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The Beast from the Sea
1 Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads. There was a crown on each of its horns. It had an evil name written on each head. 2 This beast looked like a leopard, with feet like a bear’s feet. It had a mouth like a lion’s mouth. The dragon gave the beast all of its power and its throne and great authority.
3 One of the heads of the beast looked as if it had been wounded and killed, but the death wound was healed. All the people in the world were amazed, and they all followed the beast. 4 People worshiped the dragon because it had given its power to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast. They asked, “Who is as powerful as the beast? Who can make war against it?”
5 The beast was allowed to boast and speak insults against God. It was allowed to use its power for 42 months. 6 The beast opened its mouth to insult God—to insult his name, the place where he lives, and all those who live in heaven. 7 It was given power to make war against God’s holy people and to defeat them. It was given power over every tribe, race of people, language, and nation. 8 Everyone living on earth would worship the beast. These are all the people since the beginning of the world whose names are not written in the Lamb’s book of life. The Lamb is the one who was killed.
9 Anyone who hears these things should listen to this:
10 Whoever is to be a prisoner, will be a prisoner. Whoever is to be killed with a sword, will be killed with a sword.
This means that God’s holy people must have patience and faith.
The Beast From the Earth
11 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he talked like a dragon. 12 This beast stood before the first beast and used the same power the first beast had. He used this power to make everyone living on the earth worship the first beast. The first beast was the one that had the death wound that was healed. 13 The second beast did great miracles. He even made fire come down from heaven to earth while people were watching.
14 This second beast fooled the people living on earth by using the miracles that he had been given the power to do for the first beast. He ordered people to make an idol to honor the first beast, the one that was wounded by the sword but did not die. 15 The second beast was given power to give life to the idol of the first beast. Then the idol could speak and order all those who did not worship it to be killed. 16 The second beast also forced all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to have a mark put on their right hand or on their forehead. 17 No one could buy or sell without this mark. (This mark is the name of the beast or the number of its name.)
18 Anyone who has understanding can find the meaning of the beast’s number. This requires wisdom. This number is the number of a man. It is 666. — Revelation 13 | Easy-to-Read Version (ERV) Easy-to-Read Version Bible Copyright © 2006 by Bible League International. Cross References: Genesis 9:6; Genesis 22:7; Exodus 7:11; Exodus 15:11; 1 Kings 18:38; Psalm 12:3; Psalm 69:28; Psalm 73:9; Isaiah 33:1; Isaiah 46:5; Daniel 3:3; Daniel 7:3-8; Daniel 7:11; Daniel 7:25; Daniel 8:3; Hosea 13:7; Matthew 11:15; Mark 4:23; Galatians 6:17; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; Revelation 2:10; Revelation 5:9; Revelation 7:3; Revelation 11:7; Revelation 14:9; Revelation 14:11; Revelation 15:2; Revelation 16:13; Revelation 17:8-9; Revelation 17:11; Revelation 20:4; Revelation 21:17
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togrowoldinv · 1 year
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The Sweetest Con
Wanda Maximoff x Female Reader
When you are put in charge of the volleyball team, you have a very interesting set of interactions with a mother at the church
Warnings: Smut! 18+ please! Kissing, cursing, fingering, etc.
Note: Milf Wanda hehe. This is inspired by Lizzie in the Love and Death trailer. Enjoy!
Wanda Maximoff Masterlist, Main Masterlist
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When you were asked to spearhead the volleyball league, you accepted immediately. You’d been looking for a way to get more involved and volleyball was the perfect inlet.
The first few practices went well. You had a good amount of players, but there was one player in particular that caught your eye.
Wanda Maximoff. The gorgeous woman is an absolute born athlete. She’s captivating as she makes perfect passes and hits like she’s been doing it her whole life.
After practice today, you decide to ask Wanda to stay afterwards.
“What’s up, coach?” She says the last word with a silly grin on her face.
“I’m assuming you grew up playing ball,” you say.
She nods. “I played at the middle and high school’s here, yes.”
“Me too. I’m surprised coach never talked about you.”
“Oh, well I am a bit older than you, honey,” Wanda says. The term makes your heart skip a beat.
“Right, yeah,” you agree, feeling a little flustered as you watch her take a drink of water.
You should not be watching the way her neck looks as she sips the water.
“I have to be getting home to my kids. I’ll see you next week?” Wanda asks.
“See you next week, Wanda.”
You watch as the woman walks away. Her shorts hug her just right and you internally scold yourself for checking her out in a church. And you’re pretty sure she’s married.
The next week does nothing to ease your crush. One of the players can’t make it, so you sub in and scrimmage with the team.
Wanda remains the captain of the A team and you let her do her thing.
It’s down to set point when you and Wanda both go for a ball. You both dive onto the floor and collide with each other. Wanda ends up underneath you.
“Oh, I’m so sorry Wanda,” you tell her. Her arms are pinned to her side and your entire lower bodies are touching. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine,” she says with a chuckle. Her eyes seemingly glance to where your breasts rest over her.
You stand up and hold a hand out for her to take. She takes it and you lift her off the ground. Wanda smiles at you before she returns to her position.
Your team wins the scrimmage and everyone cheers.
Wanda calls after you before you can leave the gym. “I’m having everyone over to my house if you want to come,” she tells you. “It’s a Bible study slash team get together.”
You’re proud of the way the team is bonding.
“I’m there,” you tell her. “I just need to get changed.”
“Alrighty. It’s casual,” she says. “We’ll see you there.”
You go home and get ready for Wanda’s get together. Thinking about her calling it casual, you slip on some pants and a button up shirt. Maybe you leave one extra button than you should undone.
When you get to Wanda’s house, there are people in the yard throwing a football around and you notice her husband grilling.
“Y/n, glad you made it!” Another player, Monica, greets you.
“Hey y’all,” you greet everyone.
You walk inside to greet everyone else and that’s when you see Wanda in the kitchen. She’s hard at work, but when she sees you she stops in her tracks.
“Hey Wanda,” you say. Her eyes fall directly to the open buttons of your shirt.
“Nice to see you,” she comes back to reality to say.
“Do you need any help?”
“You can help Natasha grab the ice,” Wanda says. You nod.
You see the redhead waiting by the door for you to join her. Natasha leads you outside and you two spark up a conversation.
You like Natasha. She’s not like the other stuffy church members and you’re pretty sure she’s dating her friend Maria.
For most of the evening, Wanda is running around and doing her host duties. Before you leave though, you decide to go find her and say your thanks for the invite.
You find her inside tucking her sons in. Respecting her space, you stand in the hallway a few steps from the bedroom. But Wanda knows you’re there.
She kisses her boys goodnight and comes into the hallway.
“Hey, sorry I just wanted to say thank you for the invite,” you say quietly.
She takes your hand and pulls you into her bedroom, shutting the door behind her. Wanda sits on the edge of her bed and invites you to join her. You sit a respectable distance away from her.
“I’m glad you came,” Wanda says.
“Of course, yeah. I wish we could’ve talked more tonight,” you admit.
“Me too, y/n. I’d really like to get to know you better.”
She looks you over again and you feel a chill up and down your spine. Wanda scoots a little closer. Your eyes glance down to her lips.
“I’ll see you next week, Wanda,” you break the silence, knowing this is nothing but a bad idea.
“Yeah, okay,” Wanda says, a slight pout to her voice.
You leave her there in the bedroom and go back home. For the entirety of the next week, you think about how Wanda seemed disappointed that you ended that moment at the get together.
Wanda shows up early for practice this week. You’re sitting in your makeshift office when Wanda comes through the gym doors.
“Hey, I’m in here,” you call out to her.
“Hey, I was just going to hit the ball around a bit before practice.” She stands at your office door.
“Okay, great,” you say. But she doesn’t move. “Is everything okay, Wanda?”
“Yes,” Wanda says, but then she steps in and shuts the door behind her. “No.”
“No? If this is something with the team, we can talk about-“
“It’s something with you, actually,” Wanda says.
“Oh.”
Wanda walks to your side of the desk and leans against it. You look up at her from your chair. Her legs threaten to cloud your mind completely as they flex against the desk.
“Do you like me?” Wanda asks, her lips are turned into a pout.
“Of course I like you, Wanda,” you say nervously. “We’re friends.”
“No, not like that,” she says.
“Like what then?”
“Forget it,” Wanda mumbles.
She tries to leave, but you stand up and grab her hand. Turning her around, you pull her close but stop inches from her lips.
“Tell me you want this,” you say to her.
“I want this so bad,” Wanda says. “I’ve wanted you since the day I met you.”
You take her face in your hands and kiss her soft lips. Her hands pull you closer with one on your hip and one on your neck.
Wanda turns her head to deepen the kiss and you allow her to take control. She kisses you until you’re both breathless.
“Fuck, I’ve never done that before,” Wanda says.
“Kissed a woman?” You ask. She hums in agreement and kisses you again. “So you definitely haven’t been fucked by a woman?”
“No,” she says against your lips.
“And you’d like to?”
“God yes,” Wanda says.
You smirk against her lips and move your hands under her shirt. She gasps as you take the material over her head. You kiss her neck and she moans when you bite her softly.
“Harder,” she says.
You take her instructions and bite her harder as you slip your hands down her stomach to her waistband. Slipping off her shorts, you admire her lacy panties.
“Fuck Wanda, you’re not such an innocent church girl are you?” You say. Her knees buckle, but you hold her up.
“Please fuck me,” Wanda says.
You slip off her sports bra and her panties. When your lips go to her nipples, you can tell she hasn’t felt this sensation before.
“Oh god,” Wanda moans out as your tongue circles her nipples.
You slip your hand down to her center to be met with her wet folds.
“All of this is for me?” You ask her.
“Yes, honey, yes,” Wanda says.
“You’re so wet, Wanda. Does fucking me here turn you on that much?”
Wanda nods and her eyes close in pleasure as you slip your finger into her.
“Fuck you take it so well, Wanda.”
Her head falls onto your shoulder as you add a couple more fingers and slip in and out just as she needs.
“God, this feels so good,” Wanda moans against you. She lifts her head to look you in the eyes. Her mouth is parted slightly and you kiss her perfect lips.
“Come for me, Wanda,” you tell her. She keeps the eye contact as her hips shake and she lets out the prettiest moans you’ve ever heard. “Good girl.”
It’s quiet as Wanda comes down from her high. You kiss her neck and cheeks as her breathing resumes.
“You gotta get dressed, babe,” you tell her, noticing the time.
“But you didn’t-“
“We can finish this later,” you say. You hold her cheeks in your hand and admire the way she’s so flushed. “We have to practice right now.”
“I wanted to make you feel this good,” Wanda says. “Or at least try.” She adds shyly.
“Oh you could definitely make me feel good, Wanda. You already have,” you tell her. She smiles. “But I’m perfectly fine with pleasing you first.”
“Oh, okay,” she says. You can tell she’s not been told that before.
You kiss her deeply and she chases after your lips even once you’ve pulled away. Reluctantly, she gets dressed. But before she leaves your office, you pull her in for a hug and kiss her forehead.
“Do you have plans after practice?” You ask her.
“I do now,” Wanda says with a smirk.
She takes the initiative to kiss you this time before she straightens her shirt and walks out of your office.
Wanda Maximoff is definitely your standout player and the woman you can’t help but be captivated by.
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robins-egg-bindery · 2 years
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With the launch of @renegadepublishing’s code of conduct and formalized membership this week (as well as the shiny new DreamWidth hub!), I wanted to get some of my thoughts out there.
This has all been a project for some time now, and I don’t think anyone knew what it was going to turn into.
Renegade started with one man, @armoredsuperheavy, and grew into a movement that’s now 1,200+ and counting. He is the reason fanbinding came into the mainstream fandom consciousness the way it has, and I don’t see it going away anytime soon - it’s spreading faster than Tumblr’s weird ass chat function. Hundreds upon hundreds of books were made because of you, Ash; that’s a damn good legacy, imo.
But I digress - Renegade grew from one man to a handful of people in a little Discord server. The server grew. They started a Tumblr, and this is how it went for some time. When I joined, this is how it was - we were so excited to hit 500 members! But, surprisingly, for someone as terminally on Tumblr as I am - I actually discovered fanbinding through Instagram, then TikTok. I had to actively seek out fanbinding on Tumblr, because I knew it had to exist here if it was already on these mainstream platforms.
Nowadays, fanbinding is becoming increasingly controversial in some circles because of the commodification and commercialization that have taken root; the mantra I keep seeing is “Keep Fandom Free”. This seemed a self-evident truth to me; and I couldn’t understand why it felt like no one knew about Renegade, a league of fanbinders who believe in this very ideal.
In essence, it’s a two-pronged issue: fanbinding is rising in popularity (and controversy), but the advocates-for-free-resources community isn’t terribly visible. Renegade was tucked away on Tumblr, a hidden gem in a locked Discord. I felt like I had discovered buried treasure the day Ash sent me the link to join. So, an idea was birthed - to take Renegade to other platforms, to spread our message and introduce our gift economy ways - to shout from the rooftops about the free, incredible 88-page bible ASH wrote detailing every goddamned step on how to take a fic from AO3 and turn it into a physical book.
Once we got in the room to discuss what this would look like, we discovered we have lots of ideas. We have a community, and we’re all excited to build in it. To share and grow. To make it easier on the people who come after us, with guides and templates. We started thinking about events we could host; the Exchange and Binderary were birthed naturally in the Discord, and have grown in scope to include physical books mailed around the world, and free workshops coordinated and hosted for multiple timezones during the month of February. Fan Fiction Writer Appreciation Day, Banned Books Week, International Fanworks Day - the list goes on and on. More events that haven’t even been announced yet. More projects, ever churning to better our community.
The DreamWidth quickly became a hub to aggregate and host resources better than Tumblr could, to promote discussion and community in a gentler way than Discord was able to. But the controversy kept spinning across other swathes of fanbinding, and the question was raised - what do we believe in?
We are all so different and yet, so unified. We have members on 6 continents, who speak different languages, who belong to hundreds of different fandoms. But what, at it’s core, does it mean to be a part Renegade?
And so, the code of conduct was born.
A code of conduct is a set of standards, moral and ethical, that someone is expected to adhere to in order to interact with an organization. It’s not law - we’re not trying to police anyone, or tell them what to do. We’re telling people what we do - what we believe. There’s no punishment for disagreeing, nor should there be. The code is a mutable document written by members - and so it can be changed by members, and should be changed, as we grow and encounter new challenges. The safest hands are our own, right?
There will be push and pull on this document, but I think that’s a good thing. At the end of all of this, I’m excited for us to acknowledge our community values. I wear my Renegade Publishing badge with pride, because I’ve never seen another group of artists so supportive of each other, and generous with their knowledge. Ash has expounded upon this many a time, but Renegade has the feeling of old-school fandom that I’ve been missing. I haven’t felt this united with fandom since Mishapocalypse.
All jokes aside, I’m so glad I found Renegade. It’s brought so much to my life. Just last weekend, I met up with some local binders, and we had a little Renegade outing. Fandom friends, IRL, geeking out with each other over some books. Does it get any better than that?
Join the movement. Check out our resources! We’re excited to have you here.
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Big Carl goes down hard #2
Carl is the type of man that attracts female and male attention. A big bear of a man with a body honed by physical work, he nonetheless had a childish innocence and was duped easily. Carl's apartment was located in a building in an up and coming part of town. That said there were always issues of some sort or another, particularly with the utilities.  The super, Roger was luckily always on hand to sort Carl's water issues – of course, Roger was out of his mind horny for Carl and engineered better than 80% of the problems to spend time in his company.
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Carl called Roger with yet another faucet issue and Roger dropped by just as Carl was getting ready for a night on the town with the new tenants in 6C. Roger raged internally – he already know from his  spying that the new tenants swung wide and once they had hands on Carl, Carl wouldn’t look twice Rogers way. Tonight would have to be the night. Rogers mind flew into jealous overdrive, and as he heard Carls shower running, Roger disconnected the electrical supply, and crossed the cables with the metal piping in Carls apartment, electrifying the water supply. It wasn’t long before there was a heavy meaty thud, and Roger took the stairs five steps at a time to the master bedroom.
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There on the floor of the shower lay Carl, dripping wet, unconscious and helpless. Roger almost danced a jig of joy, turned back downstairs and righted the electrical supply, safely, before almost sailing back upstairs on a horny cloud.
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Carl still lay unconscious where he had fallen heavily. Roger couldn’t believe his luck. Fuck the stud looked good. Trembling, Roger manhandled his prize. Then he dried Carl off with a towel, lingering where he wanted to, and then secured Carl’s body with rope from his pickup, and laid the stud out on the first floor foyer sofa, tying him securely to the banister. He played with Carls cock until it was rigid, and then milked his dick until Carls brain switched on, and he began to recover, his mind a confused mess as the super worked over his body edging him mercilessly, and the need to cum was paramount. But .. uhh - his head still hurt bad somehow and the room spun and he couldn't get a damn clear look at the bastard milking his hard cock.
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Means, motive and opportunity. Always be prepared.
So - the league of purity and decency judged Ole Carl's penis to be the source of all evil in the world, and some old lady in 'Bama was gonna lose some shut eye because of it. Bible thumpers love their fig leaves, so let's see if these fig leaves spare them and Carl their blushes ...
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just-antithings · 9 months
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The fact that NONE of those "irredimable media" lists includes The Turner Diaries is so fucking telling, tbh.
The Anti-Defamation League said it is one of the most widespread books among far right extremist and has inspired multiple terrorist attacks. The FBI called it the bible of the racist right. Kathleen Belew (an international authority on the white power movement) pointed out links between that book and the capitol attack in 2021.
For all intents and purposes, that book is a bigger danger to minorities than whatever popular media antis have decided to hate as of late.
But, of course, it is not like antis actually care about protecting minorities, or just doing the bare minimum research on irredimable media.
👀👀👀👀
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walkswithmyfather · 7 months
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“My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” —1 John 2:1 (ESV)
A Devotion By Bible League International:
“The Apostle John wrote his letter so that his readers “may not sin.” That is, he wrote his letter to the readers of his day, and to us by extension, in order to encourage us not to sin. Although God sent Jesus Christ to earth in order to provide a remedy for sin, John still wants us to avoid sin. The remedy was not given by God as a license or an excuse to sin. Consequently, we should strive, with the help of God, to avoid it. As children of God, we should seek to be like our Father in heaven who is “light” and in whom “is no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5).
Nevertheless, John is fully aware of the fact that this high ideal will not be fully achieved by us in this age. That’s why he says, “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us” (1 John 1:8). And that’s why he also tells us how to make use of the remedy for sin: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). When we confess our sins, “the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:7).
In our verse for today, John also tells us that when we sin we have an advocate with the Father: “Jesus Christ the righteous.” What does Jesus advocate on our behalf? Although His advocacy is similar to that which a lawyer provides for clients in a court, in that He seeks our good before a judge, there is a difference. Unlike a defense attorney, He does not try to prove that we are innocent of the charges brought against us; He acknowledges that our confessions of guilt are necessary. Instead, He advocates that because our confessions are sincere, we should be pardoned and treated as innocent, not because of any virtue on our part, but because He paid the penalty for sin by suffering and dying on the cross.
Praise be to God that Jesus Christ, the righteous one, is advocating on our behalf in heaven!”
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4433xyz · 6 months
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Can u do itzy ryujin ideal type pls!!!
ryujin tarot reading
ideal type 🤨
do I have her energy permission to do and share this reading? the empress
I do these readings while confirming in people's birth charts, this has been my least favorite celebrity reading I've ever done, she has a tendency towards romanticism and delusion - pisces venus, pisces mercury sagittarius mars, aries sun and taurus jupiter.
personality
4 of wands reversed - she definitely wants somebody to marry but she may like the chase, she may like someone who isn't available, doesn't like her, is out of her league, etc or the opposite. she likes to fix people and be the one to bring them stability, she wants someone who is messy but has potential. she likes someone who is personally fulfilled, individually successful, so they can be a power couple. someone who travels a lot, who is dynamic and doesn't really sit home, someone who doesn't look like romance material - she'll work for it, she'll change them.
7 of swords reversed - may be interested in those who have some sort of addiction, or misunderstood characteristics/ways of living. someone who is often in danger, flighty, secretive, sneaky. someone in the public eye, with an unusual and messy vibe, under scrutiny. judgemental. she may think being a polyglot is attractive. someone that doesn't give up no matter how hard life can be, they always find a way to survive, like a cockroach. an usual way of speaking for sure, because what is that analogy. an activist.
the chariot reversed - lots of traveling, experience, knowledge, but also laziness, controversial, contradicting, very situational. someone with intense emotions that they don't show in an obvious way, like someone that makes emotional, interpretive art but won't talk about their feelings. almost workaholic, but understands the necessity of rest and works for it.
3 of swords - intense pain and internal turmoil, tragic life experience, artistic. family or relationship issues, she likes that. she wants a "real reason" for someone to be a pain in the ass. she wants a relationship that imitates love stories, romeo and juliet FOR SURE. someone who is lonely and will only rely on her, only they can understand each other, only she can read between their lines. regenerative, doesn't give up.
6 of pentacles - the fanservice card, her ideal type is probably a celebrity or a character or a literal creation of her head/someone she saw in a dream. someone she (thinks) could never be with, can only dream of having an interaction with. someone wealthy, and giving, open to all sorts of people and cultures. a philanthropist.
appearance
8 of pentacles - wealthy, slow fashion, handmade clothes, traditional style, short and/or detailed hair (she could find hairstyles particularly attractive and curly/kinky hair interesting). she likes someone who puts a lot of time and attention into their appearance. she may prefer those that wear colorful clothes and lots of makeup. veiny hands, shoe collection.
4 of pentacles reversed - pentacles always make me think of accessories, in this case handbags, rings, nail polish, bracelets. someone with a bigger body, tall and/or broad, big butt, arms and even neck. she may like religious accessories - crystals, rosaries, people that walk around with bibles under their arms, praying beads, crosses. a colorful and dynamic style is coming up again.
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eldifusor · 2 months
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Get to know me- yes, it is a tag game!
I was tagged (with no obligations) by @pleiadianwitch and I am choosing to actually do it.
1. Were you named after anyone?
So my irl name's lore is: mother took it from the bible, father also chose the same but from a secular detective book so they surprised each other when they discussed how to name me. Bible name is confirmed. I have never been able to confirm name was actual read on a secular detective book: because father can't recall the title of said book. I do like this story a lot so I chose to believe that it is true.
2. When was the last time you cried?
I cry internally everyday more than once. Actual tears flowing from my eyes you ask? Well, like a week ago at time of writing this.
3. Do you have kids?
No.
And you did not ask but I will volunteer this:
I don't want kids "of my own" but I think "kids" don't belong to anyone and as a society we must take care of every single one of them.
4. What sports do you play/have you played?
Back in the day I used to play a lot of basketball. Loved it. And actually played enough to try out for a pro team in Puerto Rico but failed miserably because I was not that great. Also never disciplined which was the real problem.
I also coached some little league basketball on my barrio.
5. Do you use sarcasm?
Me?? NEVER.....
(yes, that "joke" is the most puerile and obvious way of trying to convey that I used it, love it etc.
BUT as I grow older, I am using it less and less because I think sometimes people don't know how to sarcasm properly or use sarcasm as an excuse to just being petty horrible people and I think that is fucking lame).
6. What is the first thing you notice about people?
Eyes. I am obsessed with looking at eyes discreetly when someone is talking. Love seeing someone smiling with their eyes: the most endearing human quality that makes me feel good about humanity and that we might still have a chance of being not as horrible as we are.
7. What is your eye color?
Boring but Trusty Brown
8. Scary movies or happy endings?
You know what? I appreciate a good scary movie but I don't seek them. Maybe I should do more.
And I do think well earned happy endings are cool and all BUT what I really like are sad tragic endings.
But for this questions I will say: a sad tragic ending disguised as a happy ending. That's the REAL THING!!!
9. Any talents?
Public speaking-- for better or worst. :-D
10. Where were you born?
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
11. What are your hobbies?
I have a myriad of obsessions that I do sometimes simultaneously or some other that are seasonal, others dies and come back...obsessing over the intersection of politics, media, pop culture, meta-narratives, writing, storytelling, games...I mishmash everything...in other words: what TUMBLR represents in the virtual spaces, is basically what I would call my "hobbies". Does that make sense? No? EXACTLY.
12. Pets?
No more. Had a lot in the past. Loved them dearly. Suffered too much when they parted. Decided to stop that. But love to see other's pets and respect a responsible pet owner forever.
13. How tall are you?
6'1 mostly...6'2 other times
14. Favorite subject in school?
Spanish, History, Science, Social Studies
15. Dream job?
I had it. It became a nightmare. I still get to do some dream like thing on jobs and just appreciate when that happens.
*** I will tag (with no obligation to do it of course!): *** @peligrosapop @lierdumoa @raynitamusic @lydighed @holdinghorizons @poetessinthepit @james3neal
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battleangel · 4 months
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Your Life Is The Truman Show
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This place, our "current reality", the Upside Down which is definitely a Stranger Thing, isnt a fit for me.
Its not like it was before.
I noticed it as soon as I started high school, my first day as a freshman at Bishop Ahr in September 1995.
Everything felt so motherfucking fake, forced and contrived.
The stupid mandatory pep rallies I was forced to attend in the gymnasium and having to pretend that I gave a shit that we were playing our rivals, Colonia.
I didnt.
Being forced fo sit in the cafeteria every day for an hour when I would finish my Lunchables, Sour Gushers & Hi-C in ten minutes.
Attempts to hide in the bathroom stall and the school library were met with threats of detention and an insistence that I stay in the cafeteria every day for my full lunch hour per my schedule.
Extracurricular activities were n e v a h a social fit at all, neither in junior high or high school.
I wasnt talking and I was socially isolated due to my social anxiety but I could never shake that forced and contrived feeling I already mentioned.
Everything was artifice.
Marching band playing the fluit in junior high, wind ensemble playing the flute in 4th through 8th grade. I'm front row, second from the right.
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Softball for a decade for St .Peters (3rd through 8th grade) & Franklin Township Little League (2nd grade through 10th grade). Im in the middle holding the bat.
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Girl scouts - junior high, French club & Students Against Drunk Driving - high school.
Spring & winter track - varsity lettered sophomore year - high school.
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Youth choir - church - 11 to 13 years old, Counselor in training - Inman Park - Summer 7th grade, Theater program - Villagers Theater - Summer 7th grade, Candy striper - St. Peters Hospital - freshman & sophmore years - high school, Intervarsity For Christ - freshman year - UDel, Talent Competition - junior year - high school; Talent Show - 8th grade; Vacation bible school - church - 11 to 13 yeara old.
Additional clues this place has nevah been a fit:
•During my 15 year career in corporate which spanned from 2007 to 2022, I worked twenty mostly jobs which were mostly contract assignments with only a few permanent jobs with all of my tenures being a year or less with the absolute max tenure for any one job being two years, additionally I worked over a dozen temporary jobs during that same 15 year tenure in corporate, that ranged from a few days to a few weeks to a month or possibly two at most.
•I left four jobs in six years with no job lined up (Bank of America - 2015; International SOS - 2017; Dow Jones - 2019; Amazon - 2021).
•I left Amazon (6 month contract, $55/hr) after seven days.
•College (University of Delaware) was a thousand times worse than high school and even less of a fit because now I was living in a dorm on campus surrounded by people pledging sororities, partying, driking, doing LSD and hooking up left and right and I was interested in exactly none of that.
•Corporate exposed an extremely clear pattern that had emerged where seemingly nothing was a fit for me in terms of established accepted societal structures (sports teams, marching bands, girl scouts, church choir, summer camp, high school, 4 year college, corporate America).
•Ego death and self awakening in 2023 that included my third eye opening, kundalini awakening, ego death, self ascension, self actualization, aligning & activating all seven chakras.
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•Receiving regular esoteric downloads from the Akashic Library and posting them to my tumblr and TikTok.
•Daily trips to the dreamscape at night when Im "dreaming" where I put the current days version of myself to sleep in the dreamscape and download "the next days" version of myself then I "wake up", temporarily leaving the dreamscape and traveling back to our current reality, the Upside Down, when in reality when I am asleep and dreaming I am awake in the dreamscape and when I "wake up" from my "dream" I am actually asleep in the false reality of our virtual reality simulation of what we call "life", where Im typing this, the Upside Down.
•Esoteric realization after opening my thirf eye that our "reality" is nothing but a simulated virtual reality videogame version of the dreamscape, which is actual reality.
Where we are now, where Im typing this and youre reading this, is nothing but a dream.
Limited 3 dimensional bullshit.
Car notes, mortgages, doctors appointments, electricity bills, fear of death, ridiculously extending life with insane interventions which make no logical sense as we can only delay and not stop death so it is better to self awaken accept death and realize that it is a beautiful transformation and it is nothing to fear or avoid or fight or struggle against as it is your final metamorphosis back to the beautiful ascended limitless energetic eternal butterfly you are as death is nothing but shedding the temporary cocoon of your physical manifesration of a human evolving beyond your current 3D caterpillar self back to the butterfly you are and were before your extremely temporary manifestation as a physical human being, loans, debt, credit cards, 9 to 5s, jobs, emails, Slack, Outlook, team meetings, agendas, mandated schedules, time, alarm clocks, schools, politics, duopoly, elections, propaganda, diets, gyms, fads, trends, crash diets, master cleanses, 24 hour news cycles, cultural zeitgeists, streaming services, Black Friday sales, Prime 1 Day sales, 1 hour deliveries, stock market, derivatives, stock options, investment portfolios, RSUs, promotions, mid-year reviews, performance reviews, year end reviews, cross-lateral moves, layoffs, redundancies, reductions in force, firings, hirings, sign-on bonuses, ESOPs, EBITDA, CEOs, ExCo, board members, shareholders, slave wage, labor, contracts, exploitation, gaslighting, manipulation, lies, sabotage, character assassination, false narratives, agendas, misinformation campaigns, ruthlessness, mercilessness, torture, phosphorous, chemical warfare, misogynoir, war crimes, maas graves, rape rooms, death squads, false imprisonment, guilty till proven innocent, driving while black, unknown & undetermined cause of death, unlicensed medical examiners office, its just another dead black guy, the case is suspended until further notice because were not investigating it, black people dont own homes they rent, all black baggy jeans black shirt black shoes black skin black car dead nigger, theyre all the same, theres a ton like him in newark, dump him in the hallway and ill try to do the autopsy in a month, false memories, false narratives, false cause of death, patriarchal dick, fake ass head of the family sociopath, convicted felon, state prison in georgia, first degree forgery, paper brother alpha phi alpha legacy brother only got in because his brothers actually got hazed, 3M offer letter in the file cabinet in the basement, parole officers, daughter printed out and kept in files, possessive jealous controlling hebephile obsession fixation predilection predation...
Aphid attraction.
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•Dreamscape is unlimited 10 dimensional, walk through walls, walk on water, fall through the sky endlessly without dying, kaleidoscopic explosion of light color supernovas lucid lush lurid visceral acid dreams. The dreamscape is limitless because its your mind and imagination. We all intrinsically know that noone and nothing can limit our imagination and we can literally think of and dream of and imagine anything. Thats all the dreamscape is.
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Where we currently reside and what we currently inhabit is a fake bastardization Upside Down version of the Dreamscape with false limits, rules, ordinances, laws, mandates, requirements, obligations, taboos, shibboleths, electrified third rails, shoulds, have tos, cants, shouldnts, donts, not allowed, need permission, need authorization, need a permit, need notarization, need a seal of approval, need a stamp of approval, need a license, need to be certified, need a degree, need letters after your name, need the clout, need the zeros in your bank account, need the wealth, need the prestige, need the status, need the company brand name, need the job title, need the red heeled shoes, need the louboutins, need the louis vuittons, need the SRTs, need the birkin bag, need the fendi, need the knockoffs, need the couture, need the flex, need the luxury, need the validation, need the approval, need the attention, need the distraction, need the gloss, need the shine, need the airbrushing, need the photoshop, need the CCs, need the BBL, need the lip filler, need the cheek implants, need the nose job, need the augmentation, need the lipo, need to inject your stomach fat into your butt cheeks, need the laser sculpting, need the brow lift, need the face lift, need the botox, need the fillers, need skims, need spanx, need a tinier waist, need abs, need muscles, need butt gains, need a thigh gap, need a 20 to 22 inch waist, need to look like the girls in the kpop industry, need hip dips, need v lines, need curves, need to be thicc, need to be thin, need to be skinny, need bigger boobs and a bigger ass...
I constantly see the Truman Show all around me.
I see Bryan Cranston stepping on set like Asteroid City at a family members streamed funeral to narrate the scene.
I see the boom mic and lightbox crash onto the set of my cousin giving birth to her first child.
I hear the director yelling "Cut!" because one of the Marine officers wasnt standing on the black X and didnt hit his mark at a family members burial.
I hear the director asking for a 25th take when a family member falls and injures herself after a work event.
I see the Black Friday Walmart ad that has a dozen items in squares and when the squares are flipped over two sets of prices are revealed: "Was $XYZ" & "Now $XYZ", however, many of the before and after prices are the exact same and many of the "now" prices are actually MORE expensive than the "was" prices.
During Amazons Black Friday Football game, I see a Dolphins defensive player lower his helmet to deliver a hit then crumple and collapse to the turf.
After the game, the same Dolphins player is interviewed for his remarkable 99 yard pick 6 earlier in the game.
Laughably, the Dolphins list the player's injury after the game as a "knee injury".
I pulled up the player, Jevon Holland's (#8) injury history, and he had a very hard collision with a fellow Dolphins defensive player last month during a game on 10/23/23.
Holland laid motionless on the turf for several minutes after the collision. He was then taken to the lockerroom and the Dolphins reported he "cleared concussion protocol" and he was put back in the game.
The very next morning, on Monday (10/24/23), when Holland reported to the Dolphins team facility, he reported concussion symptoms.
Holland was placed into concussion protocol and he was then cleared to play exactly a week later on 11/1/23.
3 weeks later, as I already mentioned, during Amazons Black Friday Football game, Holland lowered his helmet to deliver a hit, collapsed to the turf, was never checked on the sidelines or in the medical tent for a concussion and the Dolphins later reported his injury after the game as a "knee injury".
On the broadcast, Al Michaels said after Holland collpased to the turf that the NFL was trying to remove this play from the game because players lowering their head to deliver a hit is unsafe especially to the player delivering the hit.
After Holland collapsed to the turf, Amazons Black Friday Football broadcast stepped away for an injury timeout and, after commercials, once the broadcast resumed there was a graphic shown onscreen of the current AFC playoff picture.
The viewer could see that Holland was no longer on the turf so he had clearly left the field during commercials, however, Al Michaels and Kirk Hebstreit, Amazons play by play and announcement team, never updated the fans on Holland.
As I stated earlier, after the game ended, Holland was interviewed by the sideline reporter about his incredible 99 yard pick 6 and the Dolphins win.
Holland was in very high spirits.
What concussion?
Did Jevon Holland, as he did last month, report concussion-like symptoms to the Dolphins trainer today when be reported in to the team's facility after sustaining yet another collision in-game that he wasnt properly tested and diagnosed for by the teams unaffiliated neurological consultant (UNC)?
Does anyone even care?
Did anyone even notice?
After Al Michaels mentioned that the NFL legislated helmet to helmet hits out of the game to protect both the defensive and offensive players when Holland lowered his helmet to deliver the hit then collapsed to the turf, the injury timeout happened, the broadcast went to commercials then once the broadcast resumed Al Michaels & Kirk Hebstreit never mentioned Hollands injury again.
As the viewer, we saw Holland lower his helmet, deliver the hit, collapse to the turf, injury timeout, commercials, back to the broadcast, Holland had left the field during the commercials but instead of at least an update from Al Michaels saying that the Dolphins hadnt provided an update or at least state that Holland was able to get up under his own power something, we were instead as the viewer shown a graphic of the current AFC playoff standings and Al & Kirk discussed how the Dolphins were currently dominating in their division and conference.
Jevon Holland had scored a 99 yard pick 6 earlier in the game so all discussions about Holland focused on this both after he collpased on the turf in the 4th quarter of the remainder of the game as well as the post-game broadcast.
The broadcast team (Al Michaels & Kirk Hebstreit) as well as the post-game team (Carissa, Fitz, Sherm, Whit and Tony G) only discussed the pick 6 when discussing Holland. Same with the sideline reporter who interviewed Holland after the game.
The broadcast was acting like Holland was never shown, including in a slow motion replay, lowering his helmet to deliver a hit that immediately resulted in him colllapsing to the turf.
Holland also seemed perfectly fine during his post-game interview and he was extremely high-spirited about his 99 yard pick 6 as well as the Dolphins winning.
On the commentary, Al Michaels didnt identify Holland by name, only stating that a Dolphins defensive player was down.
If you didnt notice the number on his jersey (#8), you wouldnt have connected that this was the same Dolphins player who had scored the 99 yard pick 6 earlier in the game.
Since Michaels & Hebstreit never mentioned Holland's collapse to the turf and/or injury again (it had occurred in the 4th quarter) and neither did Amazons post-game show, most viewers wouldnt have known who the player who had collapsed on the turf was and would have never connected that it was the same Dolphins player who scored the 99 yard pick 6 who was interviewed after the game.
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Life is a reality TV show.
Theres boom mics, lightboxes, cameras, grips and dollies all around you every single moment of your life.
Theres a black X made out of black masking tape on the ground underneath you every time you stand and speak.
Theres a sign that flashes "Laughter" on stage behind you any time you tell a joke and people laugh.
When you crossed the stage at your college graduation to receive your diploma, there was a sign behind you in red letters that said "APPLAUSE" when the audience clapped.
The people weeping over you at your funeral are actually SAG-AFTRA actors hired as paid mourners.
The Mandela effect is real.
Deaths are faked, there are false news reports, green screens, hired actors, paid shills, fake journalists, sound stages, sets and Cigarette Smoking Mans.
Berenstein Bears, Berenstain Bears.
We are the champions my friend. We keep on fighting till the end.
We are the champions...of the world.
But now the song no longer ends with "of the world".
Mandela died in prison in South Africa in the 80s.
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Mandela was freed and walked hand in hand down the streets of South Africa with Winnie Mandela in the early 90s.
Mayor David Dinkins held a celebration for Mandelas release at Yankee Stadium.
Mandela died in prison in the 80s and the story was broadcast all over the world.
There are four lights.
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Kansas is Not. Texas (but it is still in the Bible Belt)
read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/4CSqyAl by biancadiangelosgf He'd slept with Superman. Fuck. He'd slept with a homophobic, Kansas-raised Superman. or when homophobia causes Superman to unmask himself but not in the way you'd think. Words: 1642, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Justice League & Justice League Unlimited (Cartoons) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Shayera Hol, J'onn J'onzz, Diana (Wonder Woman), Kara Zor-El, Kara In-Ze, Kon-El | Conner Kent, Hal Jordan (Green Lantern), Barry Allen, John Stewart (DCU), Billy Batson Relationships: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne, Shayera Hol & Clark Kent, Justice League & Clark Kent Additional Tags: Internalized Homophobia, also just, Homophobia, smallville mistook alien weird for gay weird until kryptonite poisoning started making kids weird, Pre-Relationship, but they did fuck..., Secret Identity, Secret Crush, Shayera Hol knows Superman is Clark Kent, Mentioned Lois Lane, Past Clark Kent/Lois Lane, i've watched 6 eps of justice league, all of dcshg and a lot of supergirl comics guys, incredibly ooc, no beta we die like the robins, Identity Reveal, shayera and clark's friendship is acc very important to me as aliens read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/4CSqyAl
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I Take Refuge in You
A song of David that he sang to the Lord about Cush from the tribe of Benjamin.
1 Lord my God, I come to you for protection. Save me from those who are chasing me. 2 If you don’t help me, I will be torn apart like an animal caught by a lion. I will be carried away with no one to save me.
3 Lord my God, I have done nothing wrong. 4 I have done nothing to hurt a friend or to help his enemies. 5 If that is not the truth, then punish me. Let an enemy chase me, catch me, and kill me. Let him grind me into the dirt and put me in my grave. Selah
6 Lord, get up and show your anger! My enemy is angry, so stand and fight against him. Get me the justice that you demand. 7 Gather the nations around you, and take your place as judge. 8 Lord, judge the people. Lord, judge me. Prove that I am right and that I am innocent. 9 Stop those who do evil. Support those who do good. God, you are fair. You know what people are thinking.
10 God helps people who want to do right, so he will protect me. 11 God is a good judge. He always condemns evil. 12-13 If the wicked will not change, then God is ready to punish them. He has prepared his deadly weapons. His sword is sharp. His bow is strung, drawn back, and ready to shoot its flaming arrow.
14 The minds of the wicked are full of evil; they are pregnant with wicked plans, which give birth to lies. 15 They dig a pit to trap others, but they are the ones who will fall into it. 16 The trouble they cause will come back on them. They plan harm for others, but they are the ones who will be hurt.
17 I praise the Lord because he is good. I praise the name of the Lord Most High. — Psalm 7 | Easy-to-Read Version (ERV) The Holy Bible, Easy-to-Read Version Copyright © 2006 by Bible League International. Cross References: Genesis 20:5; Deuteronomy 32:41; 1 Samuel 24:7; 1 Samuel 24:10-11; 1 Samuel 25:28; 1 Samuel 26:9; 1 Samuel 26:23; 1 Kings 2:32; 1 Kings 2:44; Job 4:8; Job 8:6; Job 15:35; Job 16:15; Job 23:10; Psalm 3:7; Psalm 9:2; Psalm 9:15; Psalm 11:2; Psalm 11:7; Psalm 16:1; Psalm 17:12; Psalm 18:2; Psalm 18:14; Psalm 18:30; Psalm 22:27; Psalm 31:1; Psalm 35:15; Psalm 50:6; Psalm 66:1; Psalm 68:18; Ephesians 6:16; James 1:15; Revelation 2:23
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my old/beautiful book collection
the pretty books shelves
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my Tolkien collection
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vintage fiction
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antique and vintage Bible study books
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I have very few truly old books, but more than I remembered are from the early 20th century. List of titles and more details under the cut
pretty books shelves
Reader’s Digest editions: Little Women (Alcott), Tales from the Arabian Nights, Emma & Pride and Prejudice (Austen), Jane Eyre (Brontë), The Last of the Mohicans (Cooper), The Adventures of Robin Hood (Creswick), Two Years Before the Mast (Dana), David Copperfield, Oliver Twist & A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens), The Robe (Douglas), The Adventures, The Further Adventures, The Memoirs, & The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Doyle), A Passage to India (Forster), The House of the Seven Gables, The Scarlet Letter & Twice-Told Tales (Hawthorne), Kim (Kipling), The Sea Wolf (London), The Song of Hiawatha and other poems (Longfellow), Anne of Green Gables (Montgomery), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Smith), Kidnapped (Stevenson), Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Stowe), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court & Innocents Abroad (Twain), A Journey to the Centre of the Earth & Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Verne)
The Confessions of Saint Augustine—E. B. Pusey translation, Franklin Library edition. This was a Christmas gift from my parents and @bluesidedown​ has the same one
The Pilgrim’s Progress (Bunyan)—CBN University Press Christian Classics. I don’t actually remember where I got this one but most likely from my dad.
Through the Looking Glass (Carroll)—Heritage Press edition with slipcover and illustrations by John Tenniel. Again, probably from my dad but not 100% sure (he gives me a LOT of books).
The Complete Canterbury Tales (Chaucer)—F. H. Hill translation, Arcturus books with slipcover and illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris. Another Christmas gift where Blue and I got matching copies from our parents.
Heretics & Orthodoxy (Chesterton)—Hendrickson Christian Classics. Again, a Christmas gift from my parents.
Nemesis & The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side (Christie)—Heron Books. Another one I can’t remember the origin of.
The Prairie (Cooper)—Easton Press collector’s edition. From my parents, Christmas this year. This is pretty much the handsomest book I own.
Great Expectations (Dickens)—Chatham River Press. Based on the inscription on the flyleaf this belonged to my dad first. Probably I got it as a gift or in his thinning of his collection.
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Orczy)—International Collector’s Library. Another of unknown origin.
Quo Vadis (Sienkiewicz)—International Collector’s Library. It amuses me that in organizing these books alphabetical by author’s last name, these two matching editions still ended up side by side.
Treasure Island (Stevenson)—Children’s Classics, illustrated by Milo Winter.
Treasure Island–Prince Otto–Strange Case of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde–Kidnapped–The Black Arrow–The Master of Ballantrae–David Balfour (Stevenson)—Canterbury Classics omnibus. I actually have most of these in other editions, but I keep this for the ones I don’t have elsewhere.....and keep the other editions too because I am a book-dragon.
The Prince and the Pauper (Twain)—Portland House Illustrated Classics, illustrated by Franklin Booth. Not sure where I got this one.
The Greek Myths (Graves)—Folio Society, two volumes in slipcover. These were a Christmas gift from my parents a couple years ago, because I collect fairy tales and folk tales and suchlike.
Tolkien
These are mostly newer Houghton Mifflin or HarperCollins editions. The Silmarillion has Ted Naismith illustrations; Children of Húrin has Alan Lee illustrations, as do the covers of LotR; The Hobbit and LotR have Tolkien’s original illustrations and maps, and Roverandom has cover art by him as well; and Bilbo’s Last Song, Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadill, and Smith of Wooton Major are all illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
vintage fiction (top down, left column first)
Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur—Norwood Press, 1911
Stalky & Co. (Kipling)—Macmillan and Co, 1927. Completely leatherbound with gilt spine and seal on the front cover
The Master of Ballantrae & The Black Arrow (Stevenson)—Everyman’s Library, 1938
Popular Fairy Tales (Andersen)—Blackie and Son. No date, but google tells me it’s from sometime in the 30s/40s/50s based on the binding style
Jo’s Boys (Alcott)—The Children’s Press, 1965
Around the World in Eighty Days (Verne)—Dean and Son. No date, but I’m guessing mid-twentieth century
Three Cheers Secret Seven (Blyton)—Brockhampton Press, 1960
The Burgess Animal Book for Children—Little, Brown, and Company. Copyright 1948, though likely printed later
At the Back of the North Wind (MacDonald), The Little Lame Prince (Mulock), King Arthur and his Knights (Frith), All the Mowgli Stories (Kipling)—Junior Deluxe Edtions. Illustrations are copyright 1956, no print dates
The Door in the Wall (de Angeli)—Doubleday. Copyright 1949, no print date
Freckles (Porter)—Grosset & Dunlap, 1916. Very beat up and mostly held together by packing tape on the spine
The Call of the Wild (London)—Grosset & Dunlap, 1910. It has a very faded picture glued to the front cover as part of the original binding, as well as illustrations throughout. Quite worn, with many pages about to or falling out
Kilmeny of the Orchard (Montgomery)—Ryerson, 1947. This was actually printed before the Anne series was entirely published, as the list of Montgomery’s works in the front only includes the first three books in the series
Captains Courageous (Kipling)—Thrushwood Books. Date uncertain, but google tells me probably 1950s
Heidi (Spyri)—Collins, 1958. While this did originally belong to my dad, it’s the copy I read as a kid and has been on my shelf for a long time
The Mark of the Horse Lord (Sutcliff)—Oxford University Press, 1965. I learned in making this list that my copy is probably a first edition, albeit rather beat up from being a school library copy.
Warrior Scarlet (Sutcliff)—Oxford University Press, 1966. I also have a 1973 copy that still has its dust jacket.
Robinson Crusoe (Defoe)—Dent/Dutton, 1966. A beloved favourite copy that I read many times
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Verne)—Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1953. Another beloved copy that I read many times, I flatly refuse to part with this one despite having a less faded and beat-up edition because 1) I am dreadfully sentimental and 2) the illustrations in this edition are much better than in the RD edition.
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Lanier)—Illustrated Junior LIbrary. Illustrations copyright 1950, no print date
antique and vintage Bible study books
Young’s Analytical Concordance—per a pencil note on the title page this was published circa. 1937, and it definitely looks the part
The Bible as History in Pictures (Keller)—Published in 1964, this is definitely outdated in terms of archaeological evidence of Bible events but it still fascinates me to see
The New English Bible: New Testament—as a Library Edition, I don’t think this strictly counts as a first edition, but it is definitely an early edition as it was printed in 1961 when the NT translation was completed (OT translation of this version wasn’t completed until 1970)
Exposition of Genesis (Leupold)—Wartburg Press, 1942
The Epistle to the Hebrews (Brown)—Banner of Truth, 1961
Luke the Physician (Ramsay)—Baker Book House, 1956
The Gospel in Ezekiel (Guthrie)—Adam and Charles Black, 1857 (or MDCCCLVII if you prefer). This is the oldest book I own, and while is is now quite beat up - the spine is 80% tape and the front cover has come off completely and been replaced with cardboard - I can tell it was a very handsome book when it was new. The spine is bound in dark blue and brown leather, with gilt lettering and decoration, and the edges of the pages have beautiful multicolour marbling on them.
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Takumi Tsuyosa (OC) Egoist Bible profile
Here's a post with general information about him! Also for context, he's dating Shidou
Character colour: Orange
Weapons: strong kick, high stamina, quick direction changes
Nicknames: Tiny Monster, Tsutsu "Only by Shidou! I get to call him Ryuryu in return!", Gyoza "Gagamaru started calling me that for some reason.", Tsuya-chan, Cockroach's boyfriend "I don't know who came up with that..." - "I offered everyone to call me Takumi when my brother started working at Blue Lock to avoid confusion, but instead everyone started calling me nicknames more often."
Birthday: October 7th
Current age: 18 (third year of high school)
Zodiac sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ehime Prefecture
Family: Father. Mother. Older sister. Older twin brother. Himself
Current Height: 160cm (5'2'')
Foot size: 25cm
Dominant foot: Right foot
Blood type: A
Started playing football: At age 3 "My father made me and my brother start playing, but my brother stopped a while ago."
Motto: "As long as your heart still beats you can be free."
Favourite food: Shin Ramyun "First food my sister showed me how to cook when I was younger. We only used half of the seasoning packets because it was too spicy for me, now I use all of it."
Disliked food: Anything bitter "Do people actually like bitter foods?..."
Favourite animal: Bunnies
Favourite season: Spring "I love seeing the first flowers bloom."
Favourite player: Marc Snuffy "After I joined Ubers in the Neo Egoist League, he became like a father to me."
Favourite song: Aishite, Aishite, Aishite "It's relatable. Maybe a little too much."
Favourite manga: Chibi Devil "I found it in my sister's room when I was younger and got attached."
Favourite anime: Mob Psycho 100
Favourite movie: Your Name "I wanted to watch it with Shidou during the break, but he fell asleep after twenty minutes."
Mushroom shoots vs Bamboo shoots: Neither "Honestly... I don't like either of them."
What goes best with rice: Kimchi "Especially the kimchi my sister makes. I miss it a lot."
Fetish: Hands and eyes
Hobby: Listening to music. "I don't do much besides playing soccer."
What makes him happy: Being loved unconditionally
What makes him upset: "When people judge me without knowing me at all."
What he thinks his strength is: "I can sympathize with others very well."
What he thinks his weakness is: "I tend to internalize bad feelings too much."
Best subject: P.E., art, music
Disliked/weak subject: Mathematics "My sister always tried to teach me, but I never understood anything."
What made him cry recently: "After the U-20 match when I talked to Shidou... He didn't take me seriously when I talked to him about how he flirted with Sae. But it's okay now."
Usual sleeping time: 7 hours
What he usually ends up buying from a convenience store: Onigiri
Place he washes first when taking a bath: Face "It always feels greasy, for some reason."
Ideal type: "Someone who loves me unconditionally. Like Shidou."
At what age he experienced his first love: 18 "I never thought about falling in love until I met Shidou."
What he would do if he received 100 million yen: "I'd be too overwhelmed to spend it on anything immediately."
Number of chocolates he received on previous Valentines day: 3 "They were all from girls, so I wasn't interested. But I still thanked them."
At what age did he stop receiving gifts from Santa: 14
What was his last wish from Santa: To grow taller. "It didn't happen."
How he spends his holiday: Visiting his sister. "She moved to Tokyo after she graduated."
What he would do on his last day on earth: Spend it with the people he loves.
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There are so many verses in the Bible, which speak about God’s goodness. We know that the Lord is the Almighty One, that means that He has all the power, and He is able to do what He wants. His power and authority is unlimited. But the Bible, which is the true revelation by God, also assures us that God is the only good God. And this means that the source of goodness is God Himself. Oh, how great, wonderful and amazing is the goodness of our God!
The goodness of God is seen especially in the lives of those people who are not worthy of it – instead, they deserve punishment and judgment. This approach of God we call grace.
We see the goodness of our God in His grace and mercy toward sinners. God is merciful to forgive all those sinners repent.
We can read about God’s wonderful grace in Titus 3:5-7, which says, “He saved us because of His mercy, not because of any good things we did. He saved us through the washing that made us new people. He saved us by making us new through the Holy Spirit. God poured out to us that Holy Spirit fully through Jesus Christ our Savior. We were made right with God by His grace. God saved us so that we could be His children and look forward to receiving life that never ends.”
We also should follow our Lord’s example and have goodness inside of us. This is possible because we are His children, and He can grow in our hearts a desire for good deeds. The Bible confirms that we will have reward from the Lord, if we do any good deeds. “Whoever helps any of these little ones because they are My followers will definitely get a reward, even if they only give them a cup of cold water” (Matthew 10:42).
Goodness is always a winner. Even in fairy tales, stories, and songs, goodness always wins – and this is true. Our Good God rewards us if we also do good. There is an Armenian saying, which says, “Do goodness and throw it in the water; one day it will come back to you”. I think this saying has its root in the Bible, which says, “Do good wherever you go. After a while, the good you do will come back to you” (Ecclesiastes 11:1). Our Lord’s goodness and kindness guide us to repentance and salvation. “God has been kind to you. He has been very patient, waiting for you to change. But you think nothing of His kindness. Maybe you don’t understand that God is kind to you so that you will decide to change your lives” (Romans 2:4).
God’s goodness is a great and blessed treasure, which we should value. Let us give all thanks and praises to our Lord Jesus Christ for His goodness, grace, mercy and salvation.
By Pastor Mamikon Abgaryan, Bible League International team member, Armenia
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Verse of the Day
March 30, 2022
Today's Verse
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
Devotion
Since the pandemic began, I started memorizing Bible verses, and I found that the most recognized and well-known Bible verse to many is John 3:16. I wonder why this verse is so famous among many people, and what does it even mean?
The verse begins by saying, "For God so loved the world." You can notice that a two-letter word was added to highlight love. Instead of telling God loves the world, the Bible says God "so loved" the world. God loved the world so much, and to think that you and I belong to the people in the world is mind-blowing. Imagine the God of all gods, the Lord of all lords, the King Almighty loves you and me despite all our iniquities. God loves us as we are, with our flaws and failures.
To everyone reading this and feeling unloved, John 3:16 says that you are loved right now! God loves you so much that He gave his one and only Son for you to be saved. God's love was not only in words, but He showed His love through action. God gave His begotten Son Jesus! Jesus came to save us from certain spiritual death, the eternal separation from God, for all of us have sinned and fallen short of God's glory.
For me, John 3:16 is the heart of the Bible; it's the epitome of how God loved us. He loves us; that's why He gave us the gift of salvation, and all we need to do is to accept that gift. Believe that He gave Jesus to us to cleanse us from our sins and save us from certain death so that we will not perish but have eternal life.
The verse clearly says that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. It doesn't matter what you've done or where you've been. It doesn't matter your age, skin color, gender, or race. You do not need to fear death anymore; Jesus took care of it.
Surrender your past to the Lord, and all your sins will not only be forgiven, but will be wiped away. Read Isaiah 44:22.
Isn't that amazing? The triune God literally gave up the Son. Jesus Christ provides a way for us to be saved. He stands in our place as we were guilty of receiving our deserved punishment. Every one of us has a choice to either accept or reject the gift of love from God, written at the heart of the Bible; go ahead, look it up in John 3:16. God loves you so much!
By Romi Barcena, Bible League International staff, Southeast Asia
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More Than 500,000 Bibles Distributed to Prisoners Worldwide
Prison Fellowship International (PFI) and Bible League International (BLI) mark their 10-year partnership with a new agreement to triple their service to prisoners over the next five years. In the past 10 years, the organizations have distributed over 550,000 Bibles to graduates of two in-prison programs: Prison Fellowship International’s The Prisoner’s Journey® (TPJ), currently running in 36…
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