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[anothergoodtime]

What a difference a year makes. 💪🏼

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Tiger (Panthera tigris)

Habitat & Distribution

Historic range extended across southern Asia, from Afghanistan to China and Indonesia; its current distribution has been broken up into parts of Russia, China, parts of Southeast Asia, and the Indian Subcontinent

Most commonly inhabits forests, both deciduous and tropical, but can also be found in grasslands and some wetlands

Physical Description

Weight: 200–260 kg (440–570 lb) for males, 100–160 kg (220–350 lb) for females

Height at shoulder: 90–110 cm (35–43 in) on average

Tigers are famous for their distinctive orange and black striped coloring, with a white underbelly

The body is lean and muscular, with large paws and a long tail that acts as a balance; the head is round, with powerful jaws

Behaviour

Both males and females are solitary, only encountering other tigers for either courtship or territorial defense

Tigers are large carnivores, and feed primarily on ungulates like deer, antelope, and gaur; they may also feed opportunistically on monkeys, large fowl, and fish

Though they have no natural predators, tigers may be killed in encounters with larger prey, other tigers, or rival hunters like leopards and wild dogs

Key Advantages

The tiger's sharp claws and powerful jaws are capable of taking down extremely large prey, like water buffalo and boars

Their coat is colored to blend in seamlessly with their natural environment, making them incredibly hard to spot when stalking prey

Tigers can sprint in bursts of 50 to 65 kph (31 to 40 mph)

See where they stand in the May Mammal Madness Tournament here!

Photo by Mark Newman

[kawarikisaki]

It really shouldn’t be surprising Hakuba is strong he’s a modern Holmes like Shinichi and Holmes casually straitened a fire poker a villain bent to intimidate him. Wouldn’t surprise me if he worked on being surprisingly strong just because he wants to be like Holmes.

Mm yeah.

I always kinda forget that Shinichi’s that strong, too, since most of the times we see Shinichi, he's actively melting from poison... but yeah, he's pretty strong.

And as far as the Gosho boys go I had honestly always thought of Hakuba as being physically stronger than Kaito or Shinichi just by pure merit of being bigger (he's a little taller and wider canonically, but I tend to make him a bit taller than that still). But like while its safe to assume that as a sherlockian detective he'd take up some kind of hobby or sport to train his body I’d really just thought of him as being strong in a casual way.

Strong enough that he doesn't sweat when he's chasing after Kaito. Sure. Strong enough to lift a person? Yeah probably, there are any number of reasons a detective may need to carry someone-

But what really got me was how effortless it looked.

My boi didn't struggle.

He Strong.

Let's break it down (cause I assume no one asks me these things expecting me to be normal about them). Fair warning there’s about to be a lot of estimates here:

We know Hakuba is 180 cm (5'11") and 65 kg (143 lbs). These are numbers Hakuba gave us himself so they could be inflated, but it actually tracks with the height that we have for Kaito so Im just going to assume this is correct.

Now then the numbers we have for Kaito are 174cm (5'7") and 58kg (127lbs).

Making Kaito approximately 89% Hakuba’s weight.

And of course its going to be quite a while before this case gets animated so we can't have a exact measure of how long he was holding him, so im going to lowball it and say it was 3 minutes, maybe I'll revisit this when its animated.

And maybe I’m projecting... but it would mess up my back if I held that much weight for that long.

[peindamour]

Guys i’m technically 100.4 kgs….. disgusting… i normally weigh in lbs but for some reason kgs hits different

but i’m also excited to break that and go down to 99.98..90..70..eventually 65 or 63 kgs 🙈

[the-empress-7]

Meghan on her latest pap appearance. So I was put on Mounjaro (a drug like Ozempic) for my PCOS and pre-diabetes this spring. It has caused me to lose significant weight (down 65 lbs!) but a side effect of the drug is I’m always freezing, like full on chills some days. I’ve thought for a while after comparing my weight loss to hers that she is definitely on one of these drugs. Which, fine. Whatever. So is half of HW. Maybe that explains the coat, sweater and scarf, though I know she has a history of merching clothes off season. Personally, I’ve had to wear sweats (at least indoors) all summer.

Thanks for sharing. PCOS is incredibly painful so I hope the drug has helped you.

[theotherstephencobert]

Personal Inventory - What the hell happened over the last 7 years?

I have been contemplating it ever since I first became aware it was going on, and I am going to share a few insights into what I think happened. I am not sure even now that I completely understand why it happened, but maybe my putting it down into my Tumblr blog will allow me to see it in perspective.

What I'm talking about is this: I started a health, fitness and weight loss journey back in the summer of 2013. No formal diet, just get in some good exercise and eat healthy foods, lay off the fast food and carbonated drinks, make it a lifestyle change instead of a diet or a quick fix. For four years it worked: I went from a weight of 290 (almost certainly more than that before I started weighing myself weekly) to weight in the neighborhood of 215-225 lbs. I got fit enough to take bicycle trips to small towns 20-25 miles distant. In the scheme of things I added running to my journey and completed a number of sanctioned 10K's. 2017 started out as a banner year for my continued progress. And the, midway through the year, it turned downhill. My weight went up into the 220's then the 230's and then the 240's in the space of just four months. I still rode my bike and ran regularly, but all the progress I'd made with my weight loss just kept reversing itself. I found myself giving the whine of so many people in weight loss programs, "But I'm doing the same thing I've been doing for months [in my case,years], how come all of a sudden it's not working anymore???"

I had been through so much in those four years. I was enrolled in my local YMCA in 2014, and when I reported that I'd lost 45 lbs in the course of the year they did a blurb about me for their online newsletter, "Another Y Success Story". In the summer of 2015 I rode my bike to the small town of Clearwater, KS, some 17 miles from Wichita (a feat that my granddaughter Savannah was quite proud to tell her friends about). Just before Christmas of 2015 a car ran into my left leg in the Walmart parking lot; I had to take time off to heal but then got right back into the journey. Three months later a lowlife jerk ran over my left leg while getting away after robbing me of my change purse (with all of $6 in it). Again, some time to heal and then I was back in the swing of things. I rode my bikes hard and long, and rode them until they fell apart or were trashed. My response was to go buy another bike and get right back onto the road.

So what could have happened in mid 2017 that would make me lose all that progress and then eventaully put the whole journey on hiatus?

I am pretty sure this is at least part of it.

On June 2, 2017, near the end of a bike ride, my mother called me to tell me my father had died. This was the day before I had planned to run the 10K River Run, an official part of the Wichita River Festival, and (ironically) the day before what would have been Mom and Dad's 65th wedding anniversary. Dad had been in failing health, so the fact that he would die soon should not have been a surprise, but the news was still a shock to me. I told the desk clerk on duty at the hotel I manage; she was pretty good friends with my son Travis and called to tell him, and he suggested to his son Jordon that maybe Grandpa needed someone to be with tonight. So that evening Jordon joined me at the hotel and we were together that night and in the morning.

I have detailed the 2017 River Run on this blog and also on my Facebook page, and I will come clean about something here that I did not say on either site: I was wracked with guilt over the whole thing. I wrote about how Dad was very much a family man (which he was) and how I was honoring his memory by taking part in the River Run and River Festival with my grandson. The truth was, I was trying to cover up my feelings of, "My Dad is dead and my Mom just lost her husband of 65 years and I'm galavanting through downtown Wichita with my grandson playing Soccer Ball Billiards and chowing down on overpriced pizza and lemonade." I had been a notorious no-show at family get-togethers and holidays; part of that was I was so busy at the hotel that I didn't take time off for anything, but another part was Wichita is pretty near 1000 miles away from Knoxville by the preferred roads of travel and I was too broke (or too cheap) to afford the air fare or even the bus fare.

The next weekend I went to Knoxville to join my brother David and his two adult sons to visit Mom; it was the first time any of them had seen me in person since my sister Carol's wedding in 1993, and in fact David's sons were 2 and 4 years old then. A running gag was that every hour or so my phone would ring, I would look at the caller ID and roll my eyes and everyone else would laugh. The people at the hotel were blowing up my phne because it was the first time in over a decade I wasn't there to put out the fires and answer questions: "Steve, where do we keep the light bulbs for those new lamps James bought?" "Steve, this guy has a reservation for two nights but he only wants to stay one night. What do I do?" (The laughs were a lot quieter when I got a call from an irate guest at 1:30 in the morning.)

I discussed my feelings of guilt with my sister Carol later on. She confessed that, the weekend I got together with Mom she was scheduled to take her recent high school graduate daughter Rachel to Colorado to apply at the Air Force Academy (not the sort of thing you can bail on or reschedule) and she was wracked with guilt that she didn't join us to visit Mom in her time of mourning.

Anyway… In 2006 I responded to my 27-year-old daughter's death by throwing myself into my work. I was salaried then and so I worked ridiculous long hours, at least once working over 1/2 the total hours in the two-week work cycle. I was running on fumes and fighting off exhaustion. So in 2017, in response to my father's death, I made the (I see now) stupid decision to just go on with my life like nothing had happened… "life goes on" and all that.

I made the mistake of not dealing with my father's death. The problem was, I had no idea how the hell to deal with his death. What was I to do? Sit down and talk with a friend or counselor about my feelings, maybe regularly over time? Go to a rock quarry with a sledgehammer and smash a lot of rocks? I suspect (it didin't seem this way at the time but I am very good at deceiving myself) that I self-medicated with food a lot more than I realized. Remember that "whine" I mentioned at the end of the second paragraph of this post? Truth was I was slipping back into my old habits of eating at fast food places and hydrating with fizz.

My father's death was just the start: Two years later my mother died, almost two years to the day of Dad's passing. I got the call from Carol the morning of July 1 as I was preparing to run the 2019 River Run 10K.) Of course 2020 was the year that damn COVID-19 shut down the world. Then in October of 2021 my ex-wife Teresa (with whom I'd been on good terms since our divorce) died of COVID. And then in February of 2022 my son Travis joined his sister and mother in death. I'd like to say he died of liver failure, but the plain truth is he died of too much whiskey. (As his mom's next of kin he had to tell the hospital not to resuscitate Teresa, and even though that was what his mother had told him her wishes were, he was despondent with guilt over it and medicated with alcohol.)

I was still exercising with the bicycle, but in the time after Mom's passing my weight climbed into the 250's and then into the 260's to 270's where they stayed for a couple of years. Then in mid 2022 my weight went over 280, was consistently there until the start of September when I for some reasom lost interest in recording my weight anymore.

It's been a year and a half since then. My bicycle had two flat tires and a rusted out drive train. My finances (or maybe I should say my priorities) wouldm't allow me to get another bike until just recently. My weight is now in the mid 260's… maybe I did something right between the Fall of 2022 and now.

But I still have to ask: Was the death of my father, and the deaths of other family members, the real reason my health and fitness journey was sidetracked? And if it was, have I REALLY dealt with it? Or like a chiming electric clock that no one replaces the batteries to, has the issue just grown fainter and fainter with time 'til it's at the point I just don't notice it now?

To anyone who took the time to read all of this: I welcome any insights or advice into what might really be going on here and how I might effectively deal with it.

[thydungeongal]

Mutants in the Making

Step #9: Wrapping Up

Previously:

Step #1: Getting Together

Step #2: Cursing Your Dice

Step #3: You're Good At...

Step #4: Your Origin Story

Step #5: Let's Mutate!

Step #6: How You Fight

Step #7: Getting Good

Step #8: Get Stuff

This is the final post of creating my cool mutant character, a surprisingly docile, double-muscled, extremely strong mutant groundhog who was adopted by a regular human family and lived on their farm, helping them out, just being a good kid in general. As he grew up he demonstrated a knack for fisticuffs. He was always ready to throw down in case someone was causing trouble in town or being prejudiced against his groundhog self.

His name?

Punchutawney Phil

Anyway, I'm really sorry about this. Phil is a good kid, so for the next step, which is choosing his values, I pick the following three: honesty, simplicity, family. Phil values nothing more than a quiet, pastoral life, and his adoptive human family is the most precious thing to him.

In the world of Mutants in the Now Phil probably will end up crossing paths with one of the many villainous factions who wish to subjugate and exploit mutants. Phil ain't having none of that.

So, I could still roll up contacts for Phil, but truth is, I've been staring at the screen and typing for almost 6 hours. I'm sure this process would've been quicker if I hadn't been liveblogging it and had to occasionally take breaks from writing, but it's still a very exhaustive character creation process. Very rewarding though! Because I do feel like I've ended up with a really interesting character.

But to finish up, here's a final writeup of Phil:

Punchutawney Phil

Cognition 16 (+3), Determination 19 (+4), Affinity 15 (+2), Perception 16 (+3), Strength 23 (+6), Prowess 12 (+1), Endurance 26 (+8), Speed 15 (+2)

Size Rating: 8

Initiative: +5 (+SPD+PER)

Defense: 13 (10+PRO+SPD)

Morale: 17 (10+DET+PER)

Superficial Harm Threshold: 95 (Size SHT 22 + Endurance*2 [Tough Hide]+Determination + unused Takebacks)

Hit Points: 54 (Endurance*2 + unused Takebacks)

Willpower: 4 (+DET)

Lift: 78 lbs. (Strength *10 * Size Lift Mod [1/4] + 20% [Construction])

Move: 45 (Size rating *3 + Speed *3)

Basic Traits: Rodentia, Facultative Herbivore, Bipedal, Prehensile, Vocal, Inhuman

Minor Traits: Good Dog, Hibernate

Major Traits: Stable, Thick Hide, Burrow, Tunnel

Unique Traits: Your weight is 100% higher than it normally would be for your size rating. Add +2 to your size rating when comparing it with other characters for purposes of various effects. This bonus does not increase any of your traits (like size damage or SHT).

Core Ability (Iron-Body Armor): When in a melee with more than one foe, gain Resistance 2 and +A on saving throws. If you already have Resistance 2 or higher, add 1 to Resistance instead.

Base Ability (52 Blocks): When you have focus, add a bonus to your Defense equal to the number of foes in melee with you.

Construction Package Ability: Add +20% to LIFT. When using a tool as an improvised weapon, reroll a single 1 on the damage dice.

Domestic Package Ability: When you maintain a home, all your allies regain WILL on a 4+ instead of a 5+ when resting there.

Farmer Package Ability: Gain 1 temporary WILL at the start of a fight scene when defending your farm or garden. In addition, you gain one animal companion as a gimmick.

Skills: Athletics 60%, Caretaking 68%, Climbing 73%, Cooking 62%, Crops 68%, Homemaker 68%, Laborer 79%, Livestock 68%, Operator 65%, Riding 73%, Smithing 76%, Trainer 60%, Whisperer 65%

Weapons:

Baton, Stun (cattle prod), 3d10 (blunt, hand, mighty), +7 melee (3 glancing damage)

Flexible, Whip (bullwhip), 2d10+1d8 (hand, shock), +7 melee (3 glancing damage)

[yutopia-eleftheria]

Pokémon in my AU : Fire Starters

Designing all the Fire Starters in my AU. They will have their own designs and different possible races that exists in my AU, based on their classic designs in the Pokémon games.

Note that the First Stages are pre-teens/teenagers.

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004 : Salamèche (Charmander)

Name Given : Sadahige

Race : Draconequus

Gender : Male

Height : 6'0'' (183 cm)

Weight : 165 lbs (75 kg)

Zodiac Sign Representation : Sagittarius

Blood Type : A+

Home : Bourg-Palette (Pallet Town), Kanto (Japan)

Nature : Hasty

Signature Move : Ember

"Anthem" : Burn it Down by Skillet

155 : Héricendre (Cyndaquil)

Name Given : Heihachiro

Race : Earthling

Gender : Born Male ; Agender

Height : 4'9'' (145 cm)

Weight : 115 lbs (52 kg)

Zodiac Sign Representation : Aries

Blood Type : A-

Home : Bourg-Géon (New Bark Town), Johto (Japan)

Nature : Impish

Signature Move : Smokescreen

"Anthem" : Welcome to the Fire by WillyEcho

255 : Poussifeu (Torchic)

Name Given : Poko

Race : Vastayan ; Magmavia Tribe

Gender : Born Female ; Deminonbinary

Height : 5'4'' (162 cm)

Weight : 170 lbs (77 kg)

Zodiac Sign Representation : Sagittarius

Blood Type : O+

Home : Bourg-en-Vol (Littleroot Town), Hoenn (Japan)

Nature : Rash

Signature Move : Aerial Ace

"Anthem" : Fighter by The Score

390 : Ouisticram (Chimchar)

Name Given : Okyoito

Race : Vastayan ; Khonlui Tribe

Gender : Born Male ; Non Binary

Height : 5'8'' (173 cm)

Weight : 132 lbs (60 kg)

Zodiac Sign Representation : Aries

Blood Type : A+

Home : Littorella (Sandgem Town), Sinnoh (Japan)

Nature : Hardy

Signature Move : Flame Wheel

"Anthem" : My Songs Know what you did in the Dark (Light 'Em Up) by Fall Out Boy

498 : Gruikui (Tepig)

Name Given : Greyson

Race : Earthling

Gender : Male

Height : 5'10'' (178 cm)

Weight : 205 lbs (93 kg)

Zodiac Sign Representation : Aries

Blood Type : AB+

Home : Renouet (Nuvema Town), Unova (USA)

Nature : Bashful

Signature Move : Heat Crash

"Anthem" : Warriors by Freedom Call

653 : Feunnec (Fennekin)

Name Given : Félicité

Race : Vastayan ; Vesani Tribe

Gender : Female

Height : 5'5'' (165 cm)

Weight : 88 lbs (40 kg)

Zodiac Sign Representation : Leo

Blood Type : A-

Home : Illumis (Lumiose City), Kalos (France)

Nature : Modest

Signature Move : Psybeam

"Anthem" : Just Like Fire by P!NK

725 : Flamiaou (Litten)

Name Given : Fareani

Race : Vastayan ; Vesani Tribe

Gender : Born Female ; Transgender (Now Male)

Height : 5'7'' (170 cm)

Weight : 99 lbs (45 kg)

Zodiac Sign Representation : Leo

Blood Type : A+

Home : Lili'i (Iki Town), Alola (Hawaii)

Nature : Lonely

Signature Move : Lick

"Anthem" : Rumble by Zayde Wolfe

813 : Flambino (Scorbunny)

Name Given : Flanagan

Race : Vastayan ; Viscacha Tribe

Gender : Born Male ; Quoigender

Height : 5'6'' (168 cm)

Weight : 143 lbs (65 kg)

Zodiac Sign Representation : Sagittarius

Blood Type : AB-

Home : Brasswick (Wedgehurst), Galar (England)

Nature : Adamant

Signature Move : Double Kick

"Anthem" : Fireball by Pitbull ft. John Ryan

909 : Chochodile (Fuecoco)

Name Given : Chucho

Race : Vastayan ; Makara Tribe

Gender : Male

Height : 4'11'' (150 cm)

Weight : 187 lbs (85 kg)

Zodiac Sign Representation : Leo

Blood Type : O+

Home : Cuchalaga (Cabo Poco), Paldea (Spain)

Nature : Relaxed

Signature Move : Bite

"Anthem" : Fire by BTS

[kornstreifs-storys]

Arideon

My first Fakemon Eeveelution. Since it always bothered me how many of the currend fan made Ground-type Eevees have an Egypt theme, my sister and I desinged this one. Hope you like it.

Species: Shifting Dune Pokémon Type: Ground Height: 0,9m (2'11") Weight: 28kg (61.7 lbs.) Ability: 1. Sand Rush, hidden: Sand Stream

Gender Ratio: 87,5% male, 12,5% female Egg Groups: Field Egg Cycles: 35 (8,739–8,995 steps)

EV yield: 2 Attack Catch Rate: 45 (5.9% with PokéBall, full HP) Base Friendship: 50 Base Exp.: 184 Growth rate: Medium Fast

Body Type: Quadruped Footprint: Pokédex entry: Arideons body has a makeup similar to Sand, it can dissolve into sand and move trough it like water.

Evolves from Eevee by leveling up, with knowing the move Sand-Armor.

Wild Arideon are skilled Ambush Hunters that can wait in the sand for days, though they prefer to live of cacti and Fruits instead of meat. Arideons Body feels like fine soft Sand and is always a bit cool to the touch, so many people described it as very pleasant to cuddle with. Arideon are usually calm and patient beings, which probably has to do with their natural habitat in the desert. Because of that, they tend to get along with almost anyone and make excellent travel companions, but they also tend to be rather superficial and tend to not make deep connections with others. Pretty much the only exception to this are their mates.

Base Stats HP: - 95 Attack: - 130 Defense: - 65 Sp.Atk: - 60 Sp.Def: - 65 Speed: - 110 Total: 525

Damaged normally by: Normal 1×, Ghost 1×, Dragon 1×, Steel 1×, Fire 1×, Psychic 1×, Fairy 1×, Fighting 1×, Flying 1×, Bug 1×, Dark 1×, Ground 1× Weak to: Water 2×, Grass 2×, Ice 2× Immune to: Electric 0× Resistant to: Poison 1/2×, Rock 1/2×

Move Set

by Level: 1 - Baton Pass, Bite, Charm, Copycat, Covet, Double-Edge, Growl, Helping Hand, Swift, Tackle, Tail Whip, Take Down 5 - Sand Attack 10 - Quick Attack 15 - Baby-Doll Eyes 20 - Mud-Slap 25 - Spikes 30 - Scorching Sands 35 - Shore Up 40 - Sand Tomb 45 - Seed Bomb 50 - Desert Rush 55 - Last Resort

by Evolution: Magnitude

Egg Moves: like Eevee

by TM: (TM's are not avaliable in Ages of Ruin) 01 - Take Down 02 - Charm 03 - Fake Tears 05 - Mud-Slap 07 - Protect 17 - Confuse Ray 20 - Trailblaze 25 - Facade 28 - Bulldoze 32 - Swift 35 - Mud Shot 36 - Rock Tomb 41 - Stored Power 47 - Endure 51 - Sandstorm 53 - Smart Strike 55 - Dig 56 - Bullet Seed 66 - Body Slam 70 - Sleep Talk 71 - Seed Bomb 74 - Reflect 75 - Light Screen 76 - Rock Blast 84 - Stomping Tantrum 90 - Spikes 103 - Substitute 109 - Trick 111 - Giga Drain 114 - Shadow Ball 116- Stealth Rock 117 - Hyper Voice 130 - Helping Hand 132 - Baton Pass 149 - Earthquake 152 - Giga Impact 163 - Hyper Beam 171 - Tera Blast 172 - Roar 176 - Sand Tomb 179 - Smack Down 193 - Weather Ball 204 - Double-Edge 224 - Curse 227 - Alluring Voice

Friend Tutoring: Normal - Return Fire - Fire Fang Elektric - Nuzzle Ice - Ice Fang Poison - Clear Smog

[teaweltzer]

Can you tell us more baout Finley? :D

Sure! Here are some basics but I won't give too much cause the party she is gonna be playing with, I know a couple of them follow me so I'm keeping secrets for fun of the game.

Name: Finley ‘Fin’ (name meaning ‘fair warrior’) 

Race: Percheron Centaur

Age: 273 (equivalence of a human ~ mid 40’s maybe early 50’s) (considered Fey - age similar to Elves in my opinion)

Height: 17 hands / 5’7 at withers; ~8’5’ish tall at human head

Weight: ~2000 lbs

Sexuality: Lesbian

Class: Fighter

Subclass: Cavalier (flipside of the subclass, proficient with someone fighting on her back)

Background: Soldier 

Alignment: was Lawful Good → current Neutral Good

She has two tattoos: a sword down her chest and a clover + bluebells design that goes from her collarbone to her shoulder. She doesn't mind alcohol but prefers it mixed with tea. And she's been retired from solider duties for about 70 years now & has been on the road doing odd bodyguard/short adventuring jobs for 65.

[coffee-n-bagels-comic-universe]

Brainwaves Bios: Dana Barrett (1984)

Cellist, Painter & Peter's On-Again Off-Again Girlfriend Dana Barrett

A musician who alerts the Ghostbusters to Gozer's presence before getting possessed by Zuul and has now started studying a Bachelor's Degree in Art. Dana has an on-again-off-again relationship with Peter Venkman, who loves her, but has commitment issues.

"Either I have a monster in my kitchen or I'm completely crazy."

Name

Full Legal Name: Dana Primrose Barrett

First Name: Dana

Meaning: Means 'Wise' in Persian

Pronunciation: DAY-na

Origin: Persian, Arabic

Middle Name: Primrose

Meaning: From the English word for the flower, ultimately deriving from Latin 'Prima Rosa' 'First Rose'

Pronunciation: PRIM-roz

Origin: English

Surname: Barrett

Meaning: Probably derived from the Middle English word 'Barat' meaning 'Trouble, Deception'.

Pronunciation: BAR-it / BEHR-it

Origin: English

Titles: Miss

Nicknames: None

Characteristics

Age: 35

Gender: Female. She/Her Pronouns

Race: Human

Nationality: American Citizen. Born in America

Ethnicity: White

Birth Date: October 8th 1949

Sexuality: Straight

Religion: Christian

Native Language: English

Known Languages: English, (Some) French, (Some) Spanish, (Some) German

Relationship Status: Single / Dating (On-Again-Off-Again)

Astrological Sign: Libra

Actor: Sigourney Weaver

Geographical Characteristics

Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States

Current Residence: Central Park West, New York, New York

Appearance

Height: 6'0" / 183 cm

Weight: 145 lbs / 66 kg

Eye Colour: Brown

Hair Colour: Brown

Hair Dye: None

Body Hair: N/A

Facial Hair: N/A

Tattoos: (As of Jan 1984) None

Piercings: Ear Lobes (Both)

Scars: None

Health and Fitness

Allergies: None

Alcoholic, Smoker, Drug User: Social Drinker

Illnesses/Disorders: None

Medications: None

Any Specific Diet: None

Relationships

Affiliated Groups: None

Friends: Peter Venkman, Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddemore, Raymond Stantz, Janine Melnitz, Louis Tully (Sort-Of)

Significant Other: Peter Venkman (34, On-Off Boyfriend)

Previous Partners: None of Note

Parents: Hudson Barrett (66, Father), Ellen Barrett (65, Mother, Née Hicks)

Parents-In-Law: None

Siblings: Douglas 'Doug' Barrett (38, Brother), David 'Davey' Barrett (38, Brother)

Nieces & Nephews: None

Children: None

Extras

Level of Education: Currently in college/university

Occupation: Musician

Employer: New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Expertise:

Musical Theorist

Cellist

Sharp Tongue / Quick Wit

Maternal

Once Possessed by Zuul

Faults:

Likes Peter Venkman

Potential to be attacked by paranormal entities

Can be Forgetful at Times

Backstory: Dana lived in 2206 on the 22nd floor in the same building as Louis Tully off of Central Park West. Dana watched a commercial for the Ghostbusters on her living room TV. She smirked and turned it off. Settled into her apartment at last, she put her bags down on the counter and began putting things away. She started taking her groceries out on the table: lettuce, a bag of Stay Puft Marshmallows, a carton of eggs then walked over to a cabinet and put some boxes away. The phenomena began.

[degressia]

abc superlight (day 11 — 350 cal)

breakfast: coffee (90)

lunch: gatorade, iced coffee (45)

dinner: vegetable juice (60)

total: 195 - 340 (walking) = -145

went into the negatives today 🫨

i don’t want my thighs touching anymore :( i’ve let myself go since moving in with my family and pounds just kept piling up..when i lived on my own i lingered around 130-135 lbs (55-60kg). i use both metrics for anyone reading ._.

i am now 145 lbs (65 kg)💔 i am 5’8 (1.73 m) so im not entirely unhappy with how i look but i can feel the weight on my body. especially in my arms and thighs. at my sickest, 6 years ago, i was able to get down to 105 lbs (47 kg). i don’t want to go back to that, i started experiencing heart problems and mia took over on and off for the next couple of years. i don’t want to spiral again. i am older now and i have new goals. the lowest i want to go is 120 lbs (55 kg). let’s hope i don’t lose it all again ✌🏻

[fuzzyballblog]

I'm Fuzzy (6)

It's been rough. I've been eating over my limit and it's been causing bloating, discomfort, and, I've put weight back on. Screentime? Only 4 hours yesterday though, I guess eating occupies me lol

I can't be too hard on myself though, it's been a work weekend and I think I'm coming down with something. Couldn't smoke last night cause my throat hurt already, it could be a great opportunity for a Tolerance break.

Financials wise I've been actually quite good!! No money into savings but, I haven't ordered take out the past few days and my credit card is only a little bit over!! Finally for drawing, nothin. 😭

🐄 0 hours drawing 🐄 320 lbs (-3) 🐄 65$ (+0$) Saved 🐄 4 hours of Screentime Yesterday 🐄 March 24th 2024

[bunny-boy-trying]

Weigh in (probably plus 🦈 week weight)

146.2 lbs

66.3 kg

Down a bit so that's good!! If I keep it up maybe I'll be in the 65s and 64s when my 🦈 week ends :33

[deepdown-feelings]

I'm so far 41 h into my liquid fast and I'm down to 109,5 lbs! I'm so morivated to keep this fast going. I've struggled SO MUCH yesterday evening but I've kept strong and just went to bed. I'm aiming for atleast 65 h, maybe even 70 h. My bmi is now down to exactly 20 and I hope so freaking much that I'll finally be down in the 19 range tomorrow!

XoXo X

[diabolus1exmachina]

Ferrari LaFerrari 'Signal Green' (for six years it was owned by Jay Kay.  For sale in 2019). 

Unveiled at the 2013 Geneva International Motor Show as a replacement for the Enzo, the Ferrari LaFerrari was a technological tour de force that took the world by storm. Maranello's first production model to be equipped with a hybrid power unit, the sixth-generation hypercar was the fastest and most powerful road-going Ferrari ever. It was, and remains, one of the greatest achievements in the marque's 75-year history.

Compared to contemporaries such as the Porsche 959 and Bugatti EB110, the first Ferrari hypercars had been conservative designs. For all their astonishing pace, the 288 GTO and F40 had lacked headline innovation, focusing instead on a back-to-basics ethos of minimal weight and colossal power. With the subsequent F50, the Prancing Horse had abandoned the traditional spaceframe in favor of a more futuristic carbon fiber tub, but there was little else to whet the appetite of techno freaks. Its successor, the Enzo, upped the technological ante. The first Ferrari hypercar to feature an automated paddle-change transmission and active aerodynamics, it represented a radical leap compared to the outgoing F50. The Enzo was an up-to-the-minute interpretation of what a flagship sports car should be all about. And then along came the game changer.

Based around a carbon fiber monocoque designed by F1 technical director Rory Byrne, the Type F150 LaFerrari adopted an enhanced version of KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System), which had been used in Grands Prix since 2009. Like any other hybrid set-up, KERS employed electric motors in addition to a traditional petrol engine. With an electric motor delivering maximum torque from zero rpm, the benefits included noticeably stronger acceleration. Kimi Räikkönen had emphatically proven this in Formula 1 when his KERS-equipped Ferrari stormed past Giancarlo Fisichella to win the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix—Fisichella attributing Räikkönen's win to the hybrid system.

Dubbed HY-KERS, the production version in the LaFerrari mated a 120-kilowatt motor to a 6,262 cc 65-degree V-12 to deliver quite extraordinary results. Delivering a combined 950 horsepower and 715 lb ft of torque through a seven-speed dual-clutch Getrag transmission, the car could accelerate from 0-100 km/h in a mere 2.9 seconds. The manufacturer claimed that 0-300 km/h could be dispatched in 15 seconds, while top speed was an astonishing 350 km/h. Even more startling, however, was the car’s pace around the Fiorano test track, where it was said to lap more than five seconds quicker than the Enzo. Such pace was in no small part down to the brilliance of the hybrid set-up. With HY-KERS taking care of low-down torque, the engine could be tuned for maximum power at high revs without the car becoming a temperamental prima donna. As a result, Ferrari engineers were able to produce an engine that was more potent than the Scuderia’s last V-12 single-seater, in a car able to cope with city traffic.

To ensure the thundering performance was accessible, electronic traction control was integrated with the hybrid system, and there was a third-generation electronic differential. The double-wishbone front- and multilink rear suspension was equipped with active damping, while the Brembo carbon-ceramic brakes measured a huge 398 mm at the front and 380 mm at the rear. The Pirelli P-Zero front tyres were an equally vast 265/30 R19, but were nonetheless dwarfed by the 345/30 R20 rears.

Drawing from the Grand Prix team’s expertise in computational fluid dynamics, the composite body continued the high-tech theme. Produced in-house alongside the Scuderia’s F1 racers, it was as aerodynamically efficient as it was beautiful. The vast scallops on each flank served to extract air from around the front wheels, increasing the downforce created by the active front diffuser, as well as channelling air to the rear-mounted radiators. A guide vane in the underbody automatically reduced flow to the front radiator to reduce drag, while dynamic air intakes on the haunches boosted ram effect for an additional 5 horsepower at speed. At the rear, a computer-controlled spoiler optimised drag and downforce, while dynamic diffuser flaps helped “suck” the car onto the road. This electronic gadgetry added up to 360 kilograms of downforce when cornering at 200 km/h, reducing it to 90 kilograms in a straight line at the same speed.

Remarkably, the carbon fibre monocoque boasted a 27 per cent improvement in torsional stiffness compared to the Enzo, yet was some 20 per cent lighter. In spite of the HY-KERS with its eight 15-cell battery modules, the LaFerrari was no larger than its predecessor, while the centre of gravity was lowered by 35 mm—providing further improvements to balance and stability. Visually, the whole was tied together into a tautly styled berlinetta that combined hints of classic racing icons such as the 330 P4 and 312 P with exciting flourishes from the modern Formula 1 era. In creating the LaFerrari body, form very much followed function, yet never has the application of science looked quite so stunning.