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Colin Jost's run covering Olympic surfing in Tahiti comes to screeching halt after foot injury, infections

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Colin Jost's run covering Olympic surfing in Tahiti comes to screeching halt after foot injury, infections

Comedian Colin Jost landed what appeared to be a dream assignment for the summer. In July, he traveled to Tahiti to cover surfing for the 2024 Summer Olympics.But the “Saturday Night Live” staff writer and cast member recently revealed that he suffered a gruesome foot injury during his time on the French Polynesian island. “This might ruin my WikiFeet score but I just arrived in Tahiti for the surfing Olympics and the reef was excited to greet me,” Jost captioned an Instagram photo showing his injured foot. Jost eventually developed a staph infection. He also dealt with an ear infection.Shortly after the injury and infections were revealed, NBC said that Jost’s time covering the Olympics had come to an end after the comedian “stayed longer than originally planned.”CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM”Colin stayed longer than originally planned,” NBC said in a statement obtained by USA Today. “The competition ran long due to weather. He had a great time, and everyone was thrilled with his coverage from Tahiti.”Jost later said he spent time working with the onsite medical personnel after the infection began.WHO IS CAROLINE MARKS? FLORIDA NATIVE OLYMPIAN WHO JUST WON GOLD FOR THE US IN SURFING”I’ve been visiting the medical tent regularly. It’s a weird feeling when you’re in the medical tent way more than any of the athletes,” Jost told NBC Sports on July 30.”The medical staff at this point, they know my name, they’re very familiar with my badge ID number, they know I’m allergic to penicillin,” he continued. “They started saying, ‘We need to see you every day.’ At first, I was like, ‘Oh, my God, guys, I like you, too.’ And they were like, ‘No, it’s because the infection hasn’t improved.”Surf conditions delayed the start of the semifinals and finals, but Jost was on hand for the events and posted an Instagram video in which he jokingly dispelled rumors of his demise.”Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated,” he wrote. “Semis and finals of Olympic surfing happening right now in Tahiti. At the Wall of Skulls.”Australian meteorologist Luke Bradnam has been featured on NBC’s Olympic surfing coverage on the days following Jost’s sudden exit.Bradnam admitted he was not familiar with Jost when he first met the “Weekend Update” co-host in Tahiti.”I said to one of the officials ‘Who’s that?,’ and she goes, ‘You know who he is,’” Bradnam recalled when he spoke to Reuters. “And I go, ‘I don’t know.’ She goes, ‘He’s married to Scarlett Johansson. He’s from ‘Saturday Night Live.’”Fox News Digital contacted Jost’s representatives and NBC for comment.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

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SuperStudio by Calibro 35 from the album Decade - Direction, editing: Patrizio Gioffredi

[csolarstorm]

Wandavision Ep. 5 Multiverse Musings

First off, what do we call these?  Multiverse arrivals?  Canon immigrants?  The MCU will probably have a term for them soon, because there’s got to be a connection between Peter Maximoff in Wandavision and J. Jonah Jameson plus two iterations worth of legacy Spiderman cast members basically confirmed for the third Spiderman movie, right? 

Something, maybe the Snap, is opening the multiverse.  I don’t think the Hex is causing it.  It might be some kind of interdimensional baddie introduced in Wandavision, but knowing Marvel, it’s usually some kind of consequence of the previous conflict, so it’s likely to be either the Snap that dusted everyone, the Snap that brought them back, or even the atomization of the stones themselves, which The Ancient One said regulated the flow of the timeline. 

There’s so much fun to be had by exploring all the legacy Marvel media as a multiverse.  Is there now an MCMU, a Marvel Cinematic Multiverse?  Was the Incredible Hulk with Edward Norton actually from alternate timeline with an alternate Tony Stark also played Robert Downey Jr.  When the Abomination appears in She-Hulk, is he going to be from the Multiverse?  Will we see Edward Norton’s Hulk?

And believe it or not, there’s more exciting possibilities than the Edward Norton’s boring Hulk!  The majority of legacy content they have hasn’t even been remade for the MCU, so they could be at this for years, as long as they original Infinity Saga!  The MCU’s version of Blade is in the works, and they’ve already been talking to Wesley Snipes about that.  When Fantastic Four comes out, Chris Evans could cameo as the Human Torch again.  They could do a very satisfying roast of Fan4stic for everyone involved in that fiasco. They could get Nicholas Cage and that guy who played Robbie Reyes in SHIELD to ride alongside a third Ghost Rider.  (Or just go with Robbie Reyes.) 

Then we’ve got Charlie Cox rumored to appear as Peter’s attorney at some point, maybe in Spiderman 4, and I wouldn’t be surprised given how hard Spiderman is leaning in on the multiverse.  I have a hard time believing they’d just cast a new Daredevil when everyone is demanding that they keep him, especially when they’re already combining multiverses.  They’d be crazy to give up a lot of those iterations in the Netflix universe; Luke Cage and Jessica Jones were groundbreaking, and Punisher was great. 

Agents of SHIELD has already screwed up its universe, so they could easily just import them and say they left their own timeline a long time ago.  Or maybe it was never part of the original MCU timeline.  Maybe the only original MCU is just Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and all them movies post Disney.  Maybe the answer to “Is Coulson dead or alive” is actually “Both” this entire time.  Maybe in the MCU he actually died and Fury got the helicarrier running on his own, but in the ABC Studios universe he lived.  Maybe he’s actually been a Schrodinger’s Coulson: maybe TAHITI is a magical place, maybe it isn’t.  You don’t know until you open the box.

Hell, bring in The Runaways, bring in Cloak and Dagger!  Bring in Helstrom, what the hell, bring in Helstrom!  WHY NOT?  Why not bring in Inhumans?!  Let’s bring in Inhumans!  With all the forces of the Marvel Multiverse, AVENGERS ASSEM - wait, no, I take that back, don’t bring in Inhumans.  Let that one go. 

Let’s not stop there even!  Bring back Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno as the Incredible Hulk!  Those old low-quality Captain America, Dr. Strange, and Fantastic Four TV movies!  Garret Issac Morris as Ant-Man from Saturday Night Live!  Darcy Lewis could contact him!  She knows him from 2 Broke Girls!

And Deadpool will be waiting at the portals, mocking everyone for needing an in-universe reason to cross continuities when he can break the fourth wall just because.  It would take years and billions of dollars that could solve this and the next pandemic just to rope in all these actors, but goddamn, Marvel could do it!  It’s a mad, mad multiverse, and Marvel could do it!

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

Toshiro Mifune and Lee Marvin in a scene from Hell in the Pacific (1968), filmed in The Palau Islands of Micronesia in the south Pacific by Conrad Hall.  Conrad was born in Tahiti.  His entries among my best 1,001 movies are The Professionals, Cool Hand Luke and American Beauty.  

[the-wanderer]

Some spent this lockdown being productive where as I rewatched every MCU movie, tv show and one-shot (even Inhumans and iron fist). It took six months but here are the Unanswered Questions of the MCU:

* When did Odin have The Tesseract and why did he leave “the greatest treasure of his hord” on Earth? (Captain America)

* Who was Dottie Underwood stealing the lapel pin from and why? (Agent Carter)

* What was left in Vernon Masters’ briefcase? (Agent Carter)

* What does the Arena Club key pin open? (Agent Carter)

* What was Howard Stark’s Project from Peru? (Agent Carter)

* What happened to Peggy Carter’s relationship with Daniel Souza since Steve Rogers’ time-jumped back for their dance? (Agent Carter/EndGame)

* Did Jack Thompson survive the hit? (Agent Carter)

* Will there be a Agent Carter finale to resolve this and build on from the One-Shot showing Peggy Carter & Howard Stark establishing S.H.I.E.L.D.?

* Did all the Skrulls ever get to a new home world? (Captain Marvel)

* Did Carol go back to Hala and destroy the Supreme Intelligence? (Captain Marvel)

* Why didn’t Loki’s use of the mind stone work on Tony Stark? (The Avengers)

* What happened with Clint and Natasha in Budapest? (The Avengers)

* When will we see the real Mandarin and the Ten Rings? (Iron Man 3 / All Hail The King)

* Who was Peggy Carter’s (future) husband that Steve rescued? (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)

* Are there any Hydra agents still in the world?

* Will The Avengers ever know that Phil Coulson was resurrected after The Battle of New York?

* If The Guest House is not a SHIELD Facility, then who owned / operated the facility that housed the TAHITI Project that resurrected Agent Coulson? {How was the drive from Istanbul?} (Agents of SHIELD)

* When will we see Nova? (Guardians of the Galaxy)

* What state is Xandar in after Thanos’ attack there? (Avengers Infinity War)

* Have there been any other Celestials beside Ego? (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2)

* When will we see Adam Warlock? (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2)

* Did Gao and Murakami survive the fall of Midland Circle? (The Defenders)

* Did Elekra survive the fall of Midland Circle? (The Defenders)

* Who did Tony sell Avengers Tower to? (Spider-man: Homecoming)

* What happened with Uncle Ben? (Spider-man: Homecoming)

* Will we get that Ghost Rider TV Series?

* How did Vijay Nadeer go through a second terra-genesis when he died? (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

* Are there any LMD copies of Anton Ivanov aka The Superior remaining? (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

* Who was the enemy Black Bolt was destined to product Attilan from? (Inhumans)

* Who is ‘the boss’ of Callisto Aerospace and owns the land the Inhumans of Attilan now live on? (Inhumans)

* Will Maximus ever go through a second TerraGenesis (Inhumans)

* Who did the blue signal from the throne call out to? (Inhumans)

* Will we see the Inhumans get their own movie or a revival tv show?

* How is Luke Cage managing being Harlem’s Sheriff / King of Harlem’s Paradise (Luke Cage)

* Who rescued Mary Walker in Skovia? (Iron Fist)

* Is Colleen Wing’s mother still alive in New York? (Iron Fist)

* How did Orson Randall acquire the body of an Iron Fist? (Iron Fist)

* How did Danny get his Iron Fist back? (Iron Fist)

* Did Ava/Ghost get her Quantum Healing particles? (Ant-Man and the Wasp)

* Is The Collector still alive? (Avengers: Infinity War)

* How did the Monoliths end up on Earth? (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

* Did SHIELD retrieve Fury’s Toolbox from the Chronicoms? (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

* What happened to Loki after he stole the Tesseract {again} ?(Avengers: EndGame)

* Did they rebuild The New Avengers Facility? (Avengers: EndGame)

* What did Tony mean “When you mess with time it tends to mess back, you’ll see” (Avengers: EndGame)

* What was Thanos’ sword made of that was able to destroy Cap’s Vibranium Shield? (Avengers: EndGame)

* What happened to Gamora after the event of Avengers: EndGame? (Avengers: EndGame)

* Is Nick Fury Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. again? (Spider-man: Far From Home)

* How will Peter deal with his identity being revealed? (Spider-man: Far From Home)

* How long has Talos been impersonating Fury? Spider-man: Far From Home)

* What has Nick Fury been doing in space {is he establishing S.W.O.R.D.} ? (Spider-man: Far From Home)

[basick-cable]

Was m.i.a sorryyyy.

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Name: McKenzie

Zodiac: Sagittarius

Favorite musicians/bands: Selena, Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Aaliyah, Adele, Lana Del Rey, Gallant, UMI, Tini, Alessia Cara, Dua Lipa, Rihanna, JoJo, Frank Ocean, Jeremy Zucker, Ariana Grande, Madison Beer, Leon Bridges, The NBHD, Grateful Dead, The Growlers, Vance Joy, One Direction, Harry Styles, Zayn, Flatbush Zombies, The 1975, Years and Years, Shawn Mendes, Kid Cudi, Mariah Carey, Kali Uchis, Tove Lo, Weezer, LANY, Dominic Fike, Paramore, Lily Allen

Favorite sports team: Angels and Dodgers I know they’re like rivals and all

Other blogs: Nope

Do I get asks: No

How many blogs do I follow: 104

What I’m wearing: A baggy shirt and old p.e. shorts

Dream vacation: Peru, Italy, Tahiti

Dream car: classic vw bus

Favorite food: Sushi, miso soup, Hawaiian BBQ, carne asada tacos/fries, Carapulcra

Drink of choice: water, strawberry lemonade, milk tea boba

Languages: English and Spanish

Celebrity crush: Luke Davis Grey

Random fact: I auditioned for Disney channel when I was 8

[throughtheglassdarkly]

Missing Pieces, part 5

Welcome back. When last you were here, Yova was being a gentleman and Day became a damsel in distress. Onward.

So of course the first thing you’re probably wondering is “How did Day get nabbed by the Knights of the Widow’s Walk?” I didn’t end up learning the whole story until much later, so this is all secondhand, but here’s the story as it was related to me. Rewinding to a few days before all this happened, Day had a pretty weird feeling that something was off. He couldn’t put his finger on it at first, but he confirmed it when he was out buying a six pack at his corner bodega and he saw a blue Subaru sitting out front. There wasn’t anybody in the car, but he was almost certain he’d seen that same car parked outside another stop he’d made a few days earlier.

Checking out the car, Day saw it had New York State plates and a large dent on the driver’s side door near the bottom, which was how he figured it was the same car. He also spotted a person wearing a puffy jacket and knit cap near the end of the block, leaning up against a street lamp and looking in his direction. He started heading after that figure, but when the dude saw him, he darted off. Day followed, but when he got around the corner, he saw that the figure had vanished into thin air. He did, however, see a paper fluttering in the wind with part of a red wax seal on it. Sound familiar?

Day took the paper back to his office and kept working on some of the paperwork for his PI license. None of us had heard from him much in a couple of days; he’d kept telling us he was really busy. Nothing much happened to him the rest of the day, but when he woke up the next morning, his window was open. He’d definitely remembered shutting it the night before, so he was super freaked out, grabbed his gun, and started going through the apartment. He didn’t see anyone, but did clearly see that a lot of his things were looked through: papers were askew, books and newspapers ruffled through, drawers slightly ajar. He told me later that he considered calling one of us, but then decided against it. After a minute, he saw something that got his attention: a picture that was taken of him while he was out with the rest of us. It was a picture from behind, mostly of him and Bella.

Day desperately needed to cool off, so he walked back to the bodega he was at the day before for a breakfast sandwich. As the cashier was ringing him up, he told Day, “Oh, speak of the devil. Someone was just asking about you.” Day looked around quickly but didn’t see anybody, so he asked, “Who?” “Oh, some tall guy came through, said he saw you come in the other day and said he’d seen you around a few places, asked if you were a regular here,” the kid said. “What’d he look like?” Day asked. “Uh, tall, kind of pale – no, pale’s not right-”

At this point, Day lost all pretense of patience, so he reached across the counter, grabbed the kid by the scruff of the neck and dragged him over the counter, saying, “I’m not asking you to describe a Mr. Potato Head, I’m asking you to describe him! What. Did. He. Look. Like?!” The kid was practically in tears and stammered out a description and Day let him go. The kid rang Day out as fast as he could, told him the guy was heading in the direction of Broadway, then ducked behind the counter to wet himself in privacy.

Day started stalking toward Broadway, eating his sandwich and steaming. He was looking around everywhere, trying to figure out where this tall guy in a knit hat and Mets jacket (that’s how you know he’s evil) might be hiding. He ended up passing a big collection of trash bins near one of the side streets and was so distracted looking down the nearby alley that he didn’t even see the guy come up behind him. He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to look. The guy was tall, ashen, with a pig-like nose and one hand in his jacket pocket.

The dude told Day, “If you don’t want to see what I have in this pocket, and trust me, you don’t, we’re going to take a walk.” Day snapped back, “If your face is any indication, I don’t want to see anything you got under those clothes.” He steered day into the alley and told him they were going somewhere Day wouldn’t be a problem. “Somehow I don’t think you mean Tahiti,” Day said. “I could put a sign on it that says Tahiti if you’d like,” the man retorted. “Don’t do me any favors, bitch,” Day said. As he was saying this, he heard a burst of air come from his side and felt something really sharp hit his upper arm. He looked down and saw a dart and then his vision began to swim. The last thing he saw before passing out was the guy pulling a pair of handcuffs out of his jacket, wearing a thick leather glove as he did so.

So that takes care of one bit of backstory. But before I get into how we rescued Day, I think it’s only fair to share with you what happened on Yova’s date, which I also had to learn about secondhand. She’d scouted the bistro out a few days in advance and was already there when Marigold came running up, completely out of breath and apologizing for missing her bus. Now, Yova says she spotted the three of us, but decided to let it slide so as to not make a scene (personally, I think she’s saving face, but we’ll give this to her, we’ll give it to her).

After getting their drink orders in (Marigold, it turns out, is a Pepsi girl), they started having small talk, with Marigold super excited about what we learned about the Shepherd of Lonely Roads. She was talking a mile a minute about research and how thrilling it was, with Yova being Cool Hand Luke, letting her run her yap. After Marigold finished pumping Yova for information about the Shepherd, Yova turned the conversation back to Marigold, asking how long she’d been in the Autumn Court (two years), how she felt about the Court (she was the newest recruit prior to me and didn’t really care to get involved with the running of the Court) and the current relations of the Courts (she gave an analogy that Summer and Winter built the house, but Autumn and Spring were the ones keeping the walls up and safe). It was around this time that Yova noticed we were gone.

After they ate their meals, Yova suggested they grab some coffee at a nearby coffeeshop and take a walk around the neighborhood, which Marigold was entirely up for. Yova paid the bill and offered Marigold an arm, escorting her out of the restaurant. The line at the coffeeshop was a bit lengthy, but it allowed them more chances to be schmoopy with each other. Yova learned that once Marigold started talking, she could talk for a very, very long time.

So that’ll get you caught up to where my last chapter ended. As soon as Pam, Bella, and I finished staring in horror at the picture of Day and I got my senses back, I grabbed the photo and started entering the coordinates into Google Maps. What popped up was an old auto parts store a few towns over from Albany (a suburb of a suburb) that was closed permanently. The building, however, was still standing. I told Bella and Pam this and Bella grimly said there wasn’t much difference in her being there instead of Day. I think she was envisioning that she’d have to offer herself up in exchange for Day. I told her, “Look, after what we went through in Arcadia, I don’t want any of us being stuck somewhere again and forced to do anything. I don’t – I can’t let that happen. We’re going to get him out of there without having to trade anybody.”

Pam suggested at this point that we go get Yova. Her date had been over for hours now, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t busy. We looked up her schedule on her website and saw that she was doing accompanist work for a local high school production of My Fair Lady. We all grabbed our bags, I gave Paisley a couple crickets, and we made our way over. When we got in the auditorium just before intermission, I saw Yova with the tightest smile I’ve ever seen on her face. I couldn’t blame her: all the kids sounded like they’d been taking accent classes from Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins.

At intermission, she came to join us and was clearly about to start a soliloquy, but I handed her the photo of Day to cut that off at the pass. As soon as she saw it, she got a look of pure murder on her face. She excused herself to talk with the production manager and inform him that a family emergency had come up and we all left the school. Yova was about to light up a cigarette when Pam cleared her throat and pointed to the “No Tobacco Products Within 250 Feet of School Grounds” sign. Yova, clearly bested by the full force of the Parent-Teacher Association, slunk away in shame.

When we got back to her crappy pickup and all piled in, we explained the situation. She said that we would need to speak with someone from the Summer Court, since one of their pledged courtiers was missing. We hotfooted it back over to my apartment and Yova reluctantly took out her phone to call Dania Sprint. Dania was the Runnerswift who was giving her dirty looks at the B&B, the one in desperate need of an “Oh, honey.” Unfortunately, she’s more or less the secretary of the Summer Court, so if anything needed to be relayed, she was the one to relay it.

Yova called Dania and explained the situation to her. Dania was about as sympathetic as a rabid musk ox and put her on hold. I put Paisley on Yova’s lap to get her to quell her murderous rage. After a few minutes of teeth-gritting hold, Yova finally got Cahir the Unyielding on the line. For once, he was all business as Yova explained the situation to him. He asked her for the address of where Day was being held and promised to send in some backup in case things went south. He told us that the recruits were only going to come in if things went really bad: he wasn’t going to risk any of their lives. He did tell us, “I don’t care what you have to do to get him out, just get him out.” He also insisted that if we learned anything else, we should call back and he would personally be the one manning the phone. After this conversation ended, I retrieved Paisley, Yova got her brass knuckles, and we all headed out.

While we were doing this, Day was finishing up a thoroughly miserable 48 hours as his body worked to purge itself of whatever drug had been pumped into him. His wrists were burning with a worse pain than anything he’d ever felt before and he couldn’t stay asleep. He was groggy and in pain, but at least he was awake. He realized he was in a small broom closet with a light flickering overhead. He tried kicking the door a few times and the same ashen-skinned man opened it, smoking a cigarette and looking like he’d rather be anywhere other than where he was.

“Oh, thank God, I’ve been calling the front desk for hours. This room simply won’t do,” he snarked. “Suck it up, my God, you’re so loud!” the pig-nosed guy griped. He told Day that he expected his friends to show up and do something stupid, but that he’d be able to go before too long. Day scoffed that we didn’t think he’s our friend (that one actually hurt when he told me it later). He asked for a cigarette and the other guy shrugged, put it in his mouth, and lit it. As soon as he did, Day took a puff and shot it out at the guy’s eye, nailing his eyelid. The guy freaked out, slammed the door, and stomped off.

Around this time, the rest of us pulled up in front of the auto parts store. It was a run-down area and we were feeling dangerously isolated. Bella was really quiet the whole time over and I wanted to check in with her and make sure she was doing all right. She shrugged in response and Yova told Bella that we weren’t going to let anybody take her. Bella was blaming herself, saying that she should have checked in with Day earlier than she did. It took most of us to get her to pull herself out of her funk, telling her that we all could have checked in with Day, but that he’d been super busy and none of us thought it was strange we didn’t hear from him for a couple of days. Bella squared her shoulders and grabbed a rock from the parking lot, getting ready to let it fly.

Yova decided to activate a contract that would prevent violence from taking place. And in entirely Yova style, she launched into Lady Hotspur’s speech from Henry IV. Day couldn’t hear any of that from inside, but he did hear his captor saying, “Hey, looks like you have friends after all, asshole!” Yova was about halfway through her monologue when the door cracked open and the ashen man leaned against the doorframe, saying, “So, uh, you certainly know how to make an entrance. Not sure I get the Shakespeare, but…” and he shrugged. Yova asked him to return Day and he said, “You want your friend back, you’re gonna have to come inside and talk terms.” They started bickering about where they were going to discuss the details and eventually came to a compromise of us standing outside and him standing inside. At this point, Day managed to kick the door open and we were able to see him from outside.

Yova introduced herself and asked the ashen man’s name, which turned out to be Hutch. She asked why his group was convinced Bella was a loyalist and Hutch said he couldn’t say, as it wasn’t his call, but that he knew some of his superiors had been cracking down as of late on fae elements in the area. They’d grabbed a few fetches and got some information, which is when the order to grab Bella went out. Yova tried to sweet-talk him and ask him about how they could come to an accord. He didn’t seem inclined to do any such thing, saying that if he let Day go and things went south, it would be his ass on the line. Bella got angry and asked him if he wanted to see the cut string on her neck. “I made sure I got myself cut before I even left out of that place, so whoever your little fetch is, they’re giving you wrong information and it’s putting innocent people at risk of getting hurt because of that,” she told him.

Hutch looked down at Bella’s neck and he saw the frayed thread. He got a – maybe guilty? – look on his face after that and said he understood what she was saying. He steadied himself and said, “I’m sorry if someone made the wrong call, but I still have to report back. So here’s what I think we can do, is if you guys can actually bring me the person responsible, if you guys can find who actually might be – I mean, if anybody in this freehold is loyal to those fuckwads back in Arcadia, if you can bring them to me, I’ll consider that as good a proof of innocence as anything. Even better if you can find out who’s trying to put the blame on you guys specifically.”

Bella preempted Pam in asking for his manager’s number. He told us there was a drop box where we could leave a message with any comments or complaints. I think he actually was serious.

Eventually, we managed to convince Hutch that turning Day over to us was in his best interest, since Day was the best investigator that we had. He went over and told Day that he was going to let him loose and that Day was going to have to walk over to us right away. As soon as the iron manacles were off, Day said he felt almost euphoric, like he wanted to cry from relief. As he left, he faked a punch at Hutch before he rejoined us outside. Hutch gave us one other clue before he slammed the door, saying that there was a beer garden in Schenectady where they learned some stuff. It was as good a place to start as any, so we decided that should be our next stop the following day.

Yova pulled out a cigarette and lit one for Day as well. He was looking grouchy and told us that we could let him have it for getting grabbed. Bella just glomped onto him and hugged him tightly, muttering something about being glad he was okay. He was completely taken aback by that and seemed to think we were just going to let him sit there. Bella said that she needed somebody to go to Hooters with and eat chicken wings (Yova and I both turned a little green at that, but for different reasons) and Yova said she needed Day to help her get stuff upstairs (so that’s her secret…). Day looked maybe a little uncomfortable at all the attention and said that he wasn’t used to having people care about him. “Well, you’re family now,” Pam said, and he looked sheepish.

Yova called Cahir and told him about the success of our mission. He was impressed and said, “You know, Miss Yova, I know you haven’t pledged loyalty to any particular Court yet, but given your extensive… talents, I think there would be quite a good place for you in Summer.” Yova surprised us all when she told him that she had been considering this very thing and unofficially pledged her loyalty to Summer over the phone. Cahir asked to talk to Day, asked if Day was okay, and told him it was good to have him back.

Now at this point, I actually wasn’t around. When Yova made her phone call, I slipped away and made my way down to the nearby 7-Eleven, in search of something in particular. When I got inside, I saw that the clerk who was working the graveyard shift was hiiiiiigh out of her mind. She looked at me and said, “Hey… you like donuts?” “I do like donuts!” I told her. “Great. We got some Krispy Kremes, here you go,” she said, handing me a couple boxes from behind the counter. I promised to tell her manager that she deserved a raise and she resumed watching a daddy long legs build a web on the wall. I got back to the group, donuts in tow, and made sure Day got the custard ones. I remembered him saying in Arcadia that they were his favorite.

And then Pam suggested we all get something to eat, so we made our way to Denny’s.

That’s a pretty good spot to stop it for here, so when next we get back, I’ll take you through our adventure at the beer garden and what we learned there. Until then, may all your high school drama students actually get in the ballpark of being on key.

[bookworm-on-rainy-days]

“Hello? This is Clary Fairchild.”

“Clary? It’s me, Emma.”

“Oh, Emma, hi! I haven’t heard from you in ages. My mom says thanks for the wedding flowers, by the way. She wanted to send a note but Luke whisked her away on a honeymoon to Tahiti.”

“Tahiti sounds nice.”

“It probably is — Jace, what are you doing with that thing? There is no way it’ll fit.”

“Is this a bad time?”

“What? No! Jace is trying to drag a trebuchet into the training room. Alec, stop helping him.”

“What’s a trebuchet?”

“It’s a huge catapult.”

“What are they going to use it for?”

“I have no idea. Alec, you’re enabling! You’re an enabler!”

“Maybe it is a bad time.”

“I doubt there’ll be a better one. Is something wrong? Is there anything I can do?”

“I think we have your cat.”

“What?”

“Your cat. Big fuzzy Blue Persian? Always looks angry? Julian says it’s your cat. He says he saw it at the New York Institute. Well, saw him. It’s a boy cat.”

“Church? You have Church? But I thought — well, we knew he was gone. We thought Brother Zachariah took him. Isabelle was annoyed, but they seemed to know each other. I’ve never seen Church actually likeanyone like that.”

“I don’t know if he likes anyone here. He bit Julian twice. Oh, wait. Julian says he likes Ty. He’s asleep on Ty’s bed.”

“How did you wind up with him?”

“Someone rang our front doorbell. Diana, she’s our tutor, went down to see what it was. Church was in a cage on the front step with a note tied to it. It said For Emma. This is Church, a longtime friend of the Carstairs. Take care of this cat and he will take care of you. —J.”

“Brother Zachariah left you a cat.”

“But I don’t even really know him. And he’s not a Silent Brother any more.”

“You may not know him, but he clearly knows you.”

“What do you think the J stands for?”

“His real name. Look, Emma, if he wants you to have Church, and you want Church, you should keep him.”

“Are you sure? The Lightwoods —“

‘They’re both standing here nodding. Well, Alec is partially trapped under a trebuchet, but he seems to be nodding.”

“Jules says we’d like to keep him. We used to have a cat named Oscar, but he died, and, well, Church seems to be good for Ty’s nightmares.”

“Oh, honey. I think, really, he’s Brother Zachariah’s cat. And if he wants you to have him, then you should.”

“Why does Brother Zachariah want to protect me? It’s like he knows me, but I don’t know why he knows me.”

“I don’t exactly know … But I know Tessa. She’s his — well, girlfriend seems not the right word for it. They’ve known each other a long, long time. I have a feeling they’re both watching over you.”

“That’s good. I have a feeling we’re going to need it.”

“Emma — oh my God. The trebuchet just crashed through the floor. I have to go. Call me later.”

“But we can keep the cat?”

“You can keep the cat.” 

― Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight

[spookydru]

Lady Midnight Challenge

Day 6:  your favorite moment of a tmi/tid characther on the book

“Hello? This is Clary Fairchild.” “Clary? It’s me, Emma.” “Oh, Emma, hi! I haven’t heard from you in ages. My mom says thanks for the wedding flowers, by the way. She wanted to send a note but Luke whisked her away on a honeymoon to Tahiti.” “Tahiti sounds nice.” “It probably is — Jace, what are you doing with that thing? There is no way it’ll fit.” “Is this a bad time?” “What? No! Jace is trying to drag a trebuchet into the training room. Alec, stop helping him.” “What’s a trebuchet?” “It’s a huge catapult.” “What are they going to use it for?” “I have no idea. Alec, you’re enabling! You’re an enabler!” “Maybe it is a bad time.” “I doubt there’ll be a better one. Is something wrong? Is there anything I can do?” “I think we have your cat.” “What?” “Your cat. Big fuzzy Blue Persian? Always looks angry? Julian says it’s your cat. He says he saw it at the New York Institute. Well, saw him. It’s a boy cat.” “Church? You have Church? But I thought — well, we knew he was gone. We thought Brother Zachariah took him. Isabelle was annoyed, but they seemed to know each other. I’ve never seen Church actually likeanyone like that.” “I don’t know if he likes anyone here. He bit Julian twice. Oh, wait. Julian says he likes Ty. He’s asleep on Ty’s bed.” “How did you wind up with him?” “Someone rang our front doorbell. Diana, she’s our tutor, went down to see what it was. Church was in a cage on the front step with a note tied to it. It said For Emma. This is Church, a longtime friend of the Carstairs. Take care of this cat and he will take care of you. —J.” “Brother Zachariah left you a cat.” “But I don’t even really know him. And he’s not a Silent Brother any more.” “You may not know him, but he clearly knows you.” “What do you think the J stands for?” “His real name. Look, Emma, if he wants you to have Church, and you want Church, you should keep him.” “Are you sure? The Lightwoods —“ ‘They’re both standing here nodding. Well, Alec is partially trapped under a trebuchet, but he seems to be nodding.” “Jules says we’d like to keep him. We used to have a cat named Oscar, but he died, and, well, Church seems to be good for Ty’s nightmares.” “Oh, honey. I think, really, he’s Brother Zachariah’s cat. And if he wants you to have him, then you should.” “Why does Brother Zachariah want to protect me? It’s like he knows me, but I don’t know why he knows me.” “I don’t exactly know … But I know Tessa. She’s his — well, girlfriend seems not the right word for it. They’ve known each other a long, long time. I have a feeling they’re both watching over you.” “That’s good. I have a feeling we’re going to need it.” “Emma — oh my God. The trebuchet just crashed through the floor. I have to go. Call me later.” “But we can keep the cat?” “You can keep the cat.”

[daily-tsc-quotes]

“Hello? This is Clary Fairchild.” “Clary? It’s me, Emma.” “Oh, Emma, hi! I haven’t heard from you in ages. My mom says thanks for the wedding flowers, by the way. She wanted to send a note but Luke whisked her away on a honeymoon to Tahiti.” “Tahiti sounds nice.” “It probably is — Jace, what are you doing with that thing? There is no way it’ll fit.” “Is this a bad time?” “What? No! Jace is trying to drag a trebuchet into the training room. Alec, stop helping him.” “What’s a trebuchet?” “It’s a huge catapult.” “What are they going to use it for?” “I have no idea. Alec, you’re enabling! You’re an enabler!” “Maybe it is a bad time.” “I doubt there’ll be a better one. Is something wrong? Is there anything I can do?” “I think we have your cat.” “What?” “Your cat. Big fuzzy Blue Persian? Always looks angry? Julian says it’s your cat. He says he saw it at the New York Institute. Well, saw him. It’s a boy cat.” “Church? You have Church? But I thought — well, we knew he was gone. We thought Brother Zachariah took him. Isabelle was annoyed, but they seemed to know each other. I’ve never seen Church actually likeanyone like that.” “I don’t know if he likes anyone here. He bit Julian twice. Oh, wait. Julian says he likes Ty. He’s asleep on Ty’s bed.” “How did you wind up with him?” “Someone rang our front doorbell. Diana, she’s our tutor, went down to see what it was. Church was in a cage on the front step with a note tied to it. It said For Emma. This is Church, a longtime friend of the Carstairs. Take care of this cat and he will take care of you. —J.” “Brother Zachariah left you a cat.” “But I don’t even really know him. And he’s not a Silent Brother any more.” “You may not know him, but he clearly knows you.” “What do you think the J stands for?” “His real name. Look, Emma, if he wants you to have Church, and you want Church, you should keep him.” “Are you sure? The Lightwoods —“ ‘They’re both standing here nodding. Well, Alec is partially trapped under a trebuchet, but he seems to be nodding.” “Jules says we’d like to keep him. We used to have a cat named Oscar, but he died, and, well, Church seems to be good for Ty’s nightmares.” “Oh, honey. I think, really, he’s Brother Zachariah’s cat. And if he wants you to have him, then you should.” “Why does Brother Zachariah want to protect me? It’s like he knows me, but I don’t know why he knows me.” “I don’t exactly know … But I know Tessa. She’s his — well, girlfriend seems not the right word for it. They’ve known each other a long, long time. I have a feeling they’re both watching over you.” “That’s good. I have a feeling we’re going to need it.” “Emma — oh my God. The trebuchet just crashed through the floor. I have to go. Call me later.” “But we can keep the cat?” “You can keep the cat.”

Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight

[cherry-liquor-on-the-rocks]

☩:, ✨, 🌟, 💔 (hello, I’m very curious)

1. He is an atheist, but of Jewish descent so he does celebrate one or more of their holidays2. Luke started this life out of boredom from normal life, the need for excitement and the attempt to fill a hole his depression made in his soul.3. Tahiti, he heard it's a magical place (sorry, refrence). But Really? Italy, Britain and Ireland.4. Already answered it in a previous post

[rainofaugustsith]

Thanks so much for the tag @darth-khal! :) Name: Rain of August. I'm on the Sith Undercover Program. :) Nickname(s): None, really. Height: I am really, really short. Viri is the height I wish I were. Orientation: Bisexual and demisexual with a very strong lean toward the sapphic side of things. Nationality: American. Favourite fruit: oranges Favourite season: summer Favourite plant: chrysanthemums Favourite scent: cinnamon Favourite color: purple Favourite animal: tiger Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate: I love all three, it just depends which time of day. Average sleep hours: 8 Dog or cat person: Cats FTW. Favourite fictional characters: Lana Beniko, Katniss Everdeen, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Darth Vader (well, more Anakin), Jack and Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas

Number of blankets you sleep with: 7.

Dream trip: Tahiti or Egypt. Blog created: Fall 2017. Number of followers: 25. Random facts: I love spiders and really wish I could have a tarantula (I can't. Tarantula + cats would not work well). I got to pet a tarantula once and I was thrilled. I am really bad with names when I meet people. I love glittery and shiny things. I am very shy until I get to know people. Tagging...I am not sure who did this.. @cavalier-life and @celith-wraine?

[lulkeskywalker]

I was tagged by @jessicallange​, thank you Jordan!!! (^▽^)

Rules: Answer 30 questions and tag 20 blogs

Nickname(s): Pedrinho

Gender: Male

Sign: Virgo

Height: 175cm, which is 5′9 (????)

Time: 11:00 pm

Fav band(s): //

Fav solo artist(s): Lana Del Rey is the #1

Song stuck in my head: does the Vertigo theme count?

Last movie I saw: Star Wars: TLJ

Last show I watched: Dark on Netflix

When did I create my blog: Dec. 2014

What do I post: Star Wars, Asoiaf/GoT, Marvel & DC, ASOUE, photography, plus many more things

Last thing I Googled: "175cm in feet” HA!

Do I have any other blogs: Yes, but the only ones I care about at the moment are my ASOUE and Catelyn blogs

Do I get asks: Rarely (but do send them)

Why did I chose my URL: because I stan Luke Skylegend 

Following: 232

Followed by: people all around the world

Average hours of Sleep: 6-8 hours

Lucky number: 4, 7

Instruments: I don’t know how to play any instrument anymore :(

What I am wearing: pajamas

Dream job: I don’t know

Dream trip: Tahiti

Fav food: chocolate is my weakness

Nationality: Brazilian

Fav song: I don’t know, I can’t pick a favourite

Last book I read: The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millenium #2)

Top 3 fictional universes I wanna join: The Wizarding World, Marvel, and in the others I’m thinking of I would probably suffer a most gruesome and horrible death so let’s leave it at that

I tag @valyrla (she’s back!!!!! my twin), @illyrio, @wolfbloodofwinterfell, @miliebobbybrown

[mathildegremaud]

tagged by: @traviskelce

NAME: Karen

NICKNAME: i don’t really have one djvbvhf i used to be called karebear back in grade school

ZODIAC: gemini :~)

HEIGHT: 5'1 ish

LANGUAGES: english, spanish and some french

NATIONALITY: Canadian but my fam is from El Salvador

FAVORITE SEASON: summer

FAVORITE FLOWER: sunflowers (: the seeds r nice

FAVORITE ANIMAL: lions, cheetahs, literally any big cat

FAVORITE SCENT: vanilla is good tbh, i like the smell of certain fruits too

FAVORITE FICTIONAL CHARACTER: idk djvnjfd i literally only watch sports :/ lets go with luke skywalker

COFFEE TEA OR HOT CHOCOLATE: coffee, i literally get caffeine headaches if i don’t drink any lmao rip 2 me

AVERAGE SLEEP: 6 ish hours??? i take a lot of naps tho /:

FAVORITE COLOR: red

DOGS OR CATS: cats

NUMBER OF BLANKETS: i think i have like 5 on my bed but i usually only two or three jdvbjdf

DREAM TRIP: somewhere with a nice tropical beach like bora bora or tahiti or sumn

BLOG ESTABLISHED: june 2012??? i think??

RANDOM FACT: I’m literally 3 weeks away from finishing my kinesiology degree (:! 

GENDER: non-binary

SEXUALITY: gay ?? i guess??? i like women jdfnvjkd

HARRY POTTER MORAL COMPASS: idk what this means lmao i’m a slytherin if that counts for anything

WHERE ARE YOU FROM: Winnipeg, Canada

WHY DID YOU START THIS BLOG: my sister had a blog and i was bored so i was like cool ill make one too

MOST RECENT ALBUM PLAYED: nialls new album!

Tag: literally whoever wants to do this sdjbffdvbh

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

Cool Hand Luke (1967) was photographed by Conrad Hall.  Conrad was born in Tahiti and had 42 credits as a cinematographer, from 1958 to a 2003 video documentary short.  His other entries among the best 1,001 are The Professionals and American Beauty.  He also photographed Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Road to Perdition.