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dracula-dictionary · 11 months
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Dracula Dictionary, May 7th
Hampton Court: a palace in London, built by Henry VIII in 1514
toilet glass: a mirror for a dressing table
London Directory: a list of people in businesses in London with the streets where they can be found
Red and Blue books: financial records for the United Kingdom
Whitaker's Almanac: a reference book about many topics like education, government departments, health and social issues, and the environment
Army and Navy Lists: lists of people who serve in the army or navy, including their names, ranks, and ships they serve on
Law List: a list of names and addresses of people who practice law, also includes information that's useful to lawyers
boyar: a member of the highest rank of the feudal nobility
"without his doors": outside
"I dare be sworn": I would bet
remissness: showing neglect or inattention
Bradshaw's Guide: a series of railway timetables and travel guide books
patronymic: a surname that comes from the given name of the father (here Dracula just means Jonathan's last name)
Quatre Face: French phrase that means "four-sided"
kodak: a pocket camera
gaiety: entertainments or amusements
voluptuousness: the quality of sounding or looking extremely beautiful
gay: happy
battlement: a low wall on top of a fort or castle, that has regularly spaced squared openings for shooting through
casement: a window that is attached by hinges at the side
malignant: evil in nature or effect, malevolent
saturnine: gloomy
preternatural: beyond what is normal or natural
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dateinthelife · 11 months
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7 May 1965
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On this date, comically large props are used to create the illusion that Paul McCartney's character in Help!, also called Paul, is very small.
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newyorkthegoldenage · 11 months
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On May 7, 1945, the word went around: Germany had surrendered. The war was over! New Yorkers lost no time in celebrating, although V-E Day wasn't until May 8.
Photo: Weegee via the Jewish Museum
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lostamber · 11 months
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May 7th.
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eclectic-cactus · 11 months
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I really like this quote from today's dracula daily entry: "But a stranger in a strange land, he is no one; men know him not—and to know not is to care not for." because it is really in direct opposition to how the locals treated Johnathan while he was making his way to the castle. Like these people don't know this guy beyond him being a young English man on his way to his doom. But despite this, the locals show kindness and even strive to help him avoid his terrible fate. They also do all this even with the threat of retalition or punishment from Dracula! Anyway I think that this shows that you do not have to fully know or understand a person to be kind and care about them.
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wiiildflowerrr · 11 months
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@Smallzy: ITS HERE. @5SOS are coming back to #NovasRedRoom and you can win money can’t buy tickets RIGHT NOW.
#SmallzysSurgery
7 May 2018
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crazybutgood · 2 years
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Birthday origami and fic rec list: fantalf
Happy birthday @fantalf!!! 🥳💕
Here's a thing I made for you based on the fact that you like Aladdin and 1001 Arabian Nights. It's an origami secret drawer tower with those themes! If anyone wants to know a bit about the reasons behind the colours, trinkets chosen etc., I've added it below the cut. Please click on the images for better quality! Thank you to the lovely @curlyy-hair-dont-care for your encouragement and feedback ❤️
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Some of the drawers are filled with quotes from some of Lory's fics, one of which is this, from Memento Mori:
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Origami, like life, requires resilience, patience & flexibility. Not only do you have to see the whole, but the smaller parts as well.
It's just one of the parts I love about the fic 😌 and it's so true. Lory, thank you so much for cheering me on and encouraging me not just for origami (esp for the more challenging works for this collab hfjdjs) but also life stuff. And for all your great tips and advice for both. I hope you have a great birthday! Love you 💜
[Fic & Art] Memento Mori by @fantalf (fic, E, 24547) and @crazybutgood (origami)
Seven is the number on my door. It’s the amount of scars I bear on my chest. It’s the time I wake up every morning. Seven is how old I was when father beat me for the first time, and seven years later I felt the force of a Cruciatus by the same hands.
When Draco wakes up from the Incident of the DoM with no memory of what happened and what he allegedly did, he needs to find the missing pieces of his life. All between balancing his duties, his despise for the Wizarding World dearest Saviour, Longbottom, and dealing with those warm green eyes that haunt his mind.
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Harry knew magic; he used it every day. At home, at his job. How could music, people, and heat simply create magic? He hadn’t had the answer for that, but it did.
Read on to find out more about the magical time that Harry has with Draco, Ginny and Luna at Carnival in Salvador, and on their trip to various places in Brazil in Tripping Over You. It's accompanied by Lory's gorgeous photos from their visits to those places, which they have used as backgrounds in the drawings of the characters! 😍
[FIC & ART] Tripping Over You (fic, T, 8485 + digital art and photography)
Harry was absolutely sure a trip with snarky, hard-ass, rigid planner Draco Malfoy was bound to end in disaster, no matter what Ginny and Luna said.
He was right.
Just not in the way he expected.
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I loved how your brightness shone in my dark sky, reminding me there was a path, there was hope & happiness.
[FIC & ART] Keep My Eyes (fic, T, 5750 + digital art)
Unable to understand his own gender identity, Harry finds solace in a place where anyone can pretend to be someone else for the night, surprised he's not the only one he knows that searches for the same release.
What the summary says! This is an absolutely lovely and emotional fic about Harry's self-discovery, with help from Luna and Draco, and experiences at club PRTND. Accompanied by Lory's amazing artworks, one of Harry at the club with soft, neon vibes, and two particularly striking ones of Harry and Draco's eyes.
Go leave some love for these works, and check out more of Lory's fic and art on their ao3 too!
If anyone's curious, this is the finished product of this WIP! okk so the colours are mostly blue, silver, gold and purple to go with the Aladdin theme,, went with those based on some moodboards Lory shared with me. I felt like the purple-blue galaxy themed paper that forms the top of the tower added to the whole vibe. Lory likes neon so I added a neon yellow and neon blue drawer as well. For the drawer which has the musical notes on it, it's folded using a square cut out from a copy of the sheet music of the song Arabian Nights from the Disney movie Aladdin. The outer boxes are folded using ivory colour paper cos it's simple and goes nicely with the trinkets I've added, also the same colour theme. I folded the small purple star that's stuck to one face, and the rest are all a bracelet, beads, and a glow-in-the-dark star I have. The connectors are folded using black paper cos again it's simple and goes nicely with the rest of the colours without clashing. I went with the secret drawer tower model because I felt like the whole drawers containing secrets kinda reminded me of how Shahrazad in 1001 Arabian Nights had a new story to tell every time so she just keeps opening up and revealing story after story. And tower because well she visited the king in the palace each night to tell the stories. I hope this all makes sense hfjdjd. If you made it this far, thank you for reading 🙈
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clove-pinks · 2 years
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On this day: 7th May 1765 HMS Victory was launched at Chatham Dockyard. She spent years in ordinary before readied for service and commissioned in 1778.
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nerosunero · 11 months
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7 May 2023, Dublin. Sunday
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Today in Disney Channel History...
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Kim Possible season 2, episode 26 “Mother’s Day” premiered on Disney Channel (7 May, 2004)
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stairnaheireann · 2 years
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#OTD in Irish History | 7 May:
#OTD in Irish History | 7 May:
1689 – James II arrives from exile in France and addresses the Irish Parliament. Thanking them for support, applauding their courage and vowing to “venture my life…in defence of your liberties”. Thus begins the events leading up to the Battle of the Boyne. 1689 – James II’s predominantly Catholic Irish parliament which is in session from this date until 18 July, implements various measures…
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rabbitcruiser · 11 months
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National Cosmopolitan Day
Mix together vodka, Cointreau orange liqueur, cranberry juice, and lime juice, shake in a cocktail shaker, and enjoy one of the most popular drinks, the Cosmo.
Cosmopolitans are probably one of the most famous cocktails out there, where people can go out at night and enjoy a bit of fun at night while dancing, laughing, and singing in clubs. For those delightful people who enjoy drinking a cosmo either on a regular basis or just every once in a while, this day is definitely worth celebrating!
It’s time to check out National Cosmopolitan Day!
History of National Cosmopolitan Day
This drink has been making the rounds for a while, and it highlights the 90’s as one of the best drinks of its time. Although the day itself was coined by freelancer writer, Jace Shoemaker-Galloway, who writes about non-traditional holidays, the history of the Cosmo itself is very murky.
It seems that some researchers think that the first tracked origins of the Cosmopolitan drink go back to the late nineteenth century, where a cocktail known as the Daisy emerged as a drink with a recipe that called for spirit, sweetener and citrus. Although this isn’t exactly a Cosmo, it is easy to see how Daisy might be a distant ancestor.
A more direct line for the origins of this drink hails back to the year 1968, when Ocean Spray, one of the main cranberry companies in the United States, wanted to advertise cranberry juice to adults. At the time they named the drink “The Harpoon” and it called for an ounce of vodka, an ounce of cranberry juice, and a squeeze of lime. While this was certainly closer to the Cosmo recipe, it was still missing the Cointreau and/or Triple Sec.
Although legends differ that the Cosmopolitan may have spawned from the gay subculture of Miami Beach, Florida and Provincetown, Massachusetts (where cranberries actually grow!), those can be difficult to prove. Another story credits the invention of the drink to a bartender named Toby Cecchini, who made the drink while working at the famous and trendy Odeon bar in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood in 1987. But, honestly, it’s really hard to tell who truly made it because the drink seems to have evolved over time.
The Cosmopolitan’s popularity spread into celebrity culture, and it eventually ended up in The Rainbow Room, where Madonna is pictured drinking it at an after-party for the Grammy Awards. Even after that it was still a bit obscure until it was brought into mainstream culture by the famous television show Sex and the City, where it appeared multiple times throughout the series, creating a cultural impact on viewers in the United States and, eventually, all over the world.
Cosmos can be as strong or tame as is personally preferred, but because it has vodka in it, it isn’t exactly the most innocent drink out there as far as cocktails go. In any case, it’s time to celebrate!
How to Celebrate National Cosmopolitan Day
Get started with the National Cosmopolitan Day celebrations with these ideas:
Make a Cosmopolitan at Home
Of course, the most obvious way to celebrate this day is by indulging in a Cosmopolitan, which sounds more difficult to make than it is. Don’t be afraid to try out this amazing recipe that can easily be made at home:
In a cocktail shaker, mix 1 1/2 ounces vodka (or citrus vodka), 1 ounce Cointreau orange liqueur, 1/2 ounce lime juice (fresh), and 1/4 ounce cranberry juice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass dipped in sugar, then garnish with an orange peel and enjoy this delicious treat!
Celebrate with Pink
For many people, one of their favorite things about Cosmo is its color. The cranberry juice in the drink makes it a perfect hue of bright pink. And a proper celebration of this day would certainly include dressing from head to toe in Cosmo Pink! Dig into that closet and choose a hot pink pantsuit, a Fuschia blouse or a pink scarf that gives a nod to the day’s vibe. Other fun ways to get into the Cosmo Day vibe can be by decorating the house, car or office cubicle with all sorts of different things in pink.
Get Creative with Cosmopolitans
Just because this drink has a basic recipe doesn’t mean that it always has to be the same! Take it to the next level by including unique and different ingredients that allow the Cosmo to absolutely shine! Try these ideas out for a unique take on this classic pink drink:
White Cosmopolitan. Uncomfortable drinking something that is so…pink? Well this version might just suit! Simply use a white cranberry juice instead of the pink version and, just for fun, add in a little bit of flavor by using a citrus vodka. City Flowers Cosmopolitan. Instead of cranberry, go for a flowery flavor by including elderflower liqueur with lemon and grapefruit juices.
Kiwi Green Cosmopolitan. Mindoro Melon Liqueur, lemon juice, white grape juice and delightful chunks of kiwi fruit make this drink into something super special.
French Cosmopolitan. Making things a bit more sophisticated, this drink substitutes the Cointreau and uses Grand Marinier as the orange liqueur. Then garnish with the peel from an orange, lemon or lime.
Share Cosmo Day with Friends
It seems that in order to make National Cosmopolitan Day a proper celebration, it needs to be shared! Get some coworkers to go out for drinks after clocking out, or grab some friends and invite them out for a round of Cosmopolitans after dinner. Let everyone know that it’s Cosmo Day, and don’t forget to share pictures on social media of drinking those fancy cocktails with friends!
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pasharuu · 10 months
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both of us already know who it is
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fish stealing incident
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quibbs · 2 months
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just letting you all know i keep a folder full of funny tags on my jaheira art.... makes me grin makes me smile
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egophiliac · 22 days
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don't think I'm not still deep in the episode 7 brainrot. because OH BOY AM I
(also one more extremely, obnoxiously self-referential thing, I'm -- I'm so sorry)
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three-fold-symmetry · 9 months
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Day 3 of @subcodyweek - Prompt: Praise kink
They didn't train him for this on Kamino.
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