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History of St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day Is Celebrated Annually on March 17, the Anniversary of His Death in the Fifth Century. St. Patrick’s Day 2024 will Take Place on Sunday, March 17. The Irish Have Observed this Day as a Religious Holiday for Over 1,000 Years. On St. Patrick’s Day, Which Falls During the Christian Season of Lent, Irish Families Would Traditionally Attend Church ⛪️ in the Morning and Celebrate 🎊 🎉 in the Afternoon. Lente Prohibitions Against the Consumption of Meat 🍖 🥩 were Waived and People Would Dance 💃, Drink 🥤🍹🍺 and Feast on the Traditional Meal 🍽️ 🥘 of Irish Bacon 🥓 and Cabbage 🥬.

— By History.Com Editors | March 4, 2024

Photograph: Tim Boyle/Getty Images

Who Was St. Patrick?

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Saint Patrick, who lived during the fifth century, is the patron saint of Ireland and its national apostle. Born in Roman Britain, he was kidnapped and brought to Ireland as a slave at 16. He later escaped, but returned to Ireland and was credited with bringing Christianity to its people.

In the centuries following Patrick’s death (believed to have been on March 17, 461), the mythology surrounding his life became ever more ingrained in the Irish culture: Perhaps the most well-known legend of St. Patrick is that he explained the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) using the three leaves of a native Irish clover, the shamrock.

More than 100 St. Patrick's Day parades are held across the United States; New York City and Boston are home to the largest celebrations.

When Was the First St. Patrick’s Day Celebrated?

Since around the ninth or 10th century, people in Ireland have been observing the Roman Catholic feast day of St. Patrick on March 17. The first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place not in Ireland but in America. Records show that a St. Patrick’s Day parade was held on March 17, 1601 in a Spanish colony in what is now St. Augustine, Florida. The parade, and a St. Patrick’s Day celebration a year earlier were organized by the Spanish Colony's Irish vicar Ricardo Artur.

More than a century later, homesick Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched in New York City on March 17, 1772 to honor the Irish patron saint. Enthusiasm for the St. Patrick's Day parades in New York City, Boston and other early American cities only grew from there.

Growth of St. Patrick's Day Celebrations

Over the next 35 years, Irish patriotism among American immigrants flourished, prompting the rise of so-called “Irish Aid” societies like the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick and the Hibernian Society. Each group would hold annual parades featuring bagpipes (which actually first became popular in the Scottish and British armies) and drums.

In 1848, several New York Irish Aid societies decided to unite their parades to form one official New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Today, that parade is the world‘s oldest civilian parade and the largest in the United States, with over 150,000 participants. Each year, nearly 3 million people line the 1.5-mile parade route to watch the procession, which takes more than five hours. Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and Savannah also celebrate the day with parades involving between 10,000 and 20,000 participants each. In 2020, the New York City parade was one of the first major city events to be canceled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; it was again canceled in 2021. The parade in New York and others around the country returned in 2022.

The Irish in America

Despised for their alien religious beliefs and unfamiliar accents by the American Protestant majority, the immigrants had trouble finding even menial jobs. When Irish Americans in the country’s cities took to the streets on St. Patrick’s Day to celebrate their heritage, newspapers portrayed them in cartoons as drunk, violent monkeys.

In 1948, President Harry S. Truman attended New York City‘s St. Patrick’s Day parade, a proud moment for the many Irish Americans whose ancestors had to fight stereotypes and racial prejudice to find acceptance in the New World.

The Chicago River Dyed Green

As Irish immigrants spread out over the United States, other cities developed their own traditions. One of these is Chicago’s annual dyeing of the Chicago River green. The practice started in 1962, when city pollution-control workers used dyes to trace illegal sewage discharges and realized that the green dye might provide a unique way to celebrate the holiday. That year, they released 100 pounds of green vegetable dye into the river–enough to keep it green for a week. Today, in order to minimize environmental damage, only 40 pounds of dye are used, and the river turns green for only several hours.

Although Chicago historians claim their city’s idea for a river of green was original, some natives of Savannah, Georgia (whose St. Patrick’s Day parade, the oldest in the nation, dates back to 1813) believe the idea originated in their town. They point out that, in 1961, a hotel restaurant manager named Tom Woolley convinced city officials to dye Savannah’s river green. The experiment didn’t exactly work as planned, and the water only took on a slight greenish hue. Savannah never attempted to dye its river again, but Woolley maintains (though others refute the claim) that he personally suggested the idea to Chicago’s Mayor Richard J. Daley.

St. Patrick's Day Celebrations Around the World

Today, people of all backgrounds celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, especially throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. Although North America is home to the largest productions, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated around the world in locations far from Ireland, including Japan, Singapore and Russia. Popular St. Patrick’s Day recipes include Irish soda bread, corned beef and cabbage and champ. In the United States, people often wear green on St. Patrick’s Day.

In Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day has traditionally been a spiritual and religious occasion. In fact, up until the 1970s, Irish laws mandated that pubs be closed on March 17. Beginning in 1995, however, the Irish government began a national campaign to use interest in St. Patrick’s Day to drive tourism and showcase Ireland and Irish culture to the rest of the world.

What Do Leprechauns Have to Do With St. Patrick's Day?

One icon of the Irish holiday is the Leprechaun. The original Irish name for these figures of folklore is “Lobaircin,” meaning “Small-bodied Fellow.” Belief in leprechauns probably stems from Celtic belief in fairies, tiny men and women who could use their magica

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I love your latest fic! The way you described Arizona's panic attack was so realistic. Just perfect. And I can't wait for the soulmate fic. Could you post a sneak peek or a synopsis?

i'm glad you enjoyed!

here's a little snippet (from both povs!)

(there's also this snippet i posted a while back!)

6 June 2006

Chicago, Illinois

Spinning her grandmother’s ring on her pointer finger, Arizona waited. It felt like it had been hours, when according to her watch, it had only been four minutes. Four agonizing minutes, waiting for her board examiner to wave her in.

One by one others had begun to enter their exams.

This would determine her future. She had offers from Johns Hopkins, Columbia and Seattle Grace. Her parents desperately wanted her to stay on the East Coast. Nick told her to go to Seattle. She could have a fresh start there. It was one of the best programs in the country, top-ranked, the whole nine yards. But New York would be fun too. She loved Johns Hopkins, but there was zero mobility for her there at the moment.

On a whim, she scribbled a note to her soulmate on her palm.

I could do with a bit a luck right about now

A small four leaf clover appeared on her wrist next to her other good luck charm. Arizona grinned down at it.

“Robbins? Robbins?”

1 December 2007

Seattle, Washington

“I hate peds.”

Callie glanced up from her drink to greet Erica, who had all but thrown herself into the booth across from her. “Hi to you too.”

“They’re always so perky and happy and playing games. It’s so… so irritating.” Callie finished the last dregs of her drink. “I’ll go order us some more drinks.”

Callie chuckled, watching Erica fight her way through the crowd of doctors. With one finger, she scooped out an ice cube. Under the dim lights of Joe’s, only the faintest remnants of the note her soulmate had written could be seen. She was almost positive he did something with children, but for the life of her, she couldn’t figure out what it was.

She traced over the letters of the small tattoo at the crease of her wrist. Someday, she’d get to ask what it meant. A few weeks ago, she had been fixing up a 10 year old girl who had stolen her older brother’s bike and the girl had been thrilled by the tattoo. Apparently, it was her favourite movie and the peds person who had been in had promised she could watch it in her room after her surgery.

“So, like I was saying, peds people are the worst. They smile too much. And this one, God, she’s been a pain in my ass since residency. I got reamed out by a department head because I didn’t want to give an intern, that’s right, an intern time off. But she just flashed her stupid dimples and he bent over backwards.”

“This was when you were chief resident?”

“Yep. Freakin’ upstart.” Erica narrowed her eyes, leaning in to look closer at Callie’s wrist. “You have a tattoo? How did I not know this?”

In a fit of self-consciousness, Callie closed her fingers over her wrist for a moment before revealing it to Erica. “It’s not mine, really. It’s my soulmate’s. He got it a few years ago.” She shrugged. “I have no idea why, but I normally wear a watch so it’s not visible.”

“Kind of dorky, isn’t it? So you don’t know who he is?” A flicker of something unidentifiable crossed Erica’s face. Callie shook her head.

“You?”

“No. We don’t… we don’t interact much.” Erica fixed her gaze on something over Callie’s shoulder, a sneer pulling at her lips. “And there she is, Cinderella, herself.”

“Want me to go yell at her or something?” Callie asked with a laugh, taking a long sip of her drink. She turned to look at who Erica was talking about, but Joe was in the middle of clearing a table, blocking her view.

“No, it’s fine. I just hope I don’t have any more peds patients. She’s a fine surgeon, wasted on kids, but I don’t think she could handle anything more intense.” Callie hummed and nodded along. “Anyway, tell me about your day.”

“Eh, it wasn’t anything to write home about. All pretty standard procedures.”

“That’s what you get for doing carpentry.” Erica laughed and Callie laughed with her, but something twisted at her. She hated when people reduced ortho to carpentry. She made people walk and she gave people their lives back and let the kid who wanted to go to the Olympics make it back for his season. “Oh, there Cinderella goes.” She waved a vague hand.

Callie twisted in her seat, but only caught a brief glimpse of blonde hair, at least assuming that was who Erica meant.

#soulmate brainrot

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“SEVEN YEARS WITH LASHES FOR M. SIMONS,” Brantford Expositor. November 4, 1932. Page 6. ---- Justice Moved Swiftly for Brantford Jewel Thief ---- His Wife Is Under Arrest Here Pending Investigation ---- Justice moved with bewildering speed to-day for Milton Simons, Brantford man, who was captured here yesterday, after robbing Land’s jewelry store at Hamilton of $2500 in jewels and cash. Pleading guilty to two charges of robbery while armed, he was sentenced to-day to seven years in Portsmouth penitentiary on each charge, the terms to run concurrently, and to receive 12 lashes six to be inflicted at the end of three months and six at the end of six months.

On a charge of stealing a taxicab, Simons pleaded not guilty. The charge was changed to one of taking a car without the consent of the owner and Simons was sentenced to six months which will be concurrent with the other terms.

Simons’ appearance in court today marked the end of his brief crime trail. He stalked into the jewelry store early yesterday, held up the clerk and a Montreal salesman, grabbed 32 diamond rings, three watches, and more than $100 in cash, and then left the store after tying up the clerk and salesman.

He entered the waiting automobile and drove towards Brantford. En-route he forced the taxi-driver to leave the automobile and then continued his wild flight. Outside Brantford, he ran into a cordon of policemen who had been awaiting his appearance and 45 minutes after the robbery was en route back to Hamilton under guard.

WIFE ARRESTED Mrs. Elsie Simons, wife of Milton (“Nick”) Simons, was arrested here at a local hotel yesterday following the capture of Simons, alleged jewelry robber and holdup man here, earlier in the day.

The woman appeared before Magistrate S A Jones charged with vagrancy and at the request of Chief Stanley was remanded in custody for ten days until the chief satisfies himself about the valuable jewelry found in her possession.

Mrs. Simons, who gave her address as 212 Bay street, Hamilton, and who is stated to have lived in Chicago before she married Simons, has a fine wardrobe. Her appearance in court this morning bore out the statement of the police that she possessed plenty of very good and fashionable clothes. A white hat with white short fur coat and salmon pink and white dress made her conspicuous in the drab surroundings. Seated next to a local Indian woman arrested as a drunk, she presented a distinct contrast.

Mrs. Simons was interrogated by the police but appeared guarded in her statements regarding her husband and herself. Local relatives did not know of her presence here. She came to this city early yesterday morning, and police suspect this was part of a plan the pair made the night previous to the robbery. Police thought she might have been here to receive the stolen property.

Chief Stanley notified provincial officers and headquarters of city police in this country of the possession of the jewelry. Last evening Detectives Waterhouse and Strohn of Toronto came to the city to see if the jewelry was part of some recent hauls made in Toronto. They were not able to identify any of the goods taken from Mrs. Simons.

While Chief Stanley did not divulge the reason why he thought so he stated that he suspected the jewelry found in the possession of Mrs. Simons was stolen in Kansas City.

In the intervening ten days the police will send out a description of the jewelry and expect to have something definite.

It is also expected here that Mrs. Simons will be re-arrested by the Hamilton police as an accomplice in the robbery with which her husband is charged.

[AL: Simons was 29, married, had a long criminal history with sentences served in the Ohio State Reformatory and Michigan State Reformatory, was apparently trained as an electrician, and had a dagger tattoo on his left arm and shield with two clover leaves on his right. At Kingston Penitentiary, he was convict #2844 and actually ended up working in the electrician’s gang, but his conduct became increasingly irrational and he was considered in early 1934 to be mentally ill. He was transferred to Rockwood Mental Hospital shortly thereafter, and was ‘cured’ because he was back at the penitentiary by July 1936. He was released October 1937.]

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starxlene · 4 days

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i’m making this pretty later sorry guys

TV Show recs :3

ANIMES!!!

K-ON (watchable on Amazon Prime)

Bleach (Watchable on Hulu, could be wrong)

Kenichi (Watchable on Hulu)

One Piece (Watchable on Netflix, Crunchyroll, and watchop.xyz)

Black Clover (Watchable on Netflix, Hulu, And Crunchyroll)

Mob Psycho 100 (Watchable on Crunchyroll)

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K (Watchable on Netflix)

One Punch Man (Watchable on Amazon Prime and Crunchyroll)

PréTear (No idea, I watch on my CDs. Though they should have it on sketchy websites…)

Ouran High school Host Club (Crunchyroll)

Kuroko No Basket (Netflix)

Jujutsu Kaisen (Netflix, Crunchyroll)

My Neighbor Totoro (Amazon Prime, I use CD)

Kaleido Star (I use CD’s again, but crunchyroll and amazon prime)

Highschool of The Dead (Hulu)

That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime (Crunchyroll)

Attack on Titan (Netflix, Crunchyroll)

Demon Slayer (Netflix and Crunchyroll)

Tokyo Revengers (Crunchyroll i think)

Actual shows with real life people…

Castle (Hulu)

From (Amazon prime on mgm)

Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Hulu, NBC)

Chicago PD (NBC, Hulu)

The Rookie (Hulu)

Supernatural (Netflix, CDs)

Night Stalker (Netflix exclusive)

Fallout (Amazon Prime)

American Murder: The Family Next Door (Netflix Exclusive)

Unsolved Mysteries (netflix exclusive)

Mean Girls (Hulu)

Youtube Series

The Boiled One Phenomenon by Doctor Nowhere

Mandela Catalog by Alex Kister

The Walten Files by The Walten Files

The Backrooms By Kane Pixels

The COMPLETE Loona Theory - Every Video Analyzed by Twinfish

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St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated annually on March 17, the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over 1,000 years. On St. Patrick’s Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink and feast–on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.

☘️ 🍺 🍀 🇮🇪 ☘️

St. Patrick’s occurs on March 17th, in observance of the death of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. What began as a religious feast day in the 17th century has evolved into a variety of festivals across the globe celebrating Irish culture with parades, special foods, music, dancing, and a whole lot of green.

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ST. PATRICK’s Death & THE FIRST ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE

Saint Patrick, who lived during the fifth century, is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland. Born in Roman Britain, he was kidnapped and brought to Ireland as a slave at the age of 16. He later escaped, but returned to Ireland and was credited with bringing Christianity to its people. In the centuries following Patrick’s death (believed to have been on March 17, 461), the mythology surrounding his life became ever more ingrained in the Irish culture: Perhaps the most well known legend is that he explained the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) using the three leaves of a native Irish clover, the shamrock.

More than 100 St. Patrick's Day parades are held across the United States; New York City and Boston are home to the largest celebrations.

Since around the ninth or 10th century, people in Ireland have been observing the Roman Catholic feast day of St. Patrick on March 17. Interestingly, however, the first parade held to honor St. Patrick’s Day took place not in Ireland but in the United States. On March 17, 1762, Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City. Along with their music, the parade helped the soldiers reconnect with their Irish roots, as well as with fellow Irishmen serving in the English army.

☘️ 🍺 🍀 🇮🇪 ☘️

GROWTH OF ST. PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATIONS

☘️ 🍺 🍀 🇮🇪 ☘️

THE IRISH IN AMERICA

Up until the mid-19th century, most Irish immigrants in America were members of the Protestant middle class. When the Great Potato Famine hit Ireland in 1845, close to 1 million poor and uneducated Irish Catholics began pouring into America to escape starvation. Despised for their alien religious beliefs and unfamiliar accents by the American Protestant majority, the immigrants had trouble finding even menial jobs. When Irish Americans in the country’s cities took to the streets on St. Patrick’s Day to celebrate their heritage, newspapers portrayed them in cartoons as drunk, violent monkeys.

The American Irish soon began to realize, however, that their large and growing numbers endowed them with a political power that had yet to be exploited. They started to organize, and their voting block, known as the “green machine,” became an important swing vote for political hopefuls. Suddenly, annual St. Patrick’s Day parades became a show of strength for Irish Americans, as well as a must-attend event for a slew of political candidates. In 1948, President Harry S. Truman attended New York City ‘s St. Patrick’s Day parade, a proud moment for the many Irish Americans whose ancestors had to fight stereotypes and racial prejudice to find acceptance in the New World.

☘️ 🍺 🍀 🇮🇪 ☘️

THE CHICAGO RIVER Dyed Green ON ST. PATRICK’S DAY

As Irish immigrants spread out over the United States, other cities developed their own traditions. One of these is Chicago’s annual dyeing of the Chicago River green. The practice started in 1962, when city pollution-control workers used dyes to trace illegal sewage discharges and realized that the green dye might provide a unique way to celebrate the holiday. That year, they released 100 pounds of green vegetable dye into the river–enough to keep it green for a week! Today, in order to minimize environmental damage, only 40 pounds of dye are used, and the river turns green for only several hours.

☘️ 🍺 🍀 🇮🇪 ☘️

ST. PATRICK’S Day Celebrations AROUND THE WORLD

In modern-day Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day was traditionally been a religious occasion. In fact, up until the 1970s, Irish laws mandated that pubs be closed on March 17. Beginning in 1995, however, the Irish government began a national campaign to use interest in St. Patrick’s Day to drive tourism and showcase Ireland and Irish culture to the rest of the world. Today, approximately 1 million people annually take part in Ireland ‘s St. Patrick’s Festival in Dublin, a multi-day celebration featuring parades, concerts, outdoor theater productions and fireworks shows.

#St. Patrick’s Day #☘️ 🍺 🍀 🇮🇪 ☘️

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field trip

Last January I took a dream solo train trip from LA to Chicago in a roomette and it started my year off auspiciously, with much time to self-reflect alone and, like, stir the contents of my brain slowly as if making a soup. All while 'riding the rails' of course. This January such a large undertaking was not possible but I did carve out enough time to do something EXTREMELY fun: take a short train trip to a nearby city for the purpose of looking at some specific art.

It was on a different train trip that sliced down the right bank of the Hudson River that I was like, damn the Hudson River School really snapped when they started painting the sublime. I googled "museum with Hudson River School paintings" and the result that came up most vigorously was the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut. They boast "over 65 works by the movement's noteworthy artists." Ok, accessible! So I bought Amtrak tickets, booked a hotel and got psyched for 24 hours in Hartford.

Is there anything better than a rail yard?

My $100 a night hotel room had the dreamiest view of the state Capitol. Boy, wasn't I in clover!

I walked around a bit. Downtown Hartford had the kind of midwinter blasted modular emptiness that I, usually mired in the center of the rat king of NYC population density, could romanticize.

Harriet Beecher Stowe lived in Hartford. I also grew emotional reading several plaques about the city's effort to re-forge a path to its riverfront after first railways and then the highway cut it off from citizen access. I just get so misty when I think about municipal governments allocating resources and committing to great undertakings for the benefits of their residents. I mean, I recently teared up reading about the WPA!

I ate some very good mac & cheese, enjoyed lots of Shark Tank, and went to bed. Good night, Hartford.

ART DAY. The Wadsworth Atheneum is a lovely building.

I warmed up to my eventual arrival at the HRS collection, starting in a section about cabinets of curiosities.

If I had that in my home I'd never shut up about it.

Still Life With Ham and The Lazy Italian Woman.

The museum's size was perfect, not overwhelming like The Met. I found almost all of the paintings to be interesting in some way. Such is the power of 'curation.' Satisfied by the 17th through 19th century European art, I moved on to the Hudson River School, tucked away in the back of the museum past the contemporary exhibit of works made of glass.

Fuckin yeeeeaaaaaaa the sublime!!! Obviously so beautiful. But of course like all of art, the sublime is basically impossible to divorce from politics and from the artifice of mimesis. (Academic enough for u? I did attend college.) Like, you can't paint a gorgeous American landscape without also signifying that manifest destiny is good and right and committing genocide to fulfill it is only necessary. Likewise a lot of the landscapes were composites, existing nowhere truly in actual nature. I loved this painting done by Martin Johnson Heade called Gremlins in the Studio II where the impossibility of truly capturing nature is represented by a painting within a painting and then a weird little guy underneath.

Still I got drunk on the sublime, as you do. I cleansed my palate (palette? ART JOKE) with some Surrealism, and then with the glass exhibit which was truly stunning. A wall of American desserts rendered in glass really tickled me and made me think about the magic of treats, the painfully limited pleasure of a slice of cake, and then of course, my mom making box brownies and allowing whichever kid was nearest the reward of licking the mixer or rubber spatula.

Nearly fully sated, I closed out my visit with a stunning trip into a dark cave displaying video art, where I watched Paul Wynne Journal, a series of video diary entries from 1989 and 1990 that document a former TV journalist's experience with AIDS up to the point of his death. I'd never heard of the project before and I highly recommend watching it—one of the videos shows him planning his own memorial service and it's so funny, sweet and terribly sad!

Holy cow...that was a lot of art. It was time to leave, and I saw my last bit of unintentional art outside the train station. Shout out Suzanne Flathers.

The train home, like all trains home, had more "commuter sludge" vibes than "magical journey" vibes but that was ok. A mere 24 hours in Connecticut put my brain through the washing machine on a high spin cycle, and I am ready to face the rest of the winter bravely, as well as to continue to find the sublime on a train platform.

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Chicago pd season 3 is the season of Moustead I've decided

In the rewrite regardless of whether I kill Nadia or not (still leaning toward not but we'll see), Erin is gonna be a mess (affectionate) and she and Jay are gonna have a conversation about how yes they're partners in pretty much every sense of the word and will always be there for each other, including romantically, but Erin isn't in the right place for a committed relationship right now (don't get me wrong I very much like Lindstead I am a multishipper at heart) so like they still have a Thing but also not but the Lindstead aspects of s3 continue pretty much unchanged for the most part

So 3x01 and 3x03 happen and Jay and Mouse have their "holy shit I could've lost you today" moments but Mouse has been pining for like a decade at this point and doesn't act on his feelings

3x07 continues the Jay centric episodes of my dreams, then 3x10 and 3x11 follow for more Jay character opportunities

Then in 3x15 Mouse gets Jay the security job at the dispensary and he meets Terry Egan, who is gonna be gay and single here with Lissa being his pregnant sister instead, and Jay and Terry hit it off instantly and have a thing, which ends brutally in 3x17 with the robbery that kills Terry and just ruins Jay's entire day

And then instead of Kim/Roman developing romantically it's Moustead to round off the season, and I have not watched s4 yet but Mouse is not leaving actually I'm too attached (see me also not killing Nadia)

#clover watches one chicago #tangentially #but I wanna keep the posts together #when my prof asks why I haven't finished my CV assignment I'm just gonna show him the 9k words I've written on this series instead

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My in depth character notes for Crummy Minds:

Random notes I took while binge watching Criminal Minds:(by character)

Note breakdown:

Name: How many times they killed someone (not counting when they all shot at same time). How many times they are late to work. Backstory/observations. Nicknames/things they've been called during the show. Process of coping. Believe in ghosts?

Gideon: 1 (Military. Lost six agents in an explosion. Take hotel soaps and give them out to homeless with money and supplies. Named his son Steven after Rossi's middle name.)

Hotch: 20 L:1 (Ex Prosecutor. Father had lung cancer and died when Hotch was young. Has a brother Sean. Was a rebel kid and made bad choices. Got sent to boarding school when he was a teen. Sean never went to Haley's funeral... Coaches Jacks soccer team with Dave. 509😭905. Punched in the face during interrogation. Shares a love of jalapeños with Garcia.) "Everyone's allowed to be late, once." WHAT DID HE DO TO HOTCH Mr. Scratch

Morgan: 15 (Bomb squad past. Chicago. Dad was killed in front of him at gas station when he was a kid. Bullet from the Reaper. He collects property. Cousin went missing, tracked down her stalker but FOUND HER. Knew how to stop white phosphorus because of Ried. Rossi's poker group. Scar from phosphorus. Visited Prentiss in London with Garcia. Safe head space from the monsters. Snores. Eyebrows. D.) "You know..." "Spencer is for the best little brother anybody could ever ask for."

"You make me feel safe." "Everything we do together is magic" "You'll always be my original baby girl"

Greenaway: 1 (The only one that mattered)

Prentiss: 4 (Total nerd. Goth in high school. Wants cremation. Got pregnant at 15. Doesn't like lying. Watched over Hotch during Foyette. Interpool. Has a black cat named Sergio. Clover brand on left side of chest. Played scrabble with JJ when hiding in Paris. Has Especially Spectacular Posture. Has scar from Doyal. Bites her nails when she's nervous. Coping Process: Shooting range. Speaks Arabic, French, Spanish. Doughnuts and wine!!!) "Getting intimate with a killer is so different." In regards to her time with Doyal? "Please don't call me Ma'am." "I am so proud of you." "That's the beauty of family...we already know." "I should get that on a plague and hang it in my office." "Reid went a little cellback D on him." "Doughnuts are an anytime food."

DIRECTOR???? "If given the chance, I'm making history." "There are things none of you know about that jet."

Jareau: 9 (Pennsylvania. Joined FBI because of Rossi. Sister killed herself when she was 11-Rosaline/Roze. Played soccer in HS. Loves cheetos. Lost her second child in middle east during her classified assignment(Maggie). Only told Reid. Code name Blackbird. Angel. Scars from electrocution. DC fan? Knows comics. Has key to Reids apartment. Parents are divorced. Burned right hand. White wine kinda girl. Dad remarried. Has her sisters necklace, given to protect her from tall man. Magical Brilliant Unicorn. Believes in ghosts: No ghost. Sniper. ) I think JJ forced herself to be very good with a gun so she would never be responsible for anyone getting hurt in the field again. JJ can't help but to identify with any victims that look like her. She puts herself in their place. "I was scared." "We're taking you home." "You're my first love."

Rossi: 9 L1 (Ex. Marine served in Vietnam. Sent home with concussion and shrapnel wound. Rossi joined FBI bc Scott. Founded BAU. Co coaches Jacks soccer team. Italian. Cook. Helps 1st wife die. Had a son who died when he was born. Every year on his birthday he goes to a serial killer in prison so he can get a name of one more of his victims. Plays video games. Plays poker. His eyes "do the thing" when lying. Dated Erin for a year before she died. 6 acres. Krystall. Has a daughter and grandson! Kills Gideon's killer. Eagel Eye. Fido. Handsome Italian Man. Silver Fox. Coping Process: Cigars/cooking. Would be a boxer.) "You're using my sayings against me?" Yes. "I'm buying." "We specialize in mood adjustments."

Reid: 7 L4 (Las Vegas. Case about Riley when he was 4. Goes to conventions. Went with Garcia for Doctor Who. Is Henry's godfather. Doesn't like the beach. Henry dressed up as Reid for Halloween. Doesn't like technology. Prefers paper. Hates electronics. Doesnt know how to dance. Helps deliver child who the woman names Spencer. Alzheimer's. Chocolate frosted with sprinkles. Moved to Houston for his mom. Does magic tricks. Loves jello. Has fish! Has Alex's badge. Speaks Russian. PTSS. Took his mom to Paris. Knows JJ was pregnant again. Can't skate for shit. Likes them bad girls. Would be a cowboy in another world: JJ runs the flower shop, Rossi has a Saloon, Garcia has sanctuary for wounded animals. The Kid. Brain Cells. Pretty Boy. Boy Wonder. Boy Genius.) "THIS BITCH IS A NOBODY." "This is awesome." "Friends are bound together through space and time for 500 years." "I know." HE SAVED MORGAN "I'm not weak." "I don't want them looking at you." *softly* "bitch".

Sock gun for the win!!

Garcia: 1 L1 (Grace. Is on a CIA watch list. Knows French. Can't see without glasses. Councils families of murder victims once a week. Parents died when she was in high school. Bought Flynns inspirational CD set. Has a picture of Morgan at her desk. Has the second highest IQ of the team. Brought Reid gifts again and again after Mave died. Hates being on camera. Doesn't have a "scary side". Gets car sick. Being harassed online by Alexi from St. Petersburg?? Has stepbrother, Carlos. Lunacorn coffee. Plays clarinet. Twilight Zone. Does theatre. Gaga fan. Red. Kitten. The Black Queen. Penny G. Penny. Sir Hotch. Dirty Dozen. Has tattoo😏.) "I found something hinky." "I'm a psychopath." No you're not. "It's magic." "You make me feel brave" "Not today!" "It's good verses evil dummy." "I still got it baby girl."

Todd: (JJ replacement. Oof)

Seaver: (Prentiss replacement. Daughter of infamous Serial Killer)

Blake: 1 (Prentiss replacement No.2 Married to a Doctor overseas. Linguist. Knows about Reids girl and helps him have the courage to meet her. Brother is a detective. Father was Police Chief in Kansas City. Lost mother 25 years ago (she was 9). When her mom died she ran away from home and her family. BBQ with the WHOLE family. Lost her son Ethan to a neurological disease. Teach full time.)

Callahan: 1 (Blake's replacement. Undercover agent. Likes baby animal pictures. Scar from dismemberment killer: right shoulder. Niece Meg. Sister and brother in law died 9/11 Pentagon. Clumsy. In Gideon's class from S1.)

Lewis: 2 (Callahan replacement. Mom went to same elementary school as Strangler Killer. Serial Killer interviewer. Fiance Douglas. White classic car. Married once in grad school, husband grew addicted to pills: Daryl. Lived in Germany when she was a child. Counciled parents at Sandy Hook. Dartmouth Alum. Mother died from cancer when she was in college. Tomboy, aunt sewed her jeans. Dad was honorably discharged and opened auto repair shop. Speaks German/French. Believes in ghosts: No ghost.) "I'll make sure to pack my stethoscope." "You owe me alot of drinks."

Alvez: 4 (Former army ranger. Used to work on fugitive task force. Serial Killer cut open his partner in front of him. 12 years of catholic school. Grew up in the Bronx. Roxie, dog. Newbie. Author with Rossi!) "You think the BAU is haunted?"

Walker: 1 (Scratch help. BAP. Coping Process: Trombone. Teenage daughter and son.. Smooth operator. This man is winning bc he's married to Tracie Thoms.)

Simons: 3 (Family man. Two boys (David.) two girls. Rose Mary!! Agrees with Rossi's conspiracy theory about JFK. Believe in ghosts: No ghost. Played basketball in college. "Sometimes I wish I could just snap my fingers and make all the bad things go away."

Name Episodes:

Penelope: seduced and shot (JJ killed him, her first kill).

JJ: forced to leave the BAU and go to Pentagon.

Lauren: Prentiss is kidnapped and dies in Morgan's arms.

Darek: Kidnapped and tortured

Spencer: Arrested for drug possession and murder in Mexico.

Luke: Phil is murdered by Grant bc of Ramos.

Ahsley?

Thoughts

BARNES IS THIS SHOWS UMBRIDGE.

They better have alcohol on the plane.

Oh yes they do.

Them quoting It's A Wonderful Life!!!

The BAU is haunted!!

Family poker games between cases, betting jelly beans!

Intoxicated Emily is EVERYTHING

Caffinated Penelope is ALSO everything

The Ones That Got Away:

Homeless Guy

Darleen

Mountain Man

Man with skull tattoo

Some BAU Terminology:

Wheels up in thirty

Baby Girl

Pretty Boy

Sir

Dinner at Rossi's

Geographic Profile

Victimology

Unsub

The Magnificent Seven

The Awesome Eight

Hinky

Highway Sieral Killer Database

LDSK

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anna-kendrick · 3 years

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hi this is the domestic bechloe fic rec anon !! i’m sorry to hear that ppl are trashing britt. poor unfortunate souls. i would let scarlet witch take away their memories and make them suffer. (sorry i’ve been obsessed with wandavision jdkdkdk) ANYWAYS. i was looking for domestic bechloe like with beca and chloe driving to get drive through food and like beca with her hand driving with her hand on chloe’s thigh or holding hands with her. and like asking her “what do you want baby” or like in general just beca saying “baby” bc i’m a huge softie for that shit 🥺🥺

yay! so glad you saw my post, i felt so bad when it disappeared!! haven't watched wandavision, but honeslty, wouldn't be mad if that did happen ;)

first, i'll link theresa's post because she already got a bunch of good ones! not sure if you're the same anon or not, but no harm in linking them twice!

now here are a few of my faves, not sure if they're exactly what you're looking for, but they definitely have some sweet and domestic moments throughout that are so so soft and worth reading for!

never grow up (winter wonderland)

by iphone / @beca-mitchell

Summary: A series of snippets—Beca and Chloe spend their holidays in Seattle. A rare heavy snowfall makes for baby Emma’s first white Christmas.

3 a.m.

by @redlance

Summary: Chloe isn't this kind of girl.

nothing has changed me quite like you

by @beca-mitchell

Summary: Chloe Beale and her shetland sheepdog, Juniper, make quite the pair. Set after PP3.

we will waltz once again

by wonderstruckk

Summary: or, how beca and chloe announce to the world that they just had a baby through a series of sneaky song recs and playlists.

lucky clover

by @beca-mitchell

Summary: Beca has been remiss in informing Chloe about her new roommate, so it's a surprise for everybody involved when Chloe visits Beca in L.A..

our first one

by bubblez4u

Summary: It’s been 9 months since they returned from the USO tour. It’s been 9 months and 25 days since they officially started dating after Beca confronted Chloe about Chicago. It’s also been 9 months and 15 days since Beca moved to Los Angeles. Since they can’t spend Valentine’s Day together, Beca does everything she can to make this one special for Chloe.

pull me close (show me baby where the light is)

by dumbacapellapotatoes (Bechloetrash)

Summary: They have a thing for showers, it seems. Four pivotal moments in Beca & Chloe's relationship that just so happen to take place in the shower.

through the lens (series)

by @suituuup

Summary: It’s not something she usually does; abandoning her responsibilities overnight or leaving her comfort zone. Yet, the credit card payment has been granted and the e-mail is sitting in her inbox. Looks like she’s leaving for Paris in less then thirty-six hours, with no return ticket. She simply needs to get away from it all. Famous!Beca, Photographer!Chloe

hopefully this gives you some more options! i will also link my carrd, which i've been trying to link all my favourite fics on (all separated by genre)

#ask #anon #fanfic #bechloe

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lovemesomesurveys · 3 years

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When was the last time you went camping? Never. Where and who with? -- Have you ever been to Brooklyn? Nope. Are you a YouTube addict? Yeah, one could say that. I do watch a lot of YouTube. Did you play with Play-Doh as a kid? I did. That smell is nostalgic to me.

Do you own any beanies? Yeah, a few. Have you ever found a four leaf clover? I might have. In elementary school we had 4-leaf clover hunts on St. Patrick’s Day. Do you remember Shark Boy and Lava Girl? Yes. Have you ever been to Malaysia? Nope. Are you good at lighting fires? I don’t like to light anything, I’m a big scardy cat. Have you ever run away from home? No. Do you listen to The Outline? Nope, never even heard of ‘em. Pennywise? I know Pennywise the clown? I wasn’t aware it’s also the name of a musical artist/band. Billy Talent? Nope, never heard of him either. Does Steve Martin make you LOL? Uhh, he has before in movies, sure. Do you own a raincoat? Nope. Do you have trouble sleeping in beds which aren�t your own? It depends. Like, I don’t usually have an issue with hotel beds. How was your first day back at school? I’m done with school. What grade are you in now? -- Have you ever made your family dinner as a treat? No, I can’t cook. I’ve treated them out to dinner, though, or got us takeout. Or just to suck up? -- Do you listen to the radio much? I haven’t listened to the radio in years. Have you ever been to... (cities) Chicago? New York City? Anchorage? Have you ever been to... (countries) New Zealand? Canada? Spain? ---Okay enough of that. When was the last time you lied? *shrug* Do you use Skype? No. What is your favourite sugary cereal? Fruity Pebbles. Do you know someone who constantly has ear buds in? My brother. Name the people you hang out with most at school? -- Now tell me some of their nicknames. -- Where did you last walk to? Uhhh. Did you ever watch Lizzie McGuire? Yeah, I loved Lizzie McGuire. I still watch it now and then on Disney+. What was the last book you had to read for school? I don’t recall. Name someone who is an excellent listener? Hmm. Who did you last speak to over the phone? My mom. Katy Perry. Yay or nay? I like a few of her songs. Do you have your own snow gear, or do you hire it? I don’t have any snow gear as it doesn’t snow here. Do you think you could run eight miles? Uh, no. Do you buy food from the cafeteria or from vending machines? Depends? Did you ever get into the whole Twilight craze? I did. What was the last movie you saw in theatres? Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Name five things on your desk. I don’t have a desk. What is your middle name? -- Have you ever hit a deer in your car? No. What colour is your mailbox? Gray. Do you use the notepad on your phone regularly? Yes.

#personal #text #survey #surveys

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heart-inked · 3 years

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Warning: really long post I made because I’m bored, if you’re not bored you’re allowed to skip.

BOLD WHAT APPLIES TO YOU

You are female

You received a gift on Valentine’s Day

You have been hit on at work

You have watched someone shoplift

You have eaten simply out of boredom

You are ticklish

You have thrown up in a public place

You had something remind you of your ex that made you miss them

You have been out of the country within the last six months

You have been a designated driver

You have played spin the bottle

You have played strip poker

You have been skinny dipping

You have been TP’d

You have been in a cemetery at midnight

You have made a prank phone call

You have pretended to be your mom/dad on the phone

You have snuck into a movie without paying

You have stolen a street sign of some sort

You have been to Walmart in the past 24 hours

You drive a blue vehicle

You have a some point in time had blonde highlights

You have liked someone and never told them

You have told someone you liked them and was rejected

You have been liked someone you didn’t expect

Your parents are divorced

Both or one of your parents are now married to different people

Your grandma is over 80

You have a tattoo most people don’t know about

You have a tattoo

You have a tramp stamp

You have a tribal tattoo

You have piercings other than your ears

You have your nose pierced

You have your belly button pierced

You have a Monroe piercing

You have gauges that stretch your ear lobes - not anymore but I used to

You have had a crush on a sibling’s friend

You have had a crush on a friend’s sibling

You work 30+ hours a week if school counts towards it

You have received a phone call within the last hour

You were named after someone else

You were born between April & September of your birth year

You were born before 1994

You were born before 1990

You were born before 1986

Your last name has more than five letters

Your last name begins with a ‘C’

Your last name begins with an ‘L’

Your last name begins with an ‘S’

Your middle name begins with a ‘N’

Your middle name begins with an ‘R’

Your middle name begins with a ‘D’

Your first name begins with a ‘B’

Your first name begins with a ‘H’

Your first name begins with a ‘Z’

You prefer taking showers to taking baths

You haven taken a foreign language class

You have taken an art class

You have taken a music class

You own a denim jacket

You own a pair of skinny jeans

You own something tie dyed

You own a ‘little black dress’

You have had to have your pet put to sleep

You know someone who had a late miscarriage

You know someone under 20 who passed away from cancer

You know someone with an eating disorder

You know someone who cuts

You have had your hair down to your waist

You have shaved your head

You have had a mohawk

You have dyed your hair blue

You would get your nipples pierced for $100

You would kiss someone 20 years older than you for $50

You would drink a bottle of hot sauce for $20

You have gone to a dance without a date

You know five people under twenty with children

You have considered joining the military

You are in the military

You are out of high school

You are an Aries

You are a Saggittarius

You are a Pisces

You can tie a cherry stem in a knot with your tongue

You have dated someone who had a child

You have dated someone five year younger than you

You have dated someone five years older than you

You have dated a friend’s ex

You have been in a relationship longer than three years

You are currently single

You are currently engaged

You have kissed someone last New Years

You have worked on a Christmas Eve

You have worked 3rd shift

Your school mascot is an animal

You are wearing something red

You have been to the doctor in the past 3 months

You have been cheated on

You have been told you have beautiful eyes

You have burned yourself with a curling iron/straightner

You have gotten the urge to cry at a random moment

You know how to cook well

You hate having to get up any earlier than noon

You are a night owl

You are a morning person

You have flashed someone

You have an older brother

You have a younger sister

You have a half sibling

You know sign language

You have been to Chicago

You have been to Las Vegas

You have been to Miami

You live in Arkansas

You live in Texas

You have ridden in a small vehicle with 10+ people crammed in it

You have been somewhere and had your ride leave without you

You have accepted a ride home from someone you barely knew

You were in a relationship at this time one year ago

You were in a relationship six months ago

You were in a relationship one month ago

You have bought helium balloons just to make funny noises with them

You have gotten a speeding ticket

You own a t-shirt that supports your favorite band

You have won free tickets to a concert

You have won money from scratch-off cards

You have bought cigarettes when you were underage

You use hairspray daily

You have argued with someone today

You believe in love at first sight

You are a vegan

You have played with an Ouija board

You have visited somewhere said to be ‘haunted’

You drive a vehicle newer than 2006

You own a digital camera

You have taken photographs of yourself simply because you were bored

If you could you’d spend a week in the 1920s

You would rather vacation over a ski resort than a beach house

You have been on a cruise in the Carribean

You are lactose intolerant

You sunburn easily

You have freckles

You have a birthmark

You have questioned your beliefs

You have questioned your sexuality

You are emancipated from your parents

You live on your own

You live with your boyfriend/girlfriend

You live with at least 3 roommates

Your mom was a teen when she had you

You are adopted

You have considered adoption in your future

You want more than four kids

You don’t want any kids

You have children already

You model your life after someone you look up to

You have had a crush on a celebrity

You still have beanie babies from when it was all rage

You watch a certain TV show regularly

You know the Lord’s Prayer by heart

You didn’t pass the first time you took your drivers test

You remember exactly where you were and what you were doing on 9/11

You have had a detention

You know how to knit

You can drive a stick shift

You have broke a curfew

You have graffiti-ed something

You own an umbrella

You are dating the last person you kissed

You have kissed someone in the last 24 hours

You have kissed more than 3 people in the last year

Your last missed call was from a relative

You have driven somewhere today

You know someone who works at McDonalds

You are diabetic

You are hypoglemic

You wear glasses/contacts

You have braces

You are pregnant

You are wearing shorts

You are wearing at least three pieces of jewelry

You have let someone use you, even when you knew they were

You have done something you really regret

You have told someone something you really wish you could take back

You have done something that ruined a friendship

You are on non-speaking terms with a relative

You have taken back an ex

You have dumped someone and later thought if it was the right thing

You have broken someone’s heart

You have had your heart broken

You have ignored someone who liked you in favor of someone you liked more

You have been hit on by the same sex

You prefer a hook up with no strings attached over a relationship

You have received a love letter

You have had a secret admirer

You know someone with the same birthday as you

You know someone with the same birth year as you

You have been told you look like a certain celebrity

You are taller than your mom

You are taller than your dad

You are a legal adult

Your favorite season is Winter

Your favorite color is green

Your favorite number is 7

Your favorite animal is a panda

You saw your favorite movie in theaters

You have been to a concert of your favorite band

You have a cold at the moment

You have visited all 50 states

You have walked around town after midnight

You have been stuck on a ferris wheel when it started raining

You have been in a tornado

You have been in a hurricane

You have thrown up in a restaurant

You couldn’t live without caffeine

You have been to the emergency room more than 5 times

You have slept more than 24 hours in one sleep session

You have received a compliment today

You have given someone a false number so they couldn’t call you

You have convinced someone you had a twin

You have convinced someone you had a sibling that didn’t really exist

You have gotten in the car and drove somewhere with no destination in mind

You have taken the long way home just so that you could jam out to some tunes

You have considered taking up a hippie-care-free lifestyle

You have seriously considered legally changing your name

You have walked around in your underwear while you were home alone

You have gambled online

You have fallen for someone you told yourself you wouldn’t fall for

You have smoked a whole pack of cigarettes in a matter of hours

You have drank so much you blacked out

You have been bit by a snake

You have been bit by a dog

You wish at 11:11

You have found a four leaf clover

You pick up pennies for good luck

You don’t really believe in luck

You have remained good friends with an ex

You have been a flower girl/ring bearer at a wedding

You have been a best man/maid of honor at a wedding

You have been to a funeral this year

You have been to a baby shower this year

You have been to a bachelor/bachelorette party this year

You have been to a 21st party this year

You have been to a graduation party this year

You have been to a going away party this year

You love the smell of fresh cut grass

You have seen a sunset and stayed awake to see the sunrise

You have borrowed someone’s coat/sweater and forgot to give it back

You have used an excuse (cold, scared, etc) to get to cuddle with someone

You have died in a dream

You have gotten a call from someone and wondered how they got your number

You have laughed out loud to something you were thinking of

You have gotten lost and ended up in a completely different destination

You have run out of gas before

You have done something just because you knew you weren’t supposed to

You have been grounded for longer than a month

You receive an allowance

You have babysat more than one child under 10 at a time

You have called in sick to work because you had a hangover

You have stared at the dots on your ceiling and saw pictures of them

You have stayed longer than 3 days in the hospital (psychiatric)

You have pretended to be someone you weren’t for someone else

You have danced in front of the mirror in private

You have dialed a wrong number and it turned out to be someone you knew

You have been to the Atlantic ocean

You have told someone you were fine when you weren’t

You have copied someone else’s work

You have read an entire book in one sitting

You have spent more than $100 on one pair of jeans

You have taken gymnastics

You have taken a karate class

You have written something on a dollar bill

You have eaten peanut butter right out of the jar

You feel like you have no life because you completed this

#personal #tag #game #bold what applies #sorry #long post #bored #sharing #about me #some personal stuff #answering questions

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takaraphoenix · 3 years

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Quarantine Tag Tame

Tagged by @fallenqueen2 - thank you, dear!

Are you staying home from work/school?

Thankfully, my college offers online classes during this pandemic, so yes, I’m staying home.

If you’re staying home, who is with you?

My parents.

Are you a homebody?

Yeeep. The staying at home thing is the only good thing to come out of this; no being forced out into overcrowded college classes and into the tram twice a day to get back and forth, no need to make up excuses to avoid social commitments because legally there are no social commitments. Admittedly, it’s been going on too long even for me at this point, I would like to go somewhere with someone again, sometimes at least...

An event you were looking forward to that got cancelled?

Christmas and Easter. I miss my family, the extended family. Aunts, uncles, cousins. These family celebrations are just... feels off without family?

What movies have you watched recently?

That’d be the first three Asterix movies with my lovely girlfriend @kunfyouzed! ^-^

What shows are you watching?

Right at this moment, the final season of Burden of Truth. And Black Clover. Also started watching You Me Her, though I haven’t decided if I like that one yet.

Otherwise? Weekly, ongoing shows I am currently watching as they are currently airing? All Rise, Chicago Med, Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Supergirl, Station 19, Grey’s Anatomy, Law & Order SVU, Boku no Hero Academia, 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Lone Star, The Good Doctor.

What music are you listening to?

The soundtrack of Greatest Showman, because I am feeling musicals these days!

What are you reading?

Still rereading the first Bartimaeus. And comics, lots and lots of DC comics - making my way through the New 52 atm.

What are you doing for self-care?

lol

Tagging @kunfyouzed @donnas-troia @light-miracles

#Tumblr Tag Game

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papermoonloveslucy · 3 years

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EQUAL PARTS TALENT & HARD WORK

December 26, 1965

Below is a verbatim reprint an article by Edgar Penton based on his interview with Lucille Ball. Bolded and italicized text indicates quotes from Ball. The publication may vary by newspaper. The above illustration was by Robert Thompson.

During a recent discussion between a television producer and a network program executive on the problem of casting a top role for a big television variety special, the latter remarked, "If we could just get somebody like Lucille Ball we'd be in clover."

The producer mulled that statement over for all of one second and said, "There is only one Lucille Ball, and if you can't get Lucy there's no such thing as somebody like her."

That statement comes pretty close to a capsule explanation of Miss Ball's unparalleled success as a star in all phases of the entertainment business.

Of course, Lucy's career can't be embraced with a single anecdote, but it serves to underscore the fact that there really IS only one Lucille Ball.

From that landmark evening, Oct. 15, 1951, when CBS launched a new comedy series called "I Love Lucy," to the present, Lucille Ball has never left the hearts and screens of the nation's television viewers.

The vivacious and irrepressible comedienne enjoys the distinction of being the only star to score twice in a hit television series her latest, of course, the current “The Lucy Show” still on CBS, Monday evenings.

To evaluate the success of a Lucille Ball, however, a person must go beyond the popularity of a television show. Let's take a look at Lucy, herself, and then perhaps we can understand something about the talent that creates so many memorable moments of entertainment.

Lucy (hardly anyone calls her Lucille, except her mother) candidly attributes her success to hard work. As a matter of fact, that's the advice she gives to all newcomers who ask her how to make the grade -in show business.

"I know it sounds rather easy and simple to tell an eager youngster to get out and work hard," Lucy explains, "and they get a lot of advice like that from parents. But show business is no different than any other business.”

"If you want to reach the top, you've got to start somewhere near the bottom. Learn to be a good listener and remember what you learn.”

"Of course, luck sometimes plays a part in everyone's career, but you can't rely on it. Even if fortune did place you in an advantageous position would you be prepared to deliver? I like busy people who know their capabilities and utilize them at the proper time.”

"It may only be part of the overall goal, but there's nothing wrong in having a series of goals, and realizing one at a time.”

"It's great for the confidence, and will win you respect and recognition at a time when you least expect it."

Miss Ball says she considers it necessary for an aspiring performer to be able to communicate with others, exchange ideas and philosophies, develop a sense of values, and not to expect what you don't deserve.

"When I was a youngster my family taught me that you get out of life what you put into it," Lucy says.

"By the time a lot of people learn the soundness of that philosophy, they find it's too late to retreat to a sensible position, and spend much of their lives trying to overcome ill - conceived notions about what life owes them.”

"Faith in yourself and your ambitions doesn't necessarily mean you have to put aside all the graces in your race for success. Yet I say you can afford to be a little selfish as you progress.”

"But I don't mean 'selfish' in a negative sense. For example, be selfish about your time. Don't waste it. Don’t let a party or a good time dilute your effectiveness on the job. Don't try to do too many things to the point of not being able to do a few things well."

Lucy says that during her early years she felt a great insecurity about her own ambitions. She thought her personality was flat, that she had no poise; after losing half-a-dozen jobs . she was just about ready to give up show business.

"I felt down, but not quite out," Lucy recalls. "Even when a New York drama coach told me but kindly ; that I was not cut out for the entertainment world, something within me wouldn't quit. I took other jobs, in, around and near the theater.”

"I finally got a job as a model. I wasn't acting or performing in a true sense, but I gained confidence and I haven't stopped working since."

Few would argue the point that Lucy is one of the hardest working gals in show business, but it should also be recalled that the spirited redhead from Jamestown, N.Y. brought a little item into the entertainment marketplace called talent.

Over the years she has managed to shape her endowments into what today is regarded as one of the great comedic talents of our time.

Her ability to grasp a situation or scene and transform it into riotous fun is one of the many reasons why her appearance is sheer joy to watch. And she has also developed a remarkable ability to do startling, realistic impressions of other personalities.

Tribute to Lucy's rare and wonderful versatility as a comedienne comes from every writer who has had the opportunity to pen a scene or create a characterization for any of Miss Ball's adventures before the cameras.

Her long-time writers on “I Love Lucy,” Bob Carroll Jr., and Madelyn Martin, Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf, who came back to launch Lucy's return to television on “The Lucy Show,” admit they create some almost impossible situations for Lucy.

But they have never been able to stump the adept Miss Ball, who didn't mind one bit swinging from a chandelier, going up with a balloon or flying like Peter Pan.

Milt Josefsberg, principal writer on the current Lucy Show, says that he no longer has misgivings about whether Lucy is capable of meeting demands of certain scripts.

"Since I've been on the show, Lucy has wrestled a bear, played with a porpoise and single-handedly wrecked an entire motion picture set. Yet when she is earthbound, she's peerless when it comes to timing and delivery.”

Today, Miss Ball is the president of Desilu Productions, largest television film producing facility in the world. She is the mother of two talented youngsters (Lucie, 14, and Desi Jr., 12, children of her marriage to Desi Arnaz), and the wife of comedian Gary Morton (they just celebrated their fourth anniversary).

She just completed a season of radio on CBS (”Let's Talk to Lucy”), took time out to star in two one-hour television specials, completed a year as national chairman of the Easter Seal Campaign, and is talking about plans for next year.

Like Lucy said, it takes hard work.

Although the text of the article was basically the same in all newspapers (sometimes edited for length), syndicated columns would often feature different headlines, photos and other enhancements. This is the headline and photo collage of the same Edgar Penton article in another newspaper.

On the same date, Chicago television editor Larry Walters retired after 36 years and counted Lucille Ball as one of his most memorable performers.

On December 26, 1965, the Miami News reported that Vivian Vance was returning to the Coconut Grove Playhouse to perform in the Neil Simon play Barefoot in the Park. In August 1965, co-star Darryl Hickman and Vance had appeared on the TV game show “Call My Bluff” together.

The day after these articles hit newspapers, a new episode of “The Lucy Show” premiered titled “Lucy Discovers Wayne Newton” (TLS S4;E14).

#Lucille Ball #The Lucy Show #Lucy #1965 #Edgar Penton #Green Bay Press-Gazette #Wayne Newton #Vivian Vance #Barefoot in the Park #Darryl Hickman

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Q&A-Who are all of you? Favorite things to do? Fandoms other than Marvel?

❤️💛THANK YOU FOR SENDING IN YOUR QUESTION TO HELP US CELEBRATE 9000 FOLLOWERS❤️💛

I’ve been known on here as Mod 2 for over a year, but since we’ve added several new mods and finders onto the team, it might be easier to give myself a name now. You all can call me Mod Clover🍀. I prefer to keep my tumblr on the down low, so I hope you don’t mind me not linking my main account. As for favorite activities; I enjoy baking, painting my nails/nail art, recently started trying to teach myself embroidery, reading, and playing video games (mostly Animal Crossing right now but I just got the Phoenix Wright trilogy). For fandoms, I LOVE The Legend of Zelda series. Star Wars is pretty cool. I grew up watching Avatar:TLA, Teen Titans, and Sailor Moon. Currently enjoying My Hero Academia. Want to get back into the Percy Jackson books.

-Mod Clover🍀

I've been a mod here since day 1 because I started the group, but then it got too much to handle for me and now I don't do as much as the other mods. I help find some fics, but running this blog so flawlessly goes to the other mods on the team! I love to write, play hockey and golf, play some video games, and read. Some other fandoms I'm in/I've been apart of are: Maximum Ride, Phineas and Ferb, Transformers, Castle, and Supernatural, as well as Disney, though I don't do any writing for that.

-mod s

I’m Beth. One of the new mods on the group. :) I generally take care of the Follower Outreach on here. My favorite things to do are run/exercise, travel and explore, puzzles, sing, knitting and crochet. I’m not really in any other fandoms but I do like Merlin(BBC), Lucifer, The West Wing, all the Chicago based shows- Med, Fire, PD etc as well as NCIS.

-Mod Beth 👻

I’m Finder Laronia and i am pretty new to this group :D I applied when there was an outreach for ficfinders and seeing that i read a ton and kept a private library for them, i thought i could be of some use :’D I love reading, drawing, writing and playing console games and i LOVE normal and “special” photography like infrared photography or astrophotograpy. The very first fandom i was consciously passionate about was Supernatural, followed by twilight and rise of the guardians, but recent fandoms have been Yuri on Ice and Zelda: Breath of the Wild. That also made me realize that i have been in the Zelda “fandom” since i was…. 4?XD because it’s ALWAYS been part of my life, i only never knew fandoms existed at that time :D

I applied to be a mod with the last wave of applications and got accepted, so I’ve been here a few months now. I primarily focus on finding lost fics and queuing asks to post. Outside of this blog, I love reading and writing fics for Irondad, SPN, Batfam, Teen Wolf, and a few other fandoms, as well as being outside in nature, puzzles, hanging with friends, and chilling with my cats.

- mod B

I joined the team during the recent round of finder applications because I have a pretty good memory of the fics I've read which is very helpful for finding lost fics, and I enjoy putting together fic rec lists. Some of my other hobbies include programming, playing video games, designing video games, writing, and playing music - I was a percussionist in my high school band! Believe it or not, I would say irondad is my secondary fandom - my primary fandom is Pokémon. I consider myself a bit of a Pokémon expert and I've written tons of fic for the games and manga. Some other fandoms I've dabbled in include X-Men, Phantom of the Opera, Phineas and Ferb, Tangled: The Series, and Percy Jackson/Trials of Apollo!

-Finder Storm

I used to be Mod 1 but I've since stepped back from the blog (aside from the occasional technical thing) now that Clover has more help and I'm busy with school. I'm Sere :) (it's like siri)

- Mod Sere 💛

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