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“After I wrote Why it's time for a new social networking platform and how to make it successful, I was contacted on Twitter by an account I'd never heard of. The account was Minds, and they invited me to give its social networking platform a try.

Minds was launched five years ago by Bill Ottman; since then, the site has continued on in the shadow of the Facebook juggernaut. With a nod to irony, a large portion of Facebook users complain about the service on a daily basis--some even go so far as to say they'd leave Facebook if only an alternative existed. It seems that alternative does exist.

Case in point: Minds is surprisingly similar to Facebook in layout and features, though Minds isn't a simple clone of Facebook. Minds offers much of what I detailed in my previous article about a new social networking platform.

It's open source and transparent.

It offers free and paid accounts.

Its ownership and management enforce no political or social bias.

User data is not monetized.

It offers all the features users are accustomed to.

It minimizes hate speech without infringing upon free speech.

Minds uses cryptocurrency that users can earn and spend. The earned tokens can be used to boost posts, and a paid user account costs five tokens per month. The paid account earns users features like:

Access to exclusive content;

The ability to become verified; and

The ability to banish all the boosted posts from their feed.

Users earn tokens by:

Posting;

Commenting;

Receiving upvotes (similar to Likes on Facebook); and

Inviting others to join the platform (referral link).

So my curiosity was piqued. I created an account and began to poke around. After a few days, I drew the conclusion that Minds could very well be that social networking platform we've all been waiting for. To that end, I reached out to the CEO of Minds, Bill Ottman, to ask the questions that were on my mind about the site.

Jack Wallen: What made you start Minds?

Bill Ottman: I have always considered it an absolute necessity and historical inevitability that a free and open source social network rises up to become competitive with the proprietary tech titans. The top global communication platforms of humanity need to respect the freedom and voice of the community; otherwise, we end up where we are with a status-quo of surveillance, algorithmic manipulation, and exploitation. We knew we could not possibly be a sustainable network without building an independent social engine from the ground up, totally non-reliant on big tech APIs.

Jack Wallen: What is it that the likes of Facebook and Twitter are doing wrong?

Continuously audit configs and get alerted if a device is out of compliance. Be able to remediate vulnerabilities through bulk config deployment. Help prevent unauthorized network changes through change delegation, monitoring, and alerting.

Bill Ottman: There's minimal transparency with regards to both governance and software. Proprietary software should not be acceptable from our top networks, as it is impossible to audit. Their content policies are essentially indecipherable, inconsistent, and subjective. They prevent you from reaching your audience with hidden default algorithms. We are not anti-algo, but believe users should decide if they want to use them or not. They pretend to care about your privacy, offering a number of visibility controls, but ignore the ability to be invisible from them.

Jack Wallen: What is it that Facebook and Twitter are doing right?

Bill Ottman: The UX and design is excellent. Clearly they have brilliant developers and product designers who are able to build out robust features from live streaming to messaging services all interoperating cross-platform. They have vast resources to make acquisitions and deeply understand the functionality that people want. Unfortunately, the foundation of everything is upside down.

Jack Wallen: Explain, to the uninitiated, what sets Minds apart from other social platforms?

Bill Ottman:

We try to push the boundaries with radical transparency with open source code and even financials.

We are community-owned from an early stage with over 1,500 users who actually own stock.

We have implemented revenue-sharing and monetization tools to help people earn money, both fiat currency and crypto.

We believe that you should be rewarded for your contributions to the network and the engagement that you drive.

We don't require any personal information and encrypt any given.

We want to minimize hate speech with free speech, not censorship. In fact, we launched a whole initiative about this at https://change.minds.com. Research shows censorship may in fact cause greater polarization and radicalization than facilitation of legal civil discourse.

Jack Wallen: What made you opt to go the crypto route?

Bill Ottman: Prior to moving to Ethereum, we had a centralized virtual currency called points. This was one of our most popular features, as 1 point=1 view and could be used to Boost posts for greater reach, which people were losing on Facebook at alarming rates. You earned points for many types of engagement. Once Ethereum emerged we saw every reason to migrate the wholereward system to it, as this allows the token economy to become decentralized where users can hold their tokens in their own wallets and transact on-chain, which provides greater transparency as well.

Now, users can accept fiat (via stripe), Bitcoin, Ether, and Minds tokens which are ERC-20. The crypto community typically adheres to values aligned with internet freedom. You can't and shouldn't run everything on a blockchain , but we are committed to the P2P route everywhere that makes sense and isn't an impossible UX. Providing people with options and control is paramount. Do I want to publish this post to an immutable distributed system or not? That's a choice we want to provide rather than forcing a particular path.

Jack Wallen: How will Minds deal with some of the issues that have faced other platforms such as hate speech and groups that espouse such speech?

Bill Ottman: We launched the Change Minds initiative with our advisor Daryl Davis, who famously deradicalized over 200 members of the KKK through open discourse, basically, befriending them. This human approach, based in free expression and civil dialogue, is much more aligned with our values and peer-reviewed research than blanket ban policies. The goal is to provide a breeding ground for changing minds via civil discourse as Daryl has proven can work, even if it takes years. We also built a jury system for the appeals process to bring the community into the moderation structure. Our approach is long-term and synced with the First Amendment. We care a lot about building tools for people to not see anything they don't want to see as well as reporting truly harmful content. We think policies involving censorship should be data driven. What actually works?...”

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Hyper Projection Engeki Haikyuu – The Tokyo Battle

Entertainment Station Interview Translation with Nagata Takato and Kondou Shouri

Full interview translation and more photos under the Read More! Please do not repost my translations or scans.

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Nagata-san and Kondou-san, it’s been about year since we’ve seen you appear in this series since “Start of the Giant.”

Takato: One year huh... Ever since we first appeared back in December of 2016 with “Karasuno, Revival!” we’ve done an Engeki Haikyuu every six months afterward, and at that pace I sort of worried if I might get a little tired of it, but I’ve been able to add to my experience with other plays in the past year, and now I really want to bring “The Tokyo Battle” to life.  

Shouri: Karasuno High won’t be appearing in “The Tokyo Battle,” but together with everyone in Fukurodani and Nohebi, we’re going to get everyone even more excited about the amazing production that is Engeki Haikyuu!

When you’re doing photoshoots for the play visuals, do you get back the feeling of Kuroo instantly once you put on the hair and the makeup and the uniform?

Shouri: In one sense, but even more because we move around a lot during those shoots, and when I start to feel sore after we’re done, then I feel like, “Ah, this is Haikyuu!” (laughs)

Takato: Once rehearsals start, you basically live with a little bit of muscle soreness all the time.  Every single time we do this, the day after the first day of rehearsals, I’m sore all over and it’s hard to even walk.

Shouri: I move around a lot in other shows too, and I go to the gym regularly, but even so Engeki Haikyuu rehearsals are seriously tough! The stage is slanted, and just from that alone you end up using muscles you don’t normally use just to brace yourself on certain parts of the stage.  

Takato: That’s how we train our “Haikyuu muscles.” (laughs)

Speaking of those “Haikyuu muscles,” which specific muscles would those be?

Shouri: Mostly your lower half.  Your thighs and calves get especially rock-hard.  The road back to rehearsals is a lot of, “Yeah yeah, that! That pain,” but that is part of the Engeki Haikyuu experience, and I’m going to enjoy it all over.  

This time we’ll see Fukurodani Academy and Nohebi Academy as they compete for a spot for the Spring High national tournament.  What are your impressions of your opponents?  

Takato: When it comes to Fukurodani’s Bokuto Koutarou and Akaashi Keiji, this will actually be our third time appearing together with them, but this will be Nohebi Academy’s first appearance... so I wonder?  But you can tell just by looking at the school names that our secondary theme is “Battle of the Animals,” and the thing to look for will be to see how the fight will go when it’s cats versus owls or when it’s cats versus snakes.  

As a fan, I’m very much looking forward to see how Engeki will portray the various highlight scenes from the manga.  Do you personally have any parts where you think, “It’d be great if we could have that scene from the manga,” or “I’d love to make this my highlight scene?”  

Shouri: For me, it’s the combination plays between Kuroo Tetsurou and Kozume Kenma.  When I read the manga, I immediately thought, “That was amazing!” for certain parts and I definitely want to recreate some of those on-stage.  

Takato: In the manga, this is the part where we get a lot of great expressions from Kenma.  For example, after Haiba Lev joins in, the usually poker-faced Kenma starts to make a lot of snide comments. (laughs)  But that side of Kenma is cute too, and I always want to play him while keeping that in mind.  And then of course, Nekoma will be the main school this time, so we’ll be situated right in the center of everything, so our level of responsibility has changed. We’re going to lead the company with confidence and make a magnificent play.  

Shouri: For Nekoma, I’m looking forward to seeing the first-years develop.  I’m looking forward to Ishikura Noah’s Haiba Lev and Kimura Fuuta’s Shibayama Yuuki, and the new female cast members!

Since this will be an episode without Karasuno who have been the main characters thus far, and adding in the new cast members as well, this production as a whole is going to have a different atmosphere and color and style, isn’t it?

Takato: If we don’t change to something new and good, then everything we’ve built up so far will go to waste.  I think it’s going to be extremely difficult, but we’re continuing the will of the Engeki Haikyuu that we’ve built up together with Suga Kenta and everyone else in the first generation of Karasuno who led the way, and from now on, we have to be the ones to lead the way... I firmly believe that.

Shouri: Let’s help each other!  We’ll help each other, support each other, boost each other... because that’s our specialty on Nekoma.  

Takato: Yeah.  I can say with confidence that we won’t lose to any other school when it comes to our teamwork.  We’ll display that great teamwork of ours front and center, and hope to create a new Engeki Haikyuu with everyone in the cast. 

And now I’d like to look back on previous tours.  I’d like to ask you about your memories of the Karasuno cast who graduated at the end of last year.

Takato:  We spent about two years with them starting with “Karasuno, Revival!” and in a certain sense, we have an inseparable relationship.  Even if we’re a different school, we’ve been Karasuno members ourselves in some ways...

Shouri:  It does feel like even the Karasuno cast think of us as part of them.  “Karasuno and then some.”  During the Miyagi portion of the “Start of the Giant” tour, me and Takato, Kenta-kun, Kosaka Ryoutarou, and Arita Kenji were talking, and then suddenly everyone from Karasuno had gathered together, and someone said something along the lines of, “This will be the last Engeki Haikyuu with these guys, and that’s sad,” and I just involuntarily started crying.  

Takato: We had a closing party of sorts in the middle of the tour, and when I hugged Kenta-kun, I just wailed.  

Shouri: At first I thought, “Come on, we haven’t even finished all our shows yet,” but then suddenly it was me and Takato and Kenta-kun all hugging and wailing together. (strained laugh)  Seeing us like that, everyone laughed and said, “You guys, we’re not even done yet, why are you crying?!” but we were really sad about Karasuno’s graduation.  

Takato: But it doesn’t mean that our relationship ends just because they graduated, and I definitely want to act together with them in some other production.  Probably they’ll come hang out during rehearsals of “The Tokyo Battle”?

Shouri: Kenta-kun said, “I’m going to keep watching over Engeki Haikyuu from the audience, and I’m going to stay over in the dressing rooms too!” (laughs)

Takato: In exchange for us just turning over a dressing room for Kenta-kun’s use, he can treat us to bentos!

Shouri: Let’s LINE him and say, “Treat us to some bentos ♡”.  (laughs)

As rehearsals formally begin for “The Tokyo Battle,” is there anything you’re especially looking forward to?

Shouri: There’s a lot I’m looking forward to, but the most important thing is that we stay careful and focused so that we don’t get injured!  I really think we have to be careful about injuries, and in the worst case that someone does get injured, that the damage will be minimal.  So I’ve been thinking that I need to do some training on my own starting now.  

Obviously this is true of cast injuries, but when I heard that even the director Worry Kinoshita-san isn’t free from injury, I was surprised. (laughs)

Takato: Ah, that makes it seem like it’s our fault but it’s not! (laughs)  Worry-san will watch us at rehearsals and then on his own just go, “No, not like that! That part’s more... -jerks his ankle- Owww!” and then he twisted his ankle, but we didn’t do anything.  

Shouri: Worry-san gets the most excited when he’s with our group.  When the music gets going, he’ll dance his “Worry☆Dance,” and then when he gets too excited from that, he ends up hurting himself. (strained laugh)

Engeki Haikyuu obviously has dancing, lifts, and acrobatics, and I’m always surprised with the various ways in which you use your bodies to express everything.

Takato: It’s the appeal of Engeki Haikyuu: it surpasses the general concept of a stage play and greedily takes in and incorporates all sorts of challenging things.  We attack our limits and then the breadth of what we can show gets steadily more expansive. It’s fun for us, and I think it’s really cool.  

Be honest, have you ever once had a moment where you said, “This is impossible!”

Takato: Even if I think it’s impossible, when I try it out I can be surprisingly capable.  In “Start of the Giant,” there’s a part where Shouri and I do a one-handed backflip followed immediately by a dolphin and then from there we do a scorpion to get up... Trying to explain it is... It’s easier to understand if you just watch the DVD (strained laugh), but even that seemingly impossible sequence of techniques is doable once you try it.  In “Summer of Evolution,” when Shouri and I were using pro-wrestling moves like Luchadors, I got that down in one blow.  

That was when you wrapped your legs around his neck and then flipped around, right?

Takato: Yes, exactly.  That’s a contact move, so it’s really important to have a lot of trust in each other.

Shouri: If we don’t match our timing, he’d go flying so it’s a pretty scary technique, but we just went, “Something like this?” and tried it, and we did it.  

Takato: At Engeki Haikyuu, we have brainstorming sessions and there people suggest things going, “I want to try this kind of thing,” and then we decide what we’ll use.  During “Start of the Giant,” I wanted to throw in hints to a line from the manga about “a controlled fist-fight” and suggested, “For the Nekoma and Fukurodani match scenes, what if we have us appear on-stage in those hooded robes like boxers wear and make it look like a boxing match?” and people went, “That’s great!” and we went with that.  

Shouri: And this time I think we’ll be using a lot of moves that mimic animals according to our school names, so please look forward to how that’ll look.  

“The Tokyo Battle” opens on April 5th starting in Osaka, then moving to Miyagi, then Tokyo for a one-month long tour. Please give us a message to everyone who’s looking forward to seeing this play.

Takato: We are carrying on the torch for Engeki Haikyuu, and from here on I think a brand new Engeki Haikyuu will begin.  We will meet the expectations of everyone who’s loved Engeki Haikyuu until now, and to people who haven’t yet seen Engeki Haikyuu, we’ll show them the Engeki Haikyuu charm.  To that end, everyone on the cast will give their all together, so please come see us!  

Shouri: This is a production that children and adults, men and women can enjoy without question, so if you’re on the fence going, “Should I go see it? Hmm, what should I do?” I want you to take this chance and definitely come see us.  We’ll definitely make you have a good time, and put on a production that’ll work up your spirits!  We’ll be waiting for you at the theater!!  

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Other Over 50 Dating Sites

EliteSingles.com

Elitesingles.com caters to the dating pool that is above 50 years of age. The loss of a loved one or divorce can leave you single and looking for companionship. Once you get older, 50 plus dating also evolves. This site helps to connect like minded people who have the same interests and values. Elitesingles.com matches the demographic data to your personal preferences in order to provide you with as many compatibility matches as possible. On the site, you get between 3-7 matches every day. You never run out of options.

eHarmony.com

Eharmony.com allows you to connect with people who are over 50. Whether you are looking for friendship, for companionship or to fall in love, this site allows you to do so. Eharmony.com provides up to 22 million matches every day. It also boasts of 438 marriages stated as having blossomed from the site. The website has compatibility rankings through which you are matched to whoever you are more likely to fall in love with. All this is based on preferences and interests. It makes eharmony.com one of the best dating sites for over 50 singles.

50Plus-Club.com

This website is one of the best over 50 dating sites online. It has an elaborate layout which allows you to access different pages such as forums, engage in chats, join groups and look for other mature singles. All you have to do is sign up for free and set up a profile in order to start using the site. The website provides a platform where you can make new friends or find someone to date and fall in love with.

DatingforSeniors.com

This is one of the best dating sites for over 50 singles. Datingforseniors.com has a strict policy about fake profiles and spamming. The site takes action against those who do either. The site is, therefore, a suitable environment to meet someone you can date. All you have to do is sign up for free and create a profile. You can then browse through profiles to find someone who you find attractive. The website has one of the best senior communities online.

SeniorsMeet.com

You do not have to give up on 50 plus dating because there is no one who is compatible with you. Seniorsmeet.com provides a platform where you can make mature friends, date, and fall in love. One of the perks of the website is the large number of subscribers. It provides a wide pool for you to choose from. It is unlikely that you will not find a match on the site. You deserve to find someone who understands you and how it is like to date in your 50s.

Top 4 Over 50 Dating Apps

When it comes to companionship, partnerships, and intimate relationships, those who fall into the category, singles over 50, may find getting back into the dating world difficult. While there is no shortage of online dating websites for seniors, understanding how to set up a profile and dealing with the time-consuming questionnaires, can be an issue for some senior individuals who are active and don’t have the time to sit for hours online. Those who want to get into 50 plus dating, but don’t want to be stuck behind a computer screen, tend to have more luck on over 50 dating apps. They are convenient, allow you to be online while you are on the go, and profiles are easier to navigate. Here are four of the best over 50 dating apps that all seniors should take a peek at.

1. SeniorMatch App

With Senior Match being ranked number one among all senior dating websites for 50 plus dating, there’s no doubt about the quality of its mobile application. To get started with the application, you simply download it from your device’s mobile application store, which would either be the IOS App Store (coming soon) or the Google Play store. Once the application is installed, simply sign in with your Senior Match (website) account or choose to create a new account. Here is what the application offers in terms of features.

An Easy Registration Process. Signing up for an account through the application is a lot easier than the sign-up process on Senior Match’s website. You simply load the application up on your phone, hit the sign-up button, and fill out your information such as your name, age, and location. You will be asked a few questions and you are able to fill out a detailed self-introduction with photo upload. The entire sign up process only takes a few minutes if you already have photos on your phone you would like to use.

The Ability to Browse Profiles. The application will recommend potential matches to you which are calculated off of your filter settings and your profile information. Generally, matches will be those who are near you and yes, the matches are free. You are able to chat with singles and with the anti-spam tool in place, you will only get high-quality matches.

Small Communication Cues to Others. You are able to exchange messages with others, send out free winks to individuals, and enjoy the “sparks” you get from members you have matched with.

Set Dating Preferences. Regardless of whether you are gay, lesbian, straight, or somewhere in between, you are able to set your filter and search through it. The Senior Match application only takes in those who are 45+ so you will always be meeting singles over 50 or right thereabouts.

Upgrading is available which will provide you with improved matches, more contact from other members, and 24/7 phone customer service.

2. Match App

With millions of individuals using Match’s online dating website to find long-term relationships, this success has shifted into Match’s mobile application. According to the Google Play store, Match’s app has 25,000 new members joining everyday to find love, meet with local singles, and set up dates. To get started with the application, simply download it from your device’s mobile application store, either Google Play, IOS App Store, or from Amazon Apps. Here are the features of the Match app.

Enjoy Daily Matches. A batch of singles will be presented to you every day based on your preferences. You can choose to message those who interest you.

Search for Dates Through Custom Search. Search for potential dates based on specific criteria like height, religion, education, or hobbies. This gives you a break from constantly swiping on profiles.

Message Others. The feel and size of the inbox has been enhanced so that you can have real conversations with others that go beyond simple greetings.

Use Smart Filter Settings. These allow you to cut out inbox clutter by customizing your filter settings to only receive messages from singles that match what you are looking for.

Use Topics to Start Conversations. For those who have a hard time starting conversations, you can use topics to display your personality. They are unique prompts that are designed to get you to answer as the “real” you rather than through a personal ad of yourself.

In addition to the above features, Match also allows you to cancel your subscription at any time within the application, comment on photos, removed unwanted members from your search results, and read and reply to an unlimited number of messages. You can also see who views your profile and find out who likes you. For those who want more from the application, you can do match events to meet up with local singles face-to-face, use the Match phone that allows you to make calls without giving away your mobile number, and even have your profile reviewed by a professional and receive feedback on it.

3. OurTime App

The Our Time dating application is aimed at older seniors who are into 50 plus dating as the application caters to those who are in their fifties and sixties looking to spark meaningful connections. The focus of Our Time is to provide a high-quality application for individuals who want to find someone special, regardless of whether that entails marriage, companionship, friendship, or romance. Features of their mobile application include the following.

Profile Customization. Our Time is all about making your profile unique and telling your life stories to others. You can customize your profile by adding pictures and highlighting life experiences.

The Ability to Browse Profiles. The application will provide you with a curated list of daily matches which you can browse through. The application also allows you to do a custom search to find personalized matches.

Send and Receive Unlimited Likes. You are able to send and receive an unlimited number of likes (similar to winks on other platforms). Our Time states that the more you send, the more likely it is that you will find a mutual connection.

For those who purchase a subscription, you can instantly receive messages from others, know when your messages have been read, and send messages to others. You can also see which mutual connections have “liked” you.

4. SilverSingles App

The Silver Shingles app is classified as an over 50 dating apps, as it caters to its website’s userbase. The application is available on both iTunes (IOS) and the Google Play Store. When you download the application, you can either log in with the same details as your Silver Single’s desktop profile credentials, or you can create an account. Features of the application include the following.

Complete Personality Test. The personality test evaluates your personality across five dimensions and provides compatibility information to the application. This is how the matchmaking system provides you profiles that suit you and your interests.

Personal Preference Set Up and Profile Suggestions. You are able to set up personal preferences like whether you are looking for love or for companionship.

Unlimited Messaging and Communication. You can request additional photographs from someone who has piqued your interest or start a conversation through the messaging system. You are also able to see who has viewed your profile.

Daily Matches. You will be provided with 3-7 daily matches.

Browse Through User Profiles. You can browse through profiles using the Open Search Function and see the complete profiles of those who you have matched with.

Upload Photographs. You can upload photographs directly from Facebook for your dating profile.

Some of the above features are included in the premium membership, which can be bought in one, three, and six-month increments.

How to Choose the Right Over 50 Dating Apps?

There are many senior dating websites that also offer dating apps. Many singles over 50 now use the dating apps. However, since there are so many over50 dating apps available now, it can be challenging to decide what app is right for you. Here are some factors that you should think about when you are looking at over 50 dating apps.

1. How Many Singles Over 50 are using the App?

When you are looking at dating apps, you should think about how many people in your age group and area are going to be using the app. This can be difficult to tell without signing up for an account, but there are specialized dating sites and apps.

2. What are You Looking For?

There are many dating apps and sites that cater to one type of single. Sites like Coffee Meets Bagel are designed to help people find others who are not looking for a serious relationship. Match.com and Ourtime are two options that are meant for finding other singles that are looking for long-term relationships. The best app for you will depend on what you are looking for in a relationship.

3. Are You Willing to Pay for the Service?

There are many free dating apps, but many of their features are locked to premium members. This can make it hard to speak with and meet other singles over 50. There are some completely free apps, but there is a high risk of scammers and phishing scams on these apps. Many paid apps will offer regular discounts, so you should never have to pay full price for a membership.

4. How Many Apps are you willing to Sign Up for and Use?

The huge amount of 50 plus dating apps can make it tempting to sign up for many of them. However, signing up for many online dating services can make it hard to keep track of who you are talking to and what site they are on. So, the best option is to only sign up for a few dating sites. One of three dating sites is recommended, and you can always close your accounts if you are not enjoying their services.

5. How often Are You Going to Use the Dating App?

Your engagement level plays a huge role over if a dating app is going to work. Most apps will reward people who are spending time on their app by connecting them with more people in their area, so this can also improve your spot on the search results. You can also improve your time on a dating app by spending time working on your profile and reaching out to other singles, which helps the app find out what you are looking for and what you like.

Dating apps for over 50 make it easy to connect with other senior singles in your area. There are many options for dating apps, today. Many senior dating websites are releasing apps, so you can easily make the switch to the app. https://siteeco15.tumblr.com/post/661697958501367808/senior-dating-site-for-mature-singles.

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favorite kpop songs of 2017 from a fan who got into kpop the beginning of this year

aye!! 2018 is almost here, and i have been DYING to make a favorite songs/mvs in kpop of this year thing. it has been a fucking ride let me tell you.... first things first, just to celebrate this year and give myself some leeway, there will be 17 songs!! and they are in no particular order!! i am not a favorites person, i have too much love in my pitiful heart.... anyway, lets start!!

17. movie - btob (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42A-rFdralM)     there are many things i love about this song. i got into kpop quite literally the very beginning of this year, and thats wild, but this song was one of the first of many i had heard, and didnt know much about then but love now. i specifically remember going through that one hot 100 kpop song playlist on youtube and finding this one, and instantly love it. its one of the classics of this years, and def opened my mind to a lot more. 

love’s like a movie~

16. really really - winner (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tBnF46ybZk)    ohhhhh my god i could go on and on about this song. out of all the wonderful kpop songs weve been blessed with this year, this is the one that’s consistently stuck, and everyone knows it. its just that song. the music video is gorgeous and diverse but so simplistic with the black and white. dare i say its iconic; all of it.

널 좋아해~

15. rookie/red flavor/peek-a-boo - red velvet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0h8-OTC38I) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyiIGEHQP8o) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uJf2IT2Zh8)    ok, so yall are gonna hate me for literally putting all of their 2017 title tracks but oh my god... every single comeback they had this year was amazing, and id feel like id be playing someone if i just chose one or the other. like most sm groups, its not hard to absolutely love all of their songs. but in terms of aesthetic, sound, and all around look, red velvet killed it this year. so there. hope yall are satisfied with this.

peek a booooo~

14. fine - taeyeon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHXUM-6a3dU)    to keep this b/b/g/g pattern going, im choosing this one next and dear lord. this is another song id heard in the very beginning, and i was... frankly i was shocked. like, btob was surprising, but it was what i expected it be: boy group, fun, catchy, etc., but with taeyeon... god, her voice and the whole video... i was tearing up, not gonna lie. the lyrics especially got to me. its been in most of my playlists consistently this year, and i cant say the rest of the album isnt a must listen, just a recommendation from me personally.

its not fine~

13. dramarama - monsta x (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1afdZk0qcI)

 ok, i had a hard time on this one. its common knowledge they went through 3 major comebacks this year, all of which were amazing, but originally, beautiful is what stuck with me. i love the heck out of that song. then dramarama dropped a little over a month ago and... lets just say thats what convinced me to finally start stanning them for real. i have a thing for story driven music videos (bonus points if the story is actually mad good), so combine that with the absolutely amazing song and choreography, and you get their best comeback yet. honestly, it was so good, i urge yall to check it out if you havent.

dramama ramama ramama hey~

12. cherry bomb - nct 127 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkuHLzMMTZM)

 this song... THIS SONG... oh my god. i dont have an in depth discussion over the music video or the song or any of it but good lord... if youve heard it you know what im talking about. its another one of THOSE songs. its too bad it was generally slept on, but god... can i add i also love the choreography??? like a lot???? im the biggest hit on this stage~

11. palette - iu (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9IxdwEFk1c)

 yall KNOW i wasnt gonna put this one off any longer. this is also the song that got me to start stanning this wonderful, amazing, beautiful, spectacularly awesome woman. she’s great. and this comeback?? ive easily listened to the whole album about 50+ times. i was going to put ending scene instead since i adore that one too, but this is the one that really stuck out to everyone. aesthetics?? on point. lyrics?? poetic. voice?? like an angel. lmao, i really love iu...

i like it, im 25~

10. as if its your last - blackpink (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amq-qlqbjYA)

 ok the best part about this one was... since i was a new baby fan, at the time, the only group i really like, stanned, was bts. but i wasnt shut off from the rest of the music community tho, ofc. thats what im truly into kpop for: the music. so duh, i knew about blackpink and their bops (whistle was a personal favorite of mine). but for some reason, over time, they casually just became another group i was into? like, i knew the names, voices, roles, songs, etc.. so when i heard they were having a summer comeback, while i was free from school no less, i was ecstatic. i rewatched the teaser several times, stayed up and hyped with people online. and it finally dropped and instantly became my favorite song by them. its so goooood. my wife lisa, like, yas baby slay that rap while looking cute af. i love it very much, and im sure other blinks do too.

blackpink in your area~

9. dont wanna cry - seventeen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97cx53Tpp6g)

 yeahhh, im not gonna choose their most recent comeback for this one, sorry guys... its a good song, dont get me wrong but! this one is the one lmao. its so fucking beautiful. when i watched the mv for the first time, i was in awe cause the choreo was so good, and so different from what i had seen before, but it went with the song so well. its a very good listen.

울고 싶지 않아~

8. move - taemin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcEyUNeZqmY)

 yes. yes. yes. this song??? yes. oh my god. so, this next bit is gonna be a bit sad (to read and to write), but just because an explanation is needed for each of these... im a shawol. i was the second i watched 1 of 1. and god, it still hurts so much to think of what happened? but, this explanation is taemin. so, i was into shinee, period. i knew taemin was a solo artist. i dont know why i wasnt paying close attention to it, but one day move just like, dropped. out of nowhere. and i went ‘where tf...?’ and watched it and OH MY GOD. i cant convey on here well enough, but bitch, i rewatched that shit repeatedly. the song was constantly replayed, and it finally pushed me to take the step and go back and listen to all his other stuff (which i love). its just so... androgynous and he dont give a flying fuck how he looks, dances, or sounds, and i adore it. definitely another THAT song of this year, dear lord.

youve got got the rhythm~

7. 1+1=0 - suran (ft. dean) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA6G74gk6R8)

 ok, i was torn over this one. i bet everyone and their mother knows her for her “collab” with my boy suga, if i get drunk today. and YES!! THAT IS AN AMAZING SONG AND IM STILL SO PROUD OF BOTH OF THEM. but bitch, this had dropped sometime whenever, idk when since i dont stan and her, and i saw it on youtube and thought  ‘shes the suga girl, i wonder if thisll be good’. i was so surprised when i listened to it. the music video?? snatched. the song?? snatched. wig?? bitch its gone. lets just say, first listen, i had already loved it way more than the song i originally knew her by. 

1 plus 1은 0~

6. ddd - exid (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axVvZrDz60k)

 i put this one off long enough too. and this is obviously a very split opinion. they also dropped night rather than day which i am also 100% over the moon for. but god, i love sexy exid. and that is exactly what this comeback was. sexy, powerful, and aesthetically catchy as hell. (btw, exid is another group i actually stan, so i had been anticipating this one; i watched it while i was at school dusbgukg). so sad solji couldnt physically make it this comeback, but she was in the album, and that was enough for us. still wishing her the best recovery!

덜덜덜덜~

5. dont recall - kard (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41Dp7Q-SM1Y)

 oh kard. the group that had millions of fans before they even debuted... they gave us many tasty treats this year, all of which were total bops, but dont recall... bruh, its just stuck with me. i still know all the others, but when i think kard i immdiately think the of the legendary beat drop tied with the beautiful mv of dont recall. also another THAT song, no doubt. sorry i dont have much for this one, i dont know much about kard, but this song has personally been a go to of mine for the past many months. 

그만해 i dont recall~

4. ko ko bop - exo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdssuxDdqKk)

 lmao, you will not catch me in a 10 mile radius even THINKING about power. i drink to forget. its cute and all but... mmmm.... ANYWAY. im gonna be totally honest, i really love their 2016 year in terms of music more than i did this one (lotto, lucky one, monster, etc., etc., etc.,) BUT! out of the comebacks they had this year, i am 100% 10x more into ko ko bop. not gonna lie, i didnt dig it at first listen. but a little later, i tried it again and... hooo boy, what a good song. i dont know anything knowledge based about music or music production, but i know that ko ko bop is a good song. very good.

shimmy shimmy ko ko bop~

3. gashina - sunmi (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur0hCdne2-s)

 ok. OK! so... yall gonna hate me, but i intentionally put off listening to this for the longest time. why?? i have no clue, its a great song. but i did. so by the time mama 2017 (IK THAT LATE) came around and i found out my boy taemin would be doing a collab stage with sunmi i was like... ‘ok i need to know who this girl is...’ i FINALLY sat my butt down and watched it and BITCH. okokokok, scroll back up, skim that taemin one, and imagine all those feelings, except like, gay. like, instead of thinking it was inspiring, i was just thirsting and being absolutely in love because holy shit everything about the song and the video are perfect????? THE LYRICS THOUGH TOO??? absolute women power i was 100% there for jesus christ.  왜 예쁜 날 두고 가시나~ 2. snow - zion.t (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiGSDywrX1Y)    this song made me cry :( straight up, when i first watched it, i cried so much. it got even worse the second go round when i knew the lyrics. its so.... beautiful. im a big fan of zion.t as well, so this was no disappoint for me. i luv it... and fun fact, its my favorite music video ever, kpop or not. im very into cinematography and photography so it was such a treat to watch it. youd have to watch it for yourself to know what i was talking about. 

눈이 올까요~

1. anything from bts this year (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBdVXkSdhwU << this is dna just cause i dont wanna post 3 songs lol)

 yall honest to god probably hate me. ‘we just read this whole list to get a biased, lazy ass answer?!?!’ but hear me out... lmao thats all i got. bts is my ult group, but ult group or not, every single thing they dropped this year was spectacular. truly honest to god, its probably been their best year yet. jk, idk about that, 2015 and 2016 were pretty good. BUT STILL. spring day, not today, dna (lots of ayes), ALL OF IT SO FUCKING GOOD. gosh, i love them...

 dna~

well, thats all of them! keep in mind, this is a personal opinion thing, and there many, many, MANY songs of this year i loved, but this is a list and its gotta end somewhere, so i chose the ones that really stood out to ME. this was probably a waste of time, and bet this gets no notes, but in my heart, it was worth it. i love writing and ranting out my thoughts. this was my first year in kpop, and while yes, there were a few devastating and heart breaking moments that im still not fine about, it was good. my friends are gonna hate me, but this is just one of many years to come of me being into this shit. hope next year delivers as good as this one did. happy new years kpop fans!

[loratigart]

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Lauryn Hill Apologizes For Being Late to Concerts: 'We've Had a Few Challenges in These Early Shows'

Lauryn Hill recently kicked off the European leg of her tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, and she caused a stir for showing up to her Brussels and Paris shows two hours late.

The singer took to social media to apologize for the tardiness, attributing the incident to adjusting the production in a new continent. "We're working through the kinks of moving the production to Europe, with time changes and curfew restrictions, we've had a few challenges in these early shows," she wrote.

"With deep gratitude I come on stage to perform an album that means so much to so many," she continued. "Every day we push past inertia to present something sincere. Thank you for coming, supporting and for your patience and understanding."

Hill's next show hits the UK Manchester Arena in Manchester, England on Nov. 26. See her full apology below.

Source: https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/8486285/lauryn-hill-apologizes-for-being-late-to-concerts-weve-had-a-few-challenges-in

[andrewdburton]

4 toughest interview questions you need to prepare for

So you’ve crafted a winning resume …

… written an amazing cover letter …

… and you might have gotten a little ahead of yourself and started clearing out your desk.

Your hard work has paid off though, because you’ve nailed an interview with the job you want. Congrats!

But it’s not the time to celebrate yet. After all, you still need to crush the interview. That means preparing answers for some potentially hard, but common, interview questions.

Luckily, we have a list of five of the toughest interview questions you’ll encounter — and specifically how to answer these interview questions.

4 tough interview questions you need to be prepared for

When it comes to crafting perfect answers to common interview questions, you just need to remember one thing: Always look for the question behind the question.

It’s like when your significant other comes up to you and asks, “Does this outfit make me look fat?” What are they really asking?

They’re not just looking for an honest opinion; they’re seeking validation. They want to feel secure with how they look.

It’s the same with interview questions. Every question that comes your way is really asking a dozen other questions behind it. Your ability to answer all those other questions is what’s going to determine the strength of your interview.

Here are some of the most challenging questions you’ll face, what they really mean, and how you should answer it.

Question #1: What’s your biggest weakness?

What they’re really asking: What are you doing to improve yourself?

This question is to interviews what “Free Bird” is to a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert. You’re DEFINITELY going to hear it come up.

Not only that, but it’s a veritable minefield of potential pitfalls for the person being interviewed. If you’re too honest, you might reveal too much and alienate the hiring manager. If you go with something like, “I work too hard,” they’re going to pick up on your BS and be alienated even more.

You have to remember that the hiring manager doesn’t actually want to hear about each and every weakness. Rather they want to know how you’re working on improving yourself.

This is a great opportunity to leverage the power of storytelling. If you can show the hiring manager how you’re 1) Aware of your shortcomings and 2) How you have been actively addressing those shortcomings, they’re going to LOVE you for it.

Show them how you took a negative experience or trait and turned it into a positive growing experience.

Strong example:

“That’s a great question, and it’s something I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about. What I’ve found is that the majority of my career was spent working for one industry. In many ways, that can limit my perspective.

But, of course, I’ve worked in a variety of departments and been in several different positions. In fact, I was promoted faster than anyone else to lead new projects. But I’m ready to take what I’ve learned from this one industry to a different culture and new industry, and that’s why I’m here today.”

Question #2: Where do you see yourself in X years?

What they’re really asking: Are you just going to jump ship once a better opportunity comes along?

Hiring is EXPENSIVE.

The average cost of hiring just a single employee is typically around $5,000, according to hiring website Recruiter Box. Not only that, but once the company hires you, they’re going to be paying for your salary, training, and benefits. All told, the cost of hiring and keeping you as an employee will stretch at least into five figures.  

That’s why it’s in the company’s best interest to hire and keep you for as long as possible.

So when a hiring manager asks you where you see yourself in five years, what they really want to know is if you plan on staying at the job for a long time or if you’re treating the job as a stepping stone for another role.

To answer it well, you’ll want to remain honest while still showcasing that you’re ambitious and want to do good work for the company if and when you get hired.

Strong example:

“I’m very excited about the junior copywriting position with your company because in five years I want to be working at a director level in the email marketing industry. Knowing your needs for good email marketers, I know that I’ll have ample opportunity for growth and to learn the skills I need to get there.”

Question #3: Can you tell me about your work history?

What they’re really asking: What are your strengths and how have you grown?

When most candidates hear this, they’ll simply walk through their entire resume with the hiring manager and leave it at that.

DON’T be like most candidates.

Your hiring manager already has the resume in front of them. They can already see that you spent that summer interning at that one consulting firm and that you went on to X company to do Y work. That’s not what they want to hear from you.

What they really want to hear from you is how you’ve grown throughout your career so far and the wins you’ve gotten as a result.

That means highlighting key strengths in your background and crafting a story around that that showcases how you’ve grown.

Strong example:

“If you look at my work experience, there are three things that stand out.

First, I have experience with many areas of marketing, including social media, product marketing, and customer relationship management.

Second, I’ve always been fascinated by the analytical side of marketing, which is why I chose to study this in college. My recent social media campaign experience really allowed that passion to flourish.

Finally, I’ve always wanted to take my skills to a larger stage, which is why I moved from A Company, which was a startup, to B Company, which is more established. Now, I’m excited to be here talking with you today because of those transitions and how they fit so nicely with your needs around this position.”

Question #4: Why should we hire you?

What they’re really asking: What value are you going to offer?

Another classic interview question rife with potential pitfalls.

The danger behind this question though is how vague it is — inviting unsuspecting job seekers to ramble on without a point or purpose.

The key here is to remember:

It’s not about you. It’s about the company.

Instead of saying something like, “I’M looking for an opportunity for a job that challenges ME.” Reframe: “I see a lot of opportunities to help YOU.”

Put yourself into the hiring manager’s place and think about what they want to hear.

Strong example:

“Well, based on the things we’ve already talked about, I know there are three main challenges you’re looking at.

The first one is getting new leads, the second is increasing conversions, and the third is retention.

And my experience is in email marketing. I’ve done a lot of work on the conversion side of things and I think could help you guys in AREAS 1, 2, 3.

In fact, the last company I worked with increased their conversions by 26%. I think I can do even better for you.”

Avoid these mistakes

To help you even more, I want to offer you something we’ve put together: 3 FREE videos of our best interview hacks.

In these videos, our CEO and founder Ramit Sethi walks you through some of his best interview tips. These are the same ones he’s used to help millions of people find their dream jobs.

Just enter your name and email below and I’ll send it straight to your inbox.

4 toughest interview questions you need to prepare for is a post from: I Will Teach You To Be Rich.

from Finance https://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/interview-questions/ via http://www.rssmix.com/

[samuelfields]

4 toughest interview questions you need to prepare for

So you’ve crafted a winning resume …

… written an amazing cover letter …

… and you might have gotten a little ahead of yourself and started clearing out your desk.

Your hard work has paid off though, because you’ve nailed an interview with the job you want. Congrats!

But it’s not the time to celebrate yet. After all, you still need to crush the interview. That means preparing answers for some potentially hard, but common, interview questions.

Luckily, we have a list of five of the toughest interview questions you’ll encounter — and specifically how to answer these interview questions.

4 tough interview questions you need to be prepared for

When it comes to crafting perfect answers to common interview questions, you just need to remember one thing: Always look for the question behind the question.

It’s like when your significant other comes up to you and asks, “Does this outfit make me look fat?” What are they really asking?

They’re not just looking for an honest opinion; they’re seeking validation. They want to feel secure with how they look.

It’s the same with interview questions. Every question that comes your way is really asking a dozen other questions behind it. Your ability to answer all those other questions is what’s going to determine the strength of your interview.

Here are some of the most challenging questions you’ll face, what they really mean, and how you should answer it.

Question #1: What’s your biggest weakness?

What they’re really asking: What are you doing to improve yourself?

This question is to interviews what “Free Bird” is to a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert. You’re DEFINITELY going to hear it come up.

Not only that, but it’s a veritable minefield of potential pitfalls for the person being interviewed. If you’re too honest, you might reveal too much and alienate the hiring manager. If you go with something like, “I work too hard,” they’re going to pick up on your BS and be alienated even more.

You have to remember that the hiring manager doesn’t actually want to hear about each and every weakness. Rather they want to know how you’re working on improving yourself.

This is a great opportunity to leverage the power of storytelling. If you can show the hiring manager how you’re 1) Aware of your shortcomings and 2) How you have been actively addressing those shortcomings, they’re going to LOVE you for it.

Show them how you took a negative experience or trait and turned it into a positive growing experience.

Strong example:

“That’s a great question, and it’s something I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about. What I’ve found is that the majority of my career was spent working for one industry. In many ways, that can limit my perspective.

But, of course, I’ve worked in a variety of departments and been in several different positions. In fact, I was promoted faster than anyone else to lead new projects. But I’m ready to take what I’ve learned from this one industry to a different culture and new industry, and that’s why I’m here today.”

Question #2: Where do you see yourself in X years?

What they’re really asking: Are you just going to jump ship once a better opportunity comes along?

Hiring is EXPENSIVE.

The average cost of hiring just a single employee is typically around $5,000, according to hiring website Recruiter Box. Not only that, but once the company hires you, they’re going to be paying for your salary, training, and benefits. All told, the cost of hiring and keeping you as an employee will stretch at least into five figures.  

That’s why it’s in the company’s best interest to hire and keep you for as long as possible.

So when a hiring manager asks you where you see yourself in five years, what they really want to know is if you plan on staying at the job for a long time or if you’re treating the job as a stepping stone for another role.

To answer it well, you’ll want to remain honest while still showcasing that you’re ambitious and want to do good work for the company if and when you get hired.

Strong example:

“I’m very excited about the junior copywriting position with your company because in five years I want to be working at a director level in the email marketing industry. Knowing your needs for good email marketers, I know that I’ll have ample opportunity for growth and to learn the skills I need to get there.”

Question #3: Can you tell me about your work history?

What they’re really asking: What are your strengths and how have you grown?

When most candidates hear this, they’ll simply walk through their entire resume with the hiring manager and leave it at that.

DON’T be like most candidates.

Your hiring manager already has the resume in front of them. They can already see that you spent that summer interning at that one consulting firm and that you went on to X company to do Y work. That’s not what they want to hear from you.

What they really want to hear from you is how you’ve grown throughout your career so far and the wins you’ve gotten as a result.

That means highlighting key strengths in your background and crafting a story around that that showcases how you’ve grown.

Strong example:

“If you look at my work experience, there are three things that stand out.

First, I have experience with many areas of marketing, including social media, product marketing, and customer relationship management.

Second, I’ve always been fascinated by the analytical side of marketing, which is why I chose to study this in college. My recent social media campaign experience really allowed that passion to flourish.

Finally, I’ve always wanted to take my skills to a larger stage, which is why I moved from A Company, which was a startup, to B Company, which is more established. Now, I’m excited to be here talking with you today because of those transitions and how they fit so nicely with your needs around this position.”

Question #4: Why should we hire you?

What they’re really asking: What value are you going to offer?

Another classic interview question rife with potential pitfalls.

The danger behind this question though is how vague it is — inviting unsuspecting job seekers to ramble on without a point or purpose.

The key here is to remember:

It’s not about you. It’s about the company.

Instead of saying something like, “I’M looking for an opportunity for a job that challenges ME.” Reframe: “I see a lot of opportunities to help YOU.”

Put yourself into the hiring manager’s place and think about what they want to hear.

Strong example:

“Well, based on the things we’ve already talked about, I know there are three main challenges you’re looking at.

The first one is getting new leads, the second is increasing conversions, and the third is retention.

And my experience is in email marketing. I’ve done a lot of work on the conversion side of things and I think could help you guys in AREAS 1, 2, 3.

In fact, the last company I worked with increased their conversions by 26%. I think I can do even better for you.”

Avoid these mistakes

To help you even more, I want to offer you something we’ve put together: 3 FREE videos of our best interview hacks.

In these videos, our CEO and founder Ramit Sethi walks you through some of his best interview tips. These are the same ones he’s used to help millions of people find their dream jobs.

Just enter your name and email below and I’ll send it straight to your inbox.

4 toughest interview questions you need to prepare for is a post from: I Will Teach You To Be Rich.

from Finance https://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/interview-questions/ via http://www.rssmix.com/

[jae-bummer]

My Idol: Part Fifteen

My Idol From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

My Idol is a South Korean competitive reality dating game show. It currently airs on Wednesday nights on Jae-bummer’s blog. First broadcast in 2016, the show offers the opportunity for a lucky fan to go on seven blind dates with seven idols. The idol plans the date with the show throwing in specific missions to complete during the day. At the end of the initial dates, the show opens up an audience vote to decide what three idols will move on to the second date.

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8 - Part 9 - Part 10 - Part 11 - Part 12 - Part 13 - Part 14 - Part 15 - Part 16 - Part 17 - Part 18 - Part 19 - Part 20 - Part 21 - Part 22

In this very moment, you envied those who could numb themselves to emotion. You envied individuals who could turn off the nerves, flip a switch, and put up a facade as if everything was okay. Especially in times such as this, when everything was very much not okay. 

In less than fifteen minutes, you would be ushered on stage, wearing a dress that was too scratchy on your delicate skin, and your skull aching from the amount of bobbie pins woven into your scalp. You weren’t even sure if half of what was on your head belonged to you at this point. 

You closed your eyes, feeling oddly reminiscent of the moment just before you met Jaebum. Your palms were sweaty, heart feeling as if it was going to explode. This time though...it wasn’t an excited anxiousness that pumped through your senses, but rather an ominous dread. Four men would hear the news that they would be promptly ushered from your life after only meeting once. After making an initial connection, you would be ripped away from anything that could be and it wasn’t even your decision. You were not a navigating factor in your own life. 

You opened your eyes again, beginning to pace the small green room that you were sequestered in. When you and your friends had thought it would be an exceptional idea to sign up for a silly reality dating gameshow, the thought of being selected was so foolish to you that you had never even began to consider it. When you actually received an email from the producers, you still thought it was an elaborate joke, not even thinking ahead to the men you could possibly meet. 

But now that you were here...only halfway through the journey you never thought you’d descend upon, you’d give anything just to take it back. You loved interacting with the different personalities. You loved connecting with exceptional men on a level you haven’t done in the entirety of your life. But you didn’t love the pressure. You didn’t love the constant attention. And you didn’t love the idea of creating relationships, only to sever them. 

You were here though, and you were strong. You wouldn’t quit and you’d find happiness. You would make sure of that. Even if it ended with you alone, only chalking up the entire program as an experience you’d never forget. 

“Y/N, are you ready?” one of the production assistants cooed, breaking you out of your thoughts. You gave a small smile and light nod. 

“Ready as I’ll ever be.”

The initial boom of the live audience and glare from the studio lights was overwhelming as you took your spot on the stage. You settled into your seat, giving a casual side eye to the two couches placed diagonally from you. They were placed in two levels, one directly behind the other. They were still bare, but would soon be filled up with the seven men you had grown to appreciate. 

“Hello Y/N!” the host smiled warmly, placing a hand lightly on your shoulder. “Welcome to the My Idol Live Results Special. How are you feeling?”

“Is nauseous an acceptable answer?” you chuckled, playing with your fingers in your lap. The audience and host let out a series of laughter as well, putting you a bit more at ease. 

“Y/N, always the jokester,” the host cooed, looking down to her cue cards. “Your rise to fame was almost instantaneous. Almost as soon as your face appeared on screen, you became South Korea’s sweetheart. Of course though, this came with a bit of a cost. How are you adjusting to all of the attention?” 

“It was definitely...new at first,” you nodded, chewing on your lip. You looked out to the crowd and scanned the faces, trying to avoid thinking too hard about the situation you were in. “The initial attention was rough because I wasn’t used to it. I’m still not very used to it...and I stay in my apartment a lot, but fans of the show have been very kind and accommodating.”

“That’s heartwarming to hear!” the host smiled, leading a round of applause. “We all know My Idol has the best fans, don’t we?”

You took a deep breath as the crowd surged in noise around you. The whole situation was so foreign that you felt incredibly inept, unsure of how to really act. 

“Now that we’ve checked in with Y/N, why don’t we bring out the idols. Would you all like that?” the host nodded, standing from her chair. You did so as well, prepping yourself to meet the men you hadn’t seen in weeks. “First, let us welcome a bright and positive energy! The V stands for visual! BTS member, V!”

The crowd erupted once again into applause as Taehyung approached the stage from the opposite side that you had appeared from. He clapped as he walked, his smile wide as it erupted onto his face from the mere sight of you. You grinned back in response as he took his spot on the couches prepared for the men. 

“Next we have a leader who needs no introduction, the chic and sexy Im Jaebum from Got7!” 

JB strolled from the same wing Taehyung had, throwing up a brief peace sign as he sauntered across the stage. He tried to keep a smile from his lips as he made eye contact with you, opting for a cocky smirk instead. He took his place beside Taehyung, giving his friend a quick handshake and hug before he sat down as well. 

“Our favorite maknae and flower boy, EXO’s Oh Sehun!” 

Sehun shuffled out of the wings with a bit less confidence than the two men who proceeded him. Nearly missing the steps as he stumbled up them, he gave you a kind smile before taking his spot at Jaebum’s side. 

“The mysterious rule breaker and king of k-hip hop, Jay Park!”

You found yourself subconsciously holding your breath as Jay strolled onto the stage, a shit eating grin on his face. He walked as if he commanded the entire situation, throwing subtle winks and smiles to the girls seated in the crowd. You couldn’t confirm, but you thought you saw Jaebum roll his eyes at the man before he took his spot beside Sehun. 

“Excuse his charisma, we have Monsta X’s Lee Jooheon!”

Jooheon had a very distinct swagger as he wandered from the depths of the wings and out into the bright lights of the studio. His dimples were deeply etched into his face as his smile went from being directed at the crowd to being directed at you. You felt your heart skip for a beat as he found a spot on the second couch. 

“Gifted with height and visuals, Seventeen’s Kim Mingyu!” 

Mingyu nodded, quickly looking over his shoulder as he walked. His cheeks were pink, but his smile confident as he shuffled onto the stage and avoided eye contact with nearly everyone. His shoulders dropped into an easier state as he found his spot by Jooheon’s side and gave his friend a quick handshake. 

“And last, we have a man who is already a legend in his own right. A man who half of the idols on this stage look up to, Choi Seunghyun, otherwise known as...BigBang’s Top!” 

You tried to hide the chuckle that flopped from your lips as some of the men on the couches looked on in glee and others with mild interest. Top emerged from the side of the stage with a charming and comfortable expression, a small smile tugging at the corner of his lips. He made direct eye contact with you as soon as he possibly could and lifted his brows. He took the final spot on the couches and all of the men settled in. 

“Alright! Why don’t we give another round of applause to these phenomenal men?” the host smiled, settling in her own seat as well. 

You sat down as the crowd erupted and took a deep breath. It was almost too much handsome in one room. You felt your face growing suddenly hot. The causes of all of your butterflies and quick heartbeats had appeared directly in front of you, all together, at once. You weren’t sure if you were going to dissolve into a fit of giggles or simply pass out from the pulsing emotions ravaging your heart and mind. 

After a few moments the crowd quieted down, causing the host to perk up. “Alright guys, let’s get this out of the way right now. How many of you think you proceeded to the next round?” 

Your attention quickly adjusted to the seven idols you were trying desperately to avoid looking at. You immediately felt the heat on your face deepen as your eyes glanced across the rows. 

Each man was making a particularly focused face as they thought on the question, except one. Jay had already shot his hand high into the air, looking casually around at the idols surrounding him. “Ah, come on. For a group of celebrities, you’d think they’d be more confident!” 

Top rolled his eyes before slowly lifting his hand as well. Mingyu, who was sat beside Seunghyun looked at him with wide eyes and dark cheeks. He was starstruck by the rapper beside him, keeping his fingers stuck beneath his thighs as he sat on them. 

“Well we see Jay isn’t shy!” the host smiled, causing the men to look at each other and chuckle lightly. Jay’s smile lit up as he finally lowered his hand and directed his gaze toward you. “So that means five of you don’t think you’ve moved on? Jooheon, why would you say you weren’t voted to a second date?”

“How can I compete with a spa date?” Jooheon gasped, pointing to Jay. “Or a private museum tour!” 

“We were outnumbered by smooth date ideas,” Taehyung laughed. “A lot of us are so young, so we think to do things we find fun.”

“We were thinking about having a good time,” Sehun nodded. “And not necessarily impressing Y/N or leaving a lasting impression.”

“Do you think you left an impression Sehun?” the host asked, tilting her head. 

“I think that’s more of a question for Y/N,” Sehun murmured, readjusting in his spot. “I’d like to think I did.”

“Who left the biggest impression on you, Y/N?” the host asked, suddenly turning to you. 

Your eyes grew wide with the ambush as you looked uneasily from her to the group of men. “I...uh..”

“I don’t know about the rest of you, but I don’t know if I want to know this answer,” JB laughed, his eyes kind as he gazed at your panicked expression. You let out a light sigh at his attempt in saving you. 

“I agree with Jaebum hyung,” Jooheon nodded quickly. “I don’t want to hear about how badly I failed. If by some miracle I make this second date, wouldn’t it be awkward if she said I didn’t make an impression?” 

The men erupted into laughter as they began to nod, in overall agreement with the younger man’s statement. 

“Alright, well why don’t we move onto something meatier then?” the host nodded, quickly switching subjects. “Amongst you all, who did you feel picked the most likeable date? Mingyu?”

Mingyu cleared his throat and nodded for a moment. “I..I uh...like Top hyung’s date. It was very classy. It left a positive impression.”

“Until he sent her to the hospital,” Jay muttered beneath his breath. 

The host’s eyes widened for a moment as she looked down at one of her cards. “Ah, yes. Seunghyun, during your date, Y/N took a spill down the stairs. How did you feel during that moment?”

You watched carefully as Top glared into the back of Jay’s head, only looking up after a few moments. “Of course I felt bad. I didn’t want that to happen on my watch.” 

“But it did,” Jay nodded, he spun around in his seat to look up at the man. “I’m sure when I say this, these other guys gotta agree. We weren’t given the opportunity to check up on Y/N after that. We had to watch it on screen with the rest of the world. It was more than just feeling bad.”

Seunghyun shut his eyes for a moment and cleared his throat. He reopened them and looked carefully down at Jay. If looks could kill, he would have been on the floor taking his final breaths. 

“I understand Y/N was under a great deal of stress,” Seunghyun said slowly. “It was an accident.”

“An accident caused by you,” Jay grumbled, spinning back around. “Trying to lock her ass down before you even moved on to the second date and shit.” 

“I’m sorry, do you have something to say to me?” Seunghyun asked, his voice on edge. 

“Nah,” Jay grinned, looking kindly up to the host. “I’m good.”

“Really? Because I’m under the impression that you aren’t,” Top growled. 

“Whatever beef you have with me can be handled after the show,” Jay said, casually glancing over his shoulder. “And believe me, it’ll get handled homeboy.”

The host looked toward you, her expression mirroring something similar to panic. “Okay! So...Jaebum, how did it feel-”

“I’m sorry, can I switch seats?” Jay interrupted, throwing his thumb into the air to point at Seunghyun. “it’s like I have a dragon breathing down my neck.”

“Please, the stench of your cologne is suffocating,” Top muttered, leaning back and rolling his eyes. 

Jay launched up, spinning around to face the man. “What’s the problem? Not used to smelling something so expensive?”

“I’ll switch seats,” Taehyung nodded, quickly pulling himself to his feet. He gave a brief bow to Jay as he passed him and settled into the seat before Top. Jay sucked his teeth as he walked, plopping alongside the other Jaebum. 

“So...Jaebum,” the host tried again. “Viewers and fans know of your close friendship with Taehyung. How did it feel competing against a friend?”

“Well several of us are friends here,” JB nodded. “I’m close with Monsta X and Seventeen members as well. I think we all didn’t let the competition ruin our friendships.” 

“We all hope the best for each other,” Taehyung smiled. “We are close, so we want each other to do well and be happy. The only problem with that is if the others do well, it means they may get farther in the competition.” 

The younger men on stage laughed, nodding in agreement. 

“You see your hyungs do well and you get excited for them,” Jooheon continued. “But then you realize, oh man, maybe I don’t want them to do well. This doesn’t help my odds. It’s a very conflicting feeling.” 

“It is a competition after all,” the host nodded, flipping a cue card. “Which is why, if the crowd is ready, we’ll be revealing the first idol to be moving on to a second date!” 

The crowd audibly gasped at once before exploding into applause again. 

“Alright! Please, if I could have the envelope!”

In that moment, you thought you were going to pass out. You watched as a production assistant struggled toward the stage, a bright red envelope in her hands. It was eerily reminiscent of the mission envelopes you had grown to despise. It seemed as if time had suddenly began to move in slow motion as she passed the paper over to the host and she took it in her hands. 

“Alright guys, in your opinion, who do you feel like has their name in this first envelope?”

“I think it’s Top hyung,” Mingyu nodded without skipping a beat. “His date was too good.”

“Do I gotta go over this shit again, she-” Jay began, but the host quickly cut him off. 

“Jay, who do you think is written in this envelope?” 

“Me,” Jay nodded confidently. 

“Alright, what about you Sehun?” the host asked. 

“I would like to hope it’s me,” Sehun smiled warmly. “But if it’s not...I think it could be Taehyungie. His date was cute and well suited for his age.”

Taehyung’s smile faltered for a moment as he narrowed his eyes. “For my age?”

“Yes, very innocent,” Sehun chuckled, his smile never faltering. 

“You took her to see the lego Batman movie though,” Taehyung grumbled, his eyebrows furrowing. 

“It wasn’t meant as an insult!” Sehun whispered uneasily. “It’s a compliment, really!” 

“I think it’s time one of you are put at ease,” the host nodded with a grin. “Now, the first idol to be moving on to a second date is...”

Her fingers slipped gently under the lip of the envelope as she gave a hopeful glance up toward you. Little did she know that you were choking on what small amount of saliva was left in your mouth. You tried to count to ten in your mind, calming down the nerves pumping like electricity through your veins. 

“Im Jaebum!” 

The crowd dissolved into an array of screams and gasps as the men on stage all nodded to themselves and clapped. Jooheon leaned over, smacking a proud hand on the Got7 leader’s back. Jaebum’s eyebrows were raised nearly midway into his forehead to accommodate for how wide his eyes had become. 

You stood instinctively as Jaebum did, his steps slow in approaching you. He took your hands carefully as his mouth formed the smallest of smiles. “Me?” 

“You,” you whispered. He smiled gently and squeezed your hands, his eyes disappearing with a smile rapidly growing in size. 

“JB, how do you feel!” the host exclaimed. 

“Shocked!” Jaebum answered honestly. “All of the men on this show are so deserving. To know I was selected first is very humbling.”

“Before we continue any further,” the host sighed, looking down at her card. “Should we maybe...reveal another name?”

You let out something similar to a scoff, not being able to stop yourself from making the noise. Several of the men laughed gently at your emotion. 

To be honest, you weren’t sure if you could handle announcing a second winner so quickly. With just one date decided, you could use a glass of wine to make it through another. 

“Alright then!” the host smiled mischievously, reacting to the crowd going wild around her. “If you all insist...”

To Be Continued...

PART 1 - PART 2 - PART 3 - PART 4 - PART 5 - PART 6 - PART 7 - PART 8 - PART 9 - PART 10 - PART 11 - PART 12 - PART 13 - PART 14 - PART 15 - Part 16 - PART 17 - Part 18 - Part 19 - Part 20 - Part 21 - Part 22

[engekihaikyuu]

Omg! How come Kimura stopped playing Kageyama? that's so sad T_T

Actors move on to other projects for various reasons; usually it’s more beneficial to their careers to do so.  Tatsunari has a leading role in the live action Yowamushi Pedal drama series, and I believe he’ll star in a Broadway play in the coming winter, and these are both very exciting opportunities for him.  

He’s said his official good-bye to the production along with Hashimoto Shouhei (who will not return to reprise his role as Noya), and I’ve provided a translation of those messages in this post:

http://engekihaikyuu.tumblr.com/post/161194019947/official-farewells-x-suga-kenta-and-now-weve

There is also an informal farewell from Kenta’s blog that I’ve translated here:

http://engekihaikyuu.tumblr.com/post/161195297682/summer-of-progress-from-suga-kentas-blog-x

As a rule, I ask that people be supportive of the actors.  Whether it’s supporting Tatsunari as he moves on to other projects or being supportive of his replacement actor, who feels the pressure more than anyone to do a good job and live up to the person who came before him.  Tatsunari was an amazing, wonderful Kageyama, and he contributed so much to bringing that character to life.  But I think Kage-chan will do a great job as well otherwise he would not have been cast, and I am sure he’ll bring something new to the table in his interpretation of the character that we’ll be able to appreciate.

It’s important to keep an open mind as actors for stage productions rotate regularly in any show that runs for a long time.  For example, Broadway shows regularly use understudies, and just because Idina Menzel isn’t Elphaba anymore doesn’t mean that Wicked isn’t still an amazing show to see live.  

[brokenfoetus]

Oh Yus....

So lately I’ve been trying to..... ya know..... Do the work.... rather than sit around talking about how I will be doing work... but also splitting time with relaxation and catching up with an old pal.... The friend I had mentioned previously is a rig truck driver... So most the time he’s on the road for a few or several months at a time. It’s nicer when he’s home.... heh....  we’re gaming nerd buddies... we’ve been playing video games online together for.... Well.... 15 years now... which is kind of fucking insane when you stop and realize it. However it’s cool indeed... we’ve become close pals since over the years you start to talk more personally rather than about the game. So still hanging with him digitally while he’s home. We can when he’s on the road but... schedule timing and/or rough mobile internet connections can sometimes make that difficult.  I have been writing lyrics lately however, so I am somewhat back to work. Just not full throttle with that shit yet.  My mini hiatus was needed though, all the work and then holiday rush took it out of me... and made my soul tired. Needed my introvert time to recharge.  Need to get in touch with various peoples hopefully they don’t feel I was ghosting them.  The reality is the classic phrase.... “it’s not you it’s me.”  cuz I really do vanish for a while... and need that isolation to think in quiet solitude.   Or it’s just not the same....   Almost done with the things I need to get back to full time work. The remixes are still first on the list.... After that.... frankly... the music is almost complete.  After listening through everything... most tracks only need minor adjustment to aspects...like compression and side chaining in a few cases.  It’s all reached the point of being very balanced.  There’s some tracks I want to add more to... but the nice part is that doing so will be very easy. Shouldn’t take long at all... so the final stage of production is almost here. Just need to get them there lyrics and vocals complete to add to the track, and then it’s time for the final mix and mastering.  After that it’s more or less working on artwork etc to go along with it all.  Then I can move on to writing new songs.  with new equipment and new software. I will be quite happy because I’ve been excited to use them.... But haven’t allowed myself to until the current project was finished.  SO I AM FUCKING DYING TO PLAY WITH THIS SHIT...... I will be around to chit chat and post more soon my lovelies....  However please do feel free to send a message if you want to ask anything or just converse in general.  When I have a free a moment I will be checking in more often now.  <3 -The End <3

[topbeautifulwomens]

#Women, #Painting #and #Power #brunettebabes #challenge #drawing #dressyourface #fashionistas #lifestyle #makeupartist #sky #views #women

I am standing in my studio, observeing ten women portray in silence with beautiful consideration and focus, and the calories is just buzzing. All of a unexpected I hear a groan from one of the women and the phrases “Oh no, I hate it. It truly is so unsightly”. I smile, truly sensation a feeling of wonderful reduction and dread.

Aid given that an additional woman has just blindly stumbled into her gateway to imaginative flexibility. Worry because I know the resistance and arguments I am likely to be coming up once morest as I try to converse her out of get rid ofing what she deems ugly and to even to commence to take the radical phase of accepting what she has produced with desire and comenthusiasm. I incorporate to be quick here because women are practically nothing if not stealthy and cunning and will squander tiny time in eradicating the proof of what they consider unengaging art.

Here is a class in what is known as intuitive painting or procedure painting. The purpose of this kind of painting is to understand to checkpay attention deeply to your self and to then bravely express what you uncover,with no censoring anything,in a spirit of spontaneity, surrendering to the creative process.It’s very various from typical art groups exactly where the principal focus is on developing system and finishing up with a satisfying product. This variety of class utilizes art and painting as a way to get a lot more in contact with the interior globe of soul and psyche. The focus is solely on checking out and expressing that internal process.

This road is difficult for most women, because even though a lot of of us have carried out some kind of self evaluation and discover the worth inherent in that research, we’re nonetheless combating an uphill struggle towards a very strong cultural bias that teversure us to place the greatest value on what is outdoors of us. We’re taught that ideas and an inner daily life are wonderful as far as they go, but what is truly worthwhilst is how we look, what we own, who we know, and where we find ourselves on the financial and reputation hierarchy.

The mysterious stirrings of our soul, the needs of our coronary hearts, the messages from our bodies,and the genius of our instinct, are STILL, even following all of the battles for liberation that we’ve fought, denigrated and deemed trivial and uncrucial, unrealistic and immature. But in the world of the process arts the realm of psyche and desires, creativeness and feelings are staunchly defended as sacrosanct and even given middle stage.

The women in my painting class know the policies of intuitive painting, one of which is that they’re not to destroy anything or cover up what they’ve done just because they never like it or have a negative response to it. They know what they are attempting here is an follow in radical self acceptance which implies embracing almost everything that comes out of them specifically if it tends to make them not comfortable because there is certainly “gprevious in them thar hills” of the psyche that they can mine to great advantage if they are just inclined to stay with the soreness. But the urge to disavow the abomination of a perceived ugly painting by making it vanish can be complicated.

There are 4 words in the English language that remember to never use in reference to a western twenty first century woman if you don’t want to get your tooth knocked out. These four little words are ugly, excess weight, bitch and egocentric.

Every of these four words covers an difficulty of great relevance for a woman, and what they all have in familiar is that they are keys to unlocking the door to our forbidden feminine drive. And one thing you can rely on is that each of these four difficulties will show up at some point if a woman severely provides herself over to making her own art. That’s one cause that women typically shy absent from the creative process.

These words have very negative connotations for a woman and have been used to denigrate and manage us for a very long time.The demand about them is so intensive that as before long as we hear them we toss up our arms, recoil into a place of disgrace, near our eyes and back away from them as if they have been Kryptonite and we were Tremendous Lady. Since we are hesitant to be curious and discover them, we never get to see that in truth these four words explain very positive characteristics and archetypal energies that we determinedly need if we’ll be complete, whole, actualized and resultive feminine creators of our own life.

A single of the hugegest internal obstructions to reclaiming our power is a potent archetype at function in most women’s psyches that can be referred to as the Interior Very good Girl. The Good Girl lives for acceptance and she garners that approval by being women small and risk-free and non-threatening. She is not intesnoozeed in increasing up and is content material to remain forever youthful. Eventually, she is the one that retains a woman from getting able to develop and prosper as an individual who is strong and potent,gutsy and able of having authority over her own life. And the Good Girl never desires to threat being fat, selfish, ugly or bitchy.

If a woman takes her creative life seriously, if she makes a motivation to herself and devotes herself to her creative work, she will eventually reach a crossroads where she has to confront the Inner Good Girl and the list of Good Girl rules if she wants to proceed making with passion and authenticity.

We all know what individuals rules are.Smile, smile, smile, be candy and great, never get nuts (or even discouraged),look fairly (which of course involves being thin), odor good, be new and neat and altechniques be pleasing and accommodating. Will not be loud and stay in the background. What you consider or feel is not really all that important. Don’t upset anybody. And never, ever make another man or woman uncomfortable. In the Good Girl world idealion is an attainable purpose and you need to work relentlessly, tirelessly, exhaustively, to be the absolute greatest mom, daughter, spouse and friend you can be, all the while berating yourself because you inexplicably and frequently drop short of the mark.

As soon as a woman starts her creative life she delivers these exact same attitudes and expectations to her art. She only allows herself to paint pretty paintings that are perfect in every way. Paintings that are nice and make men and women smile. She is unwilling to risk disturbing or intense shade or imagery; nothing that’s as well strong or stands out excessive. But painting in this way eventually departs her feeling bored and stifled. Fairly can be wonderful as part of a increased repertoire, but if it truly is all you happen to be permitted to do it eventually turns into either a noose and a cage.

At a sure point in her creative process a woman needs to be willing to ditch the Good Girl by spliting the Good Girl rules. But breaking those rules qualified prospects a woman into the territory of the sexperiencedow side of the Good Girl, the dreaded yet fascinating BAD GIRL!

The Very poor Girl is alive and well in most women’s psyches and is the part of us who is ill and fatigued of the long list of restrictions that hem in her wild and juicy self. She is feisty and daring, complete of audacity and unconcerned to go for what she wants. She is adventurous and courageous, and loves the buzz that comes with taking positive life-affirming pitfalls.

But our dating to her has a strong shame and shadow element so she often gets expressed in way’s that end up hurting us. She is the one who eats the whole container of the mint chocolate chip ice product in one sitting down, who isn’t going to return essential mobile phone calls to irritating loved ones members, who spends funds that she doesn’t have on cgood dealhes or footwear, and who has inappropriate interactions with men or women that usually are not good for her.What I am presenting here is a way to reclaim the Bad Girl energy, by means of painting, that is affirming and positive. To recognize that what we have been contacting undesirable are disowned elements of ourselves that need to be introduced back house.

THE SELFISH GIRL: Unafraid of putting herself very first, of being needy and happy of it, of nurturing herself, of preserving her own energy, of filling her own well, willing to have boundaries, making her own self care her first precedence, willing to be her own good mother, willing to take time just for herself, willing to confront and confused her guilt relating to managing herself.

This is the first Bad Girl to show up when a woman initiatives to have a practical creative life, and the first one I see when a woman wanders in the door of my studio to show up at a painting class. I hear over and over again from these women how much they have misplaced by themselves in taking care of every person else. How tired they are of putting everyone else’s needs first and that they have come to this class because they want to do one thing that has no visual reward to anyone else.

For a woman to be creative she needs to be willing to take time just for herself. She needs uninterrupted classes when she is able to enter her studio, sit down at her pc or her easel, and see what wants to come. She needs to let herself get dreamy, do nothing, stare out the window, and be apparently unproductive. All through these interludes in which she drops into a creative trance she is inviting the muse to enter her and inviting the often magic formula and mysterious motion of her soul to express alone.

In these moments, she starts to face herself through her art. She is able to get tranquil ample so that she can listen deeply and start to inquire some essential concerns this kind of as “What do I think? What do I like? What do I really want? What moves me, brings me satisfaction, makes me feel alive.?” It is a me, myself and I time, a time that needs to be dealt with as sacred and inviolable in purchase to allow those creative juices to flow unimpeded and to eventually turn into a raging, dashing river.

Nonetheless, it’s usually not long before the telephone rings or someone faucets (or somemoments lbs ) on the studio door with the cry of “I need you! And I need you RIGHT NOW!” It could be a friend, a little one, a mother a partner, a work duty, or a pipe that has just sprung a leak. Abruptly, somebody else’s needs become more important than her need to be creative, and the woman is confronted with the eternal woman question.” Do I once again close the door to my studio and turn my back on the needs of my own soul? Do I once again prove how reputable, dutiful, comintimate , caring, self sacrificing, accessible, loving, guilty I am, at the horrible price of my own creative self? Understanding that I’ve the small, and getting more compact consolation of being able to say “Nicely at minimum no person is going to be able to call me selfish!”

THE UGLY GIRL: Willing to buck the tide, to be her own distinct self, to not often conform , to step away from the need for approval, to be willing to risk censure, to step outside of the box of what is appropriate as a woman in this tradition, willing to be bizarre, different, unique, outrageous, bold.

The most common lament or prefer that I hear from my women painting student’s is “But I just want my painting to be lovely.”

For most women, cosmetic is a need, a deep irrational starvation, and an subconscious compulsion. Our id with the need to be beautiful is so great and so ingrained that we hardly, if ever, question it. Attractiveness is the key to the magic kingdom of well- being, contentment and achievement. It is the resource of our value, the make sure of love, our only valid access to power, and on a very deep stage has intended survival itself. Due to the fact so much is at stake, the tension a woman feels to be beautiful and to create something beautiful is substantial.

Our whole relationship to beauty displays up painfully and certainly in the painting process. Even though she is painting, there is always some beauty classic- whether or not she understands it or not- that a woman is striving to live up to. Possibly the ideal is of a painting that is neat and flawless where no errors or messiness, no drips or uneven lines are allowed. Or the idealized eyesight may be one of a painting that is well balanced and symmetrical, a paragon of magnificence, grace, and impeccable good style. In this model of perfection, all the hues should in shape, and can only be in the variety of muted pastels with the total effect being comforting and helpful, like a well put with each other design in a home and yard journal.

What ever the ideal, the energy put into attaining it is relentless. When I watch a woman paint I am always stunned by the passion she has for endlessly fussing over and repairing her paintings. Spontaneity is out of the question. She just takes it for granted that her painting must be well notion out, prepared, and arranged , and under as much of her control as is humanly possible. She is used to not trusting in her own innate beauty, and expects that the quest for beauty will require nonquit work. She never questions the ceaseless dieting and exercise, the several hours invested purchasing for just the appropriate outfit and the stressing over her pores and skin, her hair, her nails. She always has and always will are unsuccessful of the beauty mark and just assumes that beauty is something she will constantly struggle for and rarely, if ever, gain.

The really unfortunate thing is that she sees nothing improper with this fretful and nervous approach to her self and to her ar2rk.This ceaseless and ultimately hopeless striving for the extremely hard ideal is just the norm. It’s really the only thing she has ever known.

These slender constraints of beauty that a woman finds herself tangled in are always some variation on the Good Girl creed. These socially recognized specifications are primarily based on a definition of beauty that is associated to being nice and non threatening, to not standing out too much and conforming to an set norm that is pleasant but not effective. Beauty is related to compliance and convention, to subsequent the rules and to fitting in. The Good Girl beauty ideal means that it’s not OK to just be herself, warts and all. She needs to clean herself up and make herself acceptable.

When a woman is painting, the Unsightly Girl often sneaks in as a mistake or imperfection, a smear or a smudge, something messy or uncontrolled.When the woman attempts to clean up the mess, she finds with increasing horror that the clutter only carries on to grow. She is constantly having specialized calamities. The paint drips or operates, she are not able to control her brush, chaos reigns, and it seems like there is nothing she can do to make it stop.

She is desperate to regain to pretty. In jeopardizing spontaneity, she has located, to her horror, that she has created something that appears severe or loud or imperfect. Or,even even worse, something grotesque or malformed. She busyally tries painting more safe photography, more bouquets, rainbows, calm surroundings . But the flowers develop sharp edges and darkish colors and grow absolutely out of control , the rainbow colors become wildly fluorescent , and the landscapes becomes populated with darkly mysterious designs and statistics .

At this point she has stepped out of the confines of charming and attractive, and into an unidentified landscape of the wild, the untamed the unkempt and matted. This is often the start of a relationship to the inner Sensible Aged Feminine archetype, also known as the Witch. This is the face of the deep feminine that doesn’t care about appearances . After all, the Witch walks around with missing teeth and warts, and clearly doesn’t care what other individuals think. This is an awakening of the factor of a woman’s soul who is no lengthier a slave to approval and who has started to walk down the long road away from woman as product and commodity.

THE FAT GIRL: Willing to be big, be visible, to come out of hiding, to be a woman and not a little lady, to take in space, to be hungry, to say what she wants, to know what she wants, to be full of herself, to be too big for her britches, to be a full grownup, unafraid to say yes! A fat girl isn’t really afraid to take up space and to take her place in the world.

In my studio I offer high top quality paper that is of ample size, but pupils can tape the sheets together to make even larger paintings. It’s a heady time when a woman can let herself distribute out and take up some real space,when she can make a HUGE painting, one that can occasionally cover an entire wall.

Making a huge painting is a dizzying and terrifying prospect, and a woman often needs heaps of encouragement and authorization to take this step. Actually I usually need to nudge her a little. She will start with stating something about MAYBE desiring to go a little larger with her work. She feels something pushing on her, seeking to come through, and so she will ask if it’s OK to use two items of paper alternatively of one. I generously offer to get the paper for her but come back with four pieces of paper, instead of the requested for two. Irrespective how “nice” she is, at this point she is more than willing to make a fuss, to strenuously object about how it’s too much, she could never fill up that much paper, she doesn’t have enough to express, she could not possibly take up that much area in the studio.

But as I continue to calmly pin the four pieces to the easel, nodding supportively, yet disregarding her progressively frantic protestations, I see the gleam in her eye. She wants this possibility to take up space, to proclaim herself in residing color, to be unmistakably considered, but is qualified to not give voice to this desire. I watch her as she struggles with the forbidden excitement of the obstacle, the possibility, the sheer daring of it. The door to a secret longing is creaking open up on long unused and rusted hinges, opening to her hunger to be big, to be bold, to be outrageous, to be visible as completely and completely herself.

THE BITCHY GIRL: Willing to be intense and powerful; unafraid of her own anger, unafraid to discuss up, to take a stand, to have limits and boundaries, unafraid to say NO! Unafraid to battle abuse, refuses to be treated terribly, willing to break connections and walk away from poisonous relationships if it means protective your own wild and valuable self.

An additional major crossroads takes place in the painting process when a woman realizes how offended and enraged she feels and she lets herself express it on paper for everyone to see. However, the feeling of anger is so taboo and so threatening that it’ll usually sneak in the back door as just a little color. Some red or black appears on the internet page and then little by little or by “incident” grows larger than the woman had intended .

As this continues , the artist begins to feel a little uncomfortable. She will stand back from her now unruly painting with a wondered frown and turn to me , saying something like ” That seems awfully angry,” adopted briefly by, “You know, I’m not really angry. I don’t get angry. A little depressed possibly, but never angry.” This is a very precarious moment in the process. I have had women truthfully walk out of the room to get away from this intimation of anger, wear their coat and announce that they really must leave now. I am typically able to coax her back to the painting for the rest of the class, but once she leaves I’ll often never see her again. The real truth of her own angry feelings is just too frightening, the prohibitions too strong, and all I can do at this point is hope for her that sometime she will be able to feel safe enough to take that deep plunge into her own passionate and furious heart .

For the woman who is geared up to take that terrifying yet interesting dive, admitting that she is indeed angry can allow an incredible depth of feeling to come flooding out. All the yrs of saying yes, yes, yes when she needed to say no, no, NO to unreasonable needs, to abuse, to putting her own needs on a perpetual back burner, come out on the paper in a frenzy of paint , of color, and of image.

For one woman it comes out as a brilliant red background, with black words painted effortlessly and starkly to read “I AM SO PISSED OFF!'”. For another , it is a large image of a woman with wildly traveling red hair, bellowing open mouthed and brazen ” What the $#%@ about me!!!”

A sixty year old woman, who has been married to a Methodist preacher for forty several years, surprises herself by painting a warrior goddess in very hot trousers, with a Colt forty five in one hand and a cake spatula (to be used as a whacking weapon when necessary) in the other.

The paintings sometimes represent images that are recognizable out of fantasy, including a snake haired Medusa, and sometimes are expressed as a whirl of color and chaos, populated by weird, otherworldly creatures putting on very large, VERY sharp teeth. But what they all have in common is that they bounce off the page with the ferocity of emotion portrayed. There’s no mistaking the intent powering these paintings which is some version of ” I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it any longer!”

I RECENTLY READ an article in a promoting journal that was caution advertisers away from utilizing the words power or powerful in ads directed in direction of women. The creator of this article wasn’t asking yourself the issue of women’s fret around power, just stating an obvious ( to him) fact that women will not likely buy products that are associated with the language of power.

We’ve a long historical past as women around being disempowered and victimized, and we have internalized this fear of power, of our own power, for way too long. We are living in times of great exchange and uncertainty and it is critical that we reclaim our birthright of power, authority and creative vision to take advantage of the opportunity that we have to recreate the world as a place where our most treasured values can endure.

There are many ways to face and to treatment this power wound, and impending it through our creativity is just one of them. But it’s a good place to start. As my women student’s and I have realized over many years, it’s fairly possible to experience courage, transformation and self love by wielding the firm end of a paintbrush. And breaking our long allegiance to the Good Girl and making it possible for the Bad Girl an commemorated place in our lives is not only therapeutic, but makes life a lot more fascinating and fun!

Copyright © Chris Zydel 2007

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What the AI-Delivered Buyer’s Journey Will Look Like in 2030

It’s a new year, and you know what that means: new annual predictions. ‘Tis the season for companies to publish their thoughts and plans for 2019, including us. And we’re betting on big changes, like the growing importance of the customer experience and artificial intelligence (AI).

Our forecasting is based on research and deep knowledge of industry trends. But technology is always evolving—sometimes by leaps, but often by tweaks—so it can be difficult to notice incremental changes. That’s why we find it helpful to glance back over our shoulders to see just how far we’ve come.

Take the iPhone, for example. A decade ago, the smartphone was a year and a half old and only beginning to infiltrate schools, offices, and dinner tables. Now, the technology is ubiquitous. It’s hard to imagine life before—or without—smartphones. In 10 short years, Apple has had a tremendous impact on society.

We believe that AI has the potential to create a paradigm shift at the same level. So instead of looking to the past, let’s fast-forward a decade into the future and consider how AI could transform the buyer’s journey by 2030.

Search and Discovery

Picture Jane, a buyer. In 2019, Jane’s interaction with AI may be limited to chatbots that answer basic questions. At home, she might use digital assistants that learn from her preferences and offer personalized recommendations.

By 2030, AI’s power to collect and analyze large quantities of data will drive ever-improving customer experiences. Companies will be able to create a comprehensive picture of Jane based on her browsing preferences and past purchasing behavior. Her smart assistant will learn from her habits, then base its interactions and buying suggestions on those patterns.

AI will also completely change how marketers interact with customers. When Jane goes online to search for products, she’ll engage with a fully cognitive website. Every aspect of her search will be tailor-made just for her. It will be assembled from hundreds of pieces of microcontent and built-in real-time based on what resonates with her.

In the next decade, AI will make product search and discovery more frictionless—and Jane will feel heard and understood. Companies, by extension, will need to do less work to convert that feeling into a transaction opportunity.

Research and Review

While the early days of AI brought advancements like machine-powered image recognition and responsive retail, by 2030, we’ll have moved into the era of predictive commerce.

With more customer data available than ever before, AI will be able to evaluate trends and behavior patterns for every stage of the buying journey. Companies will have a much fuller grasp on what occurs during the research and consideration phase and will be able to create smarter funnels that lead to greater conversion. Every action Jane takes—from what she purchases to what she doesn’t purchase—will add to a growing knowledge base about her and audiences like her.

In 2019, we see first-name personalization in emails. By 2030, we’ll also be using information like what platforms Jane uses, the depth of her brand relationship, her location, and her social identity to facilitate AI-guided decision making.

From Jane’s perspective, these advancements will help her research and pick the most relevant products for her needs. Things like product recommendations and personalized offers delivered through email or new modes of communication will entice Jane without overwhelming her, as AI will make irrelevant sales pitches and marketing messages a thing of the past.

Marketers will also use AI to integrate insights from across all their tools. CRM data will combine with marketing automation and customer service information to create one extensive dataset. By breaking down silos, AI can unlock the true power of these tools and create a more comprehensive picture of customers like Jane.

This will give marketers a deep understanding of preferences and intent, allowing every contact with her to feel like it’s one-on-one. And with a granular understanding of the products available based on her location, AI will continue to create increasingly better recommendations for Jane. It could even actually predict what she might need next—and where she can find it.

Predictive Purchasing

In 2030, buying products will be faster, more customized, and even predictive.

Retailers will help Jane find products in her precise moment of need. In fact, AI may offer targeted products before Jane even recognizes the need herself. If she’s shopping online for party supplies, like balloons and paper plates, a retailer might anticipate that she’ll also need gift wrap. AI will do the hard work for her by instantaneously sorting through the data, like current price trends and local inventory, and offer her a selection of wrapping paper that she can bundle into her current purchase.

This degree of forecasting relies on identifying patterns within massive datasets that are always changing. AI will help marketers match Jane’s purchasing history and product preferences to local product location, pricing, and inventory for a seamless, intelligent shopping experience.

According to the Baymard Institute, nearly 70% of online shopping carts are abandoned. How many of those will become completed purchases when AI transforms “I’m just browsing” into “You knew just what I needed”?

Service and Support

No two buyers—and no two buyer journeys—are exactly alike. Just as AI will provide the tools to create intelligent websites and marketing campaigns, the evolution of AI-powered customer service platforms will ensure completely personalized, always-on customer care.

Currently, it can be difficult to evaluate how well customer support is functioning. Complex and disparate chains of logistics, like call centers, repair shops, and customer service departments, mean that cohesive information may be lacking. But in the next decade, AI will use data to standardize, measure, and optimize processes, ensuring buyers always receive top-notch service.

For Jane, this is great news. Holidays, time zones, and language barriers will no longer impede service. If Jane is assembling a piece of furniture and needs help at 10:00 p.m. on a Sunday, AI will make assistance available through advanced chatbots that can resolve complaints and answer questions 24/7.

And when the on-demand and predictive elements of AI meet, Jane will be alerted to products of hers that need upcoming support. She won’t have to remember when her car needs service, because AI will—and it will offer to book the appointment for her, too.

2030 is Right Around the Corner

Eleven years will pass in a flash. In fact, we’re already seeing some of these AI capabilities in marketing today. As the power of machines continues to expand exponentially—and the price of these tools continues to decline—AI, automation, and machine learning will completely change the face of marketing by 2030.

We owe it to ourselves to start thinking about what this future will look like now so we can play our own role in reshaping the marketing industry with AI by our side.

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Diabetes Moves Down the List of Priorities for Big Pharma

While Sanofi and other Big Pharma companies rush toward cutting-edge therapies that unleash the immune system to fight cancer or potentially cure DNA flaws, diabetes is moving down the list of priorities.

Sanofi is joining rivals such as GlaxoSmithKline Plc that have shaken up their approach to finding new blockbusters, moving swiftly into the lucrative oncology field and culling less promising programs. The French drugmaker said Thursday it’s accelerating 17 programs -- almost half in cancer -- and dropping more than a dozen others under development, including two in diabetes. The company also plans to expand in gene therapies, John Reed, the new research chief, said in an interview.

Sanofi is concentrating on “places where the confidence in the targets is high, where the development pathway is crisp and lean, where regulatory authorities have accelerated routes, and where the payers remain collaborative,” said Reed, who joined the Paris-based company from Roche Holding AG last year.

The drugmaker is reshaping its research priorities as medicines for diabetes -- one of the world’s most common and serious medical conditions -- grapple with tough competition, pricing pressure and scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers. At the same time, Sanofi and other global pharmaceutical companies from Novartis AG to Glaxo are betting on breakthrough medicines that could have a profound impact on patients -- and profits.

Gene therapies with the potential to cure life-threatening conditions are a key area. Sanofi will build on a number of early-stage assets it has in-house, tap the manufacturing know-how in its vaccines business, and look for partnership or acquisition opportunities to expand in that field, Reed said.

Diabetes Challenge

“We see an opportunity to broaden our commitment to that space, and we’ve made decisions internally about putting more resources into it,” he said. “We’re looking at doing part of that organically and part through collaboration.”

Among the experimental medicines being prioritized at the company are treatments for leukemia, multiple myeloma, breast cancer, Parkinson’s disease and hemophilia. Halted projects include some treatments for obesity, heart disease, and the most common form of diabetes.

Sanofi will advance in diabetes and heart disease, though it plans to be “more focused and selective,” Reed said. The canceled projects highlight the challenge in finding compelling new drugs in those areas and the investment of time and money needed to prove that they work, he said.

Diabetes, which powered Sanofi’s growth for years, continues to be a sore spot amid declining sales of Lantus, its aging bestseller. Chief Executive Officer Olivier Brandicourt is among pharma bosses heading to Washington later this month to testify on drug prices amid concerns about patients’ insulin costs. The halt to diabetes projects raises questions about the company’s commitment to the area, Jean-Jacques Le Fur, an analyst with Bryan Garnier, said in a note to clients.

Even the world’s biggest maker of diabetes drugs, Novo Nordisk A/S, has moved into new territories like obesity and liver disease while speeding efforts to develop stem-cell therapies for a range of diseases, including Parkinson’s. While the Danish company continues rolling out diabetes products, finding game changers has become tougher.

Sanofi’s moves to revamp R&D follow similar steps at Glaxo, which pulled back from cancer therapies years ago before opting to return. In September, Sanofi and partner Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for an immune-oncology drug -- Sanofi’s first -- for a deadly form of skin cancer. The treatment is now an anchor to build on and combine with others, Reed said.

Missed Wave

Still, Sanofi has acknowledged that it missed out on the recent wave of revolutionary new medicines for cancer, falling behind competitors such as Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Roche and AstraZeneca Plc in the booming class of drugs that unleash the immune system against tumors.

But many patients with colorectal, breast, prostate and other types of cancer don’t respond to those breakthrough drugs, and “there’s a huge frontier still of unmet opportunity,” Reed said.

Sanofi expects to maintain an annual research and development budget of about 6 billion euros ($6.8 billion) through 2021, making use of AI and tech to keep costs down. Among the projects dropped were experimental treatments for Alzheimer’s and peanut allergy, while Sanofi will also keep its commitment to vaccines.

— With assistance by Marthe Fourcade