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Valid question: who would you rather tag team you Lucas and Leon, Leon and Neuer or Lucas and Neuer? If Perez can make no sense so can we.
first of all i like that you validated your own question
second of all ... i had to sleep on this... and my choice ... is lucas and leon........ i think
it’s always gonna be lucas but how do you choose between massive aries whore with a phat ass and nice arms and an aquarius whore with even nicer arms. dilemma of the century
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Marc Appreciation Week 2019| Day 1: Writing| “The First Session”
So this is literally the first fanfiction I’ve ever published, done for @wearemiraculous / @seasonofthegeek ‘s Miraculous Ladybug event, celebrating everyone’s adopted son, Marc Anciel.  I planned this overarching story back when it was first announced, so before the actual prompts were given, so I don’t know if the days will actually match up very well.  Disclaimers (PLEASE READ) and chapter are under the cut.
(~c. 1500 words, for those of you who care about that kind of thing.)
Chapters:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Disclaimers before the actual content: I am not affiliated with anyone involved with creating Miraculous Ladybug.  I’m just a fan, this is just fanfiction.  This is a seven-part fic, one chapter for each day (if I can finish them on time), and it features heavy LGBTQ+ themes and mentions gender dysphoria (Not in this chapter but in later chapters).  I am not dysphoric, nor have I ever been, and I identify as a straight male.  As such, I may get something wrong.  Please, tell me if I do get something wrong so I can fix it.  The last thing I want is to hurt anyone with this.
Also, mild language warning.
Okay, I think that’s everything.
Sunday… by the blue, purple, yellow, red water… on the green, purple, yellow, red grass…
           Well, no, actually.  He was in a public library, not a park, and the closest thing to a river was a drinking fountain a few shelves to his left.  Still, it was Sunday, and this was the song that was piping in through Nathaniel’s earbuds.
           ‘You’ll love it,’ Rose had said.  ‘It’s inspired by that painting, the famous one with all the dots.’
           ‘Un dimanche après-midi à l’Île de la Grande Jatte,’ he had guessed.  ‘By Georges Seurat?’
           ‘Yeah, that one.  It’s about all the people in the painting, and all their troubles getting masked by the artist creating one fictional, perfect afternoon.  And then Act II is his grandson having to deal with creating the same things over and over.  And it’s just…’  There, Rose wiped a few tears from her still-red eyes.  ‘It’s some of the most beautiful music I’ve ever heard.  The same composer wrote Into the Woods.’
           ‘And Sweeney Todd,’ Juleka had mumbled from close by.
           Well, he couldn’t argue with Rose.  There were some incredible melodies, and watching the filmed version (at Rose’s insistence) had brought some tears to his eyes.
           It was about art.
           It was about himself, too, in a way.
           In the play, Georges invests himself so far into the fictional world in his painting that he neglects his lover, his family, and even his own life in the end.
           In real life, Nathaniel had gotten so wrapped up in his art that he had started to see everyone else as an obstacle to the creative spirit.
           “Hey,” a voice mumbled.  “Sorry I’m late.”
           Which is how he found himself here, in this mess.
           “It’s no problem.”  Nathaniel glanced at his phone.  “You’re actually early.”
           “I know,” Marc said tensely, quietly slipping into a chair across from him.  “But I still got here after you, so…”
           “Like I said, no problem.  I wasn’t bored.”
           “Oh?”  Marc looked at Nathan’s sketchbook, which was open on the table.  “What are you drawing?”
           Nathaniel regarded his creation.  It wasn’t anything too special: a tree, a river, a bench, all in a park scene done in swooping, curved lines.  The shading was done with a bunch of little tick marks instead of the smooth gradient style he sometimes did.
           “Just a scene,” he answered.  “From this musical I’ve been listening to.”
           “Sunday in the Park with George?”
           Nathaniel nodded.  “Yeah, how’d you know?”
           “Uh, Rose – that’s her name, right? – she told me about it.  She said her friend and her dad were in it together.”
           “Yeah, Mylène?”
           “That was it.”
           “Yeah.  She’s been forcing everyone in the art club to listen to the soundtrack for weeks.”  Nath flipped to a different page in the sketchbook.  “You’re the newest member, so naturally you’re her latest victim.”
           Marc gave a weak laugh, but his expression stayed sober.  “So how is it?”
           “Hm?”
           “The play.  Is it any good?”
           “Oh.”  He mulled over this.  “I like it,” he decided, even if he felt that didn’t answer the question.  “It’s a… perspective on the art piece.  Definitely unconventional.”
           “Yeah.”  Marc fingered the hem of his hoodie and bit his lip.  “It is a bit weird, isn’t it?  Writing something that big inspired by one piece of visual art.”
           “Yep.  And I’m now drawing something inspired by that.  Comes back around, doesn’t it?”  Nathaniel cringed, like he always did when he tried to be profound.  Profundity didn’t suit his verbal abilities.
           To his surprise, Marc nodded in agreement. “The cyclical, cannibalistic nature of art.”
           “Cannibalistic,” Nathan repeated, amused.  “That’s good. I like that word.  It’s very… blunt.”
           “It’s a strong choice,” Marc agreed. “Connoting something brutish or barbaric.”
           “Works perfectly for art, then.”
           Marc smiled this time.  “Guess it does,” he said.  His voice, to Nathaniel’s perception, seemed to take on some quality, giving it a lighter… texture?
            ‘No that isn’t right.  What’s that called?’ he pondered.  Whatever it was, it was a welcome change from Marc’s usual moody demeanor.  The small smile on his face was uniquely refreshing, emotionally speaking.
           “Kinda like this, huh?” he noted.  “I mean, I was doodling, you wrote stuff for it, and now I’m drawing based off what you wrote.  I’m cannibalizing myself via you.”
           Marc lost his smile.  Nathan suddenly felt bad, like all the weight in the air had fallen in around him.
           “Sorry,” he apologized.  “Forget I… I was trying to be clever, never mind.”
           The heaviness in the room was making it difficult for him to breathe.
           “So…” Marc tried to break the silence.  Nathan winced inwardly at the shift in social dynamic. Apparently, he also winced outwardly, because Marc suddenly started to backtrack.  “I mean, you, um…”  His voice dropped to a timid whisper.  “Oh, shit.”
           Marc made to get up, grabbing the bag that was hung on his chair.  “Wait, no, I’m sorry,” Nath pleaded.
           “This isn’t going to work.”  The writer shook his head.  “I’m sorry for taking up your time.”
           “Look, it’s my fault.”  Marc stopped moving.  “I’m sorry, I’m just not used to… working with people.”  At the deflated look this received, Nath amended himself.  “I want to, though.  Let’s just give this a chance, okay?”
           “Oh.”  Marc set down his bag and withdrew his journal.  “Uh��� okay.”
           “Yeah.  I don’t exactly know how to… do…”  He stopped talking, not knowing what word he could finish with.
           “Collaborations?”
           “Yeah.  I’m not sure… What’s the, um, protocol here?”
           Marc shifted in his seat, playing with the cover of his book.  “I don’t really think there is a set protocol.”
           “Oh.  Sorry, my bad, I just—”
           “No, you’re fine, I’m the one who should—”
           They both stopped talking over each other. Once again, they merely looked down at their own papers in silence.
           After a minute of this, Nathaniel decided, against his better judgement, to address the elephant at the table.
           “So… Yesterday, huh?”
           Marc continued to hunch over.
           “You got akumatized.”  Not like the superfan was going to judge.  “You really wanted in on this project, huh?”
           Marc shut his eyes tight.   He whispered, “It wasn’t that.”
           Nath was surprised.  “Oh?  Then…”
           “I just wanted to…”  For the first time in the meeting, Marc momentarily lost his tongue. “I don’t know how it got to that. I just wanted to say that you were… and then Marinette just made it about us working together…”  He shrugged, defeated.  “It just sort of escalated.”
           “Oh,” Nathaniel nodded.  “Then we agree.”
           “Huh?”
           “Marinette is terrible at mediating people.”
           “Oh.”  Another smile, much smaller than the first, graced his lips, which his collaborator was grateful for.  “Heh. She really is, huh?”
           ‘Levity,’ Nathan realized, looking at Marc’s smile.  ‘That’s the word I was looking for earlier.’
            He wanted to keep the conversation going.  “So… what were going to say about me?  So you can get that out of the way.”
           It took a while for him to answer.  “It’s just… I really like… your art.  There’s just something in it.”  He looked away, blushing with what Nathaniel assumed was embarrassment.  “You seem to really care about it.  Not really in any way I’ve ever seen before.  I-It’s so well-constructed, too, plot-wise.”
           “You think so?”
           “Yeah.”  The scriptwriter rubbed his arm.  “I mean… I’m not an expert, but I like stories that… you know.”
           The cartoonist didn’t know, but he kept that to himself.
           “Why do you, um…”  Marc gulped.  “What led you to… drawing?  And doing stories like this?”        
           “Why do I do this?”  Nath thought about this for a moment.  “I can’t really say.”
           “Okay.”  Marc didn’t push further.
           They continued to sit silently, until Nath once again spoke up.
           “Do you ever feel like there’s something that’s just…”
           His accomplice tried guessing.  “Wrong?”
           “Exactly.”  Nathaniel crossed his arms.  “Something that’s just wrong with you.”
           “Yeah,” Marc nodded.  “I think that’s normal.”
           “It really isn’t.  Or it shouldn’t be.”
           “I’ll agree on that.”
           “It’s part of why I do this.”  Nath shrugged pensively.  “It just feels right.”
           Marc smiled.  “That’s how I feel about writing.”  He tried to clarify.  “You know, like, constructing words, into sentences and paragraphs and stories. And then you come up with that great sentence, that play on ideas, and it’s just…”  Seeing that his point didn’t really get across, he elaborated.  “I am to words as you are to… let’s say, colors.”
           “I can tell.”  Nath motioned to Marc’s journal.  “From what I’ve read, you’re really an artist with them.”
           Marc blushed again, though Nath couldn’t tell from what.  “You really think so?”
           “Yeah.  Even just talking to you is… well, kind of exhilarating.”  Wondering if that was the right word to use, he backtracked. “Something like that, I guess.  Anyway…”  He closed his sketchbook.  “What do you say we finally start working?”
           Marc’s expression shifted to surprise.  “W-working?”
           “Yeah.”  He got out of his seat and walked around to Marc’s side.  “Show me what you’ve been writing.”
            “O-okay.”  He reluctantly opened his journal.  “Well, it’s not really, um, much, but there’s this thing you did after Copycat that I sort of expanded on…”
So, yeah, that was Day 1.  Sorry if it sucked, I’m really new to this and I’ve never posted anything before.  That’s my excuse.  Please don’t send hate, but I will take constructive criticism.  Therefore, if you do send hate, pretend it’s that instead.
The whole thing is actually not fully finished, but I’ll try to get everything up here eventually regardless of whether or not I can do it all in time.
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The Solemnity of The Body and Blood of Christ “Corpus Christi” – 3 June
Happy Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, our Lord and God!  What a Gift we celebrate today!
The Eucharist is the source and summit of the whole Christian life.   The feast of Corpus Christi is a celebration of Christ’s Real Presence in the Eucharist.   It parallels the celebration on Holy Thursday in commemoration of the institution of this Aacrament. When the Eucharist is carried through the streets in solemn procession, the Christian people give public witness of their faith and devotion toward the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
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In 1246, Bishop Robert de Thorete of the Belgian diocese of Liège, at the suggestion of St Juliana of Mont Cornillon (also in Belgium), convened a synod and instituted the celebration of the feast.
From Liège, the celebration began to spread and, on 8 September 1264, Pope Urban IV issued the papal bull “Transiturus,” which established the Feast of Corpus Christi as a universal feast of the Church, to be celebrated on the Thursday following Trinity Sunday.
At the request of Pope Urban IV, St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Doctor of the Church, composed the office, the official prayers of the Churc, for the feast.   This office is widely considered one of the most beautiful in the traditional Roman Breviary and it is the source of the famous Eucharistic hymns Pange Lingua Gloriosi and Tantum Ergo Sacramentum.
The feast is also celebrated with a Eucharistic procession, in which the Sacred Host is carried throughout the town, accompanied by hymns and litanies.   There the Eucharistic Lord, held in the monstrance by the priest, is escorted by candles, canopies, incense, choirs, altar servers, and worshipers.   The faithful venerate the Body of Christ as the procession passed by, with Benediction celebrated along the way.
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The feast of Corpus Christi is one time when our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament is exposed not just to faithful Catholics but to all the world.   This is a time when Catholics can show their love for Christ in the Real Presence by honouring Him in a very public way.   It is also a wonderful way in which we can show our love for our neighbors by bringing Our Lord and Savior closer to them.   So many conversions are a result of Eucharistic Adoration experienced from inside the Church.   How many more there would be if we could reach those who only drive by the church in worldly pursuits.
“Corpus Christi reminds us first of all of this:, that being Christian means coming together from all parts of the world to be in the presence of the one Lord and to become one with him and in him. The second constitutive aspect, is walking with the Lord. ,This is the reality manifested by the procession that we shall experience together after Holy Mass, almost as if it were naturally prolonged by moving behind the One who is the Way, the Journey. With the gift of Himself in the Eucharist, the Lord Jesus sets us free from our “paralyses”, He helps us up and enables us to “proceed “, that is, He makes us take a step ahead and then another step and thus sets us going with the power of the Bread of Life.”
Pope Benedict XVI, Corpus Christ 2008
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Throughout our lives, if we were raised Catholic, we were taught reverence for the Eucharist.    But “reverence” is not enough.  Most Catholics reverence the Eucharist, meaning, we genuflect, kneel and treat the Sacred Host with respect.  But it’s important to ponder a question in your heart.    Do you believe the Eucharist is God Almighty, the Saviour of the world, the second Person of the Most Holy Trinity?  Do you believe deeply enough to have your heart moved with love and profound devotion every time you are before our divine Lord present before us under the veil of the Eucharist?   When you kneel do you fall down prostrate in your heart, loving God with your whole being?
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Perhaps this sounds like it’s a bit excessive.  Perhaps simple reverence and respect is enough for you.   But it’s not.   Since the Eucharist is God Almighty, we must see Him there with the eyes of faith in our soul.   We must profoundly adore Him as the angels do in Heaven.   We must cry out, “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty.”  We must be moved to the deepest of worship as we enter into His divine presence.
Ponder the depth of your faith in the Eucharist today and strive to renew it, worshiping God as one who believes with your whole being.
I devoutly adore You, O hidden Deity, truly hidden beneath these appearances.  My whole heart submits to You and in contemplating You, it surrenders itself completely.  Sight, touch, taste are all deceived in their judgement of You but hearing suffices firmly to believe.  Jesus, I trust in You.
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In honor of the opening tonight of the revival of Jesus Hopped the A Train, and the launch of the 2017-2018 Signature residency of Stephen Adly Guirgis, below is my April, 2011 review of Guirgis’ only Broadway play so far: The Mothefucker With The Hat. He has since won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his Off-Broadway play, Between Riverside and Crazy.
The Motherf**ker With the Hat Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre Cast List: Bobby Cannavale Chris Rock Elizabeth Rodriguez Annabella Sciorra Yul Vázquez Production Credits: Anna D. Shapiro (Direction) Todd Rosenthal (Scenic Design) Mimi O’Donnell (Costume Design) Donald Holder (Lighting Design) Other Credits: Written by: Stephen Adly Guirgis
Before Chris Rock even appeared on stage, “The MotherF**ker With The Hat,” despite its off-putting title, had me hooked. Veronica is talking on the phone with her mom, in-between snorts of cocaine, when Jackie enters with flowers and good news: He’s gotten a job, he’s ready for “grown-up plans,” “you and me plans.” Jackie and Veronica have been a couple since the eighth grade, even after he became an addict and a drug dealer and went to prison. He’s out, newly sober, and in love. She remains an addict, but has a good job in a salon. They are about to have sex when Jackie notices a man’s hat on the table…and the hat isn’t his.
If all this sounds grim, it isn’t. This first scene, exuberantly foul-mouthed, is so hilarious and touching that it is almost thrilling. Thanks for this belongs equally to playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis and to the actors playing Jackie and Veronica – Bobby Cannaval and Elizabeth Rodriguez.
All three are members of LABrynth; another cast member of “Hat,” Yul Vazquez, is the co-artistic director with Guirgis of LABrynth. All four are making their Broadway debuts – which is Broadway’s gain.
LABrynth is a theater company two decades old that entered my list of the New York theaters that most matter when last year it presented / Tenn99, a three-day (52-hour) marathon staged reading of the complete works of Tennessee Williams – open to the public for free.
Given the company’s dedication, it should come as no surprise to those familiar with LABrynth’s work that the actors in “Hat” combine an authentic-feeling energy and rhythm from the streets with a mastery of stage technique. So strong are the characters of Jackie and Veronica, and the performers playing them, that “Hat” could probably have worked as a two-character play.
But it has five characters, and one of those characters is Ralph D., played by Chris Rock. Ralph D. is Jackie’s sponsor in Alcoholics Anonymous and while he initially seems upright and well-meaning, he isn’t. His character drives much of the plot, or is at least the instrument of the major surprise (which I won’t reveal here).
The playwright surely also intends Ralph’s view of the world to provide a contrast to Jackie’s, and to provoke us to ponder, amidst all the profanity and the hilarity, some profound questions, such as: What is morality?
Chris Rock has Emmys and Grammys, has appeared in a slew of movies, but has never acted on stage before, and it shows. It is also possible he is miscast; a less innately likeable and more oleaginous performer might have worked better in the role of a character who is said to have earned “a Ph.d in manipulation and self- loathing.”
Still Rock deserves credit for some great comic moments. Attempting to prove that his life of sobriety and natural foods has been a panacea, Ralph asks Jackie “How old do you think I am?” “I dunno,” Jackie replies. “46?” “Okay,” Ralph says after a pause, “But do I look 46?” In that pause alone, Rock (who is in fact 46 and doesn’t look it) justifies his presence, and gives a glimpse into his potential as a stage performer.
However, ultimately, it little matters whether or not Rock is the weakest link in “Hat”, because, while his name may lure people to enter the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater, there is much that will contribute to their being satisfied when they leave it. This includes the rest of the cast. Annabella Sciorra, who was so memorable as Tony’s suicidal mistress in The Sopranos, is, incredibly, making her Broadway debut as well, as Ralph’s resentful, vindictive wife. Yul Vazquez plays Jackie’s contradictory, ambivalent and ambiguous cousin Julio, who both resents him and is always there for him, supplying ancient memories of Jackie to give us a fuller sense of his complexity, and also helping Jackie to forget: When Jackie asks him to recount a drunken fight he had with Veronica, Julio replies: “God created blackouts for a reason.”
Anna D. Shapiro, who directed “August: Osage County,” is once again pitch perfect in the difficult task of combining comedy with serious drama, helping win our affection for characters whose ugly aspects are not sitcom safe. Todd Rosenthal’s set is a marvel of efficiency and insight. The several apartments we visit (via some cool automatic flipping and sliding and sinking) are dwarfed by an almost-abstract landscape, made up of fire escape, scaffolding and just a sliver of a skyscraper peeking through. And then there is the dialogue. “I’m not trying to make it like I’m a Saint,” Jackie says, “even though I’m straight up more or less not guilty.”
  At the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis Directed by Anna D. Shapiro scenic design by Todd Rosenthal, costume design by Mimi O’Donnell, lighting design by Donald Holder, sound design by Acme Sound Partners and original music by Terence Blanchard. Cast: Bobby Cannavale (Jackie), Chris Rock (Ralph D.), Elizabeth Rodriguez (Veronica), Annabella Sciorra (Victoria) and Yul Vázquez (Cousin Julio). Running time: 100 minutes with no intermission
Stephen Adly Guirgis’ 2011 Broadway Hit: The MotherF..ker With The Hat In honor of the opening tonight of the revival of Jesus Hopped the A Train, and the launch of the 2017-2018 Signature residency of Stephen Adly Guirgis, below is my April, 2011 review of Guirgis' only Broadway play so far: The Mothefucker With The Hat.
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ADOPTION IS THE excellent Alternative
Please undertake a pet, rather than buying a pet from a breeder. According to ASPCA statistics, nearly forty percentage of the animals in shelters are purebred. There is no shortage. Therefore, you could save a Lifestyles and pay a fragment of the value for the same animal in order to likely be spayed and neutered, vaccinated and tested for heartworms, parasites and other illnesses. You might not acquire that offer from a breeder. If you are not showing your purebred pet, there sincerely is not any reason for AKC certification. Also, remember adopting a blended breed canine or cat. combined breed pets generally tend to have a ways fewer health problems. Lastly, If you are inquisitive about saving a Existence, please take into account adopting pets which are difficult to re-domestic. Grownup pets make accurate own family participants. You understand what you are becoming from the start. Often, you could now not know how massive or what character your followed doggy or kitten can have until she or he is grown. Your children will love the Adult puppy just as a lot and also you need not worry about consistent supervision of the infant animal and your children.
Animal welfare groups engaged within the adoption of dogs ought to do not forget implementing a, “shop and Train” adoption Software. St. Seton’s has usually rescued all breeds of dogs so, I can talk best to dog adoption. facts positioned forth via the Humane Society of the us and the ASPCA indicate that ninety five – 96 percentage of puppies are surrendered because of behavioral issues. Our enjoy confirms this finding. Whilst this organization become formed, our go back rate became over forty percent. We felt we have been seeking to plug a leaky dam. We applied a shop N’ Teach Software. All Person dogs who show off behavioral troubles are skilled by means of foster/teacher. We Additionally worked hard to suit families with the personalities in their dogs. If the family turned into fairly sedate, we matched them with a sedate dog. Energetic households had been matched with Energetic canine. This system has been in operation for seven years. Our go back price dropped to less than one percentage. The small number of puppies again changed into due to a cause apart from the canine. In December 2008, our adoption Application received an award from the distinguished Maddie’s fund.
Regrettably, adoption, in and of itself isn’t the solution. There are 5 instances as many puppies and kittens born each day as there are people. These numbers are magnificent. At the same time as it’s miles crucial for animal welfare charities to keep as many of Those orphans as feasible, it can resemble trying to empty the sea with a teaspoon. Therefore, different measures are needed to combat the epidemic of puppy over populace trouble in our kingdom today.
SPAY AND NEUTER assistance programs
The best manner to we can become a, “no kill” kingdom is to spay and neuter our pets religiously. The prevention of the start of undesirable litters of kittens and puppies is the prevention of needless death of unwanted animals. It honestly is that easy. What isn’t always easy is the underlying motive of puppy over population.
There’s no clinical proof of the underlying cause of pet over populace however, arguably, the reasons are intuitive. A loss of sources to spay and neuter one’s pet seems to be a leading reason of this issue. Petsmart charities these days released a look at (click Right here) which shows that approximately 25 percentage of the human populace lacks the sources to pay for the surgical procedure. In step with the Humane Society of america, the common range of litters a fertile cat can produce is 3 per 12 months with each yielding four to 6 kittens. The common variety of litters a dog produces is in keeping with year with every producing six to ten puppies. If we recollect These averages observe to every of the kittens and dogs born to those litters, the results are surprising!
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