#Terrence Rice

[sims-blackbutterflies]

Date night with my favorite couple (⁠~⁠￣⁠³⁠￣⁠)⁠~

[glimeres]

1994 Tony Awards - Susan Egan, Terrence Mann, Burke Moses, Gary Beach and Ensemble perform a medley of songs (Me/Be Our Guest/If I Can't Love Her/Beauty And The Beast -Reprise-) from Disney's Beauty And The Beast

[superherokisser]

maybe eating a ton of fries and biscuits and then an oreo was not a good idea

[alightinthelantern]

Movies on Youtube:

Brief Encounter (1945, David Lean)

Opening Night (1977, John Cassavetes)

Close Up (1990, Abbas Kiarostami)

Taste of Cherry (1997, Abbas Kiarostami)

The Song of Sparrows (2008,  Majid Majidi)

Russian Ark (2002, Alexander Sokurov)

Dreams (1990, Akira Kurosawa)

Dersu Uzala (1975, Akira Kurosawa)

The Idiot (1951, Akira Kurosawa)

Drunken Angel (1948, Akira Kurosawa)

Tokyo Story (1953, Yasujirō Ozu)

Early Summer (1951, Yasujirō Ozu)

Late Spring (1949, Yasujirō Ozu)

The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952, Yasujirō Ozu)

Good Morning (1959, Yasujirō Ozu)

An Autumn Afternoon (1962, Yasujirō Ozu)

Sword for Hire (1952, Inagaki Hiroshi)

Rebecca (1940, Alfred Hitchcock)

Thunderbolt (1929, Josef von Sternberg)

Larceny (1948, George Sherman)

Among the Living (1941, Stuart Heisler)

Andrei Rublev (1966, Andrei Tarkovsky)

Mirror (1975, Andrei Tarkovsky)

Solaris (1972, Andrei Tarkovsky)

Ivan’s Childhood (1962, Andrei Tarkovsky)

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972, Werner Herzog)

Fitzcarraldo (1982, Werner Herzog)

Medea (1969, Pier Paolo Pasolini)

Medea (filmed stageplay)

Is It Easy To Be Young? (1986, Juris Podnieks)

We'll Live Till Monday (1968, Stanislav Rostotsky)

Ordinary Fascism (aka Triumph Over Violence) (1965, Mikhail Romm)

Battleship Potemkin (1925, Sergei Eisenstein)

The Third Man (1949, Carol Reed)

Johnny Come Lately (1943, William K. Howard)

Mister 880 (1950, Edmund Goulding)

Beethoven’s Eroica (2003, Simon Cellan Jones)

Katyn (2007, Andrzej Wajda)

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004, Brad Silberling)

Mean Girls (2004, Mark Waters)

The Neverending Story (1984, Wolfgang Petersen)

The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990, George T. Miller)

The Thief and the Cobbler (Richard Williams)

Osmosis Jones (2001, myriad directors)

Megamind (2010, Tom McGrath)

Ghost in the Shell (1995, Mamoru Oshii)

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004, Mamoru Oshii)

Steamboy (2004, Katsuhiro Otomo)

Badlands (1973), Terrence Malick

Wargames (1983, John Badham)

By the White Sea (2022, Aleksandr Zachinyayev)

White Moss (2014, Vladimir Tumayev)

The Theme (1979, Gleb Panfilov)

The Duchess (2008, Saul Dibb)

Bed and Sofa (1927, Abram Room)

Fate of a Man (1959, Sergei Bondarchuk)

Ballad of a Soldier (1959, Grigory Chukhray)

Uncle Vanya (1970, Andrey Konchalovskiy)

An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977, Nikita Mikhalkov)

Family Relations (1981, Nikita Mikhalkov)

The Seagull (1970, Yuli Karasik)

My Tender and Affectionate Beast (1978, Emil Loteanu)

Dreams (1993, Karen Shakhnazarov & Alexander Borodyansky)

The Vanished Empire (2008, Karen Shakhnazarov)

Winter Evening in Gagra (1985, Karen Shakhnazarov)

Day of the Full Moon (1998, Karen Shakhnazarov)

Zero Town (1989, Karen Shakhnazarov)

The Girls (1961, Boris Bednyj)

The Diamond Arm (1969, Leonid Gaidai)

Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (1965, Leonid Gaidai)

Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession (1973, Leonid Gaidai)

Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974, Eldar Ryazanov & Franco Prosperi)

Office Romance (1977, Eldar Ryazanov)

Carnival Night (1956, Eldar Ryazanov)

Hussar Ballad (1962, Eldar Ryazanov)

Kin-dza-dza! (1986, Georgiy Daneliya)

The Most Charming and Attractive (1985, Gerald Bezhanov)

Autumn (1974, Andrei Smirnov)

War and Peace: Part 1 (1966, Sergei Bondarchuk)

War and Peace: Part 2 (1966, Sergei Bondarchuk)

War and Peace: Part 3 (1967, Sergei Bondarchuk)

War and Peace: Part 4 (1967, Sergei Bondarchuk)

The Red Tent (first half) (1969, Mikhail Kalatozov)

The Red Tent (second half) (1969, Mikhail Kalatozov)

Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939, Sidney Lanfield)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939, Alfred L. Werker)

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942, John Rawlins)

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943, Roy William Neill)

Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943, Roy William Neill)

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943, Roy William Neill)

Sherlock Holmes: The Spider Woman (1944, Roy William Neill)

Sherlock Holmes: The Scarlet Claw (1944, Roy William Neill)

Sherlock Holmes: The Pearl of Death (1944, Roy William Neill)

Sherlock Holmes: The House of Fear (1945, Roy William Neill)

Sherlock Holmes: The Woman in Green (1945, Roy William Neill)

Sherlock Holmes: Pursuit to Algiers (1945, Roy William Neill)

Sherlock Holmes: Terror by Night (1946, Roy William Neill)

Sherlock Holmes: Dressed to Kill (1946, Roy William Neill)

If any of the links don’t work, try looking up the film in this playlist: link

[leguin]

2023 books

alright, calling it bc i’m not optimistic about finishing anything else in the next week - here’s this year’s reading list.

january

- the vampire lestat by anne rice

- bedroom rapper: cadence weapon on hip-hop, resistance, and surviving the music industry by rollie pemberton/cadence weapon

february - was reading queen of the damned

march

- queen of the damned by anne rice

- endurance: shackleton’s incredible voyage by alfred lansing

april

- the liar’s dictionary by eley williams

- drive your plow over the bones of the dead by olga tokarczuk (trans. antonia lloyd-jones)

- desert notes/river notes by barry lopez

- an imaginary life by david malouf

- eastbound by maylis de kerangel (trans. jessica moore)

- the forest museum by pip craighead

may - was reading the thirty years war

june

- the thirty years war by c.v. wedgwood

july

- taoism: the road to immortality by john blofeld

- the tale of the body thief by anne rice

august

- the badger by jenn ashworth

- storm in june by irene nemirovsky

- pulling the chariot of the sun by shane mccrae

september

- i don’t want to talk about it: overcoming the secret legacy of male depression by terrence real

october

- peaces by helen oyeyemi

november

- going postal by terry pratchett

- the futurological congress by stanisław lem (trans. michael kandel)

- stations of the tide by michael swanwick

december

- waxing on: the karate kid and me by ralph macchio

- the postcard by anne berest

[eternally-smitten]

I was tagged by @star-crossed-starks to do these questions! Thanks for the tag! :)

Relationship status: I have a boyfriend irl!

Favorite color: all sorts of pinks! I also have a soft spot for any ole pastel color, especially yellow and blue!

3 favorite foods: mac and cheese, rice crackers, and lobster!

Song stuck in my head: What I Want by The Living Tombstone

Last thing I Googled: "Halloween decor aesthetic" for my reblog game lol!

Time: 9:19pm

Dream trip: Oh I've always wanted to take a trip to Germany or Salem, Massachusetts!

Something I really want right now: some inspiration for art! I want to draw and write more self shipping content, but I'm not sure where to start. I've been having a severe case of art/writer's block.

I'm tagging @oc-x-cannon-on-main, @greghouse, and @terrence-self-ships (don't feel pressured though ♡)!

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Incorrect Quotes Tag Game

OK, so I was tagged by @canadjester to do this game and I’m very excited. I have too many quotes for this, so I’m gonna have to narrow it down to a few per WIP (I made quotes for about 3 of my WIPs, I think.)

[Rules: Use this site to make random quotes for your OCs.]

1: APS

I haven’t said too much about APS on this blog, so this is less about the characters and more about the quotes.

*Pretty accurate for Michael, he’s a chaotic dude. Also, these next few are gonna be text-written.

*Iris teaching Michael how to drive and taking Talia along for the ride.* Iris: That’s a pot hole! To the left! Michael: Take it back now y’all *drives into pothole* Talia, sticking her face into the front over the center console: Cha cha real smooth. Michael: That’s not how the song goes… Iris, crying and gripping the handle: Please just take me home… Michael: Country roads. Talia: Take me home. Michael: To the place- Both: -I belong! Both: WEST VIRGINIA- Iris, crying harder: what the hell *A teeny bit OOC for one of the characters but it works

Talia: Hello, my name is Failure, and you're watching my life crumble into pieces. Talia:  *waves her finger and sings like she’s in a Disney Channel intro* 

Talia: Be right back, gonna hit the toilet for a quick power sob.

Cassian: If I stay in bed I'll be warm. If I get in the shower, I'll also be warm. But the distance between the bed and shower? No. That is not warm. 

Cassian: Dracula had it right - sleep all day, live alone in a castle, and explode into bats to get out of all social situations. 

Talia, holding up her class notes: And then this doodle of a burrito because when I first read Aristotle, I thought it was pronounced like “Chipotle”.  Talia, in shock: Wait a minute, is it “Chip-o-tottle”?  Caster: *facepalms*

Marie, seeing a banana on the car seat: What the HELL??  Marie, buckling the banana up: Buckle UP, it’s the LAW! 

Alexander, washing the dishes: Who the fuck used this pan?? Alexander: Oh. I the fuck used this pan. Kazu: It was you the fuck. Alexander: It was me the fuck... Terrence: Who cooks rice in a pan? Kazu: Him the fuck.

2: Don't Leave (current side-WIP)

I at least have one excerpt of Don't Leave (yes, that's a shameless plug) so at least you could know some of the characters this way; y'all aren't just watching random people say random quotes...

June: Jamie, what are you doing? Jamie: Making chocolate pudding. June: It is four in the morning, why must you make chocolate pudding?  Jamie: Because I've lost control of my life.  Jamie: Here's your pudding, Kaguya.  Kaguya: Oh that's fine, I'm not hungry anymore. 

Kaguya: Last night I found out Jamie is a sleep talker. June: Oh, really?  Kaguya: "The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell." Right in my ear at 3 in the morning. 

3: Devil On My Shoulder

Krish: Okay happy campers! If you were a fruit what would you be and why?  Hector: I'd be a tomato because no one accepts me as part of the group.  Krish: ...  Hector: ...  Krish: OKAY HAPPY CAMPERS- 

Hector, sniffling: Calm down, I’m probably not sick. It might just be allergies.  Krish: Okay, tell me this: are you like, really tired?  Hector: I have depression, what do you think? 

Aaaand for the last one:

Hector: Krish, you're testifying in an aggravated assault case tomorrow, and the D.A. is worried about how you'll present yourself on the stand.  Krish: Why? I'm fine on the stand!  FLASHBACK to Testimony #1: Krish: Look, I'll make this real simple so even these dumdums can understand.  Krish, to the jury: MAN DID CRIME.  FLASHBACK to Testimony #2: Krish: I'm sorry, could you make her stop doing that weird thing with her face?  Defense Attorney, next to the crying defendant: ...Crying? FLASHBACK to Testimony #3: Krish: And when this is over, I'm gonna find you and I'm gonna break those little fingers.  Judge: Could the witness please stop threatening the stenographer? 

And that’s all, folks. Gently tagging @poetinprose, @hallwriteblr, and @ryns-ramblings ^ - ^

I’ve had too much fun with this

[mundaneandmagicalcreature]

Media consumed during 2023

Books

The Secret to Superhuman Strength (2021). Alison Bechdel. 7/10

Salomé (1891). Oscar Wilde. 10/10

The Vampire Lestat (1985). Anne Rice. 8/10

Time is a Mother (2022). Ocean Vuong. 3/10 (I feel like an asshole, but I didn't like it)

The Queen of the Damned (1988). Anne Rice. 9/10

Infinity (2017). Hannah Moscovitch. 8/10

Bomarzo (1962). Manuel Mujica Lainez. 10/10

Stone Fruit (2021). Lee Lai. 9/10

The Vampire Armand (1998). Anne Rice. 7/10 (I hate Marius)

Mémoires d'Hadrien (1951). Marguerite Yourcenar. 2/10 (How do you make a bisexual emperor sound like a boring old man, Marguerite, how?)

The Tale Of The Body Thief (1992). Anne Rice. 5/10

Poems (1931). Wilfred Owen. 7/10

La Sed (2020). Marina Yuszczuk. 8/10

Spinning (2017). Tillie Walden. 9/10

Movies

Emma (2020). Autumn de Wilde. 8/10

Minari (2020). Lee Isaac Chung. 10/10

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920). Robert Wiene. 7/10

Bones and All (2022). Luca Guadagnino. 7/10

Maurice (1987). James Ivory. 7/10 (the book's better)

Fucking Åmål (1998). Lukas Moodysson. 6/10

Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant (1972). Rainer Werner Fassbinder. 6/10

Le Fil (2009). Mehdi Ben Attia. 10/10 (I would marry this movie if I could)

37°2 le Matin (Betty Blue) (1986). Jean-Jacques Beineix. 7/10

Salomé (1922). Charles Bryant, Alla Nazimova. 4/10

Interview with the Vampire (1994). Neil Jordan. 8/10

The Addams Family (1991). Barry Sonnenfeld. 9/10

Addams Family Values (1993). Barry Sonnenfeld. 7/10

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022). Guillermo del Toro. 8/10

渺渺 (Miao Miao) (2008). Hsiao-tse Cheng. 5/40

La ley del deseo (1987). Pedro Almodóvar. 7/10

და ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ (And Then We Danced) (2019). Levan Akin. 10/10 (so, so, so sweet)

Morte a Venezia (Death in Venice) (1971). Luchino Visconti. 7/10

Disobedience (2017). Sebastián Lelio. 8/10

Shiva Baby (2020). Emma Seligman. 7/10

X (2022). Ti West. 5/10 (maybe I just don't like slashers; the music was 10/10 tho)

Back to the Future Part II (1989). Robert Zemeckis. 5/10

Ammonite (2020). Francis Lee. 7/10

Colette (2018). Wash Westmoreland. 6/10

The Duke of Burgundy (2014). Peter Strickland. 8/10 (unnerving and visually stunning)

Summerland (2020). Jessica Swale. 7/10 (Studio Ghibli vibes in a live action movie; a bit saccharine-y at times)

The Handmaiden (2016). Park Chan-wook. 9/10

The Favourite (2018). Yorgos Lanthimos. 10/10

Nope (2022). Jordan Peele. 8/10

Renfield (2023). Chris McKay. 6/10 (I liked the Nicholas Cage scenes, everything else was kinda meh).

Professor Marston & The Wonder Women (2017). Angela Robinson. 7/10 (sweet, romantic, entertaining, but at times it felt fake and manufactured, the way "based on a true story" movies usually are).

The Terminator (1984). James Cameron. 4/10 (it could have been 45mins instead of 1h45mins...)

Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991). James Cameron. 6/10 ("If you didn't like the first why did you watch the second?" Because I love my sibling)

Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989). Steven Spielberg. 6/10

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Francis Ford Coppola. 9/10

The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Jonathan Demme. 10/10

Sycorax (2021). Matías Piñeiro. 8/10

Black Narcissus (Passion of the Swamp) (2022). Peter Strickland. 8/10

Carta a Mi Madre Para Mi Hijo (Letter To My Mother For My Son) (2022). Carla Simón. 7/10

Is It Too Much To Ask (2019). Leena Manimekalai. 6/10

The Actress (2021). Andrew Ondrejcak. 9/10

Shakti (2019). Martín Rejtman. 6/10

El Silencio es un Cuerpo Que Cae (Silence Is A Falling Body) (2017). Agustina Comedi. 10/10 (so sad, so tender, so loving)

Meeting The Man: James Baldwin in Paris (1970). Terrence Dixon. 9/10 (Something tells me this is an excellent documentary; but there's a lot about "talk about certain things in a certain way" and "you know what I mean?" and no, I don't know what he meant or what things and ways were those).

Aftersun (2022). Charlotte Wells. 10/10 (who will lift this elephant off my chest now?)

Vers La Tendresse (Towards Tenderness) (2016). Alice Diop. 6/10

Silvia Prieto (1999). Martín Rehtman. 9/10

Camarera de Piso (Maid) (2022). Lucrecia Martel. 1/10 (the audio was unintelligible)

Contes Immoraux (Immoral Tales) (1973). Walerian Borowczyk. 4/10

Ojo Dos Veces Boca (Eye Two Times Mouth) (2023). Lila Avilés. 8/10

Az prijde kocour (The Cassandra Cat) (1963). Vojtech Jasný. 8/10

O Ornitólogo (The Ornithologist) (2015). João Pedro Rodrigues. 8/10

Uma Paciência Selvagem Me Trouxe Até Aqui (A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here) (2021). Érica Sarmet. 6/10

Squish! (2021). Tulapop Saenjaroen. 3/10

Fugue (2023). John Gianvito. 6/10

Η δουλειά της (Her job) (2018). Nikos Labôt. 8/10

Playback (2019). Agustina Comedi. 10/10

Maine Diil Nahin Dekha (I Am Yet to See Delhi) (2014). Humaira Bilkis. 1/10 (I have seen instagram reels with more argument and better structure)

Proyecto Fantasma (Phantom Project) (2022). Roberto Doveris. 7/10

El Vuelco del Cangrejo (Crab Trap) (2009). Oscar Ruíz Navia. 6/10

Ema (2019). Pablo Larraín. 9/10

Los Fuertes (The Strong Ones) (2019). Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo. 7/10

Phörpa (The Cup) (1999). Khyentse Norbu. 7/10

Նռան գույնը | Nran Guyne | Sayat Nova (The Color of Pomegranates). Sergei Parajanov. 10/10 (The weirdest movie I've ever seen, and one of the most visually stunning ones)

Voyage of Time: An IMAX Documentary (2016). Terrence Malick. 10/10

إن شئت كما في السماء (It Must Be Heaven) (2019). Elia Suleiman. 9/10

Potemkiniştii (The Potemkinists) (2022). Radu Jude. 2/10 (yes, I know the Russian government is evil, but please tell me something else)

Nr. 1 - Aus Berichten der Wach- und Patrouillendienste (From The Reports Of Security Guards and Patrol Services) (1985). Helke Sander. 8/10

Liborio (2021). Nino Martínez Sosa. 6/10

Sendiri Diana Sendiri (Following Diana) (2015). Kamila Andini. 6/10

Valkoinen Peura (The White Reindeer) (1952). Erik Blomberg. 4/10

Wadja (2012). Haifaa Al-Mansour. 10/10

La Femme Au Couteau (The Woman With A Knife) (1969). Timité Basori. 4/10

Tornar-se um Homem na Idade Média (Becoming Male In The Middle Ages) (2022). Pedro Neves Marques. 6/10

Un Garibaldino al Convento (A Garibaldian In The Convent) (1942). Vittorio de Sica. 6/10

Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau (Paris 05:59 Théo & Hugo) (2016). 7/10 (20 mins of porn followed by an hour and 10 mins about post-exposure prophylaxis and the importance of public health and transport systems)

Suplement (The Supplement) (2002). Krzysztof Zanussi. 7/10

天下乌鸦 (All The Crows In The World) (2021). Tang Yi. 6/10

L'Échapée (Escape) (2009). Katell Quillévéré. 8/10

An Exercise In Discipline - Peel (1982). Jane Campion. 1/10

La Amiga De Mi Amiga (Girlfriends And Girlfriends) (2022). Zaida Carmona. 2/10

Matka Joanna od aniołów (Mother Joan Of Angels) (1961). Jerzy Kawalerowicz. 8/10

Please, Baby, Please (2022). Amanda Kramer. 8/10

Magari (If Only) (2019). Ginevra Elkan. 7/10

Amansa tiafi (Public Toilet Africa) (2021). Kofi Ofosu-Yeboah. 5/10

Holy Spider (عنکبوت مقدس) (2022). Ali Abbasi. 10/10

Movies (II, 'cause I reached the character limit in a section)

Les Cinq Diables (The Five Devils) (2022). Léa Mysius. 8/10

Close (2022). Lukas Dhont. 10/10 (so, so, so sad)

Rien à Foutre (Zero Fucks Given) (2021). Emmanuel Marre, Julie Lecoustre. 7/10

Un Affaire De Femmes (Story Of Women) (1988). Claude Chabrol. 10/10

Serpentine (2022). Eva Doležalová. 2/10 (good photography, but the story is trite an shallow)

Strange Way of Life (2023). Pedro Almodóvar. 7/10

Belle (2013). Amma Asante. 6/10 (not terrible, but cardboard-y like it was written to teach middle schoolers history)

Series

Severance (2022-). Season 1. Dan Erickson. 7/10 (entertaining but i wanted more answers)

Atlanta (2016-2022). Season 1. Donald Glover. 9/10

Atlanta (2016-2022). Season 2. Donald Glover. 9/10

Atlanta (2016-2022). Season 3. Donald Glover. 8/10 (very uneven)

Atlanta (2016-2022). Season 4. Donald Glover. 8/10 (Mr. Glover, why was the last episode dedicated to product placement?)

The White Lotus (2021-2023) Season 1. Mike White. 6/10

The White Lotus (2021-2023) Season 2. Mike White. 7/10

The Last Of Us (2023-). Season 1. Craig Mazin. 9/10

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013-2018). Season 1. Anthony Bourdain. 8/10

Six Feet Under (2001-2005). Season 1. Alan Ball. 9/10

Six Feet Under (2001-2005). Season 2. Alan Ball. 8/10

Six Feet Under (2001-2005). Season 3. Alan Ball. 8/10 (Nobody Sleeps is my favorite episode so far; so close to my own understanding of what love is)

Six Feet Under (2001-2005). Season 4. Alan Ball. 9/10

Gravity Falls (2012-2016). Season 1. Alex Hirsch. 8/10

Six Feet Under (2001-2005). Season 5. Alan Ball. 8/10

Good Omens (2019-). Season 1. Douglas Mackinnon. 8/10

Good Omens (2019-). Season 2. Douglas Mackinnon. 9/10

Gravity Falls (2012-2016). Season 2. Alex Hirsch. 9/10

The Bear (2022-). Season 2. Christopher Storer. 10/10

Dictaduras Latinoamericanas (2016). Pablo Gregui and Marcel Cluzet. 3/10 (the episodes were way to short to teach me anything beyond common knowledge)

What We Do in the Shadows (2019-). Season 5. Jemaine Clement (?). 7/10

The Newsreader (2021-). Season 2. Michael Lucas. 10/10

Our Flag Means Death (2022-). Season 2. David Jenkins.4/10

Over the Garden Wall (2014). Patrick McHale. 10/10

The Fall of the House of Usher (2023). Mike Flanagan. 9/10

Misc

Pokemon Leaf Green (2004) 3/10 (beating the pokemon league was a debt from childhood but it was so boring)

Escape From Monkey Island (2000) 6/10

HBO's The Last Of Us Podcast (2023). Season 1. 10/10

The Procession to Calvary (2020). 10/10 (I expected a fun, silly little game and got exactly that)

Stardew Valley (2016). 10/10

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

Ani Cordero - "Me Tumba" [I'm Devastated]

This Video is Dedicated To: Este video esta dedicado a:

Sandra Bland, John Crawford, Walter Scott, David Collie, Joseph Mann Terrence Crutcher, Sam Dubose, Sureshbhai Patel, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Sean Bell,  Rodney King, Ramarley Graham, Trayvon Martin, Emmett Till, Philando Castile, Alton Sterling, Rekia Boyd, Corey Jones

...Y un sinnúmero de personas conocidas y desconocidas ... And to all the countless lives, both known and unknown

¡Tome Acción!  Take Action! BlackLivesMatter.com

(Translation to English on video & description) 

[africanamericanreports]

Rice University trustee Terrence Gee and family have donated $1 million to the university to help establish the Dr. Anthony B. Pinn Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Center for African and African American Studies.

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By • Olalekan Fagbade Rema, Asake, others win big at 2023 Headies Awards [Full List] The 16th Headies Awards was held at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, USA, on Sunday amid pomp and pageantry. The event, tagged “Celebrating African Renaissance,” was hosted by Nollywood actress, Osas Ighodaro and American media personality, Terrence J. Odumodublvck, Young Jonn, Wande Coal, Kcee, Black Sherif, Asake and others thrilled the audience with electrifying performances. Rema won the Best Male Artiste of the Year award, while Asake walked home with a brand new car after winning the highly coveted Next Rated category. Similarly, Odumodublvck won a house in Lagos after he was named the Rookie of the Year. After all the back and forth on social media, neither Blaqbonez nor TG Omori got the award for Best Music Video of the Year; Director K won the category. However, while receiving his award for the Best Rap Album of the Year which he won for ‘The Young Preacher’, Blaqbonez insisted that “TG Omori and I are still the best directors.” Overall, Rema led with three awards, including Best Male Artiste of the Year, Digital Artiste of the Year and African Artiste Of The Year. Meanwhile, the organisers didn’t present some of the categories, including Best Recording of The Year, Songwriter of The Year, Best RnB Single, Best Vocal Performance (Female), Headies Viewers’ Choice, Best East African artiste of the year, and Best North African Artiste of The Year. Others are Best Southern African Artiste of The Year, Best Central African Artiste of The Year, International Artiste Of The Year, Best Alternative Album, and Best RnB Album. Full List of Winners And Nominees: Best Rap Single Reminisce – Hustle Ladipoe – Big Energy Blaqbonez – Back in Uni Psycho YP – Bando Diaries OdumoduBlvck – Declan Rice (Winner) Jeriq, Phyno – My Bro Best Alternative Song Wizard Chan – Earth song Cruel Santino – Final champion Basketmouth, The Cavemen – The Traveller Boj, Moliy, Mellissa – In a loop Flavour – Game Changer Obongjayar – Tinko Tinko (Winner) Best Vocal Performance (Male) Oxlade – Ku Lo Sa Ric Hassani – My only baby Magixx – Love Don’t Cost A Dime Chike – Spell Remix Praiz – Reckless Wande Coal – Kpe Paso (Winner) Best Music Video Blaqbonez, Perliks – Back in Uni TG Omori – PBUY Director Pink – Spell Remix Director K – Common Person TG Omori – Bandana Director K – Calm Down (Winner) Best Rap Album Payper Corleone – Fly Talk Only Show Dem Camp – Palmwine Music Vol. 3 Blaqbonez – Young Preacher (Winner) Psycho YP – YPSZN3 Vector – TESLIM Jeriq – Billion Dollar Dream Lyricist On The Roll Ladipoe – Clowns Vector – Clowns Payper Corleone – Fly Talk Only (Winner) Alpha Ojini – Vigilante Bop A-Q – Family First Tec (SDC) – Live Life Producer of The Year Magicsticks – Sungba Remix Pheelz – Electricity Andre Vibez, London – Calm Down Tempoe – Soweto Kel P – Kpe Paso Rexxie – Abracadabra Remix (Winner) Best Male Artiste Asake Rema (Winner) Burna Boy Ruger Kizz Daniel Omah Lay Rookie of the Year Odumodu Blvck (Winner) Bloody Civilian Bayyani Guchi Eltee Skillz Khaid Best Inspirational Single Stand Strong – Davido Ft Sunday Service Choir Jireh (My Provider) – Limoblaze, Lecrae & Happi Music This Year – Victor Thompson & Ehis ‘d’ Greatest Eze Ebube – Neon Adejo (Winner) Tobechukwu – Nathaniel Bassey And Mercy Chinwo I Get Backing – Victoria Orenze Special Recognition Award Sound Sultan (posthumous) Afrobeats Single of The Year Burna Boy – Last Last (Winner) Ayra Starr – Rush Kizz Daniel, Tekno – Buga Pheelz, BNXN – Finesse Spyro – Who’s Your Guy Ruger – Asiwaju Digital Artiste Of The Year Burna Boy Ayra Starr Rema (Winner) Omah Lay Kizz Daniel Asake Best Street-Hop Artiste Rexxie, Naira Marley, Skiibii – Abracadabra Seyi Vibez – Chance (Winner) Asake – Joha

Poco Lee, HotKid – Otilo Zlatan, Young Jonn – Astalavista Mohbad – Peace Next Rated Spyro Seyi Vibez Young Jonn Asake (Winner) Victony Album Of The Year Burna Boy – Love, Damini Asake – Mr. Money With The Vibe (Winner) Rema – Rave & Roses Omah Lay – Boy Alone Victony – Outlaw Davido – Timeless Song of The Year Rema – Calm Down Burna Boy – Last Last (Winner) Oxlade – Ku Lo Sa Kizz Daniel, Tekno – Buga Pheelz, BNXN – Finesse Asake, Burna Boy – Sungba Remix Best Collaboration Asake, Burna Boy – Sungba Remix BNXN, Kizz Daniel, Seyi Vibez – Gwagwalada Pheelz, BNXN – Finesse Spyro, Tiwa Savage – Who’s Your Guy Remix (Winner) Pheelz, Davido – Electricity Wande Coal, Olamide – Kpe Paso African Artiste Of The Year Burna Boy (Nigeria) Marwa Loud (Morocco) Black Sherif (Ghana) Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania) Rema (Nigeria) – Winner Best West African Artiste of The Year Gyakie (Ghana) Black Sherif (Ghana) – Winner The Therapist (Liberia) Camidoh (Ghana) #16thHeadies #Asake #awardnight #Burnaboy #Headies #music #rema

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Mind, Body, Spirit

Daily writing prompt: What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being?

Health and well-being is a big topic that can’t really be limited to just one thing. There are several overlapping factors to it, yes, but overall health is your overall life. Self-care is a necessity, not a luxury. You are worth investing in yourself if you want to be happy and at peace.

I am a very physical person, so diet and exercise is high on my list.

An ideal week of exercise for me is four hours of karate, three hours of jiu jitsu, running a few times per week, a little bit of boxing and muay thai, and a few hours of strength training and stretching, yoga (I recommend Yoga with Adriene), t’ai chi (I recommend Terrence Dunn), or qigong. I enjoy going on nature walks, hikes, or visiting botannical gardens.

Lean meat, fish, fresh fruit and vegetables, beans and grains, dairy, a sparing amount of sweets, and a low sodium diet can take care of a multitude of minor illnesses can be handled with diet, including depression and anxiety. When I’m on top of my own diet, I have oats, peanut butter, and milk in the morning. In the mid-afternoon, a large lunch of plain rice, and some mixed vegetables and skinless chicken heavily seasoned and stir fried in a tablespoon of butter. Sometimes I’ll have a tuna sandwich, and my guilty pleasure is homemade chicken or pork fajitas with guacamole. I usually drink just water throughout the day. At night I may have a small snack of peanut butter and crackers. I drink medicinal teas for minor illnesses and for general well-being.

A healthy lifestyle goes a long way for my mental health, including keeping a clean and tidy environment. Or as tidy as us artists are ever able to be. I organize my clutter into specific piles!

I listen to a broad range of music including classic rock, gothic rock, alternative, grunge, metal, power metal, symphonic metal, pop, country, classical, neoclassical and instrumentals (I love “ambience” mixes), a variety of folk music (Celtic, Gaelic, bluegrass, folk metal such as The Hu or Tennger Calvary), and some ’70s R&B.

One part of my mental health I have neglected for a few years is artistic creation and expression. Life has been hectic and I’ve been unable to draw more than just commissions and work-related stuff, but soon I’ll be remedying that and getting back to illustrating and writing.

I’ve recently been getting back into reading, and the escapism feels good, as does indulging in my grammarian side by studying the writing style of what I’m reading. I’m careful about what I allow on my social media feeds as part of my mental health. I have little interest in drama or negativity.

Never stop learning. There are always interesting things to study and poke at to enrich your mind. It’s also important to maintain your cognitive abilities. I personally enjoy jigsaw puzzles, logic puzzles, and sometimes board games. Not that I’m very good at it, so if you want an easy win at chess, hit me up!

Spiritual well-being can arguably be a subcategory of mental well-being depending on how you feel about it. I am a very spiritual person, and quiet prayer, grounding, study, philosophy, and reflection helps me. When I’m indoors, I’ll meditate to something soothing, but when I’m outdoors, I like to meditate flat on my back in the grass just listening to the wind and wildlife.

Don’t underestimate the value of good people in your life. An exercise buddy, reading buddy, music buddy, prayer buddy, study buddy, whatever you’re in to, a friend or relative as passionate about the things you are can make an activity that much more fulfilling. I am very fortunate I have a good partner in my life who enjoys nearly all the same subjects as I do, so to a degree he is my one-stop-shop for a friend in art, martial arts, hiking, music, reading, food, and spirituality!

Work/life balance is not my forte and too often I’m working over 40 hours/week. Especially during tax season when I’m usually hitting 60-90 hours/week. On the bright side, I can usually keep my stress low enough my blood pressure doesn’t stay high and I don’t lose sleep from ruminating thoughts.

So that’s generally how I take care of myself. Not perfect by any means, but I’ve about gotten myself figured out!

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The key ingredient in green tea, carrots can reverse Alzheimer's disease!

Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) say a diet containing certain substances in green tea and carrots can reverse Alzheimer's-like symptoms in mice with a genetic mutation that would otherwise have Alzheimer's Silence. The researchers said the study, published recently in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, was conducted in mice, but many of the findings from mice could not be successfully replicated in humans. Regardless, this study adds credibility to the idea that certain off-the-shelf, plant-based supplements may offer protection against dementia in humans. "Anyone doesn't want to spend 10-12 years waiting for a newly designed drug to come to market, and you can change your diet today," said study senior author Terrence Town, professor of physiology and neuroscience at the USC Keck School of Medicine. . "I find it very encouraging." In addition, the study suggests that combination therapy may be the best way to treat Alzheimer's disease. In this study, researchers found that a combination of two compounds could reverse Alzheimer's disease: Epigallocatechingallate (EGCG), a key ingredient in green tea, and in crops such as carrots, potatoes, rice, and wheat. of ferulic acid (FA). The researchers randomly divided 32 mice with Alzheimer's-like symptoms into four groups of equal numbers of males and females. For comparison, each group of mice also contained the same number of healthy mice. The researchers gave mice EGCG plus FA, EGCG, FA, or a placebo over a 3-month period. The dose is 30 mg/kg body weight—a dose that can be tolerated by the human body and can also be obtained through a healthy diet or supplements. Before and after the experiment, the researchers gave the mice a series of neuropsychological tests, equivalent to human thinking and memory tests. Of particular note is a Y-shaped maze that tests rats' spatial working memory — which humans use to find their way out of a building. Healthy mice instinctively explored each arm of the Y-maze, looking for food or escape routes, and entered the three arms in sequence, rather than running around randomly, but sick mice were unable to complete these tests normally. "Three months later, the combination treatment completely restored working memory and reversed Alzheimer's symptoms in the mice, which behaved like normal mice," Town said. So how does this therapy work? One mechanism, Town said, may be that these substances prevent amyloid precursor protein from breaking down to form beta amyloid, which is abundant in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. In addition, the compounds appear to reduce neuroinflammation and oxidative stress in the brain — key pathological features in the brains of human Alzheimer's patients. Town said he and his lab will continue to explore the combination, focusing on using plant-derived substances to inhibit the formation of beta amyloid plates.

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Books read and movies watched in 2023 (January to June):

Bolded verdicts (Yes!/Yes/No/Eh) are links to more in-depth reviews!

Books:

Temporary People (Deepak Unnikishnan): Yes!

Inland (Téa Obreht): Yes!

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena (Anthony Marra): Yes

A Long Petal of the Sea (Isabel Allende): No

Nanjing Requiem (Ha Jin): Yes

When My Name Was Keoko (Linda Sue Park): Yes

Orhan’s Inheritance (Aline Ohanesian): Eh

Insurrecto (Gina Apostol): Yes!

The Memory Police (Yōko Ogawa): No

(poetry) When My Brother Was an Aztec (Natalie Diaz): Yes!

(poetry) Earthly Measures (Edward Hirsch): Yes

(poetry) Refusing Heaven (Jack Gilbert): Yes

(poetry) Lucky Wreck (Ada Limon): No

(poetry) Bright Dead Things (Ado Limon): No

(poetry) A Silence Opens (Amy Clampitt): Yes

Movies:

Taste of Cherry (1997, Abbas Kiarostami): Eh

Amélie (2001, Jean-Pierre Jeunet): No

Mirror (1975, Andrei Tarkovsky): Yes

Late Spring (1949, Yasujirō Ozu): Yes

An Autumn Afternoon (1962, Yasujirō Ozu): Yes

Early Summer (1951, Yasujirō Ozu): Yes

Late Autumn (1960, Yasujirō Ozu): Eh

The Flavor Of Green Tea Over Rice (1952, Yasujirō Ozu): Yes

Superman: The Movie/Superman II (1978, 1981, Richard Donner): No

Superman Returns (2006, Bryan Singer): Yes

Ready or Not (2019, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett): Yes

Spider-Man Trilogy (2002, 2004, 2007, Sam Raimi): No

Batman/Batman Returns (1989, 1992, Tim Burton): No

Batman Begins/The Dark Knight/The Dark Knight Rises (2005, 2008, 2012, Christopher Nolan): Yes

The Lego Batman Movie (2017): Yes

Mascarade (2022, Nicolas Bedos): No

RRR (2022, S. S. Rajamouli): No

Dersu Uzala (1975, Akira Kurosawa): No

Interstellar (2014, Nolan brothers): No

Blade Runner (1982, Ridley Scott): Yes

Brazil (1985, Terry Gilliam): Yes

Days of Being Wild (1990, Wong Kar-Wai): Yes

In the Mood for Love (2000, Wong Kar-Wai): Eh

Timbuktu (2014, Abderrahmane Sissako): Yes!

The Favourite (2018, Yorgos Lanthimos): Yes!

Solaris (1972, Andrei Tarkovsky): Yes

Andrei Rublev (1966, Andrei Tarkovsky): Yes

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, Stanley Kubrick): Eh

Ghost in the Shell (1995, Mamoru Oshii): Yes

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004, Mamoru Oshii): Yes

The Lion in Winter (1968, Anthony Harvey): Yes

Polite Society (2023, Nida Manzoor): No

War and Peace (1966-7, Sergei Bondarchuk): Yes

Apocalypse Now (1979, Francis Ford Coppola): Eh

The Little Mermaid (2023): No

Bed and Sofa (1927, Abram Room): Yes

Lost in Translation, (2003, Sofia Coppola): No

Autumn (1974, Andrei Smirnov): Eh

Empire of the Sun (1987, Steven Spielberg): Yes

Dreams (1993, Karen Shakhnazarov/Alexander Borodyansky): Yes

After Life (1998, Hirokazu Kore-eda): Yes!

Assassin of the Tsar (1991, Karen Shakhnazarov): No

The Idiot (1951, Akira Kurosawa): Eh

Anna Karenina (2012, Joe Wright): Yes

Opening Night (1977, John Cassavetes): Yes!

Legally Blonde (2001, Robert Luketic): Yes

Election (1999, Alexander Payne): No

Poisons or the World History of Poisoning (2001, Karen Shakhnazarov): No

Day of the Full Moon (1998, Karen Shakhnazarov): Eh

The Importance of Being Earnest (2002, Oliver Parker): Yes

An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977, Nikita Mikhalkov): Yes

Family Relations (1981, Nikita Mikhalkov): Yes

Kin-dza-dza! (1986, Georgiy Daneliya): No

Office Romance (1977, Eldar Ryazanov): Yes

Zerograd (aka Zero Town) (1989, Karen Shakhnazarov): No

Jazzmen (aka We Are from Jazz) (1983, Karen Shakhnazarov): Eh

Hussar Ballad (1962, Eldar Ryazanov): Eh

Days of Heaven (1978, Terrence Malick): Yes

The Sting (1973, George Roy Hill): Yes!

Watch Out for the Automobile (1966, Eldar Ryazanov): No

Uncle Vanya (1970, Andrey Konchalovskiy): Yes

The Seagull (1970, Yuli Karasik): Yes

Dark Eyes (1987, Nikita Mikhalkov): Yes

The Red Tent (1969, Mikhail Kalatozov): Yes

Carnival Night (1956, Eldar Ryazanov): Yes

The Irony of Fate (1976, Eldar Ryazanov): No

The Diamond Arm (1969, Leonid Gaidai): Yes

Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (1965, Leonid Gaidai): Yes

And here’s my 2022 list!