#where to eat in eastwood

[beingjellybeans]

4 reasons to head to the newly re-opened 121 Restaurant, Eastwood City

As our days become ever busier with responsibilities at work claiming more and more of our time and energy, it feels good to escape at the end of our work week and just let loose with our friends from time to time, doesn’t it? And where better to do those than at the innovator of Manila nightlife? Here are 4 reasons my foodies friends I discovered on why your after-hours destination should be…

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A man crosses the desert that separates his ranch from the town of Bitter Creek on horseback. He is going to visit Sheriff Jake, a friend from his youth, when both worked as hired gunmen. The action takes place in 1910, and the two men are in their fifties. Silva (Pedro Pascal) is of Mexican origin, a solid guy, emotional, elusive, a cheat, if necessary, warm. It's been twenty-five years since he last saw Sheriff Jake (Ethan Hawke), blond, strict, cold, inscrutable, almost the opposite to Silva. That night, at the Sheriff's house, they eat a meat stew Jake has cooked, they drink, and they make love, all of it in abundance. The next morning, Silva wants the party to continue, but he finds a stony Jake, who is nothing like the man from the night before. (This was the first thing I wrote, the sequences that follow that orgiastic night in which both characters confront their past and their present in totally different ways.)

spoilers ahead!

This is the heart of the story: the argument while they get dressed the following morning. In this argument, the ulterior motives are revealed(as well as the passion that they lived when they were younger, and that is still beating within them, even though Jake doesn't want to admit it once they are sober). Jake has to go after a murderer who, according to an eyewitness, was Silva's son. And Silva has to intercede for him, trying to convince Jake that his son is innocent and that he should stop searching for him. All this, the sheriff’s duty as opposed to a father’s grief, mixed with reproaches and declarations of love from two lovers who haven’t seen each other in twenty-five years and who live their lives at opposite ends of the desert. These are the ten central minutes of the film, the first I wrote. I still didn’t know what the story would be, or if there would even be a story, but my first intention was to give voice to these two middle-aged, queer men who traditionally have remained silent in a genre like the western. I was attracted by the idea of breaking that silence. Brokeback Mountain by Ang Lee is the closest Hollywood has come to telling a story about two men who love each other and talk about it, but the lovers in Ang Lee’s film are shepherds, so I don’t include the film in the western genre.

There are westerns with gay characters, like Warlock by Edward Dmytryk. The script abounds in data about the passionate relationship between its two protagonists, Anthony Quinn and Henry Fonda, but no one talks about it even though their relationship is one of the axes of the film. This turns Dmytryk’s film into a strange western or one with a badly written script. The film is only understood if both of them are lovers, but that word is never mentioned.

Although I’m a great admirer of the genre, I never thought that I’d end up making a western. I greatly enjoyed this shoot, despite the unbearable temperatures of the hottest summer in our history. We filmed in a town built in Almeria for Sergio Leone as a set for his legendary dollar trilogy, with Clint Eastwood. (The Good, The Bad, The Ugly; For a Few Dollars More and A Fistful of Dollars). The passing of time, fifty years of it, has given authenticity to the place, today being dusty and old. The typical artifice of what had been a film set fifty years ago, built back then only weeks before shooting, had now disappeared.

It was also a thrilling experience to work with Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal, both extraordinary in their respective roles.

As for the décor, I have respected the rules of the genre without falling into any anachronistic temptation, except for the song at the beginning, with the voice of Caetano Veloso and the angelical face of Manu Ríos, which gives the film its title.

For the choice of paintings on the walls of the two most important sets, the interior of the sheriff’s house and the ranch where Silva lives, I have turned to artists of the time. In Sheriff Jake’s house there are several paintings by Maynard Dixon, one of the first artists, if not the first, to paint landscapes from the American West, with native Indians and cowboys. For me it has all been a discovery, his work possesses a coloring untypical of the time that brings it close to pop and at times to impressionism. There is also a portrait of the artist Lily Langtry, very famous at the start of the century, who actually made a silent film and whom Ava Gardner plays in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean along with Paul Newman. The other great artist who appears on the walls of the ranch is Georgia O’Keefe, the Mexican landscape that hangs over Silva’s bed.

Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello was in charge of the entire wardrobe. We took our inspiration not so much from the reality of the time but from cinema, how actors were dressed in westerns between 1900 and 1915. If anyone wonders about Pedro Pascal wearing a green jacket, I recommend watching Bend of the River by Anthony Mann, where James Stewart wears an identical green jacket. And I have a lot of respect for Anthony Mann and James Stewart.

We are also inspired by Veracruz (Robert Aldrich), specifically for the outfit worn by Silva's murderous son Joe. It is inspired by Burt Lancaster, all black.

And Sheriff Jake, he's in a suit, with a vest and bola tie, like almost all the sheriffs in the Westerns I have watched. Kirk Douglas is one of the models, whether playing a sheriff or a card player, Gun Fight at the OK Corral or in Last Train from Gun Hill, both by John Sturges. I have re-watched many westerns so as not to fall into anachronisms and the truth is that the male wardrobe has changed very little, the sheriff is always the most elegant, usually with a suit, waistcoat (the fabric of the waistcoat was the only thing that allowed you some fantasy, with shiny damasks), shirt and around the neck a bola tie.

The rest of the male characters always wear a scarf around their necks, in different colours and patterns, a checked shirt and a waistcoat. The dresses of the Mexican prostitutes are inspired by El Dorado (Howard Hawks). I have done my research with a multitude of westerns, especially Hawks, John Ford, John Sturges, Raoul Walsh, Anthony Mann, Peckinpah, Robert Aldrich, etc.

As for the narrative in general and the music, I have followed the classical canon. Despite the fact that in Spain we have a great tradition of spaghetti westerns, more than a hundred were filmed in the 60s and 70s. I have not been inspired by any of them and the composer Alberto Iglesias has avoided Ennio Morricone, who would have been the easiest reference.

Pedro Almodóvar

[gloryride]

OC INTERVIEW

Thanks @alphanight-vp for the tag ♥

And as you love him, let's start with Virgile !

-- Name --

Virgile Luca Ilario Sarto. More italian than that, not possible. Or you're my brother !

-- Nickname --

Not really one. Panam calls me Blue sometimes, so Judy too. As my netrunner name is V3rgiLLius VIIct0r, people in the Afterlife thinks my name is Victor ... thanks Nix for the joke, i guess, but i never said no to that.

-- Gender --

Cis Male

-- Star Sign --

Born in January 24, so i'm an Aquarius.

-- Height--

1m83, or 6" if you prefer.

-- Orientation --

Bisexual

-- Nationality/Ethnicity --

Nothing, i guess ? i was born in the Free States, Nevada, and i'm a nomad. but all my family are Italians immigrants.

-- Fave Fruit --

Grapes and Pears. But i don't eat a lot anymore, hard to find good ones.

-- Fave Season --

Winter, but true winter doesn't exist anymore, which is really sad. I would love to see real snow one day

-- Fave Flower --

Viola Tricolor, but we rarely see some.

-- Fave Scent --

Grass after cutting, or after rain, or both. Good coffee smells is really good too. And Panam's ... what ? she smells really good !

-- Coffee, tea or hot chocolate --

Coffee, black. Forever !

-- Average hours of sleep --

Not enough ! Between none and 6 hours. Sometimes i take some naps but my schedule is chaotic, i'm working mostly on nights.

-- Dog or Cat person --

Dog ! I have one, i rescued a wolf in the desert, and he stayed with me. I mean, he stayed with Aldecaldos because he would be sad with me in the appartment. His name is Callahan, and i love this doggo.

-- Dream trip -- Somewhere with snow to jump in, but real snow not fake one ! Or Italy, i'd love to see where my family come from. But it's very far away, don't know if i could ...

-- Favorite fictional character --

I don't have a "favorite" but i have many i love. Like Marcello Rubini, the main character in La Dolce Vita, an old italian movie. Poor Marcello lives many some adventures but end up alone. The Man with No Name, alias Clint Eastwood in cowboy is awesome too. I watched some so many times ! I can say also Dorian Gray in classic litterature i read, or also Antigone in greek tragedies ... and many more for sure.

-- Number of blankets they sleep with --

Two, because Panam always steals the first one, so i have one for myself. Need to learn tricks when you're with a blanket thief !

-- Random fact --

I worked for NetWatch during 6 years, as one undercover in Dogtown, for Kurt Hansen. I simulated my own death to go out and be back to Night City. How i simulated ? I have a Second Heart, the right dose of IEM and i'm almost dead !

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Tagging (no pressure as usual) : @imaginarycyberpunk2023 @drunkchasind @pacificaisstillpacifica @miss--river @beckiboos

[fantasticalbiology]

Yellowswap: behind the scenes

So this isn't a follow up to Yellowswap I just thought this would be funny.

Sans: "So I understand the stabbing myself part but I don't have hair"

Me: "Don't worry I have an alternative for your zenith." I pullout the dry erase board with a picture of Nightmare sans from Moro porductions. "This shall be your zenith"

Sans "Okay so I aggressively start beat boxing at the kid after I transform"

Me: "NO"

scene change

Asgore: "So I start yelling at Undyne about a Ben tens"

Me: "Yes"

Undyne: "And I dispute his claims with cowboys"

Me: "Yes and you can even dispute his claims using anime cowboy like Spikes or Vash"

Chujin in the distance: "That's even dumber than Clint Eastwood"

Starlo also in the distance: "Your dumber than Clint Eastwood"

Me: "quiet you two"

scene change

Mettaton: "So what is my motivation again"

Me: "Your a mindless killing machine that's killed before and will again"

Mettaton: "But I get scared in genocide that I have hide behind a trashcan lid"

Me: "Yup"

Mettaton: "Are you sure I can't have the El Bailador's role"

Me: "No Papyrus has it on lock and El Bailador has his role on lock"

Papyrus in the background: "Where the japes in this role"

El Bailador in the background: "Where is the passion in this role"

Papyrus: "In the puzzles"

Me: "We'll talk about it"

Scene change

Me: You don't have flirt with Ceroba or El Bailador if you don't want to but it's kind of expected

Clover leaves sad

Frisk raises their hand

Me: "No, you still can't flirt anyone"

Frisk leaves sad

Me shaking my head: "Kids" looks to my left to see Integrity with chara's scary face. "Good job kid"

Scene change

Kanako: "So I emerge from the flower and scream my name"

Me: "I mean you can, but's it's better that you let the words to your name appear save your lungs when your hyper death"

Kanako: "Okay mister"

scene changed

Starlo desperately tries to lift Dalv: "C'mon, I can do it"

Me: "Do I need to get Ed in here"

Starlo struggling: "Nope I got this, I can toss him into the trash can"

Me: "Ed, please help Starlo"

Ed grabs Dalv and tosses him through the net into the trash can. "There we go"

Me, puts my hand on Starlo's shoulder "You can try again later, I'm still trying to convince Marlet into the jogboys outfit"

Deltarune yellowswap bonus scene

Me: "Cover you don't have to eat the moss, just put yourself in the chains"

Cover: "Okay"

Anako: "Then I say imagine what Noelle doing"

Me: "Pretty much

Spamton: Hey you [Clown about town] if Cover is already a [BIG SHOT] what is ole Spamton G Spamton supposed to do

Me: I already explained it to Alphys but the red and yellow souls purposes are being swapped

[mayday-jd]

it's here....

I am watching all the trolls movie in one sitting while taking a break between each one to really process the colorful trip I'm about to go on

so obviously the first question I'd ask myself would be was trolls (2016) good?? and the answer is yeah it's pretty fun but not that it's fantastic more like smth I'd put on if I got bored and wanted to watch a silly movie with songs and bright fucking characters

so I'd give it a 7/10 maybe

now onto some notes and silly remarks shall we?

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• the movie starts with a scrapbooking montage/flashback where it's basically explains that bergens eat trolls to feel happy because they're miserable creatures that don't sing, dance or hug

and when the flashback actually starts we literally see gristle (who has NEVER eaten a troll) FUCKING SMILE LIKE??

"daddy omg it's trollstice I'm so excited!! 🥹"

tell me this boy is not buzzing with fucking joy rn look me dead in the eyes and tell me that

and yeah ik that what's said in the intro probably isn't all meant literally cuz when poppy and branch arrive to bergen town all the ppl there start singing clint eastwood by gorillaz (which was fucking hilarious LMAO)

• bridget and gristle are SO FUCKING ADORABLE LIKE LOOK AT THEM

they don't know they're destined to fall in love but bridget's sure as hell already in love with gristle lol

they're honestly so sweet and happy tgt I wish they explode I hate them sm (they're everything to me)

I can't believe they pulled a cinderella and I didn't hate it the entire time cuz ngl bridget is that girl she just doesn't know it

speaking of bridget....

• I love gristle duh he's so dumb and adorable and stupid and a literal man child but in an endearing way that somehow works

but bridget?? she truly means everything to me

she's just so miserable and sad in this movie it's awful to see so ty poppy for helping my girl out cuz goddamn was she in a horrible place yeesh...

I also could not get a ss of her with poppy but the besties??? the sisters?? the girls ever?? yeah they're like all that matters to me like that scene where bridget is set to ruin her life so poppy and the other trolls can escape cuz she showed her what true happiness was?? did not tear up at all 😎

• since I'm talking about bergens rn might as well say that I think the chef was a pretty damn good villain in this move

her motivations are clear, she has a consistent shitty personality and I don't find her that goofy or anything when she's carrying out her plan she's believable as an antagonist

her wanting to steal the throne and become queen kinda does make sense since she was banned from the town and developing a hatred/resentment for the same ppl that threw you away makes sense

and by "ppl" I mean the king aka the one on the throne so yeah she now wants to be queen and kill gristle lol

and since I'm talking about antagonists here let me talk about the biggest SNAKE in the room

ON THE NEXT POST 😁‼️

[bg-sparrow]

Fandom: Back to the Future || Rating: T || Genre: Whump, Angst, Some Humor || Summary: In which Marty finds himself living an outlaw’s life alongside Buford Tannen in the Old West, where danger, death, and disease abound.

whumpril 2024 || day 08 - bloodshot

“Go see the barber.” Buford sideyed Marty, picked up his beer.  “I need a trim already?” Marty glared at him, ignoring the quip. “You’re in pain.” Marty saw that wince; it was a grimace. “Your eyes have been bloodshot for three days from all the drinking. You’re not eating. Your jaw is swollen. Just get the tooth pulled.” The offending molar throbbed. Numb, sour twinges shot down the side of Buford’s neck, wrenching his jaw tighter. “I can see the headline now,” Marty sighed. “Buford ‘Mad Dog’ Tannen Dies From Letting a Tooth Rot in His Face.” “Fuck you, Eastwood.”

[believerindaydreams]

Thursday again: interregnum edition

you ever had one of those weeks where you're waiting for the phone to ring?

Listening

because I'm transferring all the files off my faithful IMac that's been at my side for a decade before I flog its still functional corpse to the Apple store I have been listening to an extremely eclectic variety of music to make sure stuff transferred properly. This is one of the few Barry Manilow songs I can stand.

And it's very Vegas, so.

Watching

Death Shroud Death Shroud Death Shroud *pauses for breath* Death Shroud

I would be inconsolable if there wasn't another one of these things in the works. For all the flak that I and other FNV stalwarts can chuck at the Commonwealth game, I have gotta admit it's hard to imagine anything this hilarious resulting from Arcade, Veronica and Cass running around. It delighted my soul, cleansed my pores, etc. etc. Good times.

Reading

Robert LaGuardia's biography of Montgomery Clift, which I've been meaning to get around to for absolute ages since he's sort of- sort of Clint Eastwood's alter ego? At least, that's the impression I had going in, and it was not dispelled.

The New Yorker, in a later and more civilised age, called the book "a pop Freudian scandal sheet". I'm not sure that's altogether fair; for a 70s text it's pretty even tempered about Clift's gayness but does look down its nose at him for being an addict who was a wreck way before the notorious accident.

I dunno. I have too much love of good craft myself not to look down on someone who seems to have kept making life harder for everybody he worked with in the movies.

Playing

Grinding Parabola this week to get all the goodies (mithridacy, monstrous anatomy, the three hundred mirror research I need for Artisan studies, a stupid number of Hillmovers and assorted birds).

I hate Parabola and will be glad to get back to London. Short entry.

Eating

Too many prawn cocktail crisps. It's hot.

[justamonkeyonautopilot]

So I noticed that apples replay for 2023 is already up on my iTunes, so I thought I’d just document somewhere what it has listed as my 100 only six months into the year and then come back in December to see if it is still the same or if it has changed any.

Dancin’ Fool - Gary Wilmer

Fireball - Pitbull

School Song - Matilda the Musical

Bloody Mary - Lady Gaga

Abcdefu - GAYLE

Show Me How You Burlesque - Christina Aguilera

Run This Town - Jay Z, Kanye West & Rihanna

Eat Me - Demi Lovato

Insane - Black Gryph0n & Baasik

Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz

Happier Than Ever - Kelly Clarkson

Psycho - Anne-Marie

Rich Girl - Gwen Stefani

I’m Not Here To Make Friends - Sam Smith

Darkside - Neoni

Cinderella Snapped - Jax

Zero To Hero - Hercules Soundtrack

She Keeps Me Up - Nickelback

Bitch - Meredith Brooks

Boss Bitch - Doja Cat

Téir Abhaile Riu - Celtic Woman

Enemy - Imagine Dragons

Five Collurs In Her Hair - McFly

Play With Fire - Sam Tinnesz

The Fine Print - The Stupendium

Get Busy - Sean Paul

Don’t Stop Me Now - Queen

Candyman - Christina Aguilera

Me and the Devil - Soap&Skin

Control - Zoe Wees

If It’s Not God - Maddie Zahm

F**kin’ Perfect - P!nk

Goo Goo Muck - The Cramps

Youth of the Nation - P.O.D.

Love Thy Neighbour - Prom Soundtrack

Land of Yesterday - Anastasia the Musical Soundtrack

Fat Funny Friend - Maddie Zahm

Come With Me Now - KONGOS

Eyes Closed - Ed Sheeran

Absolutely (Story of a Girl) - Nine Days

Do You Hear The People Sing - Les Mis Soundtrack

Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes

Centuries - Fall Out Boy

Riot - Three Days Grace

Queen of Kings - Alessandra

Barbie&Ken - Kate Gill

Never Gonna Not Dance Again - P!nk

Thunder - Gabry Ponte

Just a Number - Amanda Williams

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Another One Bites The Dust - Queen

The Whole “Being Dead” Thing - Beetlejuice the Musical Soundtrack

I Think I’m In Love - Kat Dahlia

Stick It To The Man - School of Rock Soundtrack

Fairytale - Alexander Rybak

Accidentally In Love - Counting Crows

21 Reasons - Nathan Dawe

That’s What I Want - Lil Nas X

Don’t Lose Ur Head - SIX Soundtrack

Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls

Girl Like Me - Black Eyed Peas

Dreams - Fleetwood Mac

Just Got Paid - Sigala

Dem Beats - Todrick Hall

Shivers - Ed Sheeran

1985 - Bowling For Soup

Victoria’s Secret - Jax

Deep Down - Alok

Emperor’s New Clothes - Panic! At The Disco

Me Against The Music - Britney Spears

Mein Herr - Cabaret Soundtrack

Bad Influence - P!nk

Call Me - Blondie

First Hello - Grant Knoche

Raise Your Glass - P!nk

Dear Maria, Count Me In - All Time Low

Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

Better When I’m Dancing - Meghan Trainor

Boyfriend - Dove Cameron

Pinch or Snuff - Gaelforce Dance

Wellerman - Nathan Evans

La Vie Boheme - Rent Soundtrack

Ex-Wives - SIX Soundtrack

Circle The Drain - Katy Perry

Under Pressure - Queen

Rockabye - Clean Bandit

Six - SIX Soundtrack

Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd

Mi Gente - J Balvin & Willy William

Mercy - Shawn Mendez

Beat Again - JLS

In Too Deep - Sum 41

Dream On - Aerosmith

Adore You - Harry Styles

We On Top - Photronique

HandClap - Fitz and The Tantrums

Right Back Where We Start - Maxine Nightingale

Fat Lip - Sum 41

Green Green Grass - George Ezra

Rotten to the Core - Descendants Soundtrack

[therogerclarkfanclub]

thanks for the tag @coping-via-clint-eastwood

What book are you currently reading? None. Though I probably should. Problem is, don't even know where to start, I don't even have a favorite genre.

What's your favourite movie you saw in theatres this year? Not much of a theatre goer but I did see Black Panther 2 and I thought it was pretty good

What do you usually wear? Jeans and T-shirts or Polo shirts

How tall are you? ~168 cm

What's your Star Sign? Do you share a birthday with a celebrity or a historical event? Taurus. My b-day is the same as Jeffrey Dean Morgan's

Do you go by your name or a nickname? Name.

Did you grow up what you wanted to be when you were a child? Nope. Far from it. I wanted to be a chef as a child and I'm not particularly good at cooking but I'm not terrible either , people do eat what I make, on the occasions I actually cook. I mostly eat out.

Are you in a relationship? If not, who is your crush if you have one? I'm in a fake relationship with a man who's already happily married and all I'm doing is running this blog pondering about the possibilities.

But in all seriousness, no. No relationships.

What's something you're good at vs something you're bad at? I'm a bit technically minded. I enjoy building PC's thought I don't get to do it as often as I'd like. I'm bad at drawing, I'm envious of anyone with any type of artistic skill b/c I'd like to draw and I can't even draw a strick figur e to save my life.

Dogs or cats? Cats. But I'm not against dogs either

If you draw/write, or create in any way, what's your favourite picture/favourite line/favourite etc. from something you created this year? Nothing really. I really only create GIFs for this blog but I wouldn't say they're anything groundbreaking. These are some of the ones I've made.

I FECKIN' LOVE THIS MAN SO MUCH

What's something you would like to create content for? I want more content for this blog because there isn't enough of Roger to go around

What's something you're currently obsessed with? ROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGERCLARKROGER

I mean what else was anyone expecting??? 😂 I have a one-track mind.

What's something you were excited about that turned out to be disappointing this year? New Year's. There's some family drama happening in the background and I spent New Year's without my family. I mean, my friends were there but it's not quite the same.

What's a hidden talent of yours? A lot of ppl don't think I can cook 😂 I mean I'm far from being a professional chef but I won't starve either.

Are you religious? Yeah you could say that, but this is hardly the place or blog for me to start being preachy nor do I have any interest, I follow my religion for myself but that's it.

What's something you wish to have at this moment? I wish my family drama would resolve. 😥

[minttea-stu]

Diary of July 2 2023

well, here we are back again on tumblr, missed you a lot buddy

give me a sharp object to stab my ovaries…

My day was pretty painful today. I really hate that I have eaten so much the last days. Tomorrow it will be better again, I will give my best to loose as much as possible.

Good thing is: It’s finals season now, so I really can’t eat that much anyways. I really want to be as thin as I used to be…

But hey, there’s some good news as well: I now know where my apartment is going to be, my stepdad got the keys and we can move in on august 15! I am so excited!!

How is you day going so far? Currently having a bath and hoping for the pain to go away!

[beingjellybeans]

A Teishoku Feast at Yayoi Teishoku Restaurant

Despite having diverse personal interests, my husband’s and my tastes do converge when it comes to food, and one of our favorite cuisines, of course, is Japanese food. Having espied an erstwhile untried Japanese restaurant as we were running some errands in Eastwood Mall, we decided on having our lunch there. That establishment is Yayoi Teishoku Restaurant, a Japanese chain that specializes in…

[lindsaywesker]

Good morning! I hope you slept well and feel rested? Currently sitting at my desk, in my study, attired only in my blue towelling robe, enjoying my first cuppa of the day. Welcome to Too Much Information Tuesday.

There is a Mt. Clitoris in the Philippines.

In 1999, the president of Niger was Major Wanke.

30% of objects left in hotel rooms are sex toys.

Your hair grows more quickly when you’re anticipating sex.

At any one time, 45 million people in the world are drunk.

Generally, most peoples’ lips are the same colour as their nipples.

The Japanese word ‘kareishu’ describes the smell of old people.

Turning up the music in a bar by 22% makes people drink 26% faster.

Whoopi Goldberg got her nickname from her childhood flatulence.

More than one-third of men using dating sites are already married.

In London, women over 40 are giving birth at twice the rate of teenagers.

It takes a male flea six to eight hours to unfold all the different parts of its penis.

Until it closed in 2019, South Africa’s largest baobab tree contained its own pub.

Sharing an article makes you think you know more, even if you didn't actually read the article.

Shark Bay in Australia is now called Safety Beach. It changed its name to attract tourists.

Gorgone macarea is an Amazonian moth known for subsisting solely on the tears of sleeping birds.

Early Arabic texts refer to cannabis as ‘the bush of understanding’ and ‘the shrub of emotion’.

A bite from the Brazilian wandering spider results in an erection that lasts for several hours.

In 1423, London mayor Dick Whittington established a 128-seater toilet that hung over the River Thames.

Johnny Cash’s daughter Roseanne was named after Rose and Anne, his nicknames for his wife’s breasts.

A polling company in the USA once found 4% of Americans responded, “Yes!” to “Have you been decapitated?”

In 1879, the Belgian city of Liège commissioned 37 cats to deliver mail to nearby villages. The project was a complete failure.

In 2009, an anti-kidnapping expert in Mexico was kidnapped, after giving a lecture on 'How Not To Be Kidnapped In Mexico'.

On April 28, 1988, the roof of an Aloha Airlines jet ripped off at 24,000 feet, but the plane still managed to land safely.

In 1926, mystery writer Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. When found, she claimed to have no memory of the missing days.

Researchers believe women prefer larger penises during one night stands, but something a bit smaller for long term relationships.

A Mississippi social worker, Georgia Tann (born 1891), stole more than 5000 children from poor families and sold them to the rich.

In Ancient Greece, small penises were celebrated and seen as a sign of high intelligence and self-control. Men with large penises were seen as grotesque, laughable and barbaric.

Lockdowns in 2020 were identifiable on seismologists’ sensors because humans stopped making the Earth wobble so much by moving about.

In December, some Japanese people go to BŌNENKAI, ‘forget the year’ parties. Attendees eat and drink to forget the bad things that happened during the year.

In 1997 Frédéric Bourdin, a 23-year-old French conman, impersonated Nicholas Barclay, a missing 16-year-old Texan boy, and spent nearly five months living with his family.

A smock or naked marriage was an 18th-century custom in some parts of Britain and the US where a widow would be freed of her dead husband’s debt if she remarried with very few or no clothes on.

In 1951, a 21-year-old Clint Eastwood was on board a plane that crashed into the sea but, no problem for Clint, who successfully escaped and swam three miles through shark-infested waters to safety.

William Whipple, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, eventually freed his slave because he believed one cannot simultaneously fight for freedom and hold another person in bondage.

Harrison Okene spent 60 hours underwater in darkness after his boat capsized 20 miles off the coast of Nigeria and sank to the bottom of the ocean. He was discovered alive by divers who were sent to recover dead bodies.

On the set of ‘The Terminator’, Arnold Schwarzenegger argued with the director James Cameron over the line “I’ll be back”. Schwarzenegger believed that a robot wouldn’t abbreviate so wanted the line to be “I will be back”.

In 2003, Elm Park - where a gang problem meant train drivers were too scared to stop - became the first London tube station to try the classical music approach. Within 18 months, robberies fell 33 per cent, assaults on staff 25 per cent and vandalism 37 per cent.

In 1859, a book review in The Economist stated, “Novels by male authors are more in keeping with the natural world, and … are more delightful as well as more profitable than the best novels by women.” The book was ‘Adam Bede’ by George Eliot.

Okay, that’s enough information for one day. Have a tremendous and tumultuous Tuesday! I love you all.

[scelestic-reveries]

The Famous Proust Questionnaire.

So I was tagged in this questionnaire by fiktivnilik which was also done by David Bowie and I was inspired by the answers from both of them so I figured I’d give it a go. These are the questions, I shall do my best to answer them honestly and heartfelt. If you are a mutual please feel free to copy and tag me in.

What is your idea of perfect happiness? What is your most marked characteristic? What do you consider your greatest achievement? What is your greatest fear? What historical figure do you most identify with? Which living person do you most admire? Who are your heroes in real life? What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? What is the trait you most deplore in others? What is your favorite journey? What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Which word or phrases do you most overuse? What is your greatest regret? What is your current state of mind? If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be? What is your most treasured possession? What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Where would you like to live? What is your favorite occupation? What is the quality you most like in a man? What is the quality you most like in a woman? What are your favorite names? What is your motto? *My own land and home, all my bills paid, my dog and cat with me, no one to answer to and someone to share it with.  *My most marked characteristic...either my eyes or my voice. Both are used like a weapon when needed but also are just there. People have always given them more worth than I have. *I don’t know if I’ve done it yet. I’ve lived a big life I don’t know how to quantify it into one moment or achievement. I’ll get back to you one day.  *Losing my dog. I know it’s going to happen and I can’t stop it but as it approaches I can feel it like a dark mass. I’ve had people try kill me, shot at, stabbed and pushed through warzones, but that fucking dog kills me.  *What historically figure do I most identify with, well that’s a tough one. But I’m going to go with Hunter S Thompson. By every sense of the word that fucker is a historical figure.  *This is a tough one. I admire a number of people in real life, both known personally and from a distance. I like people who approach it different from the rest.  *Who are my real life heroes, I guess it’s people I admire in the top of their fields but also people I know intimately. Hunter S Thompson, Valentino Rossi also one, Anthony Bourdain, Nina Simone, Clint Eastwood, Danny Glover, D’Angelo, My grandfather. People that have inspired me.  *Ah..what trait do I deplore in myself...Honestly, pushing things to the edge. pushing things sometimes to ruin and pulling it from the fire time and time again. Sometimes it feels like self sabotage.  * Now as for what I deplore in others...honestly ignorance. Fuck that, we live in an age where we have access to the most information in human history and it’s fucking squandered. And someone doing “research” which consists of facebook links and posts from friends. Seriously, fuck off. If you studied for years and spent your life interested in a field I’ll listen to you all day if you base it in logic and fact.  *My favourite journey.. learning, experiencing and doing. I believe the day you stop moving and learning is the day you start dying.  * An overrated virtue..company loyalty. Unless they are giving you a % of profits or a share then they are in it for their own profit and not yours. You can do better.  *What words and phrase do I overuse...well fuck...that’s one. *laughing* fuck that, hmmm, ahhh. eat a dick. bless your heart, dear, darlin, fair is fair. I think that’s enough.  *My greatest regret...well that’s a tough one. I have a few, and I try to live my life without them but that’s not always possible. I’m still raw over my grandparents when I look at it and I’ve hurt people that truly loved me and that’s all on me. *Current state of mind. Optimistic and determined. I’m not having another year like last year, ever fucking again.  * I’d have my grandparents still alive.  *Ah I’d say my dog. He is a possession, but very much more so a companion and guardian. I’d kill for that mutt.   *Ignorance and doing the same thing every day for most of your life. That is misery to me, the same as everyone else and never questioning or trying new things. Sounds like a lvl of hell to me.  *Many places, but I’d love a house in Thailand, US, and Oz. That would make me happy for the rest of days.  *Favourite Occupation...tough one. I’ve always wanted to fly planes, I can see how I wouldn't enjoy doing that each day, and let’s be honestly playing basketball or anything tactical and involving weapons would make me happy each day waking up. Just because it would.  *Quality I like most in a man. Ability to learn. You find a male willing to do that and isn’t threaten by other males or females then you can work with that guy in almost anything.  *As for in a woman...confidence in themselves and what they are capable of. Women are formidable creatures who are capable of whatever they set their mind on. It’s intoxicating and demands more attention.  *Favourite names...I have a few, but hearing my own out of the lips of someone I love, does hit a spot. And I’m partial to Nordic and terms of endearment that is earned by putting up with my shit and also the names of those I adore.  * I don’t know if I have a motto, but something I’ve always repeated to myself and to this day is one of the first things I’d get inked on me.  “The reluctance to put away childish things may be a requirement of genius. “  And always be learning and moving forward, we are ever changing an evolving and try to be open to learning new things.  You never know, until you try.  Ah that’s it. That took longer than I thought and shared more than I usually ever would, but that’s it to the best of my ability. It’s not easy going through it, but there is a worth to it.  I hope you guys enjoyed a rare peek behind the curtains.  -s/r.

[bobbyjean]

Lyrics taken from genius

crazy in love:

Young Hov, y'all know when the flow is loco

Young B and the R-O-C, uh-oh

O.G. Big Homie, the one and only

Stick bony, but the pockets is fat like Tony Soprano

The ROC handle like Van Exel

I shake phonies, man, you can't get next to

The genuine article, I do not sing, though

I sling, though, if anything, I bling, yo

A star like Ringo, war like a Green Beret

You crazy? Bring your whole set

JAY-Z in the Range, crazy and deranged

They can't figure him out, they like, "Hey, is he insane?"

Yes, sir, I'm cut from a different cloth

My texture is the best fur, chinchilla

I've been iller than chain smokers

How you think I got the name Hova?

I been realer, the game's over

Fall back, Young

Ever since I made the change over to platinum

The game's been a wrap, one

deja vu:

I used to run base like Juan Pierre

Now I run the bass hi-hat and the snare

I used to bag girls like Birkin Bags

Now I bag B (Boy, you hurtin' that)

Brooklyn Bay where they birthed me at

Now I be everywhere, the nerve of rap

The audacity to have me with them curtains back

Me and B, she about to sting, stand back

….(two verses in this one)….

Yes, Hova's flow so unusual

Baby girl, you should already know

It's H-O, light up the dro

'Cause you gon' need help tryna study my bounce

Flow, blow, what's the difference?

One you take in vein while the other you sniffin'

It's still dope, po-po try to convict him

Thats a no-go, my dough keep the scales tippin'

Like 4-4s

Like I'm from the H-O-U-S-T-O-N

Blow wind, so Chicago of him

Is he the best ever? That's the argu-a-ment

I don't make the list, don't be mad at me

I just make the hits like a factory

I'm just one to one, nuttin' after me

No déjà vu, just me and my (Oh)

upgrade u:

I be's the d-boy who infiltrated all the corporate dudes

They call shots, I call audibles

Jacob the jeweler, baubles

Lorraine Schwartz oughta do

It's big ballin', baby, when I'm courtin' you (Woo)

I'm talkin' spy bags and fly pads

And rooms at the Bloomberg and rumors

You on the verge of a new merge

'Cause that rock on your finger's like a tumor

You can't fit your hand in your new purse

It's humorous to me, they watchin' and we just yachtin'

Island-hoppin' off the Amalfi coast, mafioso

"Hov, baby, you ever seen Saturn?"

"No, not the car, but everywhere we are"

You sure to see stars, this is high-level

Not eye-level, my bezel courtesy of Audemars

I order yours tomorrow, now look at the time I saved you

Mama, let me upgrade you

drunk in love:

That D'USSÉ is the shit, if I do say so myself

If I do say so myself, if I do say so myself

Hold up, stumble all in the house, time to back up all of that mouth

That you had all in the car, talkin' 'bout you the baddest bitch thus far

Talkin' 'bout you be reppin' that Third, I wanna see all the shit that I heard

Know I sling Clint Eastwood, hope you can handle this curve, uh

Foreplay in a foyer, fucked up my Warhol

Slid the panties right to the side, ain't got the time to take drawers off

On sight

Catch a charge, I might

Beat the box up like Mike in '97, I bite

I'm Ike Turner, turn up, baby, no, I don't play

"Now eat the cake, Anna Mae," said, "Eat the cake, Anna Mae"

I'm nice

For y'all to reach these heights

You gon' need G3, 4, 5, 6 flights

Sleep tight

We sex again in the mornin'

Your breasteses is my breakfast, we goin' in

that’s how you like it:

I know you heard I'm a gangsta

They say, "Stay away from them gangstas"

They never change up or pull they pants up

Well, baby girl, put ya foot down

Don't let 'em push you around

You know what you like

Baby thug, you know wrong from right

And you done felt wrong before

This can't be what it feel like

And they don't really know what you feel like, for instance

They don't know the difference between real life

And the music videos and the raggedy magazines

They have it **** badder than he seems

All they see is my baggy jeans, my attitude

I ain't mad at you, it's just my glide

Way I wear my hat to the side

The way I lean real low when I ride

That's why in my mind

They like my walk

My accent from New York

My way of thinking is slightly off

They like the way he floss

Leave the block on a bike, he come back in a Porsche

But of course

But most of all, they like my honesty

Integrity, my loyalty

Young Hova and the letter B

How you like that, huh?

[purplesurveys]

1879

1. Do you enjoy rhododendrons? Why did I think this was a shape? Anyway, I just looked this up and they're very pretty for sure! They *kind of* remind me of peonies, which are my favorite.

2. Have you ever met someone who supports Nazism? I haven't met anyone irl but I've come across brainrotted people on Facebook who've tried to pull off stupid Nazi shit. Filipinos are great at making stuff go viral though lmao so afaik those people have since been suspended.

3. If you’ve ever been to another country, what was the best thing you did there? The obvious answer is going to Thailand to see BTS' Suga in concert. Apart from that, the best thing I've ever done was have local sushi in Japan. I didn't even go to a fancy fine dining restaurant – it was this random diner-like spot we found at a nondescript block at 4 PM. And yet it was the best sushi platter I've ever had.

4. Which is your favorite print: Plaid, animal, stripes, spots, other? I like the look of stripes the most, but overall I'd still avoid print.

5. Have you ever owned a cell phone for over a year? If so, was it still working well? I've never owned a cellphone for less than a year...so, yes. Mine is still working well, but the battery is well under its capacity since I've always had a bad habit of letting it play videos all night long.

6. What’s the worst sickness you’ve ever had? Food poisoning has always been terrible to me. My stint with Covid was also pretty rough. Managed to avoid it for three years, then once it caught up to me it certainly did a great job transforming me into a corpse for a week.

7. What do you enjoy more: Fairs or circuses? Fairs.

8. Is your favorite animal something you can have as a pet? Dogs yes, elephants nope.

9. Are you good at gardening? No, never tried it.

10. What was the last classic novel you read? Did you enjoy it? I started Around the World in Eighty Days but never got around to finishing it. It was nice; I just never had the time to read the whole thing.

11. Do you think you would actually read any of the epic poems, such as Beowulf or The Iliad? We took up both of those – Beowulf for sure, Iliad I'm almost certain we did, if I'm remembering correctly. Learning them both was a fun experience but I wasn't passionate enough to put like 105% into analyzing them lol if that makes sense. I just wanted to do well enough to pass.

12. Are you the type of person who feels guilty after eating junk food? I don't feel guilty but I will feel gross because the oiliness kicks in so fast, lol.

13. Tell me about a time when you felt like you had no real friends: I was in 6th grade, everyone was obsessed with the latest trends and had a Blackberry and were hanging out at Eastwood on the weekend and had a solid set of friends. At that point Angela started finding new friends too and was adjusting so much better than I ever would have at the time; my two next closest friends migrated to Canada and New Zealand in rapid succession; and the only friend I had was super unstable and wasn't exactly the most well-behaved nor the teacher's favorite. I had a shit life at home and my mom was in her peak rage phase...idk. It was a year where I didn't talk very much.

14. Have you ever felt betrayed by someone? If so, what did they do to make you feel that way? Sure, it's happened. Just stuff I don't feel like getting into.

15. Which is better: Xbox 360 or PS3? Or are you someone who doesn’t care? I don't care and don't think of them in terms of which one is better - but in my family we've always had Playstations.

16. Have you gotten registered to vote yet? I registered when I wasn't even 18 yet, haha. I was very excited to be able to vote.

17. What do you like best about your favorite actor? How about favorite actress? I don't have a favorite actor. As for Kate Winslet, girl just knocks it out of the park in everything she's ever acted in. She's just so good at playing roles of unconventional, deeply troubled characters, digging into that character's psyche and creating a personality for it that will be memorably Hers. I'll allllways always always love her.

18. Tell me how you’re feeling in another language: Pagod.

19. Would you rather drink water all day or Coca Cola all day? Water.

20. Name three movies which have a soundtrack you really love: I don't really pay attention to movie OSTs tbh.

21. Do you think Gatorade tastes refreshing or just gross? Haven't had Gatorade in yearsssssssss.

22. What’s the scariest video game you’ve ever played? Not sure. I don't get spooked much by video games.

23. Do either of your parents get angry over small things? My mom does, 100%.

24. What is the most dramatic TV show that you watch? Grey's Anatomy has to be up there, lmao. Queen of Tears was also such a rollercoaster of a watch.

25. Do you still watch VHS tapes? Nope.

26. Have you ever visited one of the states that doesn’t have sales tax? Was it a nice change? I've never been to the States.

27. Have you ever had Dutch Brothers’ coffee? Nope.

28. What are your grandparents like? Are they nice or mean? They are very kind, very loving people – my grandparents on my dad's side are not very verbally expressive when it comes to love, but they definitely show it and they are very sweet in doing so; like my grandma offering to massage my shoulders and braid my hair, and my grandpa making me his signature snacks and meals.

My grandma on my mom's side is far more expressive; she'll call everyday to check on us, say I love you, hug us...but then again we grew up with her so that's probably why it's easier for her to do these things with us. Both are, understandably given their generation, very traditional and having them consider more modern ways of thinking is Actually impossible. LGBT+ anything is always gonna be wrong, divorce is wrong, abortion is wrong, I can't go out wearing shorts, I should find a man who will treat me well, Jesus is the way the truth the life blahblahblahblah...

29. Do you own any pet fish? What kind of fish are they? Nope.

30. Do you have a turntable and vinyls that you regularly play? I do not. I've always wanted one, but I don't think I'd be able to sustain it as a hobby.

31. What is the most irritating thing that a boyfriend or girlfriend has ever done to you? Gaslighting. :)

32. Have you ever thrown up from being so nervous? What was happening that made you so nervous? Nah, but I've cried from nerves. We were having org elections and I was up for a vice-presidential position and it was going to be my first miting de avance...so I ended up having a quick lil breakdown of sorts.

33. Would you rather be uncomfortable but fashionable or comfortable but unfashionable? Uncomfortable but fashionable. It's nice to look cute, at least for me lol. As much as possible I try to balance both, but yeah.

34. When was the last time you took your pet to the vet? What was wrong with it? There was nothing wrong with them; I just needed to get them anti-tick meds because it's required at the dog hotel we were having them board in last week.

35. Have you ever known someone who was in an abusive relationship? Yuh.

36. If you smoke/drink/do drugs, do you feel insulted when someone tells you that it’s bad for you? Well, no, because it's true.

37. Do you like skiing or snowboarding? Have never done either.

38. Do you find government buildings dreary and uncomfortable? Some of them are, but the others are beautifully-made – like our post office and our national museums :)

39. Name the last horror story you read. If you can’t remember any, name the last horror movie you saw. Feng Shui. Hahahaha

40. What happened the last time you were embarrassed? Drew was telling me frankly to get new glasses because he saw mine had a crack.

[the-firebird69]

29th Annual Texas States Championship 360 Chickenwing over the pond ...

His people are saying they found a way to steal the Sun away and they mean from this solar system the star and they don't have a clue in there trying to find out how anything he just says you don't have the technology and you don't have the metal and you probably won't ever have it because of what you're doing to me and it's this s*** head next door and he is juiced up on telling people what he's doing and he's going to be gone soon and he's juiced up on thinking he is on trial for the same kind of crime he was as President Clinton when it wasn't really a trial and he's saying same thing and stuff like that

Her son and daughter nail it and it is about Prince while Clinton but really it's about Clint Eastwood and it's not a joke it has to do with him not being able to sneak in as President Clinton and he's threatening the s*** out of people and did nothing and he then heard about the Monica Lewinsky stuff and flips out since you're ruining it and it's just no it's about you and going after me and I'll use it and he's trying to use it still and he's getting his ass handed to him by almost everybody and it's absolutely true and the guy simply won't back off and it is not what he thought it would be but he doesn't know that and the new trial he thinks is to reset it and the max today because he is bothering the s*** out of my son saying that he's won and he's already there and all this crap is for him to get back in and the last wife and stuff like that my son is trying to explain it to him he said you backstabbed them we caught some tons of stuff and thereafter you and they're trying to tell you to f*** off and you don't even know it so he said I don't think so and little kid and stuff like that is on the show as this little idiot kid and he didn't even cook the lamb at all they put in the oven for like 5 seconds and they said what the f*** are you doing and you know this is not cooked at all and they touched it and wouldn't eat it I tasted it and says it's not cooked at all and he looks up and goes what do you mean and said it's not cooked you didn't bother cooking it he got mad he's saying something like who told you that he goes I'm sitting here watching you not cook it and he does so you're watching me not cooking and you didn't say anything he's saying it in code I watched you doing it and you're not cooking it what of it. Is about to go off and see he's the show and stuff and he looks it's red and it's lamb and it's not that great to eat raw it's not really that bad it's not pork so they said this what it is is he's tasting the lamb from your three and he was out there checking it and so Trump is saying it to him and he's going why why like that to the people there that's it because you're stupid and you don't really run projects the max are walking all over you and he said holy s*** and other people now going down finally the guy was holding everybody hostage with a bunch of stuff and keeping people off the max and the max went and freed people by pushing the idiot off the money

-now they're going down to where these Giants are and we're going to show the video once again

Thor Freya

Olympus

Zues Hera