa aku tbtb kangen belioo huhu ampun deh.

Akhirnya cuma bisa nangis terus sholat Shubuh. Karna emg timingnya waktu mimpiin belio ini tidurku baru jam 2. Mau mikir ini mimpi dr setan pun waktunya disepertiga malam (waktu diambya setan dari yg kubaca).

Cuma bisa berdoa jika memang ini mimpi dari Allah semoga tanda Belio adalah Jodohku gitu aja 😭🙏. Ga masalah deeh tetangga sendiri asal keluarganya dan keluargaku sama² ridhoo nerimaa apalagi belio ini speknya akhi² masyaAllah sumpill 😭😩. Tp kayanya sainganku juga para ning² pondok ga sie ya Allah :(((

Barusan stalker di Facebook. Ternyata belio uda kenal kakak aku guys. Aku iri. Yaiyalah. dulu gue gaboleh main sama nenek woii. Ketetangga aja gaboleh akhirnya nolep pwoll. Gapunya temen gue. Yawda mo gmn lg 🫠

Dah gitu aja sekian. Mungkin skrng bukan saat yang tepat untuk kita bertemu mas. Atau mungkin memang njenengan bukan masa depan saya. Gapapa. Biar postingan ini jadi saksi nanti kalo aku pernah sebegitu mengagumi njenengan, menunggu tiap njenengan bikin snapgram, bahkan ngetik nyeritain njenengan aja nangiss tiba tiba. Ga berani pake kata dia atau kamu karna emg ngerasa ga pantes aja.

Sampun Terimakasih nggih.

[visualpoett]

Ulu's Pants (1952)

Artist: Leonora Carrington

[fallowsthorn]

but you can't say fuck in Star Wars: a Mando'a glossary

A lot of the phrases available with translation on mandoa.org are rude or otherwise insulting, which makes sense: Mandalore is a very militaristic culture, they're aggressive and fighty (and the bulk of the example phrases come from characters in the middle of conflicts). But, as mentioned above, you can't say the fuck word in Star Wars, so most of these translations are softened to something a bit politer in English.

However, if you do a little poking and break down words and phrases to their components, you can find out what they really mean and it's hilarious. Everyone knows the most important part of learning a language is:

"Where is the library?"

Swear words

Phrases and explanations under the cut.

Mando'a: "Kote lo'shebs'ul narit." Official translation: "You can keep your glory." (contemptuous and impolite) Literal translation: "[Glory] [into]+[ass]+[center?] [insert]." Actual meaning: "Shove glory up your ass."

This is from "kote" (glory) and shebs (ass). Lo is a preposition (and prefix, apparently) meaning "into." Narit is the conjugated form of naritir (insert, put, place).

"Ul" is a little harder to figure out; the other words we have are nau'ul (n, candlelight), ulur (v, notice, detect, care about) and some compounds based on that, ulyc (adj, careful) and ulik (n, animal, as a beast of burden or mount). Of those, we can take out the last two or three, depending on whether the conjugated form of ulur is ul or ulu (both compound words are in infinitive form). Nau'ur (v) is "to light [up]" and naumiit (n) is "signal" (from miit, word, literally "light-word"). So if nau is light and shebs is ass, I would guess the 'ul modifier is... something about being central? small? focused? the Thingest part of the Thing? In context, shebs'ul is probably "asshole" (as a body part, not an insult).

You could make this generic by replacing kote with ibic or bic ("this" or "it", apparently rarely used, similarly to Spanish), or with whatever noun is relevant.

Mando'a: "shabuir" Official translation: extreme insult - "jerk," but much stronger Literal translation: "[fuck]+[parent]" Actual meaning: "motherfucker" (rarely literal, as in English)

I see this mistranslated as "bastard" a lot, presumably because of the "buir" part, which doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things, but Mando'a literally has a saying about how it doesn't matter who your parents are, so parentage would be a weird thing to bring up as an insult.

Shabiir is similarly officially translated as "to screw up" but given shab'rudur ("mess with," noted to be "very strong language" (lol)) and rud ("around") (briirud is "circle" or "line-around"), it very obviously means "fuck." Shab'rudur is literally "fuck around." Shab also seems to pull double duty as a noun meaning "fucker" or possibly whatever genitals are applicable - the official translation of "Sooran, shab!" is "Suck on that, jerk!" but sooranir is "to suck/absorb liquid" so it's probably equivalent to "suck my dick" or "suck it, fucker!" The conjugated form of shabiir would be either shabii or shabi, depending on context.

Mando'a: "osi'kyr" Official translation: strong exclamation of surprise or dismay Literal translation: "[shit]+[end]" Actual meaning: ??? "[scared me] shitless"?

Osik is, of course, "shit," though it's translated as "dung (impolite)." The fun part is that this is a noun, so we can assume, as with other nouns, the verb form simply adds -ar or similar to the end. Therefore since kaysh is the universal Mando'a pronoun and kute is "undersuit" or colloquially "clothing," you could say "kaysh osi'kute" to mean "they shit their pants" (presumably out of fear, seeing a heavily-armed and fully-armored Mandalorian running straight at them).

Mando'a: "haar'chak" Official translation: "damn it" Literal translation: "[the (definite)]+[steal]"? Actual meaning: ?????

Man I dunno. This doesn't seem to mean anything if you break it down. Maybe the connotation is supposed to be, like, something you had was stolen? Or thrown out? I would've gone with dar for "damn" or "cast out" since Mandalore doesn't really have a cultural concept of hell as a place you go when you die--either you enter the manda/ka'ra or you don't. (Haran is translated as "hell" but seems to mean more like "complete destruction" or "annihilation.") Or maybe gratiir for "punish." Grati'haar would have worked. Chakur is "to steal." Chakaaryc is, like... "disreputable" sort of? Who knows??? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[canary3d-obsessed]

Lost Tomb Lewks, Part 4

(Masterpost) (Other Canary Amusements)

Warning: vague Spoilers for Season 1 of The Lost Tomb Reboot

Look 17 is this gorgeous knife. 

I’m not a “knives are sexy” person, or I should say, I never WAS a “knives are sexy” person before.

I do have a strong affection for my Alaskan ulu kitchen knife, which is a godsend for anyone who is arthritic (me) or who is an upper-limb amputee (my family member) or is hemiplegic (different family member), but that’s as much attention as I’ve ever paid to a knife. 

Until now:

(*whisper* lick it)

Ahem. 

This is a kukri, a traditional knife of the Gurkha people in Nepal and India. It’s similar to a machete but it has a downward-curving blade, which means you can slash downward forcefully without bending your wrist. It’s excellent for cracking crustacean shells heavy chopping, as well as combat. Wikipedia doesn’t know why there are notches near the base of the blade but sure does have some theories. 

The handle looks to be a mix of metal and ivory. Hopefully antique ivory, or ivory from a properly-compensated voluntary donor. [That is a joke, the ivory trade is bad, don’t kill elephants, etc.] The case is topstitched leather with snaps to keep the knife from escaping.  Did OP just spend an hour learning too much about knives? She did. Does this mean she’s going to also make an effort to learn something about watches, a critically overlooked area of her menswear commentary? It does not. 

Look 18 is a classic explorer’s rig that looks like it came out of the Banana Republic catalog back in 1987 when the name “Banana Republic” still kind of suited the clothes sold there. (Google it and be startled) This look features dark brown trousers that are comfortably loose but still well-fitted and flattering. The shirt is two warm tans--a dark one for most parts, and a lighter one through the chest and inner arms. This gives it a nice depth and keeps it from looking bland. This outfit also features Wu Xie’s watch, which...is round? and tells time.

(more after the cut!)

This look features the first of many, many, many times that a character will shine a flashlight directly into the camera. Which makes it painful to watch the show on my tablet in the dark when my bedmate is asleep. Knock it off, characters!

Side Note: Wu Xie’s room has some good features. He’s got a giant bulletin board holding framed photos of all the adventures in which he was played by a different actor. This makes it easy to move his photo collection when his uncle decides to be a dick about the rent. 

Wu Xie’s bed is big and comfy-looking, with a variety of patterns and textures; appropriate for a person who’s planning on dying, or having an increasingly complicated love life, or both. This bed has room for a 100-year-old boyfriend, a 20-year-old girlfriend, and a thousand-year-old crustacean-brained princess, as long as everyone’s friendly. 

It also has a padded headboard, which is so important when you are dating a paper-mache person with a fragile head. This padded headboard also has curved head/neck support things that look just the right size for a person to grab onto with both hands and hold on for dear life. It looks antique, which means Wu Xie bought it for the aesthetic value and definitely not for fucking, right? Definitely not. For fucking. 

Wu Xie tops off Look 18 with the handsome swamp green coat from their recent tomb adventure, now completely unmuddy thanks to the world’s greatest dry cleaner, and with a strappy, practical backpack.

This warm-toned outfit and the buttery colors of the room are perfect for having an intimate, deeply truthful conversation...

....in which you gently crush your dear one’s heart into powder.

Look 19 is Xiao Ge’s blue hoodie and black pants combo, which we finally get to see in the full light of day. 

The hood is good for hiding in when you want to cry. 

This hoodie looks black in low light, but is actually navy blue with black piping, placket, and zipper. 

The ensemble features black trousers with an eye-catching vertical silver-toned zipper on the front pockets. Black boots and black tactical gloves round out the look.

Side note: each of the Iron Triangle guys has his own backpack style. Wu Xie’s is an olive green expedition pack. Pangzi’s is two-tone canvas and leather. 

Xiao Ge’s is black tech fabric, and features a chest strap to keep it from shifting around when he is kicking asses. The black straps coordinates well with the black piping on his hoodie. 

This outfit is a good one to wear while you exchange tender gazes of pure unconditional love with the guy who is crushing your heart into powder. 

I don’t need to look at Pangzi I know what Pangzi looks like and anyway I glanced at him already today.

Did OP slow these gifs way down purely to keep from giving anybody eye strain? She did. OP is considerate of your eyes. Speaking of eyes, awww. Xiao Ge sure is bros with Wu Xie, you guys. 

Look 20: Liu Sang! Liu Sang! Liu Sang!

Actor Liu Chang, a man who can wear literally anything and make it look fucking amazing, makes his entry onto the scene in a good, but understated, suit. 

Most of the suit is a charcoal grey, but it has a single light grey lapel and pocket flap, to keep things interesting. He’s wearing it with black Oxford shoes that have a small red, white, & blue tab poking out the back. So he’s dressed conservatively, but with a bit of flair. 

He’s accessorized the look with perfectly fine, but not very interesting, black wirefame glasses that he’ll replace with cooler ones after some time underground. He’s got a cartilage piercing in his left ear with a flat black oblong earring. Because of his extreme hearing, he’s wearing noise-cancelling earphones. 

This look says, “normalize the use of adaptive tech.” These are probably - in real life - not as effective as the larger over-ear headphones a lot of noise-sensitive people use, but their sleekness and elegance match the rest of Liu Sang’s accessories and clothing. 

Because of his noise sensitivity, Liu Sang pukes as soon as he gets out into the crowded street. He vomits neatly into a drain, however, in the way of someone who’s used to managing this symptom and isn’t going to let it spoil his outfit. We stan a neuroatypical king. 

More Lewks coming soon!

[blogdemocratesjr]

Ulu's Pants by Carrington Leonora

[azzahrafadlah]

Catatan : Tahun ke 27

Bagi sebagian (besar) orang-orang, tahun 2020 berlalu begitu cepat hingga berasa hanya berjalan selama 4 bulan. Januari, Februari, pandemi, dan desember. Entah kapan pula bulan pandemi muncul di kalender dengan tanggal merah sederetan panjang yang dilabelin “work from home” aktivitas liburan tapi kerja, kerja tapi liburan. Kecuai bagi beberapa profesi termasuk kita. Tetap dong gantian 3 shift ke RS. yakali wfh, pasien di bangsal pasang infus sendiri, nyuntik sendiri trus kita monitoring dari rumah?

Bagaymanapun, 2020 tetap istimewa, penuh dengan hal-hal baru, pengalaman dan pelajaran baru dan indah. Meski ngga semua yang terjadi dirasakan indah diawalnya, tapi setelah dipikir lagi, direnungkan lagi, baru berasa. Mari kita throwback sejenak, karena kemarin juga ngga sempat bikin kaleidoskop 2020.

Awal tahun kita dikejutkan dengan kabar bahwa setelah berkali kali berulah, bikin masalah, kena marah, ketawa, berulah lagi, kena marah lagi, gitu terus, akhirnya Abul ujian TA. Sayangnya waktu itu ogut lagi sakit, muntah-muntah parah dan Mami jejen ngga tega ninggalin anak gadisnya yang lagi sakit sendirian di rumah. Lalu jadilah Abul pertunjukkan tugas akhir tanpa dihadiri keluarga. Sedih sih, tapi lebih bangganya lihat video dan potongan instastory mantemannya Abul. Keren banget adek akuh. Apalagi waktu Abul pake setelan jas, rambut gondrongnyanya dikucir rapi, main Haydn-Concerto in c major. Aku baru percaya kata-katanya manteman aku yang bilang “Fad, adek lu cakep yah.”

yang ini jas sama kuncirannya udah dibuka yak, kalo ngga salah yang ini bawain “Tudung Pandan”.

Kita baru bisa ke Padang panjang buat wisudanya Abul. Meski was-was juga sama pandemi karena covid19 udah nyampe ke Indonesia. Tapi Alhamdulillah wisudanya tetap berjalan lancar dengan protokol kesehatan tentunya. Overall, suka syekali dengan istiadat wisudanya kampus Abul. Rapi, syahdu, dan berasa alek gadang nya.

Officially Awwahun Halim, S. Sn

sayangnya wisuda Abul ngga gondrong lagi.

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Pencapaian berikutnya, SK PNS dongs ceu

Salahsatu widyaiswara latsar lalu pernah minta kita nulis alasan kenapa ingin jadi PNS. Ada yang ingin membahagiakan orang tua atau keluarga, jaminan hari tua, akualisasi diri, dan meluluhkan hati mertua. Nah kalau kamu masih ingat dan penasaran siapa yang sopan sekali punya motivasi yang terakhir itu, aku orangnya. wkwkkwwk... Pengalaman ketika tidak menjadi pilihan bukibu yang khawatir banget merelakan anak bujangnya ke perempuan lain yang ngga ada apa-apa nya ini, kek hidup ogut ngga meyakinkan banget dah,  jadi pecutan dong buat punya sesuatu yang menyatakan “Tenang, anak ibu aman bersama saya”. Apasih ini??? LOL

Sekian waktu berlalu, kesaktian SK ini belum keliatan juga sodara-sodara. Ternyata ngga secanggih dan semudah yang diceritain rangorang kok. Masih jomblo jugak

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Jangan lupa 2020 adalah tahun politik sodara-sodara. Walaupun I don’t know and I don’t care about that, tapi ada suatu hal yang bikin kita flashback ke awal tahun 2019 lalu kala nama ct muncul di grup medsos yang dikomentar secara membabi buta. Meski udah siapin screenshoot postingan, komentar dan DM dese ya mana tau sewaktu-waktu bisa diduitin dilaporkan, tapi berakhir antiklimaks juga sodara-sodara. Bedanya, yang ini pelakunya lebih punya keberanian buat datang dan minta maaf dibandingkan abang-abang yang onoh.

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Punya adek-adek yang cakep dan belum juga punya kepastian ini kapan sih ngga jomblo lagi, menyadarkan ct kalau nantinya besar kemungkinan ogut akan jadi Bridesmaid untuk sodara sendiri. Tahun lalu Uput udah nikah, qadarullah ct ngga sempat datang tapi. dan tahun ini Uyup yang nikah. Senang rasanya lihat adek-adek gw udah punya komitmen untuk bertanggung jawab bukan hanya untuk diri sendiri. 

Target #pakgawibermenantu2020 kita gagal total, juga manteman aku pernah nanya : 

“Fad, adek lu kan cakep-cakep nih, udah wisuda pula, pemikirannya asik pula. Gimana kalau misalnya lu dilangkahin adek lu?”

Berat ya. Tapi aku diajarkan dengan baik sama Pak Gawi kalau rezeki, jodoh, dan maut merupakan kehendak Yang Maha Kuasa, bukan kehendak mahluk yang apa-apa galau kek aku. Jadi jika adek-adek udah punya pemikiran dan persiapan yang mumpuni buat, “baiklah aku duluan” ya silahkan. Tapi jika kamu ngga tega lihat aku ngga punya pasangan dinikahannya adek aku. Sini woy, jangan diam aja, ngasih harapan, tapi ngga berani ngomong, iyaaaa sini.

Uuhuuukk...

Sama seperti harus sabarnya kita ketika seseorang yang kita sayangi berpulang.

Malam itu aku udah nungguin di IGD karena Mak ngabarin kondisi Cik menurun. Aku ngga tau yang dimaksud menurun ini gimana, ngga ada keterangan yang cukup jelas. Saat ambulannya datang, Najhan turun dengan mata yang basah, langsung lari dan meluk aku “ Kak, bundaaaaa”

Cik datang dengan GCS 3. Bapak yang juga lagi sakit nyusul dari Mersam datang ke RS juga buat lihat keadaan adiknya. IGD tetiba rasanya jadi asing ketika yang terbaring di bed resusitasi adalah orang yang kamu sayang. Kondisi cik sempat membaik setelah dapat bantuan oksigen dan therapi bahkan cukup stabil sampai bisa kita lakukan pemeriksaan radiologi. Kesadarannya juga CM sampai bisa diajak bicara, Cik bilang “Kak, litak nian, Kak....” Sedih bgt rasanya, tapi ngga boleh nangis dan harus kelihatan tegar karena disamping, ada Bapak yang selalu nanyain angka-angka di monitor. Setelah berjuang sekitar 5 jam, Cik berpulang. Malam itu kita berbagi tugas, nemenin almarhumah pulang ke Mersam, gimana pelan-pelang ngasih kabar ke Gde, dampingin najhan, dan jemput Fikri di pesantren. Semua serba tiba-tiba, dan kami sungguh belum siap. Tapi kita ngga punya pilihan lain selain berserah diri kepada Allah.  Innalillahi wainna ilaihirajiun...

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1 Desember 2020, ultah Kabupaten Batanghari.

Setelah sekian purnama akhirnya nugas di rapat paripurna lagi. Bukan yang pake selempang jejer di depan tapi, ya. udah ngga pantes. Kita “protokoler”nya saja. Di tugas kali ini juga jumpa lagi sama Gadis Anita yang sekarang menjabat sebagai Ketua DPRD Kab. Batanghari. Pertamakali setelah terakhir ketemu kira-kira tahun 2013 deh kayanya. Padahal pernah ada di event yang sama, juga rumah kita sebenarnya deketan. Tapi belum bisa ketemu atau ngobrol langsung. Jadi kuning pernah cerita, kalau belio selama ini ngga tahu kalau Fadlah ini anaknya Wak Gawi. Baru tau setelah manteman kuning nanyain “Kakak”. “Lha kak Fadlah kaka nya Nia? anaknya Wak Gawi?” Hehehehe.. Gpp dek. Dulu waktu di Muaro Sebo Ulu, kak fad malah dikira pembokatnya Pak Gawi. Kurang mirip kali yak?

Begitulah, Dulu pernah sama-sama tugas penyambutan, sekarang beliaunya disambut, ya kita masih gini-gini aja :D 

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Sudah hampir akhir tahun tapi pandemi belum usai. Akhir november salah satu teman kita ngelapor ada gejala anosmia, kemudian di swab PCR dan hasilinya positif. Maka untu screening kita satu tim isolasi mandiri dan juga diswab. Buat yang sepanjang pandemi ini belum pernah dilakukan uji swab dan nanya gimana rasanya? Bersyukurlah kalian. Di swab itu rasanya kaya lagi korek telinga biasa, tapi cottonbud nya agak gedean dan dikoreknya itu di tenggorokan dan hidung. Ngga sakit sih, cuma geli dan sungguh ngga nyaman. Salut dah buat yang harus berpergian selama pandemi ini dan pasrah aja diswab berkali-kali. Alhamdulillah hasil swab ct negatif, hingga besoknya bisa ikut pemilihan kepala daerah. Padahal udah membayangkan akan didatangi abang-abang pake hazmat logo KPU ke rumah. 

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*)Sosialisasi Asuhan keperawatan Neonatus berbasis SDKI, SLKI, SIKI di ruang perinatologi. Alhamdulillah, setelah setahun pernyusunan dan revisi, februari ini askepnya mulai digunakan.

Tahun berganti dan akhirnya udah Januari lagi. Baiklah ini memang ngga usia remaja lagi gaes. Udah dewasa tua ini mah. Jadi udah haram hukumnya main-main, ingat itu, fad. 

Etapi gimana ya. Waktu kita berusaha bantuin dan melakukan yang terbaik dibilanganya “Kamu terlalu baik buat aku”. Tapi ketika kita jadi independent women bilangnya “Den ukua badan jo bayang-bayang...” Maka sekarang mau belajar jadi ciwi-ciwi lucu ajalah biar ngga dikira elegant banget, tapi takutnya ntah dikira ngelawak? ngga serius? jadi gimana dong mau serius apa main-main?

Intinya ngga berharap banyak sih, karena emang di umur segini ngga cukup cuma berharap. Ntar udah berharap sama yang ngasih harapan tau-taunya cuma harapan palsu. Kan sakit yah. Jadi akutuh cuma berharap kesehatan dan kebahagiaan buat Pak Gawi dan Mami Jejen. Semoga mereka sehat selalu, diberikan umur yang panjang, rizki yang melimpah, anak-anaknya tumbuh menjadi anak yang baik, berguna bagi nusa, bangsa dan agama. 

Semoga harapan Pak gawi dan Mami Jejen buat menghabiskan masa Pensiun di Rumah Mersam dengan nyaman terwujud. Pak Gawi udah nanam sawo sama jambu di samping rumah, katanya buat cucunya besok kalau liburan panen buah-buahan. Semoga harapannya terwujud ya pak. Ct cari menantunya bapak dulu.

Ah udah ah ngelantur.

Selamat menua diri sendiri. Dunia ini jahat, tapi kamu harus tetap baik. Jika sepanjang catatan ini aku terlihat hopeless, ngga koq. Aku baik-baik saja. Tapi akan lebih baik jika bersama kamu. , 

Masyaallah, ini ngga kamu banget, fad!

 Muara bulian, 03/02/2021

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Leonora Carrington  -  Ulu's Pants    (oil on canvas, 1952)

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Leonora Carrington, Ulu’s Pants, 1952, Oil and tempera on panel, 55 x 91 cm, Private Collection, © Estate of Leonora Carrington

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#whenitrainsitpours Ulu was the yin to Qavvik’s yang, for 14 years they had spent almost every single day together. They’ve been with me for a third of my life, most of me & my wife’s relationship & they have been there for many of the most important events in our lives. To see that she was so heartbroken after he passed that 5 days later she decided to leave, too was extremely excruciating. She loved us but loved him more, it was true love. Together again, Bull Cassidy & the Fun Pants Kid are riding into the sunset, together again! 💔😢🌈 #ulu #qavvik #truelove #inbullywetrust https://www.instagram.com/p/B8b6XSQD_jo/?igshid=xpre37rf69j7

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ANATA : Jejak

Apasih yang ada di otak anak remaja Indonesia yang masih menjejaki bangku sma kalau bukan nongkrong, ngopi, ngerokok, cinta, dan hal-hal yang gapenting lainnya. Iya, gua ngalamin itu semua, masa-masa gua serasa gapunya tujuan hidup, belajar tanpa tujuan, makan di warung  setiap hari nongkrong di cafe andalan gua yang berada di salah satu sudut kota bandung, dan itu adalah saat dimana gua dikatakan bodoh karena cinta oleh teman-teman satu tongkrongan gua.

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Gua, Dimas, dan Boim berencana untuk berkumpul selepas sekolah nanti. Kata Boim sekadar melepas suntuk dan penat hari ini, padahal ketika di sekolah, waktu yang sangat berharga tidak pernah kita gunakan untuk menyerap pelajaran dengan baik, pelajaran kita biarkan sekadar lewat di ingatan dan tak pernah kita ingat kembali. Tapi tidak sepenuhnya kita lupakan, kadang materi yang bisa menjadi bahan puisi akan dengan mudah teringat dikepala tanpa harus bersusah payah mengingatnya.

Sore itu, sepulang sekolah, gua dengan boim berencana untuk ngumpul selepas sekolah bareng anak-anak tongkrongan lainnya. Jam pelajaran terkhir pun usai, gua dan boim pun bergegas ke parkiran motor untuk menemui anak-anak tongkrongan yang sudah berkumpul lebih dahulu daripada kita. Kita pun menghampiri mereka yang sudah duduk santai dibawah pohon rindang.

“Assalamu’alaikum barudak,”

“Wa’alaikumsalam,” serentak mereka menjawabnya

“Jadi kemana nih hari ini?”

“Ngopi ke tempat biasa aja?” acil menyaut memberikan jawaban

“Ada yang punya saran tempat lain?”

Seketika suasana menjadi hening sejenak, seraya tiap orang yang berada disana memikirkan tujuan kami.

“Bu dewo aja, udah lama juga gamakan disana,” adit menyaut memecah keheningan.

“bu dewo aja nih? Yang lain setuju ga?” boim, menanyakan kepada anak-anak tongkrongan.

“gas lah, dah pada laper juga nih muka” gua spontan menjawab pertanyaan boim tadi.

Kami semua lantas pergi ke warung bu dewo yang berada di dekat salah satu universitas ternama di Indonesia yang berada di Kota Bandung. Siapa yang gakenal ITB, salah satu universitas papan atas yang semua orang dari penjuru Indonesia ingin menjadi bagian dari keluarga besar ITB.

Selain karena ITB termasuk universitas yang bagus dan menjanjikan, bandung juga merupakan kota yang nyaman untuk pelajar, mulai dari harga makanan sehari-hari yang ramah terhadap kantong mahasiswa, udara yang sejuk juga menjadi salah satu faktor pendorong bagi gua untuk mau melanjutkan Pendidikan di ITB.

Ohh, dan satu lagi, ITB dikenal dengan kampusnya penulis novel dilan & milea, atau yang biasa kita kenal pidi baiq. Beberpa karyanya pun mengambil latar di ITB. Contohnya yaitu dilan yang diceritakan menjadi mahasiswa ITB Fakultas Seni Rupa dan Desain, adapun film yang pernah diangkat ke layer lebar yang berjudul “Koboy Kampus,” ITB, kampus yang selain banyak prestasi tercatat didalamnya, banyak pula cerita terukir di dalamnya, dari yang terpedih sampai hal paling bahagia.

“SAMPURASUN!” seisi warung pun menoleh kearah gua yang memasang muka tanpa dosa.

“Rampess, ehh si ujang Kamana wae atuh,”

ibu warung pun bergegas keluar menghampiri gua bersama anak-anak yang baru saja turun dari kendaraan masing-masing.

“Di sekolah atuh bu, kaya biasa, menghabiskan waktu dengan menyimak khotbah dari para guru,”

“Tidur kali ah kamu mah, mau pesen apa?”

“Biasa bu, nasi goreng setengah, sama es teh manis.”

Bu dewo pun masuk kembali ke dapur selagi mengacungkan jempol tanda paham. Gua punmengajak boim untuk duduk di samping gua agar lebih mudah untuh berbincang.

“Im, kata si Dimas lu lagi ngedeketin cewe, siapa tuh, cerita lah,”

Ohiya, boim ini temen gua dari kelas 10, sebenarnya kita udah kenal satu sama lain dari saat mos, namun kelas 10 yang menyatukan kita, dua individu yang bodohnya beda sedikit. Bedanya gua dengan mudah di bodohi oleh cinta. Boim? Gatau deh, dia deket sama cewe aja ga cerita ke gua, gimana gua mau tau cerita cinta dia.

“Yailah, percaya aja lu dam, lu kan tau sendiri gua ngobrol sama cewe aja jarang, gimana gua mau ngedeketin,”

“Terus awal kelas 11 tuh apaan, ngedeketin dua cewe sekaligus, sampe bingung mau milih yang mana,” jawab gua sambil meminum es teh yang baru saja dating.

“Yaitu kan dulu dam,”

“Iya kan sekarang juga gaada yang tau lu udah berubah apa belom.”

Obrolan terhenti sejenak, mengingat makanan yang kita pesan sudah datang. Gua langsung melahap paket hemat yang selalu gua pesan jika datang ke warung bu dewo. Selain murah, disini juga menghidangkan makanan yang cukup enak, dan bisa memesan berdasarkan request kita sendiri.

“Minta rokok donga dit, asem nih mulut,” ucap gua yang sudah lebih dahulu menghabiskan makanan.

“Minta mulu lu, beli apa,” jawab Adit dengan mulut yang masih penuh nasi seraya mengeluarkan sebatang rokok dari ssakunya.

“iya elah, nanti gua beli sendiri. Abisin aja dulu tuh nasi di mulut.”

Gua pun menyalakan sebatang rokok yang baru saja gua dapatkan dari Adit. Di Bandung ini paling nikmat ngerokok sembari menikmati udara sejuk, ditambah melihat langit yang perlahan berawan.

“Eh, si Dimas mana? Gaikut dia?”

“Gaikut dam, katanya dia ada urusan dirumah, dia juga tadi buru-buru pulang,” jawab acil.

“lah tumbenan dia langsung pulang gitu,”

“Gatau dah, semoga aja gaada apa apa,”

“Semoga.” Jawab gua mengakhiri perbincangan.

Gua pun melanjutkan menghisap sebatang rokok yang sudah habis setengah, sementara teman-teman gua yang lain asik dengan handphone-nya masing-masing. Emang susah ya zaman sekarang kalo mau ngumpul tanpa dipisahkan dengan handphone, kaya hamper gamungkin aja, mengingat handphone sudah jadi kebutuhan pokok.

Gua akhirnya memutuskan untuk mencari kesibukan sendiri. Akhirnya gua memutuskan untuk mampir ke warung terdekat untuk membeli beberapa batang rokok. Memang gabisa dipungkiri, merokok punya kenikmatan sendiri, mulai dari menikmati manis yang dapat dirasakan ketika bibir menyentuh filternya, menikmati hisapan demi hisapan asapnya, lalu menghembuskan kembali asapnya keluar. Semuanya bersatu menjadi satu kenikmatan yang ga semua orang dapat menikmatinya.

“Im, lu udah solat belom?” Tanya gua sembari mematikan punting rokok yang sudah mau habis.

“Belom, lu udah?”

“Belom, ayo dah solat dulu. Mereka tar aja, masih pada asik main,”

“Oke, eh Cil, lu udah solat?”

“Belom, ayo dah bareng,”

Gua, Boim, dan Acil pun berjalan menuju masjid yang tepat berada di seberang warung Bu Dewo. Sebenarnya, gaterlalu di seberang sih, kita harus berjalan dulu ke dalam kawasan masjid.

Selesai solat ashar, gua memutuskan untuk ga langsung kembali ke warung Bu Dewo, gua memilih untuk berdiam diri di pelataran masjid bersama boim sementara acil terlebih dahulu kembali ke warung Bu Dewo. Pelataran masjid ini dikenal merupakan tempat yang nyaman untuk berdiam diri, udara yang sejuk pun menjadi salah satu faktor pendukung untuk bisa menikmati lamunan sore.

“Im, lu tau kan gua lagi deket sama siapa,” Tanya gua memecahkan lamunan kita berdua.

“Iya tau, kenapa dam?” tanya Boim dengan muka kebingungan.

“Hmm,”

Keheningan terjadi beberapa saat setelah Boim menanyakan hal tersebut. Gua pun memikirkan pertanyaan yang dari tadi terbayang di dalam kepala gua, seketika hilang ketika gua ingin menanyakan hal tersebut kepada Boim. Entah kenapa, setiap ada hal yang berkaitan dengan cewe yang udah gua deketin selama hampir setahun ini, gua selalu termenung beberapa saat, seakan kepala kosong dibuatnya.

“Menurut lu gua pantes ga Im buat dia?” Tanya gua menghentikan keheningan yang gua buat barusan.

“Lu kenapa Dam?” Tanya boim dengan muka penasaran.

“Gapapa, Cuma kadang gua jadi mikir aja, mungkin gua selama ini ngedeketin dia tanpa ada hasil sedikit pun karena gua kurang baik buat dia. Mungkin Tuhan punya orang lain yang lebih pantes buat dia,”

“Gagitu Dam, mungkin emang belum waktunya aja, mungkin selama ini lu dapetin cewe dengan gampangnya, jadi inilah cara Tuhan untuk melatih lu bersabar,”

“Dam, gaada yang namanya orang ga pantes, semua orang pasti pantas untuk ngedapatin seseorang, yang harus lu tanyakan it ulu di ciptakan buat dia apa ngga. Karna sepantas-pantasnya lu buat dia, kalo lu ga tercipta buat dia, ya lu bisa apa.” Sambung Boim.

Lagi-lagi, gua dan Boim terdiam di pelataran masjid, dengan pertanyaan yang masih terngiang-ngiang di kepala, serta jawaban dari Boim yang turut mengisi kepala gua untuk saat ini.

“Dam, balik yu, pengen minum gua,” Seru Boim ke gua yang sedang termenung.

“Oh iya, ayo gua juga pengen minum juga.”

Gua pun kembali ke warung untuk berkumpul kembali Bersama anak-anak tongkrongan.  Pikiran yang awalnya terasa terbebani dengan beberapa pertanyaan, terasa lebih ringan karena jawaban Boim.

“Im,” Panggil gua ke boim yang tepat berada di sebelah gua.

“Yo?”

“Makasih ya udah ngasih gua jawaban tadi,”

“Yaelah melankolis amat lu kaya fiersa besari,”

“Merusak momen termenung gua aja lu, kaya deni cagur,”

“Iye santai aja, ngerokok aja gih biar lebih tenang lagi.”

“Iya santai.”

Udah biasa memang kalau minta saran ke anak iblis satu ini, walaupun berujung dengan saling ejek, tapi Boim selalu ngasih gua jawaban terbaik yang ada dipikiran dia. Mungkin dia adalah salah satu anugrah dari Tuhan untuk gua yang disebut bodoh karena cinta, baik oleh anak tongkrongan, maupun anak kelas gua.

Sebelum kembali ke warung, gua menyempatkan diri untuk membeli minuman dingin yang di jajakan dipinggir jalan. Terlihat dari jauh muka masam anak-anak tongkrongan gua yang penyebabnya udah bisa gua tebak tanpa harus bertanya mengapa.

“Asem amat tuh muka, kenapa lu pada?” Tanya gua sambil menepuk pundak adit yang sedang Nampak kesal akan kekalahannya

“Kalah mulu anjir, kesel gua,” Jawab adit dengan muka yang udah ga berbentuk layaknya squishy yang baru saja diremas Ria Ricis.

“Makanya, kalo lagi bareng nikmati aja dulu momen bersama atuh bro, bentar lagi kita bakal di acak lagi kelasnya, masa masih fokus handphone-nya masing-masing,” Sambung Boim yang sedang memberikan ceramah singkat kepada teman-temannya yang selalu sibuk kepada handphone-nya masing-masing.

“Iye dah pak haji daging,” Acil dengan muka ketusnya menanggapi omongan Boim barusan.

“Yaudah nih nyebat dulu aja dah,” Ucap gua seraya menawarkan rokok milik Adit yang dari tadi tergeletak kebuka.

“Enak ya rokok orang main asal kasih aja,” ucap Adit dengan muka ketusnya yang kalo diliat-liat mirip Choji di film Naruto.

“Yaelah sebatang doang dit, busetdah.”

“Sedikit demi-sedikit, lama-lama rokok gua abis anjir,” dengan lihai tangan Choji merenggut sebungkus rokok Marlboro merah yang tadinya sudah berada di dalam genggaman gua. Memang dunia yang pelit, perihal rokok sebatang aja susah banget buat ngikhlasin.

“Yah, rokok aja ditahan, masa ke temen sendiri gitu Dit,” ucap Riza yang baru saja sadar dari lamunannya meratapi kekalahan. Setelah gua liat-liat lagi waktu dia lagi ngelamun, dia lebih mirip orang yang lagi BAB tapi lupa bawa handphone ke toilet.

“Yaudah lu juga buka lah rokok lu, bair gaminta ke gua semua.,” sambung Choji yang masih bertahan dengan intonasi ketusnya.

“Ngga dah, sisa 2 batang lagi.”

“Ya lu itu juga nahan ya tai.”

“Lah ngga, gua kalo lagi ngeluarin tai mah gapernah gua tahan, gua ikhlasin aja semua keluar biar bisa cepet selesainya.”

“Iya dah ja ah, nyesel gua kenal sama manusia bernama Rija.”

“Yaelah nanti kalo gaada gua lu kangen Dit,” ucap Riza sambil tertawa kecil disertai dengan getaran dariri perut yang ia miliki.

“Najis, mendingan gua kangen sama cewe gua lah dari pada gua kangen sama lu, ngabisin waktu doang.”

“Iye dah, yang penting gua dapet rokok lu hehehe.”

Gua, Boim, serta anak-anak yang berada disana hanya bisa tertawa melihat Adit dan Riza adu mulut. Memang sudah menjadi hal yang biasa kalo Riza dan Adit saling ngatain atau adu mulut, malah kita yang dibuat bingung kalua mereka berdua akur, karena momen-momen mereka akur adalah hal paling langka diantara anak-anak tongkrongan gua.

Setelah perdebatan Adit & Riza yang dipenuhi tawa, suasana kembali sunyi, kita kembali ke kehidupan masing-masing. Gua yang asik dengan rokok gua, Boim yang lagi asik mempersiapkan konten podcast-nya, begitupula anak tongkrongan gua, ada beberapa yang sekadar membuka Instagram, ada yang mengabarkan pasangannya masing-masing.

Monoton banget pikir gua, isi cerita perkumpulan anak-anak SMA zaman sekarang hanya sebatan rokok, ngopi, main hp, ga lebih ga kurang, juju raja pasti isi tongkrongan lu juga ga berbeda jauh sama tongkrongan gua. Andai aja cerita di tongkrongan gua mirip kaya tongkrongan Dilan, pasti gua udah bikin novel kaya Pidi Baiq yang udah dibaca sama beribu orang, bahkan udah masuk ke layar tancap.

Sayangnya mau tongkrongan gua, mau kisah cinta gua gaada yang sebagus kisah Dilan si anak Betawi. Jangankan buat gombal langsung ke cewe, gua ngeliat cewe yang gua taksir aja langsung keringet dingin, gimana mau gombalin cewe. Lagipula selama dua tahun ini gua di SMA gua baru suka ke dua cewe, yang pertama berakhir friendzone, yang kedua gua masinh bingung harus gimana sampe sekarang.

Boim saksinya, dia yang paling tau tentang kehidupan percintaan sebelah tangan gua. Bahkan disaat gua belum cerita kalo gua udah move on dari yang pertama, dia langsung tau gua move on ke siapa. Udah banyak bukti yang bisa menjadi bukti bahwa Boim ini salah satu temen baik gua, salah satunya yang tadi, itu adalah bukti kalua udah ada hubungan batiniah yang kuat antara gua sama Boim, tapi gua curiga dia ikut komunitas cenayang, ga mungkin, mana bisa orang kaya dia masuk komunitas cenayang, muka dia lebih pantas kalo jadi boneka voodoo daripada jadi cenayang.

“Dam, lu balik bareng siapa?” Tanya Boim, memang cenayang anak satu ini, tau aja gua masih mikir gimana cara balik.

“Gatau Im, paling naik ojol aja gua, kenapa emang?”

“Bareng aja dah, sekalian gua searah juga kan sama lu.”

“Alah mantap! Hayu dah.”

Gua sama Boim akhirnya pulang lebih dulu, mengingat langit sudah mulai mendung waktu itu. Baru setengah perjalanan, ujan pun turun yang membuat gua sama Boim menjadi layaknya vampire yang baru saja kena cahaya.

“ANJIR UJAN WOY, MINGGIR DULU MINGGIR,” Teriak gua yang panik duluan disbanding Boim.

“Santai elah buset dahh.” Ucap Boim sembari meminggirkan motornya ke salah satu mini market yang ada.

“Neduh dulu aja dah Im.”

“Iye santai”

Gua dan Boim memutuskan untuk berhenti sejenak dikarenakan hujan yang makin deras. Gua pun menyalakan sebatang rokok untuk menghangatkan badan gua yang tadi terkena hujan.

“Im, lu tau kan gua deket sama siapa. Kayanya gua bakal nembak dia.”

***

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Daily #Art - Day 04-06-19 (2019) Leonora Carrington A 2nd tribute to surrealist artist Leonora Carrington (Apr 6th, 1917 - May 25th, 2011), with a portrait of her in her youth, plus a zebra like beast from her self portrait called "Inn of the Dawn Horse" (1936), and elements from "Ulu's Pants" (1952). (#15,563 / #153 / #54)

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...How did racism even come into question regarding the baseball caps? I’m confused

I stand corrected, it was a Latino customer who called racism.

The tinhatters must check the Yelp review daily.

Tramp Stamp Granny’s has a great Yelp score.

There are only a couple of low scores and the rest are 4 or 5 stars.  

They have a dress code: Dress to Impress. No baseball caps, athletic jerseys, shorts, flip flops. Shirts and shoes must be worn at all times.  It’s on their website.

They pulled a review off Google (they check TSG’s Google reviews TOO?)

Anonymous asked:

How do you know what people were asked?

ajw720

It is absolutely a dress code targeted at minorities.

And nonnie, all we ask is before you approach us to tell us we are wrong to do some basic research. These reviews are very easy to find.

I’m sorry but how is that targeted at minorities? White dudes dress like slobs -aka wear baseball hats and jerseys -too. Darren is half Filipino and Mia is half Jewish, both minorities. 

I don’t understand the CC fandom pretending that Darren doesn’t own TSG’s and therefore isn’t the one who made this policy along with Mia. 

Clapping back at the anon for a simple statement is insane.

Another comment from ajw:

The Roach Motel (thank you my friend for my new favorite name for the strip joint) has a “no caps” policy, but apparently other types of hats are ok.  This review is quite eye opening (x):

No caps policy is high key racist guys.Was told to take my hat off.Saw six patrons AND the bartender wearing hats.Put mine back on.Security rushed me.I said I saw lots of people in hats.Called me a liar.I pointed them out.“those aren’t hats, they are beanies, fedoras, and cabbie hats.”So what’s wrong with my hat?“no caps”Like… we get it. You don’t want the kind of people who wear baseball caps… hmmm wonder what crowd they are trying to keep out????? 

Total discrimination nonnie, and i know a lot of places do it, but that doesn’t make it right.  IF you don’t want caps, it should be no hats. Period.

As an aside, M just got her hair highlighted.  Makes you wonder why she is wearing a hat? Maybe going to L/ulu’s friend didn’t work out so well?

They also say no athlete jerseys and shorts so does that mean they should just go with no shirts or pants. Also no flip flops- is that misogynistic? They are just trying to keep a higher class vibe than running in wearing your most laid-back comfy clothes you wear at home. Dress up to go to a fancy place.

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A solo para of 400+ words based on their monthly schedule (does not count toward your monthly total).

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Threads do not have to take place directly during an important date listed on the schedule, but must be related to what the muse is mentioned to be doing in the paragraph explaining their schedule/the company’s schedule for the month and/or their thoughts on the mentioned activities or lack thereof.

These schedules may be updated throughout the month if new information needs to be added.

Overall Company

The drama and possible legal problems brought to Dimensions this month in response to Gal.actic’s comeback aren’t a good sign, but any publicity is good publicity and Dimensions has gotten much worse publicity in the past. There’s currently no intent to cut back on the plans already presented to the investors for the year, so the company will be going forward with a full company Summer Package, including video and picture content which all idols under the company will shoot the first company photo shoot for this month.

Important dates:

February 4-6: Artists free from schedules for Seollal.

February 23: Day one of full company photo shoot at an indoor water park.

February 24: Day two of full company photo shoot at an indoor water park.

Dimensions Soloist 1

After a month that was mostly a break in January, she’sback to work and preparing for her very quickly approaching Seoul concert and the following world tour in late spring. She’s also in the studio to record for some songs, review some demos, and work with producers on a comeback for next month. She’ll be attending a radio show guesting with the company’s other soloist as well.

Important dates:

February 18: Guesting on Kiss The Radio radio show with Dimensions Soloist 2.

Dimensions Soloist 2

His busking last month earned some buzz and even some new fans, so now Dimensions is finalizing the picks for the track list of his next album, and he’ll be spending some time in the studio working on that as well as being in and out of meetings on his anticipated first solo concert in a few months. He’ll be attending a radio show guesting with the company’s other soloist as well.

Important dates:

February 18: Guesting on Kiss The Radio radio show with Dimensions Soloist 1.

Gal.actic

The comeback seems to be going incredibly well as the month starts, and the single even rises to Gal.actic’s highest weekly digital peak ever in its second week of release thanks to the right promotion on Dimensions’ part for once, but legal action from a men’s group in the second week of the month will bring the momentum to a halt (keep an eye out on the Exclusive blog for more details!) and brings about Dimensions removing them from a planned army performance and a few other small schedules to avoid further backlash, though they’ll go forward with all music show promotions through March 1.

Important dates:

February 1: Filming for Idol Room episode (airing February 12) + episode teaser VLive livestream following filming.

February 2: Filming for After School Club episode (airing February 19.)

February 3: Guesting on Arirang Radio Sound K radio show.

February 8: Fansign in Gangnam, Seoul.

February 10: Filming of Valentine’s Day vlog style video for Youtube preparing gifts for fans.

February 16: Fansign in Incheon.

Alien

Their comeback is next month, and Alien will film their music video in the first half of the month. To add to their planned Western push with this comeback, they’ll be back in the studio at the end of the month at Dimensions’ order to record a fully English version of the title track that will be released after their album. Ahead of their comeback, Alien has also been chosen as new brand models for TONYMOLY’s lip tints and will be filming a CF and doing a promotional photo shoot, both of which will release on Valentine’s Day. They’ll show a different side of the members that isn’t usually shown through their music and promotions. Each member is assigned a shade of lip tint as follows:

Leader/main rapper: "Red Hot”

Vocal/rapper: “Pink Coaster”

Main vocal: “Oh My Rose”

Lead vocal: "Chili Pepper”

Main dancer/lead vocal: "Spicy Ruby”

Maknae/lead rapper/lead dancer: "Baby Coral”

Important dates:

February 2: Tony Moly Lip Tint CF filming.

February 14: MV filming day one.

February 15: MV filming day two.

MARS

“Cactus” promotions wrap on the first day of the month. Promotions were mildly successful, although there was some brewing backlash online about the styling for the era, which is yet to be determined as a negative or a positive for the new stylists on MARS’ team. Most of this month has been set aside to prepare for their fanmeeting (filming VCRs, rehearsing, etc.) that will be at the beginning of March and two yet to be announced global fanmeeting dates that will be testing the waters for a world tour later in the year. The group will be doing a scheduled series of group and solo VLives this month where they’ll drop different small teasers for their upcoming fanmeeting, interact with fans, and play some group games during the two group VLives. All of the VLives will be supervised by managers. They’ll also be dropping by the dance studio of the choreographers for “Cactus” to help teach a class the choreography. The two main dancers will be assigned to take the lead with the choreographers, but the other members will lend a hand as well. A special dance practice video (dressed in casualwear instead of the infamous hot pants) will be filmed at the studio afterwards to be uploaded online.

Important dates:

February 1: End of “Cactus” promotions.

February 2: Group VLive.

February 7: [Leader, main dancer, lead vocal] VLive.

February 11: [Main vocal 1] VLive.

February 14: [Main vocal 2] VLive.

February 15: Special guests teachers at dance studio.

February 18: [Main rapper, lead dancer] VLive.

February 21: [Lead rapper, vocal] VLive.

February 25: [Maknae, main dancer, vocal] VLive.

February 28: Group VLive.

7ROPHY

They’re continuing to film their short weekly reality show for Youtube, but this month will switch the focus to more full group interactions and will give the fans a peak behind the scenes during dance rehearsals and studio time in the final preparations for the comeback next month. Most of the episodes filmed this month will be released after the comeback. 7ROPHY will also be asked, along with Lucid, last minute to fill in for Gal.actic’s cancelled performance for the army. 7ROPHY doesn’t have the strongest male fan base after their concept change, so they might not be the most popular group performing with the given audience, but it’s a good opportunity for publicity.

Important dates:

February 18: Performance in special show for the army alongside BEE, Lipstick, Lucid, Silhouette, and Fuse (performing: Hobgoblin, Black Dress, and Latata + a cover of “Tell Me”)

Unity

A few fan signs dot the end of “Simon Says” promotions, after which things kick into full gear behind the scenes for Unity’s upcoming concerts which will be taking place at Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul during the second to last week of March. They’ll be in heavy rehearsal mode, especially at the end of the month, and will be doing photo shoots for concert promotion pictures.

Important dates:

February 8: Fansign in Incheon.

February 11: Fansign in Busan.

February 15: End of “Simon Says” promotions.

Lucid

In the first few days of the month while they’re in Seoul, Lucid will stop in the recording studio to record a cover of “What Makes You Beautiful” by One Direction that they’ll film a low-budget music video for while they’re in Paris. During the Europe leg of the tour, they’ll get to perform the solo cover stages they prepared (reminder: must be low production value — no extravagant concepts or stage decorations). They’ll still get Seollal off, but will be spending it in England. 7ROPHY and Lucid will be tapped this month last minute to fill in for Gal.actic’s cancelled performance for the army. The performance will be especially fruitful for Lucid, who will start to trend among male fan communities following videos of the performance being uploaded online.

Important dates:

February 3: “Fly High” tour concert at ULU Live in London, England.

February 7: “Fly High” tour concert at Lao Lisbo ao Vivio in Lisbon, Portugal.

February 8: “Fly High” tour concert at Sala Riviera in Madrid, Spain.

February 10: “Fly High” tour concert at Melkweg in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

February 11: “Fly High” tour concert at Columbia Theater in Berlin, Germany.

February 12: “Fly High” tour concert at Palladium in Warsaw, Poland.

February 14: “Fly High” tour concert at La Trianon in Paris, France.

February 16: Release of “Glass Bead” & Season of Glass mini-album showcase, promotions continue through March 16.

February 18: Performance in special show for the army alongside BEE, Lipstick, 7ROPHY, Silhouette, and Fuse (performing: Glass Bead and White  + covers of “Like Ooh-Ahh” and “Lucky Strike”)

February 20: Fansign in Yeouido, Seoul.

February 26: Fansign in Mapo, Seoul.

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