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in the tangerine neon light this is luxury you're not saying you're in love with me but you're going to ...

muses / stats / pinterest

... it might blow up in your pretty face i'm not saying do it anyway but you're going to.

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★ word on the street with ANGELA FINDLAY ★

first up, roll call: your position at eden and how long have you done it?

"my name is angela, close friends call me ang, and if you're 6'2 and sexy you can call me tonight. make sure you pan in on that wink. i've had the pleasure of working at eden for about six years now. very much second home, second family vibes. but of course, the home is an amazing club and all of my family members are all really hot. — yeah, i had to think about that one for a second too. that's okay. we're movin' right along. i am, to put things simply, the bitch that runs this bitch. i do a little bit of everything, i feel like i'm everybody's go-to girl, and i love it. eden is amazing. i wouldn't want to be doing anything else.

what’s your drink of choice to make for yourself or others? 

 "i'm actually not much of a mixed drink girl. i like to shoot things straight, i like beer and i like claws if we're doin' a little day drinking. the guys at the bar teach me how to make shots all the time though, they're very good at what they do. i'm talking cool looking ones with, like, color gradients and glitter. they're like scientists almost. super duper sexy, scientific things are happening over there."

we’re passing you the aux. what’s your number one club classic?

"deep in my heart and soul, its gotta be something like dancing queen — no, gimme! gimme! gimme!, and there's a light up floor and a mirrorball. and i'd have, like, a massive bush and wear the hair on my head in big beautiful curls every night. here on the physical plane, though, i'd have to think about it. maybe don't tell 'em. or that one that's like ayoooo. something that gets the hips loose, hands up. if the hands are up, you're havin' fun."

what’s your most iconic night out memory?

"one night, this guy i was seeing was supposed to come over but ended up telling me he had a thing. i don't even remember what he told me. it was bogus anyway. , i end up seeing him out with another girl. i confront him, 'cause i'm an aries moon, then me and the girl became fast friends. we danced the night away together. we got mcdonalds and matching star tattoos on our hips. we still follow each other on instagram, i think, too."

what’s your craziest rideshare story?

"okay, so, there was some slight hand stuff that did occur in a lyft once, but i won't say more than that. i got enough hate across all of my group chats to know better. i was under the impression us gals were supposed to support women's rights and wrongs."

what’s your typical fast food order after the clubs close?

"very good question. anywhere. i switch it up all the time. variety is the spice of life! my friend joe doyle — have you guys done joe yet? he owes me food 'cause of a bet we made about sales tonight, so i'll probably make him take me to the loaded fries truck. he has their app so he's always able to track them down. it's the primary reason i keep him around."

you ready to kick this interview up a notch?

"i'm enticed."

truth or dare?

"fun! i'm down for a dare but i won't show you my boobs. i can't. i'm actually on the clock right now."

return the last missed call in your call log right now.

"my only hard no was boobs and you chose to throw me this softball? let's see who we're callin'. oh! it's phoebe. and eli was a minute before her. i got missed calls from both, which is typically how it happens. they've always got questions, my little baby girls. they're my proteges. i'll call pheebs back, but she's on tonight so she won't answer. i tell them to keep their phones in their work lockers, 'cause it's a bad look for all us girls to be on our phones all the time. it's a bit of a "do as i say, no"t as i do" situation but they look up to me, so they listen." [phoebe: "hello?"]

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★ word on the street with RILEY GOLDEN ★

first up, roll call: your position at eden and how long have you done it?

"my name is riley, and i am presently the—or rather, a— lead concierge for our vip patrons. i've been with eden for several years at this point. i started off moonlighting as a bar back while i was in college, began bartending, transitioned to sales and have been pretty firmly planted there for a bit. as eager as i am to continue following that upward trajectory, it's easy to appreciate where i am now; life's pretty sweet. i love eden, i love what we do here. we are the pinnacle of FTL nightlife— an absolute must visit."

what’s your drink of choice to make for yourself or others? 

 "i like a good martini. i could make martinis of all varieties in my sleep and they'd be damn good; i'd definitely go with that for myself. as for others— one of my own recipes has become eden's house recipe, and i take great pride in that. i was fortunate enough to have a very special bloody mary recipe shared with me by my beloved late grandmother, that i brought to eden when i was bartending. it became— and remains— very popular at happy hour and brunch, which are of course served on our beautiful patio at our garden bar."

we’re passing you the aux. what’s your number one club classic?

"i really like an early-aughts hip hop, r&b vibe. something like frontin', pharrell. i've actually pitched getting a few throwback nights in rotation on our event schedule. who'd be down for something like that? come by and let us know."

what’s your most iconic night out memory?

"my most memorable stories would probably bore you. my identical twin aidan and i shared one single fake ID when we were underage, because that was all we could scrounge up the money to split. nothing too crazy happened. but it was a lot of negotiating who got to go where when, FOMO, and in truly stunning and strange displays of loyalty, often setting each other up for future success with girls we knew one another liked. that whole time is so funny to look back on, so it certainly feels iconic to me."

what’s your craziest rideshare story?

"i'm uniquely positioned to answer this question because i've got crazy stories from the perspective of both rider and driver. i drove for extra cash way back when. i'd work the odd night but ceased doing those entirely upon finding a bottle of pee under my driver's seat. i found morning riders to be much more manageable. fifty-fifty shot you'd get someone incredibly quiet or someone amusingly bizarre. most of them were traveling to the airport."

what’s your typical fast food order after the clubs close?

"honestly, i'm not drawn to fast food that frequently. every so often i'll crave a burger. i'm on a kick right now. every night, i treat myself to a new roll from our sister establishment, palm sushi club. the sushi there is second to none, even at closing time. my friend is on the staff over there and happens to live in my building. my venmo statements would be embarrassing if palm sushi wasn't worth it."

you ready to kick this interview up a notch?

"and what might that entail?"

truth or dare?

"let's round tonight off with a dare."

open your camera roll, close your eyes and scroll to a random image. explain that image.

"that image would be a picture of my— uh, well, my bare ass. that i am going to ask that you extend the courtesy of censoring. the story behind it is— it's my backside in the mirror. i had fallen asleep at the pool on a trip to tulum, the uv rays were very unforgiving, and as you can see, i ended up horribly red all up there and on the exposed portion of the thigh—it was agonizing to sit after that. i took the photo because of the contrast between the cheeks and the burn. they're as bright as a white sand beach in the sun in comparison. it's funny."

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★ word on the street with BRIA CORTEZ ★

first up, roll call: your position at eden and how long have you done it?

"it's bria, baby! ohmigosh, i've worked at eden so long, it's like, i was, like, just a little bitty baby bria when i first started here, you know what i mean? and now i'm here, y'know, i'm this very confident, y'know, grounded, secure, mature, woman. right? it's been a whole evolution for me here. i was, like, 24 when i started working as a bottle girl. i'm going to be 27 soon. that's a long time. three whole years is crazy. anyways! i'm a vip host now. i love it. i'm out at the door with benny bottles and my boo gavin, they're gorgeous! i'm gorgeous. we have fun, we're bringing people in, it's vibes! come get a table with us."

what’s your drink of choice to make for yourself or others? 

 "i like, like, sexy, fun, pretty, cute vibes in a drink. i like it when they're pink or have glitter or grenadine or, like, a maraschino cherry on top. i love those cherries. or like a little fruit skewer. i like a garnish. something cute to pose with, you know? i don't make drinks though, if anything i'll pop a bottle. champagne is always quick, easy, fun vibes. pop it, make it rain. party!"

we’re passing you the aux. what’s your number one club classic?

"you should always pass me the aux! okay, club classic. let me think. something fun. fun vibes. like, sexy, too. oh! you know what song i was listening to when i was getting ready? it's like that by mariah carey. that's my new club classic. i was throwing some ass in my bedroom mirror, seriously. good thing i know the dj. bria's gonna bring that song all the way back, baby."

what’s your most iconic night out memory?

"ohmigosh, i could give you a top ten. i'm an international party girl, y'know, like, i travel. i go to different places. i try different things, different vibes, i love partying with different people. there was a time a rapper brought me up on stage. one time i competed in a twerking contest. i didn't win, but i almost did."

what’s your craziest rideshare story?

"ew. honestly, i always arrange, like, for a private ride. usually a handsome gentleman with a car, or if i'm ever desperate my momma will come get me as long as she hasn't had, like, her sleeping pill with her wine. i don't do ubers, i don't do lyft. i've seen, y'know, really terrible articles about them online, things that happen. sometimes they smell pretty bad i've heard too. really bad vibes. not for bria, no thank you."

what’s your typical fast food order after the clubs close?

"mcdonalds. i love the quarter pounder. i'm, like, mostly a pescatarian but i love mcdonalds. especially after drinking. and for breakfast after drinking too. then i usually get a sausage mcgriddle."

you ready to kick this interview up a notch?

"let's do it! let's be spontaneous. that's a vibe."

truth or dare?

"let's do truth, baby. honesty can be a beautiful thing."

what’s the craziest rumor you’ve ever heard about yourself?

"oh, gosh. that i get lipo and plastic surgery. listen, i'm up in the gym working on my fitness like fergie, okay, i'm doing my squats. crunches. burpees. i'm riding that pelaton like a dick. i'm working hard for this body, to achieve this physique. you know? don't be silly. bria's just got it like that. i don't need surgery. except i might get my boobs done, because that might be a vibe. we'll see."

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any songs you associate with our little babies rn

so i have been thinking about LOL rks a little bit. you know how i have to make all of my mean muses a victim in one way or another. but about 8 times out of 10, in the real world, isn't that the case? hurt people hurt people and other cliches. sooo i suppose i'm just gonna be twisting these lyrics however i see fit and that's just gonna be that. this information may very well override anything i've said about this exact situation in the past but i think all of our muses are fluid concepts at this point... or we just slap the title AU on there and it all works. who knows. take a walk with me into the depths of my daydream universe

i want you but hon, we've been through enough. / like my heart hurts, like my jaw hurts, like my job hurts, and i'm talking to a wall.

leo he loves hazel, he does. he married her and he sincerely wanted it to work. whether he continues to want to or not is tbd, but when the very first cracks in their foundation were discovered he really didn't have any malintent (should be a word but apparently isn't?). he wanted to be a provider. he wanted more for himself, and thus, hazel and his future children as extensions. he also wanted to bypass his father's game in the restaurant industry, subject to the whims to the general public. ambitious and all too impatient by nature, he wanted to pursue something that guaranteed success and prosperity. their things snowballed and spiraled; never a good communicator, leo wasn't able to share earnestly, and too proud for apologies, he never offered one of those, either.

fingertips are shaking, playing operation.

i think this exemplifies leo's experience chasing his goal, the anxiety felt when working under so much pressure, especially as a new person in a field of high-stakes work; the frustration of playing what feels like a losing game. this lyric helps me understand his perspective and the urgency he feels to dedicate himself to his field, advance as much and as quickly as possible. i don't remember how we imagined the business to do in julian and gabriela's hands but i can imagine there were varying degrees of success, things ebbed and flowed as business does. i don't believe stepping up and taking over ever appealed to him; he always wanted bigger and better.

i don't need a fan, i am who i am. i'm cool as the goddamn sea.

it began as an earnest thing. he had goals, he had his girl. he had a marriage and a hypothetical future. success was what he wanted, and upward mobility is what he believed his hypothetical family needed to live a happy, full life. that got muddled somehow. he met some marginal success , he got too big for his britches and sabotaged it all. tale as old as time.

and it's laugh out loud when this shit's not funny.

haha? part of him thinks hazel is being ridiculous, part of him recognizes that the better part of him is walking out the door when she goes. his whole being is too pride to admit in. bummer

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we talk a lot about their deranged father. but tell me a little something about the relationships titus, karma, and skeeter have with their moms

titus and karma know that their mama would kill and die for them because that crazy fucking bitch has tried right in front of them a time or two like nobody can tell her anything when it comes to her kids. whitney babies the fuck out of titus BUT she's often on his ass about the way that he treats girls and will be the first one to go directly to maisie (who she loves by the way) and insist that she do better than her son's stupid ass. she's not going to enforce that in any capacity though. karma i think she has a more complicated history with because she maybe sorta kinda saw history repeating itself with her and didn't want that but ultimately karma's gonna do what karma's gonna do and whitney will be damned if she doesn't support her in that. they're probably constantly having volatile falling outs but at the end of every day, whitney's love is as close to unconditional as a human person can get and she'll sooner stand beside a bad choice than deny one of her babies. skeeter is his mother's caregiver and is glad to be so. he's gonna melt down in therapy so bad someday

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also. if i say leah and abby's parents made them learn instruments as kids what did abby learn and does she still play.

violin and no,

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what are jason levy's top three travel essentials. could this be anything.

camera, tripod, and airpods max for the plane! duh. all tucked away in a top-of-the-line travel backpack.

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tell me about jillian and her art!

jillian is a little bit of a disturbed little bean and i say bean because truly she'd be a smol bean if it weren't for all of the horrors. her art is beautiful and devastating and very easily communicates that she is far more intelligent than she's ever developed the confidence to really outwardly express in any other way methinks...

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send me 💬 or "unsent texts" i'll share three texts my muse typed but never sent yours.

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set the scene setting prompts (but a little more specific) from yours truly.

001, a convenience store past midnight.

002, a hospital waiting room at 3 in the morning.

003, a photoshoot outdoors in the middle of winter.

004, an indoor filming set of a detective's office.

005, a new house/apartment filled with unopened cardboard boxes.

006, a swing set in an empty playground at night.

007, on stage in an empty theatre.

008, inside an old abandoned house.

009, an empty cemetery at night.

010, the arrival hall at an airport.

011, the last train compartment that's not full.

012, the roulette table in a casino.

013, on the deck of a cruise ship.

014, a kitchen during a black out, surrounded by candles.

015, a treehouse in the middle of the woods.

016, on the dance floor during a wedding.

017, behind the chapel before the wedding ceremony starts.

018, backstage during the middle of a concert.

019, a crowded club during a bachelorette party.

020, standing in front of a painting at a museum.

021, a small, intimate family barbecue.

022, a gazebo while it's raining.

023, the back of an empty bus.

024, a hotel room with only one bed.

025, an empty balcony while a party goes on inside.

026, a bar just after closing.

027, an empty sports stadium.

028, lakeside while the sun is setting.

030, an empty stretch of road beside a broken down car.

031, in front of a suspicious pool of blood in an empty parking lot.

032, in the crowd of spectators during an underground fight.

033, a plane during a bout of turbulence.

034, on kiss cam at a sports game.

035, at a table during a charity gala.

036, a masquerade ball.

037, a halloween party in a suburban house.

038, the beach in the late afternoon.

039, a dressing room after a big performance.

040, exploring the depths of a mysterious cave.

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and once again i am here to say hi liz my brain has been Running again and i have to do something with it

hi everyone (liz).

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austin parenting headcanons pt. 1 :)

cora was the absolute love of his life when she was first born; he was entirely enamored by her. he spent the first couple of weeks in a state of disbelief that she was real and she was half of him. she was so precious to him and he treated her delicately, almost preferring to hang back and observe camryn interact with her in the earliest days. prior to becoming a parent, he'd never held a baby. in her infancy there were times where he'd wake up to her fussing, shuffle into the living room, click on whatever was on TV, and recline on the couch with her. she'd fall back into a sound sleep on his chest. those are the moments he remembers most fondly and recalls wistfully at every major milestone. no matter how old she became or how dismal she became; even now that she's a parent herself, cora will always be regarded as his "peanut."

ezra is his boy. ezra's toddlerhood was one of austin's favorite stages. austin is of course the kind of dad to be excited about his first born son, so ezra was immediately his buddy. they did everything together. austin's camera roll was full of ezra wearing kid-size sunglasses, and also silly adult-sized sunglasses, forward hats and backwards hats, sucking the salt off of drive-thru french fries in his booster seat, holding on to camryn with both hands on the very outskirts of the ocean on a visit back home. austin would pick him up and toss him around, ezra squealing with glee all the while; he loved to play faux-rough like that. not to literally apply a taylor swift song out of context here but something that keeps coming to mind for me is "my wild boy and all this wild joy." i imagine austin chasing this teeny thing around the house in only a diaper with a whole bunch of shaggy hair (resistant to both clothes and haircuts).

zoe had hair like camryn's and a cherubic face, so of course he'd be wrapped around her little finger. he learned to braid for her. he'd let her swipe chalky purple children's eyeshadow across his eyelids and goop up his lips with claire's lipgloss in a garish color, then made her giggle as he transferred that gloss to her cheeks and forehead, the tip of her nose and down to her little chin with a billion swift kisses. you are my sunshine was her favorite children's song, so austin and camryn were in the habit of singing it to her since she was very small. in her adulthood, austin gifted her a music box that tinkled to the melody. and of course, he still to this day always completely omits the umlaut in her name in all written correspondence <3

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tell me three fun facts about rumer sekulic i kind of love her

1. she's a sociology doctoral student. i haven't thought too much into it because well frankly it doesn't interest me much in the same way that i could not tell you what career field leo let run his marriage into the ground. we all have our things. but i have thought maybe mexican-american studies is an interest of hers. and i know that she TAs also... awesome... 2. she's smart, sweet, and has a lot of personality. she's so fun that it is a damn shame she spends 90% of her time cooped up in her apartment. and regretfully, that remaining percentage essentially represents the time she spends in office hours or on matcha latte runs. she's a homebody through and through. even in her free time, she prefers to be in her apartment, curled up and binging something on the couch. or, fuck it, playing on her nintendo switch. her home is her haven; it is cluttered and eclectic with hodgepodge fabrics and patterns, photostrips pinned to the fridge and windowsills lined with sonny angels. she's got squishmallows substituting a few throw pillows and she wouldn't have it any other way. her friends know not to take it too personally when more often than not, she declines invitations out; she makes it up ten-fold by routinely inviting those she loves into her space, be it for a last-minute dinner or a full out theme party, complete with rhinestoned cowboy hats and vests with hot-glued fringe. 3. she's a very visual and self-indulgent person; she's all for life's simple pleasures. she's curated her ideal living space, and she regularly contributes to it through her various hobbies (she likes to knit, crochet, and sew, and she's also an avid thrifter). she'll reuse gift ribbon to tie back her curtains or bind wildflower bouquets together to pass on to a friend. gifts are often hand-made and parties are always meticulously planned. she keeps a detailed and elaborate bullet journal and a sticker journal. her cosmetic headbands have animal ears, her phone cases are ever-changing, and her collection of kitchenware is overwhelmingly pastel. she likes food best when it's pretty, so she takes care to prepare and plate appealing meals. by way of that process, she's learned various recipes and techniques; scrolls pinterest for new ones endlessly. she loves cooking and eating; she's probably got a foodie finsta.

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hi everyone (liz).

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did johnny dyer ever think he'd be/want to be a parent?

yes. in high school, prior to his injury, he thought maybe it'd be nice to be the professional athlete with the trophy girlfriend-turned-wife and doting mother of his children. he thought he was on the fast-track to a great life, and he was fond of the idea of teaching his kid to catch a ball and hoisting them up onto his shoulder while watching the fireworks at magic kingdom. when his plans were derailed, his attitude obviously shifted. at first he was too broken to imagine a future he could be content with at all. drinking softened his life's jagged edges, and the fun of fucking around with no expectations on him, self-imposed or otherwise, was enough to revive his will. i guess this would be around the time that dom was conceived; when dom's mother took her and moved away it broke his heart, but for the first few years pictures were sent and alcohol was there to rely on and he was able to get back into the swing of things. he is a bit of a flirt and a lover boy. maybe even someone who values family (i say maybe bc i don't remember kelsey family lore well enough to know). he's very frequently beginning new relationships shortly after another has ended. we talked about how as a response to him having his future ripped from him, there was something about the permanency of having children that was comforting to him. they were his and couldn't be taken away. or at least the enormity of his love for them couldn't. dom's absence was sorely felt and he wouldn't let a separation from his child happen again; he and the second mother of his children worked toward his aspiration of a happy family until they couldn't anymore. he had his challenges but was able to preserve the connection with his kids (do they have names or genders hehe). i think he cleaned up his act around the time he reconnected with bria; i think his relationship with her was the perfect circle back to his vision of being the star athlete with the perfect girl and beautiful family. two out of three ain't bad!