Patalliro! is fascinating to me because of stuff like this. It's unapologetically gay - even within its anime which aired during primetime hours in 1982 - in a way that many later BL manga would never be, like the ones from the early 2000s which would never dare to call their characters actual homosexuals. Patalliro has actually aged quite well in this regard, there's something comforting about how campy it is.
my midterm/absolutorium is over and now i can actually. celebrate my bday lol i was too buried by uni bs this month to unwind.
i got like three diff pieces of cake from my fave pastry shop bc I DESERVE IT AFTER BLOWING MY PRESENTATION/DEFENSE OUT THE PARK (according my my classmates/prof but also ME MIETTE!!! IM SO HAPPY I DIDNT CLAM UP LIKE I DID DURING THE ONLINE PRESENAYSH AUHJA. And the prof cadre actually??? Seemed interested and asked me questions abt the process etc. Which is not on brand, usually they seem disinterested in what ppl are presenting and only a few projects get their attention. NGL after working my ass off beading these skulls i feel JUSTLY REWARDED. HARD WORK PAID OFF. And as per uj they couldnt believe i make them all by hand lmaaaaooo
anyway zen right now after beinf so stressed last week & the weekend i can actually relax. enjoy my term break. make some clay critters
also the pics are kind of ehhh bcs the artificial lighting was super intense and kind of took away the softness/dark colors from the skulls esp :c i dont really want to upload hi res pics of these things until im finished with my masters 100% and hopefully have my degree. The red skull esp looks kind of miserable compared to rl/vids/proper documentation but i dont want to upload now. idk maybe i will once i rest and think abt it?
ANYWAY THE CAKES
s2e6 of ofmd is easily one of the best episodes of television that i have ever watched.
genuinely.
it was so beautiful, handled everything with such grace and care, you can really feel the love that has been poured into this show and i can not wait to see what more they've got in store because i have never been more happy or excited or full of love than i was when watching that episode
anyway i know i've never properly explained what happened on thursday so... here we go??????
was super fortunate to stand where i did, i literally walked to the side from my previous spot like, minutes before he came out to the front of the hotel. so i'm just standing there on the street, contemplating going back to my place because george arrived back at the hotel, and used the side entrance. so i'm like. cool, we missed that, anyway... then a couple minutes later there's massive screaming coming from the front of hotel, and it's george of course, so i'm like, awh, what the fuck..... obviously i weaved my way into the crowd a bit, and got my little stupid sign and the book out! was super lucky to have walked to the side, as the merc cars were on the left side, and my previous spot in the middle would have been shit. so anyway, he looked into our direction for a sec, and everyone is immediately like "george!!!" and that was when he spotted the sign and pointed at me! and then that was it, and i'm like awh, come onnnnn, it's for you! (not sure he could even read the sign, idk, probably just saw his name and he was like oh? hi??!!!) so anyway, he's painting that car, my heart is quite literally trying to break my ribs or something and i'm :( and :). then, picasso finishes his masterpiece and it's free cap time. obviously he goes to the right side of the hotel first, and i'm :( again. professional cap thrower gr does his best to throw the caps out to the crowd. even jumps on the cars' platform to make a better throw. he's super jumpy, and long, and endearing. then! jumps off the platform and!!!!!!! :) does his usual jog to us to fucking HAND a cap to the idiot with the sign. i'm in the 2nd row probably, i have a good couple of people in front of me, but thanks dad for the only good genes you gave me, i was massively helped out here by my height and my long ass arms. so he tries handing the cap to me right ("here you go") and obviously everyone is trying to grab it, and i'm like nooo and he's like "NO" and fucking makes sure that it's in my hand. ends with a little "thank you", and before i can react at all, he's already moving on and giving out the next cap, and i'm like !!!!! WAIT NO, THE BOOK!!!!!!!!
but it stays in my hand, with the sign and the cap, while my phone is in my right hand, still recording, facing the side of course...
so at this point i'm like. what the fuck has just happened, what the hell is going on, i can barely think and breathe at all-
so i sit down in the park, i'm having a mini heart attack, and i inform everyone of my adventures. i don't know how long i have sat there, but i was like. dead dead. so after i've collected myself i start walking back to the hostel, and then my mom is calling me, because she refuses to text. obviously i tell her everything too, and anyway as i'm sitting on this random bench, talking, gwen walks down with like 2 other people in front of me. and i'm like mom, hold on a sec what the f-, so i jump up, i catch up to him and i try being as polite as i can while i'm having the 6213rd heart attack of the day. so i tell him that i made this book for george, but i couldn't give it to him earlier when he gave me the cap yada yada, can he please give it to him? and he's like. super nice, at the mention of george he's smiling and he's like, sure, opens the book for a sec and asks "just give it to him?" i tell him that of course, i made it for him, it's just for him, i don't need it back etc. then he says that now he's having dinner with some friends, but he's seeing george tomorrow (friday), so he'll give it to him then. i thank him, and ask him to please thank george for the cap and uhm... yeah. that was thursday in a nutshell, i guess. :]
//// i'll say that i was quite literally too stunned to use my brain, like, i think my pulse hit a record high, my hands were shaking etc but here are some things i can recall: he's tall. long. so long. hair fluffier than you could imagine. and a super calming brown. skin clear and moisturized, crops watered. eyes bigger than the universe. and he is so jumpy. every limb of his is just !!!!! moving moving moving. so expressive. both his face and his body language. and like. you know how great he looks in photos? yeah? ok, now triple that. like. jesus fucking. christ......
and anyway i died. and finally, yesterday i allowed myself a lil cry! :)