#thehumans

[dogg724]

The Humans (2021) ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆

[tamarabeck]

The Humans, the movie

It was a little dystopic but The Humans, the play was an easily enjoyed study into family dynamics. On stage, it moved at a relaxed pace. On screen, it feels frozen in the moments. And a little like it’s going nowhere. The film is directed by Stephen Karam who has made a fantastic and extraordinary success of the one-act play he wrote. The Humans in its inaugural season was a Broadway…

[sunwisecircle]

Hii! Is it ok to message you to talk about linguistics?

Yes but I am terrible about replying. Like I know you messaged me a while back and then I never found anything about the topic and then I was like oh I should message her to talk about it and then I didn't because it was so long ago and was embarrasing at that point. I was about to say 'you know how I am' but like... you probably don't. I guess you could look at the lag time for that one post asking if I could translate a thing into Old English but I can't find it

[scribesandvibes]

#REIMAGINEYOURLIBRARY! Librarians, musicians, poets, writers, illustrators, and intellectuals set to gather for an #AfricanAmericanReadIn at #CentralLibrary in Atlanta. Join us for a #BlackHistoryFestival. Enjoy #livejazz, a #storytimeconcert, #authortalks, #poetryreadings, and #openmic performances. The February 25, 2023, #BlackHistoryMonthFestival focuses on the theme, #SENTIMENTSOFSANKOFA, in an effort to celebrate history, heritage, and #thehumanities. The cultural experience takes place from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. It is free and open to the public and patrons are free to use paid public parking, rideshares, and/or #Marta. rsvp: scribesandvibes.com (#linkinbio) -Stevie #historyheritageandhumanities ・・・ Sponsored in part by @fulcolibrary and @poetswriters. ・・・ #scribesandvibes • #authorshour • #rhythmandrhymes • #rhythmandrhymesstorytime • #AARI23 • #georgialibraries • #fulcolibrary ・・・ #THINKBEYONDTHEBOOKS #storytimeatthelibrary #jazzatthelibrary #authorsatthelibrary #openmicatthelibrary https://www.instagram.com/p/CpEHo6fgtlv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[authorshour-blog]

#REIMAGINEYOURLIBRARY! @rgregorychristie set to host #authorshour during #rhythmandrhymes #AfricanAmericanReadIn at #CentralLibrary; located at One Margaret Mitchell Square in Atlanta. Join us for a #CrafternoonCentral experience. Enjoy #cartooning, #bookbinding, and the cultural heritage of #jazz. The February 25, 2023, #BlackHistoryMonthFestival focuses on the theme, #SENTIMENTSOFSANKOFA, in an effort to celebrate history, heritage, and #thehumanities. The cultural experience takes place from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. It is free and open to the public and patrons are free to use paid public parking, rideshares, and/or #Marta. rsvp: popupstorytime.com (#linkinbio) -Stevie #historyheritageandhumanities ・・・ Sponsored in part by @fulcolibrary, @libraryoutloud, and @scribesandvibes. ・・・ #scribesandvibes • #rhythmandrhymesstorytime • #AARI23 • #georgialibraries • #fulcolibrary https://www.instagram.com/p/Co2e69yrmzG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[actionfigures118]

The main hero from #Avatar in a new statue by Iron Studios!

[steelcityreviews]

AN INTERVIEW WITH DUNDAS LITTLE THEATRE’S MATTHEW WILLSON, DIRECTOR OF “THE HUMANS”

I had the pleasure of a virtual interview with Dundas Little Theatre’s Matthew Willson who will be directing the first of their 2022-2023 season with his vision of The Humans, a Tony Award winning play by Stephen Karem. The Humans tells the story of the quintessential family reunion: a group of people who love each other but still wrestle with basic human fears: old age, abandonment, poverty, and death. Matthew shared insights on his inspiration for set, combating the ongoing challenges of illness during production and the anticipation of bringing this piece to Dundas in a few short weeks!

WHERE: Dundas Little Theatre - Garstin Centre for the Arts, 37 Market Street South, Dundas, Ontario

WHEN: October 28, 29 November 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 at 8:00 p.m.

Matinee performances: November 6 & 13, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.

FOR TICKETS AND MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT:  Tickets at Dundas Little Theatre

THE INTERVIEW:

SCG: What inspired your company to produce this show? What inspires you generally when directing shows?

MW: I had approached The Players’ Guild about producing it, but they went in another direction. My wife and I saw the play in New York a handful of years ago now. I am certainly glad Dundas Little Theatre chose it as part of their season.  As for “what inspires me when directing” - I need to feel inspired long before I start rehearsals.  I’m really inspired by the cast and the crew. When creating a production, all levels of the team need to be equally invested. I’m lucky to have this group right now.

SCG: Dundas Little Theatre is no stranger to impressive set designs for their productions. Describe your vision for the set in "The Humans" and how it has influenced or changed the direction of this show.

MW: From day one I pressed the importance of this set for this piece. It is, perhaps, the main character. Designing the set was a pretty cool process for us involved. John Bello, David Faulkner-Rundle and I designed it right there on the theatre floor during a 12 minute meeting. We used a tape measure and some tape and an old donut bag to draw on.

It was an odd process, but the set is really evolving!

SCG: What have been some challenges in bringing your show to life and how have you overcome them?

MW: Like any artistic project, problems always arise. We’ve had to make cast changes, a COVID scare and for the first time in my life, I became sick… I spent more than a week in hospital and I’m adjusting to new beginnings and medication as I write this piece.

SCG: What has been rewarding about directing this play?

MW:  So far, its been a reward for me to even get to go to rehearsal. This is a very cool and raw piece of material and the way that we’re approaching it and our interpretation of it , I feel is going to go over well. Our cast and crew are building the entire production each rehearsal. And every rehearsal takes an incredible amount of focus. The performers are pretty tired afterwards. I told them at our first pre production meeting that on opening night, they'd be like athletes performing this one.

SCG: For those unfamiliar with "The Humans," how will this show speak to audiences in the Hamilton area or audiences in general?

MW: I am not sure that I’m I can properly convey the entire premise of this story, but I do know this: the play “The Humans” is holding a mirror to our society…

Thank you Matthew. Be sure to check out the season opener for Dundas Little Theatre. Tickets are on sale as of October 7! Steel City Girl will be reviewing the production on October 28!

[jaxfromthatcircus]

Hey, it's me and this is my blog

SO guess what? I found acess to one of those funky computers that Caine keeps in secret... And made this! Isn't it cool? Eh, not like I have anything better to do anyways.

So I guess you people from the interneet can send me some cool asks about how things are going here, I just won't spill secrets okay?

...Who am I kidding, of course I will.

Warnings!

Be aware that the person behind this blog IS AN ADULT and so is the character, mod is 19 and Jax is 22. Do NOT send me anything sexual if you're a minor. This blog may contain sexual or suggestive jokes and is considered 16+.

Be mindful that this blog is both based in canon AND headcanons, so some stuff might not be completely "in character". If you see something that you dislike, remember that the character IS an asshole but also the mod's just having fun with it lol don't need to harass anyone because of a silly gag.

This blog may contain mentions of drug and alcohol use as well as heavy topics like mental breakdowns, panic, and similar. Suicidal topics will be kept to a minimum but may always happen, so viewer discretion is advised.

Meet the crew!

You can check out other blogs that I mainly interact with here! Amazing masterlist by yours @ask-abstracted-kaufmo truly, go give em some love!!

Why did you not answer me?

If I did not answer your ask yet, there might be a reason:

- I'm sleeping or working

- I am searching for a more appropriate answer to the question (if it relates to canon stuff)

- There was an exactly same ask sooner so I'm killing two birds with one stone

- I'm editing an image for the ask

- I'm not following the order or the asks for a funny reason

- Too many asks, mod is sorry for this one-

- Update March 24: hhhh not great era, I'm sorry if I may take long but managing life has been crazy rn

The children!

So far we have 9 kid anons that Jax is caring for

That doesn't mean you can't make your own silly anons to interact too, bring your ocs, it's fine! This is just a list of adopted children.

[Last update on 22/04/2024]

So far, we got:

cool anon

foreheadkisser

clown

lav

sleepy

strawberry

patchwork

pastel

phoenix

Roleplaying

"This is how Jax talks! Hi darlin' ;)"

This is how we're gona describe actions and anything that is not to be said out loud.

[mod coffee: and this is how yours truly, mod coffee, will appear here once in a while! hello ;) ]

Extras!

Other blogs also ran by me are @jaxrabbitoid-thehuman, @dogday-shines-bright and @ask-theredcrown check it out if you feel like it!

I made a mod blog where you can reach out to me! It's @mod-coffee-is-here!

[fukuzawa-armeddaddyagency]

*forming a pile of 3 kids on top of Fukuzawa in bed*

- @baby-tears @kitten-intheruemorgue @karl-thehuman

What is happening

[silly-queer-headcanons]

Snufkin from the Moomin series is aroace!

Requested by: @blyth-thehuman !

[that-cool-human]

[in groupchat]

Im going to Pizza Hut anyone want anything??

@the-human-strawberry @jaxrabbitoid-thehuman @codebreaker-humanau

[the-human-strawberry]

"Uhhh hey Strabz?"

He sounds worried.

"You're been uhh.. Crying.. A lot today... Something about a character? What's wrong kiddo?"

☆Jax (@jaxrabbitoid-thehuman)

Oh- I'm fine, I just watched the newest episode of this show, and uh... lot's of shit happened. Tye freed Calliope, almost dying in the process, Strawberry Patchwork and Phoenix are still in that one game with Mari, I think Moth got stabbed twice this episode (Caim's an asshole), Puppet got a thumbtack through his arm, aaaand a lot more. Am I talking too much???

[hildathesaint]

Tag 9 People you want to get to know better!

3 ships: yumikuri, Wenclair, Diakko

Last song: Vineyard valentine- Adeline Troutman

Last movie: Avatar 2

Last show: Flip Flappers

Last meal/snack: those crispy corn kernels lol

Currently reading: Black Beauty

Favorite flower: Imphepho

Currently craving: Miso soup!

now your turn ;)

Nine tags:

@demigoddisaster @salemsgrave @teawiththegods @darkacademymf @dionysian-bf @blyth-thehuman @goatjoy @henasse @princesmeadow

[ladyarjuna]

"Still, I'm not sure-- Iren, what did you mean when you said that we might not all be alive?"

Iren put his head in his hands. He'd known all along that it was a distinct possibility he wasn't going back to his own body. "Think about it. We've been here for two weeks as it stands. If it was a neurohelm malfunction... Then our bodies are still back home, asleep. Now, there's been some major advances in medicine-- but thehuman body has a very strict set of needs. Three days for water. A month for food. And that's if our bodies don't atrophy to nothing. Right?"

"... Right." Rose was contemplative, as they headed back to Fort Cragg for the night.

~ ~ ~

"-- Speaking of... You mentioned neurohelm malfunctions, earlier, Iren. How much do you know about how they work?" Rose was two cups in and her eyes were already starting to slump right along with herposture. Might as well tell a bedtime story, then.

Still, Iren pondered where to begin when it came to Neurohelmets and the interface and routing. "Well, let's start with a riddle: How fast is the Sun, as Io sees her?"

One of teh people they'd rescued, Meredith-- fellow Adventurers, all of them-- was the one who hazarded a guess. "-- The speed of light? 186,000 miles per second."

"Good. That's how fast light pulses through a fiber optic cable. And if the cable were perfectly straight, and had no attenuation, we could run them across the world and communication would still be a quarter second each way," Iren said, sketching in the air with his hands. "Of course, nothing's as fast as that. The world isn't flat, light cables don't have zero attenuation and need to repeat their signal, and all signals need to reach the correct destination. This is the source of lag."

As expected, Rose had already started to doze off.

".... Then how do VRMMO's work?" Meredith asked, knotting her brow. "I'm pretty sure plugging that much lag into your brain is not a good idea."

"You're right. early VR had a lot of problems, not least of which was that they didn't hook directly into the nervous system and therefore had serious problems with motion. Neurohelms solved that part," Iren continued. "And we came up with regulations about what Neurohelms were allowed to do after.... a lot of history and safety regulations I SUPER don't want to get into right now. If it weren't for the Plagues it probably never would have been done.

"So how do we do it? We cheated."

Now, Marin Malakh, a self-admitted native to Mundus, but familiar with its magic, spoke up. "...my first thought is to imagine some kind of spatial magic. Shorten the distance between two points, somehow. But... you all didn't have breathworking as we know it, did you?"

Iren nodded. "You're absolutely correct, Marin. On all counts. There's only a few ways to cheat space 'back home'. And one of them is what's called a 'quantum router' or 'quantum tunnel'-- you convince two small pieces of the world that they are the same piece, and so long as you have the...

Iren paused. "The correct environment, and nothing comes around to ask them who they are, they don't question it. No matter how far away those pieces turn out to be. It's that 'correct environment' that's the real bastard.

"I don't know all the details myself, I never made one. But it's the foundation of modern connection." Iren paused again, letting his nerves stop jangling. He hadn't tried to recall it for weeks, and now he was being asked while drunk-- though not as drunk as all that, Flamma hath her gifts-- to recall all of it in a coherent manner, and he was always a nervous speaker. "Even then, it's lying on top of a backbone of fiber-optic cable and routers. The stuff I did work with.

".... Considering that. There should be lag, but there isn't.

"That's.

"That's very important.

"I just wish I knew how it was important."

Marin steered the conversation back around, and Iren let sier do it. "...you mentioned, before, that these 'neuro-helms' came with warnings about how to use them."

"Yes. Disconnecting them manually has a tendency to render the user..." Iren paused. With Marin being a native, and most of this explanation intended to be followed by a native, merely saying 'brain-dead' is not the right kenning. "It severs body and mind. The heart ticks, the lungs breathe, but they never wake again and waste away."

"The psyche (and aura?) removed from the anima and pneuma...." Marin paused, head low to the table a moment in thought. Iren still had trouble reading Koboldt expressions, though given he had literally spent all his life among what here would be called 'Andrax' it was likely unsurprising. "Then... wouldn't that the 'neuro-helm' is somehow transporting the psyche out of flesh and blood and breath? And removing it improperly somehow prevents its return? But that sounds like astral projection. Magic, again."

There was a long moment of silence as Iren pondered the riddle, or at least, as silent as it ever got in the inn since they'd arrived-- plenty of people streaming in and out of the place and having their own conversations filled the gap.

Finally, he said, ".... I'm going to preface this by saying that this is so far out of my expertise that I might as well reach to catch the moon in my hand."

Marin grimaced, but let Iren speak first.

"But at home it is known that the same signals we use to create the pulses of light on that fiber-optic cable are mimicked in extremely minute amounts in our bodies-- a reaction that creates what here is termed the psyche." Iren took a draw of his pearry and sighed. "So far as I know, no one has ever managed to take all those disparate signals, the maintaining of body and breath, the seat of thought and volition-- and transfer them any distance at all from the flesh.

"I can't say for sure it's impossible, but... It's far-fetched. It would require... A lot of work, and a lot of mediation, and if any of the hundreds of thousands of messages were mislaid or ruined...

"I don't want to be the entity that would have to handle those errors." The thought drove Iren to have the rest of the bottle.

Marin let out a hiss at that last sentence. "...I have my own suspicions. My own... fears.

"Your neuro-helms allowed the psyche to somehow transcend the limits of space. But the miracle has been, somehow, disrupted." Marin also pointed to the jewel on Iren's ear. "Something's also gone wrong with the Sendjewels. Again, magic that was meant to achieve locality where there was none. They still work, but they no longer transcend the limits of space.

"There's an old saying: once is bad luck, twice is worse luck, thrice means it wasn't luck at all."

Iren set down the bottle rather harder than he had originally intended. "And we already know the Webways are dead. May I have another, please?"

Marin watched Iren, carefully. "...when you invoke the Fourteen, do you ever get the sense that they're looking back at you? The gods, I mean."

Iren rubbed his face in contemplation and creeping exhaustion. For all he'd been ready to hit the road again, maybe the old Orukh had had the right of it. "... A few times. Mind you, being of Flamma means I usually have to take something suspicious to really get going."

"You're not the only one." Marin paused, pulling back, and then said-- "I should be clear: The Fourteen, and the other one, are not native to my own homeland. We don't worship them there, for the most part. But, in this... more-connected age, their influence has begun to be felt.

"I came to this land, originally, to understand them better. To figure out if I could trust them or not. But I did not expect them to notice me as it seems they have." Marin looked among the troupe as she stood, and hummed. "I am beginning to wonder whether our new friend Morriss has felt the hand of Io, as you have of Flamma, or I have of Inpew, since this began."

"... I see." Iren paused, and then snorted. "What was it that Winter Court fellow said to me?"

He imitated the tone perfectly. "'At last, sport worthy of the name!' Fine set of hounds all of us make, eh?"

"Hah!" Marin's slight opening of the mouth and pulling of the eyes was at least obvious enough. "Let's not be hasty. I still do not know if I'm the hound or the pigeon. What does it mean for California, if Io has chosen to withdraw its grace?"

Iren closed his eyes, and tried to recall what he knew about Io, just like he had with the Seedlings a scant day or two before. "Io handles space-- not just the distances, but the-- the connections... oh.

"oh dear.

"I see why you're worried even more now."

"The other option is hardly better," Marin noted.

"Ah, but at least gods can come back from the dead." Iren paused. "And while I'm wishing..."

Marin shrugs. "In the end, we still only have a few pieces of the puzzle."

"Agreed."

"If it was Io's choice, what motive?" Marin moved his hands like the arms of a scale. "If it was unwilling, who could force the hand of a god, and to what end? But in a way, it's the same question I came here to answer in the first place:

"Can I trust them?"

"Only many more lives rely on it." Iren paused, and cracked another grin. "No pressure."

"That's the spirit!" Marin nearly shouted. "And thank you for the... context. This 'California' of yours certainly sounds like an interesting place."

"I just wish I didn't have to live through all this history, you know?" Iren says, clearly making a joke.

"Ah, but once again: it beats the alternative, eh?" Marin winks.

Iren winks back. "That it does."

[scribesandvibes]

#REIMAGINEYOURLIBRARY! Librarians, musicians, poets, writers, illustrators, and intellectuals set to gather for an #AfricanAmericanReadIn at #CentralLibrary in Atlanta. Join us for a #BlackHistoryFestival. Enjoy #livejazz, a #storytimeconcert, #authortalks, #poetryreadings, and #openmic performances. The February 25, 2023, #BlackHistoryMonthFestival focuses on the theme, #SENTIMENTSOFSANKOFA, in an effort to celebrate history, heritage, and #thehumanities. The cultural experience takes place from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. It is free and open to the public and patrons are free to use paid public parking, rideshares, and/or #Marta. rsvp: scribesandvibes.com (#linkinbio) -Stevie #historyheritageandhumanities ・・・ Sponsored in part by @fulcolibrary and @poetswriters. ・・・ #scribesandvibes • #authorshour • #rhythmandrhymes • #rhythmandrhymesstorytime • #AARI23 • #georgialibraries • #fulcolibrary ・・・ #THINKBEYONDTHEBOOKS #storytimeatthelibrary #jazzatthelibrary #authorsatthelibrary #openmicatthelibrary https://www.instagram.com/p/CpEHo6fgtlv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[authorshour-blog]

#REIMAGINEYOURLIBRARY! @lisalove_1913 and @derwin.daniels set to headline #rhythmandrhymes #AfricanAmericanReadIn at #CentralLibrary; located at One Margaret Mitchell Square in Atlanta. Join us for a #storytimeconcert. Enjoy #livejazz, #singalongs, and #storytime performances. The February 25, 2023, #BlackHistoryMonthFestival focuses on the theme, #SENTIMENTSOFSANKOFA, in an effort to celebrate history, heritage, and #thehumanities. The cultural experience takes place from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM. It is free and open to the public and patrons are free to use paid public parking, rideshares, and/or #Marta. rsvp: popupstorytime.com (#linkinbio) -Stevie #historyheritageandhumanities ・・・ Sponsored in part by @fulcolibrary, @libraryoutloud, and @scribesandvibes. ・・・ #scribesandvibes • #rhythmandrhymesstorytime • #AARI23 • #georgialibraries • #fulcolibrary (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Coz2Fs9rVH8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=