In case anyone was interested in seeing a Charlie Kelly-coded comedian, check out Zach Zucker playing the character Jack Tucker, on tour this summer! Also, did I mention he went to clown school?
You are invited...
Next Tuesday, January 3rd...
Live at PDA...
or live on Twitch...
👺 🎭 “Masking” Encouraged...
We are requesting the deepest pleasures of your company to our soiree of elite comedy for the most discriminating tastes. You will find dark delights around every corner of our humble mansion* as our assembled entertainers seek to bring you the most ecstatic heights of laughter.
Join your masked hostess Jeena Bloom and her comedic guests/servants:
Zach Zucker (Stamptown)
Jamie Loftus (Adult Swim)
Danielle Perez (Netflix)
DeAnne Smith (via Zoom)
And please never speak to the masked piano player (Dan Ramos)
Explore the contours of your comedic limits until you explode in the utmost delights in the nexus of eroticism known as greater #Altadena (or be a voyeur on Twitch.tv/pda_space). In the end the audience shall vote on a single comedian who will merge with the Host of Baphomet to gain immortality (and a $25 dollar gift card to Red Robin). WE ARE WAITING FOR YOU.
TUESDAY 1/3
6:30pm Doors
Show/Livestream starts at 7pm
🎟: Get tix to the live show at PDA: Only $10 with drinks included!!
21+ / Proof of vax required / Masking Encouraged
Follow @PDA_Spaces on Twitch to be alerted when we go live!
(yes this is an Eyes Wide Shut themed comedy show with a talking rotisserie chicken/doll thing. *mansion = intimate theater space)
free agency/general prospect thoughts: right now i think detroit, buffalo, and arizona are in the lead for ‘teams i can’t like enough to really follow but have a bunch of guys i like enough to keep an eye out.’ also. WILL SOMEONE PLEASE SIGN MARTIN JONES????
I have very important news to report. I have started a hockey card collection. I am now addicted to opening those little packs. Here are the Penguins I have:
LOOK IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT. GOT HIM TEN MINUTES AGO. IM SO HAPPY.
hey!! love your blog SO much, and I was wondering if you had any song recommendations for Husk? like songs that suit him?
Alright Anon!! I am soooo sorry this took so long but like I mentioned, character playlists are not something I've ever really dabbled in so I had no idea how to answer this the first couple days. Im still not sure this is what you were hoping for, but I really tried!! If anyone has any songs they'd like to add please do so!!
Instrumental Jazz reminds me of him the most, so here's a couple:
Literally anything by Everette Harp is something Husk would either play or be listening to in his downtime - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRbDjUjLefpmSmdJU6ycpFQ
Next Journey by Robomoque - https://youtu.be/mxy0k9BQ00Q?si=9KuvpVL3IvPGBF-u
Lets Get It Started by Jeffery Smith - https://youtu.be/tYXTP4yp3J4?si=6tCIdwrIoVW3Z8R7
If I Could Fly by Vincent Ingala - https://youtu.be/U8ijrDVTkpg?si=XuBBIkFf9w16ZqPm
General Husk vibes, songs that remind me of him or his nature towards others in some way:
Sixteen by The Heavy (gives me biiiigg Overlord Husk vibes) - https://youtu.be/wQw4geA7xYU?si=Y6rLYZI9iVLjA87j
Losing My Mind by Mystery Skulls - https://youtu.be/n5TpNmS4OX0?si=hfFwZsrDcFqsZhfg
Hellbent by Mystery Skulls - https://youtu.be/X79sXBYYgIQ?si=3JFy9Z1j2uIPDiGA
Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes - https://youtu.be/0J2QdDbelmY?si=vVo3DEU3GJhvLgzy
7 Years by Lukas Graham - https://youtu.be/Q0bnAmfGQC8?si=8tNP7CUiIvc7OjBU
World's Smallest Violin by AJR - https://youtu.be/wUvw374tP7o?si=2CpqEJoYnx5f7ezN
Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie - https://youtu.be/a01QQZyl-_I?si=5WmbjzygPlw8jOTr
All The Kids Are Depressed by Jeremy Zucker - https://youtu.be/d_So8lwTHAg?si=RVhhDbzD97SxPbWK
Devil On My Shoulder by Chelsea Cutler - https://youtu.be/0qhDFoPPfp0?si=lqw3SEDxMdEo82Y7
Breathe (2 AM) by Anna Nalick (This is the vibe I think of when thinking of Husk doing his job as a bartender. Listening to others but knowing there isn't much he can do to help other than remind you to breathe…) - https://youtu.be/SiE_0AugUPY?si=q1hfRHnaW8z3xGwM
Escapism (feat. AJ Michalka, Zach Callison and Grace Roleck) (Yes i’m putting a steven universe song here, the vibes are too good) - https://youtu.be/cy57UnoAgCY?si=JjtVr-eeziyKBycZ
Mr. Blue by Catherine Feeny (This song gives me many emotions…If you know where it’s from then I am kissing you) - https://youtu.be/pvfzcGbOzqg?si=mPFVd8yYyhDeb8hP
Bonus! Husk in a relationship:
Sunday Morning by Maroon 5 - https://youtu.be/to5Sg2KeEnU?si=9_gqF3M3yLeiNET4
Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding (Alex Goot and Sam Tsui Cover) (My fav cover of this song, so sweet~) - https://youtu.be/gga359vkhzk?si=GNOtAIC0afKbwt41
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For by Scarlett Johansson and Bono from Sing 2 (The original is amazing, but the first time I heard this cover I felt chills. It’s so soft and sad but builds to a more hopeful and happy ending. Very fitting for Husk’s relationship I feel.) - https://youtu.be/fVSrtw20BxA?si=DjZZ669XFSdHsx4F
Stay With Me by Sam Smith (T Pain live cover) (my fav version of this song ♥) - https://youtu.be/0Bi7qvzFIgA?si=5D-o2Xu6phDskSem
Just Give Me a Reason by P!nk feat. Nate Ruess - https://youtu.be/6-jsRJ_gkO0?si=YsxgYRa-caQGdW7o
Misbehavin’ by Pentatonix - https://youtu.be/ywYfMlyIkeo?si=CCw8G3gzN-dAbe0j
Anchor by Mindy Gledhill - https://youtu.be/cB3BWmCOW2Y?si=AyfqjlmPbEl4MqAO
dedicated to @vminiesvsoulmates. without you this would not exist.
zach bryan - something in the orange // richard siken - someone has to leave first // claude monet - saint-georges majeur au crépuscule // anna akhmatova - white night // zach bryan - something in the orange // teodor axentowicz - under the burden of misery // tennessee williams - the milk train doesn't stop here anymore // mitski - francis forever // the clientele - never anyone but you // holly warburton - making amends // flower face - angela // mine - can't handle the sky anymore // catullus - vivamus mea lesbia // frederic edwin church - twilight, mount desert island, maine // taylor swift - hoax // mine - orange // paul temple - watching the sunrise // jeremy zucker - full stop // koen van den broek - sunset // nakahara chuuya - tainted sorrow // van gogh - willows at sunset // darren hayes - nothing
This is very hard for me because I fully believe most hockey players cannot read. There is reason the Sidney Crosby School for Hockey Players Who Can’t Read Good is a thing that I believe with my whole heart that exists. You said dealers choice on the pairing so I hope you’re ready for an entire au and many, many pairings. Remember, you asked for this.
Anyway small independent bookshop owners Sid and Geno. They’re gay and married and semi-successful and it’s cute.
Kris is the bitchy barista who barged into their store one day and bullied them into adding a cafe and then took over running it.
He’s got some sort of situationship going with his longtime regular, Tristan, who has never picked up a book in all the time he’s been coming there. He is there every day for his caffeine fix and to do suduko or something else juuuuust close enough to be book adjacent but isn’t reading. I’m not sure there’s enough thoughts in Mouse Boy’s head to read a whole book. At least that’s what he wants us to think and I’m gonna give it to him.
Jake and Bryan (Rusty) are two kids Sid hired from the local college that basically never left after graduating and are still here.
Flower runs the bakery down the street and makes sure Sid has pastries for Kris to sell. He has tried and failed to lure Kris away to do coffee for the bakery. (Flower also used to work at the bookstore but left to go pursue his dream of the bakery and they love and support him but Kris isn’t leaving).
Marcus and Ricky are two Swedish dads that come in for kids storytime and let their kids play around.
They’ve started bringing new Swede-in-town Erik and his daughter with them.
Chad doesn’t work for the bookstore but will occasionally stop by kid in tow for Sid’s storytime.
Ryan Graves just got hired to run the late night shift so they can be open later. (Yes this is a graveyard shift pun)
Magnus is the delivery man who drops off and helps unload book shipments.
(This is a very crowded small bookstore)
Ned is there regularly for book club with EK, Reilly (who is new in town) and Jason (Zucker) (an old regular), along with old not quite married couple Carl and Patric (Hags&Horny).
(All people I believe can read, unlike Jarry)
Jared and Brandon are around somewhere. Probably. (Look I love them).
Zach and Conor and Teddy used to work in the store while in college but unlike Jake and Bryan they left after graduation. Some of them are still around town but some of them have moved away.
The only people I’m missing are 4th line and I’m sorry idc where cookie and neets are tbh and BJC is around. Probably. Maybe he’s a regular, maybe he works the register, idk idc.
That leaves, basically everyone you just said “hey you forgot X” aka Lars Eller and the kids/wbs. If you were wondering why I didn’t mention them, that’s because this fic is about them. Well actually it’s about DOC and POJ because my brain decided that’s the pairing. Don’t ask me why. Big Z is right there with the rest of his harem but no we’re doing PO and Drew (probably because of that silly tortilla video). Anyway all the boys are college students at the local college. Drew is in a study group with Radim, Valterri, Jansen, Vinnie, Sam (Poulin), and Ty (Smith). They’re all taking Professor Eller’s class and they meet up once or twice a week in the bookstore to drink coffee and go over the homework.
Where is PO you ask? Well he’s behind the counter working under Kris as the backup barista. Don’t worry, this romance isn’t going to be customer/barista. No, no. The reason they started meeting here is because Drew works at the bookstore. He’s been there for about a semester (and the summer) but hasn’t really spent much time in the cafe part. It’s not until Big Z talks Drew into running study sessions in the cafe that they start noticing each other.
See PO took Professor Eller’s class last year, so one day, after watching the boys struggle for with the homework for way too long, he pops out from behind the counter and sits down and helps them out. He’s welcome at the study sessions and sometimes when he’s not on shift he’ll bring his school work and while they’re majoring in different things it’s nice to bounce ideas off them.
If you want to know what they’re majoring in, actual real life DOC majored in sociology while playing for Dartmouth. PO has not been to college but he did tell Taylor that if he wasn’t gonna be an athlete he wanted to be a vet or a psychologist so I’m going with he wants to be a Vet Tech and is majoring in whatever is the veterinary sciences equivalent of premed is.
Anyway they hang out at work more and more. This goes on for like a month and then Geno comes up with a big idea for a fall event. They’re doing a Halloween party. Jake and Bryan and Drew and PO have to help decorate the store and on the day of it’s filled with college students, kids, and regulars. Drew is trying desperately to avoid getting his cheek pinched by the old ladies from the knitting circle again. PO is safe because he’s behind the cafe counter serving drinks. PO has fake vampire fangs as his costume. Drew showed up in a not-couples costume with Big Z. If you wanna know what everyone else wore, please see this photo. Except I’m pretty sure Kris is either a prey mantis or the letits are out whichever option makes you, dear reader, feel more insane.
Eventually Sid and Geno shooo all their employees to go mingle and have fun. Drew and PO end up in the makeshift dance floor, music blaring, and after a couple jokes and a some negging from their friends, PO gives Drew a half twirl or something and they laugh it off before the song is even over.
It’s not until later when they’re cleaning up, all alone, music still going in the background, that they start joking about it and one thing leads to another and they actually dance. PO gives drew the full twirl. They bust a move. They slow dance a bit. They’ve never been this close. They’ve only casually touched and now they’re pressed up against each other. They’ve been hanging out at the bookstore outside of study group and Ohohoho what’s this? A feelings realization. Except wait. They’re both idiot college students. So they both awkwardly disengage to go do their job and part ways.
In the following days things are so completely awkward between them at work that Kris throws PO out of the cafe and won’t let him back until he can look Drew in the eye. Drew meanwhile cancels study session because he doesn’t know how to be normal around PO. Don’t worry they can’t continue like that for long. You see there’s a big test coming up and Z ropes PO into helping Drew out cause it’s like 40% of their final grade and Drew has been failing the at-home practice tests something terrible.
They end up staying way later than the rest of the study group going over this exam. Its way late at night, only Ryan is there to lock up behind them, and PO has just spent 4 hours explaining the test back to front - forgetting his awkwardness in the face of his determination to make sure Drew doesn’t fail. Drew definitely stares at PO explaining for a little too long, decides fuck it and goes in for a kiss. These are idiot college boys so instead they bump noses or headbutt each other or something. Poor boys. Can’t even do a surprise kiss correctly. Drew apologizes and then they do have the confession conversation and then the actual kiss. And more kisses. After that, more studying.
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tysm for tagging me naqia (@jackhues )
last song i listened to: on apple music it’s “oklahoma smokeshow” by zach bryan, and on spotify it’s “you were good to me” by jeremy zucker and chelsea cutler
currently watching: i started watching the bourne movies on the way home from florida, but other than that… hockey?
currently obsessed with: sweet tea and travel tiktok
tagging: … this is the part i hate about these- i never know who to tag. so quite frankly, if you see this and want to do it, feel free!
Some Of The Hockey Players That I Am Emotionally Attached To, And The Nicknames I Have For Them:
1. Zombie Boy (Jason Zucker)— I too am a Jew who is always injured. Plus he has a nice beard and kind eyes.
2. L’Chyman (Zach Hyman)— my 2nd favorite Jewish hockey player, he does a lot of charity work for different Jewish foundations. He is my short handed goal king.
3. Squidney (Sidney Crosby)— oh captain, my captain. I love that during the offseason he vanishes off the face of the earth, emerging once or twice to publicly hang out with Nathan MacKinnon and shoot a Tim Horton’s commercial. Goals, as the kids say, for I am an introvert.
4. Geno Machino (Evgeni Malkin)— do yourself a favor and look up that promo where he and Sid went to houses to drum up hype for the season and he says “oh, hi” to a cat. I rest my case.
5. EGod/ERod (Evan Rodrigues)— every time he doesn’t score his shoulders slump. Very hard worker. Small but hits people. What’s not to love?
6. Hi, Nin! (Danton Heinen)— my cat’s name is ninja and every time he walks into the room I am in I say “Danton!” He also makes a funny concentration face when he is shooting.
7. Campy (Adrian Kempe)— my mom’s favorite player. She decided that she was a Kings fan when the Pens were going through a losing slump and randomly chose Kempe to be her favorite player. When I said “why are you a kings fan?” she responded “Campy (how she thought it was pronounced for some reason) hits the puck so hard it bounces out of the net.”
8. Flower (Marc-André Fleury)— I feel like this one doesn’t require an explanation.
9. Rusty Razor (Bryan Rust)— he has been my favorite Penguin since forever.
I made a list of all the song recs from Leaving it all Behind, idk if anyone has done this (someone probably has) but i cant be bothered to see if someone has so here it is.
Leaving it all Behind
Way Down We Go - KALEO
Bitter End - Rag’n’Bone
One Thing Right (Instrumental) - Piano Dreamers.
Lilium (Ellen Lied) - Grissini Project
Lay My Body Down - Rag’n’Bone Man
One - Metallica
Fake it - Seether
Shallow - Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood
Astronaut In The Ocean (Alok Remix) - Masked Wolf.
“Going the Distance” from Hercules
Lovely – Billie Eilish & Khalid
All Around Me – Flyleaf
Ocean eyes – Billie
Friend Like Me - Betty Who
Till It’s Gone - Yelawolf
Skin - Rag’N’Bone.
We Will Rise Again (feat. Meredith Godreau) – Dan Romer
7 years – Daniel Jang
Take on the World - You Me At Six
Risking it All
Winterwolf - BrunuhVille
Stokkseyri - Jónsi & Alex
Become the Beast - Karliene
Say My Name - Ólafur Arnalds
Run - Ludovico Einaudi
Threnody - Goldmund
Walked Through Hell - Anson Seabra
All I’ve Got - Rüfüs Du Sol
Come Away to the Water - Maroon 5
Next To You - Little Big Town
Song of the Abyss - Aviators
Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran
July - Noah Cyrus
39 Seconds & Tokyo Rain - Marcus Warner
Wolfborn - BrunuhVille
NFWMB - Hozier
Male Fantasy - Billie Eilish
Into The West - Peter Hollens
NFWMB - Hozier
Become The Beast - Karliene (I listened to this A LOT)
Snake Eyes - Mumford & Sons
Watch The World Die - Cody Jinks
sum of our parts - mary lambert
invincible - adelitas way
Heat Waves - Harrison
Running up that hill - Kate Bush
Pieces by Rob Thomas
Sunny side of summer - Bobs burgers movie
Love is not dying - Jeremy zucker
Little dark age - MGMT
Take it all back - Judah & The Lion
Sedated - Hozier
This Place is a Shelter - Olafur Arnalds
Experience - Angèle Dubeau and La Pieta
Run - I Virtuosi Italiani and Ludovico Einaudi
something in orange - Zach Bryan
running away (acoustic version) - Hoobastank
everything - Lifehouse
Into the Fire
Good To Be Alive - PVRIS
Mad World - Gary Jules
Tokyo Rain - Marcus Warner
Don’t Blame Me - Taylor Swift
Good to Be Alive - PVRIS
Save Me - Jelly Roll
Bells in Santa Fe - Halsey
Lay My Body Down - Rag’n’Bone Man
Gasoline - Halsey
Song of the Abyss - Aviators
Ghost - Badflower
Falling Up - Dean Lewis