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[sp0o0kylights]

You know what I want to see, I want to see more of Steve, Eddie, and Robin being 1980s small town kids from Indiana, by which I mean;

Robin is The Source of Gay Knowledge purely because her parents host Hippie Christmas and she managed to sneak away to find a neat bookstore in Indiana once. 

Her knowledge is not in depth. It's patchy, woven together through rumors, stories she heard or things she picked up from her parents' old pictures. She's got a handful of zines, one book, and some movies she managed to order for Family Video behind Keith's back.

She acts like she's Queen of the Queers because in Hawkins she pretty much is.

(Max and El ask her what a lavender marriage is once, something they overheard snooping around. 

Robin confidentially answers that it's code for when one woman dresses up as a man, fooling officials into wedding two woman.

She does not live this down two years later when they find out what it actually means.) 

Eddie doesn't spend every weekend in Indianapolis. 

Gas is expensive, his busiest days of his "job" is Friday and Saturday, and he has no fucking clue what the hanky code is. 

He's wearing that bandana because Metallica front singer James Hetfield has one on all their tour posters. 

Eddie does make it down to a gay bar though, by accident. Rick needed some back up for a shady deal. Promised Eddie a boatload of free drugs to sell if he agreed to just stand there and look mean. 

He was warned the bar they were meeting in was 'weird' and to not 'freak out' --which Eddie thought was hilarious given his nickname and general appearance, but whatever.

He doesn't understand when they get there, because it's just a bunch of hot men with hanky's in their back pockets everywhere.

Then he sees two women kissing and it clicks. 

He can't out himself in front of Rick, but one of the bartenders playfully dresses him down for his own hanky, letting him know all about the code and teasing him through his embarrassment. 

He's got an offer to come back and learn what color and which pocket his hanky should actually be in, a prospect Eddie was salivating at until Chrissy Cunningham up and died on his ceiling.

(He still wore the hanky, because the feeling of that bartender tugging it out and stuffing it back in might be the closest thing he's ever had to sex and he absolutely wants a repeat. 

He's young and horny, sue him.) 

Steve Harrington may not be academically smart but he's not dumb. 

He figured out a while back that the basketball team as a unit probably crossed the queer line more than once--or at least it did before Hargrove came in. 

( Brad Handly for example, went around slamming kids into lockers and screaming slurs like a fucking movie villain one Monday because the varsity team got dead drunk at Laura's party on Sunday and hey, look, there weren't that many girls there, okay?

They all had fucking hands and mouths. Everybody but Tommy was single and hot to trot. Nothing gay about it.

Its not even like they were kissing or treating each other like chicks. It was just Brad's first time and they got to tease him later for overthinking it. 

Dude graduated soon enough after and given Steve was on the team as a sophomore, he hadn't thought about the guy and why he might be freaking out so bad in years.) 

Robin's entire panic attack at Starcourt, and a few more after had Steve replaying that whole incident. Reframed it a bit, and, yeah.

In retrospect that had been extremely gay, actually. 

It sat with him a lot easier than he'd thought it would. Partially because of Robin, but mostly because that's just who he was.

Stranger things had happened to Steve and this one didn't want to kill, maim or otherwise eat him, so it got filed under 'interesting facts he should never tell his parents if he wanted to keep his trust fund' and then he went about his day. 

(Or he tried too, anyways.

It caught up to him when Eddie and Robin somehow figured out the other was queer and dragged him along to some bar Eddie had a standing invitation at, with demands for Steve to do what he did best.

Babysit.

Their magical trip was utterly destroyed when Brad Handly happened to be the very same bartender who had given Eddie the invite.

 Considering Brad's immediate bark of laughter followed by a hug and introducing himself as "Steve's gay awakening", Steve ended up having to speedrun through Eddie and Robin both having a crisis for him.

It didn't help that Steve had politely, and laughingly, corrected Brad with a casual; 

"Pretty sure that was Tommy man, but if it helps I think that tongue of yours gave Matt Burdon a crisis."

--which ended up with him answering a lot more gay sex questions with Brad than he cared too. 

At least he, through Brad, was able to help Robin connect to some local lesbians and--after a second crisis from Eddie regarding how Steve managed to have more sex than "the resident town freak and guy who actually knew he was gay, Steve!"-- even helped Eddie out by catching the metalheads tongue with his mouth later that evening.

The last one landed him a boyfriend, trust fund be damned.) 

[starrystevie]

i don't care how impractical it is... i want steve, eddie, robin and nancy to all live together in a massive house somewhere with land and trees, but still close enough to the city that they don't go stir crazy. i want newly-an-official-couple robin and nancy to be the ones to suggest it with linked hands and matching grins. i want nancy to pull out spreadsheets that prove how it'll be a good way to split rent and get away from the overbearing eyes of hawkins, so they all pack up and move to the outskirts of indianapolis.

i want steve and eddie to start with twin beds in the bedroom not occupied by the lovebirds and then merge those beds into one large one once they figure their shit out. i want early riser nancy to make their breakfasts and learned-to-fend-for-himself eddie to make their dinners. i want chaos when steve and robin go to the grocery store for the first time and come back with half the things they actually need and armfuls of pringles cans. i want them sitting around a beat up kitchen table with socked feet knocking into each other and mismatched wine glasses trying to feel like adults.

i want steve and nancy deciding to get married after they crunched the numbers, saw the tax breaks, thought about the insurance benefits, thought about much easier things would be for all of them in the future if the law was slightly on their side. i want eddie and robin to follow suit because they want an excuse for a bigger party. i want them all falling into their lumpy bumpy couch after their joint weddings before steve runs upstairs to grab his and eddie's suitcase to head out for a mini-honeymoon leaving nancy and robin for one of their own.

years down the line, when hairs are greying and the skin around their eyes start to crinkle, i want there to be kids somehow. i want them to move in to the new build down the road with a more room than they probably need but with enough for their love to grow. i want robin and nancy to move in to the in law suite out back because it's closer to nancy's garden anyway, and expand it to a house of it's own. i want them all to have an open door policy so their kids can grow up side by side with barking and music and kid giggles echoing through the halls.

i want steve in the backyard teaching their crew how to throw a baseball and pressing gentle kisses to their sweaty foreheads to show he's proud of them. i want robin and eddie teaching them how to read music, little legs swinging off their kitchen chairs as they curl their fingers over the neck of too big acoustic guitars. i want nancy taking them on scavenger hunts around the yard, cats weaving between her legs as they use mini-magnifying glasses to observe bugs and leaves.

i want them going to parent teacher conferences in a mass group because, of course, steve charmed the head of the pto to get the kids in all the same classes. i want them to watch as the kids grow up, as they turn into moody teenagers and eventually off to college. i want never-expected-to-grow-old-let-alone-together steve, eddie, nancy and robin to make it a point to have dinner together every night with socked feet knocking into each other but with matching wine glasses this time around.

it's impractical, i know, but man do i want it.

[leasstories]

Timeless

Eddie Munson x fem!reader

No trigger warning, just fluff.

WC ≈ 1.5K

Based on Timeless by Taylor Swift

January 1987,

You’ve been walking in the streets of Indianapolis when an antique shop comes into view. You enter the shop and stop at the counter where thousands of old photos are on display. Most of them are photos of couples from different period of times. The sign says: ‘Photos, 25 cents each”. All of those old photos make you think of your relationship with your boyfriend, Eddie. 

The first photo you came across was a black and white photo of a bride in the ‘30s, it made you think of how much you would love to be Eddie’s bride, it makes you imagine what your dream wedding with the love of your life would look like. You think about how you would definitely marry Eddie in a heartbeat. It makes you daydream about how he might propose and about how, if one day he does, your gonna throw yourself at him.

You then saw the photo of school lovers laughing on the porch of their first house. It reminds you of the day you and Eddie moved in together. After the events of the Upside Down, Eddie and you didn’t lose a second, seeing Eddie battling for life in the hospital made you realize that your love for him is the kind of love you find only once in a lifetime. Eddie got out of the hospital in May 1986, with the financial compensation that the state gave the both of you, you bought a small trailer at Hawkins trailer’s park. You officially moved in together in June 1986 and have been living together ever since. You were the one nursing his wounds, you are the one who is here for him, in the middle of the night when he wakes up from a nightmare. You know that you’ll be here for him for as long as he allows you to be. Eddie is for you, the kind of love that you don’t put down, you cling to it for as long as you can. Even if Eddie despises conformity, you and Eddie are High School Sweetheart, you met in school and started dating during his second senior year. And this photo reminded you of that, it reminded you of how Eddie and you, are the American Teenage love story. Your first date was in a shitty drive in, your first kiss behind the bleachers and your first ‘I love you’ in the confines of Eddie’s bedroom. You first moved in together before graduating, and almost a year later, your shared trailer feels more like home than your respective childhood homes. 

You came across photos of couples in 1944, photos of women reading letters from their beloved who left to fight for the war, and at that moment, you realized that even if you met Eddie at that time, and were one of those women, you would have been waiting for him. 

At some point you spotted a photo of a teenage couple holding hands, on their way to a dance, the date said 1958. You took the photo in your hands and smiled. You feel like time stopped and remember the first time you saw Eddie. You remember that you were in Junior High and you were already intrigued by this little boy. You remember that, despite his buzzcut at the time, the first thing you thought of him was that he was pretty. Eddie and you were two grades apart, but from the moment you saw him to the moment he left Junior High, you kept admiring from afar. Then, you went to High School and your fascination turned into warmth into the pit of your stomach. During Eddie’s first senior year (and your Sophomore year), you finally realized that you had a crush on Eddie. Then you had the courage to join Hellfire. When Eddie said “hello” is when you story started. You didn’t have any hopes of being Eddie’s girlfriend. Eddie didn’t seem to date, but you took the opportunity to get to know him and spend time with him. And once you got to know him, you became head over heels, Eddie wasn’t only a good looking guy, deep down, he was also a real sweetheart.  You knew that there will never be anyone else than Eddie. Your heart belonged to him the minute he said “Hello” when you approached him to join the Hellfire Club. All of these memories, all of your story with Eddie, you are so scared to forget it all. 

You got out of your trip down the memory lane and came upon an old book, covered in cobwebs. When you open the book and start reading it, you realize that it is the story of a romance torn apart by fate. This story is your worse nightmare and reminds you that you almost lost Eddie in March of last year, it reminds you that fate almost teared you apart. It’s a story taking place a century ago. The couple fell in love just like you did with Eddie, they were teenage sweethearts too, the man died for the woman the same way Eddie almost died to protect you. And you know that you would die for him in the same way, Eddie is the most important person of your life. 

All of those pictures and stories made you realize that if you were forced to marry another man, your heart would still be Eddie’s. You would hide from your husband and read Eddie’s love letters every single nights. You would end up running away, leaving your life behind. Eddie still would be yours. You believe that the two of you were supposed to find each other and that in any lifetime, Eddie would be yours and you would be his. 

Times does affect your body, it’s scientific, but you know it won’t touch your soul, it won’t change your love for Eddie. In 50 years, you still see yourself love Eddie. Eddie’s always going to be yours and you are always going to be his. You know your love is timeless. You know that when you’ll be old and gray, you’ll keep loving him. You know you’ll have a cardboard full of photos laying in front of you. Photos of the life that Eddie and you have made. 

As those photos and this book made you think of Eddie, you went back on the streets and searched for a call box. As soon as you find it, you put all of your cents in the machine and dial your trailer’s phone number. 

“You’ve reached Eddie Munson, what can I do for ya?” Eddie asks.

“Baby!” You say, excited and out of breath.

“Sweets, where are you? Is everything okay?” Eddie asks, concerned.

“Yeah, yeah everything okay. I was just missing you.” You say softly.

“I miss you too, where are you?” Eddie asks again. “Still in Indianapolis?”

“Yes. Eddie I came across an antique shop and there were so many photos of couples. And it’s so hard to explain, but I saw us on those photos instead. It made me realize that somehow, I know that you and I would have found each other, even in another life. Even if we met in 1944 and you were headed off to fight in the war, you still would’ve been mine. I would have read your love letters every nights, praying that you’d be coming home all right. I would’ve impatiently waited for your return and then you would’ve proposed and we would have married each other once the war was over.” 

“You’re so cheesy” Eddie says, you can hear the smile in his voice. “But I also believe that we are timeless, that no matter what we would have found each other. Don’t say anyone I said this but I believe we are two halves of the same soul an that no matter what, we were destined to find each other.”

“And now who’s the cheesy one” You say smiling from ear to ear.  You can hear the bip of the call box indicating that your calling time is almost over.

“Eddie, I have to hang up but I love you, so much. See you tonight.”

A few days after this phone conversation, Eddie proposed to you. He wrote an acoustic song (which is really rare for Eddie) inspired by your phone call, a song telling you how much he loves you and how you and Eddie would have found each other in any other lifetimes. And in the cardboard you made, where you gathered all of your photos with Eddie, you added your engagement photo. A photo of you, arm wrapped around Eddie’s neck your body pressed tight against Eddie’s, tears of happiness rolling down your cheeks. You and Eddie both know it’s only the beginning and that in a few decades from now, the cardboard will be filled with memories, because you are meant for each others. 

In every scenarios, every period of time you could have been living in, you imagine your heart belonging to Eddie. You and Eddie, your love story, really is timeless. 

Taglist: @abellmunsonmovie

[wearemozzerians]

Off the back of Morrissey Official’s four sold out residency shows in Las Vegas, Morrissey announces fourteen brand new North American shows for October and November starting on Halloween, October 31st in Houston, Texas.

“There is currently something happening, a finesse and ferocity coming from Morrissey and the band that is unparalleled to anything I’ve seen in my tenure as Morrissey’s guitarist for over 21 years. It’s an infectious excitement coming from him directly manifesting through the band and into the audience leaving everyone in a euphoric state,” says Jesse Tobias. “As much as he and the band have historically been put against the ropes, doubted, disregarded and judged while others are given a free pass, Morrissey and the band will liberate and astound everyone with our forthcoming releases and shows ... that’s if you are open to music as a method for change and genuine excitement.”

PRESALE TICKETS:

Artist presales will be held Tuesday, August 6 at 10 a.m. local time to members of the Morrissey email & sms list.

Click link in bio to receive the presale access code.

GENERAL ON SALE TICKETS:

The general on sale begins Friday, August 9 at 10 a.m. local time.

Click for Pre-Sale Access:

TOUR DATES:

Thu Oct 31 - Houston, TX - 713 Music Hall

Sat Nov 2 - Dallas, TX - Music Hall at Fair Park

Mon Nov 4 - Little Rock, AR - Robinson Center Performance Hall

Wed Nov 6 - Birmingham, AL - Alabama Theatre

Thu Nov 7 - Knoxville, TN - Tennessee Theatre

Sat Nov 9 - Durham, NC - Durham Performing Arts Center

Tue Nov 12 - Baltimore, MD - The Lyric Baltimore

Wed Nov 13 - Newark, NJ - New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Prudential Hall

Fri Nov 15 - Atlantic City, NJ - Ocean Casino Resort - Ovation Hall

Sat Nov 16 - Rochester, NY - Kodak Center

Tue Nov 19 - Niagara Falls, ON - Fallsview Casino Resort

Wed Nov 20 - Flint, MI - Capitol Theater

Fri Nov 22 - Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre

Sat Nov 23 - Waukegan, IL - Genesee Theatre

(*art by Viva Hate).

[mcpoland-archive]

THE BUDDY TOUR - PETER MCPOLAND

hey! reminder to all petermcp fans that the buddy tour dates ARE out, and not all of them might be listed in your music streaming service, or an easy-access space. refer down below! let me know if i missed anything, please!

(also, all dates are listed on the official peter mcpoland website if you cannot refer to this post)

NOV 22nd [FRI] ; Providence, Rhode Island @ Fete Music Hall FETE MUSIC HALL'S FAQ

NOV 23rd [SAT] ; Syracuse, New York @ The Song & Dance THE SONG & DANCE'S FAQ

NOV 24th [SUN] ; Buffalo, New York @ The Rec Room BUFFALO REC ROOM'S FAQ

NOV 26th [TUES] ; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania @ Spirit Hall SPIRIT HALL CONCERT INFO

NOV 27th [WED] ; Ferndale, Michigan @ The Loving Touch THE LOVING TOUCH'S FAQ

NOV 30th [SAT] ; Indianapolis, Indiana @ Hi-Fi Indy HI-FI INDY'S FAQ

DEC 1st [SUN] ; Lexington, Kentucky @ The Burl THE BURL'S ABOUT ME + FAQ

DEC 3rd [TUES] ; Charlotte, North Carolina @ Visulite Theatre VISULITE THEATRE'S FAQ

DEC 4th [WED] ; Athens, Georgia @ 40 Watt Club 40 WATT CLUB'S FAQ

DEC 5th [THURS] ; Orlando, Florida @ The Social THE SOCIAL'S FAQ

DEC 7th [SAT] ; Tampa, Florida @ The Crowbar CROWBAR WEBSITE

for all events, doors open at 7PM and show is at 8PM, except for the Tampa show, which states the show starts at 7PM.

remember, not every venue will provide food and/or drink, eat at least 3 hours before the concert so you're healthy and energized when you're at your venue.

most venues also don't allow beverages, but double-check the websites linked above or get into contact with the venue staff if you want to bring bottled water with you :) worst-case scenario, they will sell bottled water at the venue for you. stay hydrated!!! those venues can get hot!

rock on, piglets 🤘 admin jul

[urdreamgirls-dreamgirl]

oooooh time after time (timestamp) for sorry about the blood in your mouth? <3

omg. ok I saw this ask and I was like “I should write something for this” lol

the epilogue of sorry about the blood in your mouth takes place in january 1999 and there’s like. a full year between the end of the actual story and when the epilogue takes place. so in my own personal headcanon for my own story that I wrote, I think that Eddie moves in with Steve in his apartment over the Grindhouse in Indianapolis almost immediately after filming wraps. I actually like to think that they tried long-distance for a couple months, even though neither of them really wanted that and Eddie had already pretty much decided he’d be moving in with Steve after the first time they’d kissed again on set, but they were afraid of rushing things and being impulsive so they try to be “normal” for five seconds before Eddie finally breaks and asks if he can come live with Steve lol (they still keep Eddie’s place for when Eddie has to travel for work)

before the 1999 GG, Eddie doesn’t have a ton of time to do much writing, since he’s doing press and interviews for tell the devil I’m waiting (both the film and the book!!). he starts a few projects but abandons them after one or two pages. around Christmas 1998 I like to think Eddie starts seriously considering a new project, writing single scenes here and there, scraps of paper left around the apartment or shoved into his jeans pocket. they always make Steve smile when he finds them, tidying up or doing the laundry.

a few months after the GG ceremony, Eddie presents Steve with a new manuscript, freshly written. “read it,” Eddie tells him, shoving it into his hands. “tell me what you think when you’re done.” Steve spends the next few days doing nothing but working, sleeping, and reading Eddie’s pages. when he’s done, late on a Tuesday evening, he finds Eddie already in their bed, leaning against the headboard, reading a book of his own. he looks up when Steve comes into the room. Steve swallows. “it’s us?” he says, like it’s a question, even though it’s fairly obvious. “it’s us,” Eddie tells him, smiling softly. “is that okay?” Steve can’t do anything but kiss Eddie, right on the mouth.

about six months later, a new romance novel from some new author named Emily Munroe is breaking records, moving up the NYT bestseller list faster than Eddie can even blink. it’s the story of a famous film director who reconnects with his long-lost high school sweetheart, ten years after they’d tragically parted ways. Brad Pitt and Christian Bale play the leads in the film adaptation and award-winning screenwriter Eddie Munson takes on the screenplay, guaranteeing the movie has a huge opening weekend. the premiere screens to rave reviews.

after the success of the romance novel, Eddie decides it’s time to make an honest woman out of Steve, so they have some kind of commitment ceremony, whether that’s a wedding or something else I’m not entirely sure. but everyone’s there. Robin is Steve’s best man. Max officiates.

Eddie continues writing both romance under his pseudonym and horror under his own name—he’s able to draw on inspiration from his own life for both genres—and Steve continues to expertly run his coffeehouse. they travel frequently to California to visit the kids, who are pretty much all based there now.

and then they live happily ever after :) 💖

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

April 11, 2023 (Tuesday)

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

APR 12, 2023

The dramatic events in Nashville last week, when Republican legislators expelled state representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, two young Black men, for speaking out of turn when they joined protesters calling for gun safety, highlighted a demographic problem facing the Republican Party. Members of Gen Z, the generation born between 1997 and 2012, grew up doing active shooter drills in their schools, and they want gun safety legislation. And yet, Republicans are so wedded to the gun industry and guns as part of party members’ identity that today, one day after five people died in a mass shooting in Louisville, Kentucky—including a close friend of Kentucky governor Andrew Beshear—the Indiana Senate Republicans passed a resolution honoring the National Rifle Association (NRA). Later this week, Republican leaders will speak at the NRA’s annual convention in Indianapolis, where firearms, as well as backpacks, glass containers, signs, and umbrellas, are prohibited. Those speakers will include former president Trump and former vice president Mike Pence. The resolution and the speeches at the NRA convention seem an unfortunate juxtaposition to the recent mass shootings. Abortion rights are also a place where the Republican Party is out of step with the majority of Americans and especially with people of childbearing age. Last Tuesday, Janet Protasiewicz, who promised to protect reproductive rights, won the election for the Wisconsin Supreme Court by an astonishing 11 points in a state where elections are often decided by less than a point. Victor Shi of Voters of Tomorrow reported that the youth turnout of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, increased 240% since the last spring general election in 2019. Youth turnout at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, increased 232%. Almost 90% of those young people voted for Protasiewicz. And yet the party needs to grapple with last Friday’s ruling by Trump-appointed Texas federal judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk that the Food and Drug Administration improperly approved mifepristone, a drug used for more than 50% of medically induced abortions, and that it must be removed from the market. The party also must grapple with a new Idaho law that makes it illegal for minors to leave the state to get an abortion without the consent of their parents. In New York today, Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg pushed back against Republican overreach of a different sort when he filed a lawsuit in federal court against Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) in his official role as chair of the House Judiciary Committee, the committee itself, and Mark Pomerantz, whom the committee recently subpoenaed, in response to a “brazen and unconstitutional attack by members of Congress on an ongoing New York State criminal prosecution and investigation of former President Donald J. Trump.” The lawsuit accuses Jordan of engaging in “a transparent campaign to intimidate and attack District Attorney Bragg” and to use congressional powers to intervene improperly in a state criminal prosecution. Like any defendant, the lawsuit says, Trump had every right to challenge his indictment in court. But rather than let that process play out, Jordan and the Republican-dominated Judiciary Committee “are participating in a campaign of intimidation, retaliation, and obstruction” that has led to multiple death threats against Bragg. Bragg’s office "has received more than 1,000 calls and emails from Mr. Trump's supporters,“ the complaint reads, “many of which are threatening and racially charged." “Members of Congress are not free to invade New York’s sovereign authority for their or Mr. Trump’s political aims,” the document says. “Congress has no authority to ‘conduct oversight’ into District Attorney Bragg’s exercise of his duties under New York Law in a single case involving a single defendant.” While Jordan and the Republicans defend Trump, there is a mounting crisis in the West, where two decades of drought have brought water levels in the region’s rivers to dangerously low levels. According to Benji Jones of Vox, who interviewed the former director of the Water Resources Program at the University of New Mexico, John Fleck, last year about the crisis, the problem has deep roots. One hundred years ago, government officials significantly overestimated the water available in the Colorado River System when they divided it among Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming through the Colorado River Compact of 1922. The compact provided a formula for dividing up the water in the 1450 miles of the Colorado River. It was designed to stop the states from fighting over the resource, although an Arizona challenge to the system was not resolved until the 1960s. On the basis of the water promised by the compact, the region filled with people—40 million—and with farms that grow much of the country’s supply of winter vegetables. Now, after decades of drought exacerbated by the overuse permitted by the Colorado River Compact and by climate change, Lake Powell and Lake Mead have fallen to critical levels. Something must be done before the river water disappears not only from the U.S., but also from Mexico, which in 1944 was also guaranteed a cut of the water from the Colorado River. The seven states in the compact have been unable to reach an agreement about cutting water use. Today the Interior Department released an environmental review of the situation that offered three possible solutions. One is to continue to follow established water rights, which would prioritize the California farmland that produces food. This would largely shut off water to Phoenix and Los Angeles. Another option is to cut water distribution evenly across Arizona, California, and Nevada. The third option, doing nothing, risks destroying the water supply entirely, as well as cutting the hydropower produced by the Glen Canyon and Hoover dams. There is a 45-day period for public comment on the plans, and it appears that the threat of the federal government to impose a solution may light a fire under the states to come up with their own agreement, but it is unlikely they will worry much about Mexico’s share of the water. Historically, states have been unable to agree on how to divide a precious resource, and the federal government has had to step in to create a fair agreement. Meanwhile, back in Tennessee, the fallout from last week’s events continues. Judd Legum has reported in Popular Information that Tennessee House speaker Cameron Sexton, a Republican, doesn’t live in his district as state law requires. And Tennessee investigative reporter Phil Williams of News Channel 5 reports that state representative Paul Sherrell, “who recently suggested bringing back lynching as a form of capital punishment, has been removed from the House Criminal Justice Committee.”

—

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

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Muncie's origins trace back to the 1790s when the Lenape people, under the leadership of Chief Buckongahelas, migrated to the area. Forced west from their original territories in the Mid-Atlantic region, they established several villages along the White River, one of which was Munsee Town. This trading post was later renamed Muncietown and designated the Delaware County seat in 1827. The name was officially shortened to Muncie in 1845, and the town was incorporated as a city in 1865.

The early 19th century saw the Lenape ceding their lands to the federal government under the Treaty of St. Mary's in 1818, agreeing to move further west by 1821. This opened the area to new settlers around 1820, shortly before public lands became available. Munsee Town, later Muncietown, increased and became a commercial hub for local farmers.

The arrival of the Indianapolis and Bellefontaine Railroad in 1852 significantly boosted Muncie's connectivity, linking it to broader markets and facilitating the transport of agricultural products and goods. Muncie was incorporated as a town in 1854 and achieved city status in 1865, with John Brady serving as its first mayor.

The discovery of natural gas in the Muncie area in 1886 marked a turning point for the city. This natural resource spurred industrial development and attracted various businesses, transforming Muncie into a manufacturing center. Before the gas boom, Muncie was predominantly agricultural, with its economy centered on farming and local trade.

Muncie is home to Ball State University, a major educational institution contributing significantly to the city's cultural and economic landscape. In addition to its industrial and academic roles, Muncie gained national attention through the Middletown studies conducted in the 1920s. These sociological studies examined Muncie as a representative American community, making it one of the most studied small cities in the United States.

Today, Muncie is a blend of historical heritage and contemporary development. Its rich history reflects the city's resilience and adaptability, from its Lenape roots to its industrial and educational growth. Muncie continues to be a vibrant community, offering a unique mix of cultural, educational, and economic opportunities. Whether exploring its historical sites, engaging with its academic institutions, or participating in its industrial activities, Muncie provides a comprehensive glimpse into the heart of Indiana's growth and development.

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[help-help-i-need-an-adult]

Gods damn it. So many letters. Ok.

H-Harakiri by Serj Tankian

E-Elsa’s Song by The Amazing Devil

L-Legion of Monsters by Disturbed

P-Piano Man by Billy Joel

H-Haunted by Poe

E-Elevate by DJ Khalil

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P-Pray by The Amazing Devil

I-Inkpot Gods by The Amazing Devil

N-Not The Villain by SJ Tucker

E-Empty Walls by Serj Tankian

E-Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Lorde

D-Du Hast by Rammstein

A-American Wedding by Gogol Bordello

N-Not Quite Done Yet by SCR

A-Ashes by Celine Dion

D-Drinking Song for the Socially Anxious by The Amazing Devil

U-Untraveled Worlds by Paul Halley, performed by The Indianapolis Children’s Choir

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@a-hearts-a-heavy-burden

Rules: pick a song for each letter of your url and tag that many people. I was tagged by by @podcastdyke

Promiseland - MIKA

Eat Your Young - Hozier

Ashes - The Longest Johns

Chimera - aeseaes

Hunger - Florence + the Machine

Farewell Wanderlust - The Amazing Devil

One Foot in Front of the Other - Emily Autumn

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Karma - AJR

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[samedayweddings]

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Hopefully, you made a decision to employ a completely independent wedding coordinator that will help you navigate the wedding planning details.

Otherwise, we obtain it! (not necessarily) You would like control of the wedding planning, you would like it to become your day, or else you don’t think you will find the plan for a marriage planner.

Regardless, hopefully, that the Day-of-Coordinator continues to be high among the list of priorities for your wedding event.

We switched to Lisa Kim, of Kentlands Mansion within our Perfect Wedding Guide Washington Electricity sell to break it lower for you personally. Here’s what Lisa says:

You’ve booked the venue you've always dreamt of, sent the invites, found the right dress… ok now what? That’s the enjoyment stuff, you now need anyone to perform the grunt stuff.  Go into the Day-of-Coordinator.

[help-help-i-need-an-adult]

Ok my dude. Get ready for the crossover my high school afforded me.

I transferred to a private school in the last two months of my 8th grade year and continued to attend that private school for the 2 years it’d take me to graduate high school.

I started attending this school because my best friend (who I’d only see about 2 times a year because we lived in different counties and cities) had transferred there over winter break.

In that 2 years, I went to school with a girl from a different county who was friends with 3 kids I was in the Indianapolis Children’s Choir with (huge organization). I’d never even gone to school with someone in ICC when I went to public school and here was some chick from the middle of nowhere who was friends with 3 kids I’d been sitting 3 people away from for 6 years but never spoken to. One of them even came to school with her one day and then carpooled with me to choir practice. It was very surreal.

Then my mom’s best friend’s youngest daughter started driving down to Indy from Southbend (about a 4 hour drive) to go to this school. She had been my childhood bully until she got pregnant at 15 and stopped being a dick. But here she was, in a school of 14 students with me. (Another tidbit, someone she had gone to daycare with was already a student there when I started and I ended up marrying his best friend).

Then two kids who were my mom’s work friend’s daughters and who I had LIVED WITH FOR A YEAR WHEN THEY MOVED BACK TO INDY FROM ARIZONA AND HAD BABYSAT MULTIPLE TIMES started to go there. I remember my sister giving the youngest one my teadybear to try and get her to stop crying when she was an infant and I was like 10.

So, recap. We now have 3 sections of my life that had NEVER interacted or even gotten close to each other suddenly in the same building the size of a house on a daily basis.

And then at the beginning of my junior semester, A FRIEND FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TRANSFERS IN. I met her because she sat behind me in French class. She was quite and never spoke but we became friends because I heard her whisper to herself “bald spot” and I just turn around, slam my hands down on her desk and yell “WHERE?!” She very timidly points to a picture in our textbook. The illustrated teenaged boy in our French book had a bald spot. I burst out laughing. I had scared the shit out of her but we were instant friends and now HERE SHE IS. In my history room looking scared and uncomfortable. WHAT?!

Anyway, so in the end, this tiny little school in the middle of down town Indianapolis ended up being the site of my life’s crossover season. Every aspect of my life that had seemed so separate and tidy were thrown together in this pot of what the fuck.

Teachers coming to each other’s rooms is nothing. I have spent the evening watching a movie at my school’s guidance counselor’s house because he’s my friend’s older brother and the three of us plus my friend’s girlfriend were hanging out there. They went to a different room for 5 minutes to get something while I sat on the couch eating Chinese takeout when MY HISTORY TEACHER WALKS IN AND WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IM DOING IN HIS HOUSE. And that STILL wasn’t the crossover I thought you all needed to know about.

When you’re a kid, one teacher walking into another teacher’s classroom is the biggest crossover event reality has to offer

[houseofbrat]

OMFG I AM dying for a world where these 2 aren’t together!!! I desperately need a respite from MM. not come across anyone as narcissistic, manipulative, crass & vulgar as she is. She even lowered H to her level, he who was brought up with all the refined decorum of a Royal Prince & a member of the most elite family in the world. Still can’t get over how she keeps pushing him away at every turn, ensuring she greets the VIP first & when he stands up for women when they enter a room, she LEGIT PULLS HIM AWAY/DOWN. Has she got no basic manners??? Or is this too the BRF’s fault??

Well, I think Meghan is at the end of the road professionally. She’s doing a meet ‘n greet in Indianapolis, Indiana, in a few weeks. Can’t wait to read the chatter about that mess. Because I have no doubt it’s going to be a mess. 

The Megxit situation happened shortly before Saturn changed signs from (sidereal) Sagittarius to Capricorn in January 2020. It’s changing again in January 2023 from (sidereal) Capricorn to Aquarius. H&M had already moved to Canada a couple of months prior to their official announcement in November 2019. It makes sense that Harry is already separating himself from Meghan in the public sphere, even though many people are seemingly oblivious to it. The previous two Veterans Days in 2020 and 2021, H&M were obviously together in their media moves. They couldn’t be more separate right now, except that many people don’t want to see it. 

It’s interesting reading the comments of the reddit user who is connected to all the Hollywood gossip. She relates to a lot of the mental torture Harry has been put through with her ex-husband who also is a narc.

Harry routinely looks like a man trapped into or gaslit in Meghan's lies. He didnt lie about 3 day early wedding with Oprah. She did. He neither confirmed nor denied, And he started looking uncomfortable, clutched a chicken, and got into a fetal position. He did not lie about family racism. She was interviewed by Oprah for hours first and when he came out and was asked, he was blindsided. He got angry, said it happened before the engagement (already contradicting Meghan, and he would not answer any more questions about it.

[and]

Again, not 100% sure it's true, though I have it on good authority, but just wanted to add that that is a powerful moment for the victim of a narcissist: when other people validate that what you have been seeing and hearing is actually true, and that the narcissist is truly the one in the relationship who is disturbed.

Unless someone has been in a relationship with a narcissist or is aware of the narcissistic dynamic, it is hard to understand Prince Harry's sudden change in personality, betrayal of his family, and the sudden change in his memory of past events (like that it was Meghan who first got him into therapy, when he's on tape pre-Meghan saying it was William and Catherine, and that Diana was killed because she was dating a man of color just like Harry is with a woman of color that he believes they are trying to kill [or will not stop until Meghan is dead]). Narcissists can get you so mindfucked that it's hard to know what's real. I am a very strong-minded somewhat intelligent person who often fought back against the lies, and it took me a while to get deprogrammed. I can't imagine how easy it would be and how much more confused a narcissist could make a weakminded, damaged, and notoriously unintelligent man like Harry.

[and]

Everything that happens like this, he likely gets yelled at for by her until he himself is angry and starts complaining to shut her up. Notice she's never pictured looking anyway but smiling while harry looks more and more ready to implode. Narcs behave rabidly in private this to make you look sullen and ragey in public. Then they use the photographic record to tell you you're the one with the chip on your shoulder and that they are just trying to get on with things but you wont let it go. Meanwhile the opposite is happening.

So, Harry’s mental state is probably going to need a lot of therapy in the coming months. An deprogramming. And frequent flier miles between the UK and California to see his kids. 

[audramh]

Shame: a long-overdue rant

(Inspired by a new follower who failed my vetting process and was blocked in less than an hour)

Let's talk about shame. Let's talk about what it is and what it is not. Specifically, "body shaming".

I know a little about being made to feel shame about my own body. In 1989, on vacation, my Dad (whom I love dearly) took his three kids to a Burger King. At the table, he said: "You know, Audra, I'd like to see your hips come in a little."

I was 16 and weighed 130 pounds. I didn't even have a tummy pooch. His words stung me. To this day, I have no idea why he said it, and the memory still sucks. I could barely eat for days.

I was ashamed.

My Grandma Henrietta knew something about shame. This is her and my Grandpa Cally (short for Calvin) at their wedding in 1936, which happened because they "had to get married". My Aunt Lynette was a teeny, tiny guest at the ceremony.

(I've included a before along with the official portrait, because these two really did adore each other... and you definitely can't tell from the official portrait!)

One night, Cally kept Henrietta out past her curfew driving around town on his super cool motorcycle with a sidecar, and she came home to a locked house. Her father was intractable. He would not let her in. She had nowhere to go on a cold night... so she spent the night at Cally's family's home. Teenagers being teenagers, things happened.

It gets worse: in order to even get to have a ceremony in their church, 17-year-old Henrietta had to confess her "sin" before a group of elders, all of whom were men born in the 1800's. (If you're wondering, no. Cally didn't have to make an appearance. It's been a man's world for a very long time, kids.)

So there she was, not yet 18, pregnant, and married. The embarrassment she felt from having premarital sex after being locked out of her house, coupled with having to discuss her "sin" with a bunch of old church perverts, and the strain of having to cobble together a quickie church wedding took its toll. As her pregnancy advanced, and she felt the baby move or kick, she would wrap her arms around her tummy to block it from view.

She was ashamed.

Those are two examples of real, actual body shaming: one creating insecurity where none previously existed, and one creating a small-town scandal with Grandma Henrietta as its protagonist. My Dad intended to shame me in order to improve myself in his eyes. The church elders intended to shame my Grandma into submission.

Both examples make me sick.

Hey.

You know what's *NOT* shameful?

Noticing when someone's pregnant.

Admitting to yourself that yes, you do indeed see a baby bump in a photo.

Wanna see mine?

Here it is, from my baby shower in 1996 at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, where I worked at the time:

(And no, I have no idea what that face was for)

Hey, look. There's a baby bump in that photo. You see it. It's ok, you can look at my tummy. No one's going to revoke your feminist membership card. I'm 8 months pregnant in that photo, and everyone could see it... whether they came to my shower or not.

Because I have looked like that, I recognize this:

That's a pregnant Caitriona Balfe in 2017.

Noticing is not body shaming. I'm not calling her overweight, like my Dad did to me. I'm not telling her she's sinned, like the church elders did to my Grandma. I'm saying: I see a baby bump. If you're at all interested in being intellectually honest, you see it, too. Her hands are resting on it, much like one of mine did above. It's unwieldy, it's cumbersome, it's solid, and it makes a nice shelf. What the hell else are you supposed to do with your hands?

Why would you think that this is intentional shaming?

Because she wasn't publicly married then?

You must be a church elder from 1936.

Because you wish she hadn't been pregnant, and you'd like to pretend this didn't happen?

You must be a Starz/Sony executive.

Averting your eyes doesn't make you a feminist. It makes you willfully blind to a beautiful, happy woman in an advancing pregnancy that she obviously welcomed.

Maybe that's not feminist enough for you.

I see a gorgeous, pregnant Caitriona Balfe, making a public appearance in her third trimester, even though she didn't address it.