#who are eva and doug I wonder

[mushroom-circles]

Listen I haven’t watched 9-1-1 in like a year but. AU - you can hear what your soulmate is thinking but only if it’s absentminded/not conscious

Athena & Micheal used to be soulmates but started hearing other ppls voices like overlapping radio stations, Athena usually hears recipes from Bobby and the first time she heard “and now for the secret ingredient: love. Also know as an extra teaspoon of cocoa” she laughs for the first time since her and Micheal had the divorce conversation- Bobby usually hears police codes or Athena turning cases over in the back of her mind, especially the ones she has personal history with, used to hear his wife but yk how that ended up and he hadn’t heard anything but silence until he started opening up to people bc the universe is a bitch who knows what’s best for you even if you don’t

Listen. Eddie used to hear Shannon’s to-do lists for every day and yes it did make him feel both connected to Chris and like a bad father why do you ask? During/after the tenseness and then her leaving for her mom and staying gone he started hearing fun or “fun” facts like that mini golf used to be called Tom Thumb golf or that earwax is actually a type of sweat (??) Buck hears Eddie’s worries bc I love that man but he do be an absent minded worrier, some of it not bad like wondering if Chris is going to bring up mummification practices at dinner AGAIN and he’ll have to pretend like he doesn’t turn green bc he wants to encourage his kid’s interests but some of it heavy like the Texas period where he had three jobs and was worried about bills and not being there for his kid even if he was more present than he has been since he left for the army

Maddie hears hypothetical questions and pop culture references. She’s convinced Doug is her soulmate bc maybe he takes her to the movies their first date and mentions all these Hollywood classics that she’d never seen? And even when it turns out he doesn’t want to experience them WITH her he just likes to talk about something she’ll listen to and won’t have any opinions about she kind of smooths it over, confirmation bias yk. But he never once asks her about her plans for the future and there’s. That. And when shit happens she thinks about the latest question her soulmate would’ve asked her maybe as a distraction or something for the future? By the time she meets Chim she’s made plans for almost anything including time travel, zombie apocalypse, and suddenly becoming allergic to bubble gum. Chim thinks about a lot of different things ok. He swears he and his soulmate kept each other motivated bc Maddie would be thinking encouraging things while studying for a test or quiz in Anatomy (or another nursing class what am I a paramedic?) and realize they were both if not studying the exact same thing having a theoretical study session. It would move on to Maddie maybe thinking about things not to do? Even writing this is ugh but. Trying not to make Doug mad in a thousand and one little ways until it stops and he’s so scared bc what happened? But when he hears her running through her checklist/procedure for getting out of there, getting a little more foolproof every time, it’s the biggest fucking relief because he couldn’t do shit when he didn’t even know who she was. When he has his first random run of the mill thought since what was presumably Maddie’s residency he cries

And Karen and Hen!! Karen definitely gets a lot of statistics at first I think, from Hen’s job as an insurance agent and then when she starts studies her ass off to be a paramedic yk that’s the only thing for a while. And well. Don’t know if the infidelity still happens in this universe but can you imagine how chrushing it would be to have one of the thoughts she hears after she and Hen are married be don’t tell Karen or smthg and then have that be the way she finds out abt Eva and Hen meeting up? The angst. Hen hears calculations and know her soulmate is going to be brilliant even before she starts getting into the serious stuff bc sometimes they’ll skip like a record and she’ll go from one side of the equation to the other with no thought in between (which does fuck with Hen sometimes maybe? Like why is she only getting incomplete thoughts? Are they not fully soulmates/is something changing (bc YES in this universe soulmates can change bc you are an ever evolving person and so is everyone else, you’re not going to be perfect for the same person your whole life) and maybe that’s part of the events that lead to Eva happening? And like obviously it’s not Karen’s fault it’s just a sign that humans are emotionally lead and messy etc.) and when she meets literal rocket scientist Karen everything just kind of… clicks. And if they do have the Eva mess to go through I think they should both still have to work for each other? Like yes you’re soulmates but that doesn’t mean you just accept that and never worry about your relationship again, you have to adapt evolve grow with hardships and joy. (I like to think that Karen has at least one “well of course it’s not rocket science or else I’d be able to DO it” thought every time someone says that phrase and it always makes Hen warm and fuzzy because that was part of how they found each other)

Anyway many thoughts for a fic I will probably never write

[smilingperformer]

JN042 - Sword & Shield I: Slumbering Weald - Full Summary & VA cast list

Pokémon are growing gigantic and running wild all over the Galar region! Satoshi and Go head there to solve the Daimax mystery, but on their way, they get separated from each other in a forest shrouded in thick mist... Summary: One night Satoshi spots the Daimax Band he got from Dande suddenly starting to glow on its own. Meanwhile, the Galar region has been experiencing a phenomenon where Pokémon are Daimaxing in all kinds of places. To solve the Daimax mystery, Satoshi and Go decide to visit the Galar region and see Professor Magnolia, the leading authority on Daimax research, but on their way there the duo get separated while in a forest shrouded in thick mist, before encountering some mysterious Pokémon... Voice Cast: Rica Matsumoto: Satoshi Daiki Yamashita: Go Ikue Ohtani: Pikachu Megumi Hayashibara: Rabbifoot Yuichi Nakamura: Sakuragi Shinichiro Miki: Maruyakude Kenta Miyake: Kairyu Kei Shindo: Riolu Daisuke Ono: Dande Takuya Kirimoto: Rose Atsuko Yuya: Olive Marina Inoue: Sonia Sayaka Senbongi: Kikuna Noriaki Kanze: Renji Hina Natsume: Eva Kosuke Tanabe: Doug Marina Aicholtz: Go's Smarthpone Rotom Kenyu Horiuchi: Narration

Source is PocketMonsters.Net forums, link in the source tag!

[bruno-in-barovia]

Session Four, Part Four

Well, after that unsettling experience, I was in a hurry to stop thinking about anything. Lith asked what was going on when I barreled back into the campfire circle, but I brushed her off and focused on trying to make myself drift off as fast as possible. It must have worked, because the next thing I knew, it was morning.

I felt this ache in my stomach as the morning went on, followed by an intense craving for one of those meat pies we’d gotten two days ago. It was so strong that I felt just drained even though I’d eaten a full breakfast.

Opal looked around at the rest of our party. She asked if the others had felt it, too, and some nodded. Opal said that she was pretty sure there was something wrong with the pies. Some sort of addictive properties. Elliott said that was ridiculous, that Granny lady was sweet and generous, she made good pies, of course we wanted more. Nothing strange about that. Opal protested, this craving was unusual, but all Elliott had to say was “they were damn good pies.” Ireena said that she knew of the old woman, but had never tried one of her pies. Opal turned to me and asked if I was at least on board with her theory. “I crave pie all the time,” I told her. “This isn’t really new. It’s a little more intense than usual, I’ll give you that, but… I am a little homesick. Makes sense.”

Ireena seemed to be feeling a lot better this morning than the day before. She stayed by the campfire with Haku while most of us started wandering the encampment. Zazear got up from his place lounging by the fire to talk to some of the kids playing nearby.

Opal was complaining of her craving pretty loudly, so Elliott took some of the morning gruel and did some magic on it “to make it taste like one of Granny’s pies” for her. She ate it, but said that it wasn’t the same, her craving was still there. I mean, me too, sister, but you don’t see me complaining.

Zazear asked Elliott if he wanted to go to the nearby waterfall, and the two sort of bantered back and forth before Zazear huffed and moved away. I don’t understand those two. 

Opal got to exploring the carts now that their owners were up and about. Elliott headed off to find someone who might trade him an instrument. Lith left with Zazear to go look at the waterfall. I found someone who might be able to inspect the moss agates I found in the death house.

He had a sort of magnifying glass on his head, so it seemed worth a shot. He said he did a bit of gem appraisal here and there, so I showed him one of the stones. Mom always said to keep my cards close to my chest in haggling. I didn’t have to do much of that for our store, since she was the one who bargained with suppliers when it was needed. Dad switched to fixed prices in the store itself after I’d been working there a year. Let’s just say I’m not great at haggling.

Anyway, he offered me one gold piece for it, and I decided it might be better to try somewhere where the low offer would be a bit higher than that, given that I wasn’t likely to manage raising the price by much.

Opal joined us as I put the agates away. She asked the man to look at a gold necklace she’d found at some point. He offered her five gold, and she took the offer. I wondered if maybe I had been wrong not to settle, but I followed her as she went back to another trader and bought a fishing pole… then started fishing in the lake. I offered to cook what she caught. Elliott joined us, not having had much luck with his instrument hunt.

We continued with that for about half an hour until Lith and Zazear entered our line of sight. Lith was carrying Zazear on her back, which looked a little weird, but… That’s when Lith called out to us.

Zazear’s dead.

They had gone to the waterfall and had seen a shiny object hanging from a branch in it. Zazear, predictably, went to claim it, and he fell in. Lith tried to save him, but she nearly drowned as well.

Oh my gods.

We looked around at each other.

“We need to say last rites,” I started.

“And bury him,” Opal chimed in.

Elliott looked at both of us, his eyes wide, and he shook his head. “I’m going to the madame.”

“For solace?”

“No, I’m going to see if she’s got some juju!”

I stiffened. Oh no. “We are not using juju!” Hells no! “Listen, the heart stopped, the soul separated from the body, we are not bringing him back!” The last part of that was shouted at his back as he ran off toward Madame Eva’s tent.

Opal, at least, was being reasonable. She started looking for a place to dig the grave for Zazear…’s corpse. I helped her start digging in a nice spot under a tree. It was all I could do.

After a couple minutes, a thought struck me. I do know a spell that could hold his body in stasis for a while, prevent decay and prevent him from becoming undead.

Before I could consider the merits of that, Elliott returned with Ireena and Haku on his heels.

“The madame said that someone might be able to help.” He gestured for us to huddle around him. “She said there was someone in Krezk who could help us. Someone who’s ‘making a puppet.’”

That didn’t sound right, and Lith and Opal and I said as much. We were pretty much in agreement that it was better to let Zazear go. Which was good, I thought. Gods, Zazear. We’d barely interacted this whole trip. He was shifty, and sarcastic, and generally a pain. But he was our friend. It was horrible that he was dead. I’m ashamed to say a part of me wanted to deny that his heart had stopped, to say that no, there was still hope that he hadn’t been counted yet. But I knew that wasn’t true. Once the soul and body have separated, once the heart has stopped, their tally is made on Athros’ abacus.

I could cast the gentle repose over his body. I said as much to the group. I could preserve him like this, dead for all of thirty minutes (too long). I stressed that the other effect of the spell was that it would prevent him from becoming undead… which we’d seen a few of already here in Barovia, who knows just how common necromancy might be here?

But Elliott didn’t think so. He knew Zazear best, he said, and Zazear would want us to try to bring him back. Why not follow Madame Eva’s lead? As he argued, the others started to come around to his side of things. Opal seemed a little more on board now in particular, and she suggested I use my spell anyway so the body wouldn’t decay further on the journey.

Nu-uh. Nope. I wasn’t having with that. I couldn’t be a part of any effort to “resurrect” him. He wouldn’t be the same person, I explained. Something is lost once the dead are counted.

“How do you know that?” Elliott demanded.

I tried to explain that it’s in all our teachings, but Elliott was adamant.

“What if it’s still there? What if it can come back?”

I explained the chasm, that death isn’t a veil, all of the talking points High Priestess Hornraven taught on, but the others weren’t interested. Opal suggested trying to talk to Zazear’s spirit (I held my tongue, knowing they’d all pile on me again if I told them that speaking to the dead is a hoax designed by spiritualist charlatans.)

“I tried,” Elliott said when Lith asked if Madame Eva might help them talk to Zazear’s spirit. “She gave me the puppet man.”

Which sent the group back into arguing about whether the “puppet” comment was enough reason to disqualify going to Krezk. Opal launched back into suggestions for burial preparations, and I joined in.

“Feels wrong,” Elliott muttered. “We don’t know what it meant, but it’s our only option—” Opal interrupted him to point out that we had two options, the second being a proper burial.

Lith was wavering from Elliott’s side of things. “I just don’t think we can get him there without him decaying too much.”

Opal’s stance was bouncing all over the place. “So… there are ways to perform resurrection that don’t require a perfect body.”

“Those are all sacrilege,” I interjected. “I don’t know who told you that, but it’s completely false.” I cast my mind around for something that would appeal to them more as an argument... “Besides, puppetry sounds more like necromancy than false claims of resurrection.”

At this point, everyone seemed to be ignoring my protests again. Lith mused over whether someone in Vallaki may be able to cast a resurrection spell, forgoing the need for Elliott’s “puppet man.” Lith and Opal decided to ask people around the encampment whether they knew of any particularly strong clerics or paladins on the way to Vallaki or in its area, as well as how long the journey to Krezk would take. No comment on that. I focused on writing down what I remembered of the burial liturgy I’d learned in the temple.

As I wrote, I remembered that this was the prayer that Brother Doug would use when casting a gentle repose on the bodies of those who fell in the zombie crisis. With the effects of the necromancers still active in our area, the people who died there had a high chance of being reanimated as zombies by the residual magic. Throughout the crisis, he would go around to each of the graves after nine days and re-cast it before it could wear off. Brother Doug was thorough. 

Come to think of it, we’d encountered a fair amount of undead entities already here in Barovia. Who was to say that there wasn’t something similar going on? It would be awful if Zazear was turned into an undead abomination.

I made up my mind to cast the gentle repose. I could do this last thing for Zazear, and then my party would have to make any other decisions without my help.

The spell required two copper coins, but I didn’t have any money on me. I found Opal and got her to lend them to me for the spell. One of the people cooking over the campfire gave me a pinch of salt, and I returned to where Elliott was sitting by Zazear’s corpse. He had sold an ivory hairbrush that Zazear had from the death house in order to buy a guitar. 

Soon Opal and Lith came back. Lith let the party know that Krezk was only half a day from Vallaki, and also in Krezk was that abbey folx kept assuming our tabaxi friends were from. One of the traders gave her a rough map of the area. She said that the abbot in Krezk there was reputed to be really powerful.

The party resolved to take Zazear’s body with us to Krezk and try for the abbot’s help. I made it clear that all I could offer was casting the gentle repose. Everything else was up to them, if they were determined to go through with this sacrilege.

They were. I can’t believe I went along with this. Opal and Lith constructed a platform that they could put the body on in order to take it to Krezk. I set the copper coins on Zazear’s eyes. Then I sprinkled the salt over the length of his body, saying the prayer that Brother Doug had taught me.

We took the makeshift litter and got back on the road toward Vallaki.

[courage-a-word-of-justice]

Zombieland Saga 7 - 8 | Merc Storia 6 | SSSS.Gridman 7 | Double Decker! 9 | Golden Kamuy 19

Zombieland Saga 7

As much as I worry about Junko…where’s Ai?

Parts of the OP have changed since I last paid attention to it, huh? Now there’s a segment where all the zombified (i.e. undead) versions of the girls appear. Then there’s a new bit where you see Romero looking at Kotaro, wagging his tail. Then there’s a bit with the zombie-idol girls together in an AKB48 sort of pose in a 70s-style room…I think that’s all the new stuff, really.

Come to think of it, last time the episode was Datte Sentimental Saga, this time the episode is Keredo Zombiemental Saga. Both somehow become “Because It’s [fill in blank with appropriate word] Saga”.

I’ve noticed a pattern – every idol show I watch causes me a considerable amount of stress as I worry about whether the characters will be able to deal with their problems. It’s nice that they develop their characters so much, but it’s bad for me…

I feel like hearing Miyano’s delivery over the lines “Kicky blammo!” kind of softenend the funniness factor of the line. (i.e. It was funnier when I had the volume off.) But his mouth-wide-open face is funny.

I wonder…as touching as it is to have Kotaro give this pep speech, it almost seems out of character for him. Maybe it might’ve been better to have Junko come to the realisation herself, rather than have something to grow mushrooms over? But that’s just the opinion of someone who thinks ranty Kotaro is how he is 100% of the time. I’m also fine with more sensitive Kotaro, I just wish I could’ve seen that side when he was dealing with just Sakura.

So Ai didn’t die at Saga Rock…hmm. I take my words from the previous episode back.

Truck-kun Strikes Back, this show should be called. Truck-kun Strikes Back.

I just noticed that’s the Cygames building…and Cygames is a sponsor of Zombieland Saga.

Well…we’re back with the CGI it seems. It’s not entirely bad, but could be a lot worse.

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Well…I think this Halloween special is a few weeks too late…

This stuff about carrying a rock…just make Bright Stone necklaces. That way you free up your hands!

Cosette? Like Les Miserables?!

Interestingly, in stories like this, parents always get pulled into the dreamland after their kids do (see Junkers Come Here for another example).

Tatsuhisa Suzuki? Takehito Koyasu? Man, I so didn’t pay attention to the voices this episode…

SSSS.Gridman 7

RIP Special Dog…round 2.

“I think nothing.” – See, Samurai Calibur is best boi!

Why does Alexis meeting Yuuta look like a Meeting with the Parents (y’know, one of those meeting you have with a girlfriend’s parents to see if the boyfriend is suitable for their little darling)?

This pointy thing in the air reminds me of Eva…like an Angel, y’know?

I think the pause for Vit’s reaction went a little too long…I thought my video was glitching, but reacted slightly too late to pause it.

The blood of Anti was way too orange…but I guess that’s better than having red blood which makes people puke…and gets the BPO to complain, to boot…

Update: The missile movements looked familiar…that’s because they were an Itano Circus (which is the same as the Macross Missile Massacre I believe I mentioned in a previous episode).

Update 2: I just watched the source short and there was a bit of animation copied from there! The bit where the bike rattles in its bindings!

Double Decker! 9

(something along the lines of “you’re just going to use the view hack to peep on us, right?”) - Owwch, I can feel the Apple Bieber burn from here!...But why does Sophie slur her words slightly so that they come out as “Twavis” etc….?

Randomly, Doug has a moustache! Wahaha…sorry, this isn’t very informative, huh? I only have two sets of reactions: the insightful ones which have all my knowledge behind them, or the reactive ones which don’t amount to much…

I find it interesting Kirill says “Ore ga idea ga aru”. Why? Because 1) Kirill uses “ore”, likely as a way to assert his masculinity even with his feminine-looking face and 2) there is a kanji for “idea” (teian), but he uses the katakana version, likely to indicate how young he is in comparison to (most of) the other investigators (he’s 20 remember). Or alternatively, he’s meant to be speaking English. Or both those reasons.

Well, that’s (the rollerskate getaway) a getaway I thought I’d never see in a cop show…it looks almost as if it would work better in Cardcaptor Sakura than here! (I’m laughing, but also engrossed in the show, don’t worry.)

I still can’t tell what the lyrics are to Buntline Special…but if I’m not mistaken, some of the initial lyrics are “Don’t give a s*** now”. Or…I could’ve just misheard that. We won’t know until official lyrics are out, y’know?

Oh dear, they’re going into biology territory next time! Time for my biology contact to strut their stuff! (See WordPress for more on that...the info I’m talking about is in one of the roundups.)

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I find it interesting that only now Sugimoto is exploring the nature of greed…both the living and the dead’s meaning of it.

As much as I find it entertaining that Koito seems to be getting flustered (in what way? *raises eyebrows*) about Tsurumi praising him…why does the 7th always seem to opt for making the skins they get into shirts? I thought that stuff was over after Edogai died and the earless twin got his ear  made into a thing he wears on his head…

Monkfish.

Once again…a character I thought was “pure” (in the context of this series anyway) turns out to have been a killer since he was young. For some reason, Ogata is popular with the ladies in Japan though…I don’t quite get it myself, but hey. What can I do for stats outside my control?

Apparently the ED visual, where Asirpa listens to Sugimoto’s heartbeat, was Noda-sensei’s idea.

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Ooh, I’ve read enough spoilers about Lily to only want to know the portrayal of how it goes down at this point…

I just realised the onsen was called Ureshino Onsen = ureshii no onsen (happy onsen, i.e. an onsen that brings/gives happiness).

Franchouchou ad for Drive-In Tori on the TV, I see…

Even if I don’t know the lyrics of the OP all that much, I definitely know when to join in with a SA-GAAAAAAAAAAA! at the end, right? That OP’s grown on me, but it’s nowhere near my favourite.

Kyoseki Park. It literally means “giant rock park”, so that’s where the boulders come from.

Have you noticed Kotaro isn’t actually blowing into the shell and he’s verbalising the noise he thinks will come out of the shell? That’s a silly touch, but one I appreciate.

A yak…? Oh right, a yakuza!

I love the rolling sobat so much, I found it again on Reddit!

Lily actually uses the word “Pappy”, which is uncommon for Japan…they tend to use “dad”, “father” or “papa” instead.

Tiny Kotaro really sells that first eyecatch.

Nyoki is the sound effect of something popping out of the earth. It’s the same for mushrooms, y’know. I love mushrooms. (Even Tae’s going nyoki…haha!)

When the SFX went “twang”, I thought that was the end of that, but Kotaro is actually holding an instrument to make his own SFX again! Genius, man, you’re an absolute genius!

I’m sorry for laughing during a dramatic moment, but if Takeo’s face can be covered by his hand like that…he has darned Yaoi Hands! Hahaha! Okay, I’m sorry. Carry on.

I remember reading on the official site Lily died in 2011, so…more recent than Sakura. So a TV-hating man like him would be pretty obvious in a day and age like that.

Aw…I shed a tear or two for Lily, too. Update: Or 10. I’m not crying. You’re crying…

Wait, does this mean Kotaro is also a lyricist? And/or a songwriter? That is a man of many talents!...Aaaaaaaaaaand now I need a tissue box. Brb.

Oh wow, that next episode title has a lotta words! I thought it was going to be about Yuugiri, but it could be about Saki…hmm…or anyone we haven’t seen in the spotlight yet. Who knows? Only those who watch it or make it! Oh, now that I’ve watched it through, it does seem to be about Saki!

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WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 20TH CDGA (COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD AWARDS)

Platinum Ceremony took place on February 20, 2018 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel

BEVERLY HILLS, CA (February 20, 2018) – Winners have been announced for the 20thCDGA (Costume Designers Guild Awards) which took place earlier this evening at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. Produced by JumpLine, and sponsored by THE OUTNET.COM,Harper’s BAZAAR,Westfield, Prime,andGrand Marnier®, the annual CDGA celebrated excellence in film, television, and short form Costume Design as voted on by the Guild’s membership. The CDG includes more than 1,000 Costume Designers and Illustrators working in motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos, and new media programs throughout the world.

Gina Rodriguezhosted the platinum anniversary gala which celebrated special honorees Guillermo del Toro, Joanna Johnston, Maggie Schpak, and KerryWashington, as well as the winners of the seven competitive award categories. Additionally, Academy Award-winning Costume Designer John Mollowas posthumously inducted into the Guild’s Hall of Fame by actor Mark Hamillwho paid tribute to the iconic designer known for his work on the first two installments of the Star Wars films, among others.

Maggie Schpak,expert jeweler/metalworker, received the Distinguished Service Award from the CDG President, Salvador Perez.The award honors someone whose specialties and talents contribute to the craft and art of Costume Design.

Guillermo del Toro was awarded the Distinguished Collaborator Award,which honors individuals who demonstrate unwavering support of Costume Design and creative partnerships with Costume Designers. Actor Doug Jonesand Oscar-nominated Costume Designer Luis Sequeira, both from del Toro’s 13-time Oscar-nominated film The Shape of Water, presented del Toro with the award.

Kerry Washington received the Spotlight Award, which honors an actor whose talent and career personify an enduring commitment to excellence, including a special awareness of the role and importance of Costume Design. Eva Longoria, and ScandalCostume Designer, Lyn Paolo, made the special presentation to Washington.

Joanna Johnston was honored with the Career Achievement Award,presented by THE OUTNET.COM, recognizing her extraordinary body of work and lasting impact on filmmaking. Producer Kathleen Kennedypresented Johnston with her award, with a surprise appearance by Sally Field, who worked with Johnston on Forrest Gump and Lincoln.

The following is the list of winners in the seven (7)competitivecategories voted on by the Guild’s membership:

Excellence in Contemporary Television

The Handmaid’s Tale – Ane Crabtree

Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy Television

Game of Thrones – Michele Clapton

Excellence in Period Television

The Crown – Jane Petrie

Excellence in Short Form Design

P!NK: “Beautiful Trauma” Music Video – Kim Bowen

Excellence in Contemporary Film

I, Tonya – Jennifer Johnson

Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy Film

Wonder Woman – Lindy Hemming

Excellence in Period Film

The Shape of Water – Luis Sequeira

Actors including Rachel Brosnahan,Marin Hinkle,Keala Settle,Colton Haynes,Wilson Cruz,Sonequa Martin-Green,Sarah Hyland,Brooklyn Decker,June Diane Raphael,Lily Tomlin,Anna Camp,Tony Hale,Andrea Riseborough,andRufus Sewell were on hand to present the awards.

ABOUT THE COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD

The Costume Designers Guild, IATSE local 892, is a union formed for the promotion and protection of the art of costume design. Members, including costume designers, assistant costume designers, and illustrators, use their artistry and technical expertise to create believable characters within the narratives of motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos, and new media. Over 1,000 members strong, the CDG is a proud affiliate of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. Find them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @CDGlocal892.

ABOUT JUMPLINE

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SOCIAL MEDIA

Find the CDGA on Twitter,Facebook, and Instagramand use #CDGA20. For updates and live tweeting during the show @CostumeAwards.

MEDIA CONTACT

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For more information about the awards visit: www.jumpline-group.com/cdga

NOTE: Please do not abbreviate “costume designer” by using “costumer.” These are two different union locals, referring to completely different job descriptions. If it is necessary to abbreviate “costume designer” for space, please use “designer.”

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Who said that? – Answers

I hope that you enjoyed poking around looking for yourself in the comments from yesterday’s post.  It was a nice opportunity for me to revisit some of my old posts and some of the great comments that came to them.

As I promised, here are the answers.

Very fun! TY for the share! – Ramona Meharg – Your own coat of arms

Didn’t know Storify was going to stop. Storify 2 doesn’t make all that much sense and I won’t be paying for it. I don’t have a good idea how I will capture conversations in the future. Recently, Storify has been a really great way to capture conversations on #ontedassessment. I don’t see how Participate will work as well and Participate still seems to have a 140 character limit, so 2016! – Paul McGuire – Going, Going

I also used my own money to by bread and peanut butter for snack sandwiches. My idea of when the peanut jar was empty changes a lot once the cost was on me. Imagine that. – Alfred Thompson – Whatever happpened to … $0.99 Ponderosa steaks?

I’ve written a few times about the alumni community we’ve built and how it’s such an important part of a teacher’s career (at least mine). – Mike Zemansky – Whatever happened to … those lifelong friends?

What goalie was attributed with being the first one to use a mask in an NHL game? – Jacques Plante. Everyone knows that one. – Stephen Downes – Whatever happened to … straight bladed hockey sticks?

So if this was a kid in elementary school it would be ‘yes you can still go on the big year end field trip but we’ll suspend you for five days in September.’ – Lisa Cranston – Two Standards

Thank you for sharing Dylan’s story ~ and thank you to Lisa for suggesting it as well! It was such a cool experience for Dylan, and the entire class benefitted from learning together. I’m starting to wonder if there is such a thing as a potter’s swagger (lol), since he’s starting to make a name for himself — how amazing is that! – Colleen Rose – This Week in Ontario Edublogs

Agh. I’m asleep on the job. Now scrambling to figure out what I can quickly make today to celebrate pi day. Last year, we had mini quiches for breakfast, tarts for dessert, and a meat pie for supper. – Lisa Noble – March 14

For years in edtech we have been nibbling at the edges, with a number of different tools, for what explain everything puts in each students’ hands. It’s not necessarily revolutionary as much as it is the culmination of the revolution in which students are able to differentiate how they respond, and teachers are able to capture much more easily, the responses (in differentiated ways) of all of their students. It doesn’t look knew because you’ve been able to do things like this for a while. You’ve just never been able to do them this easily. – Jarred Bennett – 100 year old inspiration

Thanks for this, Doug. I’ve been trying to brush on my math skills so I’ll check it out. – Peter Beens – Having fun with mathematics

That student coming back to see me paralleled my own experiences so closely that it rocked me. Nothing has changed in the thirty years since I was in high school. Kids are still being punished by teachers in subjects they love because they don’t do it like they should (ie: how the teacher does it). You have to wonder how non-neuro-typical students do in this enforced compliance thinking culture. Many in education don’t value passion and uniqueness of approach, they value conformity of thinking. – Tim King – This Week in Ontario Edublogs

We are quite fortunate that significant latitude is allowed in the selection of learning materials in our schools. I have always appreciated seeing the red-and-white Maple Leaf sticker on books that is added by libraries (public and school) to highlight Canadian-authored materials. Just yesterday I borrowed a book from our school library for use in a Social Studies lesson and noted with satisfaction that it had the sticker. While the machinations of bodies like the CRTC don’t generate a lot of headlines in the larger scope of things, it is comforting to know that the importance of Canadian culture is valued, and that our options and choices remain informed. – Andy Forgrave – Perspective(s)

We held a contest to come up with a new name and asked the community and alumni what they thought of the whole idea. We ended up leaning towards ‘Wolverines,’ but three problems emerged: alumni were upset at the idea of change; the student’s artwork for the wolverine, which teachers and many kids loved, was clearly plagiarized from other institutions; and the students who had mispronounced the school and mascot’s name initially were sad to realize that the same could happen with any new mascot. – David Garlick – Whatever happened to … that school mascot?

I would say I am a big offender with Kleenex and bandaid. Interestingly, the spellchecker capitalized Kleenex for me but not Band-Aid . I used to work as a reporter for a newspaper in our area and once received a lawyer’s letter due to using the word rollerblade with a lowercase as a generic term for in-line skates! – Anne Shillolo – Genericide

Hi Doug. Enjoyed this post as many of us are weighing in on what it means to be a “connected” educator and the benefits of Twitter use both and the impacts it has on our teaching practices. I tend to agree with your last sentence. Social media has become a very easy platform for anyone and everyone to have a voice. I still believe that in fairness to all parties involved, any conflicts/ disagreements are best had face to face. – Peter Cameron – Yeah, it can happen

Thanks for including mine. I was thinking of a response – it boiled down to my students racing to solve the clues without pausing and evaluating the meaning of the clues and how they fit together. It will help me re-adjust my planning and presentation. Thanks! – Eva Thompson – This Week in Ontario Edublogs

Certainly we ‘own’ our learning when we are connecting with other educators far and wide. Donna Fry – The “P” in PLN

What a wonderful tribute to a great person who I’ve come to know this past year through RCAC, twitter and Ignite Parents. – Heather Durnin – @pmcash’s Bucket List – Taking the Bait

This is soooo timely! We were in a team meeting the other day and discussing having students create a product for design challenge. I suggested they do a toy for Xmas and referenced how excited I used to get when we got the Christmas Wish Book. We would mark all the pages and circle what we wanted before writing our letter to Santa. It is a huge part of my childhood! – Anne Marie Luce – Whatever happened to … Christmas catalogues

Interesting stuff there in Moore’s Law! – Sheila Stewart – This Week in Ontario Edublogs

and the irony that I had just recently left just north of Goderich

Makes me sad that Di zapped her flickr photos. I don’t hear from her much, the word is she’s active in Facebook. Say hi to her. – Alan Levine – Copyright thinking

This takes me to a summer in the late 90s when I had the privilege of teaching an OAC English summer course in Oxford. A couple of us tried, whenever possible, to attend the college garden performances of Shakespeare plays. – Noeline Laccetti – Free reading

We don’t start classes until Monday … but in the background we have a new Director of Teaching Innovation who comes from our Music Department, bringing a new perspective and really different voice to our academic leadership. And, in my role, we get “new” every month, week & day as updates continually roll out and we have to change a little bit. OneNote has new special-ed capabilities, Excel now co-authors, Desmos is now programmable, etc – Cal Armstrong – So, what’s new?

I wish I had the time to see the kids after school but with my own it’s hard. I also don’t live in the same city so that makes it harder. I also loved how you snuck in a 6th one about your kid. – Jonathan So – Defining Teaching Moments #5bestEd

I like receiving cards. (So much so that I don’t throw them away afterwards!) My favourites are the ones with photos of the people. I like seeing how children grow and families change. – Diana Maliszewski – Whatever happened to … Christmas Cards?

How did you do?  Hopefully, you at least found yourself in the list.

Perhaps you’re inspired to link back to the original post to see what it was all about?

And the spam one?

Grade A stuff. I’m untnusqioeably in your debt. – Darence – on one of the OTR links

  Who said that? – Answers published first on http://ift.tt/2gZRS4X

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Last year I took a bit of a gamble. As I already had to go to Scotland to do some preparatory work on my departmental budget for 2017, I decided to make a proper week of it and stayed up in Scotland so that I could attend the Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival. From the very first evening, I knew I had made the perfect choice and as the weekend went on, I knew that, come hell or high water, I’d be back again.

I knew this because I’d booked the hotel for 2017 before I’d even left Stirling.

After much arm twisting (read a single text message) I had managed to persuade my sister to join me and last Friday morning, armed only with suitcase, a few empty bags and a takeaway crap in a bap for breakfast we set off for Stirling.

Now regular followers of my blog will recall that I suffer from more than a little paranoia and neurosis when it comes to attending festivals. I don’t not go, but as a total introvert and overtly shy person (when not hiding behind my computer screen at least) there is nothing worse for me than a facing room full of people, all of whom seem to already know each other, laughing, joking and generally celebrating all things bookish. For regular visitors to these things it’s a chance to catch up with old friends. For me – it’s a nightmare.

Bloody Scotland is totally different. Set across three venues in Stirling, it is entirely possible to attend this event without feeling either claustrophobic or excluded. There is no pressure to socialise, and yet every opportunity to do so. It feels like there are more people there for the simple fact of listening to the authors, as much as they are to schmooze with them. And yet, if you are so inclined, the opportunity to schmooze is there. It is a truly reader friendly festival and about as relaxed as they come. I’m not saying that other book festivals are not friendly (they are) or relaxed (they are), but for someone like me, not having everything in one venue just makes it feel easier somehow. It’s hard to put my finger on it, but it is an entirely different atmosphere. A lot less intense.

It is no less bloody brilliant.

What a weekend we had. If you are in any doubt about attending festivals then I would encourage you to make the pilgrimage north to Stirling in September. I very much doubt you will be disappointed. There is a packed agenda across the two and a half days, Saturday and Sunday packing in up to three panels in each time slot. The most taxing thing you need to do all weekend is decide on which ones to attend.

Not being drinkers, Mandie and I went a little mad on the old panels, attending all three events on Friday night, six panels each on Saturday and three on Sunday afternoon. Because I was on the blog tour for the Bloody Scotland book, I got one of these:

I didn’t really need to use it much as I’d booked tickets in advance, but it’s a wonderful souvenir and reminder of a cracking weekend.

First up on Friday night was a truly unique and wonderful event. After attending the Gala Opening, held for the first time at Stirling Castle, in which Denise Mina was awarded the McIlvanney Prize for her novel The Long Drop, we threw caution to the wind and joined everyone heading down the hill in the first torchlight procession in honour of Ian Rankin’s 30 years of Rebus.

It was absolutely incredible (and a little scary) heading down the hills and cobbled streets from the castle to the Albert Halls for the panel with Ian Rankin and Mark Billingham. Now I say scary because I was walking next to Mandie who can trip over a shadow, so the idea of hills, cobbles and a three foot long wooden stick coated in paraffin wax and set alight… Well, it’s enough to make even a tough man cower. We survived though and after completing the ‘dip and tip’ manoeuvre with the torch, we headed into the Albert Halls for the first panel.

After an entertaining hour spent in the company of Messrs Rankin and Billingham, listening as they talked all things Rebus, Ian Rankin’s 30 years in the business, the highs the lows and hitting the suspects list, we trundled back to the front of The Albert Halls to queue for the last event of the evening – Never Mind The Buzzcops in which two quiz teams, captained by Mark Billingham and Val McDermid, with Craig Robertson  as quizmaster, tried to out gun each other with their knowledge of all things crime – from theme tunes to baby photos.

To me the quiz was one of the highlights of the 2016 festival and this was no different. Mark’s team won by the narrowest of margins but a win is a win right? (Same couldn’t be said for the football team he captained, but that’s someone else’s story.) When all the quiz fun was over we hung around for the very last treat of an already incredible opening evening – The Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. Playing an array of songs from rock to country, and rounding off the night with The Proclaimers 500 Miles, this was an event to remember. Doug Johnstone, Luca Veste, Stuart Neville, Mark Billingham, Val McDermid and Chris Brookmyre showcased their musical talent and natural rhythm (or lack thereof in Val McDermid’s case, but she does do a mean train impression) and wowed the crowds, getting them dancing in the aisles. Frustrated rock stars possibly, brilliantly entertaining they most certainly are.

After the excitement of Friday night, Saturday morning was a far more sedate start. After breakfast our first panel of the day was Queens of Grip Lit with C.L. Taylor, Sarah Pinborough and Clare Mackintosh. Here they talked about everything from domestically mundane tasks, to implausible or unnecessary twists, and the need to up the ante in their next book.

Next up was Craig Sisterson in conversation with Val McDermid. As always with Val, a thoroughly entertaining and frank discussion about her 30 years of writing. They talked through her whole career from the Lindsay Gordon series which she described as ‘Agatha Christie with a radical, feminist, lesbian plot’ to the Hill and Jordan series which was conceived while driving down the M6 past the Lake District.

The third panel of the day saw me and Mandie part ways. Mandie when to Watching the Detectives featuring MJ Arlidge and Robert Thorogood, and I went to the New Crimes panel, chaired by Alex Gray and featuring Felicia Yap, Mark Hill, Ian Skewis and Rob Ewing. It was great to hear about how all of the writers approach the task of writing, both plotters and pantsers represented here, and where the inspiration for their novels came from. Rather more disturbingly, Rob Ewing shared his thoughts on the most effective virus for wiping out a population of people. Least said, as they say…

Meeting back up with Mandie, we next attended The Dark Lands featuring Lin Anderson, Ragnar Jonasson and Thomas Enger. As well as discussing their fiction, all set in cold, dark climates, reflecting on how this affects mood, setting and even writing style, we were also treated to a musical performance by Thomas Enger, who played the lullaby which his character, Henning Juul, created for his young son. I’d seen a video on line but nothing compares to seeing it played live. Absolutely beautiful and moving music, and completely a wonderful panel to boot.

Time to split up again, Mandie heading to the From Cops to Robbers panel and me heading to watch Craig Sisterson interviewing Mason Cross and Craig Russell. A really interesting hour spent looking at two writers from not only very different settings but also very different time periods. Examining how they create time and place from a landscape which is not their own natural habitat, it did nothing to help my ever growing TBR list. Even better, just before the panel we were treated to a Crime in the Spotlight session, created to highlight just some of the rising stars in crime fiction. This time it was the turn of Lloyd Otis, whose new debut novel Deadlands is released in October.

After a quick bite to eat (the first time we’d remembered to eat and drink since just after breakfast – whoops) we both headed back to The Golden Lion for the final panel of the evening, Two Crime Writers and a Microphone – featuring hosts Luca Veste and Steve Cavanagh, and guests Mark Billingham, Eva Dolan and Ian Rankin, with Stuart Neville providing the soundtrack live. Due to laws of libel, and this being a mostly family friendly blog, I can’t repeat a lot of what was said, however I can tell you it was hilarious, occasionally close to the knuckle, and a brilliant way to end the evening. If you’ve ever listened to one of the podcasts then imagine that live and uncensored. Yeah. Like that.

Sunday was a far more sedate affair. A morning spent drinking coffee, reading and completing a little blogmin, as our first panel wasn’t scheduled until 2pm. Then it was time for Social Issues or Serial Killers with Craig Robertson, Eva Dolan and Mark Billingham. Examining the ideas of whether evil truly exists, the place for and popularity of serial killers in crime fiction, and their own novels which come with a high sense of social justice, this was an absolutely cracking session with three authors who are never afraid to speak their minds. If you’ve not read them yet, you really must.

Nesx up was An Inspector Faro Mystery – The Vanishing Vagrant. Possibly not quite award winning acting, but still highly entertaining, it has to be said that the accents left a lot of be desired. There was a guest turn from actress Harley Jane Kozak, but as good as she was she was nonetheless upstaged by Gordon Brown‘s Liverpudlian (? – who knows) accent, and Douglas Skelton‘s top class turn as Inspector Faro, stepping deftly into the shoes vacated by last year’s star, Stuart MacBride.

Rounding off the whole weekend in style, we decided to head to Four Blokes in search of a plot. The dream writing team of Neil Broadfoot, Gordon Brown, Douglas Skelton and Mark Leggatt recreated their writing partnership magic, penning their next masterpiece, Stewart MacBride and Tatty Peeler, while wearing the ‘tea cosy of inspiration’ and answering questions from the audience on the art of writing. Absolutely hilarious.

Nice hat Gordon!

It was a great weekend meeting old friends and new. It was wonderful to finally meet Jackie Baldwin, Mary Picken and Kelly Lacey. I saw Jackie perform her Crime in the Spotlight segment last year and it was lovely to finally say an official hello.

If you are in any doubt about whether or not to attend next year, which by the way is from the 21st to 23rd September, then here are a few words from festival newbie Mandie to try and persuade you.

Thoughts from a Bloody Scotland first timer.

So this year I went to my very first Bloody Scotland event.  If I am honest it was my first real experience of a Crime Writer’s festival. I went to the Killer Women event last year in London but that in no way prepared me for the weekend that lay ahead.

As a newbie the first big trauma you get is trying to work out what you want to see..  thankfully I had Jen to help guide me a bit as the first thought is to do something from every session… My advice is don’t – not unless you really want to see specific authors that are on in the session. You will drive yourself nuts flitting from one event to another. On the Saturday, when we paused at about 5pm we realised we had not really had anything to eat or drink since early that morning.

My other bit of advice is go to some of the fun events on offer (always at the end of the day). They are a good way to unwind and to be honest is probably when you see the authors at their most relaxed.  I have never laughed so much as I did at the Inspector Faro play on Sunday, but the authors trying to put together a story between them, whilst wearing a tea cosy of inspiration was hysterical.

I think one of my favourite sessions was “From Cops to Robbers”. There I got to listen to 3 former police officers talk about their experiences and what got them writing. It was interesting to hear about their different experiences in the force.

My advice is – if you have not been to one before – go, they are a blast.

All that remains to be said is thank you to every one involved in creating, hosting and participating in Bloody Scotland. It is an amazing weekend and I can’t wait to return to Stirling next year.

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A Bloody Giveaway

Now I will admit that I am a bit of a tool, but a generous one, so one of you lucky folk will get to benefit from my toolishness right now. Being an avid reader of crime fiction, and loving all things Scottish, I had a hard copy of Bloody Scotland on order from Amazon from the minute I found out it was being released. I also ordered it on Kindle because I prefer to read that way. As I was on the blog tour, the organisers of Bloody Scotland kindly sent me a hard copy of the book. I forgot to cancel my order with Amazon (to be fair I forgot I even had it on order still so…)

As I am a lovely lady (apparently) I am going to give that brand new copy of Bloody Scotland away to one of you lucky folk. As I am so very, very lovely (apparently) I am also giving away a beautiful Heather Gems bookmark, a Hailin’ Coo notebook and a bar of Iain Burnett Highland Chocolatier Milk Chocolate which believe me is very lush. Open to entrants from UK and Europe, all you need to do is follow the link and do one of three things: follow Jen Med’s on Twitter, follow Jen Med’s Facebook page, or comment below with the answer to the question asked in the link.

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A weekend to remember. @Bloodyscotland Roundup September 17 + Giveaway Last year I took a bit of a gamble. As I already had to go to Scotland to do some preparatory work on my departmental budget for 2017, I decided to make a proper week of it and stayed up in Scotland so that I could attend the Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival.