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hiiii! can i ask a conrad x reader with smut/friends to lovers?? plssss (and jealousy!conrad)

parings: Conrad Fisher x reader

Warnings: smut, protected sex, fluff

"We should all play chicken" Belly suggest as she finishes her third lap in the pool.

It was one of those rare days this summer where you, Jeremiah, Steven, Belly, and Conrad were all spending time together. Normally Belly was with Cam while Jeremiah and Steven worked at the country club and Conrad and you were always hanging out when he wasn't working with Cleveland. Conrad and you were best friends, had been since you two were little. But you secretly had feelings for him but didn't want to ruin things between you two so you kept quiet.

"I'm down just as long as y/n is my partner." Jeremiah replies to Belly before coming up from behind you and grabbing you by the waist and spinning you around in the water making you erupt in a fit of giggles. He eventually lets you go so you can climb onto his shoulders.

Once you're on Jeremiah's shoulder, you glance over to Conrad who's already staring at you and Jeremiah with a blank expression. You raise your eyebrow at him, but he ignores you and looks away.

"I think I'm going to get out actually, you guys play without me." Conrad says before swimming over to the ladder and stepping out. You watch him dry off and head inside.

"That was weird." Steven mumbles as he helps Belly on to his shoulder. You nod your head in agreement and then you guys start the game.

You and Jeremiah won twice and Belly and Steven once before they all got out to get ready to leave. Belly was going to putt putt with Cam and Jeremiah and Steven were going to a party. Susannah and Laurel were gone, so it would be just you and Conrad home. You decide to shower before quickly getting dressed into Conrads's cousins sweatshirt and shorts and going to his room.

You knock softly on his door. "Can I come in?"

Conrad gets up and opens his door for you, holding it open long enough to let you in and then he shuts the door behind you.

It wasn't your first time in his room, but you could never get used to the comfortable aura his room always gave you. It was neat, he was always good at keeping his room clean. Your favorite part of it was the picture he had of you two when you were both sixteen. It was of you and him at the boardwalk, his arm around your shoulder and he was smiling down at you. You had the same one in your room too. You smiled softly at the picture before turning to look at him. "Everything okay?"

Conrad looks at you and nods his head. "Never better." he says, and I immediately knew he was lying. I shake my head and go to sit next to him on his bed.

"What happened to us not lying to each other?" you ask. You can hear Conrad sigh softly before tugging you down to lay next to him. You happy oblige and turn your body to face his.

"It's stupid." Conrad mumbles leaning his head against yours. You and Conrad were no stranger to cuddling together, but this felt more intimate than that. You felt nervous all of a sudden.

"Try me." you manage to get out. Your head was spinning having him this close to you. It took everything in you to not kiss him.

He sighs again and it feels like eternity before he speaks. "Seeing you on Jeremiah's shoulders pissed me off. I just... I don't know. I know you and I are just friends and I have no right to be jealous, but I couldn't help it."

"Jeremiah is like a brother to me." you reassure him. "The only guy I've ever wanted to be with is you."

You watch as Conrads nervous expression turns into a smile which makes you smile in return. "I really want to kiss you right now," he says.

"Then do it."

His lips touch yours almost immediately. The kiss was sweet and gentle, everything you imagined your first time kissing Conrad would be.

Conrad flips you both to where he's on top of you, holding himself up with one hand as his other one is intertwined with yours. His lips travel down your neck and you can't help but to moan softly when he starts to lightly suck on your sweet spot before returning back to your lips.

"You're so beautiful," Conrad whispers in between soft kisses. "I love seeing you wear my clothes."

"Conrad..." you breathe out, your voice barely above a whisper. You were a flustered mess. You couldn't believe that this was happening, that Conrad was finally yours. And now that you had him, you immediately wanted more.

"I think we should go all the way."

"Are you sure you want to?" Conrad stops kissing you to search your face for any sign that you regretted your words. You didn't at all, you needed him.

You nod your head before telling him yes and this is all he needs before he's back to kissing you, this time the kisses aren't as gentle as the first ones. they were sloppy, both of you trying to convey years of pinning for the other in just one kiss.

"Tell me if you want to stop and we will, okay?" Conrad reassures. You mumble out a soft okay.

You watch as he sits up, quickly taking his shirt off before coming leaning back down to help you with yours. You didn't have a bra on, so your chest was bare.

You watch Conrad's facial expression, suddenly nervous about being so exposed in front of him. "So damn perfect." he says and suddenly your nervousness was at ease. He always was good at saying the right things.

Conrad kisses your lips once again, but this time he makes his way down your body kissing and licking your neck and collarbones before reaching your boobs. You moan when he licks and sucks on your left nipple while softly squeezing the other one. He repeats his actions with the other one and you were already such a moaning mess for him.

He grins softly up at you before continuing to kiss down your body again until he's finally down there and your breathing hitches in your throat when he places a soft kiss on your clit. "Already so wet for me." he says, and you blush hard.

Your hips buck off of the bed whenever his mouth is on you fully, and he softly pushes your thighs back on to the bed and holds them in place. You can barely think straight as Conrad sucks and licks your clit before he enters two of his fingers slowly inside of you.

You moan loudly, your hands finding their way into Conrads's hair and tugging slightly causing him to groan. The vibrations sent shocks through your body, and you knew you were already close. "I'm going to cum." you manage to get out. He quickens his pace on you, his finger entering you faster and his tongue quickening at a godly speed. Your grip in his hair tightens and you see stars as your orgasm quickly approaches. Conrad licks your mess up making your legs shake at the sensitivity.

You lay there catching your breath as Conrad climbs back up to you, kissing you softly before reaching over to grab a condom.

"If I hurt you or do anything that doesn't feel good to you, stop me. I just want you to feel good." Conrad says. You smile softly at him and nod.

You lower your eyes and watch as Conrad puts the condom on before he lines himself up with your entrance, slowly pushing himself into you. You both moan at the feeling of him inside you. He stills his movement so you can adjust to his size and so he doesn't cum too fast. He didn't think he had ever been so turned on in his life.

Conrad pulls out of you at an agonizingly slow, making you desperate for more.

"Con-Conrad." you splutter. "More, please." He pulls back enough to where his tip is the only thing inside of you before he roughly slams inside of you. You moan out his name loudly, thankful no one was home or you two would have been caught.

He thrust in and out of you, both of you whimpering and moaning. Conrad can't keep his eyes off of you, you were a panting, beautiful mess and he was struggling not to cum right then and there at the sight of you.

Conrad kisses you hard, his tongue sliding in your mouth as his thrust continue the same quick pace. He was everywhere all at once and you felt like you would combust. Conrad slides his hand down your body before he starts making circular motions on your clit. Your second orgasm already approaching fast.

"I'm close again," you tell him, but he already knew. He could feel you clinching hard against his cock, and it was a struggle for him not to finish, but he needed to give you another orgasm first. His fingers move faster on your clit and you're back to moaning his name again. It sounded like pure heaven to Conrad.

"Cum with me, baby." Conrad groans. You wrap your legs tightly around him, wrapping your arms around his back as Conrad starts to thrust up deeper inside you hitting your g-spot.

"Fuck, I'm cumming, I'm cumming." you manage out, your voice barely audible as your orgasm hits you. Without realizing, your hands scratch down Conrad's back causing him to groan.

The feeling of you cumming and scratching his back was too much for Conrad, he immediately cums right after you with a loud moan.

Conrad gives you one last kiss before he collapses on top of you, careful not to hurt you. You both take a moment to let your breathing return to normal before he slowly pulls out of you and takes the condom off and tosses it into the trash.

You get dressed and watch as he lays back down on his bed after getting dressed too, he lays next to you, pulling you down onto his chest. There was a comfortable silence between the two of you, both of you taking what you two just did in. You two were basking in happiness.

"You're the only one I've wanted to be with too, by the way." Conrad says breaking the silence. "I'm sorry I got jealous."

You look up at him and laugh. "If this happens when you're jealous, you should be jealous more often."

Conrad laughs too before planting a soft kiss on the top of your head. You both end up falling asleep in each other's arms happier than ever that you two finally are together.

#conrad fisher x reader #the summer i turned pretty #conrad fisher #conrad fisher smut

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candiso-p640 · 1 year

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Brenda Sho (CW: Drugs and other Tough Subjects!)

(Edit: This character has been scrapped due to problematic traits, sorry for the inconvenience!)

Brogan Sho is the Ultimate Pimp and the Chapter 2 Blackened of the Eddsworld X Danganronpa AU.

Backstory: Brogan (now Brenda) Sho was born on April 19th, 1988 in Cleveland, UK to an absentee mother named Christine and a very abusive father named Jeremy. When Christine Sho was home, Jeremy Sho would take his drunken aggressions out on him from slaps all of the way to cigar burns. When Christine wasn't home, Jeremy took his aggressions out on Brogan. Thus causing Brogan to slowly develop a hatred for men. At primary school, Brogan was alone due to the fact that everyone would just avoid them. Thankfully on October 31st, 1997 (Brogan was 9 years old at the time), Jeremy Sho died from a drunken drive off of a bridge into the cold depths. During his teenage years, Brogan meet Edward "Edd" Evans in the back of the school parking lot with Tord. The two quickly became buddies before slowly, Edward would move on to other things.Christine did her best to raise Brogan until he left the house to stay at Edd's house (his only friend) on April 19th, 2009. Brogan's eyes were diverted to Laurel, especially her shoes. But when he tried to solicit her, Laurel threw a lamp at him, causing Brogan to move out of Edd's house. After a year of house jumping, Brogan became roommates with Tord in a apartment complex in Norway. There Brogan started a strip club called "Varmt og Dampende" where pornography can be made in Norwegian and English.

On September 4th, 2015, Brogan became an trans woman named Brenda. However, she didn't want to go through transitional surgery. Mostly because her father abused them during their childhood (but Brenda wanted to get closer to women in general).

Facts about Brenda Sho:

Brenda can play the bagpipes and the Furby organ.

Brenda's favorite food is Ayam bumbu rujak (Indonesian Javanese food with chicken). Brogan's favorite candy is Club chocolate covered biscuits.

Brenda uses she/them pronouns and is trans.

Brenda can date men, but she prefers women more.

Whenever Brenda wants to have s*x with a woman, she would harass them until the woman obliges.

If Brenda gets into a fist fight, she will always win even if her hands are tied up.

Brenda is Indonesian-British.

Brenda's favorite holiday is Christmas.

Brenda is 6'3'' feet tall.

Brenda married two women at the same time on June 20th, 2016 before divorcing them 3 years later.

Brenda used to do cocaine before one of the hookers she was making love with decided to have an intervention with Brogan in 2021.

This is what Brenda's execution would have been:

Brenda Sho has been guilty.

TIME FOR HER PUNISHMENT

Finding Women (Ultimate Pimp. Brogan Sho's Execution: Executed) Chapter 2

Brenda Sho runs into a red light maze. On the screen to her right, Brogan sees two women dressed scantily in pink speaking to them.

"Oh Brenda?~ We are at the end of the maze, come and get us!~"

Brenda seeing an opportunity for a threesome immediately rushes into the maze, grazing her cheek on some glass. As Brenda goes through the maze, she gets half of their face burnt of by a fire trap, her left arm gets broken by a swinging spike ball, among many cuts. She reaches the end of the maze to find out that the girls were just holograms. The walls have holes for big spikes which immediately crushes Brend, leaving behind a bloody mess.

The song playing throughout the execution is Punk Tactics by Joey Valence & Brae.

If Brenda Sho had an aesthetic, it would be bimbocore.

During the events of Fun Dead, Brenda Sho was on a mission with Tord to kill some zombehs. She was torn apart by them in the process.

#danganropa oc #eddanganropaau #eddsworld x danganronpa

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docrotten · 2 years

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[Horror News] LISA FRANKENSTEIN, THE POPE’S EXORCIST, THE MENU, and more

Welcome to HORROR NEWS RADIO for August 15, 2022. Tonight, we have casting news for LISA FRANKENSTEIN and THE POPE'S EXORCIST, along with trailer news for THE MENU and CABINET OF CURIOSITIES.

I am your host Doc Rotten and this is HNR, the official GRUESOME MAGAZINE HORROR NEWS podcast. Back with me again are the scariest, goriest, bloodiest co-hosts on the 'Net.

Dave Dreher, the lead news writer at Gruesome Magazine Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6dead6irl And Vanessa, Podcasting Rock Star and International Cosplay Queen

UPCOMING FILMS

Lionsgate sets October 27, 2023 for the next installment of the SAW franchise (Saw X?). "Kevin Greutert, who directed Saw VI an Saw: The Final Chapter and edited Saw I through V and Jigsaw, will helm the latest installment"

https://deadline.com/2022/08/saw-sequel-halloween-2023-release-1235092699/

The Bohemia Group is set to adapt one of Stephen King's "Richard Bachman" bestsellers, THE REGULATORS. George Cowan is scripting the western horror-thriller.

Synopsis: Peaceful suburban life on Poplar Street in Wentworth, Ohio is shattered when four vans containing shotgun-wielding “regulators” terrorize the street’s residents, cold-bloodedly killing anyone foolish enough to venture outdoors. Houses mysteriously transform into log cabins and the street now ends in what looks like a child’s hand-drawn western landscape. Masterminding this sudden onslaught is an evil creature who has taken over the body of an autistic boy whose parents were killed in a drive-by shooting several months earlier.

https://deadline.com/2022/08/the-regulators-film-based-on-stephen-king-novel-in-works-at-bohemia-group-1235089181/

What to watch this weekend, you ask…

GLORIOUS (SHUDDER) 8/18

BEAST 8/19 Theaters

ORPHAN: FIRST KILL 8/19 Theaters and Paramount+

THE IMMACULATE ROOM 8/19 Theaters and VOD

CASTING NEWS

Screen Gems' THE POPE'S EXORCIST expands its cast with the legendary actor Franco Nero as…The Pope

Synopsis: Portrayal of a real-life figure Father Gabriele Amorth, a priest who acted as chief exorcist of the Vatican and who performed more than 100,000 exorcisms in his lifetime. (He passed away in 2016 at the age of 91.) Amorth wrote two memoirs -- An Exorcist Tells His Story and An Exorcist: More Stories -- and detailed his experiences battling Satan and demons that had clutched people in their evil.

https://deadline.com/2022/08/the-popes-exorcist-adds-laurel-marsden-franco-nero-cornell-s-john-more-1235088253/

Carla Gugino and more join the cast of LISA FRANKENSTEIN written by Diablo Cody. Zelda Williams directs.

Synopsis: In 1989, an unpopular high school girl named Lisa accidentally re-animates a handsome Victorian corpse during a lightning storm and starts to rebuild him into the man of her dreams by using the broken tanning bed in her garage.

https://deadline.com/2022/08/lisa-frankenstein-adds-carla-gugino-liza-soberano-joe-chrest-more-1235090223/

TRAILERS

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES arrives on NETLIX on October 25, 2022

Searchlight Pictures releases THE MENU on November 18, 2022. Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Ralph Fiennes, John Leguizamo, Judith Light, Hong Chau. Mark Mylod directs. Synopsis: A young couple travel to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

SHUDDER streams the Senegal action/horror thriller SALOUM on September 8, 2022. Directed by Jean Luc Herbulot. Synopsis: 2003, three mercenaries extracting a druglord out of Guinea-Bissau are forced to hide in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal.

FEEDBACK

Shawn Parks: "I'm excited about the return of Horror News Radio"

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Thank you for hanging out with the Grue-Crew. Be sure to hit the LIKE, SUBSCRIBE buttons, or Share with a Friend. Every click counts. Check out the Patreon link below and we'll see you next week. Be sure to catch our film reviews on GRUESOME MAGAZINE and our retro reviews on DECADES OF HORROR:

ORPHAN: FIRST KILL

THE INNOCENTS (SHUDDER)

GLORIOUS (SHUDDER)

STARCRASH (Decades of Horror 1970s)

Check out this episode!

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cma-european-art · 3 years

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Apollo and Daphne, Massimiliano Soldani , c. 1700, Cleveland Museum of Art: European Painting and Sculpture

Apollo, the Greek and Roman god of the sun and the arts, fell in love with the nymph Daphne. Chased to a riverbank, Daphne prayed to her father, the river god, Peneus, for help. At the moment Apollo reached out to touch her, she transformed into a laurel tree, branches and roots sprouting from her body. This work reveals key preoccupations of artists working in Italy in the 1600s: novel, active compositions; fleeting moments; and transformation from one physical form into another. Soldani based this work on a large-scale marble sculpture from 1622–25 by the Roman artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Size: Overall: 55.5 x 34.2 x 21.9 cm (21 7/8 x 13 7/16 x 8 5/8 in.) Medium: terracotta

https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.230

#clevelandartmuseum #europeanart #cmaopenaccess #museumarchive

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History 1: Philippine History

Course Syllabus Part 2

I. Introduction to History: Meaning, Method and Usage Historical Concepts Examining the Types of Sources Historical Interpretations Significance of and Problems in the Study of History II. The Philippine Archipelago: Geological and Geographical Underpinnings Geology based on Myth Geology based on Science Geography and History III. Peopling of the Philippines (250,000 B.C. – 1,000 B.C.) Based on Oral Tradition: Epic, Legend, and Folktale Based on Linguistic Tradition Based on Archeological and Other Scientific Studies IV. The Early Settlements(1,000 B.C. – 1565) Political Aspect: Barangay and Sultanate Economic Aspect: Agriculture, Maritime Raid (Pangangayaw), Trade, and External Relations Cultural and Social Aspects: Tradition, Ritual, Arts, and Music of the Various Ethnolinguistic Groups The Filipinos Amidst Change (1565-1872) V Peopling of the Philippines (250,000 B.C. – 1,000 B.C.) Based on Oral Tradition: Epic, Legend, and Folktale Based on Linguistic Tradition Based on Archeological and Other Scientific Studies IV. The Early Settlements(1,000 B.C. – 1565) Political Aspect: Barangay and Sultanate Economic Aspect: Agriculture, Maritime Raid (Pangangayaw), Trade, and External Relations Cultural and Social Aspects: Tradition, Ritual, Arts, and Music of the Various Ethnolinguistic Groups Uprisings The Philippines during the 18th Century Reducción and Christianization Political, Economic, and Social Changes 1.From the End of Galleon Trade to World Commerce 2.Education, Science and Colonial Institutions 3.Environment, Disease, and Disaster VI. The Formation of Nationalist Consciousness (1872-1913) Secularization and Reform Katipunan and Revolution Philippine Republic Filipino-American War VII. The Nation Amidst Imperialism (1913-1945) American Imperialism: Monroe Doctrine, White Man’s Burden and Benevolent Assimilation Filipino responses: Millenarian movements, e.g.,Dios-dios, Pulahanes, Sakdal; Class-based organizations Filipinization through the Commonwealth Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere and Japanese Propaganda in Asia Life in the Time of War

VIII. Independence and National Policies (1945-1972)

Neocolonial Policies and Key Political Events: Cold War: SEATO, MAPHILINDO and ASEAN, and Military Bases

Economic Policies and Agreements: Bell Trade, Laurel-Langley Agreement, Filipino First Policy, Agrarian Reform

Social and Political Movements: Huk Rebellion, CPP-NPA-NDF, DilimanCommune, FQS, etc. IX. The Nation Under the Dictatorship (1972-1986) Martial Law Declaration Mechanisms of Dictatorship Movements Against Dictatorship: People Power, Communist Movement, MNLF, and Other Anti-Dictatorship Groups The EDSA People Power X. Contemporary Philippines and the Path Towards the Future (1986 – present) Return (or the Failure) of Democratic Spaces Challenges in the Changing Political Formation The Philippines in the 21st Century: Environment, Technology, and Filipino Culture

REFERENCES Primary Sources Historical events of the Philippine Islands by Antonio de Morga; published in Mexico in 1609 recently brought to light and annotated by Jose Rizal; preceded by a prologue by Ferdinand Blumentritt, Chapter VIII. Manila: National Historical Institute, 2008. Quirino, Carlos. Philippine Cartography: 1320-1899, Leovino Ma. Garcia (pat.). Quezon City: Vibal Foundation, c2010. “Philippine Constitutions,” nasa Official Gazette. http://www.gov.ph/constitutions/ Eugenio, Damiana (pat). Philippine Folk Literature: The Epics. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 2001. “Boxer Codex,” The Lilly Library Digital Collections, http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/digital/collections/items/show/93 Laguna Copper Plate, Tapayang Manunggul, at Bangang Calatagan Aduarte, Diego et.al. “Insurrections by Filipinos in the 17th century,” nasa Emma Helen Blair at James Alexander Robertson, mga pat. at tsln. The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898, Volume 38. Cleveland: The Arthur and Clark Company, 1903–1909. Blancas de San Jose, Francisco, Sermones, edited by Mario Francisco, SJ. Quezon City: Pulong Sources for Philippine Studies, 1994. Dumol, Paul A., translator, The Manila Synod of 1582. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2014. Pineda, Sebastian de. “Philippine Ships and Shipbuilding,” nasa Emma Helen Blair at James Alexander Robertson (pat. at tsln.), The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898; Volume XVIII. Cleveland: The Arthur and Clark Company, 1903–1909. “Royal Decree Establishing a Plan of Primary Education in Filipinas. December 20, 1863,” nasa Emma Helen Blair at James Alexander Robertson (pat. at tsln.), The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898, Volume XLVI. Cleveland: The Arthur and Clark Company, 1903-1909. Bonifacio, Andres. Ang Dapat Mabatid ng mga Tagalog. Jacinto, Emilio. Kartilya ng Katipunan. Rizal, Jose, The Indolence of the Filipinos. Del Pilar, Marcelo H. Frailocracy in the Philippines. Leonor Agrava, trans. Manila: National Historical Institute, 1996. Mallat, Jean. The Philippines: History, Geography, Customs, Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce of the Spanish Pura-Santillan-Castrence (tsln.). Manila: National Historical Institute, 1983. “Mores of Sons of the Country, Mestizos, and Chinese,” p. 334-343 and “Mores of the Whites in Manila,” p. 344–353. Richardson, Jim. The Light of Liberty: Documents and Studies on the Katipunan, 1892-1897. Quezon City, Philippines: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2013. “Benevolent Assimilation Proclamation, December 21, 1898,” nasa James Blount, American Occupation of the Philippines. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1913. Agoncillo, Teodoro A. Fateful years: Japan's Adventure in the Philippines,1941-45.2nd ed. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 2001. Henson, Maria Rosa L. Comfort women: slave of destiny. Pasig City: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, c1996. Ignacio, Abe et al. The Forbidden Book: The Philippine-American War in Political Cartoons. San Francisco: T’boli Pub and Distribution, 2004. Kintanar, Thelma et.al. Kuwentong bayan: noong panahon ng Hapon: everyday life in a time of war. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, c2006. “Diosdado Macapagal, Third State of the Nation Address, January 27, 1964,” nasa Official Gazette. http://www.gov.ph/1964/01/27/diosdado- macapagal-third-state-of-the-nation-address-january-27-1964/ “Message of President Garcia on the occasion of the opening of the SEATO Seminar on Countering Communist Subversion, November 26, 1957,” nasa Official Gazette http://www.gov.ph/1957/11/26/message-of-president-garcia-on-the-occasion-of-the-opening-of-the-seato-seminar-on- countering-communist-subversion-november-26-1957/ Schirmer, Daniel and Stephen Rosskamm Shalom (pat.). The Philippines reader: a history of colonialism, neocolonialism, dictatorship, and resistance. Chapter 4. Quezon City: Ken, c1987. “Speech of President Carlos P. Garcia during the Inaugural Program of the 6th National Convention of Filipino Businessmen, in Baguio City, at 9:30 a.m., March 3, 1960,” nasa Official Gazette. Na-acess

sa http://www.gov.ph/1960/03/03/speech-of-president-carlos-p-garcia-during-the- inaugural-program-of-the-6th-national-convention-of-filipino-businessmen-in-baguio-city-at-930-a-m-march-3-1960/ People Power II: Lessons and Hope. Pasig: ABS-CBN Pub., c2001. Secondary Sources Carr, Edward Hallett. What is history? New York: Knopf, 1962. Marwick, Arthur. The nature of history. New York: Knopf, 1971. Scott, William Henry. “Kalantiaw: The Code That Never Was,” nasa William Henry Scott, Looking for the Prehispanic Filipino. Quezon City: New Day Publishers, 1992, pp. 159-170. ________________. Barangay: Sixteenth Century Philippine Culture and Society. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1994 After Wolfe, J.A. “Origin of the Philippines by Accumulations of Allochtons,” nasa Philippine Geologist 17 (July-September 1983). Punongbayan, Raymundo et al. Kasaysayan: The Story of the Filipino People. Volume 1 “The Philippine Archipelago.” Hong Kong: Reader’s Digest and Asia Publishing Company Ltd., 1998. Bellwood, Peter. “The Austronesian Dispersal and the Origin of Languages,” nasa Scientific American (July 1991). Jocano, Felipe. “Questions and challenges in Philippine prehistory,” nasa Santillan, Neil Martial Santillan at Conde, Ma. Bernadette (pat.), Kasaysayan at kamalayan: mga piling akda ukol sa diskursong pangkasaysayan. Quezon City: Palimbagan ng Lahi, 1998. Abinales, Patricia N. at Donna J. Amoroso. State and Society in the Philippines. Chapter 2 “The Philippines in the Maritime Asia to the Fourteenth Century.” Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005, pp. 19-40. Abrera, Maria Bernadette. "Seclusion and Veiling of Women" nasa Philippine Social Sciences Review.vol. 60-61, nos. 1-2, Jan.2008-Dec.2009, pp. 33-56. Arcilla, Jose A. Kasaysayan: The Story of the Filipino People. Volume (3), “The Spanish Conquest.” Hong Kong: Reader’s Digest and Asia Publising Company Ltd., 1998. Bevoise, Ken de. “Cholera: The Island World as an Epidemiological Unit,” nasa Agents of Apocalypse Epidemic Disease in the Colonial Philippines. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1995. Agoncillo, Teodoro. Revolt of the Masses: the story of Bonifacio and the Katipunan. Quezon City: University of the Philippines, 1956. Bankoff, Greg. “In the Eyes of the Storm: The Social Construction of the Forces of Nature and Seismic Construction of God in the Philippines,” nasa Journal of South East Asian Studies 35, no. 1 (February 2004): 91-111. Friend, Theodore. Between Two Empires: the ordeal of the Philippines, 1929-1946. Manila: Solidaridad Pub. House, c1969. Golay, Frank. Face of Empire: United States-Philippine relations, 1898-1946. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1997. Abinales, Patricio and Donna Amoroso. “21st Century Philippine Politics,” State and Society in the Philippines. Quezon City: Anvil Publishing Inc., 2005. Bello, Walden. The future in the balance: essays on globalization and resistance. Quezon City: University of the Philippines, 2001 Selected Textbooks Agoncillo, Teodoro. History of the Filipino People. Quezon City: Garotech Publishing, 1990. Constantino, Renato. The Philippine: A Past Revisited. Quezon City: Tala Publishing, 1975. Corpuz, O.D. Roots of the Filipino Nation. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1989. De La Costa, Horacio. Readings in Philippine History. Manila: Bookmark, 1965. Kasaysayan Series Tomo 1-10. Hong Kong: Asia Publishing Company Limited, 1998.

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mythologer · 4 years

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Apollo the Python-Slayer, Praxiteles, c. 350 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art

Although Praxiteles was more successful, and therefore more famous for his marble sculptures, he nevertheless also created very beautiful works in bronze. He made a youthful Apollo called the Sauroktonos (Lizard-Slayer), waiting in ambush for a creeping lizard, close at hand, with an arrow. -Pliny the Elder, 1st century ad This statue of the Apollo Sauroktonos may be the one Pliny the Elder saw in the 1st century ad. The complete sculpture most likely showed the young god pulling back a slender laurel tree with his raised left hand, while holding an arrow at waist level with his right, poised to strike the lizard creeping up the tree. Two Roman marble copies preserve the complete composition: one in the Louvre, the other in the Vatican. The museum’s sculpture is the only known life-size bronze version of the Apollo Sauroktonos. Technical features such as the way the sculpture was cast and repaired in antiquity, the copper inlays of the lips and nipples, and the stone insert for the right eye (the left is a restoration) are consistent with a date in the 4th century bc. However, technically it may have been possible to produce such a work in the Hellenistic period. The Apollo Sauroktonos is thought to have been created by Praxiteles about 350 bc. Androgynous sensuality and languid, gracefully curved poses are hallmarks of his style. The finest large classical Greek statues were bronzes, but few have survived. If this sculpture is a product of Praxiteles’ workshop, it is the only large Greek bronze statue that can be attributed to a Greek sculptor. Praxiteles was widely popular in his day. His famous Aphrodite of Cnidus (late 360s bc) introduced the life-size nude female figure to Western art. Size: Overall: 150 x 50.3 x 66.8 cm (59 1/16 x 19 13/16 x 26 5/16 in.) Medium: bronze, copper and stone inlay

https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.30.a

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Cupid and Psyche, Giorgio Ghisi, 1574, Cleveland Museum of Art: Prints

Crowned with laurel wreaths, Cupid and Psyche recline on a couch with their daughter Voluptas between them. Ceres, goddess of fertility and abundance, pours water on Cupid’s hand. The scene is derived from a story by Apuleius (about AD 124–170) narrating Psyche’s adventures leading up to her marriage to Cupid. The rich contrasts of light and shadow that Ghisi achieved in this engraving make this print especially sensual and luxurious. It reflects his later style and the different textures he was able to achieve in human bodies, silky drapery, and lush foliage. Size: Sheet: 36 x 23.4 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/16 in.) Medium: engraving

https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.94

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What I think of today’s episode of TSITP (season 2 episode 6)

1. Steven and Taylor— LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM. Obsessed 😩😭😍

2. Conrad and Jeremiah’s argument (!!). It was so important to Jeremiah’s character to vocalize his insecurities in their relationship and struggles when his mom was dying. It think it was also important to Conrad’s character development because he needs to face that his reaction to his anxiety of shutting people out doesn’t only hurt him but also the people around him.

3. Steven asking if Conrad is alright in the beginning of the episode was so heartfelt and sweet ❤️. I think it’s a dynamic that will be really good for Conrad. Given that he doesn’t have an actual therapist, having someone he can talk to about his anxiety. (Even though I do think he should get a therapist in season 3)

4. Is it just me or are y’all not feeling Cam and Skye? Idk I just don’t feel much for them

5. I want Cleveland to come back to Cousins by the end of this season and talk with Conrad or have some sort of interaction with him.

6. CONRAD AND DRUNK BELLY’S ARGUMENT ON THE BEACH AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!! Conrad was just so lost for words and didn’t know what to say. I mean, when Belly says we loved each other and Conrad said, I did love you, he couldn’t said I still love you but that would put a stop to the constant pining and we can’t have that, can we?

7. I liked Conrad telling Belly about his panic attack at the funeral. That was rlly well acted by Lola and Chris. I love Conrad slowly opening up more. Plus, it’s great for me as a Bonrad shipper ❤️🎉

8. Jeremiah interrupted them again !!! He knows damn well what he’s doing 😭😮‍💨

Idk if I missed anything. Please put your thoughts in the commentssssss

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Apollo and Daphne, Massimiliano Soldani , c. 1700, Cleveland Museum of Art: European Painting and Sculpture

https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.230

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A Chess Grandmaster Predicted the Irving-for-Thomas Trade

The basketball world was lit ablaze by the megastar trade deal inked out by the Celtics and the Cavs yesterday. Former Cavs guard Kyrie Irving—who was desperately trying to smash his second fiddle to LeBron—was sent over to the Celtics in exchange for Boston's Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Žižić, and a 2018 draft pick Boston had acquired from the Brooklyn Nets. In a league that already bears so much witness to superteam reconstructive surgery, this was a deep cut that seemingly came out of nowhere.

Though this wasn't exactly as on point as a couple of dudes with Butt-related names calling out the terms of the Jose Quintana deal between the Chicago Cubs and White sox, hours before the Kyri-IT trade actually went down, someone predicted it nearly to perfection. He said the Celtics should offer the Cleveland Cavaliers Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, "and one of your 80,000 draft picks" for Kyrie Irving. The only things missing were specificity on the draft pick, and Žižić.

So what kind of omniscient genius could possibly have predicted this insane, left-field power swap, intricacies and all? What kind of person has the foresight, the knowledge of the pieces of the game, and the mind-reading ability to get inside opponents' heads? Why, a chess grandmaster...GM for short. Duh.

38-year-old chess Grand Master Jan Gustafsson of Germany called the trade while shooting the shit with an opponent on an online chess platform who he noticed had a Boston Celtics avatar. As a big NBA fan thanks to Dirk Nowitzki, he keeps up on all the news around the league and started talking about what the Celts were going to do with Thomas, when he just started spitballing his own personal theory. Hours later, his theory basically was the trade.

We decided to catch up with Gustafsson to chat about his prediction. Here are a few highlights from our conversation.

VICE Sports: How did you become an NBA fan?

Jan Gustafsson: I started watching games regularly thanks to our boy Dirk Nowitzki when Dallas was in the finals against LeBron in 2011, when a lot of people in Germany were watching all the finals. Ever since, I've been watching League Pass and listening to all the podcasts and reading all the sites, so I'm well informed on stuff.

...Chess players are very much into basketball, like much more than the average population. If you look at the top ten chess players, all the guys are heavily following basketball, and looking at stats. They're all serious experts. Like, World Champion Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, all the world's best players—they're serious basketball nerds. So it's funny that we're all really into it, while people aren't that much into soccer, as you're supposed to be as a European.

VS: How on earth did you craft this prediction about I.T. and Kyrie Irving?

JG: I'm just a basketball fan, so I do all these regular chess streams, and I enjoy going off on some tangents and talking basketball. Had I not played a dude with a Celtics avatar, I don't think I would have talked about it during the show. But of course, I was as surprised as anybody when I woke up this morning and saw that this trade had actually happened. It was fun to see.

VS: Are you worried about becoming Paul, the wildly successful, German World Cup match-predicting octopus, stuck in a tank and choosing the fates of NBA teams for the rest of your life?

JG: I was just talking to my friend about Paul after my video got shared. The funny thing is that I'm a professional chess commentator, but I'm famous for being terrible at making predictions for chess games. So this is a new, welcome change.

VS: At the risk of overdoing it, do you have any other NBA predictions?

JG: I think I should rest on my laurels for a couple of days before I stretch my neck out with the next one. It's sort of a low-percentage game.

VS: If Isaiah Thomas and Kyrie Irving were chess pieces, which ones would they be?

JG: They gotta be the same piece, right? Both attackers, that defend very poorly. They're both not very tall. I gotta say, they're both pawns. And that's not meant offensively. But pawns can't move backwards in chess. I feel like these guys, they're not very good at defense. You have to choose guys who only move forward.

VS: I thought you were going to say they were bishops or knights or something—unpredictable, x-factors...

JG: No, a knight can jump over their opponents, and I've never seen Isaiah or Kyrie jump over anything.

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A Chess Grandmaster Predicted the Irving-for-Thomas Trade

The basketball world was lit ablaze by the megastar trade deal inked out by the Celtics and the Cavs yesterday. Former Cavs guard Kyrie Irving—who was desperately trying to smash his second fiddle to LeBron—was sent over to the Celtics in exchange for Boston’s Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Žižić, and a 2018 draft pick Boston had acquired from the Brooklyn Nets. In a league that already bears so much witness to superteam reconstructive surgery, this was a deep cut that seemingly came out of nowhere.

Though this wasn’t exactly as on point as a couple of dudes with Butt-related names calling out the terms of the Jose Quintana deal between the Chicago Cubs and White sox, hours before the Kyri-IT trade actually went down, someone predicted it nearly to perfection. He said the Celtics should offer the Cleveland Cavaliers Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, “and one of your 80,000 draft picks” for Kyrie Irving. The only things missing were specificity on the draft pick, and Žižić.

So what kind of omniscient genius could possibly have predicted this insane, left-field power swap, intricacies and all? What kind of person has the foresight, the knowledge of the pieces of the game, and the mind-reading ability to get inside opponents’ heads? Why, a chess grandmaster…GM for short. Duh.

We decided to catch up with Gustafsson to chat about his prediction. Here are a few highlights from our conversation.

VICE Sports: How did you become an NBA fan?

Jan Gustafsson: I started watching games regularly thanks to our boy Dirk Nowitzki when Dallas was in the finals against LeBron in 2011, when a lot of people in Germany were watching all the finals. Ever since, I’ve been watching League Pass and listening to all the podcasts and reading all the sites, so I’m well informed on stuff.

…Chess players are very much into basketball, like much more than the average population. If you look at the top ten chess players, all the guys are heavily following basketball, and looking at stats. They’re all serious experts. Like, World Champion Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, all the world’s best players—they’re serious basketball nerds. So it’s funny that we’re all really into it, while people aren’t that much into soccer, as you’re supposed to be as a European.

VS: How on earth did you craft this prediction about I.T. and Kyrie Irving?

JG: I’m just a basketball fan, so I do all these regular chess streams, and I enjoy going off on some tangents and talking basketball. Had I not played a dude with a Celtics avatar, I don’t think I would have talked about it during the show. But of course, I was as surprised as anybody when I woke up this morning and saw that this trade had actually happened. It was fun to see.

VS: Are you worried about becoming Paul, the wildly successful, German World Cup match-predicting octopus, stuck in a tank and choosing the fates of NBA teams for the rest of your life?

JG: I was just talking to my friend about Paul after my video got shared. The funny thing is that I’m a professional chess commentator, but I’m famous for being terrible at making predictions for chess games. So this is a new, welcome change.

VS: At the risk of overdoing it, do you have any other NBA predictions?

JG: I think I should rest on my laurels for a couple of days before I stretch my neck out with the next one. It’s sort of a low-percentage game.

VS: If Isaiah Thomas and Kyrie Irving were chess pieces, which ones would they be?

JG: They gotta be the same piece, right? Both attackers, that defend very poorly. They’re both not very tall. I gotta say, they’re both pawns. And that’s not meant offensively. But pawns can’t move backwards in chess. I feel like these guys, they’re not very good at defense. You have to choose guys who only move forward.

VS: I thought you were going to say they were bishops or knights or something—unpredictable, x-factors…

JG: No, a knight can jump over their opponents, and I’ve never seen Isaiah or Kyrie jump over anything.

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Cupid and Psyche, Giorgio Ghisi, 1574, Cleveland Museum of Art: Prints

https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.94

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New Belgium Tour de Fat Chicago

New Belgium is the 4th largest craft brewery in the country. Their traveling circus, Tour de Fat begins this month and to celebrate the occasion we decided to chat with Media Director and 20 year brewery veteran Bryan Simpson.

CBP Nik This appears to be the most ambitious season yet for Tour De Fat.

New Belgium Bryan Generally, it’s been 10-12 shows per year. We wanted to extend the philanthropic reach of the benefit so its up to 33 shows this year.

CBP Nik Oh shit.

New Belgium Bryan In cities like Chicago, we are bringing in more prominent headlining acts like The Roots to get more people into the tent.

CBP Nik That’s exciting; I’ve seen them six times. The Roots bring me joy. I’ve always know Tour De Fat to be this traveling circus that visited Logan Square every summer when it came to town. What are the origins of the event?

New Belgium Bryan If you know the story, we are a brewery that was founded on a bicycle trip through Belgium, hence the name Fat Tire for our flagship ale. We’ve always been in the bike community. We needed to figure out a way to give back to that scene that supported us. Back in the year 2000, we took the event on the road to six cities. We always partner with local non-profits, these are generally environment, bike or transportation related. We raise money for these organizations; enjoy a great day at the venue. This money stays in the community and we’re able to gain a little brand awareness as well.

CBP Nik I’m a big fan of the growth of your brewery and what you guys represent. Have you been out to the 2nd brewery in Asheville, NC? I’m wondering what the projects are and if folks on the east coast have an appetite for different beers than the original location.

New Belgium Bryan I’ve been multiple times. Fort Collins, CO is the larger of the two facilities. Our capacity is one million barrels annually, North Carolina’s capacity is about half of that size. Ashville allows us to brew for the East Coast. What we’ve been doing is taking our bigger selling brands and flavor matching them there. We’ve got five beers that match so far –Fat Tire, Citradelic IPA and the entire Voodoo Ranger IPA line.

CBP Nik It’s impressive how you guys don’t rest on your laurels.

New Belgium Bryan We are always ones embracing emerging technology and play the game of investing early on a new concept. There’s a thin fill plate boiling system at the brewhouse, it’s kind of nerdy but saves half the energy. We just fulfilled a cool milestone of completing our national footprint this month. We are in all 50 states finally.

CBP Nik Was becoming a national brewery always part of the plan?

New Belgium Bryan I’ve been here for 20 years. I can tell you in the beginning the momentum was great, we were growing out states continuously. We never had the talk that “we’ve gotta make it to all fifty!”

But we did have a moment in our history around the year 2000 where we asked ourselves, what is the right size? At that point we decided that we did want to be a national brand, from that point on it has been intentional. To accommodate that you need to make sure you’re not short shifting any existing markets, and that’s when we brought the second brewery online. I’ve got family on the east coast it feels good to know that can now see what I actually do.

CBP Nik When you look at crews like Founders, Lagunitas or Goose Island they all chose investment paths that involved selling some or all of their company when it was time to expand. You guys are a 100% employee owned company. This isn’t normal in today’s climate.

New Belgium Bryan There have been a lot of mergers and acquisitions in the craft beer space lately. Our founding family, the husband and wife team that created New Belgium always wanted this to be an employee-owned operation. Kim Jordan, our co-founder is still Executive Chair of the Board, they established an Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

The family has since sold their shares into that plan; all of our co-workers here have since repurchased those shares and they will get delegated out over time. There’s a 20-year cycle of shares still available, these will go out to new co-owners as they come in.

This is a great way to share equity. You could take the money and run or you can share that equity and build an ownership culture. What we have here is a culture where we all show up and think like an owner every day. All of us at any level can effect change and float ideas that get picked up quickly.

We are encouraged, competitive and nimble enough to address scenarios like the transition of ownership from the founders to the next generation. This can be done without the company being sold to a larger player.

There is big money out there like the Ballast Point deal for 1B$ but we are very happy with the employee-owned model.

CBP Nik Do you have plans to visit any of the Tour De Fat stops?

New Belgium Bryan I’ll be attending the first stop in Asheville on May 20. Chicago actually sounds like one of the best stops but I will be on sabbatical at that point. I have my 20 sabbatical at that point and will be out of the country. But I will be attending the Colorado shows- Ft Collins, Boulder, Denver and Colorado Springs.

CBP Nik We commend what you guys are doing in the non-profit space and how you’ve chosen to grow the brewery. Thank you for taking the time to chat.

New Belgium Bryan My pleasure.

The 2017 Tour de Fat schedule

5/20 Asheville, NC Third Eye Blind

5/27 Charlotte, NC A Thousand Horses

5/31 Atlanta, GA Corey Harper

6/3 Orlando, FL Jamestown Revival

6/6 Baltimore, MD Hollis Brown

6/6 St. Petersburg, FL Corey Harper

6/10 Philadelphia, PA Plain White T’s

6/10 St. Louis, MO Nick Waterhouse

6/11 New Orleans, LA Corey Harper

6/17 Boston, MA AWOLNATION

6/17 Dallas, TX Jamestown Revival

7/1 Columbus, OH Smallpools

7/5 Cleveland, OH Rainbow Kitten Surprise

7/8 San Diego, CA The Naked and Famous

7/11 Sacramento, CA Hollis Brown

7/15 New York, NY The Naked and Famous

7/15 Santa Cruz, CA Wilderado

7/21 Oakland, CA Hollis Brown

7/22 Washington, DC Vintage Trouble

7/29 Chicago, IL The Roots

7/29 Grand Rapids, MI Nick Waterhouse

8/5 Indianapolis, IN The Record Company

8/12 Detroit, MI Skylar Grey

8/12 Boise, ID Blackberry Smoke

8/12 Kansas City, KS Atlas Genius

8/19 Minneapolis, MN The Record Company

8/19 San Francisco, CA Vintage Trouble

8/23 Madison, WI Atlas Genius

8/25 Boulder, CO Wilderado

8/26 Denver, CO Capital Cities

8/26 Colorado Springs, CO Wilderado

9/2 Fort Collins, CO The All-American Rejects & X Ambassadors

10/7 Tempe, AZ Michael Franti & Spearhead

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