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crispinablr · 2 months

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Movie date

I make a stroke trying to imitate the lines of the sunbeams coming through the window at dawn, warm and comforting, feeling the brush dancing on the canvas aimlessly, I just let myself go with the moment, no thoughts or worries, just the brush, the painting, and me wandering, existing.

When my brush reaches the end of the canvas, I wake up from the trance as if someone had been immersed in a dream and someone had snapped their fingers, I simply retract my hand with the brush and observe the landscape I was drawing. A room with a black kitten enjoying the warmth of the rays passing through the window, I smile and look behind the canvas, and there was the little ball of fur, belly up and stretched as if it were a human sunbathing.

I stare at the bundle of love that was my kitty while I think about everything and nothing, she must notice that something is going on and decides to get up to jump into my lap. I smile weakly and delicately stroke her little head, feeling the vibrations of her purring and how she starts rubbing against my hand asking for more attention. Suddenly I feel two arms embracing me and I almost scream in surprise. I feel Kai laughing on my right shoulder at my reaction and I just give him a look of "here we go again."

-Do you think it's nice to scare your partner like this, huh Kai?

Kai kept laughing as he tried to calm down to say something.

-I'm sorry, I just wanted to give you a kiss and see how you were, I didn't expect to scare you. But seeing you stroking Melinda made me think of giving you a surprise hug, I swear by Jett. - he gives me a kiss on the cheek trying to appease my "anger" and looks at me with a smiling puppy face.

I just shake my head as I release a little joke at his reaction.

-You're lucky I love you - I joke - Lucky me - he lets out a little laugh as he runs his nose along my neck.

-I'll assume you've finished working for today - I say smirking

He makes a sound of affirmation as he pulls me close to him - And what better way to spend my free time than to come see my favorite little star.

Melinda jumps off my lap and goes to her bed under the sunbeams.

I smile slightly at Kai and decide to give him a little surprise. I cup his cheeks with both of my hands, feeling his cheeks blush and his eyes widen. Before Kai can say anything, I close my eyes and our lips meet in a soft and slow kiss. I hear him make a small sound of surprise at the sudden kiss, feeling his heart racing as he happily returns the kiss.

After what felt like seconds, I decide to break the kiss with a smile, as much as I enjoyed being with him kissing today, we had planned a movie night at home and I didn't want to miss it for anything in the world, plus I'm sure Andrew would remind us of it for the rest of our lives.

-We should get ready for tonight, we agreed to watch Dungeons and Dragons the three of us together. - I remind him as I adjust his bangs.

Kai was still recovering from the kiss and suddenly opens his eyes wide remembering our night plan.

-I'll go get Andrew and you shower and change clothes. - I say as I put everything in its place.

-At your command, boss - he gives me a goodbye kiss and quickly goes to get ready.

Once I've tidied up, I go to the bookstore where Andrew works and see him chatting with Vince while sorting books, both hear the sound of the door and turn to see who had entered. Seeing me, they greet me and I approach them.

I go to Andrew and give him a hug from behind while Vince smiles shyly at my display of affection.

-How are my two favorite introverts? - I joke.

Andrew laughs at my joke and Vince just rolls his eyes teasingly.

-We were talking about Vince's new song, you should listen to it, it's to die for - says Andrew as he places the last books he was carrying.

-You're exaggerating, I haven't even finished it and it still needs a lot of polishing, and besides, I don't think it's that good - says Vince timidly.

-You should have more confidence in yourself Vince, remember even Wyatt's music partners all wanted to hire you for little and almost pulled each other's eyes out. - I laugh as I remember when Vince participated in the music festival where he had decided to bring his industry music partners to look for new talents for their companies.

Andrew and I laugh while Vince blushes and hides his face in his hands not wanting to remember that memory that was quite embarrassing for him, it's not every day that when you decide to sing in front of an audience there are businessmen fighting like a group of fans fighting for the love of their favorite idol.

Andrew finishes placing the books so he stands behind me and gives me a kiss on the head.

-I think it's time for both of us to go home, it's getting late and it's time to close the store.

-I should go too, Jean said he would be waiting for me for dinner - says Vince looking at the time on his phone - see you.

Andrew and I say goodbye to Vince and head home together, we always went together to pick up Kai from the workshop or Kai and Andrew came to the restaurant to take me home.

-Where's Kai? - Andrew asks curiously.

-I told him to start getting ready, I bought the drinks, some pizzas, fries, and drinks. - I said proudly.

He just smiles and looks at me happily.

-Tomorrow I'll make breakfast for the three of us, I can't let you do all the work, it would be pretty bad of me. - he says smirking.

I vibrate with excitement at the thought of what he would prepare for breakfast when I woke up, I was looking forward to seeing him with his hair messy and still in his pajamas. When the three of us were together, it seemed as if we had been married all our lives, I wouldn't change all this for anything in the world.

-I can't wait to see what you'll prepare for us, oh great Chef Mitchell - I say playfully.

He laughs as he hears me calling him by his last name as we continue walking home together. Finally, we arrive home and both Melinda and Chipoki greet us happily at our return, I give Melinda a few kisses on the head after they both receive their share of affection they go straight to their beds to snuggle together. Andrew and I race to our rooms and before I can even touch the doorknob of my door, I feel arms wrapping around me and lifting me into the air. I turn my head and see Kai and Andrew, they had joined forces so that I couldn't win the race.

-That's not faaair - I say laughing and trying to wriggle out of their grip.

-Nuh uh - they say in unison.

They trap me in a bear hug and seeing that I couldn't escape so easily from their trap, I decide to play my ace in the hole.

-I bought a jumbo bag of butter popcorn, whoever gets them first keeps them. - I say with a smile.

At this new information, they look at each other as if they had heard about the treasure of El Dorado, they release me quickly but gently and start running like crazy while playfully trying to hinder each other. Finally, I enter my room to put on my favorite polka dot pajamas and slippers, once I finish changing I take the butter popcorn out of my hiding place and go downstairs in search of the boys.

I laugh seeing them looking inside the kitchen cabinets like children looking for their Christmas presents. I decide to end their suffering and tell them that I had them hidden in my room all this time.

-Hey guys!, look what I've got - I say holding up the popcorn bag.

They turn at the sound of the bag and look at me with surprised and betrayed faces seeing the promised popcorn bag. They look at each other and laugh unable to believe they fell for my little trap, Andrew finally goes to his room to change clothes while Kai and I arrange everything for our date movie. We put both the popcorn and the other snacks in different bowls, we put them on the living room table along with the glasses we were going to use, the napkins, and the bottles with our favorite drinks.

Finally, we finish positioning everything and even have the movie ready, we just needed to lie down on the sofa together with the giant blanket, turn off the lights, and press play. We wait for Andrew to come down and join us, Kai and I choose our seats and I cuddle up against him while we talk a little about our day.

-I see you've already started without me - he says teasingly - I'll have to settle for being the third wheel of the night - he says hurt, but he was only pretending.

I roll my eyes at his antics, look at Kai conspiratorially, we grab Andrew and throw him on the couch. I surround him with my arms and legs while Kai and I cover him with kisses all over his face, Andrew starts laughing.-

-Oh noooo I'm being attacked, helppp - he says dramatically "making the move" to free himself from us.

-You won't be able to escape our love - I say as I hug him like a koala.

-You better surrender, Mr. Mitchell - says Kai teasingly.

-I surrender I surrender - he says laughing.

The three of us laugh as we lie on the couch hugging, cuddling, and looking into each other's eyes, I could see behind their eyes the love they felt, whenever they looked at each other they made my heart race a thousand times faster and I remained enraptured looking at them while smiling like a silly in love.

Since I ended up in Brian Bay because my car broke down due to technical problems, I never thought I would make so many fantastic friends like: Vince, Jean, Chris and even though it's hard for me to admit it also Kevin and Wyatt, those two no matter how stubborn and eccentric they were good friends, no wonder the two ended up together as a couple.

But what I never thought possible was falling in love and even less that someone would fall in love with me, my personality, my flaws, and my everything, I just thought those things happened in otomes or in the fantasy books I read thinking that only in fiction could I find something so special and unique. I still remembered the tears I shed from happiness for the first time in my life, hearing them both say they loved me all of me even my imperfections of which I had always felt ashamed.

From the day I met both of them I knew we would get along well, we both shared similar tastes, Kai and I liked video games and Andrew and I liked to read books, basically I talked to both of them in my free time. I even went so far as to introduce them to each other, it even seemed strange to me that they had never met, but I guess they were both too busy to meet every person who lived in town, I planned some get-togethers to exchange hobbies and felt that with each get-together we got a little closer.

I even saw how Kai visited Andrew at his work or how Andrew sometimes brought him something he had cooked himself at his house. I was happy that they got along well, but I saw how they started to look into each other's eyes like a couple of teenage lovers I knew I had to step aside and give them space. I felt like my heart was breaking into pieces and I knew I had fallen in love with both of them without realizing it. But that ended some time later when they both came together to tell me they loved me and wanted the three of us to start dating together as a throuple, I just threw myself into their arms and that day I felt as if I had won the lottery. I just remembered old memories and simply smiled nostalgically.

The two of them look at me intrigued to know what I was thinking, but I just tell them that I was just thinking about how much I loved them and how lucky I felt to have them in my life, they smile and kiss my cheeks. After a while of being silly the three of us together, we decided to turn off the lights and start with the movie date between hugs and smiles.

#andrew mitchell #threads of you: beyond the bay #Kai nguyen #fanfiction #fanfic #ToY:BTB

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ljfoxie · 1 year

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So I was inspired by the Sugar Valentine and Chasing ghosts posts by @stargazer-sims to revisit my own Sims bands because I miss them, so here is the first. Sweet Cacophony, the literal first band I created with The Sims! Their 3 and 4 versions are pictured above! They are from my story Love Drunk which I wrote back in 2013 on Blogger and illustrated with The Sims 3, I did a sequel too called Love Drunk 2.0 which followed the lives of the band and their partners two decades later, along with their children who were all mostly grown up and making questionable life decisions of their own. I eventually rebooted it with The Sims 4 but it was getting pretty dark so I kinda shelved it for a while. I might go back to it but we’ll see, I might even start fresh and try to be more cheery and upbeat lol. Anyway, a bit about the band!

So the rock band Sweet Cacophony was originally called Deadly Nightshade. It comprised of four young men who had been friends since high school; Dexter Maloney (lead vocals/guitar), Ashton Maloney (drums), Andrew Mitchell (backing vocals/guitar/bass) and Jeremy Price (piano/keyboard). Jeremy shockingly quit one day and left them without a keyboard player, Dexter could play so he took it on as well as being the lead singer and guitarist but it was a strain for him as he also wrote their songs. Also it has to be noted that the boys at this point still had day jobs; Ash was a firefighter, Dexy was an artist and Drew was basically a mad scientist who invented things for clients and sold them for a fortune. When Jeremy left, he took their name with him, Dexter was furious as they had gigs booked all over as Deadly Nightshade which Jeremy also stole leaving them in a crappy situation where they would turn up for a gig and were turned away because the “real band” with Jeremy as the front man had already arrived. It was the girl Dexy was madly in love with, Evelyn “Lainie” Robertson, who coined the phrase “sweet cacophony” when describing their practice sessions in their tiny flat and Dexy loved it so much that he made it their new name. Eventually, and by complete accident, the band took on Lainie’s best friend Roxanne Harmon as their new keyboard player and their rise to fame was almost instantaneous! Within months they were a global sensation and toured the world, had number one albums every time they were released and had their name in lights all over.

Music runs in the family as Dexter and Lainie’s youngest son Damon formed a band of his own called Fallen Angels with his cousin (Ashton’s son) James and Roxanne’s son Rory Hayes. Dexter and Lainie’s granddaughter Jazmine, affectionately known by her grandpa Dexy as Jazzy, becomes a solo artist to rival Taylor Swift using the stage name Jazzy in honour of her favourite grandfather, but that’s just a story in my head as I never got there in the real story. Jazzy is the daughter of Keira Maloney (Dexter & Lainie’s eldest child) and Joshua Hayes (Roxanne & Matthew Hayes’ eldest child) who only fell in love when they were twenty and eighteen respectively. Josh had loved Keira all of his life but she teased him for being a little bit overweight as a child, calling him “chubby chops” which upset him. Keira meant it affectionately and never realised until they got together just how much it had hurt Josh, she never called him that again.

So that’s just a little bit about the band, they are very dear to me and I have carried them for ten years, Dexter is probably my favourite OC ever!

#ts4 #sims 4 #the sims 4 #ts3 #sims 3 #the sims 3 #ts3 to ts4 #Love Drunk Sims #Sweet Cacophony #Dexter Maloney #Ashton Maloney #Andrew Mitchell #Roxanne Harmon

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kevinmchalenews · 1 year

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andthatswhatyoureallymissedpod What does it take to film all the dance sequences with the #gleecast? Andrew Mitchell explains it’s take holding a 65 pound camera, woah! 🎥! 💪🏽 🙌🏽 #cameraoperator #camera #steadicam listen to Andrew’s episode now!

#Kevin McHale #Jenna Ushkowitz #Andrew Mitchell #And That's What You Really Missed #Glee

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bowtiesnmusicals · 1 year

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Here is my recap of The 13th Member of the GLEE Club (Andrew Mitchell) episode of the podcast.

Andrew Mitchell was the A camera Steadicam operator for Glee.

There is no Glee without Andrew Mitchell.

He was an integral part of the musical numbers.

Andrew is a skater.

The Steadicam weighed 65lbs. He made it look very easy. They filmed on 35mm film.

Zach and the directors would remind the cast that Andrew wins if they collided with him.

During Highway to Hell, Andrew collided with one of the girls from Vocal Adrenaline. She hit the floor.

Andrew missed only 5 or 6 performances.

They shot the original Don't Stop Believing over two days.

During a single day Andrew was operating 3 different cameras. A regular camera, Steadicam, and the crane.

When they shot the pilot episode Andrew had already been working for 11 years.

He worked on High School Musical 2 & 3.

The cast that would be sitting behind Andrew would mess with him. They would tickle and poke him. They would answer his walkie talkie too. They had a fun time.

Everyone that worked with Ryan loved working on Glee because it was so different then what he usually does. It was a break from the dark. It was light and fun.

The cast kept each other in check by reminding each other that the crew were here before them and left after them. That they had families and would like to go home.

Glee is the most demanding show Andrew has worked on.

Glee was a career making show. Andrew won an award.

The rehearsal studios were called the tin shed and the power house.

There were 2 instances where Andrew felt like he was on a juggernaut of a show. The first was when he went to the Grove and saw giant posters for an episode launch. The second time was when they went to New York and seeing all the fans swarming to see the cast.

Kevin said it was cool seeing the crews reaction to all the fans in New York.

As people rewatch the show Kevin and Jenna are getting noticed again. It feels like a time warp.

Andrew's children and friends are watching the show now.

Everyone loved the craft service truck. Andrew's children called it the jelly bean truck.

Jenna is a sucker for a deviled egg.

Telly got Kevin hooked on eating an avocado cut in half with olive oil, salt, and pepper. It made him feel like he was eating healthy. Kevin liked going to craft services and making sandwiches and things.

There was talk after season 1 of getting the cast a really cool trailer to hang out. It would have made wrangling the cast easier. A lot of things were proposed and never happened.

Andrew's favorite of Kevin are My Love Is Your Love. He also enjoys Safety Dance.

Safety Dance was shot in a real mall. Kevin's mom and sister were there.

For Jenna, Andrew loves I Kissed A Girl. Another favorite is True Colors.

Some of his other favorites were Thriller and Scream, Rocky Horror, Singing in the Rain,

Rocky Horror was hard. It was long day.

Andrew only got splashed one or two times filming Singing in the Rain. They had carpet over the water tank so the cast didn't slip. It had been shampooed and not all of it was removed. They had to use hot tub anti bubble stuff to keep the water from getting bubbly. Kevin mentioned Ryan's story of them adding the water too soon and it created gross fungus film. He then probably had them clean everything causing the soap bubble issue.

Kevin was just sitting in water during Singing in the Rain. At the end of each take the casts rainboots were filled with water. It is a great number to watch but not such a great number to film.

Andrew had nicknames for everyone. Jenna's was bubbles because of her costume in the Lady Gaga episode. Matty Fresh for Matt, Princess for Dianna, and Mark was Saw. The only person he didn't have a nickname for was Lea.

There wasn't a lot of turn over in the camera department. They enjoyed working on the show and didn't want to leave.

Any sectionals or regionals was difficult to film with the steadicam. They were long numbers without stops.

Bohemian Rapsody was longer than the film reel and could not be done in one take.

Cory saved Andrew's life several times. He almost fell into the pit at least one time.

Andrew fell filming going through a doorway at the Long Beach Expo center. He was filming a sign and he had to move fast. He caught his foot on the door jamb. Cory pulled him aside after and told him he was going to tell him to be careful before that take.

For the 400th number Andrew wrote all the songs on ping pong balls and dumped them on Zach and Brooke.

Kevin got 18 slushies during the Super Bowl episode. He had to shoot that scene twice. Brad Falchuk directed that episode.

Andrew told one of the cast to throw the confetti right at him.

The very first slushie that Rachel got was done in one take.

When Jacob Artist (Jake Puckerman) was being slushies they got the genius idea to put a camera in one of the cups and filled it with a thick slushie. It didn't work the first time and the second time the cup left Andrew's hand and hit Jacob in the face. They didn't try it a third time.

Andrew would have a lollipop in his mouth during most performances. It was a way to get a quick boost of energy and then it became like a good luck charm.

Andrew doubled for Kevin during Shooting Star.

Andrew loved Kevin in the STD outfit. There was a scene in that episode where no one was doing their lines and got yelled at because they couldn't get it together. Kevin got annoyed that no one could get their lines right.

Andrew said that Adam Shankman was fun to work with as a director.

Eric Stoltz is a favorite. Paris Barclay was great.

They loved working with Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. HIs episodes looked beautiful but the process was challenging.

They flew Andrew in to film the close ups during the Glee Tour.

What is the feeling Glee leaves you with when you think about the show? He steals the Lilian Adler quote that says by its very definition Glee is about opening yourself up to joy. He said his memory isn't very good but he always remembers how he feels like when he meets someone or works on a project. At the end of Glee it felt so good but also felt like this can't end. It was hard.

Glee is warmth and joy. A ton of good memories. It was like they went to summer camp for 6 years.

Jenna said it was like a really long summer camp that you never want to end.

Andrew asked Jenna and Kevin two questions. He forgot the first one. The second was metaphorically at the end of the show if you had taken anything from the set what would it have been. They were allowed to take one thing. The crew wasn't allowed to take anything. Jenna took the clock off the wall and Kevin took the wheelchair. Apparently he wasn't supposed to take it. Andrew would have taken the lamp on the piano and the banner from when the Glee club won it's first Nationals.

Where did the shot they would do going off the fingertips and sweep up to the light come from? Andrew said it was a career making shot. It was something he tried and everyone loved it. It became a staple of the show.

Kevin and Jenna still keep in touch with a lot of crewmembers. Kevin said they need to have more of them on the podcast.

They both enjoyed when Andrew flipped the table and interviewed them.

#and that's what you really missed #atwyrm #jenna ushkowitz #kevin mchale #andrew mitchell #glee #podcast

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