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eydika · 4 years

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eydika’s name list 2.0

more... names because the first name list I made isn’t enough anymore

Abaddon

Abbey / Abbie

Abel

Ace

Ada

Adam

Adrien

Agnes

Aiden

Akari

Alaska

Alchemy

Alec / Alex / Alexa

Alessi / Alessia

Alexis

Aliana / Alianna

Alice

Alison

Alistair

Alivia

Allie / Ally

Alpha

Alya

Amber

Amelia

Amity

Amos

Amy

Andie / Andy

Andrew

Andromeda

Angel

Anita

Anna / Anne

Annabelle / Annie

Apollo

Apple

Apricot

April

Archer / Archie

Arden

Ares

Argus

Ariel

Aron / Aaron / Auron

Arrow

Artemis

Arthur

Artis

Arya

Ash / Asher

Aspen / Aspyn

Astrid

Athena

Atlas

Atticus

Aubrey / Audrey

Audio

Auger

Auggie

August

Aurelia

Aurora

Austin

Autumn

Ava / Avaline / Avalon / Aveline

Avery / Avrey

Aya

Baby

Barbie

Basil

Bea / Bee

Bean

Beatrice / Beatriz

Bébé

Beck / Beckett

Beetle

Bella / Belle

Beryl

Betty

Bijou

Billie

Birdie

Bishop

Bitter

Blair / Blaire

Blaise

Bloom

Blue / Blu

Boheme

Bonnie

Bowie

Briar

Bridget

Brina

Brody

Bryson

Bunny

Byron

Cade / Cadea / Caden

Cairo

Cal / Calum

Caleb

Callie

Calliope

Calvin

Cameron

Candace

Canopy

Carly / Carlie

Carol / Caroline

Carter

Casper

Cassandra

Cassius

Catherine

Celia

Cetus

Chance

Charlotte

Cherry

China

Chip

Chloe

Cian

Cinnamon

Civet

Clara / Clary / Clarabelle

Claire

Clementine

Cleo

Clover

Cobalt

Colby

Colt / Colten

Constance

Cooper

Cora

Corey

Corvus

Cosmo

Cricket

Cynthia

Cyra

Cyrus

Dacre

Daisy

Dakota

Dalia

Dallas

Damien

Dana

Dandelion

Dandy

Dante

Daphne

Darby / Darcy

Darius

Darla

Davina / Divina

Davos

Dawn

Deacon

Deb

December

Deja

Delaney

Delta

Demi

Denim

Denver

Desmond

Dexter

Diego

Digit

Dion / Dior

Doe

Domino

Donna

Doran

Dorothy / Dot / Dottie

Douglas

Dune

Dusk

Dylan

Eachan

Ebele

Ebony

Echo

Eden

Edris

Effi / Effie

Egan

Elijah

Eliza

Ella / Ellie

Elliot

Ellis

Elodie

Elsbeth / Elspeth

Elsie

Elyse

Embla

Emily

Emlyn

Emma

Emmett

Emory

Erica

Erin

Ernest

Ernie

Esryn

Estelle

Ethan

Eugene

Eva / Eve / Evie

Evan

Evangeline

Fae / Fee

Faith

Fawn

Fawke

Felix

Fenris

Fergus

Ferris

Fig / Figgy

Finbar

Fizz

Fletcher

Fleur

Flint

Flora / Florence

Forrest

Fox

Frankie

Freya

Gage

Gaia

Gavin

Gemma

Gene / Genesis / Genevieve

Gigi

Gil

Giselle

Gladys

Gloom

Gloria / Glory

Goldie

Grace / Gracie

Greta

Griffin

Gus

Hadley

Hailey

Hana

Harlow

Harmony

Harper

Hawk

Hayden

Hazel

Hector

Henley

Henry

Hera / Hero

Honey / Honeydew

Hope

Hunter

Ian / Ion

Idris

Ieni

Iesha

Illori

Ilya

Imelda

Imogen

Imp

India

Indira

Ingrid

Irina

Iris

Isaac

Isara

Isla

Ivory / Ivy

Izzy

Jack / Jackie

Jade

Jake

Janice / Janis

Jason

Jasper

Jay / Joy

Jenan

Jericho

Jerry

Jibo

Jill

Jinx

Joan

Jude / Judith

Juleka

Juli / Julip

June / Juno

Juniper

Jupiter

Justice

Kaiven

Kale

Kappa

Kayla

Kellen

Kelly

Kes

Kimber

Kitana

Kitty

Kiwi

Knox

Kris

Kristy / Kirsty

Krull

Kumo

Laken

Lana

Lapse

Lark

Laurel

Lavender

Lemon

Lenka

Leo / Leon / Leonie

Levitt

Liberty

Lilac

Lilith

Lima

Lindsey

Locus / Lotus

Lottie

Luca / Luka

Lucia / Lucie / Lucy

Lucille

Lucky

Luis

Luna / Louna

Luther

Lux

Lynn

Mabel / Mable / Maple

Madison

Mae / May

Maeve

Magnolia

Mango

Mantis

March

Marcia / Marcy

Margaux / Margo / Margot

Marina

Marion

Marley

Marmalade

Mars

Martha

Mary

Mason

Maude

Maura

Maxine

Maya

Meadow

Medea

Melancholia

Melba

Memphis

Mercedes

Mercy

Mick

Milan

Milla

Millenia

Milo

Mina / Mona

Minerva

Minnie

Minnow

Miron

Misery

Mona

Monday

Montgomery

Monty

Morrigan

Morwenna

Myrtle

Nana

Nancy

Nasira

Nate

Nathaniel

Naveed

Navy

Ned

Nefarian

Ness

Nestor

Never

Newt

Nikki

Noah

Nora

Norma

Nova

Nutmeg

Nye

Nyx

Octa

October

Odessa

Olive / Olivia

Ollie

Omega

Omen

Onyx

Opal

Ophelia

Oriana / Orion

Oscar / Oskar

Otis

Owen

Ozzy / Ozzie

Paige

Paisley

Parker

Pat / Pattie

Paula / Paola

Pea / Peach

Pebble

Penelope

Pepper

Pepsi

Percy

Petrichor

Philippa

Philomena

Phoebe

Phoenix

Piccolo

Pip / Piper

Pixie

Poe

Pollux

Pomeline

Poppy

Portia

Primrose

Queen

Quentin

Quibble

Quincy

Quinn

Rachel

Radian

Ransom

Raven

Ray

Razzia

Rebus / Remus

Reverie

Rhubarb

Rick

Rider / Ryder

Rigby

Rilla

Roach

Robin

Rory

Rosa / Rosalie

Rose

Roux

Rowan

Roxanne / Roxie / Roxy

Ruben

Ruby

Rune

Sabina / Sabine / Sabrina

Sable

Sadie

Saffron

Sage / Saige

Salem

Sam / Samantha / Sammie

Savant

Savian

Scarlett

Scotty

Scout

Sean

Sesame

Shea

Skye / Skylar

Sloane

Solomon

Spencer

Sprout

Star

Stella

Sunny

Sybil

Syc

Symphony

Tabea

Tabitha / Tabs

Tali / Talia

Tasha

Tate

Tau

Temper

Tharan

Theodora / Theodosia

Theros

Thimble

Thirteen

Thorn

Tia

Tilda

Tina

Topaz

Tora / Torian

Trinity

Trixie

Trope

Tulip

Turnip

Twig

Ukiyo

Umara

Umbra

Ursa

Valentin

Valerie

Valora

Vargas

Vaughn

Vector

Vega / Vegas

Velvet

Venus

Vera

Vernon

Vesper

Vinette

Violet

Vivek

Volt

Waverly

Wednesday

Wendy

Wes

Whisper

William

Willow

Winnie

Winona

Winter

Wish

Wren

X + Y + Z

Xena / Xenia

Xeno / Xenos

Yuki

Yuri

Zafira

Zaria

Zephyr

Zero

Zoe / Zoelle

Zona

Zyra

LAST NAMES

Abbot

Abernathy

Alton

Arcanum

Ashe

Astor

Badger

Balker

Bass

Bennett

Benton

Blake

Bleu

Blunt

Blythe

Cable

Cabot

Cain

Carter

Carver

Castillo

Choi

Clemonte

Coldwell

Collins

Colt

Craft

Craven

Crimson

Croft

Dabney

Danvers

Dayholt

Delpy

Driver

Dyer

Eades

Edge

Epithet

Epps

Evert

Farley

Fell

Fenner

Fig

Finch

Findlay

Fletcher

Foley

Fowler

Fray

Freud

Frost

Geller

Gill

Guest

Hale

Hapley

Harp

Hart

Hearst

Hooper

Hunt

Hyde

Ivy

Jinx

Keller

Kersey

Kingsley

Knight

Knox

Kraft

Krav

Laveau

Lecter

Lock / Lockwood

Lowell

Lush

Marr

Mills

Mist

Morgan

Morrison

Murray

Myers

Oaks

Patel

Pierce

Pike

Powell

Price

Pruitt

Quint

Quiver

Random

Ripley

Ryder

Sears

Sloane

Sparks

Stele

Strom

Sutton

Talbot

Tate

Thorne

Twig

Twist

Tycho

Utley

Valentine

Vance

Vaughn

Vos

Walker

Wallow

Weaver

Webb

Wiley

Wilkes

Winston

Wreath

Wright

Wrong

York

Zella

Zepeda

#text #list #names #reference #inspo

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purplesurveys · 3 years

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1111

Something a little bit random and silly for my 1111th, just because.

survey by joybucket

List three things you love that start with each letter.

A: Art and most forms of it; anchovies, in most cases; and Angela.

B: Burgers, Beyoncé, and buffets.

E: Escargot, the name Eloise, and elephants.

F: FISH, Friends, and some folk indie.

S: Sleeping, signing off work at the end of my shift, and all kinds of seafood.

T: I’m obsessed with tteokbokki; trying out new food; and table tennis.

Q: I like the quiet time I occasionally give myself; quail eggs, especially in the form of kwek-kwek; and quattro formaggi pizza.

R: Rainbows, the rain, and riding planes.

O: Old movies, the ocean, and Okinawa milk tea.

List a phrase including an adjective, noun, and verb for each letter. Examples: "angry artist anticipating", "rude rascals running", "dirty dogs dancing", or "empty elephants eloping." Have fun!

A: Adorable animals appearing.

F: Fabulous fingers frolicking.

C; Chummy classmates cooking.

S: Suspicious self salivating.

R: Rambunctious raccoon running.

T: Tired turnip tumbling.

Q; Questioning quail quipping.

J: Joyful joggers jamming.

I: Inquisitive igloos imagining.

L: Luxurious lemonade luminescing.

Z: Zesty zebras zoning out.

E: Ethereal eagles embracing.

List three different occupations starting with each letter.

O: Orthodontist, oceanographer, opthalmologist.

E: Engineer, equestrienne, elementary school teacher.

F: Firefighter, flight attendant, farmer.

S: Scientist, singer, seamstress.

T: Talent agent, tricycle driver, tennis player.

I: Illustrator, inspector, IT technician.

E: Economist, editor, electrician.

L: Lawyer, librarian, lifeguard.

A: Accountant, actor, architect.

Y: Yoga instructor, youth pastor, yogurt maker?? if that counts, lol. Otherwise I got nothing else.

List three adjectives that begin with each letter.

A: Affable, abrupt, adequate.

B: Broken, blunt, bleary.

C: Crazy, clear, clingy.

D: Daunting, delirious, dark.

E: Existential, enraged, exemplary.

F: Fantastic, far-flung, flavorful.

G: Ghastly, gentle, gigantic.

H: Harrowing, healthy, hopeful.

I: Intelligent, identical, impervious.

J: Jovial, jaded, joyous.

List three nouns that being with each letter.

K: Kangaroo, keychain, kiwi.

L: Lemonade the album, lemon the fruit, and Liz Lemon.

M: Mall, maple syrup, and mop.

N: Nightingale, nest, napkin.

O: Ogre, olive, orange.

P: Piano, panini, and pizza.

Q: Queen, quill, quilt.

List three verbs that begin with each letter.

R: Running, raking, reliving.

S: Singing, sailing, surfing.

T: Tricking, tossing, teeming.

U: Understanding, urging, unwrapping.

V: Villifying, venerating, vaccinating - get vaccinated, folks.

W: Wandering, washing, wriggling.

X: I don’t know if there are any and I can’t bother to look it up.

Y: Yawning, yelling, yearning.

Z: Zipping, ziplining, zapping.

List three...

girl's names you love: Olivia, Mia, Emma.

boy’s names you love: Mason, Jacob, Lucas.

girl’s names you dislike: Karen, and our local versions of Karen, Marites and Marivic.

boy’s names you dislike: Chad, times three.

things you hate about summer things you hate about winter things you hate about spring things you hate about fall things you love about spring things you love about winter things you love about fall things you love about summer Crossing these out because my Southeast Asian ass can’t relate, but if you do decide to take this survey feel free to un-strikethrough them!

things you miss from your past: Having more freedom to make mistakes; not having to worry about the future; and friends I’ve since lost.

people who have really hurt you in the past: Gabie, my mom, Marielle.

names of people you have had crushes on: Gabie, Andi from 5th grade...and that’s it, really.

names of people you have gone on a date with: Only Gabie. And I guess maybe Mike? Since he asked me to go with him to his ball as his date.

places you've been and would love to go again: Sagada, Jeju, Bali.

places you want to visit before you die: Morocco, Spain, Thailand.

items on your bucket list: See Times Square, live in a condo, plan a solo trip.

health conditions you have: Scoliosis, lactose intolerance, and very possible depression.

health conditions you've had in the past but don't anymore: Dehydration, UTI, and some kind of weird low-platelet-count thing that was just that, and never diagnosed as anything.

things you are allergic to: Possibly some types of grass, and maybe face masks. Idk how to confirm it really; I just know my skin gets irritated around them sometimes.

youtube channels you love to watch: Good Mythical Morning; the KBS YouTube channel mainly for clips of Return of Superman and 2 Days 1 Night; and Binging With Babish.

favorite drinks: Water, coffee, Long Island Iced Tea.

favorite foods: Sushi, chicken wings, pizza.

favorite desserts: Cheesecake, MACARONS, cupcakes.

favorite holidays: The only one I care for and get super excited about is my birthday, if that counts. Christmas is fine, but I only get the excitement for it on the actual day itself.

favorite colors: Pastel pink, white, maroon.

people you would like to meet: Ysa and Bea, my teammates at work. I’ve met them only once before, and I wish we can be allowed to report to the workplace physically soon so that I get to see them more often and strengthen my relationship (both working and personal) with them. I’d also love to be able to chat and chill with Hayley Williams even for just 30 seconds.

people you want to meet in Heaven: I don’t believe in that, but I’d love to have met my great-grandfather on my maternal grandfather’s side. Also, Audrey Hepburn and Princess Diana.

good names for a dog or cat: Depends on their personality.

reasons why you get up each morning and keep on living: Because I’ve been able to see myself get better, and why stop all the progress?; because I’d want to be able see if the future will get better; and because I’m afraid of what will happen to/who will look out for my dogs if I’m suddenly gone.

For each name, think of three people you know with that name, and list their occupations.

Amanda: I only know one Amanda, and she’s a friend of my ex’s younger sister. She’s only in senior year of high school. I know an Amandine which is close enough I suppose?? and she’s a dentistry student.

Sarah: She’s a media contact and I’m constantly in touch with; she’s the editor-in-chief of a local magazine. I think she’s the only Sarah I know.

Ashley: Also a media contact. I’m not sure about her title, though.

Beth: @bionic-beth is a teacher! :) But I don’t know any Beths in real life, I think.

Katie: Well I know Kate, and I’ll sometimes playfully call her Katie. She works in a government agency and she’s one of their PR people. The HR person who recruited me to come work at my current employer is a Kate, but I have never and have no plans to call her Katie.

Matt: That’s too foreign-sounding a name where I live.

Emily: Don’t know any Emilys, either.

Chris: Media contacts. They run blogs or news sites of their own.

Mike/Michael: The one Mike I know is currently a med student. Not sure if he’s working on the side - I think he is, since I saw him post about a job update on his Facebook a few months ago; but I can no longer remember what he does, or if he’s still doing it.

Jessica: I went to high school with a girl named Jessica but I don’t follow her on social media, so I have no clue what she’s up to now.

Becca/Bekah: Rita’s sister is a Becca. I think she is currently a grad student.

For each name, think of three people you know, and list one adjective to describe each person. (Skip if you don't know anyone with that name.)

Laura

Michelle: Hilarious.

Victoria: Strong.

Tessa: Friendly.

John

Claire: Influential; motherly.

Briana/Brianna: Bitch.

Vanessa

Brittany/Britney, etc.

Allison/Allie/Ally, etc: Kind.

Olivia

Jordan

Jo/Joe: Ambitious; pretty.

Corey/Kori

Sophie: Sweet; quiet.

Mitch/Mitchell: Tall.

Madison/Maddie/Maddi

Out of all the people you know or have met, list three...

redheads: Yeah, you’re not going to find them in most of Asia. West Asia and some parts of East Asia, probably, but definitely not for the rest.

tall people: Jo, Chesca, and Shaun.

people with really curly hair: I know Kleo has naturally curly hair from her Aeta roots, but it’s been straightened for a very long time now. I think Chesca also has curly hair, albeit slightly. There is also Liana.

sets of twins: My sister had two sets of twins in her high school batch, but I can no longer remember their names. I also had an English class with a pair of twins named Ardy and Thirdy.

of the cutest babies you've seen on social media: My workmate’s baby. My friend Jar has a super squishy niece/nephew pair of twins as well.

people you miss: Angela, Kate, my grandpa.

people with beautiful eyes: I can only think of my ex.

people with nice hair: God I have not been around people for so long, I can barely think of anyone for this.

people who are the same height as you: Aya, Hannah, Tina.

own one of the same clothing items as you: Angela since we went to the same high school and have several of the same school shirts; Laurice since we share a college org and we have our own trademark polo shirt; and my brother and I have our own pairs of Nike Cortez shoes.

make you laugh: Andi, Hans, and this girl I had a couple of history classes with, Rose.

List three celebrities who...

are the same height as you: Lady Gaga and AJ Lee are the only ones who are coming to mind. I wouldn’t call AJ a celebrity though.

have the same hair color as you: Mila Kunis, Kelly Rowland, Dita Von Teese.

look like you: Only based on comments I’ve gotten in the past and not because I necessarily claim these for myself, Lucy Hale, Anna Akana, and Kakie.

List three....

adjectives to describe you: Timid, stubborn, sensitive.

academic courses you enjoyed: Philippine social history, international relations, anthropology.

words you always forget how to spell: Rhythm, committee, accommodate.

things you wish you were better at: Singing, dancing, drawing.

things you are really good at: Writing, reading people, and knowing the best things to order at most restaurants hahahah.

jobs you'd like to have: Ideally, a lawyer or doctor. But realistically, I’d love to have a leadership position in the PR sphere.

jobs you've considered having: ^ Again, lawyer and doctor. Also a journalist or news anchor, back when I still thought I was passionate about journalism.

jobs you'd hate: Journalist, an LTO clerk, an assistant to an asshole celebrity.

things you miss: Being a student, many parts of the past, and deceased family members.

names your mom considered when naming you: Ariel, Kathleen, Katrina.

things people call you: Robyn, Byn, Bynbyn.

*Bonus*: what is your name? (first and middle)? I always feel like just sharing Robyn.

#survey #surveys

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lunasong365 · 4 years

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It would take two weeks to read their names.

The 9-11 death toll pales in comparison to the thousands of Americans dead by a virus. The world once watched two towers fall And now they watch this country fail— Collapsing under the weight of its hubris the inadequate support of its social systems and the flames of divisiveness and injustice

Under the cut: The Names - Billy Collins (written for 9-11)

Yesterday, I lay awake in the palm of the night. A soft rain stole in, unhelped by any breeze, And when I saw the silver glaze on the windows, I started with A, with Ackerman, as it happened, Then Baxter and Calabro, Davis and Eberling, names falling into place As droplets fell through the dark. Names printed on the ceiling of the night. Names slipping around a watery bend. Twenty-six willows on the banks of a stream. In the morning, I walked out barefoot Among thousands of flowers Heavy with dew like the eyes of tears, And each had a name — Fiori inscribed on a yellow petal Then Gonzalez and Han, Ishikawa and Jenkins. Names written in the air And stitched into the cloth of the day. A name under a photograph taped to a mailbox. Monogram on a torn shirt, I see you spelled out on storefront windows And on the bright unfurled awnings of this city. I say the syllables as I turn a corner — Kelly and Lee, Medina, Nardella, and O’Connor. When I peer into the woods, I see a thick tangle where letters are hidden As in a puzzle concocted for children. Parker and Quigley in the twigs of an ash, Rizzo, Schubert, Torres, and Upton, Secrets in the boughs of an ancient maple. Names written in the pale sky. Names rising in the updraft amid buildings. Names silent in stone Or cried out behind a door. Names blown over the earth and out to sea. In the evening — weakening light, the last swallows. A boy on a lake lifts his oars. A woman by a window puts a match to a candle, And the names are outlined on the rose clouds — Vanacore and Wallace, (let X stand, if it can, for the ones unfound) Then Young and Ziminsky, the final jolt of Z. Names etched on the head of a pin. One name spanning a bridge, another undergoing a tunnel. A blue name needled into the skin. Names of citizens, workers, mothers and fathers, The bright-eyed daughter, the quick son. Alphabet of names in a green field. Names in the small tracks of birds. Names lifted from a hat Or balanced on the tip of the tongue. Names wheeled into the dim warehouse of memory. So many names, there is barely room on the walls of the heart.

#poetry #my poetry #billy collins #9-11 #covid-19 #names

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reigohoo · 1 year

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The lovers went for a walk~♥️🌿✨

The white one is my character, and the red—haired centaur is a friend's character. I love them very, very much, drawing them makes me happy🥺❤️💦

Usually my character doesn't wear makeup, here he decided to just fool around~💋

#centaur #oc #original character #horse #art #gay love #gay couple #boysxboys #love #my oc art #my art #Kelly centaur #Kelly x Maple

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jwscrobbles · 11 years

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Top 50 Songs Scrobbled for the Week Ending 10/6/2013

TW LW ARTIST - SONG 1 1 Rudimental/MNEK/Sinead Harnett - BABY(2 weeks @ #1) 2 4 Disclosure - F FOR YOU 3 6 Thundercat - OH SHEIT IT'S X 4 3 Jay Sean/Rick Ross - MARS (2 weeks @ #1) 5 2 Empire of the Sun - ICE ON THE DUNE 6 5 Booker T/Mayer Hawthorne - SOUND THE ALARM 7 14 Nelly/Nicki Minaj/Pharrell Williams - GET LIKE ME 8 12 Wale/Sam Dew - LOVEHATE THING 9 15 Calvin Harris/Ayah Marar - THINKING ABOUT YOU 10 8 Disclosure/Jessie Ware - CONFESS TO ME 11 11 Martin Solveig/The Cataracts/Kyle - HEY NOW 12 7 Daft Punk/Pharell Williams - LOSE YOURSELF TO DANCE 13 9 Snakehips/George Maple - ON & ON 14 10 Pharrell Williams - HAPPY(2 weeks @ #1) 15 13 Maroon 5 - LOVE SOMEBODY 16 16 Bingo Players/Far East Movement - GET UP (RATTLE) 17 22 P!nk/Lily Allen - TRUE LOVE 18 17 Nikki William - GLOWING 19 24 The Neighborhood - SWEATER WEATHER 20 23 John Newman - LOVE ME AGAIN 21 26 Robin Thicke/Kendrick Lamar - GIVE T 2 U 22 31 Janelle Monae - DANCE APOCALYPTIC 23 25 Sinead Harnett - GOT ME 24 21 Imagine Dragons - RADIOACTIVE 25 28 Emblem3 - CHLOE (YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT) 26 19 Phoenix - TRYING TO BE COOL(1 week @ #1) 27 20 Fitz & the Tantrum - OUT OF MY LEAGUE 28 36 AlunaGeorge - BAD IDEA 29 29 J Cole/TLC - CROOKED SMILE 30 32 John Mayer - PAPER DOLL 31 18 Mayer Hawthorne - HER FAVORITE SONG(2 weeks @ #1) 32 37 Hydrophonic Sound System - DISCO ILLUMINATION 33 27 B.o.B./T.I./Juicy J - WE STILL IN THIS BITCH 34 38 Ariana Grande/Mac Miller - THE WAY 35 30 Chrisette Michele/Bilal - CAN THE COOL BE LOVED? 36 41 Lady Gaga - APPLAUSE 37 43 Mayer Hawthorne - THE STARS ARE OURS 38 40 J Cole/Kendrick Lamar - FORBIDDEN FRUIT 39 35 Kendrick Lamar - MONEY TREES 40 34 Kelly Rowland - DIRTY LAUNDRY 41 42 Justin Timberlake - TAKE BACK THE NIGHT 42 33 Bridget Kelly/Kendrick Lamar - STREET DREAMIN' 43 47 Jessie Ware - SWEET TALK 44 48 Bonobo/Erykah Badu - HEAVEN FOR THE SINNER 45 ---- Sampha - WITHOUT 46 49 Jessie Ware/Sampha - VALENTINE 47 ---- Lorde - ROYALS 48 49 Mika/Ariana Grande - POPULAR SONG 49 ---- Empire of the Sun - DNA 50 39 Lianne LaHavas - LOST AND FOUND

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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 3 years

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Billy Collins Here is that poem, written by Billy Collins for a special joint session of Congress in New York commemorating the first anniversary of 9-11.

THE NAMES by Billy Collins

Yesterday, I lay awake in the palm of the night. A soft rain stole in, unhelped by any breeze, And when I saw the silver glaze on the windows, I started with A, with Ackerman, as it happened, Then Baxter and Calabro, Davis and Eberling, names falling into place As droplets fell through the dark. Names printed on the ceiling of the night. Names slipping around a watery bend. Twenty-six willows on the banks of a stream. In the morning, I walked out barefoot Among thousands of flowers Heavy with dew like the eyes of tears, And each had a name -- Fiori inscribed on a yellow petal Then Gonzalez and Han, Ishikawa and Jenkins. Names written in the air And stitched into the cloth of the day. A name under a photograph taped to a mailbox. Monogram on a torn shirt, I see you spelled out on storefront windows And on the bright unfurled awnings of this city. I say the syllables as I turn a corner -- Kelly and Lee, Medina, Nardella, and O'Connor. When I peer into the woods, I see a thick tangle where letters are hidden As in a puzzle concocted for children. Parker and Quigley in the twigs of an ash, Rizzo, Schubert, Torres, and Upton, Secrets in the boughs of an ancient maple. Names written in the pale sky. Names rising in the updraft amid buildings. Names silent in stone Or cried out behind a door. Names blown over the earth and out to sea. In the evening -- weakening light, the last swallows. A boy on a lake lifts his oars. A woman by a window puts a match to a candle, And the names are outlined on the rose clouds -- Vanacore and Wallace, (let X stand, if it can, for the ones unfound) Then Young and Ziminsky, the final jolt of Z. Names etched on the head of a pin. One name spanning a bridge, another undergoing a tunnel. A blue name needled into the skin. Names of citizens, workers, mothers and fathers, The bright-eyed daughter, the quick son. Alphabet of names in a green field. Names in the small tracks of birds. Names lifted from a hat Or balanced on the tip of the tongue. Names wheeled into the dim warehouse of memory. So many names, there is barely room on the walls of the heart.

from AIMLESS LOVE, Random House, 2013

#poetry #poem #9-11 #Billy Collins #remembrance #New York City

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Music 2018 April: There’s too much music and it isn’t helping anyone. Please stop all music.

Rock, punk, post-punk, psych, etc. Also folk I guess?

Full-Lengths Bart De Paepe - Pagus Wasiae LP (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond) Blank Realm - Last Seen LP (Hobbies Galore) Blind Mans Band - Blind Mans Band CS [Orig. 2016] (Insula Jazz) Bridge of Flowers - Bridge of Flowers CS (Sloow Tapes) Bodies On Everest - A National Day Of Mourning CD (Third-I-Rex) Chris Cogburn, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Bob Hoffnar, Henry Kaiser - En Las Montañas de Excesos LP (Self Sabotage) Christian Kann - Tang® Under the Bridge... CS (Metaphysical Circuits) Chocolat Billy - Délicat déni LP (Kythibong / Les Potagers Natures) Convivial Cannibal Clan - Autosarcophagy CS (Ignorant Ear Tapes) COXNOX - COXNOX CD (Econore) Death by Delirium - Pushing up the Daisies CS (Wilhelm show me the Major Label) The Doozer ‎- Figurines LP (Feeding Tube) DLVRNC - DLVRNC (Self-Released) Faux Départ ‎- Au Pied Du Mur LP (Colilla / Doomtown) Flesh Narc - Songs of Reality CS (NULLZØNE) Great Saunites - Brown CD (Il Verso Del Cinghiale / Hypershape / Toten Schwan) Gnaw Their Tongues - Genocidal Majesty LP (Consouling Sounds) Headroom / Dire Wolves - Split CS (Pome Pome Tones) Holiday Inn - Torbido LP (Maple Death) Hospice - Hospice CS (Scavenger of Death) Itchy Bugger - Done One LP (Low Company) Jacob Yates - The Hare. The Moon. The Drone. LP (Optimo Music) Jesus Is My Son - Tout a une fin (même l'amour) CD (Cheap Satanism) King Dick - KDIII LP (King Dick) KTB - KTB II LP (Feeding Tube) Lewsberg - Lewsberg LP (Self-Released) Leverton Fox - I Am Zebra LP (Not Applicable) Litku Klemetti - Taika Tapahtuu LP (Luova) Locean - Object / Disco CS (Box) Maailmanloppu - Tuhon Koodi LP (Svart) Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog - Yru Still Here CD (Yellowbird / Enja) Lonker See - One Eye Sees Red CD (Instant Classic) Makoto Kawabata • Richard Pinhas • Yoshida Tatsuya - Trax LP (Bam Balam) Mark Wynn - Damp Towels Stink Drama (Desert Mine) MÄSÄ - Viimesen päälle LP (Luova) Mr Sterile - Haters, Wreckers and other Friends CD (skirted) Ramble Tamble - Outlaw Overtones CS (Eiderdown) The Shna - Fairytape CS (Kitchen Leg) Sonic Death - Punks Against Mafia Vol. 1 (DTH Studios) Spost - Monkey Face LP (Self-Released) Stratocastors - Living Under The Johnny Vacances LP (Et Mon Cul C’est Du Tofu) Thee Agnes Muller - Le Bad CS (Degelite) The Submissives - Pining for a Boy CS (Egg Paper) Tommy Jay & The General - Florida Songs LP (Feeding Tube) Total Leatherette - For The Climax Of The Night LP (Mïlk) The Trendees - NIGHTMARE CITY (Self-Released) Vanta - Vanta II CS (Self-Released) Weasel Walter - Skhiizm CD (ugEXPLODE) Weeping Bong Band - Weeping Bong Band LP (Feeding Tube) Wombo - Staring At Trees CS (Sophomore Lounge) Yes Deer - Gloss LP (Abstract Tits) Ylayali - Pumpkin Patch CS / Picked Apart (Self-Released) Zëro - Ain't That Mayhem 2xLP (Ici d'Ailleurs)

Singles, EPs, Demos Basic Human - Cassette CS (Meatspin) Bodybags - Demo 2018 (Self-Released) Can Can Heads - Duo Exchange in 4´42 Minutes EP (Self-Released) Cerkkyu - Demo CS (MYDY / Overflöd / Pissed Off!) Crude - Drug Culture 12" (Farewell) Dauðyflin - Dauþiflin 7" EP (Iron Lung) Dick Whyte & Finn Johansson - What Kind Of Bird Am I 7" (Ilk Ither) Ecstasy - Ecstasy 7" EP (Digital Regress) Fatamorgana - Fatamorgana CS (Self-Released) Floating Skull - FROSTED MINOTAUR / SECULAR BUTCHER CS (Self-Released) Gen Pop - II 7" EP (Feel It) Hetze - Bedbugs (Self-Released) Jesus Is My Son - Désolé 7" (Lexi Disques) Kovaa Rasvaa - Pahan vaimon käsikirja 12" (Svart) Laurence Wasser - The Garden CS (Kitchen Leg) Life Fucker - Z - 12" (Static Age) Merlin Nova - Protect Your Flame EP (Blank Editions) Nandas - EP II (Toxic State) No Future - Demo CS (Televised Suicide) NoNoNo - Cutting Edge CD (Self-Released) Photogenic - Demo CS (Self-Released) Physique - Punk Life Is Shit 12" (Iron Lung) Primer Regimen - Ultimo Testamento 12" (Byllepest Distro) Punctï - Quartz Hour Shining Sphere (Self-Released) Pvnisher - Pvnishment Demonstration CS (Razored Raw) Rapid Tan - Golden Wonder EP (Self-Released) Sara Fuego - soundcloud demos Scarlatine - Tine EP (Self-released) Slab City - Regina Delle Streghe CS (Always Restrictions) Slant - Demo 2018 CS (Headcount / Pissed Off!) Skitklass - Kaos Och Förstörelse 4-låtars 7" EP (Hardcore Survives) Stagger - Thermobaeric Blues CS (Self-Released) Street Gurgler - Live on WRUW CS (Adamant Blasts / Pete Smokes Weed Tapes) Terebentina - O outro (Self-Released) XUX - XUX CS (Hobbies Galore) [pictured] WAMEKI - 72 Hours EP (Self-Released)

Experimental, Avant-Garde, Free Jazz, etc

6majik9 - Ritual Zero / Monk Nun 2xCDr (chemical imbalance.) Ad`Absurdum & Strøm - Infest LP (Acoustic Desaster / Tonzonen) Adam Cadell - Bush Songs CS (Soft Abuse) Adderall Canyonly - The Limits of All Known Ice CS (Lighten Up Sounds) Aeolipile - Observational error CD (Foolproof Projects) AMK & WM Zarate - Embedded CS (Regional Bears) Amuleto - Misztériumok LP (Three꞉four) Aqueduct Ensemble - Improvisations on an Apricot LP (Last Resort) AmErIkAn TeEnAgEr - Bandcamp CS (Barreuh) Awkward Geisha & GX Jupitter-Larsen - Final Destination CS (Lurker Bias) Baldruin - Vergessene Träume LP (Ikuisuus) Bianca Scout - __dislex-ia (Beatrice & Annie) Bella e Cadu Tenório - Vazios CS (QTV) Body Morph - The Three Mothers CS (Moon Myst Music) Brianna Kelly / Sympathy Pain - Split CS (Whited Sepulchre) Carlo Giustini - Sant'angelo CS (Purlieu Recordings) Chaos Echœs with Mats Gustafsson - Sustain LP (Utech) Chesterfield - Consuelo CD (Mikroton) Chow Mwng - Ah Alpine ! CDr (Self-Released) Church Shuttle - Natural Disaster 7'' (Soft Abuse) Columbus Duo - À Temps CD (Dead Sailor Muzic) Crazy Doberman - "Get Lost Pens Of Baldwin" Particle I & II CS (Fag Tapes) Dane Rousay - IMP-ENV 10'' (Colour8) Dead Voices on Air - Mirror Carrier CS (Format Noise) Dirk Wachtelaer, Jürgen De Blonde, Alec Ilyine, Gert De Meester - Tales From The Hellhole (Self-Released) Disposición Asoleada - Sigses Saturninos 7'' (Lexi Disques) Dwarfs of East Agouza - Rats Don’t Eat Synthesizers LP (Akuphone) Èlg - Vu Du Dôme LP (Editions Gravats) eRikm & Percussions de Strasbourg - Drum-Machines 2xLP (Percussions de Strasbourg) Fuck My WInter - Hic svnt leones CS (Jeunesse Cosmique) Jérôme Noetinger & Sec_ - La Cave Des Étendards CD (Mikroton) John Godbert - The Sealed Container CDr (Chocolate Monk) Kurt Liedwart & Petr Vrba - Punkt CD (Mikroton) kutin | kindlinger - Decomposition IV (Variations on Bulletproof Glass) 2xLP (Ventil) Lärmschutz - Divine Descent CS (No Index) Lao Dan 老丹 - 思維扭曲的行動體 Functioning Anomie CS (WV Sorcerer Productions) Les Horribles Travailleurs & Mechanical Ape - Collaborative Soundworks CS (Noir Age) Li Jianhong 李劍鴻 - 1969 CS (WV Sorcerer Productions) Louise Landes Levi - IKIRU or The Wanderer LP (Oaken Palace) Lucrecia Dalt - Anticlines LP (RVNG Intl.) Maria da Rocha - Beet Root & Other Stories CD (Shhpuma) Martín Escalante and Charlie Mumma - Escalante / Mumma CS (Sploosh) Me Donner - ÉÀ&! (Self-Released) Mei Zhiyong 梅志勇 / Ryosuke Kiyasu - 高円寺 Kōenji CS (WV Sorcerer Productions) Michael Foster / Ben Bennett / Jacob Wick - Glove Issues CD (Palliative) Mike Dilloway - Hay Bale Paws CD (Chocolate Monk) Nat Birchall - Cosmic Language LP (Jazzman) Neutrals - 0318 CS (Alien Passengers) Nick Hoffman - Salamander CS (Notice) La banane de Hakim - Q EP (Self-Released) Q'uq'umatz - Tepeu CS (WV Sorcerer Productions) Paulie Shankwank / Zawinul Cropse - Split CS (Post-Materialization) Red Brut - Red Brut LP (KRAAK) Richmond Avant Improv Collective - Communion / Il Delirio E La Mortalità Di Amore 2xCD (Arachnidiscs) Rob Michalchuk - Where Did You Learn To Fly CS / Thirty CS (Poor Little Music) Saboteuse - X CS (Crow Versus Crow) Sensual Spasmo - Lichhouse Drip Feed CS (Moon Myst Music) Simon Cummings - 間 (ma) CS (Crónica) Sparkle in Grey - The Bones of Quietness CD (Grey Sparkle) The Spiders - Bit Offset 2xCS (chemical imbalance.) STARBIRTHED - The Dweller On the Threshold CS (Flower Room) Tasos Stamou - Musique con Crète LP (Discrepant) Tatras / Oostanaula - Split CS (Park 70) Thembi Soddell - Love Songs CD (Room40) Threes And Will / Deludium Skies - Kraaipan / From The Dirt Arose The Lesser King CD (Xtelyon) Tomaga - Music for Visual Disorders LP (meakusma) Torben Snekkestad, Agusti Fernandez, Barry Guy - Louisiana Variations CD (Fundacja Słuchaj) VA - 2018 Balkan Experimental Survey - Post Industrial Culture Series (Unexplained Sounds Group) VA - New Modernism (Unexplained Sounds Group) VA - Solidarity Is Our Weapon Against All Prisons (Anarchist Black Cross Benefit) 2xCS (Totes Format) Uton - Sax On, Sax Off CS (Eiderdown) Vanessa Amara - Manos LP (Posh Isolation) Wukir Suryadi - Atas Nama Bunyi / In The Name Of Sound 2008 EP (Self-Released) Zohastre - Pan And The Master Pipers LP (S.K Records)

Reissues, Archival

A New Personality - A New Personality 1981-84 (No Label) Cardiacs - The Seaside (Original Edition) [Orig. 1983, Remastered] (The Alphabet Business Concern) Dino J.A. Deane - For Leena 2xLP [Rec. 1991-1998] (Lullabies For Insomniacs) Expo 70 - Mother Universe Has Birthed Her Last Cosmos 2xCD [Rec. 2008-2010] (Zoharum) Goz Of Kermeur - Greatest Hits 2xLP [Rec. 1992-1996] (Jelodanti / Et Mon Cul C'est Du Tofu / Degelite) Heldon - Electronique Guerilla LP / Heldon II LP [Orig. 1974, 1975] (Bureau B) Nexda - Words & Numbers LP [Rec. 1982] (Emotional Rescue / Blowpipe / Mannnequin) Nocturnal Projections - Complete Studio Recordings LP / Inmates In Images LP [Rec. 1981-1983] (Dais) No Trend - You Deserve Your Life. LP [Rec. 1983] (Digital Regress, 2018) Norgez Bank - Samfunnets tjenera LP [Rec. 1980-1982] (Fucking North Pole) Onyx - Complete Works 1981-1983 LP (MIND Records) Peggy Lee & Dylan van der Schyff - These Are Our Shoes [Orig. 1998] (WhirrbooM!) Pellethead - The Best of a Bad Bunch LP [Rec. 1992-2017] (GNUinc) PRRRL JAM - Prrrl Jam 2xCS [Orig. 2014, Expanded] (Grog Pappy) Residents - The W⁎⁎⁎⁎⁎ B⁎⁎⁎ Album LP [Rec. 1971]͙͙ (New Ralph Too) Shatterbox - Strung Out On The Line LP [Orig. 1981] (Dig! Records) Sun Ra - God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be LP [Orig. 1979, Remastered] (Cosmic Myth) Tunnelrunners - Neath Abbey Road CD [Rec. 1980-1982] (Only Fit For The Bin) Unknown Artist - Early Sampling Puzzle, Potentially Recorded During The Late 1980′s LP (Delodio) Unovidual - Synthetic Solitude CS [Rec. 1983-1986] (Kontakt)

Electronic

AQXDM - Aegis 12'' (Bedouin) Astrid Sonne - Human Lines LP (Escho) Beat Detectives - Rhythms & Edits Volume 1 CS (Altered States) Blue Nude - Blue Nude CS (Puff Boys) burnet207 - forever CD (Jacktone) C_C - Brumas, Nieblas, Neblinas CS (Zamzam) Chloé - Recall Remixes 12'' (Lumière Noire) Curses - Pedal To The Metal And Don't Look Back 12'' (Bordello A Parigi) CVN - Kaisou CS (Altered States) Cyclist - Alabaster Thrones 12'' (100% Silk) Eomac - Reconnect LP (Eotrax) Garland - Preludes #1 LP (Lullabies For Insomniacs) House Of Kenzo - Bonfires Of Urbanity CS (Ascetic House) Hugo Jay - Tape Two LP (Coastal Haze) Hysteric - In The Moonlight 12'' (Violette Szabo) Jack Patterson - Snapping The Golden Thread CS (Archive) Kiwi - Mountains Of Dew 12'' (Disco Halal) Lauren Tosswill - My Home In The Year 12'' (Enmossed) Low Jack - Riddims du Lieu-dit LP (Editions Gravats) Mateis e. aqir - Geography of Nowhere 12'' (Jungle Gym) Mind Safari - The Dream Manipulator CS (Jacktone) Modified Man - Modifications꞉ Set 2 LP (Albert’s Favourites) Mrs Dink - The Norma Meetings EP (Run On Recordings) NN* - Cave Of The Birdbath King CS (Self-Released) Opal Beau - Open Window CS (Altered States) Overloper - Aposynthesis 12'' (Pater Noster) Piotr Połoz - Shameful Hatred CDr (Mik.Musik.!.) PSYCHOPOP - The Devil's Drums and the Angelic Electronics CS (HIT+RUN) Raquin - Ariclone CS (Janushoved) Ssaliva - WYIN 12'' (Collapsing Market) Somaticae - Planètes De Glace CS (ABRecords) VA - HU-MR96 3x12'' (MISTRESS Recordings) VA - Metallurgic 12'' (Metallurgic) VA - NOWHERE01 (Something Happening Somewhere) VA - One Instrument Volume 01 LP (One Instrument)

#i'll add links later #and an explanation for why these keep getting longer #i've never broken a promise #monthly

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Day 4: Rainy Saturdays are for cooking (and Netflix)

Hi all. As I write this, it’s the winding down of a gorgeous (and HOT) sunny Sunday here in CT but when I woke up yesterday, I actually thought it still had to be 6am or earlier because it was so dark in our room. Turns out it was actually 8:30am and just pouring buckets outside. Good day to stay inside and cook some comfort food items.

My second breakfast recipe from Dr. G’s cookbook was definitely simpler than the burrito bake: French toast with a berry drizzle. I also wanted to make a fruit compote for an extra topping. The cookbook’s recipe is titled as a pear compote, but pears are out of season right now, and honestly why would you put a few sad-looking Bartletts in your grocery basket when there are farmstand peaches just up the road? To my delight, when I flipped open the cookbook on Saturday morning I read a line I hadn’t noticed before: you could vary it up by using apples, peaches, or plums in place of the pears. Perfect!

Sam was still sleeping (he tends to be a bit more of a late riser compared to me on most days). I enjoyed the solitude for a bit and diced up four peaches as I listened to the rain. The compote was honestly super easy to throw together once the peaches were chopped. I threw them in a pot with some water, blended lemon, raisins, date sugar, vanilla extract, and some spices. I left that to simmer while I prepped the plant-based version of a dipping mixture for the toast. And in case you’re wondering, no, I did NOT find salt-free bread at the grocery store. I found the whole wheat bread that had the lowest amount of sugar/sodium and least amount of funky-sounding ingredients on the label and called it a day. (As an aside, Sam had thought he’d be required to give up toast completely during these two weeks and was really excited when he came home on Friday and saw a loaf of bread sitting on the counter, it was kind of cute.)

I had to make my own almond milk for the French toast dipping mixture. Dr. G. doesn’t approve of store-brought almond milk, too many chemicals or whatever. Not a whole food! Luckily, I already had almond butter from my first grocery shopping extravaganza of the week. All you had to do by Dr. G’s standard was blend a couple tablespoons of almond butter with some water and ta-da, you’ve got almond milk that’s apparently less likely to kill you. For the French toast, Dr. G. instructed that I needed to mix some ground flaxseed with a bit of warm water and then add it in with the almond milk. More date sugar, vanilla extract, a bit of turmeric and cinnamon, and boom.

Sam was awake by now and I immediately put him on toasting duty. He’s become the defacto breakfast-cooking king in our household over the past 5 years, which is odd really when he’s less the morning person of the two of us. But he genuinely enjoys whipping up eggs, bacon, French toast, etc. on the weekends, and I’ve certainly never been about to stop him. He got out our griddle and began dipping the bread while I set about making the “berry drizzle.” Dr. G advised I use this as a condiment for the French toast in place of maple syrup. It has two ingredients: 1 cup of fresh or frozen berries and a couple of tablespoons of date syrup.

The date syrup became yet another case of my assuming I’d be able to throw together a Dr. G. sauce or condiment quickly in my blender, only to discover I actually needed to soak a key ingredient in hot water for an hour or more. Oops. Oh well. I’d use a tablespoon of agave nectar in its place and that would just have to do.

Here’s the berry drizzle in a super cute pitcher our family friend Kelly gave us as an engagement gift years ago:

Adorable, right? Ignore whatever that spot is on our table. Anywho, I can report that Sam didn’t love toasting the bread on our griddle without using any oil spray. The slices did stick a little but we salvaged most of it. The peach compote had reduced nicely by then and we were in business.

It was super delicious. The peach compote is definitely what made the dish, although the berry drizzle was tasty as well. Both were made with local and in-season fruit so it’s pretty hard to go wrong there.

Sam and I settled in for a lazy morning of Netflix (we’re watching Stranger Things - second watch for me, first time for Sam!). By 11 I had to admit to myself that I really needed to get my ass to the gym, even though it was still miserable outside. I moaned and groaned at Sam (he had gone the night before and wouldn’t be accompanying me) but eventually got my ass into gear. I was curious: I’ve been eating plant-based for, you know, a whole two and a half days now. Would I have more energy at the gym? Would I just be able to sense the power of a thousand vegetables coursing through my veins on the treadmill?

The answer: NOPE. I actually felt a bit more winded than usual which, of course, set off an anxiety thought spiral in my brain. Damn it. Maybe this diet isn’t actually good for me. Am I not getting enough protein? People always harass vegans about their protein, maybe it’s a legitimate concern!

I made it through my workout perfectly fine, though, just a little more tired than usual. I trudged home and showered, and then Sam and I had leftover spinach-mushroom burritos and salad for lunch. The weather still sucked and we didn’t have any plans, so we watched some more Netflix but eventually split up to do our own things. I wanted to read more of Dr. G’s How Not to Die book. It was a huge book, after all, and the clock was ticking on my library loan. I settled in but was having some trouble focusing. I just felt tired. Again I had the thought that maybe this diet wasn’t actually for me. That I wasn’t getting enough or x or y since making this switch a few days ago. I stood up and eyed our pantry shelves. I grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds and ate them, but that didn’t feel quite satisfying (go figure). I noticed the giant container of unsalted roasted almonds I’d bought the day before and decided to take the plunge and open them up. I’m used to eating nuts from those giant mixed nuts containers you get at the grocery store, the ones where even the “33% LESS sodium!!!” version is still salty as hell. So I wasn’t sure what to expect exactly when I tried these unsalted almonds, but I was pleasantly surprised to realize that I actually like the taste of almonds when it’s not completely masked by salt. I grabbed a handful and then went to the fridge and got a handful of blueberries. They tasted amazing together. I happily settled back into my chair and felt myself perking up like a wilted plant that had been watered. By the time Sam came upstairs maybe half an hour later, the clouds had lifted outside and in my brain. We went for a walk. I suddenly felt more energetic than I’d felt all day. Maybe it had just been the dreary weather bringing me down.

We returned home and decided that for the first time, we would try the Monster expansion pack of our beloved Harry Potter tabletop game. It took a long time just to set it up and try to figure out all of the new rules. We then decided to get dinner prepped because it would need some simmering time on the stove: it was gumbo night, y’all! I was excited because I love the flavor profile of Cajun/Creole cuisine. It was pretty easy to prep. Some chopped onion, bell pepper, celery, and garlic went into our Dutch oven with one cup of the homemade veggie broth I’d made the other day. I quickly thawed out the frozen okra in a separate small saucepot and eventually that went into the Dutch oven too with some diced tomatoes (BPA-free, thank you very much~), diced zucchini, and lots of delicious seasoning. We then added quite a bit of broth - everything that was left of the batch I’d made. It was a really nice, thick broth since I had pulverized all of the veggies the water had steeped in. We brought everything to a boil, threw in a can of red kidney beans (not BPA-free, alas), and simmered the gumbo for about half an hour. When it was done, we served it over brown rice, per Dr. G’s suggestion.

Here’s a little pot action before we added in all of the broth and the beans:

And here’s the finished product:

The verdict?? SO GOOD! I loved it and actually got seconds. Sam liked it too; I don’t think he loved it quite as much as I did but then I’ve always been a bigger lover of Cajun food. Dr. G. claims his recipe makes four 1.25 cup servings, but it honestly made WAY more than that for us. I feel like his math was off... like, he accounted for the 6 cups of broth but not the fact that there were a ton of veggies and beans added in to the pot as well?? Not to mention the brown rice. But I’m not complaining, because I love the way it turned out, and it’ll be lunch for the next couple of days now. Oh, and I did salt the veggies a little bit when they were first steaming in the Dutch oven, and our Cajun-free seasoning was definitely NOT salt-free (salt is actually the first ingredient, lawl ¯\_(ツ)_/¯), so I’m sure that helped a bit.

I think that’s really all there is to report! Other than the fact that we went back to our Harry Potter game after dinner and failed miserably. The creatures/villains completely murdered us on round 1. Oh well. Another day maybe...

Cheers to what I think might be my shortest blog post yet. See you tomorrow!

Gadget rec of the day: an electric griddle! We use it almost every weekend. Definitely had to wipe a trace coating of bacon grease from it today though... It’s a lifesaver for us especially since we have such a lousy stove.

Music rec of the day: (Nothing But) Flowers by the Talking Heads

#food #foodblog #foodblogging #veganfood #plantbased #wholefoods #eatingplants

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The 2018 Joe Shuster Award Nominations

The nominations for the 2018 Joe Shuster Awards have been announced this week. Commonly nickednamed “The Shusters”, they are Canada’s national comic book awards that honours and raises the awareness of Canadians that create, self-publish and sell comic books, digital comics and graphic novels.

The award winners will be chosen by a jury vote to ensure every nominee is given adequate consideration.

The ceremony will take place at the Montreal Comic Con July 6-8, 2018 at the Palais des congrès, Montreal, QC.

And the nominees are:

Webcomics Creator / Créateur de Bandes Dessinées Web

BOUMERIES – BOUM

MENAGE A 3 – GISELE LAGACE, DAVID LUMSDON (adult content)

SUBNORMALITY – WINSTON ROWNTREE

BUN TOONS – TY TEMPLETON

STRANGEBEARD – KELLY TINDALL

TRUE PATRIOT PRESENTS #2-6 – VARIOUS

RAGMOP – ROB WALTON

Writer / Scénariste

ED BRISSON – IRON FIST 1-7, 73, BULLSEYE 1-3, CABLE 150, OLD MAN LOGAN 25-29 (MARVEL COMICS)

MEREDITH FINCH – ROSE 1-6 (IMAGE COMICS), CATWOMAN: ELECTION NIGHT 1(DC COMICS)

JEFF LEMIRE – DEATH OF X 3-4, EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN 16-20, IVX 1-6, MOON KNIGHT 8-14, OLD MAN LOGAN 13-24, THANOS 1-12 (MARVEL COMICS), BLOODSHOT REBORN 0, BLOODSHOT SALVATION 1-4, BLOODSHOT USA 4(VALIANT COMICS), BLACK HAMMER 7-13, GIANT-SIZED ANNUAL 1, SHERLOCK FRANKENSTEIN AND THE LEGION OF EVIL 1-3 (DARK HORSE COMICS), DESCENDER 18-25 (IMAGE COMICS), HAWKMAN FOUND 1 (DC COMICS)

CHIP ZDARSKY – DR. STRANGE 1.MU, PETER PARKER – THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN 1-5, STAR-LORD 1-6, ANNUAL 1 (MARVEL COMICS) HARLEY QUINN 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (DC COMICS)

JIM ZUB – AVENGERS 1.MU, SECRET EMPIRE UNITED 1, THUNDERBOLTS 7-12, UNCANNY AVENGERS 25-28, ZOMBIES ASSEMBLE 1-3, 0, ZOMBIES ASSEMBLE 2 1-2 (w/Yusako Komiyama) (MARVEL COMICS), GLITTERBOMB: THE FAME GAME 1-4, WAYWARD 21-25 (IMAGE COMICS), DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: FROST GIANT’S FURY 3-5 (IDW) FREELANCE 1-4 (w/Andrew Wheeler) (CHAPTERHOUSE)

Cover Artist / Dessinateur Couvertures

MICHAEL CHO – DC Comics, Marvel Comics

MIKE DEL MUNDO – Marvel Comics

DALE KEOWN – Marvel Comics, DC Comics

MIKAEL – Dargaud

DJIBRIL MORISSETTE-PHAN – Chapterhouse, Image Comics

JULIE ROCHELEAU – Casterman

FIONA STAPLES – Image Comics

Artist / Dessinateur

MIKE DEL MUNDO – THE AVENGERS 1-6, 9-11, MIGHTY THOR 700 (MARVEL COMICS)

DAVID FINCH – BATMAN 16-20, 24 (DC COMICS)

STUART IMMONEN – AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 25-31, 789, MARVEL LEGACY 1 (MARVEL COMICS), EMPRESS 7 (ICON/MARVEL COMICS)

RAMON PEREZ – JANE (ARCHAIA), NOVA 1-5, 7, GENERATIONS: MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN, PETER PARKER SPIDER-MAN 1 (MARVEL COMICS)

JULIE ROCHELEAU – BETTY BOOB (CASTERMAN)

FIONA STAPLES – SAGA 42-48 (IMAGE COMICS)

Cartoonist / Auteur

MICHEL FALARDEAU – L’ESPRIT DU CAMP (STUDIO LOUNAK)

RON KASMAN – THE TOWER OF COMIC BOOK FREAKS (CALIBER COMICS)

JEFF LEMIRE – ROUGHNECK (GALLERY 13), ROYAL CITY 1-8 (IMAGE COMICS)

LORNA MAPA – DURAN DURAN, IMELDA MARCOS AND ME (CONUNDRUM PRESS)

JOE OLLMANN – THE ABOMINABLE MR. SEABROOK (DRAWN+QUARTERLY)

STEVE SKROCE – MAESTROS 1-3 (IMAGE COMICS)

JILLIAN TAMAKI – BOUNDLESS (DRAWN+QUARTERLY)

FRANCOIS VIGNEAULT – TITAN (POW POW)

ANNE VILLENEUVE – UNE LONGUE CANICULE (MECANIQUE GENERALE)

Gene Day Award (Self-Publishers) / Prix Gene Day (Auto-éditeurs)

Named after the late Howard Eugene Day (1951-1982), this award honours Canadian comic book creators or creative teams who self-published their work but did not have the books distributed by a third party such as Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. The nominees were selected from individual publications submitted for review before the deadline of May 13th, 2017.

This year the award will be split into two categories:

Single Creator/Creative Team:

GLADIASAURS, BEAVER DAMN 1 – A. SHAY HAHN (C)

FEAST OF FIELDS – MOR: PART 1 – SEAN KAREMAKER (C)

DEAD CHARLIE T.3: LES AMAZONES DE VENUS – THIERRY LABROSSE (C)

WHERE IS ZORG?, WRESTLEMON – JEFF MARTIN (C)

HEROES OF HOMEROOM C – ANTHONY RUTTGAIZER (W) w/ Carlos Granda (A)

FIR VALLEY – JASON TURNER (C)

MARIE AND THE WORRYWART, MAGICAL BEATDOWN VOL.2 – JENN WOODALL (C)

(C)=Cartoonist, (A)=Artist, (W)=Writer

Anthology Format:

HOGTOWN HORROR – BOOK DESIGN AND LAYOUT BY TIM LAI (HOGTOWN COMICS)

MOONSHOT: THE INDIGENOUS COMICS COLLECTION VOL. 2 – EDITED BY HOPE NICHOLSON (AH COMICS)

RAID.ONE – EDITED BY ROB COUGHLER AND RAMON PEREZ (RAID STUDIO)

READ MORE COMICS 3 – DAVID CRAIG, JAMES SPENCER AND ROBB MIRSKY (READMORECOMIX.COM)

YONGE AT HEART – EDITED BY STEVE ANDREWS, AARON FELDMAN, ALLISON O’TOOLE (TORONTO COMICS)

Harry Kremer Award (Retailers) / Prix Harry Kremer (Détaillants)

Named after the Harry Kremer, the original owner of Now & Then Books (in Kitchener, Ontario). The CCBCAA maintains a list of active comic book stores across the country and a database of recommendations, referrals and secret shopper reports.

ALPHA COMICS – CALGARY, ALBERTA

COMIC READERS – REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN

DOWNTOWN COMICS – ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND

GOTHAM CENTRAL – MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO

LIBRAIRIE Z – MONTREAL, QUEBEC

TAZMANIAN COMICS – VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA

TITAN GAMING AND COLLECTIBLES – WHITEHORSE, YUKON

The Dragon Award (Comics for Kids) / Le Prix Dragon (Bandes Dessinées pour Enfants)

This award recognizes the works which capture the attention and fascination of young readers, and help to create a passion for life-long reading. Works considered for this award are comic books and graphic novels by Canadian creators that are targeted at readers 14 and under. Nominees for this award are selected by a team of educators led by Jennifer Haines, MA, B.Ed., who is also the proprietor of Guelph, Ontario’s The Dragon comic book shop.

Nominees List Pending

The T.M. Maple Award / Prix T.M. Maple

The T.M. Maple Award will go to someone (living or deceased) selected from the Canadian comics community for achievements made outside of the creative and retail categories who have had a positive impact on the community.

2018 Recipient: MARK ASKWITH (1956-)

Producer, writer, interviewer (and sometime-publisher/editor), and a familiar name in the fields of science fiction and comics.

Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame / Temple de la renommée Créateur Canadien de Bandes Dessinées

SID BARRON (1917-2006)

JACQUES GOLDSTYN aka BORIS (1958-)

DAVID BOSWELL (1953-)

TOM GRUMMETT (1959-)

2018 sponsors include:

The Dragon

All New Comics

The Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund (CLLDF)

Montreal Comic Con

About The Joe Shuster Awards

Established in 2004, The Joe Shuster Awards are Canada’s national award recognizing outstanding achievement in the creation of comic books, graphic novels and webcomics. The awards are named after pioneering Toronto-born artist Joe Shuster who, along with writer Jerry Siegel, created the iconic super-powered hero, Superman. The name is used with the approval of the Estate of Joe Shuster – Michael Catron, Estate Agent.

#comic books #Smash Pages #the joe shuster awards

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eydika · 5 years

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eydika’s name list

I need a place to keep names that I would choose for characters so I don’t forget them all the time,, and I decided to share in case anyone might need this as well

Abaddon

Ace

Agnes

Aiden

Alec

Alexis

Alice

Alistair

Alivia

Alpha

Alya

Amber

Amelia

Amos

Apollo

Apple

Apricot

April

Ares

Argus

Aron / Auron

Arrow

Artemis

Arthur

Artis

Arya

Ash

Aspen

Astrid

Atlas

Audio

Auger

Auggie

August

Aurelia

Aurora

Ava

Aya

Baby

Basil

Bea / Bee

Bean

Beatrice / Beatriz

Bébé

Beetle

Beryl

Betty

Bijou

Birdie

Bitter

Blair / Blaire

Bloom

Blue

Blue / Blu

Boheme

Cadea

Caden

Caleb

Calliope

Calvin

Cameron

Canopy

Carol

Caroline

Casper

Cassandra

Cassius

Celia

Cetus

Chance

Charlotte

China

Chip

Cinnamon

Civet

Cleo

Clover

Cobalt

Colten

Cooper

Cora

Corvus

Cosmo

Cricket

Cynthia

Cyra

Cyrus

Daisy

Dakota

Dalia

Damien

Dandelion

Dandy

Dante

Daphne

Darby

Darius

Darla

Davina

Davos

Dawn

Deacon

Decagon

December

Delta

Denim

Denver

Desmond

Dexter

Digit

Divina

Doe

Domino

Donna

Doran

Dorothy / Dot / Dottie

Dune

Dusk

Dylan

Eachan

Ebele

Ebony

Echo

Edris

Egan

Elijah

Ella

Ellie

Ellis

Emma

Emmett

Emory

Erin

Ernest

Ernie

Ethan

Eugene

Evan

Eve

Fawke

Felix

Fenris

Fergus

Fig / Figgy

Finbar

Fizz

Fletcher

Fleur

Flora

Florence

Forrest

Frankie

Freya

Gaia

Gavin

Gene / Genesis

Gil

Gladys

Gloom

Glory

Goldie

Grace

Griffin

Gus

Hadley

Harmony

Hazel

Hector

Henley

Henry

Hera / Hero

Honey

Hope

Hunter

Idris

Imogen

Imp

India

Ingrid

Ion

Iris

Isla

Ivory / Ivy

Jade

Jason

Jerry

Jibo

Jinx

Joan

John

Joy

Jude / Judith

Juleka

Juli / Julip

Juniper

Juno

Jupiter

Kale

Kappa

Kellen

Kelly

Kitty

Kiwi

Knox

Lark

Laurel

Lavender

Lemon

Liberty

Lilac

Lilith

Lima

Lindsey

Locus / Lotus

Lucia

Lucille

Lucky

Luna

Luther

Lux

Lynn

Mabel / Mable

Mae / May

Maeve

Magnolia

Mango

Maple

Margaux / Margo / Margot

Marley

Marmalade

Mars

Martha

Mary

Maude

Maxine

Maya

Meadow

Medea

Melancholia

Mercedes

Milla

Milo

Minnow

Mona

Monday

Montgomery

Monty

Morrigan

Morwenna

Myrtle

Nana

Nancy

Nasira

Nathaniel

Naveed

Ned

Nefarian

Ness

Nestor

Never

Newt

Noah

Nora

Norma

Nova

Nutmeg

Nyx

October

Odessa

Olive / Olivia

Omega

Omen

Onyx

Opal

Ophelia

Orion

Oscar / Oskar

Otis

Owen

Paige

Paisley

Parker

Pea / Peach

Pebble

Penelope

Pepper

Pepsi

Percy

Philippa

Phoebe

Phoenix

Piccolo

Pip / Piper

Poe

Pollux

Pomeline

Poppy

Portia

Primrose

Radian

Ransom

Raven

Ray

Rebus / Remus

Reverie

Rhubarb

Rigby

Rilla

Rose

Roux

Rowan

Roxanne / Roxie

Ruben

Ruby

Sage / Saige

Scarlett

Scotty

Scout

Sean

Sesame

Skye / Skylar

Solomon

Sprout

Sunny

Sybil

Symphony

Tabea

Tharan

Theodora / Theodosia

Theros

Thimble

Thirteen

Thorn

Tilda

Topaz

Trinity

Trixie

Tulip

Turnip

Twig

Valerie

Vaughn

Vector

Vega / Vegas

Velvet

Venus

Vera

Vernon

Vesper

Violet

Vivek

Volt

Watson

Waverly

Wednesday

Wendy

Wes

William

Willow

Winter

Wish

X + Y + Z

Xena / Xenia

Xeno / Xenos

Yuki

Yuri

Zaria

Zephyr

Zero

Zyra

LAST NAMES

Abbot

Arcanum

Astor

Badger

Balker

Blake

Cabot

Cain

Carter

Castillo

Choi

Clemonte

Collins

Craven

Crimson

Dayholt

Epithet

Fig

Findlay

Fray

Freud

Hapley

Hart

Hearst

Hunt

Jinx

Kingsley

Krav

Lowell

Marr

Mills

Mist

Morgan

Myers

Patel

Pierce

Powell

Price

Pruitt

Quiver

Random

Ripley

Strom

Sutton

Twig

Tycho

Vance

Vaughn

Vos

Walker

Wallow

Wreath

Wright

Wrong

#text #list #names #reference #inspo

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stargazey-zines · 7 years

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Hey, all! Stargazey Zines is happy to present another zine! Pre-orders are open starting now!

DADBOOKING is a scrapbook-themed Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator fanart book!

Amanda is going away to college, but she doesn’t want to miss a thing in the Dads’ cul de sac! She has imparted upon you the sacred duty of taking pictures to send to her. She even taught you to use a nice camera before school started, but to be honest, you’re still not super solid on what all the buttons and dials do. Even so, your daughter asked you for this one thing, so while she’s trying out college, you’re going to give photography (and maybe some scrapbooking) the old college try!

The zine is 6.5” x 8.65” and 24 pages of full-color artwork by 18 different artists. The pages alternate between scrapbook-style pages and album-style pages.

There are two listings:

Just the book, and

The book plus a pre-order bundle!

The pre-order bonus bundle will contain gifts from the Dads and their children, including:

A friendship bracelet from Carmensita

Two tickets to Mat's solo concert, coming up soon

A small bag of "weed" from Lucien (it's dried oregano)

A commemorative Maple Bay Carnival keychain

A Horne Institute for the Arts bumper sticker

Postcards and polaroids from scenic spots in the Maple Bay area

...and more!

Pre-orders will close November 30th update: December 12th. Due to the holiday season, we expect to ship books around the beginning of the new year.

Participating Artists:

>> Pre-order your copy here! <<

#dream daddy #ddadds #dad dating simulator #fanzine #zine

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Fandom: Sherlock BBC Pairing: Mycroft/Lestrade Word Count: 2503 AO3: [x] Summary: In which Mycroft moves into a new block of flats, buys a Steinway Classic Grand piano, and has conversations via post-it notes stuck on his door with an unknown neighbour.

Inspired by this tumblr post.

Mycroft's piano is a Steinway Classic Grand, and probably looks a little bit like this in his flat.

For a chronological list of the songs referenced in this fic, I've put together a playlist with both original songs and piano versions.

When Mycroft was barely eleven years old, he found Sherlock waiting for him in the principal’s office, cheeks ruddy and tear-stained, and his bottom lip quivering slightly. Clutching Sherlock’s small hand tightly, he walked home with the mantle of responsibility heavy on his shoulders, keenly disappointed in his parents.

By his twelfth birthday, he considered himself relatively independent.

Now, at twenty years of age and starting his career with MI5, independence is no longer a foreign concept to him. Yet as he looks at his sparse furniture and the empty packing boxes leaning against the wall of his new flat, the emptiness washing over him comes as a surprise.

It’s not quite the family house Mycroft has a yearning for, despite spending his formative years growing up there. Nor is the sense of emptiness related to his parents—after all, they were mainly emotionally distant during his upbringing, if not physically.

Perhaps part of it can be attributed to the absence of Sherlock and Mrs Hudson—officially the housekeeper, unofficially Sherlock’s personal minder, and quite honestly the only reason why he feels comfortable leaving Sherlock behind to pursue his career.

As he unpacks the final box, Mycroft tells himself that the emptiness, the sheer sentimentality, is illogical and meaningless.

—

The following day, he taps into his inheritance to purchase his dream piano and has it delivered to his flat.

—

Their parents had never found it fit to upgrade the old, upright piano they had at home, choosing instead to channel their funds towards replacing or repairing damaged furniture, frequently victimised by Sherlock’s experiments. It was odd—and a little unfair, really, a small, bitter voice inside him adds—how their parents were quick to throw their money to anything pertaining to Sherlock, such as when they had a violin custom-made and given to him as a gift for his twelfth birthday. However, when the time called for it, they gave nothing to contribute to Sherlock’s emotional upbringing. Fittingly, the rare times they performed together, Mycroft was relegated to the role of the accompanist while Sherlock stood in the limelight, and his demeanour and Byronic looks naturally commanded the attention of the room.

Now, Mycroft’s ebony Steinway Classic Grand stands proud, the warm glow streaming through the window to bathe the polished maple and spruce and its elegant curves. It is the centre of attention—Mycroft’s most prized possession—and his sitting room and heart feel slightly less empty when he steps out of his bedroom each morning.

—

Order. Structure. Logic. These are all principles Mycroft gravitates towards, and so as part of his new routine he’s establishing to fit around the nine-to-five job, he practises daily for two hours with his windows ajar: 7-8am (not too early to avoid waking people up) and 5:30-6:30pm (as soon as he arrives so he can wind down before dinner).

Morning pieces are generally optimistic. It may be a little naïve of him, but he still likes the thought of a new day being a clean canvas where anything can happen. (Although growing up with Sherlock has taught him that Murphy’s law is absolute: anything that can go wrong will go wrong.)

The evening pieces have a bit more variation, primarily reflecting how his day went.

Mycroft slips into his routine with ease, until the third month of residence at his flat, that is. It's been a trying day—couple of days, really—and today he’s looking forward to nothing more than letting the day's tensions flow from his fingertips, transforming his frustrations into unbridled melodies and harmonies.

A brightly coloured post-it note affixed to his door stops him.

It’s placed relatively high up, probably at the correspondent’s eye level. The balance of probability suggests a male then, Mycroft deduces. Odd, though, that someone has gone to the efforts of taping a teabag to it. Curiosity piqued, Mycroft draws nearer, deeming it relatively harmless after a thorough once-over. Satisfied it won't trigger any traps or explosives (as many of Sherlock’s surprise packages have done in the past), he removes it from the door, discovering his mysterious correspondent has also made sure to fortify the note’s adhesive strength with Blu Tack.

Sounds like you had a rough day yesterday, judging from last night’s piece, it reads.

Slightly embarrassed, Mycroft recalls the aggressive, relentless onslaught he had drummed out on the keys when he arrived home yesterday. Rough day is quite the understatement.

Tea makes everything better. G.

Oh. So that’s what the tea is for.

It’s a kind and thoughtful gesture, he supposes, even if the brand leaves much to be desired. PG Tips, Mycroft notes with a grimace, and Honey Lemon & Balm instead of his preferred Earl Grey or Assam—but somewhere after stepping over the threshold, he’s decided life hasn’t improved at all since yesterday, and finds himself heading into his kitchen to put the kettle on.

That evening, Mycroft throws his windows wide open and plays something a little more gentle and melodic.

—

Another week and a half passes before the next post-it note appears on his door, Thursday night to be exact. Given that he didn’t respond previously, let alone express his gratitude for the thoughtful gesture (and he may or may not have a box Honey & Lemon Balm PG Tips tucked away next to the hōjicha and karkady in his tea cupboard now), Mycroft was expecting that would be the only note.

The lack of appreciation doesn’t seem to have deterred the other person from initiating conversation—in fact, he seems to be hoping for it, if the handwritten message is any indication.

Sounds like you’re feeling better. Do you take requests? G.

Mycroft frowns. There’s no flat number so he doesn’t know where or whom to address it to, were he to respond, and to be honest, he feels a little silly writing notes to an unknown person living in his building. The only clues he has are male, and the initial ‘G’.

Nevertheless, he finds himself putting pen to paper and affixing his own answer to his door.

As you have already surmised, I play according to my mood. However, if your request is within my ability and frame of mind, I can endeavour to do so.

He hesitates briefly, and then continues to write.

To show my appreciation for the tea. Thank you. MH.

—

John Lennon’s Imagine, the request reads when he arrives home the following day.

Mycroft smiles. A dreamer, huh. Ensuring his windows are wide open, Mycroft slips off his jacket, rolls up his sleeves, and begins to play.

Not long after he finishes the piece, he can hear a faint smattering of applause from a couple of storeys above.

—

The unconventional correspondence continues—erratically at times, and frequent during others.

It often reads of comments, mostly compliments, and occasional requests, depending on whether his neighbour has had a rough or pleasant day:

Shite day. I think The Carpenters’ Rainy Days and Mondays would go well with a can of beer and a dash of reality. G.

It was an apt choice, and Mycroft had played extra loud to make sure his unseen audience could hear his rendition over the gentle pitter patter of the rain.

Or:

Celebrate a good day with me? Your song of choice—surprise me. G.

Just to be clever—and if he acknowledges the small voice inside him, perhaps to show off a little bit—he’d played a medley of feel good songs instead of just one, starting off with The Carpenters’ Top of the World, aware that G dabbles in the duo’s songs. He’d thrown Earth, Wind and Fire’s September into the hotchpotch of songs to match the month at the time, and then wound down his impromptu performance with Gene Kelly’s Singin’ in the Rain, making a note to ask whether G has watched the musical in his written reply.

The requests aren’t frequent, but rather than seeing it as an imposition, Mycroft relishes in it. He loves his music, and for once it feels good to play for someone, to have his music be the centre of attention instead of a mere accompaniment.

—

Christmas rarely brought good tidings—at least not for the Holmes family. The memory of Christmas dinner a few years back had been relegated to the furthest corner of Mycroft’s mind, never to be revisited again. Ever. This Christmas, however, Mycroft’s supervisor and unofficial mentor had informed him that he’d passed his probationary period with flying colours, and that his current roles and responsibilities would change in accordance to the extraordinary capabilities he’d demonstrated thus far.

While he wouldn’t stoop as low as to play Christmas carols, Mycroft did allow himself to pay homage to the month and the happy turn of events that evening with Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons’ December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night). For a moment, he thinks he can hear the distinct tones of an electric guitar pierce into the night.

—

The promotion is a welcome challenge, providing Mycroft with more intellectual stimulation and satisfaction in his job than he’s had since he began at MI5.

Nevertheless, with greater responsibility comes longer hours.

Mornings are no longer a relaxed affair, and the hour allocated for his piano is now spent within the four walls of MI5. By the time Mycroft arrives home, it’s late and he’s ready for takeaway or a simple meal, depending on how tired he is. Unfortunately, after dinner and the clean-up, it’s usually too late to play without being disruptive to his neighbours, and his time is better spent having a shower and heading off to bed.

Still, he is a creature of habit and logic, so Mycroft makes it a point to practise for at least 30 minutes on the upright piano hidden in a barely-used room of the MI5 building, determined not to throw away almost two decades of learning and practice, and his preferred method of self-expression.

For the first few days of settling into his new routine, every time his gaze falls on his neglected Classic Grand, his thoughts stray to his appreciative audience and unconventional pen pal of sorts. Mentally, Mycroft begins to compose a message—a brief explanation detailing the change in working hours, perhaps even an apology—but busy days turn into a week and then a fortnight, and he still hasn’t written anything.

Embarrassingly enough, G beats him to it.

I haven’t heard you play for a while. Are you okay? G.

The warm thrill that rushes through Mycroft quickly quashes any residual feelings of guilt as he plucks the post-it note and teabag from the door and brings it inside.

Mycroft drinks the tea before he sleeps—it’s camomile this time—and carefully places the post-it note in his bedside drawer alongside dozens of others.

—

Determined to show, rather than write G to reassure him of his wellbeing, Mycroft relentlessly plugs away at his current project, finishing a couple of hours earlier than anticipated. Even without the urging of his supervisor, who knows just how many additional hours Mycroft has clocked in over the past week on this project, Mycroft is quick to leave for home.

Unsurprisingly, a layer of dust has settled on his piano, a testament to how long it has been since he played it last. Mycroft gently wipes it clean and then touches his fingers to the keys, fervently hoping his gratitude for his neighbour’s concern will be conveyed through his music.

No sooner has he finished does he hear insistent knocking on his door.

“I missed you,” the young man on the other side of the threshold blurts out as soon as the door opens.

Mycroft blinks. He’s never seen this person before in his life—he’s certain he would have remembered otherwise.

“I-I mean, I missed hearing you play,” the man corrects quickly, nervously.

To Mycroft’s trained eye in interpreting even the subtlest of body language, each gesture speaks of the man’s—no, his neighbour and correspondent’s and G’s nervousness. Mycroft watches as G runs a calloused hand through his thick, brown hair, revealing a widow’s peak that Mycroft didn’t notice earlier. The man inhales deeply, presumably to fortify himself before continuing.

“At first, I thought you might be sick—flu, or sprained finger, or hand, even—and then not long after my patrol shifts were changed, and it hit me that the times we were both in might not overlap anymore. Can you believe I threw a sickie and stayed home the entire day to see if you’d play at all?”

More nervous tells: the shaky laughter, the faint reddening of his ears.

“Part of me actually thought you’d left, but no one saw a truck…”

G trails off into a contemplative silence, and Mycroft can pinpoint the exact moment his brain finally catches up with his mouth from the mortified look that crosses his face.

“Bloody hell you must think I’m a right idiot, blabbering on like that about nothing,” G mutters, eyes downcast. “Just ignore me, I’ll be going now.”

Throughout the awkward, honest monologue, Mycroft’s face has stayed carefully blank while his mind runs in overdrive, then quickly shifts gears for Mycroft to regain composure in time for an intervention. He’s fully aware his experience with social interactions is very limited—come to think about it, outside of work, the odd correspondence he’s had with the man standing opposite him—and he even managed to fail completely at communication, to the point where his neighbour almost believed he’d disappeared off the face of the earth.

However, one thing Mycroft is confident he can get right in this unfamiliar situation is politeness, so he inclines his head slightly and says, “I apologise for causing you concern. Several times, in fact, Mister….”

“Greg. Greg Lestrade,” supplies G, no, Greg.

“Greg,” Mycroft repeats, testing how the name rolls off his tongue, familiarising himself with it. “I’m Mycroft. Do you want to come in?”

Greg’s eyes light up, and a brilliant smile spreads across his face. “Can I really?”

Standing to the side as he opens the door wider, Mycroft welcomes Greg in. “I’d like to show my appreciation for the tea.”

The door closes behind them, and a couple of minutes later, the beautiful, lilting melody of The Carpenters’ We’ve Only Just Begun wafts out, carried along by the evening’s gentle breeze.

We've only just begun to live White lace and promises A kiss for luck and we're on our way (We've only begun)

Before the risin' sun, we fly So many roads to choose We'll start out walkin' and learn to run And yes, we've just begun)

Sharing horizons that are new to us Watching the signs along the way Talkin' it over, just the two of us Workin' together day to day Together

And when the evening comes, we smile So much of life ahead We'll find a place where there's room to grow (And yes, we've just begun)

—We’ve Only Just Begun, The Carpenters (1970)

[Part 2 - on tumblr or AO3]

#sherlock bbc #mystrade #mycroft holmes #greg lestrade #AU of sorts #present tense #length: medium #I LIVEEEEEE

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