#joe was sooooo fucking happy in this moment

[clairedaring]

I'm so happy.

MY STAND-IN (2024) | 1.03

[icallhimjoey]

hello! you are the the loveliest joe writer there is, i am astounded by your talent and how warm even the angsty fics make me. i have a looooong list of requests to one day send you but how about joe and reader settling into a newborn routine days after bringing their baby home 🥺 i’m feeling really broody atm sooooo 😚

oof girl, i dont want any kids, but the mental image of Joe with a newborn baby girl is DOING SOMETHING TO ME Wordcount: 1K

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Bonding

“My turn, my turn,” Joe said, waking himself up as he did, before you could even wake up enough yourself to tell him that it was his turn now.  

He had heard the baby squirm before you had, mostly because a couple of hours ago you had spent over two hours swaying her back and forth as she cried through awful newborn-baby-cramps. You were exhausted, but the little bursts of sleep that you were able to get, were all so light, you’d wake up if Joe inhaled sharply next to you.

And the baby blues had gotten you good. It had been a very tearful four days so far, and you weren’t sure you were geared up to carry all this new responsibility within this new role. You’d been mentally preparing to be a mother, with an actual human baby that you’d have to care for, but when you actually got to see her and touch her – a real like baby that looked like you? It was entirely too much for you to be able to process. That, and your nipples hurt. A lot. You know, amongst other things.  

Just the sight of your daughter sleeping could make you cry. Joe would ask, “Are they happy tears?” And you wouldn’t even know what the fuck was up, you just knew that whatever you were looking at overwhelmed everything and it snuck its way out of your system through tears.  

It also meant that Joe thought he was the one making you cry all the time – that he was just fucking up left right and center, making mistakes and doing everything wrong. He wasn’t, and he knew about the baby blues, about the sudden hormonal drop in your body, but in practice it was a little jarring that slamming the fridge door shut with a little too much force could make you burst into sobs.

If he’d come and find you at the sound of sobs to comfort you, you needed time alone. And then when Joe assumed you needed time alone, you would wail about why Joe wouldn’t be there to hold you.  

Joe had picked up your daughter from the cot that was placed on your side of the bed and took her out to change her diaper before he’d return to hand her over to you for a feeding. You could hear him coo at her in the other room, and you pushed yourself to sit up a little to be ready for her.  

You’d finally gotten the hang of it, and Joe had promised you he’d never sleep through a breastfeeding. The thought of him turning over and going back to sleep whilst you couldn’t do that, even though you wanted it more, didn’t sit right with him. You told him he didn’t need to do that, that he should get all the sleep he could get so that when you’d nap later, he would have enough energy to do dishes, and laundry, and to hoover the place because there was not a chance in hell you’d be doing any of those things yourself for at least a month.  

But he hadn’t skipped a breastfeeding yet. Joe would lean back against the headboard of your bed and pull you over into his chest a little, so you’d be able to rest your head onto his shoulder or into the crook of his neck. Preferably without a shirt on too, for some close skin-to-skin contact between the two of you. It made him feel like he was part of the process that way. It also gave him the best view and the first time she’d successfully latched onto you, he had stared at it in awe for the full duration of it. 

“Is it weird that I’m jealous of this?” he had said, and it had made you cry instantly. It was both the worst thing and the best thing he could’ve said.  

Joe just wanted to have a bonding moment like that with his baby too, and the way that nature seemed to have made all the bonding experiences solely for the mother had made him feel left out. You’d gotten to feel her squirm around in your stomach for months, and now got to sit with her and feed her the most important nutrients from your literal body.  

You’d been fast to tell him that you’d gladly share the responsibilities if you could, thinking back to the long nights where she’d kept you up kicking into your kidneys, and now, clamping down onto your nipples with so much force, it hurt too much for it to feel like a cute bonding moment between the two of you.  

Joe understood, but it didn’t make him mean his words less. So, he’d still sit up with and would just watch over your shoulder with warm, loving, half lidded tired eyes and if you thought about it long enough it would bring on stinging tears. Even if Joe was jealous that he didn’t get to bond with your baby the way that you automatically got to do, you were sure that your newborn daughter was jealous that you got to bond with her father with the way he involved himself during these moments.  

“Look at her,” Joe said from behind you, his head heavy on your shoulder as arm wrapped around the both of you, his hand cupping her little head as she drank.

“She’s perfect. We’ve created a perfect little girl,” “If I didn't know any better, I'd say you love her more than me,” you joked, wincing slightly at the hard suction on your nipple. “I'm sorry to break the news but I think I do,” Joe said, completely overtaken with love. You understood, because you felt the same. Joe kissed your shoulder, and then kept his lips there, comfortably pressed up against you.

After feeding, Joe couldn’t wait to grab her from your arms to hold her close, seeing if she would burp before swaying her back to sleep. As Joe stood at the end of the bed, your heart fluttered in your chest. There were so many things that absolutely sucked about being a parent to a newborn baby, but this view… this view? It was all you could ever ask for.

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[placeinthisworld]

Can I say it's so funny how when people think that Taylor was putting up a front and pretending to be happy when she was with Joe for six years, but don't see anything performative about her behaviour lately? Like, seriously? You think her natural state is smiling for the paps and the public at every opportunity? You think she'd engineer these moments if she wasn't specifically trying to prove something?

no like seriously. taylors always pulled the “i’m SO HAPPY RN IVE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER” in every relationship prior to joe and made it a point to publicize it. every relationship she’s had has been spewed on the front cover and joe was the only person that made that fucking difficult!! like i’m genuinely just so tired of the narrative always being about taylor’s dating life like. why is that only ever the thing that people talk about. why does she feed into this sooooo much???? like it’s funny bc we all know this will be a completely different story next year. we know how the story always changes after something goes wrong and she has to do damage control through song lyrics.

like it just makes me feel like i’m fucking crazy we are constantly seeing the same patterns and promoting strategies and her choose quantity over quality for everything bc she can get away with the bare minimum. like going to coachella just kinda solidified for me that she is in a constant cycle and it’s embarrassing lmao.

[elitehoe]

Houston AEW Dynamite + Rampage thoughts and reactions!!!

DYNAMITE

Samoa Joe vs Johnny Elite: JOHNNY ELITE AHHHHHHH as soon as we sat down he came out and we lost our shit like lost it fully I'm so happy about Johnny... I'm already planning matches out in my mind that I wanna see!! My brother and I knew Joe would win, but we still enjoyed Johnny's debut so damn much!! Hope Joe and Lethal have a match at DoN and end out this feud soon.

My nooj boi Rocky + best friends came out and I was probably the only one screaming in our section 🤦🏻‍♀️ ....

Matt and Matt's feral little brother feud is fucking coming *screaming at the top of my lungs* my brother isn't a Bucks stan like me so he was like ehh "hope they lose" 😂

CM PUNK 😭😭😭😭😭 I WAS SHAKING SO DAMN BAD WHEN CULT OF PERSONALITY CAME ON LIKE FULL ON SHAKING ALL MY PICS AND VIDS ARE SHIT CAUSE OF HOW BAD I WAS SHAKING

"ABORTION RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS" TSHIRT YESSSS MY PRO WOMEN + PRO CHOICE KING THANK YOU FOR THAT ❤️❤️ SENDING YOU LOVE

Konosuke Takeshita vs Hangman Adam Page: The second I was breathing the same air as CM Punk my brain went error 404. Then Konosuke came out and AHHHHHHH. HANGMAN IS EQUALLY AS PRETTY AS HE IS ON TV WOOOOOW HIS GEAR IN PERSON IS GORGEOUS!!! Babes I wanted to throttle myself into the ring and eat the pin so neither technically lost 😭. Konosuke did so damn good in that match and Hangman was darling as always!!!! My brother didn't know who Konosuke was, but he likes him now after that match! He was super impressed and I was so happy that he liked him!! We're both Hangy stans and were rooting for Hangy to win. So much more impressed with Konosuke after each match in AEW!! I also love that everyone else is loving him cause he deserves all of the love ok? Ok!!!

GTS FOR THE WIN 😳😳😳 HANGMAN BELOVED THAT WAS THE SEXIEST SHIT IVE EVER FUCKING SEEN 🥵 OH MY FUCKING GOD AND WHEN THEY CIRCLED AROUND EACH OTHER A BITCH ABOUT DIED

Also Houston fuck you and your CM Punk chants COWBOY SHIT ALL FUCKING DAY 😌😌😌

Swerve and Keith Lee vs Workhorsemen: The crowd reaction to Swerve and Keith 🤌🏻 IMMACULATE ENERGY IN THE ARENA. The match was great, the post match altercation *shaking in my seat* I was in the same room as Ricky Starks everyone shut up I'm having a moment!!! Christian my love if I wasn't with my brother I would've been acting a god damn fool over my favorite zaddy!! Fashion icon Hobbs 🥰 Jurassic Express entrance in person *chef's kiss* can't wait for the DoN match!! We knew Keith and Swerve were gonna fuck shit up!! Swerve's house and Bask In His Glory chants are 100/10 vibes!!!

Booing MJF in person was an astronomical vibe 100/10 will love to do again!!

Houston let his ass hear it tonight. Like damn he is sooooo good and I wanna cheer him, but I know he wouldn't really want me too cheer him so... Boo 👎🏻!

Wardlow 10 Lashes: I immediately went 😳😳😳 he came out shirtless let's start there bitch FROTHING AT THE MOUTH took every lash and FLEXXXING LAUGHING SMIRKING 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵 Wardlow in person got to be the most beautiful man I've ever seen what the fuck babe you're sculpted by every god!!! They all legit took their time on the creation of Wardlow!! My brother is a Wardlow stan AHHHHHH I really won today!!! Also Wardlow tits in person 🥵

WHAT THE FUCK IS UP SHAWN SPEARS MEET MY ASS OUTSIDE YOU LITTLE BITCH WE NEED YO HAVE A LONG TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID TO WARDLOW 🤬🤬🤬

ROPPONGI VICE VS FTR DEEEEEAAAAD SOPH LOST FUNCTION EYES ROLLED TO THE BACK OF MY HEAD ALMOST MOANED THAT MATCH IS GONNA BANG SO FUCKING HARD 😩😩

Kyle O'Reilly vs Rey Fenix: 100/20 exceeded all my expectations. We were in absolute awe of this match start to finish!!! My brother wanted KOR to advance I wanted Fenix so we had a little sibling argument about this mid show and we chanted against each other.. Great vibes tbh.

KYLE O'REILLY VS ADAM COLE IN THE OWEN CUP FINAL TO COMPLETELY JUMPSTART THE FALL OF THE UNDISPUTED POLYCULE?!?!??! THE POSSIBILITIES OH MY FUCKING LORD I CANT WAIT FOR DON!!!!!!!

Also I would very much love to see reDRagon vs Lucha Brothers TK if you could fan service me that, that would be greatly appreciated k? K love you!! 💕

Regal and Jericho face to face confrontation: EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP I GOT TO BREATHE THE SAME AIR AS HIS LORDSHIP WILLIAM REGAL LIFE IS COMPLETE I FEEL OKAY UNALIVING NOW *kidding of course 😶*

JON MOXLEY WAS IN THE SAME ROOM AS ME IM NEVER LETTING THAT GO 🥺🥺❤️❤️ also everyone who hates the wild thing theme fuck you that shit bangs!!!

When Eddie Santana and Ortiz popped up I legit forgot how to breathe my soul left my body and I know I was screaming but I wasn't coherent enough to actually hear myself screaming...

No Yoots cause he's in Japan for Best Of The Super Jr so 🥺 but 😆 I STILL GOT TO SEE MY BELOVED BLACKPOOL POLYCULE ❤️❤️

Fuck Chris Jericho that is all

WHAT chants for his lordship??!? WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS WRONG WITH YALL?!?! This pissed me off tbh...

WHEN HE CALLED DANIEL GARCIA FLOWER I ALMOST DROPPED TO THE FUCKING FLOOR

TK should fan service me and book Bryan vs Eddie before DoN let them fight it out pls!!

BLACKPOOL POLYCULE VS JAS AT DoN GOD DAMN BITCH THAT IS GONNA BE A FUCKING TREAT!! Lowkey wanted the Stadium Stampede tho Mox baby that would've been legendary ok but I'm happy I'm getting the match either way soooo.. Yea..

Britt Baker vs Maki Itoh: We thought it would be Athena cause it was Houston... But I wasn't disappointed just sad cause I wanted my girl in aew. I adore the Joshi tho so Maki was a welcomed surprise for me!! Overall Maki and Britt had a great match!! Really interested in seeing what they're gonna do with Maki I've seen she's supposed to be in the states for a while!!

TONI TIME TONI TIME TONI TIME TONI TIME can confirm Toni Storm is just as gorgeous in person as she is on tv!!!

Schiavone ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Serena Deeb was talking her shit!!! When she called out Dustin AHHHHHHHHHHHH and slapped him TELL ME RIGHT NOW SHE WOULDN'T BE A PHENOMENAL ADDITION TO BCC SHE HAS A SLAPPING KINK LIKE THE WHOLE POLYCULE!!!!

THUNDER ROSA MY FUCKING BELOVED AEW WOMEN'S CHAMPION MI REINA LA MERA MERA MI CAMPEONA!!!!

Serena meet my ass outside for hurting Rosa 😤

No seriously Serena Deeb vs Thunder Rosa is gonna be a phenomenal ass match and I wouldn't mind them extending the feud after DoN!!!!

Also also also TK give me the mixed tag!! Rosa and Dustin vs Serena and partner of her choice GIVE IT TO ME NOOOOOOW ANTONY

Jeff Hardy vs Adam Cole: We had Adam winning due to Bucks interference... JEFFERY NERO HARDY I just about fainted seeing Jeff!! Hearing the Hardy Boyz song doing the lil dancey dance with Jeff *INCOHERENT SCREAMING* that was ASTRONOMICAL 1000/10 RECOMMEND. Adam attacking Jeff like the evil rat he is. Severe disappointment from both my brother and I when we didn't get Adam Cole's entrance... But Adam did fan service the crowd by doing baybay mid beating the shit out of Jeff xd so thank you rat babe ilysm ❤️❤️ !! Main event was too short for my liking 😩

BUCKS VS HARDYZ IS FUCKING COMING IM FROTHING AT THE FUCKING MOUTH IM SCREAMING DYING PASSING OUT SHITTING MYSELF TAKING A PUFF FROM MY INHALER

NICK JACKSON AND I BREATHED THE SAME AIR 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I GOT TO SEE MY BUCKY BOI'S OH MY GOD Y'ALL DONT UNDERSTAND HOW I FELT I WAS SHAKING LITERALLY SHAKING AND HYPERVENTILATING CAUSE I WAS SEEING MATT AND NICK MY FAVORITE BITCHY BABYGIRLS 💖💖

And yes besties Matt Jackson's hair is just as pretty in person as it is on tv 💖 I love my milf Matty J 💖

My brother does not like the Bucks so we had entirely different reactions 😂 he got happy once Darby and Sting came out tho so good for him I guess... I was too busy foaming at the mouth over Matt and Nick to really notice his reaction.

Also Nick Jackson's hair is also prettier in person than it is on tv like seriously I need the number to the person who dyes his hair!! !!

I GOT TO SEE MATTS PHAT ASS IN THOSE WHITE SHORTS 🥵🥵🥵 I SUPPORT NICK JACKSON WEARING PINK THOSE ARE MY RIGHTS 🥵🥵🥵

RAMPAGE

WHEN THE LIGHTS TURNED OFF FOR THE HOB ENTRANCE I PASSED AWAY SAW THE OTHER SIDE AND RESURRECTED HOLY SHIT

House of Black entrance in person is such a fucking experience I want you all to experience that!!!

House of Black vs Fuego Del Sol, 10 and Evil Uno: OH MY FUCKING LORD BRODY KING SEES FUEGO AND GOES 'I need to obligate this twink' HOLY SHIT BRODY DEMOLISHES FUEGO EVERY SINGLE TIME. Uno and Brody was HOSS AS FUCK holy shit MALAKAI BEING FUCKING MALAKAI AND ON MY GOD I WANTED TO PASS OUT. Also happy birthday spooky dutch daddy I love you 🖤 !!! Respectfully Mr Buddy Matthews sir all I was looking at was your TIDDIES those are the nicest TIDDIES I've ever fucking seen WOOOOW. Also Buddy did the CERO MIEDO AND I LOST ALL SANITY. MALAKAI I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT US TO OBJECTIFY YOU BUT HOLY MOTHER OF FUCKING CHRIST WAS I SALIVATING!!! Malakai looks fucking delicious in person. Hard to focus on the match when HOB was walking around looking beautiful as fuck. No but really we both wanted HOB to pick up the win and god damn we're we so in awe of this match!! It was amazing!! This was 1000% my holy shit match I was completely mesmerized!!!

WAKE THE FUCK UP WE'RE GETTING DEATH TRIANGLE VS HOUSE OF BLACK AT DOUBLE OR NOTHING BABES OH MY GOOOOOOD LORD

THE TOMBSTONE WITH THE HOUSE OF BLACK AND DOUBLE OR NOTHING CHIP GLORIOUS

Penta is 😍😍 Rey Fenix is 💖💖 PAC is 🥵🥵🥵 and Alex was there... No I'm kidding I love Alex ❤️

Shawn Spears vs Big Damo: Gonna be honest besties did not know who the fuck this was at first but then it finally clicked and I was like OOOOH OK. Didn't really care for this match... I wanted to see Shawn get his ass beat for what he did to Wardlow! I really liked Shawn's post match promo about Wardlow being Superman and him being the Giant Killer. That steel cage match next week is gonna be so fucking sick can't wait to see it!!!

DESTINATION UNKNOWN RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY SOHO 😱😱😱😱 My brother LOOOOOVES Ruby and was wearing her shirt so he was so incredibly happy to see her and y'all know Ruby is my girl!!

Kris Statlander vs Red Velvet: We were both pulling for Kris!! GALACTIC ICON KRIS STATLANDER MY BELOVED I HOPE YOU HAVE FUN BEATING RED VELVET'S ASS OK LOVE YOU 💕💕 such a good ass match... However the crowd pissed me off cause they were chanting dumb shit during the match and it was so incredibly annoying!! Really killed my vibe 🙄🙄🙄 so happy Kris advanced tho!!

RUBY RUBY RUBY SOHO COMING TO KRIS STATS RESCUE AND ANNA JAY COMING TO RUBY'S RESCUE AHHHHHH I LOVE WOMEN 🥰🥰🥰

TK I'mma need you to run Anna Jay vs Jade Cargill back please and thank you kind sir GIVE IT TO ME!!!

Men of the Year promo: Wow this was the first time they didn't make me physically fucking nauseous... But can we please fucking end this feud and let Scorp have a good reign as TNT champ?!?? Also Scorp and Kaz please give us an SCU reunion at the California show!!!

HOOKHAUSEN WORKOUT VIDEO WAS ABSOLUTELY FUCKING GOLDEN I WAS GIGGLING LIKE A CHILD THAT VIDEO WAS EVERYTHING TO ME!!!! Also Tony Nese disrespectfully sir my eyes were on your tiddies and your tiddies are 🤤🤤 HOOKHAUSEN RIGHTS ARE MY RIGHTS

ITS TIME FOR THE MAIN EVENT AHHHHHHHHHH

Blackpool Polycule want another son together ❤️❤️ Dante baby come join the fam!! Matt basically said Dante needs a loving and peaceful life not one full of violence. Bryan says he loves peace and violence and that their first son is thriving in the violent but loving atmosphere of the polycule sooooo.... Matt is invalid as fuck and he will steal Dante!!! 😡 Added that last part myself that didn't really happen but like it could... So!!

WILLIAM REGAL ON COMMENTARY AHHHHHHH

Bryan Danielson and Jon Moxley vs Matt Sydal and Dante Martin: This was my brothers match of the night and that's totally valid cause it was fucking phenomenal. DANTE IN BLACKPOOL POLYCULE WHEN??!? I was on the edge of my sit all fucking match!! Ok ok ok so where we were sitting I had the best view on Mox back and y'all all know I'm a slut for that man's back 🥵🥵 also heel Bryan is beloved and I would let him do sadistic things... These were my internal thoughts as I was trying not to be a fucking menace in front of my bro, but like I should've cause he was practically begging for Hookhausen all night ... Anyways back to the match!! Air Dante is my fave Dante 😱😱😱 MOX UNALIVED MATT HOLY FUCK!!! BRYAN AND MOX WANT THIS CHILD SO BAD THEY'RE BEATING THE SHIT OUT MATT FOR HIM. We knew BCC would win but damn did we think Dante had the win at some points. You could 100% see that Dante got Bryan's Respect and Bryan was basically drafting the adoption papers in his head!!

Hopefully we see a knew BCC member soon or maybe not idk but I would love to see Dante in BCC since we couldn't get Daniel Garcia cause Jericho wanted him 🙄 .

Post match brawl OH MY GOD REGAL WAS FUCKING SHIT UP YOU GO KING!!! I WAS TOTALLY REACTING NORMAL TO THAT DEFINITELY NOT SCREAMING MY LUNGS OUT NOOO NEVER!! Eddie beloved he was fucking everyone up, my brother said and I quote "Eddie fights like he has actual real life beef with you" and that's so vaild cause he truly fights like his life depends on it. So much happened in this segment holy fuck it was exquisite!! 🤌🏻🤌🏻

Ok so Bryan's leg got stuck between the ramp and the ring during the brawl. Which TK needs to now abandon the whole ring and ramp connection cause they were trying to get him unstuck for like 10 minutes. Bryan looked like he was in a lot of pain and at first we thought it was part of the story, but Mox was pretty heated about it so... Once they finally got him unstuck, by pushing the ring away, Bryan got up and put his hands out to us to signal he was okay, which was relieving!!! He did limp away though and they continued the story as best as they could.... I don't know how much of this will be on tv since it was after the main event, so I wanted to fully recap it for y'all. I hope Bryan is okay and I'm sending him healing vibes ❤️❤️ !!

STUFF THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN SHOW BREAKS... KINDA IN ORDER... KINDA NOT...

Justin does not get enough credit for keeping the crowd into the show during the commercial breaks and show changes!!

This is my official I appreciate Justin Roberts statement cause I appreciate Justin Roberts!!! ❤️

Houston adored one of the I believe security or backstage people, his name was Bob ❤️ we love Bob and claimed him as ours! During breaks Justin had lots of fun with the crowd and Bob, Bob and his son Bob Jr also had a match... A best of 3 rock paper scissors match BOB WON AND IT WAS AWESOME!!

BOB CHANTS HOUSTON LOVES BOB ❤️

TK HAS BEEN SO ADORABLY AWKWARD AND I NEED HIM TO STOP BECAUSE I REFUSE TO FEEL THINGS FOR HIM I REFUSE I FUCKING REFUSE

The Lord and savior Antony Khan himself came out and was really cute and sweet nice and thanked us for being there. He also said he doesn't come out after every show but he had to cause we were being an awesome crowd 😂 TK babe we've seen the post show videos it's okay to admit you come out to thank the crowd!!! He said he loved the Houston energy and can't wait to be back again to deliver our great wrestling city more amazing wrestling!! Also went down a list of iconic wrestling matches that happened in Houston, that man is an actual wrestling sponge. I don't know how he remembers all of that shit but he does!!

King if you love us so much give us a PPV we proved tonight we would adore it, it was a packed crowd start to finish and the energy was electric TK... Love... Babe.... Antony... Give Houston a PPV soon... K that is all love you ❤️

THE ACCLAIMED AND THE ASS BOYS CAME OUT JUST BEFORE RAMPAGE STARTED

I've lived to see a Max Caster rap life is truly soooo fucking great byeeee I have a vid of his rap but my ugly ass voice is in the background 🙄

Austin and Colton mistaked us for Austin then Dallas and then Mr Ass himself Billy got it right also no Bowens which was 💔 but I've seen that his boyfriend confirmed that he had knee surgery so sending healing vibes and prayers to him!!! ❤️❤️

I adore the acclaimed and the Ass Boys ok ok ok

My brother was disappointed we didn't get to see Hookhausen and I was too... So when the Ass Boys came after Rampage to call out Danhausen for starting the Ass Boys stuff. WE FUCKING ACTED A WHOLE ASS FOOL FOR THIS STRAIGHT UP JUMPING UP AND DOWN SCREAMING FOR HOOKHAUSEN

They were ganging up on Danhausen CM PUNK CAME OUT AHHHHHHH THEN HOOOOOOOOK CAME OUT AHHHHHHHHHH they did their thing with the Ass Boys. Punk did GTS on Austin and Hook put Colton in Redrum which as they should cause no one hurts Danhausen and gets away with it!!! OH MY GOD CM PUNK EMPTIED OUT HIS WALLET FOR DANHAUSEN TO HAVE LOTS OF MONIES AND HOOK WANTED DANHAUSEN TO SHARE AND HE DID GIVE HOOK SOME OF HIS MONIES !!!!!!!! We lost our shit for that by the way like completely fucking lost our shit

FINAL THOUGHTS

And that was all babes overall 10000/10 experience holy fuck what a show start to finish god damn my ass was THRIVING the energy was IMMACULATE!! I truly can't wait for the next Houston show!! Also for this being my first ever wrestling show it was truly the greatest time ever and my brother had the best time. We talked all day about wrestling and like wow wow wow do we fucking ramble for hours! Also I do not have a voice after tonight. Wrestling social media is a toxic ass place, but actually being in the arena with wrestling fans is a special experience I promise you that babes!!! If aew is in your city 100% recommend you go!! Okkk I love y'all byeeee 💕💕 !!!

[deakydeaky]

Can you do a Joe proposing to you type of thing? He's like planning and getting a ring and stuff please? Thank you☺

(A/N: alright lets fuck it up, also please continue to send me shit thanks❤️)

Joe planning:

Joe knew from the moment he met you that he could marry you

It was all about time though. There had been a lot happening to him in the last few years and you two hadn’t been together together for very long

But he still knew that you were the only one he wanted

Joe had spent months looking for rings, and I mean months. He would be looking during all of his free time

It was funny how weird he was acting because you thought something was happening but you knew Joe, and he wasn’t that type of guy

When Joe found the ring, all he needed was the perfect moment. He kept the ring on him all of the time

He then got tired of waiting for the perfect moment and made it

He made dinner, lit the candles, placed the mood, everything. But, then he got called into work, you got super sick and it was a mess of a night

After that he thought planning it out wasn’t great and asked the other what he should do because he was so unsure

He tried to drop hints about things to see when he could pop the question

“So, uh, our anniversary is coming up. Anything you’ve been, I don’t know, thinking about?” He would ask when you were making them breakfast

“No, is there anything you want to do? Because I’d be okay for a day where it’s just us.” You would smile at him

“I would too. But are you sure you can’t think of anything. A neckless? Or a ring perhaps?” He would wrap his arms around your waist from behind and out his head in your shoulder

“Joe if you’re asking me for a gift idea just say so.”

Joe thinking maybe an anniversary proposal would be too cheesy

A few weeks after your anniversary he decided that he was going to throw a small party and ask you there. Around both of your friends and some family

During the party things were going the way he wanted. The food wasn’t done in time, everyone kept going out for more alcohol and no one could stay in one place

At some point Tyler asked where he was and you went looking to find him in the bedroom. He rubbed his eyes with the palms of his hands when you sat next to him

“Is something wrong? You seem upset.”

“No, I’m not upset I’m just- I’m trying so hard to make something perfect. I want it to be perfect, for you, because you deserve it, you deserve the perfect moment.”

“Every moment with you is perfect.”

“I’m glad you said that.” He took the box out of his pocket and opened it, getting on one knee.” Will you do me the honor of marrying me?” You we’re completely shocked, like this was not where you thought this was going

“Oh my god yes!” You said before kissing him

Planning the wedding/parties:

You want your anniversary date to stay the same so you decided that you want to have the wedding fast and on that day

You two planned most of it together. The food, the band, where it would be at

You and Lucy planned your bride stuff, along with a few other friends

The guys tried their best to help but weren’t helping at all

You guys chose the basic things like a full Italian course, a big wedding cake, loads of friends there, something that was big but personal

You and your friends went dress shopping along with the boys

On day Roger and Brian came along just to give opinions

You could have sworn you would cry when you saw them looking at you in a dress

“Absolutely gorgeous.” They would comment

It was the day that the most people came for just what you thought would be a few dresses try on day

But, when the wrong dress was grab, you still tried it on, just for fun

When you walk out the gasps were amazing. You looked in the mirror and wanted to cry

“This is it. This is the dress.” You put your hand on your stomach.” I’m getting married. Holy shit.” The others would laugh

The wedding:

You had never been so nervous yet so calm. You were nervous because something could go terribly wrong but you were calm because you were marrying the love of your life

The bridesmaids and you all got ready, your best friend doing your hair and makeup with you

You wanted this to just so smoothly, and have it be the best day no matter what. Then again marrying Joe? You wanted nothing more

At some point you really needed a minute. It was like it was all hitting you and everyone around you was fine. When you went out to the halls of where you were staying you ran into Joe, also kid getting ready

“Hey, are you okay? Cold feet?”

“Never. I just can’t believe today is the day.” You would laugh as your hands shook

“We will do whatever you want to do.”

“I want to marry you, today, and if there were a priest right next to us I would ask him to do it.” You both laughed.” I just- I want this day to be...”

“Yeah, yeah me too.”

After that you were set. You went back to the room, started up music, drank with your friends, all of it.

After you were ready the boys came to see you, all of them almost in tears

“You look beautiful. Absolutely just- god.”

“Ben, please, it’s my wedding day, they can’t find out about us like this.” You would say as you walked next to them

“You do look great Y/N.” Rami would commented

“And even Joe looks really good! It’s going to be a perfect wedding.”

You would get walked down the isle by whoever(if you didn’t have someone Ben would do it, fight me)

And after they everything was perfect

The after party was even better. The food was amazing, you watched your friends get drunk, Gwil surprisingly turn into a total flirt when drunk, people dance around, the whole lot

The best part of the night was Joe’s speech

“This is to the bride, my wife. Wow, my wife. I can’t even believe I get to call her that, I mean look at her, who wouldn’t want her as a wife. I just wanted to say this day has been everything to me, I’ve loved every minute of it. And I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you, Y/N. I don’t think a day goes by that I don’t fall more in love with you, and I can’t wait to finish this life with you. I love you Mrs. Mazzello. So please join me in raising a glass, to my wife.”

You were in tears, happy tears, and you couldn’t believe those words he just told you. You were truly in love and had never been happier

Bonus! Honeymoon:

You went to Italy, shocker right? But you had a not been once and that’s where you two wanted to be as newlyweds

You stayed out all night

Drank and ate so much food you both could have passed out each night

Had breakfast outside on the patio, over looking the place you stayed in

Took sooooo many pictures

S E X

Flirted like you two just started dating

Took midnight walks, midnight dinners, went skinny dipping, help each other home when drunk

“You are the prettiest girl on the whole wide world.”

“Thank you Joey.”

“No I- I mean that shit! Not just because your my wife, it’s ten times hotter because you’re my wife.”

“You are so drunk.”

“Off of love.” He say because he started to sing Love of My Life

Went to a lot of places like museums and restaurants

Drank champagne just about every night and morning because you loved it and always saw it in movies

Sang Queen around Italy

Rented a boat just for you two to try and drive

Over all spent all of the time you could together and made a lot of memories from it

[we-always-hit-our-ass]

Flyboy (Floyd Talbert x Female! Reader)

this is my first fanfic, like EVER.  and i really wanted to write for Band of Brothers for a really long time now. sooo here’s my best shot at it. an i know this trope has been done a lot buuuut i can’t help myself. i hope i did well on my first ever fanfic

Description- It’s been a while since you had the time to enjoy yourself, and you finally get to spend it with the boys at the Currahee Party. As the night goes on, the boys decide you had a little too much fun after making a bet with Joe Toye. On the journey back to the barracks, you drunkenly slip out a few words to a certain guy you have your eyes on. 

Words- about 3.7k (oh wow)

Warnings- intense drinking, and vulgar language(i mean… it’s the Easy boys) rest is just fluff an two idiots fallin for each other ig <3

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Adrenaline rushes through your veins, and you couldn’t help yourself from smiling the whole way down to the building where the party was gonna be held. You spent your time making sure you looked good. 

Hopefully good enough to catch that boy’s attention… Ever since you met him at Camp Toccoa, all of your thoughts were occupied by who other than Floyd Talbert. 

The way he looked in his PT uniform, his God-awful jokes, and that goofy smile of his. Any woman would have to be mad to turn Floyd Talbert down.

You two would joke like no tomorrow, and some of the Easy Company men would say that you two would make a good couple (to both of you guys’ embarrassment, but you two lowkey kind of like it).

 You don’t really hang out with him as much as yo, Liebgott, Bill, and Frank do, sadly. But you both made sure to make the moments you two spend together last.

He was like an angel, and he never fails to make your day just a tad bit brighter. No matter how many times Sobel punishes you, if you get to his cute face or hear his sweet voice, guess what? Everything else but him doesn’t seem to matter anymore.

It was understatement that thinking of him led you to getting into trouble by Sobel.  How many times did he make you run up that fucking hill just because you were distracted by some annoying, pissy, and undeniably cute bastard? 

You gave up on keeping track after the fifth time.

No matter how many times you try to push him out of your head, he somehow keeps crawling back.  You just wished that he would see you more than his best friend. And that was the one thing you hated about yourself… 

But this night wasn’t about him. Oh no, this is the night where you finally get off Camp Toccoa and escape Sobel’s never ending complaints.  You finally got the jump wings you and you’re boys deserved. 

After this, you’re gonna fight at Normandy and you're gonna show America the greatest soldier in existence. But it couldn’t hurt to catch his eye at this party tonight. Sooooo... 

You dressed to impress.

You made damn sure that everything about was absolutely perfect. Some light makeup to highlight your key features and to make your lips and (E/C) eyes pop. You decided to leave your (H/L) hair down and to slightly curl your (H/C) locks. 

The day you wouldn’t be soldiers’ eyes with the way you looked tonight was the day hell would freeze over. The way you looked tonight and you couldn’t help but be flattered when the boys whistled and complimented you on your look.

“Golly (Y/N), who are you tryna impress tonight? And oh Lord, please tell me it’s not Sobel.” Perconte jokes at you, wrapping an arm around your soldiers.

“Relax, relax, you sure as hell know it isn’t Sobel. I’m doing this for myself.” You throw your subtle lie at Perconte while nudging his arm off.

“You see boys, this is where I call bull. No matter how many times we go to bars, not one time, not ever have you ever put in this much effort.” 

“Shut up Perco, I never put effort because I know I already look good. Unlike a certain someone I know.” 

Your (E/C) eyes drift over to Perconte’s and you decide to lightly ruffle his hair before you jokingly punch his arm. Even though you were smiling, you were, in all honesty, a nervous wreck inside. The cogs and gears in your brain kept turning and, damn, was it giving you a headache. 

You were trying really hard to catch his eye tonight, and you weren’t going to let this opportunity slip by your fingers so easily. Fingers nervously patted down your uniform for any creases. Your arms reached to adjust the hell out of your hat. 

You twirled your strands of (H/C) hair on your fingers out of nervousness. Lastly, you decide to fix the tan skirt that hugged your legs ever so nicely. The pads of your fingers were turning ghostly white from how hard you were gripping the ends of your blazer. 

Huffing out in exasperation, you decide to run your hands to smooth down your uniform for what seemed like ages.Joe, like the older brother that he is to you, walks over like he somehow notices your nervousness.

Steady arms wrap against your shoulders as he pulls you to his side. His eyes glance over at your anxious face before starting to speak. 

“Hey c’mon, doll, what’cha nervous for? You look beautiful enough, I mean it. Now stop fussing over your clothes or else you won’t have hands before we even get to Normandy.” 

Joe’s words reassure you and you look up and stare ahead at the dirt road in front of you.

“God! When I’m done, my liver’s gonna shut down,” Guarnere states loudly, cigarette between his lips and arms reaching over to pull you and Perco close to him. 

“And both of you assholes better make sure the replacement that comes afterwards comes just as close as being as hot as me!”

A breathy laugh escapes your lips at Guarnere’s words, the beam in your eyes never leaving since Easy Company got the news that there would be a party just for them. With good food, no Sobel getting annoyed for no valid reason, and beer.

Lots, and lots, and lots of beer.

 And that was what caught all of Easy Company’s attention.

“Not on my watch Billy-boy. Wouldn’t want a freshman who could only aim his piss instead of his shot to replace Ol’ Gonorrhea! Don’t you think so (Y/N)?” 

Perconte’s eyes turn to you, lips pulling upward into a smirk.

“Well in that case, I wouldn’t mind if some newbie replaces Old Faithful over there.” 

You joke, making sure to raise your eyebrows and to look at Bill to look at his reaction.

“C’mon (Y/N), I bet you only want that because you don’t want competition!”

 He shows off his famous eat-shitting grin while he nudges your arm slightly.

 “I swear on my life that I could be dancing, spinning, and reciting three passages from the Bible, and I could still shoot a Kraut from 1000 feet better than you.”

“You talk a lot of shit for a sober man, Guarno.” 

Finally making it to the building. Bill opens the door and you, Perconte, and Liebgott walk inside.Your eyes were met by all of the Easy Company getting absolutely wasted. 

You even quickly lost count of how many men were downing glass after glass and how many men were already halfway to heaven. Shouts and cheers filled the air and your once anxious mood dissipated at an instant. 

You turn your head to look at your buddies before Bill cracked a smile.

“Try not to die before me, alright you pricks?”

Rolling his eyes, Joe flicks Bill’s forehead and you chuckled for a few good seconds. 

“No promises Bill.” 

Bill smacks your’s and Joe’s heads before walking over to sit at an empty seat with Bull. 

Frank leaves the doorway to saunter over to Johnny. Joe flashes a quick grin and gives you a pat on the back before quickly joining Bill and sitting at another empty seat at the table. 

A smile tugged at your lips as you spotted two of your best friends at the bar.  Walking briskly to the surprisingly not the occupied bar, you throw a smile at Toye and a wink at George, who gladly returns it.

“Now tell me (Y/N), how much money are ya willin’ to bet that I could drink more rounds of beers than you?” 

You scoff loudly as you smack Toye’s shoulder.

“Are you kidding? I could drink three times as much as you can Toye. So unless you’re planning to lose good money, then I suggest you drop this.”

“5 bucks, (L/N), take it or leave it.”

“I’m not stupid enough to pass up a bet that I know I’m winning. Count me in Toye, but you’re gonna regret this.”

The glare he gave you made you burst out laughing and after recovering you gave your attention to George. You lean over the counter to put your hand on George’s shoulder while beaming him a cheeky smile.

“Alright Georgie, you heard us. You’ll be the judge, okay? Now hurry up and pour us our drinks, I'm looking forward to a real nice hangover in the morning.” 

“Aye aye, private.”

Plopping back down to your seat, your eyes wandered across the room and, boom, there he was in all of his glory. Floyd Talbert, stealer and breaker of hearts. 

Your stare lingers for what seems like days and you can feel the blood rushing to your cheeks. My God, you could never get enough of him, no matter what you may push yourself to think. 

He was already a bit tipsy, you observed. Slowed down movements, slurred speech, and rosy cheeks. All of a sudden those beautiful chestnut eyes of his met your (e/c) ones. 

You could’ve sworn that his face was getting redder after you two made eye contact.

 You were sure that yours was. 

The world kind of started to slow down, and it felt that you and Floyd were the only people in that room. His goofy smile made you return one of your own while the world continued to dance around you.

 You were hypnotized by Floyd, there was no other explanation.

 Little did you know that he was feeling the same.

Not wanting your little encounter to be awkward, you decided to give him a demure smile while raising your hand to wave at him. You giggled like a schoolgirl when you saw him waving back at you, glass of beer still in his hand. 

Almost forgetting about your bet with Toye, you suddenly yelped when Joe came to tap on your shoulder.

“Yoo-hoo, earth to (L/N)? Don’t tell me that you’re drunk already, though i’m not complaining. I’ll be all too happy to get 5 bucks from you.”

Joe smirked as he watched you recollect yourself from your flustered state, failing to come up with sentences and only managing to stammer words that didn’t make sense.  Joe laughs before rubbing your shoulders to help you calm down a little. The clinking of glasses on the wooden surface causes you to look up at George.

“Two beers for the lovely couple, now just call me up if ya need more. Or throw your glass at me, either one works.”

After throwing a light glare at George you face Joe, who smirks at you, thinking that you’ll be done after two glasses. 

Well he’s wrong, cause you know you can handle more than two glasses. 

“Good luck.”

“I don’t need it Joey. No need for luck when I know I’m going to win.”

George then counted down from…

“One…”

“Two…” 

“Three…”

“Go!”

And as soon as George shouted those words from his lips, you and Toye rushed to get your drinks and down them as fast as you can. George couldn’t even see your arms move for your glasses. 

You quickly brought the cool glass to your mouth and downed the liquid like your life depended on it.  It burned as it went down your throat, but you could care less. You just needed fun and those five bucks tonight.

When you finished you slammed the glass hard on the table, so hard that you feared you could’ve left a dent on the wooden counter. You slammed back your empty glass about the same time Joe did. 

You both desperately called out for George and George hurried over to take your cups and refill them.

“Didn’t think you’d make it this far, Joey.” You directed at him a teasing grin and were met by a playful roll of his eyes.

George came as fast as he could and slammed the two glasses in a similar manner as he did before. Like before, you and Joe rushed for your glasses and heaved them up faster than light. 

Soon a crowd started to form around the two of you. The bar suddenly became louder than before and your adrenaline burst through the roof. However, now that Floyd was in the crowd, you couldn’t help but burn up again. (E/C) eyes flickered over the crowd, searching for him. 

When your eyes finally landed on him, you couldn’t be more surprised when he was already staring at you.  The slamming of the glasses caught your attention and you proceeded to gulp the amber liquid.

Round after round of beers, you started to feel lightheaded. The lights seemed to blind you and the pounding your head was only made worse by the cheers and shouts of the crowd around you.  You would be lying if you said you weren’t drunk. Images were blurry and sounds weren’t as clear as they were supposed to be.You could barely make out any sentences or words that anyone was saying. 

Mumbled words and incoherent sentences passed by your lips, and you could barely look straight ahead without seeing double. You swear you were on your 30th glass of beer…  You looked over at Joe and he didn’t seem to be better than you were.

“Alright kiddos, last round. You two don’t look so good.” George muttered, or at least that’s what you think he did.

The redundant sound of the glass slamming on to the wood barely registered in your mind before your whole head became too heavy for your neck to support. The last thing you felt was your forehead making hard contact with the wooden surface of the bar counter. 

The last thing you heard was the crowd yelling and your friends shouting for someone to help you.

The last thing you saw were those beautiful chestnut eyes and softly tousled dark brown hair.

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You groaned as you felt your body being shaken and as your eyes slowly opened, you could start to make out gentle words being said in your direction.  Slowly but surely, you start to gain back your consciousness. 

The quiet was the first thing that hit you. The loud yelling and shouting and the clinking of glasses of beer seem to have disappeared. Suddenly you come to your senses that you’re not in the bar anymore. 

You swiftly turned your head around to see exactly where you were, but that only seemed to give you a headache. Groaning out, you raised your to feel something for support. 

“Don’t worry, (Y/N), I got you now.”

A sudden burst of energy went through you when you heard the voice. 

You, slowly now, turned your head to see who was talking to you. Your vision was still blurry, and the pounding in your head still hasn’t stopped.

“Joey- That you- no, no, no… Are you Percy? Perseus…? Oh! Perco… No. It doesn’t sound like you. Ahhh. You’re Guadamalarkey, I don’t know. That doesn’t seem right…” 

You called out a few names, but none of the names seemed to fit with the voice you just heard. You continued to slur and ramble incoherently, but you were stopped when the voice started again.

“You’re that drunk? Thought you could recognize me by now.”

Huh? Who’s he-

Oh.

OH.

“Flyboy? Is that you...?”

 “Jesus (Y/N), Flyboy? C’mon, we should get you to bed.”

“Yeeah.. Flyboy… Flyboy Tablets. Right?”

 You muttered quietly, still unknowingly clinging on to his crisp blazer. Floyd laughed, and there it is again. The blushing and the stammering.  Floyd didn’t really seem to notice though, as he was enraptured by your parted lips, glazed eyes, and the soft yet husky ramblings of your drunk self.

“Close enough, (Y/N). We really need to go get you to bed, okay?”

Soft, gentle circles were rubbed on your back, and it worked slightly enough to calm you down and to stop the dizziness and lightheadedness. Floyd picked you up gingerly from the dirt road you were sitting on for the past few couple of minutes.

He helped you get up, and you clumsily wiped off any dirt that was clinging on to your uniform.  Floyd had carefully put your arm over his shoulder and gingerly wrapped his other arm around your waist.

 A slight pink tinge appeared on his cheeks as he looked over at you. 

What he would do to kiss those lips of yours. He mentally scolded himself for thinking about you in that way while you were under the very, very heavy influence of alcohol at the moment. 

Floyd was taking his time when helping you walk. He kicked tiny rocks and pebbles out of the way to make sure you wouldn’t trip, and every time you would stumble he would put his arm in front of you, while his hand was tightly gripping on your blazer. 

After a few minutes of walking, you turned to him with your glazed (E/C) eyes and ever so slightly leaned in closer to him. You two stopped near the barracks, just outside of it really.

The sky was dark and stars were shining, it once again felt like they were the only people in the entire world.

“You know, Flyboy… I- I liked you ever since I saw you… Like.. l-like like, I suppose?”

Did he- Did he hear right?  Floyd knew he wasn’t as drunk as you, but he had to have been drunk enough to have had heard whatever you were saying.  There is no possible way that he had just heard you say those words correctly. 

His eyes widened and no amount of drinking could have made his cheeks burn red brighter than right now.  Floyd’s breathing slowly picked as he looked over at your disheveled, yet oddly cute and beautiful appearance. 

You were so, so, so close… 

Just one more inch and his lips would be touching yours.. But he controlled himself, and urged himself to listen to your slurred speech. 

“An- and- every time, every single goddamn time, I h-hung out with you... The feelings just got wor-worse… I really didn’t want to like yoooou.”

Oh yeah, he was definitely drunk.

“But I couldn’t stop… You know? I really like yo-you, Flyboy… I think I love you too.. Really love you… You just make me so happy and you could make me sm-sm…. Smile.”

You continued while smiling like an idiot, and Floyd was burning up by the second.

“No matter how many times that prick Sable curses at me, just o-one good look at you. My troubles are awaaaay..”

“You’re really drunk, (Y/N), you’re probab-”

“But I do! I really do, Flyboy…” 

You suddenly whined out, interrupting him. You knew what he was going to say, and you had to prove to him that you really did love him from the start. 

You were burning up so fast already. Whether from the alcohol or from your close proximity to Floyd, you really didn’t know. Floyd really didn’t know how to respond, but he thought that since you were drunk, whatever he’s going to say to you… You’ll forget it in the morning.

“(Y/N), I-I know you’re just drunk. And that you’ll forget this shitfest in the morning. But I actually lik-love you too. You’re so smart,” 

He says while caressing your (S/C) skin, leaving goosebumps where he touched.

“So beautiful and funny,” His fingers brushed over your parted lips and your breath hitched for the 100th time in this minute.

“And so fucking brave and kind.” Floyd quietly murmured, only intending for only him and you to hear.

 He looks up to your dazzling (E/C) eyes with his equally stunning chestnut ones. You stare at each other, and you could see nothing but warmth and pure, genuine love inside of his irises. 

He takes his time to examine your face again. You rest in comfortable silence, the only sounds you could hear were both Floyd’s and your heavy breathing.

“I don’t care if you’re gonna forget my words tomorrow… I just need to get it off my fucking chest… I love you. I love you so much (Y/N), and I literally don’t know what I’m going to do without you.. When I saw you looking like that, my heart burst…”

Now you knew you were really drunk, and you stood there in shock, stupefied reaction pasted over your face.

“Every time you’re talking with any of those guys. I just… I get so jealous, but I'm too much of a coward to let you know how I feel.”

How many times have you blushed or had your breath taken away because of this guy?  But he still continues, glancing up and down between your hands woven between his and your alluring (E/C) eyes. 

“You’re perfect to me, and fuck what anybody else says, ok? And I know you’ll just forget this in the morning bu-”

Without any thought crossing through your mind, you yanked on his tie and pulled him towards your face. 

Finally, finally! 

After months and months that turned into years of pining… You were finally kissing Floyd fucking Talbert. 

His wide eyes slowly closed as both of you melted in each other’s touch. His arm snaked around your waist so your chest was flush against his. He reached up, fingers following your jawline and slowly making its way to run its way through your disheveled (H/C) hair. 

The kiss was so tender, and you could’ve died right there on the spot. The lips you imagined kissing you all over were right there. You couldn’t help but want more.

You wrapped your arm around neck, and tilted your head slightly to deepen the kiss. (S/C) colored hands running through his short, soft hair, slightly pulling on the roots.

Truly, nothing else mattered, and you two were finally one.

As you two broke the kiss, your eyes slowly wandered up to meet his. You were entranced to see that he loved that kiss just as much as you did.

You two gasped for air and your chests were heaving up and down. 

Love was all you really felt right now. 

Drunk or not, you both really didn’t care. 

“I know I’m not going to forget this in the morning… Now will you shut up and kiss me again, Flyboy?”

And he did.

 Over, and over, and over again.

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“SEE I TOLD YOU SHE WAS TRYNA IMPRESS SOMEONE!”

“Shut up, Percy!”

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whoooo what a doozy, gonna write speirs next ;)))))

 btw sorry for any grammar/spelling mistakes or making any characters too OOC

5 bucks back then is like about 74-76 dollars today

[illfoandillfie]

ok take this: seaside rendezvous universe, Joe and y/n somehow get to add eachother on snapchat and the old dynamic is back almost immediately 🤠

omg thank you for requesting SR stuff because these two nerds are so much fun to write. Light smut ahead.

Okay so lets say the ski trip went really well. Like really well.  

Your friends and his friends kind of ended up spending a lot of time together just because you and joe wanted to spend time together

A lot of nights at the bar drinking and dancing, days on the ski slopes sometimes letting joe “teach you how to ski” (which is basically just an excuse for him to stand really close with his hands on your hips) sometimes racing him down the slope (you were both passably good at it but certainly not the best in the group)

And of course annoying all your friends with how much sex you were having (partly because you knew you didn’t have to hide it so you were a little careless about locking doors, partly because they were a little jealous)

But at the end of the week you know you have to go back to your own colleges and you wont be able to see him every day and that bums you out. But you have your deal so on the last day you swap numbers and emails and agree to keep in contact and see what happens.

And it works well enough. He texts you a lot during the day and sends you emails when bigger things happen that take longer to write about. Occasionally you talk on the phone too.

Gradually though you start adding each other on social media

It starts with Instagram, you were out with some friends and ended up stopping into this dessert café with a whole menu of lactose free ice creams that you knew was the sort of place Joe would like so you send him a link to the photos you posted on insta and he follows you and you start chatting on there regularly because its easier to send memes that way.  

And then he goes on a twitter rant and he knows you’ll agree with him so he shows you and you follow him there

And it’s really great, seeing these parts of his life and finding out new things about each other but the one downside is the lack of sex.

Sexting is weird and you kind of feel like a dickhead while you’re doing it and its never as good as everyone seems to say it is, and theres the worry you’ll send something to the wrong person

So you don’t really do anything with it. You might get off thinking about Joe and you assume he thinks about you but you don’t really talk about it

Until you and Bea are getting coffee one day and shes telling you about the guy shes been seeing and she mentions he’s away for the week visiting his family but they’ve been sending each other dirty shit on snapchat

And it blows your mind

So as soon as you get back to your room (and you’ve double checked you have the place to yourself) you pull out your favourite lingerie and send Joe a message to add you on snapchat 

He takes a minute because he has to redownload the app and try to remember his password but he eventually gets on

You dm him and ask where he is at the moment

He’s at home, chilling out, procrastinating

You send him the photo you just took

And he’s like completely blown away like sends you a bunch of heart eyes emojis and stuff

And then he asks if you have any more photos (👀)

“I might. Or maybe I could just do this instead” you open the video chat and he answers really fucking quickly.

Like dude didn’t even realise video chat was an option but he’s tapping answer literally the second he sees it and he’s fucking beaming at you

“Why the fuck didn’t we think of this earlier? I’ve been fucking typing out shit for how long now and I could’ve just been talking?”

“You are very good at talking. Not so great at the shutting up.”

You’re both laughing but then Joe remembers what you’re wearing and he’s like “sooooo was there a reason you called? Something I can help you with?” and his tone is so suggestive and flirty you find yourself practically whining when you say you miss him.

“Anything else?”

“I –”

“Go on,”

“I, uh, I haven’t cum as hard as you could make me since we were skiing,”

“Well let’s see If I can’t fix that.”

He starts just asking questions – What do you normally think about? (“Oh me? Well that’s flattering.”), do you put music on? Light some candles? Make a night of it?

When you tell him how you normally go about it he’s like “okay so why don’t you start with your fingers, just lightly. Are you going to listen to my instructions?”

You say yes and start touching yourself how he says, changing whenever he tells you to (“Take off your panties and rub your clit for me. No, slow down, good girl.”)

And it’s so similar to what you’d normally do to get off but with the added bonus of Joe’s voice, getting lower and rougher and a little more breathless as he watches you and jerks off.

He tells you what he wants to see, where to move the camera, comments on how wet you sound or how much he wishes he could be there doing this in person.

“Of course, if I was there I’d have such a hard time resisting fucking you. I’d be torn between being in your cunt and watching you be an obedient little slut. Fuck, just thinking about you all spread out under me has me close. You wanna see what you do to me?”

“Mmhmm – oh god – yes”

“Are you close”

“So close,”

“I wanna watch you first. Do whatever you need to do to cum so I can watch you.”

It doesn’t take much longer – you adjust what you’re doing just a little bit but you can hear him grunting as he holds back his own orgasm and that just makes you want to cum more.

He praises you as you ride it out, calls you a good girl again and tells you it’s so fucking hot watching you cum and then once you’ve calmed down a little bit he tells you to keep your eyes on him and he finally lets go, moaning your name while you whine about wishing he was cumming in you instead.  

Theres a bit of quiet while you both collect yourselves and then Joe’s groaning about needing to clean himself up and your both laughing about it but he tells you to stay on the line. He props his phone up as he does a rudimentary clean up with some tissues and then you’re left just looking at his room while he slips on his underwear and goes to clean it off properly.

You take the chance to run and pee and sort yourself out and by the time he’s back you’re curled up in bed with your phone trying not to yawn.

“Okay I’m back. How was that?”

“It was brilliant Joe,”

“Yeah? Looked like you came pretty hard so I guess I helped.”

You laugh and say yes and check he liked it too and then you end up talking for a little while about your days and just casual stuff like that. 

Joe comments that you look tired and you say you didn’t sleep great last night so you could probably do with a nap but you also don’t want to stop talking to him.

He says he’s happy to talk for as long as you want and he’s still there when you drift off.  

[spideyjlaw]

My Avengers Endgame World Premiere experience

this is really long, lota rambling feel free to read skim anything idc, no spoilers bc this was on Monday before I saw the movie :) 

Ok Ima start Saturday night, this is when I was packing making and painting my posters that said “Thank You Avengers”, I live in California so I didn’t have to fly to this event. At 12am we (my family) we arrive in Los Angeles around 5am. At this time I thought that the premiere was going to be at El Capitan Theatre where it was originally supposed to be. We drive by the theater and we see no one is in line which was weird bc normally there would be people here already so i search and find the location which was switched last min (smh) the drive to the next location wasnt too long but at least i knew i was at the right location bc of the small group of fans and the giant poster that said Avengers Endgame World Premiere. Apparently they changed the location bc they needed a larger screening room and they didnt want tons of fans showing up, there were these girls that were waiting at the El Capitan for 2 hours before they realized something was up. Anyway, we get in line. People who were in charge told the people who stayed over night to go home bc there wasnt going to be a fan area. No one left ofc who would hell no. Then some people went on twitter to talk about it made signs it was confusing but we ended up in a fan area after going through security. We got into the fan area at 12 ish and we had to stand there for another 4 and a half hours before anything exciting happens. Now its around 4pm people are starting to arrive. (THIS IS WHEN THE ACTION STARTS) Benedict Wong then Joe Russo. Not many came all the way down the line, I was the last one on the line before it wrapped around the corner. But I did want to get barricade and able to see action so Im grateful for my spot. Then Anthony Mackie arrives he’s walking to end of the fan area around the small corner but as hes walking right as he gets near me i scream at the top of my lungs, he stops right in front of me and i go “AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!ANTHONYYYYY MACKiE I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!” he looks at me biggest smile. We had a whole moment together its hard to explain its kinda like a ‘you had to be there moment’ i was the longest person probably a good 20 seconds (which is a long ass time in these times when they are in a rush) he was at and while im screaming and fangirling he air grabs my head to fucking sign my forehead i closed my eyes and accepted it he didnt do it ofc but he was just a fun guy i love him soooo much he signs my posters while saying “There’s no black guy on here” (i did an original 6 themed avengers poster) but he signed than signed my bosslogic poster which he was in. paul rudd comes by hes just a rocking dude i love scott lang sm, he was so sweets v cool guys sm love for him. Then at around 5pm Chris freaking Hemsworth arrives I loose my shit and so does everyone else. Just like Joe, Benedict Wong & Anthony he also went around the corner to make sure they got all of the fans (thank u to all who did this). Ive loved Hemsie for the longest time, i did get teary eyed but i didnt cry (yet) he was just the sweetest I was able to take a crappy photo with him bc i wasnt able to function properly as i took the pic my dumbass was like “iLOvEyoUsOmUCh” its oka cause he has the cutest smile and the bluest eyes oh and i cant stress enough he smelled so good sooooo good normally i hate when guys coat themselves in cologne cause it smells bad, but his didnt, his smelled so good i was so shook like chris drop what cologne u used idc its for guys mama neeeddds. THEN IT hAPPENEd CHRISTOPHER ROBERT EVANS DRIVES BY. Everyone was like “omg is that chris evans?!”  I stand on the barricade to see if i can catch a peak, istg the moment the fucking moment he gets out the car i start to bawl my eyes out. This man who has meant more to me than anyone is over there i couldnt believe i was seeing my favorite human ever. I’ve only sobbed right as i saw my fave once before back in 2016 at the Passengers premiere when I met Jennifer Lawrence. People dont really understand the moment like this person has inspired me so much of course im going to cry and sure judge me for it but they helped me through so much. Anyway he looked soo hot in his blue suit and sunglasses. I kinda calm down bc i didnt know if he was going to come all the way down the line and yk my ass wanted a pic but he was cut half way though the people which was upsetting but again im extremely grateful to be able to see him. Then my main fucking man. Sebastian Stan arrives. see ive met the guy before last year at ace comic con (there was tea w my photo op being really messy and i hated it i got a refund u can read about that on my ace comic con post). anyway i see him. i dont cry im trying to wipe my tears i was more prepared cause ive seen him before it was gonna be ok. I lose my shit the man was wearing a baby blue pastel colored suit. fucking beautiful. iconic. very hot of you mr seb ty. hes walking down and hes getting close. he wasnt to smiley, he was taking pics but he was focused on the fans signing for as many fans as possible. He gets to me and he sees our pics then he looks u so we could take a pic and his smile just transforms you can just see his face just glow up it was the truly the cutest this ive ever experience. then we look up from the pic and hes smiling at me i tell him “I love you so much” i hear him chuckle but as he says something his security guy yells “thank you that enough” so ill be posting the vid of us and any lip readers can help a girl out ill love you forever. I ended up being Sebs last person from the fan area. he truly made my day, week fucking year. then other celebs such as jon favreau, benedict cumberbatch comes by. Jeremy Renner comes by. I shoot my shot and make small talk w Jeremy. I go “Hi Jermey how’s your day going?” he goes “I’m doing really good, how bout you?” he signs my things i excitingly tell him “I’m doing great thank you” then he goes “Thank you honey” and smiles at me. It made me really happy, i could tell he was a bit tired but Jeremy is such a sweetheart he doesnt get the credit he deserves i love him sm, ive always has a little part of my heart for Hawkeye. minutes go by. I see Lizzie Olsen, Danai Gurira, beautiful ofc. then i see fucking Mark Ruffalo hes just standing behind one of the SUVs and the sun is on him. He looked like a confused puppy it was so cute and soft, i love my ruffalo buffalo. I took my moment to scream “iS THat MARK ruFFALO?” i dont think he signed for many fans. Scarjo arrives she doesnt sign for many either she looked beautiful v pretty. a little while passes than the most bitching car comes by and stops where the cars stop until the drop off area clears and they can go. we all knew who ever was in that car he was important. then it was his time to go cause the drop off area was cleared. guess who was in the drivers seat. You guessed right. Robert Downey Jr rolling up in an Audi E-TRON, with his wife Susan Downey in the passenger seat. Truly the Tony Stark entrance. he doesnt sign for many ofc. at this time it was getting later near 6pm almost all celebs and guests are inside where the actual premiere set up is. then Vin Diesel comes in. He was the most fan based guy. even though he was running late he ran (literally speed walking) through the whole line of fans around the corner and everything. he had the biggest smile on. wearing his groot jacket. and if u dont know fast and furious are one of my fave franchises of all time so i was having the best time. then that was the last person and we started heading out. i didnt name all who ive seen since there was just to many and i probably missed some things but i loved my experience. i was able to see all the original avengers irl and that made me really happy. this whole cast means the world to me. ill love them forever 

[megamanx1994]

The Legend of Kuzon Chapter 4

Chapter 4: To the Spirit World (Disclaimer! I own nothing of Korra or Kirby!) Korra guided Kuzon to a glowing light in the middle of Republic City. "I can't believe I'm actually going to the spirit world," said Kuzon excited. "Asami is the only other one I've shown this place," Korra said, "Now I get to show you." She turned to him. "One thing though… what was up at that restaurant, you seemed offended with that girl trying to flirt with me." Kuzon sighed. "If I ever come off as homophobic against her…. Its because my first girlfriend cheated on me, and dumped me for a lesbian girl." Korra helf his face, "Do me a favor. If something like that is bothering you, talk to me about it and i'll try to cheer you up. After all that's what girlfriend are here for." "Girlfriend?" Asked Kuzon blushing. "That's right, I'm your girlfriend now, and you gotta deal with it. Now let's check out the spirit world." They went inside the portal and were in the spirit world. "Wow I'm actually here." "This world gets pretty unpredictable at times so stay close to me," Korra said, "I don't want us to get separated." "Sure thing. Sooooo…. Where do we start?" Korra and Kuzon were jumping on top of giant mushrooms and then rode on a dragon creature. They also climbed on top of a rock creature. "I did this with Asami once and she managed to beat me," Korra said. "Uncle Dedede told me about the spirit world, but I can't believe I'm seeing it with my own eyes," said Kuzon. "You're the king's nephew?" "Not exactly. He's a surrogate uncle." Later they were staring at the stars. "This place is incredible," "We should probably head back before people wonder where we are though," "Well before we do, there's one thing I wanna do," Korra smiled knowing what that thing was. The two of them came closer to each other until their lips made contact. Kuzon's arms wrapped around Korra's waist while her's wrapped around his neck deepening the kiss. The two of them were blushing but smiling. Later Kuzon was tuning his guitar back at the garage. "Hello!" Kanji said opening the doors. "Hey guys," Kuzon said. "So how was your date?" Anana, "Tell us all the details." "It was pretty good, nothing exciting happened," said Kuzon. "Are you sure?" I asked, "Not even a car chase?" "…..Guilty as charged," Yeah we've known for a while that Kuzon and Knuckle Joe were the same person. "So yeah, Korra and I were battling this guy with a mask. But I don't know anything about him yet." "I'll bet," "Korra invited me to see her parents again," "Wait, didn't you use to have a crush on Korra's mom as a kid?" Anana asked. "No!" He said defensively, "….Yes." We all laughed. "Guess Korra's mom has got it going on," Kanji said. "Shut up," Later Kuzon and Korra were walking to her parent's house. Tonraq opened the door and was surprised to see Korra. "Korra what a surprise!" He said, "I didn't think you'd be here so soon." "I brought a guest," she said introducing Kuzon. "Kuzon is that you?!" Senna asked hugging him, "Its been so long." “It certainly has,” Kuzon said smiling, “How’s the most wonderful, encouraging, lovable mother of Korra doing?” Senna was use to Kuzon giving her such compliments. “I’m fine thank you very much,” Senna said as she chuckled, “How is the most sweetest, cutest, adorable handsome best friend of my daughter?” Kuzon chuckled and blushed. Korra and Tonraq laughed. “Some things never change do they?” he asked. "Well looks like music has kept me occupied at the moment," said Kuzon. "We can talk about it over dinner," Later they were having some food. "I can't wait to hear about your trip to the spirit world Kuzon. How was it?" "Well, it was amazing," Kuzon said blushing, "Korra really showed me an amazing time….. but something happened along the way." "What is it?" Tonraq asked. "Ok, I'm just gonna say it," Korra said, "I didn't think I'd be this nervous coming out to you." "Whatever you have to tell us we're here," Senna said. "So you know that Kuzon and I have been friends for many years," Korra said. "Yes," Senna said. "And it surprised us more than we expected," Korra said placing her hand on Kuzon's. "Your daughter is an amazing person and i've…. Well I've had feelings for her for years. And to my surprise, she feels the same way about me." "Basically what we're saying is...." Korra started. "We're together," they said in unison. Tonraq and Senna were confused at first but then their expression changed to happiness. "Nothing I expected to hear, but at the same time I couldn't be more happier for the two of you!" "Its wonderful!" Senna said as she hugged Kuzon and Korra "Just one question; who have you told?" Asked Tonraq who was curious. "You two were our first stop," "But once we tell everyone at Republic City, or maybe this town first, everyone's gonna know." "Just be careful Korra," he said, "Some people here won't really take something like this that's out of tradition." Korra glared at him. "What do you mean?" "What your father is trying to say is not everyone from the southern water tribe is gonna be accepting of this relationship, especially since Kuzon is from another nation. No offense." "None taken," "So what if they don't accept it? That's their problem, and I think I'm entitled to tell whoever I want." "Just don't get ahead of yourself," Tonraq said, "You do tend to get a bit overexcited about certain things and…" "Dad' I've dealt with a lot of people who are hell bent on keeping things traditional my whole life," said Korra, "But I didn't realize you were one of them." Kuzon grabbed her hand. "I think its best to get outta here," "Good idea," said Korra guiding him out. "Korra wait!" Tonraq said, "I never meant to make you upset." "A little late for apologies Dad!" She said. Kuzon and Korra were heading for a portal to Republic City. "I wanna apologize about my parents Kuzon, they can be really insensetive," she said, "Well my dad mostly." "Its ok, they were just overcautious, but I think I know what they mean," Kuzon said. He faced her. "I feel no shame being with you all the time, whether we're in front of people or not, but;…. Another part of me is selfish and wants you all to myself." "Also I owe you an apology for putting my own personal feelings before yours, guess I do get a bit overexcited." "Everything's fine Korra, and I'm excited about how our relationship will go," She smiled. "I want you to know something. No matter what happens, I'll stick by your side, for better or worse." She kissed his forehead. "Same here," Kuzon said holding her hand. They found their way to Republic City and I spotted them. "Guys perfect timing!" I said dragging them, "We got an emergency!" A business man, Wonyong Kelim was trying to move a group of air benders from the area. "You have 10 seconds to move this area or I will call the police!" He said. "Count down all you want but we're not moving a single inch!" Said Jinora, "These are sacred lands and you have no right to touch them!" Kuzon approached him. "You wanna take this time to tell us what the fuck-shit you think you're doing?" He asked. "First off, I have no need for filthy language, and second of all, get off my land." "Who's this guy?" "I am Wonyong Kelim," Kelim said, "Pleased to meet your acquaintance." "Why are you here?" Asami asked. "Miss Sato, what a surprise," he said. "Save the flattery," said Asami. "In any case, would you be so kind to get these people off my land?" Asked Kelim. "No Korra don't!" I said, "He's trying to build an amusement park and push the spirits away." "All we want is to make it into a place for tourists," "Whatever it is, you have no right to be here," Mako said approaching. "Mako's right," Asami said, "People like you have no right to be allow it." "Well I've been given a deed to this area which means I can do whatever I want with it!" Korra was talking with one of the spirits. "I promise I won't let him do this," she said. "And I'll do what it takes to help, please don't make us close the portal." The spirit nodded. A pink spirt-humanoid approached the area. Kelim looked at it. "This seems like a good specimen," he said, "Capture it!" I got in the way. "NO!" I said, "Trying to harvest land is one thing, but hunting spirits is taking it way too far!" "Move or you will be moved," Kelim said. "Never!" I said holding on to the spirit. "I want you out of this area NOW!" He shouted, "I'm not afraid to arrest every one of you." He turned to Korra and said, "And I am certainly not afraid to put the Avatar behind bars." Kuzon pushed him away. "Lay off my girlfriend Bub!" Kuzon said ready to throw another punch. "This is your last warning, leave," Kelim said. Korra went into avatar state and was blowing a huge gust of wind. "Leave, NOW!" She said. They all started to leave. "He won't be back anytime soon," Jinora said. "Sometimes a little Avatar intimidation does wonders," Korra said, "Thanks for sticking up for me Kuzon." "Don't mention it," he said. The pink spirit hid behind a tree. "Its ok little guy," I said, "I won't hurt you." I came closer. "Here," I said. I was holding out my Kirby Kreme's Chocolate bar. It started to come closer and take it. "Poyo poyo," it said. "I'll take that as a thank you," I said smiling. The spirit ate it. "I don't think this little fella has a home," I said, "But it looks like he likes Kirby Kreme." "K….K….Kirby," said the spirit. "It spoke!" Kuzon said. "I think I'll look after him for a while," I said, "My name's Saria." "Name Saria," said the spirit, "Name Saria." "And I'm Kuzon," Kuzon said. "Kuzon," the spirit said. "And my name is Korra," Korra said introducing herself. "Korra," said the spirit. "We sure showed those punks who's boss," Kuzon said doing some fighting moves. The spirit opened his mouth and somehow ate Kuzon. "Kuzon!" Korra said. A star came out of the spirit and Kuzon was back. "I'm not even gonna ask what just happened?" He asked. The spirit was doing the exact same moves Kuzon just did and then formed into a human like him only with pink skin. "Whoa," he said in awe. Meanwhile at Police headquarters, Lin was interrogating one of Tokuga's men. Mako and Bolin caught him earlier during a skirmish when his men and another group. "Now what's his name?" She asked, "You're not going anywhere until I get na answer. "I ain't telling you anything," said the man. Mako entered the room. "I think I found something," he said. She went over to him. "You really think he's gonna work?" Asked Lin. "He's worth a shot," Bolin whispered. Lin went back to him. "So I was just having a chat and it turns out you planned the attack on the crystal triads," Lin said. "That's some straight up bullshit," said the man, "It was all Tokuga's….." He quickly covered his mouth. "That wasn't so hard no was it?" Asked Lin. "This guy is a crazy nut who attacks like a demon," said the man, "He killed our original leader and now he's in charge." "It looks like he's not resting until he takes the Crystal triad's turf as well," said Mako. "It looks like he's earned his mark on our most wanted list," said Lin.

[apartyofone]

Euro finale

Last of my notes:

The cabbie from Nice airport was talkative and friendly - already a change of pace from the icy cold Swiss. When I told him the name of the hotel he smiled and said - you're in for a very special stay! Wow - ok that sounded interesting. He dropped me off - and within 5 minutes I started to understand what he meant. The name of the hotel is Hotel La Perouse. I suggest anyone reading this account should Google it because my description is probably not going to be worthy of this grand place. Eh, never mind - I'll save you the time.  

https://www.hotel-la-perouse.com/

The hotel itself is built into the contours of a cliff that divides Nice - to the south is the long beach and promenade. (Sadly - the place of that horrible terrorist attack in 2016 -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Nice_attack

But here’s a look at the hotel:

Yeah, it was that good.

The fun started when I checked in. The porter grabbed my too-heavy suitcase and made for the elevator. Which only went to one other level - 5 floors above the street, just one stop. Straight up the cliff. We wound around the hotel to elevator #2. That went another 4 floors. And then the final elevator - up to the top 3 floors! I finally memorized the route by day 2! My room was not facing the sea - damnit - but that probably meant my 300 Euro room would have been 500 or more. That's fine. I had a lovely cool patio against the cliffside, private and surrounded the dry native vegetation clinging to the cliff. The room itself was spacious and modern. In fact every hotel I chose on this top was fabulous for one reason or another. Even Geneva with it's strange sexual symbols throughout the place! Maybe those Swiss aren't so cold after all.

Now I was energized to explore this amazing town. The cab ride had been straight from the airport but the cabbie had told me about exploring the old town sections. That proved to be one of the highlights of this trip. I spent the rest of the afternoon exploring the narrow streets and alleys of this ancient town. While I couldn't say that it was crowded with tourists, there were always a few people around. Every different little alcove had its own character to it. So many restaurants - many of them shuttered in the heat of the afternoon. I walked probably 4 miles around just one part of the huge old city, poking my head into courtyards and building if the gate/door was open. No one objected to the obvious tourist having a look around. Warm and welcoming - that's the theme of this part of France. At least where ever I journeyed. Maybe I was putting too much stock into the difference in Switzerland to France? Could be.

I knew I was coming back to this maze of streets on my final day, so I decided to extend my touristic range. I booked a trip through the hotel for a brief glimpse of Monaco and Monte Carlo for the next morning. Then I walked around the cliffside, away from the beach promenade,  to the less touristy area of Nice, near the harbor. The hotel did a great job of recommending restaurants and I found - and enjoyed - a seafood place right across from the yacht moorage. After exploring a bit of the residential blocks going into the hills I trudged back to my hotel. I think I logged a good 6-8 miles of walking! Had a nightcap in the delightful bar area near the pool and struck up a conversation with a lovely lady who was leaving the next morning. Unfortunately I couldn't talk her into extending her stay. But I might have a place to stay in Paris next year. : ) My bag might be heavy yet again.

My final day of vacation - and I think I took advantage of every single moment. After a nice breakfast with my new friend, I put her in her cab for the airport and I met my tour guide Joseph. I booked a  half day tour into Monaco - and it turned out to be almost a private tour! Only two other people on the tour bus - a couple from Italy - and two tour guides! The couple paired off with the Italian speaker, and I was with Joe, a fascinating Frenchman. Around 60 years old, Joe has spent his entire life in the tourism and travel industry, from hotels and hospitality, to cruise ships and now doing tours in Nice and Monte Carlo.

You know how there are some people that you instantly bond with? Well, Joe was one of those guys. (And let's face it - this is a pretty rare occasion in my rather closed off life). If I had more time I think he and I would have had some interesting times, showing me all of the real parts of Nice that tourists never see. I kept his card - I WILL look him up when I go back.

The hours we spent together were pretty amazing. Yes, we hit the tourist joints of Eze - an amazing enclave clinging to the side of the coast above Monaco - and through Monte Carlo. But he detoured to a different route back to Nice, through the chiseled hills that wind around the coastal communities. Not for the first time on this trip I thought my time in Geneva was such a waste! I could have spent days enjoying this amazing place on the earth. Ugh - next time.

Monaco is post card pretty. I only had a chance to see a few of the best sights. Oh yeah, and I ran into Prince Albert.

http://apartyofone.tumblr.com/post/173125069279/so-i-was-strolling-around-in-front-of-the-royal

Joe had a tour group booked in the evening but he pointed to his favorite restaurant, on the main square of old town Nice. I gave Joe's name to the restaurant host.....and I found myself at the best table in the place. The owner came out and trying to speak English grasped my hand. I took that to mean that any friend of Joe is welcome! He left a carafe of his house wine and so the meal began. I didn't even order. Out came this amazing fresh grouper served on saffron rice. All day I started to understand the relationship to north Africa, just across the Med. Now the spices in the foods were reflecting this complex cultural crossroads.

The sun had long gone down and the alleys of old town were dark - highlighted only by the numerous small restaurants tucked in the ancient buildings, tables spilling outside with bursts of sounds and songs. In any other city I probably would have felt a little threatened or worried about the darkness; for some reason (maybe the wine?) I felt very safe as I wondered through the lanes. Finally my feet gave out on me - thank God I had invested in great walking shoes for this trip unlike Euro 17 - and I regretfully ended up at my hotel. I resolved I would be back for more - much more.

I lingered at the outdoor bar for another hour just reflecting on my day. Alas, didn't find a new friend that night. But as I had a crazy early day - travel day - it was just as well. I walked up to the roof top one last time and took pictures.

After packing for my long journey home I finally fell asleep - satisfied that I had made the most of this Euro journey.

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I started the day on the roof of the hotel. I wanted some sun rise pictures over the beach and sea. I was sooooo blessed with the weather on this trip. Joe had told me that the previous FOUR WEEKS had been almost non stop rain. Glad that my only bad weather was in London - almost appropriate there.

I knew my travel day home was going to be hellish - it didn't disappoint.

9 AM - Train from Nice to Paris - thank god not on strike. The seatmates in my first class car were all Americans in a group tour. They were buzzing about how they found a pick pocket and outed her to the police.

3 PM - Arrive in Paris, the Gard Lyon Station. I had hoped to dine at the famous restaurant above the station. By the way - if you need to ever book travel in Europe I recommend this site: https://www.seat61.com/. It's the ultimate guide to train travel and more. He recommended this amazing art deco restaurant at the top of this legendary station. Alas.... there was no elevator to the restaurant. And me, stuck with my fucking heavy luggage, was not going to be trudging up 3 flights of stairs. Oh well, next time.

5 PM - Arrive at De Gaulle Airport for my trip back to the US. Check in was so easy compared to what we have to endure in the US. I felt every bit as safe flying out of Europe as with the heavy handed US TSA. Had an amazing pre flight meal - even the airport restaurants in France are superb - to use up my last Euros. Boarded right on time for Norweigen Air flight.

12:00 Midnight, JFK Airport. Slept most of the flight on this most comfortable airline and airplane. Most notable thing - I was on aisle seat with two young males in the middle and window seat. On a 9 hour flight they didn't move once - not to the bathroom or even for food/drink. Zombies? Maybe.

My kids S and C were there to pick me up. Neither one are great city/freeway drivers. But they decided to stay up late and team up to bring me home. I slept most of the 1:45 trip home.

And finally we were back. The longest time I had spent away from my home for....wow....maybe decades. I recall some long sales trips when I worked with Mattel a long time ago.

I was  happy physically to be home. Mentally? Not so much. This trip satisfied many questions for me, in many ways. I had wondered if my view of Paris especially was colored by a first time infatuation. No, my love for that place is set in stone. My mind is even more made up.

I suppose too my unhappiness - maybe desperation!? - of our current domestic political situation is driving me away. Even if that cunt Trump is tossed out in 2020 the devastation he has left has scarred this country. I don't really want to be a part of the damage control - not with the sunset of my life before me.

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What will I remember from Euro 2018? So much.

 The book scene in London was energizing.

 Exploring more of my love of WW2 history. 

Immersing myself in Paris. 

The cold hardness of Geneva.

The warmth - people,  places and things - of Nice. 

A glorious 18 day sojourn, filled with memories and pictures.

Solo travel isn't so bad. Especially in the few spots where it isn't so solo.

This trip has only encouraged me to renew my mind, body, spirit- and passport - for more trips to come.

[taygorgeous-blog]

LET’S TALK ABOUT GORGEOUS

you guys are giving Gorgeous such a hard time and I don’t even understand why. I’m absolutely in love with the song and I think it’s my favorite one so far. it  reminds me so much of when I was just freakin’ out about the 1989 being released and it makes me extremely happy. I’m a huge fan of Taylor because she writes about her life and this is the best way we can get to know her better, so this is her telling us her first impression of Joe AND IT’S JUST AMAZING.  sometimes I ask myself how can I fucking relate with everything she writes. damn. “oh, but the lyrics are so generic and basic” OH C’MON HAVE YOU EVEN LISTEN TO THE BRIDGE???? IT’S SOOOOO TAYLOR!!! SHE’S BEING SO FUCKING SASSY AND SEDUCTIVE!!! THE “UNLESS YOU WANNA COME ALONG” PART????? CAN YOU IMAGINE IT???? I love how she makes us picture the moment she’s talking about and sometimes we can even put ourselves in her shoes. the greatest storyteller of our time.

I’ve never imagined someday I would see the Taylor I met in 2008 talking about how she was obsessed with a guy while dating another. I mean, it’s definitely a new Taylor. 

And I’m loving it. @taylorswift

[brain-spasm-of-musical-emotion]

I played frisbee with POND ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It took me forever sorry but here’s the story of when I saw Pond on Thursday 1st June. 

Soooo I arrived like super early cause I’m an anxious mess when it comes to gigs (or life generally) and I need to picture the venue or whatever the more than I can. It was like 14h and it was pretty hot so I sat under a tree and listened to music. When suddenly I saw two vans and my mind was like “omg what if it’s THE vans omg I’m sure it is THE vans” turns out it really was THE vans. I felt SUPER awkward and there was James playing frisbee with Methyl Ethel and I actually had bought a present (a Camembert ya know) for POND but James is like “new” and I didn’t wanna interrupt or whatever so I waited quite a bit in a corner watching them playing but I felt kinda creepy ahah. And then I thought that it might be my chance and that I might regret not going to see him if I didn’t get the opportunity to talk to them / give them the Camembert later. So I went to him and he was very kind so I gave him the cheese and he said I could for the other so I did. (Still feeling awkward/creepy/kind of a stalker) Jamie and Jay eventually came out and started playing frisbee too. Then Jamie sat just next to me and we talked for quite a bit (He actually remembered my sign from Rock en Seine!!!) About the gift he said “it stinks in a good way” aha. So I told him I loved Pond so much and lliked the new album A LOT and he asked me about where I came from and stuff like that and he was jus soooo kind!! Then Joe came out too and they were all playing frisbee and...I played with them a bit too I was like “wtf is happening” but that was great aha. As I mentioned...it was hot. So turns out I saw all of them shirtless (which is great cause you know I love bellies. James is now my fav belly.) At some point Jay threw the frisbee on the venue’s rooftop and he was like “aaah fark!!” like typical Jay and I was trying so hard not to laugh at the fact he’s an idiot aha. He’s very conscious of it though cause he was like “that was gonna happen someday either me or Joe” ahaha I love them. So him and Methyl Ethel’s drummer went to take a ladder in the venue and they climbed to get the frisbee back. Then Nick finally came out too and !!!! we talked !!!! and !!!! he recognised from last year saying “it’s nice to see you again”. We talked about languages and stuff aha. He told me “chouette”. I taught him to say “Marion” the french way and he told me he had a aunt called Marion!!!! Funny. We talked for quite some time and then I apologized like a lot of time telling him I didn’t wanna interrupt or disturb or whatever and he said he’d do the same for other bands and that he understood and stuff. They seemed pretty happy about the Camembert and they went into the venue. So I went back sitting under the tree very pleased with that moment I had shared with them and could hear them soundchecking.

A bit later they were on the other side and I spotted them on the grass so that’s when I told Jay about @lonerism-is-bliss and that’s all cause as weird as it seems he intimidates me A LOT. While I’m confortable talking to KEVIN I can’t speak to JAY. So weird. Anyway then I took pics with Jamie and Nick and Thom from Methyl Ethel took a very great selfie with my phone ahah.

I was still alone btw. Then finally the doors opened and. I was still alone ahahah. As there was still nobody the were wandering around the venue and Nick and Jamie smiled at me like “the show is soon now!” I love them so much best guys. Through the windows I could see them all still playing with the frisbee and I was like “my band of idiots <3″ it made my heart so warm aha.

Then I could get to the stage. I was obviously so close and I could actually sit on the stage ahah (I didn’t tho). Methyl Ethel played their first song but then they had sound issues due to the venue that was too bad!!! But they fixed it and started playing again and they’re soooooo great!!! 

Finally Pond began!!!! They played 30,000 Megatons and they had sound issues too I was sooooo pissed omg. But while they were fixing it Nick crowdsurfed and everything it was sooooo amazing. The show was so fucking great I love them so much!!!! Jay was just in front of me and omg he’s so cute when he plays like ugh. And Jamie was always smiling when catching me singing (aka all the time aha). I was dancing all the time and enjoying myself so fucking much. It was so so fucking amazing but it went way too fast suddenly they started playing Man It Feels Like Space Again and I was like super happy and super sad at the same time cause it’s one of my fav song but I knew it was the song before the encore :( 

They came back and played You Broke My Cool and I was so happy cause they haven’t played it last time I saw them and it’s really one of my fav and they ended the gig with The Weather and!!!! Jamie handed me personally the setlist with a big smile and he took care that I was getting it I was sooooo happy. Then he gave the other setlists to people and he stayed a bit to take pics. So I went to see him asking him if it wasn’t too much asking him to sign it. So he did it and I told him the story of my pen which is an Australians’ special. So he asked me if I wanted him to go with it and ask everyone to sign it and I heard him mention drum but I thought he was talking about the drumsticks so I obviously said yes and he told me to meet him in the alley. So I went to the alley and OMG HE WASN’T TALKING ABOUT THE DRUMSTICKS BUT THE DRUM SKIN!!!!!!!!!! So everyone signed the drum skin and the setlist and I was literally the happiest person ever. And while I was hanging around the venue waiting for the car a girl working at the venue came to see me and gave me a pick she had found cause she saw I was there super early and so yeah. I think it’s Thom bass’ pick!!!!!!

That was one of the most beautiful day in my life AGAIN. They’re the best persons ever and I love them so fucking much and omg these guys are always so good to me I really don’t understand how I can be so lucky with my fav bands.

Also won’t posting any pics here ‘cause last time I did I found MY gig pics on Instagram accounts so not gonna get stolen again :)) Just follow my Instagram if you wanna see them. 

[tbhhhhhhhhhh]

Extreme Rules 2017

ALSO IM GOING TO TALK ABOUT EXTREME RULES AND MY THOUGHTS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE TYPING. (my thoughts might be jaded because I'm just in the worst mood idek man) Apollo Crews vs Kalisto was a really good match and it made me so happy to see that they let the kickoff guys have a good match and that the crowd was into it. The Miz vs Dean Ambrose, I really liked their Raw match better tbh, Miz and Dean are good enough (and really good together) to have a regular match on Raw and make it extremely good. I didn't really like all the shenanigans of the match, even though a Miz match always has some type of shenanigans, I feel like this match was way too predictable for any of the disqualification spots to leave anyone really interested. When Maryse slapped Dean on Smackdown a couple months back, THAT WAS A GOOOD DISQUALIFICATION SPOT. I did like Maryse slapping Miz though and overall it was a good match, with a shitty finish. (I wanted Miz to win but the ref acting like he was going to end the match, only to go back into the ring right when Miz pinned him was ????) Noam Dar & Alicia Fox vs Rich Swann & Sasha Banks, I really liked this match, it was predictable, but I loved the hometown pop for Swann and I love that cruiserweights and women outside of the title picture were allowed to have a moment on the show. Alexa Bliss vs Bayley, I had no problem with this match honestly, (until) I thought Bayley getting hit with the Kendo Stick repeatably and then make a John Cena esc return would've been great and would've allowed Bayley to somewhat regrow her fan base (she got loud boos tonight??? can you believe it /: Raw really fucked her over honestly, she went from being the most over woman to what she is now and it sucks), but then Alexa hit her with a DDT and got the 1,2,3 after like? 4 minutes I think? like, what? what era are we in? I was for sure Bayley was going to kick out and get some shots in before Alexa beat her. The match was only Kendo Stick shots, with literally one Bayley to belly and a DDT, which sucks because they had a great wrestling match in NXT and they haven't been able to show what they can do as a pair in the ring yet. Bayley is so going to suffer from this and it makes me really mad, Bayley was supposed to steal the show with Sasha at Summerslam but she's probably going to get treated like any other women on Raw was treated for months, and be in catering for 3 hours. Other than Charlotte at Raw, Bayley hasn't been allowed to have the good wrestling matches she was known for in NXT, which is really stupid in my opinion, when you consider (I love them but) she's had super matches with Alexa, Carmella, and Nia in NXT when all 3 aren't known for having good matches, and that has to say something as to how good Bayley actually is. She was always put in really strange matches with Nia, tag team matches every other week, Sasha interfering for no reason??? which was never explained, and a fatal four-way at mania which deserved more time, you don't get over that way. ( Bayley vs Alexa at Payback was one of her best on the main roster though) Sheasaro (Sheamus & Cesaro) vs The Hardy's (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy), IDK I LIKED THIS MATCH, but I feel like the steel cage wasn't a good fit for this match, it was a good match, but it really relied on the huge spots to make it feel better, although that dive Jeff took was insane. I love Sheasaro but I don't know if Raw really knows what to do with their tag division ATM which sucks because they Sheasaro, The Club, Hardy Boys, The Revival (who are the face teams on that roster anymore???) (Enzo and Cass are soon to be gone) /////////: I already spoke about the Cruiserweight match Finn Balor vs Seth Rollins vs Samoa Joe vs Bray Wyatt vs Roman Reigns, A GREAT MATCH, but it left me extremely worried about Seth's knee like, he had his padding up and it really scared me, I hope he's okay. I don't really like how after getting the living shit best out of him for weeks by Braun, Roman is now a killing machine who can take out 4 men at once, it feels like WWE is just milking the hate from people and giving them a reason to believe he's overpushed when he's smacking everyone out of the ring, idk I really like his new vicious attitude in singles bouts like Seth and Finn, it's a lot better than what he used to be, but it seems overdone when it's against like 2 almost 300 pounders. BRAY WAS SOOOOO OVER, I hope they don't ruin the momentum he has, probably the most over guy in that match. I love that they're keeping the demon for only special occasions, and I'll love it even more if the build up to The Demon King Finn Balor vs Brock is Brock underestimating Finn for his size and once the demons out Brock is just like SHOOK. it'd be epic. I hope Seth is okay/:, that man risks so much in his matches and it's not fair his knee always has to be a thing of worry. JOE JOE JOE JOE, this was literally the first time an arena actually cared for Joe, THEY SUNG HIS NAME WHEN HE CAME OUT!!, and it just made me so happy, he deserves the win considering he hasn't been booked in the best of light since his debut and he was the back burner of a feud for the first month of his WWE career. I can't wait for Brock Lesnar vs Samoa Joe. Overall, I'm not really sure if I liked it, Extreme Rules just, isn't my thing, I kept finding myself saying "oh wow but Dean and Miz had a great wrestling match the other day without the shtick" (same for Sheasaro/Hardy's Bayley/Alexa and Neville/Aries) but I think the main problem with the ppv is that Raw doesn't do anything with their roster before and after ppvs to make the matches seem like something special. (idk if it's just me though, also a lot of typos and grammatical errors but I woke up a 7 today and I'm sleeeeeep)

[salty-dracon]

my thoughts on yttd 3-1 now that I’ve finished it...

my only non-spoiler note is that I recommend you keep a notepad and pencil with you while you’re playing the game, and note down anything you feel you might have to memorize. it’ll help so much later on

First, the OST is 100% bangers. I think we can all agree.

Midori, you aren’t Shin, but you ARE one of the most infuriating villains I’ve ever had to beat in a game like this. You’re even more infuriating than Monokuma, Zero III, Pielope, any of those Reapers in TWEWY.... Well done. I think once I play this game a second time going down the logic route I’ll find even more reason to want to kick your ass. Because I am so sure that if you go down that path you’ll kill Gin instead of Midori, and he’ll approve of far more of your actions.

Also the art is like half of what makes him so unsettling. Fantastic.

Kurumada’s character development was just sooooo good. He went from “punch or be an asshole” to “punch, be an asshole, protect his friends, love his friends, cherish his friends, be nice, and tell jokes”.

FUCK that shock puzzle. I hate games that involve randomness. At least save-scumming is easy.

Seriously, I think part of what made Midori so compelling in Part A but slightly less compelling in Part B is that his fearless, happy facade gets torn down quite a bit towards the end of the chapter. I estimate it’s about 5 hours long and I think it’s first revealed 3 hours in?. I think he first starts showing that he actually can be scared of death when Maple almost kills him, but he straightens up immediately again. The problem with this is that he does it twice more, so it sort of loses his magic by the time the Banquet ends.

Die, cabbage.

I do wish he died in as awful of a way as some of the other characters, though... would have been nice closure since he’d basically spent the entire chapter messing with us. Instead of just like, three lines and “oh so this is what dying feels like”. Imagine if he were banging against the coffin screaming the whole time. Would be so good if he actually lived at the end.

What parts of my theories were right? Um, none of them. I just looked back at my theory list. Literally none of them. I think just the one about Meister being important. But other than that literally none of them. I was played in every single way. That being said, there’s a big difference between a series playing with your expectations and a series outright discarding them in favor of something ridiculous (new age Marvel movie style), and I feel YTTD’s twists were kind of between them in a way? Two of the theories I did have were explained away quickly, and one was just confirmed to possibly not be true at all. The lack of former evidence for some of these things did irk me a little (the “evidence” for each of them was just in looking carefully at prior moments, which is kind of a staple of this game) but I think overall it was handled well.

With regards to the Dummies as a whole, I like how they went through character development over time. I realize Anzu wasn’t supposed to get any further development since she dies early on if you mess up when you fight the first Obstructor, but throughout the game I feel like she functions as a relatable voice for an ordinary player who’s pretty much just afraid of everything. Same with Hayasaka, who is at least trying to be logical but is also just terrified the whole time.

Shin being Kanna’s older brother by blood was NOT a twist I saw coming. God, that makes the choice at the end of Chapter 2 so sad- you’re killing one sibling or the other. Wonder what happens if you kill Kanna- does Shin find out?

The memory games were really fun. I really liked just poking over all of the images and going “Wait, what the hell-” when something was totally different. Haven’t finished them all yet and Sou and Reko apparently have totally different ones, but I look forward to it!

Q-Taro’s doll revealing his death was freakin’ painful. Something I absolutely did not see coming. Man, we lost Q-Taro. I knew the death flags were over the roof but man, just, that scene where Gin sobs his heart out and Q-Taro hugs him and tells him how much he loves him... man, that tugged at my heartstrings.

Minor detail, but when the hallucination of the dead ex-policeman Keiji shot appeared, and you couldn’t click on literally anything else, including the save button? That was such a good detail.

There was so much wholesomeness in that chapter too. The drink machine (even though it played into Hinako’s deception of the others), the song that Alice and the others sang, the moments Ranmaru and Sara had with each other... god, I’m so happy that people are still picking up this game.

The revelation about the reason for the existence of non-candidates was really sad, though it does make some things more interesting. If Joe was Sara’s handicap, it’s likely that Kugie was Kanna’s aid and Nao was Mishima’s handicap. Not sure about what effect Kai was supposed to have, though. It also gives a reason for AIs of the non-candidates to exist, confirmed by YTTS.

Also plays into the AIs when you fight Maple 2.0. Mishima’s is on full murder mode.

Furthermore Ranmaru tried to upload a Joe AI to himself, which makes me wonder why he’d do that. Was he trying to make Sara like him more, or was there a different reason? Anyway, he’s dead now.

Turns out Miley and Safalin are just randos they hired for the death game. Weird that Mai looks a lot like Emiri too, though.

What exactly was pink Hinako’s objective for helping out Midori?

(Lady Dimitrescu voice) You lay your filthy man-hands on my DAUGHTER- no that’s literally what Midori did though. I guess I was right that Mai was a human, except it’s literally only her hands.

Lots of questions remain unanswered. Who is Meister and how is he related to Sara’s dad? Who’s the real mastermind- is it my theory of the “original Sara”? How is Shinobu Gokugo related to all of this? I can’t wait to learn the truth sometime in 2022!

[survivor-rebelsvsroyals]

EPISODE 14: I really wish there’s a montage or collage of all the dumb sh*t I’ve said in this game - Dane

I’m just Abi-Maria this game huh except I made it to the final episode

*24 hours later*

well. the jig might be up gals i just. really have the feeling it’s me tonight. like it just feels definitively over. i’ve started to be less paranoid about dan stabbing me in the back and more about ruthie having an idol. we have to vote her bc it means a better shot at all of us in ftc but like i’d feel SAFER voting lachie since he definitely doesn’t have an idol. me getting idoled out would be hilarious in a karmic way but like also. i would cry a lot. so let’s hope i’m just being paranoid. i’m so close and i wanna win so fucking badly that i’m legit gonna be heartbroken if it’s me tonight (:

Okay so I have had TONS of things to do today, I had to ring the Salvation Army bell, decorate a golf cart for Christmas while my mom gave an interview about a blink and you miss it parade my town has every year AND my school kids go swimming every other week and today I agreed to get in with them and BOY am I exhausted and ready to call it a night. I just want to search for the idol, find it and get my ass to sleep. Okay so Dan is talking to me now and he, Lachie and I are going to vote together but for who... I'm not so sure!

i hate writing rops. i just feel like i come off so fake even when im not trying to be. i'll start writing things and then i'll be like "god this bitch," and erase the whole thing.  the personality disorder really jumped out

So I just realized that after I idol’d out Linus and we voted out Ryan in the live night, John AKA Joe started a Snapchat streak with me and after I voted him out he ended it 💀💀💀💀

Sooooo lmao since the cast was announced I knew I was never going to win this game but I have had a blast playing it. These games are truly meant to be played for fun and this was fun BECAUSE I knew I wasn’t going to win. I instead made a challenge for myself and said “find people you trust and get all of them to the end,” and Me, Dan, and Asya are almost at final 3 and I couldn’t be happier! It was almost like a challenge lmaooo like getting to the end by yourself? That’s reasonably easy, you just have to line yourself up for ONE person to get to the end. But getting you and your 2 closest allies to the final 3? That shit is STRESSFUL like any of us could’ve gotten voted out at any moment and we nearly did! Thanks for the fun game uwu xo 

I can’t fucking believe I made the final 4. I really felt like I positioned myself really well in this game and now my hard work might ACTUALLY pay off. Being so loyal in this game has scared me honestly. I don’t know who I am anymore. I do fear my game isn’t as flashy as Asya and Dane, but literally when have I been on the radar? If you want to call it using meat shields, I guess you can, but that doesn’t make me a floater. I was actively keeping targets in front of me by using others to protect me. Amanda died for me, Ruthie died for me. Like I literally was at risk and then they let their side know I wasn’t a threat. It’s literally genius. Idk maybe I’m being too big headed, but I truly feel like I played a stellar game. Getting to FTC would mean the absolute world to me and I really pray for a f3 and not a f2. I just really need to look back and be prepared for questioning. Asya is very articulate and her Rites of Passage really spoke to how well she played. I personally just don’t like using them to talk about my game, it’s more of an honoring thing for those who played. We have enough time at FTC to ramble about how we played the game. I’m not looking forward to endurance tonight. I have won endurance before, but I’m so worried if Lachie wins. I’m hoping and praying Asya will be willing to vote Dane out, but objectively she’d be better off killing me and going to the end with Lachie and Dane. I’m worried. I NEEEEEEED to win.

i’m so fucking nervous for this endurance :’) i’m already bad at pressure cookers but my gout flaring up this past two days sure doesn’t help ! i really would love to win bc a bitch can only trust HERSELF but i might have to cop out as soon as lachie does when the pain gets too intense. i just have to pray dane and dan don’t leave me to duke it out with him. probability of me crying on camera? high oh yeah also i survived the f5 vote lol

*After endurance*

FTC BABY !!!! i actually made f3 with my f3 alliance... wildt. my whole body hurts and i won’t be standing again for the foreseeable future but it was Worth It. will make another confessional tmrw when i’m not sleepy.

I really wish there’s a montage or collage of all the dumb shit I’ve said in this game

writing talking points for my opening speech and everything feels wrong like i just. i know what i want to say but when i say it out loud i feel like an asshole. i think it's because i'm used to going into these things sure that i'm playing for 2nd or 3rd place, but as of right now, i really believe this is my game to win. and saying that makes me feel like The Worst bc its not like dan or dane played badly, i actually think dane really underestimates himself. i just feel like i've worked so fucking hard to get here, scrambling to make things happen on every single vote, building numbers from nothing, busting my ass in every challenge, even the ones i knew i couldn't win. this is one of, if not THE best game i've ever played and i just !! want validation for that i guess. but i don't know how to say that in a way that sounds self assured and confident but not like.. douchey. on the other hand, i've played the loyal game all along. i helped get dan and dane and myself to this point, but now it's every man for themselves so like. lets go ig

Honestly I hated Asyas opening statement. It was a lot of stuff I did with her??? I think I’m really gonna roast her at FTC now. Like the girl acts like she did all the work voting out glo but I used my relationship with Dane and Linus to get them to trust me. She sounded so cocky and confident about her position but I truly believe she wouldn’t be here without her idols and myself. I’m just worried the jury is going to see her as the mastermind when I literally was there with her for every move, Dane too.... I need to really think because who knew people would become real snakes in the grass at f3...

So final tribal tribal council is tonight and I’m so anxious lmaooooo. If it were people that like aren’t rude then I wouldn’t be, but a lot of our cast members tend to be very petty so I have a gut feeling they’re going to make personal remarks. I’m happy to answer any gameplay questions though! I think i have played a pretty well game considering I started out on the outside of a large majority alliance. I snuck my way into people’s trust where they may not usually trust me and it helped me get further. I stayed lowkey with making small moves which would benefit my future like voting out Pippa and Glo and making big moves like voting out RTP and idol’ing out Linus. I used the fact that the cast hates me to keep around as an easy beat and overall I’m really proud of my game no matter what anyone says tonight or the result of the votes. Thank you hosts for casting me it was fun xo

WHEW ftc is over and I feel okay? Asya probably won, but honestly her performance was very impressive. She really sold her game and I need to give credit where credit is due. 

 However, I really think I sold my game. There’s not much else I can say. The production value was lower, but it was just as effective. I feel like I’m on cloud mine right now just because I can say I DIDNT FUCKING FLOP A TS SEASON.

 I made two incredible friends that I plan on talking to long after this and I’m just blessed for this opportunity. Whatever happens, I need to be happy with the result and know in my heart of hearts that I played the very best game I could. Also, Isaac smells.

[thisislizheather]

Navigating November

Yes, it’s insane that November is already over, but we’re all aware of that and it’s so boring to talk about time moving quickly so let’s not be boring, let’s be wicked. So much has happened this month, here’s a breakdown of what went on in my world this month:

The West Village restaurant Dante has forever been on my list of places to eat at, so I finally went and it was great. The pasta wasn’t as good as it is at L’Artusi, but that’s sort of an impossible demand. In any case, the food was good, the place is small & lovely, and the waiters are dreamboats.

I went to the movie theatre/bar/restaurant Syndicated in Brooklyn for the first time to see Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9 and both the place and the movie were great. I mean the movie’s pretty depressing, but obviously good. And the ticket was $8, which is amazing in 2018.

I ate at this great Mexican place Ofrenda twice so far, the quesadillas are so fucking light and good. Only con about the place is that it can get wildly loud inside.

I finished watching The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and it was great and dark but I wish there were more scenes with Prudence & Nick since they’re such good characters. The mortals are so boring I could scream. Looking forward to the holiday special they’re airing in a few weeks.

Gary came to town! So we did a lot of new things while he was visiting. The best thing? The restaurant Le Relais De Venise L’Entrecôte. They only serve steak frites. With this incredible sauce. You sit down, order drinks, then they ask how you like your meat cooked and that’s it. They also come around halfway through the meal to offer you seconds… of both the meat AND the fries. It’s insanity. Honestly, I heard the premise of this place and thought that there’s no way the quality would be great, but I was dead wrong. Every bite was incredible. The place doesn’t look like much from the outside (it’s way too bright) and the service is a little… weird? But the food was amazing. And so reasonably priced. Definitely keeping this one in the rotation.

Finally ate at Parm in Soho for the first time - I had the eggplant (which was okay) and Gary had the chicken which was eons better. Get the chicken. The service was notably great too.

Tried the ice cream at Morgenstern’s and whooooa, it’s good. They’re not fucking around here. Love their weird flavours. French fry ice cream legit tastes like French fries. Eager to try the “bread” and “popcorn” flavours. And if you’re sitting there going, “How could any ice cream be bad, Liz? C’mon!” you’ve obviously never tried the terrible Van Leeuwan.

Went to the Nintendo store in Times Square, discovered that it’s one cute-ass store.

Went to the Top of the Rock for the first time, waaaaay better view up there than from the Empire State Building. Hands down. Plus you get a Central Park view that’s gorgeous as well as a city view.

Ate at Pil Pil on the Upper East Side: crazy good tapas. I always forget about tapas.

You already know how much I love Lady M cakes, so I tried their seasonal pumpkin nuage one and… meh! It’s nowhere as tasty as their banana chocolate slice.

Ate at Jacob’s Pickles on the Upper West Side finally and Jesus Christ the portion sizes here are laughably large. My brother got a poutine and maaaaaaan you gotta see this thing. And while everything tasted good, it’s just so wildly indulgent. And coming from a person who lives their life on the motto of “INDULGE, BITCH!” - this really means something. Probably not gonna make it back here a second time. It’s mayhem.

Finally watched Big Mouth after everyone on the planet told me to watch it and of course it’s good, you know this already, you don’t need me to tell you this. Jon Hamm as the voice of a scallop? Hilarious. Kristen Wiig as a vagina? Gimme more, I say! That goddam little ladybug? Best character. Flawless show. Maya Rudolph is my true queen and I hate anyone calling anyone their queen. (THERE’S ONE QUEEN GUYS AND SHE’S ENGLISH. SHOW SOME RESPECT.)

Visited the annual holiday miniature train show inside Grand Central station and it’s as beautiful as always. But really I dare you to show me a miniature train show I don’t like. It’s kind of a joke that they call this a “train show” when it’s, like, shoved in the back corner of a gift shop. Still lovely, but just funny.

There’s a new flavour (pumpkin gingersnap) of banana pudding at Magnolia Bakery and it AIN’T GOOD. Stick to the hits, guys. Gotta stick to the hits.

Went to the MoMA and it was great, haven’t been in so long, love the fact that they incorporated some performance art!

Had lunch at Del Frisco’s since Gary was in a wagyu mood & oh yes it was good.

Went for happy hour at Clinton Hall, where the prices are amazing for what you’re getting (I mean, Pat LaFrieda sliders for $3 is fucking nuts).

My dear friend Sarah moved back to France and I shouldn’t be shocked when anyone leaves New York, but it always stings when it’s one of the good ones.

Finally got my hands on the Cauliflower Gnocchi from Trader Joe’s and holy fuck I now understand why it’s ALWAYS SOLD OUT. Tastes exactly like regular gnocchi. No idea how Trader Joe’s can make these remarkable tasting products, so I’ll just assume that some sort of deal with the devil has been made.

If you are ever on the Upper East Side around dinnertime craving ravioli, I promise you that the Mezzelune Alla Boscaiola at Uva will eternally please you in a way that no human can. It’s a half moon shaped ravioli filled with prosciutto and mozzarella served in a creamy wild mushroom sauce. And it will forever be my favourite thing to eat in that area.

Don’t ask me why but I watched both Princess Diaries movies and OF COURSE THEY’RE TERRIBLE I KNEW THAT BEFORE PRESSING PLAY WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME.

I also watched Four Christmases and initially it seemed like it could’ve been an actually okay movie but NOPE. I mean, there are worse movies, don’t get me wrong. At the beginning, I really liked the fact that the couple in it had super strong opinions about marriage and kids and oh man, it would’ve been great if the ending was just “and we were right all along!” instead of them having a kid at the end. Am I projecting my own shit on this movie? Yes! Sue me!

Watched Rumor Has It and I don’t know if I was either feeling tired or defeated or what, but I think I liked it at the moment. I mean, Kevin Costner has a nice smile. All that needs to be said.

Tried the eyeliner from Elf Cosmetics and BOOOOOOOOOOOO, never again! What a piece of garbage!

Once in awhile, the Rainbow Room hosts a seasonal pop up bar on the 65th floor of 30 Rock in Rockefeller Center sooooo Nathan and I went this week and it was so, so great. The menu always changes and the dishes are wildly inventive and from what we tried - crazy delicious. We only got a charcuterie plate but there was this pâté that was almost… unholy? It was incredible. It was an insanely rainy night, so the view wasn’t much because of the clouds but that’s really only one more reason for us to return. The service was perfect and it wasn’t even that expensive.

For the past year or so, whenever I’m having a day where my face feels rougher than normal, I’ve been using this Vitamin E cream from The Body Shop at night that’s been working like a dream. I mostly just use it on my cheeks (moreso in the wintertime) and I wake up and have perfect skin again. It says that it’s used as a face sleep mask, but I don’t think you need to use that much, this one jar has lasted me forever since I use so little of it at a time.

So there’s this pesto that I’m in love with that they serve on a panini I love at Bite in the city and the owner told me why this pesto is so great: they use walnuts instead of pine nuts to make it. So obviously this is the only way that I’ll make pesto from now on. It’s so crazy good, you could eat it with a spoon if you have lunatic tendencies like I do apparently? IT’S SO GOOD.

Are you aware that you can recycle your used/empty makeup containers at Origins? I’m sure you’re already aware of the program that MAC does, but for every other brand? I feel like this is probably the best option. They have a little box in each store, and it’s not exactly policy but if you go in to recycle something, you can show them that you’re recycling something and then ask for a sample of something and they’ll definitely give you a crazy-generously sized portion of a product that you want to try as a sample. I just did this and got a huuuuuuge sample of this eye brightener I’ve been wanting to use. Also! They’ll give you a code after you recycle that you can use online to earn Origins points on your account.

Nathan was on the Guys We Fucked podcast this week which I think is pretty huge and great, so you can listen to that if you like.

And that was November! If you’ve missed any of the other months I’ve done (and actually care to hear the intricate details of a stranger’s life), here’s a list of what’s been discovered over the past few months! Hellooooooo December!

October Occurrences

September Shenanigans

August Actions

July Jiffs

June Jaunts

May Musings