#Zoë Beck

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fcs pra hermes?

Claro,: Tom Holland, Anya Taylor-Joy, Zendaya, Zoë Kravitz, Logan Lerman, Timothée Chalamet, Suzy Bae, Sandara Park, Nana, Naeun, Chorong, Krystal, Taeyeon, Alex Fitzalan, Corey Mylchreest, Danny Griffin, Felix E Changbin, Daniel Sharman, Park Jisung, Avan Jogia, Charles Melton, Camila Queiroz, Tati Gabrielle, Jennie Kim, Savannah Smith, Alishan Malbora, Lisa, Froy Gutierrez, Gage Gomez, Im Changkyun, Jacob Elordi, Jaden Smith, Jão, Jeff Satur, Jordan Fisher, Leo Hoyte Egan, Luka Sabbat, Marlon Teixeira, Maxence Danet-Fauvel, Mena Massoud, Michael Cimino, Na Jaemin, Ncuti Gatwa, Noah Beck, Noah Schnapp, Omar Apollo, Reece King, Robert Pattinson, Rudy Pankow, Toni Mahfud, Vasti Bayani, Vincent Rayvon, Vinnie Hacker, Xolo Maridueña, Yamazaki Kento, Chris Evans, Christian Yu, Darren Criss, David Harbour, Dev Patel, Elliot Page, Eugene Lee Yang, Harry Shum Jr, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, Jing Boran, Joe Krasinski, Josh Brolin, Lucien Laviscount, Mahershala Ali, Manny Jacinto, Marco Pigossi ou Michael B. Jordan.

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Lies! Mich! Durch!

2020 habe ich es zum ersten Mal geschafft, fast 50 Bücher innerhalb eines Jahres zu lesen. Was für andere Menschen, die gern lesen, völlig normal (oder sogar noch vergleichsweise wenig) ist, ist für mich, bei allem, was ich drumherum noch mache oder auch nicht, oft eine enorme Herausforderung. Vielleicht, das muss ich ehrlicherweise zugeben, ist es aber auch so, dass ich es selbst zugelassen habe, dass meine Konzentrationsfähigkeit auf ein Minimum reduziert wird. Ob durch zu viel Bewegtbild-Konsum, einen Überfluss an sozialen Medien oder zu viel Arbeit – sich zu Hause hinzusetzen oder hinzulegen und bewusst in eine andere Welt abzutauchen, ist mir lange Zeit nicht leicht gefallen. Seit dem Frühjahr 2019 bin ich aber in einem Buchclub und lese zwei bis drei Bücher pro Monat, je nach Seitenumfang sogar mehr. Hinzukommen die Comics und Graphic Novels, die sich außerdem bei mir türmen und die auch gelesen werden wollen. Jedenfalls hatte ich mal vor, auf diesem Blog regelmäßig meine Meinung über die kürzlich durchgelesenen Bücher mit den paar Menschen dort draußen zu teilen, die das interessiert. Aber gerade in der zweiten Jahreshälfte und inmitten dieser verrückten Pandemie habe ich mich mehr und mehr in mich zurückgezogen, war hier und überhaupt im Netz weniger präsent. Ich weiß nicht, ob sich das jetzt ändert, habe es mir aber fest vorgenommen. Den Anfang macht eine Zusammenfassung meiner zuletzt gelesenen Bücher, damit ich quasi wieder auf Null bin und ich bei den kommenden Kurzkritiken nicht das Gefühl habe, diesen Stapel dort oben nie erwähnt zu haben. 

Damit das jetzt nicht zu lang wird, handhabe ich das wie folgt: Jedes Buch bekommt einen Satz, der unendlich lang werden kann, wenn es der Inhalt braucht, aber ich versuche es (versprochen!) so kurz wie möglich zu halten.

"Wir sehen alles” vom Briten William Sutcliffe ist ein kluger Jugendroman über eine mögliche gar nicht so ferne Zukunft, in der zahlreiche Städte durch Krieg zerstört wurden und zwei Jungs, deren Familienzustände und die Liebe zu zwei Frauen einerseits genutzt werden, um eine gesellschaftliche Entwicklung aufzuzeigen, die wir Leser natürlich längst in unserer Gegenwart erleben, und andererseits auf ein Finale hinzusteuern, das einen vermutlich mehr mitnimmt als alle Seiten “GRM” von Sibylle Berg.

Der Roman “Brüder” von Jackie Thomae stand 2019 auf der Shortlist des Deutschen Buchpreises und müsste vermutlich allein deshalb von mir schon irgendwie besonders gefunden werden, trotzdem fand ich die Geschichte der zwei Brüder, die den gleichen Vater, aber unterschiedliche Mütter haben, anders aufwachsen, und natürlich individuelle Identitäten aufgrund ihrer Biografien entwickeln, streckenweise zu lang erzählt, zu gewollt und weitaus weniger berauschend, als es manches Jury-Mitglied gesehen haben dürfte.

Ganz anders ging es mir bei Fran Ross’ “Oreo”, das ich geliebt habe zu lesen und eines jener seltenen Bücher ist, das vermutlich mit jedem wiederholten Eintauchen im Laufe eines Lebens noch mal ganz neu erschlossen wird.

“Die sieben guten Jahre” von Etgar Keret ist ein herzzerreißend-schöner Kurzgeschichtenband, in dem der israelische Autor aus seinen ersten Vater-Sohn-Jahren berichtet, und uns mitnimmt in ein Land, in dem das Erwachsenwerden (und Erwachsensein) wegen des dort herrschenden Krieges alles andere als einfach ist. 

Alles was mir zu “Warum wir zusammen sind” von Martin R. Dean, einem Roman über ein Paar, dessen Beziehung zu scheitern scheint, und dessen Freundeskreis, der wiederum fast ausschließlich aus Paaren besteht und somit zahlreiche andere Schablonen dafür liefert, warum Beziehungen funktionieren können oder eben nicht, noch einfällt, ist der Gedanke, der mir beim Zuklappen nach dem Fertiglesen durch den Kopf ging: “Oooh, DAS war gut”. 

Mit deutlicher Verspätung habe ich Miranda Julys “Der erste fiese Typ” gelesen und trotzdem so gemocht wie all jene, die es schon zur Veröffentlichung vor Jahren gebührend gefeiert haben, weil es einfach clever ist und lustig und voller wundervoller Dialoge.

Zoë Beck ist Übersetzerin (von u.a. Sally Rooneys Romanen) und Autorin von z.B. dem Zukunftsthriller “Paradise City”, der aus Frankfurt eine Megacity und zum Ort finsterer Überwachungsideen macht, wo ein Journalist Opfer eines mysteriösen Unfalls wird, was seine Partnerin und Geliebte dazu bringt, der Sache auf den Grund gehen zu wollen und mich trotzdem nicht so abgeholt hat, wie ich es erhofft hatte.

Von der Presse hochgelobt wurde Juli Zehs “Corpus Delicti”, dessen Geschichte ebenfalls in einer nahen Zukunft spielt, in der ein perfides Gesundheitssystem konstruiert wurde, und dessen kranke Auswüchse am tragischen Schicksal eines Geschwister-Paares absolut hochspannend erzählt wird. 

“Die Jahre” von Annie Ernaux ist ein mitreißender Erzählrausch einer Frau, die auf ihr Leben zurückblickt, nicht immer chronologisch, aber sprachgewaltig und so eindringlich, dass ich ihr noch viel viel länger hätte zuhören können.

Martin Suter hat mit “Allmen und die verschwundene Maria” einen weiteren Erzählband seiner kurzweiligen Holmes-und-Watson-Variante vorgelegt, den ich genau so gern und schnell gelesen habe, wie die Vorgänger-Bände - obwohl ich mir natürlich bewusst darüber bin, dass das keine große literarische Kunst ist.

“Nächster Halt Verlangen” von Arno Camenisch ist eine amüsante und leider viel zu dünne Kolumnensammlung, deren Basis äußerst kuriose Alltagsbeobachtungen und -erlebnisse sind.

“Take That” von Anja Rützel ist mehr als ein One-Hit-Wonder, vielleicht sogar ein Best-of, auf jeden Fall aber unfassbar unterhaltsam – wenn man, wie ich, Take That schon immer cooler fand als die Backstreet Boys oder Caught in the Act.

“Feminismus” von Barbara Streidl gehört wie auch “Alfred Hitchcock” von Alexander Kluy zur 100-Seiten-Reihe des Reclam-Verlags, in der kluge Menschen auf exakt einhundert Seiten über ein ihnen wichtiges Thema pointiert essayhaft schreiben und uns, die zumeist unwissenden Leser, mitnehmen auf einen Kurztrip zu den wichtigsten Eckdaten einer gesellschaftlich-politischen Strömung, einer Karriere, eines Phänomens oder wichtigen Kulturguts. 

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Zoë’s Tropes from A to Z (Aniq's mix cd from The Afterparty)

Angel - Shaggy No Sleep Til Brooklyn - Beastie Boys I Get Around - 2pac Que’Onda Guero - Beck ❤ of Glass - Blondie Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie

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characters & fandoms *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

overview: the 100, greys anatomy, the walking dead, private practice, glee, victorious, pitch perfect, pretty little liars, gilmore girls, once upon a time, manifest, degrassi, shameless, criminal minds, the fosters, orange is the new black, switched at birth, riverdale, the vampire diaries, the originals, legacies, marvel, friends, lost in space, supergirl, mom (sitcom), full / fuller house, one day at a time, outer banks, rizzoli & isles, american horror story, how to get away with murder, blue bloods, law & order svu, reign, disney fandoms.

the one hundred:

raven reyes

anya kom trikru

echo kom spacekru

abby griffin

bellamy blake

octavia blake

luna kom flourkru

emori kom spacekru

lincoln kom trikru

john murphy

jasper jordan

monty greene

harper mcintyre

clarke griffin

indra kom trikru

commander lexa

grey’s anatomy:

addison montgomery

teddy altman

arizona robbins

meredith grey

miranda bailey

amelia shepherd

lexie grey

callie torres

cristina yang

izzie stevens

april kepner

jo wilson

carina deluca

alex karev

george o’malley

jackson avery

mark sloan

derek shepherd

ellis shepherd (best kid <3)

the walking dead:

maggie rhee

beth greene

glenn rhee

carol peletier

daryl dixon

michonne

andrea harrison

rick grimes

rosita espinosa

carl grimes

sasha williams

tara chambler

mika samuels

yumiko

connie

princess

private practice:

charlotte king

addison montgomery

amelia shepherd

pete wilder

violet turner

glee:

santana lopez

brittany pierce

quinn fabray

mercedes jones

tina cohen-chang

shelby corcoran

holly holliday

victorious:

jade west

cat valentine

beck oliver

andre harris

tori vega

pitch perfect:

aubrey posen

chloe beale

emily junk

beca mitchell

pretty little liars:

alison dilaurentis

spencer hastings

hanna marin

emily fields

mona vanderwaal

toby cavanaugh

caleb rivers

aria montgomery

gilmore girls:

lorelai gilmore

paris geller

luke danes

sookie st. james

emily gilmore

richard gilmore

lane kim

rory gilmore

dean forester

once upon a time:

regina mills

emma swan

zelena mills

snow white / mary margaret blanchard

maleficent

mulan

ruby lucas

belle french

hope swan-mills

henry mills

prince charming / david nolan

manifest:

olive stone

grace stone

michaela stone

ben stone

saanvi bahl

zeke landon

cal stone

degrassi:

paige michalchuk

manny santos

christine nelson

archie simpson

jt yorke

ellie nash

ashley kerwin

jimmy brooks

spinner mason

toby isaacs

liberty van zandt

holly j sinclair

imogen moreno

adam torres

alli bhandari

clare edwards

eli goldsworthy

zoë rivas

grace cardinal

tristan milligan

shameless:

fiona gallagher

veronica fisher

angela (season 5)

kevin ball

lip gallagher

ian gallagher

debbie gallagher

carl gallagher

liam gallagher

sheila jackson

mandy milkovich

mickey milkovich

criminal minds:

emily prentiss

elle greenaway

penelope garcia

derek morgan

aaron hotchner

david rossi

jennifer jareau

the fosters:

stef foster

lena adams

mariana adams-foster

jesus adams-foster

jude adams-foster

orange is the new black:

piper chapman

nicky nichols

poussey washington

alex vause

lorna morello

galina reznikov (red)

gloria mendoza

sophia burset

maritza ramos

switched at birth:

bay kennish

regina vasquez

kathryn kennish

toby kennish

lily summers

melody bledsoe

daphne vasques

riverdale:

alice cooper

betty cooper

veronica lodge

cheryl blossom

kevin keller

archie andrews

toni topaz

hermione lodge

the vampire diaries:

caroline forbes

bonnie bennett

stefan salvatore

katherine pierce

elena gilbert

the originals:

rebekah mikaelson

hayley marshall

elijah mikaelson

klaus mikaelson

legacies:

lizzie saltzman

hope mikaelson

rafael waithe

penelope park

mg

marvel:

jemma simmons (agents of shield)

melinda may (agents of shield)

natasha romanoff (black widow)

yelena belova (black widow)

maria hill (agents of shield)

victoria hand (agents of shield)

bobbi morse (agents of shield)

kate bishop (hawkeye)

lance hunter (agents of shield)

elena rodriguez (agents of shield)

alphonso mackenzie (agents of shield)

leo fitz (agents of shield)

phil coulson (agents of shield)

skye / daisy johnson (agents of shield)

friends:

rachel green

monica geller

phoebe buffay

joey tribbiani

chandler bing

lost in space (2018):

maureen robinson

penny robinson

john robinson

don west

judy robinson

supergirl:

kara danvers

alex danvers

lena luthor

cat grant

astra

mom (sitcom):

bonnie plunkett

christy plunkett

full / fuller house:

dj tanner

stephanie tanner

kimmy gibbler

michelle tanner

ramona gibbler

rocki mahan

jesse katsopolis

joey gladstone

one day at a time:

penelope alvarez

elena alvarez

alex alvarez

lydia alvarez

schneider

outer banks:

kiara carrera

jj maybank

pope heyward

john b routledge

sarah cameron (s2 only)

rizzoli & isles:

jane rizzoli

maura isles

barry frost

angela rizzoli

american horror story:

cordelia goode

misty day

madison montgomery

zoe benson

myrtle snow

queenie

nan

mallory

coco st. pierre vanderbilt

wilhemina venable

how to get away with murder:

bonnie winterbottom

michaela pratt

annalise keating

connor walsh

asher millstone

wes gibbins

laurel castillo

blue bloods:

eddie janko

maria baez

jackie curatola

linda reagan

jamie reagan

danny reagan

erin reagan

law & order (svu):

alex cabot

olivia benson

amanda rollins

reign:

catherine medici

mary stuart

disney:

raven baxter (tsr / raven’s home)

chelsea baxter (tsr / raven’s home)

miley stewart (hannah montana)

lilly truscott (hannah montana)

alex russo (wizards of waverly place)

teddy duncan (good luck charlie)

london tipton (suite life on deck)

maddie fitzpatrick (suite life of zack & cody)

sharpay evans (high school musical)

olivia, mo, & stella (lemonade mouth)

mal, evie, carlos, & jay (descendants)

riley matthews (girl meets world)

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Reading de Nacht Reading 2019

                              my favourite books of the year

my overall favourite book of the year:

martin hägglund "this life why mortality makes us free" (2019)

postcyberpunkstompf:

01 ken liu (ed) "broken stars: contemporary chinese sf in translation" (2019)

02 cory doctorow "radicalized" (2019) 03 dave hutchinson "the return of the incredible exploding man" (2019)   + dave hutchinson "nomads" (2019)   + dave hutchinson "thumbprints" (1978)   + dave hutchinson "torn air" (1980)   + dave hutchinson "the push" (2009)   + dave hutchinson "the villages" (2002)   ... damn that elusive "paradise equation" (1981) ... 04 tade thompson "rosewater" (2016)   + tade thompson "rosewater insurrection" (2019)   + tade thompson "rosewater redemption" (2019) 05 desirina boskovich (ed) "lost transmissions: the secret history of sf & f" (2019)

06 hannu rajaniemi & jacob weisman (eds) "the new voices of science fiction" (2019) 07 gardner dozois (ed) "the very best of the best: 35 years of the year's best science fiction" (2019) 08 jonathan strahan (ed) "the best science fiction & fantasy of the year, volume thirteen" (2019) 09 robert markeley "kim stanley robinson modern masters of sf" (2019) 10 allan kaster (ed) "the year's top hard sf stories 3" (2019)

11 olivier girard (ed) "bifrost 96 la revue des mondes imaginaires: william gibson" (2019) 12 mario guglielminetti "web is over. parabola ed esplosione di ubuweb, l'antiprofilo" (2019) 13 bryan thomas schmidt (ed) "infinite stars: dark frontiers" (2019) 14 baoshu "the redemption of time" [2011] (2019) 15 cixin liu "the supernova era" [2003] (2019)

16 l. x. beckett "gamechanger" (2019) 17 gareth l powell "fleet of knives" (2019) 18 chen qiufan "waste tide" [2013] (2019) 19 derek künsken "the quantum garden" (2019) 20 gregory benford "rewrite: loops in the timescape" (2019)

21 james s.a. corey "tiamat's wrath" (2019)   + james s.a. corey "auberon" (2019) 22 jim al-khalili "sunfall" (2019) 23 peter f hamilton "salvation lost"  (2019) 24 neal asher "the warship" (2019) 25 jonathan strahan (ed) "mission critical" (2019)

26 jack mcdevitt "octavia gone" (2019) 27 elizabeth bear "ancestral night" (2019) 28 ian mcdonald "moon rising" (2019) 29 carmen maria machado (ed) "the best american sf & f 2019" (2019) 30 valerie valdes "chilling effect" (2019) 31 simon morden "bright morning star" (2019)      + s. j. morden "no way" (2019) 32 neil stephenson "fall or, dodge in hell" (2019) 33 graham edwards "string city" (2019)

klassikstompf:

01 arno schmidt "bottom's dream" [1970] (2016) ... & still reading ...

02 jorge luis borgès "borgès restored (the author's preferred translations)" (2016) 03 julie orringer "the flight portfolio" (2019)   + julie orringer "the invisible bridge" (2010) 04 pola oloixarac "savage theories" (2017)   + pola oloixarac "dark constellations" (2019) 05 simon critchley "memory theatre" (2014)

06 gabriel josipovici "hotel andromeda" (2014) 07 david keenan "for the good times" (2019) 08 wg sebald "vertigo" [1990] (1999)   + wg sebald "the emmigrants" [1992] (1996)   + wg sebald "the rings of saturn" [1995] (1998)   + wg sebald "austerlitz" (2001) 09 luis chitarroni "the no variations "diary of an unfinished novel" [2007] (2013) 10 julián ríos "larva: a midsummer night's babel" [1983] (1991)

11 césar aira "birthday" [2001] (2019)   + césar aira "three novels" [1990-2000-1997] (2018) 12 tom mole "the secret life of books" (2019) 13 lucy ives "loudermilk or the real poet or the origin of the world" (2019) 14 lászló krasznahorkai "baron wenckheim's homecoming" [2016] (2019) 15 lucy ellmann "ducks, newburyport" (2019)

16 lars iyer "nietzsche & the burbs" (2019) 17 d harlan wilson "the psychotic dr. schreber" (2019) 18 andrew gallix (ed) "we'll never have paris" (2019) 19 chris kelso (ed) "i transgress" (2019) 20 john crowley "the solitudes" [1987] (2007)   + john crowley "love & sleep" (1994)   + john crowley "daemonomania" (2000)   + john crowley "endless things" (2007) ... (the aegypt cycle)

polarstompf:

01 carlos ruiz zafón "the labyrinth of the spirits" [2017] (2018)

02 volker kutscher "the fatherland files" [2012] (2019) 03 andrea camilleri "the overnight kidnapper" [2015] (2019)   + andrea camilleri "the other end of the line" [2016] (2019) 04 mick herron "joe country" (2019)   + mick herron "this is what happened" (2018)   + mick herron "nobody walks" (2015) 05 john le carré "agent running the field" (2019)

06 guillaume musso "la vie secrète des écrivains" (2019) 07 luke mccallin "the man from berlin" (2013)   + luke mccallin "the pale house" (2014)   + luke mccallin "the divided city" (2016) 09 henry porter "brandenburg" [2005] (2019)   + henry porter "firefly" (2018)   + henry porter "white hot silence" (2019) 10 mitch silver "the bookworm" (2018)   + mitch silver "in secret service" (2007)

11 alan judd "the accidental agent" (2019) 12 philip kerr "metropolis" (2019) 13 ian rankin "westwind" (2019) 14 jo nesbø "the knife" (2019) 15 david hewson "devil's fjord" (2019)

16 barry forshaw "crime fiction: a reader's guide" (2019) 17 a.a. dhand "one way out" (2019) 18 martin holmén "clinch: the stockholm trilogy 01" (2016)   + martin holmén "down for te count: the stockholm trilogy 02" (2017)   + martin holmén "slugger: the stockholm trilogy 03" (2019) 19 michael kestemont "de zwarte koning" (2019) 20 soren sveistrup "the chestnut man" [2018] (2019)

21 tim mason "the darwin affair" (2019) 22 patrick conrad "good night, charlie" (2019) 23 chris pavone "the paris diversion" (2019) 24 dov aflon "a long night in paris" (2019) 25 arne dahl "hunted" [2017] (2019)

                                  RIP ANDREA CAMILLERI !

gedächtnisstompf:

01 martin hägglund "this life: why mortality makes us free" (2019) /                            "this life: secular faith & spiritual freedom" (2019)

02 derrida "la vie la mort: séminaire (1975-1976)" (2019) 03 jean-luc nancy "derrida, suppléments”  (2019) 04 jean-françois bouthors et jean-luc nancy "démocratie! hic et nunc" (2019) 05 hannah arendt "de vrijheid om vrij te zijn" (2019)      + hannah arendt "nous autres réfugiés" (2019)

06 mckenzie wark "capital is dead": is this something worse?" (2019) 07 johan schokker & tim schokker      "extimiteit: jacques lacan's terugkeer naar freud" (2000) 08 gerhard richter & ann schmock (eds) "give the word:      responses to werner hamacher's 95 theses on philology"    (2019) 09 ranja n gosh "philosophy & poetry: continental perspectives" (2019) 10 shoshana zuboff "the age of surveillance capitalism" (2019)

11 kate zambrano "screen tests: stories & other writing" (2019) 12 daniele carluccio "roland barthes lecteur" (2019) 13 jean-clet martin "la philosophie de gilles deleuze" (2019) 14 mitchell dean & daniel zamora  "le dernier homme et la fin de la révolution:          foucault après mai 68" (2019) 15 arnon grunberg "vriend & vijand: decadentie, ondergang & verlossing" (2019)

16 kwami anthony appiah      "de leugens die ons verbinden: een nieuwe kijk op identiteit" [2018] (2019) 17 quentin meillassoux "science fiction & extro-science fiction" (2015) 18 roberto calasso "het onbenoembare verleden" [2017] (2019) 19 lydia davis "essays" (2019) 20 denise riley "time lived, without its flow" (2019)

poesisstompf:

zoë skoulding "footnotes to water" (2019)

platterstompf:

01 rick moody "on celestial music, and other adventures in listening" (2012)

02 yann courtiau "frictions:   ce que la littérature a fait à la musique et ce que la musique a en a fait" (2019) 03 vivien goldman "revenge of the she-punks:      a feminist music history from poly styrene to pussy riot" (2019) 04 garrígos, triana & guerra "god save the queens: pioneras del punk" (2019) 05 jon savage "this searing light, the sun & everything else:      joy division the oral history" (2019)

06 richard beck "trains, jesus, and murder: the gospel according to johnny cash" 07 mark lanegan "sleevenotes" (2019) 08 jason williamson "jason williamson's house party: sleaford mods 2014-2019" (2019) 09 gallix, hill, & rose (eds) "love bites: fiction inspired by pete shelley" (2019) 10 greg laurie "johnny cash the redemption of an american icon" (2019)

11 marc vos & toon loenders "siglo xx:     opdat de dood ons levend vindt & het leven ons niet doodt" (2019) 12 david sandilands & david keenan "go ahead & drop the bomb      (memorial device pamflet)" (2019) 13 guillaume belhomme "pop fin de siècle" (2019) 14 chris bohn (ed) "the wire" (magazine) (2019) 15 sylvain sylvain "there's no bones in ice cream:      sylvain sylvain's story of the new york dolls" (2018)

16 debbie harry "face it" (2019) 17 jaime gonzalo "poder freak: una crónica de la contracultura vol III" (2014) 18 matthew bower & samantha davies "talisman angelical" (2017) 19 darryl w bullock "the world's worst records: an arcade of audio atrocity vol I" (2013)   + darryl w bullock "the world's worst records: another arcade of audio atrocity vol II" (2015) 20 steve zisson (ed) "a punk rock future" (2019) /      ivar muñoz-rojas "underground babilonia" (2019)

bilderstompf:

01 didier ottinger "bacon en toutes lettres" (2019)

02 antoni tàpies "cap braços cames cos" (2012)   + antoni tàpies "mahlerei und graphik" (2011) 03 laura oldfield ford "savage messiah" (2019) 04 fred vermorel "dead fashion girl: a situationist detective story" (2019) 05 françois schuiten & jaco van dormael "le dernier pharaon" (2019)

06 ken krimstein "the three escapes of hannah arendt: the tyranny of truth" (2018) 07 erik bindervoet & saskia pfaeltzer "aldus sprach nietzsche's zuster" (2019) 08 anthony n fragola & roch c smith "the erotic dream machine: interviews with alain robbe-grillet on his films" (2006)

cyclostompf:

01 bernard chambaz "petite philosophie du vélo" (2019)

02 filip osselaer "de man die doodging (vervolgens mosselen bestelde,      de rekening vroeg en verdween): el tarangu, josé manuel fuente" (2019) 03 peter schmink "de cultus van het lijden: een vrije oefening" (2006) 04 laurent willame "les lieux sacrés du cyclisme:     15 pélérinages à faire avant de crever" (2019) 05 jonas heyerick (ed) "bahamontes: uit liefde voor de stiel" [magazine] (2019)

06 johnny vansevenant "1969, het jaar van eddy merckx" (2019) 07 edwin winkels "la vuelta: heroïsche verhalen uit de ronde van spanje" (2019) 08 frederik baeckelandt "fausto coppi (les héros 04)" (2019) 09 harry pearson "the beast, the emperor & the milkman:      a bone-shaking tour through cycling’s flemish heartlands" (2019) 10 peter cossins "the yellow jersey / le maillot jaune" (2019)

11 thijs zonneveld "het panini album" (2019) 12 thijs zonneveld "de fiets, de fiets & nog veel meer sportverhalen" (2019) 13 willy vangenechten "hoe word je een wielerfan (en blijf je er een)?" (2019)

some wissenschaftstompf & autres divertissements ...:

01 robert macfarlane "underland: a deep time journey" (2019)

02 george van hal & ans hekkenberg "het kosmisch rariteitenkabinet" (2019) 03 josey waley-cohen "only connect: the difficult second quiz book" (2019)

… tsundoku !

may your home be safe from tigers, leroy, x HNY!

... the annual out of control TBR pile ...

postcyberpunkstompf

ada hoffmann "the outside" (2019) adrian tchaikovsky "children of ruin" (2019) alastair reynolds "shadow captain" (2019) + alastair reynolds "permafrost" (2019) annalee newitz "the future of another timeline" (2019) charlie jane anders "the city in the middle of the night" (2019) farah mendlesohn "the pleasant profession of robert a heinlein" (2019)gareth l powell "ragged alice" (2019) greg egan "perihelion summer" (2019) ian creasey "the shapes of strangers" (2019) jo walton "lent" (2019)

kameron hurley "the light brigade" (2019) karl schroeder "stealing words" (2019) megan o'keefe "velocity weapon" (2019) neil clarke (ed) "the eagle has landed: 50 years of lunar sf" (2019) nina allan "the silverwind" (2019) paul di filippo "aeota" (2019) peter swirski "stanislaw lem: philosopher of the future" (2019) + peter swirski & waclaw m osadnik (eds) "lemography: stanislaw lem in the eyes of the world" (2019) richard kadrey "the grand dark" (2019) rudy rucker "million mile road trip" (2019) simon ings "the smoke" (2019)

klassikstompf

alex landragin "crossings" (2019) enrique vila-matas "mac's problem" [2017] (2019) joseph scapellato "the made-up man" (2019) kevin breatnach "tunnelvision" (2019) michel houellebecq "serotonin" (2019) nell zink "doxology" (2019) roberto bolaño "the spirit of science fiction: a novel" (2019) samanta schweblin "mouthful of birds" (2019) sergio pitol "mephisto's waltz: selected short stories" (2019) will eaves "murmur" (2019)

polarstompf

johan op de beek "het complot van laken" (2019) jon steinhagen "the hanging artist" (2019) juli zeh "empty hearts" (2019) max hertzberg "operation oskar" (2019) + max hertzberg "berlin centre" (2019) peter robinson "many rivers to cross" (2019) tony belloto "bellini & the sphinx" [1995] (2019)

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[thediaryofatheatrekid]

Another Round: Wicked

So... I’m too lazy to thing of a clever opening for this post.

There are 2 types of women in Wicked

Those who have played Elphaba/Nessarose: Aimée Fisher, Anna Eilinsfeld, Carla Stickler, Cassidy Janson, Chelsea Krombach, Desi Oakley, Eden Espinosa, Gemma Atkins, Gretel Scarlett, Hannah Shankman, Jenna Leigh Green, Jennifer DiNoia, Laurel Harris, Marcie Dodd, Maria Eberline, Natalie McQueen, Rebecca Gilliland, Shayla Beck, Shoshana Bean, Steve Tate-Bauer and Zoë George

Those who have played Glinda/Nessarose: Beka Burnham, Carina Gillespie, Caroline Keiff, Cassie Okenka, Charlotte Scott, Emily Ferranti, Emily Tierney, Florence Andrews, Grace Chapman, Heather Carino, Helen Woolf, Jillian Butler, Jillian Kates, Kate Loprest, Kelly Felthous, Lauren James Ray, Lesley McKinnell, Lisa Livesay, Maria Coyne, Megan Sikora, Michelle Francis, Michelle London, Natalie Daradich, Rosa O’Reilly, Sara Jean Ford, Sarah Earnshaw, Stacie Morgain Lewis, Stefanie Brown, Stephanie Morrison, Thuany Parente, Tiffany Haas, Yamamoto Takae and Zoë Rainey

Then there’s this bitch...

Natasha Ferguson who has played all 3...

Also shout out to Amy Goodwin & Louise Dearman who have played Elphaba & Glinda

[chriscolfernews]

Sir Elton John and David Furnish will host the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF)’s 27th annual Academy Awards Viewing Party on Sunday, February 24, 2019, at West Hollywood Park in Los Angeles. IMDb will serve as this year’s Presenting Sponsor. 

This year’s event co-chairs are Tim and Jane Allen, Beck, Jamie Bell, Joseph W. Blount, Chris Colfer, Miley Cyrus, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, Zooey Deschanel, Michael Douglas, Taron Egerton, Jay Ellis, Boy George, Karen Gillan, Greg Gorman, Sir Lucian and Lady Caroline Grainge, Tiffany Haddish, Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, Debbie Harry, Gillian Hearst, Patricia Hearst, Tracey Jacobs, Allison Janney, Caitlyn Jenner, Quincy Jones, Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss, Heidi Klum, Robert K. Kraft, Diana Krall and Elvis Costello, Diane Lane, Sandra Lee, Spike and Tonya Lee, Judith Light, Eugenio Lopez, Siran Manoukian, Chris Martin, Rob and Sheryl Lowe, Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin, Eric and Janet McCormack, Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison, Mike and Kelly Myers, Col Needham, Sharon Osbourne, Michael Patrick, Katy Perry, Tyler Perry, Busy Philipps, Andrew Rannells, Zoë Saldana, Jane Seymour, Sarah Silverman, Steve Sims, Britney Spears, Sharon Stone, Meghan Trainor, Steven Tyler, Denzel and Pauletta Washington, John David Washington and Jeffrey Wright.

[emphasis-all-mine]

Paper Skin Trivia/Headcanons

Well, here’s my (abbreviated) Paper Skin headcanon/trivia lists for the main characters. Let me know if you have any questions or want me to expand any more?

Lance

Cuban and Spanish, raised by his Mom and Grandma, came to US when he was 4.

06/21 ETA: Born a werewolf, as were his brothers and sister (werewolf bloodlines in this AU are Matrilineal and he's descended of only wolfmothers, more on that soooooon).

Refers to Cindy as Mama Garrett and Henry by his first name because he is still a little detached (was raised without his dad present in Cuba so it feels weird)

Loves to climb trees and go up high, instinctively longs to climb mountains.

Didn't do that great at school so he decided to put off college and wound up becoming a jack-of-all-trades and a self-taught chef.

Cooking helps him remember his mother, makes him feel closer to her.

Is a cat person, doesn't like dogs and especially hates coyotes and jackals instinctively. (Will try to maul a jackal on sight. Coyotes just get angry growls.)

LOVES cats of all kinds. Will befriend mountain lions during full moon much to their surprise, or break into a zoo and make nice with all the big cats if left unattended.

Okay so one time when he was a teenager he got into the Bronx Zoo and first tried to chill with the leopards/black panther in the jungle exhibit but it was closed, then he tried to go see the snow leopards & the tigers but couldn't get into their enclosures. Somehow figured out how to get to the Lions.

He mauled a rare deer and dragged it into the Lion enclosure to present to them and become an honorary member of the pride. 

The Garretts and some other members of their pack had to break in and drag him away

The Lions were not happy that they lost their new pack member but got over it.

Whenever he visits the zoo as a guest you could SWEAR they recognize him and call out to him.

When he's a wolf he prefers deer or other hoofed mammals and second favorite is rodents. (Ends up eating birds just because of his natural tree-climbing instincts. Also he knows Hunk likes them so he brings him pigeons and quails.)

All time favorite thing he's eaten as a wolf was a Moose that he caught for Keith (will explain in a future chapter) with a very lost and confused Caribou as a runner up.

Least favorite is crow or birds of prey but he gets short-sighted when he's wolfy and sometimes just hunts for the thrill of it. He's taken down a red-tailed hawk and an Eagle owl.

Favorite music: Shakira (prefers her ¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?-era stuff), Gorillaz, TV on the Radio, Robyn, Rihanna

Keith

Was brought into the Shirogane clan at around age 12/13.

Identifies as Asian-American since his Dad was part Korean but does not know where his mom came from. Assumes she was of a mixed background as well.

His dad was sired by Akira Kogane, who was of Chinese and Japanese descent so he wonders if that filters down with vampire progeny?

Speaks very little Japanese, enough to answer Shiro if he uses a well-known phrase but not enough to converse

Has a recurring nightmare where tree branches start growing out of his throat and choke him

Really wants a motorcycle but will settle for a car of his own. Doesn't want Shiro to buy it, he's saving his own money.

He's actually a very good driver and Shiro will let him drive his vehicles.

Studied outside of school with help from coven members that were teachers as also some help from Pidge and the Holts so he was able to get his GED at 19

Very glad he has Umbra for a pet because she is very good at helping him figure out the time of day based on her behavior and feeding habits (yes he forgets that his phone will tell him the time and weather conditions because he is so used to living completely indoors)

Has a bug-out room in the apartment he shares with Lance. It's much bigger than the closet corner and has room for some emergency supplies and he's put up some corkboards on the walls.

Prefers type O blood and tries to avoid AB because it's like OJ with pulp (there's too much extra antigens in it). Loves pork blood when it's Lance's recipe.

Favorite music: Dolly Parton, The Cure, MCR, Siouxsie & the Banshees and PJ Harvey

Hunk

Born a werewolf, mostly Grey wolf but there's some Asian/Japanese wolf ancestry

Full name is Tsuyoshi Garrett (born Tsuyoshi Seido but had it legally changed when Henry Garrett adopted him)

His mom is Cynthia Tsukiyama-Garrett, and birth father is Tsutomo "Tommy" Seido

He considers Henry Garrett his Dad, hence why he took his last name instead of going by Seido or changing it to Tsukiyama

Henry gave Hunk his nickname after his half-brothers teased him about being a "runt"

Was great at school and did some undergrad at Hunter, then left to go to culinary school.

He finished culinary school and worked at his Mom's bar while trying to figure out if he really wanted to work in a fancy restaurant that wouldn't give him time away for full moon stuff

First time he met Shay he choked on his own spit because his mouth went dry and he nearly passed out

Second time was a better impression, his little sisters both caught the flu and were in wolf-form and was finally able to be his sweet charming self because he was so focused on his sisters' well-being that he forgot to freak out that the pretty veterinarian was smiling at him.

Had a full blown panic attack when he cooked for Shay without knowing she was a vegetarian and inadvertently won her heart with how caring and concerned he was.

Is practicing making Kushari because Shay's family is Egyptian and he wants to impress them. He already makes fantastic hummus.

His preferred food as a wolf is any kind of fowl (sparrow, chicken, turkey, etc.) Secretly loves peacock, but resists the urge to break back into St. John the Divine's Cathedral to snarf one up.

Least favorite food as a wolf is any kind of seafood or fish. Loves them as a human but finds them too bony and briny when wolfed-out.

Favorite music: Matt and Kim, LCD Soundsystem, Beck, The Hold Steady, Broken Social Scene

Pidge

Irish-Italian, her parents are very lapsed Catholics

Currently in High School and will end up at Columbia after timeskip

Needs to study an animal before trying to shift. Often pictures or online video is enough but really does prefer to be up close and personal so she can nail any vocalizations that the audio distorts or doesn't quite catch.

Her dad has a mastery of most animal forms and also can do inanimate objects. Pidge will work on that next. It takes a lot of concentration and holding her breath 

Keith is her favorite because he'll support her delinquency (he doesn't realize it) and she likes helping him figure societal conventions out. They talk or visit at least once a week if not more.

Pidge would make Keith do her homework as a way of home-schooling him (and it also reinforced whatever she was learning, meaning she'd ace every subject and test), it dropped off after Keith got his GED and started working. Schoolwork still is rather easy for her after so many years of teaching herself good study habits by tutoring Keith.

Shiro being ageless is a stable presence in her life, but she thinks of him as more of her brother's friend or like an eccentric uncle

(Pidge has many eccentric uncles and aunts due to her family being half fae descendants, and half metahumans)

Her favorite food is pancakes. Least favorite is eggplant.

Favorite music: Zoë Keating, Tricky, Portishead, Massive Attack, Modest Mouse 

Allura

Was introduced to the underground supernatural community of NYC by her godfather, Coran.

Born and raised in London. Westbourne Gardens area.

Came to the US on student visa and goes to grad school for biochem. Phlebotomy is a way for her to make money and help out Shiro, as Coran's family has known of his for years

No, she doesn't know why Coran has that accent even though he's lived in Brooklyn for as long as she knows

Her pet "mice" are actually Degus. She likes carrying them around in her pockets or purse, they are very well-behaved.

She's never going to bring them NEAR Lance because she knows how much he loves eating fuzzy little rodents

Her favorite food is Candy Floss, least favorite is tomatoes.

Favorite music: Nina Simone, Lana Del Rey, anything Stevie Nicks has done, Ms. Dynamite and Kylie Minogue

Shiro

Names all his businesses after vampire things because he believes in hiding in plain sight (Shuten-dōji was the yokai/vampire that turned him)

Didn't return to his hometown after being turned into a vampire. Was too ashamed and scared he would hurt them. His neighbors and friends assumed he died in the Great Tenmei famine.

Despite his issues with aging, he's tried dying his hair but it looks awful so he just leaves the white streak

Was a very good horseback rider in his youth. Joined the military and was a skilled fighter.

It took a while for him to adjust to motor vehicles. He hit Hunk's grandmother with his car, (but that's how he found the Tsukiyama pack so it worked out and she was fine.)

First cat was named Bobō, a calico. Current cat is Kikō, a tabby.

Prefers type B blood but will settle for O or AB. Type A makes him sneeze after he eats.

Not really a music fan, prefers quiet. He really liked jazz when he first heard it so he sometimes puts on very old, worn-out LPs.

He answers to Takashi or Shiro. Shi-kun or Shi-chan to friends that use his honorifics, later Shiro-kun or Shiro-chan, when he took the nickname referring to the white streak in his hair.

He still has a bad habit of not responding if people address him by Shirogane alone.

(Because "Shirogane-san" was his twin's preferred name)

[jamesmurualiterary]

Goethe-Institut’s "Virtually Yours" Literary Festival kicks off on November 11.

Goethe-Institut’s “Virtually Yours” Literary Festival kicks off on November 11.

The Virtually Yours Literary Festival, bringing together African and German authors in conversation, is set to run from November 11-14, 2021. It is curated jointly by Zukiswa Wanner and Zoë Beck. Virtually Yours is a series that brings you to the centre of contemporary African literature with discussions between leading African authors curated by Zukiswa Wanner and hosted by Goethe-Namibia.…

[miss-mesmerized]

Zoë Beck - Paradise City

Erst ihr Chef und Liebhaber Yassin, dann auch noch Kaya, eine weitere investigative Journalistin. Liina und Özlem wird schmerzlich bewusst, dass irgendetwas nicht stimmt. Sie arbeiten in einer geheimen Agentur, die sich der Wahrheit verpflichtet hat und das veröffentlicht, was die Staatspresse versucht zu verheimlichen. Wie den seltsamen Tod einer Frau in der Uckermark, die scheinbar von einem wilden Tier zu Tode gebissen wurde. Doch vor Ort wollen die spärlichen Informationen, die sie zusammentragen können, einfach kein stimmiges Bild ergeben. Es muss mehr dahinterstecken. Für Liina wird der Stress lebensbedrohlich, denn ihre Herzschwäche verträgt Unregelmäßigkeiten nicht gut und gerade sie muss besonders aufpassen, denn in ihrem Körper schlägt ein ganz besonderes Organ, von dem ebenfalls wiederum niemand etwas wissen darf.

 Zoë Becks neuester Roman verbindet unterschiedlichste aktuelle Themen der letzten Jahre: die zunehmende Technologisierung, die eine totale Überwachung der Bevölkerung ermöglichen könnte; ein Staat, der die Presse und Informationsveröffentlichung kontrolliert, um so die Bürger in Schach zu halten; ein Gesundheitsglaube, der alles, was nicht der optimierten Norm entspricht, versucht auszusortieren; die Folgen des Klimawandels, die weite Teile der Küstengebiete unbewohnbar machen; medizinische Forschung, die die Grenzen des ethisch vertretbaren immer weiter ausreizen. Im Zentrum eine rebellische junge Frau, die ihr Leben riskiert, um der Wahrheit auf den Grund zu gehen und die all jene Ideale vertritt, die man mit Gruppierungen wie Anonymus oder Extinction Rebellion in Verbindung bringt.

 Die lange Aufzählung lässt bereits erahnen, dass das alles zu viel ist für einen Thriller, der nicht einmal 300 Seiten hat. Die dystopische Anlage des Staates bleibt für mein Empfinden zu diffus, um zu überzeugen. Es gibt nur noch Megacities, deren Entstehung sich nicht wirklich erklärt, auch ist nicht ganz klar, wo die Grenzen des Staates verlaufen, was drumherum ist, wo Konstrukte wie die EU geblieben sind oder weshalb sie verschwanden. Ist dieser nebulöse Staat mit seiner Totalüberwachung und Pressekontrolle das böse Feindbild oder ist dies doch eher die medizinische Forschung? Angedeutet werden Massen- und Grippepandemien, aber sie bleiben zu nebensächlich, genauso wie die Gruppe der „Parallelen“, die sich rebellisch der verordneten Lebensweise entziehen.

 Die Protagonistin Liina ist durchaus interessant angelegt, steckt sie ganz persönlich in dem Konflikt rund um die medizinische Versorgung, hat einerseits davon profitiert, wird aber auch zu deren Opfer. Sie genauso wie ihre Kollegen der geheimen Journalisten können mich jedoch nicht wirklich für sich gewinnen, sie sind mir zu schemenhaft und oberflächlich gezeichnet, um authentisch und überzeugend zu wirken.

 Es entsteht zwar so etwas wie Spannung, aber ich hatte mehr den Eindruck wie ein blindes Huhn mal in diese, mal in jene Richtung zu rennen, nichts wirklich zu erkennen und plötzlich vor einem großen Verschwörungsfinale zu stehen. Das Grundgerüst der Handlung hätte mehr hergegeben, so hat es auf mich wie eine etwas lieblose Aneinanderreihung von zu vielen Themen gewirkt, die einfach nicht zu einer unterhaltsamen, spannenden Geschichte verschmelzen wollen.

https://missmesmerized.wordpress.com/2020/07/02/zoe-beck-paradise-city/

[toastduck]

Alana Beck, Zoë Murphy, and Jared Kleinman

get randomly assigned as your lab partner for a whole semester: 

alana

get trapped with on an elevator for 10 hours: 

zoë

get as my employee trainer for my new job at mcdonalds: 

jared

[booksmusicalsbandsohmy]

A Cringy One-Shot feat. Percabeth and Reyna’s Daughters

this will be a one-shot originally posted on Wattpad I wrote a while ago

I sighed as I approached the green door that marked my girlfriend's house. I was meeting her parents for the first time, or, well, the first time as her official girlfriend. Our families have known each other for forever.

I should probably introduce myself, I am Veronica Hylla Ramírez-Arellano, or just, Veronica. Long name, I know, it runs in the family. You've probably heard of my mother, Reyna, daughter of Bellona, ex-praetor, and many other things.

Anyways, I held my breath as I rang the doorbell, hoping that my girlfriend Sally's parents don't answer. That night Sally and I would be announcing our relationship to her family over the delicious dinner she made.

I chuckled to myself, Sally really took after her namesake in culinary and baking skills. I wondered how Percy and Annabeth managed to eat without her. Annabeth was always too focused on projects to even think to eat, and I've heard stories of how Percy almost set their kitchen on fire.

I was taken away from my thoughts when someone opens the door. It was Luke, one of Sally's brothers. I was glad, but kind of upset. Luke was definitely the smartest and most analytical of the siblings, which meant he was the one who could figure out that I was extremely nervous. Luckily he was looking at someone when opening the door.

"Zoë, make sure Bob doesn't have any sweets. Sally says dinner's in half an hour." Luke shouted to his younger sister before turning to me. "Veronica, hey, come in. Is your mom with you?"

"No, my mom's not here," I replied. "She has an extra grueling case at the law firm."

"Oh, that's fine. Hope she wins the case." Luke responded before leaving me to make my way to the kitchen.

"Hey." I said as I walked into the kitchen, wrapping my arms around my girlfriend, her curly, black hair tumbling down her back.

"Hey." She replied, focused on her cooking.

I could practically feel her anxiety. So, I intervened. "Sal, look at me," I said as I reached down to turn her head so I could look into her sea green eyes. "We're going to be fine, everything will fine." I reassured her, bending down to kiss her forehead.

"Thanks, Ronnie." She said before tilting her head to meet my lips.

"Well anyways," I started, breaking our kiss. "What can I do to help?" I asked, rolling up my sleeves.

"Well, for starters, you can watch the stove while I prepare the potatoes." She giggled before moving away from the stove.

"Really, watching the stove? I'll let you know I'm very capable of doing much more." I joked, a dopey smile on my face.

"Oh, I know, but I don't really trust you with the salt." She shot me an adorable grin, then left the kitchen.

"Okay, everyone, dinner!" I heard a shout ring out from the living room.

"You ready?" I asked Sally.

She nodded just as everyone burst into the dining room, a loud burst of noise filled the room. We all then sat down around the large circular table, oldest to youngest. This worked out perfectly, as I sat next to my girl, but not next to her parents, in case things went south.

After trying to make conversation over the devouring of food going on in front of me, I stood up and cleared my throat. Sally followed me in this, and everyone looked up at us.

"I, we, have something to announce..." Sally started to say.

"Sally and I are dating." I finished, raising our arms to showcase our intertwined hands.

There was a seemingly endless period of silence before someone spoke up, "Cool, more visits from Ronnie." It came from Bob, Sally's youngest brother. Soon after, positive comments made it's way around the table, up to her parents.

"Aw, that's great. Hey, Percy, they're the same age as when we started dating. Percy?" Annabeth responded, then shifting her attention to an unresponsive Percy.

We all stared at him until his face broke into a wide smile. "My baby's growing up so fast," he said dramatically, pretending to wipe away a tear.

"Dad, I'm 16, I'm not a baby." Sally whined, rolling her eyes.

"Well you're always going to be a baby to me." Percy said as he got up to hug her.

"Sorry to break up the moment," Sally's brother, Beck interrupted, "but, I want desert." His declaration was followed by a chorus of shouts, agreeing.

[vnllacosmo]

ships *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

below is a list of ships i love! anyone is welcome to squeal about them in my inbox with me — as well as send in prompts with them! if i don’t feel comfortable writing the prompt, i will let you know. but i looooove writing for my ships <3. also anything with & means the relationship is strictly platonic. anything with + means romantic. if there is a romantic ship that you’d like me to write as platonic, feel free to ask! if there is a ship that isn’t on the list, you can still ask because i may have accidentally forgotten to add it!

the one hundred:

raven & abby

raven & octavia

clarke & octavia

bellamy & octavia

spacekru family

bellamy + echo

bellamy + anya

bellamy + clarke

raven + luna

raven + bellamy

raven + clarke

raven + murphy

raven + anya

raven + lexa

raven + echo

raven + emori

emori + murphy

anya + echo

monty + harper

monty + jasper

maya + jasper

octavia + lincoln

abby + marcus

raven + clarke + bellamy

raven + echo + bellamy

raven + murphy + emori

echo + bellamy + anya

echo + bellamy + clarke

grey’s anatomy:

meredith & lexie

meredith & amelia

meredith & maggie

meredith & cristina

derek & amelia

addison & amelia

mark & amelia

mark & callie

mark & derek

mark & arizona

meredith & baby ellis

amelia & baby ellis

addison & baby ellis

callie + arizona

addison + derek

addison + meredith

addison + teddy

addison + mark

teddy + mark

meredith + derek

meredith + finn

cristina + teddy

cristina + alex

izzie + alex

jo + alex

april + jackson

amelia + arizona

amelia + owen

magic crew

season 6 attending crew

the walking dead:

maggie & beth

maggie & carol

maggie & tara

maggie & rosita

maggie & sasha

maggie & daryl

beth & daryl

rick & daryl

carol & lydia

carol & rosita

daryl & rosita

glenn & tara

maggie + glenn

carol + daryl

rick + andrea

rick + michonne

tara + rosita

beth + noah

rosita + gabriel

pre-alexandria crew (rick & michonne + kids, daryl & carol, maggie & glenn, noah, rosita, abraham, eugene, sasha)

road trip crew (maggie, glenn, tara, rosita, abraham, eugene)

private practice:

charlotte & amelia

charlotte & violet

charlotte & addison

amelia & addison

cooper & violet

charlotte + cooper

addison + pete

violet + pete

king-freedman family (charcoop, mason, triplets)

glee:

santana & shelby

santana & mercedes

santana + brittany

santana + quinn

finn + quinn

tina + mike

shelby + holly

shelby + cassie

unholy trinity: santana + brittany + quinn

trebletones

victorious:

jade & cat

beck & cat

jade + beck

jade + tori

bade as cat’s parents

pitch perfect:

aubrey + chloe

aubrey + emily

aubrey + beca

chloe + emily

chloe + beca

beca + emily

aubrey + chloe + emily

aubrey + chloe + beca

aubrey + chloe + beca + emily

pretty little liars:

alison + emily

spencer + emily

spencer + hanna

spencer + toby

hanna + mona

hanna + caleb

liars squad

gilmore girls:

lorelai + luke

rory + dean

rory + paris

louise + paris

once upon a time:

regina & hope

regina & henry

emma & henry

regina & snow

regina & zelena

mal & lily

regina + emma

regina + mal

ruby + belle

snow + charming

manifest:

grace & olive

grace + ben

olive + tj

michaela + zeke

degrassi:

paige + spinner

paige + alex

spike + snake

manny + jt

manny + jay

liberty + jt

ellie + sean

ellie + craig

ashley + jimmy

emma + sean (early season only)

holly j + declan

imogen + fiona

alli + dallas

drew + bianca

clare + eli

tristan + miles

zig + tori

grace + zoë

shameless:

fiona + angela

lip + mandy

ian + mickey

carl + bonnie

kev + veronica

fiona + jimmy / steve

criminal minds:

emily + elle

emily + hotch

emily + penelope

emily + morgan

morgan + penelope

elle + penelope

the fosters:

stef & mariana

stef & jesus

stef & jude

lena & mariana

lena & jesus

lena & jude

mariana & jude

mariana & lexi

mariana & jesus

jesus & jude

stef + lena

mariana + matt

jesus + lexi

jesus + emma

orange is the new black:

nicky & red

nicky & piper

nicky & alex

taystee & poussey

maritza & flaca

daya & aleida

piper + alex

nicky + lorna

switched at birth:

bay & regina

bay & kathryn

bay & toby

bay & daphne

bay & angelo

bay + emmett

toby + lily

kathryn + regina

kathryn + john

angelo + regina

riverdale:

betty & kevin

veronica & kevin

betty + veronica

betty + archie

veronica + cheryl

veronica + archie

toni + cheryl

alice + hermione

the vampire diaries:

caroline + stefan

caroline + katherine

caroline + elena

caroline + bonnie

katherine + stefan

elena + stefan

the originals:

elijah & rebekah

elijah & hayley

rebekah & hayley

rebekah & klaus

hayley + klaus

legacies:

hope + lizzie

marvel:

natasha & yelena

jemma & may

fitz + simmons

bobbi + hunter

may + coulson

bobbi + jemma

victoria + may

natasha + maria

elena + mack

friends:

phoebe & chandler

phoebe & monica

joey & monica

joey & chandler

rachel & chandler

rachel + monica

rachel + phoebe

rachel + joey

phoebe + joey

monica + chandler

lost in space (2018):

maureen & penny

don & penny

smith & penny

john & penny

judy & penny

maureen + john

supergirl:

kara & alex

kara & cat

kara + lena

mom (sitcom):

bonnie & christy

bonnie + adam

full / fuller house:

dj & becky

dj & danny

dj & jesse

dj & joey

dj & stephanie

dj & michelle

dj & kimmy

dj & ramona

dj & rocki

stephanie & jesse

stephanie & joey

stephanie & michelle

stephanie & kimmy

stephanie & ramona

stephanie & rocki

ramona & kimmy

ramona & rocki

one day at a time:

penelope & lydia

elena & penelope

elena & lydia

elena & alex

elena & schneider

elena + syd

penelope + schneider

outer banks:

john b. & kiara

john b. & jj

john b. & pope

kiara & pope

jj + pope

jj + kiara

rizzoli & isles:

jane + maura

american horror story:

cordelia & madison

cordelia & mallory

misty & madison

mallory & coco

mallory & madison

cordelia + misty

madison + zoe

how to get away with murder:

michaela & connor

michaela & annalise

michaela & bonnie

michaela & oliver

michaela & laurel

connor & annalise

connor & asher

oliver & asher

annalise & bonnie

annalise + eve

bonnie + frank

blue bloods:

jamie + eddie

danny + maria

danny + linda

danny + jackie

law & order (svu):

amanda & olivia

amanda & alex

alex + olivia

disney:

alex & theresa (wizards of waverly place)

teddy & charlie (good luck charlie)

raven + chelsea (tsr / raven’s home)

london + maddie (suite life)

gabriella + troy (high school musical)

gabriella + sharpay (high school musical)

riley + maya (girl meets world)

mal + evie + jay + carlos (descendants)

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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Sir Elton John and David Furnish will host the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF)’s 25th annual Academy Awards Viewing Party on Sunday, February 26, 2017, at West Hollywood Park in Los Angeles. The gala event is supported by Presenting Sponsors BVLGARI, Neuro Drinks and Diana Jenkins. For a fifth consecutive year, award-winning Chef Gordon Ramsay will prepare the sumptuous dinner for Party guests to enjoy while watching a live telecast of the 89th Academy Awards. Alexander Gilkes of Paddle8 will return to conduct the evening’s highly anticipated live auction, and DJ Johnny Dynell also returns to spin tunes for guests to dance the night away. 

The Foundation’s Academy Awards Viewing Party is the most highly visible and successful fundraising event in Hollywood on Oscar night. Over the past quarter century, this annual event has raised more than $56 million, thanks to the generosity of EJAF’s supporters. These funds help the Foundation to make a real difference in the lives of people at risk for or living with HIV/AIDS, including urgently needed medical care in the Caribbean, innovative treatment and prevention programs in the Southern United States, and national initiatives addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. 

This year’s event co-chairs are Mahershala Ali, Tim and Jane Allen, Alessandra Ambrosio, Beck, Carrie Brownstein, Naomi Campbell, Jim Carrey, Ciara, Chris Colfer, John Demsey, Jennifer Kelly Dominiquini, Michael Douglas, Ava DuVernay, Stéphane Gerschel, Fin Gray and Michael Melnick, Miranda Harper, Luke Hemsworth, Tommy Hilfiger, Gaby Hoffmann, Stephanie Horbaczewski, Diana Jenkins, Caitlyn Jenner, Quincy Jones, Heidi Klum, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Diana Krall and Elvis Costello, Ryan Kwanten, Padma Lakshmi, Amy Landecker, Fred Latsko, Shelley Lazar, Sandra Lee, Jared Leto, Judith Light, Eugenio Lopez, Rob and Sheryl Lowe, Eric and Janet McCormack, Joe McMillan, Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison, Daniel Paltridge, Katy Perry, Tyler Perry, Andrew Rannells, Issa Rae, Tracee Ellis Ross, Zoë Saldana, Jane Seymour, Steve Sims, Kevin Spacey, Britney Spears, Sharon Stone, Steven Tyler, and Denzel and Pauletta Washington. 

ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION – At EJAF, we believe AIDS can be beaten. We act on that belief by raising funds for evidence-based programs and policies, and also by speaking out with honesty and compassion about the realities of people’s lives. Sir Elton John created EJAF almost 25 years ago, first in the United States in 1992 and then in the United Kingdom in 1993. Through hard work and with the help of our network of kind and generous friends and supporters, the two foundations together have raised more than $350 million over the past quarter century to combat stigma, prevent infections, provide treatment and services, and motivate governments to end AIDS. The U.S. foundation focuses its efforts on programs in the United States, the Americas, and the Caribbean, while the U.K. foundation funds HIV-related work in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Join us in speaking out, taking action, and contributing to our efforts to achieve a world without AIDS. For more information, please visit www.ejaf.org.

via PR Newswire // 1/18/17