#superbowl 47

[bey-life]

Beyoncé & Bruno Mars at the Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show

[cityofjieun]

★ . . . . jia in 5-star era

highlights !!

they won a moonman!!!

jieunnie was among the members that had a big shocked reaction.

she, beomgyu, and jeongin took a selfie together (ily 01z).

ji also met megan thee stallion at the award show??

she had gone to the bathroom with one of their staff during the show and ran into her in the bathroom

jia is a huge fan and had to take the opportunity to compliment her performance earlier in the night. the two had a cute little convo and exchanged instas and even took a selfie together. long story short, jia is the first person in skz to follow a non-member.

she didn't get to mention the interaction to any of the members because after she returned from the bathroom, they were announced and everything was kind of a blur after

but imagine everyone's surprise when jia is trending the next morning because meg had posted the selfie on her story and stays have noticed that they are also mutuals now

also she’s so blonde now y'all.

really one of her best colors

we got tiktoks with lsf yunjin, p1h keeho, shinee key, and tbz eric.

the pilot fanmeet.

jia x seungmin x hyunjin cafe hopping rachalog.

they hit up like 4 cafes and spent time eating and chatting at all of them.

hyune brought his sketchbook and minnie brought a book while jia was writing notes for one of their dance practices.

side note: these last couple comebacks jia has really taken to helping lino monitor dance practices and stuff of that nature.

she has gained a lot of confidence in herself as a dancer.

anyways, they took some time to just do their little things independently.

it was giving very much study with me video.

a gift for the stays in school for real.

she also got to guest host on inkigayo.

this is the second time she's guest hosted on a music show and she really needs a full-time slot, someone get on that.

jia’s favorite schedule this era by far was kstar next door

she is an avid watcher of the show and was really upset to not go on last time

10/10 era

mv styling !!

photocards !!

concept a vers, concept b vers and digipack vers.

lines !!

hall of fame 0:00 - 0:20 (original: seungmin) ★ i write my name into the stars right now on gaelleorie nal namgyeo nal jungshimeuro doraga sunlight 0:57 - 1:00 (original: han) ★ ibi tteok beoreojige mandeuneun gwanggyeong legendary 1:12 - 1:16 (original: felix) ★ shaking the industry quaking reality making it iconic 2:24 - 2:29 (original: bangchan) ★ hear the people call my name here i’m on the hall of fame

sclass 0:20 - 0:28 (original: hyunjin) ★ byeollan geottuseongi byeonhameopji beonhwahaneun geori 0:57 - 1:00 (original: seungmin) ★ luxurious like i’m an s-class best of the best on first class 2:47 - 2:48 (original: han) ★ nune ttineun tenshyeon 3:11 - 3:13 (original: felix) ★ bichi beonjyeo deouk binnaneun star

item 0:52 - 0:58 (original: han) ★kkeunimeopshi i make it mine, never die 1:05 - 1:08 (original: han) ★aitemppal? igeon naeppal purop jangchak gadeuk cha 1:46 - 1:50 (original: seungmin) ★ got the best of the best nothing much, i confess 2:22 - 2:28 (original: han) ★ i do things that nobody can do god blessed, i’m the one and only

superbowl 0:37 - 0:40 (original: felix) ★ fresh taste, fresh scent fresh shape, fresh everything 2:23 - 2:29 (original: han) ★ i’ll do it again, just the way you want it i’ll do it again for the days to come 2:33 - 2:35 (original: han) ★ yeah we bring the rain

topline 0:43 - 0:48 (original: seungmin) ★ drawing, i’m moulding, i’m rolling my waves yeah i’m counting wins on the grand line 1:01 - 1:03 (original: felix ) ★ cause we dont give a fuck 1:22 - 1:25 (original: felix) ★ BOM DIGI DIGI BOM BOM BOM BOM 2:13 - 2:18 (original: jeongin) ★ gijuneul olligo mollineun moduga brave but they can’t pass me i’m the red line

dlc 0:00 - 0:11 (original: changbin) ★ we’re only going to dance like crazy It’s just that, I like it la la la 0:54 - 0:56 (original: han) ★sunrise 1:26 - 1:29 (original: felix) ★ amudo moreuge 2:50 - 2:18 (original: jeongin) ★ got me feeling like lalalala got me feeling like lalalala

get lit 0:35 - 0:40 (original: jeongin) ★ geocham soreum dotge tto hal georago saenggiji ilgeori sandeomi oh yeah 1:37 - 1:42 (original: bangchan) ★ I don’t wanna do it, I don’t wanna do it geunyang da naeryeonoko manyang michin deushi nollae 1:56 - 2:00 (original: seungmin) ★ oneul urin bureujua eokkae pyeogo danyeo dangdanghi saramdeul apeseo chumsawido 2:27 - 2:28 (original: han) ★ let's go

collision 0:31 - 0:36 (original: bangchan) ★ romantic haetteon chueok hwesang sogak haneullo heuteojyeo beorin maeyeon gatta 1:04 - 1:14 (original: hyunjin) ★ uri dul bappi chungdo 1:11 - 2:18 (original: hyunjin) ★ yeah chungdol 2:01 - 2:07 (original: seungmin) ★ shigani jina urin mannaseo buseojideora geu heunjeogi on uju jeonchereul maemdoneun i bam

fnf 0:31 - 0:37 (original: jeongin) ★ nal dulleossan fauna and flora meonjiga dwaedo i really want you back 1:26 - 1:28 (original: leeknow) ★ yeah i’ll never be the same 2:09 - 2:17 (original: bangchan) ★ i’m catching up 2:45 - 2:50 (original: felix) ★ dallyeoga jjochaga bulganeunghaed oh

youtiful 2:13 - 2:18 (original: bangchan) ★ “I don’t know if I’m ready to show myself” you worry day and night 2:13 - 2:18 (original: seungmin) ★ cause when you give me a glance i am sure that i see the universe in your yeyes 2:13 - 2:18 (original: jeongin) ★ then that little star was surely going to become the biggest thing 2:13 - 2:18 (original: hyunjin) ★ you are a miracle, miracle you are youtifull

the sound 0:48 - 0:51 (original: jeongin) ★ ttarawara da ttarawara da 1:27 - 1:30 (original: hyunjin/jeongin) ★ oh nothing better yeah nothing matters 2:12 - 2:17 (original: bangchan) ★ deo keuge nopyeo volume up jogeum deo gwitgaeneun hamseongsoriga meolli peojyeo ganda

time out 1:09 - 1:18 (original: han) ★ so come on let’s go tteona da mirugo eodideun gaja yeogiseo meolliro run to (run to) run to (run to) 2:39 - 2:47 (original: bangchan) ★ so come on pack up piryohan geon teong bin meori sallangineun baram ttaragaja we run to (run to) run to (run to)

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[skzvivie]

━ s-class !

(i.n -> vivie) counting stars 특별의 별의 별의 별의 별의 별의 별의 별난 놈 that’s me - 1:02 - 1:03 (chan -> vivie) swerving, i’m speeding on serpent road luxurious like i’m an s-class best of the best on first class - 1:37 - 1:45 (seungmin -> vivie) 빛날 광에 사람 인 그게 바로 우리 소개말 we’re special yeah (together) - 2:31 - 2:35 (hyunjin + changbin -> vivie) limited edition 특이한 건 특별해져 - 2:44 - 2:46 (hyunjin -> vivie) counting stars 특 (counting stars 특) feeling extra (bling bling) - 3:03 - 3:04 (all) 빛깔 뻔쩍 빛깔 뻔 쩍 빛깔 뻔쩍해 class는 특 빛깔 뻔쩍 빛깔 뻔쩍 3:05 - 3:11

━ outfits

━ 위인전 (hall of fame) !

(seungmin -> vivie) 날 중심으로 돌아가 sunlight - 0:17 - 0:21 (changbin -> vivie) pump, pump, 찍어내지 위인전 i'm gonna stomp, stomp, 내 발자국, armstrong - 0:48 - 0:54 (hyunjin -> vivie) einstein도 수치화 못하는 패턴 다음 단계는 훨씬 높지 지금 수준의 거듭제곱 - 1:39 - 1:41 (seungmin -> vivie) i want more the hall of fame numerous records i'll make 'em always - 2:18 - 2:23 (bang chan -> vivie) unveil the rumbling, trails of hustling 찍어 위인전 - 2:30 - 2:33 (changbin -> vivie) 정점을 찍어 stomp, stomp - 2:40 - 2:42 (han -> vivie) 입이 떡 벌어지게 만드는 광경, legendary - 245 - 2:48

━ item !

(changbin -> vivie) item, item, i ate them, pac-man, item, item, i ate them all, game set - 0:11 - 0-17 (lee know -> vivie) 끊임없이 I make it mine never die - 0:53 - 0-57 (hyunjin -> vivie) 아이템빨? 이건 내빨 풀옵 장착 가득 차 - 1:05 - 1:08 (seungmin -> vivie) got the best of the best, nothing much, i confess all the stars in my eyes make my galaxy - 1:47 - 1:52 (han -> vivie) i do things that nobody can do God blessed, i'm the one and only - 2:22 - 2:27 (felix -> vivie) item, item, i ate them, pac-man, item, item, i ate them all, game set - 2:58 - 3:03

━ superbowl !

(felix -> vivie) fresh taste, fresh scent, fresh shape, fresh everything came for a bite, now you're so addicted, yeah, thank you, come again - 0:37 - 0:41 (felix -> vivie) open wide, have a bite make it mine, all the time - 1:06 -1:12 (seungmin -> vivie) mixin' this and all that, dish be lookin' like fusion take a photo, it's bussin' even in lowest resolution - 1:24 -1:30 (han -> vivie) i'll do it again, just the way you want it i'll do it again for the days to come - 2:23 -2:29

━ topline !

(felix -> vivie) topline (topline) (all) bom, digi-digi-bom, bom, bom, bom - 1:20 - 125 (seungmin -> vivie) drawing, i'm moulding, i’m rolling my waves yeah, i'm counting wins on the grand line - 2:08 - 2:12 (bang chan -> vivie) topline 위에 박자 타지 우리 show ha, hotline, 뜨거뜨거, we about to blow - 2:43 - 2:45 (all) topline (topline) - 2:46 - 2:48 (all) 발아래 천지가 보여, we're the topline 위만 보다 목이 뻐근하지 넌 - 3:01 - 3:11

━ outfit

━ dlc (dance like crazy) !

(changbin -> vivie) we're only goin' to dance like crazy it's just that, i like it, la-la-la - 0:03 - 0:10 (han -> vivie) sunrise - 0:54 - 0:55 (hyunjin -> vivie) 잊어버리고 싶던 지워버리고 싶던 그딴 기억 따위 오늘 전부 날릴 수 있어 잠이 들기 전 떠오를 good memory - 1:12 - 1:21 (i.n -> vivie) nobody, nobody please don't care about me, it's okay - 1:56 - 2:01 (i.n -> vivie) got me feelin' like la-la-la-la got me feelin' like la-la-la-la-la - 2:52 -2:57

━ outfit

━ 죽어보자 get lit !

(i.n -> vivie) 거참 소름 돋게 또 할 거라고 생기지 일거리 산더미, oh, yeah - 0:35 - 0:39 (seungmin -> vivie) oh, yeah we're not gonna die young oh, yeah - 0:50 - 0:55 (bang chan -> vivie) i don't wanna do it, i don't wanna do it 그냥 다 내려놓고 마냥 미친 듯이 놀래- 1:37 - 1:42 (han -> vivie) 부려 사치, today, i'm so cocky - 1:54 - 1:56 (han -> vivie) let's go - 2:27

━ outfits

━ 충돌 (collision) !

(hyunjin -> vivie) 우리 둘 바삐 충돌, yeah yeah, we crash, 파편은 어디 - 1:03 - 1:07 (hyunjin -> vivie) yeah, 충돌 yeah, 우린 벌써 저기 멀리 - 1:10 - 1:14 (bang chan -> vivie) why you acting like a fool? 알잖아, don't be so rude call me "baby" like you used to 원래 그랬던 것처럼 - 1:16 - 1:22 (felix + lee know -> vivie) 그때로 돌아가 날 사랑한다 말해줘 - 1:49 - 1:51 (i.n -> vivie) 우리 둘 바삐 충돌 yeah yeah we crash 파편은 어디 - 2:12 - 2:14 (seungmin -> vivie) yeah 충돌 yeah 우린 벌써 저기 멀리 - 2:19 - 2:21

━ fnf !

(i.n -> vivie) 날 둘러싼, fauna and flora 먼지가 돼도 i really want you back - 0:30 - 0:37

(felix -> vivie) they tell me to keep movin' on yeah, i'll never be the same - 1:24 - 1:26

(lee know -> vivie) i'm catching uh-uh-uh-uh uh-uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh uh-uh-uh uh-uh-up - 2:01 - 2:08

(bang chan -> vivie) i'm catching up (좀만 기다려, oh) - 2:38 - 2:40

(bang chan -> vivie) i'm catching up (i'm catching up, uh-oh) - 2:42 - 2:44

━ outfit

━ the sound (korean ver.) !

(hyunjin -> vivie) 갈���록 더 벅차오르는 이 감정 환호가 끝날 때까지 흥분을 못 감춰 - 1:06 - 1:12 (han -> vivie) this our 음악장, it's our 음악장 더 크게 울려 퍼지는 함성 소리를 들으며 몸을 움직여 - 1:37 - 1:45 (hyunjin -> vivie) 따라와라 다 따라와라 다 - 2:41 -2:44

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[rpmemesandstuff]

THE DRUNK GAME 1: What eye color do you find sexiest? 2: White, milk, or dark chocolate mocha? 3: If you could get a Sharpie tattoo on your back, what would it be? 4: Did you grow up in a small or big town? Did you like it? 5: Your favorite adult as a child? (and not your parents, if they were your favorite) 6: What kind of smoothie sounds really good right now? 7: Most embarrassing moment from your elementary school years? 8: Most embarrassing moment from your middle school years? 9: Most embarrassing moment from your high school years? 10: Pirates or ninjas? Why? 11: Have you ever climbed a tree more than twenty feet off the ground? 12: Did you like swinging as a child? Do you still get excited when you see a swing set? 13: If you could have any pet in the world, illegal or not, what would you get? 14: What's your most favorite part of your body? 15: What's your most favorite part of your personality? 16: Madonna or Lady Gaga? Neither? Both? Who cares? 17: Have you ever watched the Superbowl all the way through? 18: Have you ever watched any major sporting event drunk? 19: What's the most delicious food you've ever eaten in your life? 20: Margarine or butter? Which did you grow up with? 21: Whole, skim, 1%, or 2% milk? (Did you know they make 1 1/2% milk?) 22: Which continents have you been on? 23: Do you get motion sickness? Any horror stories? 24: Backpacks or satchels? 25: Would you wear a rainbow jacket? A neon yellow sweater? Checkered pants? 26: What was your favorite cartoon growing up? 27: If you had to have a cow or a pig, which would you take? Why? 28: If you had to look at one city skyline for the rest of your life, which would it be? 29: Longest plane ride you've ever been on? 30: The latest you've ever slept? 31: Would you buy a sweater covered in kitten pictures? Would you wear it if someone gave it you for free? 32: Do you pick at scabs? 33: Favorite kind of bean? Kidney? Black? Pinto? 34: How far can you throw a baseball? 35: If you had to move to another country, where would you move? 36: Have you ever eaten Ethiopian food? Vietnamese? Korean? Nepalese? How was it? 37: Small, liberal arts school or public university? Why? 38: A relationship with love or one with sex? 39: Do you eat enough vegetables? 40: Do you like horror movies? How about thrillers? 41: Would you scratch a crotch itch in public? 42: Do you swear in front of your parents? 43: Coolest thing you've ever been for Halloween? 44: If you could change your natural hair color, would you? To what? 45: Do you want to get married? Have kids? 46: Do you use a reusable water bottle? If not, you should. 47: City or nature person? 48: Have you ever used something other than "makeup" as makeup? (Like paint? Markers?) 49: Can you walk well in high heels? Even if you're a guy? 50: Post 5 awesome things about yourself. BRAG AWAY!

[ncfcatalyst]

Kansas City Superbowl celebration shooting

Parents and loved ones of 22 injured and one dead spent their Valentine’s Day at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri after shooting erupted between two men at Union Station during a public celebration of the Kansas City Chiefs’ win at the Superbowl. The victims’ ages range from eight to 47; more than half were  16 years old. The deceased victim was Lisa Lopez-Galvan, 43, a local…

[talkingpointsusa]

Michael Knowles argues that a Superbowl ad will convert secular liberals to Christianity because it speaks in "woke-ese" and tries to sell 20 dollar bottles of MAGA water

Ah, the face of a man who lost money by betting that the Superbowl would be violently overtaken by radical leftists (source; The Michael Knowles Show on Daily Wire)

Well, the griftosphere coverage of the Superbowl was surprisingly boring. Dave Rubin barely talked about it, Ben Shapiro rambled about how the Superbowl is proof that America is getting older, I don't think Matt Walsh talked about it at all, we just did Tim Pool so I'm not going to subject you guys to more of him that quickly, and Charlie Kirk interviewed three senators about how the commercials were too woke.

So where do I go to when I want an absolutely idiotic take on a current event? I check on Daily Wire third banana Michael Knowles!

00:00, Michael Knowles: "The Superbowl occurred, I am told, I don't know for certain. I actually attended a Superbowl party and still I did not catch even one second of the game, which is fine by me as I later discovered that the game began with one of the most offensive public displays around these days, the so-called black national anthem."

So, this is one of the main things that the griftosphere has been complaining about in the wake of the Superbowl and I figure now is as good a time as any to talk about the history of the black national anthem.

The actual name of the black national anthem is Lift Every Voice and Sing and it was written as a poem in the late 1800's by a man named James Weldon Johnson and put to music by his brother John Rosamond Johnson. The NAACP dubbed it the black national anthem in 1919. 1919 was actually more than a decade before the Star Spangled Banner became the national anthem of the United States. It has been a rallying cry for civil rights ever since and was even sung by crowds after the JFK assassination. So Michael acting like this anthem popped out of nowhere a couple years ago is ridiculous and ahistorical.

01:15, Michael Knowles: "But that song has increasingly come to be seen as an alternate national anthem. One of two national anthems because we now have two nations."

Or, this is a performance meant to provide an olive branch to the black community in the wake of a string of violent attacks against them, oftentimes being carried out by law enforcement.

I don't get why this is such a big deal. So they sang Lift Every Voice and Sing, what's the big deal? This is a complete non-issue in every conceivable way.

02:36, Michael Knowles: "I didn't watch the game at all while it was on."

Do you want a medal? I didn't either.

02:38, Michael Knowles: "I went back and watched some of the highlights. I watched Travis Kelce screaming at that poor elderly man, I watched the black national anthem or at least part of it, and I watched some of the ads."

There are two things you can always count on conservatives to throw a shit-fit about after the Superbowl; the national anthem and the ads. Now that we've got one out of the way, it's time to talk about Superbowl commercials.

Also, I love the implication that Michael was so horrified by the black national anthem that he had to turn it off before it was even finished. Keep in mind that it's not a particularly long performance clocking in at two minutes and thirty three seconds.

02:47, Michael Knowles: "And there was one ad above all that was extremely controversial and it elicited the most anger, the most loathing, the most rending and gnashing of teeth. It was an ad from a group called He Gets Us that was, well I'll just let you see it, you form your own conclusions."

Ok, so conservatives are really ticked about this ad from a Christian group called "He Gets Us" that depicted a series of images depicting certain people washing other peoples feet. The griftosphere is pissed because they feel like parts of the ad glorified things such as being gay.

While you might feel inclined to view this group as a well-meaning religious organization seeking to preach equality to the masses, don't be fooled. This ad is a trojan horse containing a group that is just as hateful as the things they pretend to be against. He Gets Us is funded by the Green family who have used the funds that they have acquired from their ownership of Hobby Lobby to fund anti-LGBTQ organizations. Their idea of "loving gay people" is to pressure them into revoking their sexuality. So, they are far from left-wing and deserve to be acknowledged as a hate group using sleazy marketing to trick people into viewing them as accepting.

I find the fact that these idiots are all pissed at this ad really hilarious because this group is super ideologically aligned with them. They want the same form of far-right Christian fascism as you guys do, they are just better at concealing it.

Anyway, Michael stunningly enough doesn't really mind this ad because he thinks that it's going to convert secular liberals to christianity.....yes really.

05:17, Michael Knowles: "I didn't totally hate this ad because it's in woke-ese. Because it's written in this woke language. Because the symbols and the signs and the whole language of the ad is for secular liberals."

"Woke-ese", does he even know what he's talking about? Was the Bible written in woke-ese? Because that's where the parable of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples came from.

I mean I kind of agree that this ad is trying to launder far-right ideology through an outward appearance of acceptance but I never said it did a good job of it. The ad was kind of cringeworthy and most people who I know on the left looked at it and rolled their eyes at how cheesy it was. Plus, when you Google this organization the info about the hate-groups that fund them comes right up.

06:27, Michael Knowles: "The conclusion that a lot of Christians are drawing is 'Well the ad is insinuating that if you protest abortion, your hateful. That the ad is insinuating that if you object to LGBTLMNOP style stuff that you are hateful.'"

Ding-ding-ding! You hit the nail on the head....well, not about the ad but about those things you mentioned being hateful!

06:41, Michael Knowles: "I'm not certain that that's what the ad is saying. I think the ad is reaching out to secular liberals who have an aversion to Christianity and to Jesus and to faith and is trying to speak their language."

They got lost in translation.

08:14, Michael Knowles: "Your orange haired lesbian cousin who hates her dad is not going to read the Summa Theologiae set that you did not buy her, ok."

As a guy who is friends with multiple lesbians, some of which have orange hair, I would like to make the statement that all of them are a thousand times cooler than Michael Knowles.

Also, the Summa Theologica? Yeah, that's some light reading that will help introduce young fence-sitters to Christianity. If your cousin refuses to read the Summa Theologica, maybe it's less about a hatred of Jesus and more about the fact that the Summa Theologica is a 3,025 page doorstopper that is a pretty complicated read.

08:27, Michael Knowles: "If an ad can get some secular liberal, and that's who these ads are for, for even one second to even consider our lord. To even maybe have some slight increase in affection for our lord, I'm fine with it."

Again, there is absolutely no way that a kind of corny ad that half the population made fun of is going to convert anybody. Especially when a google search for the organization reveals their more hateful funding.

09:32, Michael Knowles: "From what I can gather about this ad, the He Gets Us thing, it's funded by right-wing evangelicals. It's not totally clear but it sort of seems like that."

It seems pretty clear from what I've found but at least Michael seems directionally aware that these guys are on his team. That makes him at least slightly smarter than Matt Walsh. I still think it's super unlikely that this ad is going to convert anybody if only because of how ham-fisted it is.

Anyway, Michael plays an ad from Hallow which is one of the sponsors for his show. Definitely no conflict of interest there. Then he switches to his next topic....Trump's ad targeting Nikki Haley.

13:56, Michael Knowles: "The interesting thing about this ad is that it's against Nikki Haley. Trump is destroying Nikki Haley in all of the polls, why is he going after her in a Superbowl ad? These ads are very expensive."

So, Trump made a Superbowl ad attacking Nikki Haley for wanting to change social security rules.

I mainly view this as an act of pettiness on Trumps part, if anything, but lets see Michaels take.

14:07, Michael Knowles: "One, because anything can happen in politics. Especially when the liberal establishment is prosecuting you, trying to throw you in prison, I don't know they might try to kill him at some point."

Lets say Trump does go to jail or the left kills him like Michael has been saying for a while now (shockingly enough it hasn't happened yet), why exactly would an attack ad against Nikki Haley be the most reasonable course of action? If you're dead there's absolutely nothing you can do and in jail your capabilities are severely limited. This makes zero sense.

14:17, Michael Knowles: "He wants to make sure there's no even semi-viable challenge to him, so this was the kill shot."

If Trump is dead or in jail the options for other people to try and take his spot will open up really quickly. Again, this is a completely nonsensical argument based on nothing.

Anyway, here's Michael talking about how we have a "cultural problem".

14:44, Michael Knowles: "But you remember back in the day the Tea Party, the Paul Ryan types, broadly the conservative movement was all for entitlement reform. And the argument for it was 'we need to get our fiscal house in order before we deal with the social problems'. Some people even called for a social truce. Let's have a truce, lets put a pause on the social fights so we can stop the new red menace which is consisting of ink. And at the time it sounded like an ok idea. The problem was, we learned that you can't fix the fiscal problems without fixing the cultural one."

How are the two things related at all? The culture war nonsense that the right has been pushing is basically defined by such important issues as one beer can with a transwoman on it and commercials having too many minorities in them. It's all made up nonsense meant to distract from the real issues.

15:30, Michael Knowles: "Until you fix the border, until you fix the family, until you fix national sovereignty, until you fix basic social issues you're simply not gonna fix basic social issues."

Let's go through these one at a time;

1): I've talked about this so many times on this blog but the "border crisis" is basically a figment of far-right medias imagination. Also, the Republicans keep blocking legislation to make the border more secure. Also, since when did the border become a social issue? It seems pretty financial to me.

2): The family? Is the family broken now? This is probably a dogwhistle for a thousand different things ranging from gay marriage to surrogacy.

3): National sovereignty is even more confusing. Last I checked, the United States is still independent. I guess Michael thinks we're being governed by Britain again or something.

Note how these are either meaningless platitudes meant to inspire outrage or manufactured moral panics. If this is the best Michael has got to prove his point, it just ain't a good point.

16:16, Michael Knowles: "There are plenty of reasons to attack Trump and people will do it for all sorts of reasons. But one of the dumbest arguments I think is that Trump doesn't have a clear kind of Conservatism."

Oh yeah, that's an argument that people make all the time. Why just yesterday I was at the casino playing poker and the guy sitting across from me said "You know the problem with that Trump guy? He doesn't have a clear conservative ideology." I love how these guys just make up arguments for them to refute.

Trump does have a clear kind of conservatism. It starts with an "f" and ends with "ascism".

17:21, Michael Knowles: "Speaking of the presidential race, Democrats have had it with Joe Biden. That press conference I think was the nail in the coffin. They saw the special council report that Joe Biden is an amiable old man who is not fit to stand trial because he's so senile."

So, Joe Biden has recently been making a lot of gaffes which is a little concerning due to his age. You know who else has been making a lot of gaffes though? Donald Trump. For crying out loud, he called Viktor Orban "the leader of Turkey" and declared in one speech that Biden would lead the country into World War II while also saying that he was ahead of Obama in the 2024 polls. Strangely enough, you don't hear Michael Knowles talking about those missteps. The only way to argue this point honestly is saying that neither of these men have any business running due to their age.

That being said, the report that Michael is talking about is pretty partisan. Robert Hur was a Trump appointed U.S attorney. It's pretty clear that he's towing the Republican parties narrative line in his report.

I don't get the narrative in MAGA media about Biden by the way. He's a senile doddering old man who also somehow has the mental capacity to steal an election from Trump and cook up plots to replace the white population with migrants that will vote exclusively democrat. It's a complete and total narrative disconnect.

Anyway, Michael plays a clip from Bill Maher saying the Biden needs to go. I love how these guys all pretend that Bill Maher isn't one of them. They do the same thing with Tim Pool to a lesser extent. Notice how the only "leftist" they all seem to agree with consistently is Bill Maher. I wonder why that is?

18:55, Michael Knowles: "The Democrats realize that they are in a very bad situation. Even if they rig all the votes in all the different states, it's still gonna be tough."

I don't think Michael realizes what the term "rigging" means. See, when you rig an election that means that you have set it up so that you inevitably win.

Michael also plays a clip from CNN and then advertises one of the scamiest products I have ever seen.

20:50, Michael Knowles: "If the Democrats lose this election you know what we're gonna have a lot of? Woke Tears! That's why you've gotta check out Woke Tears water."

I normally skip over the parts where these guys try to hawk their shit because who gives a crap but I was intrigued by this product because it's so stupid. So, it's basically MAGA bottled water right and guess how much it costs? 8 dollars? Nope! 10 dollars? Yes....is what I would be saying if it didn't cost 20 freaking dollars for a six pack!

I know it says $18.95, but if you factor in tax it's $20.51. But hey at least the shipping's free! That totally makes up for the fact that you're paying 20 bucks for bottled water. For context on how absolutely insane this price is, here's the price of a six pack of Aquafina bottled water.

It's a totally insane price! I can't put myself in the headspace where I would pay 20 dollars for bottled water just so I could "own the libs". I know that all of these weird MAGA products like Black Rifle Coffee are complete scams but come on, at least try to avoid your grift being too transparent.

Also, if I was the Daily Wire I wouldn't be OK with this company ripping off my schtick. These guys ripped off your "Leftist Tears" tumblers and you're not only letting it slide but advertising for them?! I guess you can't argue with some cash. Come to think of it, how much does it cost to advertise on the Daily Wire? Is it possible that I could advertise my blog which is pretty focused on making fun of the Daily Wire on the Daily Wire? Could I force Matt Walsh to call himself a professional sociopath? Only time shall tell, back to Michael Knowles.

22:04, Michael Knowles: "There is a theory, you hear it in right-wing circles, 'Joe Biden is not really the president, who's really calling the shots?' I don't know, I'm sure he's neglecting whole swaths of the government but when he does assert something I think he gets it. I think Joe Biden, when he wants to be, is actually the president."

See what I mean? Joe Biden is a confused dementia patient but when he asserts himself he is actually the president and from the sounds of it is pretty dominant. These two narratives are completely incongruous with each other and Michael doesn't seem to understand that.

22:25, Michael Knowles: "If Joe Biden were not the president, he would not have been permitted to give that press conference."

Yeah, because the Democratic Party has a magic crystal ball that can predict when Biden is going to make a gaffe in a press conference. This is one of those statements that sounds really stupid if you think about it for more than 11 seconds.

Michael plays a clip of Karine Jean-Pierre addressing a question that Peter Doocy posed about Biden's mental state. Now it's time for Michael to talk about Mo'nique, would you believe that it's shockingly racist?

25:52, Michael Knowles: "Speaking of black women, talking about Karine Jean-Pierre not Joe Biden, speaking of black women-"

Golly, thanks for clearing that up. Carry on.

25:57, Michael Knowles: "Mo'nique just recently complained on some random podcast that she would be much more famous if she were a white woman."

Essentially, this was an appearance that Mo’nique made on a podcast called Club Shay Shay. It's less about being "famous" and more about money and payment.

The racial pay gap is quite a large problem. Black women are paid a third less than white men for the same task. Now, is somebody with a net worth of thirteen million the best representative of this issue? Not exactly. But what she does have is a platform and if her experiences can shed light on this issue, more power to her.

26:56, Michael Knowles: "I think she's basically half right. A lot of conservatives are going to jump down her throat here and say 'You're playing the race card and you're playing the victim and you're not really the victim and-' but she's probably right. If she were white she would appeal to the culture of more people."

He had me for about 2 seconds and then immediately lost me again.

27:19, Michael Knowles: "Her comedy has been specifically targeted at black culture and black people make up something like 12 to 14 percent of the country."

Naturally, white people cannot appreciate black comedy. No siree.

This is ridiculous. And she's also an actress. What about roles that she's cast in?

27:25, Michael Knowles: "America is a - was a white country."

"White people are the majority population in the US....wait, I also believe in the great replacement theory. WAS a white country guys!"

Also, define white country because America was an indigenous country first. Are minorities getting rights an erasure of America being a white country? Ascribing races to countries is just gross.

27:36, Michael Knowles: "So, yeah that's true. If you appeal to a minority population you're gonna be less famous than if you appealed to the majority of the population, that's true."

"Hey, I know you are being paid less than your white colleagues but have you ever considered being whiter?"

I don't see how Michael thinks that this argument is less racist than the alternative.

28:04, Michael Knowles: "But I think her concern is legitimate. She's saying there is this distinct culture within America that I appeal to but the culture that I appeal to and the majority culture are not synonymous and so that is just naturally restricting my growth potential. Yeah, that's true."

That's totally ridiculous. Again, is a black actress just automatically a part of "black culture" and walled out of white culture? If that is true, that's still racist.

28:41, Michael Knowles: "This is also why calls to radically change the demographics of the country will inevitably affect national culture. Now when we're talking about changing the demographics of the country we're actually not really talking about black and white anymore, we're talking about importing a lot of hispanic's into the country through an open border."

Only Michael Knowles could turn a segment about Mo'nique into a piece on the great replacement theory. Anyway, the Great Replacement Theory is a complete load of horseshit that isn't backed up by the data at all. Whenever I hear about the Great Replacement Theory, I just hear white paranoia.

"Wait, they might start treating me like I treat them? Unthinkable!"

Conclusion:

Michael Knowles is such a complete and utter clod and this episode is no different. I am kind of stunned that 20 dollar MAGA water exists and can't wait to see the uptick in Gen Z'ers converting to christianity after seeing some really awkward Superbowl ad from an organization funded by a hate group.

Cheers and I'll see you in the next one.

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chapter 3: propius

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Adam was woken at 5 o’clock on the dot with a series of sharp knocks on his door. “Up and Adam,” Gansey’s voice called, making the one stupid dad joke that always set Adam’s blood to a boil. He was too tired to react, however.

“Kindly leave until a later time,” he called, his voice heavy with sleep. “I don’t have class for another three hours.”

Gansey opened the door anyway, striding in with more pep than anyone should have in the morning.

“You’ve made the tabloids, my friend. Your weekend with Ronan finally hit.”

“Did you sleep at all?”

“Nope,” Gansey said cheerfully. “‘From America, With Love: Ronan and Adam flaunt friendship.’” He turned on his heel once he’d crossed the length of the room, which Adam could never forget was formerly Malia Obama’s, and seated himself in Adam’s desk chair.

Adam had never been closer to considering strangulation. He elected to shove his hearing ear into his pillow instead.

Unfortunately, the muffled sounds of Gansey speaking still made their way in. “‘Photos: Adam’s Weekend in England,’ oh, that’s boring…ah-hah: ‘New Bromance Alert? Pics of FSOTUS and Prince Ronan.’”

Adam resigned himself to his fate and mentally promised himself a giant cup of coffee. “As long as I’m getting fewer death threats on Twitter, I’m happy,” he mumbled into his blankets.

Gansey ignored him. “Why are you so tired? It’s the hour of kings, time to be awake and alive.”

“I’d settle for dead if it meant I could sleep at this point, to be frank.”

“Please don’t be frank. Be Adam.”

Adam sat up, eyeing Gansey in his wire-framed glasses with disdain. “Any more puns and I suffocate myself with this pillow.”

“Please don’t,” Gansey said, but his eyes had already returned to his screen. While he read through the articles, he continued his line of questioning. “Working on the campaign late last night?”

“Not really,” Adam admitted. “I had a Press and the Presidency paper to write.”

“Just write ‘I’m Adam Parrish’ on a piece of loose-leaf paper to turn it in and you’ll probably get an A. You live it every day, for Christ’s sake.”

“And yet I still need to cite sources in Chicago Advanced.”

“You’d think nepotism would work out more in your favor.” He flicked to a fresh article, a gesture Adam only recognized from all the other times Gansey had done it. “Luckily, I think the press is eating this one up.”

Adam grimaced. “Fantastic.”

“Not-campaign-ruining, you mean.”

“That too, I suppose.” He wanted nothing more than to flop back against his pillows and get the sleep his body so desperately craved after being jet lagged for a week, but he fought the urge.

“That _ People _exclusive takes the cake, I think. I didn’t realize how much you cherished your relationship with Ronan.”

“Fuck off, please. Or end my misery.”

“No to both. Why are you even taking that press course?”

Adam slid out from under his blankets, rolling his shoulders to try and wake up more. “Curiosity, I guess. It never hurts to learn more of what not to do.”

Gansey looked up from his phone to level a glance at Adam. “And what have you learned so far?”

“…Don’t have a sex scandal?”

“You _ would _need someone to tell you that.”

_ “Hey,” _Adam said, affecting outrage.

Gansey lifted his thumb to run over his lower lip, tilting his head consideringly. “One of us three will probably have a scandal before your mother’s second term is up.”

“If there is a second.”

“Chin up, young padawan. With you working on it we’re guaranteed.”

“I don’t know, Gansey,” Adam replied. “I don’t think I’m the good luck charm you believe in.”

“Of course you are,” Gansey said. “We won the first time, no?”

Adam glanced exaggeratedly around the room and to the phone in Gansey’s hand. “I’d say so. That or we’re about to get questioned very thoroughly about the the events of last three years.”

“Don’t make me cut you off on the true-crime videos.”

His eyes narrowed, focusing on Gansey. “Don’t you dare.”

“Blue agrees, anyway,” Gansey said, successfully deflecting topics. “Said there’s a ninety-four percent chance you’ll get into a sex scandal before the general.”

“Both of you date more than I do, why am I the one who’s supposedly having a sex scandal?” Once his initial outrage passed, disbelief crept in at the time of day. “Did you just text Blue at five AM and get a response? How the hell did you manage that?”

“She’s been up,” Gansey dismissed. Adam stared at him for a moment, and then Gansey seemed to feel the weight of his stare. His eyes widened almost comically. “Oh, Christ, no, not that. Nate Silver asked for another set of eyes on the Superbowl predictions, and she’s trying to get a shoo-in with them before the primaries begin. I just brought her some coffee.”

“And you didn’t bring me any?”

“You’re the only one of us who hasn’t been up all night. You need coffee the least of all of us.”

“Don’t blame me for your bad decisions.” Adam squinted at Gansey. “Were you working on an article all night or something?”

He snorted. “Hardly. They’ve been blocking all of my pieces. Too far from my mother’s politics, too far from your mother’s, too controversial, too critical, all in that order.”

“Thought you were liking the _ Post _gig?”

“On paper,” Gansey dismissed. “I’ve defaulted to writing about Welsh history.”

“Sounds like it’s right up your alley, then.”

“Once again, on paper.”

“How do you even connect the Welsh to the hellscape of American politics?”

Gansey waved a hand. “‘Eternal spirit,’ ‘fighting for honor,’ ‘remembering Glendower and others who set a pristine model,’ et cetera, et cetera.”

“People read that? That just sounds like you in high school spouting off again.”

“Yes, Adam. People read it.” Gansey squinted at his phone again. “Twitter _ really _likes you and Ronan together.”

“We’re exciting,” Adam said dryly, reaching for his laptop. He scanned over his most recent paper while Gansey dramatically narrated replies to the gif of them on _ This Morning. _

“‘Either of them could stab me and give me one of those smiles and I’d thank them,’ Jesus Christ,” Gansey read, “They really love your fake smiles… ‘name a more iconic duo, I’ll wait,’ hm, maybe any other duo? ‘Oh my God, just _ kiss already.’” _

Adam choked out a laugh as Gansey punctuated the last one with a dramatic and uncharacteristic hand wave. “At least it’s working,” he allowed, shutting his laptop once he felt secure about his essay. “Now get out. _ Some _of us have places to be.”

Adam’s phone buzzed on his way out of his cursed Presidency and the Press course.

Somehow, the interest of those around him seemed to pique even higher when he looked at his phone instead of in front of him. It wasn’t a new sensation by any means; ever since starting at Georgetown, he’d felt eyes on him constantly, but the intensity increased tenfold each time his classmates thought he was too occupied to see them staring. He noticed every time, but of course nothing could be done about it.

The name _ HRH shitty bird boy _ popped across his screen. How strange - in only a week, he’d almost entirely forgotten that the name he had (quite maturely) given Ronan in his phone was… _ that. _As he swiped the notification open, he felt a certain amount of trepidation as to what a technology-averse prince would ever text him about.

His harassment and emergency fears flew out the window with the body of the text, simply a screenshot of their tabloid appearance with the added caption of _ youre the nerd and I’m the cool jock. _

_ Competitive yachting? _Adam asked in response, nearly tripping over his own feet while typing.

_ ffs i told them to stop writing that as my preferred sport. _

Adam felt his lips twist against his will.

_ I’m sorry, this is a common problem? _

_ you can’t even imagine. _

_ I appreciate that they consider competitive yachting a regal sport. _

_ status symbols and faux athleticism are the core of the monarchy. _

Adam blinked down at his phone, stopping short abruptly. Persephone, from behind him, adjusted accordingly.

He…hadn’t been expecting this. Any of it. The text, the almost-joking response, the casual statement about the monarchy being ridiculous despite him being in it. Their conversation ended there, and it was probably for the better. He resumed his pace, trying to get to his next class. He almost forgot about the texts, too; save for a rogue screenshot Adam sent him of speculation on Ronan’s presence in Majorca, nothing else went between them.

Sometimes, Adam could _ just barely _ get away with being on his phone during briefings with Maura. He hated to be distracted during them - they were _ important, _he knew that, but all the same occasionally she spent a particularly long time covering an obscure dignitary’s comments and he’d gotten too few hours of sleep to truly focus and someone or other was blowing up his phone.

Maura’s topic of conversation this week appeared to be a series of Buzzfeed articles run on the lack of pets in the First Family, complete with a power point dissecting their points

The glamorous side of politics, truly. Discussing a clickbait series in the West Wing briefing room.

_ iMessage chat to _ ** HRH shitty bird boy **

_ Resumed 30 October, 2019, 1:47 pm _

_ if you want a pet chainsaw dragged in a mouse the other day _

_ Ah yes, the mouse. A pet eternally beloved by constituents. _

_ we can’t all have a raven, that would be unfair _

_ Your heights of cool and goth are truly dizzying. _

_ im glad you agree _

_ Modest, too. _

_ it comes with the wealth and fame _

_ As long as you’re being straight with me, feel free to be as ‘modest’ as you like. _

_ i’m the prince of bloody england. i’m straight all the damn time _

_ That’s the biggest lhxemxlp_

His phone slipped from between his fingers, landing with a dull _ thud _onto the wooden floor. Adam stared helplessly at it, a sleek black rectangle hiding between types of oak. But Maura repeated his name, and he suddenly remembered what had made him drop his phone in the first place. He dragged his eyes up, staring at a spot on the sterile white wall just beyond Maura’s head.

“Adam,” she said a third time, but he refused to look her in the eyes. She conceded immediately. “What the hell?”

He felt his cheeks darken as blood found its way up. “I’m sorry.”

Her lips thinned just like Blue’s did, turning into a dark line on her brown face. “Do you even remember what I was saying?”

“Er…” he scrambled. “Don’t mention animals in any public setting?”

She looked at him for a long moment, then picked up a mug of coffee and took a controlled sip.

“Get out?” she said once she’d swallowed her sip.

“I-”

She pointed to the door. “I am impossibly busy. Take your phone and go laugh in private.”

He nodded once, finally, ducking under the table with his spine pressed against the bottom to grab his phone. His fingers closed around it, grip the edge of the wood, and he was up in a second.

He couldn’t regret it.

Because - well, here was the weird thing.

He wanted another text from Ronan.

_ iMessage chat to _ ** HRH shitty bird boy **

_ Resumed 31 October, 2019, 12:03 am _

_ it’s finally spooky day in your hell country _

_ Isn’t it 5 am in England? _

_ Do you ever sleep? _

_ bold of you to ask that question _

_ halloween, bitch _

_ it waits for no one _

_ I’m really going to have to advocate better habits. _

_ I understand, you’re enthused for Halloween. _

_ do you even care at all _

_ I enjoy halloween like everyone else. _

_ Though your level of excitement feels a little pagan? _

when the skeleton army rises Jesus will forgive me

_ appreciate this glorious day parrish _

_ I have enough fear in my daily life, thanks. _

_ I filed my own taxes all throughout highschool. _

_ And payed rent. _

_ The horrors of early adulthood. _

_terrifying _

_ terrible i’ll never deal with that shit _

_ You’re the prince, we know. _

_ Do you also not have enough horror in your life? _

of course i do

_ but parrish. listen. _

_ this is the one day a year all the monarchy and parliament dress as they are in life _

_ hideous monsters _

He laughed a little harder at that than he should have.

_ You’re telling me the monarchy plays dress up. _

_ ronan_frankensteins_monser_costume.jpg _

_ matthew insisted. did this on me an hour ago _

_ oh my god _

The makeup _ was _really good, and the monstrous look suited him, but hell if Adam ever said that to him.

He may have saved it to his phone, though, to glimpse Ronan’s green-paint covered skin and crooked, drawn-on stitch smile on his perfectly blank face.

Although Adam certainly didn’t intend to make a habit of texting the Prince of England, when he saw a funny bird or a stupid article or an obscure meme his first thought became _I should send that to Ronan. _And Ronan, clearly, was thinking along the same lines. The sheer number of sole emojis that seemed to tell a Ronan-centric story he received at all hours only affirmed that. And somehow, between all the pictogramme and jokes, he started to learn snatches of information. Declan was a better storyteller than Ronan, Matthew was the only person who could make Ronan attend family dinners ever since their father died, and his mother - the Queen of England, Adam had to remind himself sometimes - drew further away every day.

The problem became that he always wanted to know _ more, _and Adam didn’t know if that was due to his rampant curiosity or something else buried deep inside of him, and he was too afraid of what he might uncover by digging to look.

Adam had very few friends.

Most of that came with the territory of being part of the First Family; nothing made casual acquaintances drift away quite like being constantly surveilled by Secret Service agents and trailed by NDAs. Adam didn’t have time for small talk and coffee, a fact which he sometimes lamented and often loved. Part of this came from the type of friendship he became accustomed to with Gansey and Blue, the all-encompassing type of friendship that took over their minds in spare moments and forged ties stronger than steel between them. He’d probably forgotten how to have normal, casual friends, not friends an outsider would think he was completely in love with. And, perhaps more than anything else, it came back down to Robert Parrish and his heavy hands and ringing words. Adam’s memories of his first few years were scattered and inconsistent, but they filled up a too-large corner of his brain all the same. Blue, who entered his life at the tender age of 5, had won his trust with greater ease than their other peers, and Gansey had done the same in high school. They knew him and what he’d been through, and so they could (platonically) love him for all that he was. When campaigning and political office came into the mix, that full truth of Adam Parrish became a secret to guard like any else.

But, oddly enough, Adam had a third friend: Noah Czerny, the thirty-three-year-old baby of the Senate.

Noah and Adam met through an Aglionby networking event while Adam was a student and Noah a recently-elected congressperson, both green as grass in different ways. Adam, thrown neck-deep into a Presidential campaign, had questions, and most of the time Noah had answers. Although all of the professors had warned Adam to proceed cautiously with Czerny, Adam found nothing to fear. Noah had mellowed out quite a bit from his high school days, becoming a familiar face at political events and a surprisingly-wise piece of advice always at the ready. Despite Adam’s near hero-worship of this brand-new politician, half-Mexican just like him and just as frequent to lose sleep rewriting policies that unjustly taxed communities of color or defunded children’s education, they’d formed an improbable bond. The summer before his sophomore year, Noah let Adam closer to the politics process than even his mother had as he ran for the Senate, and Adam took to it almost at once. A politician twelve years his senior was perhaps not a conventional choice of friend, but Adam seldom remained conventional.

It wasn’t too out of the ordinary for Adam to arrive at Noah’s congressional office unannounced, either with business or without, and so when Adam rounded on Noah’s stark, bright, white office, he wasn’t at all surprised to see him ducked over an obscene number of papers.

“It’s Friday night,” Noah said without looking up, barely before Adam had even crossed into the office. As always, the tiny burst of color in the Pride flag deposited in a tourist mug drew Adam’s eye for a long moment before Noah himself did. All Adam could see of him was his brown curls, resolutely held in place even as bent over a desk. “Go party or something.”

“Damn, I didn’t _ think _ this looked like a frat. I knew something was off.” Adam slid into one of the seats across the desk. He had several inches on Noah, but he always felt smaller in those chairs across from the most important legislators in the country. “What’s got you here at eight PM?” Off of Noah’s brief, incredulous look, he amended to _ “this _particular time, I know. You’re salaried. Shouldn’t you…ever go home?”

“I’m trying to get something done so that there’s at least a hope of banning fracking in our lifetimes.”

Adam scoffed quietly, though not for lack of faith in Noah. “Let me know when you’ve cracked the code.”

_ “If, _but sure, I’ll be in contact. Now, why are you here?”

“You didn’t answer my leaving-the-building question.”

Noah’s eyes flickered shut briefly. “Jesus, Adam, I am salaried by the taxpayers of millions of Americans. I’m not going to slack on them.”

“Fine, but don’t make me drag Gansey in here to make you take a long nap and drink some hot soup.”

Adam’s phone buzzed, but he ignored it; despite it being almost 1 am in England, Ronan could presumably take the blame. Noah asked, “Did you catch the Fox town hall last night?”

Adam grimaced. He’d seen part of it, trying to multitask with his macroeconomics homework at the same time, but instead he’d fallen asleep with his head on the laptop screen. “Part of it. It was a shitshow.”

“You can say that again.”

“I honestly thought that Whelk would pull more support from the extremists. He just seemed desperate last night.”

“Oh, he definitely was.” Noah leaned away from his desk, appraising Adam as though considering his words carefully. “We went to school together.”

“Aglionby?” Adam asked. He knit his eyebrows together. “How did I not realize he went there?”

“The school doesn’t exactly love toting him.”

“He’s older than you, though, right?”

“Yes, Adam,” Noah said slowly. “I’m thirty-three. He’s already announced a bid for President. How old do you have to be to run for executive office?”

Adam scowled. “I just came from class, I can’t use my brain. He was a senior when you were a freshman?”

“Yep,” Noah replied. “We were paired in upperclassmen-lowerclassmen bonding.” His lip curled a little. “He outed me.”

“Wait, _ what?” _

“He outed me to the school,” Noah repeated. He looked back down to the papers on his desk, his voice softening to a barely audible level. “I trusted him, which was a dumb thing to do, but I was a really stupid freshman. Scared, too. He was a friendly personality.”

_ “Fuck,” _Adam said, pushing a hand through his hair. “I’m sorry, that’s…”

“Terrible?” A bit of Noah’s life returned to him. “Don’t worry about it, kid. It was years ago.”

“But then…Whelk, he was the reason you…?”

“He didn’t make my parents react the way they did. They did that on their own. But no, they wouldn’t have known without him.”

Adam shook his head. “I thought it wasn’t possible to like the guy less, if only because of his politics, but he’s done it.”

“Done what? Received the full wrath of Adam Parrish?”

“He very well may.”

“Don’t worry about him. Whelk will be out soon, believe me. I know him. He may have his parent’s money, but he’s barely old enough to hold office and he’s running on fumes.”

“If he’s not, I’ll convince Blue to skew stats until he is.” Noah knew just as well as Adam that that wouldn’t change anything, but it lightened the air anyway. “It seems kind of pointless to entertain any of them. Greenmantle is probably going to win no matter what.”

Colin Greenmantle: former antique collector, congressperson from Massachusetts, and millionaire with the funds to take over the Republican primary, and very possibly the whole election, before any papers were even filed.

“It’s early,” Noah said. “Too early to worry about it. Too early to even be _ talking _ about it.”

Adam slanted a half-smile at him. “Never too early to worry about an election.”

Noah looked back to his papers before broaching the next topic. “I hear you’ve got a job on your mother’s re-election campaign.”

“Once I graduate, and maybe a little earlier, yeah.”

Noah cast a glance around the office. “Are you sure this is the life you want?”

Adam knew he was referring to the constant bustle, the fear of disappointing and harming instead of helping, and the ever-evolving media scrutiny. He knew it was the closest Noah would give to a warning. “I’m sure.”

Noah sighed. “Fine.” He pointed to the door. “But I won’t let you throw your youth away, not this early. After you graduate, Parrish. Go get drunk and make out with someone.”

Adam stood, his frame unfolding and standing tall. “You are a terrible role model.”

“Can’t hear you over the loud music.”

“You and Blue and Gansey - if I die of alcohol poisoning, it’s all your fault.”

“Feel free to blame, so long as you’re out there and not here.”

“Alright, alright, Jesus. You’ve made your point.”

“Finally,” Noah called after Adam’s retreating form. But Adam could hear the amusement in his voice all the same.

For someone so allergic and averse to technology, Ronan sure seemed to share a lot with Adam.

_ iMessage chat to _ ** HRH shitty bird boy **

_ Resumed 13 Novemeber, 2019, 8:38 pm _

_ bird.m4a _

_ she wont stop nuzzling my head?? _

_ Picking for lice, probably. _

_ God knows you have so many. _

_ my scalp is perfectly clean _

_ Forgive me for abstaining from running my hands over it all the same. _

_ I’ll leave that to her. _

He didn’t always respond, though.

Adam tried not to read into it.

(He mostly succeeded.)

Adam never tired of stepping into the Oval Office. On the Wednesday right before Thanksgiving, he stepped in with the same amount of awe he always had, allowing himself a single moment to glance around at the wide windows and perfectly upholstered furniture. He sat on one of the couches without preamble.

His mother looked up from what was in front of her on the desk and smiled, albeit a tired one that frayed a bit at the corners; Adam had seen a few particularly troublesome foreign dignitaries be escorted away not long before, so he didn’t have to guess at the reason. Ana looked like she belonged to sit right there amongst all the history at that desk, from the sun dipping just beneath her halo of hair straightened within an inch of its life and her stick-straight posture. It might have been a lot at times, but seeing her was a reminder of all the good that came from her position.

She rose and walked to join him, her heels clacking lightly at the ground before she sank onto the cushion beside him and pulled him into a loose hug. Adam had overtaken Ana in height some years before, but there had been a long gap in there as he grew - like one day he was three and a half feet tall and wrapped tightly in her arms and the next he was off to Georgetown and several heads taller. She pulled away after a minute, slowly and bit-by-bit as though savoring her moments as a mother rather than a president. Her hand reached to muss his hair a moment later, and Adam ducked away instinctively before exchanging an identical grin with her.

“God, I forgot how light your hair looks in here,” she said, leaning back a little. “Almost golden.” She tilted her head as though examining him. “Nah. Still brown. But much lighter.”

“How could you forget? The photo here was in _ GQ, _the same article that first declared me the family golden boy.” At the corner of their conversation was the knowledge of where he’d inherited that hair color, as it sure as hell wasn’t from Ana. But he let the thought stay buried, patting the dirt back down with the shovel himself. Their relationship always had an absence in it, and he didn’t particularly feel like deepening it in the Oval Office.

“Ah, so that’s the one I have to blame for your big head,” she responded, reaching for a piece of fruit from the little coffee table. It was a familiar half-jest, borne from Adam’s constant contradicting confidence and imposter syndrome. Idiosyncrasies were just Adam’s style, never one to make things easy for himself. He sometimes wondered if so much of himself conflicted because he tried to walk the middle road so often, balancing his weight over all sides to minimize the damage if the rug was yanked from beneath him, like lying down on a bed of nails: a thousand tiny, dull pains over one sharp, potentially fatal puncture. She smiled again. “Is Noah doing well?”

“For Noah he is. He would barely look up from some new reports on fracking, seems hopeful he’ll be able to garner enough support.”

Ana snorted. “Good luck with that. I’ll be shocked if it reaches the floor for debate.”

“That makes three of us, then.” He nodded towards the desk. “Bad meeting?”

The frown lines on her face deepened. “Don’t get me started,” she drawled, falling back fully against the cushions. After only a moment, she _ did _ get started regardless of what Adam did or didn’t do. “We received the memo a few days ago that a delegation from Sweden wanted to be in contact, right? Fairly standard stuff, Maura gets back to them quickly because they worded it like it was an urgent matter, and there’s a back and forth for a while about scheduling and accommodations. We’re of the belief they won’t be out here until Monday at the earliest.”

Adam knit his eyebrows together. “It’s not Monday.”

“You fuckin’ tell me. Anyway, I’m halfway through a meeting with a few UN representatives when Maura has to interrupt. They arrived at the White House, claimed they had a meeting, and just…didn’t leave. Evan Maura couldn’t get through to them, which is the thing that scared me a little.”

“You should have put Calla on it.”

“Believe me, if she were here, I would’ve. But as it was, I had to hurry out the UN members to deal with decidedly more antagonistic foreign relations.”

“Why were they even here?”

“They wanted to discuss the military relationship between our countries-”

“What the hell?”

“Yeah, I don’t know,” she said, waving one hand in dismissal. “Any points they were trying to make went straight out the window when they started pulling out cue cards, to be honest. I might have to call Löfven to smooth things over.”

“Well, there’s never a dull moment,” Adam said fairly. His mother snorted.

“Sure isn’t. Anyway,” she said, glancing at her watch, “it’s now Thanksgiving, so no more meetings for twenty-four hours.”

“It’s Wednesday.”

She pulled a face in dismissal. “We take our patriotism seriously, darlin’. Don’t want our home state gettin’ too mad.”

“Of course.”

Ana checked her watch again. “The turkeys will be on their way to the Willard by now, so we’re not ruining any American traditions today.”

“Wait,” Adam said. “Where?”

She looked at him, her eyes narrowing. “The Willard. They stay there every year.”

“What? No. _ No. _You cannot give the turkeys five-star accommodations with taxpayer dollars. You’ve been doing this every year?!”

“It’s public knowledge, sugar. Every news outlet mentions it.”

“How did I not-” Adam cut off. “There is no way you can do that! They’re turkeys! It’s a waste!”

“It’s precedent, Adam. I’m not sure if there’s anything to be done at this point.”

Adam stood quickly, pacing back and forth, and his mother stood behind him. “It’s a _ blatant _waste of money, I’m shocked we haven’t already been-”

“Hon, every president so far has done the same-”

“Imagine the story if we broke the tradition! Even conservatives would have to applaud your frugality-”

“We can’t play games with tradition, you know they already call us disrespectful-”

“-we can’t be using _ taxpayer money-” _

“-by all means, if you have the time to find lodging for two forty-pound turkeys-”

“Put them in my room!” Adam blurted. His mother stopped short.

“You’re not serious,” she said. “We’re not putting the turkeys for me to pardon in your bedroom.”

“Yes, we are.”

“Adam-”

He shifted his feet, coming to a stop. He lifted himself up to his full height. Debate Captain Adam, six-time Best Delegate Adam, and First Son Adam converged into one. His mother barely looked phased.

“Oh, God,” his mother said. “I can’t listen to another sales pitch.”

“Madame President,” Adam began, “I’d like to echo the sentiments of the forebears before me-”

“Nope,” she said, making double-time back to her desk. “You’re not going to filibuster me.”

“In 2018 alone, at least forty-three articles in the Wall Street Journal accused the sitting administration of wasting tax dollars. This came on the heels of a tax increase for Americans making more than ten million dollars per year and the subsequent pushback from a more conservative electorate in Congress.”

“Fine!” Ana said, her hand falling to the desk with a thump. She brought it back up to her head to massage her temple a moment later. “I’m too tired to hear my own history read back at me. You win.”

He sat back down on the couch, crossing his legs primly. “Perfect,” he said, allowing himself to smile once again.

[johnny-and-dora]

safe from the world, though the world may try

71. “...you wanna build a blanket fort?” requested by @stars-my-darling in which amy experiences a cornerstone of the offical jake peralta boyfriend experience. (early relationship, around 3x04)

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Amy Santiago is having a bad day.

It’s bad enough that the Vulture is so awful and grossly misogynistic that he’s making her & Rosa plan his birthday party – what’s worse is that she’s actually committed to the task, unable to disobey her captain’s orders in a way that sends self-loathing flooding through her system. She misses Holt, she misses working actual cases – she even almost misses Gina insulting her pantsuits and shredding important papers.

That’s not what’s really bothering her, though. It’s bad enough that she’s exhausted from the end of an insanely dull work week, but it’s worse that she’s barely seen her sweet, adorable, dorky boyfriend at all despite sharing a desk with him. She sighs, rubbing her temples, barely able to muster up the energy to tidy her coat, shoes and bag away as she flops onto her couch.

She can’t fix the Vulture being their captain, and she can’t fix Holt leaving. But at least there’s something she can do about the other major grievance currently darkening her otherwise rosy life.

To: Jake Peralta, 19:47 Can you come over?

From: Jake Peralta, 19:49 omw, be there in 15 everything okay?? xxx

She tries not to overthink the kisses – really, it’s just three characters, and knowing Jake it could just be a typo – but still, it stutters in her weary heart, affecting enough to invite a gentle sincerity into her answer.

To: Jake Peralta, 19:50 Just tired and stressed out And I really want to see you X

They’re still walking the wire in some ways; it’s still relatively early in their romantic relationship, and while they’re both all in (light and breezy now a distant memory), Amy’s always tended to overthink, intent on crafting the perfect text message as if each interaction is something she can win. This time, however, she presses send before she can even double check for grammatical errors - and already feels lighter when she instantly receives a long string of heart emojis in response.

***

She’s pleasantly surprised when she hears an elaborate rap on her door only twelve minutes later. Amy sinks into him almost as soon as he’s through the threshold, arms instinctively wrapping around her in a warm bear hug.

“Hi,” He says softly, pulling away only so they can go cuddle on the couch together, Amy laying her head on his shoulder “What’s up?”

“Nothing, really. Or nothing new, I’m just so sick of the Vulture. Can you believe he wants me and Rosa to plan his birthday party?” Jake pulls a face, groaning in sympathy.

“That’s so gross.”

“I know. I just miss Holt, and I feel like I haven’t seen you all week and everything just kinda sucks when I don’t see you.” She buries her frown into his hoodie for a moment and is confused when she feels him pulling away.

“Okay.” Jake stands up and clasps his hands together, eyes alight in that way when he’s set on something and won’t stop until he gets it. Amy’s spent years fearing that look. “We’re building a blanket fort.”

“We’re…what?”

“Building a blanket fort. C’mon.”

“So, just to be clear, we’re both starving, exhausted adults in our thirties who haven’t seen each other all week and your solution…is to build a blanket fort.”

“Just trust me. Please, Ames?” He pouts, and any irritation instantly falls to the wayside, her reluctance to create an unnecessary mess in her perfectly organised living room easing with a wave of affection for her boyfriend. She sighs but decides to relent.

“I’ll get the comforter.”

It’s almost immediately worth it for the way he cheers, fist-pumping like he just scored the winning try at the Superbowl.

Jake kicks on some cheesy 80’s pop playlist blasting tinny and crackling from his phone and they get to work, Amy emptying her catalogue of sheets, pillows, quilts and blankets into her arms and on to the floor. She quickly loses herself in the task before her, dragging chairs from her dining table to form a sturdy framework, arranging pillows like a goddamn champion inside.

There’s one moment where she gets really excited about lighting, rushing to the back of her closet to grab her Christmas lights – when she next catches Jake’s eye, he’s looking at her with an unabashed fondness that never fails to spread warmth through her whole body.

As with everything else they do together, they make a great team, and they’re done before Jake can make it through the second verse of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. He beams at her as they step back to admire their handiwork - even she has to admit that it’s a damn good blanket fort, the lights she strung up adding a perfect homely touch.

She’s still curious as to why this is how they’re spending their evening together as they crawl inside, Jake instantly cocooning himself in her favourite fleece blanket. She absentmindedly makes a note to sleep with that one next time they spend a night apart, then cringes at how clingy she’s already become.

“So, pretty cosy, huh. Do you like it?”

“Yeah. I do. I just…why a blanket fort?” She asks, watching him earnestly as he distractedly plays with the strings of his hoodie, trying to form his answer.

“This is what my Nana would do with me when I was scared or stressed out or sad, about my dad or whatever. Gina too, sometimes, if I let her paint my toenails and choose the movie.” Amy smiles at an image of a young Jake and Gina giggling at a sleepover, throwing candy at each other and sharing scandalous gossip.

“I know it’s kinda silly, but…I don’t know. It always helped me, hanging out someplace safe and warm where the rest of the world couldn’t get to you for a little while. So, I thought it might help you too.” He gently nudges his shoulder with hers, a boyish grin lighting up his face. His honesty and simple sweetness send a quiet thrill through her, stomach fluttering with butterflies instead of anxiety.

“It does.” She admits, smiling softly as she reaches up to cup his face, thumbing over the stubble on his jawline. “Thank you, you’re the best.”

She wants to say more, but she doesn’t know quite how to articulate how at home he already is in her heart. So instead, she kisses him, gentle and honey-sweet. For a moment, it’s as if they’re the only two people in the world and she revels in the intimacy she’s been craving all day, deepening the kiss and touching her forehead to his before her eyes dare flutter open again.

“You’re so welcome.” He grins. “I didn’t know you’d be such a pro, though. The structural integrity of this thing is off the charts. It could probably survive an earthquake.”

Amy glows at the sincerity of his compliment. The more she thinks about it, the more she realises that he’s right – she feels safe, in here, wrapped up in blankets with her favourite person in the entire world.

She always feels safe when she’s with Jake – not the dull, boring safe she was with Teddy, or really any of her long-term relationships before him. Instead, it’s a safety, a certainty, a trust that makes her even more willing to leap without looking back.

“Oh, for the record, everything sucks for me too when I don’t get to see you. You just make everything better.” He gestures loosely, sharpening her focus back to the present – she kisses him again, revelling in the perfect tiny blanket paradise they’ve made.

And just when she thought she couldn’t feel more content, Amy catches him tapping “polish takeaway brooklyn” into his phone and beams, pressing a feather-light kiss to his cheek.

This isn’t how she expected dating Jake Peralta to be, and yet now she wonders why. He’s probably the only person who’d think to calm her down by building her a fort, and yet he’s the only person who knows her well enough to be certain that it would work. It’s a solution so simple and effective and completely and utterly Jake, and she makes sure to show him just how much she loves that while they wait for their food to arrive.

The delivery guy knocks on the door not long into their make-out session – Amy is delighted to find she’s not the least bit embarrassed as she hastily thanks him, although she does make sure to tip him a little extra. They chat and laugh together in-between mouthfuls and lay back on the pillows when they’re done, Jake idly and soothingly playing with her hair as she rants.

“Hey, Ames?” He says in a sing-song, playful tone after they’ve slipped into a few moments of comfortable silence.

“Hmm?”

“What are your thoughts vis-à-vis blanket fort sexy times? For or against? Because I think I could make a pretty great case for- “

She smothers his argument with her lips, a neat new trick she’s still very much enjoying – and it’s a true mark of her adept construction skills that when they're done the fort still remains wholly intact.

[notquitecanon]

Christmas Vacation // Spencer Reid x Reader

a little blurb about the reality of big family Christmas that was heavily inspired by National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. 

TW: drug mention

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

____________

You pressed your back against the bedroom door, closing your eyes and taking a calming breath as you prayed to anything out there that your mother would give it a rest. Leaning against the door, you savored the few moments of relative quiet (you could still hear the loud political discussion your uncles were having- both extreme conservatives with all their facts from facebook, your mother and siblings in the kitchen gossiping, and your younger cousins loudly playing edgy music to cover up the Christmas music from downstairs.) You were really beginning to regret coming home for “big, old fashioned, family Christmas”.

“You’re hiding to you?” You heard a familiar voice ask, startling you. Yelping a bit, your eyes shot open to find your boyfriend, Dr. Spencer Reid lurking in your childhood bedroom by your bookcase. “Sorry, didn’t mean to startle you.”

You smiled, crossing the room and collapsing on your old twin sized mattress that you two were sharing for the weekend. The good doctor copied you, flopping down beside you as you sighed, “Yep. My grandmother is convinced that I’m pregnant, and won’t stop giving me advice on a shotgun wedding.”

“W-wait... are..?” Spencer stuttered, leaning upon his elbow to gape at you. Chuckling, you shook your head no, watching his sigh of relief. You were certain you wanted to spend your life with him- but children weren’t on the schedule just yet. 

“Why are you hiding?” You asked, lacing your fingers through his. He squeezed your hand. 

“The Christmas sweater your great-aunt knitted was giving me a heat rash. And your uncle was asking me how much information the FBI had on him- and was asking me to delete it.” He admitted, smiling as he watched you laugh. 

“And a very Merry Christmas from the (Y/L/N) family.” You joked, sitting up. “I’m sorry I dragged you out here for this.”

Spencer followed your movements, “No! I wanted to come. This is your family, this is you! Besides, I very excited for your Aunt’s banana pineapple surprise that seemed to be defying gravity.”

“We’re going to need a vacation from this vacation.” You complained, ignoring his joke about the disgusting casserole waiting downstairs, leaning in so your head tucked onto his shoulder. He chuckled, kissing the top of your head. 

“Besides, tomorrow we fly out to see my mom. So we’ll have a little more alone time.” He promised, rubbing your back. You smiled, pulling back so Spencer could see the mischevious glint in your eyes before getting up and locking the door. 

“Alone time sounds perfect right now.” You winked, crawling back onto the twin bed, it was so small that it didn’t take much effort to be on top of him. He was nodding, already a blushing mess as you leaned down to kiss him. Just as your lips brushed his, something beat against your window. 

“You two better not be making grandkids in there! I’m too young to be a grandfather!” 

In horror, you looked up to see your dad perched on a ladder, a string of Christmas lights in hand. Now your cheeks matched Spence’s (who looked like he wanted to wither away in embarrassment), as you stumbled off your boyfriend. 

“Dad! I’m a grown woman! Besides what are you doing out there!” You hissed, Spencer quickly getting off your bed as well to fix his clothes, and slip the sweltering Christmas sweater on- effectively killing any mood that hadn’t already been killed by your father. 

“Dave across the road put up those reindeer. I will not be outdone by a man who doesn’t even own a leaf blower.” He vowed, shimmying down the latter the angrily staple Christmas lights. You shook your head and threw another hopeless look at your boyfriend, who was already sweating in his knitted apparel. With a forced smile, you tried to be optimistic.

“Well, we haven’t set anything on fire yet, so this is still a success.” 

Later that night, after the tree had been completely put out (it had been a rather unfortunate situation involving hairspray and a cigarette), at Christmas dinner, it was you who wanted to crawl into a hole and die. 

Your father has just cut into a turkey that looked drier than the Sahara, your aunt was a bottle of wine in and scooping a generous helping of Banana Pineapple Surprise onto Spencer’s plate, your mother was quietly scolding you about the neckline of your shirt, and your uncles were complaining about the players that had kneeled at the Superbowl. You had a tight hold on Spencer’s hand under the table, hoping that he would be your lifeline to sanity as your cousin’s rambled in. 

The group of teenagers smelled heavily of pot as they slumped into their chair, all chuckling about something. You decided to ignore this, as you felt you needed some sort of drink or drug to get through the night as well. When your great aunt blessed the food with a startling rendition of God Save the Queen, you thought that would be the worst of it. 

You were wrong. 

So much was happening at once. Your uncles had moved onto to “the gender crisis” and “the war on Christmas”. Your mother was complaining about you not spending Christmas day with them. The weed-ridden cousins were laughing at a video on one of their phones while your drunk aunt loudly announced the latest in her divorce lawsuit. It was when your grandmother asked Spencer about his virility that you decided to put an end to it. 

“Alright, that’s enough!” You began loudly, drawing everyone’s attention, “Uncle Mike, Uncle Hank- stop talking politics until you actually start watching the news. Aunt Tanya, your husband was cheating on you- get a better lawyer. Mom, we already have plane tickets and we’re going to go see Spencer’s mother tomorrow, end of discussion. Grandma, I love you, but I’m not pregnant and don’t plan to be a long time.” You paused before pointing to the teenagers who were wide-eyed at your display (one of them was holding up a camera and you swore if you saw your mental breakdown on tik tok you’d kill one of them), “And you three! Are you serious? Could you not wait for the ACTUAL FBI AGENT to leave before you went out and rolled a blunt? For the love of God and Christmas, can we act like we’ve got some sense in this household? I’d rather my family not scare off my boyfriend.” 

You paused to take a breath and a sip of the wine by your plate, “Hallelujah, Holy Shit!” 

Already leaving your place at the table, you pinched the bridge of your nose, “Where’s the Tylenol?” 

As you left the dining room you could hear their murmurs, and you already felt guilty for unloading all of that- but also fairly relieved. After a quick breather in your bathroom (and two Tylenol swallowed), you decided it was time to rejoin your family. Knowing them, they’ll probably act like nothing even happened. You thought as you shook your head, Poor Spence, I left him down there to fend for himself. 

To your surprise, Spencer was just outside the bathroom door hand held up like he was just about to knock and your glass of wine in the other, “Hey, sweetheart, you ok?”

You suppressed a laugh, he only called you pet names when he thought you were really upset. You leaned up and kissed his cheek, “I’m fine. Really. It’s not Christmas if at least one family member has a come apart at the table.”

He sighed in relief, “It was pretty awkward for a second. Then your cousins all gave me ridiculous excuses about the pot smell. And then it was back to normal.”

“Sounds about right, but we still haven’t had to call an emergency service yet, so I’m still counting it as a win. My crazy family hasn’t scared you off yet, has it?” You asked, wrapping your arms around his waist after gratefully taking the red wine out of his hand. Feeling his head shake as his arms wrapped around you, you listened to his words as they vibrated his chest. 

“I spent Christmas with Derek and his family one year, and in the same year spent New Years with Garcia. Your family doesn’t even top my list.” Spencer assured you, “Also did you know that emergency calls spike by 47% in the period between December 23 and Jan 2- within that 47%, 1/2 are alcohol-related, 1/4 are house fires caused by holiday decorations, and 1/4 are domestic disputes between family members.”

You laughed aloud that time, it’s not a Spencer Reid Christmas without some random inane fact. You thought as you looked up to him. “Maybe we won’t be in that 47% this ye-”

You were interrupted by a sharp scream, a lot of yelling, and the easily identified voice of your aunt screaming, “Quick, someone call 911!”

“And nevermind.” You sighed, already moving to run downstairs, but pausing at the doorway, “Hey, Spence...”

He was right behind you, staring at you quizzically as the noise of chaos floated up from downstairs. Your family was hectic, but you wouldn’t have it any other way- and Spencer was in the middle of it all, taking it in stride. 

“Merry Christmas, I love you.”

__________________

This is bad but honestly, this is how 90% of my holiday goes. I wish Spencer was around to witness the chaos. 

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random & obscure questions

1: What eye color do you find sexiest? 2: White, milk, or dark chocolate mocha? 3: If you could get a Sharpie tattoo on your back, what would it be? 4: Did you grow up in a small or big town? Did you like it? 5: Your favorite adult as a child? (and not your parents, if they were your favorite) 6: What kind of smoothie sounds really good right now? 7: Most embarrassing moment from your elementary school years? 8: Most embarrassing moment from your middle school years? 9: Most embarrassing moment from your high school years? 10: Pirates or ninjas? Why?

11: Have you ever climbed a tree more than twenty feet off the ground? 12: Did you like swinging as a child? Do you still get excited when you see a swing set? 13: If you could have any pet in the world, illegal or not, what would you get? 14: What's your most favorite part of your body? 15: What's your most favorite part of your personality? 16: Madonna or Lady Gaga? Neither? Both? Who cares? 17: Have you ever watched the Superbowl all the way through? 18: Have you ever watched any major sporting event drunk? 19: What's the most delicious food you've ever eaten in your life? 20: Margarine or butter? Which did you grow up with? 21: Whole, skim, 1%, or 2% milk? (Did you know they make 1 1/2% milk?) 22: Which continents have you been on? 23: Do you get motion sickness? Any horror stories? 24: Backpacks or satchels? 25: Would you wear a rainbow jacket? A neon yellow sweater? Checkered pants? 26: What was your favorite cartoon growing up? 27: If you had to have a cow or a pig, which would you take? Why? 28: If you had to look at one city skyline for the rest of your life, which would it be? 29: Longest plane ride you've ever been on? 30: The latest you've ever slept? 31: Would you buy a sweater covered in kitten pictures? Would you wear it if someone gave it you for free? 32: Do you pick at scabs? 33: Favorite kind of bean? Kidney? Black? Pinto? 34: How far can you throw a baseball? 35: If you had to move to another country, where would you move? 36: Have you ever eaten Ethiopian food? Vietnamese? Korean? Nepalese? How was it? 37: Small, liberal arts school or public university? Why? 38: A relationship with love or one with sex? 39: Do you eat enough vegetables? 40: Do you like horror movies? How about thrillers? 41: Would you scratch a crotch itch in public? 42: Do you swear in front of your parents? 43: Coolest thing you've ever been for Halloween? 44: If you could change your natural hair color, would you? To what? 45: Do you want to get married? Have kids? 46: Do you use a reusable water bottle? If not, you should. 47: City or nature person? 48: Have you ever used something other than "makeup" as makeup? (Like paint? Markers?) 49: Can you walk well in high heels? Even if you're a guy? 50: Post 5 awesome facts about yourself. BRAG AWAY!

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[mrsalwayswrite]

I was tagged by @softspeirs thank you! 

1. what is the color of your hairbrush? black

2. name a food you would never eat. eels...just no to everything abut them. 

3. are you typically too warm or too cold? cold, definitely. I am always wearing socks and usually sleep under three blankets at least. 

4. what were you doing 45 minutes ago? trying to convince my toddler to go to bed. 

5. what’s your favorite candy bar? Milky Way????

6. have you ever been to a professional sports game? I think when i was a kid, though it was more of a local “professional” baseball team. 

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7. what is the last thing you said out loud? “good night” to my husband

8. what is your favorite ice cream? ummm....depends on my mood. 

9. what was the last thing you had to drink? Synergy kombucha (strawberry serenity if you must know)

10. do you like your wallet? it does its job. 

11. what is the last thing you ate? couple small oranges i think

12. did you buy any new clothes last weekend? hahaha....no

13. what’s the last sporting event you watched? last year’s Superbowl??? 

14. what is your favorite flavor of popcorn? kettlecorn!! 

15. who is the last person you sent a text message to? my mom lol

16. ever been camping? Yes! when i was a kid that was what my family did for vacations. pack up the pop-up camper and go to state parks.

17. do you take vitamins? still taking a postnatal right now. 

18. do you regularly attend a place of worship? yep...though cuz of COVID we’ve been watching it on TV. 

19. do you have a tan? hahaha...that’s cute. 

20. do you prefer Chinese or pizza? nope...can’t answer that. depends on the day. 

21. do you drink your soda through a straw? i don’t drink soda

22. what color socks do you usually wear? i love my silly socks. my current ones are white with multicolor tips and say “treat yo self”. the ones i wore earlier today have a sloth on an inner tube holding an umbrella drink. i know. epic, right?

23. do you ever drive above the speed limit? only like 5 or so over.

24. what terrifies you? um, we might need a therapy session if we start down this road. but i’ll say snakes and lizards

25. look to your left, what do you see? my cell phone, kombucha and a baby monitor... livin’ on the wild side

26. what chore do you hate most? mopping

27. what do you think of when you hear an Australian accent? “please keep talking...”

28. what’s your favorite soda? can lemonade count? or root beer?

29. do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? usually drive thru

30. what’s your favorite number? 27 1/2

31. who’s the last person you talked to? husband

32. favorite meat? chicken??

33. last song you listened to? Sing by Pentatonix

34. last book you read? oh gosh, i don’t remember the title but it was about the pros and cons of all these new homeopathic/natural “fads” (i never finished it)

35. favorite day of the week? saturday

36. can you say the alphabet backwards? nope

37. how do you like your coffee? Sweet, dash (or several dashes) of liquid creamer

38. favorite pair of shoes? slippers or my short cowboy boots

39. time you normally get up? depends on when the baby or toddler wakes up, i have no normal time anymore

40. what do you prefer, sunrise or sunsets? both??

41. how many blankets on your bed? at the moment, 3 sheet, comforter and my John Deere fleece blanket 

42. describe your kitchen plates. round, white with small blue design around edge

43. describe your kitchen at the moment. messy...just....yeah, messy

44. do you have a favorite alcoholic drink? my go-to is whiskey straight, but i sip on it FOREVER

45. do you play cards? yeah

46. what color is your car? black

47. can you change a tire? nope and i really need to do something about that

48. your favorite state or province? i’ll always love South Carolina cuz that’s where i grew up. i miss the beach a lot

49. favorite job you’ve had? not sure. i worked at a coffee shop for a while with a super great crew and always looked forward to going in cuz of the fun we would have. 

I’ll tag @evelynshelby @wexhappyxfew @happyveday @obipoelover @lauwrite1225 (if you want to - feel free to ignore!)