#the-paper-apricot

[maureensmistress]

put 5 songs you listen to, post it, then send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers <333

Galileo - Indigo Girls

Molecules - Hayley Kiyoko

The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles

Doing Better - Fletcher

Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles

Thank you so much!!! <333

[tillthereweretangents]

I love all the Icke Braun samizdat, it's wonderful to read, and often very naive and lovely.

Yours impatiently, etc.

Thanks so much for your ask @the-paper-apricot, it's very encouraging!

Icke is a real favourite of ours. We hope to have more information soon as we get translations for the rest of his book and the other book we got recently.

In the meantime, we're working on a few other tangents that we hope you will also find interesting. Getting an ask like this will really help give us the boost we need to get those posted, so thanks again!

@arewetheoysters @ilovedig

[i-am-the-oyster]

Milky Way & Meteor Shower 🌠

Milky way- what is your favorite summer activity?

Looking for mining bees! Solitary bees that dig holes to make nests. We have about 80 species in Ireland. My favourites are Andrena clarkella (the one that started my hyperfixation) and the male of Andrena cineraria (he looks like he has a silver mohawk).

It's a very calm, slow activity, that I didn't dedicate nearly enough time to this year. There's something about the patience required that's very healing.

Meteor shower- do you have any lucky objects or superstitions?

The closest I can think of is my affinity for rainbows. It's kind of a long and private story, not for tumblr, but rainbows have often signified good things and right paths for me.

Thanks @the-paper-apricot!

[quinnallerton]

Random asks (just answer what you want, of course):

Name your favourite place to buy vinyls.

Do you like playing 45s? A lot of people really only collect LPs.

Do you ever wish you could skip a track on an LP? (I do! I go and make a drink when there's a song I don't like. Looking at you, 'What Goes On'.)

Shout out a word, at random, right now. Now tell us what it was. :)

Take care. :)

1. I go all over. If I’m traveling through a town, I’ll search for an antique store of record store. There are 3 good one’s near me. I usually walk away with 3-12 LPs each visit. Whoops.

2. I have some 45s I play once in a while, but mostly collect LPs

3. Yes and no. Part of the appeal to me when buying vinyl is finding an artist/ song you like and listening to more than just the ‘known’ track. I’ve been blown away by some random albums I’ve picked up for a few dollars. And have been underwhelmed by others I paid a decent amount for. If we are talking strictly Beatles and solo projects, not all are hits, but I listen regardless for the familiarity.

4. I can’t shout. Everyone is asleep and I don’t want to wake them 😉

[pepperbenmin666]

Art dump

[artgletic]

apripop

[sodastarpop]

actually getting into watercolour with the right materials

this was a little practice :]

[whirlwindav]

Tagged by @the-paper-apricot . Hi 👋🏼 you're so awesome and amazingly talented! Thank you for tagging me 💕

Rules: answer and tag people you want to get to know better and/or catch up with!

Favourite colour: They’re all wonderful but I’m particularly fond of Blush Pink, Forest Green and Burnt orange.

Last song: 'Don’t Let It Bring You Down’ by Paul McCartney and wings. 🪽

Last movie: I’m always watching new movies, my latest viewing was Election (1999).

Currently reading: The Night Circus By Erin Morgenstern.

Currently watching: Sadly nothing at the moment but I’m eyeing Mad Men. 👀

Currently craving: Dark chocolate covered figs and a good rest.

Tea or coffee: I cannot choose between two legends! If I’m craving tea, I’ll have a matcha or mint tea. But if I want a coffee then a hazelnut truffle mocha is a must.

I tag @sleeper9 & @jarsfullofstarrs no pressure, just think y’all are great! 😊 💌

[cocteautwinslyrics]

girls after staying up for 36 hours using a single energy drink🥫

[weirdgirlvampire]

Got the phlur sample set that I’ve been wanting for so long and I’m so fucking excited they all smell so good I can’t wait to become a brand new person

[henrydemarcus]

Apricot Muffins These are moist and chewy. I sometimes add 1/2 cup of dates as well as the apricots. A family favorite!

[louvictork]

Apricot Muffins These are chewy and moist. Sometimes I combine the apricots and dates with 1/2 cup of dates. favored by the family! 1 cup boiling water, 1/4 cup vegetable oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 cup melted butter, 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 cup buttermilk, 1 cup chopped dried apricots, 1 egg, 3/4 cup white sugar

[tillthereweretangents]

Hiya, just a point about Paul singing "After You've Gone": I was just listening again to the Peebles interview Paul did to promote Tug of War, and at one point near the end his song publishing interests are touched upon. One of the old standards he recently acquired was... "After You've Gone".

What I don't know is the timeline, i.e. did he acquire it late 70s and that's why it occurred to him to record a version himself (i.e. not necessarily a personal attraction) or, feeling a pull toward that song, did he decide to see if he could get it into his publishing portfolio? My guess is the former.

This is a great point! Paul has said that he invested in music publishing because music is what he's passionate about.

We agree that it's more likely this came into his possession and that got him thinking about it, rather than the other way around. It seems likely that pursuing a specific song wasn't something he did often, and that he was mostly directed by what became available.

The post in question

Thanks for the ask, and sorry it took us so long to respond!

[i-am-the-oyster]

7 and 19 for the Beatles asks. :)

Oooh, spicy ones! Thanks @the-paper-apricot :)

7. What makes RPF okay/what doesn't if you disagree with it?

I know I had a decent internal debate about this when I first got into this fandom. I probably would have been able to give a more coherent answer then, because now I'm mostly "I decided it's fine, so it's fine" and have forgotten most of the details of my own reasoning :)

That said I think that we all engage in RPF all the time. The representations we have of other people in our minds are necessarily fictions. When we speculate about how certain events went down we're doing the same thing as RPF. No one seriously questions Michael Lindsay-Hogg's right to make Two Of Us, and that is unquestionably fan-fiction. If Ao3 was a male-dominated space and RPF was male-coded I doubt there would be any question about it to be honest.

I've also gotten a lot more tolerant in my old age. There's stuff on Ao3 that I find deeply squicky, but whatever gets you through the night, you know?

19. Was John's activism pure narcissism or simply misguided?

Can I just say, I love the way this one is phrased so much. There is no room for his activism being meaningful and good. Which ... fair.

I think it was enthusiastic and largely well-meant at the time. But I'd be willing to bet he was embarrassed later by how egotistical it all was. I wonder if Yoko's answer to that Hitler question was the first thing that made him question his choices.

[quinnallerton]

Hello, here are some Beatles asks for you to enjoy thinking over:

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Do you remember the first song by The Beatles that you heard? How did it make you feel?

2. What is your favourite moment in any of the Beatles films?

3. If I could offer you the use of a time machine, would you see The Beatles perform in Hamburg in 1962, or on the rooftop in 1969?

Ooooh. These are good ones- you go next @the-paper-apricot

1. Love Me Do- my dad had a cassette of the ‘red album’ that was released in the 70s. I remember making a rude remark on a road trip about my dad’s ‘old music’. Amazing how these boys consume my mind on a daily basis since I was 12 years old.

2. I recall getting that butterfly feeling in my belly watching John sing “I Should Have Known Better” to Pattie Boyd and the other school girls in AHDN. From that point on, I was a John girl.

3. Hamburg. No comparison. -The real rock n’ roll, the sweat, the sex, the leather, the art, the fighting. Oof, I’d do anything to be a bar fly at the Kaiserkeller watching these feral boys scream into the microphone night after night on pills and beer. It’s probably the thirsty cougar in me, but I’d absolutely let them all hit it.

[luveline]

i NEED anything with glasses reid or munch reid i’m literally frothing at the mouth 🙏

ty for ur request :D fem!reader

"Emily," you say weakly. "What is that?" 

Emily looks up from her desk, clearly desperate for a distraction, the lip of her coffee mug against painted lips. "What's what?" 

"That." You point. You feel sick to your stomach. "That right there." 

"Oh," Emily says happily. "You finally noticed. Yeah, Spence forgot to renew his contact prescription. He has to wear glasses for two weeks." 

Spencer stands by the photocopier with a perturbed frown, clicking a button, then another. His brow is furrowed and his hair is falling into his eyes. He has the stupidest, dorkiest, prettiest face, and practically every expression he makes has you weak in the knees.

"That long?" you ask. 

Derek looks up in concern at your pained tone, following the line of your eyes. When he realises what it is that's hurt you so, he skirts around the desk to shake your shoulder. "You could always tell him how you feel. I'm sure he'd keep the lenses forever if he knew you liked them." 

"I don't like them," you say. You sound faraway to your own ears. You hate them. They're gonna be your demise. 

Spencer runs a fingertip across the photocopier's screen, in his own world as the machine finally begins to chug out whatever it is he'd been wanting a duplicate of. The frames of his glasses sit snug on his nose. You can tell from even this distance that the lenses make his eyes look a tiny bit smaller. You could probably point out a misplaced freckle if he asked you to.

"Don't be cruel, he looks cute," Emily teases. 

Spencer collects his papers, shuffling them into a straight line as he makes his way back to the bullpen. You pretend to take interest in Emily's things. She sips her coffee too nonchalantly. Derek doesn't even bother pretending. 

"What?" Spencer asks, swift to spot your suspicious behaviours. "Is it the glasses?" 

You wince. "Of course not. You look… you look really nice, Spence." 

"You know he used to wear 'em every day?" Derek asks.

You would've died. "Before I joined?" 

"For a few years," Spencer says, looking you over. "You're unhappy. Is something wrong?" 

He looks to Derek and Emily for confirmation. Emily stutters for an answer while Derek laughs in the background, "She– you know. She just– She missed breakfast!" 

Spencer pushes his glasses up his nose by the leg and drops his copies onto the desk. "I have dried apricot in my bag. Two seconds." 

He bends over his chair to retrieve his bag from under the desk. Your eyes blow wide at his position, the sudden demonstration of well-fitted pants. Derek's laugh echoes up to the eaves. 

"And he has that twenty four seven," Emily says against the rim of her coffee. 

You scrunch your eyes closed and tilt your head back. After a few seconds, a hand touches your elbow gently, a hesitance that comes with only one member of the BAU. "You okay?" Spencer asks. 

"I'm okay. Headache," you lie. 

Spencer presses the apricot into your hands. "Maybe you should see an optician. You know they can tell if you have a brain tumour from one photo of your sclera?" He smiles morbidly, his glasses slipping down his nose. "They measure the size of your optic disk. It takes less than a minute. I can give you the name of my doctor, if you want. She's nice. Not as nice as you." 

Your throat is so dry you can't form words to answer him. He doesn't judge your rigid nodding. 

"I'll write down the number for you. And, Y/N?" 

"Yeah?" you choke out. 

"You look really nice today, too." 

Emily has to kick you in the leg to bring you back to earth. Stupid Spencer. Stupid lovely glasses.