#which is impressive bc it has a whole row of yellow and i still like it...

[deconstructedpalette]

Anastasia Beverly Hills Subculture Palette—Summer 2017

I can’t fix the formula for you, but I can fix the layout.

In the interest of full disclosure: I do not own this palette (as usual). I have seen many reviews, and all of them indicate that this palette is…finicky. It’s really pretty, though, so that’s a shame.

shade list under the cut.

Shade list, L—>R

Cube, Electric, Edge, New Wave, Adorn, Fudge, All Star

Dawn, Roxy, Mercury, Destiny, Untamed, Axis, Rowdy

[tezzbot]

applejack headcanons in a sort of timeline i have in my head based on the flashbacks/statements in the show lol this is gonna get long i apologise

aj is born in the sweet apple acres barn to bright mac and pear butter :D

we get the apple family reunion episode flashback where she is lichrally baby asking for apple fritters 🥺

she grows up a bit, just by family gene pool luck shes a strong little fucker and as she grows her family realises she's not just physically strong but strong willed too, it becomes a running joke that shes secretly part mule with how stubborn she can be :P

bright mac had a dog from when he was younger that he loved with all his heart, big mac loved him too but applejack thought was a grumpy old lump of a beast she just Did Not Like This Animal you know how kids can be lmaooo

applejack and big mac dont really leave the farm all that much, theyre homeschooled by their parents and granny smith so, generally they dont have that many friends their age in their childhood, they say hi and play a bit with fillies and colts they pass while helping out with deliveries, aj and rarity possibly have a few interactions through this but nothing really sticks at this point, they know each others names and thats probably it, the apple siblings are a big hit with usual customer and ponies who sell them things in the market

pear butter teaches aj how to play the guitar and she practices until her hooves hurt, her ma is very proud of her, they like to play duets when they have some alone time :] then, deciding to branch out from that applejack also picks up other instruments like the banjo and the fiddle, they find out she has quite a knack for music! (applejack is only slightly disappointed she doesnt get her cutie mark from it, but unlike applebloom would be in the future, she doesnt mind all that much, after all granny smith always said it'd come with time 😌)

not long after little applebloom is born we get the great seedling episode flashback which is a turning point in applejack, a moment like finding out santa or the tooth fairy isnt real, she matures a little bit that day, gains more of the work ethic we see in her as an adult

around this time is when bright mac and pear butter die :( i dont have a concrete headcanon on How they die but the dangerous trade routes the apples have to take to make deliveries may have had something to do with it, or maybe they were trying to protect the farm from something coming from the everfree forest, im not sure

the rest of the apple family make their way to sweet apple acres to give their condolences and help out in any way they can around the farm while our apples grieve :( its sad but it brings aj and big mac closer than they'd ever been

after shes recovered a little from that, i think aj kind of loses herself, i mean how can you not after losing both parents :(( so she decides to leave the farm in the hopes she'll be able to find herself again in manehattan, this is the cutie mark chronicles flashback and where she realises she belongs in ponyville, Runs home and gets her cutiemark

after a little bit, to help her become a little bit more social with foals her age, applejack goes to camp friendship where she meets little coloratura and the two Immediately click, aj gives her new best friend the nickname rara and they're practically inseparable the whole summer, their friendship starts to grow into something more but rara is heading back to manehatten after camp and applejack belongs back in ponyville, so they decide to give a lonb distance relationship a try, they manage to exchange letters back and forth for a long time, ultimately deciding a long distance relationship wasnt gonna work so they mutually decide to break up but still stay pen pals! after a while, the letters stop and they become just a memory in one anothers minds

sweet apple acres eventually returns to a business as usual state, with groups of relatives stopping by the farm now and again to give a helping hoof considering its now run by a late-middle aged lady, two children and a baby lol, applejack, while still doing a lot of tree bucking, is starting to take on a more maternal figure role in applebloom's life as well as being her sister, her and big mac feels more responsible and protective of the foal since she would be growing up with no ma and pa, they sort of took on those roles, applejack more intensely i guess i just see her as having strong maternal instincts embedded in her or something lol, but she for sure isnt "single mom"ing it, with granny smith and other relatives ready to take the little bugger when aj needs to get stuff done :P it takes a village and all that lmao

since at this time aj and big mac are starting to go into town more often and are free to do as they please as long as their chores get done, they start actually interacting more with teens their age in ponyville! applejack starts hanging out with fillies like rarity who she had known in passing but now could finally get to know and the cake's new apprentice and ponyvilles youngest party planner, pinkie pie

after starting to hit some awkward growth spurts as she reaches her teens lol, she starts taking an interest in the business side of the farmwork too, dealings with customers, looking into trade routes stuff like that, this is when the where the apple lies flashback takes place i fuckin love that episode please watch it, and this starts applejack's lifelong promise to never lie ever again which she keeps bc shes a legend as fuck <3

one day aj notices cloudsdale passing through probably to start preparing ponyville for the next season, and she hears a Thud coming from a row or two over from where she's working, she goes over to investigate to find a pegasus filly shaking off what aj can only assume was a crash, she asks if shes alright, n the filly is like of course i am im so tough toughest around actually thanks<3 and aj is internally like hm. this kids kinda annoying. they introduce themselves and applejack finds out rainbow dash is looking for her friend fluttershy, she likes to come down from cloudsdale to play with animals or something, but applejack hasnt seen any yellow pegasi fillies around so the little blue filly says thanks anyway and zips off at what aj can only describe as probably the speed of light, she somehow has a strange feeling this isnt gonna be the last she sees of this kid

she turns out to be right when shes invited to a happy visit to ponyville from cloudsdale party thrown for rainbow and fluttershy, apparently rainbow had bumped into pinkie while asking around ponyville for any idea where fluttershy and of course pinkie Had to make an event out of it once she had helped rainbow find her friend, the party was of course a lot of fun rainbow and aj somehow managed to turn every party game into a competition and despite their first impressions of one another they actually got along really well and gained a good amount of respect for each other, aj eventually found fluttershy sort of hiding away from most of the party and fluttershy actually opened up a little after talking with aj bc of how calming her presence was for her

over the next few years the five got to know each other quite well, anytime cloudsdale passed by rainbow and fluttershy would drop into ponyville to hang out or just say hi, and once they were old enough they moved into their ponyville houses and the five of them became just a regular friend group youd see hanging out on the streets of ponyville, fluttershy helps aj pick out a border collie puppy for help with wrangling critters on the farm (applebloom was getting too old to be sent off to mindlessly run after little animals all the time and she had started going to school so she wasnt around as much lmaoo) and just as a companion for applejack, she names her Winona :]

and then after those few years Twilight shows up! you know the rest from there :P

if i missed anything uhhh whoops<3 lol

[thecollegefootballguy]

2018 ACC Coaching Power Rankings

One of my favorite offseason projects is to do a power ranking of the coaches in every major conference, starting with the ACC. My personal power ranking take a look at a variety of factors and I try to balance out how well a coach has done recently with his total career success.

The ACC has had a very good run lately and I think a lot of it has to do with good coaching hires. Don’t feel bad if your favorite is low on the list, there is some very tough competition. If your coach keeps performing well he’ll move up, don’t worry. Oh yeah, and I’m including Brian Kelly among the ACC’s coaches because I don’t do a list for the football Independent schools.

The conference lost one of its best coaches with the bizarre season-long soap opera that saw Jimbo Fisher leave Florida State, but the league appears to be as strong as ever despite the loss of coaching talent.

If you want to see last year’s list go here.

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15. Willie Taggart

Record Overall: 47-50

Movement: N/A

The only new hire in the whole conference is Willie Taggart, who I consider a very good hire. However, Taggart has to start at the bottom of the list because he is up against a pretty tough field. I wouldn’t worry too much if I was an FSU fan. Taggart turned hapless Western Kentucky into a bowl team and then rebuilt a collapsed South Florida from the ashes. His one year at Oregon put the Ducks back on the right path after their disastrous 2016 campaign. I think there’s a lot of reason for optimism in Tallahassee.

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14. Steve Addazio

Record at Boston College: 31-33 Record Overall: 44-44

Movement: Up 1 spot

Steve Addazio has taken Boston College to a bowl in 4 of his 5 seasons at Chestnut Hill. He’s doing a decent job considering BC’s position in the ACC Atlantic and the recruiting difficulties he has to face. The Eagles managed to tie for 3rd place in the division this year, which is pretty impressive. Still, Boston College has never managed more than 7 wins under his watch, he won’t rise much higher than that if this continues.

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13. Bronco Mendenhall

Record at Virginia: 8-17 Record Overall: 107-60

Movement: Up 1 spot

I don’t think we’ll have to worry too much about Bronco Mendenhall. He feels a bit low on this list, but I am confident he’ll rise up higher as time goes on. His placement is mostly due to the tough competition around him. Mendenhall took Virginia to a bowl in his second season after the Cavaliers struggling mightily to do so during Mike London’s tenure. I’m cautiously optimistic for UVA and I think they can continue to rise with Bronco at the helm.

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12. Pat Narduzzi

Record at Pittsburgh: 21-17

Movement: Same

Pitt finally had a setback in Narduzzi’s third year. The Panthers went 5-7 and finished tied for fourth in the Coastal. I wouldn’t worry too much, I think the Panthers will improve next season as they develop their younger players. Pitt isn’t the kind of place where you can expect to go bowling every year, not yet at least. I think Narduzzi can change that if given the right tools.

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11. Dino Babers

Record at Syracuse: 8-16 Record Overall: 45-32

Movement: Same

I know, Syracuse has had identical 4-8 records in Babers’ two seasons, but it has been pretty tough to win there for a while now. I think that Babers is building a solid foundation for the Orange. The win over Clemson is proof that, if they get more consistent, Syracuse can start to compete more regularly with the better teams in the conference.

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10. Dave Clawson

Record at Wake Forest: 21-29 Record Overall: 111-108

Movement: Up 3 spots

Hey, when you win 8 games at Wake Forest you move up a couple of spots. Clawson has led the Demon Deacons to back to back bowl games and given his past success at other schools it looks like he can be reasonably expected to keep winning in Winston-Salem.

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9. Justin Fuente

Record at Virginia Tech: 19-8 Record Overall: 45-31 Division Championships: 1 (2016)

Movement: Up 1 spot

It gets harder to move up the closer you are to the top of the list. Justin Fuente has done just fine in his first two years at Blacksburg, finishing first and second in the division. Virginia Tech still isn’t quite competing with the best teams in the conference but the Hokies look like they’re rebounding from the fall off they had at the end of the Beamer era.

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8. Dave Doeren 

Record at NC State: 34-30 Record Overall: 57-34

Movement: Up 1 spot

NC State had a breakthrough season in 2017. Dave Doeren has the Wolfpack playing to the peak of their historical potential in the fifth year of his tenure where they finished second in the Atlantic behind Playoff participant Clemson. Doeren could be on the cusp of something big in Raleigh, and with the division in flux the time is right to consolidate his gains.

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7. Larry Fedora

Record at North Carolina: 43-34 Record Overall: 77-53 Division Championships: 1 (2015)

Movement: Same

North Carolina was atrocious in 2017, but I really can’t put much of the blame on Larry Fedora. The Tar Heels were a young team and sustained terrible injuries early on in the year which continued all season. This was a mulligan. If UNC stays bad I’ll have to drop him down, but for now I think he can still be expected to keep doing the good job he accomplished before last season.

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6. David Cutcliffe

Record at Duke: 59-67 Record Overall: 103-96 Division Championships: 1 (2013)

Movement: Up 2 spots

Duke has gone bowling in five of the past six seasons. That in and of itself is something to be celebrated, but 2017 was a rebound year for the Blue Devils, who came back to the postseason after going 4-8 the year before. Cutcliffe is truly a special coach and one of the most respected head men in the game for winning at a place like Duke.

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5. Bobby Petrino

Record at Louisville: 75-27 Record Overall: 117-48 Division Championships: 1 (2016) Conference Championships: 2 (2004, 2006)*

*C-USA/Big East

Movement: Up 1 spot

All told, this was a pretty disappointing season for Bobby Petrino and Louisville. He had the reigning Heisman at his disposal but a porous defense meant that the Cardinals only managed to tie for third place in the Atlantic. Given Petrino’s track record, I’m pretty confident that this is an aberration. Louisville will remain a relevant force in the ACC for the foreseeable future.

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4. Paul Johnson

Record at Georgia Tech: 75-54 Record Overall: 182-93 Division Championships: 4 (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014) Conference Championships: 1 (2009)

Movement: Up 1 spot

Paul Johnson is hard to categorize. He’s up so high more or less because he’s done a good job over a long amount of time. However, I can’t imagine he’ll stay in the top five if Georgia Tech misses more bowl games. The Yellow Jackets have missed the postseason in two of the past three years and it’ll drag his recent success number down compared to the other good coaches in the conference. But for now he’s propped up by having done a pretty good job in his ten years in Atlanta and he moved up in the rankings because a better coach left the conference.

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3. Brian Kelly

Record at Notre Dame: 69-34 Record Overall: 240-91-2

Movement: Up 1 spot

Notre Dame fans might be a bit upset with how the Irish’s season ended, but Kelly continues to do a good job as head coach. ND rebounded very well from their very unlucky 4-8 season in 2016. The Fighting Irish were in the Playoff hunt most of the season and aside from the blowout loss to Miami they were competitive in every game they played. Kelly hasn’t done a lot to distinguish himself in the past few seasons, but Notre Dame is in a pretty good place right now because of him.

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2. Mark Richt

Record at Miami: 19-7 Record Overall: 164-58 Division Championships: 1 (2017)

Movement: Up 1 spot

No, it’s not The U Part III just yet, but boy was that 10-0 start indicative of how well Mark Richt’s short tenure has gone at Miami so far. The Hurricanes had a very encouraging 2017 season, finally winning the ACC Coastal for the first time and getting that monkey off their back. If Richt does what he’s supposed to, the Canes will dominate the Coastal for the foreseeable future.

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1. Dabo Swinney

Record at Clemson: 101-30 Division Championships: 6 (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017) Conference Championships: 4 (2011, 2015, 2016, 2017) National Championships: 1 (2016)

Movement: Same

For the second year in a row, Dabo Swinney is the #1 coach in the ACC Power Ranking. This time, it isn’t even close. With Jimbo Fisher’s complete collapse at Florida State, it’s safe to say that Clemson completely owns the ACC for the time being. Swinney has turned the Tigers into a full fledged national power where it isn’t only likely, but expected, that they win the conference and make the Playoff every season. Things have never been this good in Clemson and it’s all thanks to Dabo.