#san lang has no money

[warningsine]

Tony Bennett, the American pop and jazz singer who became the torchbearer for the Great American Songbook during a seven decade career, has died aged 96, his publicist said on Friday.

Bennett was perhaps best known for his 1962 signature song I Left My Heart in San Francisco as well as for staging an astonishing career comeback during the 80s and 90s that delivered him sustained popularity into old age. He won 18 Grammy awards, including a lifetime achievement award in 2001, and has sold more than 50m records worldwide.

In 2020, it was announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2016. He wrote on Twitter: “Life is a gift – even with Alzheimer’s.” It was revealed that while his cognitive function was impaired, he was still able to sing a whole range of his repertoire.

Bennett’s ability to perform across the genres of pop, big band and jazz won him plaudits and a conveyor belt of willing collaborators. He proved his relevance in 2014 by collaborating with Lady Gaga on the album Cheek to Cheek, which saw the pair tackle a series of jazz standards. It was a No 1 record in the US and made Bennett the oldest living act to reach the top spot, a record he already held thanks to his 2011 album Duets II.

Born Anthony Dominick Benedetto in 1926 to Italian immigrants, Bennett had an impoverished upbringing in Queens, New York. His father died when he was 10 years old, although he was already singing professionally by that point. As a teenager he became a singing waiter, earning money for the family before enrolling to study music and painting at New York’s School of Industrial Art.

Bennett was drafted into the US army in 1944 to fight in France and Germany during the final year of the second world war. It was an experience that scarred him. “It’s legalised murder,” he said during a 2013 Guardian interview.

But he continued to sing while in Germany as part of the occupying force, and in 1949, after returning home, his singing career could begin properly, first under the name Joe Bari and then as Tony Bennett.

His breakthrough came in 1951 with his first No 1, Because of You. The hits continued throughout the decade with songs such as Blue Velvet, Rags to Riches and material that looked towards the swinging sound of his childhood hero Frank Sinatra. Bennett became a teen idol, and when he married his first wife, Patricia Beech, in 1952, 2,000 female fans dressed in black to “mourn” the event outside the New York ceremony.

In 1962 he reached superstar status thanks to his version of the 1953 song I Left My Heart in San Francisco. The song won Bennett two Grammy awards and became a 20th-century pop standard.

Bennett’s style, however, was already looking outdated as the British invasion swept the US charts, and he struggled for relevance during the 1960s. The following decade saw him face a number of personal problems, including the end of his second marriage and serious drug addiction. Yet two albums recorded with pianist Bill Evans would be key to his later re-emergence as a central figure in US music.

The turning point in his life came when Bennett hired his son Danny to be his manager. Ditching the Las Vegas circuit for New York and reuniting with his early 60s pianist and musical director Ralph Sharon proved to be masterstrokes. His 1986 comeback album, The Art of Excellence, was a hit from which he never looked back. Perfectly Frank (1992) – a tribute to his idol Sinatra – topped the US Billboard’s jazz charts, while 1994’s MTV Unplugged saw Bennett win a Grammy for album of the year. Bennett became a fixture on the late-night TV circuit and collaborated with a host of artists such as kd lang, Amy Winehouse, Queen Latifah and Diana Krall, which helped maintain his relevance with younger artists. His 2006 album, Duets: An American Classic, featured appearances from Paul McCartney, Elton John and George Michael.

Bennett was drafted into the US army in 1944 to fight in France and Germany during the final year of the second world war. It was an experience that scarred him. “It’s legalised murder,” he said during a 2013 Guardian interview.

But he continued to sing while in Germany as part of the occupying force, and in 1949, after returning home, his singing career could begin properly, first under the name Joe Bari and then as Tony Bennett.

His breakthrough came in 1951 with his first No 1, Because of You. The hits continued throughout the decade with songs such as Blue Velvet, Rags to Riches and material that looked towards the swinging sound of his childhood hero Frank Sinatra. Bennett became a teen idol, and when he married his first wife, Patricia Beech, in 1952, 2,000 female fans dressed in black to “mourn” the event outside the New York ceremony.

In 1962 he reached superstar status thanks to his version of the 1953 song I Left My Heart in San Francisco. The song won Bennett two Grammy awards and became a 20th-century pop standard.

Bennett’s style, however, was already looking outdated as the British invasion swept the US charts, and he struggled for relevance during the 1960s. The following decade saw him face a number of personal problems, including the end of his second marriage and serious drug addiction. Yet two albums recorded with pianist Bill Evans would be key to his later re-emergence as a central figure in US music.

The turning point in his life came when Bennett hired his son Danny to be his manager. Ditching the Las Vegas circuit for New York and reuniting with his early 60s pianist and musical director Ralph Sharon proved to be masterstrokes. His 1986 comeback album, The Art of Excellence, was a hit from which he never looked back. Perfectly Frank (1992) – a tribute to his idol Sinatra – topped the US Billboard’s jazz charts, while 1994’s MTV Unplugged saw Bennett win a Grammy for album of the year. Bennett became a fixture on the late-night TV circuit and collaborated with a host of artists such as kd lang, Amy Winehouse, Queen Latifah and Diana Krall, which helped maintain his relevance with younger artists. His 2006 album, Duets: An American Classic, featured appearances from Paul McCartney, Elton John and George Michael.

Singing was not Bennett’s only artistic pursuit. His paintings, produced under his birth name, are on display at the Smithsonian Institution and the Butler Institute of American Art. In 2001, he founded the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Queens, New York which offers qualifications in fine art, dance, vocal and instrumental music, drama and film.

A lifelong Democrat, Bennett was also a supporter of the civil rights movement who participated in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches and refused to perform in apartheid-era South Africa.

Bennett remained determined to perform into his later life. Shortly after his 90th birthday he told the New York Times: “I could have retired 16 years ago, but I just love what I’m doing.”

[hualianff]

Digital Artist HC

On his professional account, HC has amassed a huge following over the years.

When it comes to the daily discourse of “fanart isn’t real art” or “nsfw art is a sin,” HC usually has enough willpower to avoid engaging in pointless twitter wars.

But it gets to the point where a bunch of trolls are sending mass hate big and small accounts alike, policing the content they create.

HC, on a whim, let’s his irritation get the best of him, and replies to one of the ops who insists nsfw fanartists are not true artists and should be banned on all social media platforms.

And of course it goes viral. HC’s followers - many of whom are artists of all types themselves - successfully combat the useless discourse and help defend the accounts getting attacked.

Furthermore, HC’s entire following is going absolutely crazy wondering who HC drew fanart of? And NSFW too? He must have had a fandom account at some point !!

But what they don’t know is that HC draws NSFW of his husband when he gets artblock. 🤪

***

Years ago, before he had such a notable online presence, HC actually did do commissions to earn money on the side. He’d sometimes get nsfw commissions and would have to look at references of ✨nude people✨

Except-

XL looking over at HC’s shoulder: “whatcha drawing-?”

HC, shrieking, covering his screen of boobies: “AHH ITS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE”

XL: “San Lang, it’s fine! I know it’s for-“

HC, flinging his apple pen away in haste, grabbing onto XL’s waist: “pls don’t leave me, I don’t even like tits like that” 😭😭

Seconds later…

HC burying his face in XL’s chest: [muffled] “except for maybe yours”

[pinkandhobiqueen]

I need modern hualian adopting little Wei Ying abo au, but like. With main families as the most influential people in China, smth like chaebol in Korea (like, the Jins could be taking care of the jewelry business, because they're rich, so they can have a bunch of mines with gold and diamonds all around the world and the Nies could be producing things for the military, like guns and stuff)

And Hua Cheng is this new, young money guy, who's hella successful. He's taking care of the whole "underworld", like mafia and stuff, maybe he killed his ex boss or smth, and he opened new, big company, whose making cars and technology or he opened a bunch of clubs and casinos, smth like that. And Xie Lian is an ex model, a fashion designer, he inherited his company from his parents and it's really, really popular and successful

So to the main plot, Hualian can't have kids, they tried countless times and Xie Lian miscarried a lot of times, and he's in the hospital and Hua Cheng met little A-Ying in there, whose parents just died in a car accident. And they both instantly have a connection and so hualian adopts this little kid (background, before the last miscarriage, they made a deal with eo, that if it won't work out, they will adopt) so A-Ying is like they miracle baby and a few weeks later he's theirs and happy and a new heir to their companies

And it would end with Wangxian of course. Like. I can see that, maybe they're in the same school, falling in love and just being happy. And some angst there's too. Oh, and Wei Ying is a model for his dad's company! And a painter! And he likes to draw some of his own fashion designs! And his golden boy, whatever he tries he nails it and so he can play instruments and he loves sport. And he's totally a badass, so maybe boxing or smth. And he has a motorcycle! But he's bad at cooking obviously and some other "omega stuff", like cleaning, being always nice and respectful (excuse me, have you met his father?) and polite and silent etc.

And so like. I can see a few scenes. Like, all of the big families gave max. 5 years till Hua Cheng's company fall and boom, it was like 20 years and he became even more powerful (and rich) than all of them together so they want him in their little circle and he's like "nah, I don't need you for anything, I don't want your little noses in my business" and they met for that in like their usual, favorite gentleman's club to discuss it with him and then San Lang's like "nope, bye, but the drinks are on me tho", because he owns that club apparently (which they didn't know about) and so they talk with the bartender and they're like " yeah, the new boss is more scary, but he treats us right and if you want some business with him, I suggest going through his husband. What do you mean you don't know who that is, I believe your suits are of his project")

And another one! So they have dinner at Hualian's summer house with all of them (just to make them stop pestering him. And maybe because Hua Cheng kinda wants to show them they're places for approaching his husband with that silly idea of theirs to "work together") when also the wives and the kids go there and E-ming's a dog (Tibetan mastiff, this scary, fluffy, majestic giant), A-Ying's dog (because he loves them actually, some dog was there with him when he's biological parents died and he crawled out of the car while waiting for the help to arrive, who was called by the owner of said dog/stranger who called for help) and there was a dog who stayed with him the whole time, before the rescue team arrieved) and it was his first request when he moved in with Hualian, and Hua Cheng was like "you know what, that's a great idea. My little omega son's gotta have the best and most scary fucking guardian when we can't see him when he's in the other fucking room, I'm fucking on it". And Wei Ying and Xie Lian have pet snakes! White Ruoye and Black Chenching!

And about the world building, the main families are very traditional and closed off (like Lans for example) and so they're like "fuck Omega rights" and then there's Xie Lian, who owns his own fashion company and is doing charity and he's very loved and influential (and a badass) and they're like "woah, how can his alpha allow him to do that" and when they meet they're son who's like "so you think I'm as pretty as my dad? Woah, thank you for the complement, but I'm adopted actually". And of course Jin Guangyao wants to have some connection with them so he's like "I know that my wife promised her bestie that our children will marry, but hear me out-"

And of course as soon as they adopted little A-Ying they changed his surname and destroyed all of the records that he was in that accident, so no one would ask him questions in the future, so he won't have to relive the trauma again, so the Jiangs don't know that Wei Ying is Wei Ying, because he's Hua Ying now and yeah. And I hadn't decide yet if I want to do Jiang Fengmian dirty, but maybe he wanted the little omega son of his ex right hand man to marry his own son but yeah, I don't know. Maybe. But for sure, Jiang Fengmian and Lady Ziyuan married just because they slept with eo and she became pregnant young. And I don't know what to do about the Wens, but I want Wen Ning and Wen Qing to be Wei Ying's besties, like. Yeah

Like, you don't understand, I have this in my head and I can't stop thinking about it and I want to read it so bad, but there's no modern aus with hualian adopting Wei Wuxian and I'm so desperate that I would write it myself, but I don't have this much time and skils, please someone competent do it. I wish fics could just appear themselves when we think about them

[holy--milk]

TGCF modern AU

I should be working on my master’s thesis right now, so in the typical me fashion I’m devoting my time and energy to making up silly TGCF fic scenarios instead fdshjdsjdshjds

Xie Lian meets a teenager at a bus stop at night who introduces himself as San Lang and tells him that he ran away from home after a fight with his family and now has nowhere to stay. Naturally, Xie Lian is like “No way you’re spending the night in the streets” and brings him to his cheap ass flat.

They live like that for a few days, with Xie Lian spending most of the day at work while San Lang takes care of his run-down flat for him by doing repairs (he turns out to be quite handy) and cleaning because he wants to do something nice for this nice weirdo that took him in. In the evenings, they have dinner and chill together, with Xie Lian coming to appreciate the teenager’s company more and more.

It goes on like that for a while until one day, when they go grocery shopping together, San Lang gets cornered by a shady-looking man with an eyepatch who starts going on at him for “throwing a tantrum like a fucking child and running away”. Seeing this, Xie Lian immediately intercedes and tells the man to leave the kid alone or else—

The shady man just kinda stands there dumbfounded, looking at this unassuming guy half a head shorter than him, acting as if he’s both willing to and capable of whooping his ass right there in the cereal aisle at a supermarket. Then he leaves without saying anything.

On the way home San Lang is being uncharacteristically quiet, and once they arrive back at Xie Lian’s flat he admits that that was his elder brother – Hua Cheng – who’s been taking care of him in place of their parents. He also tells Xie Lian that the reason he ran away from home in the first place was them having a fight over San Lang’s “laziness” and lack of ambition.

It turns out that their parents were neglectful and abusive, so at the age of 16 Hua Cheng emancipated and moved out with his two younger brothers (the other one being E’ming) in tow, eventually getting custody over them. It was pretty hard for the three of them in the beginning, but in a few years Hua Cheng somehow managed to land a good job that allowed them to live comfortably (San Lang never asked what exactly he was doing because he lowkey suspected it was some shady business).

Despite his background, over the years San Lang came to rely on his brother’s steady income and enjoy a “rich kid” lifestyle, not giving much thought to his education and future career. Eventually Hua Cheng, who had had to work hard to provide this kind of life for him, blew up and accused him of being a selfish lazy asshole, so San Lang got mad at him and ran away.

In the end, San Land admits that was childish of him and, while Hua Cheng can be an overbearing asshole sometimes, ultimately he’s always been a good brother to him, so it was shitty of him to run away and make him worry. He texts Hua Cheng to pick him up and goes back home with him.

Xie Lian feels that he’s going to miss San Lang, whose company he’s come to enjoy over the past few days but agrees that that would be for the best.

However, when Xie Lian comes home the next day, he sees the familiar man with an eyepatch waiting near his apartment building. Hua Cheng approaches him and apologises for causing a scene the previous day, then offers to pay for the inconvenience of having to host his brother. Xie Lian refuses the money, saying it was no trouble at all, but invites Hua Cheng in.

Hua Cheng accept the invitation and the two of them have a little chat over tea. Hua Cheng complains about San Lang acting more and more rebellious lately and slacking off at school, making his grades suffer. He says he wants San Lang to get into a good college for better chances of getting a well-paying job afterwards because it’s not like he’ll be there forever to provide for him.

In a sudden bout of inspiration, Xie Lian offers to tutor San Lang on the subjects he struggles with at school. He may not be a teacher but he was a top student in both school and college, and since he and San Lang already have a good relationship, he believes he’ll have easier time getting him to listen and put in effort.

(The real reason is, he wants to keep spending time with San Lang, who he thinks is a smart and capable kid.)

(He also may or may not be intrigued by this Hua Cheng.)

Hua Cheng, although doubtful at first, ends up accepting his offer.

I still need to figure out where it would go from there, but in the end Xie Lian and Hua Cheng end up spending time together and falling in love in the typical Hualian fashion (obviously Hua Cheng ends up being a massive simp). San Lang and E’ming are torn between pushing the two of them together (because they want Xie Lian-gege to be part of their weird little family!!!) and fighting with Hua Cheng for Xie Lian’s attention and affection.

[eyes-of-mischief]

weekly fic recs | 34

fandoms: bsd, dbh, hq, tgcf, svsss

bsd

Who Needs Money Anyway? (Spoiler Alert: It’s Us) by fandomsandshit

Their funding has been cut.

Akiko stares blankly at the sheet Haruno is holding out to her, hands sweaty and shaky, and resists the urge to scream.

It’s been a long time coming. As much as she hates to admit it, Akiko is honestly surprised it took this long for them to lose some of it; what with the monthly shootings, consistent suicide attempts and general shenanigans of the Agency members.

But how on earth are they going to make enough money now?

---------- (modern-ish au where the ada causes too much property damage for proper funding, and so yosano leads them into the wonderful world of twitch streaming to make money)

A Study in Mafia Black by eluvion

If he’s being honest, good and bad don’t matter so much to Ranpo as truth does. Good and bad are subjective, clouded with human error, and honestly, they’re quite boring. Mystery has always been more interesting than morality with the way each string weaves together, creating a tapestry of crime, blood and ash writing their own story. Dazai is still as much of a mystery as he was at first glance, and Ranpo is just as ready to pick apart the truth from whatever plays behind those eyes.

Or; a friendship, of sorts, between the two smartest members of the Armed Detective Agency.

dbh

preconstruct by aworus

(graphic depictions of violence)

Connor’s preconstruction software is activating much more often than he’d like. Who knew an android problem could actually be so human?

(Five times Connor has intrusive thoughts and one time he tells someone about it.)

hq

a dictionary definition by shoutowo

“Well, yeah!” Bokuto says. “When I say stuff like ‘the world’, sometimes, like, in my head, I’m really only imagining one person.”

The interviewer looks like she hit the jackpot. Bokuto doesn’t notice. “Can we get a name?”

-

or, Akaashi is Bokuto's world. This creates more problems than it solves.

tgcf

centuries since paradise by parsnipit

Xie Lian has spent long enough around sirens to have some grasp of their communication, and some of it is even a little similar to mer noises. This sound, for example, is like the one podmates use to call for each other—curious, beckoning. He suspects it means much the same thing for sirens. Has this siren lost someone, maybe? Hopefully it will find its lost someone soon, so Xie Lian can go back to sleep. Then, because nothing good can ever happen to Xie Lian, the siren peeks beneath the overhang. It hangs its head over the jut of stone, its hair billowing like a crown of ink and the yellow sclera of its eye bright against the black. That singular eye catches on his, its pupil dilating, and Xie Lian stiffens.

Windmaster's Heavenly Confections by IceEckos12

Eight years after a personal tragedy derailed his life, Xie Lian is hired to work at the local candy shop, Windmaster's Heavenly Confections.

He has no idea what he's just gotten himself into.

Including: cooking disasters, reunions with old friends, and the sweetest possibility of romance.

A Wolf’s Snare by UmbraSoleil

(explicit)

By all accounts, Hua Chengzhu is a terrifying, wicked king. But, as much as Hua Cheng is feared, he is also favored.

So then why would such a man request to marry him—the prince of a kingdom in decline? Xie Lian did not think he would ever be able to understand.

Then, during Xie Lian’s escort to his betrothed, a peculiar spirit tethers itself to him; a youth who calls himself San Lang.

-

“You’ve kept me waiting for a very long time.”

svsss

Into This Wild Abyss by Lbhs_left_tiddie (HungryPoet)

(explicit) (graphic depictions of violence, rape/non-con)

Shen Qingqiu stood at the edge of the cliff, his back lit up by the fiery light of the Endless Abyss. The blood from the wound on his chest spilled out between his fingers, splattering onto the shattered remains of Xiu Ya laying at his feet. When he looked up, his expression was half-wild with the heat of battle, shoulders heaving with his ragged breaths, and his eyes, which were normally like green jade, glowed blood red-

-The very same red shining from the demon mark etched onto his forehead.

Or: Shen Qingqiu is the protagonist of PIDW

[ao3feed-fengqing]

Unfinished Business of a Lonely Ghost

by YJcore Being a broke college student, it can't hurt to do odd things for money, right? Well, maybe becoming amateur ghost hunters wasn't a great idea. It certainly wasn't Xie Lian's idea, but since Halloween is just around the corner and going out with friends isn't a terrible thing, he agreed to go along to the most haunted place nearby; Paradise Manor. What they'll do if they DO find a ghost will be determined when they get there. Too bad that costumes are mandatory to enter. Legend tells of a lonely ghost who haunts the manor- which is in surprisingly good shape-, endlessly waiting for his beloved. It's said that if his beloved ever enters the doors, he would never let them go. But myths are just myths, right? And shady money is still shady money. Clever and mischievous youth, San Lang, has introduced himself as the Manor's "housekeeper" of sorts, and kindly offers to give the four a tour of the manor. How... Suspicious, according to Feng Xin and Mu Qing. Words: 3212, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 | Heaven Official's Blessing (Cartoon), 天官赐福 | Heaven Official's Blessing (Webcomic) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Xiè Lián (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Huā Chéng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Shī Qīngxuán, Hè Xuán (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Mù Qíng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Fēng Xìn (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Qī Róng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Gǔzi (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Ghost City Residents (Tiān Guān Cì Fú) Relationships: Huā Chéng/Xiè Lián (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Hè Xuán/Shī Qīngxuán, Fēng Xìn/Mù Qíng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú) Additional Tags: Huā Chéng and Xiè Lián are in Love (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Ghost Huā Chéng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Huā Chéng and Xiè Lián Invented Love, Fēng Xìn Swears (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Established Fēng Xìn/Mù Qíng (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), beefleaf, Hualian, Hualianween (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), FengQing, Ghost Hunter Xie Lian, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Modern Era, Haunted Houses, Halloween, Xie Lian gets pulled along, Fēng Xìn and Mù Qíng Bickering (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Fēng Xìn and Mù Qíng Being Idiots (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), San Lang is a poser, Qī Róng Swears (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Trans Female Shī Qīngxuán, Hè Xuán & Huā Chéng Friendship (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Qi Rong gets bullied, Good Child Gǔzi (Tiān Guān Cì Fú), Ruoye Is A Snake, E-Ming is a black cat, spooky??, tags might change idk, Paradise Manor, ghostbuster xie lian?? via https://ift.tt/tRVpO0e

[mollymauk-teafleak]

Ohhh what other hualian aus do you have?

Oh god, the challenge is remembering them all :') me and @minky-for-short get a bit scattershot when we're into something new

We've probably gone most in depth on the sugar daddy AU, where Xie Lian's in a pretty desperate situation, busking on the streets for money until he signs up for an app that connects people looking to be on either end of that kind of arrangement. He doesn't expect to find anyone but is immediately messaged by someone calling themselves Crimson Flower which is of course the rich crime boss/casino owner Hua Cheng. And from there it's the slow burn falling in love kind of deal!

We've also got the single parent au where Xie Lian has his little daughter Rouye from a very bad abusive relationship with a powerful man Bai Wuxian and, looking for somewhere to send her while he works one of his many eager jobs trying to get by, enrols her in a community art club run by San Lang. And from there it's the two of them gradually falling in love, helped along by little Rouye

Vaguely connected there's the Les Mis AU where Xie Lian is playing a Fantine type role, working as a sex worker to support his sickly daughter whose rescued by wealthy business man with a dark past, Hua Cheng. Honestly this AU is mostly an excuse to dress them all up in fancy period clothing :')

Also there's the AU where Hua Cheng is still a powerful ghost king and Xie Lian's father makes a deal with him for fortune for their merchant family, offering up his only son, thinking he's gotten away with it because as far as he's concerned, he doesn't have one. Not knowing that his eldest is trans, Hua Cheng comes to claim his prize when in reality he's offering Xie Lian freedom to live as he chooses

I'm probably missing some, honestly, I need to start writing them down as we think of them XD

[daisysiete]

Basha Turns 24

Today is October 17, 2021.

I'm officially 24 years old - unemployed, have no love life, still haven't graduated college. I have been waiting for this day for months. I have been, for the past years. It's a day made for me, a day I own and owe to myself.

I had plans. I'd donate my birthday money to a local Lumad charity in Luzon and buy food for medical front liners in SPMC in Davao City. I'd spend my day watching movies on Netflix, putting all schoolwork aside just for a day. That's all I had.

The day before my birthday, my mind wandered about the next day. Around 4 p.m., someone knocked on my door. I didn't answer. Someone knocked again. I said annoyingly, "Abri man na." For the last time, they knocked again, still as softly as the first one.

I opened the door with surprise and fear as my high school best friends came to visit me. Is this how it feels like to be nervous and overwhelmed at the same time? I feared most for myself because I hadn't showered yet, and my room was a total disaster. I closed the door again, disappointing them a little, and then opened it back a few minutes later to accept them. My smile was ear to ear as I listened to their stories thinking, "Do they love me this much for them to have troubled themselves from their responsibilities and put all their attention on me?"

As the night grew, we exchanged stories at the dining table while cooking our all-time favorite Bisuto prawn and vegetable crackers, just like we did in high school. I opened the bottles of Mule and San Mig Light we put on the fridge when they arrived. In all honesty, I enjoyed the drinks the most. I haven't had them in so long. Two years (or more), I don't know, really. Fuck this government, amirite?

Anyway, let's go back to the story.

We finished the bottles happily and then waited for midnight. We watched Ikaw at Ako at Ang Ending that I downloaded weeks before. I didn't realize that the copy I had was only 1 hour and 9 minutes long. Iya even joked about the title being Ikaw At Ako Lang, Walang Ending. It left us hanging towards the "end," and we decided to stream it instead.

As the clock turned midnight, we opened the Strawberry cream cake they bought me. Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you...

It was at this moment when they happily sang the happy birthday song to me. That was when I realized how lucky I am that they stayed. I looked at each of my best friends as they danced along and harmonized to the song and remembered the time when I didn't choose them. The time when I believed others more than them, I neglected their efforts and showed up at midnight, drunk and almost passed out, the moments when I took them for granted and chose not to reach out when they needed me.

I almost cried. On my 24th birthday, I knew these people would be with me for the rest of my life. That's not even an exaggeration. I just know it. Today was the day I realized how special and loved I am by them, how much I look for love in all the wrong places when they had it handed to me wholeheartedly, without doubt, without question, and without judgment, and I chose to look away. Our friendship has brought me the love that taught me how work and effort make a relationship last. It wasn't just love, friendship, and all those cheesy stuff we only see in movies. We've worked hard for this. We stayed because we wanted to.

I don't know how much of my heart I have for myself, but I sure am willing to go to hell to give them a part of mine.

To the people who stayed, chose to stay, and remembered me: I promise to make it up to you not only in this lifetime. Cheers!

This is the best birthday ever.

Happy birthday to me.

[anonwriterxx]

B-I-M (wonboo short fic)

. ⋅ ˚̣- : ✧ : – ⭒ ⊹ ⭒ – : ✧ : -˚̣⋅ .. ⋅ ˚̣- : ✧ : – ⭒ ⊹ ⭒ – : ✧ : -˚̣⋅ .. ⋅ ˚̣- : ✧

Won mistakenly called Kwan as "Bim" for several times during their date. It made Kwan upset without hearing the reason.

. ⋅ ˚̣- : ✧ : – ⭒ ⊹ ⭒ – : ✧ : -˚̣⋅ .. ⋅ ˚̣- : ✧ : – ⭒ ⊹ ⭒ – : ✧ : -˚̣⋅ .. ⋅ ˚̣- : ✧

As they exit the restaurant, “So Bim…. Sorry… San mo gusto pumunta next? Hmm?” Won tried to hold Kwan’s hand but the latter walked faster leaving him behind.

Won was able to catch up. “Saan ka pupunta?” He asked.

“Uuwi na ako.” Kwan answered.

“Ha? Pero… Paano ang date natin?”

“Magdate kayo ng bim mo!”

Won can’t help himself but grin to Kwan’s remark.

“Akala ko ba uuwi ka na?” Won teased him as they were walking the opposite direction of Kwan’s home.

“Paki mo?!” Kwan went inside the 7/11 and grab some ice cream. When it was the latter’s turn to pay, Won suddenly gave his bill to the cashier.

“Ako na magbabayad..” The cashier gladly accepted the money. Kwan just sighed in defeat since he doesn’t want to cause a scene in the store.  As they keep on walking, Kwan found an empty bench at the park and took a sit.

“Galit ka pa rin ba? Sorry.” Won scooted over.

Kwan sighed, “Kausapin mo yung BIM mo…”

Won chuckled, “Oh? Ba’t tawang tawa ka diyan?”

“Eto nga.. kinakausap ko nga... pero galit naman sakin...”

“HA?” Kwan glanced at him with brows furrowed.

“Ikaw kasi si Bim...” Won locked eyes with the latter.

“HA?! Anong ako?! Seungkwan ang pangalan ko, hello?” Kwan averted his gaze.

“Corny man pakinggan pero bim stands for boo is mine…” Won stand up as he tried to hide his shyness.

Kwan felt thankful as Won wouldn’t see his silent battle of suppressing his laughter.  “E-Edi dapat kanina mo pa s-sinabi! Tsaka ba’t mo binabawi bigla kapag nag b-bim ka sakin?” He stood up and faced him.

“Kasi, I have no rights to call you bim.. ‘di mo pa ‘ko sinasagot. Naexcite lang talaga ako siguro sa date nato…” Won sighed.

Kwan intertwined his hand with the latter and said, “Saan ba tayo pupunta next, hmm?”

They looked at each other, eyes twinkling with delight..

[thecirclereports2023]

Road reblocking in Lias Road continues

Chello Gonzales | Posted on May 20, 2023

The road repairs is still ongoing in Lias Road in Barangay Lias, in front of the De Vera Compound close to the arc of Barangay Lambakin.

In an interview, Barangay Captain Ronaldo "Onnie" Marcelo stated that "Yung lubak naman sabi dito yun sa main road na sakop dapat ng provincial, so ako pwede ako magrepair niyan. Ang kaso nga nasisira talaga, pero naka ano na yan eh. Lumapit na kami kay Gov., kay Vice Gov. approved na ‘yan, naka ilang sulat na kami na request. Last week, nagpunta na nga dito para gawin na, para i-upgrade na."

On March 28, road repairs began in front of the SVD Compound, moved to the front of Barangay Hall of Lias.

In a statement. Municipal Engineer, Magtanggol C. San Miguel says that Lias Road is a provincial road so the funds are from the provincial government. “So ibig sa bihin ang direct control niyan or supervision ang provincial. Kami nagmomonitoring lang diyan.”

Citizens, passerby, small business owners, and workers are concerned on the road potholes in Lias Road.

“Lubak eh. Ngayon siguro maaring hindi na maperwisyo dahil ginagawa na” as Carlito from City of Meycauayan.

(Maybe, it is not problematic because it is being fixed.)

A resident of the Barangay named Michael stated that “Natanggalan na nga ako ng bearing diyan eh dahil nga sa lubak lubak���

(Frequent bearing replacement due to potholes)

He added that “Malaking ginhawa yan lalo na sa mga tricycle driver kasi nagtatricycle din naman ako.”

[It could be a relief [if the road will be fixed] for tricycle [drivers] like me]

April a worker in a store said that “Kumpara dati, mas maayos na yung kalsada kasi dati talagang sira sira, tagal niya bago maayos, ngayon lang siya inayos eh, kaya okay na rin.”

(The road is a lot better, comparing it before that it is broken, though they just recently fixed the road)

Tricycle driver, Emmanuel said that “Sa una natuwa kami dahil siyempre sira yung kalye.”

(At first, we were happy because the road has potholes)

He explained that “Kaya lang ang problema ngayon parang mali yung proseso dahil patalon-talon yung gawa. Maraming naabalang sasakyan kami namamasada dahil biruin mo maliit na lang yung kinikita naming iikot pa kami ng napakalayo subdivision para lang bumalik dito.

(But the problem is, it feels wrong because the repair of the road is by section. Many vehicles were disturbed and us tricycle drivers earn so little but we have to turn into far subdivision so we can go back here)

He also added that they should give priority to people who live there and know the flow of the road.

The previous alternative route if vehicles will go to Assemblywoman Felicita G. Bernardino Memorial Trade School or McArthur Highway, is: Villaroma VI, turn left to Elche, turn right to Granada, turn left to Vigo, then go straight ahead to Castile, turn left to Madrid, then go out of Villaroma V, turn right, then forward.

According to Provincial Engineer Glenn D. Reyes, “Mga portion lang na kailangan i-replace, i-repair yung mga may sira lang unlike ang gawin mo eh, maganda pa babakbakin mo sayang ang pera ‘di ba?”

(Portions of the road that need to be replaced or to repair are those that have problems unlike it looks good then you will tore it apart, it's a waste of money right?)

He expounded that “…yung portion lang ng damage yung ang i-rereplace.... kaya yung ang tinatawag na nirereblock, sectional”

(Those portions [of the road] should be replaced, that's why it's called reblock, it is sectional)

Link: https://www.tumblr.com/thecirclereportsbychellogonzales/718091766664921088/potholes-in-lias-road-video?source=share

* Minor edits have been made on January 17, 2024.

[psychicllamacookieranch]

Taylor Swift - White Horse

hmmmm..horse problem nilafx:)

..mas nakahibalo pa man lagi ko kay sa uban nila diha..gamay ra akong nahibaw an pero rocks kaayo oi..

sila nagtraydoran true...99999percent mamatay pa ko!!true,,din sila wala kahibalo gitraydor sila ako nakahibalo..pananglitan kani na heads..sa nagstart jud,,kana siya..sabaon manulti pinashagit..swetohon ba..bryt daw:)

ha-ha?:) gitraydor niya ang heads uban or gipatraydor uban niya mga puppets gigamit ra nilag gikataw an gikabuangan tagbaw pa sila gamay rag kantidad kay mabawi rang kwarta ma round ra nila,,papustaon kapa ug pila moha daw//din mapildi ka..maround-round ang money..lingaw pa sila.,,.:) kaon tae beffx:)ha-ha:)

pananglitan..gitraydor ni niya ang heads..very immortal..wala man gud gisuka nila ila mga sala tanan nialalay ra kay kahibalo sila walay kapatawaran..magpasalamat pa lagi nako ning uban.,.kay na blind sila..salbahis kaubana,,yati ra law jud,.,.maka ana ka..aw pistihay ta..,patyon mo talaga,,

pananglitan././heads sugod ni siya..bumbilya ulo..mura mo siga..why mosiga tan awa iya ulo..ug kinsa ka?? grabig sala ni nmu imong kauban..first heads..,

gitraydor ka..dili pa na mao imong nahibaw an niya..or sulti niya..or sa uban..kahibalo ko wala na mo salig usag usa//pero dili pa na mao man..siya naa laing account nya mga kauban pud niya didto wala mo kahibalo..ikaw pud naa man pud..gatraydoran mong tanan lagi,,

ayahay unya mog tudloanay asa ni siya..kay makalagot talaga,,

hambogero jud..trash tokan ka pa ,,palihim..:)

kahibalo naka ana/../,

..

i said b4..kahibalo nako daan..wala pa ko naabot dri sa bohol///

even my lolo naa pa videos nahisgutan mo...

ug nasultian pud ko niya b4 bahin ninyo dili man ko tuo niya b4 gud..hasta nyo account ya ko gisultian ,,hasta pag change name..kahibalo ko..din dili ko tuo ug nalimot pud ko man..dugay na kasi..

yaw kompyansa sa forever young man kasi:) makahibalo bisag ikaw rang usa diha..nya tua cr..ni kiss sa inudoro pa././

or bag id-bag id lobot..dayon lolo otin or boto..wat??:) best ha-ha:)

my god//wat the world is diz!!:)

grrk!!

too bad pepol//inodoro worshiper.satanismo jud..na sendikato..maka daog ra daw kung ang kontra bota wala pa kahibalo kinsa sila././gahi uban man..pero kung mahibaw an lagi..mahumok man..wagtang gahi mawanted naa patung ulo..homeless..workless..friends-familyless..ang mga taw/../lingaw kaayo ug naglagot na mopatay jud sa mga wanted na kabayo//mga sala sauna pa..nag gara-gara..pagawson  ug usahon ug kwan tanan ..pagawson//gahi ksi ulo wla kausaban!!

ye,yea.yeah,,yeah!!:)

naa pa bunga na prutas na dili mao ang punoan..

:)

louy bungaha..

nya ya bunga usa?? gitraydor ra pud diay siya sa iyang mga bundat na kauban,.,.yaw sa angkon di pa tym:)

magkatawa man sad tafx:)

yaw jud.,.,

unya nalang:) sakto man kaha na inyo drawing:)

asa gud,,tua ra man sa akong mga drawing nagsubay lagi hasta akong kasakit!!!

diba???

so i know sa mahitabo..nipugong ko b4..pero karon dili na jud ma change man ang future./mao na jud..

patay ko:)

din kamu..,ambot..buhi goro..naninda ra..nanarbaho..tagay-tagay gawas..ana lang jud..enjoy lang ayo ba..:)

best-ha-ha:)

whole pinas..ngita ninyo tanan..abot pa ga-was..kung naay makadagan:)

walay maka iskapo man sa name buddee..sa kani na sitwasyon:)

..mapaksit..di magdugay,,kay dagko ug mga sala..tanan taw /.//gikwan nila.,.terorista pud ni sila man kay gusto maghari..daoton uban pulitiko or pulis..para sila ang mo kwan..

,,ni hi nay na sila ron..nawagtangan uban gud..ni baba sa pwesto..or nihawa na nila..bati kasi ang pagkwan..why gi in ana..gilingi nila ang simod tuara:)

,,nanimahong baboy ,na tae:)

ambot nila oi:)

mao na./.sakahambogero manulti..nya bryt ug swetohon..

siya jud ang sakto ishagit pa..

napadulong ra sa na unay ug kaon ug tae:) lain sad kaayo ang mga bogong puppets ra,,,apil pud na mga heads,

napaingon tila inudoroor bag id-bag id lobot nya lolo otin.,san nama oi:)

maka ihi pa jud na sa kama or makalibang:) san nani:)

sakit namana oi!!

..

gahi kasi ulo,..,wala nanghilabot...hilabtan jud..unhan jud..tuyoon jud.,.,mao nay resulta..wala nay kapa ing nan unya..:)

sure ka mao na imong planu?

hahah:) best,,

magkatawa man sad ta..kusog manghack nya wala kahibalo unsafe tanan..account..wedsite..cp././number//program lang yan tanan,.,.diba???

motoo ka mahibaw an jud sa taw unsa you gibuhat kung koanoon jud???

mao gani hadlok ko pud...

kay mapwede man gud..magbuhat ug cp/./.

din ibaligya sa mga taw //world wide ba ron///

din kahibalo na sila unsa gipanghimo sa mga taw..tua ra to tanan sa program..ma server sila..or unsa//videos.call text kahibalo sila..

ana lang//basta mga bryt..mao wala nako salig jud..

mga cp..

sila ra gabuhat.,.,so kahibalo sila unsa pud ang kwan ana,,

piti tayo..mga politika ang kwan ana..mapiting bulog..pulis..

or mga negosyante//datu..celibrity...

basta tanan-tanan mga taw...piti,,sa mga bryt..ataki palihim.

mura kamu pud..

pero lain man..wala samok..walay amoy magpaboto ug amoy kung makahibalo ba sila..din wala pa atu..din karon hala usba??:)

best haha:)

,,mura naka kaon ug oreo:)

nya tan aw idol natulog,,,na afa kaayo sapam-sapam..tot wiw..

maka say.show me wat youve got/.maka loss control..afa kasi:)

charr!!:)anyway...

unsafe tanan...

tan awa desperado na kaayo mo..wala kalipay na.,.,.,diba??:)

louy pud:)

kahibalo ,ko sa inyo mga pag ampo man..labi na inyo heads..or kani kabayong bundat bayi tambok ,,bisag piyongan pa blind fold  mailhan jud nmu siya na siya imong kakiss or kakayat kay..tambok..dako tiyan..bitay totoy..dako bagtak..nya talinis simod daw:)

best ha-ha:)

ya pag ampo tanan..ingna siya dili na madungog..

yup iknow..99999percent//

heneral kana doon tungod sa imong baboy irong buang na kina iya..

dili na madungog..louy kaayo..ako lagi nasulti b4,,mamatay man jud ko..patay man jud mo tanan pud abot ana na tym///una man kaha ko:) din hala:)

..kung maabot nana...

sa emperno//sampiton mo tanang mga santo na luwason mo..kay sakit kaayo doon..din sa ginoo pud..

dayon less nako..para ma pyansahan mo..99999percent true na//mamatay pa ko:)

ryt now..no joke..!!!99999!!

kiamu tanan mangayo rag pasaylo nako!!

ug akong tubag dri palang..my answe is no!!!

BIG NO!! yaw LIMOT!!!

malou ko..pero tiwasan kopang uban puhon..:)

kana tentaibs nana..kung matinuod nafx:)

ps: iloveyouall,..,godbless//

ps: 

..panang litan ..nagduwa ko diwi computer.,..:) naa mobasa or manghack...

kahibalo ko..kabayo kasi.,.patay mali ra gud..dont chu mi-ni-lala:)

i know mobasa sila..i know kabayo pud sila:)

ps:)

may pa mag stone infinity hunting for good:)

..for achievements..di ba??

naa biya ko ana b4..sayang nalabay nako..

okey sunod na pud!!

iloveyouall..

iloveyou christmas,,

show me wat youve got beh:)

..iloveyou oi..

lamia nmu ehug oi:)

nya kiss...nya mag storya-storya nmu..

nya nag mga kamot mag field trip..haha best:)

jokez lang..

iloveyou..take care always.,.,make it dobli..

love yourself..yaw gub a sa pagtagad na..panindota,,yaw pabatia..yaw ikwan sa paturagas na kalipay,.,.

iloveyou may god bless us always.

..143..forever yours!!

[clarklovescarole]

January 1939: Dribs and Drabs

January 2, 1939 – San Francisco Examiner

Carole Lombard and Clark Gable spent New Year’s Day hunting quail and later calling on their valley friends

January 3, 1939 – Philadelphia Inquirer

Lombard and Gable Together on Holiday

As for us, we spent the evening at Marson’s farm with Carole Lombard, Clark Gable, the Danny Dankers and the Walter Langs stopping in to wish yours truly and my favorite doctor a happy New Year.

January 8, 1939 – Lexington Leader

Louella Parsons in Hollywood

Clark Gable is still top man in the movies, by every contest and by every vote. In addition, his friends vote him the most regular fellow they know. He has the world at his feet – all but for one thing. He hasn’t for over two years been able to marry the woman he loves – Carole Lombard.

Both Carole and Clark have listened to the chit chat that Mrs. Gable would give her young husband a divorce the movement he asked for it. Both of them read interviews in fan magazines that Ria (a contraction of her name, Maria) would oh so gladly legally free her famous husband if he desired his freedom. But Mrs. Gable, after being told via the public print that he wanted nothing so much as to be able to marry the vivacious, blonde Carole Lombard, still professed that she didn’t believe he wanted his freedom.

Perhaps she expects Clark to send her an engraved card asking for a divorce. Clark has tried in every way to let her know that he loves Carole and is waiting for her to make the next move.

Mrs. Gable Well Paid

Mrs. Gable has been paid well in a generous settlement. Is she holding out for still more money? I dislike to believe that of her, for she was a woman of independent means when she married Clark and she is attractive enough to make a life of her own – so why should she stand in the way of his happiness? 

It’s no secret in Hollywood they weren’t getting along well for a year before they finally separated. 

When Clark met Carole six months later, no one was surprised to see him fall in love. To know Carole Lombard is to love her. She has a devastating sense of humor. She is always doing some kind thing for people less fortunate than herself. When Los Angeles was flooded she sent her entire check paid her for a radio broadcast to the flood sufferers. She adores Clark and she is good for him, as he is for her. Nowhere in Hollywood is there a pair better suited than Carole and Clark, two people who love the real things in life, the outdoors, fishing, hunting, and horseback-riding.

Before Clark and Carole fell in love she was known as a girl who loved gay parties. She always wore the last word in smart clothes and was applauded for the original parties she gave. Today Carole surrounds herself with only a few close friends. She goes to very few big social events. She looks after Clark’s welfare, sees that he eats the right things, takes the proper exercise and encourages him in his career, which has gone to new heights since she became head woman in his life.

Clark May Sue For Freedom

If Mrs. Gable doesn’t divorce Clark – and from what she told intimates after it appeared in print that he wanted a divorce, she will need plenty of coaxing – it wouldn’t’ surprise me to see Clark go to Reno in case she still holds out and refused to let him have his precious freedom. Clark is first of all an innate gentleman. He hasn’t wanted to hurt the woman who was once his wife. But if I know Clark, and I think I know him better than most people since he is one of our closest friends, I look to see him give Mrs. Gable one more chance to divorce him and if she doesn’t, to see him file the suit himself. 

January 10, 1939 – Minneapolis Star

Guess who the only film intimates of Clark Gable and Carole Lombard are? Mr. and Mrs. Andy Devine, if you can imagine it. The four go every place together and the Devines are the only acceptable pair in Hollywood.

January 12, 1939 – Daily News

Clark Gable and the girl friend Carole Lombard were among the film celebrities at the ringside as Henry Armstrong out-mauled Baby Arizmendi at Los Angeles. They saw Henry win fifth battle between the pair. 

January 15, 1939 – Los Angeles Times

A welcome home party for Adela Rogers St. John was given Wednesday afternoon by Margaret Ettinger and Robert Cobb in Beverly Hills Brown Derby. Among the many guests were… Carole Lombard… Clark Gable… 

January 16, 1939 – St. Louis Dispatch

At the motion picture relief weekly radio show. The $10,000 paid each week for 16 weeks will build a home for destitute former picture stars. …. Clark Gable and Carole Lombard look in for a minute to give the proceedings their blessing. Carole’s face is as somber as her clothes – which are black. Being in love with Mr. Gable has effected a change in Miss Lombard’s personality. She is positively serious. (The smiles will return when Mrs. Rhea Gable takes that long-discussed trip to Reno).

January 17, 1939 – Spokesman Review

Clark Gable receives a ham each week from Carole Lombard…

January 22, 1939 – St. Louis Globe Democrat

Carole Lombard is an incurable ribber as her new contract with her agent, Myron Selznick, helped to bear testimony. 

Selznick had signed and forwarded it for her signature. In due time, it was returned and was deposited in his safe. 

Next day, Carole phoned a demand for 10 percent of all his earnings. She had had her attorney prepare a sheet to that effect and inserted it.

January 23, 1939 – Lexington Herald

Louella Parsons

The long-awaited Clark Gable divorce, exclusively predicted by this column, will be obtained in Las Vegas by Mrs. Gable, who left for Nevada city to establish a residence. The Nevada law requires six weeks residence to obtain a divorce, after which it is possible to remarry. The deal to purchase the gorgeous Raoul Walsh estate in the San Fernando Valley was closed at a reported price of $65,000. Clark takes possession next week, moving his horses into the famous Walsh stables. Since he will be free to marry Carole Lombard in about two months, they are undoubtedly planning to make their home there until such time as they either sell the Northridge property Clark recently acquired, or build the home they originally planned on a picturesque knoll. 

January 23, 1939 – Daily News

Clark Gable and Carole Lombard are toying with the idea of a March 17 wedding, St. Patrick’s Day…

January 24, 1939 – Buffalo Evening News

When Clark Gable marries Carole Lombard – in about seven weeks – their joint annual income will touch the $700,000 mark. I shudder to think of their combined income taxes.

January 26, 1939 – Fort Worth Star Telegram

March 6 Is Believed Gable-Lombard Day

Although Clark Gable and Carole Lombard refused to comment, the romance-makers of Hollywood Thursday were betting the popular film couple would be married on March 6.

On that date, they pointed out, Gable’s present wife, Mrs. Ria Gable, now in Nevada for divorce, will receive her divorce decree or at least she will be eligible to receive it, since she will have completed her six-week residence in the state.

January 31, 1939 – Buffalo Evening News

Carole Lombard’s friends would like her to have “the works” as regards ceremony when she marries Clark Gable. But Carole and Clark say no, they don’t want to turn their wedding into a circus.

[eyes-of-mischief]

weekly fic recs | 27

fandoms: atla, bnha, mdzs, tgcf

atla

studying the blade by kryptonianmenace

⚔️ @ thebluespirit 6:56am wait shit i just realized no one knows who i am i can post whatever i want

blue spirit stan @ swordbitch 7:03am @ thebluespirit what are you gonna post?

⚔️ @ thebluespirit 7:05am @ swordbitch i’m gonna say the fuck word

Zuko is a YouTuber making videos under the masked identity the Blue Spirit. Team Avatar is a group of YouTubers who live together that are much more popular than the Blue Spirit. Until one day, Sokka reaches out.

atla x bnha

we are bound, by each crime and every kindness by hyugesoo

Todoroki Shouto dies, ice in his veins and ash in his lungs.

Zuko is born with fire on his lips and tears on his cheeks.

(or, when Shouto is reborn as a prince in a world desperately needing a hero.)

bnha

A Demolition Boy & his Cryptid BF by kewltie

Bakugou of the Demolition Squad is famous for running one of the most popular Youtube channels on the web that regularly blow shit up and jumped off a perfectly good building for shit and giggles. He's also famous for his Cryptid BF™, never appearing on camera except for a few bodyshots and all information on him is kept locked up tighter than Fort Knox, therefore drawing all sort of attention and curiosity toward his mysterious boyfriend.

Deku from Deku Explains is a hopeless chatterbox who is known for uploading 20-30 minutes video that talked about his favorite shows and comics and have one of the most devoted following on Youtube. He also can't seem to shut up about his boyfriend Kacchan, who regularly make his presence on the channel as a disembodied voice.

They should theoretically have nothing in common except a shared platform to host their content and an army of fans with an endless curiosity and devotion to their Youtubers. Vidcon is where we lay our scene and the internet is about to get a rude wake up call.

mdzs

a wild heart to tame mine by theroyalsavage

It's a tale as old as time. Boy moves back to the city he'd fled years before. Boy meets superhero. Superhero saves boy's life. Superhero accidentally breaks the front window of boy's place of employment.

(Lan Wangji just wants to retire from hero work and live a quiet life. Fate, however, has other ideas.)

light travels faster than sound by Anonymous

(explicit)

“Baba,” A-Yuan is saying, tugging happily on his father’s hand. “Wei-laoshi is here!”

“Yes, I see.” Lan Wangji dips his head in Wei Ying’s direction, then begins to gently steer A-Yuan back into the house. “Let’s step aside so that he may come in. Wei Ying, thank you for making time in your schedule.”

“Oh, it was no trouble,” Wei Ying says, waving a hand. It was: he had to rearrange two lessons with other students. “Really, I’m happy to do it.” He realizes he’s still kneeling on the porch, and clambers to his feet. “Besides, money is exchanged for goods and services, right? It’s your money! There’s no need to thank me.”

Lan Wangji blinks. “I suppose… Yes. That is one way of phrasing it.”

(Or: Wei Ying gets a commission, a tutoring job, and a crush.)

tgcf

he doesn't look a thing like jesus (but he talks like a gentleman) by cangji

(explicit)

kindergarten teacher xie lian is adept at minding his own business and getting on with his life - until he discovers one of his students has a very attractive uncle who may or may not be involved with organized crime.

If You Don't Know How to Blow, Blow for Me by trufflehargau

(explicit)

Xie Lian’s eyes flicked halfway up the length of San Lang’s body, sitting rather stiffly on the sofa. He looked kind of awkward, to be honest. Then again, awkwardness was probably a bit of a given when you were sex-coaching the flatmate you’d only known for two weeks.

-

Or: Jun Wu has dumped Xie Lian for being bad in bed. Desperate to get him back, Xie Lian asks his new flatmate to be his sex-coach. His new flatmate surprisingly says yes.

hell is the talking type by theroyalsavage

Xie Lian hunts ghosts for the amusement of the internet, has a run-in (or two) with a demon, and falls in love with his best friend. Not necessarily in that order.

[mollymauk-teafleak]

Soooo...more about this sugar daddy au please?

Happily!!

So credit absolutely needs to go to @minky-for-short too as with most of my AUs it’s very much a joint effort.

It’s a modern au with the idea that Xie Lian was once part of a very rich family who then suffered scandal and bankruptcy and collapsed into general ruin. He’s trying to get some money together to send to his now destitute parents so he’s busking, he has a little job working at a community centre teaching martial arts to kids but obviously it isn’t a lot. So he needs a way to get some more because he’s barely keeping his own head above water in his tiny apartment and he knows his parents are worse off.

So he turns to this app where people looking to be on either side of a sugar daddy/sugar baby relationship put on profiles and message each other. He’s not expecting anything but almost instantly he gets a response from a user with the name San Lang. And he seems so kind and generous and is very interested in Xie Lian and they set up a meeting and things go from there.

Obviously Xie Lian is Hua Cheng, the owner of a very much not completely legal casino in the city. He’s got one foot in legitimate business and one in the criminal underworld and he’s very wealthy, pretty much the ideal sugar daddy. Cue a slow burn romance!

[kwentongclengguh]

Pa-rant ng isa

Last October 14, flight ko na sana pa-Dxb. Unfortunately, na-offload ako dahil sa Immigration.

I don't know why, pero ang daming personal questions sakin. ESPECIALLY nung hiningi nya yung birth certificate ko. Ang hindi ko magets, hinahanapan nya ko ng isang document na hindi ko mapoprovide kasi (1) hindi na nag iisue ang Consulate ng Dxb ng Affidavit of Support sa mga first degree cousins and (2) pinapili nya ko sa list ng mga bagay na pwede kong isubmit and 2/3 ang kaya kong iprovide pero di pa rin nya ko pinayagan???

This was her statement:

"Kelangan ko yung affidavit of support and invitation na authenticated ng Philippine Embassy sa DxB. Kaya lang dahil sa bagong law, hindi listed ang first cousin sa immediate family. Pero iha, yun pa rin ang need ko, ha?"

My answer to her: "Ma'am, kayo na po ang nagsabi, na hindi ako makakakuha ng AoS, how would you expect me to provide it to you and show you, eh hindi na nga listed ang 1st deg cousin as an immediate family? Kaya ko naman pong bayaran expenses ko doon eh. Kaya nga ako nagbook ng hotel, as a tourist. Hindi ko naman sila balak gambalain eh. 2 weeks lang yon and I'll be back by the 29th. My gosh ma'am how do you expect me to get that document?"

Her: "Ah basta yun ang kailangan ko." *tinatakan na boarding pass ko ng "For Immigration Compliance"*

Scene 1:

IO: Kailangan ko ng proof na kumikita ka ng Php 18k a month.

Me: I have Salary Certificate po.

IO: Nope, ang need ko is pay slip.

Me: Hindi po ako makakahingi ng payslip kasi nandito na po ako sa Manila. Also, ako lang po naghuhulog ng money na sweldo ko sa bank ko, kasi nasa clinic naman po kami at 2 lang kaming empleyado. Diba po mas important ang salary certificate?

IO: Kelangan ko pa rin ay payslip.

Me: ???????? Sya wala po. Pero eto po ang salary certificate ko.

Scene 2:

IO: Geron Brain and Heart Clinic? Saan to?

Me: Sa Batangas City po. Pwede ko po kayo bigyan ng COE ko, saka number ng employer ko. Pwede nyo rin po check sa DTI kasi legit po yan.

IO: Kaano ano mo yung owner?

Me: Pinsan ko pong doctor.

IO: Nagwowork ka under sa pinsan mo? Bakit? Anong natapos mo?

Me: Opo. Ano pong masama dun? Physical Therapy po.

IO: San ka graduate? Licensed?

Me: University of Batangas po. Hindi po.

IO: Bakit ayaw mo mag license dito?

Me: Dahil ayaw ko pong magpractice.

IO: Bakit?

Me: Dahil po masaya ako sa pagiging secretary.?????

Scene 3:

IO: Patingin ng bank statement mo.

Me: Sige po, eto po.

IO: Saan galing yung 16k nung Sept 13???

Me: Ha? Uhm, pera ko pong hinulog dahil nagkapera ako?

IO: Eh bakit may dollar exchange dito?

Me: Allowance ko po yun na extra? Pineso ko na lang po kesa lumaki nang lumaki yung baon ko paalis, eh 2 weeks lang naman po ako.

IO: Eh bakit sunod sunod ang transactions mo nugn Aug 30, Sept 1, and 2?

Me: Dahil same answer po kanina, nagkapera ako dahil madiskarte ako. Ako po ay nag oonline selling ng kitchen wares. Hinuhulog ko po whenever it's convenient for me.

IO: Hmmmm.. OK.

Scene 4:

IO: May hotel booking confirmation ka? Asan ang transaction?

Me: May confirmation po akong naprint. Eto po. Hindi ko na po isinama ang transaction/receipt kasi hindi naman po sakin yung credit card.

IO: Kanino? Sinong nag book?

Me: Sa mother ko po. Yung pinsan ko ang nagbook pero using my mother's CC.

IO: Dala mo yung cc?

Me: Hindi po. Bakit ko po dadalhin eh hindi po sakin yun? Useless po sa DxB yun.

IO: Picture meron? Confirm ko lang ending.

Me: Eto po *shows picture of mom's cc*

IO: Bat di ka nag aapply ng cc kung ganito kalaki laman ng account mo?

Me: ??????? Dahil ayoko po ng credit card????

IO: OKAY..

Ang dami pa nyan, kaya wtf??? I stayed almost an hour inside the Immigration. Answered all her questions all down to her saying "Hindi na muna kita mapapayagan umalis ha?" I'M LIKE PUTANGINA?! ALL THOSE QUESTIONS AND YOU'RE NOT LETTING ME GO? SANA KANINA PA LANG??????

Dahil don, gumamit na kami ng Tito Card. Tito to the rescue. Sorry Ms. Buntis, but I'm not having it. Hindi ko pinagsasabi na kamag-anak ko yun, sa lahat, pero nung nakita nung mga guard sa NAIA na may ganong name sa maleta ko, nanlaki mata nila at nung nalaman nila na na-offload ako dahil sa Immi. Even with complete papers, and was able to answer all questions.

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Day 48

1st August, 2022 10:30PM

🎵 Yours - Jin

whoa! I haven't updated for 18 days. A lot had happened for the past week since the last time I updated. Couldn't care much since nobody reads here. This is the only place where I can rant about anything anyway. lol. And I'm actually glad that nobody reads everything I'm sharing here. Since I don't really wanna share or include anyone from my daily stresses 😂

Oh well, the past week, I got busy designing for the new advertisement. nakakainis kaya. sabi hindi rush, sabay biglang rush. like, wtf? so ayun, busy helping sa pag-update ng price increase tapos design design. Then, busy rin sa mga kelangan dito sa bahay. Ordered new aircon dahil sobrang init talaga. Sira na yung lumang aircon. Bought one tapos sobrang laki daw ng size sabi nung magkakabit ng aircon, so hindi natuloy yung pagkabit. But sa tingin ko naman saktong sakto yung size. of course, mukha lang syang malaki dahil nga may styro pa sa loob ng box. hello??? sino naman ang hindi maglalagay ng styro sa loob ng box kung fragile dba? nung sinabi na dapat at least 1.5hp lang daw yung bilhin at yung magka-kasya daw sa butas is around 24" lang edi nagpunta kami agad ni mama ulit sa bilihan para bumili ng bago at ipa-return at refund yung una. Tiis ulit ng 1 week sa init. Ngayon naman, bago na yung aircon sinunod namin yung sinabi ng magkakabit ng aircon, ending ang laki ng space pa sa butas na nilagyan ng glass tapos hindi kayang suportahan ng 1.5hp yung size ng bahay para lumamig. Edi ang ending, 4 na electric fan pa rin ang nakabukas hanggang sa lumamig 🤦‍♀️. the kapalpakans.

Today naman, sobrang stress ko sa head. naging head pa sya para san? title lang na walang ginagawa at responsibilidad kasi samin pa rin pinapagawa kahit simpleng bagay na pwede at kaya nya gawin? gustong gusto ko na mag-resign talaga. kung may enough money lang ako talaga para magsimula ng business. sinimulan ko na mag-negosyo at nakapag-resign na sana ako. pero sympre, madami pa rin dapat kelangan bayaran. mga bayarinnnn haii

pero, sympre ang nagpasaya lang naman sakin today ay walang iba kungdi ang BTS. una, kanina yung performance ni J-Hope sa Lollapalooza. at umasa pa rin sa mga magshe-share kahit na live naman kanina pero ewan ko kung sakin lang ba, putol putol ang connection. Tapos, budol is real. BTS x Snickers. nag-snickers hunt lang naman ako sa wellcome supermarket at 7-11. nakabili naman na ako ng 3 at naghahanap pa ng iba. hirap maghanap ha. Last but not the least, nag-announce ang BTS na finally magkakaroon ng special episode ng RUN BTS ulit sa 16th Aug. FInallyyyyyy! after 10 months na walang RUN BTS. ang free therapy ng lahat.

hanggang dito na lang muna ulit.