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koscheyyyart · 4 years
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TMA season five episode three Jonny Just straight up peppers in the fact that lonely eyes is canon because apparently he’s just going hog wild with ships this season
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HIS DICK WAS TOO BIG!!!!!!! THEYRE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON TRAINING PATRICKS HOLE TO TAKE JONNYS HUGE COCK I DONT KNOW HOW I DIDNT SEE THAT COMING BUT NOW IM JUST A PUDDLE OF GOO. this chapter was so good i loved your patrick voice as always and that sweet sweet possessive jonny + oblivious patrick is so good. baby peeks being sad made me sad but thankfully jonny is there to cheer him up always with food and compliments and sex and cuddles. you cannot resist jonnys love, no matter how sad you are patrick!!!! he will drive the feeling of not being good enough out of you with his giant dick!!! the sex was of course perfection you knocked it out of the park and i feel like an impatient kid waiting for the next chapter i guess i will just have to reread this one every day for the next week.
patrick: i’m hot shit, look at me 😎
also patrick: jonny teased me and now i must curl up into a ball and simply fade away until he tells me i’m amazing again
lmao i’m partially joking, i think patrick can take teasing pretty well if sharpy pranking them again and again is anything to go by. but patrick feeling so vulnerable in that situation, the joke sort of stung more than it usually would bc he was feeling exposed. and also bc it isn’t just anyone teasing him, it’s jonny and that hits different.
but then jonny being jonny can’t really hide just how big his heart eyes are there either so they’re both ridiculous.
so glad you liked this chapter, my friend! can’t wait until you get to see what happens next chapter with the **** *****. 😈
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gunpowder tim, ivy, and tbi, for the mechs asks??
gunpowder tim: if you could have any position on the ship, what would it be and why?
octokitten. i just want to be the mascot of the ship or something. befriend the mechs but as an octokitten. look jonny in the eye as i slap his glass of whatever-drink off the kitchen table. i am in the process of contributing to writing an entire CYOA fic about this for nanowrimo actually hehe >:3
(for real if it had to be as a person tho hmmmm honestly i feel probably smth like ivy's archivisting)
ivy: recommend a good fic about the mechanisms
this is abt Brian and Galahad and ngl galahad has been living in my mind rent free (in the interesting character way not the plural way) like i still regularly think abt how he Went that was so so much. and i have Soft Spot for Brian and basically this fic abt them bonding over stuff????? hits a lot of good spots for me TwT (it is Sad but its good on-brand mechs sads)
tbi: share a hot take or controversial opinion about something mechs-related
tube sun Real sorry ok no joke aside hmmmm. im gonna say the cishet mechs au was fun when it was like a 20-minute joke conversation on the mechscord but im not a huge fan? and like props to ppl if they're having fun with it u do u but i don't rly like it? it's a bit depressing long term for me tbh fjdkfkfk (again this is Just Me and My Opinion and You Do You i don't think its like morally wrong or anything i just dont like it)
bless and thank u for asking this was fun!!!!!! :3
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faroutspaceman-blog · 6 years
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My weekend so far. . 1/2 -1/4/19
My weekend starts off on Wednesday because quite frankly I can't remember what I did Monday or Tuesday. Those days are now non-existent. Forever lost in the trash bin of my deep ugly brain. Here I am laying on my bed, bored out of my fucking mind. I strum a lil guitar, sing a little, but put it back away because I realize I'm still as shit at guitar no less than I was 5 minutes before i picked it up. Now the only logical thing to do is sit and stare at my ceiling loudly moaning irritated grunts of boredom at my innocent ceiling. I get up and decide to make the most extravagant fucking sandwich. Well it was subpar, I usually put lettuce on it but we were out so I settled for a greenless burger. Whatever. I go to sit back on my bed and enjoy my sandwich, when I get a call. I fucking shoot up and tap that answer call like I just felt a rush of heroin in my blood. Thank the fucking lord. My brain almost had an aneurysm from how bored I was. My friend Vanessa and her Boyfriend (who happens to be my ex lover, love that..fuck) asks me if I wanna hang.
Me: "why yes I do want to chill, but if I'm still eating my sandwich by the time you pull up, your ass is waiting at the driveway."
Them: "we have Goldfish and Arnold Palmer's tea"
Me *while stuffing the whole sandwich in my mouth* : SAY NO MAS IM READY
I get on my new Blockbuster hoodie I bought the day before (yes from the world's only Blockbuster left in my Local Bend, Oregon.) And some jeans I found on the floor. I grabbed my keys and my bag and phone. Hiked up my driveway (which let me tell ya was a whole fucking mission in itself. ) Hall ass down my street I see Vanessa's car and they're driving like maniacs down my dirt road so I obviously take advantage of the situation and throw a peace sign into the air and lay in front of her car ready for my death. She stops and I hop in and am greeted with both my promised food items. I was very happy. We drive to a friend's house about a few miles from my house because we need to refill our pods with juice because ya know.. gotta get that nicotine rush. We had 8 full pods to last us the day. (They did not last for 3 people.)
After we fill our pods, we head down to Redmond, Oregon to the local 24 great Walmart to do what ever because we were bored, I decided to challenge my friends to a game of Hide n seek, and I was the only one who hid because they were being lame. I won it took them 40mins to find me. I was in the office supply Ile. After we went to Walmart, we went to Fred Meyers. stole their WiFi and lounged on their couches until it closed. Nothing special pretty boring.
Then Johnny, Vanessa's Boyfriend, gets the bright idea to swing by his house to see if his parents have packed up to leave to Idaho. If they are gone, Johnny plans to break into his own house ( I say break In because he just got kicked out.. again for refusing to be Mormon and for smoking and going against his parents) They are not gone yet so we decide to go to our chill spot which is way up on this hill where you can see all of Redmond. We talk, watch vines, etc.
Anyway I decide to go outside and look around, as I'm looking around Vanessa joins me. We are across from the car and we look around and I find this underwire leopard print bra a smashed TV and a lone boot. So I was already like "what the actual fuck happened here?"
I still forward towards the TV and there I see it, an empty grave, it looks fresh. I turn to Vanessa and she's already booked it back to the Car with me right behind her. We lock the doors and turn on Nextflix (we were watching Chappie).
Halfway through the movie, this man in a green Subaru pulls up next to our car. This is already fuckin weird because only few know about this road.he parks his car a lil ways from ours, cuts off his lights and just idles. At first were cautious but he just seemed to be doing the same we were, so our fear eventually subsided. We finished our movie, the car was still parked, and we pull out to check to see if Hunters parents had left. As we were pulling away we saw that the man had a blond haired woman in her car, but not to be rude she looked like a hooker. He was probably waiting for us to leave and we accidentally rang this man's bill up 200 an hour. Oops.
We checked Johnnys house. They're still there. Guess we're sleeping in the car tonight. We decide to try and find some food, we pull into Domino's and order a large pizza. As we're waiting for pizza, I joke able how I've cut my Cornea in the most retarted way to Vanessa's boyfriend. I move my hands to get the hair out of my face, and the string to my hoodie cuts my eye. At first I thought there was just something in my eye so I start rubbing it. It really fucking hurts. I close my eyes and black thinking it will go away but it never does. We drive back to the chill spot and on the way back, we see that green Subaru on the main Street leaving from our spot,but I saw no girl this time. Who knows we were gone a long fucking time. Must have dropped her off a few ways back. We get back in on the hill I manage my eye to keep the excess light out of it and my friends play Madea boo 2 on next. When the movie ends we decide to just go to sleep on the hill. I'm a little pissed at this point because I just wanted to chill and not murder my eyeball.
We put her back seat down and I'm on the far edge in the backseat wishing I never came because maybe if I stayed home this wouldn't of happened. Then there's a knock on the window. Not like an accidental hit it was clearly a knock. I dont say anything, it isn't acknowledged between any of us. I try and sleep and Johnny is freaking out
"dude are you fucking hearing this. It sounds like footsteps and dragging outside."
I don't hear shit so Ignore it. Then Vanessa starts hearing it. And I know she doesn't lie so I'm flipping my shit at this point. Vanessa jumps into front seat and She whips her car off the hill so fast we was cooking.
We end up driving back to Walmart to get me eyedrops in hope it'll make it better. As Vanessa is running in to get eyedrops, this girl stops us to ask if she can use her phone because her friends ditched her at Walmart ( what fuckin assholes. ) She waits away from our car for her friend, and she quickly comes back telling us that a man asked if she wanted a ride home and a smoke.we told her to wait with us because I was suspicious that it was the man in the green Subaru.
Vanessa's comes back with the eyedrops and we leave the parking lot without the girl. I strangely don't remember saying goodbye to her but we did apparently? We park in the neighborhood and get back into the backseat of the car. We play never have I ever until 4 am. We fall asleep and wake up at 6:30 am. I'm still asleep I. The back seat when I hear Johnny's happy that his parents are gone, he tries to look for ways back into his house but it's a no bueno. They drives to lowes while I pretend to be asleep on the backseat of the car. All I heard was lockpick and Saw and I already knew someshit was about to happen.
They park back at Johnny's house and I stay in the car. About 10 minute later Johnny comes back In the car and yells "we got it". Sweet so the lock picked worked? Nope they sawed a hole in the backdoor. He is for sure going back to jail after this. Vanessa guides me inside because I'm blind and can't see. We sit on the couch i call an eye doctor in bend and make an appointment for 4pm, for Johnny's uncle that happens to coincidentally be an eye doctor. He lives a block away from Johnny. Around 12 pm. We leave Johnny's house and go look for other things to do I. The area.
We pull into this Freshman's driveway,(Tom) and lets get this straight, Tom is fucking annoying and no one likes him because he is a fein for pods and nicotine, that and he thinks he's tough shit. Proud why he got excelled. We've had to help him with every fight he's been in. Trash.
We chill at his house for a while, and eventually his step mom walks in and kicks us out "get out of my house, I don't like kids having sex on my couch"
Honestly we just came over to steal his food. His step mom is such a joke. She has the biggest crush on our friend Jason. We could honestly break apart that whole marriage and cause such a scandle with that information. Anyway it's about 2pm now, my appointment is in two hours. We drive to the park and wait.
5 minutes later Tom skates to us on his long board, asks if he can hang and throws his board I the trunk.
Fuck. Just when I thought I was gonna get away from this kid. We drive by away from the park and go towards bend for my appointment. The whole car ride he blows his burnt vape in my fave and it smells like ass. I asked him to stop. He didn't. We stop at the grocery, I stay in the car, while Tom takes a smoke break out the car while Johnny and Vanessa shop. 3 minutes pass and he asks if I want a smoke.
"no that shits nasty"
"come-on. They don't even taste like stogies. They smell soo good*
He shoves the pack of cigs in my face and I was getting pissed. The only way to get rid of his prized cigs is to threaten his prized cigs.
"if you don't get that shit out of my face rn, I swear I'll rip them all up then spit on them"
"I'll beat ur ass if you do"
I just smirked at him as he took his cigs back and closed the door.
It's about 3:45 and we head to my appointment. Vanessa directs me to the office. And it's so bright in there, I instantly start crying which makes my eyes hurt even more. I honestly have never wanted to just instantly die in a moment than now. I just want to stop hurting. I'm finally able to open my eyes and the office by is actually very nice. I fill out the paperwork and the doctor sees me right away.
I try and play it smooth, talking about how broke I am, and how much I love Jonny so he'll give me a discount be because I don't have health Insurance.
Then he says "be in remember you, we played ping pong at Johnny's house during their Mormon party."
I had flashbacks to the Mormon party, and how we won the game, how I almost fucked Johnny in his car afterwards on the way back home. But it felt wrong because Vanessa was there. Then I remembered the hole in the back door.
"yeah that was really fun. I remember we won."
He didn't day anything he just put numbing drops In My eyes and this yellow dye. He looked at my eyes and said
"you have a 3 millimeter cut on your eye. You really did some damage"
"dammit"
He writes my prescription and im ngl I almost booked it out the door. But I waited instead. He me 120 for a 2 minute visit. Asshole. After I talked so nicely with him.
Me and Vanessa went back outside but the car was gone, so was Tom and Johnny.
We called them, they're a block or two away. We waited and waited, and entertained ourselves by kicking rocks to each other that made the best ear tingling noise you could imagine.
A couple minutes later the car pulled up and this girl other girl was in the car. Wtf man I just want to go home. As soon as we get into the car everyone is aguing about where we're going and Johnny wants to Trade My weed for pods.that he didn't even ask me if he could be trade. Which pissed me off A SHIT TON. johnny, Tom and this dumb dumb bitch kept arguing about pods and juuls. I realized how absolutely fucking retarted it is and how I never want to sound like that. I save all my shit to Johnny and just said " I quit" . We drove into Safeway gave them my perscription. Told us to come back in 20 minutes. Dropped dumb bitch off at her friends no house. Johnny traded my Weed for pods. And Tom proceeded to cuss out girl we traded with calling her names like fat ass, which I did not approve of. Tom commented on something and I swear I almost killed a kid in front of my friends. Tom was lucky that night. I would have strangled him if it wasn't for my eye.
We go back to Safeway and they try and charge me $47 for a $4 perscription. Fuck that. We transfer it to Walmart. We drive home, I'm the first to get dropped off. Thank fucking god.
My mom comes into my room, and hugs me and just listens to me sleepily jabber about anything.
Last time I'll ever sacrifice my subpar sandwich for goldfish and Arnold Palmer's.
Never again
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apsbicepstraining · 7 years
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War of the Star Wars Stars: The Dark Side of the Convention Circuit
The eye-opening documentary Elstree 1976 chronicles the plight of the Stars Wars background actors battling for dollars on the convention circuit.
He says there is a clear hierarchy among the actors, who are infuriated that “the mens” in masks often attract the most attention.My look is in the movie, everyone whos got a face in the movieit drives us mad, he remarked .
For hundreds of performers, bit-part participates, costume-dwellers, and droids, be contained in Star Wars in 1977 was the moment that would chassis their livesthey were granted immortality.
While Harrison Ford was catapulted onto the Hollywood -Alist, pretty much everyone else has succumbed to the profitable enticement of the Star Wars convention circuit.
And were not just talking about Luke and Leia. Scores of actors “whos” disguised by helmets, prosthetics, face concealments, and voice-overs nearly 40 years ago can still pull in six-figure annual carry on the world circuitall they have to do is been demonstrated and sign their names.
With so many fan dollars up for grabs, and so many actors jostling for access, dont underestimate the ability of the dark side.
Theres quite a lot of politicking, Paul Blake, who played Greedo, illustrates in the mind-boggling new documentary Elstree 1976 .
The film focuses on the lesser brightness in the Star Wars family and how “peoples lives” have unfolded since that long hot English summer at Elstree Studios merely north of London. Many of them are still cleaved to the breast of the George Lucas empire.
Angus MacInnes, who played an X-wing aviator known as Gold Leader, said he was initially reluctant to cash in at the conventions. When I firstly went to them I conceived these people are going to be so bizarre, he added. And some of them were!
Like many of my honourable colleagues, the Canadian actor soon accepted that it was worth sitting at a fold-out table and signing your reputation if multitudes of Star Wars geeks were willing to hand over wads of cash in exchange.
He says there is a clear hierarchy among the actors, who are infuriated that “the mens” in masks often attract the most attention. My appearance is in the movie, everyone whos got a face in the movieit drives us mad, he said.
I wasnt a fleck on the landscape, I was in shot, the actor told The Daily Beast. If you are uncredited it doesnt mean you werent in the film.
Lyons was actually in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope twice: You peek him at the edge of one shot as a medal bearer, and then he is visualized beneath a helmet in the backdrop of another background playing a Massassi Temple Guard.
He now does at least five Star Wars agreements a year, with looks as far gone as Japan. It got me out of the house doing pacts, he said.
The British actor commissions 15 ($ 23) to clue a photograph, 25 ($ 38) to signal a poster. Bit greedy of me, I must admit, he suggested. Some beings charge 10 fine, I accuse 15.
Lyons answers its not only the money, he adoration the opportunities to get away on the road and encounter devotees who lap up his legends of long lunches with Mark Hamill and that time he ended Kenny Baker taking a nap inside R2-D2.
It helped me a lot during my sadnes, he disclosed. His wife left him in 2007, after 18 years, and he told me he saw suicide many times. The Star Wars community was one of the things that obstructed him croaking, even if some of the more established performers look down on him: They get kind of jealous that youre taking some of the action.
Dave Prowse says hes not in it for the moneythats bullshit, remarked Lyons. But Im not.
Prowse is a bona fide Star Wars heavyweight even though neither his look nor his articulation appeared in any of the films. The former bodybuilding endorse was “the mens” within the Darth Vader suit in all three original movies.
While hitting the first movie, it was difficult to hear his West Country twang through the helmet on located and George Lucas explained that wasnt a problem as they would go into a studio and re-record the spokesperson afterwards. I naturally assumed it would be me, he said in Elstree 1976 . Unfortunately for me they couldnt have picked a better voiceover performer than James Earl Jones.
That hasnt stopped him becoming a regular on the route, however. I set Dave Prowse is Darth Vader on my autograph, “theyre saying” could you do Dave Prowse as Darth Vader?
He worsened. They would have been quite happy for[ Darth Vader] to have been namelessbut here I am now, he enunciated, although there have been a few snags along the way. Ive been are prohibited from the Star Wars Celebration weekends and Disney Star Wars articulate Im persona non grata.
Prowse belongs among the top echelon of Star Wars stars along with Carrie Fisher, Hamill, Baker, and Anthony Danielsthe man inside the C-3PO dres. John Chapman, who played an X-wing captain, told The Daily Beast that there was big bucks up for grabs. Ive sounded rumors that when they go to these conventions they come away with 15, 20 magnificent, he said.
Although Chapman was only an extra, he was persuaded to go along to a ratify by an aficionado who said he would be paid hundreds of dollars just for showing up.
There were these whisperings going around, John Chapman was only an extra, whats he doing here? he mentioned. I didnt feel better about it so I descent it.
I look at all these guys and they are only sign for a living, he told. I find it a bit sad.
Chapman, whose self-deprecating form constructs him the superstar of Jon Spiras Elstree 1976 , now tours British schools with workshops based around his own room investigate line mapping the escapades of Jonnie Rocket.
He jokes about the Elstree documentary putting him on the radar for the new movies despite his original screen look consisting of a loitering kill of the back of his head. I want to be in the next Star Wars movie. Get directed by J.J. Abrams. J.J. might like to see the back of my heading, he said.
Then again, that might be too much exposure for Chapman. To make sure I dont get recognised by eateries, I always sit with my back to the wall, he laughed.
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viralhottopics · 8 years
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The storm chasers hunting bolts in Australia’s Top End
Our photographer hits the road with seasoned storm chasers in the Northern Territory to track down some of the regions famous lightning storms
Im standing on a dirt track somewhere in the wilds of Australias Northern Territory and in every direction I look the indigo sky is being shredded by bolts of electrical energy. Its unlike anything Ive ever seen before. Ive been hunting a lightning show and boy have I found one.
Suddenly Im very conscious of natures imposing scale and, more importantly right now, my proximity to a bared-wire fence the kind of object thats likely to attract a strike. We should probably get in the car, says Mike ONeill, the veteran Darwin storm chaser who has led me here. Reluctantly, I agree.
The Top End is one of the worlds most active regions for lightning and sees almost daily storms between November and March every year. A single storm can produce more than a thousand bolts in a matter of hours. Intense tropical heat combined with sea breezes and coastal moisture provides the perfect fuel.
Storm chaser Mike ONeill, one of many avid storm photographers in Northern Territory. I probably do up to 1,000km on a chase. Photograph: Jonny Weeks for the Guardian
ONeill is one of a handful of storm chasers photographers and meteorological buffs in the region. Whenever and wherever nature decides to put on a show, one of them will be watching.
I probably do up to 1,000km on a chase, says ONeill. Sometimes you only have to go around the corner to get a decent photo, but sometimes you have to go towards Katherine or even towards Kununurra [in Western Australia]. It just depends where they are and how much time youve got.
I chase every day on my days off. Even before work if theres a storm on the coast, or after work sometimes until five in the morning. I cant live without it.
Signs of a storm
After waiting a week for a thick monsoon rains to clear the region, conditions have eased and tonights predicted storm is one ONeill seems excited about as we begin our journey.
From Darwin we drive south towards Adelaide River, stopping from time to time to assess the cloud formations around us. Other local enthusiasts including Willoughby Owen use radar at every step, honing their understanding of the storms progress as they go. ONeill, who has been chasing for 16 years, is feeling more instinctive.
Radars great but it cant tell you what youve learned from experience, he says. You can tell just visually looking at these clouds theyre a lot healthier out here. Youve got thick towers and where you see it anvil out at the top its actually pushed through the anvil, so its got strong updrafts. Thats the sign of a decent storm. Thatll definitely have lightning in it.
Willoughby Owen checks his radar. Photograph: Jonny Weeks for the Guardian
Storms in this region typically form because the sun heats the land during the day and sea breezes push in during the afternoon, creating boundaries between hot and cool air.
Over here in the Top End weve got easy initiation forced by the Arnhem escarpment, says Owen, whos fortunate that he finishes work about 4pm most days, just as the storms begin bubbling.
The cloud tops reach 45,000 or 50,000 feet, stronger storms 55,000 or 60,000 feet. When youre near tropical lows, when youre near a Madden-Julian Oscillation, you can get tops of 70,000 feet, which is extreme. The lightning can be more intense from those storms, and incredibly loud and violent.
Lightning is made when ice particles inside clouds collide at high speed and become charged the bolt is a sudden and dramatic discharge of that energy, and may be many miles long but around a centimetre wide. The average bolt produces a current of 6,000 to 30,000 amps. Compare that to a radiator that draws about 10 amps and you get a sense of their power. The temperature is also extreme, measuring 30,000C, five times hotter than the surface of the sun. The effect of increasing heat and pressure on the surrounding air is what generates the thunder clap.
Storm chasing is littered with jargon and at times it makes the already complex science seem impenetrable but ONeill and Owen do their best to explain. They tell me many lightning strikes are from cloud to cloud (known as C-to-Cs or crawlers) but some are cloud to ground (C-to-Gs).
Lightning is indiscriminate, ONeill forewarns. The earth has a natural charge. When a thunderstorm is nearby, objects on the ground a cow, telegraph pole, car, tree, anything get invigorated and send upward streamers. When the stepped-leaders come down from the clouds theyll try to make a connection. Thats when you get the bolt.
If someone in the vicinity of a storm notices their hair standing on end, thats a foreboding sign. And, according to the 30-30 rule, if the time between the visible lightning bolt and the subsequent clap of thunder is less than 30 seconds, youre within range of a strike.
Secret spots
Asked what makes a good storm photo, ONeill, who began taking pictures after reading a coffee table book by the renowned storm chaser Peter Jarver, says he has changed his approach over the years.
I used to be mad keen on just getting the lightning bolt in the centre of the frame but everyone does that now, he says. A lot of people go to the same spots and theyll all stand next to each other and get the same shots.
Im more of a composition man now. If I see people standing in a location, Ill go back 20 or 30 metres and get them in the photo. I just want a different aspect rather than a cloud with a bolt coming out. If theres a storm and theres power lines, Ill keep them in there, because its like manmade electricity and natural electricity, so its contrasting subjects. I just want to get away from the norm.
In any case, ONeill prefers to find fresh, unknown vantage points and spends hours hunting for them: We all have our secret spots, he says.
Mike ONeill sets up his camera beside a dirt road overlooking a range of ant hills. Photograph: Jonny Weeks for the Guardian
Having pulled on to the dirt road with the storm brewing around us, ONeill sets up his camera with his cars headlamps illuminating the ant hills in the foreground. He tells me Ill need a shutter speed of 10 seconds (longer as the sky darkens) and a low ISO setting, as well as my tripod and remote trigger.
But ONeill has an extra bit of kit a special lightning trigger which automatically senses when a bolt is being emitted and takes a photo. He used to think it was cheating but now relishes the images. Meanwhile, Im activating my shutter manually, hoping to get lucky. As the sky darkens and the storm erupts, I realise luck is already on my side.
Its going off, mate! ONeill says as were enveloped, bolts jumping out of the sky around us. I dont know which way to direct my camera.
ONeill soon gets back into the car. The metal body of the car makes it safer to be in its like a Faraday cage, he explains. Its good to be standing out there, but right now, nah. I value my life more than a photo.
Monster doggies
Willoughby Owen using a 70mm-200mm lens. Photograph: Jonny Weeks for the Guardian
During my first time storm chasing with Owen, he brings along his friend Jacci Ingham. The two often go out together, unlike ONeill who is steadfastly a solo chaser.
We dont see much activity but Ingham relays the magic of a potent storm in infectious fashion. MCSs [mesoscale convective systems] are great, particularly if you get around the back of them, she says. They produce massive, squiggly scrawlers that fill the sky like spaghetti. Theyre my favourite.
Over dinner on the way home I discover Ingham is YouTube famous. Shes had 27 million views, Owen says. I presume hes joking but he takes out his phone and shows me a viral video of Ingham storm chasing in Darwin in 2010 as a lightning bolt comes crashing down just metres away.
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Both Owen and Ingham have been to the US to chase tornadoes. Its almost an annual pilgrimage for Owen, who has been eight times. And he says he only moved from his native New Zealand to Darwin for the meteorology.
I just love weather, he says. I love seeing its raw and powerful beauty, how it all forms, how it all plays out, the modelling, making a forecast theres a lot of chaos involved in making a forecast. I love how rapidly it can change and when you think you know whats going to happen, it does something slightly different or even the opposite. Youre always, always learning.
10 December 2009 was a memorable night. There was a massive amount of lightning over Darwin. There were bombs going off everywhere. The wind was savage, it was just going ballistic. You could read a book under it.
18 February 2015 was another. It was like a storm in Oklahoma, rotating, twisting massively, you could see the whole structure move. It was just a beautiful storm.
Willoughby Owen and Jacci Ingham spot bolts in the distance. Photograph: Jonny Weeks for the Guardian
On my final night in the NT, Owen and I find a picturesque storm cloud building at sunset. He has driven us to a secluded spot in Adelaide River a telegraph hill with panoramic views and the distant cell is firing out dog-leg bolts from the base of a vast cloud formation. We eventually turn around and realise more action is developing behind us.
Fuck me dead! he yells. Big, massive, monster doggies its going off tap! Owen is broadcasting the the scene to his Facebook Live followers and his tearaway enthusiasm belies his otherwise mild nature.
The view from the telecommunication hill, showing a vast cloud structure and a dog-leg lightning bolt shooting out from the lower right. Photograph: Jonny Weeks for the Guardian
Having set up my camera alongside his, I make a schoolboy error, allowing the weight of my long lens to topple the tripod and send several thousands dollars worth of camera gear crashing down the hillside. I quickly retrieve and reassemble my gear and Owen directs me to a patch of sky where he reckons the next bolt is coming. Hes spot on. Within seconds a powerful bolt illuminates the black sky. Im not sure my settings and framing are right but finally the image displays on the back of the camera its a little wonky and maybe a touch soft, but its there, Ive got it.
Get in! I shout, sharing Owens visceral joy for a split second before swiftly triggering the next shot. He has taught me that the best lightning strikes invariably occur while youre wasting time reviewing old pictures.
The bolts slowly become fewer and father between, and junk cloud eventually interrupts our view.
I get a text message from ONeill checking our progress. He told me he wouldnt be out chasing tonight.
Getting some from work! he says. Wish I was there, but getting some cool keepers. Stay safe!
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apsbicepstraining · 7 years
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War of the Star Wars Stars: The Dark Side of the Convention Circuit
The eye-opening documentary Elstree 1976 chronicles the plight of the Stars Wars background actors battling for dollars on the convention circuit.
He says there is a clear hierarchy among the actors, who are infuriated that “the mens” in masks often attract the most attention.My look is in the movie, everyone whos got a face in the movieit drives us mad, he remarked .
For hundreds of performers, bit-part participates, costume-dwellers, and droids, be contained in Star Wars in 1977 was the moment that would chassis their livesthey were granted immortality.
While Harrison Ford was catapulted onto the Hollywood -Alist, pretty much everyone else has succumbed to the profitable enticement of the Star Wars convention circuit.
And were not just talking about Luke and Leia. Scores of actors “whos” disguised by helmets, prosthetics, face concealments, and voice-overs nearly 40 years ago can still pull in six-figure annual carry on the world circuitall they have to do is been demonstrated and sign their names.
With so many fan dollars up for grabs, and so many actors jostling for access, dont underestimate the ability of the dark side.
Theres quite a lot of politicking, Paul Blake, who played Greedo, illustrates in the mind-boggling new documentary Elstree 1976 .
The film focuses on the lesser brightness in the Star Wars family and how “peoples lives” have unfolded since that long hot English summer at Elstree Studios merely north of London. Many of them are still cleaved to the breast of the George Lucas empire.
Angus MacInnes, who played an X-wing aviator known as Gold Leader, said he was initially reluctant to cash in at the conventions. When I firstly went to them I conceived these people are going to be so bizarre, he added. And some of them were!
Like many of my honourable colleagues, the Canadian actor soon accepted that it was worth sitting at a fold-out table and signing your reputation if multitudes of Star Wars geeks were willing to hand over wads of cash in exchange.
He says there is a clear hierarchy among the actors, who are infuriated that “the mens” in masks often attract the most attention. My appearance is in the movie, everyone whos got a face in the movieit drives us mad, he said.
I wasnt a fleck on the landscape, I was in shot, the actor told The Daily Beast. If you are uncredited it doesnt mean you werent in the film.
Lyons was actually in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope twice: You peek him at the edge of one shot as a medal bearer, and then he is visualized beneath a helmet in the backdrop of another background playing a Massassi Temple Guard.
He now does at least five Star Wars agreements a year, with looks as far gone as Japan. It got me out of the house doing pacts, he said.
The British actor commissions 15 ($ 23) to clue a photograph, 25 ($ 38) to signal a poster. Bit greedy of me, I must admit, he suggested. Some beings charge 10 fine, I accuse 15.
Lyons answers its not only the money, he adoration the opportunities to get away on the road and encounter devotees who lap up his legends of long lunches with Mark Hamill and that time he ended Kenny Baker taking a nap inside R2-D2.
It helped me a lot during my sadnes, he disclosed. His wife left him in 2007, after 18 years, and he told me he saw suicide many times. The Star Wars community was one of the things that obstructed him croaking, even if some of the more established performers look down on him: They get kind of jealous that youre taking some of the action.
Dave Prowse says hes not in it for the moneythats bullshit, remarked Lyons. But Im not.
Prowse is a bona fide Star Wars heavyweight even though neither his look nor his articulation appeared in any of the films. The former bodybuilding endorse was “the mens” within the Darth Vader suit in all three original movies.
While hitting the first movie, it was difficult to hear his West Country twang through the helmet on located and George Lucas explained that wasnt a problem as they would go into a studio and re-record the spokesperson afterwards. I naturally assumed it would be me, he said in Elstree 1976 . Unfortunately for me they couldnt have picked a better voiceover performer than James Earl Jones.
That hasnt stopped him becoming a regular on the route, however. I set Dave Prowse is Darth Vader on my autograph, “theyre saying” could you do Dave Prowse as Darth Vader?
He worsened. They would have been quite happy for[ Darth Vader] to have been namelessbut here I am now, he enunciated, although there have been a few snags along the way. Ive been are prohibited from the Star Wars Celebration weekends and Disney Star Wars articulate Im persona non grata.
Prowse belongs among the top echelon of Star Wars stars along with Carrie Fisher, Hamill, Baker, and Anthony Danielsthe man inside the C-3PO dres. John Chapman, who played an X-wing captain, told The Daily Beast that there was big bucks up for grabs. Ive sounded rumors that when they go to these conventions they come away with 15, 20 magnificent, he said.
Although Chapman was only an extra, he was persuaded to go along to a ratify by an aficionado who said he would be paid hundreds of dollars just for showing up.
There were these whisperings going around, John Chapman was only an extra, whats he doing here? he mentioned. I didnt feel better about it so I descent it.
I look at all these guys and they are only sign for a living, he told. I find it a bit sad.
Chapman, whose self-deprecating form constructs him the superstar of Jon Spiras Elstree 1976 , now tours British schools with workshops based around his own room investigate line mapping the escapades of Jonnie Rocket.
He jokes about the Elstree documentary putting him on the radar for the new movies despite his original screen look consisting of a loitering kill of the back of his head. I want to be in the next Star Wars movie. Get directed by J.J. Abrams. J.J. might like to see the back of my heading, he said.
Then again, that might be too much exposure for Chapman. To make sure I dont get recognised by eateries, I always sit with my back to the wall, he laughed.
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War of the Star Wars Stars: The Dark Side of the Convention Circuit
The eye-opening documentary Elstree 1976 chronicles the plight of the Stars Wars background actors battling for dollars on the convention circuit.
He says there is a clear hierarchy among the actors, who are infuriated that “the mens” in masks often attract the most attention.My look is in the movie, everyone whos got a face in the movieit drives us mad, he remarked .
For hundreds of performers, bit-part participates, costume-dwellers, and droids, be contained in Star Wars in 1977 was the moment that would chassis their livesthey were granted immortality.
While Harrison Ford was catapulted onto the Hollywood -Alist, pretty much everyone else has succumbed to the profitable enticement of the Star Wars convention circuit.
And were not just talking about Luke and Leia. Scores of actors “whos” disguised by helmets, prosthetics, face concealments, and voice-overs nearly 40 years ago can still pull in six-figure annual carry on the world circuitall they have to do is been demonstrated and sign their names.
With so many fan dollars up for grabs, and so many actors jostling for access, dont underestimate the ability of the dark side.
Theres quite a lot of politicking, Paul Blake, who played Greedo, illustrates in the mind-boggling new documentary Elstree 1976 .
The film focuses on the lesser brightness in the Star Wars family and how “peoples lives” have unfolded since that long hot English summer at Elstree Studios merely north of London. Many of them are still cleaved to the breast of the George Lucas empire.
Angus MacInnes, who played an X-wing aviator known as Gold Leader, said he was initially reluctant to cash in at the conventions. When I firstly went to them I conceived these people are going to be so bizarre, he added. And some of them were!
Like many of my honourable colleagues, the Canadian actor soon accepted that it was worth sitting at a fold-out table and signing your reputation if multitudes of Star Wars geeks were willing to hand over wads of cash in exchange.
He says there is a clear hierarchy among the actors, who are infuriated that “the mens” in masks often attract the most attention. My appearance is in the movie, everyone whos got a face in the movieit drives us mad, he said.
I wasnt a fleck on the landscape, I was in shot, the actor told The Daily Beast. If you are uncredited it doesnt mean you werent in the film.
Lyons was actually in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope twice: You peek him at the edge of one shot as a medal bearer, and then he is visualized beneath a helmet in the backdrop of another background playing a Massassi Temple Guard.
He now does at least five Star Wars agreements a year, with looks as far gone as Japan. It got me out of the house doing pacts, he said.
The British actor commissions 15 ($ 23) to clue a photograph, 25 ($ 38) to signal a poster. Bit greedy of me, I must admit, he suggested. Some beings charge 10 fine, I accuse 15.
Lyons answers its not only the money, he adoration the opportunities to get away on the road and encounter devotees who lap up his legends of long lunches with Mark Hamill and that time he ended Kenny Baker taking a nap inside R2-D2.
It helped me a lot during my sadnes, he disclosed. His wife left him in 2007, after 18 years, and he told me he saw suicide many times. The Star Wars community was one of the things that obstructed him croaking, even if some of the more established performers look down on him: They get kind of jealous that youre taking some of the action.
Dave Prowse says hes not in it for the moneythats bullshit, remarked Lyons. But Im not.
Prowse is a bona fide Star Wars heavyweight even though neither his look nor his articulation appeared in any of the films. The former bodybuilding endorse was “the mens” within the Darth Vader suit in all three original movies.
While hitting the first movie, it was difficult to hear his West Country twang through the helmet on located and George Lucas explained that wasnt a problem as they would go into a studio and re-record the spokesperson afterwards. I naturally assumed it would be me, he said in Elstree 1976 . Unfortunately for me they couldnt have picked a better voiceover performer than James Earl Jones.
That hasnt stopped him becoming a regular on the route, however. I set Dave Prowse is Darth Vader on my autograph, “theyre saying” could you do Dave Prowse as Darth Vader?
He worsened. They would have been quite happy for[ Darth Vader] to have been namelessbut here I am now, he enunciated, although there have been a few snags along the way. Ive been are prohibited from the Star Wars Celebration weekends and Disney Star Wars articulate Im persona non grata.
Prowse belongs among the top echelon of Star Wars stars along with Carrie Fisher, Hamill, Baker, and Anthony Danielsthe man inside the C-3PO dres. John Chapman, who played an X-wing captain, told The Daily Beast that there was big bucks up for grabs. Ive sounded rumors that when they go to these conventions they come away with 15, 20 magnificent, he said.
Although Chapman was only an extra, he was persuaded to go along to a ratify by an aficionado who said he would be paid hundreds of dollars just for showing up.
There were these whisperings going around, John Chapman was only an extra, whats he doing here? he mentioned. I didnt feel better about it so I descent it.
I look at all these guys and they are only sign for a living, he told. I find it a bit sad.
Chapman, whose self-deprecating form constructs him the superstar of Jon Spiras Elstree 1976 , now tours British schools with workshops based around his own room investigate line mapping the escapades of Jonnie Rocket.
He jokes about the Elstree documentary putting him on the radar for the new movies despite his original screen look consisting of a loitering kill of the back of his head. I want to be in the next Star Wars movie. Get directed by J.J. Abrams. J.J. might like to see the back of my heading, he said.
Then again, that might be too much exposure for Chapman. To make sure I dont get recognised by eateries, I always sit with my back to the wall, he laughed.
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