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squids-comics · 1 year
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Throw back to that time Hulk used CPR to resuscitate someone who was hit by a nuclear bomb!
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Also Hulk is exclusively blowing into his mouth, no chest compressions and no pauses.
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onlylonelylatino · 2 years
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The Defenders by M. C. Wyman
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Ensemble — De-aged!AU
I'd like to see what the dynamics would be like if all (or a few) of the survivors were (a lot) younger than in the series.
For example, Shane, Rick and Lori could be in their very early 20s, Andrea, Daryl and T-Dog could be (super badass) 16-18 year-olds... Glenn could stay the same age, same with some of the other characters, like the Greenes. Obviously if you de-aged Rick and Lori, Carl wouldn't be born...
Basically, I just want to see what would be different, and what would be the same if some (or all) the characters were de-aged (like their handling of the ZA. If they fair the same or worse... whether Rick would still be the de facto leader, or if someone older (perhaps Dale?) would take over).
Pairings are optional, but if you want, I don't mind Rick/Shane, Andrea/Daryl, Andrea/Shane or Rick/Glenn (as long as they're 18+).
Fill: None
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crowclubkaz · 2 months
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💚👁️🕸️ In honour of The Magnus Protocol releasing today, here are some book recommendations based on The Magnus Archives Fears!! 🕸️👁️💚
Detailed list of books below the cut!
For more book recommendations, especially queer horror, check out my Bookstagram @hauntedstacks
The Buried ⚰️ - Into the Sublime by Kate A. Boorman - Stuck by Ben Young - The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling - The Deep by Nick Cutter
The Corruption 🦠 - What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher - Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris - The Honeys by Ryan La Sala - She Is A Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
The Dark 🌑 - Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes - Nightfall by Jake Halpern & Peter Kujawinski - No Power by Todd Kirby - The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
The Desolation 🔥 - Firestarter by Stephen King - Burner by Robert Ford - Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta - Burn the House Down by Kenna Jenkins
The End 💀 - Funeral Girl by Emma K. Ohland - Pet Sematary by Stephen King - Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune - This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno
The Extinction 🦴 - Lost Signals by Max Booth III - Bride of the Tornado by James Kennedy - No Safety in Numbers by Dayna Lorentz - The Rules of the Road by C.B. Jones
The Eye 👁️ - Video Palace by Maynard Wills - Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie - A History of Fear by Luke Dumas - The Watchers by A.M. Shine
The Flesh 🦷 - You’ve Lost A Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca - Carnivore by Justin Boote - A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers - Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
The Hunt 🏹 - Hunt by Alexandra Nisneru - The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins - Survive the Night by Danielle Vega - The Hunger by Alma Katsu
The Lonely ☁️ - Red River Seven by A.J. Ryan - Solitude by Michael Penning - Dark Matter by Michelle Paver - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Slaughter 🥩 - Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin - Your Shadow Half Remains by Sunny Moraine - American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis - The Summer I Died by Ryan C. Thomas
The Spiral 🌀 - That Darkened Doorstep by Catherine Jordan - Mind the Mirrors by Amanda Leanne - Grey Noise by Marcus Hawke - Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling
The Stranger🕴️ - It Looks Like Us by Alison Ames - My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix - The Deep by Alma Katsu - The Outside by Stephen King
The Vast 🪂 - From Below by Darcy Coates - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant - Floating Staircase by Ronald Mafi - Nightmare Sky by Red Lagoe
The Web 🕸️ - The Taking of Jake Livingston - The Fervor by Alma Katsu - The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig - Come Closer by Sarah Gran
If You Like The Magnus Archives 💚 - Thirteen Stories by Jonathan Sims - Family Business by Jonathan Sims - Gas Station by Jack Townsend - Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
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Band of Brothers Ages: IRL vs. Actors
Did you know that according to a 1947 study, almost half the men who served in WWII were still under age 26 by the end of the war?
What this is : A (very long) post comparing the ages of the actors in Band of Brothers vs. the IRL figures they are portraying.
Background: Did I need to do this? No. Did anyone ask for this? Also no. Did I do it anyway? Yes.
Disclaimers: This is SUPER approximate for the most part. I based IRL ages off of D-Day unless otherwise noted, and actor ages off of January 1, 2000, the year filming took place (the latter is where the most variation will be because I didn't try to figure out what month filming started). I also didn't fact-check birthdays beyond googling. Most are sourced from the Band of Brothers and Military Wikis on fandom.com, Wikipedia, and IMDb.
I broke them up into rough categories, which are, again, approximate. I know I often forget how young the real life people were here, and this was a good reminder of that. I also found it interesting to see which actors were actually younger than their roles!
Check it all out under the cut ⬇️
~10+ years older
Dale Dye (55) as Col. Robert F. Sink (39) (~16 years)
Michael Cudlitz (35) as Denver "Bull" Randleman (23) (~12)
Marc Warren (32) as Albert Blithe (20) (~12)
Rocky Marshall (33) as Earl J. McClung (21) (~12)
Frank John Hughes (32) as William J. Guarnere (21) (~11)
Neal McDonough (33) as Lynn D. (Buck) Compton (22) (~11)
Dexter Fletcher (33) as John W. Martin (22) (~11)
~5+ years older
Simon Schatzberger (32) as Joseph A. Lesniewski (23) (~9)
Richard Speight Jr. (30) Warren H. (Skip) Muck (22) (~8)
Jason O'Mara (30) as Thomas Meehan (22) (~8)
Ron Livingston (32) as Lewis Nixon (25) (~7)
Donnie Wahlberg (30) as C. Carwood Lipton (24) (~6)
Matthew Settle (30) as Ronald C. Speirs (24) (~6)
Nolan Hemmings (28) as Charles E. "Chuck" Grant (22) (~6)
Douglas Spain (25) as Antonio C. Garcia (19) (~6)
George Calil (26) as James H. "Mo" Alley Jr. (21) (~5)
Rick Gomez (27) as George Luz (22) (~5 year)
Scott Grimes (28) as Donald G. Malarkey (23) (~5)
Stephen Graham (26) as Myron "Mike" Ranney (21) (~5)
~less than 5 years older
Shane Taylor (25) as Eugene G. Roe (21) (~4)
Tim Matthews (23) as Alex M. Penkala Jr. (19) (~4)
Matthew Leitch (24) as Floyd M. "Tab" Talbert (20) (~4)
Peter O'Meara (30) as Norman S. Dike Jr. (26) (~4)
Tom Hardy (22) as John A. Janovec (18) (~4)
Rick Warden (28) as Harry F. Welsh (25) (~3)
Kirk Acevedo (28) as Joseph D. Toye (25) (~3)
Eion Bailey (25) as David Kenyon Webster (22) (~3)
Craig Heaney (26) as Roy W. Cobb (29) (~3)
Damian Lewis (28) as Richard D. Winters (26) (~2)
Robin Laing as Edward J. "Babe" Heffron (~2, 21/23)
Ben Caplan (26) as Walter S. "Smokey" Gordon Jr. (24) (~2)
David Schwimmer (32) as Herbert M. Sobel (33) (~1 year)
Michael Fassbender (22) as Burton P. "Pat" Christenson (21) (~1)
Colin Hanks (22) as Lt. Henry Jones (21) (~1) (age around Bastogne)
Bart Ruspoli (23) as Edward J. Tipper (22) (~1)
~Same age
Peter Youngblood Hills as Darrell C. "Shifty" Powers (21)
Mark Huberman as Lester "Les" Hashey (19)
Younger
Lucie Jeanne (23) as Renée Lemaire (30) (age around Bastogne) (~7)
Ross McCall (23) as Joseph D. Liebgott (29) (~6)
Simon Pegg (29) as William S. Evans (~33) (~4)
Philip Barantini (19) as Wayne A. "Skinny" Sisk (22) (~3)
James Madio (24) as Frank J. Perconte (27) (~3)
Stephen McCole (25) as Frederick "Moose" Heyliger (27) (~2)
Matt Hickey (~16) as Patrick S. O'Keefe (18) (~2)
Incomplete/not found
Phil McKee as Maj. Robert L. Strayer (34)
Rene L. Moreno as Joseph Ramirez (30)
Doug Allen as Alton M. More (24)
David Nicolle as Lt. Thomas A. Peacock (24)
Rebecca Okot as Anna (Augusta Chiwy) (24) (age around Bastogne)
Alex Sabga-Brady as Francis J. Mellet (23)
Mark Lawrence as William H. Dukeman Jr. (22)
Nicholas Aaron as Robert E. (Popeye) Wynn (22)
Peter McCabe as Donald B. Hoobler (21)
Marcos D'Cruze as Joseph P. Domingus (not found)
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Round One Is Complete!
Round One of the Best Childhood Book ended just a few hours ago! Thanks to everyone who voted, and here are the winners:
Poll 1: Pegasus by Kate O'Hearn
Poll 2: The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Poll 3: Matilda by Roald Dahl
Poll 4: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (by an insanely close 1.2%)
Poll 5: Oz by L. Frank Baum
Poll 6: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Poll 7: 39 Clues by Various Authors
Poll 8: Warriors by Erin Hunter
Poll 9: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede
Poll 10: The Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan
Poll 11: The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley
Poll 12: City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Poll 13: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (though there was a great push from @dianeduane)
Poll 14: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Poll 15: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Poll 16: Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
The next round of polls will be posted tomorrow (3/21) at 12 PM EST, and stay tuned for some fun resources for the eliminated books!
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ROUND 1 IS OVER
Believe it or not, but I am also devastated because of some results.
First off, USEFUL LINKS:
All competitor masterlist
Where you can find a spreadsheet with all round 1 poll results
Round 2 match-ups (and poll masterpost)
Here's a visual on the survivors of round one:
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Here's the list of our winners (green) and losers (crossed out) (all the 50/50 made it in even if there were decimals involved; I stated that I was going to do this before round 1 because we need extra cats for an even bracket):
Garfield (Garfield) vs Puss in Boots (Puss in Boots / Shrek)
Khoshekh (Welcome to Night Vale) vs The Admiral (The Magnus Archives) vs Pippa (The Penumbra Podcast)
Tom (Tom and Jerry) vs Sylvester (Looney Tunes)
Judd (Splatoon) vs Lil' Judd (Splatoon)
Garfield the Deals Warlock (The Adventure Zone: Balance) vs Pib (Dimension 20 - Neverafter)
Opalescence (My Little Pony) vs Charmmy Kitty (Sanrio)
Slugcat (Rain World) vs Rivulet (Rain World: Downpour)
Cool Cat (Cool Cat Saves the Kids) vs Tabby Von Meow (Webkinz)
Sisters of Plenitude (Doctor Who) vs Thomas Kincade Brannigan ( Doctor Who)
Domino (Amphibia) vs Domino 2 (Amphibia)
Thomas O'Malley + the Aristocats (Aristocats) vs Serafina + Wolfie (Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper)
Hollyleaf (Warrior cats) vs Jayfeather (Warrior cats) vs Yellowfang (Warrior cats) vs Bluestar (Warrior cats)
Bob (Animal Crossing) vs Raymond (Animal Crossing)
Cattail (Plants vs Zombies) vs Stray Cat (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
Yoruichi Shihoin (Bleach) vs Grimmjow Jaegerjaques (Bleach)
Greebo (Discworld) vs You (Discworld)
Pusheen (Pusheen) vs Nyan Cat (Nyan Cat)
Felix (Drawtectives) vs Capper (My Little Pony)
Cat (Stray) vs Spot (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Bungle the glass cat (Oz) vs Eureka the pink kitten (Oz)
Squanchy (Rick and Morty) vs Talking Cat (Rick and Morty)
Barry Ill ( Sparklecare hospital) vs Caroline Coughs (Sparklecare hospital)
Shoe (Ace Attorney) vs Wagahai (Ace Attorney) (will carry on as a tag team because you guys are unstoppable apparently)
Alpine (Marvel comics) vs Mew (Marvel comics)
Hong (Trash of the Count's Family) vs On (Trash of the Count's Family) (will carry on as a tag team because separating the siblings was a mistake apparently)
Catra (She-Ra) vs Khajiit (The Elder Scrolls)
Constable Whiskers (Cookie Run) vs Tabby Slime (Slime Rancher)
Arlene (Garfield) vs Nermal (Garfield)
Stelmaria (His Dark Materials) vs Kirjava (His Dark Materials)
Candy + Cindy (Five Nights at Candy's) vs 808 (Hi-Fi Rush)
Carla (Fairy Tail) vs Panther Lily (Fairy Tail)
Jellie (Double Life SMP) vs C!Antfrost (Dream SMP)
Midnight (Castle in the Air, Diana Wynne Jones) vs Thomas (Earwig and the Witch)
Skimbleshanks (Cats the musical) vs Rum Tum Tugger (Cats the musical)
Ortensia the Cat (Disney) vs Felix the cat (Felix the cat (Paramount))
God Cat (Homestuck) vs Vodka Mutini / Dr.Meowgon Spangler (Homestuck)
Kyo Sohma (Fruits Basket) vs Miyo Sasaki / Muge / Taro (A whisker away)
Blaze the Cat (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs Big the Cat (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Jiji (Kiki's Delivery Service) vs Luna (Sailor Moon)
Puppycat (Bee and Puppy cat) vs CatDog (CatDog)
Chairman Meow (The Shadowhunter Chronicles) vs Church (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)
Pounce de Leon (Homestuck) vs Jaspers (Homestuck)
Sandstorm (Warrior cats) vs Squirrelflight (Warrior cats)
Mae Borowski (Night in the Woods) vs Princess Carolyn (BoJack Horseman)
Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes) vs Tigger (Winnie the Pooh)
Ankha (Animal Crossing) vs Kabuki (Animal Crossing)
Valerie Oberlin (Monster Prom) vs Juan The Small Magical Latino Cat (Monster Prom)
Coco Grimalkin (Purrfect Apawcalypse) vs Felix Munch (Purrfect Apawcalypse) vs Mittens Wichien (Purrfect Apawcalypse)
Catty (Undertale) vs Catti (Deltarune)
Aslan (The Chronicles of Narnia) vs Simba (The Lion King)
Ghazt (My Singing Monsters) vs Nyanky (Taiko no Tatsujin)
Nameless evil white cat (James Bond) vs Meowthra (Lego Ninjago Movie)
Minerva McGonagall (Harry Potter) vs Behemoth (Master and Margarita)
Macskacicó (Hungarian folk tales) vs Pangur Bán (Pangur Bán (Irish poem, 9th century))
Kuro (Blue Exorcist) vs Grim (Twisted Wonderland)
Baron Humbert von Gikkingen (The Cat Returns) vs Nyanta (Log Horizon)
Lumi (Cats are Liquid) vs Mewo (Omori) vs Pet cats (Stardew Valley)
Leone (Akame ga Kill) vs Blake Belladonna (RWBY)
The Black Cat (The Black Cat, E.A.Poe) vs Black Cat (The Price, Neil Gaiman)
Chi Yamada (Chi's sweet home) vs Happy (Fairy Tail)
Kitty White / Hello Kitty (Sanrio) vs Salem Saberhagen (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
Firestar (Warrior cats) vs Meowth (Pokémon)
Ghost (The Owl House) vs Morgana (Persona 5)
Kitty Softpaws (Puss in Boots) vs Goose (Marvel comics / MCU)
Catbus (My Neighbor Totoro) vs Cake (Adventure Time)
Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland) vs Che'nya (Twisted Wonderland)
Plagg (Miraculous) vs Chat Noir (Miraculous)
Bagheera (The Jungle Book) vs Nuka (The Lion King 2)
Cure Cosmo / Yuni (Star Twinkle Pretty Cure) vs Ichigo Momomiya (Tokyo Mew Mew)
Luxor (Tutenstein) vs Chester the Cat (Bunnicula)
Cat (Red Dwarf) vs T'Ana (Star Trek: Lower Decks)
The Cat (Coraline) vs Mothwing (Warrior cats)
Shampoo ( Ranma 1/2) vs Diana (Sailor Moon)
Frumpkin (Critical Role) vs Archie (Tales of Arcadia)
Periwinkle (Blue's clues) vs Brave Heart Lion (Care Bears)
Catbug (Bravest Warriors) vs Pasty (Neko Atsume)
Atsushi Nakajima (Bungou Stray Dogs) vs Natsume Soseki (Bungou Stray Dogs)
Tigress (Kung Fu Panda) vs Captain Amelia (Treasure Planet)
Pixie (Pixie and Brutus) vs Tumblr lore witch
Lucifer (Cinderella) vs Tab (Watership Down)
Gary the Snail (Spongebob Squarepants) vs Magolor (Kirby series)
Mad Mew Mew (Undertale) vs Mr. Mistoffelees (Cats the musical)
Lucrezia and Meek (Frakk, the Cats' Nightmare) vs Findus (Pettson and Findus)
Leona Kingscholar (Twisted Wonderland) vs Cheka Kingscholar (Twisted Wonderland)
Maurice (Discworld) vs Heathcliff (Heathcliff)
Cringer / Battlecat (He-man) vs Mr. Kat (Kid vs. Kat)
Angel Grimalkin (Purrfect Apawcalypse) vs Tigger Sugden (Purrfect Apawcalypse)
Rosie (Animal Crossing) vs Rover (Animal Crossing)
Blanca (Animal Crossing) vs Tangy (Animal Crossing)
Nali (Assassin's Creed: Valhalla) vs Miyuki (Avatar the Last Airbender)
Chococat (Sanrio) vs Kuroneko-sama (Trigun)
Gatomon (Digimon) vs Kyubey (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
Shrödinger's cat (you know the one) vs Felix (Felix cat food mascot)
The Cat (Monster Camp) vs Xiaohei (The Legend of Hei)
Artemis (Sailor Moon) vs Samantha / The Cat (Infinity Train)
John Blacksad (Blacksad) vs Mao Mao Mao (Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart)
Solembum (Inheritance Cycle) vs Ren (Monstress)
Taokaka (Blazblue) vs Niko (Oneshot)
Ember (Cattails) vs Lyrus (Cattails) vs Mayor (Cattails)
Missy (Cattails) vs Sarge (Cattails) vs Scout (Cattails)
Lion (Steven Universe) vs Cat Steven (Steven Universe)
Glameow (Pokémon) vs Litten (Pokémon) vs Meowstic (Pokémon) vs Skitty (Pokémon) vs Sprigatito (Pokémon)
Mog (Mog books, Judith Kerr) vs Tom Kitten (The Tale of Tom Kitten)
Jenny Linsky (Jenny Linsky, Esther Averill) vs Kaspar, Prince of Cats (Kaspar, Prince of Cats, Michael Morpurgo)
Pixel (The Cat Who Walks through Walls, Robert Heinlein) vs Invisible cat (The Invisible Man, H.G.Wells)
Jonesy (Alien) vs Grudge (Star Trek Discovery)
Aldwyn (The Familiars) vs Jess (Postman Pat)
Remlit (Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword) vs Mo (Lego Monkie Kid)
Assistacat / Sub-manager (Cardfight!! Vanguard) vs Haru (My Roommate is a Cat)
Mao (Darker than Black) vs Amanojaku (Ghost Stories)
Izutsumi (Dungeon Meshi) vs Opera (Welcome to demon school Iruma kun!)
Nyako / Meowy (Chainsaw Man) vs Yuigadokusonmaru (Durarara)
Heinkel (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs Cheetu (Hunter x Hunter)
Graystripe (Warrior cats) vs Scourge (Warrior cats) vs Sol (Warrior cats) vs Tallstar (Warrior cats)
Bristlefrost (Warrior cats) vs Cinderpelt (Warrior cats) vs Ferncloud (Warrior cats) vs Turtle Tail (Warrior cats)
Leopardstar (Warrior cats) vs Spottedleaf (Warrior cats) vs Leafpool (Warrior cats) vs Mapleshade (Warrior cats)
Sox (Lightyear) vs The Kitty (The Bad Guys)
The Cat in the Hat (The Cat in the Hat) vs Boo (The Funky Phantom)
The Sphinx (Adventures of Puss in Boots) vs Fluffal Cat (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Hiili (Fox Fires (webcomic)) vs Varjak Paw (Varjak Paw, S.F.Said)
Potato (Cat loaf adventures) vs Whiskers (Pixel Cat's End)
Mingus Crown (Dialtown) vs Burgerpants (Undertale)
Arthur (Code Geass) vs Amp / Anp / Anpu (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K)
Sakamoto (Nichijou) vs Blair (Soul Eater)
Darwin (April and the Extraordinary World) vs Finley / Jelly Donut (Hustle Cat)
Jemima (Cats the musical) vs Victoria (Cats the musical)
Also democracy said we should try randomising the match-ups. See yous in a few days, I have some cats to put on a wheel ;)
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Some of my favorite doorstop history books for summer reading. I know that Lin Manuel Miranda has become too ubiquitous to be that charming these days, but he very much was correct that summer vacation is the best time to read a giant brick of a history book. What else are you going to do? It's too hot to fucking move. Just lay in your underwear in front of the a/c with a giant book.
The Fall of Robespierre by Colin Jones. This is for the real sickos connoisseurs. It's a 600 page, hour-by-hour account of July 27th, 1794 in Paris.
The Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs by Camilla Townsend. This is the shortest book on this list that probably couldn't stop an actual door but it's uniquely wonderful in giving you the kind of Kings and Queens and battles and legends history of the Aztecs that is available in literally dozens of books about say, the Tudor dynasty.
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treur: This is the most "journalistic" book on this list, a combination of personal history, current reporting with a more conventional history narrative.
Let the Record Show by Sarah Schulman: I think the most important thing I can say about Let the Record Show is that it is an empowering book to read. It left me feeling uniquely powerful and capable and believing that genuine cross-community solidarity is possible.
One Mighty and Irresistible Tide by Jia Lyn Yang: This book has been especially helpful to me by giving me a broad overview of American immigration policy and how it came to be. I find my understanding of a lot of stories is much better because I read this book.
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe: This is one of the most morally, spiritually important books I've ever read. I think of it as a non-fiction companion to The Buried Giant. I am constantly haunted by the questions this book raises about how people learned to live together in peace after committing atrocities against each other.
The Dead are Arising by Les Payne and Tamara Payne. This is the kind of exhaustively researched book that was the work of Payne's entire life and that he died before finishing. It has the feel of a life's work, just a masterpiece.
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David Blight. Douglass is a real historical example of the kind of anachronistically modern character in a fantasy series. He is an utterly comprehensible, modern-seeming American liberal and makes fascinating person to view 19th century America through.
The Reaganland Quartet by Rick Perlstein (Before the Storm, Nixonland, The Invisible Bridge & Reaganland). Perlstein is the GRRM of our miserable reality and his Reaganland quartet has the feel of an epic fantasy series...but y'know, we have to live in the world these Evil Forces have created. This is like 3,500 pages total and will take you all summer to just wallow in 20th century conservative triumphs.k
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Books Read 2023
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations / Mira Jacob
A Grief Observed / C. S. Lewis
Grit Lit: A Rough South Reader / ed. Brian Carpenter & Tom Franklin
Two or Three Things I Know for Sure / Dorothy Allison
Weather: Air Masses, Clouds, Rainfall, Storms, Weather Maps, Climate (A Golden Nature Guide) / Paul E. Lehr, R. Will Burnett, Herbert S. Zim ; Harry McNaught (ill.)
Improbable Memories / Sarah Moon
Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery / Adam Clair
The Difference Between / Billy McCall
The Submissive (The Submissive #1) / Tara Sue Me
Last Night at the Casino [v. 1] / Billy McCall
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing / Marie Kondo ; Cathy Hirano (tr.)
Pnin / Vladimir Nabokov
My Heart Is a Chainsaw / Stephen Graham Jones
"Waltz of the Body Snatchers" / Alfred Bester, in Andromeda I: An original SF anthology / ed. Peter Weston
Blue Highways: A Journey Into America / William Least Heat-Moon
The Stars My Destination (The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series) / Alfred Bester
Laughter in the Dark / Vladimir Nabokov
Man and His Symbols / Carl G. Jung
Mysteries of the Unexplained / ed. Carroll C. Calkins
The Westing Game / Ellen Raskin
The Seven Ages / Louise Glück
The Wild Iris / Louise Glück
Vita Nova / Louise Glück
Doctor Who: Impossible Worlds: A 50-Year Treasury of Art and Design / Stephen Nicholas & Mike Tucker
Where's Waldo? (Where's Waldo #1) / Martin Handford
Where's Waldo? The Fantastic Journey (Where's Waldo #3) / Martin Handford
Doctor Who 50 Years #3: The Doctors / ed. Marcus Hearn
Rabbit, Run / John Updike
Mother Night / Kurt Vonnegut
Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books) / Bibliographic Standards Committee, Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, in collaboration with The Policy Standards Office of the Library of Congress
"Descriptive Bibliography" / Terry Belanger, in Book Collecting: A Modern Guide / ed. Jean Peters
The Essential Doctor Who #2: The TARDIS / ed. Marcus Hearn
Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited / Vladimir Nabokov
Chicago: City on the Make / Nelson Algren
Gustav Klimt, 1862-1918 / Gilles Néret
American Gods: A Novel / Neil Gaiman
Marcel Duchamp, 1887-1968: Art as Anti-Art / Janis Mink
The Empathy Exams: Essays / Leslie Jamison
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families / James Agee & Walker Evans
Hallucination Orbit: Psychology in Science Fiction / ed. Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg
Dream Street: W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Project / W. Eugene Smith ; ed. Sam Stephenson
Twilight / Gregory Crewdson ; Rick Moody
Magic Eye: A New Way of Looking at the World / N.E. Thing Enterprises
Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams / Steve Horton & Michael Allred ; Laura Allred (ill.)
After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path / Jack Kornfield
The Gin Closet: A Novel / Leslie Jamison
The New Kid on the Block / Jack Prelutsky ; James Stevenson (ill.)
A Book of Common Prayer / Joan Didion
Mariette in Ecstasy / Ron Hansen
Camp Damascus / Chuck Tingle
The Mass Production of Memory: Travel and Personal Archiving in the Age of the Kodak (Public History in Historical Perspective) / Tammy S. Gordon
Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas / Rebecca Solnit & Rebecca Snedeker
Other Voices, Other Rooms / Truman Capote
Fabulous New Orleans / Lyle Saxon ; E.H. Suydam (ill.)
Weird Pennsylvania: Your Travel Guide to Pennsylvania's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets / Matt Lake
Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence (Griffin & Sabine #1) / Nick Bantock
Sabine's Notebook: In Which The Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues (Griffin & Sabine #2) / Nick Bantock
The Golden Mean: In Which The Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Concludes (Griffin & Sabine #3) / Nick Bantock
Breath, Eyes, Memory / Edwidge Danticat
Last Night at the Casino, v. 2 / Billy McCall
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions / Randall Munroe
Collection-Level Cataloging: Bound-with Books (Third Millennium Cataloging) / Jain Fletcher
Speaking Pittsburghese: The Story of a Dialect (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics) / Barbara Johnstone
My Misspent Youth: Essays / Meghan Daum
Slender Intuition: Essays on Artist's Block / Brian Hitselberger
The Mister / E L James
Crapalachia: A Biography of a Place / Scott McClanahan
The Transcriptionist: A Novel / Amy Rowland
Explanations/Opinions below the cut:
Ok so I have several reading lists/stacks that I rotate through: my to-read spreadsheet (which has almost 300 titles listed in chronological order by date added, with the oldest being from 8/22/2014), my to-read bookcase/nightstand (which holds ~50 books I’ve acquired over the past few years but haven’t yet read), a stack of oversized unreads that don’t fit on the nightstand shelves (this gets its own list bc I need to read them and find a permanent home for them before the stack gets too tall), and “interruptions” (books that override the list order bc I didn’t want to wait to read them, for whatever reason).
Maybe it’s weird that I’m so attached to reading things “in order”? Idk. I’ve always been like this. It’s only a mild compulsion – obviously, I am perfectly capable of ignoring what’s supposed to be next on the list, in favor of reading something that catches my interest more strongly in the moment, but in general, I like to read things either in the order I added them to the list, or the order I personally acquired a physical copy (if I went by the list only, I’d be drowning in unread books [yay, college town thrift stores], so I gotta stay on top of that pile pretty regularly). So that is why I am often reading things that I first became aware of/added to my list nearly 10 years ago. Sometimes this practice results in feelings like, “Dang, I wish I would’ve actually read this 10 years ago,” but also sometimes, “WOW, I’m so glad I’m reading this RIGHT NOW, as opposed to 10 years ago when I first heard about it!”
I think my favorites this year were Mariette in Ecstasy; Other Voices, Other Rooms; Crapalachia; and Speak, Memory.
Mild disappointments were the essay collections by Leslie Jamison and Meghan Daum, two authors I’m pretty sure I discovered via popular and relateable quotes reblogged on tumblr ca. 2014, but the collections taken as a whole just had too many moments of cringe – casual classism, arrogant self-absorption, and other annoying and unrelateable qualities typical of privileged 20-something writers (this tone definitely appealed to me when I was a naïve and melodramatic snotty 20-something, so there’s that).
As a kind of memorial, Rachael and I read David’s three favorite books: The Stars My Destination, Mother Night, and American Gods. In all the time I knew him, including all the times we used to sit on the porch together, reading quietly while he drank whiskey, I never thought to ask him his favorites. I kept looking for pieces of him in the stories, wondering what lines stood out, what made a book memorable, what did it say about him that these were his favorites.
Being an elder Millennial, I’m in the stage of nostalgically re-acquiring important artifacts from my childhood, so that’s why there are some children’s books on my list. Where’s Waldo? was one of the most coveted books in my grade-school library! There was always a list of people waiting to check it out, but usually, whoever actually had the book that week would let the other kids gather around and look together.
My Heart Is a Chainsaw was a recommendation from my goth teenaged birthdaughter <3 which I probably read too much personal symbolism into but maybe not!
I thought John Updike was overrated, lol.
Favorite photography book: W. Eugene Smith’s Dream Street. His pictures made me so homesick, and it was wild because he took them from 1955-1957 but they still really, REALLY, to me, looked like the Pittsburgh of my ‘80s/’90s memories (bc Pittsburgh doesn’t change, and also the “idea” or “brand” of Pittsburgh in the ‘80s/’90s was ofc consciously referencing its industrial working-class past). He took over 10,000 photos but was never able to “finish” the project to his intense, obsessive standards of perfection (I KNOW THAT FEEL) and felt it failed to capture the multifaceted essence of the city. WELL, not in my opinion at least!
PS I'm moonmoth on LibraryThing.
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tagged by @corvosattano @gendameron and @denerims (thank you beloveds) and boy did I take the quiz
— OCS AS CHARACTERS
rules: take this quiz and share 5 (or more! or less! the world is your oyster!) results from the top 50 that you feel really fit your oc(s). if you don’t recognize very many from the top 50, feel free to expand into the top 100.
no pressure tagging: @vilkaas @eviefrie @leefi @malefiicarum @rockerboys @rosebarsoap @saintjudegf @nuclearstorms @reaperkiller @aartyom and anybody else ! :3
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Verde
john wick - john wick (!!!!!!)
rick blaine - casablanca
aragorn - |ord of the rings
sun bak - sense8 (!!!!!!!!)
kakashi hatake - naruto
Landon
lee sizemore - westworld
the wizard of oz - the wizard of oz
KENDALL ROY - succession (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
ryan howard - the office
petyr bae|ish - g*me of thr*nes
Lorenzo
bumblebee - transformers
barry allen - the flash
ted lasso - ted lasso (!!!!)
jim halpert - the office
jonah simms - superstore
Beau
jet b|ack - cowboy bebop
h*wkeye - m*rve|
ashley stubbs - westwor|d
mike ehrm*ntraut - better ca|| sau|
ga|e hawthorne - the h*nger g*mes
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Galen
carrie bradshaw - sex in the city
oberyn marte|| - g*me of thr*nes
|umiere - beauty and the beast
jack dawson - titanic
kee|ey jones - ted |asso
merry brandybuck - |ord of the rings
Nizana
marion ravenwood - |ndiana jones
jack twist - brokeback mountain
westley - the princess bride
kate austen - Lost
jim halpert - the office (I know a dupe but SHES SOOO JIM)
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Gwenyth
gera|t of r*via - the w|tcher
sandor c|egane - g*me of thr*nes
asha greyj*y - g*me of thr*nes
dary| dixon - the wa|king dead
roy kent - ted |asso
Salen
han so|o - st*r w*rs
spike spiegel - cowboy bebop
f|ynn ryder - tang|ed
JJ - the out*r b*nks
steve harrington - str*nger th*ngs
emmett cu||en - twi|ight
damon sa|vatore - v*mpire di*ries
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brookstonalmanac · 14 days
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Birthdays 3.14
Beer Birthdays
Anthony J. McGowan (1869)
Brad Kraus
Five Favorite Birthdays
Michael Caine; actor (1933)
Billy Crystal; actor, comedian (1947)
Albert Einstein; physicist (1879)
Meagan Follows; actor (1968)
Casey Jones; railroad engineer (1864)
Famous Birthdays
Eva Angelina; porn actor (1985)
Diane Arbus; photographer (1923)
Les Baxter; singer, bandleader (1922)
Frank Borman; astronaut (1928)
Les Brown; bandleader (1912)
Eugene "Gene" Cernan; astronaut (1934)
Pierre-Louis Couperin; composer (1755)
Hannah Cowley; writer (1743)
Rick Dees; radio D.J. (1951)
Paul Ehrlich; bacteriologist (1854)
Victor Emmanuel II; 1st king of Italy (1820)
Horton Foote; playwright, screenwriter (1916)
Adolph Gottlieb; artist (1903)
Sasha Grey; porn actor (1988)
Jerry Greenfield; co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream (1951)
Quincy Jones; record producer (1933)
Hank Ketchum; cartoonist (1920)
Laura Leighton; actor (1969)
Brianna Love; porn actor (1985)
Thomas Malory; writer (c. 1405; date of death, 1471)
Isadore Gilbert Mudge; librarian (1875)
Peter Musschenbroek; Dutch physicist (1692)
Arthur O'Shaughnessy; British poet (1844)
Walter Parazaider; rock woodwinds, "Chicago" (1945)
Kirby Puckett; Minnesota Twins CF (1960)
Meredith Salenger; actor (1970)
Giovanni Schiaparelli; astronomer (1835)
Shirley Scott; jazz/blues organist (1934)
Max Shulman; writer (1919)
Johann Strauss; composer (1804)
Georg Telemann; composer (1681)
Edward Tufte; designer (1942)
Rita Tushingham; actor (1942)
Jerry Jeff Walker; country singer (1942)
Tad Williams; writer (1957)
Kevin Williamson; screenwriter (1965)
Adrian Zmed; actor (1954)
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elvain · 8 months
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things we don’t talk about enough:
1) cinnamon buns
2) rick jones’ insane trauma from the endless amount of time he spent in the negative zone during his captain marvel era lost and alone and forced in there without a choice
c) macadamia nut cookies
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Rick/Morgan — In the bed she died in...
Take it from there nonnie.
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earth-93 · 9 months
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BRIGADE FILE: RICK JONES (Part 1)
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Main Alias/Moniker: Rick Jones
Legal Name: Richard Milhous Jones
Other Aliases: Buckaroo, Nowhere_Man, Lodi, Lizard_King, BobbyMcGee, Mr_Blue_Sky, Dancing-Bear
Date of Birth: March 2nd, 1985 (Age: 21)
Status: Alive
Species: Human
Sex: Male
Gender: Cisgender
Height/Weight: 5'9'' (1.75 m) / 165 lbs (74.84 kg)
Hair/Eye Color: Brown / Brown
Timeline (1985 - 1995): I don't like talking about my childhood. Not that I'm ashamed of it, or I have anything to hide. I just never found my story all that marvelous. I've never been the type looking for attention. I just figured if me and the other TBs are cataloging all this sensitive info on everyone else, I may as well stick my neck out along with them. Solidarity, free information. All that jazz.
If my folks were still here to tell this story, they would have told you they met twice. First in spirit, and only in person years later. Both of them went to Woodstock when they were kids. Neither of them were very religious, but they felt there was this "divine nudge," as they put it, that brought them together. To be but two drops in that massive ocean of people, brought together by the concert's message of love and peace, then going off and living full lives apart before being brought back together. Really idealistic people, my folks. I've always envied that.
I was an only child, and they doted on me. My mom was a freelance programmer who worked out of her garage, and it was through her that I first learned my way around a circuit board. My old man taught horticulture at Desert State, but he also played a mean guitar. I learned how to work with the elements through him, and I learned all the oldies from his record collection before I lost all my baby teeth. Between the two of them, I learned about integrity, healthy skepticism, and standing up for the little guy.
Timeline (1995 - 2000): After the accident, I was a hard sell for any potential guardians. After all, a moody kid who's parents just died is a sweetheart. A kid who won't look you in the eye and has a temper about him is a troublemaker. It didn't take long before that label stuck, and I tried joining in on all the other troublemakers. There was one group I ran with when I was twelve I felt I could count on. I counted wrong. One day, when we were out joyriding, I choked. Being put behind the wheel, it brought too many bad vibes from what happened to my folks. They ditched me when the pigs cornered us, and I was thrown in Tempest House.
It wasn't too bad at first. I could give a sour look at the staff, but I never caused any real trouble, so I was off their radar. I didn't make any friends there, either. Still way too bitter about getting ditched before. After a while, something about Tempest didn't sit right. Our food was dirt, the facilities were shoddy. The conditions were substandard, even by the already lowly standards of these types of joints. So I did a little digging. I found out Tempest's headmaster had been personally pocketing most of the budget given and running the place on a pittance.
Unfortunately, I didn't cover my tracks, and the headmaster figured out ally snooping. To keep me quiet, he sought to break my spirit, so he didn't just beat me, and didn't just stow me away in solitary for three days. No, the son of a bitch smashed my old man's guitar right in front of me. That weekend in solitary changed me, alright. All the rage that had smothered me since my folks died focused into a righteous fury. It's been carrying me, in one way or another, ever since. A couple weeks after coming out of solitary, I played nice, shaking off any suspicious minds, before I skipped out in the middle of the night. I went off on my own, but not before I made a house call on that headmaster. The pigs answered an anonymous tip the next morning, and found the man hogtied in his living room, and the security footage of him whooping my ass playing on loop on the TV.
Timeline (2000 - 2003): The next few years were a bit of a zigzag. I probably set my foot everywhere between Seattle to San Antonio. Never really heading any place in particular, and never staying anywhere for too long. If I caught a whiff of some bad business in town, I'd snoop around, and if I dug up something I'd send that dirt to the right people, then split. I'd also just do some digging on my own free time, whenever I could get my hands on the proper tech to do so. If a joint like Tempest could get away with what they did, I could only imagine what the bigger guys were hiding.
I was able to get myself a new guitar after a while, but street performing can only earn you so much. I learned quite a bit of skills to survive back then, but driving still wasn't one of them. One day, though, out in Vegas, I was desperate for cash, and I let a guy get under my skin. Next thing I know, I'm drag-racing into the desert, barely able to see fifteen feet ahead of me. Enough space for a couple of giants to sneak up on two punks doing eighty on a lonely highway. I skidded off-road, but the other guy wasn't so lucky and collided. The brawling of these two brutes continued, barely acting like getting a face-full of car threw them off, but one of them seemed to be trying to avert their destruction away from me, giving me just enough time to gather my bearings and get the hell out of there.
Living on the road, you hear about all sorts of cryptids and close encounters. Bigfoot, of course. Mothman. The Hopkinsville Goblins. The Incredible Hulk was a fresher one, barely five years old. In my private sleuthing, I made a habit out of debunking these types of sightings. Figuring out what were old wives tales, what were cover-ups, what truths were even stranger than fiction. After what I saw that night, or even what I thought I saw in the darkness and confusion of it all, I couldn't let it be. And what I dug up would change everything.
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heiko-writes · 1 year
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HI!
I’M KAT JOONDALUP
...and I'm ISO new, queer, and queer-friendly friends for chatting, sharing, bonding (and dating?)!
STATS:
Genderqueer
AFAB
1973
Lt. Brown Hair
Grey Eyes
Fair, Neutral Skin
5'5", 165 cm
260 lbs, 118 kg, 18.5 st
47-43-53
PERSONALITIES:
MYERS-BRIGGS: INFJ-T ENNEAGRAM: 4 Wing 5 CHRONOTYPE: Wolf
ALIGNMENTS:
DnD: True Neutral leaning Lawful
HOGWARTS:
Ravenclaw 42%
Hufflepuff 40%
Gryffindor 12%
Slytherin 6%
HERITAGE:
Irish 45%
Italian 25%
English 15%
Scottish 10%
Dutch/Flemish 5%
AFFILIATIONS:
Pro-choice Christian
Law Enforcement Parents and Friends
Armed Forces Parents and Friends
Centrist/Per Issue Voter; Socially Liberal, Fiscally Conservative; Foreign Policy: US Safety First
Sober Driver
SPOONY:
Fibromyalgia (meds)
Arthritis
Psoriasis
Reactive Hypoglycemia
IBS
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Food Intolerance/Sensitivities
Heat Intolerance
NEURODIVERGENT:
General Anxiety Disorder w/ Executive Dysfunction (meds, therapy)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (therapy)
PTSD (therapy)
ADHD Mixed (therapy)
Major Depressive Disorder (meds, therapy)
Echolalia (daily)
Night Terrors (rare)
Somnambulism (rare)
HEROES:
Deputy Rick Grimes
Dr. Henry 'Indiana' Jones
DREAM JOB:
Full-time Artist
Author/Illustrator
Police Officer
MARVEL or DC:
Marvel by a longshot, especially Avengers and X-men, but Im also a Justice League fan, especially Supercavill Batfleck, Aquamomoa, EzraFLASHMiller, and WonderGadot.
I LIKE:
High tea, hugging and cuddling, leaning on each other, touching legs, dancing, taking off-season cruises
Zoos, Museums, Gardens, Antiques, Americana, Folk Art
Full french toast breakfasts and rib dinners, black coffee, tea, soda, whiskey, taste tests, chips, chocolate, cereal, oatmilk
Muscle cars, especially a 1967 Pontiac GTO
IRL Roleplaying
Texting, sharing memes and reels
Board, card, dice games, discussions, crafts, doodling. I'd love to learn to sew, and to play DnD.
All things law enforcement, fire fighter, paramedic, military, camo, tac boots, gun belts, Interceptors, Engines, helos, battleships, cargo pants.
Tall ships, pirates, 18th, 19th, 20th century films and genre pieces.
Superman (DCU)
Captain America (MCU)
Iron Man (MCU)
MOVIES & TV:
GENRES: Horror, Crime, One-man Action, 19th C., Prohibition, Cerebral Comedy, Psychological Drama & Thrillers, Artsy/Indie Queer, WWII, Dystopian, Serial Killers, Coming of Age, Fish Out Of Water, High Fantasy, Space/Sci-Fi, Vampyre, Werewolf,
TV SPECIFICS: Stranger Things, The Walking Dead, Fargo, ADAM-12, Emergency!, Andy Griffith, Big Bang Theory, The Office, Peaky Blinders, Sopranos, True Blood
ACTORS: Tom Hardy, Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Henry Cavill, Gerard Butler, Cillian Murphy, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Lawrence
MUSIC (My rotating Sirius Channels):
All the Classic Rock stations, Yacht Rock, 60s, 70, 80s, 1st Wave, Mosaic, Prime Country, Radio Classics, Octane, Turbo, Ozzy's Boneyard
ARTISTS: Rammstein, Bastille, Crowder, Andrew Bird, Chris Tomlin, Garth Brooks, Five Finger Death Punch, Slipknot, Corey Taylor. Journey, Styx, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Meg Myers, Sia, Lady Gaga, Garth Brooks, George Strait, The Outfield, Elton John, Billy Joel, Kenny Rogers, Ronnie Milsap, Jerry Reed, Dwight Yoakam, Fleetwood Mac, Commodores, The Police, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Eagles
PODCASTS & YOUTUBE:
Horror, True Crime, Cryptids, Unexplained, Disasters, History, Wildlife, Mummies, Mortuary/Funerary, Archeology, Psychology, Psychiatry
CREATORS: MrBallen, That Chapter, Fascinating Horror, Brief Case, Thoughty2 GOOD THINGS TO KNOW:
I’m sensitive, a weeper. If you're uncomfortable around emotion, I'm probably not for you ;(
I don't always get the joke. Sometimes I take things the wrong way. Executive Dysfunction can be frustrating. Please don't assume I'm simple. I do have standards. I do have ideologies. Sometimes my ire is more than appropriate when someone is being rude, a bully, or just a dick.
I can act like a mom or a big bro. I may encourage you to hydrate more, or eat more protein and fruit. It's because I care, not because you're not meeting standards.
Sometimes I'm very quiet and have not much at all to say. It's probably not. I'm an introvert and need to recharge. Sometimes just sitting quietly together doing our own thing is as nourishing as chatting about all the things while adventuring about town.
I nap A LOT. I sleep a long time. I can sleep almost anywhere, at any time. I'm a night owl IF I get a second wind, but I can still sleep late every. single. day. I'm more of a mid-day person than either morning or night person ;) See link to know more about the Wolf Chronotype.
I am loyal to a fault.
Friends don’t lie.
Please don’t lose my trust once you gain it.
I am moderately toy-experienced as a Top, but VERY inexperienced as a bottom. Can you teach me gently?
I don't own any formal attire and have a bitch of a time finding business-wear that fits well. My "dressed up" is pretty casual (clean, dark or black jeans, button up shirt, and blazer) and I'm a little embarrassed about it, but I'm trying to find better clothes.
I’m re-learning to do my makeup. I can always use pointers/tips/help.
Let's not be too shy about sharing our views and opinions on sensitive subjects. We may have to agree to disagree on some things. And if anything becomes a dealbreaker, so be it. Let's move on amiably. But please don’t assume that being a Christian who votes "Centrist" and has Independent friends who own guns means I’m a right-wing NRA “Trumper”. You may be surprised what MY views actually are when we get a chance to talk things out. And I'm open to new perspectives. I live with ambivalence. I prefer to make decisions knowing both/all sides to an argument.
Small talk can be awkward. Feel free to ask the deep TMI stuff early on. It's easier to learn about each other now than end up heartbroken too late. I’m really good at oversharing, too. I often can’t tell if you're offended and being stoic, or just feeling neutral about something I've said/shared. Please be patient. Let's always be open and honest with each other.
Around me there is always inappropriate laughter, burps, farts, naughty jokes, cursing. If you’re looking for LT friendship or anything intimate, you’ll eventually meet my friends and family and will need to be cool with cursing and the occasionally rank joke or discussion.
I often laugh out loud in public places, even restaurants, and sometimes I send my food back.
I don’t do well in the heat so prefer shade or indoors but definitely venture out as much as possible during the Summer.
I am trying to become debt-free. Please be willing to help pay for all outings, and easy to feed and entertain ;)
DISCLAIMERS*
NO 420, vaping, cigarette or cigar smoking
NO drugs of any kind, including holistic
NO children
ZERO Tolerance for ACAB and anti-military hate speech
ALL Lives Matter. ALL Peoples deserve Opportunity, Safety, and Justice.
Uberfeminism, Atheistic rants, cries of Fascism, Marxists, Anarchists, or male bashing are NOT OK. This is a safe place for kind people looking to thrive.
My Aussiedog Jemma is my furever furbaby soulmate. I talk about her a lot. I also have dog hair on all my clothes and in my car. If you are allergic to dogs, or just don't like dogs, this is a Dealbreaker.
I am afraid of large bully breed dogs. If you have a mastiff or pibble or a cross of either kind, I will probably be weird around them for a while, OR may never be comfortable around them. Once bitten, twice shy.
I live with my hetero BFF and her elderly mom. I probably won’t be able to have you over for games or meals until they are comfortable knowing you for a little while. I’m sorry if this is a Dealbreaker for you. I really do want to share my space(s) with you.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram: JoondalupArts
Follow me for art, doggos, food, snacks, coffee, stupid swlfies (not cute, still don’t delete), current obsessions and random shenanigans.
*Disclaimers aren’t necessarily Dealbreakers if they’re not for you. If we vibe hard on a lot of common interests and ideologies then I’m sure we can be flexible on some of our disclaimers. Thoughts?
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Round Two Is Complete!
Round Two of the Best Childhood Book just ended! Thank you to everyone who voted, and here are our winners:
Poll 1: The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Poll 2: Matilda by Roald Dahl
Poll 3: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Poll 4: Warriors by Erin Hunter
Poll 5: Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan
Poll 6: The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley
Poll 7: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Poll 8: Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
The next round of voting will begin tomorrow (3/29) at 12 PM EST. I will continue to create some resource posts for the eliminated titles, so let me know if you have recommendations for people or resources I could direct fans to. Thanks!
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