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grandhotelabyss · 11 months

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It's fkn insane that Toni Morrison, shouldering most of the responsibility, successfully raised two children, while publishing The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, Tar Baby, and starting on Beloved, all before they turned 20 lmao. HOW. But in general, for men, is good writing incompatible with good parenting? Joyce seemed more cruel to Stanislaus than he did to his children, if he was ever cruel to Giorgio or Lucia. He may have been blind like Milton, and a drunk like Faulkner, but he wasn't a mean blind, nor a mean drunk. (A mean blind would have made for a great O'Connor character.)

Yes, she was prodigious. The 9-to-5 job would have killed me more than the parenting. I've never found creative work and wage work at all compatible, speaking only for myself. The posture of cringing servility into which it forces one, and for mostly worthless purposes, just the soul-dead busywork of a service economy, can't help but spoil the freedom of the imagination all day long. I wasn't born to an economic class whose members are able to avoid the 9-to-5, but I've had to find a way. Of Sontag, who was born into the same class I was, Sigrid Nunez observed that she judged it degrading to take any job. (Aside from Morrison, the great writers with day jobs—Eliot, Stevens, Williams—were lyric poets. And Morrison's novels got longer and looser and denser and more complex once she quit.) Teaching has been the only exception to my personal ban on remunerative labor, but that's not really a job—just talking about books and ideas and making jokes, which I'd do for free. Other people, however, find teaching intolerable vis-à-vis their art, more intolerable than they'd find clerking in a bank or stocking shelves or waiting tables. Everyone's different.

As for Joyce: far be it from me to sit in smug judgment on anyone's personal life, but, as an alcoholic also averse to the 9-to-5 and, still more, committed against commercial literature, he subjected his children to more instability than could possibly have been good for them in their early lives. I respect his quixotic quest—in part I share it—but it's a quest his kids didn't ask to join him on.

I believe there will always be tension between any serious vocation and more settled forms of domestic and/or working life. "Can women have it all?" feminists sometimes debate. Of course they can't. No one has it all. What man has ever had it all? Because everybody's life is different, I don't make specific recommendations to humanity in general—the only thing there's more of online than porn is unsolicited advice—I would just suggest that, since we can't commit to everything, we should choose our commitments carefully.

#literature #creative writing

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nocompromise-noregrets · 1 year

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Barduil Month sneak peeks part 2!

Coffee shop AU (day 25) was the streets-ahead winner of the second part of the poll, so here's a little snippet of that one:

Bard always drops into the same coffee shop mid-morning to get another coffee to keep him going on his delivery rounds; he doesn’t really have the time, and he ought to bring a flask from home, but the coffee at the Lonely Mountain Roastery is better than any he’s ever had anywhere else, and he figures he can allow himself this one indulgence.

He’s got to know all the baristas by now, good-humoured Fíli and Kíli, tall, efficient Tauriel, stocky, intimidating Dwalin and the rest - and the owners, the brooding Thorin and his bookish, sunny-tempered partner Bilbo. Bard’s glad he found this place, entirely by chance on one of his rare days off; well, his daughter Sigrid introduced him to it, really, she’s friends with Fíli, Kíli and Tauriel and she’d mentioned it, but he hadn’t quite known where it was, tucked down a side-street, and he’d almost walked past it before he’d realised where he was. He’d gone in and ordered a coffee, and he’d felt at home instantly.

It doesn’t hurt that there’s a particular regular customer who’s almost always in there when he goes in, sitting in the corner with a tiny cup of espresso and the morning papers, a laptop open on the table in front of him, tall and gorgeous, all long white-blond hair and incongruously dark, expressive eyebrows, ice-blue eyes and cheekbones you could cut yourself on. Bard can never help staring, just a little bit, out of the corner of his eye, from under his lashes, as he orders his coffee, waits for them to put it in his travel mug, pays and legs it out the door to get back in his van and back on his rounds.

Come and join us at @bi-widower-dads for 30 days of Bard/Thranduil creativity, starting on 1 April!

#lotr #my writing #otp: bi widower dads #barduilmonth2023 #barduil #bard/thranduil #bard the bowman #thranduil

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siena-sevenwits · 1 year

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Books I have on my list to investigate/try/complete in 2023. Some I'm not sure about but want to check out. I am certain I won't make my way through this whole list, but everything on it I'm keen for.

The Idiot by Dostoevsky (classic novel)

"Othello" and "Cymbeline" by Shakespeare (classic plays)

In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne (classic novel)

Kristin Lavransdatter, Book One: The Bridal Wreath by Sigrid Undset (classic novel)

The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle (classic mystery)

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (classic novella)

The Overneath by Peter S. Beagle (short stories)

The Heart of London by H. V. Morton (essays)

Howl's Moving Castle (YA fantasy)

How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by K. Eason (science fiction/fantasy)

The Father's Tale by Michael O'Brien (modern literary fiction)

The Saga of Didrik of Bern (Medieval German/Scandinavian legendarium)

The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner (YA fantasy)

The Garden of the Gods by Gerald Durrell (fictionalized memoir)

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome (classic humour)

The Letters of JRR Tolkien (correspondence)

Enchanted by Alethea Kontis (fairytale-inspired novel)

Queen of the Sea by Dylan Meconis (historical graphic novel)

The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien (classic fantasy)

Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft (fantasy)

Walking on Water by Madeleine L'Engle (nonfiction/creativity/spirituality)

The Intellectual Life by Antonin Sertillanges (nonfiction/academia/spirituality)

The epistles of Paul (Scripture)

Jesus of Nazareth, Book One by Benedict XVI (scriptural reflections/ commentary)

Collected Poems by Karol Wojtyla

Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers (classic mystery)

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson (children's fantasy)

The Ghosts of Sherwood by Carrie Vaughan (YA historical novella)

A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos (YA fantasy)

Hood by Stephen Lawhead (historical fiction)

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clark (fantasy)

Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings by Diana Pavlac Glyer (non-fiction)

Troy by Stephen Fry (mythology retelling)

Brandon Sanderson's secret novels (I didn't back the kickstarter, but I hear they'll be hitting the bookstore shelves too)

Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks (memoir, science)

The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope (children's historical fantasy)

#In no particular order #recovering reader #Coreander's Old Books

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disabledrunner5 · 2 years

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Two years today....

Two years ago today, I downloaded an app that I’d had seen a couple of years prior and thought it was cool but had completely forgotten about and then stumbled across again in an attempt to look for something to help me to get fit over lockdown.

Two years ago, I was promptly thrown into the fray of a world of zombies after a helicopter crash and decided I was going to protect the radio operator who saved me after the helicopter crash with my life.

Two years ago today, I became Runner Five.

Since then I have run through stories of friendships, love, betrayal and heartbreak, fallen in love with every character I’ve come across (even if it’s a ‘I despise you’ kind of love, looking at you Van Ark, Sigrid, Moonchild, Ian and Amelia), I’ve cried and laughed, even made the odd squeal of terror, created my own Runner Five that is a mix of myself and an oc, and found a community of Runner Five’s who are fun, super creative and supportive people who love the app just like me and I love interacting with as much as I can.

Whilst I’m only on season 6 and I may not have progressed as much as I envisioned at the start (due to various things getting in the way, such as for example the current heatwave in the U.K. and I’m still recovering from heatstroke/food poisoning I got a couple of days ago), I’m proud of where I am and happy and content that something I downloaded on a whim two years ago has stuck with me and I am still enjoying it just as much as I did two years ago.

Thank you Zombies, Run! for an amazing two years, and here’s to many more to come!

I’m looking forwards to all the adventures with Sam, Maxine, Janine, Peter, Jody and the rest that you’ve got in store!

Thank you for changing my life in the best way possible.

Yours Sincerely,

disabledrunner5

#runner five #runner 5 #zombies run

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not-regi-look-elsewhere · 1 year

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Trust the Golden Scales, They Know Best

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Pairing: Loki Odinson x OC (Sigrid Hastain)

Summary: Famed noblewoman and future High Priestess Sigrid Hastain would have been supportive of her older sister's engagement if the groom hadn't been her crush's older brother: Prince Thor. Now she was to be pried away from her studies in Omnipotent City; just to sit miserably at her sister's week-long Asgardian wedding celebration.

Everything in the palace was going surprisingly as it should have been. Well, up until a tragic event occurred mere hours before the matrimony was to commence. Now Sigrid was left to figure out what had happened with the only other person who was up for the job as well: Loki.

A/N: I am 100% taking creative liberties here. It’s not technically MCU accurate.

Playlists:

classical (recommended)

mellow

angry

pop

Table of Contents:

chapter one

chapter two

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slayersaided · 2 years

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SONGS TO WRITE HARU

whether it be melodies that give you inspiration for your muse or songs that get you into the writing mood — pick 10 songs you find that give you the urge, the drive, or the creativity to write your muse !!

01. POLLYANNA — Catherine Warwick

you may say I'm a fool feelin' this way about you / there’s not much i can do / i’m gonna be this way my life through / Cause I still believe in miracles, I swear I've seen a few / and the time will surely come when you can see my point of view / i believe in second chances / and that's why I believe in you

02. SEE YOU TOMORROW — Omori Sound Team

03. BEIN’ FRIENDS — Catherine Warwick

when you're looking for a shoulder you can cry on / won't you think about me / when you're looking for someone you can rely on / don't you ever doubt me / i'll be there someway, somehow / that's what being friends is about

04. BUTTERFLY MANSION — Go Shiina

05. LOVE LIKE YOU — Rebecca Sugar

look at you go / i just adore you / i wish that I knew / what makes you think I'm so special

06. EVERYTHING STAYS — Rebecca Sugar

let's go in the garden / you'll find something waiting / right there where you left it lying upside down / when you finally find it, you'll see how it's faded / the underside is lighter when you turn it around

07. LEAN ON ME — Bill Withers

lean on me / when you're not strong / and I'll be your friend / i'll help you carry on...

08. ORDINARY (COVER) — Joriah Kwame & Allie Grace (Cover)

and this guy has a new kind of life / the thought of being normal’s far more scary / i’ll be brave and i’ll be kind / i’ll make a choice and change my mind / i will mess up all the time / they’ll say I’m weird, but i’ll be fine / i’ll be anything but ordinary

09. BAD LIFE (ACOUSTIC) — Sigrid & Bring Me The Horizon

when the world is on your shoulders / and the weight of your own heart is too much to bear / well, i know you’re afraid that things will always be this way / it’s just a bad day, not a bad life

10. WONDERWALL— Oasis

today is gonna be the day that they’re gonna throw it back to you / and by now, you should’ve realized what you gotta do / i don’t believe that anybody feels the way i do about you now

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tagging: anyone who else wants to do it! just say i tagged you.

#ooc | dash games.#i'm a big earthbound/mother fan if you can't tell #i actually don't listen to music when i write.#so most of these are haru core songs.#steven universe tw

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dweemeister · 1 year

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Best Live Action Short Film Nominees for the 95th Academy Awards (2023, listed in order of appearance in the shorts package)

This blog, since 2013, has been the site of my write-ups to the Oscar-nominated short film packages – a personal tradition for myself and for this blog. This omnibus write-up goes with my thanks to the Regency South Coast Village in Santa Ana, California for providing all three Oscar-nominated short film packages. Without further ado, here are the nominees for the Best Live Action Short Film at this year’s Oscars. The write-up for the Documentary Short nominees is complete; expect the write-ups for Animated Short to appear either Friday or Saturday. Films predominantly in a language other than English are listed with their nation(s) of origin.

Ivalu (2022, Denmark)

Adapted from Morten Dürr and Lars Horneman’s graphic novel of the same name, Aners Walter and Pipaluk K. Jørgensen’s Ivalu takes place in Greenland among the indigenous people there. Younger sister Pipaluk (Mila Heilmann Kreutzmann) awakens one morning to find older sister Ivalu (Nivi Larsen) missing. The film implies that she has run away from home before, and their father (Angunnguaw Larsen) suspects she will eventually return home. He is strangely unperturbed about this development, and Pipaluk expresses her grief over her sister’s disappearance in the form of epistolary narration. By film’s end there is no ambiguity about Ivalu’s fate; the only ambiguity surrounding the narrative is the fact Pipaluk is too young to understand the trauma that her sister must have felt. References to the indigenous spirituality and a too-obvious symbol in a raven also define Walter and Jørgensen’s approach to the story.

Despite some stunning landscapes of the Greenlandic wilderness (especially those glaciers and their crevasses) and some creative uses of storytelling juxtaposing shots of those locations, Ivalu loses its way in its second half. Sticking to one tone for the entirety of its sixteen-minute runtime, this is a morose, distressing film that never permits any moment of levity or any tonal modulation. In addition, Pipaluk’s narration/letter to her sister lacks any thematic interest – fixating entirely on what she, personally, has lost rather than reflecting on Ivalu’s past or present situation. When the second half reveal appears, the continuation of this narrative approach feels near-exploitative – saved only due to Pipaluk’s age and lack of understanding. The absence of character interactions undermines any emotional staying power this film wishes to have and Rasmus Walter-Hansen’s ambient score does nothing but deepen the misery onscreen. Regrettably, films about children in horrific situations remain a staple for the Short Film and Animation Branch of the Academy (with the exception of Best Picture in which the entire Academy decides upon the nominees, the branches are responsible for nominations in their own categories).

My rating: 6/10

Nattrikken (Night Ride) (2020, Norway)

Eirik Tveiten’s Nattrikken has all the elements of what can be an effective short film. Yet the film wastes its interesting premise on concentrating too much on its most loathsome character in a dangerous moment. On a late night in presumably December, Ebba (Sigrid Kandal Husjord), a lady with dwarfism, is standing outside in the snow awaiting a tram’s arrival. The tram’s conductor (Øyvind Uhlving) exits to use the restroom, only to have Ebba enter the tram doors against the conductor’s instructions. Fooling around with the controls, Ebba decides to drive the tram onwards to avoid repercussions from the livid conductor. After overshooting the first stop and ungracefully applying the brakes, Ebba allows several passengers clamber onboard, including a transgender woman named Ariel (Ola Hoemsnes Sandum) and an uncouth young man named Allan (Axel Barø Aasen). As the tram starts winding its way into the city, Ariel and Allan start flirting with each other, but the latter cannot contain his fury when he finds out the former is transgender.

For a film that lists Husjord as the first-billed actor and immediately indicates its sympathies towards Sandum’s, its initial framing is simply a bait and switch. Nattrikken’s second half becomes a masterclass of assholery from Aasen’s Allan, who has the most significant character developments and lines of dialogue in the entire piece. Allan’s transphobia takes center stage for longer than is comfortable, with believably zero pushback from the tram’s other passengers – all of whom looking like they would rather arrive at their destination as soon as possible – that evening. As the winner of Best Narrative Short at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, Nattrikken’s conclusion is inappropriately too clean-cut. After a harrowing encounter with Allan, one imagines that Ariel needs to express her anger and fear after Ebba belatedly comes to her defense. Ariel becomes nothing more than a narrative device to further detail Allan’s transphobia – an indefensible decision despite the initial set-up and professional production value behind this work.

My rating: 6/10

Le pupille (2022, Italy)

Premiering at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and distributed by Disney, Alice Rohrwacher’s Le pupille (“The Pupils”) takes place at Yuletide sometime during World War II. Somewhere in Fascist Italy, we encounter Serafina (Melissa Falasconi), one of several young girls – mostly orphans, although one leaves to see her parents for the holidays – at a Catholic boarding school. The nuns – led by Madre Superiora Fioralba (Alba Rohrwacher) – who oversee the school are preparing for the convent’s annual Nativity scene, in which the locals come by around midnight to offer prayers and donations. Anyone familiar with Ludwig Bemelmans’ Madeline will be immediately familiar with the relationships between the girls and the nuns (although, as I research this, I am shocked to learn that Ms. Clavel from the Madeline series actually wasn’t a nun). In the hours leading up to Christmas, an incident involving the girls listening to an “inappropriate” radio broadcast results in a mass punishment for the girls. Later that evening and into the next morning, a gift of an enormous, rationing-unfriendly custard cake will test the tensions between the nuns and their pupils.

Shot on 16mm film and boasting a grainy texture to its color palette that transports the audience, Le pupille – a film that interestingly has Alfonso Cuarón (2004’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2018’s Roma) as a producer – captures wonderfully the austerity of the boarding school, the loneliness of winter, and the poverty of wartime Italy. I just wish that, along with the graininess, it was a little less gray in the scenes that beg for vibrant colors. Once the film approaches the joyous scene with the radio, it turns into a tale of youthful rebelliousness amid restricting customs. As if taking cues from silent films, certain moments are sped up for comedic event and several fourth wall-breaking, Greek chorus-like scenes involving the children help maintain an air of cinematic levity. Even though Le pupille makes only the scantest note of the inescapable political background that it is set in, this is a delightful watch – mostly thanks to the comedic timing of its ensemble cast.

My rating: 8/10

La Valise rouge (The Red Suitcase) (2022, Luxembourg)

Set entirely at the Luxembourg Airport, Cyrus Neshvad’s The Red Suitcase is a slow-burn thriller that allows its messaging to stem from its confident, controlled filmmaking. Sixteen-year-old Ariane (Nawelle Evad) arrives in Luxembourg after a long journey from Iran, but she is in no rush to exit. Her red suitcase is the last one on the luggage carousels for the night and she, reluctantly, picks it up only after the carousel stops. She slowly trudges towards customs – the two customs officers on duty only speak French and English, and Ariane can only speak Farsi. We see that Ariane is especially frightened not of the customs officers, but the older man (Sarkaw Gorany) with a bouquet of flowers awaiting for her in the arrivals terminal. Ducking into the restroom after the customs officer awkwardly complete their luggage inspection, she then makes a fateful decision to remove her hijab, and proceeds with her life at stake.

Neshvad’s acute sense of dramatic timing – most notably, the perfect placement of two instances in which Ariane looks at her father’s WhatsApp messages on her phone – allows the audience to piece together her feelings and her motivations with nary a line of dialogue. Nawelle Ewad also deserves credit for conveying Ariane’s tentativeness and a fear that threatens to burst at any given moment. Much of the suspense is occurring in Ariane’s head (the film never completely explains how dangerous her situation is, but there are implications that the film’s central scenario was set in motion without her full consent), and cinematographer Nikos Welter and editors Yves Dorme and Felix Sorger allow their scenes to breathe in the tension. Welter and Neshvad’s use of blocking and obscuring Ariane’s face in certain moments elevate the tension, as the audience intuits her desires not to be found. The Red Suitcase comes at a fortuitous time, with the ongoing (but seemingly losing momentum after its zenith late last year) Mahsa Amini protests a contemporaneous development to the film’s message. Its criticism of Iranian patriarchal practices is unmistakable. But most importantly, Neshvad crafts an effective film first, and its message flows from Ewad’s performance and his filmmaking – not the other way around. The Red Suitcase is all the more terrifying, respectful, and impactful for that decision.

My rating: 8.5/10

An Irish Goodbye (2022)

2022 seems to have been a banner year for Ireland’s signature gallows humor. Tom Berkeley and Ross White’s An Irish Goodbye does nothing but add to that tradition. Following their mother’s death, elder brother Turlough (Seamus O’Hara) and younger brother Lorcan (James Martin; whose character has Down Syndrome) return, with their mother’s ashes, to her farm. Now living in England, Turlough is looking to sell the farm – against the wishes of Lorcan, placing additional strain on an already-fractured relationship. Before that, Father O’Shea (Paddy Jenkins) informs Turlough that his mother left behind a bucket list, but Turlough has no interest in it but. Eager to sell the farm, Turlough is shocked to find Lorcan practicing tai chi with their mother’s urn. Explaining that he is only fulfilling the first of one hundred points on their mother’s bucket list, Lorcan refuses to leave the farm until both brothers complete the list. Reluctantly, Turlough agrees.

The winner for the BAFTA for Best British Short Film, An Irish Goodbye (an Irish/British co-production) is an unabashed heartstring-tugger amid its frequent cursing (never play drinking games with Irish films regarding how many times someone utters “feck” or a variation of it), extremely dark (but never quite crass) humor, brotherly infighting. At its core, this is an aspirational film of brotherhood and a dutiful movie that allows both brothers to grieve in their own ways. Written specifically with James Martin in mind, the screenplay by Berkeley and White establishes both brothers’ characterizations early and often – making it especially difficult to imagine other actors in either role (especially that of Lorcan). Bizarrely, unlike the other Irish film nominated at this year’s Academy Awards, it is An Irish Goodbye and its cinematographer, Narayan Van Maele, that does a better job at capturing the colors of the overcast greenery and sundown reds of this corner of rural Ireland. Admittedly, An Irish Goodbye’s resolution is trite, good intentions be damned. Yet after two beautiful performances from Martin and O’Hara, the film earns enough goodwill to deserve its storybook ending.

My rating: 8.5/10

^ Based on my personal imdb rating. My interpretation of that ratings system can be found in the “Ratings system” page on my blog (as of July 1, 2020, tumblr is not permitting certain posts with links to appear on tag pages, so I cannot provide the URL).

From previous years: 85th Academy Awards (2013), 87th (2015), 88th (2016), 89th (2017), 90th (2018), 91st (2019), 92nd (2020), 93rd (2021), and 94th (2022).

For more of my reviews tagged “My Movie Odyssey”, check out the tag of the same name on my blog.

#Ivalu #Night Ride #Nattrikken #Le pupille #The Red Suitcase #La Valise rouge #An Irish Goodbye #Anders Walter #Pipaluk K. Jørgensen #Eirik Tveiten #Alice Rohrwacher #Cyrus Neshvad #Tom Berkeley #Ross White #95th Academy Awards #Oscars #31 Days of Oscar #My Movie Odyssey

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talentbloomed · 2 years

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SONGS TO WRITE TOORU

01. CATCH YOU CATCH ME — GUMI

hey look ! catch you catch you catch me catch me, absolutely ! / it’s our destiny and it suits us well / yeah ! nice to meet you, good to see you, surely ! / i won’t give in to anyone / I i’ll be no.1, no.1, no.1, no.1 in the world to you / i’m in love with you !

02. TOOI KONO MACHI DE — Naomi Kaitani

with so many crossroads / i’m always lost / but though sometimes i wander / and sometimes i fall off the path / i’m living the present / clashing with others / accepting others / even when i grow up / i’ll never forget / la la la la i’ll sing my song with my face toward the sky / la la la la it’s my life i’ll walk on / it’s something that’s mine alone / so i guess i can have some confidence in myself

03. CLEAR — Maaya Sakamoto

this feeling, this feeling / i wonder what i should call this feeling ? / it’s hot / it hurts / it even tickles my heart / and i’m almost in tears / the winds, the birds / i wonder if they are more free than me ? / if i don’t have a pair of wings, i’ll just run / to a place i want to go / i can do it, right ? / going on !

04. BURN ! — Bullettrain

transcend those limits i shook off once again, i’ll be strong / i don’t ever want to give up / ride that accelerating gale / and spread my arms in welcome / for my dream that makes even tomorrow a beautiful sight

05. ANSWER — Megurine Luka (Miku-tan’s cover)

used to think that we would last forever / promised that we’d always be together / but then it fades away / it all fades at the end of the day / as time keeps on spinning / i wonder and i ponder / do you think of me like i do you ? / the sadness that i felt and the pain that we both dealt / i hope it all just goes away / forever

06. HOME TO YOU (THIS CHRISTMAS) — Sigrid

when i don’t know what to say / when i don’t know what to do / there’s a room i need to sit in / surrounded by my favourite view / when i need a hand to hold / a hug to warm me through / would it be okay if i came home to you ?

07. WOULD YOU BE SO KIND — Dodie

i know you know that i like you / but that’s not enough / so if you will / please fall in love / i think it’s only fair / there’s gotta be some butterflies somewhere / wanna share ? / ‘cause i like you / but that’s not enough / so if you will / please fall in love / oh i like you / but that’s not enough / so if you will... / please fall in love with me !

08. FRESH EYES — Andy Grammer

if i could bottle this up / bottle bottle this up / i would / i would bottle this up / bottle bottle this up / i would / ‘cause you’re gorgeous in this moment / if i could bottle this up i would

09. OH NO ! — Marina And The Diamonds

one track mind / one track heart / if i fail, i’ll fall apart / maybe it is all a test / ‘cause i feel like i’m the worst / so i always act like i’m the best

10. PRIDE — Cher

we got pride / we own, we own the night / we are, we are the light / this is within your life / and we won’t stop now / give us a sign / that we won’t stop now / this is our time

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scary-grace · 2 years

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9, 31 and 32 for the fic asks please! :D

thank you for the ask!

9) In an ideal world where you’re already super successful and published, would you want to see a tv or movie adaptation of your work? Why or why not?

There are a ton of upsides to an adaptation, and a bunch of downsides at the same time, and for me, I think the downsides might outweigh the upsides. I don't like the idea of signing away rights to my work in that way (and the whole HBO Max/Discover merger fiasco has only increased my convictions on the matter) and I also have very definite ideas about how things should be done creatively. As fun as it would be to see it all come to life, it might just be too stressful for me to really enjoy it.

31) Tell us about one of your characters who’s an absolute joy to write.

Sigrid is really fun for me to write, for some reason. I'm not sure where my characterization of her came from (as it varies significantly between the band AU and seeking a friend/1977), but she spices up every scene she's in, and much more so than Bain or Tilda she's able to just -- say shit. In seeking a friend, I think she was able to say a lot of what me (and other people looking at the situation) would say in regard to Mina, and that's its own kind of satisfying! Anyway, I love Sigrid. I can't wait to get to her one-shot in friends like these!

32) Do characters influence your writing style?

Yes they do! I have a whole set of conventions for both Bard and Thranduil, down to their sentence structure in dialogue and what punctuation marks they're able to use in their internal monologue. Thranduil also tends to have a lot more internal monologue than Bard does -- there's a lot happening below the surface that never comes out of his mouth -- whereas Bard is much more blunt and to-the-point with himself as a rule. Writing each of them presents different challenges and I enjoy both (most of the time).

fanfic asks

#asks #seeking a friend tag #thunder road tag #1977/kairos

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loorain · 2 months

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Sims 4 Fontenot Legacy - Childhood Begins

The morning after the birthday party, the house is still in disarray. Scarlett wakes up first to start dealing with the mess, followed by the other adults and eventually the kids. The girls have another big day ahead of them, as it is their school orientation day. They're excited to meet other students and find out what elementary school is all about.

While the girls head off to school and Sigrid assists with the day's clean-up process, Robin borrows Sabrina's computer to finish up something he's been wanting to do for a long time.

As the family's youngest residents gain more independence but more costs, Robin decides it's finally time to get a more traditional job to support his family. After a few emails, he's able to secure a job at Dewey, Cheatem, & Howe! It's an entry-level job, but he's confident he has the skill set to work his way up the corporate ladder quickly.

It's not the only big thing happening today. Oh no, the family is having one more big event to celebrate the start of a new chapter in their lives.

The girls return from school with the neighbors' kid, courtesy of Audrey and her ever-friendly personality. However, there's also some additional guests at the house, unbeknownst to them.

Sigrid: Well look who it is! You have a good orientation day? See you've already invited a friend over.

Audrey: Mom, what's this? Why is there a carrier here?

Sigrid can't help but chuckle at the complete ignoring of her comment.

Sigrid: Oh, this old thing? Well, your dad and I thought it might be nice to invite someone over ourselves.

Audrey: What... do you mean-

Alma: A PUPPY!!!!!

Without another word, Alma is rushing to the puppy at the speed of light.

Alma: Hey there, little guy! I'm Alma! You and I are gonna be best friends!

Audrey: A puppy?! Really mom?!

Sigrid: Well your father and I thought it'd be nice for you to have a buddy to play with. You know, someone other than your sister when you two get on each other's nerves.

Audrey: This is the best day ever!

Sigrid: Now remember, caring for a puppy is a lot of responsibility. I need you both to help take care of things, okay?

Alma: We will! We'll go on walks, play with him, train him, everything! Promise!

Audrey: Yeah, what she said!

Sigrid: Okay, okay. Well, don't waste any more time talking to me. Go talk with your sister and decide on a name for him!

Robin has been quietly watching all of this unfold. As the girls greet and play with the puppy, he walks over to his wife.

Robin: Think we did good?

Sigrid: Pft, I think we just earned ourselves "Parents of the Century".

Robin: Ooh, I like the sound of that. Think they'll erect a statue of us in honor of this moment?

Sigrid: If they do, I hope they take some creative license and sculpt a few pounds off my waist.

Robin: Think they'd pump up my muscles a little bit? Oh, maybe a majestic beard would be nice too.

Sigrid: You going full Viking on me now?

Robin: Hey, I'd look good in a tunic! Hand me a sword and shield!

Alma interrupts the banter between the two and comes rushing over to her dad, giving him the biggest hug ever.

Alma: Thank you, thank you! You're the best!

Robin: Aww, you're very welcome, baby.

Sigrid: So have you two thought of a name for him yet?

Alma: I think so!

In the chaos of the new arrival, Audrey's buddy Jalisa gets pushed to the wayside. But, of course, Audrey never abandons her friends.

Audrey: Jalisa! We just got a new puppy! Alma and I decided to name him Ziggy!

Jalisa: So cool! I wish my parents let us get a puppy. Mom's allergic to their saliva, though. Says it gives her the "heebie-geebies".

Audrey: Well you can come over and play with Ziggy as much as you want!

Jalisa: So cool!

Audrey and her pal celebrate the day by spending some time in the treehouse! (Alma was there too, actually, but decided to play by herself in the enclosure. Typical Alma 😆)

All in all, the twins first full day of childhood was a success! A great orientation day, new friendships, and a belated birthday present so wonderful it'll leave a lasting impression on the entire family!

And of course, let's formally introduce the newest addition to the legacy house: Ziggy Lay!

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OCPL's 'People's University' to Explore Ancient History

Thurs., Jan. 5 at 7 PM: Explore Ancient History with People's University! The new People's University series being offered at the Ohio County Public Library in Wheeling on Thursday evenings beginning January 5 will explore the ancient world, including Egypt, Greece, and Rome. The eight classes begin at 7 pm in the Library's auditorium through February 23. The classes will also be livestreamed on the Library's People's University Facebook and People's University YouTube channels. The primary instructor, Dr. Laura Michele Diener has taught ancient and medieval history at Marshall University since 2008, where she has won several awards for teaching. She received her PhD in history from The Ohio State University and has studied at Vassar College, Newnham College, Cambridge, and most recently, Vermont College of Fine Arts. She enjoys teaching classes on fascinating peoples of the past, including Vikings, Romans, Ancient Egyptians, and Celts. She runs the History Club at Marshall and enjoys organizing the yearly Viking Feast and Yuletide Celebration. If you google her, you will find some of her creative essays online. She has written about medieval spirituality, medieval embroidery, and medieval hair. She is currently writing a biography of the Norwegian Nobel-prize-winning writer, Sigrid Undset titled A World Perilous and Beautiful. Fresh off a European lecture tour, Dr. Marie N. Pareja (her students call her Doc) will teach two of the classes. She is a Bronze Age Aegean archaeologist and art historian who focuses on iconography, exchange, and identity in prehistoric Afro-Eurasia. She currently works as an Assistant Professor of Classical Archaeology and Religious Studies at Marshall University and as a Consulting Scholar for the University of Pennsylvania. Some of her most recent work has been featured in Smithsonian magazine, and her up-and-coming projects on the interconnectivity in the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods were hosted by the University of Oxford in early December 2022. She is thrilled to be part of People’s University. The full People's University Ancient History Schedule: Class 1: Thursday, Jan. 5 — 7PM: Egypt Part 1 - Gods and Pyramids Egypt was a superpower in the Near East for over 3000 years. By the time Cleopatra came to the throne, the pyramids were thousands of years old, and she would have considered their builders to have been “ancient,” much as we do. In this class, we will study the glory days of truly ancient Egypt, covering the emergence of royal power, exalted gods, and military might. And we will spend time considering the tale of the once lost Egyptian hieroglyphs and how they came to reveal their secrets to the modern world. Instructor: Dr. Laura Michele Diener WATCH LIVE ON YOUTUBE WATCH LIVE ON FACEBOOK FACEBOOK EVENT| LIBRARY CALENDAR Recommended Reading for the series: - Aegean Bronze Age Art: Meaning in the Making by Karl Knappett - Antony and Cleopatra by Adrian Goldsworthy - Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens by Robin Waterfield - A History of Ancient Greece in 50 Lives by David Stuttard - The Odyssey by Homer, Emily Wilson's Translation - Phillip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors by Adrian Goldsworthy - Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz - SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard - When Women Ruled the World by Kara CooneyNovels: - Ariadne by Jennifer Saint - Circe by Madeline Miller - Mythos by Stephen FryNote: Search the OCPL's Catlog HERE.The Library is in the process of acquiring as many of the above titles as possible. If you see a book above in our catalog that you'd like to check out that's on hold, please send us an email. Class 2: Thursday, Jan. 12 — 7PM: Egypt Part 2 - The Pharaohs We have no doubt you have heard of Cleopatra, but what about Hatshepsut, the first Egyptian woman to rule in her own right, and the one who created the word, pharaoh? Or Rameses III, who was brutally assassinated by the denizens of his own harem? In this class, we will cover some of the most colorful of the New Kingdom rulers, examining their private lives, their public personas, and their legacy in tombs and temples. Instructor: Dr. Laura Michele Diener Class 3: Thursday, Jan. 19— 7PM: Greece Part 1 - Minoan, Mycenean, & Homeric The Bronze Age lasts for approximately 2,000 years – 3,000-1170 BCE. During this period, we see a shift from the settled and (some still maintain) isolated cultures from Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, and the broader Mediterranean, to a highly-integrated, multicultural, globalized system. In this class, we will focus primarily on the Bronze Age Aegean and what we see in the iconographic and archaeological record, including the most famous sites and artworks from each region and period. We will cover Early Cycladic hilltop structures and the many fakes and forgeries of Cycladic Folded Arm Figurines that can be seen in museums around the world (and you’ll learn how to spot the authentic ones!); the site of Knossos on Crete, and some of its most important wall paintings and artifacts; The site of Akrotiri, on the island of Santorini, which survived by virtue of a cataclysmic volcanic eruption; and Mycenae, the great settlement from which the legendary Agamemnon and Menelaos sailed to Troy in Homer’s Iliad. Instructor: Dr. Marie N. Pareja FACEBOOK EVENT | LIBRARY CALENDAR Class 4: Thursday, Jan. 26 — 7PM: Greece Part 2-Archaic & Classical With the collapse of the Bronze Age Aegean cultures in ca. 1170, Greece rested for a few hundred years in a relative dark age, neglecting and then forgetting the masterful heights of technological and artistic culture of the Middle and Late Bronze Ages. They began the slow slog back to prominence, which we will trace through the art historical record, primarily through human statuary with a few forays into some architecture and even myth. It is through this lens that we will trace the rise of Greek culture from the Geometric and Archaic Periods, through the Classical period and up to the rule of Alexander the Great, in the Hellenistic period. Be ready for conversation, as most of us have at least a passing familiarity with Classical Greek culture – even if it’s reading Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson novels (or any of the others)! This is going to be a fun exploration of our collective pasts, with plenty of time for questions and discussion. Instructor: Dr. Marie N. Pareja Class 5: Thursday, Feb. 2 — 7PM: Greece Part 3 - Alexander the Great & the Hellenistic Egypt The history of Egypt changed during the fourth century BC, when the unstoppable Alexander the Great conquered the Near East and the Middle East from Greece to India, defeating the Persian Empire and uniting the most unlikely of kingdoms under his rule and those of his successors.. Although Alexander’s victory in Egypt ended its 3000-year supremacy, it also ushered in a new period of international involvement, foreign gods, city-building, and the Greek-speaking Ptolemaic dynasty. The Ptolemies, named for one Alexander’s generals, were some of the most murderous, bloodthirsty, and back-stabbing rulers of the ancient world, of which the great Cleopatra (actually the seventh Queen Cleopatra) was the last and the most famous. Instructor: Dr. Laura Michele Diener Class 6: Thursday, Feb. 9 — 7PM: Rome Part 1-The Period of the Kings through the Republic The Romans believed they were descended from a long line of gods and heroes. Their oldest stories celebrated the demise of tyrants, the value of shared power, and respect for family. We will consider how these founding myths helped shape their identity as they rose from a small collective of farmer-warriors to a massive empire within the space of about two hundred years. Instructor: Dr. Laura Michele Diener Class 7: Thursday, Feb. 16 — 7PM: Rome Part 2-Rise & Fall of Empire By the time of Julius Caesar was murdered during the Ides of March, the Romans had been living through almost a century of civil wars marked by massacres, betrayal, and upheaval. During the first century BC, the Republic had begun to break down under the pressures of expansion and ambition. In this class, we will cover the cataclysmic end of the Republic and the formation of imperial rule under Emperor Augustus and his successors. Despite its blood-soaked beginnings, the Empire ushered in a golden age of Roman peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana. Instructor: Dr. Laura Michele Diener Class 8: Thursday, Feb. 23 — 7PM: The Tragedy of Pompeii Before Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, Pompeii was a thriving, dynamic, and international city whose story intertwined with the key events of Roman history. In this course, we will consider the complex past of Pompeii before and after its cataclysmic destruction. Using unique archeological sources from graffiti to sewage, we will explore the very real people who lived, loved, and died in the most well-preserved of ancient cities. Instructor: Dr. Laura Michele Diener In 1951, the Ohio County Public Library's head librarian, Virginia Ebeling, referenced British historian Thomas Carlyle, who said, “the public library is a People’s University,” when she initiated a new adult education program with that name. Miss Ebeling charged the Library with the responsibility of reaching “as many people in the community as possible.” In keeping with that tradition of public libraries as sanctuaries of free learning for all people, the Ohio County Public Library revived the series in 2010. The People’s University is a free program for adults who wish to continue their education in the liberal arts. It features courses—taught by experts in each subject—that enable patrons to pursue their goal of lifelong learning in classic subjects such as history, philosophy, and literature. Patrons may attend as many classes as they wish. There are no tests of other requirements and all programs are free and open to the public. For more information about the People's University Ancient History or other Library programs, call 304-232-0244 or stop by the Reference Desk. Read the full article

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