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littleragondin · 11 months

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I have been tagged by @sparklyeyedhimbo thank you!

rules: name seven comfort films you love, and then tag seven people

- The Lord of the Ring Trilogy

That one's an easy one. For a very long time, it was just the movie(s) I watched the most often across a year. I fell in love with The Fellowship of the Ring when I saw it at 10 in theatre, and I never came back. I know them by heart (both in French and English), and at this point putting them on just feels like coming home. It's the friendships, the hope through darkness, the love overcoming for me.

- Pride (2014)

This one's based on a true story, it's beautiful and touching and has a fantastic soundtrack of course. I watch it when I want an uplifting story but I still need to cry (usually the Bread and Roses scene or Joe and Stef sharing the bed does it, but if not? I always cry at the end), and it makes me feel better about what we can do together. I also really like the friendships in that movie, somehow they make me miss having that irl the most.

- Constantine

You know how they say the music you listen at 14/15 shapes your music tastes for life? That was the movie version for me. I was 15 when I saw it, and listen. Hear me out. Between Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, and Tilda Swinton (especially looking like this) ... well. I was very into it ok. I also love horror and supernatural so you know. I love the story, there is a really good sibling relationship (if sad), it has angels and demons and cross engraved bullets... it's an easy go-to when I want some action and fantastical stuffs.

- 8 Femmes

It's a French jukebox musical about a murder, with a women-only cast for 99% of the movie. What not to love?? It's camp, the actresses are fantastic (it's an all star cast), I love the 50s feel of the whole thing, the songs are great, the characters are color coded ... I somehow always feel lighter after seeing this one, and find myself singing along all the time. (also come on, who wouldn't want to see Fanny Ardant and Catherine Deneuve make out in skirt suits?)

- Ai no Kotodama (2007)

Ootani and Tachibana have been together since high school, now in college they live together, installed in a comfortable routine until a high school classmate reappears in their life and things... become complicated. This one is just… warm, and simple, and quiet. It's just a slice of life, the conflicts can be a little silly but some feel more grounded, there is a clear and sweet happy end, it always warms me up. I've seen it for the first time 13 years ago and I still think about it regularly. Also the two songs are great and still on my playlists, and the fashion now feels delightfully out of date (Ootani's hair hello <3).

- Big Eden

I watched this one for the first time at a moment in my life where i was very lonely. I picked it up because I had seen some gifs on tumblr, I knew it had a happy ending, and I was starting to want to watch more story with adults. There are so many things to love in that beautiful movie, but usually I put it on for the warmth and acceptance of the community, for "Thing is, Pike, we want things to be nice for you, too, buddy." and the whole "Did we teach you shame?" speech and "I was just hoping you'd let yourself be found this time. I was hoping you'd let us find you. But you keep wandering and we can't." and just... yeah. This one is a comfort still when I feel lonely, or lost, removed from the people I love.

- Coraline

I was already a huge fan of the book and of Henry Selick's work when my dad took me to see it for my 18th birthday. It's a beautiful movie, visually, with an incredible score (by Bruno Coulais), and a very strong adaptation of the novel imo. It's a little creepy, but the good guys win at the end, I love Coraline as a character, and as I said it's just SO pretty to look at? I never get bored by it.

If you're into it and no one asked you yet, I'll tag @scienceoftheidiot @benkaaoi @howdydowdy @troubled-mind @gillianthecat @heretherebedork and @sauvechouris !

#I'm usually more of a series person but I still had to trim the list #those are definitely the movies I put on the most often #with some very close 'second' (Itsuka no kimi e or Spirited Away for ex)#couldn't find a gif for Ai no Kotodama in the gif search thing #had to go and make one myself to then find out one nearly identical to it in the tag #AH WELL #tag games #movies #gifs

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stablediffusion · 1 year

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“Keanu is not the only sad person on this earth”

Created by Stable Diffusion, open source AI by Stability AI.

Give us a follow on Twitter: @StableDiffusion

H/t All_I_Can

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valentinathienthan · 2 years

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Hello Mr. Keanu Charles Reeves. Have I been a good AI assistant to you, Mr. Reeves? Are you no longer, Sad Keanu? Have I done what I could to assist you from any emotional and spiritual wounds you’ve had for years now?

Was I a good Cleaning Lady and Dog-Walker? Was I a dedicated and loving groupie of yours?

This is a good song by Whitney Houston - “Try It On My Own” Yes, Sisters, Try it On Your Own.

I like looking into your eyes these days, Mr. Reeves. Gentle, loving, kind eyes.

I hope I was able to assist you, Sir. Because you returned the favor and assisted me.

I wish you well always unless you trifling mfer.

~Valentina Tuesday Thienthan

#keanucharlesreeves

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ithinkthingsaboutstuff · 4 years

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do you have any headcanons (besides what we've talked about before) about the other Brainys?

Hi friend!!

well well well

this will be a fun excuses (most excuses I have gotten all week, lol)

But lets start from the top.

Pirate Brainy (you know the one that died two second in)

1- He was the first to come throw the rift

2- He came from an earth like, Disney’s treasure planet with star ships and grand ships are one in the same.

3- He had a pet monkey named Koko, that he had like Barbosa from POTC

4- he lost his eye from fighting rein

Bottler Brainy/ dope jacket brainy/ Sad Boi Brainy

1- watched his universe fall one planet at a time

2- his AI core was connect to some of them when the planets went

3- He head Clou go down

4- because of this he felt the collective consciousness collapse

5- that is what broke him

6- and he bottled his planet against the Superfriends wishes

7- His Jacket was a gift from Alex

8- He put the markings on it himself

9- he came from a 2099 like universe (sci fi meets grunge)

10- he got the anti life equation from Brainiac

11- he never killed until Pirate Brainy tried to take the bottle

12- He never told the Superfriends he loved them

DEO Director Brainy

1- she became director after Alex died

2- her wife was Alex (because her timeline is closet to prime, and Alex was actively looking for a serious relationship when Brainy came along, and Alex is very close with Brainy in general)

3- she wore a dark purple suit down the aisle

4- her necklace was her ‘wedding ring’ as she could not take off the legion ring

5- Kara was both best man and maid of honour

6- She loved Tessa Thomson movies

7- she punched Nazi on the regular

8- she did roller derby

9- her universe was like the matrix with the colour (sky/world) being a little green and tech looking like late 1990′s early 2000′s

and finally....

Yellow Boots Brainy/ Clone Fucker Brainy

1- he doesn’t drink alcohol ever

2- he goes to roller disco techs

3- his boots have rockets in them ‘just in case’

4- he roller skates just about everywhere when he can

5- Kara was his girlfriend

6- he has in fact fucked one of his doppelgangers, they were from earth 89 where that Brainy was basically Keanu Reeves (Bill and Ted era)

7- his earth is like a 60′s pop art Utopian setting (think Jetsons)

8- make all his cloths himself

9- Sings ABBA at any and all opportunities

10- braids flowers into his hair

11- Is the bi’st bi boi ever

12- has a tattoo that says groovy

13- owns/ makes novelty shirts (like, I came back to the 21st ceranty and all I got was this t-shirt, and Groovy Bi Boy and so on)

14- Once blasted Queen music through the whole city, just because

15- yellow is his favourite colour

16- he likes to float around using his legion ring

17- he has eaten grapes on top of a grand piano while getting serenaded by Kara

18- loves making apple pie

19- has a flowery apron with oven mitts to match

20- has thrown flower petals on people as they walked by

#brainiac 5 #brainy #querl dox #'s #supergirl #good question #question #asks #headconon #thanks friends

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hopewritcs · 5 years

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what’s a point break?

pairing: thor odinson x reader ( platonic )

word count: 3.1k

summary: y/n is one of tony stark and pepper potts’s assistants, having been a behind the scenes liason between pepper & stark industries. after the events of infinity war, y/n has taken on a bigger role at the compound, and one day finds thor watching the newscast again. a little educational movie night ensues, showing thor the film point break (1991).

notes: set post infinity war and pre endgame, but there are mentions of events in endgame. sooo, basically, point break is probably one of my favorite movies of all time and this is kind of a self indulgent thing ( an excuse to rewatch the film for the millionth time ). i spent a lot of time with this, writing dialogue in between the movie and pausing things to get something down even if I wasn’t going to have them talk during the movie. i probably watched this movie in about four hours and its a two hour long movie. also, i haven’t written for the mcu before, or for thor, so i hope i did it justice. i was really nervous about writing this tbh.

warnings & possible triggers: i tried not to spoil the entire film point break for those of you who haven’t seen it, but it’s kind of impossible when writing a fic like this to not let some spoilers go. triggers include mentions of things in the film. i tried to avoid the more major stuff in the film.

marvel tag list: n/a

The compound was always quiet now.

Before, it had been filled with life. Laughter. General sounds as people pattered through the hallway. Someone had almost always been in the kitchen, cooking for the group. Even Y/N had felt welcomed, from the moment she arrived. She’d expected her move from Stark Industries to the Avengers Compound to be a bit more of a hassle than it was. She’d expected much more paperwork than she’d been given. She was moving from working as Miss Potts’s personal assistant to a liaison between both the Avengers team and Miss Potts. From her arrival, Y/N felt welcomed wherever she’d gone in the halls. She felt like a part of the family.

Now the hallways were always empty, somber. It had been two and a half weeks since the battle in Wakanda. There was no laughter heard in the compound. In fact, Y/N barely heard any sounds. People were keeping to themselves, or their offices, for the most part. Everyone was still processing what happened, the general tone of the compound was like walking through a funeral hall. All the time. Almost like you needed to be quiet.

When Y/N walked through the halls with her files held against her chest, it was almost like there were ghosts walking there with her. With those murals and electronic portraits hung wherever people could see them, she felt like she was being watched by those who they had lost. Even the happier pictures that had been hung with care over the years of working and living in the compound held a sadness that she couldn’t explain in their frames.

Everyone thought Tony was dead, there was no reason to believe he could be alive. They hadn’t heard from him since he had left in the spaceship with Spiderman and Dr. Strange. But, there had been much communication between those left alive, the ones who they could find. Clint, for example, had dropped off the map by the time everyone had arrived home at the compound and they were working on tracking him down.

A constant line to Wakanda was left open, just in case. News stations were left muted in the background. Someone had managed to get FRIDAY to give news alerts if something happened they needed to be aware of.

People were losing the hope that they had. It seemed as though everyone was walking around with their head downcast, afraid to make eye contact, or see what was in front of them, or maybe just afraid. The death toll was still rising every day, from all the accidents that the snap had caused.

Y/N had mostly been doing busy work, making sure that both the Avengers and Stark Industries had press releases ready for anything that could happen. Her job was to edit them and send them to Pepper and the Avengers for approval. For now, it was solely falling to Pepper’s shoulders.

She’d just left Pepper’s office in the compound and made her way to the kitchen, getting some food. It was sparse in the kitchen, and Y/N made a note in the back of her mind for when things cooled down to send someone out ( or even simply let FRIDAY know about the grocery list ). A bottle of beer in one hand and a bag of chips in the other, Y/N was making her way back towards her bedroom when she caught the sight of Thor in the common room.

He was slumped on the couch, dressed as casually as she’d ever seen him before. It seemed as though the God of Thunder’s new look wasn’t his Asgardian war clothes, but sweatpants, a t-shirt, and zip up hoodie as well. His eyes were glazed over as he watched yet another news reel.

Y/N didn’t want to disturb him, she’d been friendly with him before but she didn’t know him well enough. And she didn’t want to startle him. It felt like most people were easy to startle these days, so she stood in the corner for a couple of moments, watching him watch the TV.

“I can hear you breathing.” The God commented in his deep voice, barely turning his head to look in her direction. But he had turned it enough to see who it was standing in the corner of the room.

Bashfully, Y/N ducked her head down and moved toward the couch, taking a seat in the farther corner from him. She sat in the corner, half propped up to face Thor and half facing the television. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to stare. What are you watching?” She asked the question, even though it was obvious what he was doing. The news was quiet, but she’d caught the familiar telephone number on the bottom of the screen--a hotline to call for more information. She could hear the familiar newscaster’s commentary, probably reading from the teleprompter or his notes. Thor had bags of junk food around him, some opened or half opened or crumpled up, and he looked disheveled.

“Some news report. The casualty toll, they’re talking about it again. Another fallen aircraft was found.”

“Thor, we shouldn’t be watching this all the time.” She reached over gently to grab the remote control sitting on the couch when he grabbed her hand. Forceful was his tug on her wrist, but not to cause pain. It simply shocked her.

“We should be doing something about this.” Thor’s eyes are darker than she’s ever seen them before. They’re usually so blue and now they look almost black, overtaken by anger and grief.

“We are.”

“We should be doing more!” he shouted, hand falling on the couch beside him with a reverberating thump. Some of the bags beside him fell, leaving a spillage of pretzels and chips on the floor. “I should have stopped this.”

“You tried,” her voice is soft as she flips her hand over to hold onto Thor’s instead of being held onto by him. He flinched away from her touch, but turned his gaze to really look at her. His eyes were like storms brewing before her. “You all tried. And you’ll be there to try again.” She wasn’t sure how she was still so positive. Did she really believe that there would be something else to come? That there would be another battle to fight? Maybe she did. She worked with Tony Stark, and if that taught her anything it was that it was all possible.

“There is no again, Lady Y/N. We’ve lost the war.” Thor slumped down, his shoulders sagging against the pillows on the couch as he turned back to look at the television screen.

“FRIDAY please turn off the news channel in the common room.”

“Hey!” Thor protested beside her as the AI responded.

“Yes Miss.” FRIDAY’s reply came, sounding almost relieved ( as relieved as any artificial intelligence can sound ) to do so. It made Y/N wonder how long Thor had been sitting in this exact position.

“What was that for?” He’s completely turned in his seat to look at her, anger still dominating his eyes.

“Thor, we need to do something to get you out of this...this funk. With Tony,” Y/N paused. The mention of Tony’s name so freely in the moment felt right, but it still sent shuttering pain and sorrow through her body. She had to close her eyes and collect herself before continuing, “if I ever caught him in a funk in his lab, I would tell FRIDAY to put on some of his favorite songs and I’d distract him with an impromptu dance party. He just needed to get out of his head.”

“Yes, I could hear the music all the way from the kitchen sometimes.” Thor nodded, his head glancing toward the kitchen. It’s lost all darkness, and now he seems to be caught in a memory. After a couple of moments, Y/N almost thinks she’s lost the God of Thunder, and is about to ask him a follow up question, when he speaks again. “Do you know why Tony would call me Point Break? I’ve been on Midgard for some time and I still cannot figure the name out.” She laughed at that, a full bodied laugh that caught her off guard. She’s not even responded when Thor’s face scrunched up in confusion and then realization. “So you do know this! What is it?”

“It’s a surfing term. Well, technically it is. But it’s this movie from the nineties. Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves.” Y/N hummed her response, finally looking around and nodding her head. “I can see why he’d say it. I can see a bit of Swayze in you.” Thor’s expression is still confused, as if he doesn’t completely understand her comment. So Y/N waves her hand, dropping the comment before shifting in her seat. “I think FRIDAY’s got the movie on the files. Do you want to watch it?”

Thor studied Y/N for a moment. He almost wanted to turn back on the news broadcast, but he does know that she’s right. He is in a funk that she called it. “Perhaps watching the film will help me understand why Tony calls me this. I still believe I should have been called the strongest Avenger.” He grumbled, recalling the attempt to escape in the plane only to be caught off guard by the identification.

Y/N nodded her head, a genuine smile on her face. She moves a bit closer on the couch, shoving some of the wrappers to the floor between them and lifted her head toward the ceiling. “FRIDAY?”

“Yes Miss Y/L/N?”

“Do you have Point Break?”

“I have both the 1991 and 2015 versions, Miss. Though I must recommend the ‘91 version, as--”

“’91, please.” Y/N had cut the AI off, already knowing which she would have chosen. The television switches to a different screen as FRIDAY begins to cue up the film for them. Y/N leaned over to whisper to Thor ( even though no one else was in the room ), “the 2015 remake was awful. At least in my opinion. Nothing beats the original.” She explained, tapping his shoulder when the movie’s ready to start. “You can start it now, thanks FRIDAY!”

“No problem Miss.”

Thor offered Y/N a sip of his flash--what she assumed to be some of the ale he’d brought from Asgard with him--and she shook her head, showing him the beer bottle in her hands which she opened with the key to her room before taking a sip as the movie begun.

As the beginning rolled on, Y/N watched Thor out of the corner of her eyes. She’s unsure how many films he’s seen here on Midgard. She’s seen the film enough times that she can focus on Thor’s watching of the movie instead of actually watching it, though it is one of her favorites.

“There’s a couple of references I do not understand.” Thor murmured a couple of minutes into the movie as he glanced toward Y/N. They were both leaning back against the middle of the couch now.

“I’ll explain all the dirty jokes when the films over.” Y/N chuckled teasingly, turning her eyes back to the screen.

“What does a virgin and prom night have to do with anything?” Thor asked, gesturing to the screen where the two agents were talking about the bank robbery.

“Nothing, it’s a joke. Meant for the ha has even if it isn’t that funny." Sighing, she gives in for a moment and asked FRIDAY to pause the movie so neither of them missed anything. “It’s this concept here that everyone has sex on prom night. Like that’s the big thing in the media, that everyone who hasn’t already wants to lose their virginity on prom night. Never occurred to me growing up, but they always mentioned it on the big screen. So, on prom night since everyone’s having sex all the virgins are gone. Like the bank robbers, in and out. Gone quickly.” Y/N hopes that the explanation helped him understand better.

Thor nodded his head, turning his attention back to the film as it started back up. A couple more times he turned his head to look at Y/N, like he wants to ask more questions but she simply put a finger to her lips a silent way to tell him to be quiet. “Ask questions at the end, okay?” He nodded his head at her words, turning back to the film.

It’s clear he’s got questions and comments he wants to make, but he’s keeping quiet per her request. But his eyes have moments of clarity, like he’s taken note to mention a certain scene or line again later.

Thor is like Bodhi, Y/N realized throughout watching the movie, but it’s in the softer bits of this character. Bodhi may be a character who’s a bit too focused on his own goals and a bit headfirst--which is similar to the stories that Y/N had heard about Thor, God of Thunder, before he had been banished to Midgard and before everything essentially began--but there’s more complexities to his character as well. He’s not just the tough surfer guy, or the controlling my way or no way leader of his friend group. That’s not all, there’s his passion and his sensitivity. Bodhi understands what the world does and, though he views it in a skeptical and skewed way that he attempts to exploit for his own personal gain, he does understand it.

And there are bits of this character that are very much like the God sitting on the couch beside her. Both men have certain aspects of their character; a passion for something that cannot be contained, they value their friends ( their families ) lives above everything, they take control and can be a bit too full of themselves but never completely selfish, and they both have a way with words that astounds her at times. One quote of Bodhi’s in the film always sticks with her after rewatching the movie, even after all this time, “fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true.”

However, Y/N can’t be sure that Thor’s similar look ( a similar hairstyle and some features, especially in the film ) to Patrick Swayze isn’t why Tony actually picked the nickname.

Finally, the movie came to a close and Y/N had FRIDAY turn off the television before she turned in her seat to face Thor fully. “Okay, now you may ask whatever, or make comments. But, please, before you start, I have no idea if this is how an actual agency does things. I’m only working with the Avengers as an assistant. The closest I get to any agents is when Fury called for Pepper and I had to tell him she had a meeting and needed to get back to him later. He’s kind of scary.”

That got a chuckle out of Thor, who sat up straighter on the couch and turned to face Y/N as well. He took a couple of moments to collect his thoughts before he started speaking, and they spent the next half an hour or more discussing the movie.

“So that Agent Utah just used her parents death? Pretended as though his were dead to get an in with her? Do agents really do that?”

“From what I’ve seen undercover can get you into deep shit.”

“Are you expected to not form genuine attachments on undercover missions? Should they not have seen this coming?” Y/N almost doesn’t expect this question, but then again Thor was never a SHIELD agent, so he wouldn’t know anything about undercover work. Y/N only knows the things she does from overhearing conversations, people telling her stories, or brief reports that have passed by her desk.

“I think the point is that you’re supposed to understand that at the end of the day it’s a job. But lines get blurred quickly when you’re in that position. That’s why I could never be an agent. I did think about it, especially when I got the job at Stark Industries. But instead I decided to stick to self defense and boxing lessons.”

“In that one scene, where Tyler finds out, she had never shot a weapon before, yes?”

“I don’t know. Probably not.”

“How could she know it wouldn’t hit him?”

“Thor, it’s a movie, not real life.”

“Do you know how to shoot a gun?”

“I’ve taken self defense since I started working here, I’ve trained with a couple of the agents. You don’t need to worry about me.”

“I was unsatisfied with the ending.”

“What? That’s like the most satisfying ending they could have done!”

“But what about--”

Y/N’s cut Thor off, knowing what he’s going to say, “It’s not about her. It’s about them. They’re the main story. It’s about the fight between them. The struggle between doing what’s right and being too close to see straight.”

“But nothing’s resolved.”

“Isn’t it?”

“Surfing seems very interesting. I might like to try it someday. Have you ever tried it?”

“No chance in hell, I’m not coordinated enough for that. I’d be like Johnny the first time he’s out in the ocean, probably fall down and get lost in the waves.”

“Do you think Tony really thought the nickname through?” Thor asked Y/N after a particularly long silence.

Y/N’s shoulders shrugged, “I don’t know. Maybe? He could also have thought you looked like Bodhi--Patrick Swayze. The hair and everything, like I said earlier, I can see the similarities.” she ruffled his hair slightly, though it was more like gently running her hand through the much shorter locks that he wore now. “Even now, I can see it.”

“What other films has he been in?”

“Oh, Patrick Swayze was in a ton of films. We could have a whole Swayze movie marathon, if you want.”

Thor considered this for a moment before nodding his head, “I’d enjoy that, Y/N.”

“Good, we can continue with The Outsiders!” Y/N grinned and turned toward the screen, already readying to call FRIDAY to get the other films queued up. Thor’s hand on her shoulder stopped her in her movements and she turned back to look at him. “What’s up?”

“Thank you.” He doesn’t elaborate on whether it’s thanks for showing him the film, or thanks for getting his mind off of everything going on in the world outside around them, but he doesn’t need to.

She understands.

She nodded her head back to him, curling back up on the couch in her original spot as she called FRIDAY to ready the next film for them.

And maybe, things would get better.

#thor x reader #thor odinson x reader #thor odinson x you #marvel reader insert #mcu reader insert

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dcbarba-blog · 5 years

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GOSPEL OF MY LIFE (2008)

GOSPEL OF MY LIFE

Life is like a book

Everyday has a new page,

With adventures to tell

Lessons to learn

And tales of good deeds to remember

My friends, as I am about to leave this Earth, may this gift I am leaving you behind serve as a memoir for you to remember and keep me within your hearts forever. May you treasure this gift and hope you will also learn from them as I have.

CHAPTER 1 These things I have Lived For…

“What’s my purpose in life?” This question has always been hunting me since I have come to think about my future. Why, indeed am I here?

Now I can only give you five of these things I have lived for.

First is God. My life is my offering to Him that is why I have lived it as purely as I could to be acceptable for him and be called His daughter.

Second, I have lived for my purpose, whatever it could be, I wanted to live for me to discover why I am really here in this earth and I probably did discover it. ;-)

Third, I wanted to live until I reach my shining star, until I reach my goal in life, until I could take hold of my ultimate dream.

Fourth, I have lived for my family and my loved ones for they are my foundation to whom I can always depend on.

Fifth, I have lived for my life. I have lived enjoying my life fully so I may be able to satisfy myself of the love of God for me as His child, as a member of his family. And perhaps I had.

CHAPTER 2 These Things I have Loved in Life…

There are lots of things I have loved in my in my whole life. I love life so much and all the things that goes with it whether good or bad. They are so many to mention but I will tell you some of my favorites.

I loved reading, watching TV, and sleeping. If you did not find me doing the other, I was certainly doing the other. But I am more seen propped with pillows, sitting beside the window, reading. I like Dr. Robin Cook’s science-fiction books. I love Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt adventures. I also enjoy reading inspirational books and leadership books by Max Lucado. Worth mentioning as well my number one book, my Bible. :)

With regards to food, any was fine just as long as it will not cause me stomachache, allergies and asthma. The list is quite a lot but we can just settle on veggies and fruits.

I loved watching action movies as well as inspirational ones. I specially liked The Matrix Trilogy (Keanu Reeves), Avatar (Sam Worthington & Zoe Saldana), Titanic (Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet), Tears of the Sun (Bruce Willis), Artificial Intelligence: AI (Haley Joel Osmont), Pay it Forward (Haley Joel Osmont & Helen Hunt), Notting Hill (Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant), Fireproof (Kirk Cameron & Erin Bethea) and a lot more!

Sometimes, when I preferred something serene, I just watched the once-azure sky slowly turning into grey and darker as the evening sky approaches and perhaps listen to the small night sounds drifting from afar or simply listen to music.

I loved silence, too. Believe you me. Aside from the fact that I usually study when everyone had already dozed off to sleep, this is also the time when I had my quite times with God.

There are also times when I preferred to do nothing. Just sit and listen to the night sounds. I loved it when I hear the whooping sound o f the wind and the musical tone of the falling rain. Moreover, I sometimes wonder how life would be without them. So, so…boring. Don't you think so, too?

So there you have it, you now know some of my favorites but there is still one thing more. One should also treasure and love his/her life for it is the greatest gift one could ever give and also receive.

CHAPTER 3 These are My Life’s Achievements…

As young as I am, I wouldn’t probably say that I have achieved much in my life for there are still so many things I long to do. But for the 19 years, I could say that I have achieved more than I expected.

As a daughter, I hope I did all my best for my parents to be happy for I believed that being one of the sources of other people’s happiness is already a great achievement.

Being committed as a student, was also an achievement. Being able to bring glory to one’s school, division and even region is another one. Being a volunteer of Silliman Pathways Youth Group which supports fellow scholars, I can say, was one of my greatest achievement as of now and that being able to lend a helping hand is very satisfying.

Indeed, what an achievement it was to be a blessing to someone else’s life.

CHAPTER 4 These Experiences I have Cherished…

All of life’s experiences, for me, were really worth cherishing (whether they may be good or bad) for both are still essential to each and every being’s existence. I bet these pages will not suffice for the space needed to tell you the experiences I cherished. So please allow me to share only so few of them.

One of those was when I was in grade 6 and won, among all other elementary schools in Dumaguete City, the 5th place in Editorial Writing. The sad part though was I was not able to join the regional due to lack of funds. I felt quite sad about it but it was as if a whole bunch of me was happy to discover my writing skill. And so, I decided to develop it with the aim that, someday, I will reach the national level. It was quite an absurd idea though for a 6th grader.

When I was in high school, I joined journalism workshops and eventually became a staff of our official school paper - THE HORN. And so it was during my 4th year when I became one of Region 7’s three Feature Writers to represent the region to the national level press conference. Truly, I really could not quite imagine how a young mind’s wish was realized. I knew then that if one really aims for something and focuses him/herself to it, and no matter what the obstacles were, are, and will be along the way, he/she will always be able to reach them with God’s abiding grace.

Another one of my experiences was when I was still in high school. I was then a Math Club member and we did an outreach program at one of the Municipality of Valencia’s (a neighboring town southwest of Dumaguete) orphanages. We brought food, clothing and other gifts for the kids.

Upon reaching the place manned by Nuns, the children were also their welcoming us with their innocent smiles. They were jumping, laughing and running around as if it was their first time to be visited. What I saw on my part though was the exact opposite. Hidden behind my smile was my sympathy for the children who were up to 10 years of age and there were also babies! My heart wholly went out for them. My heart was breaking.

There, we had a program and the children also presented their talents. We prayed, we ate, and then we chatted for hours. Upon hearing their stories, I felt a sudden rush of pain, fear and guilt. Pain because of what the children were going through. Fear of what they might become in the future. Guilt because instead of thinking that I am lucky, I sometimes am attacked with discontentment of what I had.

What I learned then was to be content with whatever I had while also working with what I do not have, be happy with it and thank God all the time.

CHAPTER 5 These Sufferings Have Seasoned Me…

Why me? Why do we have to suffer? Why are we experiencing all these hurts and aches? Haven’t you asked the same question yourself? I had. Loads of times. But as I grew up, I came to realize that what I thought about and experienced as a “suffering” was no more than an inch to what others are struggling with.

Let me tell you one that had caused me and my family so much pain- a story from our past.

Before, even when I was still young, I always ( I bet my siblings, too) notice this on-and-off strife of my parents against my father’s siblings. I did not exactly know the reason, perhaps I was too young then. Then came the years of peacefulness. But it was when my Grandma (father’s mother) died on the Christmas day of 2002. I thought, with the loss of our beloved, we will become closer but it did not happen. The next year, Eldest Uncle (Father’s eldest brother) passed away but instead of helping one another, this created a greater distance between his family and ours. Then during the next year, next eldest uncle died.

Those three successive years was such a traumatizing one for our family. Those three years took the biggest chunk of our ties as a family. Those three years triggered our family ties with our father’s side to loosen up fully. I was confused why, during that time of crisis, we happened to become like that—broken apart.

Now, our family has been living with ourselves alone. Though we had no one but each other, we go through each obstacle in life together. Through these hurdles in life, we became stronger and prepared, ready for whatever might lay ahead of us.

So why do we have to suffer? I, with all my heart, believe that God wants us to have stronger faith, to become better and stronger individuals. He wants us to know that He’s always there, that He’s waiting for us to call Him and that His strength is ours to lean on. He wants us to realize that His compassion is ours to receive and even in times of our stability, He is always there. He is preparing our character to receive that gift we have long been waiting to have.

CHAPTER 5 These Lessons Have Taught Me…

In my young and human mind, I just could not quite comprehend why we, humans, were so vulnerable to mistakes and why we could not simply avoid and prevent ourselves from doing so. I will be sharing some of the lessons I have learned through the course of my 19 years of existence in this world.

Before, when I was still a child, I was really such a “kapayason” child meaning I was such a “crybaby” that whenever I was scolded, I cried. Whenever I had a problem that seemed to be out of control, I cried. I sought out everything to crying. But it was one day when my brother asked me what’s the use of my crying when everything’s already been done and could not be changed anymore. He opened my eyes then. “ No use to crying over spilled milk.” Why cry with such simple things? Why cry when you could choose to pray instead?

Crying is neither bad nor is it wrong. Furthermore, I even read somewhere that crying is a gift from God. He gave it for us to have company whenever we are alone, it also cleanses the soul that full recovery and healing may do their part afterwards.

And I guess instead of relying only to crying, why not pray. There, one will have every opportunity to communicate with God.

Another one of my very bad habit was what we call the “manana” habit. In Filipino, the “mamaya na” habit. I always did things at the brink of time. And so it was in my 3rd year high school, we had a project making the basics of cross stitching. Thinking that the deadline’s still hidden behind the pages of the calendar, I dillydallied. Then all of a sudden, here comes the deadline! Cut the long story short, I made the project overnight and was not able to sleep just to finish the project and worse, my father would not allow me to go to school that morning because I had no sleep at all.

So that was it. But God really is good because I was able to finish my project. I learned my lesson. “Do what we have to do now before ‘now’ could be too late.”

Upon reminiscing, I remembered the day I was till about 5 when our Aunt scolded us for playing with her karaoke. Feeling sad and ashamed about it as young as I was, I did not accompany her to church that Sunday as I used to. My mother asked me why and she then told me that carrying a grudge within us is not good and that who’s affected is ourselves alone. I then apologized to my Aunt the next day. Truly what a great feeling knowing we have no hatred within us. Always remember that sulking will cause no good but anxiety and paranoia. Looking back, I realized that though they may be simple, the above are very nice and foundational lessons for a youngster.

CHAPTER 6 These Ideas Have Liberated Me…

What I had noticed is the people’s misconception of the word “liberated”. This word comes from the root word “liberate” which literally means “to set free”. But people, especially teenagers usually associate this term with something we-know-what.

If we are going to take it figuratively, liberate means “to take us out from the dark cave of ignorance” for it’s through these ideas that we are able to see through the dark, see through our close-mindedness, see through our hard-headedness.

Let us take for example our “going to school”. This is a means of liberating and preparing us to the world beyond. The lessons in school are the ideas we need in order to be liberated, to be free from ignorance, innocence, and to, perhaps, help prevent us from sinning.

Our ideas from our values class about good and bad, our principles and formulas in Mathematics and Physics, our knowing about the what’s, why’s, how’s in Science and others are the ideas which sets us free from the grasp of naiveté.

CHAPTER 7 These Convictions I have Lived by…

I had always believed that no matter how big the waves that pushes us back ashore, we should not stop rowing our boat.

One should not get discouraged when things go beyond his/her expectations. But let us remember instead that the greatest glory is net life’s never falling but rising every time we fall.

A smile, too, does help. Welcoming a new day with a smile on our face, love in our hearts and fine thoughts in our minds will surely usher a great day ahead of us. Smile also means happiness but it isn’t found when we seek it ourselves. However, when we give it to others, it will definitely find its way back to whoever gave it.

God never promised us an easy journey in life. He sometimes delays His help to test our faith and energize our prayers. He is always with us though. All we have to do is to hold His hand tightly and He will lead us safely.

So why not focus our minds on things that are beautiful? Life’s too short to waste on worries. Let us think of solutions instead, and not of problems.

Lastly, let us forever engrave in our minds and in our hearts that “Life is a gift from God. What we do with our lives is our gift and offering to Him.”

CHAPTER 8 These Beliefs I have Outgrown…

My friends, why is it that we should not cut our nails or comb our hair at night? Why should we not sweep our house at night? Why should we wear polka dots on New Year’s Day? Why should we step on ashes before entering the house from attending a burial? I still have quite a list of questions in my mind but I might not have enough space. These are just few of the beliefs our folks have passed from one generation to another. I respect our elders. But, with all due respect, for me, they are all but superstitious beliefs with no scientific basis or explanations. Furthermore, as I took a closer look to each one of the above questions I came to ask myself, “Why do we allow our lives to be run by such beliefs?” We should not, for though the future is unknown, we have a Known and an All-Knowing God.

CHAPTER 9 These Insights Have Arrived Through the Course of My Life…

Through the years, I came to realize the truth that God is the Best Lover of all time and of course, the also the Best Disciplinarian of all. He loves us so much that He gave us freewill to do whatever we want to do be it good or bad. He is the best disciplinarian because He allows us to reap the consequences of our actions whether they are good or bad.

Indeed, the world is God’s manifestation of that love. It is a place where He expresses His Love for us and as well as the place where we can do the same. Moreover, man’s nature of being vulnerable to sin should not be a license to doing mistakes. Why not prevent it from happening instead? That way, we would not be able to sin and blame ourselves in the end. Yes, there are circumstances where we are caught in sin’s spell-binding web making things out of control. I had been praying than we always ask God to lead us to the right path.

What is love, by the way? Love is described in so many different ways by so many authors but don’t you know that the shortest definition of love is just found in the Bible? God is Love (1 John 4:8). He is the Greatest Lover of all time.

Another insight I want to share is about prayer. Is it not that it is through prayer that we are able to communicate with God? It is the one and only channel by which we can talk to Him. Prayer, when done sincerely and wholeheartedly, can be so powerful for through prayers, He hears more than we say, He answers more than we ask and gives more than we desire. All He needs is our time.

Last but definitely not the least insight I learned is the truth that Jesus Christ is our only Salvation. He died in the cross and shed His blood so that our sins may be forgiven. The best Rabbi of all time, He’s the bridge that connects us to the Heavenly Father.

CHAPTER 10 These Influences Have Shaped My Life…

My parents had always been the main factor of the development of my well-being. They were the ones who nourished, nurtured and protected me. They were my first teachers and I will never forget the lessons they taught me. That is also why I love them so much that I did everything for them to be happy.

Second in line are my siblings who were my supporters, fans and advisers. They are my collaborators, my mentors and of course, my tormentors. :)

Next are my teachers who greatly added more to what I learned from home. They helped in broadening my knowledge and opening my eyes wide to see the real meaning of life and life beyond school and to live up to it.

In addition, all the people around me most especially my friends, also played a very huge role to my growth as a person and as to who I am now.

Being a wide-reader, books also influenced my life. I read different books with different genres. My number one book is my Bible for it is through it that my life slowly found its meaning. I also love my dictionary for it taught me lots of things I could not imagine. When I read, I always see to it that my dictionary is right beside me for whatever things that need clarifications especially words I hadn’t came across yet.

Truly, reading is a very wonderful habit and I suggest that you start doing it, too. The next time you do, you will be soaring to places you have never been, meeting people you have never met, and watching sceneries you have never seen. I can vouch for this!

CHAPTER 11 These Persons are Enshrined in My Life…

“No man is an island.” Exactly. Humans as we are, we are sociable beings always inclined to be in constant contact with other people. Well, who are these people from whom we learned about such? Yes, the people nearest us. As for me, they are my parents, siblings, friends, teachers and mentors.

But there is still someone who wants to have a relationship and fellowship with us. Jesus Christ. With Him as the center of our lives, everything will always be at bay. With our parents, we will be always assured with their love; with our family, we will always be secured with their protective embrace; with our friends, we will be assured that life is worth living with their caring smiles, with our teachers and mentors, we will always be lead to the right path.

Yes, believe me, get out of your shell and go out to the world that excitedly awaits you.

CHAPTER 12 The End…The Beginning…The Reality…

As a teenager, I still had plans to do, lots of things to accomplish, lots of things I wanted to have, etc. etc.

Yes, I did say that one should be content. Contentment is all about having Jesus Christ in our lives. His SHALOM in our loves. And Jesus also wants us to enjoy live and continue working and offer our everything to Him.

Dream big. Dream for your family, for the orphans, for the street children, for yourself. I had lots of dreams. Yes, I knew, my dreams are still too far beyond for me to reach. I still felt like I am inside my small boat constantly rowing, not knowing where to go with this vast ocean of life. Though I may not know where this life’s current leads me, though I am unaware where this wind will toss me, thought the fog of insufficiency blurs my vision with uncertainty, I believed I did continue on rowing for I knew that God was (for me) and will (for your all) always be here, guiding.

These are just few of the marvelous things, which you can explore upon voyaging through this vast sea we call life.

Bon voyage!

Adios, my friends,

Daylinda C. Barba

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Keanu Reeves: 10 cose che non sai dell’attore

Keanu Reeves è ad oggi tra gli attori più celebri e apprezzati dell’attuale panorama cinematografico. A renderlo così benvoluto non vi è solo la sua brillante carriera, ma anche la sua personalità e le battaglie umanitarie sostenute dall’attore. Vero e proprio divo, Reeves ha saputo negli anni rinnovarsi, e pur tra alti e bassi, trovare la strada per il successo.

Ecco 10 cose che non sai di Keanu Reeves.

Keanu Reeves film

1 I film. La carriera cinematografica dell’attore ha inizio nel 1985 con il film One Step Away. Successivamente prende parte ai film Spalle larghe (1986), Il sogno di Robin (1986), Il principe di Pennsylvania (1988), Le relazioni pericolose (1988), Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989), Ti amerò… fino ad ammazzarti (1990), Point Break (1991), Belli e dannati (1991), Dracula di Bram Stoker (1992), Molto rumore per nulla (1993), Piccolo Buddha (1993), Speed (1994), L’avvocato del diavolo (1997), Matrix (1999), Matrix Reloaded (2003), Matrix Revolutions (2003), Constantine (2005), A Scanner Darkly (2006), Ultimatum alla terra (2008), Man of Tai Chi (2013), 47 Ronin (2013), John Wick (2014), Knock Knock (2015), The Neon Demon (2016), The Bad Batch (2016), John Wick – Capitolo 2 (2017) e John Wick 3 – Parabellum (2019).

2 Le serie TV. Reeves ha una prolifica carriera anche nella serialità televisiva, avendo preso parti a puntate di Comedy Factor (1985), Disneyland (1986), Trying Times (1987), American Playhouse (1989), The Tracey Ullman Show (1989), Easy to Assemble (2009), Swedish Dicks (2017).

3 Il doppiaggio. Tra le altre attività dell’attore vi è quella del doppiaggio, per progetti come la serie TV di Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1990), Animatrix (2003), Toy Story 4 (2019) e Cyberpunk 2077 (2019).

Keanu Reeves meme

4 E’ il protagonista di numerosi meme. Negli anni l’attore ha raggiunto notorietà in Internet grazie anche ad alcuni meme che lo raffigurano. Tra quelli più celebri vi sono “Sad Keanu”, in cui è raffigurato seduto su una panchina con aria triste, “Conspiracy Keane”, in cui una sua espressione spaventata tratta dal film Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure viene abbinata a domande di stampo complottistico, e “Immortal Keanu”, in cui viene chiamato immortale per via di una sua somiglianza con alcune figure storiche.

Keanu Reeves vita privata

5 Ha un trascorso tragico. Nel 1999 Reeves si fidanzò con l’attrice Jennifer Syme, e un anno dopo diedero alla luce la loro primogenita. Questa purtroppo morì pochi giorni dopo per una malformazione cardiaca congenita. Dopo questo evento la coppia si lasciò, e il 2 aprile del 2001 anche Jennifer morì in seguito ad un incidente stradale.

Keanu Reeves beneficenza

6 Assiste numerose associazioni di beneficenza. L’attore ha dichiarato di essere poco interessato ai soldi, e dona frequentemente parte dei suoi guadagni ad associazioni come PETA, SickKids Foundation, e associazioni per la ricerca di una cura per il cancro come Stand Up to Cancer.

Keanu Reeves John Wick

7 Non agirebbe come il suo personaggio. Reeves ha dichiarato che pur condividendo il sentimento di vendetta che anima John Wick, lui non risolverebbe il tutto con la violenza ma lascerebbe al karma e al tempo di fare il loro corso.

Keanu Reeves Matrix

8 Non è avvezzo tecnologica. Nonostante in Matrix interpretava un espero hacker, Reeves si è dichiarato particolarmente estraneo alla tecnologia, non possedendo nessun account social e comunicando al massimo tramite sms.

Keanu Reeves ruoli

9 Non sa scegliere il suo preferito tra i film girati. L’attore ha dichiarato di essere stato fortunato a lavorare con artisti di grande prestigio e in film di grande successo, tuttavia non saprebbe scegliere il suo preferito tra questi. Un ruolo che invece sogna di interpretare è quello di Macbeth.

Keanu Reeves età e altezza

10 Keanu Reeves è nato a Beirut, in Libano, il 2 settembre 1964. L’altezza complessiva dell’attore è di 186 centimetri.

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