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arnold-layne · 8 months

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Hiya, NeverLove anon here.

If you’re still up for translating one of their songs I would appreciate it if you could do either track 1 or six from their Sex metal album. No pressure intended. I’ve slowly started listening to more Russian music and it’s been really interesting so far! Do you have any Russian rock or metal bands you recommend?

sorry this took me so long! i'll go with Лисий-кисий because i like that song too. so the title is a little bit hard to crack because officially the word кисий doesn't exist in russian. but it means something along the lines of 'cat-like'. Лисий-кисий thus can be translated as 'foxy - cat-like' (it's about a girl's gaze)

first goes the chorus:

Oh i like her foxy-cat-like gaze so much Look at me again Like this, foxy-cat-like Oh i like her foxy-cat-like gaze so much Look at me again. Hey, hey, again

chorus again

The devil's in the details, in the stuffy hall There's chemistry of young bodies You came here without a boyfriend Seems like he gifted you to me Closer-farther, let's play Until your hair is on my bedsheets I know, too cheeky That's what you like

Your boy calls, you don't answer Tell me I have hallucinations You look at me so bravely Kitty, don't snort so much You know you'll go with me Anticipating an adventure My fingers go up your skirt Don't mind me, it's just a joke

chorus

Good morning, you have 7 missed calls Let's make up a legend for you That you hung at the friend's You'll have to tell him that with courage This wasn't cheating You just decided to take your revenge on him Let's do it again and I'll call the taxi

Don't open your soul to me I don't want to listen to this I saw how bright were your eyes When you betrayed your feelings You fed your demons You needed it Don't mind it, it's just a joke Single-use joke

chorus

oh boy do i have recommendations for russian music for you! i've only started listening to it like a couple months ago (avoided it all that time thinking it was bad, yes i was very stupid), so i don't have many but i do want to give you some

Green Apelsin - great folkish music with acoustic guitar, texts are folk-related and love songs. i personally like the album Северный ветер (The north wind)

Эпидемия (Epidemic) - amazing power metal band! their songs usually border on fantasy, as it is with power metal bands. my fave songs are Всадник из льда (Ice rider), Письмо ведьмаку (A letter to a witcher) and Рожденный для битвы (Born for battle)

СЛОТ (Slot) - hard rock with insane female vocals. Check out their songs Круги на воде (Circles on water), Бой! (Fight!) and Мертвые звезды (Dead stars).

Нуки (Nuki) - solo project of SLOT vocalist. Страна (Country), Бойся (Be afraid) and Пищевая цепочка (Food chain) are very good! Obligatory mentions:

Король и шут (King and Jester) - probably the most famous band in the country. initially punk-rock, then they branched into several genres, including acoustic ballads and metal. i couldn't really get into it, but my boyfriend is a huge fan. there was a biopic recently which rejuvenated the fame of the band, idk if it's available in english tho

Ария (Love song) - an old heavy metal band that existed since the 80s. think russian iron maiden

Кино (Movie)- another incredibly popular rock band from 80s-90s. released some of the biggest hits in russian music, my first song i learned on guitar was Кино song even though i don't particularly like it. inactive since death of its founder, Victor Tsoi. there are legends that he's not dead, which gave birth to a famous saying Цой жив! ("Tsoi is alive!") ok this is all i can now offer but i'll keep looking and maybe make a list when i collect enough! russian music is definitely underappreciated on worldwide scene (we all know why) and that's very unfair, a lot of it is very good. ive sought a moment to talk about it for a long time, thank you for giving me an opportunity! hope you enjoy it!

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purplesurveys · 9 months

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What kind of movies are you drawn to? Dramas and biopics. I used to like romantic comedies but they don't make them like they used to anymore.

What breakfast are you most likely to have? I just have coffee; I never eat breakfast. On the rare chance that I do, I love going for toasted bread and scrambled eggs.

What career field could you see yourself in? I would have pursued journalism if I just wasn't so conscious about money...but I like being able to afford the lifestyle I currently get to enjoy so into the corporate world I went. It's harsh to say, but meh it's real life.

What section do you drift toward at bookstores? Non-fiction, history, autobiographies.

Do you like fried chicken? This will horrify every Filipino ever but I'm honestly not so much a fried chicken fan :( The meat mostly tastes like nothing. When I get fried chicken I literally just peel off and eat the skin/breading, then offer the rest of the meat to someone who might want it. I also usually go for boneless whenever possible because I'm too impatient to go around all the bones and such.

Do you think your parents are proud of you and what you do with your life? They say they are, so I guess. The way I've been understanding them as I get older is that as long as their kids look like they have their shit together, they won't meddle; and so far I've never heard a word from them except for that one phase when my mom was trying to convince me to partake in our Sunday mass almsgiving. OMG that was soooooooo annoying now that I remember lmao please don't tell me how to allocate my money.

Does anyone in your family smoke? Not in my immediate family but I have a couple of uncles who do.

Do you enjoy classic rock? Not really.

How do you discover new music? Spotify. I'll give them credit – they're fantastic at curating playlists.

List three things that you love about your favorite season. I don't have a favorite season because we have only one out of the four seasons that the other countries talk about.

Zombies or unicorns? Uh unicorns I guess?

What are three of the most disgusting foods, in your opinion? Beans on toast, sausages, and pickles.

Have you ever had a migraine? Yes, they are awful and put me in such a miserable mood.

What’s one medication that you take every day? There isn't any.

Who was your third grade teacher? Her name was Adette. We were also her last class before she migrated to somewhere in the Middle East. Oman, I think?

What’s the weather like today where you live? It was miserably humid, which sucked because I was outside for like 5 hours straight for an event and had a few moments where I was genuinely scared I would pass out from the heat. Luckily the event planner I was with offered water bottles, which I gladly took. Then it rained very hard that afternoon so everything made sense LOL but fortunately I was already indoors at a café when it started pouring.

What is one thing you like that a lot of people don’t? Wrestling. It was cool in the 1990s-2000s then quickly turned cheesy and cringey (apparently), but I never left.

What is one thing that everyone else seems to like that you don’t? Taylor Swift. I find the songs so whiney, plus I can't relate to most of the lyrics anyway.

When was the last time you went swimming? December I think, when I was last at the beach.

Do you have other identities/words you relate to/associate with but don't necessarily identify as? Christian/Catholic. I am in the legal sense, but I ditched religion a very long time ago.

How do you want to be perceived as, aesthetically/socially? (i.e dainty, mature, strong, child-like, ethereal, etc.) Just 'kind' is enough. 'Professional' is also praise I'd gladly accept.

Does your partner share your orientation? (Do they identify the same as you?) I don't have a partner.

When was the last time you experienced a pleasant surprise? I met Trina's replacement yesterday and she was sharing all about her past work experience only for me to learn that she used to handle the slew of WWE Manila shows that took place in the 2000s. We got in a brief back-and-forth about that cos I got curious hehe and apparently her involvement goes way back to the days of Mick Foley. It was so awesome to hear.

When was the last time you were in any amount of pain? Tuesday was unbearable. My entire body was sore and it was the kind of strain that Katinko couldn't fix. There wasn't any one comfortable position I could've put myself in, and there was no other option but to sleep it off just so I'd stop feeling everything at once.

What’s the longest you’ve ever stayed inside? How about outside? Inside? Fucking pandemic is knocking at the door haha. What was it...7 months maybe? It was May 2020 when I had to go to the hospital for a UTI; then the next time I got to go out was in December that year when I got invited to visit the office for the first time.

Outside, I think a week. That's how long we spent in Bali.

Who was the last person to hug you? Do you hug this person often? Celeste. Yeah, relatively often as far as workmates. She's a clingier one, which I don't mind as I find her very sweet.

What was the last show you watched? Have you seen it before, or is it something you’re watching for the first time? Does Run BTS count? Yes, I rewatch episodes all the time.

Do you enjoy Jim Carrey movies? Not in particular but I have enjoyed the ones I've seen.

Do you remember what the last kind of gum was that you had? I never get gum.

Do you enjoy watching shows about survival? Why/why not? Nah, not my vibe.

Do you have any nicknames for your significant other? No partner.

Have you ever set up your best friend with someone? Nope.

What’s the worst car accident you or a friend has ever gotten into? I can't remember the specifics anymore but one of my cousins got into a really rough accident with a huge truck on Christmas week a few years ago, and the entire back of her car got totaled. She spent a few weeks with some sort of assistance – I just can't remember if it had been a brace, cast, crutches, etc...but it got that bad, in any case.

Has one of your exes ever been the cause of a breakup between you and a boyfriend? I've never been in that complicated of a situation.

What’s something that has made you realize just how much you care and love someone else? I accepted them for everything that they were. Their hobbies and interests were pretty unconventional for people our age at the time, so it was always hard for them to even talk about those things out loud, but I always spurred them to share so that I could listen.

They also had their own internal problems, like hating the way they looked and judging their tendencies, but it had always been the easiest thing in the world for me to work around those issues with them. In those days I realized I never would've been as attentive to anyone else regarding these things, so that's when it dawned on me that I'd go ridiculous lengths for this person.

What was the name of the last pet of yours that died? Kimi.

What’s the longest you’ve gone without talking to someone when you were mad? 14 years and counting.

How long does it take you to normally take a shower? Anywhere between 9-15 minutes.

Have you ever burned incense before? No it reminds me of church.

Ever been on a picnic? Between the possibility of my possessions getting snatched and the horrible weather, you'd never see me wanting to have a picnic in the Philippines.

Do you live with your parents? Yes.

What do you call them? Mommy and daddy. Sometimes I'd call him dad. That's a funny thing about Filipino language/culure nuances – mom feels completely western (you'll never! hear anyone using that haha), but dad is largely normal hahha.

Do you know one of your best friend's major secrets? Sure.

Describe their personality in 3 words: Angela is thoughtful, creative, and selfless. Andi is intelligent, proactive, and passionate.

Are you weary of displaying signs of affection for your significant other around adults? Why or why not? I used to be flashy with PDA (nothing gross, but still) but then again I was in college. I imagine it would be drastically different these days.

Have you ever had red velvet cake or carrot cake? Have you ever made either of those? I LOVE red velvet anything. Yes, I used to make red velvet cupcakes with friends. Carrot cake/cupcakes are just nasty for me.

If you could see any band/musician in concert, dead or alive, who would you see? BTS.

Are the members of your favorite band still alive? Yes, all of them are still alive. They've had lineup changes but as far as living, they all are hahaha.

Who is your favorite rapper? BTS' rap line :)

Favorite country singer/band? None of them.

Favorite female solo vocalist? Beyoncé and Adele.

Favorite male solo vocalist? Hozier, but tbh I haven't listened to anything of his in a while.

Favorite female-headed band? Paramore.

Favorite male-headed band? Not sure if there's any.

Who was your favorite musician when you were a kid? Beyoncé.

If you had to get a tattoo based off of a movie, what would you get? Off the top of my head, probably the Vespa from Roman Holiday.

What book series do you like? Idk if I've been as hooked to any series as much as I've been with Twilight, lmao.

Name one biography you’ve read? I want to say BTS, because at the end of the day they didn't write the book they put out. I really thought that was going to be the case haha but I guess that was just me putting sky-high expectations on the boys to be writers.

Do you have any reading disabilities? Nope.

Who are your favorite artists? Monet.

What is your favorite period of art? Impressionist.

Do you prefer classic art or modern art better? Modern. The more provocative, the more I enjoy.

Do you have any art or prints of famous artworks on your walls? No.

If you are good, or were good, what kind of things do you/do you think you would paint? My work would probably be filled with social commentaries. I'd love to piss the government off, especially given our current president.

Do you consider architecture an art? Yes, in a way. Architecture can be so many things and that's what I love about it.

Are you good at photography? Nah.

Do you know anyone who has ODed or died while high? Nope.

Is weed really the gateway drug? No idea.

Who are your closest friends right now? Angela, Hans, Andi, Reena, Jo.

Have you ever become legit friends with someone you met at work? Yes, Kata and I have been able to keep in touch.

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yhgooi25 · 9 months

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Oppenheimer (2023)

running time: 180 minutes

directed by: Christopher Nolan

produced By: Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, Charles Roven

starring: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr, Florence Pugh

music by: Ludwig Göransson

I'll give this movie a 9.5/10

I had the chance to finally watch Nolan's latest film on the big screen a couple of months ago. Initially I wanted to watch together with my friend on IMAX however by the time we wanted to check out the number of seats left available, most of the best seating areas towards the screen are fully booked and sold out. Which I then decided to watch solo in the cheaper standard hall morning showing time as my friend is still adamant in wanting to watch it on IMAX experience. I usually don't like to watch biopics as they mostly have a very long runtime and deals with lots of heavy subject matters but this film has really caught my attention since it was announced way back in 2021. This biopic is directed in a very unconventional style as opposed to a traditional one. The movie is filmed in a non linear narrative style with black and white scenes and colored scenes depicting different time periods of Oppenheimer's life as a typical biopic will usually shows the person's life in chronological order. My favourite scene in the entire movie has to be the trinity test scene of the first ever atomic explosion in history during the Manhattan Project. The scene is very visually striking with the flames dispersing all around the screen and masterfully crafted by Nolan who claimed that there is no CGI shots being used to film the movie at all. I would say this movie is the culmination of Nolan's entire filmography with the black and white scenes being a callback to his previous older movies like Memento and the non linear narrative plus WWII setting as a reference to Dunkirk. The score is hauntingly beautifully composed by Ludwig Göransson who worked on Nolan's previous movie Tenet. I really loved his track called "Can You Hear The Music" as it is very mesmerising and inspirational with the loud tempo increasing during the opening scene of how a young Oppenheimer progresses in his studies and his mind of his upcoming invention of nuclear physics. The entire star studded ensemble cast delivered an amazing job on the acting performances particularly the lead and supporting actors Robert Downey Jr as Lewis Strauss and Cillian Murphy who nails every single scene as J. Robert Oppenheimer from his accent to his mannerisms and facial expressions. This movie is a very strong contender to win or at the very least earn a lot of oscar nominations next year such as Best Picture, Director, Visual Effects, lead and supporting Actor, Cinematography and Score. Overall, I really enjoyed this movie a lot considering it has no action scenes and only fully dialogue as this movie also serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of using nuclear weapons that could cause a huge chain reaction to the world. The final shot of Oppenheimer closing his eyes and epilogue of the movie left me having a lot of thoughts on my mind after watching it as in typical Nolan fashion, he likes to leave his endings open ended for the audience. The scene is a parallel to the opening shot of raindrops falling from the sky with Oppenheimer watching them in silence. This will be my second favourite movie in his filmography after The Dark Knight. It's one of his undisputable masterpiece for the ages and leaves a long lasting impression for the audience. I will say this is the best movie that I had watched of the year.

Some of my favourite Quotes:

1. "Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. For this he was chained to a rock and tortured for eternity."

2. "They Won't Fear It Until They Understand It..."

3. "I Believe We Did."

4. "Now I Am Become Death, The Destroyer Of Worlds."

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songbirds-sweet · 1 year

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Oh, going somewhere close? Have you been there before? It'll be nice to have a little getaway after working so hard.

Sadly I only knew 1 grandparent as the others died either before I was born or shortly after. I have since lost my dear Grammy but I have loads of lovely sweet memories of her. She lived with us for a few years and I hold that time we had with her as a treasured memory. She had a infectious laugh and laughed often. When someone compares me to her I take as a high compliment.

The dessert portion is the best. I'm usually so full from the meal that I wait a couple of hours and then sit with coffee and an assortment of goodies 😋 Ooh apple pie! Do you have with a scoop of ice cream?

Favourite member goes between Jeff (bass) and Stone (guitar). They're both amazingly creative and when watching interviews you can tell how sweet they are. Fav song? Oh man that changes daily lol But right now I'd say Dissident of their Vs. album. I've been listening that record a lot lately though their No Code record is my favourite of all time. They really took some chances (there's spoken word for example) with that one and it's not every fans cup of tea because of that reason but I love it. I love when bands try new things. Do you? Do GVF have one of those albums? That some in the fandom love but others write off.

I do really like Soundgarden and Alice in Chains. They've both been in my life forever. But I've never been a big fan of Nirvana for some reason.

Oh that's such a cute moment! One of my favourite ornaments is a homemade ball with a Christmas scene on the front and my initials on the back that my 3rd grade teacher made many years ago. I put it on the tree every year. I actually love clear lights. What about you?

Are you close to your mutuals? Do you enjoy getting tagged in things? Tumblr is unlike any other social media which makes it so fun. Are you active on any others?

🤶

I'm going to the Bahamas during those days, I've been there before and I'll send pics when I go!!

Oh my goodness I'm so sorry that you lost your Grammy but it makes me smile to know that you were super close to her like I was with mine!

Ahhhh very nice! With the big four grunge bands I mostly grew up to Nirvana and Pearl Jam, Soundgarden I absolutely adored Chris' voice and I didn't get into AIC much cause my parents didn't really listen to them and I'm starting to get into now thanks to some of my friends! As for GVF they have two EP's and two LP's AND HONESTLY I LOVE THEM ALL!!! Since I went to the concert they gave out a code for Spotify and we have a feeling it's for a new song/album so I'll keep you updated!!!

Omg I love that so much!! 😍 Personally I love both clear AND colourful lights, they make me smile when they light up.

I am VERY close to my mutuals in so many fandoms! My hard rock/trash mutuals, my GVF mutuals (gresties), my witch mutuals....I can go on!

I also use Facebook, Instagram, Discord, Goodreads, and Pinterst! What about you?

Do you have any favourite music biopics? Mine are The Dirt and Bohemian Rhapsody!

#SRS22 #🤶🏻

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toxoiddiamond · 2 years

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Are you more likely to be the one suggesting something stupid or refusing to do something stupid? River spent most of his childhood trying to keep Bram from doing stupid shit, so he’s definitely more the type to refuse to do something stupid. His sense of responsibility is too strong for him to do anything stupid on purpose. Have you ended up where you thought you would? It’s safe to say that River never thought his life would end up the way it has. He could never have imagined his brother dying so young, or that he would end up in prison. He never really imagined great things for himself or anything, but he figured he’d at least have a fairly normal, uneventful life– in fact, that was his goal, just to have an average, happy life. What is your worst childhood memory? Once, when River was about nine or ten, him and Bram both went to bed hungry– which wasn’t usual for them, but on this particular night, Bram was so hungry that he spent the entire night crying. Even once Bram had cried himself out and fallen asleep, River wasn’t able to sleep at all, and afterwards, River started stealing food from the school cafeteria and from various stores so that they would never have to go hungry at night again. What is your favorite music genre? Favorite band? Favorite song? River is a huge fan of music in general, and he’ll give anything a listen. But he heavily favors the indie/alternative rock genre above all others. His favorite bands are Broken Bells and Dr. Dog– he would never be able to choose between them. His favorite song constantly changes, but he consistently goes back to Satellite, by Guster, The High Road, by Broken Bells, and How Long Must I Wait, by Dr. Dog. How would someone realize you’re irritated or impatient? It’s generally no secret when River is irritated. He doesn’t (usually) complain, but he rolls his eyes a lot, mutters under his breath, or will just straight up say “fuck you” if he’s really on edge. He is generally the most irritated when he’s at work, because the chaotic environment stresses him out. Who are your favourite writers? He isn’t much of a reader, and has never read anything that wasn’t assigned to him in school. This is partly because he really struggled with most of the material and didn’t feel he understood most of what he was reading, and he was too afraid to ask questions. But one of his teachers in his junior year assigned the book Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut, and it just clicked with River. He thoroughly enjoyed it and has always meant to try reading more of Kurt Vonnegut’s works, but has never followed through with it. His essay about the book was the only A paper he ever got in school. Do you believe people who say they have no regrets? Do you have any? If not, why don’t you have any? River doesn’t see how anyone could live a life where they truly have no regrets, so no, he doesn’t tend to believe anyone who says that. He has many regrets, many things that if he could go back in time to change them, he would in a heartbeat. If you could erase one movie from existence, what would it be and why? Most music-related biopics, especially more recent ones, because when people happen to find out he likes music, they always ask him “have you seen Rocketman? Have you seen Bohemian Rhapsody?” At this point, he plans not to watch them purely out of spite. Where do you go when you’re angry? If he can, River will get in his car and just drive somewhere, either driving aimlessly, or finding some remote area to park in. But if he’s stuck at work and he’s angry, he will find a task to do that allows him to stay isolated from everyone else, put his earbuds in and crank them as high as he can, and will pointedly ignore anyone who tries to get his attention. How do you react to stressful situations? Generally, River appears to stay calm under pressure, even if he feels the opposite on the inside. It takes a lot to push him to the point where he’ll actually lose his cool, and even then, “losing his cool” would pretty much just include River storming off and going somewhere to calm down.

#character: river ervine #ship: chari #questionnaire

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chronic-claire-universe · 3 years

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HI CLAIRE!!! I AM COMING BACK AGAIN TO JOIN THE MATCH UP 😩 I hope you don't mind!

CONGRATS AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEAUTIFUL CLAIRE!!! I hope Ran always come to your dreams every single night 😌💖 We should discussing our fantasy about him again soon 😌

And here is me! (I edited this so I can give you a complete description about me)

I'm 8w9 INTP sp/sx sun: Leo moon: gemini, my height is 153cm and I have a petite body. Mentally ill? Yes, I am bipolar and having anorexia (more like relapsing again after surgery). When I am at my manic episode, I almost kill my family at the car-crash because I got too irritated that I pulled my sister's hair while she was driving—luckily she's a good driver or I am gonna be in jail rn 😩 When I was a kid, I used to get into some fights with boys (I won ofc) but since my father died, I tried not to get into fight ( I don't want to deal with my mother's dramatic and victim-mentality ass ) and I (gladly) never fight again after that 😌 That's why I really good at sport ( as a female I always got the highest point—even when compared to the male, I still on the top 5 on sport ) I really good on art ngl that's the reason I am at uni rn because I got scholarship (I won several art competition)! Also, I did english debate competition back then, but we were this 🤏 close to get into semi-final but bruh we defeated by 0.20 point! 🥲 I can do all those things by self-taught!

When I feel sad or miserable, I punish myself by starving myself lmao. Or I will usually get quiet and cut people around me.

My social skills? Fine I think. I weirdly get along with a lot of people (everyone kinda knows me) but I never talk to them first. Even though I have a lot of friends, I only have one close friend ( tragic right:") )

My personality is rude—blunt in the rude way(?), I do whatever I want to because I seek freedom of expression, LOVE debating about certain issues, and surprisingly I'm quite a wise person. But, I have no jam. Right, I couldn't make any jokes since I usually use the wrong tone in my voice :( I prefer to keep my joke inside my imagination or write it down somewhere. I always try to dominate my man, but I want my man to dominate me too ( do you get what I mean here? 😭 ) I love to be alone too. I HATE loud voices, reptiles, and crowds. I'm not the type of person who easily shows my love to anyone. I think because I have a really high pride *sigh. I felt like my kin actually is Rindou Haitani. But when I took the quiz I got Kazutora, Getou, Mori, Eren, and Dio Brando (that's the funny one)

I'm working as a graphic designer. Which somehow makes me currently don't have any interest. But I love listening to music (pop-rock and r&b ) . I love watching wwe/mma and hate romance anime/movies.

I'd like JJK and Haikyuu match up, please🥺 NSFW and I want male!

—Sorry for long ask :(

Hey my sweet plum, I read your request thousand times, let me say that I got worried and a bit sad hearing what you had to face in your life. I hope your mental health, despite your bipolarism, it isn't too messed up, lot of genius such as Michelangelo suffered bipolar disorder and see what he was capable to create! Ran woke me up this weekend, he wanted company 😁

Anyway, here your escort for my birthday party:

Jujutsu Kaisen - Megumi Fushiguro

Babe it was him or Nanamin, I opted that Megumi could be better since he has more patience than Nanami for your bratty attitude.

Megumi has the sharp mind to get through your facade, to understand your struggles and cope without problems with your rythm.

When you're manic episodes appear, he knows how to support every idea you get, even the strangest one. The first times he was worried to see you this active and in the mood to do things but now he got used to it.

Talking about these episodes, he enjoys when you're in the mood to debate with him or others.

He often suggest to watch some educative documentaries or biopic movies especially the ones that involves human rights. You get in a fiery mood when you watch it and try to explain why the things that the characthers had to endure are atrocious and illegally and how we should fight to eradicate them from the society.

Going to the other facade of the your personality, the depressive episodes are quite difficult to handle, you stay a lot in bed, you don't want to do anything.

He always brings you a cup of tea and cuddles you for hour, sometimes he gives you a paper to let you draw.

He hates when he needs to get you up for work, he knows you struggle and sometimes even cry but in the end when you get a grip you feel a little bit better.

In these cases, he brings you out for a jog or just a walk with his divine dogs or the little bunnies ready to pet.

Overall Megumi has a lot of patience with you but he's repaid when he sees the portrait and the things you cook for him, the struggle worths the prize in the end!

Haikyuu - Daichi Sawamura

I decided you definitely need a calm but strict man in your life and Daichi is perfect for this!

In Haikyuu universe you definitely play in the female team and you met Daichi during a combined training! You're a middle blocker in your team and you can't get me think otherwise!

You are strong and Daichi is astonished to see this, but when Nekoma came for the second time in Miyagi and Kuroo got on you, to give you some advices for a better tecnique, that's where Daichi got really jealous! He saw you for first and he definitely doesn't want, that roosterhead to hit on you!

"Marv go out with me!" it wasn't a question, it was a statement "I guess asking isn't in your knowledge, but Daichi there are proper times when to ask me out. Not when I'm sweaty and in a middle of a training!" you say with sharp eyes, Kuroo laughed at your bluntness and went away, but Daichi reply "Yep, sorry I got carried away and I felt to say it know" you smirk and say "Jelous are we? Ne Daichi don't blush!".

Your relationship is pretty natural, your dates consist in training and homemade dinner

You're pretty active and energetic in Daichi's mind, that's why when you went in one of your depressive episodes he got really worried.

As Megumi he took a lot of care of you, but the difference is that he prefers that you recover from yourself, also, if you have a therapy it's really difficult for you to take it in these moments and he obliges you to eat something and help you bring down the pill.

Normally you would hate these moments, but Daichi knows really well how to handle them, comfort foods such as pizza, tacos, ice cream, sushi are there for you to help you improve your mood and somehow it helps.

When you get a bit better, you can't go out training but you definitely draw or play sports with the Wii at home, this is definitely quality time for him.

Overall it could sound strange but Daichi doesn't hate these episodes, because he can see that you can do chores or just have fun, and this is definitely a proof of strenght for him!

He definitely loves Marv the warrior girl!

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hey christine!! i’m not a first-language french-speaker by i’ve been taking french courses for a few years so i can string a few sentences together, and i’m wondering if you have any french tv shows (or films!) that you really like that you’d recommend? maybe like something police/law procedural or crime drama esque? so far i’ve got secret histoires jotted down on a list and not much else. anyway! ((no pressure!!!!)) <333 sending much love!! <3

Hi, Nonnie!

That sounds absolutely fabulous, I’m so glad that you’ve decided to give French a go, and I can only admire your courage (as a native French speaker, the French language still fucks with me sometimes, lol). Props to you!

Secrets d’histoire is absolutely FANTASTIC - they’re great, and Stéphane Bern articulates particularly well, so his enunciation makes everything great. I think I have the one on Beethoven stashed away somewhere too!

Here’s a non-exclusive list of French things you’re always welcome to try and watch:

Movies/documentaries:

Avis de Mistral, a movie with Jean Reno that takes place in the South of France, where two youths from Paris are sent to their grandfather. There’s a lovely little deaf boy and some really emotional beats in it, I highly suggest it!

La Promesse de l’Aube, with Pierre Niney, a biographical motion picture about Romain Gary

Le Pacte des Loups, a weird fantasy / realistical take on the myth of the Beast of Gévaudan (it has nudity and violence, so be aware of warnings before watching it, it can fuck with you if you’re not careful)

Yves Saint-Laurent, with Pierre Niney, about the fashion designer of the same name

Gims (Netflix), a French language documentary about the rapper Gims and his career with Sexion d’Assaut and becoming one of the best selling artists in France

Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopatre, which is what it says on the tin,

De Rouille et d’Os, a Matthias Schoenaerts & Marion Cotillard movie about a former whale trainer who loses the use of her legs after an accident with a killer whale,

De Gaulle, a biopic about the General de Gaulle which kinda sells itself,

Edmond, a sort of biopic of Edmond Rostand, the one who wrote Cyrano de Bergerac,

Au Revoir Là Haut, a con movie in the roarings twenties featuring two soldiers, one of which is completely disfigured.

Here’s a further list of movies I think you could watch: La Rafle, Qu’est ce qu’on a fait au bon Dieu, Rrrrrr!!!!, Les Bronzés Font du Ski, Intouchables, Les Misérables (2019), Brice de Nice, etc.

Shows:

Kaamelot, King Arthur on his quest to the Holy Grail but if it was an absolute comedy,

Lupin, on Netflix with Omar Sy in the lead role (excellent!)

Un si grand soleil, a TV show that takes place in the South of France which I feel obligated to put on this list because it’s filmed in my home city (Montpellier, représente!) even though it’s not, by far, specially good and I’ve only seen a little bit of it,

Section de Recherches, which is basically CSI in French, but I don’t watch it myself (I’m not a fan of law procedurals and such, but I hear it should be good!)

Joséphine Ange Gardien, which is not something I personally watch either, but from what I’ve seen of it, it should be quite fun if you’re into serialized TV shows with a little bit of procedures and crime and stuff, plus it’s kinda cute too.

Here’s some more you can look, if you feel like it: H, Bref, Engrenages, Un Gars Une Fille, Scènes de Ménage, etc.

Other:

The Restos du Coeur charity show, which is an absolute classic thing to watch in France with a whole bunch of French artists and other celebrities/public figures doing a sort of concert to raise money for charity,

Auto Moto, if you’re interested in cars/bikes etc. and you can, I’d try watching this, it airs every Sunday and is a car/bike specialist TV-show where they take a look at new cars and new bikes etc. every single week (it’s about 30 minutes long)

Les Aventures du Jeune Voltaire, an upcoming TV show about Voltaire, the first 2 episodes are airing on the 7th of February (I am looking for much forward to it!)

Cash Investigation, a good investigative television show that covers important current topics,

The Voice France, and I know this is a stretch, but the principle of the show is basically the same as the American one, except in French... Bonus, you get French songs as well!

The documentary “Les stars racontent 20 ans de NRJ Music Awards” if you can find it somewhere which is a 90 minute documentary about the NRJ Music Awards, the biggest music industry award show in France (it gives a nice insight into what is going on in France when it comes to music and such),

Other things you can watch, if you can find them online / if they’re available: Secrets d’Histoire (which you already have), France 5 and Arte usually have some good documentaries you can look up, etc.

Music:

Gims raps mostly in French language and has very good and sophisticated lyrics, I’d definitely look up some of his tracks if you don’t already know some of them,

Kendji Girac, a French Catalan Romani singer who won his season of the Voice and is currently the best selling The Voice alumni WORLDWIDE, he makes some nice bops to chill out to (I always get in a good mood when listening to his songs),

Indila, French singer, she’s got some nice tunes to her as well,

Nolwenn Leroy, known for her Brittany inspired songs which celebrate her heritage,

Soprano, French rapper who also does some nice bops,

Louane, a wonderful young French singer who has a beautiful voice,

Julien Doré, a nice French singer who does some nice stuff too, and I’m obliged to put him on the list because he grew up in Lunel which is like almost next to where I grew up, lol,

Johnny Hallyday, which is the most cliché thing EVER to put on this list because every single Frenchman will go “oh my god WHY” but his catalogue is so large that there’s bound to be some songs in there that you enjoy (He was called the French Elvis and is also called “the biggest rock star you've never heard of“ and I will unabashedly keep listening to his songs when I need it.

Other French singers/artists you can look up: Tryo, Indochine, Kyo, Slimane, Matt Pokora, Christophe Maé, Joyce Jonathan, etc.

There’s probably a whole bunch of other things I’ve missed myself because I haven’t been living in France for almost 6 years now, but this is just what I could list off the top of my head <3

(If you come off Anon, I know of a place to find some of the non-feature movies and non-fictional television shows if you’re interested!)

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Oh My, what terrible timing, and what a great loss! Rest In Peace Justice Ginsburg, thank you for all you have done for our country! - Phroyd

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural and feminist icon, died Friday. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas.

The court, in a statement, said Ginsburg died at her home in Washington surrounded by family. She was 87.

"Our nation has lost a justice of historic stature," Chief Justice John Roberts said. "We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her, a tired and resolute champion of justice."

Architect of the legal fight for women's rights in the 1970s, Ginsburg subsequently served 27 years on the nation's highest court, becoming its most prominent member. Her death will inevitably set in motion what promises to be a nasty and tumultuous political battle over who will succeed her, and it thrusts the Supreme Court vacancy into the spotlight of the presidential campaign.

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Just days before her death, as her strength waned, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera: "My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed."

She knew what was to come. Ginsburg's death will have profound consequences for the court and the country. Inside the court, not only is the leader of the liberal wing gone, but with the Court about to open a new term, Chief Justice John Roberts no longer holds the controlling vote in closely contested cases.

Though he has a consistently conservative record in most cases, he has split from fellow conservatives in a few important ones, this year casting his vote with liberals, for instance, to at least temporarily protect the so-called Dreamers from deportation by the Trump administration, to uphold a major abortion precedent, and to uphold bans on large church gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. But with Ginsburg gone, there is no clear court majority for those outcomes.

Indeed, a week after the upcoming presidential election, the court is for the third time scheduled to hear a challenge brought by Republicans to the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. In 2012 the high court upheld the law by a 5-to-4 vote, with Chief Justice Roberts casting the deciding vote and writing the opinion for the majority. But this time the outcome may well be different.

That's because Ginsburg's death gives Republicans the chance to tighten their grip on the court with another Trump appointment that would give conservatives a 6-to-3 majority. And that would mean that even a defection on the right would leave conservatives with enough votes to prevail in the Obamacare case and many others.

At the center of the battle to achieve that will be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. In 2016 he took a step unprecedented in modern times: He refused for nearly a year to allow any consideration of President Obama's supreme court nominee.

Back then, McConnell's justification was the upcoming presidential election, which he said would allow voters a chance to weigh in on what kind of justice they wanted. But now, with the tables turned, McConnell has made clear he will not follow the same course. Instead he will try immediately push through a Trump nominee so as to ensure a conservative justice to fill Ginsburg's liberal shoes, even if President Trump were to lose his re-election bid. Asked what he would do in circumstances like these, McConnell said: "Oh, we'd fill it."

So what happens in the coming weeks will be bare-knuckle politics, writ large, on the stage of a presidential election. It will be a fight Ginsburg had hoped to avoid, telling Justice Stevens shortly before his death that she hoped to serve as long as he did--until age 90.

"My dream is that I will stay on the court as long as he did," she said in an interview in 2019.

She didn't quite make it. But Ruth Bader Ginsburg was nonetheless an historic figure. She changed the way the world is for American women. For more than a decade, until her first judicial appointment in 1980, she led the fight in the courts for gender equality. When she began her legal crusade, women were treated, by law, differently from men. Hundreds of state and federal laws restricted what women could do, barring them from jobs, rights and even from jury service. By the time she donned judicial robes, however, Ginsburg had worked a revolution.

That was never more evident than in 1996 when, as a relatively new Supreme Court justice, Ginsburg wrote the court's 7-to-1 opinion declaring that the Virginia Military Institute could no longer remain an all-male institution. True, said Ginsburg, most women — indeed most men — would not want to meet the rigorous demands of VMI. But the state, she said, could not exclude women who could meet those demands.

"Reliance on overbroad generalizations ... estimates about the way most men or most women are, will not suffice to deny opportunity to women whose talent and capacity place them outside the average description," Ginsburg wrote.

She was an unlikely pioneer, a diminutive and shy woman, whose soft voice and large glasses hid an intellect and attitude that, as one colleague put it, was "tough as nails."

By the time she was in her 80s, she had become something of a rock star to women of all ages. She was the subject of a hit documentary, a biopic, an operetta, merchandise galore featuring her "Notorious RBG" moniker, a Time magazine cover, and regular Saturday Night Live sketches.

On one occasion in 2016, Ginsburg got herself into trouble and later publicly apologized for disparaging remarks she made about then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.

But for the most part Ginsburg enjoyed her fame and maintained a sense of humor about herself.

Asked about the fact that she had apparently fallen asleep during the 2015 State of the Union address, Ginsburg did not take the Fifth, admitting that although she had vowed not to drink at dinner with the other justices before the speech, the wine had just been too good to resist. The result, she said, was that she was perhaps not an entirely "sober judge" and kept nodding off.

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Ruth Bader went to public schools, where she excelled as a student — and as a baton twirler. By all accounts, it was her mother who was the driving force in her young life, but Celia Bader died of cancer the day before the future Justice would graduate from high school.

Then 17, Ruth Bader went on to Cornell on full scholarship, where she met Martin (aka "Marty") Ginsburg. "What made Marty so overwhelmingly attractive to me was that he cared that I had a brain," she said.

After her graduation, they were married and went off to Fort Sill, Okla., for his military service. There Mrs. Ginsburg, despite scoring high on the civil service exam, could only get a job as a typist, and when she became pregnant, she lost even that job.

Two years later, the couple returned to the East Coast to attend Harvard Law School. She was one of only nine women in a class of over 500 and found the dean asking her why she was taking up a place that "should go to a man."

At Harvard, she was the academic star, not Marty. The couple was busy juggling schedules, and their toddler when Marty was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Surgeries and aggressive radiation followed.

"So that left Ruth with a 3-year-old child, a fairly sick husband, the law review, classes to attend and feeding me," said Marty Ginsburg in a 1993 interview with NPR.

The experience also taught the future justice that sleep was a luxury. During the year of Marty's illness, he was only able to eat late at night; after that he would dictate his senior class paper to Ruth. At about 2 a.m., he would go back to sleep, Ginsburg recalled in an NPR interview. "Then I'd take out the books and start reading what I needed to be prepared for classes the next day."

Marty Ginsburg survived, graduated, and got a job in New York; his wife, a year behind him in school, transferred to Columbia, where she graduated at the top of her law school class. Despite her academic achievements, the doors to law firms were closed to women, and though recommended for a Supreme Court clerkship, she wasn't even interviewed.

It was bad enough that she was a woman, she recalled later, but she was also a mother, and male judges worried that she would be diverted by her "familial obligations."

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is pictured in the justice's chambers in Washington, D.C., during an interview with NPR's Nina Totenberg in September 2016.

A mentor, law professor Gerald Gunther, finally got her a clerkship in New York by promising Judge Edmund Palmieri that if she couldn't do the work, he would provide someone who could. That was "the carrot," Ginsburg would say later. "The stick" was that Gunther, who regularly fed his best students to Palmieri, told the judge that if he didn't take Ginsburg, Gunther would never send him a clerk again. The Ginsburg clerkship apparently was a success; Palmieri kept her not for the usual one year, but two, from 1959-61.

Ginsburg's next path is rarely talked about, mainly because it doesn't fit the narrative. She learned Swedish so she could work with Anders Berzelius, a Swedish civil procedure scholar. Through the Columbia Law School Project on International Procedure, Ginsburg and Berzelius co-authored a book.

In 1963, Ginsburg finally landed a teaching job at Rutgers law school, where she at one point hid her second pregnancy by wearing her mother-in-law's clothes. The ruse worked; her contract was renewed before her new baby was born.

While at Rutgers, she began her work fighting gender discrimination.

The 'Mother Brief'

Her first big case was a challenge to a law that barred a Colorado man named Charles Moritz from taking a tax deduction for the care of his 89-year-old mother. The IRS said the deduction, by statute, could only be claimed by women, or widowed or divorced men. But Moritz had never married.

The tax court concluded that the internal revenue code was immune to constitutional challenge, a notion that tax lawyer Marty Ginsburg viewed as "preposterous." The two Ginsburgs took on the case, he from the tax perspective, she from the constitutional perspective.

According to Marty Ginsburg, for his wife, this was the "mother brief." She had to think through all the issues and how to fix the inequity. The solution was to ask the court not to invalidate the statute but to apply it equally to both sexes. She won in the lower courts.

"Amazingly," he recalled in a 1993 NPR interview, the government petitioned the United States Supreme Court, stating that the decision "cast a cloud of unconstitutionality" over literally hundreds of federal statutes, and it attached a list of those statutes, which it compiled with Defense Department computers.

Those laws, Marty Ginsburg added, "were the statutes that my wife then litigated ... to overturn over the next decade."

In 1971, she would write her first Supreme Court brief in the case of Reed v. Reed. Ginsburg represented Sally Reed, who thought she should be the executor of her son's estate instead of her ex-husband.

The constitutional issue was whether a state could automatically prefer men over women as executors of estates. The answer from the all-male supreme court: no.

It was the first time the court had ever struck down a state law because it discriminated based on gender.

And that was just the beginning.

By then Ginsburg was earning quite a reputation. She would become the first female tenured professor at Columbia Law School, and she would found the Women's Rights Project at the ACLU.

As the chief architect of the battle for women's legal rights, Ginsburg devised a strategy that was characteristically cautious, precise and single-mindedly aimed at one goal: winning.

Knowing that she had to persuade male, establishment-oriented judges, she often picked male plaintiffs, and she liked Social Security cases because they illustrated how discrimination against women can harm men. For example, in Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld, she represented a man whose wife, the principal breadwinner, died in childbirth. The husband sought survivor's benefits to care for his child, but under the then-existing Social Security law, only widows, not widowers, were entitled to such benefits.

"This absolute exclusion, based on gender per se, operates to the disadvantage of female workers, their surviving spouses, and their children," Ginsburg told the justices at oral argument. The Supreme Court would ultimately agree, as it did in five of the six cases she argued.

Over the ensuing years, Ginsburg would file dozens of briefs seeking to persuade the courts that the 14th Amendment guarantee of equal protection applies not just to racial and ethnic minorities, but to women as well.

In an interview with NPR, she explained the legal theory that she eventually sold to the Supreme Court.

"The words of the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause — 'nor shall any state deny to any person the equal protection of the laws.' Well that word, 'any person,' covers women as well as men. And the Supreme Court woke up to that reality in 1971," Ginsburg said.

During these pioneering years, Ginsburg would often work through the night as she had during law school. But by this time, she had two children, and she later liked to tell a story about the lesson she learned when her son, in grade school, seemed to have a proclivity for getting into trouble.

The scrapes were hardly major, and Ginsburg grew exasperated by demands from school administrators that she come in to discuss her son's alleged misbehavior. Finally, there came a day when she had had enough. "I had stayed up all night the night before, and I said to the principal, 'This child has two parents. Please alternate calls.'"

After that, she found, the calls were few and far between. It seemed, she said, that most infractions were not worth calling a busy husband about.

The Supreme Court's Second Woman

In 1980 then-President Jimmy Carter named Ginsburg to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Over the next 13 years, she would amass a record as something of a centrist liberal, and in 1993 then-President Bill Clinton nominated her to the Supreme Court, the second woman appointed to the position.

She was not first on his list. For months Clinton flirted with other potential nominees, and some women's rights activists withheld their active support because they were worried about Ginsburg's views on abortion. She had been publicly critical of the legal reasoning in Roe v. Wade.

But in the background, Marty Ginsburg was lobbying hard for his wife. And finally Ruth Ginsburg was invited for a meeting with the president. As one White House official put it afterward, Clinton "fell for her--hook, line and sinker." So did the Senate. She was confirmed by a vote of 96 to 3.

Once on the court, Ginsburg was an example of a woman who defied stereotypes. Though she looked tiny and frail, she rode horses well into her 70s and even went parasailing. At home, it was her husband who was the chef, indeed a master chef, while the justice cheerfully acknowledged that she was an awful cook.

Though a liberal, she and the court's conservative icon, Antonin Scalia, now deceased, were the closest of friends. Indeed, an opera called Scalia/Ginsburg is based on their legal disagreements, and their affection for each other.

Over the years, as Ginsburg's place on the court grew in seniority, so did her role. In 2006, as the court veered right after the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Ginsburg dissented more often and more assertively, her most passionate dissents coming in women's rights cases.

Dissenting in Ledbetter v. Goodyear in 2007, she called on Congress to pass legislation that would override a court decision that drastically limited back-pay available for victims of employment discrimination. The resulting legislation was the first bill passed in 2009 after President Barack Obama took office.

In 2014, she dissented fiercely from the court's decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, a decision that allowed some for-profit companies to refuse, on religious grounds, to comply with a federal mandate to cover birth control in health care plans. Such an exemption, she said, would "deny legions of women who do not hold their employers' beliefs, access to contraceptive coverage."

Where, she asked, "is the stopping point?" Suppose it offends an employer's religious belief "to pay the minimum wage" or "to accord women equal pay?"

And in 2013, when the court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, contending that times had changed and the law was no longer needed, Ginsburg dissented. She said that throwing out the provision "when it has worked and is continuing to work ... is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet."

She viewed her dissents as a chance to persuade a future court.

"Some of my favorite opinions are dissenting opinions," Ginsburg told NPR. "I will not live to see what becomes of them, but I remain hopeful."

And yet, Ginsburg still managed some unexpected victories by winning over one or two of the conservative justices in important cases. In 2015, for example, she authored the court's decision upholding independent redistricting commissions established by voter referenda as a way of removing some of the partisanship in drawing legislative district lines.

Ginsburg always kept a backbreaking schedule of public appearances both at home and abroad, even after five bouts with cancer: colon cancer in 1999, pancreatic cancer 10 years later, lung cancer in 2018, and then pancreatic cancer again in 2019 and liver lesions in 2020. During that time, she endured chemotherapy, radiation, and in the last years of her life, terrible pain from shingles that never went away completely. All who knew her admired her grit. In 2009, three weeks after major cancer surgery, she surprised everyone when she showed up for the State of the Union address.

Shortly after that, she was back on the bench; it was her husband Marty who told her she could do it, even when she thought she could not, she told NPR.

A year later her psychological toughness was on full display when her beloved husband of 56 years was mortally ill. As she packed up his things at the hospital before taking him home to die, she found a note he had written to her. "My Dearest Ruth," it began, "You are the only person I have ever loved," setting aside children and family. "I have admired and loved you almost since the day we first met at Cornell....The time has come for me to ... take leave of life because the loss of quality simply overwhelms. I hope you will support where I come out, but I understand you may not. I will not love you a jot less."

Shortly after that, Marty Ginsburg died at home. The next day, his wife, the justice, was on the bench, reading an important opinion she had authored for the court. She was there, she said, because "Marty would have wanted it."

Years later, she would read the letter aloud in an NPR interview, and at the end, choke down the tears.

In the years after Marty's death, she would persevere without him, maintaining a jam-packed schedule when she was not on the bench or working on opinions.

Some liberals criticized her for not retiring while Obama was president, but she was at the top of her game, enjoyed her work enormously, and feared that Republicans might not confirm a successor. She was an avid consumer of opera, literature, and modern art. But in the end, it was her work, she said, that sustained her.

"I do think that I was born under a very bright star," she said in an NPR interview. "Because if you think about my life, I get out of law school. I have top grades. No law firm in the city of New York will hire me. I end up teaching; it gave me time to devote to the movement for evening out the rights of women and men. "

And it was that legal crusade for women's rights that ultimately led to her appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court.

To the end of her tenure, she remained a special kind of feminist, both decorous and dogged.

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Entertainment Spotlight: Tony Cavalero, The Righteous Gemstones

Tony Cavalero is not only an Eagle Scout and a black belt, but he's also an actor whose name you’re bound to start seeing more and more of. Best known for his roles as Ozzy Osbourne in the Netflix biopic, The Dirt, and Dewey Finn in Nickelodeon’s School of Rock, you can currently catch him playing ex-satanist Keefe Chambers in HBO’s televangelist comedy, The Righteous Gemstones. Tony took the time to answer some questions and share some fun facts (and photos) from his life.

How did you prepare for the part of Keefe Chambers in The Righteous Gemstones?

It was rad finding Keefe because I usually play very high-energy characters. Keefe is newly saved from the grips of Satan and was originally written to be older and heavier than me. I imagined him as very uncomfortable in his own skin, around the church, and just about everywhere—this subtle weirdo with very little in the social skills department. My wife and I workshopped the role together on a long road trip back from Lake Tahoe, taking aspects from a character I used to play at the Groundlings, and another from a small web series I worked on in 2009. Throw in the mullet leftover from playing Ozzy in The Dirt, and a monotone southern drawl, and boom! After my audition, I was told that Danny had found a video of a real ex-Satanist-turned-minister and that I looked just like him. So really, I think I got lucky with my “out there” appearance!

If you were to come up with an alternate title for The Righteous Gemstones, what would it be?

The Holy Shits!

If you could be transported into the world of a book, movie, or TV show, which one would you pick?

I love the landscapes in Last of The Mohicans—it would be really interesting to get to see America in its infancy (I did get my BA in history!). I enjoy films, books, and TV shows with big American landscapes. Books like Bearskin, American Fire, The Killers Of The Flower Moon, and anything by Tony Hillerman are great for that.

What about The Righteous Gemstones drew you to the role and the show?

I have been such a monster fan of the Rough House crew for so long (Danny McBride, Jody Hill, and David Gordon Green), not to mention Adam Devine and John Goodman. It was a dream job from the get-go. There’s never been a show like this that is so uniquely American and truly pertinent right now.

What’s the most impulsive thing you’ve ever done?

That would have to be moving to Los Angeles right after graduating from the Virginia Military Institute without really knowing what I was getting myself into. I spent my first six years out here as a janitor at a big playhouse in the Valley trying to navigate the craziness that is Hollywood.

What’s the funniest photo that you have on your phone right now?

I've never shared this photo before because I was working on Nickelodeon's School Of Rock at the time, which is a kids’ show. The night before my wedding, we had all our best friends staying together in one huge house in Lake Tahoe. Everyone had been drinking heavily, except for me (I don’t drink), and I decided to streak around the house with only a porcelain kitty to cover me up. I can’t blame this madness on anything but pure wedding bliss!

What are your favorite ways to waste time?

I don’t really waste time :) I love to write and create with my wife, perform, sketch, and improv comedy at the Groundlings, and read lots of horrors and thrillers. I also like to walk our three doggos, make and eat great food, and spend time with the kids at CHLA. And of course, I hit the gym every day, then the hot tub, then the cold plunge.

Is there a line or scene that you feel defines the character you play in The Righteous Gemstones?

Any scene with Kelvin and Keefe really shows who Keefe is as a person. Sweet, earnest, and so uncomfortable in himself, he is able to be honest with his “best friend” Kelvin, whom he loves dearly.

Thanks for taking the time, Tony! The Righteous Gemstones airs on Sundays at 8pm on HBO.

Photo by: Sela Shiloni

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National Enquirer, November 9

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Cover: Duchess Kate sets the record straight on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Page 2: Ben Affleck is wasting away and friends fear he’s taking his new health regimen too far as the six-foot-four star usually weighs 208 pounds but has shriveled to a spindly 165 -- a nutritionist put him on a sensible meal plan but he’s altered it with his own fantastical ideas such as he won’t go near bread and he’s ditched pasta and he’ll eat cantaloupe and blueberries one day and nuts and seeds the next and he’ll only drink boiled water and green tea for 24 hours then break his fast with a small bowl of quinoa -- instead of pumping iron he does exercises using his own body weight like ten-minute planks -- Ben thinks he looks great but his pals fear he’s traded one addiction for another

Page 3: Love-hungry Katie Holmes is thrilled to have a new man in her life but she’s breaking the bank to keep him happy because Katie is picking up the tab wherever she goes with Emilio Vitolo Jr. because it helps her feel she’s in full control of the relationship but Emilio may be taking advantage of Katie’s generosity because Katie has been showering him with designer clothes and jewelry and even paying for a personal trainer to whip him into shape -- Katie enjoys giving her guy things he can appreciate because he’s made her so happy but she may go broke doing it and it’s not like he doesn’t have any money; he’s worth a cool $1.5 million himself

Page 4: CNN rocked by sex scandal -- Jeffrey Toobin’s sleazy sex scandal has rocked CNN but it’s just the latest in a string of scandals at the network

Page 5: Axed Fox News anchor Ed Henry fought back against his co-worker’s rape charges in a blockbuster lawsuit by handing the court explicit selfies and texts in an attempt to prove their tryst was consensual

Page 6: Ryan Seacrest is downplaying his latest shocking absence from Live with Kelly and Ryan but the TV dynamo is battling a mystery illness that may force him to sign off for good -- the co-host who is a well known as a workaholic skipped out on the daytime show for the third time this year and used the coronavirus pandemic as his excuse -- Ryan was suffering badly from flu-like symptoms on the weekend before his absences but came back negative for coronavirus however doctors remain baffled by Ryan’s ongoing battles with exhaustion and weight loss and stroke-like symptoms, disgraced perv Bill Cosby’s latest mug shot shows he’s a shriveled shadow of his former self and the fallen funnyman flashed a maniacal grin while refusing to look into the camera in the picture snapped behind bars in September and he’s unshaven and his hair is ratty

Page 7: Lizzo has embarked on a radical vegan diet and extreme exercise program to save her life -- doctor warned the 350-pound singer that her daily intake of 5000 calories a day was a dangerous path to self-destruction and she needed to change her life or lose it and Lizzo finally got the message and is committed to this program but it’s been a living hell for her

Page 8: After surviving a fiery crash at the Daytona 500 NASCAR hero Ryan Newman is locked in an ugly $50 million divorce showdown with his estranged wife -- Ryan and Kristina Newman split in 2019 after she was caught having an affair with another man and paying her love $450,000 and now Ryan’s lawyers are trying to freeze Kristina who was once referred to as the First Lady of NASCAR out of his fortune -- court papers reveal the two split in July 2019 when Kristina went to live with her boyfriend U.S. Army Captain Joe Schwankhaus who is the Chief Operations Officer of Kristina’s company VRX USA

Page 9: Ellen DeGeneres debuted a high-flying pompadour hairstyle on her new talk show but the makeover still doesn’t get to the root of her recent problems and although her hair may be rising her show’s ratings are falling

Page 10: Hot Shots -- pregnant Kelly Rowland, Andy Cohen took his son Benjamin for a stroll in NYC, Will Smith held court in L.A. while shooting King Richard a biopic about the dad of tennis greats Venus Williams and Serena Williams, Angela Bassett caught a drive-in screening of One Night in Miami in L.A.

Page 11: Grieving Lisa Marie Presley has broken her silence over the suicide of her beloved only son Benjamin Keough saying her heart and soul went with him sharing her heartbreak on what would have been Ben’s 28th birthday and she added she’s dedicating herself to raising Ben’s twin half-sisters and actress sister Riley Keough, Chaka Khan refuses to duo with Ariana Grande again saying she’s not gonna do a song with no heifer -- Chaka and Ariana worked together in 2019 for the Charlie’s Angels soundtrack

Page 12: Straight Shuter -- DWTS pro Emma Slater kept a handle on her coffee while steering her e-bike (picture), it pays to be Brad Pitt’s girlfriend as his new squeeze Nicole Poturalski has doubled her modeling fees, dancing siblings Derek Hough and Julianne Hough are out of step over her sloppy personal life and his hot new judging career because these two were supposed to be the next Donny and Marie Osmond but his solo career is exploding while hers is falling apart, Madonna has always been a big believer in astrology but now she won’t even meet with people if it’s not written in the stars and she’s spending a fortune to have an army of people read her charts

Page 13: Losing his beloved son to cancer has sparked new fears for fragile Robert Redford because Robert has struggled with his own health over the years and losing his son to bile-duct cancer is extremely worrying; he’s already frail and this has friends fearing the worst, Jeff Bridges is confident he’ll win his battle with lymphoma by coupling medical care with a strict vegan diet and chanting and spiritual healing techniques

Page 14: Convicted wife killer Scott Peterson may soon walk out of prison and grisly photos lawyers say could set him free -- following years of appeals California’s Supreme Court overturned Scott’s death penalty and now another appeal is forcing a lower court to reexamine his conviction for murdering seven months pregnant wife Laci Peterson and their unborn son Conner -- if Scott gets a retrial his legal team will be allowed to introduce new evidence including crime scene pictures that Scott’s former defense attorney said suggests Laci’s disappearance was an abduction by a satanic cult

Page 15: Former child star Zachery Ty Bryan of Home Improvement was jailed overnight and released on $8500 bail following his bust for a fight with a galpal at an apartment complex in Eugene in Oregon -- the drama comes on the heels of Zachery’s split from wife Carly Matros the mom of his four kids

Page 16: Ryan Reynolds can’t wait to film a new rom-com with close pal Sandra Bullock but it’s causing tension with wife Blake Lively even though Blake trusts Ryan and would never forbid him from taking this part but the idea of him getting cozy with Sandra again still makes her uneasy -- now Ryan and Sandra are signed up to do The Lost City of D and despite Sandra’s denials they ever had a romance Ryan is gushing about them getting back together

Page 17: Isolated and overlooked Today show host Hoda Kotb is being bullied off the morning show because of tepid ratings and the absence of former sidekick Kathie Lee Gifford and Mean Girls treatment by co-hosts Savannah Guthrie and Jenna Bush Hager have pushed the disillusioned anchor closer to the door -- Hoda recently filled out paperwork to adopt a third child and she’s clearly putting more emphasis on family than her career and it sends the signal she isn’t happy with her role and is not thinking of Today as her top priority, trainwreck Matthew Perry is holed up in his new Pacific Palisades beach pad pounding out an explosive tell-all and his former Friends are quaking about what secrets he may reveal -- Matthew wants to rush the book out while interest in the Friends reunion special which was postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic remains high -- he knows an uncensored account of his time on Friends and his drug issues would be a bestseller and he intends to blow the lid off his on-set romances and address rumors he and Jennifer Aniston were more than friends

Page 18: American Life -- her tall tale: I have the longest legs in the world

Page 19: Jessica Simpson has been flaunting her body after dumping a shocking 100 pounds but buddies worry the drastic drop in size isn’t natural and suspect she’s been taking diet pills again and they’re worried this could escalate into a big issue

Page 20: Devastated Reese Witherspoon was hit with a depressing double whammy -- the death of her dog Pepper from cancer and the delay of her long-awaited sequel Legally Blonde 3, Hollywood Hookups -- John Cena and Shay Shariatzadeh wed, Ashley Hebert and J.P. Rosenbaum split, Cardi B and Offset on again

Page 21: Bruce Willis is back in another Die Hard but this time it’s a commercial for Advance Auto Parts and Die Hard batteries and it’s a clear statement on the state of his career that Bruce has to revisit his amazing past to make a fast buck in the present, Giada De Laurentiis has been given the green light to get married by her 12-year-old daughter Jade -- Giada has dated TV producer Shane Farley for five years and he’s been living with mother and daughter for five months during the pandemic lockdown which gave Jade a firsthand look at what it would be like to have a new daddy and Shane’s passed the test with flying colors

Page 22: Cover Story -- Prince William’s heartsick wife Kate Middleton is breaking her silence about the royal family’s tumultuous bitter break with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to set the record straight and save Britain’s monarchy and she’s tired of all the rumors and lies and backbiting and after all the drama and negativity she wants to get the truth out there and end this unprecedented crisis that’s endangering the monarchy’s survival -- friends are trying to convince Kate to do an official sit-down TV interview about what really happened between once-inseparable William and Harry and how Harry and Meghan tore the family apart even before they moved to America but Kate is resisting because she fears that could backfire like Princess Diana’s TV tell-all about her marriage to Prince Charles 25 years ago -- Kate had to turn the other cheek often after Meghan joined the family and she offered to help Meghan adjust to royal life from the start but Meghan rebuffed her and Kate in tired of Meghan painting her as the bad guy especially when it was Meghan’s antics that tore the family apart -- Kate also is upset that Harry and Meghan are portraying themselves as victims of a world that’s against them while she and William take on a phenomenal workload to cover the responsibilities the Sussexes left and losing precious time with their own three children and it’s hard not to be bitter but Kate is trying to take the high road and forgive Meghan and move forward

Page 26: With their marriage hanging by a thread Tori Spelling fears Dean McDermott will cheat on her again while filming a new TV show in Canada for six months; Tori wanted to bring their 5 children to Canada with him but Dean put her off saying it would be too distracting -- she’s been a jittery mess and he can’t stand to look at her and he only took this job because they need the money, Melanie Griffith is frustrated with Chris Martin and wants him to put a ring on her daughter Dakota Johnson’s finger -- the couple have been dating since 2017 and Melanie’s fed up with waiting for Chris to pop the question -- Melanie began to lose her patience after the couple reunited following a split last June when Chris won Dakota back with promises to settle down

Page 28: COVID Vaccines: What you need to know

Page 32: Miley Cyrus claimed she once spotted a spaceship over Hollywood and even locked eyes with an alien but she also admits she’d bought weed wax from a guy in a van in front of a taco shop, whiny Kris Jenner is blaming social media for killing off Keeping Up with the Kardashians after it helped the reality TV clan make a mint

Page 34: Ozzy Osbourne is terrified a doll has cursed him -- Ozzy told son Jack Osbourne on their Osbournes Want to Believe show that Robert the doll was responsible for his recent bad luck and failing health, Tom Cruise and his Mission: Impossible 7 team caused chaos at an Italian hospital by filming there during the COVID-19 pandemic -- Tom and his crew including 100 security staffers plus trucks and other equipment descended on the Policlinico Umberto I in Rome for a week and legions of fans also flocked to the filming creating even more commotion in the streets outside the hospital and adding to the bedlam the production commandeered an elevator drawing criticism as hospital staff were treating 140 coronavirus patients with 12 in intensive care -- filming was done in an administrative section of the hospital but still sparked an official protest as well as complaints from trade union members

Page 36: Health Watch

Page 38: Superhero screen pals of Chris Pratt rushed to rescue the actor’s reputation after he was mercilessly dragged into a silly social media meme when a Twitter user posted pictures of Chris Pratt and Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans captioned with the instruction one has to go but a flood of responses slammed Pratt as the worst Chris causing his Marvel co-stars to prop him up such as Zoe Saldana and Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner and Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn and Chris Pratt’s wife Katherine Schwarzenegger also bashed the social media bullies, Matthew McConaughey kept saying alright alright alright to making romantic comedies until the day he was so fed up he turned down $14.5 million to do another one -- Matthew revealed in his memoir that he didn’t mind making a string of mindless rom-coms because their paychecks rented the houses on the beach he ran shirtless on but he eventually wanted to try something else so he turned down a big payday so he could get more serious

Page 42: Red Carpet -- Drew Barrymore

Page 47: Odd List

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20, 22, and 23!

Thank you @aurorawest! Based on the writing ask meme here.

20. Tell us the meta about your writing that you really want to ramble to people about (symbolism you’ve included, character or relationship development that you love, hidden references, callbacks or clues for future scenes?)

There are attempts at trying to squeeze in foreshadowing of something (well, multiple things) in Adventures in Not Dying, but I’m very aware that I might inadvertently spoil major things if I rambled about that so... Hm, this is actually a difficult one to do. A theme that always seems to pop up in my longer stuff is Loki not feeling like he has a place, and him learning or starting to get on the track of learning what that place can entail (spoiler! it’s not about the place – it’s about the people). And his and Thor’s relationship slowly improving over time is something I love.

Loki of Nowhere has a lot of stuff that becomes relevant in later scenes, but my favourite involves a device they create dubbed S.H.I.T. (stands for Shooting Holes In Time and comes with many terrible pun opportunities).

22. Do you reread your old works? How do you feel about them?

I find it impossible to read any of my stuff while keeping my editing brain turned off. Usually it’s stuff like clunky sentences and individual word choices that I want to change. Every time I reread something I’ve written, there’s always something. Not a huge problem if it’s a short fic, but it turns rereading my longer fics into hard work because I can’t not meddle. So I usually end up not being able to formulate opinions about my works because I can’t just read the story.

I have really old stuff saved on my hard drive from when I was about 13 that I removed from my ff.net account because it’s so laughably bad. On one hand, it’s very embarrassing. I can’t emphasise how excruciatingly painful it is enough. But on the other hand, it’s nice to be able to see evidence of my writing getting better over time.

23. What’s the story idea you’ve had in your head for the longest?

I really really want to attempt a Rockstar AU. I don’t normally go for AUs and I can’t think of any Rockstar AUs off the top of my head that I’ve enjoyed, but there’s so much potential in the idea of it. You get to worldbuild but with music!

I’d want the music to be one of the most vivid components. So there’d be references to the lyrics/songwriting process, what the songs actually sound like, album titles, tour names, venues they’ve played in, the history of the band/artist, snippets about learning to play instruments (I'm kind of qualified for this since I play the electric guitar and bass – not particularly well, mind you, but still). Another major draw is that you get to sneak in loads of references to music history and discuss the music industry and celebrity culture, and there’s just so much juiciness in there that it makes me very excited.

Anyway, Loki would be a solo artist with a backing band, making his act Loki and the Liesmiths. They’d sound kind of similar to Muse’s more symphonic stuff and I am definitely picturing Loki with an electric violin hybridising classical music and rock and making really pretentious but epic-sounding concept albums.

The plot would probably run similarly to an in-depth biopic, except that this has the opportunity to get super dark because Loki and substance abuse would be a terrible combination. I should probably point out that the two being a terrible combination definitely doesn’t be put me off making it get dark though haha.

#ask #my writing thing #my posts #aurorawest

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Favourite Films from 2019

1. Portrait of a Lady On Fire Directed by Céline Sciamma

A gorgeous, gripping, and emotional vision enough to reduce me to tears. Portrait of a Lady on Fire is so may things all at once, it’s hard to pin it down. It seems on paper to be a romance, but as you get into it, the atmospheric tension conveys a sense of gothic horror. It leaves you uneasy but also enraptured, yearning but also soothed. A movie about art, love, depression and self-actualization that manages to blend them all seamlessly and elegantly. The cinematography, editing, performances, production design are all incredible, coming together under Sciamma’s hand to create a masterpiece of cinema. AND. That final scene is an absolute thrill ride.

2. Jojo Rabbit Directed by Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi might just be the best writer/director working today, and this is evident in everything he does, from the MCU to The Mandalorian to Jojo Rabbit. He demonstrates so well how he can work under a major studio and direct a blockbuster, but also direct a film that is so personal and meaningful. And the most incredible thing about Jojo Rabbit is that it isn’t some small indie film he made for himself. It’s a movie for everyone, under a major studio, for a wide audience. This is so integral to the message of this film. It’s one that everyone should be able to watch and yes, enjoy and laugh at, but also feel uncomfortable, emotional and cripplingly saddened by. It’s the most important movie he has made, one that we should all be grateful for.

3. Parasite Directed by Bong Joon-Ho

The movie that finally gave Bong Joon-Ho wider attention, and rightfully so. His usual themes of social class and the degradation of civility are portrayed so effectively and empathetically in Parasite. Instead of the insane atmospheres of his earlier genre films, Parasite is about such a mundane situation that is put on a slow burner, simmering and bubbling to a chaotic crescendo. The emotional journey of watching this film in cinemas was incredibly rewarding, as I laughed alongside an audience- at first in good humour, then uncomfortably, and then silenced with baited breath, gripped with tension, shock and horror.

4. Extra Ordinary Directed by Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman

Totally and unfairly flying under the radar, Extra Ordinary was the funniest movie I saw last year. The multiple hilarious references to classic horror films, the self-mocking use of genre tropes, and one brilliant performance from Will Forte had me in stitches the whole time. At its heart, its a simple emotional story, enough to be not just funny, but also undoubtedly charming.

5. The Last Black Man in San Francisco Directed by Joe Talbot

Its incredible that in Joe Talbot’s directorial debut, he crafted a film so singularly artistic. Jimmie Fails’ story is one that is so beautifully poetic, and the film plays out like dream. It’s a story that is culturally relevant, undoubtedly, but also innately emotional and moving. Themes of race, masculinity, art and architecture are woven together cohesively in this exquisite film.

6. Booksmart Directed by Olivia Wilde

Speaking of impressive directorial debuts. Olivia Wilde breathes new life into raunchy coming of age tales with Booksmart. While this film has consistently been compared to Superbad, it should be clear that it is infinitely better than it. Booksmart is not simply a lewd comedy, but one with a strong understanding of it’s heart. It convinces us an audience to buy into the lead characters, root for them, relate to them, and yes laugh at and with them.

7. Avengers: Endgame Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo

It cannot be understated just how monumental this film is. Kevin Feige and the team at Marvel Studios have achieved an impossible goal, and in only ten years. They have brought superheros out of the fringes of pop culture and made them immediately relevant and alluring. Avengers Endgame is an incredible celebration of the MCU, with moments of fan service that at times might seem pandering, but mostly tasteful and joyous. Endgame’s references to the past are filled with a self-aware sense of humour, and respect for its humble beginnings. Marvel forever changed theatre-going experiences to not just watching a movie, but sharing in a cultural event. And Endgame is a touchstone in cinema history. A shared experience amongst fans. And while it might not be proper to call it art, maybe it doesn’t need to be, because it stands apart nevertheless.

8. Toy Story 4 Directed by Josh Cooley

I really liked it okay? On paper, this movie seemed like a bad idea, as Toy Story 3 was so incredible and I couldn’t imagine a better ending. But as I got into Toy Story 4, I see it’s importance to the story. It truly delves into the minds of these characters, and questions what happiness means to them. Tom Hanks brought to life a piece of my childhood (and indeed many childhoods like mine), and this film allows us to see Woody off to his cathartic destiny.

9. Rocketman Directed by Dexter Fletcher

Unexpectedly brilliant, Rocketman sets itself apart from most formulaic biopics. It leans into the fantasy of Elton John’s music, and carries us trancelike through his life. Taron Egerton’s powerhouse performance fills in the nuances of Elton’s emotions. In the most gregarious bits of showmanship, to the darkest pits of despair, Egerton ensures that we empathize with, relate to, and celebrate the life of Sir Elton.

10. Little Women Directed by Greta Gerwig

Following the success of Lady Bord, Little Women is a daring choice for a second film. But Greta Gerwig proves that her prowess as a director has only gotten sharper. Her adaptation feels immediately compatible, honing in on the heart of the novel, and concisely translating it to a film that is funny, charming, and moving. Gerwig once again brings out the very best in Saoirse Ronan- her Jo March is equally headstrong and gentle, and every bit the iconic character that has been celebrated for decades. Timothee Chalamet really rocks it too.

Honorable Mentions:

Blinded by the Light (Directed by Gurinder Chadha), Knives Out (Directed by Rian Johnson), Dolemite is My Name (Directed by Craig Brewer), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (Directed by Chad Stahelski), The Lighthouse (Directed by Robert Eggers), The Irishman (Directed by Martin Scorsese), Ford v. Ferrari (Directed by James Mangold)

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“Don’t Stop Me Now” – Crochet Tapestry – 2019 (craftswoman) Featured on Eksentrika, World of Buzz, SAYS and more.

My sister and I grew up on Queen’s music. Everywhere we went, my dad would blast his Best of Queen CD on the car radio. We headbanged to “Bohemian Rhapsody,” stomp-stomp-clapped to “We Will Rock You,” and got nostalgic to “I Want to Break Free” at every house party our parents got tipsy at. “Don’t Stop Me Now” quickly became our favourite though, mainly because it was our dad’s favourite.

Needless to say, when it was announced that there was a Queen biopic being made and Rami Malek was to be the one portraying Freddie Mercury, the excitement level in our family was through the roof. (Heck, we screamed watching the trailer!) When the movie finally came out, we made a big deal of it, getting tickets to watch it in a cinema with beanbags for seats and everything because we knew it was gonna be a Special Movie. But nothing could have prepared us for just how special.

I loved everything about it – the cast, the acting, the music (!!!), the cinematography, the direction, absolutely everything. I cried watching the final concert scene. My heart did things during the opening chords of “Radio Ga Ga,” especially, that I didn’t know it was capable of. When I sneaked a glance at my dad in his beanbag across the aisle, I could tell he was getting emotional too. And then – and then! They ended the movie with “Don’t Stop Me Now.” I – phew. Deep breaths, Shanita. Deep breaths. Phew.

As is usually the case after I’ve experienced something inspiring and amazing, I had to go home and make something with that inspiration. But this movie demanded something far greater than anything I’d made so far. At that point I just so happened to be getting back into crochet, a hobby I picked up from my grandmother when I was about seven years old. And I thought… huh.

Once I had the idea, it didn’t take me long to choose a picture, figure out how to make a chart from it, and learn the crochet technique necessary to execute the design. From then on, it was sheer manual labour and repetition.

My first and only major hiccup came about two months into my first attempt, when I realised the tapestry was warping. I did some research and figured it was probably due to irregular tension, so I made the decision to unravel the whole thing and start over. Which proved to be totally worth it in the end!

My second attempt turned out much better than the first, and took me six months to complete. Since I was unaccustomed to crocheting for such long periods of time, I would have to take days off at a stretch just to give my hands and shoulders a break and ease the tension in them. In total, the amount of hands-on work came up to about 80+ hours.

The finished piece is made up of 47,124 individual stitches, which took about 20 balls of yarn in five shades – black, white, dark grey, light grey and medium grey. (As you can see, there was almost no black yarn left over compared to the rest of the shades!)

This project is one of my proudest achievements to date. So much love went into it, and it’s so different than anything else I’ve made or seen made. In honour of Freddie Mercury, Queen, Rami Malek, everyone responsible for creating the masterpiece that is Bohemian Rhapsody, and, most importantly, my dad for starting the fire in the first place, I am proud to present “Don’t Stop Me Now.”

I would also like to thank Eksentrika, World of Buzz, SAYS, the various social media pages that featured this piece and everyone who liked, shared and left a comment. I didn’t expect it to become as popular as it did! I’m glad so many people enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed making it, and am grateful for all the attention it got.

The original piece is now up for sale. If you are interested in purchasing or featuring it (or showing it to Rami Malek himself!), please contact me via the e-mail address in my About + Contact page.

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