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Call of Duty OC: Agnes "Blast" Falagi 💥
A crazy Samoan (and Tongan) girl who is OBSESSED with bombs and would explode anything in her path. She is the second one that the Captain had picked to join the team. If you need anyone to make some CRAZY explosives. She'll be the gal to do the job.
UNIVERSE: Modern Warfare/Modern Warfare 2/Modern Warfare 3
General:
💥 Name: Agnes Falagi
💥 Alias(es): Blast, Aggie, Sergeant Falagi, Sergeant Blast, Blasty (Squirrel nickname her that)
💥 Gender: Female
💥 Age: Early or Mid 20s
💥 Birthday: February 11th
💥 Nationality: United State National
💥 Place of Birth: American Samoa
💥 Home: Utulei, American Samoa
💥 Spoken Languages: English, Samoan (main language), Tongan (conversational)
💥 Sexuality: Heterosexual
💥 Occupation: Sergeant in the Marines, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Specialist and Sergeant for the Warriors Task Force
Appearance:
💥 Eye Color: Brown
💥 Hair Color: Brown
💥 Height: 5'3/160 cm
💥 Scars: No scars
💥 Face Claim: Teilor Grubbs
Favorites:
💥 Color: Black and Red
💥 Food: Manapua and Koko Laisa
💥 Drink: Mountain Dew
💥 Flower: Hibiscus and Teuila
💥 Hairstyle: Messy Bun (when she's off-duty) and French Fishtail Braid on duty (Kanoa surprisingly knows how to do it when she asked him)
Personality:
💥 Myers Briggs Type: ENFP Blast is a very enthusiastic person. Always up for a new adventure, meeting new people and places, even making new things and memories with her team. She always supports her team no matter what they choose. She's VERY friendly (TOO friendly...) and she always find ANYTHING inspirational that got her interests. She might pointed at every small little things. Like, leaves, sticks, small little bugs- ANYTHING. Whenever you give her new projects (even the boring ones), she would gladly do it. She would find nothing boring than getting the projects done!
💥 Playful: She's always playful with her words. From teasing someone or flirting with someone. She always knows how to use her words into someone's heart.😏
💥 Creative: Blast is very creative. Even create things out of scraps. She even draws beautiful arts too! She has a notebook of it and she takes it everywhere she goes! I could imagined that her and Soap will be drawing things together! (If it is true that Soap DOES draw)
💥 Fast-Learner and Good Memories: She can pick up things pretty quick whenever you teach her and she'll do it really quick too. Like, when you teach her how to load a difficult weapons. She will do it faster. Since she has good memories of how it works.
Negative Traits:
💥 Blast can be a bit clingy at some point. She couldn't help it. She always loves to stick to someone sides no matter what. Squirrel, Tiala and Kanoa doesn't find that a problem but the other teams...finding it ANNOYING.
💥 She's VERY talkative too. Asking questions too much. She won't be quiet for ONLY a minute. Unless someone ask her nicely to but if not then she'll just keep yapping on and on about random things.
Skills and Abilities:
💥 Fighting Style: Hand-to-Hand Combat, Boxing and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
💥 Weapons: XM7, M1014 and M203
💥 Distinct Weapons: SIG Sauer M17 and Strider SMF knife
💥 Special Skills: Can defused the bomb faster under 10 seconds. For she may be a chaotic gal in the team but she is a fast learner and knows how it's done. Also can memorize pretty easy and quick.
Family:
Malohi Falagi (Father, Deceased)
Mele Finau Falagi (Mother, Alive)
Safaia Finau (Aunty, Mele's Sister, Alive)
Trivia:
💥 Agnes is the only child in her family.
💥 She started to be obsessed of making something exploded when she was a little girl. She finds it very fascinating.
💥 "Blast" is the name that Kanoa gave her when she first joined in the WTF.
💥 She's a SWEET tooth. LOVES to eat some candies most of the time.
💥 And if you even THINK of stealing her food. Please don't. She doesn't like it when someone steals her food even if you ASK for some from her.
Backstory:
Agnes was born on the Island being happily raised by her loving parents. She was the only child in the family and her parents had spoiled her at some times. She even mostly looked up to her dad. The man who had created fireworks as a side job for special events.
She was very amazed to see her father's creative work. Seeing his creation of making such a beautiful display makes her feel like she wanted to create some too!
She started to make something small. Like small firecrackers. She successfully did it but it almost burnt down the banana trees that were in her backyard. And her mother gave her a good ear folding for that.
But her father was VERY impressed. So he started to teach her how to make explosives as much as he could.
And when Agnes turned 15, she noticed her father was getting ill and knew that they didn't have enough money to get the medicines that the doctor had prescribed. Until she saw a poster about a science fair that will give out money for the students.
She started to feel excited and has hope that this will help her father. So she signed up and started working on her project. Which it's related to fireworks. Getting every detail right of how her father taught her about the fireworks.
Her project had really got the attention of the judges and was very impressed by this much knowledge from a young student. So she won the prize and finally got the money for the medicine.
But...when she arrived home to tell her parents the news. She saw her mother was crying in the living room and her aunty, her mother's older sister named Safaia, was there to comfort her. And she knows why. She knows that her father was gone before they could even call the ambulance. She was devastated and broken to hear her father had passed away.
It took a while for her family to get over their grieves and Agnes stayed strong to help her mother out. When she's a senior in her high school days. She noticed that the school has a special guest coming to explain about Military work.
She went to the gatherings and saw the presentation and the amount of money that they'll be giving. Which gives her great ideas of trying to sign up for it.
Her mother didn't agree to this when she told her about the marines. Afraid that she'll lose her only child and part of her husband's creation. But Agnes had reassured her that she will spend as much time when she comes back from her deployment.
So...her mother let her go and let her sign up for the military after High School. It took Agnes a while to get through the training until she had made it through enlisted. She was also interested in joining the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) as a specialist.
And her work had paid off when she was picked to help Kanoa and Tiala to assist in one of the missions that is related to bombing. Hostages were used with bombs around them by one of the terrorists.
Kanoa could see how fast and swift Agnes did of disarming the bombs and making new ones to defeat the enemies. So, he decided to pick her to join the WTF. Which she gladly took. She knows that her knowledge and skills of being a bomb expert is a blessing to her. And giving her enough passion to save the people around the world.
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Alright guys, it’s that time of year. Time for a poll that’s going to start fights among Americans.
(Note: I’m going off the menu of the ones being sold THIS YEAR. I know there are some good ones that have been discontinued- RIP All-Abouts - but I can’t fit them on the poll.)
As always, reblog for bigger sample size, and buy some cookies to support your local Girl Scout troop!
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The Best Books
The list is made from an academic point of view. More books may be added or any book may be taken out of the list at anytime.
Books that enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted us
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, 1813
Emma by Jane Austen, 1815
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, 1844
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, 1847
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1848
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, 1860
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, 1862
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1866
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, 1868
Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot, 1874
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, 1877
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, 1884
Germinal by Émile Zola, 1885
The Short Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov, 1888
The Ambassadors by Henry James, 1903
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust, 1913
Dubliners by James Joyce, 1914
The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain, 1916
Ulysses by James Joyce, 1922
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, 1924
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, 1925
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, 1927
Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret Mead, 1928
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque, 1929
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, 1929
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein, 1933
Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1934
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, 1936
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie, 1937
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen, 1937
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, 1937
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, 1939
Romola by George Eliot, 1940
Black Boy by Richard Wright, 1945
Hiroshima by John Hersey, 1946
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, 1946
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, 1947
Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry, 1947
The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles, 1949
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, 1951
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, 1952
Lord of the Flies by William Golding, 1954
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, 1954
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, 1955
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin, 1955
Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene, 1958
The Civil War by Shelby Foote, 1958
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction by JD Salinger, 1959
Rabbit, Run by John Updike, 1960
Where Angels Fear to Tread by E. M. Forster, 1960
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs, 1961
The Making of the President by Theodore H. White, 1961
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, 1962
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre, 1963
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway, 1964
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X, 1965
Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown, 1965
Against Interpretation, and Other Essays by Susan Sontag, 1966
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, 1966
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1967
The American Cinema by Andrew Sarris, 1968
The Double Helix by James Watson, 1968
The Electric Kool_Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe, 1968
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, 1969
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, 1969
The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles, 1969
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret by Judy Blume, 1970
Ball Four by Jim Boutton, 1970
The Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor, 1971
The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam, 1972
The Politics of Nonviolent Action by Gene Sharp, 1973
All The President’s Men by Bob Woodwad and Carl Bernstein, 1974
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro, 1974
Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow, 1975
Sociobiology by Edward O. Wilson, 1975
The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer, 1979
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel, 1980
Follow The River by James Alexander Thom, 1981
Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession by Janet Malcolm, 1981
The Fractal Geometry of Nature by Benoit Mandelbrot, 1982
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill by William Manchester, 1983
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, 1984
The Center of the Cyclone by John Lilly, 1985
Great and Desperate Cures by Elliott Valenstein, 1986
Maus by Art Spiegelman, 1986
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes, 1986
And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts, 1987
Beloved by Toni Morrison, 1987
The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom, 1987
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, 1988
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPerson, 1988
The Society of Mind by Marvin Minsky, 1988
Summer’s Lease by John Mortimer, 1989
A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving, 1989
A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin, 1991
Mortal Questions by Thomas Nagel, 1991
PIHKAL by Alexander and Ann Shulgin, 1991
Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos by Dennis Overbye, 1991
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir, 1991
Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose, 1992
The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith, 1992
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje, 1993
Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama, 1995
Montana Sky by Nora Roberts, 1996
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom, 1997
War Before Civilization by Lawrence Keeley, 1997
How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker, 1997
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson, 1998
In the Name of Eugenics by Daniel Kevles, 1998
Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson, 1998
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, 1999
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, 2000
Nonzero by Robert Wright, 2000
Chocolat by Joanne Harris, 2000
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, 2001
The Illusion of Conscious Will by Daniel Wegner, 2002
Atonement by Ian McEwan, 2003
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, 2003
The Known World by Edward P. Jones, 2003
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, 2004
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult, 2004
Portofino: A Novel (Calvin Becker Trilogy) by Frank Schaeffer, 2004
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, 2005
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak, 2005
The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, 2008
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke The World, 2009
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand, 2010
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow, 2010
Orientation: And Other Stories by Daniel Orozco, 2011
Books that inspired debate, activism, dissent, war and revolution
The Torah
Bhagavad Gita
I Ching (Classic of Changes) by Fu Xi
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, 1266
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1321
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, 1605
Ethics by Baruch de Spinoza, 1677
Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan, 1678
Candide by Voltaire, 1759
Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1781
Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant, 1781
Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, 1843
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, 1851
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852
Walden (Life in the Woods) by Henry David Thoreau, 1854
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, 1857
Experiments on Plant Hybridization by Gregor Mendel, 1866
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, 1869
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, 1883
Arabian Nights by Andrew Lang, 1898
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell, 1914
Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein, 1916
Psychological Types by Carl Jung, 1921
Mein Kampf (My Struggle or My Battle) by Adolf Hitler, 1925
Der Process (The Trial) by Franz Kafka, 1925
The Tibetan Book of the Dead by Karma-glin-pa (Karma Lingpa), 1927
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, 1932
The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes, 1936
The Big Book by Alcoholics Anonymous, 1939
Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre, 1943
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, 1943
The Road To Serfdom by Friedrich von Hayek, 1944
Animal Farm by George Orwell, 1945
Survival in Auschwitz: The Nazi Assault on Humanity by Primo Levi, 1947
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, 1947
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, 1949
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir, 1949
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt, 1951
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, 1958
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, 1960
Guerilla Warfare by Che Guevarra, 1961
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman, 1962
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, 1962
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn, 1962
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung (The Little Red Book) by Mao Zedong, 1964
Unsafe at Any Speed by Ralph Nader, 1965
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, 1969
The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer, 1970
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig, 1974
The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer, 1987
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, 1988
The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler, 1995
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling, 1997
Books that shook civilization, changed the world
The Holy Bible
The Qur’an
The Analects of Confucius
The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer
The Histories by Herodotus, 440 BC
The Republic by Plato, 380 BC
The Kama Sutra (Aphorisms on Love) by Vatsyayana
On the Shortness of Life by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (The Younger), 62
Geographia by Ptolemy, 150
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, 160
Confessions by St. Augustine, 397
The Canon of Medicine by Avicenna, 1025
Magna Carta, 1215
The Inner Life by Thomas a Kempis, 1400’s
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, 1478
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, 1532
On Friendship by Michel de Montaigne, 1571
The King James Bible by William Tyndale et al, 1611
The First Folio by William Shakespeare, 1623
Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton, 1687
A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift, 1704
Encyclopaedia or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts and Crafts, 1751
A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, 1755
Patent Specification for Arkwright’s Spinning Machine by Richard Arkwright, 1769
Common Sense by Thomas Paine, 1776
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, 1776
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, 1776
The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1762
On the Abolition of the Slave Trade by William Wilberforce, 1789
Rights of Man by Thomas Paine, 1791
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft, 1792
On the Pleasure of Hating by William Hazlitt, 1826
Experimental Researches in Electricity by Michael Faraday, 1839, 1844, 1855
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, 1848
On the Suffering of the World by Arthur Schopenhauer, 1851
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, 1855
On Liberty by John Stewart Mill, 1859
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, 1859
The Rules of Association Football by Ebenezer Cobb Morley, 1863
Das Kapital (Capital: Critique of Political Economy) by Karl Marx, 1867
On Art and Life by John Ruskin, 1886
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, 1898
The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud, 1899
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, 1906
Why Am I So Wise by Friedrich Nietzsche, 1908
Married Love by Marie Stopes, 1918
Lady Chatterly’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence, 1928
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf, 1929
Civilization and its Discontents by Sigmund Freud, 1930
Why I Write by George Orwell, 1946
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Some have multiple names, so i tried to include the variants that i've seen!
#this is going to be very american centric#hopefully i don't die from too many notes again#girl scouts#girl scout cookies#tumblr polls#polls#tay's.polls#it's almost time for the cookies!!!!
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Rhys’s Pieces: Interview with ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ Actor Rhys Darby
by: Jesse Rifkin • December 20 2017
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, one of the most anticipated films of this holiday season, stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Kevin Hart, and Jack Black as players who accidentally get sucked into a dangerous videogame world of magic and attacking animals.
Rhys Darby portrays Nigel, a guide to the newcomers in the videogame world, who entrusts them with their mission: returning a sacred jewel called the Jaguar’s Eye to the distant statue where it belongs. Darby is best known to American audiences for comedic roles as Jim Carrey’s boss in Yes Man and inept band manager Murray Hewitt in the 2000s HBO show Flight of the Conchords.
Ahead of the film’s December 20 theatrical release, Darby spoke to Boxoffice about filming in Hawaii, the children’s book he started writing on the set, and how his training in the New Zealand Army helped prepare him for the role.
What was it like working with this cast?
Amazing. The Rock is so huge in every way. He has a connection to New Zealand. He actually went to a school in New Zealand when he was a kid. And he’s from Samoa. [Johnson is of Samoan heritage, though he was born and primarily raised in America.] So there was kind of a spiritual connection there. I felt like I already knew him. When we hung out a bit on set, he knew who I was from Conchords. He was very upbeat and fun to be around.
Was it disappointing working with The Rock, after you grew up in New Zealand which already has the world’s largest rock?
That’s in Australia. You’ve got to do your research!
I did my research. I am speaking to Hugh Jackman, right?
Absolutely! [Laughs.]
What was it like shooting in Hawaii? Had you ever been there before?
That’s right, Oahu. I had been a few times. I love Hawaii, it’s a very special place. So it was fantastic to be able to shoot there. I do this TV show called Wrecked [airing on TBS, about a group of people stranded on an island] and we film on a tropical island as well. We started in Puerto Rico, then we did season 2 in Fiji. So I feel like a lot of my acting work seems to be in tropical islands.
When you were a soldier in real life, where were you stationed? Were you ever on an island then?
I was on the island of New Zealand! [Laughs.] I was in the north island, then the south island. But I never left New Zealand with the army.
Did you use any of what you learned as a soldier when performing your role as Nigel? He’s a tough guy trekking in nature.
It’s really a mind fit, that kind of outdoorsman. I’ve certainly been that in the past. I enjoy adventure, it’s one of the things I do. I mean, I’ve climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in real life. I’ve wandered through Rwanda looking for mountain gorillas. So for me, those kind of experiences, wearing that kind of outfit and driving a Land Rover, is almost second nature. I used to drive Land Rovers in the New Zealand Army.
Did you see the original Jumanji when it was released in 1995? How much were you guys trying to go for an original Jumanji vibe, versus doing your own thing?
I think I probably saw it a few years later, on video. They liked to keep the spirit of the original, but definitely do a new thing. We couldn’t copy the original, that one was so good. This was rebooting the world, but modernizing it and turning it into a video game. That was the big difference, which I think is going to be great for the kids. I’d love to say that board games are coming back, and I think they might be. But I know most kids can relate to the video game concept more.
You co-host a podcast called The Cryptid Factor, about fictional or mythical animals. Were there any that you tried to get included in this film? Which mythical animal would you have most wanted to see included?
In the Jumanji world, there are pretty regular animals, except they’re a lot bigger than in real life. So they are gigantic and they seem to be a bit possessed. They’re quite dangerous. If I was to add any animal into this world, it would be something like the Mongolian death worm. [The animal, rumored but never confirmed, is an enormous worm supposedly residing in the Gobi Desert]. That would have fit in there. Obviously, it wouldn’t be Mongolian. Maybe the Jumanjian death worm.
What’s your best Jack Black story?
Nick Jonas [the superstar pop singer who plays a pilot named Jefferson “Seaplane” McDonough] contacted me and invited me out to dinner with Jack Black. We went out and had dinner one night. That’s the only context in which the three of us would ever be together!
I didn’t hang out with those guys [the stars of the cast] or anything like that. I was mostly just alone in my hotel. I only worked about seven days, but I was trapped in Hawaii for two months, because the scenes I was in were predominantly either in the Land Rover or some other backstory scene wandering through the jungle. They were waiting for it to rain to film my scenes, for some reason. It was all very weirdly determined. And it never rained! So I just sort of waited, going slowly insane. Then finally I got brought on to the set.
That must have been terrible, spending two months in paradise not working but still getting paid.
I spent that time writing a book! It hasn’t come out yet. It’s a children’s book. I’m still working on it. It’s an adventure book about a 12-year-old who goes on this crazy adventure to find his parents.
Your standup has generally been pretty alternative, Flight of the Conchords was rated TV-MA, [Darby’s previous film] What We Do in the Shadows was rated R. Now you’re doing a children’s book and a family movie. Is this a new direction you’re trying to go in your career?
I naturally go towards stuff that is more friendly, less violent. I think it’s just the jobs I’ve gotten. I also do Voltron [a Netflix original animated series in which Darby voices the royal advisor Coran]. That lets me do funny character work that all ages can enjoy. I’ll do whatever is funny. If we can keep that in the zone for younger people to laugh at as well, that actually means I have to be cleverer.
AT THE MOVIES
What is your favorite moviegoing memory or experience?
It would have to be going back to childhood, seeing Return of the Jedi in this amazing cinema in Auckland called The Civic. It’s gloriously decorated on the inside. It has gold lions on stage whose eyes light up. The whole ceiling is kind of like space, it’s all twinkling stars. You feel like you’re in another world. I got to see Return of Jedi there when I was young, on the big screen. I also saw Indiana Jones in that same theater. So those two.
And your favorite snack at the movie theater concession stand?
Oh, wow. For me, it’s a combination of ice cream and popcorn. So I get the popcorn and then I like to get a vanilla ice cream, or what they call a Choc Top in New Zealand. [The treat consists of soft serve ice cream dipped in a hard chocolate coating, served inside a waffle cone.] You can bite into it, then you just dip it into the popcorn. So you end up with popcorn sticking onto your ice cream and you can eat them both.
Source: Boxoffice
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Next Goal Wins: Review
David vs Goaliath
It would take someone pretty brave to tell a football fan that there’s more to life than the sport. This, after all, is a sport that determines the moods of fully grown men week in week out. However, that message is at the heart of Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins, a plucky if conventional film that celebrates the highs and lows of the beautiful game - but mostly the lows.
Based on the true-to-life documentary of the same name, this is the story of American Samoa, a soccer team labeled worst in the world after a humiliating 31-0 defeat to Australia. Looking to reverse their fortunes, team President (Oscar Kightley) recruits disgraced Dutch coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender), whose anger issues left him without a job in the MLS. His mission is to somehow get this team of lovable losers to score a single goal, while maybe learning something about himself along the way.
If you think it sounds a bit predictable, you’d be right. This follows all of the conventions of an underdog sports story to a tee, from the cheesy montage sequences to that star player who just needs a bit of a nudge in the right direction. Which would be fine, if the humour was a bit more adventurous.
Written by Waititi with help from Ian Morris (writer of both Inbetweener films), the emphasis is mostly on broad comedy about how useless the team is, which kind of feels at odds with the film’s message that winning isn’t everything. Waitii has a history injecting absurd comedy into meaningful stories (Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Jojo Rabbit), but beyond a few funny details, there’s not enough to laugh at here. And that’s without talking about Waititi's misfiring cameo as an eccentric priest.
Where Next Goal Wins excels is when it goes down the sincere route. With a cast full of newcomers from the Samoan Islands, it’s hard not to be a bit swept up by the story of this likable bunch. Kaimana is the standout as transgender footballer Jaiyah, whose story lends the film some much-needed colour and pathos. Elsewhere, the film revels in exploring the endearing oddness of the islanders, many of whom have other jobs on the island - even if they lack the right equipment (one character uses his voice as a police siren).
The idea of a white man heading to a developing country to discover himself is a bit icky, but Fassbender is engaging as ever as a man battling demons on and off the pitch - even if he does feel like he’s in an entirely different film. With a slightly sharper script, this could’ve been a proper crowd-pleaser.
Neither funny nor moving enough to truly satisfy, Next Goal Wins ends up with a middle of the table finish.
★★
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On December 3rd 1894 Robert Louis Stevenson died on Samoa aged just 44.
It was less than a month ago I posted about his birth so this post is less about his works and life, more to do with stuff you might not know.
How many of us have been pronouncing his name wrong? He changed ‘Lewis’ to ‘Louis’, but continued to pronounce it ‘Lewis’. He also dropped the ‘Balfour’ middle name, although he would later use it as the surname for David Balfour, the protagonist of Stevenson’s adventure novel, Kidnapped
Despite likely battling with tuberculosis for most of his adult life, a bout of malaria nearly killed Stephenson in California shortly before his marriage to Fanny Vandergrift Osborne in 1880. This bout of poor health preceded some of his most iconic works, including Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Half of Stevenson’s original manuscripts are currently missing. The manuscripts are believed to have been sold off by the Scots writer’s descendants around World War I, a time which saw the writer’s works fall out of fashion. Among the missing works are the original copies of The Black Arrow, The Master of Ballantrae and Treasure Island, I wonder if any will ever turn up?
Despite his success as a writer, Stephenson began to study piano and composition at the age of 36. He also took up playing the penny whistle two years later and went on to write 123 original compositions. Stevenson’s musicianship was not as sought-after as his literature – only three compositions were ever published.
Having travelled to the American state to marry Osborne, Robert was honoured with a park in his name. The mountainous area was the location of a cabin where Stevenson and his new wife spent their honeymoon in 1880. Although nothing of the cabin remains, it has been marked on the trail to the summit of Mount Saint Helena in Robert Louis Stevenson State Park, California.
And finally, while he was living on Samoa Stevenson discovered that the 12-year-old daughter of Henry Clay Ide, the US Commissioner to Samoa, had her birthday on Christmas Day and disliked this. All her friends had a birthday and Christmas Day (and so two lots of presents!), whereas she had to make do with one special day each year. Stevenson nobly signed away all ‘rights’ to his birthday to the girl, as a letter of 1891 makes clear:
‘I … Have transferred, and do hereby transfer to the said A. H. Ide, All and Whole of my rights and privileges in the 13th day of November, formerly my birthday, now, hereby, and henceforth, the birthday of the said A. H. Ide, to have, hold, exercise and enjoy the same in the customary manner, by the sporting of fine raiment, eating of rich meats and receipt of gifts, compliments and copies of verse, according to the manner of our ancestors.’
What a nice man, but I will continue to mark his birthday on the date he was actually born!
Stevenson, author of Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, died on this day 1894 at age 44 and, per his wishes, was buried atop the nearby Mount Vaea. After his wife, Fanny, passed away twenty years later, her ashes were brought from California and interred beside her husband’s remains.
Although Stevenson only lived in Samoa for four short years before his death, the local people embraced him and his family. To this day he is remembered with much fondness by the Samoan people who referred to him as "Tusitala" which means "Writer of Tales"
Through the dedication of the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum Preservation Foundation, the beautifully restored home and gardens opened to the public in 1994, one hundred years after his death, it is now known as the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum.
Stevenson’s family home is the most popular tourist attraction on the island of Samoa, although it may only see a few outside visitors each day. The staff run a guided tour of the home, which is kept as it looked at the time of Stevenson’s death. On fair weather days, visitors can also take a hike to the top of the hill and pay their respects at the author’s burial site.
Under the wide and starry sky
Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.
This be the verse you grave for me :
Here he lies where he longed to be ;
Home is the sailor, home front sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Pics are of RLS on Samoa , his extended “family”, his home and grave.
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Explore Kenya with an e-Visa from American Samoa! 🌍
Visit Us- https://eta-to-kenya.com/apply-evisa-from-american-samoa/
Dreaming of a safari adventure or a visit to the vibrant city of Nairobi? Applying for a Kenya e-Visa from American Samoa is easier than ever!
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Rejected Bad: Exploring the Wild Side of Minnesota
The following is a rejected script from an early season of Breaking Bad.
[Open with Jesse sitting at a table in his living room, laptop open in front of him. He is reading an article on the Rejected Bad blog titled "Exploring the Wild Side of Minnesota". He looks up with a big grin on his face.]
Jesse: Yo, check it out! The Rejected Bad blog just wrote about Minnesota, man!
[He turns to look at his pet samoyed, Meth Head, who is lying on the couch next to him.]
Jesse: This is awesome, Meth Head! We've covered every state in the USA now!
[Meth Head looks up at Jesse with a curious expression, his big fluffy ears perked up.]
Meth Head [telepathically]: Jesse, do you think we should also cover the Self Governing US territories?
[Jesse's eyes widen in surprise at Meth Head's telepathic question.]
Jesse: Whoa, Meth Head! I never thought about that! That's a great idea!
[Jesse excitedly starts typing on his laptop, researching the different Self Governing US territories.]
Jesse: We could cover Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the US Virgin Islands...this is gonna be epic, Meth Head!
[Meth Head wags his tail happily, clearly pleased with himself for coming up with the idea.]
Meth Head [telepathically]: I can't wait to explore more places with you, Jesse. Let's show the world the true beauty of all Taco Bell shops in these territories!
[Jesse nods, determination in his eyes.]
Jesse: Let's do it, Meth Head. Let's show everyone that there's more to this country than just the mainland. We're gonna make history!
[Cue dramatic music as Jesse continues researching and planning their next adventure, with Meth Head by his side, excited for the new journey ahead.]
[FADE OUT]
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Discover Dubai: A Guide to Visa Application for American-Samoa Citizens
Discover Dubai: A Guide to Visa Application for American-Samoa Citizens" is your comprehensive companion to unlocking the wonders of Dubai. Navigating the visa application process is made easy with step-by-step instructions and essential information. From online application procedures to required documents, this guide ensures a seamless journey for American-Samoa citizens aspiring to explore the vibrant city. Embark on an adventure through futuristic skylines, cultural marvels, and luxury experiences. Let this guide be your passport to the mesmerizing blend of tradition and modernity that Dubai offers, ensuring your visit is filled with enchanting moments and unforgettable memories. Explore Dubai with confidence and ease with the Dubai Visa for American-Samoa Citizens.
#DubaiVisa#AmericanSamoaTravel#ExploreDubai#VisaApplicationGuide#DiscoverDubai#TravelTips#SeamlessJourney#CulturalMarvels#LuxuryExperiences#DubaiAdventure#TravelDocuments#VisitDubai#EnchantingMoments#DubaiWonders#TravelWithConfidence
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Friday Releases for November 17
Friday is the busiest day of the week for new releases, so we've decided to collect them all in one place. Friday Releases for November 17 include Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Super Mario RPG, New Blue Sun, and more.
Next Goal Wins
Next Goal Wins, the new movie from Taika Waititi, is out today.
NEXT GOAL WINS follows the American Samoa soccer team, infamous for their brutal 31-0 FIFA loss in 2001. With the World Cup Qualifiers approaching, the team hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender) hoping he will turn the world’s worst soccer team around in this heartfelt underdog comedy.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, the new movie from Francis Lawrence, is out today.
THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES follows a young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth) who is the last hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from the impoverished District 12. But after Lucy Gray’s charm captivates the audience of Panem, Snow sees an opportunity to shift their fates. With everything he has worked for hanging in the balance, Snow unites with Lucy Gray to turn the odds in their favor. Battling his instincts for both good and evil, Snow sets out on a race against time to survive and reveal if he will ultimately become a songbird or a snake.
Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, the new movie from Paul Briganti, is out today.
In PLEASE DON’T DESTROY: THE TREASURE OF FOGGY MOUNTAIN, John Goodman narrates the adventure of Ben, Martin, and John, three childhood friends turned deadbeat co-workers, who fend off hairless bears, desperate park rangers and a hypocritical cult leader in the hopes of finding a priceless treasure, only to discover that finding the treasure is the easiest part of their journey.
Saltburn
Saltburn, the new movie from Emerald Fennell, is out today.
Academy Award winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) brings us a beautifully wicked tale of privilege and desire. Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi), who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.
Rustin
Rustin, the new movie from George C. Wolfe, is out today.
Rustin is the critically acclaimed film from director George C. Wolfe, starring Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin. Architect of 1963’s momentous March on Washington, Rustin challenged authority and never apologized for who he was, but was forgotten despite making history. Rustin spotlights the man who, alongside Martin Luther King Jr., dared to imagine a different world and inspired a movement.
Dashing Through The Snow
Dashing Through The Snow, the new movie from Tim Story, is out today.
Eddie Garrick (Chris “Ludacris” Bridges) is a good-hearted man who has turned his back on Christmas due to a traumatic childhood experience. At the request of his wife Allison Garrick (Teyonah Parris), from whom he is separated, Eddie takes his 8-year-old daughter Charlotte (Madison Skye Validum) out with him on Christmas Eve, where they meet a mysterious man in a red suit named Nick (Lil Rel Howery). Eddie, who is a social worker, thinks the man is delusional and needs professional help, but when he evokes the wrath of a local politician (Oscar Nuñez), he and his daughter are taken on a magical adventure that just might restore his faith in Christmas.
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, the new TV series from Bryan Lee O'Malley and BenDavid Grabinski, is out today.
Scott Pilgrim meets the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers, but learns he must defeat her seven evil exes in order to date her. Then things get even more complicated.
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, the new TV series from Chris Black and Matt Fraction, is out today.
Following the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco, and the shocking revelation that monsters are real, “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” tracks two siblings following in their father’s footsteps to uncover their family’s connection to the secretive organization known as Monarch.
Clues lead them into the world of monsters and ultimately down the rabbit hole to Army Officer Lee Shaw (played by Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell), taking place in the 1950s and half a century later where Monarch is threatened by what Shaw knows.
The dramatic saga — spanning three generations — reveals buried secrets and the ways that epic, earth-shattering events can reverberate through our lives.
Nothing To See Here
Nothing To See Here, the new TV series from Santiago Limón and Big Drama, is out today.
When an aspiring blind comedian goes after his dreams, it's him and his best friend with cerebral palsy against the world, no matter what runs them over.
Super Mario RPG
Super Mario RPG, the new game from Nintendo, is out today.
Team up with an oddball group of heroes to save Star Road and stop the troublemaking Smithy Gang. This colorful RPG has updated graphics and cinematics that add even more charm to the unexpected alliance between Mario, Bowser, Peach, and original characters Mallow and Geno. Enter (or revisit) this world of eccentric allies and offbeat enemies in an RPG for everyone.
New Blue Sun
New Blue Sun, the new album from André 3000, is out today.
Quaranta
Quaranta, the new album from Danny Brown, is out today.
Welcome 2 Collegrove
Welcome 2 Collegrove, the new album from 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne, is out today.
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Your Guide to Pacific Island Commercial Fishing Permits for Squid
Are you an aspiring Pacific Island squid hunter looking to dive into the deep blue? Or perhaps you’re a seasoned professional looking to simplify the process? Regardless of your background, the Pacific Island Region presents a lucrative opportunity for squid fishing. With a multitude of squid species inhabiting these waters, there has never been a better time to seize the opportunity. Look no further; our platform can help you in obtaining all the essential Pacific Island Commercial Fishing Permits to run your business how you want.
Diving into the World of Pacific Island Region Squids
Equipped with our permits, you gain the privilege to embark on a quest for the elusive Neon flying squid, the massive Diamondback squid, and even the abundant Purpleback flying squid. The Neon flying squid, also known as “alaika,” “red squid,” or “red flying squid,” can perform a genuinely impressive aerial maneuver, soaring out of the water in a manner reminiscent of flying fish. On the other hand, the Diamondback squid boasts substantial size, even for a squid. Last but by no means least, the Purpleback squid stands out as a popular choice among pelagic squid hunters, renowned for its abundant presence in the region.
The Scope of Our Pacific Island Commercial Fishing Permits
Our specialized permits are for those planning to utilize vessels exceeding fifty feet in length for pelagic squid fishing within the expansive Pacific Islands. For clarification, the Pacific Islands encompass the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) surrounding Guam, Hawaii, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas. If any doubt lingers regarding your vessel’s eligibility, our dedicated staff is ready to address your inquiries.
Navigating the Waters of Renewal
One year from the issuance date. That’s when these permits expire. Unlike many other forms that tie expiration to the permit owner’s birth month, these permits follow a straightforward yearly cycle. Once in possession of these permits and eager to embark on squid-fishing adventures, you must dutifully notify the authorities at least 72 hours before setting sail on a fishing expedition. Upon your triumphant return, you have a grace period of 72 hours to submit a logbook to the authorities or a catch report to a state agency.
USCG Documentation if Necessary
It’s possible that, in the course of fishing for what you want to fish for, you need to document your vessel with the United States Coast Guard. We can help there as well. At our site, you’ll find everything you need to not just acquire your documentation but to maintain it as well.
Beyond the Pacific Island Region Squid
While the Pacific Island Region boasts an abundance of squid, there are more opportunities than just those in the vast expanse of American waters. For example, our services include permits for squid fishing in the Atlantic region. Moreover, for vessels meeting specific criteria—less than 750 gross registered tons, shaft horsepower below 3,000, and lengths under 165 feet—we provide permits for mackerel and butterfish fishing.
To find all of the forms that we offer, head to our site.
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The Cooks Islands -a Little Paradise just for you!
FAQs
What makes a Cook Islands holiday special?
The sacred heart of Polynesia, the Cook Islands are a diverse and spiritual group of communities spread over a vast 2 million square kilometres of South Pacific waters. Largely unaffected by western commercialism, the Cook Islands still boasts many natural wonders that have remained unchanged for thousands of years.
What are the Cook Islands known for?
Made up of 15 islands, this proud island nation has a strong cultural identity which is a fusion of the traditional Maori beliefs and Christianity, which was introduced to the people by Scottish Missionaries in the 19th Century. The islands’ cultural heritage can be discovered across the archipelago, with locals more than happy to share with you. Weaving, carving, dancing and singing is part of the Polynesian life, and you will see demonstrations of this wherever you go in your Cook Islands travel.
What are the top attractions in the Cook Islands?
Tucked in between American Samoa and Tahiti, Cook Islands holidays will let you discover the simple pleasures in life. Spend your days exploring the surrounding blue lagoons or hiking through jungles and then unwind in the evening with a cocktail or cold beer as you watch the sun set over the water, coconut palms gently swaying in the cool breeze. At night, the islands come alive — visit Rarotonga’s famous night markets, bar hop your way around the island or take a night time paddle-boarding tour to see the crystal blue lagoon in a whole new light.
Are Cook Islanders friendly?
MEITAKI — EVERYTHING IS GOOD AND WELL
There is a genuine happiness that is shared by all of Cook Island’s locals. It is contagious, and it will seep through your skin giving you an unmistakable glow of contentment during your Cook Island holidays. You will quickly learn that everything in the Cooks runs a bit slower, but when you are surrounded by such natural beauty, there is no need to rush. Take time to live indulgently with the freshest of seafood, some of the best coffee in the world, and the most picturesque lagoons all at your fingertips.
What cultural tours / activities do the Cook Islands offer?
MANA TIAKI — WE ARE PROUD GUARDIANS OF THESE ISLANDS
When taking the time to explore the islands, it is easy to see why the people are so proud of their little corner of the world, with incredible beaches, mouth-watering food, rare wildlife and an abundance of natural wonders.
During your Cook Island travel adventure, make sure to take advantage of the many cultural activities, including ‘Island nights’ with music and dancing on the island of Rarotonga, or sit and listen to the village chiefs tell stories of Polynesian Warriors and other folklore.
Book Your Cook Islands Holiday Today
Spacifica Travel have over 15 years of experience, working closely with local business owners, operators, and vendors to ensure that all our customers receive a warm welcome, comfortable stay and authentic experiences. If you are interested in booking a getaway to the Cook Islands, please view our Cook Islands holiday packages. We can also create a custom package from scratch for you to suit your exact requirements.
For more information, please give us a call today on 1800 800 722.
Read the full article to know more about The Cooks Islands -a Little Paradise just for you!
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Holidays 10.8
Holidays
Air Force Day (India)
Alvin C. York Day
American Touch Tag Day
Arbor Day (Namibia)
Back to Basics Day
Battle of Angamos Day (Peru)
Children’s Day (Iran)
Cold Dew (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)
Colorism Awareness Day
Commonwealth Culture Day (Northern Mariana Islands)
Cosmopolite's Day
Discoverer’s Day (Hawaii)
Father’s Day (Sweden)
International Birth Registration Day
International Earth Cache Day
International Lesbian Day
International Octopus Day
International Off-Road Day
International Percy Jackson Day
International Podiatry Day
Lawyer Day (Ukraine)
Lovable Lawyers Day
National Arab American Voter Day
National Day of the Cowboy Boot
National Education Day (Kiribati)
National Harbormaster Appreciation Day
National Hero Day
National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day
National Justin Day
National Lance Day
National Mall Walking Day
National Read to a Child Day
National Shea Day
National Traveller Mental Health Day (Ireland)
Navy Day (Peru)
Nude Beach Party Day (Baker Beach, California)
Pumpkin Day (French Republic)
San Ernesto Day
Semana Morazánica (Honduras)
Tacksägelsdagen (Thanksgiving; Sweden)
Tube Top Day
Virgin Islands/Puerto Rico Friendship Day
World Circular Textiles Day
World Dyslexia Day
World MCT8-AHDS Day
World Octopus Day
World Sight Day
World Teachers’ Day (Kiribati)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Birthday of the Microbrewery
National Fluffernutter Day
National Pierogi Day
National Salmon Day
Ziua Vinului (Wine Day 2 of 2; Moldova)
2nd Sunday in October
Bokbierdag (National Bock Beer Day; The Netherlands) [ website ] [2nd Sunday]
Clergy Appreciation Day (a.k.a. Pastor Appreciation Day or Ministry Appreciation Day) [2nd Sunday]
Drink Local Wine Week begins [2nd Sunday]
Father-Daughter Day [2nd Sunday]
Good Thief Sunday [2nd Sunday]
Grandmother's Day (Florida; Germany) [2nd Sunday]
Grandparents’ Day (Hong Kong) [2nd Sunday]
Pastor Appreciation Day (a.k.a. Ministry Appreciation Day) [2nd Sunday]
Shojo Festival (Narumi Hachimangu, Nagoya, Japan) [2nd Sunday]
White Sunday (American & Western Samoa) [2nd Sunday]
World Day of Aunts & Uncles [2nd Sunday]
Independence Days
Croatia (from Yugoslavia, 1991)
Stardom of Bimba (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
Feast Days
Aequinoctium Autumnale IV (Pagan)
Albertus Magnus (Positivist; Saint)
Bearing of Green Branches (Ancient Athens)
Bridget of Sweden (Christian; Saint)
Cornelis Troost (Artology)
Demetrius (Christian; Saint)
Evodus (a.k.a. Yves; (Christian; Saint)
Grandpa Mullally (Muppetism)
Hans Heysen (Artology)
Keyne (Celtic; Christian; Saint)
Max Slevogt (Artology)
Palatias and Laurentia (Christian; Saint)
Pelagia the Penitant (Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches)
Reparata (Christian; Saint)
San Ernesto, Che Guevara as a folk saint (Bolivian campesinos)
Sawney Beane Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Simeon (Gospel of Luke; Christian; Saint)
Tell Massive Lies Day (Pastafarian)
Thaïs (Christian; Saint)
William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard T. Ely (Episcopal Church)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Prime Number Day: 281 [60 of 72]
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Premieres
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (Radio Series; 1944)
Badmotorfinger, by Soundgarden (Album; 1991)
Claus and Effect or Yule Be Sorry (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 220; 1963)
The Color of Money (Film; 1986)
Demolition Man (Film; 1993)
Ed (TV Series; 2000)
Flying Tigers (Film; 1942)
Friday Night Lights (Film; 2004)
Great Balls of Fire, recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis (Song; 1957)
Hopalong Casualty (WB LT Cartoon; 1960)
Imagine, by John Lennon (Song; 1971)
It’s Kind of a Funny Story (Film; 2010)
Les Misérables (Musical Play in English; 1985)
Little Pancho Vanilla (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)
Muppet’s Haunted Mansion (Film; 2021)
A Murder of Quality, by John le Carré (Novel; 1962)
My Favorite Year (Film; 1982)
No Time to Die (US Film; 2021) [James Bond #27]
Nowhere Boy (Film; 2010)
Remain in Light, by Talking Heads (Album; 1980)
Romeo and Juliet (Film; 1968)
Rumble Fish (Film; 1983)
The Second Hundred Years (Short Film; 1927) [1st Laurel & Hardy Film]
Secretariat (Film; 2010)
Snowbank Squirrel or Bullwinkle Gets the Drift (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 219; 1963)
Song of the South (Animated Disney Film; 1980)
Spartacus (Film; 1960)
Stage Door (Film; 1937)
Too Many Girls (Film; 1940)
Unseen Academicals, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2009) [Discworld #37]
The Waves, by Virginia Woolf (Novel; 1931)
World End’s Harem (Anime Series; 2021)
Today’s Name Days
Simeon (Austria)
Demetrije, Hugo, Pelagija, Šimun, Zvonimir (Croatia)
Věra (Czech Republic)
Ingeborg (Denmark)
Hilja, Hilje, Hilju (Estonia)
Hilja (Finland)
Pélagie, Thaïs (France)
Gerda, Günther, Hannah, Laura (Germany)
Pelagia (Greece)
Koppány (Hungary)
Pelagia (Italy)
Aina, Anastasija, Aneta, Anita (Latvia)
Brigita, Daugas, Demetra, Gaivilė (Lithuania)
Benedikte, Bente (Norway)
Artemon, Bryda, Brygida, Demetriusz, Laurencja, Marcin, Pelagia, Pelagiusz, Symeon, Wojsława (Poland)
Brigita (Slovakia)
Hugo, Thais (Spain)
Nils (Sweden)
Demetria, Demetrio, Demetrius, Demi, Dimitri, Stewart, Stuart (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 281 of 2024; 84 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 7 of week 40 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 6 of 28]
Chinese: Month 8 (Xin-You), Day 24 (Ji-Hai)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 23 Tishri 5784
Islamic: 23 Rabi I 1445
J Cal: 11 Shù; Foursday [10 of 30]
Julian: 25 September 2023
Moon: 30%: Waning Crescent
Positivist: 1 Descartes (11th Month) [Albertus Magnus]
Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 12 of 15]
Season: Autumn (Day 15 of 89)
Zodiac: Libra (Day 15 of 30)
Calendar Changes
Descartes (Modern Philosophy) [Month 11 of 13; Positivist]
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Holidays 10.8
Holidays
Air Force Day (India)
Alvin C. York Day
American Touch Tag Day
Arbor Day (Namibia)
Back to Basics Day
Battle of Angamos Day (Peru)
Children’s Day (Iran)
Cold Dew (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)
Colorism Awareness Day
Commonwealth Culture Day (Northern Mariana Islands)
Cosmopolite's Day
Discoverer’s Day (Hawaii)
Father’s Day (Sweden)
International Birth Registration Day
International Earth Cache Day
International Lesbian Day
International Octopus Day
International Off-Road Day
International Percy Jackson Day
International Podiatry Day
Lawyer Day (Ukraine)
Lovable Lawyers Day
National Arab American Voter Day
National Day of the Cowboy Boot
National Education Day (Kiribati)
National Harbormaster Appreciation Day
National Hero Day
National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day
National Justin Day
National Lance Day
National Mall Walking Day
National Read to a Child Day
National Shea Day
National Traveller Mental Health Day (Ireland)
Navy Day (Peru)
Nude Beach Party Day (Baker Beach, California)
Pumpkin Day (French Republic)
San Ernesto Day
Semana Morazánica (Honduras)
Tacksägelsdagen (Thanksgiving; Sweden)
Tube Top Day
Virgin Islands/Puerto Rico Friendship Day
World Circular Textiles Day
World Dyslexia Day
World MCT8-AHDS Day
World Octopus Day
World Sight Day
World Teachers’ Day (Kiribati)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Birthday of the Microbrewery
National Fluffernutter Day
National Pierogi Day
National Salmon Day
Ziua Vinului (Wine Day 2 of 2; Moldova)
2nd Sunday in October
Bokbierdag (National Bock Beer Day; The Netherlands) [ website ] [2nd Sunday]
Clergy Appreciation Day (a.k.a. Pastor Appreciation Day or Ministry Appreciation Day) [2nd Sunday]
Drink Local Wine Week begins [2nd Sunday]
Father-Daughter Day [2nd Sunday]
Good Thief Sunday [2nd Sunday]
Grandmother's Day (Florida; Germany) [2nd Sunday]
Grandparents’ Day (Hong Kong) [2nd Sunday]
Pastor Appreciation Day (a.k.a. Ministry Appreciation Day) [2nd Sunday]
Shojo Festival (Narumi Hachimangu, Nagoya, Japan) [2nd Sunday]
White Sunday (American & Western Samoa) [2nd Sunday]
World Day of Aunts & Uncles [2nd Sunday]
Independence Days
Croatia (from Yugoslavia, 1991)
Stardom of Bimba (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
Feast Days
Aequinoctium Autumnale IV (Pagan)
Albertus Magnus (Positivist; Saint)
Bearing of Green Branches (Ancient Athens)
Bridget of Sweden (Christian; Saint)
Cornelis Troost (Artology)
Demetrius (Christian; Saint)
Evodus (a.k.a. Yves; (Christian; Saint)
Grandpa Mullally (Muppetism)
Hans Heysen (Artology)
Keyne (Celtic; Christian; Saint)
Max Slevogt (Artology)
Palatias and Laurentia (Christian; Saint)
Pelagia the Penitant (Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches)
Reparata (Christian; Saint)
San Ernesto, Che Guevara as a folk saint (Bolivian campesinos)
Sawney Beane Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Simeon (Gospel of Luke; Christian; Saint)
Tell Massive Lies Day (Pastafarian)
Thaïs (Christian; Saint)
William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard T. Ely (Episcopal Church)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Prime Number Day: 281 [60 of 72]
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Premieres
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (Radio Series; 1944)
Badmotorfinger, by Soundgarden (Album; 1991)
Claus and Effect or Yule Be Sorry (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 220; 1963)
The Color of Money (Film; 1986)
Demolition Man (Film; 1993)
Ed (TV Series; 2000)
Flying Tigers (Film; 1942)
Friday Night Lights (Film; 2004)
Great Balls of Fire, recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis (Song; 1957)
Hopalong Casualty (WB LT Cartoon; 1960)
Imagine, by John Lennon (Song; 1971)
It’s Kind of a Funny Story (Film; 2010)
Les Misérables (Musical Play in English; 1985)
Little Pancho Vanilla (WB MM Cartoon; 1938)
Muppet’s Haunted Mansion (Film; 2021)
A Murder of Quality, by John le Carré (Novel; 1962)
My Favorite Year (Film; 1982)
No Time to Die (US Film; 2021) [James Bond #27]
Nowhere Boy (Film; 2010)
Remain in Light, by Talking Heads (Album; 1980)
Romeo and Juliet (Film; 1968)
Rumble Fish (Film; 1983)
The Second Hundred Years (Short Film; 1927) [1st Laurel & Hardy Film]
Secretariat (Film; 2010)
Snowbank Squirrel or Bullwinkle Gets the Drift (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 219; 1963)
Song of the South (Animated Disney Film; 1980)
Spartacus (Film; 1960)
Stage Door (Film; 1937)
Too Many Girls (Film; 1940)
Unseen Academicals, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2009) [Discworld #37]
The Waves, by Virginia Woolf (Novel; 1931)
World End’s Harem (Anime Series; 2021)
Today’s Name Days
Simeon (Austria)
Demetrije, Hugo, Pelagija, Šimun, Zvonimir (Croatia)
Věra (Czech Republic)
Ingeborg (Denmark)
Hilja, Hilje, Hilju (Estonia)
Hilja (Finland)
Pélagie, Thaïs (France)
Gerda, Günther, Hannah, Laura (Germany)
Pelagia (Greece)
Koppány (Hungary)
Pelagia (Italy)
Aina, Anastasija, Aneta, Anita (Latvia)
Brigita, Daugas, Demetra, Gaivilė (Lithuania)
Benedikte, Bente (Norway)
Artemon, Bryda, Brygida, Demetriusz, Laurencja, Marcin, Pelagia, Pelagiusz, Symeon, Wojsława (Poland)
Brigita (Slovakia)
Hugo, Thais (Spain)
Nils (Sweden)
Demetria, Demetrio, Demetrius, Demi, Dimitri, Stewart, Stuart (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 281 of 2024; 84 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 7 of week 40 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 6 of 28]
Chinese: Month 8 (Xin-You), Day 24 (Ji-Hai)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 23 Tishri 5784
Islamic: 23 Rabi I 1445
J Cal: 11 Shù; Foursday [10 of 30]
Julian: 25 September 2023
Moon: 30%: Waning Crescent
Positivist: 1 Descartes (11th Month) [Albertus Magnus]
Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 12 of 15]
Season: Autumn (Day 15 of 89)
Zodiac: Libra (Day 15 of 30)
Calendar Changes
Descartes (Modern Philosophy) [Month 11 of 13; Positivist]
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