#ms vol. 31 no. 2

[crepesuzette2023]

Hold up ,,, Mal called Paul his love in his diaries?

Yes. In his autobiography. He also analyzed their relationship in his diaries. For some context, here's a longer passage from Ken Womack's book, Living the Beatles Legend (Chapter 31).

As January 1970 came to close, Mal began drifting into an emotional slide that has been developing over the past several years. "Seem to be losing Paul," he wrote on January 27. "Really got a stick from him today. He let me down," and ominously added "Fixing a hole," "Pepper," and "directorship" to a growing list of disappointments. Apparently, the conversation had turned yet again to the issue of Mal's servile role in Paul's life, with the roadie believing that the association was bounded by friendship and love. "A servant serves," Mal wrote, "but he who serves is not always a servant," he added, echoing John's philosophy from December 1968. "Love is as sharp and piercing as a sword, "Mal reasoned, "but as the sword edge dulls — you sharpen it. So love's keenness needs honing — needs honesty." *

[...]

On February 11, Mal joined John and Yoko for a lip-synched performance of "Instant Karma!" on Top of the Pops, with the roadie, clad in beige suit and a light-green tie, playing the tambourine. By this juncture, Mal's long-standing relationship with Paul was in freefall. A few days earlier, he have been awakened by a 1 p.m. telephone call from the Beatle. It went "something like this," he wrote in his diary:

Mal: yeah? Paul: I've got time at EMI over the weekend. Would like you to pick up some gear from the house. Mal: Great, man. That's lovely. Session at EMI?! Paul: Yes, but I don't want anyone there to make me tea. I have the family – wife and kids there. Mal: [thinking to himself] Goes my poor head, "Why????" **

By the next week, Mal found himself behind the wheel of the Apple van, moving Paul's gear from EMI Studios to Morgan Studios, another Northwest London facility where Paul could work incognito. At one point, Neil cornered Mal about Paul surreptitious recording sessions, demanding to know more. "Where's Paul?" he asked, to which Mal tersely replied, "Not telling you."

In other instances, Mal ordered a Mellotron for Paul, while keeping him fully stocked with plectrums and other gear. In late February, Paul asked Mal to move everything back to EMI, where he was set to record "Maybe I'm Amazed" in Studio 2. For Mal, everything came to a head at 7 Cavendish Ave., when "my long love, Paul, to whom I have devoted so many years of loyalty, turned around to me and said, I don't need you anymore, Mal." *** *, ** : Evans, "Diaries." [1963—1974.] 10 vols. Malcolm Frederick Evans Archives. Entries from Jan 27 & Feb 5, 1970.

***: Evans, Mal, 'Living the Beatles Legend: Or 200 Miles to Go.' Unpublished MS, 1976. Malcolm Frederick Evans Archives.

[eclecticendeavorss]

NOVA (sam alexander) READING LIST

this may have some mistakes because i made it at 2am 😭 🙏

ps i’ll add the years asap.

• nova (2013) #1 - #5

• marvel NOW point one #1

• nova #6 - #12

• nova #13 NOW

• nova #14 - #16

• new warriors vol1: kids are all fight

• new warriors vol2: always and forever

• nova #17 - #27

• nova annual #1

• nova #28 - #31

• nova (2015) #1 - #2

• all new, all different avengers #1 - #3

• FCBD all new, all different avengers ( #1 )

• nova #3 - nova #4

• all new, all different avengers #4 - #6

• avengers standoff: welcome to pleasant hill #1

• avengers standoff: assault on pleasant hill alpha #1

• all new, all different avengers #7 - #8

• avengers standoff: assault on pleasant hill omega #1

• nova #5 - #7

• all new, all different avengers #9 - #12

• ms marvel (2016) - #7

• nova #8 - #11

• champions vol. 1: change the world (2016)

• nova (2016) #1 - #7

• champions vol. 2: the freelancer lifestyle

• champions vol. 3: champion for a day

• champions vol. 4: northern lights

• champions vol. 5: weird war one

• champions vol. 1: beat the devil (2019)

• champions vol.2: give and take

• champions vol.1: outlawed (2021)

• champions vol.2: killer app

• marvel’s voices comunidades #1

[fiftytwotwentythree]

Wellness Wednesday:

Happy...? New Year?

I say, Yeah, Yeah It Is.

Avoid Eating Out... Check

Avoid Sweets/Junk Food... Check

Lose 52 Pounds... Check

Lose 100 Pounds... Check

Try Out a Vegetarian Diet/Lifestyle (for a month) without Making it a Personality... Check

Go the Whole Year Rockin' a Rat Tail... Check

Weigh the Lowest You've Ever Weigh in Almost 2 Decades... Check

Phew.

These last couple days/weeks/month I have been in a horrible mood, but the last two days of December I had sudden change in behavior and attitude.

I got hit with a surge chutzpah. Workouts became slightly easier. Even though I was running on fumes (aka massive lack of sleep) I don't feel exhausted like I have for the past few months.

And I gotta give up for the New Year and the Death of this Challenge. Seeing the days turn into hours with the Challenge made Heart Grow 3 Sizes... in a Good Way.

I can finally put this Weight Loss/Wellness Challenge down in books under the Win Column.

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53rdth and FINAL CHECK-IN:

Current Goals:

Lose 52 lbs

Completed as of 4/12/2023

Milestone: Loss 100 lbs as of 11/01/2023

Milestone: Loss 104 lbs as of 12/27/2023 thus doubling my initial goal of 52 lbs

New Goal: Maintain or Continue on The Weight Loss Path

Avoid "Junk Food"

Completed:

A whole year with no Pizza, Ice Cream, Pop/Soda, Chips, Candy, Sweets/Desserts

Minimize Take-Out / Fast Food Consumption

Completed:

A whole year with no take out or eating out once - not one single outing.

Rock a Rat Tail for a Full Year: Completed

January 1st, 2023 - January 1st, 2024

R.I.P.

Short Term:

Vegetarian-ish Diet: Completed

End Date: 4/09/2023 - 46 Days Total

Groundhog's Day Diet: Completed*

10/01/2023 - 10/31/2023

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Stats from December:

Food:

Cans of Soup: 20

Oranges: 19

Bags of Popcorn: 16

Leftover Meals: 5

Salads: 2

Take Out: 0

Candy/Sweets: 0

Workout:

Jumping Jacks: 18,500

Push-Ups: 4,600

Glute Bridges: 4,600

Reverse Leg Lifts: 4,600

Leg Kickbacks: 4,600

Sit-Ups: 4,600

Plank (mins): 230

Weight Loss:

Weightloss This Month: -5.2 lbs

Average Weightloss per Week: -1.3 lbs

Total Weightloss: -106.6 lbs

Entertainment:

Movies:

Movies Watched: 10

Favorite from the Month:

Migration

TV:

Hours of Television Watched: ~ 7 hours ( Ink Master; Last Week Tonight)

Books:

Books Completed This Month: 3

Book Title(s) Completed This Month:

Best. Movie. Year. Ever. by Brian Rafferty

Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

Book Total for the Year: 7

Comics:

Comics Completed: 1

Trades Completed: 24

Comic/Trade Titles Completed:

Venom by Donny Cates Vol. 2: The Abyss (Venom (2018-2021))

Richard Stark's Parker Vol. 2: The Outfit

Ms. Marvel Vol. 2: Generation Why (Ms. Marvel Series)

X-Men '92 Vol. 2: Lilapalooza (X-Men '92 (2016))

Giant Days Vol. 2

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 2

Scott Pilgrim Vol. 2 (of 6): Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Color Edition

All-New X-Men Vol. 2: Here To Stay

Civil War II (Civil War II (2016))

Archie vs Predator II

Deadpool by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 (Deadpool (2008-2012))

Batman (2016-) Vol. 3: I Am Ban

Lumberjanes Vol. 4

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Vol. 6

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 7: I've Been Waiting For A Squirrel Like You (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015-2019))

Spider-Man/Deadpool Vol. 3: Itsy Bitsy (Spider-Man/Deadpool (2016-2019))

Richard Stark's Parker Vol. 3: The Score (Parker Novels Book 5)

Richard Stark's Parker Vol. 4: Slayground

She-Hulk Vol. 1: Law and Disorder (She-Hulk Series Box-Set))

All-New X-Men, Vol. 3: Out of Their Depth

Happy Horror Days #1 (Chilling Adventures in Sorcery)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 3

Scott Pilgrim Vol. 3 (of 6): Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness - Color Edition

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 4

Batman (2016-) Vol. 4: The War of Jokes and Riddles

Favorite Comic/Trade Read:

Batman (2016-) Vol. 4: The War of Jokes and Riddles

Magazine(s):

Magazine(s) Completed: 0

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Meal Tracker:

THURSDAY

Lunch:

Can of Progresso Lasagna Style Soup

- (10) Crackers

(1) Glass of Chocolate Milk

Supper:

(2) Hot Ham & Swiss Sandwiches

- (4) Sweet Hawaiian Rolls

- (2) Slices of Leftover Ham

- (2) Slices of Swiss Cheese

Bag of Orville Redenbacher Ultimate Butter Popcorn

FRIDAY

Lunch:

Can of Progresso Broccoli Cheese Soup

- (10) Crackers

Supper:

Hot Ham & Swiss Sandwich

- (2) Sweet Hawaiian Rolls

- (1) Slice of Leftover Ham

- (1) Slice of Swiss Cheese

(1) Glass of Chocolate Milk

(2) Handfuls of Orville Redenbacher Ultimate Butter Popcorn

SATURDAY

Lunch:

(1) Bowl Homemade Crockpot Chili

- Melted Cheese

(1) Sloppy Joe on a Bakery Bun

- Melted Cheese

(6) BBQ Chicken Wings

(3) Scoops of Broccoli Supreme Salad

Snack:

(10) Smokies

SUNDAY

Lunch:

Can of Progresso Creamy Chicken & Broccoli with Brown Rice

- (10) Crackers

Supper:

Can of Progresso Minestrone Soup

- (10) Crackers

*** NEW YEAR'S EVE ***

MONDAY

Lunch:

(2) Grilled Seasoned New York Strip Steaks

(1) Glass of Chocolate Milk

Bowl of Smartfood's White Cheddar Popcorn

Snack:

Large Bowl of Smartfood's White Cheddar Popcorn

(1) Glass of Chocolate Milk

Supper:

(3) Sloppy Joes on Bakery Bones

- (2) Cheese Slices

(4) Scoops of Broccoli Salad

(1) Glass of Chocolate Milk

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Workouts:

THURSDAY

* Morning Workout *

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

* Afternoon Workout *

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

* Evening Workout *

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

FRIDAY

* Morning Workout *

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(10) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(10) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

* Afternoon Workout *

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

* Evening Workout *

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

SATURDAY

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

SUNDAY

* Morning Workout *

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

* Evening Workout *

(500) Jumping Jacks [10 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

*** NEW YEAR'S EVE ***

MONDAY

* Morning Workout *

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

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WEIGHT TRACKER:

Starting Weight (Noon, 1/01/2023): XXX.X lbs

Weight at Last Check-In, 12/27/2023:-0.6 lbs

Weight As of Noon, 1/01/2024: -2.6 lbs

Total Weight Loss: -106.6 lbs

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Closing Thoughts:

The Good:

Ended the year losing weight and weighing the lowest I ever weighed in almost TWO DECADES.

The Bad:

I dont know what to do for my next challenge and I am running out of time. What will be my 52 in '24???

I want Nachos soooooooo effing bad and my favorite Nacho Spot is closed for New Year's Day.

The Ugly:

Relasping is always in the back of my mind.

[marveldcnerdys]

MCU Villains Till Now Ranked from Weakest to Strongest

From Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor to Inter Galactic Forces – Guardians of the Galaxy, there are a number of mighty heroes in the MCU and also some great MCU Villains. However, it’s rarely one of them to save the day, it’s because they simply come up against a collection of equally powerful villains.

The success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe not only relies on the great superheroes but also on the memorable MCU Villains. In the year 2022, we saw some remarkably stronger MCU Villains in MCU Phase 4 like Gorr the God Butcher, Namor, and Scarlet Witch.

But while some of them may be more entertaining than others, there can only be one villain who is deemed the most powerful of them all.

46 Kro (Eternals)

45 Todd Phelps (She-Hulk)

44 Saddie Deever (Ms. Marvel)

43 Najma (Ms. Marvel)

42 Ivan Wanko/ Whiplash (Iron Man 2)

41 Obadiah Stane (Iron Man)

40 Darren Cross / Yellow Jacket (Ant-Man)

39 Ghost (Ant-Man and the Wasp)

38 Adrain Toomes / Vulture (Spider-Man: Homecoming)

37 Wilson Fisk/ Kingpin (Hawkeye/Daredevil)

36 John Walker (Falcon and the Winter Soldier)

35 Dreykov (Black Widow)

34 Karli Morgantheau (Falcon and the Winter Soldier)

33 Malekith the Accused (Thor Dark World)

32 Kaecilius (Doctor Strange)

31 Aldrich Killian (Iron Man 3)

30 Alexander Pierce (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)

29 Zemo (Captain America Civil War)

28 Wenwu (Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings)

27 Mysterio (Spider-Man: Far From Home)

26 Taskmaster (Black Widow)

25 Green Goblin (Spider-Man No Way Home)

24 Winter Soldier (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)

23 Red Skull (Captain America: The First Avenger)

22 Arthur Harrow (Moon Knight)

21 Agatha Harkness (Wanda Vision)

20 Ebony Maw (Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers Endgame)

19 Yon Rogg (Captain Marvel)

18 Ronan the Accuser (Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain Marvel)

17 Kurse (Thor Dark World)

16 Abomination (The Incredible Hulk)

15 Ikaris (Eternals)

14 Ultron (Avengers Age of Ultron)

13 Adam Warlock (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 and 3)

12 Namor (Black Panther Wakanda Forever)

11 Hela (Thor Ragnarok)

10 Gorr the God Butcher (Thor Love and Thunder)

9 Surtuer (Thor Ragnarok)

8 Loki (Thor and Avengers)

7 Erik Killmonger (Black Panther)

6 Ego the Planet (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2)

5 Kang the Conqueror (Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantamania)

4 High Evolutionary (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3)

3 Scarlet Witch (Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness)

2 Thanos (Avenger: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame)

1 Dormammu (Doctor Strange)

If you guys to read in detail about this then do click on the link of this article given below -

[weaversweek]

#NowPop40

Over on my mastodon feed, there’s a daily pop music challenge.

This month is #Popiversary2, for which I’m posting chilled-out songs for a hot summer. (check weather) Never mind.

Last month was #NowPop40, forty songs taken from the .gb Now! That’s What I Call Music series - from 1983 to the present day.

The whole thing is organised by Arron, a lovely chap; for historic reasons, it’s still done through far-right blitheration Twitter.

And because their siteowner Elon Muskrat is a cis pervert who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing, the #NowPop40 winning thread is hidden behind a login wall so that nobody can see it.

... except it's not, because someone's slapped it up on my Tumblr.

@nonoxcol@twitter.com writes...

#NOWPOP40

Hello, and thanks to all 32 of you who posted tracks every day.

1,523 picks altogether, with the median finishing on NOW 47 (2000 Q4).

And these are THE RESULTS.

Ties were settled by avoiding repeat artists and giving credit to artists with other tracks that were chosen but didn't win.

Also, by length, as I wanted to make each volume no longer than 4min per track average.

My casting vote was a last resort. So here goes...

Winners (x = votes by winning song, C = Clear, T - Tied, * = I picked it, y = votes by comp )

NOW 1: The Safety Dance 3C/17 NOW 2: Modern Love 2T/14 (shortest tied track) NOW 3: Time After Time 3C/19 NOW 4: Together In Electric Dreams 3C/11 NOW 5: Walking On Sunshine 3T/23 (shortest, and neat segue into...) NOW 6: Running Up That Hill 5C/19 NOW 7: I Can't Wait 3C/24 (highest-voted comp; shortest tied track) NOW 8: Breakout 3T/18 (shortest, avoided repeating Kate Bush) NOW 9: Land of Confusion 3C/16 NOW 10: Alone 2T/15 (replaced M/A/R/R/S to come in at 160 minutes) NOW 11: Mandinka 3T/18 NOW 12: Push It 3C/16 NOW 13: A Little Respect 4C/15 NOW 14: Buffalo Stance 6C/17 NOW 15: Back To Life 3C/16 NOW 16 (as you know): SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE 8C/18 (top voted track) NOW 17: Enjoy The Silence 4T/20 (tied with Loaded, I didn't give Loaded the casting vote as I have a lot of winning picks on Vol 2 and I much prefer the 7-min version) NOW 18: There She Goes 4C/19 NOW 19: 3AM Eternal 4C/16 NOW 20: Set Adrift On Memory Bliss 5C/18 21 Weather With You 3C/14 22 Something Good 3T/19 (shorter) 23 Sleeping Satellite 4C/15 24 Constant Craving 3T/17 (preferred to a cover) 25 Sunflower 5C/16 26 Laid 2T/20 - A 7-WAY TIE on 2 here, I replaced Play Dead with this to come in at 160 minutes. 27 Disarm 3T/17 28 Girls And Boys 4C/13 29 Stay (I Missed You) 2T/16 (tied artists have other winning songs) 30 Glory Box 4C/17 31 Common People 6C/14 (not edited, I have my limits😁) 32 Missing - Todd Terry remix 4C/18 33 He's On The Phone 3C/13 34 Born Slippy 3C/16 35 Pearl's Girl was 3C/14 winner but is too long and didn't want consecutive tracks by same artist so it went to runner-up The Riverboat Song. 36 Virtual Insanity 3T/19 (tied artists have winners on Vol 2) 37 Bitter Sweet Symphony 3C/16 38 Karma Police 3C/14 39 Torn 5C/16 40 Teardrop 5C/15 - the absence of an edit is what forced me to make the two changes on NOWs 10 & 26

And here is #NOWPOP40 VOLUME 1! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/68FKsOVUNfmMNlXsHevldz

41 Music Sounds Better With You 6C/16 42 National Express 3C/14 43 You Get What You Give 4C/12 44 Sing It Back 4C/12 45 Caught Out There 4C*/14 46 Groovejet 4C*/19 47 Pure Shores 4C*/15 48 Clint Eastwood 5C*/13 49 Ms Jackson 4C*/18 50 Can't Get You Out Of My Head 5C*/19 51 Murder On The Dancefloor 3C/12 52 Freak Like Me 4C*/15 53 Dy-Na-Mi-Tee 2T/12 54 Move Your Feet 4C*/15 55 Cry Me A River 3C*/12 56 Crazy In Love 6C*/14 57 Take Me Out 3C/16 58 Hey Ya! 7C*/13 59 Love Machine 2T*/9 60 Galvanize 4C/15 61 Feel Good Inc 4C/14 62 1 Thing 2T*/13 (you'll never guess what it was tied with😄) 63 Ride A White Horse 3T*/13 64 Crazy 3C/9 65 Rehab 3C/8 66 Standing In The Way Of Control 5C/10 67 Umbrella 5C*/9 68 With Every Heartbeat 3C*/14 69 Fascination 2T/12 70 Closer 2T*/12 71 The World Should Revolve Around Me 3T/13 (tie with repeat artist) 72 The Fear 6C*/13 73 Warrior's Dance 3C/14 74 Uprising 3C/11 75 Bad Romance 3T/11 76 Dancing On My Own 7C*/10 77 Forget You 3C/12 78 Rolling In The Deep 4C*/10 79 Louder 2T/12 80 Video Games 6C*/11

And here is #NOWPOP40 VOLUME 2 (unsurprisingly my favourite of the three)! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4O1Zb7GhowFSOfM9G6fDuc

81 Titanium 3C/12 82 Call Me Maybe 5C/10 83 We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together 5C/12 84 Just Give Me A Reason 2T/13 (Bruno and Sam are on other winners, Pink isn't but has more votes for other tracks) 85 Get Lucky 3C*/15 86 Do I Wanna Know? 2T/11 (tied artists i.e. Lorde & Lana have other winners) 87 Thank You 2T/9 (hip-hop posse cuts sorely lacking before now!) 88 Chandelier 2T*/9 89 Boom Clap 3T*/10 90 Uptown Funk 8C*/9 (LOL, tied with STSOL just a few hours ago) 91 Black Magic 3C*/8 92 Can't Feel My Face 4C*/10 93 Lush Life 2T/8 94 Into You 3C*/9 95 Tilted 5C*/8 96 Green Light 3T*/10 97 Bad Liar 2C*/9 (the only '2C' I think) 98 New Rules 3C/11 99 Blinded By Your Grace Pt 2 2T*/8 (tie with Dua = win!) 100 2002 2T/8 (Ariana has 94, so loses☹️) 101 Sucker Punch 3C/8 102 Nothing Breaks Like A Heart 3C*/9 103 bad guy 5C*/10 104 Summer Girl 3T/9 (Lizzo has another winner) 105 Blinding Lights 4C/11 106 weird! 3C/11 107 Levitating 3C*/10 108 Midnight Sky 3T/10 (tied with Olivia, didn't want consecutive tracks) 109 good 4 u 6C*/13 110 Cold Heart (Pnau remix) 3T/13 Irreconcilable criteria here: a tie between two artists who already have two clear wins each, and no other song on 110 has > 1 vote. I gave it to Elton :) 111 House On Fire 2T/9 (shorter, flowed better) It's (112) About Damn Time (5C*/10)

this (113) Unholy (2C/10...ah, there was another '2C')

challenge was (114) Over (3C/12)

Here is #NOWPOP40 VOLUME 3: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1potbrZmKSB8sUmGTwKghf

[syrenslure]

Marvel Rewatch

To catch up on Marvel viewing, marking the end of Phase 4, I am planning a major rewatch. Of course, I am a total OCD nerd, so I have outlines and lists and times.... Let's see if I can see this through 'til the end (of the line).

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Phase 1

Iron Man (2008)

The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Iron Man 2 (2010)

    Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant (2011)

    Marvel One-Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer (2011)

Thor (2011)

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

The Avengers (2012)

    Marvel One-Shot: Item 47 (2012)

Total Phase One Runtime: 744 minutes (12 hours 24 minutes)

Phase 2

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Thor: The Dark World (2013)

    Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter (2013)

    Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Ant-Man (2015)

Total Phase Two Runtime: 12 hours 38 minutes (758 minutes)

Phase 3

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Doctor Strange (2016)

    Marvel One-Shot: Team Thor: Part 1 (2016)

    Marvel One-Shot: Team Thor: Part 2 (2017)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

    Marvel One-Shot: Team Darryl (2018)

Black Panther (2018)

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

Captain Marvel (2019)

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

Total Phase Three Runtime: 24 hours 57 minutes (1,497 minutes)

Phase 4

    WandaVision

    The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

    Loki

Black Widow (2021)

    What If…?

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

Eternals (2021)

    Hawkeye

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

    Moonknight

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

    Ms. Marvel

    I am Groot

    She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Total Phase Four Runtime: 16 hours 16 minutes (976 minutes)

Television Series

Marvel Heroes

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013-2020)     Season One (2013-2014)     Season Two (2014-2015)     Season Three (2015-2016)     Season Four (2016-2017)     Season Five (2017-2018)      Season Six (2019)     Season Seven (2020)          97 hours and 33 minutes

Agent Carter (2015-2016)     Season One (2015)     Season Two (2016)         12 hours and 37 minutes

Inhumans (2017)     Season One (2017)         5 hours and 37 minutes

The Defenders Saga

Daredevil (2015-2018)     Season One (2015)     Season Two (2016)     Season Three (2018)         35 hours and 10 minutes

Jessica Jones (2015-2019)     Season One (2015)     Season Two (2018)      Season Three (2019)         34 hours and 18 minutes

Luke Cage (2016-2018)     Season One (2016)     Season Two (2018)         24 hours and 23 minutes

Iron Fist (2017-2018)     Season One (2017)      Season Two (2018)         20 hours and 38 minutes

The Defenders (2017)     Season One (2017)         6 hours and 38 minutes

The Punisher (2017-2019)     Season One (2017)     Season Two (2019)         22 hours and 59 minutes

Phase 4 Series

WandaVision     Season One (2021)         5 hours and 50 minutes

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier     Season One (2021)         5 hours and 24 minutes

Loki     Season One (2021)          4 hours and 57 minutes

What If...?     Season One (2021)         5 hours and 15 minutes

Hawkeye     Season One (2021)         4 hours and 54 minutes

Moon Knight      Season One (2022)         4 hours and 47 minutes

Ms. Marvel     Season One (2022)         4 hours and 31 minutes

I Am Groot     Season One (2022)     25 minutes

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law     Season One (2022)         5 hours and 50 minutes

Marvel Studios' Special Presentations

Werewolf by Night (2022)         54 minutes

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)         42 minutes

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Modern Screen, July 1945

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BOOKS READ IN 2022

(1) You'll Be the Death of Me ⭐⭐⭐⭐[ KAREN M. MCMANUS ] 30 Dec - 3 Jan

(2) The Kinder Poison ⭐⭐⭐⭐[ NATALIE MAE ] 4 Jan - 8 Jan

(3) Heartstopper : Volume One ⭐⭐⭐⭐[ ALICE OSEMAN ] 21 Jan - 21 Jan

(4) The Shaadi Set Up ⭐⭐⭐[ LILLIE VALE ] 30 Dec - 24 Jan

(5) Love From A to Z ⭐⭐⭐⭐[ S.K. ALI ] 28 Jan - 7 Feb

(6) Crooked Kingdom ~reread ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ [ LEIGH BARDUGO ] 25 Jan - 9 Feb

(7) The Raven Boys ⭐⭐⭐⭐ [ MAGGIE STIEFVATER ] 7 Feb - 15 Feb

(8) Truly, Madly, Deadly ⭐⭐ [ HANNAH JAYNE ] 12 Feb - 15 Feb

(9) What I Like About You ⭐⭐⭐⭐ [ MARISA KANTER ] 16 Feb - 18 Feb

(10) Red, White and Royal Blue ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ [ CASEY MCQUISTON ] 18 Feb - 23 Feb

(11) The Murder Game ⭐⭐⭐[ CARRIE DOYLE ] 16 Feb - 24 Feb

(12) It Ends With Us ⭐⭐⭐⭐[ COLLEEN HOOVER ] 25 Feb - 28 Feb

(13) Princess Ever After ⭐⭐⭐⭐[ CONNIE GLYNN ] 1 Mar - 3 Mar

(14) You Say It First ⭐⭐⭐ [ KATIE COTUGNO ] 7 Mar - 9 Mar

(15) Lost In Rome ~reread ⭐⭐⭐⭐ [ CINDY CALLAGHAN ] 8 Mar - 10 Mar

(16) Bodyguard : Hostage ~reread ⭐⭐⭐⭐ [ CHRIS BRADFORD ] 7 Feb - 20 Mar

(17) The Return of the Warrior ⭐⭐⭐⭐ [ CHRIS BRADFORD ] 20 Mar - 25 Mar

(18) The Inheritance Games ⭐⭐⭐⭐ [ JENNIFER LYNN BARNES ] 25 Mar - 29 Mar

(19) The Hawthorne Legacy ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ [ JENNIFER LYNN BARNES ] 29 Mar - 31 Mar

(20) The Simple Seerah ⭐⭐⭐⭐ [ ASIM KHAN ] 9 Mar - 6 Apr

(21) When Wings Expand ⭐⭐⭐⭐ [ Mehded Maryam Sinclair ] 4 Apr - 6 Apr

(22) Tweet Cute ~reread ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ [ EMMA LORD ] 1 Apr - 8 Apr

(23) She Wore Red Trainers ~reread ⭐⭐⭐⭐ [ NAIMA B. ROBERT ] 7 Apr - 12 Apr

(24) The Fandom Rising ⭐⭐⭐⭐ [ ANNA DAY ] 10 Apr - 13 Apr

(25) Once Upon An Eid ⭐⭐⭐ [ S. K ALI + 10 OTHERS ] 12 Apr - 17 Apr

(26) Ms. Marvel : Vol 1 ⭐⭐⭐ 19 Apr - 20 Apr

(27) Contromym ⭐⭐⭐ [ AMELIA GRAYSON ] 15 Mar - 5 May

(28) Russian Roulette ⭐⭐⭐⭐ [ ANTHONY HOROWITZ ] 4 May - 14 May

(29) The Love Hypothesis ⭐⭐⭐⭐ [ ALI HAZELWOOD ] 15 May - 17 May

(30) My Sister's Big Fat Indian Wedding ⭐⭐⭐ [ SAJNI PATEL ] 18 May - 24 May

(31) The Summer I Turned Pretty ⭐⭐ [ JENNY HAN ] 26 May - 28 May

(32) Book Lovers ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ [ EMILY HENRY ] 30 May - 1 June

(33) My Mechanical Romance ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ [ ALEXENE FEROL FOLMOUTH ] 2 June - 6 June

(34) It's Not Summer Without You ⭐⭐⭐ [ JENNY HAN ] 6 June - 8 June

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⭐️ N E W  V I D E O ⭐️ The Sims 4 | MAXIS MATCH CC HAUL - MALE & FEMALE HAIRS, TATTOOS & more.. | + CC Links

Hey there! I'm back with another cc haul! This one features tons of cute hairstyles, clothing, jewelry & so much more for both female and male sims! ♥

▶️https://youtu.be/oUD6-NUlLC0

CC Links

SKIN DETAILS 1. ZOMBIETRAIT RIDDLE SKINBLEND: https://zombietrait.tumblr.com/post/190433048769/riddle-skinblend-ran-out-of-skin-detail 2. LAMATISSE FRESCO SKINBLEND: https://lamatisse.tumblr.com/post/619294350635106304/fresco-face-skin-by-stretchskeleton-is-one-of-my

FEMALE HAIR 1. CASTERU DAHYUN HAIR: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37184971 2. LADYKENDALSIMS ALIEN-BUN HAIR: https://ladykendalsims.tumblr.com/post/619291839219073024/3k-followers-gift-alien-bun-hair-omg-guys-i 3. CLUMSYALIEN ELLE HAIR: https://clumsyalienn.tumblr.com/post/617009480946810880/solar-waltz-pack-bgc-all-lods-shadow-maps 4. CLUMSYALIEN LYLA HAIR: https://clumsyalienn.tumblr.com/post/617009480946810880/solar-waltz-pack-bgc-all-lods-shadow-maps 5. GREENLLAMAS OLIVE HAIR: https://greenllamas.tumblr.com/post/616388712230715392/olive 6. GREENLLAMAS CARNELIAN HAIR: https://greenllamas.tumblr.com/post/619006626787098624/carnelian 7. DOGSILL JILL HAIR RECOLOR: https://dogsill.tumblr.com/post/618021406814470144/simlives-jill-hair-recolor-i-saw-this-hair-while 8. SIMSTROUBLE STEPHANY HAIR: https://www.patreon.com/posts/stephany-by-33368793 9. SIMSTROUBLE ANDRE HAIR: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37324497 10. SIMSTROUBLE ANDRE HAIR V2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37324497 11. ENRIQUES4 ELLIE HAIRSTLYE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/enriques4-ellie-36807445 12. ENRIQUES4 PHYSICAL HAIRSTYLE: https://enriques4.tumblr.com/post/615414210665627648/enriques4-physical-set-physical-hairstyle-new 13. LEELEESIMS1 QUICK LEARNER HAIR: https://leeleesims1.tumblr.com/post/189183219919/quick-learner-hair-a-base-game-compatible-hair 14. DUMBSLEEP ALL NIGHTER HAIR: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37598107 15. SIMANDY BLOOM HAIR V1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37207393 16. JILL VALENTINE RE3RHAIRSTYLE: https://dogsill.tumblr.com/post/618021406814470144/simlives-jill-hair-recolor-i-saw-this-hair-while 17. EVOXYR NYX HAIR V1 TWH: https://evoxyr.tumblr.com/post/618025303459102720/nyx-v1v2-hairs 18. EVOXYR NYX HAIR V1 EA: https://evoxyr.tumblr.com/post/618025303459102720/nyx-v1v2-hairs 19. TWINKSIMSTRESS TINA HAIR: https://twinksimstress.tumblr.com/post/619107812492083200/tina-hair-for-the-sims-4-description-hat-chops-ea#notes 20. TWINKSIMSTRESS LIA HAIR: https://twinksimstress.tumblr.com/post/618462765261127680/lia-and-may-hair-public 21. TWINKSIMSTRESS MAY HAIR: https://twinksimstress.tumblr.com/post/618462765261127680/lia-and-may-hair-public 22. TWINKSIMSTRESS CHARLIE HAIR: https://twinksimstress.tumblr.com/post/616573946985349120/charlie-hair#notes 23. TWINKSIMSTRESS LENSI HAIR: https://twinksimstress.tumblr.com/post/617119173327421440/lensi-hair-for-the-sims-4-base-game-ea-palette 24. TWINKSIMSTRESS ANA HAIR: https://twinksimstress.tumblr.com/post/616206367084183552/ana-hair-for#notes 25. DELCOWEBNEY CLASSY HAIR: https://losts4cc.tumblr.com/post/180941390771/delcowebney-rosebud-clean-cut-classy-lioness 26. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET NAOMI BOB: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 27. PUDEROSASIMS WINGSIMS’ WINGS-ON1020 CLAYIFIED: https://puderosasims.tumblr.com/post/617404170642866176/wingssims-wings-on1020-clayified-thanks-to MESH: WINGSIMS’ WINGS-ON1020 HAIR: https://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/wingssims/downloads/details/category/sims4-hair-hairstyles-female/title/wings-on1020/id/1464482/ 28. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET BRANDY BRAID BOB: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 29. SOFTERHAZE RHIANNON HAIR: https://softerhaze.tumblr.com/post/613672851332005888/rhiannon-even-more-curly-bangs-because-i 30. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET HILA HIGH PONY: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 31. SYAOVU MAIDENZIA HAIR: https://syaovu.tumblr.com/post/189337122717/maidenzia-hair-hair-info-base-game-hair 32. FERALPOODLES ZARA HAIR: https://feralpoodles.wixsite.com/mysite/copy-of-charlotte 33. S-IMARILLION MADAMA HAIR: https://s-imarillion.tumblr.com/post/613858324243464192/simarillion-madama-hair-for-no-reason-named

JEWELRY 1. SYAOVU MAIDENZIA HAIR OMBRE ACC WMS. : https://syaovu.tumblr.com/post/189337122717/maidenzia-hair-hair-info-base-game-hair 2. SYAOVU MAIDENZIA HAIR OMBRE ACC. WMS: https://syaovu.tumblr.com/post/189337122717/maidenzia-hair-hair-info-base-game-hair 3. SYAOVU MAIDENZIA HAIR OMBRE ACC. WMS: https://syaovu.tumblr.com/post/189337122717/maidenzia-hair-hair-info-base-game-hair 4. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET HILA HIGH PONY OMBRE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 5. KUMIKYA PLUMBOB EARRINGS: https://kumikya.tumblr.com/post/616690230560538624/kumikyas-follower-gift-hello-heres-a-small 6. MELICHRYSES LEAVES EARRINGS: https://melichryses.tumblr.com/post/612407743181193216/leaves-earrings-im-so-happy-to-finally-share 7. Christopher067 RINA EARRINGS: https://www.christopher067.com/rina-earrings 8. SONDESCENT 2 CHAINZ NECKLACE: https://sondescent.tumblr.com/post/615226747076608000/e-girl-stuff-oh-my-god-ive-been-working-on 9. ENRIQUES4 PHYSICAL NECKLACE: https://enriques4.tumblr.com/post/615414210665627648/enriques4-physical-set-physical-hairstyle-new 10. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET METALIC CHOKER: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 11. KUMIKYA PLUMBOB NECKLACE: https://kumikya.tumblr.com/post/616690230560538624/kumikyas-follower-gift-hello-heres-a-small

MAKE UP 1. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET EYESHADOW: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 2. CRYPTICSIM NEUTRALS PALETTE VOL.1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/blossom-35411525 3. CRYPTICSIM SIMULATION EYESHADOW: https://www.patreon.com/posts/35855824 4. CRYPTICSIM AREA 51 EYELINER: https://www.patreon.com/posts/35855824 5. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET EYELINER: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 6. UFOTRAIT NUDE ESSENTIALS: https://ufotrait.tumblr.com/post/190806723091/nude-essentials-a-lip-set-part-3-of-my-follower 7. CRYPTICSIM EXPOSED GLOSS: https://www.patreon.com/posts/35855824

EYEBROWS 1. MOTHERPLANTS ERIS EYEBROWS : https://motherplants.tumblr.com/post/617677390635843584/the-roman-collection-redeeming-myself-for-those 2. MOTHERPLANTS PLUTO EYEBROWS: https://motherplants.tumblr.com/post/617677390635843584/the-roman-collection-redeeming-myself-for-those 3. MOTHERPLANTS CERES EYEBROWS: https://motherplants.tumblr.com/post/617677390635843584/the-roman-collection-redeeming-myself-for-those

NOSE PRESETS 1. LAMATISSE AMONDI NOSE PRESET: https://lamatisse.tumblr.com/post/618198638906277888/amondi-a-female-nose-preset-it-was-my-first-time

TATTOOS 1. LEAFVY STUDIO GHIBLI TATTOO SET: https://leafvy.tumblr.com/post/615107222787276800/%F0%9D%90%92%F0%9D%90%AD%F0%9D%90%AE%F0%9D%90%9D%F0%9D%90%A2%F0%9D%90%A8-%F0%9D%90%86%F0%9D%90%A1%F0%9D%90%A2%F0%9D%90%9B%F0%9D%90%A5%F0%9D%90%A2-%F0%9D%90%AD%F0%9D%90%9A%F0%9D%90%AD%F0%9D%90%AD%F0%9D%90%A8%F0%9D%90%A8-%F0%9D%90%AC%F0%9D%90%9E%F0%9D%90%AD-thank-you-to-everyone-in 2. MS MARY SIMS TATTOO SET WITCH MARK: https://www.patreon.com/posts/30255671 3. MS MARY SIMS TATTOO SET WITCH MARK: https://www.patreon.com/posts/30255671 4. MS MARY SIMS TATTOO SET WITCH MARK: https://www.patreon.com/posts/30255671 5. COWPLANT-PIZZA FLOWER FAIRY TATTOO SET: https://www.patreon.com/posts/32036494

FEMALE TOPS 1. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET CROPPED TSHIRT: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 2. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET HUDA HOODIE TOP: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 3. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET RIBBED CROP TOP: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 4. KUMIKYA KNIT SWEATER: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37205589 5. KUMIKYA BONNIE SWEATER: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37205589 6. SENTATE MARGOT JACKET LONG SLEEVE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/margot-jacket-36993169 7. SENTATE MARGOT JACKET SHORT SLEEVE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/margot-jacket-36993169 8. SENTATE MARGOT JACKET LONG SLEEVE NO UNDERSHIRT: https://www.patreon.com/posts/margot-jacket-36993169 9. KUMIKYA V NECK SWEATER: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37205589 10. SENTATE MARGOT JACKET SHORT SLEEVE NO UNDERSHIRT: https://www.patreon.com/posts/margot-jacket-36993169 11. SONDESCENT NOT A PHASE TOP: https://sondescent.tumblr.com/post/615226747076608000/e-girl-stuff-oh-my-god-ive-been-working-on 12. TRILLYKE SASSY ME BLAZER: https://www.thesimsresource.com/members/Trillyke/downloads/details/category/sims4-clothing-female-teenadultelder-everyday/title/trillyke--sassy-me-blazer/id/1488642/ 13. MADLEN MATTEO TOP: https://www.patreon.com/posts/35297925 14. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET RIBBED TURTLENECK BODYSUIT: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 15. MARSOSIMS BISPERAS BLOUSE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37291952

FEMALE FULL BODY 1. CLUMSYALIEN AMELIA DRESS: https://clumsyalienn.tumblr.com/post/617009480946810880/solar-waltz-pack-bgc-all-lods-shadow-maps 2. CRYPTICSIM TOXIS TRACKSUIT: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37413737 3. BLETTIE PANDA PAJAMA SET: https://blettie.tumblr.com/post/612666899012206592/panda-pajama-set-tiny-living-stuff-pack-is 4. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET RIBBED TURTLENECK DRESS: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 5. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET CORDUROY SUIT: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 6. MADLEN BIJOU DRESS: https://www.patreon.com/posts/34259215 7. MADLEN GEONNA DRESS: https://www.patreon.com/posts/madlen-geonna-35987475 8. KUMIKYA BONNIE DRESS: https://kumikya.tumblr.com/post/616690230560538624/kumikyas-follower-gift-hello-heres-a-small 9. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET HUDA HOODIE DRESS: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 10. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET DRIPPIN DRESS: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 11. CLUMSYALIEN SABINA DRESS: https://clumsyalienn.tumblr.com/post/617009480946810880/solar-waltz-pack-bgc-all-lods-shadow-maps 12. KUMIKYA BILLIE DRESS: https://kumikya.tumblr.com/post/616690230560538624/kumikyas-follower-gift-hello-heres-a-small

FEMALE BOTTOMS 1. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET SWEAT SHORTS: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 2. TRILLYKE MAGNOLIA JEANS: https://www.thesimsresource.com/members/Trillyke/downloads/details/category/sims4-clothing-female-teenadultelder-everyday/title/trillyke--magnolia-jeans/id/1489527/ 3. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET CORDUROY PANTS: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 4. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET SASSY SKIRT: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 5. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET CORDUROY SKIRT: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128 6. SONDESCENT SIMPLE JOGGERS: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36182236 7. GRIMCOOKIES x SAVVYSWEET RIBBED SKIRT: https://www.patreon.com/posts/savvy-x-grim-36916128

FEMALE SHOES 1. MADLEN GIANNA SHOES: https://www.patreon.com/posts/madlen-gianna-35228475 2. COOPER322 HARLOW BOOTS: https://www.patreon.com/posts/34004510 3. MADLEN ARNALDO SHOES: https://www.patreon.com/posts/35646248 4. SONDESCENT SIM STOMPERS: https://sondescent.tumblr.com/post/615226747076608000/e-girl-stuff-oh-my-god-ive-been-working-on

ACCESSORIES 1. SIMSTROUBLE STEPHANY HAIR ACC.: https://www.patreon.com/posts/stephany-by-33368793 2. SENTATE MARGOT JACKET UNDERSHIRT: https://www.patreon.com/posts/margot-jacket-36993169 3. TRILLYKE SASSY ME BLAZER ACC. SHIRT: https://www.thesimsresource.com/members/Trillyke/downloads/details/category/sims4-clothing-female-teenadultelder-everyday/title/trillyke--sassy-me-blazer/id/1488642/ 4. KUMIKYA ACC. TURTLENECK: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37205589 5. CHRISTOPHER067 GLIMMER RINGS RIGHT: https://www.christopher067.com/glimmer-rings 6. CHRISTOPHER067 GLIMMER RINGS BOTH: https://www.christopher067.com/glimmer-rings 7. CHRISTOPHER067 GLIMMER RINGS LEFT: https://www.christopher067.com/glimmer-rings 8. SENTATE MARGOT JACKET ACC.: https://www.patreon.com/posts/margot-jacket-36993169

MALE HAIR 1. WISTFULPOLTERGEIST PELO BUENO HAIR: https://wistfulpoltergeist.tumblr.com/post/190424610449/pelo-bueno-base-game-compatible-male 2. SIMSTROUBLE ANDRE HAIR: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37324497 3. SIMSTROUBLE ANDRE HAIR V2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37324497 4. BEDISFULL GEORGE HAIR: https://bedisfull.tumblr.com/post/617728794571177984/bedts4-m-george-hair-download 5. LILLIILI-SIMS DYLAN HAIR: https://liliili-sims.tumblr.com/post/617171939565371392/dylan-hair-ea-color-18-swatches-original-color 6. MAGPIESAN MARCO HAIR OMBRE: https://www.thesimsresource.com/members/magpiesan/downloads/details/category/sims4-sets-hair/title/marco-hair/id/1477161/ 7. MAGPIESAN MARCO HAIR: https://www.thesimsresource.com/members/magpiesan/downloads/details/category/sims4-sets-hair/title/marco-hair/id/1477161/ 8. ZOMBIETRAIT LEX HAIR: https://www.thesimsresource.com/members/magpiesan/downloads/details/category/sims4-sets-hair/title/marco-hair/id/1477161/ 9. XLDSIMS PUMPED FLIP HAIR: https://xldsims.tumblr.com/post/132137593194/wellhere-it-is-p-download-here

MALE JEWELRY 1. YOONIESIM UNCHAINED NECKLACE LONG CHAIN PLAIN: https://www.patreon.com/posts/unchained-set-36081928 2. YOONIESIM UNCHAINED NECKLACE SHORT CHAIN STARS: https://www.patreon.com/posts/unchained-set-36081928 3. YOONIESIM UNCHAINED NECKLACE TWO CHAINS PLAIN: https://www.patreon.com/posts/unchained-set-36081928 4. YOONIESIM UNCHAINED NECKLACE LONG CHAIN KEY: https://www.patreon.com/posts/unchained-set-36081928 5. YOONIESIM UNCHAINED NECKLACE SHORT CHAIN PLAIN: https://www.patreon.com/posts/unchained-set-36081928

MALE TOPS 1. BLETTIE ACCENTED POLO SHIRT: https://blettie.tumblr.com/post/615928346656817152/accented-polo-shirt-discover-university-expansion 2. BLETTIE PULLOVER SWEATER WITH SHIRT: https://blettie.tumblr.com/post/617740911754067968/pullover-sweater-with-shirt-tiny-living-stuff-pack

MALE FULL BODY 1. CRYPTICSIM TOXIS TRACKSUIT: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37413737

MALE BOTTOMS 1. LILIILI-SIMS TAPERED PANTS: https://liliili-sims.tumblr.com/post/615265008831627264/req-no4-tapered-pants-thank-for-your-request

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Weekly Wrap Up

October 25th - October 31st, 2020

Reading (fic & books):

Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona (reread)

Slit by @ozarkthedog​

Claw Marks by @idontgettechnology​

Watching (TV & movies):

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

The Good Lord Bird Season 1 Episode 1

The King of Staten Island (2020)

Hold the Dark (2018)

The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 1

Wishmaster (1997)

Event Horizon (1997)

Music (newly added to Spotify):

kevin and barracuda - interlude by Machine Gun Kelly

Self Destruct by Slayyyter

dog food by 100 gecs

orange by CLAY

just like magic by Ariana Grande

nasty by Ariana Grande

She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult

Writing:

The Melody of a Fallen Tree (chapters 7, 8, 9 & 10): As Darcy’s directionless life causes her to quit yet another job, she starts working at a grocer’s in Brooklyn with her long-time best friend and roommate Jane. Though it’s an unusual fit for Darcy, she finds herself enjoying the change, and soon has a favorite customer - a young, single dad named Steve. 

Kinktober Day 25 - Darcy/Steve + Bondage

Kinktober Day 26 - Darcy/Steve + Swallowing

Kinktober Day 27 - Darcy/Steve + Groping

Kinktober Day 28 - Darcy/Steve + Shibari & Scratching

Kinktober Day 29 - Darcy.Steve + Dry-Humping

Kinktober Day 30 - Steve/Bucky + Role Reversal

Kinktober Day 31 - Darcy/Steve/Bucky + Body Worship

[michelleplayswithfire]

Top 25 Top 40 Hits of 2004

Honorable mentions: Are You Gonna Be My Girl -- Jet (#29 -- peak Apr. 24) (#76 -- YE 2004)* Welcome Back -- Mase (#32 -- peak Jun. 19) Breathe, Stretch, Shake -- Mase Featuring P. Diddy (#28 -- peak Oct. 2) On The Way Down -- Ryan Cabrera (#15 -- peak Oct. 16) (#73 -- YE 2004) Breakaway -- Kelly Clarkson (#6 -- peak Nov. 20) (#74 -- YE 2004) (#27 -- YE 2005) Goodies -- Ciara Featuring Petey Pablo (#1 -- peak Sep. 11) (#9 -- YE 2004) My Immortal -- Evanescence (#7 -- peak Apr. 10) (#19 -- YE 2004)* Tipsy -- J-Kwon (#2 -- peak Apr. 17) (#11 -- YE 2004) Slow Jamz -- Twista Featuring Kanye West & Jamie Foxx (#1 -- peak Feb. 21) (#16 -- YE 2004) Overnight Celebrity -- Twista (#6 -- peak May 22) (#31 -- YE 2004) Rubber Band Man -- T.I. (#30 -- peak Mar. 20) 99 Problems -- Jay-Z (#30 -- peak Jun. 26) Dirt Off Your Shoulder -- Jay-Z (#5 -- peak Apr. 10) (#21 -- YE 2004) 100 Years -- Five For Fighting (#28 -- peak May 22) (#77 -- YE 2004) Come Clean -- Hilary Duff (#35 -- peak Mar. 27) My Band -- D12 Featuring Eminem (#6 -- peak May 15) (#59 -- YE 2004) Leave (Get Out) -- JoJo (#12 -- peak Jul. 31) (#40 -- YE 2004) Confessions Part II -- Usher (#1 -- peak Jul. 24) (#12 -- YE 2004) Meant To Live -- Switchfoot (#18 -- peak Jul. 31) (#51 -- YE 2004)* Dreams -- Diana DeGarmo (#14 -- peak Jul. 17) Tempted To Touch -- Rupee (#39 -- peak Nov. 20) Ocean Avenue -- Yellowcard (#37 -- peak Jun. 26)* Redneck Woman -- Gretchen Wilson (#22 -- peak May 22) (#97 -- YE 2004) Here For The Party -- Gretchen Wilson (#39 -- peak Oct. 2) Breaking The Habit -- Linkin Park (#20 -- peak Sep. 18) (#79 -- YE 2004)*

25. 1985 -- Bowling For Soup (#23 -- peak Nov. 13)* 24b. Move Ya Body -- Nina Sky Featuring Jabba (#4 -- peak Aug. 7) (#22 -- YE 2004) 24a. Oye Mi Canto -- N.O.R.E. Featuring Daddy Yankee, Nina Sky, Gem Star & Big Mato (#12 -- peak Nov. 13) 23. Dude -- Beenie Man Featuring Ms. Thing (#26 -- peak Jun. 12) (#85 -- YE 2004) 22b. She Will Be Loved -- Maroon 5 (#5 -- peak Sep. 25) (#35 -- YE 2004)* 22a. This Love -- Maroon 5 (#5 -- peak Apr. 24) (#4 -- YE 2004)* 21c. My Boo -- Usher and Alicia Keys (#1 -- peak Oct. 30) (#24 -- YE 2004) 21b. Burn -- Usher (#1 -- peak May 22) (#2 -- YE 2004) 21a. Yeah! -- Usher Featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris (#1 -- peak Feb. 28) (#1 -- YE 2004) 20. Heaven -- Los Lonely Boys (#16 -- peak Aug. 21) (#37 -- YE 2004) 19. One Thing -- Finger Eleven (#16 -- peak Oct. 16) (#66 -- YE 2004) 18. Culo -- Pitbull Featuring Lil Jon (#32 -- peak Jun. 12) 17. Lose My Breath -- Destiny’s Child (#3 -- peak Oct. 30) (#58 -- YE 2004) (#86 -- YE 2005) 16. I Believe -- Fantasia (#1 -- peak Jul. 10) 15. Headsprung -- LL Cool J (#16 -- peak Oct. 2) (#67 -- YE 2004) 14. Pieces Of Me -- Ashlee Simpson (#5 -- peak Sep. 18) (#39 -- YE 2004) 13. Drop It Like It’s Hot -- Snoop Dogg Featuring Pharrell (#1 -- peak Dec. 11) (#71 -- YE 2004) (#23 -- YE 2005) 12. Slow Motion -- Juvenile Featuring Soulja Slim (#1 -- peak Aug. 7) (#13 -- YE 2004) 11. The Reason -- Hoobastank (#2 -- peak Jun. 19) (#6 -- YE 2004) 10. If I Ain’t Got You -- Alicia Keys (#4 -- peak Jul. 3) (#3 -- YE 2004) 9. Dare You To Move -- Switchfoot (#17 -- peak Dec. 18)* 8. Freek-A-Leek -- Petey Pablo (#7 -- peak Jul. 3) (#14 -- YE 2004) 7. Lean Back -- Terror Squad (#1 -- peak Aug. 21) (#10 -- YE 2004) 6b. My Happy Ending -- Avril Lavigne (#9 -- peak Oct. 2) (#54 -- YE 2004) 6a. Don’t Tell Me -- Avril Lavigne (#22 -- peak Jun. 26) (#92 -- YE 2004) 5. Toxic -- Britney Spears (#9 -- peak Mar. 27) (#48 -- YE 2004) 4. Broken -- Seether Featuring Amy Lee (#20 -- peak Dec. 18)* 3b. Roses -- Outkast (#9 -- peak Jun. 19) (#56 -- YE 2004) 3a. The Way You Move -- Outkast (#1 -- peak Feb. 14) (#5 -- YE 2004) 2. Welcome To My Life -- Simple Plan (#40 -- peak Dec. 25)* 1. Numb -- Linkin Park (#11 -- peak Mar. 6) (#33 -- YE 2004)*

Albums Worth Checking Out: American Idiot -- Green Day Franz Ferdinand -- Franz Ferdinand Winning Days -- The Vines Funeral -- Arcade Fire The College Dropout -- Kanye West SMiLE -- Brian Wilson Good News For People Who Love Bad News -- Modest Mouse Hot Fuss -- The Killers Confessions -- Usher How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb -- U2 Love. Angel. Music. Baby. -- Gwen Stefani You Are The Quarry -- Morrissey Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge -- My Chemical Romance The Red Light District -- Ludacris Back To Bedlam -- James Blunt Eye to the Telescope -- KT Tunstall Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes -- TV on the Radio Los Lonely Boys -- Los Lonely Boys Sonic Nurse -- Sonic Youth The Futureheads -- The Futureheads Encore -- Eminem Talkie Walkie -- Air Contraband -- Velvet Revolver The Cure -- The Cure Who Killed...The Zutons? -- The Zutons Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) -- Slipknot Kamikaze -- Twista Shake the Sheets -- Ted Leo and the Pharmacists In Love and Death -- The Used Chuck -- Sum 41 Reise, Reise -- Rammstein

The Bottom of the Pile: Cold Hard Bitch -- Jet (#55 -- peak May 8)* American Idiot -- Green Day (#61 -- peak Oct. 30)* Cold -- Crossfade (#81 -- peak Dec. 25)* Somebody Told Me -- The Killers (#51 -- peak Nov. 27)* Take Me Out -- Franz Ferdinand (#66 -- peak Sep. 4)* Maps -- Yeah Yeah Yeahs (#87 -- peak May 1)* Slither -- Velvet Revolver (#56 -- peak Jul. 3)* Fall To Pieces -- Velvet Revolver (#67 -- peak Oct. 16)* Everything -- Alanis Morissette (#76 -- peak Jun. 5) Just Like You -- Three Days Grace (#55 -- peak Aug. 28)* Shadow -- Ashlee Simpson (#57 -- peak Oct. 30) Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy) -- Big & Rich (#56 -- peak Sep. 4) King Of The Dancehall -- Beenie Man (#80 -- peak Oct. 23) Float On -- Modest Mouse (#68 -- peak Sep. 4)* The Outsider -- A Perfect Circle (#79 -- peak May 15)* Getting Away With Murder -- Papa Roach (#69 -- peak Nov. 13)* So Cold -- Breaking Benjamin (#76 -- peak Nov. 13)* 8th World Wonder -- Kimberley Locke (#49 -- peak May 15) I Miss You -- blink-182 (#42 -- peak May 15)* You Raise Me Up -- Josh Groban (#73 -- peak Apr. 3) What You Waiting For? -- Gwen Stefani (#47 -- peak Nov. 27)* Hold On -- Good Charlotte (#63 -- peak Feb. 14)*

Alternative songs are the ones starred.

[sinkagura]

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[fiftytwotwentythree]

Wellness Wednesday:

The Groundhog Day Diet

Sunday I officially started my Groundhog Day Diet (the same daily meal on repeat). Obviously the name of the diet stems from the 1993 Bill Murray film, but the month long challenge was more inspired by Morgan Spurlock's 2004 documentary, Super Size Me (a challenge to eat McDonald's for 30 days straight).

I settled on the following specific daily foods for the month:

Lunch:

Turkey & Swiss Sandwich, a Side of Baby Carrots, a Cup Peaches

Snack:

A Serving of Trail Mix

Supper:

Bowl of Soup and a Glass of Milk.

All ^that^ comes out to approximately 1,290 Calories.

Now, I didn't necessarily do this to keep better tabs on my calories - no - I merely did it to see if I could do it - or - better yet see how long before my tongue goes mad.

As well, I am hoping this "diet" will assist my pocketbook as I have planned out my meals, purchased a large majority of all my fixings, thus hopefully minimizing my grocery bill for the month of October. The only items I forsee having to purchase is fresh Turkey, Bread, Milk, and Carrots.

So far, 4 days in, things aren't too shabby. I wish I would have thrown in some popcorn to booster my snack intake... but... I'll know better for next time.

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40th CHECK-IN:

Current Goals:

Lose 52 lbs

Completed as of 4/12/2023

New Goal: Maintain or Continue on The Weight Loss Path

Avoid "Junk Food"

Minimize Take-Out / Fast Food Consumption

Short Term:

Vegetarian-ish Diet: Completed

End Date: 4/09/2023 - 46 Days Total

Groundhog Day Diet:

10/01/2023 - 10/31/2023

Eat the Same Thing Each Day for 31 Days

*Not Photographed*

Turkey Deli Meat, Wheat Bread, Swiss Cheese, Milk.

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Stats from August:

Food:

Leftover Meals: 20

Oranges: 20

Salads: 18

Bags of Popcorn: 17

Cans of Soup: 9

Take Out: 0

Candy/Sweets: 0

Workout:

Jumping Jacks: 12,800

Push-Ups: 3,200

Glute Bridges: 3,200

Reverse Leg Lifts: 3,200

Leg Kickbacks: 3,200

Sit-Ups: 3,200

Squats: 800

Plank (mins): 160 mins

Assisted Push-Ups: 0

Weight Loss:

Weightloss This Month: -1.0 lbs

Average Weightloss per Week: -0.25 lbs

Total Weightloss: -85.6 lbs

Entertainment:

Movies Watched: 19

Favorite from the Month:

They Cloned Tyrone

"TV":

Hours of Television Watched: ~ 40 hours ( How To with John Wilson, Modern Family, Outer Banks, Ink Master, Muscles & Mayhem, Only Murders in the Building, Ms. Marvel, Detriot Lions vs KC, Detroit Lions vs Atlanta, Detroit Loins vs Green Bay)

Books:

Books Completed This Month: 0

Book Title(s) Completed This Month: -n/a-

Book Total for the Year: 2

Comics:

Comics Completed: 4

Trades Completed: 7

Comic/Trade Titles Completed:

Lumberjanes Vol. 1

Amazing Spider-Man Masterworks Vol. 1 (Marvel Masterworks)

Chew Vol. 3: Just Desserts

Deadpool by Skottie Young Vol. 2: Good Night (Deadpool (2018-2019))

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Vol. 3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures (2022-2023) #1

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures (2022-2023) #2

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures (2022-2023) #3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures (2022-2023) #4

New X-Men by Grant Morrison Vol. 1: E Is For Extinction (New X-Men (2001-2004))

Spider-Man/Deadpool Vol. 0: Don't Call It A Team-Up (Spider-Man/Deadpool (2016-2019))

Favorite Comic/Trade Read:

Deadpool by Skottie Young Vol. 2: Good Night (Deadpool (2018-2019))

Magazine(s):

Magazine(s) Completed: 0

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Meal Tracker:

THURSDAY

Lunch:

(2) Hotdogs

Individual Cup of Bob Evan's Macaroni and Cheese

(1) Glass of Chocolate Milk

Snack:

Bag of Ranch Corn Nuts

Bag of BBQ Corn Nuts

(4oz) Bag of Sahale Snacks Pomegranate Vanilla Flavored Cashews Glazed Mix

(4oz) Bag of Sahale Snacks Pomegranate Flavored Pistachios Glazed Mix

(1) Glass of Chocolate Milk

Supper:

Can of Progresso Creamy Tomato with Penne

- 10 Crackers

(2) Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

(1) Glass of Chocolate Milk

(2) Small Oranges

FRIDAY

Lunch:

Bowl of Leftover White Chicken Chili

- 10 Crackers

(1) Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Snack:

Bowl of Wonderful's Shelled Sweet Chili Pistachios

(4oz) Bag of Sahale Snacks Pomegranate Vanilla Flavored Cashews Glazed Mix

(4oz) Bag of Sahale Snacks Pomegranate Flavored Pistachios Glazed Mix

Supper:

Individual Cup of Bob Evan's Macaroni and Cheese

SATURDAY

Lunch:

Skillet Chicken Quesadilla

- Leftover Chicken

- Busch's Taco Fiesta Black Beans

- Uncle Ben's Spanish Rice

- Shredded Mild Cheddar

- Good & Gather's Queso Blanco

- Side of Sour Cream mixed with Herdez's Street Taco Rojo and Verde Sauce

Snack:

(2) Individual Bags of Sahale Snacks Pomegranate Vanilla Flavored Cashews Glazed Mix

(2) Individual Bags of Smartfood's White Cheddar Popcorn

(1) Glass of Pumpkin Spice Flavored Milk

Bag of Black Jewel Popcorn

(1) Colorado Peach

Supper:

(2) Skillet Quesadilla

- Leftover Chicken

- Leftover Busch's Taco Fiesta Black Beans

- Leftover Uncle Ben's Spanish Rice

- Shredded Mild Cheddar

- Good & Gather's Queso Blanco

(1) Glass of Pumpkin Spice Flavored Milk

SUNDAY

Lunch:

Turkey & Swiss with Toasted Wheat Sandwich

(5) Baby Carrots

(1) Cup of Del Monte Peaches

Snack:

Serving of Good & Gather's Tex Mex Trail Mix

Supper:

Can of Progresso Lasagna Style Soup

- 10 Crackers

(1) Glass of Milk

MONDAY

Lunch:

Turkey & Swiss with Toasted Wheat Sandwich

(5) Baby Carrots

(1) Cup of Del Monte Peaches

Snack:

Serving of Good & Gather's Tex Mex Trail Mix

Supper:

Can of Progresso Lasagna Style Soup

- 10 Crackers

(1) Glass of Milk

TUESDAY

Lunch:

Turkey & Swiss with Toasted Wheat Sandwich

(5) Baby Carrots

(1) Cup of Del Monte Peaches

Snack:

Serving of Good & Gather's Tex Mex Trail Mix

Supper:

Can of Progresso Lasagna Style Soup

- 10 Crackers

(1) Glass of Milk

WEDNESDAY

Lunch:

Turkey & Swiss with Toasted Wheat Sandwich

(5) Baby Carrots

(1) Cup of Del Monte Peaches

Snack:

Serving of Good & Gather's Tex Mex Trail Mix

Supper:

Can of Progresso Lasagna Style Soup

- 10 Crackers

(1) Glass of Milk

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Workouts:

THURSDAY

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

FRIDAY

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(10) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(10) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

SATURDAY

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

SUNDAY

* Afternoon Workout *

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

* Evening Workout *

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

MONDAY

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

TUESDAY

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges [4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

WEDNESDAY

(400) Jumping Jacks [8 sets of 50]

(100) Glute Bridges[4 sets of 25]

(100) Push-Ups [10 sets of 10]

(100) Reverse Leg Lifts [10 sets of 10]

(100) Leg Kickbacks [10 sets of 10]

(100) Sit-Ups [5 Sets of 20]

(5 min) Planks [5 Sets of 1 min]

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WEIGHT TRACKER:

Starting Weight (Noon, 1/01/2023): XXX.X lbs

Weight at Last Check-In, 9/27/2023: -0.8 lbs

Weight As of Noon, 10/04/2023: +1.0 lbs

Total Weight Loss: -84.6 lbs

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Closing Thoughts:

The Good:

Had an opportunity to take PTO in the middle of the work week. Using it for some R&R.

The Bad:

I quasi wish I included a daily bag of popcorn in to my Groundhog Day Diet... You Live and You Learn.

Gained a pound - which put be under 85 pounds of weight loss.

The Ugly:

I have insane pain in my lower leg/shin. Been icing my leg throughout the day.

[x5red]

Sixty fun & fascinating facts about the classic Supergirl (3 / 4)

Welcome to the third part of this series presenting sixty fascinating facts to celebrate the sixty years since the debut of the classic Supergirl in DC Comics. Ahead are another fun-filled fifteen snippets of trivia about the original intrepid Argo City teen who leapt from that crumpled Midvale rocket ship. Covering her original Silver and Bronze Age incarnation, in comics and on screen, each factoid is calculated to intrigue and delight – hopefully even seasoned Kara fans will find a few morsels of trivia that had previously escaped their attention.

Enjoy...

31. You can actually visit, in real life, the building where she once lived.

While Superman has rarely strayed beyond his fictional base of Metropolis, Supergirl’s adventures have seen her relocate far-and-wide many times. Some of her homes have been fictional, like Midvale and Stanhope, while others have been real-life, like San Francisco and Chicago. But shockingly, not only has the Girl of Steel lived in real locations, but she has even inhabited real addresses.

A panel in Daring New Adventures of Supergirl #4 (Feb 1983) exposes Linda Danvers’ home address as 1537 West Fargo Ave, Chicago – surprisingly, this turns out to be a genuine address. A later issue, #7 (May 1983), reveals that Linda’s apartment number is 12A. The building that’s currently at that location doesn’t correspond with the one drawn by Carmine Infantino, but if you happen to be passing you might want to check if one of the occupants is listed a “Ms. L. Danvers”.

32. The first theatrically released Supergirl movie was in 1973, not 1984.

As outlined in factoid #2 there was an abundant supply of superheroine movies in non-English speaking markets before Helen Slater’s Supergirl. Indeed so incredibly popular are superpowered females in some corners of the globe that, amazingly, there was even an unofficial Girl or Steel movie over a decade before the authorised Salkind-produced one. The film in question starred Pinky Montilla in the main role and was entitled simply Supergirl. Released on 23rd September 1973 into the Filipino market, the movie featured the Maid of Might’s early 70s costume but changed her origin story. Pinky would also play Bat Girl in 1973′s Fight! Batman, Fight! – and we can assume that the producers probably didn’t ask DC for permission to use the Dominoed Daredoll either.

33. She hated her time in Midvale Orphanage.

The Silver Age always presented Kara’s adventures with a naive sense of wonder and amazement; rarely did it seriously address the pain she must have felt at leaving her parents behind to die in Argo City. But comics changed a lot in the two decades after Kara was introduced, and by the time Supergirl’s origin was retold in Daring New Adventures of Supergirl #1(Nov 1982) a very different spin was put on things. As Kara travels to begin a new life in Chicago, she reflects back on her tragic beginnings as a superhero, including the painful loss of her parents and her feelings of starting over in Midvale: “I was a real stranger in a very strange land! With nowhere else to go, Superman had no choice but to place me in Midvale Orphanage under the name Linda Lee.”, she recalls, before concluding solemnly, “I hated it!”

34. She was a reluctant hero, often feeling out of place on Earth.

One theme that reoccurred during the Bronze Age adventures of Supergirl is how Kara felt at odds with her career as a superhero, and out-of-place on Earth. A story in Superman Family #168 (Dec 1974) demonstrates this more than most, as it brings together three troubled women with extraordinary powers. Supergirl joins her friend Lena Luthor (who has ESP) in an attempt to help Jan Thurston (who has telepathy) come to terms with her unusual powers.

After rescuing a suicidal Jan, Supergirl wins her trust by recounting her own sad journey from Argo City to Earth, explaining that at first she enjoyed the novelty of her superpowers, but quickly came to see them as a barrier. “I’m the mightiest girl on Earth -- and the loneliest!”, she laments, “There’s not a guy on the planet who can keep up with me... Not a single girl can get close enough to be my friend! Sometimes I think I’d much rather have stayed on Argo City!” But Kara goes on to outline how she overcame those feelings: “People like us aren’t different!”, she explains, “We’re just... special!”

35. She planned to start a family, until Kal-El intervened.

In the Bronze Age, DC writers clearly felt free to explore introspective ideas with Kara that likely weren’t possible with her famous cousin. One short story, tucked in the back of Superman Vol. 1 #282 (Dec 1974), demonstrated this more than any other. Kal-El travels to Florida, Kara’s then home, to confront her about suggestions that she may give up her superhero career. “This life of a super-heroine takes up too much of my time... Sets me apart from everyone else!”, she explains. “I want an ordinary life -- with a husband and children some day... Free to do what I choose!”

Naturally her straight-laced cousin isn’t too keen on this idea. He spins Kara a yarn from ancient Krypton folklore, the moral of the story being that she should be careful what she wishes for. “So you see, Kara”, he explains, “sometimes, when we get the things we think we want most... they turn out to be a curse rather than a blessing!” In light of this, Kara reconsiders her plans.

36. Wonder Woman designed one of her costumes.

As most fans know one of the few weaknesses the Man and Girl or Steel share is a vulnerability to magic; so when Adventure Comics #397 (Sep 1970) saw Kara go up against a powerful black magic cult, it was perhaps no surprised to find her badly beaten and her costume shredded. Luckily Wonder Woman was in her mod Emma Peel phase at the time, posing (in-between bouts of super heroics) as the owner of a fashion boutique. Reaching into the racks of clothes at her shop, Diana produces a completely redesigned Supergirl outfit befitting the fashions of the period, which Kara eagerly adopts. (Readers were left wondering whether Diana had redesigns of other hero costumes at the ready, or was Supergirl a special case?)

37. Her mom(s) designed two of her costumes.

Every Supergirl fan knows that Kara’s original costume was designed by her mother, Alura, so that the teenager would be recognised immediately by the Man of Steel when she arrived on Earth. But few may remember that her mid-80s costume, the headband affair she wore going into Crisis on Infinite Earths, was also designed by her mother -- her other mother. Kara’s 80s costume was design by Edna Danvers, her adopted mother on Earth, who (it seemed) was in the habit of whiling away the long dark evenings in Midvale by sketching possible costume designs for her superhero daughter.

38. She’s a fan of recycling her clothes.

The Maid of Might has had many costumes over the years -- or rather, she’s had one costume that she’s recycled over and over since the early 70s. In Adventure Comics #407 (June 1971) a new invulnerable costume was given to Kara by the folks in the Bottle City of Kandor after her original Argo City outfit had been destroyed some months before. A dedicated follower of fashion, over the coming months Kara went through a succession of wild and wacky outfits, some lasting only one issue, before finally settling on her famous hot pants attire for the majority of the 1970s. One might have assumed that somewhere in the Fortress of Solitude there was a wardrobe packed full of retired red and blue super-duds, but Supergirl Vol. 2 #13 (Nov 1983) revealed Kara’s secret -- when it comes time to upgrade her outfit, Kara unravels her old costume at super-speed and and re-weaves the resulting ball of thread into the new design.

39. Demi Moore was the director’s first choice to play Lucy Lane in the Supergirl movie.

The casting net for the title role in 1984′s Supergirl was spread far-and-wide. Director Jeannot Szwarc asked casting agent Lynn Stalmaster to search the whole globe for candidates who could not only act, but withstand the physically and mentally pressure of training for the demanding stunts and wire work. One candidate, apparently, was Demi Moore, who didn’t get the Girl of Steel role but was considered perfect for Kara’s best friend, Lucy Lane. Director Jeannot Szwarc recalled in a 1999 interview, “I met tons of girls. I remember one of the girls was Demi Moore. She was very young and had a great voice. I wanted to use her for the room mate.” But it seems fate had other plans for Ms Moore, as Szwarc explained, “She would have been [perfect], but she was going to Brazil to do a movie with Michael Caine.“ (Moore played Caine’s daughter in Stanley Donen’s rom-com, Blame It on Rio.)

40. One of her rarest appearances is from 1981, only a couple of pages long, but sells for $75+.

If there was a competition to find the rarest publication with an original Supergirl story, Danger on Parade / Le Danger Guette would surely be hot favourite for top place. This tiny comic, just eighteen panels long, was given away inside packets of breakfast cereals in Canada. It features an abbreviated adventure pitting Supergirl against Winslow Schott, aka the Toyman, in the pair’s only pre-Crisis encounter. Runner-up in the rarity stakes would likely go to the Super A and Super B booklet sets produced by Warner Books in 1977 for use in classrooms. The sets didn’t feature original stories however, but reprints with simplified speech balloons designed to teach reading skills.

41. She first met Kal-El years before she landed on Earth.

Gimmick story lines were the order of the day for Silver Age DC, and what better way to create an attention-grabbing dime-baiting cover than to arrange a bizarre crossover -- such was the case with Action Comics #358 (Jan 1968), which saw a very youthful Kara Zor-El in Argo City meet Superboy. The story is predictable fare: in deep space Superboy is scooped-up by one of Zor-El’s science probes, which brings him back to Argo City. Naturally Kara is the first one to discover the probe’s accidental passenger, and (naturally!) Kal-El has suffered memory loss that blots out his life on Earth. Kal and Kara become firm friends over the coming days, until (naturally!) the plot contrives to wipe her memory of him, and restore his memory of Earth.

42. Lena Luthor was the only friend who knew her secret identity.

In the 2015 Supergirl tv show, famously, everyone seems to know (or have known at some point) Supergirl’s secret identity... except Lena Luthor. Bronze Age DC Comics, however, were very very different: Lena first met Kara in Action Comics #295 (Dec 1962), using the name Lena Thorul to hide her connections to brother Lex. Instantly she became firm friends with both Supergirl and Linda Danvers, requiring Kara to work extra hard to stop Lena from realising they are one in the same. The deception finally ended in Superman Family #211 (Oct 1981) when Lena confessed to Kara that she’d worked out her dual identity. This made Lena the only ever friend of Linda Danvers who shared her secret. Sadly it didn’t last long, as by Superman Family #214 (Jan 1982) Lena had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage which affected her memory.

43. She didn’t put the “Kara” into Karaoke.

Over the years Supergirl has exhibited some remarkable super skills, including super ventriloquism, incredible memory, and even the ability to read minds, but one skill that she seemingly lacks is any kind of musical aptitude. Despite the modern day tv Supergirl claiming to put the Kara into Karaoke, her comic strip counterpart didn’t ever appear to sing (not even in the shower!) What’s more, as she confesses in the pages of Adventure Comics #409 (Aug 1971), she doesn’t play any musical instruments either.

44. She’s was no stranger to tragedy even before she left Argo City.

Very few Silver or Bronze Age stories dealt with Kara’s life in Argo City, but one story that gave some idea of how she filled her time appeared in the pages of Action Comics #371 (Jan 1969), when a very young Kara is shown witnessing the cruel death of her best friend, Morina. The pair are innocently playing the game Zoomron, involving the throwing a Frisbee-like disc (the Zoomron) at a target. Chasing an erratic disc Morina tumbles into a crevice filled with Kryptonite, and a tearful Kara can only stand and watch as her friend succumbed to the deadly rays.

45. The Supergirl movie was almost entirely filmed in the UK.

Most fans know that Superman I and II owe a lot to Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, northwest of London, so it is no surprise that 1984′s Supergirl returned to use the same studio complex. But while Superman complimented its studio shots with exteriors filmed in New York (Metropolis) and Alberta, Canada (Smallville), Supergirl’s production stayed firmly within the UK. Locations included the banks of Loch Moidart on the west coast of highland Scotland, the Royal Masonic School for Girls in Hertfordshire, and Black Park Lake near the Pinewood soundstage in Buckinghamshire. Shockingly, even downtown Midvale was actually a huge sprawl of street facades constructed as a backlot set at Pinewood -- the 22 days it took to shoot the tractor rescue sequence was allegedly due to the notoriously fickle British weather.

That’s all for part three. The final part, with even more extra-juicy Kara Zor-El trivia, will be available soon.

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Margaret “Daisy” Suckley

President Roosevelt himself took this photograph of Daisy Suckley in the White House as she went through various papers, February 10, 1942. (Photo: FDR Presidential Library & Museum)

This post was written by Keith Muchowski, an Instruction/Reference Librarian at New York City College of Technology (CUNY) in Brooklyn, New York. He blogs at thestrawfoot.com.

Margaret Suckley was an archivist at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library in Hyde Park, New York from 1941 to 1963. But she was much more than that.

“Daisy” Suckley, as she was known to friends and family, was born in Rhinebeck, New York in 1891 and grew up on Wilderstein, the family estate on the Hudson River not far from the Roosevelts’ own Springwood in Hyde Park. This was a small, rarefied world and in the ensuing decades Daisy saw sixth cousin Franklin’s rise to prominence. She eventually became one of his closest friends and confidants, sharing the good times and the bad with the country’s only four-term president. Ms. Suckley was there for Franklin in the 1920s when he was struck paralyzed from the waist down with polio, knew him during his years in Albany when he was New York governor and he became a national figure, attended the presidential inaugural in 1933 in the depths of the Great Depression, offered a discreet and comforting ear during the dark days of the Second World War when, as commander-in-chief, he made difficult and lonely decisions affecting the lives of millions around the world. Finally, Daisy was one of the inner circle present in Warm Springs, Georgia when the president died in April 1945. Roosevelt was inscrutable to most—some called him The Sphinx—but if anyone outside his immediate family knew him, it was Margaret “Daisy” Suckley.

Ms. Suckley (left) in Roosevelt's private office at the presidential library with actress Evelyn Keyes, and Library Director Fred Shipman. Ms. Keyes is holding the album-version of Ms. Suckley's book The True Story of Fala, October 31, 1946. (Photo: FDR Presidential Library & Museum)

There were perks to being Roosevelt’s close friend. The two enjoyed picnics and country drives. Both loved to dish the gossip about Washington politicos and the Hudson River Valley families they had known for decades. Daisy helped President Roosevelt design his Hyde Park retreat, Top Cottage. She enjoyed the “Children’s Hour” afternoon breaks when Roosevelt would mix cocktails for himself and his friends to unwind. There were getaways at Shangri-La, the rustic presidential retreat in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains known today as Camp David. She attended services at Hyde Park Church with the First Family, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth when the royals visited in 1939. It was she who gave him Fala, the Scottish Terrier to whom he was so attached after receiving the pooch as a Christmas gift in 1941.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt stood at a podium on the grounds of his family home in Hyde Park and dedicated the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library on June 30, 1941. He was still in office at the time, having won re-election to an unprecedented third (and eventually fourth) term seven months previously. Roosevelt clearly believed that libraries and archives were themselves exercises in democracy in these years when fascism was spreading around the world. Ever the optimist even as World War Two raged in Europe and the Pacific, Roosevelt declared “It seems to me that the dedication of a library is in itself an act of faith. To bring together the records of the past and to house them in buildings where they will be preserved for the use of men and women in the future, a Nation must believe in three things. It must believe in the past. It must believe in the future. It must, above all, believe in the capacity of its own people so to learn from the past that they can gain in judgment in creating their own future.” Then he quipped to the two thousand gathered about this being their one chance to see the place for free.

Roosevelt had been an unrepentant collector since his earliest boyhood days, with wide-ranging interests especially in naval history, models ships, taxidermy, philately, books on local history, political ephemera, and—probably above all—anything related to the Roosevelt clan itself. His eight-years-and-counting administration had already produced reams of material via the myriad alphabet soup New Deal agencies that had put millions of Americans to work during the Great Depression. It was becoming increasingly obvious in that Summer of 1941 that the United States would likely become entangled in the Second World War; as Roosevelt well understood, that would mean even more documents for the historical record.

Presidential repositories of various incarnations were not entirely new. George Washington had taken his papers with him back to Mount Vernon after his administration for organization. Rutherford B. Hayes, Herbert Hoover, and even Warren G. Harding had versions of them. Nora E. Cordingley (featured in a March 2018 Women of Library History post) was a librarian at Roosevelt House, essentially a de facto presidential library opened in 1923 at Theodore Roosevelt’s birthplace on Manhattan’s East 20th Street whose papers and other materials eventually moved to Harvard University’s Houghton and Widener Libraries. What was new about Franklin Roosevelt’s creation was its codification of what is today’s presidential library system. Roosevelt convened a committee of professional historians for advice and consultation, raised the private funds necessary to build the library and museum, urged Congress to pass the enabling legislation, involved leading archive and library authorities, and ultimately deeded the site to the American people via the National Archives, which itself he had signed into being in 1934.

The academic advisors, archivists, and library professionals at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library were all important, indeed crucial, to the professionalization and growth of both the Roosevelt site and what would become the National Archives and Records Administration’s Office of Presidential Libraries. However, Roosevelt understood in those early that he also needed someone within his museum and library who knew him deeply and understood the nuances of his life and long career. That is why he turned to Ms. Suckley, securing her a position as junior archivist in September 1941 just months after the opening. The library was very much a working place for the president, who kept an office there, where—unbeknownst to museum-goers on the other side of the wall—he might be going through papers with Daisy, entertaining dignitaries while she looked on, or even making decisions of consequence to the war. Ms. Suckley worked conscientiously, even lovingly, in the presidential library, going through boxes of photographs and identifying individuals, providing dates and place names that only she would know, filling in gaps in the historical record, sorting papers, and serving in ways only an intimate could. The work only expanded after President Roosevelt died and associates like Felix Frankfurter and others donated all or some of their own papers. The work also became more institutionalized and codified. Other Roosevelt aides took on increasingly important roles after the president’s death in 1945. More series of papers became available to scholars in the 1950s and 60s as the Roosevelt Era receded from current events into history. Through it all Daisy Suckley continued on for nearly two more decades until her retirement in 1963.

Margaret “Daisy” Suckley lived for twenty-eight more years after her retirement, turning her attention to the preservation of her ancestral home there on the Hudson but never forgetting Franklin. In those later years when reporters, historians, and the just plain curious curious showed up at Wilderstein and inevitably asked if there was any more to tell about her friendship with Franklin Roosevelt she always gave a wry smile and demure “No, of course there isn’t.” After her death at the age of ninety-nine in June 1991 however a trove of letters and diaries was found in an old suitcase hidden under her bed there at Wilderstein. A leading Roosevelt scholar edited and published a significant portion of the journals and correspondence in 1995 to great public interest. While it is still unclear if there was every any romantic involvement between Franklin and Daisy—as some have speculated for decades—the letters do provide a deeper, more nuanced portrayal of their relationship and show just how close the two were. Franklin Delano Roosevelt may have been The Sphinx to many, hiding his feelings behind a veneer of affability and bonhomie. To his old neighbor, distant cousin, discreet friend, loyal aid, and steadfast curator Margaret Suckley, he showed the truer, more vulnerable side of himself.

Ms. Suckley later in life at Wilderstein, 1988. (Photo: FDR Presidential Library & Museum)

Further reading:

Hufbauer, Benjamin. “The Roosevelt Presidential Library: A Shift in Commemoration.” American Studies, vol. 42, no. 3, Fall 2001, pp. 173–193.

Koch, Cynthia M. and Lynn A. Bassanese. “Roosevelt and His Library, Parts 1 & 2.” Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration, vol. 33, no. 2, Summer 2001, Web.

McCoy, Donald R. "The Beginnings of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library," Prologue: The Journal of the National Archives, vol. 7, no. 3, Fall 1975, pp. 137-150.

Persico, Joseph E. Franklin & Lucy: President Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherford, and the Other Remarkable Women in His Life. Random House, 2008.

Ward, Geoffrey C. Closest Companion: The Unknown Story of the Intimate Friendship between Franklin Roosevelt and Margaret Suckley. Houghton Mifflin, 1995.

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