#P.C. Paris

[dame-de-pique]

Landscape, 1920s

[figurelifeflirt]

Moon Chosen by P.C. Cast

Book 1 of The Tales Of A New World Series

released in October 2017

Started 1/11/24 Finished 5/22/2024

Mari and Nik are........ decent I guess. I didn't come here for the romance. But i think I'm just still learning their relationship.

I learned about this series when I was still reading House Of Night's otherworld books. I think I was somewhere in the middle of book 2 of the Otherworld series. But I was reluctant to start another PC cast series because House Of Night affected me SO MUCH.

House Of Night was special. Aphrodite Lafont meant the world to me after just three books. I also loved Jack Twist, Lenobia, Shayline Rude, Neferet and Grandma Redbird. I even developed a strange softspot for Erin Bates.

I seriously regret not starting Tales Of A New World sooner. The Skin Stealers make excellent villains. And Thaddeus's character arch is lovely.

I loved the unique names. Wilkes was probably my favorite.

I don't know when I will get around to book 2 and I admit that Paris 2024 will probably get in the way. But I definitely intend to keep going with this series.

[whatdoesshedotothem]

Thursday 5 September 1839

7

10 50/..

Good comfortable night in our spacious airy bedroom – doing and repacking portmanteau etc. till about 9 – then had Gross – breakfast 10 ¼ the Russian steamer arrived from St. P- at 5 this morning – F69 ½° now at 9 50/.. breakfast at 10 ¼ - ticketing minerals etc. till now 11 ¾ - calèche (neat carriage) and out at near 12 – to the Russian steamer – good accommodation but the Captain in bad English talking of rough water – A- frightened – did not them engage the places – well they be gone tomorrow? then to the bank or counting house (merchants not bankers) of Messrs. Tottie and Aufwedson [Arfvedson] – young man who speaks good English very civil – exchanged 2 circulars nos. 8586 and 8587 = £50

8586

8587

8588

paid 2 rigs dollars

Palace about 1 first musée pictures and statues and then the old wardrobe of royal cloths – could not see the royal apartments – nor the library – then to the park – paid 6sk. banco on entering – at the Kings’ petite chateau at 4 – Sumach, red dogwood, and ditto with red berries – Spiraea calcifolia [salicifolia]– several pretty sorts of ragwort and scarlet Lychnus [Lychnis] and Michaelams china asters marigolds dahlias – sumach headed down to about a yard from the ground had made shoots above a yard long this year – oaks small and tall planted this spring and headed down to about 2 yards long – much narrow leaved willow pretty – double chamomile – much lilac cut down short, and shrub-wise – oat-sheaves stuck tall small poles to dry as in Norway etc. – much Norway maple here and everywhere – its autumnal scarlet beautiful – much birch too – a moss on the fine large old oaks here as yellow (ochre) as the red (rud) moss on the stones in the forests about our own journey from Upsala [Uppsala] – noticed this yellow moss 1st time today – and saw a little of red in the forests near Stockholm on our return –

SH:7/ML/TR/13/0024

September Thursday 5 – at the mint (collège des mines) at 4 – i.e. 4 ¾ by my watch – plan (model of) the gold mine at Adelfors [Ädelfors] on a little island on the wetter lake –

métallurgie pratique du fer......... par Walter de St. Ange avec atlas – Paris Libraire Scientifique et industrielle du L. Mathiers (Augustin) Quai Malaquais no. 15 1835-8 4to.

the Captain of the Russian Steamer Furst Menschicoff said this morning that the exchange was 41 skillings rigs. for one paper rouble

41 sk. rigs = 27 2/3 sk. banco say 28sk. banco = 1 paper rouble

banco 11.30.0 = £1

11.30x48 = 550/28 = 10 18/28

then say nineteen thirds of a sk. banco = 6 sk. banco and say one has at this rate 20 roubles for £1 then the loss per £1 = 1/6 or ¾ English or about 16 ½ p.c. terrible!

¾ hour at the mint for nothing but to give the garçon a rigs. dollar – he knew nothing – not even whether the professor of mineralogy was in town or not – very few specimens ticketed – most of them locked up and we no better for sauntering along the 3 or 4 rooms – home at 5 ¾ - heated up in our little boiler the rest of our yesterdays’ lamb (very good) and had bad coffee – out (in the carriage) again at 7 to 8 ½ - the King dined today with the Russian minster Comte [Mastuzevre] on board the Russian steamer that brought him here – the vessel all decorated with steamers as we passed – that we missed seeing thinking he was returned as we came back – had Grotza – F66° at 9 50/.. pm. very fine – the fine view Jean has persuaded us to go to see even so late from Moses’ mountain turned out to be the hill-café near St. Catherines’ church that William Riddle our Götheborg [Gothenburg] coach man took us to see – glad to see it again even by twilight – very beautiful – and our former knowledge restored what the lateness of the hour (7 1/4)........obscured – then drove about the principal to the large hotel now building began Jean says this spring – the site in the time of Gustaf 1 a large hill of gravel and sand from which he bombarded the castle

taken away to fill up with about the new bridge and up to the pretty double flight of stairs and the lions – all that used to be water

[plaques-memoire]

Plaque en hommage à : Colonel Fabien

Type : Commémoration

Adresse : 12 rue de l'Abbé de l'Épée, 75005 Paris, France

Date de pose : Inconnue

Texte : Ici se trouvait durant l'insurrection parisienne d'août 1944 le P.C. du colonel Fabien, commandant le 1er reg. F.F.I. de Paris, tué à l'ennemi en Alsace le 27 décembre 1944

Quelques précisions : Pierre Georges (1919-1944), dit le Colonel Fabien, est un militaire et résistant français. Militant au Parti communiste français dès l'adolescence, il prend part à la Guerre d'Espagne au sein des Brigades internationales. Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il échappe à la captivité en 1940 et prend une part active à la Résistance. Il est ainsi connu pour avoir préparé et exécuté l'attentat de Barbès, premier attentat contre un militaire allemand pendant l'Occupation. Il gagne le maquis en 1942 et continue à participer à des opérations de sabotage. Il est arrêté en novembre de la même année, il parvient à s'évader avant d'avoir à vivre la déportation et reprend ses activités clandestines. Il prend également une part active aux combats pour la libération de Paris en août 1944. Il continue le combat le restant de l'année, avant d'être tué en Alsace par l'explosion d'une mine. Une place de Paris, ainsi qu'une station de métro qui s'y trouve, portent ainsi son nom.

[m12writer]

The Power of Four - Dream Sorcerer

[Quake. Phoebe enters. Two guys walk up to her.]

Guy #1: Are your parents terrorists? 'Cos baby you're the bomb.

Guy #2: Jim, Jim, ask her if it hurt when she fell.

Phoebe: Uh, excuse me?

Guy #2: When you fell from Heaven. Did it hurt. 'Cos I know an angel when I see one.

Phoebe: Hmm. I'm no angel. I'm a witch. But don't tell my sisters or niece I told you. (She walks over to Prue, Piper and Paris who's sitting at a table.) Oh, I'm so glad you guys are still here. What are you staring at?

Prue: They have been going at if for almost an hour.

(You see a woman and a guy making out.)

Phoebe: Hello! Oh, I can't even look.

Piper: I know. I hate being single.

Skye: Waitress coming through. Special delivery.

Piper: Hey Skye.

Phoebe: Hey Skye.

Skye: Hi.

(She places a glass of Dr Pepper in front of Paris.)

Paris: Um, I think there's been some kind of a mistake. I didn't order this.

Skye: I know. You have a secret admirer. He ordered it for you.

(She points out the Dream Sorcerer. He's sitting in a wheelchair.)

Piper: Who's that?

Skye: I have no idea. I'm just following the bartender's orders. And, apparently he's been eyeing Paris all night.

Paris: Skye, can you do me a favour? Um, tell him thank you and I'm very flattered. But I'm kind seeing someone else.

Skye: Sure.

Paris: Thanks.

Piper: That was inappropriate. You are the only one here that is a teenage adult.

Phoebe: And creepy.

***

[Manor. Piper is watching an exercise video and trying to copy what they're doing. Prue and Paris are sitting in chairs.]

Piper: Uh, I give up. Two weeks and nothing strengthened but my temper.

Paris: Aunt Piper, here's the problem. You didn't read the fine print. See. It says right here. $19.95 for the video and twenty grand for the plastic surgeon.

Piper: Yeah. Well it's worked. She's the most desire female in America. What every man wants.

Prue: That woman? Of course men want her. Men are not different from women. We all want what we can't have. Which is why we need to stop thinking about what men want and start thinking about what we want in a man.

(Phoebe walks in. She's eating Froot Loops.)

Phoebe: Tons of fun, lots of heats and no strings attached. That's what I want.

Piper: I know this may not sound very P.C., but I want romance. Long, slow kisses, late-night talks, candle lights. I love love. I'd take what Prue and Paris has in a flat second.

Prue: Hmm, but then you'd have to deal with the family secret, which isn't exactly normal now, is it? Well... besides what Paris has with Ed and Lorraine.

***

[Quake. Piper hands a guy his meal.]

Piper: Here you go, Mr. Manford. The chicken with rice and vegetables. Just the way you like it. Chicken well done, light oil on the vegetables and rice steamed dry.

Mr. Manford: Thanks.

Piper: Bon Appetite.

(Phoebe walks up to her.)

Phoebe: Hey, why are you doing that?

Piper: Skye didn't show up for her shift day. So we're short-handed.

Phoebe: Ooh.

(They walk in the kitchen.)

Piper: So, what's up?

Phoebe: I, uh, I found this spell. "How to attract a lover".

Piper: No, Phoebe. Forget it. We're not casting any spells.

Phoebe: Come on. There must be more to our powers than warlock wasting. I'm ready to have some fun with our magic.

Piper: No. No personal gain, remember?

Phoebe: How is it personal gain, if we're using our powers to bring happiness to another person. And in my case lots and lots of happiness.

Piper: Could you pass me that colander, please?

Phoebe: Yeah. Look, I'm not talking about marriage here. We have our 30s to freak out about that. This... this spell is about having good time.

Piper: I admit it's tempting. The dating scene can be a little frustrating. But bringing men into our life through a spell... correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that a little bit desperate.

Phoebe: No. How is asking for what you want being desperate? I say it's not. I say it's empowering. Besides, the Book of Shadows says we could reverse this spell at any time.

***

[Manor. Kitchen. Piper is cutting up some vegetables. Prue walks in.]

Prue: Piper? Phoebe?

Piper: Prue. You're in home. I thought you had a date with Andy.

Prue: Uh, no. He had to cancel. What are you doing?

Piper: Hmm...

Phoebe: (from the other room) Piper, I was wrong. The spell calls for cayenne pepper not black pepper. (She walks in the kitchen and sees Prue.) Ooh. Did I say spell? I... I meant recipe. We are so busted, aren't we?

(Paris walks in.)

Prue: I would say yes. What spell are you casting?

Piper: I realized today that Phoebe may have stumbled onto something. Something that actually makes sense.

Prue: Now I'm worried.

Piper: All the spells are in this book for a reason, right? And I think that this spell could be a harmless opportunity for us to test our powers, you know, really get a handle on them. I mean, why else would it say we can reverse it at any time? All I want is someone special in my life and this spell provides that exactly.

Paris: What are you talking about?

Phoebe: I can translate.

***

[Time lapse.]

Paris: You have got to be kidding.

Piper: Prue, we were hoping you would join us.

Prue: No. I have got enough complications in my life. You two are on your own.

Phoebe: You know where to find us.

Paris: Be careful what you wish for.

***

[Attic. Phoebe and Piper have everything set up on the table to do the spell.]

Phoebe: Okay. You want to go first?

Piper: No. You go first.

Phoebe: Okay.

(Phoebe snatches a piece of paper off Piper.)

Piper: Hey. That's not fair.

Phoebe: You want a man who is single, smart, endowed?

Piper: Employed.

Phoebe: Oh, sorry, employed. A man who loves sleeping in on Sunday, sunset bike rides (laughs), cuddling by a roaring fire (laughs) and late-night talks. A man who loves love as much as you do (laughs). Wow. You're a romantic.

Piper: Yep. Your turn. You want the sexy, silent type that finds you driving through town on the back of a Harley at 3:00 in the morning. A man who appreciates scented candles, body oils and Italian sheets (laughs).

Phoebe: He's about hunger and lust and danger and even know you know all this, even know you know he'll never meet your friends or share a holiday meal with your family, you still can't stay away. And he recycles.

Piper: He recycles?

Phoebe: Yeah. And I think it goes without saying we both want a man who is well... employed.

Piper: You're seriously twisted. This is the spell we have to say?

Phoebe: Yeah. We're lucky. If we were men looking for women the spell requires putting a piece of honey cake in a sweaty armpit for day.

Piper: Eww. Maybe we can say this.

Phoebe: Okay.

Phoebe/Piper: I conjure thee, I conjure thee, I am the queen, you're the bee, as I desire so shall it be. I conjure thee, I conjure thee, I am the queen, you're the bee, as I desire so shall it be.

Phoebe: You think it worked?

Piper: I don't know. The big spells usually require all three of us.

(The phone rings.)

Phoebe: Ooh.

Piper: Ooh.

(They run downstairs to the foyer. Paris is on the phone.)

Phoebe: Is it for me? Is it for me?

Paris: This is Paris. Who's this? Um, I'm sorry. Do I know you?

Dream Sorcerer: Yeah. We met at Quake. Well, we didn't actually meet. I sent you a glass of Dr Pepper and you sent it back. Still, you know, I was wondering, maybe you'd like to go out sometime.

Paris: Uh, oh, look, as I told the waitress I'm just not available. How did you get my number, my name?

(The Dream Sorcerer hangs up.)

Paris: Hello?

Prue: Who is it?

Paris: That guy from Quake who sent me a drink.

Piper: What did he want?

Paris: He asked me out.

(Phoebe walks over to the door and puts on her coat.)

Prue: Um, hello. Missy May where are you going?

Phoebe: I'm going to Quake see if my spell worked. Want to join me?

Piper: Pass.

Paris: No. Thanks. I'm gonna take a bath.

***

[Bathroom. Paris' lying in the bath. She closes her eyes and falls asleep. We go into her dream. The Dream Sorcerer is there.]

Dream Sorcerer: Hello Paris.

(Paris wakes up.)

Paris: Who the hell...

Dream Sorcerer: Am I and how did I get in? Hmm?

Paris: I don't care just get...

Dream Sorcerer: Out of the bathroom?

Dream Sorcerer/Paris: Mom, Aunt Piper, help me!

Dream Sorcerer: Scream all you want. No one can help you.

Paris: How did you know...

Dream Sorcerer: What are you thinking and know what you're going to say?

Paris: Yes.

Dream Sorcerer: I'm in your conscious. I know your every thought and desire.

Paris: Who are you?

Dream Sorcerer: I'm the man of your dreams.

Paris: You're not real. You don't exist.

Dream Sorcerer: That's what your mother used to say, isn't it? Every night, before you went to sleep?

Paris: You're not real. You don't exist.

Dream Sorcerer: As she tucked you in? She'd say if you saw any monsters to tell yourself they weren't real.

Paris: You're not real. You don't exist.

Dream Sorcerer: They didn't exist?

Paris: I can't move. Why can't I move?

Dream Sorcerer: Ha ha ha. Because I'm going to love you to death.

(The dream sorcerer gets a sponge and rubs it on her back so hard it makes her bleed. He pushes her head under the water. Piper and Prue knocks the door and Paris wakes up.)

Piper: Paris, are you okay?

Paris: Uh, yeah.

Prue: Baby girl, you were yelling.

Paris: Yeah. I had a... I had a really bad thing.

Piper: A thing?

Paris: Yeah. Uh, I'm okay now. I promise. Just go back to bed. (Prue and Piper leaves. Paris gets out of the bath.) Ow. (She looks at her back and sees scratch marks from the sponge.) Oh, my God.

***

[Manor. Kitchen. Prue, Piper and Paris are there.]

Paris: Mom? Do you remember what you used to say about nightmares?

Prue: I said if you saw any monsters to tell them to go away that they didn't exist. Always worked, too.

Paris: Yeah, well, not this time. He knew about you, mom. He knew what you told me and how did he know that? And what about the marks on my back. Mom, Aunt Piper, they were there and now they've disappeared. I don't know how and I don't know why but they were definitely there.

Piper: How many hours did you work this week at Prue's office? 60, 70? And now what are doing today, on a Saturday, no less?

Paris: Yeah, well, the auctions starts on Monday and the shipment arrives three days late. And you're changing the subject. You don't believe me.

Prue: No. We believe you think you saw marks on your back. But I'm watching you down your third cup of coffee and we're talking about a nightmare you had while you asleep in the tub. So isn't it possible that exhaustion made you see those marks and not some dream guy?

Paris: No. He was in my dream and it was real.

Piper: So why didn't you use your powers to help you out? You know, move him away.

Paris: I don't know.

(A handsome guy enters wearing no shirt.)

Hans: Morning.

Prue: Uh, excuse me but who are you?

Piper: Who cares?

(Hans gets a bottle of milk out of the fridge and drinks it all. Phoebe comes in.)

Phoebe: Hans, I found your t... (She sees Paris, Piper and Prue.) shirt.

Hans: Was it in the hammock or...

Phoebe: It doesn't matter.

Hans: Thanks.

Phoebe: Sure.

Paris: (whispering) Hammock?

Hans: I got to run.

Phoebe: Okay.

(They kiss.)

Hans: I'll meet you later for lunch.

Phoebe: Okay.

Hans: Oops. I almost forgot.

(Hans puts the empty bottle in the recycling bin. He leaves.)

Phoebe: Don't worry. We had safe sex. A lot of safe sex.

Paris: Eww.

(Prue laughs.)

***

[Quake. Phoebe and Piper are there.]

Phoebe: I'm telling you, Piper. The spell worked.

Piper: Shh. A little louder, Phoebes. I don't think Oakland heard.

Phoebe: Well, it did. Get this. Hans doesn't go to bars. He's never been to Quake but last night he's on his away back from his acting classes. (Piper laughs.) When... BAM! Flat tire on his motorcycle right across the street from Quake. So he comes in to use the pay phone and who should he bump into but me, exiting the ladies' room.

Piper: Phoebe, you threw his clothes all over the house. That's not a spell working, that's hormones.

Phoebe: No, that's not like that. I really like Hans. He's really cool. And he likes me too.

(Phoebe sees Hans, she runs over to him, they hug and he spins her around. Piper takes a plate of food over to a man sitting at a table.)

Piper: Mr. Manford, here you go. Chicken, rice and veggies. Just the way you like it.

Mr. Manford: Thank you. And please call me Jack. Has anybody ever told you how truly beautiful you are?

(Piper laughs.)

Piper: Have you been drinking?

(He laughs.)

Jack: A sense of humor. I love that. (She turns to leave.) Wait, Piper, don't go. I don't know why but I've got to get to know you. Have dinner with me.

Piper: Can you hang on a second?

Jack: (whispering) Yeah.

Piper: (whispering) Okay.

(Piper walks over to the phone near the bar. A guy stands behind her.)

Piper: Prue Halliwell, please. It's her sister, Piper.

Guy: You know, you shouldn't have dinner with that guy.

Piper: Why not?

Guy: Because you should fly to Paris with me.

Piper: (on the phone) Tell her it's an emergency.

***

[Cut to Bucklands. Prue's office. She's talking to Piper on the phone.]

Prue: So you're not actually thinking of going out with this Jack guy, are you?

(Rex enters Prue's office carrying a box.)

Rex: Have you finished the, uh, Cromwell miniatures yet?

Prue: Rex...

Prue: (to Piper) Hang on a second.

Prue: (to Rex) No, I'm still cataloging the Rembrandt sketches.

Rex: Oh, well, uh, set them aside. The, uh, letters of Ernest Hemingway are now first on the block.

(Delivery guys bring in lots more boxes of stuff.)

Prue: (to Piper) I don't believe it. I'm going to be here all night. Piper, let me call you back.

(She hangs up.)

***

[Manor. Foyer. Phoebe and Piper are there. Phoebe's tying up her shoes.]

Piper: Jack stayed through the entire lunch shift. Talked my ear off, had me laughing at all his stories and somehow convinced me to have coffee with him.

Phoebe: Hans and I are going dancing at Rave. You and Jack should come join us.

Piper: Well, if our dinner date last as long as our coffee break, we wouldn't make it there till closing

Phoebe: Maybe we could all meet back at the house later. (Phoebe grabs her coat.) This has worked out so great, hasn't it?

Piper: Yeah.

(Phoebe laughs and leaves with a smile on her face.)

Piper: Great.

***

[Dream lab. Morris, and Andy are there.]

Morris: So this is a dream lab? They actually pay people to sleep?

Lab Technician: If you wait here, I'll tell Mr. Berman that you would like to speak with him.

(He walks away.)

Andy: Thank you.

Morris: Look, just because Berman dated the first victim...

Andy: Julie Garikson.

Morris: Doesn't make him a killer.

Andy: But it's a great place to start. It's our only place to start.

(They walk in a room.)

Morris: What do you know about this place anyway?

Andy: It's a privately funded research facility and Julie Garikson worked here too. She and Berman teamed together on some kind of experimental project.

(Berman arrives outside the room in his wheelchair.)

Berman: Hello, Inspectors, how may I help you?

(They walk back outside.)

Morris: You Whitaker Berman?

Berman: Yes. What's this about?

Morris: We're conducting an investigation and would like to ask you a few questions.

Berman: Regarding?

Andy: Do you know this woman?

(Andy hands him a photograph.)

Berman: That's Julie Derikson. She was my girlfriend. I was heartbroken when she... Forgive me, it's just very hard. I still miss her.

Andy: Another woman died just like her the other night. A waitress. Crushed to death in her sleep.

Berman: Oh, you're kidding?

Morris: No.

Berman: That's-that's awful.

Andy: Mr. Berman, can you tell us your whereabouts night before last.

Berman: I was here in the lab asleep. I left in the morning.

Morris: Any witnesses who can confirm that?

Berman: A nights worth of day, two scientists and a lab technician. Shall I have them paged?

Morris: No, that's okay Mr. Berman. Sorry we disturbed you. Thank you for your time.

***

[Quake. Piper's having dinner with Jack.]

Piper: What else can I tell you? Um, when I get stressed, I get hives... in very strange places. Which is nothing compared to what happens when I panic, believe me.

Jack: Your honesty is so refreshing.

Piper: Ah, well, it helps keep my ulcer under control

Jack: It's the nineties. I mean, is there anyone who doesn't have one?

Piper: Would you like to see my tattoo?

Jack: Would you like to see mine?

Piper: Uh, is there nothing I can say to turn you off?

Jack: There really isn't. Which is kind of strange, actually.

Piper: Not really. Jack, you're under a...

(Jack kisses Piper.)

Piper: Spell.

(Piper sees a guy sitting behind Jack smiling and giving her the eye, then she sees another guy standing near by holding a glass of wine and winking at her. She laughs nervously. She looks behind her and another guy is sitting at a table holding a white rose.)

Guy with rose: Hey, there.

(She turns back around to face Jack and lets out a freaked out laugh.)

***

[Dream Lab. Lab technicians are helping Mr. Berman aka The Dream Sorcerer into a chair.]

Berman: Give me 30 cc's of Vandereen.

Technician: 30 cc's? That's twice...

Berman: I'll be in rem sleep quicker and longer. Set the dream inducement system, the level twelve.

Technician: We haven't got the results back from level eight.

Berman: This is my dream. My experiment. Set the machine and give me the shot.

***

[Bucklands. Prue's office. Paris has fallen asleep at her mother's desk. The Dream Sorcerer is in her dreams.]

Dream Sorcerer: Hello Paris. We meet again. (Paris wakes up. She grabs a letter opener off her desk.) All that work. All those hours. You fell asleep at your mother's desk.

Paris: Someone help!

(The walls of the office turn into blue and red clouds.)

Dream Sorcerer: What do you hide from at work? Is it the pain of your past or the uncertainty of your future?

(Paris tries to get out of her chair but she's stuck.)

Paris: I don't hide from anything.

Dream Sorcerer: You can't move out of the chair, can you? (He spins her around.) Don't you want to know why? Because I don't want you to. You're powerless, Paris.

Paris: Go to hell.

Dream Sorcerer: I, on the other hand, am the all power-full. If you don't want to talk to me, that's fine. There's always Prue, Piper, Phoebe, Lorriane or any number of young, single women out there. It's an endless pool for the Dream Sorcerer.

Paris: No, wait. I'll stay.

Dream Sorcerer: It's too late. You're falling asleep.

Paris: No. I'm fine. I'm awake.

Dream Sorcerer: Shall I sing you a lullaby?

Paris: I don't think so.

(Paris kicks him and stabs his hand with the letter opener. He yells in pain.)

Dream Sorcerer: Good night, Paris.

(He grabs the chair and gets ready to push her over the edge. You hear a phone ring. Paris' back in Prue's office. She wakes up and answers the phone.)

Paris: Hello?

Ed: Hi, you're still at the office.

Paris: Yeah, um, can I call you back?

(She spins around on her chair and faces the wall.)

Ed: Sure. Lorraine and I are at our apartment. Everything okay?

Paris: It is now. Thanks, Ed. Thanks for calling.

Ed: I just wanted to hear your voice.

Paris: Okay, bye.

(She hangs up. Rex touches Paris on her shoulder, she gets a fright, spins back around and nearly stabs Rex with the letter opener.)

Rex: Bloody hell.

(Paris notices blood on the tip of the letter opener.)

***

[Police station. Andy and Morris are there.]

Morris: The man is in a wheelchair. He's got no motive and he's got an alibi. So tell me again why you think Berman is our suspect.

Andy: Dream leaping.

Morris: Dream leaping?

Andy: That's what Berman's researching at the lab. Dream leaping. The ability to project himself into someone else's dreams.

Morris: Into women's dreams and killing them? Now who's dreaming.

Andy: Not just any women. Women who reject him. Just like Julie Derikson did. She broke up with him when they were driving somewhere. He got into an accident. That's why he's paralyzed. It's on there in the police report. (Andy stands up and gets his coat.) The day after he went back to work at the lab, Julie Derikson died suspiciously. Six months later, two more women died in their sleep. Crushed to death. Coincidence? You tell me.

Morris: Love to. Can't. Let's go.

***

[Manor. The front door opens and Phoebe walks in.]

Phoebe: (calling out) I'm home!

(She walks down the foyer and notices bunches of flowers everywhere. She sees an open box of chocolates and takes one. She walks in the kitchen. More flowers are in here too. Piper's sitting at the table drinking coffee with Prue.)

Piper: You're home early.

Phoebe: Yeah. So are you. What's with all the flowers. You and Jack fighting already?

Piper: I wish. The flowers were all waiting on the doorstep when I returned. They're from men I barely know and men I've never met. All the flowers in here are for you.

(Phoebe sits down.)

Phoebe: Oh, well. I know they're not from Hans.

Prue: What happened?

Phoebe: He wouldn't leave me alone all night. He kept touching me. And practically every guy in the bar was hitting on me. Finally I couldn't take it anymore. I ditched Hans and left him at the club. So, how was your date?

Piper: Perfect. Everything was perfect. Even my faults were perfect.

Phoebe: And this is a bad thing?

Piper: It wasn't real. Everything he said, everything he felt, it was because of the spell, not because of me.

Phoebe: Piper, you don't know that. Maybe he meant every word. Maybe if it wasn't for the spell he would've never had a chance to feel those things. Let alone say them.

Piper: No, Phoebe. Love is a magic between two people that cannot be explained and cannot be conjured. What we did, it's just... it's not right.

(Kit jumps on the table.)

Phoebe: Hmm. Ever our poor cat's in hell. (You see cats outside trying to get in the window.) Go away horny tom cats.

Piper: Let's reverse the spell.

(Phoebe nods. The phone rings. Prue gets up and answers it.)

Prue: Hello? Paris, where are you?

Paris: I'm, um, still at your office. Look, I fell asleep and that man from my dream, he tried to kill me again.

Prue: What?

Paris: Yeah. I don't understand why. All I know is I'm only safe if I stay awake. If I fall asleep, I'm dead.

Prue: Well, stay where you are. Piper, Phoebe and I will come pick you up.

Paris: No. I don't want to stay here another minute. Look, I want you to look in the Book of Shadows and see if you can find anything on this guy. He calls himself a dream sorcerer, okay?

***

[Cut to the attic. Phoebe's looking through the Book Of Shadows.]

Prue: Nothing?

Phoebe: Nada.

Piper: There's got to be something.

Phoebe: I'm telling you. There's no Dream Sorcerer stuff anywhere.

Piper: That's impossible. The Book of Shadows has never let us down.

Phoebe: Well, maybe he's not a demon. Maybe he's a mortal.

Prue: Then he's got one hell of a power.

Phoebe: You're not kidding.

Piper: Demon, mortal, there's got to be some way to stop him.

(The phone rings.)

Piper: It's got to be Paris.

Phoebe: Wait. What are you going to tell her? That we can't help her? That she can never go to sleep?

(They run downstairs.)

***

[Cut to Paris. She's in her car driving along. She's got her phone up to her ear.]

Paris: Come on, answer the phone.

***

[Cut back to the manor. Prue, Piper and Phoebe are running down the stairs. Piper answers the phone.]

Piper: Hello?

Paris: Hey, did you, um, find anything?

Piper: No, we didn't but don't worry. You're not in this alone. Your mom, Phoebe and I will help you.

Paris: How can you help me when we don't even know what he is?

Piper: The most important thing right now is for you get home safely.

Paris: Yeah. Ok, um, look. Just keep talking. Don't let me fall asleep.

Piper: (to Prue and Phoebe) She sounds exhausted.

(Phoebe takes the phone.)

Phoebe: Okay, Paris. Blast the air conditioning, crank the stereo and roll down the windows. Wait, don't crank the stereo. (To Piper and Prue) What's that song we always used to sing when we were little?

Piper: The road trip song?

Phoebe: Yeah. Let's sing that.

Prue: Did you hear that, baby girl?

Paris: Yeah, okay.

Phoebe: Okay, don't worry. Everything's going to be fine. Nothing is going to happen.

(Hans knocks on the door. He sounds angry.)

Hans: Phoebe!

Phoebe: Hans?

Hans: Let me in. I have to see you.

Phoebe: Go away. (Hans breaks open the door.) Are you crazy? What are you doing?

Paris: Mom? Aunt Piper? Aunt Phoebe?

Hans: You left me. How could you leave me?

Phoebe: Hans, please.

Hans: Ever since I met you I can't do anything. Eat, drink, sleep. All I can do is think about you.

***

[Cut to Paris. She's nearly asleep.]

Paris: Mom, Aunt Piper, Aunt Phoebe.

(The Dream Sorcerer appears in her dream.)

Dream Sorcerer: Time is now, Paris. We're almost there.

(Paris awakes up.)

Paris: Mom, Aunt Piper, Aunt Phoebe, where are you?

***

[Cut back to the manor. Prue, Piper and Phoebe stand on the stairs.]

Hans: What have you done to me?

(Hans picks up a vase of flowers and throws it at them. Piper freezes him and the vase before it can hit them.)

Prue: Are you okay?

Phoebe: I'm fine. (Phoebe remembers Paris.) Paris.

(They run back over to the phone.)

***

[Cut back to Paris. She's falling asleep again. She drops the phone.]

***

[Cut back to the manor.]

Phoebe: Paris! Paris! She's not there.

***

[Cut back to Paris. She's asleep. The Dream Sorcerer appears.]

Dream Sorcerer: Say good night, Paris.

(You see her heading for a pole. He starts laughing.)

***

[Cut back to the manor.]

Phoebe: She's not answering.

***

[Cut back to Paris. She has ran into the pole. The front of her car is totally smashed. Paris has her head resting on the steering wheel.]

Paris: (whispering) I can't fall asleep. I can't fall asleep.

***

[Hospital. Paris' on a stretcher. The doctor's are pushing her down the corridor. A nurse runs up to her.]

Doctor: (to the paramedic) Trauma one. What have you got?

Paramedic: I've got a 18 year old female. One-on-one. Car versus utility pole. Bp 80 over 40. Pulse 110. Semi-conscious at the scene.

Doctor: Pupils are responsive. Miss Halliwell, hang in there.

Paris: (whispering) Must stay awake, must stay awake.

(The doctor runs into a room and gives orders to a male nurse. They push Paris in the room.)

Doctor: Ready, 1, 2, 3.

(They lift her on the bed and hook her up to the machines.)

Doctor #2: Resps are down to thirty-five. Pulse-ox is falling.

Doctor: How can that be? Give me five hundred mics of dopamine, and get ready to intubate. Stay with us, Miss Halliwell. Damn, she's unconscious.

(The room turns into her dream. She's still lying on the bed.)

Paris: How did I get here? I'm not...

Dream Sorcerer: Asleep? Actually you're unconscious. You fell asleep at the wheel. Hit a pole. Terrible terrible thing. Speaking of pain, you really hurt me last night.

(Paris tries call from her cell phone)

Dream Sorcerer: And not just my feelings.

Paris: Suffer.

(Paris starts dialing her phone.)

Dream Sorcerer: We're definitely out of range. (He picks up a glass of wine.) A little wine with your death?

***

[Cut to the dream lab. Andy and Morris are there.]

Technician: Mr. Berman insists that he's not to be disturbed during his experiments.

Andy: I don't care. We want to talk to him. Just wake him up.

Technician: It's not gonna be easy. He's highly sedated.

Andy: Just get to work.

(The technician walks in the room.)

Morris: I hope you're right about this.

Andy: I know I am. Question now is if Berman is gonna kill again. But who?

***

[Cut back to Paris' dream. Paris' wearing a really nice red evening dress.]

Dream Sorcerer: Do you like the dress?

Paris: I've worn better.

Dream Sorcerer: Hmm, yeah.

(The Dream Sorcerer picks up Paris off the bed.)

***

[Cut to the hospital. Prue, Piper and Phoebe walk up to reception.]

Prue: Excuse me.

Doctor #2: May I help you?

Prue: You called us a little while ago. Ah, my daughter is here. Paris Halliwell.

(He looks at some files.)

Doctor #2: Oh, your daughter's still in trauma one.

Phoebe: Is she okay?

Doctor #2: Well, if you go down to the waiting room, a doctor will be right with you.

Piper: Okay, thank you.

(They pretend to walk to the waiting room but when no one is looking they run down to trauma one.)

***

[Cut to Paris in trauma one in the hospital. Prue, Phoebe and Piper are there.]

Prue: We're here, Paris. 

Piper: Right beside you.

Phoebe: Can you hear us?

***

[Cut back to Paris' dream.]

Prue's voice: Paris?

Piper's voice: Paris?

Prue: Mom. Aunt Piper. Aunt Phoebe.

Phoebe's voice: Paris?

Dream Sorcerer: They can't help you. You're mine, now.

***

[Cut to the hospital.]

Phoebe: I'm scared.

Prue: I know. Me too.

Piper: What do we do?

Prue: We don't let her give up.

Piper: Paris, listen to me. You've got to fight with this guy.

Phoebe: Don't leave us.

Prue: You can do it.

Phoebe: We need you.

Piper: Use your power, Paris.

Prue: Come back to us.

***

[Cut to Paris' dream.]

Piper's voice: Use your power.

Prue's voice: You can do it, baby girl.

Paris: Where are you?

Dream Sorcerer: You're powerless.

Piper's voice: Paris, you can do it. Use your power against him. Paris?

(The Dream Sorcerer carries her over to the edge of the building.)

Dream Sorcerer: Shall I say good night, hmm?

Paris: No, let me. Good night.

(She uses her power and he flies over the edge of the building.)

***

[Cut to the Dream Lab. The Dream Sorcerer is yelling in his sleep. He stops and he dies.]

Andy: I don't believe it. He's dead.

Morris: I wll never doubt you again.

***

[Cut back to the hospital. Paris wakes up.]

Prue: Paris?

Piper: Are you okay?

Paris: Yeah, I'm okay.

Phoebe: What about the...

Paris: He's gone.

***

[Hospital, night. Paris is sleeping in her room.]

(It's been a few hours since Prue, Piper and Phoebe left the hospital. As Paris starts to wake up, she could feel a heavy weight on her stomach and her right arm. When she opened her eyes she saw Ed and Lorraine laying there in chairs. Next to her hospital bed.)

Paris: Lorraine, Ed.

(Ed and Lorraine start to wake up.)

Paris: Lorraine, Ed.

(Ed and Lorraine fully wake up now. Lorraine removes her head from Paris' stomach and Ed removes his head from Paris' right arm.)

Lorraine: Paris!

(Lorraine stands up to hug the Halliwell girl tightly, her eyes full of tears.)

Ed: You're okay! We were so worry.

(Ed also has tears in his eyes.)

Paris: I'm fine. I'm sorry that I scared you both.

(Ed and Lorraine both sit back down and hold each one of her hands.)

Lorraine: What happened?

Paris: I was in a car accident...

(Paris looks down for a second before looking back up.)

Ed: There's more than that, Par.

(Paris' eyes start to tear up.)

Paris: Yeah... there is.

(Paris let's go of their hands to wipe the tears from her face. Ed and Lorraine look concern.)

Paris: It started a few nights ago when I went out with my mom and aunt. A man sent me a drink. Which, of course I rejected. But since that night... He somehow started to torrorized me in my dreams. So I barely slept after that. Which, leads up to the car crash.

(Ed looks angry at this.)

Ed: So, when I called you earlier tonight?

Paris: You had woke me up from a dream.

Lorraine: Butterfly, why didn't you tell us?

Paris: I was scared to. I didn't think you'd believe me.

(Lorraine and Ed looked at each other for a second before looking back at Paris and wiping her tears away.)

Lorraine: We will always believe you.

(Paris smiles at them.)

***

[Hospital. Prue, Piper and Phoebe are carrying bunches and bunches of flowers into Paris' room.]

Phoebe: Knock, knock.

Paris: Please, tell me you guys are here to pick me up.

Piper: Hi. No, Dr. Black said one more day. Just to be sure.

Paris: But it's already been three days!

Phoebe: Yeah, and you know, it wouldn't kill you to get some rest.

(She realizes what she just said and covers her mouth.)

Paris: Aunt Phoebe, it's okay. Thanks for the flowers.

Piper: Yeah.

(Phoebe laughs.)

Prue: What's going on?

Phoebe: Oh, long story, not very interesting.

Paris: Does this have anything to do with your lust spell?

Phoebe: Mmm hmm. But don't worry.

Piper: We reversed the spell last night.

Phoebe: Piper called Jack.

Prue: The guy that you had dinner with?

Piper: And he didn't remember anything. And Phoebe called Hans...

Phoebe: And he didn't remember anything.

Piper: So, don't worry. Everything is back to normal.

Paris: Good.

Prue: Where's Ed and Lorraine? I know they haven't left your bed-side for three days.

Paris: I made them go home and shower.

Prue: Ah.

(Ed and Lorraine walks in carrying a red rose, some take-away and a boxed gift.)

Ed: Afternoon, ladies.

Paris: Hey, you two.

(Piper looks at Phoebe and Prue.)

Phoebe: Well, we were just leaving.

Prue: Right. Come on, let's go.

Phoebe: Okay, bye.

(They leave.)

Ed: Brought your favourite.

(He hands Paris the take-away bag and she looks in it.)

Paris: Oh, cheeseburgers and fries.

Lorraine: We also got you a gift.

Paris: What?

(Lorraine sets the rose on the table near-by and hands Paris the box.)

Ed: The car accident made us realize something.

(Paris opens the box to reveal a rosary.)

Ed: We don't ever want to lose you. That car crash was properly just the beginning. And-

(Paris looks up with a smile.)

Paris: I love you both.

Lorraine: We love you too.

(Ed sits down next to Paris in a chair and smiles.)

Ed: Turn around so I can put it on you.

(Paris hands Ed the cross and turns around slightly on the bed so Ed can put on the neckless.)

Paris' rosary

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September 2023 Media Breakdown

Movies:

Princess Mononoke (1997) - Hayao Miyazaki

House of Usher (1960) - Roger Corman

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Steven Spielberg

TV Shows:

Over the Garden Wall - Season 1 (2014)

Books: Completed

Midnight Sun (2020) - Stephenie Meyer

Camp Damascus (2023) - Chuck Tingle

The Chemist (2016) - Stephenie Meyer

Eclipse (2007) - Stephenie Meyer

Loitering with Intent (1981) - Muriel Spark

Dubliners (1914) - James Joyce

Ghost Wall (2018) - Sarah Moss

Books: In Progress

Marked (2007) - P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast | 55%

Inseparable (published 2021, written 1954) - Simone de Beauvoir | 6%

Music: Top 3 Albums

The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (2023) - Chappell Roan | indie pop

GUTS (2023) - Olivia Rodrigo | pop rock

Lullabies of Birdland (1954) - Ella Fitzgerald | jazz

Music: Top 3 Singles

IF YOU GO DOWN (I’M GOIN’ DOWN TOO) (2022) - Kelsea Ballerini | country

as good a reason (2023) - Paris Paloma | folk/indie pop

NFU (2023) - Del Water Gap | alternative/indie

Artistic & Cultural Pursuits 💅:

Attended Mobtown’s Last Stand 🥲

Learned a new scale on the clarinet and how to go up an octave

Started a bunch of new crochet Christmas present projects

Turned my Minecraft server to creative mode

Started recording new episodes of These Books Suck with Dani

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"Eleanor Roosevelt, E. Gross and P.C. Jessup at United Nations in Paris," 9/22/1948 

Series: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 - 1962. Collection: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 - 1962.

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Undercover Girl

French postcard by P.C., Paris, no. 9009.

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The Painter's Wife Johanne Louise in a Purple Dress in the Garden Picking Laburnum by Viggo Pedersen, 1908

Viggo Christian Frederik Vilhelm Pedersen, born March 11, 1854 in Copenhagen, died April 19, 1926 in Roskilde, was a Danish painter. He was the son of Vilhelm Pedersen and the brother of Thorolf Pedersen.

Pedersen studied from 1871 at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and for P.C. Skovgaard and later for la Cour. After a long stay in Paris and Italy, he settled in the Danish countryside. He was one of the founders and main forces of the free exhibition, exhibited there since 1891 and became a member of the academy in 1903.

Pedersen started as a landscape painter, but also tried his hand at religious motifs, portraits, home and everyday depictions. During his studies abroad, he developed his pictorial perception in depth and power into brilliantly strong colorism. His landscapes were also intimately known and vigorously studied.

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Monday 26 February 1838

7 ½

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Foggy morning F33° at 7 ½ and hardly that and fog thicker at 9 am till which hour wrote out Journal index from 21st to 31st ultimo inclusive – breakfast at 9 10 in about ½ hour – A- poorly – out in the stables  told George he must be in the stable every morning at 6, or I would make short work of it – would not keep him – he promised fair – at 10 ¼ - from then to 12 looking over and arranging bills in my bill-drawer – for the half hour it has been snowing – driving small snow – a little while with A- off to H-x about 12 20 – a few minutes at the Lodge to see Matty – as well as could be expected – said A- would call this afternoon – then to Northgate – to the casino – a few minutes there – asked for Schofield Mallinson’s foreman – said the must be usable, done or undone, by the 1st May – S- very civil – would do his best – all ready but must wait for Shaw the plasterer who must have fires or could not plaster till the frost was over – would begin tomorrow if the thaugh lasted – but it would be 3 weeks before the plastering could be ready for the joiners to begin fixing their work – then to the Bank – desired Mr. Davidson to tell Mr. McK- that I would settled my account – Mr. McK- came forward afraid I had not understood his note – explained – apologized for my not better understanding the forms of business – did not wish to transgress their rules – did not wish my dear side to seem better than it really was – like things to seem what they were – if bad, let them seem bad – if good, I did not want them to seem better than they were – said I had thought of settling my account before the receipt of Mr. McK-‘s note and when I asked if I could have the money till Xmas I hardly thought of wanting it so long – but as I thought of going from home wished to have some certainty that all my checks would be honoured – said I was quite satisfied with McK-‘s explanation – the bank charges 5p.c. and ¼ p.c. commission that is (said I) 5 p.c. and on bills at 3 months four commissions = 6p.c. per annum – yes!  oh! that said I, is all right – I will consider about it, and let you know in a few days or a week – I think of selling my navigation stock and the matter will depend upon how I arrange about this stock – Mck- said the bank did business on the District system and had a certain proportion allowed to them here out of which they had heavy advances to make – but the Directors would willingly advance me what I wanted (2 or 3 thousand mentioned I believe the last time of my being at the bank) or 3 times the sum – inquired – no letters at the p.o. then to Ropers’ – paid a small bill for sundries £1.18.11 the 11d. abated and on inquiry R- said there was nothing now against me in his books – then back to the bank having forgot to get a 5 pounds B. of E. for A- to send tonight to Dr. Lyon for Mrs. Broadbent – which she did send tonight – then to Mr. Parkers’ – saw Mr. Adam – returned from Paris and then went in to Mr. P- just come downstairs – A- had said he was afraid P-s’ illness would be very tedious – he was no better – sat perhaps about ½ hour – signed the Northgate lease, and a sort of letter or memorandum addressed to Mr. Crossland that I would return him of the rent £200 the 1st year and £100 the 2nd that is three hundred in all – mentioned my wish to have the lease in my own keeping – somehow, I never read it over before signing – P- did not remind me nor did I think of it – anymore than I did of reading over the Stump x lease the other day – ordered the memorandum respecting the Northgate land let to Thomas G- and notice to be sent about blocking up the cottage windows and distress to be made for the rent of the H-x fields (if not previously paid) immediately after next Whitsuntide when 2 half years = 12 guineas would be due – P- to calculate what interest should be paid to William Green – the old Stump X Inn lease (Mawsons’) to be returned – the Wakefield road bill merely a renewal of the present act, and to rid the commissions of the obligation to make the branch-roads there in specified – no power to be asked for to make a diversion to avoid Birkby Lane – the idea of this diversion abandoned – mentioned my thought of giving up Holt as colliery agent and mentioned his late neglect about the tubbing – hoped P- (if he had my colliery accounts to keep) would not ruin me – no! certainly not – it would not be much – was the answer – P- seemed pleased that I thought of giving up H- said he had too much coal of his own to do much good to me about mine – Inquired what Mr. Wainhouse would give for my navigation stock - £410 per share and would take 5 shares (of a hundred pounds stock each) no! sad I had made up my mind to £420 per cent. and begged P- to look out for a purchaser – said I should perhaps see one or 2 influential persons on the subject I wished to sell at once all I had (13+ shares) P- said he was selling a little estimate near Lancashire for which he asked £4000 – had £3500 bid – should have £3000 by 1st May would that do me any good? but he should want 5 p.c. he could make that of the money – he had just put out money for Mr. Wainhouse on mortgage at 5 p.c.  (yes! but what sort of mortgage, thought I) – I merely said money could be had for less, which P- did not deny – he said I should have the 3 thousand on bond; and as it was a matter between ourselves there would be no procuration fee – I said that was a consideration and I would rather himself 5p.c. than any other person – but I should sell the navigation stock if I could and then I should not want money – P- however begged me to consider of it – said navigation was rather low just now – they cost £2000 per week by this storm – there was besides a great outlay ordered, and this would affect the dividends – I merely replied I did not pay much attention to anything of that sort – Il fault y penser – think of sending for and consulting Mr. Rawdon Briggs – now Mr. Briggs respecting the value of my navigation stock – In returning stood at Birtwhistles’ shop window reading account of Temple of Diana at Evora (Antique Ebura vid. Plin.) in the Alentejo (Portugal) n°204 June 6 1835. went in and bought the thing – said to have been built by Quintus Sertorius proscribed by Sylla – but the penny writer thinks it was built 100 years later du temps des empereurs – hexastyle – Corinthian – entablature entirely destroyed, except part of the 1st fascia of the architrave – the sharp pinnacles by which it is crowned were added by the Moors. the Portuguese have converted the interior of this beautiful temple into a common slaughter-house (un abattoir ) ‘the most beautiful remain of ancient architecture to be found in Portugal, and one of the finest and best preserved specimens that exist in any part of Europe’ – at the end of this n° penny magazine is an article on Russian Villages – refers to Dr. Lyell in his curious ‘Essay on the origin and progress of architecture in Russia’ says that the authors of the old Russia chronicles in place of saying to build a town, say to cut a town, as we say to cut a beam – the towns being there all of wood

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the impression general ‘that houses of wood are much more healthy than those of brick or stone’ perhaps right ‘particularly in such a climate as that of Russia. It is certain that such houses are warmer’ – the most shewy article in the room is the Bogh, a representation of some sacred person, and not [?] of the deity – home about 4 – sometime with A- dressed – A- came with her letter to Doctor Lyon altered it entirely Read Murrays’ encyclopaedia of geology article Russia in Europe till dinner at 7 5 – A- wrote to Dr. Lyon enclosing another £5 b. of E. note to be applied as before and giving copy of Mr. Scudamores’ letter that she received on Friday last asking for a five founds note for Mrs. B- pleading her illness and destitution – A- begging Dr. L- to take such notice of this letter as he thought proper – and feeling assured that Mrs. Broadbent under his care could not be in want of anything necessary, would not  - (that is A- would not) attend to any communication respecting Mrs. B- that did not come thro’ Dr. L- dinner at 7 5 – tea – A- read French – wrote all the above of today (while A- settled her accounts) and came upstairs at 10 25 at which hour F30° - Snowy windy, wintry day

[bacatamente]

IO Satanista

Vorrei fare una piccola precisazione: sono un satanista filosofico, non credo esista come corrente dichiarata, ma voglio esporre il mio personale punto di vista, prevedo che questa piccola precisazione possa diventare lunga, ma se avrete la voglia di arrivare fino in fondo e commentare, sono aperto al dialogo e come sempre ad apprendere nuovi punti di vista.

Ci sono molti tipi di satanismo, quando si abbraccia la via della mano sinistra in genere ci si perde nel capire dove ci si dovrebbe inquadrare, molti fanno affidamento solo alle parole di LaVey, nulla di sbagliato, ma sicuramente incompleto, comunque invito sempre a leggere delle varie correnti poiché ci si apre a diversi modi di pensare e di conseguenza diversi modi di leggersi dentro e di affrontare la vita. Tornando a Me, Io sono di estrazione cattolico-cristiana, ho approfondito in diversi momenti alcune caratteristiche e parti della Bibbia, ho abbracciato a lungo i precetti di questa religione, non posso scindermi da essa, ormai è troppo radicata in me, ma nel tempo ho imparato ad ascoltare la voce di Dio, e l'ho sentita chiara e forte " Mi stai sul cazzo ", ok, lo accetto, e rispetto SEMPRE il mio nemico, un uomo si misura dai nemici che ha, non dagli amici.

Detto questo ho iniziato ad analizzare quello che in principio pensavo fosse un culto; il satanismo appunto. Sono partito come molti proprio dal precedentemente citato LaVey, scoprendo una filosofia che a dirla tutta non ha nulla a che vedere con l'idea comune di Satanismo, in quanto essa non ha una divinità da adorare, l'unico Dio è il proprio IO, quello vero e profondo, l'unico a cui dobbiamo rispondere sempre, Lucifero, Satana... chiamatelo come più vi aggrada è un nostro pari, anzi schifa chi si prostra a Lui, poiché denota una mancanza di forza interiore, di spina dorsale, insomma un inetto, che ha bisogno di avere qualcosa da adorare. Ora, se si prendono i testi sacri Cristiani e si analizzano come fosse storia, andremo a notare che la colpa dell'avversario è stata quella di liberare l'essere umano dalle catene, di aver dato all'uomo gli strumenti per divenire non solo autosufficiente, ma anche cosciente del fatto che la vita deve essere vissuta in libertà, che il buon senso lo si apprende, che il male a volte è mascherato da qualcosa che ci attrare e a cui restiamo fedeli schiavi, come il famoso Eden, una gabbia dorata dove avremmo dovuto vivere in eterno senza mai alzare la testa o formulare un pensiero personale. Questa quindi la colpa di Satana.

Dall'altra parte abbiamo pestilenze, carestie, nubifragi, sacrifici, privazioni, ordini e costante assenza di intervento positivo da parte di un'Entità che tutto vede, conosce e gestisce, poiché è a conoscenza di tutto, di ogni singola cosa che avverrà, comprese le conseguenze delle proprie azioni, tutto rientra in un suo disegno.

Ed è proprio con questa visione che il mio schieramento dalla parte avversa sia un suo preciso disegno, poiché sarebbe bastato un qualsiasi piccolo segnale, anche non direttamente nei miei confronti, perché io avessi potuto comprendere la sua voglia di amare il genere umano.

Ma per chiudere questo discorso vorrei solo fare riflettere su qualcosa che meno di due ore fa mi è balzato in mente, ed è stato il motivo che mi ha fatto sedere al P.C. per scrivere.

I satanisti sono sempre visti male, descritti e identificati SOLO nella corrente "acida", bene, gli acidi, per i satanisti, sono delinquenti che seguono le proprie menti malate e si giustificano nel satanismo, perché è stato insegnato loro che i satanisti sono così. Nulla di più sbagliato. Facendo un parallelo cristiano, l'acido è il prete pedofilo. Spero che questo parallelismo vi inviti a riflettere, poiché i preti che veramente seguono la parola di Dio sono meritevoli di fiducia, si adoperano per l'amore senza confini, per un ideale di eguaglianza, per un mondo assistenzialista. Così come il satanista brama un mondo dove chi può Deve innalzarsi sopra gli altri, si Deve distinguere per la sua superiorità, che attenzione, Deve essere: Io sono migliore, Io sono sopra di te, questo non vuol dire assolutamente azzoppare chi concorre per stargli davanti, ma sforzarsi di superare chi ci affianca, dimostrare Sempre la propria superiorità, anche con azioni di aiuto ( moderato ) verso chi non ce la fa, per il gusto personale di sapere di aver superato un avversario degno di essere superato, se cadi, ti porgo la mano affinché tu possa rialzarti e ricominciare la tua gara.

Sono certo di aver scritto in modo confuso, di aver fatto diversi errori di battitura e d'ignoranza, perché non rileggo mai quello che scrivo, ma vi aspetto, aspetto i vostri commenti ( che difficilmente arriveranno ) per aprire un sano dialogo.

[silent-era-of-cinema]

Mary Brian (born Louise Byrdie Dantzler, February 17, 1906 – December 30, 2002) was an American actress, who made the transition from silent films to sound films.

Brian was born in Corsicana, Texas,[3] the daughter of Taurrence J. Dantzler and Louise B.. Her brother was Taurrence J. Dantzler, Jr.

Her father died when she was one month old and the family later moved to Dallas, Texas.[3] In the early 1920s, they moved to Long Beach, California. She had intended becoming an illustrator but that was laid aside when at age 16 she was discovered in a local bathing beauty contest. One of the judges was famous motion picture star Esther Ralston (who was to play her mother in the upcoming Peter Pan and who became a lifelong friend).

She didn't win the $25 prize in the contest, but Ralston said "you've got to give the little girl something." So, her prize was to be interviewed by director Herbert Brenon for a role in Peter Pan. Brenon was recovering from eye surgery, and she spoke with him in a dimly lit room. "He asked me a few questions, Is that your hair? Out of the blue, he said I would like to make a test. Even to this day, I will never know why I was that lucky. They had made tests of every ingénue in the business for Wendy. He had decided he would go with an unknown. It would seem more like a fairy tale. It wouldn't seem right if the roles were to be taken by someone they (the audience) knew or was divorced. I got the part. They put me under contract." The studio renamed her Mary Brian.

After her showing in the beauty contest, she was given an audition by Paramount Pictures and cast by director Herbert Brenon as Wendy Darling in his silent movie version of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan (1924). There she starred with Betty Bronson and Esther Ralston, and the three of them stayed close for the rest of their lives. Ralston described both Bronson and Brian as 'very charming people'.

The movie studio, who created her stage name for the movie and said she was age 16 instead of 18 because the latter sounded too old for the role, then signed her to a long-term contract. Brian played Fancy Vanhern, daughter of Percy Marmont, in Brenon's The Street of Forgotten Men (1925), which had newcomer Louise Brooks in an uncredited role as a moll.

Brian was dubbed "The Sweetest Girl in Pictures." On loan-out to MGM, she played a college belle, Mary Abbott, opposite William Haines and Jack Pickford in Brown of Harvard (1926). She was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1926, along with Mary Astor, Dolores Costello, Joan Crawford, Dolores del Río, Janet Gaynor, and Fay Wray.

During her years at Paramount, Brian appeared in more than 40 movies as the lead, the ingenue or co-star. She worked with Brenon again in 1926 when she played Isabel in P.C. Wren's Beau Geste starring Ronald Colman. The same year, she made Behind the Front and Harold Teen. In 1928, she played ingenue Alice Deane in Forgotten Faces opposite Clive Brook, her sacrificing father, with Olga Baclanova as her vixen mother and William Powell as Froggy. Forgotten Faces is preserved in the Library of Congress.

Her first sound film was Varsity (1928), which was filmed with part-sound and talking sequences, opposite Buddy Rogers. After successfully making the transition to sound, she co-starred with Gary Cooper, Walter Huston and Richard Arlen in The Virginian (1929), her first all-sound movie. In it, she played a spirited frontier heroine, schoolmarm Molly Stark Wood, who was the love interest of the Virginian (Cooper).

Brian co-starred in several hits during the 1930s, including her role as Gwen Cavendish in George Cukor’s comedy The Royal Family of Broadway (1930) with Ina Claire and Fredric March, as herself in Paramount's all-star revue Paramount on Parade (1930), as Peggy Grant in Lewis Milestone’s comedy The Front Page (1931) with Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien.

After her contract with Paramount ended in 1932, Brian decided to freelance, which was unusual in a period when multi-year contracts with one studio were common. The same year, she appeared on the vaudeville stage at New York City's Palace Theatre. Also in the same year, she starred in Manhattan Tower.

Other movie roles include Murial Ross, aka Murial Rossi, in Shadows of Sing Sing (1933), in which she received top billing; Gloria Van Dayham in College Rhythm (1934); Yvette Lamartine in Charlie Chan in Paris (1935); Hope Wolfinger, W.C. Fields’s daughter, in Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935); Sally Barnaby in Spendthrift (1936); and Doris in Navy Blues (1937), in which she received top billing.

In 1936, she went to England and made three movies, including The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss, in which she starred opposite Cary Grant, whom she became engaged at one stage.

Her final film of the 1930s was Affairs of Cappy Ricks, but she auditioned unsuccessfully for the part that went to Janet Gaynor in A Star is Born.

When World War II occurred in 1941, Brian began traveling to entertain the troops, spending most of the war years traveling the world with the U.S.O., and entertaining servicemen from the South Pacific to Europe, including Italy and North Africa. Commenting on those events that had occurred over 50 years ago, she said in 1996,

I was with Charlie Ruggles in Okinawa. And I was on the island of Tinian when they dropped the atomic bomb. Colonel Paul Tibbets, who was the pilot and the officer in charge [of dropping the bomb] took Charlie and me on the plane the next day, and nobody had been allowed in that encampment. So I was on the Enola Gay.

Flying to England on a troop shoot, Mary got caught in the Battle of the Bulge and spent the Christmas of 1944 with the soldiers fighting that battle.

She appeared in only a handful of films thereafter. Her last performance inmovies was in Dragnet (1947). Over the course of 22 years, Brian had appeared in more than 79 movies.

She played in the stage comedy Mary Had a Little... in the 1951 in Melbourne, Australia, co-starring with John Hubbard.

Like many "older" actresses, during the 1950s Brian created a career in television. Perhaps her most notable role was playing the title character's mother in Meet Corliss Archer in 1954. .

She also dedicated much time to portrait painting after her acting years.

Although she was engaged numerous times and was linked romantically to numerous Hollywood men, including Cary Grant and silent film actor Jack Pickford, Brian had only two husbands: magazine illustrator Jon Whitcomb (for six weeks, beginning May 4, 1941) and film editor George Tomasini (from 1947 until his death in 1964). After retiring from movies for good, she devoted herself to her husband's career; Tomasini worked as film editor for Hitchcock on Rear Window (1954) and Psycho (1960).

She died of natural causes on December 30, 2002 at a retirement home in Del Mar, California at the age of 96. She is interred in the Eternal Love Section, Lot 4134, Space 2, Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery, overlooking Burbank, California.

In 1960, Brian was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star at 1559 Vine Street.

[misslisterkeepsajournal]

Wednesday 12 March

7 10/.. 12

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Soft damp spring morning Fahrenheit 55.° at 7 1/2 a.m. out at 7 20/.. - Went for Charles H- [Howarth] - met him 1/2 way - a few drops of rain - Mallinson not here gone to open a vault for Mrs. Holroyde of Priestley Green who died on Sunday - only his man and lad here - Charles and James H- [Howarth] making drawers for butler's pantry cupboard and the mason and glazier, Firth's son (had had Firth himself in the morning) set the sink in the afternoon -

Pickels and co. [company] at the terrace - take it out square 5 yards wide and about 2 yards deep and the slope may be altogether 5 yards more and do 2 yards forward per day, so that they shift about 25 yards a day, the 2 carts going between them 50 Times a day - but 25 yards at 8d. [pence] = 16/8 How is this? 16/8 will not pay for 2 one horse carts and Pickels and 3 men and his son George cart driver, and Robert levelling down after the carts -

breakfast at 9 3/4 with my father in 20 mins. [minutes] - backwards and forwards during the whole day but wrote page 4 first sheet and 1 page and ends of envelope and finished my letter to Miss W- [Walker] and had Charles H- [Howarth] to measure and wrote copy of letter to Wolstenholme to go with Horners sketch of the north parlour for W- [Wolstenholme] to give me a plan of chimney piece and doors and finishing of top 4 feet 6 inches square entrance lobby, and to advise me whether to shew the recession of the studding opposite the window, or not -

At 5 1/2 had Mark Town again and his friend Patchett landlord of the Blue Bottle - I am to inquire Town's the character and if this suits, it is agreed he is to have the hanging hey and Flat field 11 DW. [dayswork] - about 6 perches at £22 per annum he paying all Taxes from the time of entering - to have the 1st. year's rent allowed for tillage, and, in consideration of the hanging hey being fallow, I am to give him £5 on signing the lease, the nature of which I explained - Towards buying lime - He is to have a road for tillage carting and cattle driving from the top of Whiskum road straight across into the flat field and all the fences made good - and to have water from the Little field well - I must some how contrive both for him and Pickels - Told Town (as he would like to have a small house, 3 rooms, at the top of the hill and 20 DW. [dayswork] if he could from next Spring) he had better try to persuade Empsall to give up the Allen car - but this must be amongst themselves - I should not quit E- [Empsall] against his will - Town to pay 5 p.c. [percent] for whatever money laid out on building - dinner at 6 20/.. and coffee in 3/4 hour - then wrote and sent the following to 'Mr. Bewsher Baggage Warehouse Custom house London Post Paid'

'Shibden hall - Wednesday 12 March 1834. Sir - I beg to repeat my thanks for your having taken so much trouble, and having managed so well for me about the plate - To save you the Trouble of going to Hammersley's, I enclose a sovreign; and should I ever have difficulty at the custom house in future, I shall be glad to have you to apply to - I am, sir, your much obliged A Lister'

then wrote out my letter to Wolstenholme - meant the parcel to have gone tonight, but Sarah has not sent the biscuits - 1st. 3 pp. [pages] to Miss W- [Walker] dated yesterday page 4 and envelope and ends dated this morning - Counted upon hearing from her yesterday but no letter this morning! 'What in the world is the matter?' Extract from written yesterday a pity I did not receive her letter till Thomas's return from taking the parcel on Saturday -

'But it, (my letter) was, in fact, an answer, by anticipation to the most important part of your last - As I wrote by parcel, under no fear of Mrs. Bagnold, I shall quote the passage to which I allude for the sake of making my present remarks the more clear - 'I am thinking about Lidgate, and will say more when I write next - qy will it be wise to irritate or brave public opinion further just now? for the same reason, ought, or can or can I accept your Kind offer proposition about Shibden' I am not the person to change Tomorrow, without extraneous cause, the opinion which, on mature deliberation, I have fixed today; nor am I at all likely to ask you, in one breath, to do that, which, in another, I immediately agree, you neither can, nor ought to do - I am still, therefore, convinced as strongly as before, that it would not only be wise, but wisest, for you to do that which I have advised - A proper respect to public opinion is due from all; but it is best shewn by paying a proper respect to ourselves; and that is always difficult under circumstances which seem equivocal - You have made up your mind - You therefore have, or ought to have, courage to avow it' - '.....S.W. [Samuel Washington] will lay the non-Taxpaying business all on me - I now advise you so differently, as I have often told you, from what I should have done under other circumstances, that you really must let the real reason be acknowledged - Think of this when you are Thinking of Lidgate - Good night-'

written today - John's son gone to live with Lord Chesterfield - Good of her to set her face against any long journey so long as my aunt lives - I had given up all thoughts of going to Paris so soon as we once intended -

'The distance from here to York is quite another thing - But if you are bent upon persuading me not to irritate 'or brave public opinion further just now', I have as little chance of going to you, as you have of coming to me'.....'I have done my best, and have surely succeeded, this Time, in practising what you preach - (to write nothing that might not be seen) If I failed beyond your patient endurance before, you had better scold than punish me by not writing at all - How fares it with the onyx? Is it constant to its charge, or dwells it now and then à la Pelotte? Does it as if the £20 was thought enough?' given to Miss Atkinson 'Do pray write as soon as you can - Ever faithfully and affectionately yours AL- Anne Lister'

with my aunt at 9 1/4 for about an hour - read the morning Herald - wrote so far of this page Till 11 1/2 - very fine day - Fahrenheit 58 1/2° now at 11 1/2 p.m.

Reference: SH:7/ML/E/17/0006 - SH:7/ML/E/17/0007