#Smith St. Tattoo

[gatheringbones]

robert f. reid-pharr, from living as a lesbian, from Sister & Brother: Lesbians and Gay Men Write About Their Lives Together, 1994

["In 1985 Barbara Smith came like a fresh wind into Chapel Hill. She brought with her a vision of home unlike anything I ever had imagined. It was then that I began the process of being a lesbian. It is only recently that I began to understand lesbianism as a state of being that few of us ever achieve. To become lesbian one has to first be committed to the process of constantly becoming, of creatively refashioning ones humanity as a matter of course.

Coda

By becoming a lesbian, I have done nothing more nor less than become myself.

I had expected to end this piece with these words, forcing all of us, myself included, to reevaluate what it means to be labeled lesbian, gay, straight, bi, transgendered, asexual. And yet, this is not enough. For even as I recognize the difficulty of giving definition and meaning to our various identities, I also realize that as I struggle to lay claim to my lesbianism I am always confronted with the reality of my own masculinity, this strange and complex identity that I continue to have difficulty recognizing as privilege.

It was a Friday afternoon in September when I had my first bathhouse experience. I'm not sure what I expected, or wanted. In truth, I was compelled more than anything else by Samuel Delany's description in The Motion of Light in Water of his visit to the St. Mark's Baths in the early sixties. I thought that it would be exciting, that perhaps within this outlaws' territory I could throw off the stifling fears and anxieties that shape and constrain our lives, sexual and otherwise. I even felt that, given the name of the enterprise I was about to visit— "baths"— there had to be something intrinsically cleansing and healing about it.

Now I find myself asking if in the bathhouse— the most sacred of male enclaves, where my masculine body and affected macho style increase my worth in the sexual economy— I am still lesbian. Is it lesbianism that spills out of the end of my cock as bald-headed men with grizzled beards and homemade tattoos slap my buttocks and laugh triumphantly? Is it lesbianism that allows me to walk these difficult streets alone, afraid only that I will not be seen, accosted, "forced" into sexual adventure?

All my bravado, my will to adventure is caught up, strangely enough, with the great confidence I have gained from "The Lesbian." And yet, this confidence, this awareness of my own body, of my own independence, takes me to places where she dares not go. Perhaps then I am not a lesbian at all, but rather like a drag queen, by day a more or less effeminate, woman-loving gay man, by night a pussy, a buck, the despoiler of young men recently arrived from the provinces and the careful tutelage of their loving mothers. What I know for certain is that this self, this lesbian-identified gay man, is in constant flux. I live like a lesbian, as a lesbian, because I know no better way of life. Still, I live beyond her, in a province that continues to be reserved exclusively for men, all the while reaping the many fruits of sexual apartheid.

Me, I want to escape…. this dirty world, this dirty body. I never wish to make love again with anything more than the body.

Perhaps in my next life I will be done with these questions of identity altogether, will cherish fully the body that I am given, begin to see it neither as burden or weapon, but only as the vessel of my existence. Perhaps in my next life I will have given up finally this constant struggle to explain who I am not— not woman, not white, not straight, not you— and start to revel in the limitless of my boundaries. Perhaps each one of us will recapture that which has been lost, start again to accept and acknowledge the profound ambiguity and uncertainty of this existence. It is then and only then that we will find home.

In 1985 Barbara Smith came like a fresh wind into Chapel Hill."]

[foxes-that-run]

Can you confirm Benjamin Button was a gift from Harry?

Hi, Taylor adopted Benji on the set or Me! there’s a special BTS just for him.

However, his role/scene is a reference to internet speculation which Taylor has acknowledged that Olivia was a gift from Harry.

Olivia Benson Swift(-Styles?)

Olivia was adopted on 18 June 2014. Harry and Taylor had started dating again after the red backstage haircut, writing Style around Valentine’s Day 2014 and the anatomical heart tattoo. The date is a potential anniversary:

15 June 2011 Taylor had temper trap arm lyrics in St Paul, 1D in America, Harry MIA and on the 17 June she wrote she was blissfully happy in the lover journal.

16 June 2012 Harry got lyrics from the same temper trap song tattooed on that anniversary.

18 June 2014 Taylor adopted Olivia wearing pink. model Steph Smith was there, posted to IG and started following both Harry and Taylor. Harry MIA but seen in Europe the day before and after.

What led to speculation that Olivia was a gift was that Harry can be heard laughing in the first video Taylor posted of Olivia a week later. This TikTok has Harry laughing and this laugh. Harry’s sister Gemma liked this post and later named her own cat Olivia also.

Olivia is a Scottish fold so it’s unlikely she was able to be adopted same day, my guess is the “first roar” where Taylor wears black, Harry laughs and Olivia looks slightly smaller was before she was picked up where Taylor wore pink. That tracks with clothes and how purebred cat adoptions work, famous people probably have options but kittens new all the time “first roar” means first met. This first roar video is still in Taylor’s instagram stories under “Ladies and Benji”

Harry also wrote Olivia the same year and famously said “Is Olivia even a person or is Olivia an emotion” Olivia being something that sounds like “I love ya”, a response to Say don’t go’s “I said I love you and you say nothing back.

Tumblr went with it which Taylor was aware of as keen user of Tumblr then and she has hinted of Harry as Olivia’s dad on the Reputation tabloid, in the End Game video (black/rep cat rather than Olivia) when she sings she doesn’t want to be just another ex-live you don’t wanna see.

And it was seemingly confirmed in the me! When Brendan presents Benji as a gift while Taylor wears a pink dress

(Side note on the Me Video: Brendan wore Harry’s Live on Tour Suits throughout, she called Olivia and Meredith young daughters (in French, Harry was dating Camille) and the paint at the end match’s the unreleased Two Ghosts video)

And finally on his birthday hits from the streets called Harry a cat daddy in 2019, the year Me! Came out. Well he is a Cat daddy in a double meaning, 🍉 and also Olivia’s real father.

[undercover-ballerina]

Trailblazing & Stargazing - Chapter 17

Hermione made herself some coffee and waited on the sofa. When the time came, she took the broken mirror out of her pocket and unfolded the napkin, the moment it activated she touched it and she felt like she was being pulled inside a tornado. She landed roughly at the Portkey Arrivals gate at the Kingsford Smith International Airport. She went through the Wizarding security checks and then she met Ron. “Hey, ‘Mione! How are you?” He hugged her tight. “Hello Ron! I’m a bit drowsy but I have a potion, give me a moment.” She took the anti-disconbobulating potion from her beaded bag and drank it in one single gulp. She felt better and mentally thanked Malfoy. “Look at you, Ron, all tanned! You look like an Aussie already!” “I must say, things are going really well for me here.” “I’m so happy for you! And thank you, for looking out for my parents.” “You know I always cared about them, that hasn’t changed.” “What did the healers say?” “I’m taking you there right now so you can talk to them directly.” He held out his arm, when she took it, he apparated them to the Ursula Southeil Hospital for Magical Maladies. They entered the hall and Ron purposefully strode towards the information desk. “Hey, Mate.” He said to the wizard on duty. “I have an appointment to see Healer Alinta Cavanaugh.” The wizard checked the parchment in front of him “Second floor, ambulatory number 24, turn right when you get to the second floor, fifth door on the left side.” “Thanks Mate.” As they climbed up the stairs, they met quite a few healers along the way. Unlike the healers at St. Mungo’s, who wore very unpractical robes, the healers here wore regular muggle scrubs in different colors. Hermione and Ron reached the ambulatory and knocked. The door opened and a witch about their age, with dark hair, dark eyes and traditional tattoos on her forehead and chin greeted them, she was wearing blue scrubs. “Hello Mr Weasley. You must be Minister Granger. I’ve read a lot about you.” “Hello Healer Cavanaugh. I sure hope your source material wasn’t the Daily Prophet or you’ll have a really poor opinion of me.” “Oh no, don’t worry. I hate the Prophet.” She gestured dismissively.

[handypolymath]

Friday meme - tagged by @crankygrrl

Last song: currently listening to myNoise, "Sea Organ" (custom settings should be embedded in the link):

Songwise I've been spinning a lot of 70's Dolly Parton these days, but mostly running podcasts and ambient -- music is not running hot for me right now, but I expect in another few months I'll be curious and hungry for it again.

Favorite Color: I love a good phthalo green, but I adore plum purple:

Last Movie Watched: First time watching Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. This number was the highlight for me -- from her upside down cross looking earrings to the little black cuffs on their wrestling spankies.

An interesting cultural piece that's for sure, and I may revisit it wrt mid-20th-century meditations on mercenary heterosexuality. For example, in all the allusions and homages to That Pink Dress & Tuxedos musical number, I'd never clocked the chandelier giving Legend of the Overfiend vibes:

Currently Watching: 30 Rock, for the quintillionth time, tending my funky little rock garden of headcanons.

[e.g., Floyd DeBarber is the most insidiously terrible guy Liz ever dates -- and the alcoholism is none of it -- I really do worry about Caitlyn's mental health and physical safety, and I'm glad she has the "well fuck you too buddy" example of Liz doing Bible Mad Libs in the midst of her nuptial mass]

[oh he's gonna kill da wabbit alright : / Meanwhile, Liz subverts the genre by sailing through danger like Mr. Magoo]

[the danger in this case being 1. think you're marrying a peer 2. get your dreams sacrificed to resolve the two-body problem 3. sacrifice your body pumping out more student body for St. Prep's or whatever 4. get upgraded when Floyd makes partner]

[least. satisfying. Land of Cleve. montage. ever.]

Sweet, Spicy, or Savory: Savory, yes please.

Relationship Status: is Addams. Best friend, playmate, true co-parent, intellectual equal, and great fun to break a bed with. A few decades ago we met under an ausipicous sign:

Last thing googled: Mechanical keyboards. My typing is self-taught on a '67 Smith Corona electric and I have never been able to retrain my fingers to strike softer. I miss the satisfying typewriter thunk and tactility of Making Words Manifest.

Current Obsession: Exploring life outside of a survivial mindset.

Curent/Last Read: Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant; Doppelganger by Naomi Klein; Feeding the Other: White Privilege and Neoliberal Stigma in Food Pantries by Rebecca de Souza; Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed (rereading); Unmasking Autism by Devon Price; The Will to Change by bell hooks; Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski (re-reading); Happiness Becomes You by Tina Turner (read in April, considering re-reading); The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow (rereading); doesn't include the ones I'm truly stalled out on or in queue.

Looking Forward To: being able to hang with friends again; cherry season; fireflies; new glasses; my first tattoo; making more art.

Tagging in all who'd like to play!

[sinceileftyoublog]

Laura Jane Grace Live Preview: 2/16, Sleeping Village, Chicago

Photo by Travis Shinn

BY JORDAN MAINZER

Laura Jane Grace's debut solo album Stay Alive was--and sounded like--a product of the pandemic. Her inability to record with her Against Me! bandmates resulted in an album full of great songs that you couldn't help but think demanded a bigger sound. Her second album Hole In My Head, out today via Polyvinyl, in contrast, exudes sheer purpose. With a mix of solo acoustic tunes and "full-band" songs inspired by 50's and classic rock (Grace sang, played guitar, and played drums alongside Drive-By Truckers bassist Matt Patton), Hole In My Head is at once reflective and worldly. Grace had the opportunity, post-pandemic, to workshop many of the songs live before recording them, and the result is a collection filled with a sense of place, vulnerability, and humor.

Yes, Hole In My Head has a lot of reference points. Grace wrote the songs in and sings about Amsterdam and St. Louis, and namedrops a beloved Chicago hot dog joint and an auditory phenomenon tourist attraction in Tulsa. She interpolates George Harrison and Cheap Trick and uses Elliott Smith and the Red Hot Chili Peppers as emotional and cultural benchmarks. But they're all just part of her increasingly stellar storytelling and confessionals, fighting insular tendencies by embracing feeling. "Dysphoria Hoodie", released before the album was even announced, encapsulates the dichotomy well. Though the namesake clothing item is a trans person's go-to garment to prevent the world from speculating on their gender, Grace opens up her inner monologue: "When it says A.D.I.D.A.S on my chest / All day long I dream of sex / When I’m not thinking about Jesus," she sings. "Cuffing Season" and "Tacos & Toast", meanwhile, occupy two sides of the same coin, the former seeing Grace diving deep into a relationship, the latter featuring her crossing out an ex's tattooed name to celebrate her birthday.

All in all, Grace does a lot of looking back. "Punk Rock In Basements" doesn't quite yearn but remembers her start in the DIY scene, Grace singing over handclap percussion, guitar jangles, and backing shouts. On "Hard Feelings", she sings, "Mother, mother, mother I've ruined my brain / With alcohol, weed, porn, and cocaine / Staring out windows / Staring at screens / I've passed right by everything I've seen." It's not so much a downer as a reminder to live for now. Fittingly, the album ends with Grace standing at The Center of the Universe, screaming at god, unable to be heard by anyone else, existing for herself and nobody else, alone by choice.

Grace celebrates the release of Hole In My Head tonight at Sleeping Village. Deanna Belos opens with a Sincere Engineer solo set, as does local bedroom pop band CalicoLoco. Doors at 8:00 PM, show at 9. At the time of publication, you can still join the waiting list for a ticket.

[anakin-vaders]

Omg what y'all think the ST party would get for tattoos? Like I remembered El had the 11, maybe she'll want a cover up and it'll be so sweet for the party and the fruity six to go get some too. Like Will and Mike obviously get some Star Wars, matching stuff. I'd say Dustin would get the plank constant or something number related. El maybe a tiny flower or a bird, something about death and rebirth of sorts. Max maybe like something skater-ish related? Or a sea themed, a wave in Billy's honor. Lucas and Erika maybe sibling stuff, although Luca's new found love for Kate Bush could do too. Erika a non ironic my little pony one. For the fruity six, Argyle something that he'd saw scribbled in a bathroom shit post style, that's a bit cursed. Jonathan I'd say like a camera or something photography related since he's all that, maybe a The Smith's depressing ass quote. Nancy would get like a super badass feminist ish quote about female rage and stuff. Robin in her ankle like a boob thing, or maybe she and Steve both get a muppet bc of Tammy (just the fun moment). And Eddie, maybe another bat to cover his chewed nipple.

[sofiamantegafan110]

NEW X-MEN SEASON 2 EPISODE 1

EPISODE 1- FOXX IN THE ATTIC, PART 1

WE OPEN UP IN A FOREST AT NIGHT AS A FEMININE SHADOW SLIPS THROUGH THE TREES. A VOICE THAT WE RECOGNIZE AS EMMA FROST ASKS WHERE ‘SHE’ CAME FROM, AND ANOTHER VOICE, BELONGING TO SCOTT SUMMERS SAYS THAT HE DOESN’T KNOW. SHE JUST POPPED UP ON THE RADAR. EMMA’S VOICE SIGHS, SAYING THAT THE POOR THING WAS CHASED FOR MILES. SHE’S LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.

A TRUCK PULLS UP AND TWO MEN STEP OUT, HOLDING GUNS. ONE COMMENTS THAT SHE SHOULDN’T BE HARD TO FIND. SHE’S JUST A LITTLE GIRL. THE OTHER ONE SAYS THAT SHE’S QUITE A PRETTY LITTLE THING TOO, IF YOU OVERLOOK THE COLORATION AND THE… TEETH. EVENTUALLY, THE FEMALE SHADOW LEAPS ONTO THE GROUND AND TURNS OVER, REVEALING YELLOW EYES. SCOTT’S VOICE ASKS IF SHE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS RUNNING, OR WAS SHE JUST RUNNING BLIND. AS THE MEN FIRE THEIR GUNS, EMMA SAYS THAT THAT HARDLY MATTERS. THEY COULD’VE EASILY KILLED HER, BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS, THEY DIDN’T.

AS THE FEMALE SHADOW BREAKS INTO A RUN, EMMA SAYS THAT THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT SOMEHOW, THROUGH LUCK OR DESIGN, SHE MADE IT TO THE ONE PLACE WHERE SHE’D BE SAFE. THE SHADOW THEN VAULTS OVER A LARGE GATE AND AS SHE CONTINUES TO RUN, WE LOOK OVER TO WHERE THE XAVIER’S LOGO CAN BE SEEN ON SAID GATE.

CUE INTRO AND CREDITS

WE THEN CUT TO SCOTT AND EMMA IN BED THAT MORNING AS SCOTT COMMENTS THAT THEIR NEW STUDENT MAY BE A BIT TOO WILD FOR THE INSTITUTE. EMMA TELLS HIM THAT SHE THOUGHT OF THAT, WHICH IS WHY SHE THOUGHT GAMBIT COULD TAKE HER. SCOTT ASKS HER IF SHE’S SURE, BUT EMMA INSISTS.

EMMA: SCOTT, ONE MORE THING. YOU’RE A MAN, SO TELL ME… THIS NEW GIRL… IS SHE… IS SHE REALLY QUITE AS… AS…

SCOTT GRINS.

SCOTT: OH YEAH. SHE IS.

MEANWHILE, IN THE DANGER ROOM, GAMBIT SPARS WITH SIX OTHER PEOPLE. HE COMMENTS THAT THEIR PERFORMANCE IS SLOW, WITLESS, AND STERILE. WITHOUT GUILE, OR ELAN. BESIDES THAT, THEY’RE IMPROVING. SUDDENLY, EMMA WALKS IN, APOLOGIZING FOR HER INTERRUPTION. BUT SHE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE HIS NEW PUPIL. HER NAME IS FOXX, AND SHE HOPES HE’LL MAKE HER FEEL WELCOME.

WITH THAT, THE MYSTERY NEW GIRL STEPS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT. SHE HAS VERY PALE SKIN AND LONG BLUE HAIR, AND WEARS A BLUE COMBAT SUIT WITH WHITE BOOTS AND A BLACK JACKET. HER NAILS ARE SHARP AND PAINTED BLUE AND SHE HAS LONG GOLD CRESCENT MOON EARRINGS, ALONG WITH ANIMALISTIC YELLOW EYES AND SHARP WHITE TEETH THAT BECOME MORE VISIBLE WHEN SHE SMILES. SHE SIMPLY SAYS HELLO.

WE THEN FOCUS ON THE OTHER MEMBERS OF GAMBIT’S SQUAD. THE FIRST ONE REMOVES HIS HELMET, WHICH IS THE SAME COLOR AS HIS WHITE AND RED COMBAT SUIT, REVEALING GRAYISH SKIN, WHITE HAIR, AND AN ANTENNAE. BESIDE HIM IS A DARK-SKINNED BOY WITH BURLY BICEPS WHO STANDS BESIDE A SLENDER, BALD, DARK-SKINNED GIRL WHOSE SKIN CONSTANTLY CHANGES PATTERNS. A TALL BOY WITH SKIN MADE OF ORGANIC ROCK, A SECOND PAIR OF EYES, AND A SILVER HELMET COVERING HIS FACE, IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE NEW GIRL AS HE STANDS NEXT TO A GIRL WITH WHITE HAIR IN AN ODD STYLE AND A BRUNETTE GIRL WITH A PURPLE BOW IN HER HAIR.

(SQUAD MEMBERS: GUY SMITH AKA MR. SENSITIVE (LEADER), CHRISTIAN AND CHRISTINE CORD AKA RADIAN AND TATTOO, SIDNEY GREENE AKA ONYXX, THEIA (NO CODENAME), AND ARTEMIS BOLEYN AKA TOODLE PIP)

GAMBIT SLOWLY APPROACHES FOXX AND WELCOMES HER TO THE INSTITUTE. FOXX SMILES AND ASKS HIM IF MAYBE, AS SHE’S COMING INTO THIS THING MID-TERM, MAYBE THEY COULD HAVE A FEW ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS. GAMBIT LOOKS AT HER COLDLY AND SIMPLY TELLS HER THAT HIS CLASS WORKS AND LEARNS AS A UNIT. SHE NEEDS TO TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. WITH THAT, HE LEAVES THE ROOM, AND FOXX LOOKS OVER AT TATTOO.

FOXX: IS HE ALWAYS THAT MEAN?

TATTOO: HO, ARE YOU ALWAYS THAT OBVIOUS?

MEANWHILE, SOFIA AND CLARICE MAKE OUT IN SOFIA’S ROOM WHEN CLARICE NOTICES A BOOK RESTING ON SOFIA’S NIGHTSTAND. SOFIA SAYS THAT SHE TOLD CLARICE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CHATEAU ST. CROIX DURING WINTER BREAK, BUT SHE REVEALS THAT SHE ACTUALLY LOOTED THAT BOOK FROM THE PLACE BEFORE THEY LEFT. CLARICE RAISES HER EYEBROWS, COMMENTING THAT THAT IS A BIG TURN-ON FOR HER, AND SOFIA WHACKS HER ON THE ARM.

CLARICE LOOKS INSIDE THE BOOK AND THEN NOTICES A LIST OF NAMES THAT SOFIA WROTE IN THE MARGINS OF ONE PAGE, COMMENTING THAT THE LAST NAME ‘SLADE’ WAS HER DAD’S MAIDEN NAME. SOFIA TELLS CLARICE THAT SHE’S BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF THE SURNAMES IN THE BOOK, BUT SHE HASN’T FINISHED IT YET. WHAT INTRIGUES HER IS THE FAMILIAR NAME OF THE HELLFIRE CLUB THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE BOOK.

CLARICE: WELL, IT WOULDN’T HURT TO GO OVER THESE NAMES, WOULD IT?

SOFIA: OKAY, WELL, THE NAME ‘KILGORE’ I RECOGNIZE. IT SEEMS TO BE TIED TO THE MANUFACTURING COMPANY KNOWN AS KILGORE ARMS. I HEARD ABOUT THEM WHILE LIVING WITH MY FATHER.

CLARICE: AND THE NAMES ‘ENDUQUE’ AND ‘KENSINGTON’ ARE BOTH SURNAMES OF WEALTHY FAMILIES. BUT WHAT ABOUT ‘STARSMORE’ AND ‘FRANKENSTEIN’?

SOFIA: WELL, FRANKENSTEIN IS OBVIOUSLY FROM THAT LEGEND ABOUT THAT GERMAN MAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO CREATE LIFE, BUT CREATED A MONSTER BY ACCIDENT. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THAT LEGEND IS TRUE?

CLARICE: I DUNNO. BUT I DON’T REMEMBER THE NAMES ‘PIERCE’, ‘SHAW’, AND ‘LELAND’. AND WHAT ABOUT THE HELLFIRE CLUB?

SOFIA: I REMEMBER MISS FROST BEING A MEMBER OF THE HELLFIRE CLUB. MAYBE SHE HAS A LEAD FOR US.

CLARICE: HOLD ON, BABE. WE CAN’T GO TO MISS FROST. DON’T YOU REMEMBER HALLOWEEN?

SOFIA: OKAY. MAYBE WE CAN’T GO TO HER. BUT THERE’S ONE PERSON WHO SHARES HER INTELLECT. SCRATCH THAT. MORE LIKE THREE OF THEM…

MEANWHILE, CESSILY IS TALKING WITH ROXY WHILE ALANI LOOKS OVER AT HER. SHE WALKS UP AND ASKS CESSILY IF MAYBE THEY COULD TALK IN PRIVATE. SHE HAS SOMETHING SHE WANTS TO TELL HER. CESSILY LOOKS CONFUSED, BUT ROXY TELLS ALANI THAT IF SHE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY TO CESSILY, SHE CAN SAY IT TO HER. ALANI SIGHS AND WALKS OFF, WITH CESSILY ASKING WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT.

ALANI WALKS PAST ONE OF THE TEACHERS, ROGUE, WHO WALKS OUTSIDE, ONLY TO BE CONFRONTED BY FOXX, WHO SAYS THAT SHE REALLY ADMIRES HER AND HOW GOOD HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER HUSBAND IS. ROGUE TELLS HER THAT THAT’S SWEET, BUT SHE NEEDS TO HEAD TO THE X-JET IN TEN MINUTES FOR A MISSION. FOXX NODS, STEPPING OUT OF HER WAY.

ONYXX THEN WALKS UP TO HER, SAYING NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. THE X-MEN DON’T TEND TO MIX WITH THE YOUNGER ONES. FOXX IMMEDIATELY ASKS HIM WHO HE IS, AND HE SAYS THAT HE’S ONE OF HER CLASSMATES, AND HE THOUGHT MAYBE THE TWO OF THEM COULD HAVE A LITTLE FUN TOGETHER SOMETIME.

FOXX: THE ONLY FUN I MIGHT HAVE WITH YOU IS TEARING UP YOUR RIDICULOUS FACE. NOW REMOVE YOUR HAND BEFORE I LEAVE YOU WITH A STUMP.

AS ONYXX WALKS OFF, DEJECTED, SOFIA AND CLARICE NOTICE FOXX AND WAVE HER OVER. SOFIA INTRODUCES THEM BOTH AND TELLS FOXX THAT SHE LIKES HER HAIR, PROMPTING A TOOTHY SMILE FROM THE NEW GIRL. SOFIA THEN SAYS THAT IF SHE EVER NEEDS ANYTHING, SHE SHOULD CONTACT THEM. FOXX NODS AND THEN WALKS OFF WITH HER GROUP, WAVING AT BLINK AND WIND DANCER. CLARICE COMMENTS THAT SOMETHING DEFINITELY SEEMS OFF WITH THE NEW GIRL, BUT SOFIA SAYS THAT SHE THOUGHT SHE SOUNDED NICE.

EVENTUALLY, THE CUCKOOS WALK UP TO THEM AND SAY THAT THEY HAD A FEELING THEY WANTED TO TALK TO THEM. SOFIA SAYS THAT THEY HEARD ABOUT SOMETHING CALLED THE HELLFIRE CLUB, WHICH CAUSES THE CUCKOOS TO LOOK AT THEM BEFORE SITTING DOWN. THEY THEN SAY THAT THE HELLFIRE CLUB WAS A SECRET SOCIETY THAT MOSTLY CONSISTED OF MUTANTS. THEY’VE OPERATED IN THE SHADOWS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT THEY’VE ALSO ENCOUNTERED THE X-MEN ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. EMMA FROST WAS A MEMBER OF THE HELLFIRE CLUB BEFORE SHE JOINED THE X-MEN, AND WAS KNOWN AS THE WHITE QUEEN.

SOFIA: ANYTHING ELSE?

CELESTE, PHOEBE, AND MINDEE LOOK AT EACH OTHER.

CUCKOOS: WE CAN’T REALLY SAY MUCH MORE. MS. FROST SWORE US TO SECRECY. BUT WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THERE’S A SUMMIT IN HONG KONG BETWEEN TWO CHAPTERS OF THE HELLFIRE CLUB. IF YOU CAN STEAL THE BLACKBIRD AND MEET US WITH A SUCCESSFUL TEAM, YOU CAN FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF WHAT IT’S LIKE. YOU HAVE UNTIL TOMORROW.

SOFIA: WHY DO YOU WANT US TO DO THAT?

CELESTE: BECAUSE WE’RE BORED. THIS PLACE HAS LOST ITS FUN.

PHOEBE: AFTER FRANCE, WE GOT A BIT OF A TASTE FOR ACTION. WE WANT MORE.

MINDEE: LIKE TEN-YEAR-OLD KIRSTEN DUNST IN INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE.

CLARICE: OKAY, THAT’S A REALLY BAD REFERENCE, BUT I GUESS WE HAVE NO CHOICE. RIGHT, SOFIA?

SOFIA: OKAY. LET’S ASSEMBLE THE TROOPS.

MEANWHILE, GAMBIT IS TAKING HIS SQUAD OUT ON A GETAWAY TO A NEARBY WATERFALL FOR SOME TEAM BUILDING. HE TELLS THEM ALL THAT THEY SHOULD BE CAREFUL. THIS ISN’T LIKE THE DANGER ROOM, WHERE HE COULD JUST TURN IT OFF. FOXX COMMENTS THAT SHE REALLY DIGS THE KIND OF DANGER THAT YOU CAN’T JUST TURN OFF, AND TATTOO ASKS IF THEY’RE ALLOWED TO BARF IN THIS CLEAR RUNNING WATER BEFORE GETTING OUT OF THE LAGOON AND SITTING DOWN ON A JAGGED ROCK, HER BROTHER SITTING BESIDE HER.

TOODLE PIP CANNONBALLS OFF THE UPPER WATERFALL AND WHEN SHE SURFACES, SHE ASKS ONYXX HOW COME FOXX DIDN’T GIVE HIM THOSE DOUBLE ENTENDRES. ONYXX TELLS HER TO GO TO HELL AND SAYS THAT IT WAS A SINGLE ENTENDRE. MR. SENSITIVE, DRESSED IN A SPECIAL WHITE SWIMSUIT, SAYS THAT SINGLE OR DOUBLE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S HITTING THEIR GOOD MENTOR’S SWEET SPOT. ONYXX LOOKS OVER TO SEE GAMBIT HELPING FOXX OUT OF THE WATER AND SAYS THAT HE’S LOOKING TO MAKE A FOOL OUT OF HIMSELF. THEIA NODS, LOOKING ON IN INTEREST.

MEANWHILE, FOXX DIVES BACK INTO THE WATER AND EMERGES LIKE A SEXY MERMAID, WATCHING GAMBIT LOOK AT HER. SHE THEN SWIMS UP TO HIM AND WHISPERS THAT SHE KNOWS HE WANTS HER. HE JUST CAN’T ADMIT TO HIMSELF JUST HOW BAD HE WANTS HER. SHE CAN SMELL THE AROUSAL FROM HIM. GAMBIT TELLS HER THAT HE LOVES ROGUE, HIS WIFE, AND FOXX SAYS THAT SHE KNOWS HE HAS NEEDS THAT EVEN ROGUE CAN’T SATISFY. SHE THEN LEANS IN AND BITES HIS EARLOBE, NOTICING HOW HE DOESN’T TELL HER TO STOP UNTIL SHE MOVES AWAY. SHE THEN TELLS HIM TO THINK ABOUT IT. AND TO THINK ABOUT HER. AS SHE SWIMS OFF TO MEET TOODLE PIP, GAMBIT LEANS AGAINST A ROCK AND SIGHS.

LATER THAT NIGHT, THEIA WALKS UP TO FOXX, ASKING HER WHAT SHE’S DOING. FOXX CALMLY TELLS HER THAT SHE’S FIXING THE FIRE. THEIA SAYS THAT SHE’S UPSETTING THE WHOLE GROUP. THE TEAM DYNAMIC IS BEING THROWN OFF.

FOXX: YOU MEAN ONYXX HAS GOT THE HOTS FOR ME AND YOUR HEART’S FLUTTERING FOR ONYXX.

THEIA: IF YOU MUST KNOW, THE PERSON WHO MAKES MY HEART FLUTTER IS YOU. BUT THAT’S ANOTHER STORY.

FOXX: YOU’RE TELLIN’ ME.

TATTOO WALKS IN, TELLING FOXX THAT WHILE SHE USUALLY WOULDN’T CARE, SHE WOULD THINK IT COULD HELP THE TEAM IF FOXX COULD PRETEND TO HAVE FEELINGS FOR ONYXX. THEIA SHRUGS OFF THE IDEA, SAYING THAT WHILE TATTOO IS BEING BLUNT, THEY CAN BOTH AGREE THAT THEY DON’T LIKE THE WAY FOXX IS BEHAVING AROUND GAMBIT. ONYXX AND TOODLE PIP MAY HAVE WARMED UP TO HER, BUT THEY THINK THERE’S SOMETHING OFF ABOUT HER.

FOXX: WHAT I DO WITH GAMBIT IS MY BUSINESS. NOW GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY, YOU SLUTS.

ENRAGED, TATTOO TELLS HER THAT SHE’S ONE TO TALK. SHE’S NOTHING BUT A BLUE-HAIRED SKANK WHO GETS OFF TO FUCKING OLDER MEN LIKE A DUMB WHORE. THEIA STEPS BACK AS FOXX GRABS TATTOO BY THE THROAT AND LIFTS HER UP IN THE AIR. TATTOO CALLS HER A HO AND TELLS HER TO LET GO OF HER THROAT, BUT FOXX SAYS THAT THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO SHUT HER UP. BEST CASE SCENARIO; SHE WON’T HAVE TO HEAR HER ANNOYING VOICE ANYMORE.

THEIA THEN STEPS UP BEHIND HER AND TELLS HER TO LET TATTOO GO. FOXX SMIRKS AND TELLS THEIA THAT SHE THOUGHT SHE LIKED HER. THEIA TELLS HER NOT ANYMORE, AND THEN CREATES A FIELD OF GRAVITY AROUND THE THREE OF THEM, CAUSING THEM ALL TO FLOAT UP IN THE AIR. TATTOO THEN PHASES THROUGH FOXX’S HAND AND DELIVERS A PUNCH TO THE STOMACH. FOXX THEN KICKS HER AWAY AND THEN GRABS A FLOATING STONE AND THROWS IT AT THEIA. THE STONE HITS HER IN THE HEAD, DRAWING BLOOD, AND SHE FALLS TO THE GROUND, HITTING HER HEAD AND KNOCKING HERSELF OUT. AS FOXX AND TATTOO FALL, FOXX GETS ON TOP OF TATTOO AND SHOVES HER TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON TOP OF HER AGAIN.

FOXX: I’M WARNING YOU, HOOD RAT. DON’T GET BETWEEN ME AND GAMBIT. OR YOU’LL END UP WITH MORE THAN A CONCUSSION.

TATTOO: YOU’RE A CRAZY BITCH!

FOXX: I MAY BE A BITCH, BUT I’M A BITCH WHO KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS. NOW BACK THE FUCK OFF.

FOXX THEN WALKS AWAY, LEAVING TATTOO AND THEIA TO LICK THEIR WOUNDS. AS SHE DOES, SHE RECEIVES A TEXT FROM AN UNKNOWN CONTACT.

TEXT: HI! IT’S SOFIA FROM THE COURTYARD, REMEMBER? I’M ARRANGING A LITTLE GETAWAY TO HONG KONG FOR A MISSION AND I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU COULD TAG ALONG. IT’LL BE A FUN WAY TO LEARN WHAT FIELD MISSIONS ARE LIKE. TEXT ME IF YOU’RE INTERESTED.

FOXX SMILES AND THEN TEXTS BACK.

MEANWHILE, GAMBIT SITS ON A ROCK, THINKING. WITHOUT LOOKING BEHIND HIM, HE COMMENTS THAT WHOEVER’S CREEPING UP BEHIND HIM ISN’T DOING A GOOD JOB. HE SUDDENLY DODGES A FIST THROWN BY ONYXX, WHO ORDERS HIM TO STAY AWAY FROM FOXX. HE SAYS THAT HE’S LEADING HER ON AND MISUSING HIS POSITION AS A MENTOR. GAMBIT DODGES MORE ATTACKS AND SAYS THAT HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT AND IF HE DID, IT WOULDN’T BE HIS BUSINESS.

IMMEDIATELY, A VOICE TELLS HIM THAT THEY DISAGREE. GAMBIT LOOKS OVER BRIEFLY TO SEE TOODLE PIP TELEPORT IN ALONG WITH RADIAN AND MR. SENSITIVE, THE LATTER OF WHOM SAYS THAT THEY’RE A TEAM, SO THEY’RE LOOKING AFTER THEIR TEAMMATE’S WELFARE. RADIAN SAYS THAT THEY’RE TRYING TO PROTECT HIM FROM HIS BRUTAL MENTOR, WHO PREYS ON ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS WHO PASS THROUGH HERE.

FOXX THEN STEPS UP, ASKING GAMBIT IF THERE’S TROUBLE, WHICH GAMBIT BRUSHES OFF. HE SAYS THAT IT’S GOOD THAT THEY’RE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER, AND IF THEY GET OUT OF HIS SIGHT IN TEN SECONDS, NONE OF THIS NEEDS TO GO ANY FURTHER. IF THEY DON’T, THINGS GET MESSY. THEIA AND TATTOO STEP IN, VERY BANGED UP, AND GUY ASKS THEM WHAT HAPPENED. THEIA SIMPLY RESPONDS THAT THEY RAN INTO A GRIZZLY BEAR.

AS THE SQUAD WALKS OFF, FOXX TELLS GAMBIT THAT HE SHOULD APPRECIATE HER STICKING UP FOR HIM. GAMBIT SIGHS AND SAYS THAT HE’S GOING TO ASK EMMA TO TRANSFER HER TO ANOTHER CLASS. UNDER A DIFFERENT MENTOR. FOXX TELLS HIM THAT SHE LIKES HIM, AND GAMBIT SAYS THAT HE LIKES HER, BUT NOT IN THAT WAY. FOXX CALLS HIM A LIAR, AND SAYS THAT SHE KNOWS HE’S TRYING TO GET RID OF HER. SHE STARTS TO WALK TOWARD HIM AND ASKS HER IF HER EYES WERE AS SHINY AS BEFORE. AND HER TEETH LOOK SHARPER.

FOXX: YOU’RE TRYING TO GET RID OF ME BECAUSE YOU WANT ME. YOU WANT ME SO BAD YOU CAN’T SLEEP AND WHEN YOU DO SLEEP, YOU DREAM ABOUT ME. YOU WANT ME MORNING. NOON. NIGHT. YOU WANT THIS. BUT DO YOU THINK YOU COULD WANT THIS?

ALL OF A SUDDEN, FOXX BEGINS TO CHANGE. HER SKIN TURNS BLUE, HER HAIR RECEDES TO HER SHOULDERS AND TURNS RED, HER EYES SOLIDIFY TO YELLOW AND HER CLOTHES BECOME A SKINTIGHT BLACK CROP TOP AND HOT PANTS. GAMBIT BACKS AWAY, CONFUSED, AND ASKS FOXX WHAT’S HAPPENING TO HER.

MYSTIQUE: FOXX? FOXX IS A WOMAN I CREATED TO SEDUCE YOU.

GAMBIT: MYSTIQUE. IN THE NAME OF GOD, ROGUE IS YOUR STEP-DAUGHTER! THIS IS SICK!

MYSTIQUE: OKAY, WELL, MAYBE FOXX WAS A MISTAKE, BUT I’M ONLY TRYING TO HELP. I WANT TO TEST YOU TO SEE IF YOU’RE A GOOD FIT FOR ROGUE. AND YOU PASSED. YOU REFUSED THE PERFECT WOMAN, ALTHOUGH BARELY.

GAMBIT: I’LL… I’LL TELL FROST. I WILL!

MYSTIQUE: I WOULDN’T DO THAT. AFTER ALL, I WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF ROGUE WERE TO FIND OUT THAT WE HAD SEX RIGHT HERE.

GAMBIT: SO YOU’RE BLACKMAILING ME?

MYSTIQUE: WHY, I WOULD NEVER DO THAT TO MY STEPSON-IN-LAW. BUT I CAN SEE THAT THIS IS NOT WHAT I HAD PLANNED. I WILL GIVE UP THIS CRUSADE IF YOU DO SOMETHING FOR ME.

GAMBIT: WHAT?

MYSTIQUE: IT APPEARS I’VE MADE A LASTING IMPRESSION HERE. A YOUNG GIRL JUST INVITED ME ON A MISSION TO HONG KONG. SOME KIND OF INITIATION, I THINK. HERE, AS FOXX, I CAN FAKE MY DEATH ON SAID MISSION AND LEAVE YOU ALONE. BUT I NEED YOU TO COME WITH ME AND BE MY COVER.

GAMBIT REFUSES TO HELP HER AFTER WHAT SHE DID, BUT MYSTIQUE SAYS THAT HE RARELY HAS A CHOICE. AS FOXX, SHE CAN SAY AND DO ANYTHING. AND AS A STUDENT, SHE’S SURE EMMA WOULD BELIEVE HER WHEN SHE TELLS HER ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE. GAMBIT SIGHS, AND THEN TELLS MYSTIQUE THAT THEY HAVE A DEAL, AS LONG AS SHE LEAVES HIM ALONE.

WITH THAT, MYSTIQUE SHIFTS BACK INTO FOXX AND WALKS OFF, TELLING GAMBIT SHE’LL SEE HIM LATER. AS SHE DOES, WE SEE TOODLE PIP HIDING IN THE BUSHES, A LOOK OF SHOCK ON HER FACE AS SHE HEARS EVERYTHING.

TO BE CONTINUED

[swamphaze]

A List of My Favourite/Most Influential Songs & Albums

Songs

AG Cook - Silver

Alex G - Sarah

Bladee - Friday Nite

Bladee - TopMan

Boy Pablo - Everytime

Brave Little Abacus - I See It Too

Black Country, New Road - Sunglasses 

Car Seat Headrest - Something Soon

Car Seat Headrest - Fuck Merge Records

C'est La Key - The Window, Pt. 2

Coil - Tattooed Man

Connan Mockasin - Do I Make You Feel Shy?

Crystal Castles - Not In Love

Death Grips - Beware

Ecco2k - Peroxide

Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis

Elliot Smith - St Ides Heaven

Fishmans - Baby Blue

Gregory and the Hawk - Oats We Sow

Hannah Diamond - Pink and Blue

Joanna Newsom - Sprout and The Bean

Joanna Newsom - Peach Plum Pear

Joyce Manor - Beach Community

LSD & The Search For God - This Time

Machine Girl - Greaze Remix

The Microphones - Solar System

Micheal Jackson - Man In The Mirror

Mocky - Birds of a Feather

Pup - DVP

Primus - Jerry Was A Race Car Driver

Radiohead - Nude

Sewerslvt - Jvnko Loves You

Sewerslvt - Kawaii Razor Blades

Sleep - Dope Smoker

Slowdive - Shine

Snail Mail - Heat Wave

Soft Hair - Lying Has To Stop

Sonic Youth - Incinerate

SOPHIE - Immaterial 

SOPHIE - Hard

Sufjan Stevens - Futile Devices

Sunset Rollercoaster - My Jinji

Swans - I Was a Prisoner in Your Skull

Teen Suicide - Give Me Back to the Sky

They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul

Tigers Jaw - The Sun

Titanic Sinclair - Trust Fund

Thee Oh Sees - Palace Doctor

Toe - Goodbye

Yuele - Pixel Affection

Weezer - Only In Dreams

Albums

Ariel Pink - Worn Copy

Aphex Twin - Drukqs

Black Midi - Schlagenheim

Brave Little Abacus - Just Got Back From the Discomfort We’re Alright 

C’est La Key - Superflat

Coil - The Ape of Naples

Connan Mockasin - Forever Dolphin Love 

Deafheaven - Sunbather

Dorian Electra - Flamboyant

Elliot Smith - Elliot Smith

Fishmans - Long Season

Gilla Band - Most Normal

Joyce Manor - Joyce Manor 

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Murder of the Universe

King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath the Moon

LSD and the Search for God - LSD and the Search for God

Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World

Melody’s Echo Chamber - Melody’s Echo Chamber

the Microphones - Mount Eerie

Nick Drake - Pink Moon Paysage D’Hiver - Paysage D’Hiver

Sewerslvt - we had good times together, don't forget that SOPHIE - OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UNINSIDES

Stereolab - Dots and Loops

Burial - Untrue

Ween - The Mollusk

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“SIX YEARS, 12 STRAPS FOR EVANGELIST'S SON,” Toronto Star. March 11, 1933. Page 25. ---- Rugby Player Gets Five Years and Ten Strokes for Armed Robbery --- Special to The Star Hamilton, March 11.-"This sort of thing frequently ends in murder; you might be facing a charge on which you would finish with a rope around your neck," Magistrate Burbidge said to-day as he sentenced Frank Bradley, 21, son of an evangelist, to six years in the penitentiary and twelve strokes of the cat-o'-nine-tails, and Wilbur Schultz, 19. rugby player and son of a manufacturer, to five years and ten strokes of the cat-o'-nine-tails, on two charges of armed robbery.

On three charges of car theft the youths were sentenced to one year definite concurrently with the other sentences.

"They were out of work and figured they could get some easy money to carry on until spring." stated Detective Barrett. "The car they stole yesterday was to be put in a garage while they looked over the situation to pick out something big. These other jobs were just piker stuff. They obtained a shot-gun from a man named Dutch who was just out of prison."

Crown Attorney Ballard moved for immediate sentence referring to the accused as potential murderers. "This type of crime is very prevalent in the republic to the south of us, and has to be stamped out," he stated.

Schultz and Bradley admitted holding up and robbing Robert Megaughan, manager of Jackson's Bread Co., February 28. Megaughan was walking to a bank near his office with $1,900 in cash in his pocket and $58 in silver in a satchel. The robbers demanded the satchel, thinking they had the company's receipts, but all they got was the paltry sum in silver.

Their admissions also included the daring hold-up of Powell's branch grocery store, March 6.

Confident a break was impending, police withheld news of the theft between 8.30 and 9.30 yesterday of a large sedan owned by Vernon A. Smith, salesman of Rockwood. He was eating in a King St. E. restaurant and had left almost $600 in merchandise in his car.

Headquarters officials ordered every available man to take up the chase. An hour later. Detectives Sharpe and Barrett found the car parked on Blake St. They waited. Schultz and another man approached the car and were captured. Later, the detectives learned the second man was innocent and was merely acting as an agent to aid Schultz find a garage where the sedan could be parked a few hours.

Bradley was later arrested as Schultz’s alleged accomplice in theft of Smith's car. Both denied knowledge of the hold-ups until late. last night when an identification line-up was arranged at headquarters and seven persons positively identified them as the participants in the Megaughan and Powell robberies, police stated.

Detectives Barrett and Sharpe led a search which unearthed the shotgun and revolver in a rooming house. Not until then did Schultz and Bradley admit any knowledge of the crimes, The Star was told.

[AL: Bradley was also known as Frank Dadgley and Ted Lewis, and had been in Burwash and the Montreal jail before - he was 21, from Brantford, and had a tattoo of a Heart and Anchor tattoo and the word ‘Lovey’ on his arm. He was a cook’s helper. he was convict #2980 at Kingston Penitentiary but was transferred to Collin’s Bay January 1935. He was convict #822 and was released March 1937.

Schultz alias Wilbur was 19, and was from Hamilton - having spent some time in the Barton jail there. He was a machinist helper. At Kingston Penitentiary he was #2979 and unlike Bradley was a difficult and disobedient prisoner, reported 15 times between 1933 and 1935 for speaking out of term, theft of supplies, resistance to guards, foul language, and taking part in a prison strike. He mostly worked in the tailor shop Schultz was also involved in a riot and hostage taking in March 1935, when a group of twenty-five inmates, wearing improvised masks and with their inmate numbers ripped from their uniforms, occupied several workshops, barricaded the doors, and took three officers hostage; Schultz worked in the tailor shop in that building. Unlike the 1932 strike, the guards taken captive were gagged, tied, and beaten by the leaders of the uprising. Several of the inmates set fire to the mail bags manufactured inside, destroying most of the machinery and nearly killing several men. The prison officers who stormed the building were also exceptionally brutal, beating surrendered inmates with batons. During the investigation afterwards, few of the participants would explain exactly what they had hoped to gain, except, as one individual guessed: “They don’t want exercises. They want base balls. They want human treatment instead of persecution, and everything like that.” Schultz himself was implicated in the riot, considered an “agitator” by several other prisoners, but his testimony was rather limited in this regard:

Q (from Warden): “What I am getting at is that your answers are useless. The Shoe was set on fire, machines broke, windows broken, and, according to you, you didn’t see a thing. Are you sure you were there?” A: I don’t know what to tell you, boss.

Several weeks later he was overheard taking responsibility for “trying to beat you guys (ie the guards) but not knowing you can’t beat the boys in blue.” Schultz was given ten strokes of the strap for his role in this riot, and sent to segregation for a year.  He was pardoned December 1936.]

[angelwithshotgn]

{tunji kasim; cismale; he/him} hey isn’t that CALLUM SMITH? the 35 year old HUMAN (HUNTER) and a song that plays when you see them is HUMAN by CHRISTINA PERRI. They are known to be CARING and SECRETIVE. They have been in VALDEZ for 1 YEAR and always remind me of   brooding self deprecation, labels picked off of water bottles, the smell of the desert, and carefully organized notes.   what secrets will they discover?

BASICS.

NAME.　callum malcolm smith

BIRTH DATE + AGE.　march 15 1987 | 35

ZODIAC. pisces sun, leo moon, gemini rising

GENDER.　cismale

PRONOUNS.　he/him

ORIENTATION.　biromantic / bisexual

SPECIES.　human

OCCUPATION.　hunter/mechanic - cover.

BIRTHPLACE.　st paul minnesota.

FAMILY.　cayla smith - twin sister, marcus smith - father, lisabet smith - mother

APPEARANCE

FACECLAIM.　tunji kasim

EYES. brown

HAIR.  black

DOMINANT HAND. right.

HEIGHT. five foot nine.

BUILD. athletic.

TATTOOS. various.

SCARS/BIRTH MARKS. none

TIDBITS

callum and his twin sister were born in st paul minnesota into a family of hunters. their parents had both descended from two different lines of hunters. both having been hunting supernaturals for centuries. 

they didn’t grow up where they were born, instead the grew up on the road, in the back seat of a car, learning of the supernatural world, learning about the supernatural world and training to fight, to hunt, and to kill.

callum quickly got into fixing cars and motorcycles and started to learn to drive motorcycles, which was usually his preferred way of travel.

once the twins were 18 and graduated from high school, they were sent on their first mission without their parents, which would show if they were capable of hunting without their parents. the mission was successful and the twins started traveling to where they were needed without their parents. which ultimately led them to alaska.

[laurasmithismystalker]

Image One Stop Studio/Remi Rip Off

Laura Smith and Emmanuel Hamilton are ripping people off again. Now they're pretending to be Remi from Image Tattoos, the place Laura apprenticed at. Not too clever.. 

And why is Manny selling picnic tables under the name "Tim" out of an address on Strathmore Road in St Catharines, Ontario?

[leahhicksart]

Website: https://www.leahhicks.com/

Address: Smiths Falls, Eastern Ontario, Canada

Through catastrophic brain injury and resulting trauma comes a channel of expression from which I create my artworks.

Having an education in art, I have learned skills such as Life drawing, Still Life, Shape, Principles and Elements, Colour, and Fundamentals. This has given me a successful career as a well-established professional artist.

My work is represented and seen throughout North America and I have participated in various regional art shows, and solo shows in Montreal, Ottawa, and Kingston as well as having been honored to participate in The Florence Biennale in Italy, Chicago USA’s Art Expo, Toronto’s Arta Gallery’s Modern Woman and London Vogue. My Artwork is currently being shown in Prestigious Galleries across Eastern Canada.

I have had my work mentioned in numerous documents and literature. My artwork has been heavily collected by the Federal Government of Canada as well as held in many private collections and in many countries.

I continue to challenge myself to create a multi-dimensional world on a two-dimensional stage in order to achieve depth and emotion in each piece.

‘Inspiring the mind, exploring the depths of the subconscious landscape’

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[mudkissphotography]

2022 - MY YEAR IN REVIEW

Looking back at 2022, it was a year of living life on my terms. Doing things I have wanted to do for a long time, regardless of age. My biggest personal change this year was losing 4 stone and getting fit and healthy - its still a work in progress. I also dyed my hair like a raspberry ripple ice cream, (not been pink since the 80s) and had another tattoo.

I began to smile more and felt great, but sadly towards the end of the year, I lost my beloved 16-year-old bengal cat Rococo, so Christmas time was tinged with sadness that he wasn't around. I had this portrait of him completed as a tribute in November by Ana at Holy Trinity Tattoo Studios in Wigan.

On the photography front, I got to photograph two world-renowned theatrical shows. Firstly the Burlesque queen herself Dita Von Teese's Glamonatrix show, (the hottest, most glamorous ticket in town in March) was really something special and I was one of only 2 photographers chosen. Cirque De Soleil was another one off my bucket list and the only photographer at this particular show. I was treated with respect and kindness by the female tour managers of both shows.

I got to photograph the great British theatrical show Circus of Horrors which is always fun and keeps the audience on the edge of their seats with its death-defying stunts and bizarre horror themes and freak show.

It was also an incredible year for live music, it really did breathe life back into the venues once more. I was lucky enough to experience some magnificent shows and photograph them.

In no particular order, this is what struck me as some of my favourite times this year. First Aid Kit was my final show of the year, beautiful music, I could easily have photographed them all night.

Always fun shooting Billy Idol, who was in one of the first punk bands I saw in 1977. He is still the king rocker and had the audience in the palm of his hands. I also had one of my photos of him commissioned in the Guardian.

Robbie Williams is an incredible entertainer and 7 photographers were allowed access to his arena show - I was one of the lucky few.

Peaches, a superstar, a creative and powerful female artist, an explosive show at O2 Ritz, I was the only one shooting the whole show. It was dynamite and colourful and I had the best time. Peaches even shouted out to me to take the shot and proceeded to do a high jump for it. My favourite show of the year.

Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless owns the stage at the Mcr Academy, with a pit packed full of photographers trying to get THE shot; I loved the beauty in this shot of Ezra Furman shooting for Academy Music Group at O2 Ritz, which reminds me of a pre rachelite; the first time capturing the funkiness of Macy Grey was fun and also a bucket list tick for the exciting duo Nova Twins to a packed crowd in the small academy; shooting legends My Chemical Romance in Warrington in daylight was marvellous, sounding fantastic, bonus that the L. A band Starcrawler was one of the supports.

Photographing the Mcr show for Brix Smith as she unleashed her new band supporting PiL was awesome. John Lydon was in fine form too. Tori Amos at Mcr O2 Apollo was a challenge from the rear of the theatre, but I loved the colours and stage set-up. Karen O of Yeah Yeah, Yeahs, was another awesome show, her outfits were magnificent. Blondie, another old favourite at the Mcr Arena spectacular backdrops made for a stunning photographic show. Wolf Alice, was one of my first live music events for me this year and what a dynamite show it was too.

The Rolling Stones in the summer I sadly didn't get to photograph them, but as press for Louder Than War we did get access to the VIP area which was just amazing, with Echo and the Bunnymen as support - win-win. These were the famous lips in the grounds of the Anfield Stadium.

So many shows I got to photograph this year I couldn't include them all here - but a shout out to Cassyette, Chvrches, Roxy Music, Mitski, Marina, LP, St Vincent, Paloma Faith and Samantha Fish, for some great photo ops, if you wish to go see the albums they are all here on Flickr:

So what a year it proved to be, packed with diversity and it was great to reconnect with some of my photography chums, old and new once more. It was also a pleasure to liaise with some fantastic writers on the live shows this year and some of the Louder Than War crew got together in the summer at Home Mcr for an afternoon of chatter, drinks on John Robb.

And this was such a fantastic mural in the town of Leigh (4 miles from me) and such a fitting tribute to Pete Shelley that I had to include it here as one of my favourite moments - taken July 2022 on the day of the launch.

Just one last one, this was our New Years Eve 2022, walking through Delamere Forest on the illumination trail - such a grand spectacle.

Use of these images in any form without permission is illegal.

All work copyright Melanie Smith/ Mudkiss Photography All Rights Reserved

[wikifoxnews]

Who is Sundance Oliver ( Surrenders in connection to NYC shootings ) Wiki, Bio, Age, Crime, Arrest, Incident details, Investigations and More Facts

Sundance Oliver Biography                                        Sundance Oliver Wiki

An "armed and extremely dangerous" parole officer turned himself in Tuesday morning after authorities launched a manhunt, linking him to three separate New York City shootings that killed a man and a young girl and an elderly person in a wheelchair was injured police and sources.

Sundance Oliver, 28, a member of the Loop Gang with at least 12 prior arrests, surrendered to officers at the 77th Precinct and charges are pending against him, law enforcement sources said. Oliver was first identified by police as the suspected gunman in the shooting death of a 96-year-old man in a wheelchair in Brooklyn Monday morning and the killing of a 21-year-old man in lower Manhattan hours later. UPDATE: Homicide suspect, Sundance Oliver, is in custody with charges pending. At this time, there are NO outstanding suspects. The investigation into these shootings remains ongoing by NYPD detectives. THANK YOU to everyone who shared our messages seeking information. https://t.co/kYq2td2S1L — Commissioner Sewell (@NYPDPC) December 6, 2022 In the first attack outside Kingsborough Houses in Crown Heights at around 9.30am, Oliver apparently aimed at a woman from whom he snatched her coat and money, but instead shot old man Sandy Dewalt in the leg while he was in a motor vehicle. Police say a wheelchair is waiting for a bus. Dewalt was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition and is expected to recover. Oliver was later suspected of killing 21-year-old Kevon Langston around 2:40 p.m. on the sixth floor of Gov. Alfred E. Smith's homes at 15 St. James Pl., police officers said. He is said to have shot Langston twice in the chest and once in the leg inside the council housing complex across from police headquarters. Langston was taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition and did not survive. Oliver then returned to Brooklyn, where he is accused of shooting a 17-year-old girl in the chest just after midnight on Tuesday at the Kingsborough Houses at 719 Kingsborough 7 Walk, police officers said. The teenager was taken to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where she died from her injuries around 12:45 a.m., authorities said. "Based on the evidence gathered, three criminal seals and a series of investigative steps, it has been determined that the killer in all three incidents is the same," Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said at a morning news conference. "Right now we're looking for Sundance Oliver," the commissioner said, adding that he's about 6ft 2in tall and has a slim build. "She has the letters M and G tattooed under her right eye and a large floral tattoo of a green rose on the right side of her neck with the words 'Rich Forever' across it." "He's considered armed and extremely dangerous." The chief police officer said Tuesday that the NYPD is on "high alert" as all of its offices have become involved in the search for Oliver. The fatal victims of the last two shootings are "connected" to Oliver, Chief Detective James Essig told reporters. Oliver is "well known" to the NYPD with a dozen prior arrests, including at least two prior robberies, Essig said. He was held in state prison for first-degree robbery from June 2015 to July 2020, when he was paroled, according to state correction records. His parole expires in March 2023. According to Essig, he was also arrested on criminal possession of a weapon, two pending arrests and "various other charges." Read the full article

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