#This was legit one of our absolute favorite toys and 100% because it was so damn gay not that we had that term we just knew a good thing

[zenaidamacrouras1]

This was my brother's favorite Ken, his canon name is "Horse Lovin' Ken."

He came to us from a yard sale missing his red checker shirt, grinning proudly with his his jaunty cowboy hat, leather shearling vest loose over his bare chest, and squeezed into those skin tight red leather pants.

It was pretty clear to us even in a conservative rural area in the 80s and 90s that him and Barbie were "just friends." Barbie had her boyfriends, but red leather pants Ken was not among them.

Shirtless under that vest was really a bit obscene, so when we found a red mesh Ken tank top at a yard sale, he got that instead, because it matched the red leather pants. I'm going to tell you something that probably won't surprise you - the addition of the red mesh muscle tank did not make the red leather pants less risqué.

[amelylinaa]

hello, amelylina! I hope you don't mind a small interview through asks. I was given a task of interviewing someone I look up to, so I would really appreciate you answering my questions 😅 1. What is your real name? How do you like to be called by your friends? 2. Describe yourself in 4-5 words. 3. What do you study right now? 4. What made you chose this field? 5. What you would've said to yourself 4 years ago? 6. What are you most afraid of? 7. What do you think is your best trait? (see part 2)

Ok........... I legit almost had a stroke when saw this like WHAT?????

THIS IS SO SWEET THANK YOU SO MUCH I DO NOT DESERVE THIS IM JUST A RANDOM GIRL DOING SOME RANDOM STUFF 🥺❤

Answers :

1. My real name is Evelina. My friends usually call me Lina, but I prefer to be called Amely or Ame.

2. Med student with a hobby

3. I study medicine and all of the millions academic studies attached to this wonderful field.

4. I've always loved chemistry and biology, but once I've read one amazing book about genetics I absolutely fell in love with medicine and the way our bodies work. My favorite class is definitely pathophysiology.

5. Don't blame yourself for people leaving you, it's not always your fault.

6. To be left alone.

7. The strive to learn :)

8. Just to share and communicate with people with the same interests, definitely wasn't expecting what I have now, still in absolute shock!!

9. Hopefully something positive ;) Sometimes I really want people to remember me not only for alpha clothes and haha funny name reference. But I understand it's hardly possible, which is ok don't get me wrong.

10. Every single time I post something, especially renders, and recieve comments, asks or reblogs, people saying how good I am. I don't think so. I really don't think I deserve any of this honestly.

11. Probably thinkinh what I want to do, finding some clothing reference, and pre-thinking of the whole process of making particular clothes.

12. I just really love all the details. Nevertheless huge respect to all of the maxismatch creators, you guys have a lot less freedom than us alpha-creators in what to create. (i'm talking mostly about frankenmeshing, as you depend on EA meshes for this, so it takes a lot of imagination, creative thinking and overall pretyy amazing drawing skills) And still you guys create best looking clothes, they impress me every single time, I feel like I could never do something similar.

13. Ah yes, the joke running in this blog from the very beginning. (gosh im so edgy in those tags) I don't really want numbers if this makes sense, I want to see that people like what I make, that the clothes are used and maybe even inspire someone to do something similar. This is probably the top achievement ever for me. I literally cried when some of you sent me an ask, telling me you look up for me and also want to do something similar one day. Thank you, I'm 100% sure you'll rock it, just keep moving forward and learning something!!

14. Yeah it crossed my mind a couple of times, but not because i don't like this community. The main reason is that I'm trying my best right now to earn enough money to pay for the better university and move from my family home. My cat also wants to thank all of my lovely patrons, all of the toys and food and other supplies are bought from the patreon money, which I'm always super grateful for. Thank you so much!

15. Having enough courage to write to the person I looked up to @clumsyalienn. Meeting Jen is the best thing that has ever happened to me. She's so sweet and the bestest friend and human ever possible. I can never express how grateful I am to her for absolutely everything. If not for the virus we woul've finally met this summer!! :c

THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS IT WAS SO FUN ANSWERING THEM!!!!! 💜

[olivenight17]

Hey! I sent this prompt to a few other BNHA pages, but I'd love to see your take on it please! Your writing & headcanons are so good! Reader is a sweetie from Class A & despite the rivalry she really supports Class B & she has a soft spot for Monoma. She's always encouraging him in joint trainings & stuff. Reader does what everyone seen coming & asks him on a date. Monoma, our awkward boy, laughs in her face & ruins it. However he really likes her too & tries to fix things in the end. Thanks!

Anon, let me tell you right now, that great minds must think alike because I’ve been legit toying with an idea similar to this in my head for months! Also, thank you, let me see what I can cook up for you in my little mind. And you requested my favorite feral boi thank youuuuu

- Monoma was never sure how it came to him liking you.

- First and foremost, you were from class 1-a, and therefore there was more than enough reason to detest you like the rest of your classmates.

- But noooo, you had to come in and make things all confusing for the blond.

- You were always supportive of his class from the start. Even going so far as to become good friends with some of them, offering tips and helping to train.

- You tried offering the same to him, but he always disappeared before you could really ask him.

- And you were so sweet, especially to him, which he couldn’t for the life of him understand. Always shouting tips from the sideline, watching his back if you were on the same team in joint training. And even if you weren’t and you knocked him down, you always lent a helping hand to him afterwards and words of encouragement.

- Monoma couldn’t pin down one instance where you’ve ever treated him like a nuisance, as someone to be ashamed to know. You even laughed at some of his quips!

- Yeah, safe to say, he fell very hard and had absolutely no idea how to handle it.

- And it’s basically obvious as hell because now he has a giant blush on his face every time he talks to you and especially when he teases you.

- Lol he figures he has some time to figure out how to approach this but alas, your wonderful, adorable figure comes into view with a shy smile. “Monoma I really, really like you… do you think we could go on a date?”

- Monoma.exe has officially short circuited.

- Now, what he wants to say is “Yes, I’ve liked you for so long. I’ll take you anywhere you want to go, name it.”

- But what comes out is hysterical laughter as he turns and power walks away from you as fast as possible because he doesn’t actually know how to face his emotions.

- It’s only at night when he realizes just what he’s done and he’s banging his head against the wall and blaring heartbreak songs on almost full volume.

- If it weren’t for Kendo almost breaking down his door and for once not seeing Monoma act like he has all the answers, she talks him through it.

- And for some visuals, just imagine Kendo sitting on the bed next to Monoma who is completely wrapped in his blankets like a burrito. He has the biggest pout on his face as he whines about how stupid he was.

- Kendo kinda agrees on that stupid bit, but heavily suggests that he needs to go talk to you about it and “an explanation is better than nothing, at least she can understand why you did that.”

- So, the next day, Monoma has flowers, chocolates, your favorite stuffed animal, anything to make up for his mistake. He is 100% prepared to apologize and hopefully woo you back into liking him.

- But then he knocks on your door, and he sees your puffy eyes and the tissues scattered about behind you and his heart just breaks. He did that to you, he broke your heart all because he didn’t know what to do. In that instance he just drops everything he’s holding and brings you into a hug and apologizes to you over and over again.

- It’s probably the most genuine you’ve ever seen him.

- If you decide to hear him out, he sits on the bed, confesses that he’s liked you for a long time, and you really surprised him asking him out and he didn’t know how else to react. Albeit it’s all a very awkward confession because he’s still trying to maintain his cocky attitude but it’s too late, it’s already fallen apart and you can see the real him now.

- He grabs your hand gently and just looks into your eyes. “I’m not the best at this whole… relationship thing. But, I’m willing to try for you and, if you’ll let me, I would love to take you out on a date.”

- It’s up to you whether or not you want to go, but if you say yes, be rest assured, he’ll be doing everything he so possibly can on that date to spoil you, even if he’s super awkward about it.

This got long but oooh it fueled my passion that I couldn’t stop typing. Thank you so much for this request, anon! I hope you enjoyed it!

[tkmedia]

Ring Ratings Update: JoJo Diaz and Tank Davis climb the divisional rankings

Ring Ratings Update: JoJo Diaz and Tank Davis climb the divisional rankings

Davis swung for the fences with almost every shot he launched at Barrios. Photo by Amanda Wescott-SHOWTIME 17 Jul by Doug Fischer Two Ring-rated junior lightweights recently invaded the weight classes north of the 130-pound division with impressive success. Joseph Diaz Jr., the No. 4-rated junior lightweight, established himself in the 135-pound division by outpointing Javier Fortuna, The Ring’s No. 6-rated lightweight, over 12 competitive rounds on July 9. Diaz (32-1-1, 15 KOs), a former featherweight contender/title challenger, shot up the junior lightweight rankings by outpointing Tevin Farmer for the IBF title last January. However, in February, the 2012 U.S. Olympian lost his title on the scales prior to his first defense against Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov, who held him to a majority draw.

Joseph Diaz Jr. did not allow a cut or the Javier Fortuna’s difficult style to keep him from making a successful lightweight debut. Photo by Sye Williams / Golden Boy Promotions Diaz was in limbo for a few months but when Ryan Garcia withdrew from a scheduled bout vs. Fortuna, the 28-year-old Southern Californian seized the opportunity to add the scalp of a legit 135-pound contender to his already impressive ledger (and to perhaps make up for his disappointing performance vs. Rakhimov). He did that via scores of 117-110, 116-111 and 115-112. Two weeks prior to Diaz’s lightweight debut, the No. 1-rated junior lightweight Gervonta Davis wore down Mario Barrios, The Ring’s No. 7-rated junior welterweight, to an 11th-round stoppage. Davis’ 140-pound debut was his third consecutive fight contested at a different weight class. In December 2019, Davis (25-0, 24 KOs) fought at lightweight, stopping faded veteran Yuriorkis Gamboa in the 12th round to mixed reviews. However, the 26-year-old Baltimore native’s next bout, a chilling one-punch stoppage of Leo Santa Cruz in the sixth round of a junior lightweight title bout, produced The Ring’s 2020 KO of the Year. He followed up the Santa Cruz victory by jumping 10 pounds north to take on the previously unbeaten Barrios, a gutsy young gun who had considerable height and reach advantages but was still overwhelmed by the stalking southpaw boxer-puncher.

Davis was just as formidable at 140 pounds as he was at 130. Photo by Amanda Westcott/ Showtime Boxing The Ring Ratings Panel had much to discuss and deliberate following Diaz’ and Davis’ victories. Where does Diaz rank among Ring’s top 10 lightweights? Should he remain ranked at junior lightweight? Was Davis’ successful 10-pound jump, from junior lightweight to junior welterweight, worthy of cracking the pound-for-pound rankings? Should Davis, who has struggled to make 130 pounds in the past and appears to have big-fight options at 135 and 140 pounds, continue to be ranked at junior lightweight? Where should he be ranked in the loaded junior welterweight division? After a lengthy back-and-forth between panelist Anson Wainwright and Managing Editor Tom Gray, it was determined that Davis would remain outside the pound-for-pound top 10, but the Panel agreed that he could be ranked at both junior lightweight and junior welterweight (No. 6). Diaz would exit the 130-pound rankings and make his place among the top 10 lightweights (at No. 6). Read on for details on Davis and the pound-for-pound top 10, and see the Ring Ratings Update section for the changes that have taken place in almost every weight class over the past 40 days as well as the Panel’s comments on significant movement. *** As usual, Wainwright got the conversation started by offering his opinion on Davis’ pound-for-pound merit (as well as the placement of Vasiliy Lomachenko, who also fought on June 26); Gray was eager to make it a debate. “Lomachenko showed he’s still plenty good enough by stopping Masayoshi Nakatani. I’d move him up one place (in the pound-for-pound rankings),” said Wainwright. “I hear talk of Davis entering the pound-for-pound lists growing but not yet for me.” Seeing that both beat the same level of opponent (solid contenders) in a similar manner (late stoppage), Gray didn’t feel right about advancing Lomachenko without at least considering Davis. “This is an awkward one,” said Gray. “We all expected Loma and Tank to prevail – I’d picked both guys to win on points – but while there’s no shocks, I was still impressed that they secured stoppages. Both Nakatani and Barrios were Ring ranked in their respective divisions, but there are differences. Stylistically, I thought Nakatani was tailor-made for Loma who was always going to be multiple steps ahead and have his way. Davis, for me, faced the tougher challenge because the size differential was even bigger, and Barrios proved a tough nut to crack. If I’d to pick one guy to move forward it would be Tank to No. 10. I hate the idea of moving (Kazuto) Ioka out – as in REAL hate – but those are the breaks. If Davis doesn’t come in, then I’d be against Loma moving up.” Wainwright stated that he was in favor of keeping Ioka at No. 10 (“over Davis”). “(I know it’s) not a popular move to our American fans, but Ioka is a real four-weight world champion,” said Wainwright. “His win over Kosei Tanaka is better than anything Tank has done so far. “I always enjoy watching Tank, however, his resume isn’t as impressive (as Ioka’s). He’s not a (real) two-weight world champion, let alone three-weight champion. His WBA title wins are bogus. The real lightweight champ is Teofimo and the real champ at junior welterweight is Josh Taylor. I’m not a hater, just keeping it real. “Tank is probably next in, though if Jermell Charlo looks impressive (vs. Brian Castano) he’ll enter that conversation.” Gray replied: “I’m ignoring governing body belts. The whole situation is a farce and I’m as vocal about that as anyone out there. We’ve just had a WBA junior welterweight title fight when there’s an undisputed champion at that weight. I don’t do crazy – never did! That aside, Davis KO’d the No. 7-rated fighter at 140. That’s impressive. “Anyway, I rate Ioka strongly, but we need to keep some balance here. A lot of people pissed on Tank’s win over Santa Cruz because Leo had come up in weight. Newsflash: Tanaka was DEBUTING at 115 against Ioka. What’s different? Santa Cruz was also a more decorated fighter than Tanaka. Add in Pedraza and Barrios, and I don’t think there’s much in it. I’m not all-in on Tank hitting the list, but if he isn’t, then I can’t promote Loma with a straight face. Nakatani was made to order.” Wainwright defended Tanaka’s rank and resume.

Kazuto Ioka, No. 10 in The Ring’s P4P rankings, finishes Kosei Tanaka in dramatic fashion. Photo by Naoki Fukuda “Yes, Tanaka was debuting at 115 but he was a three-weight world champion seeking to join his countryman as a four-weight world champion. Many favored Tanaka coming in. Tanaka, in some people’s eyes, was pound-for-pound worthy in his own right. Ioka was absolutely brilliant against him, in my eyes that was a pound-for-pound worthy knockout. Nobody expected that spectacular and definitive a win. “Tank beat a guy he was widely favored to beat. Wasn’t Tank a 5/1 betting favorite? I appreciate he still had to go in there and do it. He had some issues before getting the KO. I think the move up in weight was calculated and they picked Barrios because he had a belt. We all know Tank isn’t fighting Taylor anytime this decade. “To me, I’d have Loma above (Juan) Estrada because many believed Estrada was fortunate to get the decision over Chocolatito. Lomachenko is a generational talent. The most sublimely talented fighter in the world. He still dominated a fighter who gave Teofimo (Lopez) a difficult night’s work. I’d have it: No. 8 Lomachenko, No. 9. Estrada, and No. 10. Ioka.” Panelist Michael Montero weighed in: “Casual fans will get caught up in the moment, but let’s keep it 100 here. The reality is that Tank has not fought an elite opponent in their prime since Jose Pedraza in 2017. He’s got pound-for-pound explosiveness, excitement and star potential, but a rather pedestrian resume thus far. Fighters like Jermall Charlo are far more worthy of P4P consideration. Lomachenko dominated a more proven fighter than Barrios last night, hardly losing a round, while Davis was behind heading into the second half of his bout. Sure, both opponents were tailor-made for them, but one fight was competitive, the other wasn’t. I vote for our P4P list to remain the same. Teddy Atlas may not like it, but oh well.” Panelists Adam Abramowitz, Daisuke Sugiura and Diego Morilla (and Yours Truly) agreed with Montero’s suggestion to leave the pound-for-pound rankings unchanged. RING RATINGS UPDATE (as of July 9): Pound for pound – Naoya Inoue remained at No. 2 following his body shot clinic and third-round KO of unrated Michael Dasmarinas. Lomachenko remains at No. 9. “Inoue did what top guys do against less than stellar opponents,” remarked Wainwright. Heavyweight – Alexander Povetkin exited the rankings after announcing his retirement. Joe Joyce (12-0, 11 KOs) entered at No. 10. Light heavyweight – Lyndon Arthur advanced to No. 9 following a ninth-round stoppage of unrated Davide Faraci. Gilberto Ramirez (42-0, 28 KOs) entered at No. 10 following a four-round stoppage of former contender Sullivan Barrera. Umar Salamov, previously No. 8, exited the rankings. “Really good win for Zurdo, who I’d like to see enter the top 10,” said Wainwright. “Lyndon Arthur seemed to be going through the motions until the stoppage. I toyed with a move up but think Arthur should stay put at No. 10, and Ramirez to enter at No. 8 with Umar Salamov, who struggled last time (vs. Sergei Ekimov), to exit.” Retorted Gray: “I’ve not seen Zurdo-Barrera yet, BUT Sullivan, 39, was having his first fight in two years and hadn’t won a fight in almost three years. It’s great to have Zurdo back, but based on consistency, that is not the type of victory that earns you a Ring rating.” Replied Abramowitz: “I like Arthur at No. 9 and Ramirez at No. 10.” Montero and Mulcahey (as well as Yours Truly) agreed with Abramowitz’s suggestion. Super middleweight – David Lemieux remained at No. 7 following a two-round TKO of unrated David Zegarra. Feder Chudinov remained at No. 8 following a 12-round unanimous decision over former contender Ryno Leibenberg. Middleweight – Jermall Charlo remained at No. 2 following a dominant but tougher-than-expected unanimous decision over unrated Juan Macias Montiel. Jaime Munguia advanced to No. 6 following a six-round stoppage of former contender Kamil Szeremeta. Zhanibek Alimkhanuly moved to No. 7 by stopping Rob Brant after eight rounds. Brant exited the rankings following the loss. Felix Cash (14-0, 10 KOs), the British/Commonwealth champ, entered at No. 10. The majority of the Panel agreed with Cash entering the rankings, except for Mulcahey and Morilla, who preferred Esquiva Falcao. Junior middleweight – Jarrett Hurd remained at No. 1 despite dropping a 10-round split decision to unrated Luis Arias in a middleweight bout. Tim Tszyu remained at No. 7 following a third-round TKO of unrated Steve Spark. Erickson Lubin advanced to No. 4 following an impressive sixth-round KO of former unified titleholder Jeison Rosario, who exited the rankings. Magomed Kurbanov (22-0, 13 KOs) entered at No. 10. Wainwright: “Hurd was fighting up at 160. He (is) our No. 1 (but after this) damaging loss, I would take him (out) as he lost up in weight and we don’t know if he’ll be back at 154 and it certainly won’t be for a fair while.” Abramowitz: “I don’t think we can punish Hurd for losing a fight at the next weight class limit.” Wainwright: “I went back and forth on this. It’s difficult to keep (him) at No. 1. He lost to a guy who isn’t close to the top 10 at middleweight.” Abramowitz: “At middleweight.” Gray: “Yeah, I guess Hurd should stay put, but it’s an extra couple of pounds that’s keeping him there. He didn’t look top level and after a listless showing at 160, I doubt he’s going to look any better at 154. I also doubt he’ll ever be that low again. Let’s keep an eye on it and keep him where he is for now.”

Some Panel members believed Jarrett Hurd should have dropped in the 154-pound rankings after being upset by middleweight Luis Arias. Photo by Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME Mulcahey: “It feels odd that if a boxer fights a keep busy bout and losses we simply ignore it just because he fought it at a slightly higher weight. I can understand not lowering King Tug (who jumped from featherweight to face Chris Colbert in a junior lightweight bout) since he moved up a class and did it on very short notice against a top 10 opponent. However, with Hurd, he just did not want to fight at his ranked weight (not that he could not make the weight), had plenty of time to prepare and still lost to Luis Arias who came off a two-year layoff and a defeat and not even rated in the top 20, all of which is harder to ignore. We are basically rewarding Hurd just for not making weight. It is not like they announced a trial run at middleweight (like a Munguia last year) with plans to return to 154, they just did not want to struggle to make 154 for a non-title fight.” Abramowitz: “Hurd-Arias was never supposed to be a junior middleweight fight, (it was) always at middleweight. To suggest he didn’t want to make weight is unfair in my opinion. Fighters can fight wherever they choose. He wanted to fight at middleweight and he did, so be it. Lesson learned. (It) has no bearing on what he did at Junior middleweight.” Gray: “I get both sides, BUT it’s no biggie. If Hurd was to schedule another fight at 160, then we know where his future lies. I personally think the weight drop to 154 was killing him, and the fact that he lost at middleweight isn’t great news for his career going forward. He might just be on the decline.” Wainwright: “In a battle of former Jermell Charlo victims Erickson Lubin recovered from a shaky moment to stop Jeison Rosario for a career best win. Lubin up to No. 4. Rosario had his Buster Douglas moment against Julian Williams to win the IBF/WBA titles. He’s 0-2 since and though he’s been in big fights hasn’t looked close to the level he was when he beat Williams. I’d take him out. Carlos Adames impressively took out Alexis Salazar in three-rounds. Adames seems to have rebounded from the Patrick Teixeira loss well. Sometimes you’re in the right place at the right time and I’d bring him back in at No. 10.” Mulcahey: “I second Lubin going up to No. 4, and also am for Rosario dropping out since he seems more of a gatekeepter type than contender who has moments but nothing sustained. Adames’ foe had a pretty built up record, Alexis Salazar had not beaten anyone of note for five years but credit to Adames for taking him out in fine fashion. I would vote for Magomed Kurbanov to enter before Adames. “By the way, I am liking Tszyu’s mini-me kid more and more. It seems he inherited that assassin mentality as well as his looks. No movement of this particular win, but I see many more in his future.” Junior welterweight – Davis entered at No. 6 with an 11th-round stoppage of Barrios, who dropped to No. 9. Subriel Matias re-entered at No. 8 by stopping Batyrzhan Jukembayev after entertaining round. Jukembayev exited the rankings. Wainwright: “Barrios had his moments but Davis came alive in the eighth and finally got the job done in the 11th. I don’t think he’s as good at 140, (but it’s) still going to take a really good fighter to beat him. There are several of them at 140, notwithstanding the real champion in the division Josh Taylor. I’d have Davis at No. 8 and Barrios to drop to No. 10.” Mulcahey: “Tough call on Tank. These one-good-win-at-a-weight-and-nothing-more are hard to judge but he has also beaten Pedraza (at lower weight) whom we have had rated in the top 10 at 140. I would say he takes the place of Barrios at No. 7 and can see him as high as No. 6 since (Ivan) Baranchyk is pretty limited. I see Barrios dropping to No. 10, he showed he belonged but could not deal with physicality of Tank.” Montero: “So what do we do with Tank here? do we rate him at 140? I believe (Mayweather Promotions’ Leonard) Ellerbe himself said this was a ‘one and done.’ They’ll be going back to 135, but who knows? As for Barrios, he showed tremendous heart last night, but I’m not sure I’d favor him to beat Matais, Ergashev or Pedraza. Could see him dropping to No. 9, or should we take him out entirely and bring in Davis at No. 10?” Morilla: “I can see Davis as high as No. 6 here. He has more than enough to be the favorite against anybody in the 6-10 range in our rankings right now. I am not sure he’ll stay in this weight, though. As for Barrios, I’d bring him down to No. 9. He won more than enough rounds (at least three, in my card) against Davis to earn that spot.” Lightweight – Lomachenko remained at No. 1 following his ninth-round stoppage of Nakatani, who dropped to No. 10. Devin Haney remained at No. 3 following a unanimous decision over Jorge Linares, who remained at No. 7. Diaz entered at No. 6 following his UD over Fortuna, who Fortuna dropped one spot to No. 8. Wainwright: “I could see Diaz behind veterans Campbell and Linares on work at the weight but am also looking a little to the future with both those guys coming off loses and appearing to be high-level gatekeepers. I propose the following 135-pound ratings order: C. Lopez, 1. Loma, 2. Garcia, 3. Haney, 4. Commey, 5. Diaz, 6. Campbell, 7. Linares, 8. Fortuna, 9. Kambosos and 10. Cruz.” Gray: “I like Anson’s ratings here. I toyed with moving JoJo above Commey, but Commey has a few notable wins at the weight.” Daisuke: “I’d like Diaz behind Campbell and Linares, so at No. 7 at 135. A good win for JoJo for sure, but for now I like the two veterans experience at this weight more. I still think Linares can beat Diaz.” Mulcahey and Abramowitz suggested a No. 7 and No. 8 rating for Diaz, respectively, but Montero agreed with Wainwright’s “lightweight realignment” (as did I). Junior lightweight – Davis remained at No. 1. Diaz exited the rankings. Chris Colbert advanced to No. 7 following a unanimous decision over featherweight contender (and late sub for Yuriorkis Gamboa) Tugstogt Nyambayar. Shakur Stevenson remained at No. Read the full article

[elementaldragonninja]

Disney World day 1 and 2!

I promised I'd write about my trip this time since I didn't last time. I was going to do day one on day one and day two on day two but we were busy of course. We took a break from Disney today and went to the water park at our resort and now I got nothin else to do so here we go!

Day 1: Animal Kingdom

So this was a pretty good day! I got to meet two characters, Russel from Up and Pocahontas both were really cool (I got really shy around her tho, I am with most of the princesses). My favorite ride was Everest, I went on it twice, two times during the day two at night (It's more scary at night trust me). We also went on Dinosaur, the river raft one that I forgot and a few other small ones and I'm not sure the safari counts. We went on the safari twice both times we saw lots of animals and I got to see lions!!! I really love lions (it's totally not because it's my zodiac). We got to see a ton of other animals not on the safari, meerkats, tigers, birds, monkeys, bats and most importantly gorillas! There were two baby gorillas who were playing and it was so cute!!!! Then there was this huge adult and a smaller one came up and shoved his finger in the bigger one's butt hole! Of course the bigger one ran off and the smaller one sniffed his finger. Then we got to see this pretty light show on the giant tree and we headed to our condo.

Day 2: Hollywood studios

OKAY THIS WAS A ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE BEST DAYS YET CAUSE...... STAR WARS!!!!!!

I really really was excited about all the Star Wars but first things first, I got to meet the newest Disney princess... Moana!!! She was so sweet and pretty! After totally fangirling over her, we got to see a exclusive sneak peek of the live action Beauty and the Beast, which is gonna be gr8. NOW IM GONNA BLAB ABOUT STAR WARS SINCE I HAD A TERRIFYING/EXCITING ENCOUNTER! I GOT TO MEET KYLO REN!!! Holy shit he was in character, I had my purple light saber and he was all like "You better not be with the resistance" and got right in my face. At this point I was grinning like an idiot because a. I was kinda terrified b. I was fangirling cause it was frickin' Kylo Ren. So we went into this one area afterwards and saw two Jawas, they were hilarious my aunt (close friend)'s 4 yr old had a lightsaber so this one jawa came over and pulled out a tiny lightsaber and the kid was like "why do you have a lightsaber" it was so adorable! Then we walked outside and there was a group of stormtroopers gathering up random kids including the boy I just talked about and 'inspecting' them to make sure they didn't support (have any shirts/bracelets with good guys on them) the resistance it was pretty funny. So after that we went on Toy Story Mania which was pretty legit. Then there was even more Star Wars! We were on our way to Star Tours (ride) when we got to see the March of the First Order, which was this thing where Captain Phasma and about twelve stormtroopers marched up main street on to a big stage and shot of blasters and stuff. After I finished fangirling over Captain Phasma, we headed over to Star Tours (where I had an anxiety attack cause I almost lost my glasses) and then we ate lunch and met Olaf, he was so cute! The next hour wasn't as enjoyable since we had to wait in line for Rocking Roller coaster for 100 minutes but it was so worth it!!!! We had time to kill so we saw another Star Wars show called A Galaxy Far Far Away. It had a lot more characters, let's see if I can remember all of them! There was everyone's favorite droids, C3PO, R2-D2 and BB8, Chewbacca, Boba Fett, Stormtroopers, Captain Phasma, Kylo Ren, Darth Vader and a lot more that are slipping my mind at the moment! So then we almost got to do Tower of Terror twice but ran out of time since we needed to get good seats to see Phantasmic! It's definently worth it, there was water works, fire, fire works and most importantly, characters! They had a few princesses and their Princes, Belle, Snow White, Ariel, Tiana, Aurora, Mulan and Pocahontas!

Other things

I had two panic attacks, once I almost lost my magic band that has fast passes and stuff (super important!) and then I temporarily lost my glasses. This wouldn't be that bad actually since I have prescription sunglasses but I would have to wear them all the time (like Dave :p  ) since I'm pretty blind without glasses but we found them so... crisis averted!

The things I bought were: an R2-D2 blanket, Star Wars beads, light up Star Wars Mickey ear headband and I got a small plastic Chinese dragon

Be prepared for day 3 and 4!

[theworstbob]

yellin’ at songs: week thirty-five

brief reviews of the songs which debuted on the billboard hot 100 the weeks of 6 september 1997, 8 september 2007, and 9 september 2017

9.6.1997

7) "Barbie Girl," by Aqua

I don't have anything constructive or novel to say about this song. It's the same Europe dance garbage we've been listening to this whole time, but now it's tuggin' at the ol' nostalgia what with how it references a beloved childhood toy. I do love how uniquely German the line, "Come on in, bimbo friend!" is, but that's about the only good thing in this song. Otherwise, it's a horrible song that has been bad to listen to for 20 years.

18) "Building a Mystery," by Sarah McLachlan

This goes several orders of magnitude harder than I ever remembered. I mean, we're adjusting to Sarah McLachlan's scale, this is still gentle for most people, but this almost has an edge. That's an electric guitar in this song, and I didn't know Sarah McLachlan was capable of saying the f-word! I like what this song was able to do even if it remained solely in the adult-alternative confines in which Sarah McLachlan typically keeps herself. I'd say the revisit ended up being worth it, even if it wasn't a revisit I would've made were I not doing this.

27) "I Miss My Homies," by Master P ft./Pimp C & The Shocker

...Do I suddenly appreciate the production value of "I'll Be Missing You." Is this how bad this song is. That it has me looking back fondly on "I'll Be Missing You." First of all, Master P is garbage on this track. His flow in his verse is "drunk dude trying to do an improv rap," and he keeps going "unnnnh" throughout the song, because as sad as we are at our friends dying, you need to keep brand engagement going. Like, Pimp C and Slikk don't change history, but they do things with their voices that aren't easily replicated. Master P seems to equate "being sad" with "talking slowly." Plus, like, as dumb as the "Every Breath You Take" sample is, that imbues "I'll Be Missing You" with far more energy and passion than this generic synth-strings and drum-beat track does. This beat sounds like a dude playing a Casio in his basement. This song that was probably written from a place of real emotion is the absolute pits.

43) "You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time)," by Brian McKnight ft./Mase

Ma$e was ahead of his time, in a way. Obviously, he's an incredibly basic rapper, so he's not ahead of his time in that particular sense. When you think of today's rappers, though, or at least those rappers which are popular on Billboard, and how they sort of passionlessly mushmouth for a few minutes at a time, you can't help but think that Mase would clean the hell up in this era. This song is a really fun if slight R&B jam, and Mase just sort of shows up and goes "enh," and in 2017 this is the hottest feature of the year.

77) "Need Your Love," by Big Bub ft./Queen Latifah & Heavy D

I fuckin' love this. This dude's voice has this insane quality I'm not anywhere near qualified enough to try to describe, it, I dunno, it's like this shovel digging a hole to my heart? And I love how simple this track is, pretty much just a guitar and drums with the occasional bass note, the traditional '90s strings only kicking in near the end. This is the sort of song I'd just put on repeat and let take me away if I ever found myself in the middle of a bad day, it's this intensely chill and uncomplicated thing, and sometimes, uncomplicated can be great.

88) "We Can Get Down," by Myron

i also could do crystal meth, but then i think... nah, better not "I'll be there for you physically, mentally" okay don't fucking lie to the girl just because it fits the rhyme scheme. You are solely here for the physical. This song is called "We Can Get Down," not "We Can Debate the Meaning of Our Favorite Poems Whilst Enjoying Some Sliced Fruit." Mentally. Man, no one listening to this song is thinking, "Just wanna get inside that big ol' thinker of his! What does this man repeatedly informing us that getting down is an option have to say about the important issues in politics and culture?"

89) "Butta Love," by Next

Given that these dudes are eventually going to make a song about wanting a girl to dance further away from them because they're getting an erection, it's disappointing that this is just a standard '90s R&B slow jamz that only mentions butter in passing, or isn't secretly about buttsex. There is a line in the song, "Just hit me on my hip baby," that I had to stare at for five minutes to figure out what that might mean before I realized that was a sexy reference to pagers, and that made me smile, and I guess getting hard is a recurring theme in Next's work with how they sing "You've got those sexy eyes/Enticing thighs/You make me rise" so that's fun to find out, but this was a disappointingly staid song about wanting to fuck a hot woman.

90) "In a Dream," by Rockell

And 1997 ends where it begins: awful dance music I never want to think about ever fucking again. Very impressive storytelling, you always want the end to call back to the start just to reinforce the themes.

9.8.2007

76) "Fabulous," Ashley Tisdale & Lucas Grabeel

It is so perfect that this song had to appear on the Hot 100 on a week that no other HSM2 song debuted. Also it ends with a "not" joke. Thank you for this.

85) "I Get Money," 50 Cent

One of the things I didn't understand about Super Smash Bros. Melee was what the point of secret characters was if they would just be copies of a different character that moved slightly differently. Like, if Ganondorf had the same moveset as Captain Falcon but just moved slower, was Ganondorf really his own character? I sort of get the same feeling listening to "I Get Money" after "Fabulous." This is just "Fabulous" in a hoodie. Fiddy wants fabulous, that is his simple request, and Ashley Tisdale wants money. Man, I can't believe this album didn't manage to outsell Graduation, wonder what 50 Cent could have done better, aside from making songs that weren't shitty versions of HSM2 songs?

9.9.2017

20) "Friends," by Justin Bieber + BloodPop

I dunno, I guess this is okay. This is a Joey of a song -- I'm having fun with it as something that's happening while I'm trying to do something I'm interested in, but I wouldn't want to have like a whole thing of this. Justin Bieber does his usual thing where he doesn't get in the way but doesn't add anything unique or distinct or... anything, he doesn't do anything on this song, one day we're going to figure out the day we stopped asking our singers to be able to hit notes. Y'all are asking me to evaluate Justin Bieber the same week I evaluated Big Bub. Nah, man. Every single dude R&B singer is a better vocalist than the best male vocalist in 2017. I mean, I know we're coming to these songs for vibes and drops and not for technical vocal proficiency, we made this choice when we made Tay Tay a pop star, but how are Justin Bieber and Bryson Tiller the only vocalists we're asking to carry pop songs in 2017? They're boring!

34) "I Get the Bag," by Gucci Mane ft./Migos

What a delightful song with a dazzling array of lyrical twists with a distinct song quite unlike anything either artist has put out to this point! What a treat, to he -- I am being informed I decided to listen to "Need Your Love" again. Fine. Fine. ...The only reason this song exists is if you hear a Migos song you're really into and want to listen to again but are too far away from your Device to hit the repeat button.

77) "Look What You Made Me Do," by Tay Tay

Because of the way YAS is set up, and also because I’ve been taking an extra day to write YAS for reasons that are not completely “gets too distracted by link to the past randos” but are pretty much just “gets too distracted by link to the past randos,” everything that can be said about this song has been said, and Tay Tay’s public perception has gone from legit pop queen to Nazi Idol, which is a hell of a fall. And you’d think that this was just the media waiting to pile on Tay Tay because she’s had positive coverage for so long and it’s Her Turn as it was for all pop stars before her, except this song is legitimately terrible. It’s indefensibly bad. It’s either about a feud she already won, a response song to “Swish, Swish” being completely unnecessary when you already had “Bad Blood,” or it’s about a feud in which she was so clearly and incredibly in the wrong! This song is just unnecessary, especially since it doesn’t actually do anything. The verses sound kinda cool, they have this sparse production I’m sort of into, but they build into Tay Tay saying, “Look what you made me do” and nothing more. And hey. Tay Tay? Never a compelling vocalist! Can’t pull off the spoken word, to no one’s surprise! It sounds less like a deposed Maleficent crashing the christening and taking the kingdom and more like a teen who’s sort of miffed that their parents wouldn’t let them buy Maleficent-branded merchandise at the mall Hot Topic. This song isn’t failing, but my gosh, does it ever deserve to. If there were any justice, Tay Tay would have announced her country comeback an hour ago, but because of this era where brand loyalty rules the day in pop music (you come up with a better reason why DJ Khaled is a legit pop star), Tay Tay’ll be fine.

79) "Younger Now," by Miley Cyrus

Again, it's really cool that Miley Cyrus, an unfathomably rich person, has found inner peace. I am very invested in the journey of this sympathetic character. You don't see good things happen to rich people that often. So happy for Miley. What an emotional journey, going from a rich child to a rich person who did drugs to a rich person who used to do drugs.

80) "It's Every Night Sis," by RiceGum ft./Alissa Violet

...I can't claim to say I never wanted YouTubers to rap. I own two Starbomb albums. Clearly, I wanted this to happen. But I just, I take back the bad things I've said about Master P, trap rap, and mumble rap in this and these posts, because my god, listening to these children is honestly the worst. I hate this.

53) "Roll in Peace," by Kodak Black ft./XXXTentacion 82) "Transportin'," by Kodak Black 90) "Questions," by Chris Brown

Wow! Over already? Well, that time just flew right on by! Good post, y'all! I feel like we accomplished a lot today, and now we're ready to find out...

Who won the week?

It is 1997 because 1997 is the only year that gave me a song I immediately loved.

2017: 12 1997: 12 2007: 11

Next week, 1997 gives us Mariah Carey, Beck, Chumbawumba, and Shaquille O’Neal. 1997 is complicated.