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rintoorus · 3 years

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VALENTINE’S DAY WITH THEM—

ft. iwaizumi h. + miya a. + kita s. + suna r.

warnings: not proofread but besides that none that ik of

author’s note: very cliché sorry not sorry, also wishing i was their valentine dhmu ☹️☹️☹️, also i was imagining their 3rd year selves while writing so do what you want w that info lol,, i don’t think it’s major tho

—IWAIZUMI

+ ok ok he’s not super big on valentine’s day and lowk thinks it’s pointless

+ bc why does is this day more significant than the rest????

+ again, he’s not a fan of the holiday, but after he overhears you talking to oikawa about how you were excited to be able to have a valentine this year, how could he not want to do everything he could to make it special???

+ whatever iwa does, he puts a lot of effort and consideration into

+ including volleyball and DEFINITELY your relationship

+ so it takes a little while for him to decide on what to do, wanting it to be perfect for you

+ aaaand the day arrives, he had told you the night before to be ready by 6pm, not telling you what to expect

+ he picks you up at 6

+ he greets you with a smile, a kiss on the forehead, and a “happy valentine’s day baby”

+ you give him the gift you made for him and he absolutely loves it <3

+ okay now you guys are driving, you’re still in the dark about the evening’s plans

+ you’re both in the car, catching up on the day’s events while the songs on your guys’ playlist play in the background at a lowish volume

+ you both now arrive at your destination!

+ it’s your favorite café, a small family owned one, and it’s also where you and hajime went on your first date

+ he rented the entire place out as a favor from the owners

+ the place was slightly redecorated to fit the night—it was intimate and inviting

+ you both take your seats, to find the food is already served and iwa had cooked your favorite meal to perfection

+ this man gives off chef level cooking skills to me idk

+ dinner was perfect, filled with reminiscent conversation, laughter, and adoration

+ a romantic night overall and you ended the night watching romance movies back at his place

+ he is a huge romantic you cannot change my mind

—ATSUMU

+ this man is a huge softie okay? okay.

+ very much likes the idea valentine’s day bc it’s another excuse to shower you with affection

+ he wants to make sure you know he loves you a lot

+ he doesn’t do anything too flashy or extravagant

+ despite the attention he gets from being this famous setter, and his outgoing extravagant personality, he likes the relaxed and lowkey dynamic of your relationship

+ not to mention he’s been really busy with practice and you your studies so

+ so you both opt for a cozy night in!

+ he stops by your place with a shit load of snacks, plus onigiri that he asked osamu to teach him how to make

+ and you guys catch up your favorite show to watch together

+ you ended up getting a bit bored and decided to bake and decorate a cake together halfway thru

+ after you’re done, not even 5 minutes after finishing it, this mf starts eating it

+ he also gives you a necklace with his name on it bc YES PLEASE

—KITA

+ will definitely want to do something for you

+ you’ve been especially stressed with school and responsibilities lately

+ he’ll do anything he can to help, and figures he can make the day special and take your mind off of it and spend quality time together

+ the day is sunny and the perfect weather for an intimate picnic at the park

+ there’s not a lot of other people there, a few people strolling around but besides that, just the two of you

+ this man went alllll out

+ those pretty tiktok picnics? yeah that.

+ i’m thinking he has your favorite flowers laid out in the middle, homemade onigiri, a small cake that’s your favorite flavor, you get it

+ “happy valentine’s day my love”

+ you guys spend your date people watching and spending quality time together

—SUNA

+ he’s kinda known for making sure to capture the moment right

+ so obviously he has a ton of pictures of the two of you

+ all saved in a special album

+ so he printed a shit ton out!!! and put it all into a scrapbook of your memories and dates

+ he made sure it was pretty and looked nice

+ spent a LOT of time on it too

+ each page had pictures of either you both on dates or at school or at home

+ also filled with little momentos like the movie ticket from your first date (yes he took you to the movies)

+ this boy really put his mf soul into it LMAO

+ so the day comes and you guys are at his place

+ some music in the background bc he cannot do without it

+ you two preferred lowkey things when it came to events like this so you were more than happy just spending time with him and cuddling

+ but then he says “hold on babe” and gets up to grab a neatly wrapped square shaped item

+ he hands it to you and it’s not small so you’re like??? what’s this???

+ “just open it”

+ so you do

+ and there’s a big picture on the cover of the two of you, you remember it’s from the day he first said i love you

+ i am a sentimental whore i’m sorry

+ and i think he is too 🤚🤚🤚

+ you could tell he put a lot of love into this gift so you just get soft and you’re like ... rin .... wtf .... crying but not ....

+ and then he jokes around and tells you to shut up and stop being soft

+ but he lowkey loves it

+ so he pulls you in for a hug and you guys spend a large chunk of the evening going thru the pages and reminiscing

end notes lol: ok kita’s is rlly short i’m sorry i blanked KITA I STILL LOVE U ☹️☹️ and thank you for reading <3

—rintoorus

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kindahoping4forever · 3 years

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Watch Me Bloom: A Few Months Ago // Ashton Irwin

I’m so excited to finally share this with everyone! As I mentioned, the week leading up to Superbloom really inspired me. It was so hard to believe that just seven months prior, we were living the ups and downs of CALM’s release while this was a essentially a never ending parade of self-reflection and joy. My fic Release explored a relationship dealing with CALM and I thought it’d be fun to see what the Superbloom experience might look like thru the lens of a relationship. (I wouldn’t say it’s a sequel - in my mind, they’re different relationships- but you could call it a thematic companion.)

As always (but honestly even more so this time because omg this section especially changed again and again), my eternal love and gratitude to @cal-puddies for always offering direction, notes, encouragement and a good roast when I need it.

Warnings: What a surprise, it’s Boyfriend!Ash. Brief quarantine mention. So much fluffy smut you’ll wonder if I’m alright. Oral sex performed on a female. Unprotected sex within an established relationship. This is the tame chapter, folks. The calm before the smutty storm, if you will.

Word Count: 3319

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You sleepily roll over to snuggle your boyfriend but instead of being surrounded by the warm firmness of Ashton’s back, you feel cool air and the beginnings of a falling sensation. Your body jolts awake to catch itself, your brain making the unpleasant discovery that there’s no one laying next to you and you’re about to tumble off the couch. You shake your head upon realizing you once again fell asleep in the living room, watching TV.

It was a bad habit you fell into once Ashton got busy with his new project. You still hadn’t gotten used to falling asleep without him and a part of you can’t help but long for the early days of quarantine, when you spent the majority of your time lazily wrapped up in sheets and each other.

But as time went on, you started waking up alone and finding him sitting outside with a coffee, scribbling away on a notepad. Other days you’d wake up to the sounds of him already in the shower, singing gibberish words to fill out gorgeous melodies he dreamt of and is trying to perfect while he gets ready to take on the day.

He eventually showed those scribbles and shower songs to his housemate, Matt, who helped him shape them into demos, which they then decided to make into fully produced tracks. After weeks of rearranged furniture, strewn about instruments and dodging cables running through the hall, Ash gleefully shared that he planned to release these songs as his own album. You’d kissed him happily, shared in his joy and teased him relentlessly that it took him this long to tell you. You couldn’t have been happier for him and you loved seeing him excited about work again, especially after the frustration surrounding the band's album release earlier this year, but every night when you go to bed alone, you just miss him.

You shuffle into the kitchen and dump the rest of your long forgotten tea in the sink, turning on the tap to wash the cup. While you wait for the water to warm up, you cartoonishly stretch your arms over your head and loudly yawn.

“Long day?” A voice asks from across the room.

You chuckle and turn to greet Matt, who’s headed towards the sink with an armful of various mugs he and Ashton must’ve used for tea, coffee and water over the course of the day.

“Well, I got up earlier than usual and Ash had already made his side of the bed, so I’m sure it was nowhere near as long as yours,” you comment, reaching out to take the dishes from him.

He silently thanks you with a kind smile. “Yeah he was up and at it even before me today,” he admits, shaking his head. “Had quite the breakthrough today, though. I’m sure he’d love to tell you about it if you wanna pay him a visit.”

You lightheartedly scoff as you quickly wash the cups. “And also he’s just moved from your studio down to his and you think I can talk him into actually getting some rest?”

He laughs at how well you know your boyfriend. “I told him I was gonna call it a night but I don’t think he’s taking the hint,” he admits.

“Sounds like our guy,” you shrug, setting the clean mugs on the rack to dry. “I’ll pop by and check on him before I turn in.”

You head for the bathroom and quickly go through your routine; you mentally cheer when you turn on the light and see Ash’s green henley draped haphazardly over the bathtub. It smells like him so he must have just tossed it aside when he showered earlier; you inhale deeply as you slip it over your head and throw on a pair of sleep shorts before heading down to the basement where he’s working.

You tentatively make your way down the stairs, not wanting to startle him. As you suspected, he’s intently focused on his computer screen, dragging and dropping components of a track, trying to layer the elements just the way he wants, something he was recently so proud to tell you he had learned to do.

You knock quietly on the wall when you reach the bottom. He turns around to investigate and exclaims your name with far too much enthusiasm for the late hour. He opens his arms, which you know means he wants you to come sit on his lap. He greets you with a sweet kiss as soon as you sit down and hums when he recognizes the scent of your nighttime skin products. “Bedtime already?” He asks, sounding slightly disappointed.

You jab his side playfully. “Already? It’s pretty fucking late, dude,” you tease. “I fell asleep on the couch again.”

“Aww, baby, no,” he commiserates, stroking your arm empathetically. "You weren’t waiting up for me again, were you?”

“Maybe subconsciously,” you shrug. “Missed you a lot today. Dreamt about you last night. Dreamt about you while I was asleep right now. I dunno, it’s weird.” He hugs you tighter to him and you rest your head in the crook of his neck. “Matt said you had a good day, though?” You say in a bright voice, trying to compensate for your sad admission.

Ashton softly smiles and squeezes your leg, indicating he knows you wish you hadn’t told him what you did. “Yeah, it was crazy, I woke up with this song in my head and I had to rush down here before it went away,” he explains. “It was so clear in my mind - every instrument, every aspect of the production - and it took all day but we’ve almost got it exactly how I imagined it.”

You rest against him while he clicks around on the computer, playing you different files and explaining each step they took in their process that day. You watch him, instead of the screen, admiring the way he lights up when he talks about his art, the way his dimples just keep sinking deeper and deeper as he delights in telling you the inventive tactic they came up with to get the guitars to sound a certain way.

You peck at his cheek, enjoying the scratch from his light beard. “I’m so glad you had a good day,” you coo. “Think you might want to head up to bed with me now, though? I love seeing how happy this makes you but you’ve still gotta take care of yourself, babe. Still working when I go to bed and getting back at it before I wake up? It’s happening a lot and I get worried sometimes.”

He plays with the hem of your - his - shirt while he listens to your concern. “I know. It’s just easy to get caught up when it’s going good. And it’s all been going so good!” His wide smile turns to an understanding nod when he sees you lovingly shake your head at his excited excuse. “But I know you’re right, baby, I promise I have been trying to be mindful. Today was just the perfect storm.”

“OK,” you murmur, believing him for now, knowing you’ll surely be having this conversation again in a few days’ time. He tilts your chin up to him and moves in for a soft kiss. You sigh as his lips gently move over yours and you reach up to run your fingers through his hair; because of the lockdown, he’d been letting it grow and you were loving it. You’d convinced him to let you trim it a few times to keep it healthy and now you were obsessed with getting your hands on it all the time.

He starts to pull away but you let out a slight whine and bring him back in, deepening the kiss while you’re at it. He lets you lead the makeout as he wraps his arms around you, holding your body against his. You shift yourself in his lap so that you’re straddling him in the chair.

“Is this your plan to tire me out so I’ll come to bed?” Ash grins.

"Thought this was your plan," you tease, tugging his lip between your teeth. "You asked me to sit in your lap, I know your style."

He giggles as you start nipping at his jawline before making your way down his neck and settling in to kiss up and down his collarbones. He sits back and lets you work, running his hands up and down the back of your top, occasionally letting his hands wander down to appreciate how tight your sleep shorts fit over your ass.

“You’re markin’ me up, baby,” he laughs, attempting to detach your mouth from his chest.

You allow him to bring your mouth back up to his, darting your tongue across his bottom lip before saying with a smirk, “Something to help you remember me while you’re locked away working.”

Before he can respond, you move in to kiss him again and as you feel him growing hard underneath you, you lazily begin grinding on him. He groans and moves against you a few times before running a hand up the leg of your shorts.

He raises his eyebrows when he feels how wet you already are for him. “Aww, you really have been missin’ me, huh?” He teases, eyes shining in the dimly lit room. “You know you can always just tell me when you need me, that’s part of the fun of working at home.”

“Don’t wanna interrupt the artistic genius process,” you tease back, sitting further back on his thighs so you can palm him through his shorts. “Plus, I don’t think Matt would appreciate that very much.”

“I’d love it if we didn’t talk about Matt while your hand is on my dick,” he jokes, lifting his hand out of your shorts and up to his lips to lick. You roll your hips impatiently as you watch his lips suck your essence off his fingertips. “Mmm, sweet tonight, baby,” he murmurs. “Think I’m gonna need more.”

Ashton grips the backs of your thighs and suddenly he’s standing to lift you off of his lap and onto the desk in front of him. He deftly uses one hand to move his laptop and various hard drives to the side and uses the other to start tugging your shorts and panties down.

He drops to his knees and the surprise of that sight gets a low moan out of you. When he licks a stripe up your center, you take on a much whinier tone. “Babyyyy,” you try to reason with him, tugging on the collar of his white t-shirt. “I don’t wanna keep you awake any later than you need to be, let’s just fuck and get some sleep.”

He sits back on his heels, peeling off his shirt, flinging it behind him. “Heard my girl was missing me,” he counters, dragging a finger slowly through your wetness. “Gotta make sure you can make it through the day tomorrow.” His thumb plays gently at your clit while he runs his beard along your inner thigh - he’s learned you love the scratch - before fixing his mouth on your skin, clearly intent on leaving a large hickey.

You shiver when without much fanfare, Ash starts softly licking at your clit with just the tip of his tongue. “That’s my needy girl,” he says in a low voice that gives you almost as much of a chill as his mouth just did. Your brain constructs a witty reply but you’re not entirely sure the mumble that came out of your mouth made sense; his tongue is fluttering against your clit now and his hands are forcefully spreading your legs wider while somehow also tenderly massaging your skin.

You pry your hands off the edge of the desk where you’ve been bracing yourself and wrap them in his hair while his mouth works you, loving how his eyes dart up to thank you every time you brush a wayward curl off his forehead. It’s a great juxtaposition to the warning look you get when you start bucking your hips against his face. You didn’t mean to start getting rowdy but he slipped his fingers inside you at just the right angle and at the same time his beard dragged across your skin and his lips finally enveloped your clit - you couldn’t help yourself.

“Easy, sweetheart,” he soothes, sliding his hand underneath your shirt and laying his palm flat across your stomach to settle your movements. “Need it that bad? Could’ve sworn I had you the other night, you’re acting like I haven’t touched you in weeks.” His tone is the perfect blend of condescension and care and his words tease you almost as intensely as his fingers curling inside you.

Your reply is interrupted with a surprised moan when he fits his lips over your clit once again and starts sucking rapidly. “Maybe… having you… just makes… Jesus… makes me want you… mmm-more… fuck, babe, I’m cumming.”

You’re shocked by how fast and strong your orgasm hits you - maybe Ashton’s teasing wasn’t too far off and you are just that needy. You lay back on the desk, tugging at his hair, biting your lip to keep from crying out too loudly; try as you might, you can’t ignore the urge to grind against his mouth and the vibration from his groaning only adds to your pleasure.

He keeps at it until you push him away and you whine when he withdraws his fingers from you; you’ve just barely caught your breath when you squeeze his arm to get his attention, craving him near. He, of course, knows what you need and stands to tend to you. He brushes his fingers across your lips before cleaning the rest of your wetness off of them with his own mouth.

You’re pretty sure you see his cock jump in his basketball shorts as your tongue peeks out of your mouth to sample what he’s shared with you. “Taste good, baby?” He asks with heavy breath.

“Tastes better when I’m mixed with you,” you counter, pulling him in.

He moans into your passionate kiss, one hand trying to lean you back on the desk and the other yanking his shorts down. You resist his attempt, catching him off guard by pushing on his shoulders, guiding him back to his abandoned office chair; you climb in his lap to straddle him again, explaining, “Been wanting you like this all day.”

You take his cock in your hand and give it a few strokes before lifting yourself up and tapping your clit with the tip; you play like this for a minute, using him to tease yourself, rubbing your pussy on him, coating him in your wetness until he grabs your hips and sighs your name in a soft plea.

Smiling to yourself, you think maybe you should rib him about being as needy as you, except you don’t want to wait any longer to get him inside you; he watches intently as you balance yourself on the arms of the chair to line up and sink down on him. You groan together in lustful harmony at the feeling and you begin tentatively rocking your hips, enjoying the familiar stretch of him filling you.

You’ve got a moderate rhythm going when Ash starts playing with your nipples through your shirt; you slow your pace a bit and reach to pull the henley off when he stops you. “Leave it on,” he requests with a glint in his eye, fingers swiftly undoing a few buttons to expose more of your chest. “Now whenever I wear it, I won’t be able to stop picturing you riding me.”

You grin at him and lean back on his thighs, grinding slowly on his cock, trying to find that perfect angle. His hands are all over you, under and over the shirt, running over the tops and inside of your thighs; his grip eventually settles on your ass, kneading it and helping you bounce yourself on him.

You ride him at varying speeds, paying attention to the sounds he’s making and the way his body responds to your movements; you can’t get enough of seeing his jaw clench as he struggles not to fuck up into you, trying to let you have your moment.

He squeezes your ass so hard you know there’s bound to be finger shaped bruises in the morning. “Fuck, Ash,” you whisper, mouth against his ear. Your tongue flicks out to toy with his earring and the gasp you get in response is as satisfying as you’d hoped.

“Gettin’ close,” he strains, lifting his hips against yours slowly, thinking if he’s subtle enough maybe you won’t mind.

“God… same,” you tell him, speeding up and bringing a hand between your legs. “Wanna cum with you, babe.”

Ashton takes that as permission to be more blatant with his thrusting and as your breath starts stuttering, he even throws in a few slaps across your ass cheeks; his instincts are correct and within seconds you’re pulsing around him. Your eyes squeeze shut and flashes of white are all you see; you can tell by the tone of his voice he’s praising you as you orgasm but you can’t process what he’s saying.

His arms wrap around you and he holds you close as you squeeze his cock. You rock against him, working yourself through it when he buries his face in your chest to muffle an exhausted grunt as he cums inside you. You stroke his hair, murmuring how good he feels; he catches his breath and his embrace tightens around you as he pulls you into a soft yet sloppy kiss.

“Love you,” he says quietly, resting his head between your breasts again, beard prickling your skin.

You play with the thin chain he’s wearing, admiring the way the silver contrasts with the dark ink on the back of his neck. You’ve seen this side of Ash more in the past few months than you had the entire time you’d been together and it still takes you aback every time it comes out. “Love you too,” you whisper in reply.

He helps you off of him and you excuse yourself to the adjoining bathroom. When you return a few minutes later, he’s redressed, the desk is back in order and all his equipment is shut off.

“Bedtime?” You ask, pleasantly surprised.

He grins. “Like I’d be able to think about anything else tonight,” he reaches for your hand. There’s a comfortable silence as he starts to lead you out of the room before pausing at the foot of the stairs and turning to you. “You know I miss you too, right? When I’m working all the time like this? I think about you a lot.”

You lift your joined hands, kissing his knuckles. “I know, babe, I’m sorry if I made you feel bad when I said all that, I was just tired,” you frown slightly.

Ash slings his arm around you, kissing the top of your head. “Can I tell you a secret? This shirt was actually clean, I sprayed it with cologne and left it out for you,” he laughs, tugging at your collar. “Wanted to wear tomorrow and spend the day having you close to me.”

“Ashhhh, that’s so sweet it’s almost gross,” you aww. He chuckles as you hop onto the step in front of him and peck rapidly at his lips. “Bold of you to assume I’d let you have it back, though.”

He snorts and follows you up the stairs. You turn to him at the top. “Make you a deal: if you’re still in bed with me when I wake up tomorrow, the shirt’s yours.”

He spins you around and gives you a gentle swat, directing you to the bedroom. “Deal.”

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timebuzzer · 3 years

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Ever After Chapter 9.6

3rd Person

Alex went back to the dressing room to change to a white shirt. Annie and Elvz thought they were done but were surprised when Alex asked for a retouch.

"You have another performance? I thought we're leaving? Do you still need to be pretty for us? Alex, no one else needs you to be pretty, it's just us." Elvz asked.

"Ani..." Alex was interrupted.

"Ani, Sage is there. So the gift needs to be pretty." Annie hinted.

"Gift?" Elvz asked innocently.

"Sage's birthday was last week, right? Is this your birthday gift?" Annie teased then the two laughed after Elvz got what she meant.

"I see...We saw him too when we peeked from backstage and OMG! He's so hot in his military uniform, with all the sweat he wiped when he came." Annie remarked with widened eyes.

"He was still fully clothed but he was oozing with hotness already. I can already see his biceps beneath his uniform... especially, after all his military training." Elvz exclaimed as she covered her mouth to control herself.

Immediately after, Elvz and Annie shrieked together, jumping while holding each other's hands.

"You know what, my husband was not fit before enlistment. But when he came out, oh la la. I didn't know he could have some abs and toned muscles." Then she added, "Though he only got 4-pack abs. But I'm not complaining. From none to 4? That's a dream come true all ready. And besides, he was only assigned as a police officer."

"Is that the reason why you married him immediately after his enlistment? His muscles and abs?" Aira joked as she checked Alex's face.

"Yes! Too bad, after 5 years, his 4 pack abs were non-existent anymore. Only single one remained. His abs are like "once upon a time" now." Elvz narrated feeling defeated.

They all laughed at her. But they know she was just kidding. She loved her husband dearly, with or without abs.

"Going back, so how much more for Sage? Army training is different and more intense. He already had 6 before enlisting..."

"8..." Alex corrected, which was her mistake. So she added, "I think?". But it's too late now because the trio began teasing her endlessly. The riot officially sparked again.

"So you checked him out?" Elvz inquired with widened eyes.

"He had a topless scene in After All..." Alex replied with the simplest and innocent answer she could with blushed cheeks, avoiding eye contact.

"Of course, you will check your man's assets properly", Annie added as she looked at her thru the mirror.

"So you are a part-time accountant now, Alex?" Aira teased her as she sat down to the nearest chair.

"Accountant Alex, if you are willing, you could share your annual report about Sage's asset so we could assess it all together? The financial growth, the return of investment, and all... We would gladly listen, if only you want." Elvz pleaded once more.

Alex was blushing while changing her clothes as she listened to the two, and of course, her imagination was also activated. The riot only stopped because of a knock on the door. Aira immediately hushed the two.

"Ms. Elle, General Yoon is asking for your presence in his office."

"Okay. We'll follow in a minute." Aira said dismissed the officer with a smile.

Elle and Aira then went to Mr. Yoon's office.

"Thank you so much for gracing our invitation, Elle. We really appreciate your performance. You made our soldiers look so comforted and happy." General Yoon sincerely thanked her while the duo occupied the seats in front of his table.

"It's my honor, General. I'm glad that I made them happy." Alex replied with a genuine smile.

"You also gave 2 bonus songs. If you have any request today, I would gladly grant it as a token of my appreciation."

"Hmmm, actually there is, General Yoon."

"What is it? You can tell me."

"A friend of mine is currently assigned here. If he's not on duty as of the moment, could I request to see him? I mean, he is actually a family friend and his mom knew that I will be performing here today so she sent something for him. But if it's against the rules sir, then I would understand."

"May I ask the name of the friend you would like to see Miss Elle, if he's not on duty then you can see him, that won't be a problem. I gave you my word, and I'm bound to keep it, so feel free to tell me."

"It's Mr. Sage Kim General Yoon." Alex declared while stroking her fingers on her lap trying to hide her nervousness.

After hearing the name, he responded, "Okay, I'll send someone to fetch him." He then dialed a number on his telephone.

"Major Park, can you check the schedule of Mr. Sage Kim and see if he's not on duty as of the moment?... Oh, okay, send him to the private visitor's area....okay."

After the call, he instructed, "I'll leave the three of you in one of our VIP meeting rooms later. As much as you could stay here in my office, I know you might be needing some privacy."

"Thank you so much, General, for your consideration." Aira smiled in appreciation of the general.

"We won't take long because we still need to go back to the capital immediately because Elle has an early schedule tomorrow."

"Oh, how hardworking Elle is. Well if you'll be leaving after this visit, could I request a picture and autograph from Elle for my daughter? She's a fan and a shipper. So as my wife. They've watched your drama. They are already bombarding me with messages about why I didn't invite them here today. So if you won't mind..."

"Sure thing, General Yoon." Elle agreed in delight without a second thought.

"But a gentle request, Sir. Please do not post the photo of them together. It might arouse issues and this might put Elle in a bad light if this goes out to the media." Aira reminded him. She didn't want to have another dispute with the CEO. And another issue would be troublesome.

"I know. Trust me, this will solely be for my wife and daughter and I would tell them that this picture would be highly classified. Thank you very much." General Yoon assured with a serious look.

They then took a photo. Elle signed a photocard. She even gave a signed album. After signing, someone knocked on the door.

It was Sage.

When he entered the room, he expected to see the general alone. But to his surprise, he saw Aira and across her seat was Alex...his wife.

His heart started to pound like a hardly beaten drum but he had to maintain his composure. He's wearing his military uniform.

Their eyes met. Alex saw longing, love, so as confusion in his eyes. But both of them managed to look like casual friends who met after a long time and the general did not sense anything out of the ordinary.

"For childhood friends, you don't look that close." General Yoon remarked.

"We are very close, Sir." Sage responded after his salute.

Everyone laughed and since Sage was there, he was immediately asked to sign and do photo ops. After their short fan meeting moment, the General lead the three, in a small meeting room then left.

As the door closed, Aira immediately turned into a supportive bestfriend and said,

"Okay, I will turn my back on you two. You can kiss. I know you miss each other. Just tell me if you're done. I'll cover my ears too. Just tone it down."

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April 30, 2019 - Mortal Kompat Story Mode Part 3

Content warnings: blood, gore, graphic violence, character death

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Summary: Pat plays Mortal Kombat 11 for the third time, making a good amount of progress and learning new things about the characters

Pat has maintenance workers over, has some sink problems. Issue is that water leaks thru his ceiling when his neighbor takes showers

Doesn’t know who he mains on Mortal Kombat anymore

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE!!!!!!!! (mod MikeAM)

Pat has TWO CANS of drinks tonight (very fizzy)

Does NOT own jorts, “I’m not a jortsman, I’m not allowed to wear jorts” (I think this is a lie), “No jorts allowed, I shall not wear jorts. I wear jants (jean pants).” (This is true)

Pat will NOT install a fart toilet

Drinking a rattler tonight

Babycakesclaire gifted a sub to T-Pain [Watch Clip]

Says people made fun of him for saying “T-Pain” in his Polygon video so many times, says it was a grounding thing to help himself [Watch Clip]

Favorite song by TPain is U Up off of the new album

Says he “has the bad audio”, restarts the stream

Plays as Jax, doesn’t know his combos but figures them out

Asks chat if they would prefer big metal arms or big metal legs; Pat would have legs for The Kick™️

Gives a recap of the plot, says the word “mommy” a lot (that’s just how he is and I accept him)

Likes fight choreo, thinks they hire many professional people to do it

Jacqui is awesome

First Piss clip of the stream

Says “Dad fight dad fight dad fight” as the two versions of Jax fight each other

“I know all my moves, haha!......actually I don’t know any of my moves”

Mains as Jax just to do powerbombs

“This is a stupid looking hat, I’m sorry it’s a dumb looking hat. She deserves a better hat,” at Jacqui’s (sp????) hat.

Someone played Slow Yoshi in the middle of a fight

Jacqui’s dad betrayed her then disappeared. Pat: dads are complicated

Evil lady puts hat on, her power only grows stronger

Chat makes a lot of “I can’t believe you’ve done this” jokes

Pat opens a can of fizzy drink, chat alternates between making “ASMR” and “piss” jokes. Some folley ones too

Game talks about a character “I don’t know who the fuck Kharon is”

Characters descends like spider through the ceiling “oh. Ew.”

Pat makes an “I can’t believe you’ve done this” reference

The two Scropions fight. Pat: “God it’s me but stronger”

Pat wins the first round: “It’s a big fishy”

Gets attacked by other Scorpion w a good combo, wants to learn how to do that

Chat compliments Pat on his Scorpion playing abilities

Pat said he’s going to learn how to main Scorpion and Jax in this MK game. Mained Scorpion in last one

“Be a dude, not a dick”

Scorpion is killed by D’Vorah

“Nobody fuckin believes Scorpion”-- game framed Scorpion to look bad

Pat likes the frog jokes chat is making

“Hey Boy” clip played in a fight against Raiden

Raiden hits Scorpion w a blast as a “truth serum”. Pat calls it a dick move (Chat agrees)

Pat then plays as Raiden, but doesn’t want to because of how shitty he is “Cool. Nunchuck me. I deserve it”

Pat laughs at Piss clip played at a character's dramatic revelation and entrance

Pat: “I’m so confused.” So are we

There are a lot of timelines that explain costume changes

Pat needs to “check in on that toilet update real quick”

Pat as Raiden: “The only solution is that Liu Kang and I must kiss,” asks Faith to make it happen

Evil Lady makes Liu Kang disappear: “Da fuuuuuuqq?”

Chat makes norted memes

Agrees with Faith that the game “feels like fanfic”

Likes the guy who played Liu Kang in the movies; also played a guy named Ricky in another movie

“Yooooo that’s a blood boat”-- a rivaling boat comes up from the middle of the ocean

Praises actions scenes in MK; better than MCU and most action movies in general

Finally goes to check up on the toilet situation, Piss clip plays while he’s gone

Someone checked if there were Liu Kang and Raiden fanfics; apparently, there isn’t

Chat is wondering what happened to Pat’s toilet, “did he poop too hard?”

Pat comes back and asks if everyone was good (probably not)

He thought it was his roomate being a sloppy showerer, roommate asks what was up and Pat said “oh I thought it was you”. Then found water coming from lights on ceiling and got people to fix the problem

We are in the home stretch of MK, according to safetydrew

“Jax is my father”

Jax beats up a bunch of people to ‘make things right’, Pat: “Yes, yes, fuck yes”

Raiden defeats enemy, “caught and compromised” plays perfectly over the scene [Watch Clip]

Liu Kang got norted by himself (absorbed?? Into one body?? I think????)

Liu: “You will have to kill me” Raiden: “I would rather save you” Chat cheers for them to kiss

Raiden and Liu Kang fuse and become a God???? What???????????

Character rips a person’s heart out, Pat: “He just ripped his fucking hort out.” Chat spams “hort”

Super Liu floats in the sky, sends a meteor out and kills a bunch of monsters

Super Liu super punches more monsters

Time starts rewinding, Fire God Liu Kang fights Kitana, then some more people

Lots of fighting in this Mortal Kombat game

During Cetrion fight, Pat: “She just grew a tree just to nail me to it.”

Cetrion gives her soul to Big Evil Lady Mom

MikeAM advises Pat to just do a bunch of flying kicks during the boss battle

“WOW she mean, woofadoof”-- Pat @ the final boss

Pat says he will never fight with honor

Pat fails the fight, Liu Kang gets his head chopped off

Donkey Kong has Died plays as the head rolls (We’ve unlocked the basketball timeline)

Pat thinks about trying the easier mode if he fails a few more times

Hops into the settings to turn on easy mode

Evil Lady (Kronica) turned into Johnny Cage in the middle of the fight??

Fire God Liu Kang and Evil lady go up to spAAACEEEE

Kronica says she’s better than Liu Kang bc he’s a god and she’s a titan?? I thought it went the other way

Pat comments on how it’s weird to have Johnny Cage fight for her at points in the battle

Pat finally wins the match, Kronica gets turned to glass and shattered. The Caught and Compromised clip plays

Now Liu Kang is in charge of watching over the Earth realm, mortal Raiden helps (“Raiden's gonna diiee”)

Game ends just like that, credits roll, Pat: “Oh that’s it, that’s how it ends?!”

Comments on how the next MK can be about literally whatever they want, bc this game set it back to square 1

Cassie apparently has a fatality where she can kick someone in the nuts and have their skeleton pop out “that’s really good”

Pat’s gonna start picking characters to learn moves of and train w them

Pat says apparently there’s three different endings. Not major changes, just is dictated by how long it takes you to defeat the final boss

He got two (2) new maps

Wants to learn the kicking people in the nuts to make their skeleton pop out lmao

“I guess I need to unlock the dick kick”

Does a fatality that involves the character getting ripped in half, then a tomato getting thrown at them

Looked up the Cassie fatality and tries it

Her opponent literally did a piss right before the fight. He really did. Pat lost that fight

Pat messed up the fatality

Decided to try to Krypt before raiding Thomas’ stream

Same actor who played Shang Tsung in the movies played him in the game. Pat geeks out

Pat says this Krypt is better than in other games bc it used to be a dungeon crawl to find things. Now, you just open chests

Pat finds a hammer, uses it to get Koins™

The raid guys should make a MK movie. Apparently the recent John Wick has them fight the raid guys

Pat doesn’t know how much he should drink before going to see the new John Wick. He’s going w Ryan at the Alamo (I assume a theatre)

Pat finds a gong and feels he must hit it with the hammer

Pat says the Krypt changes what loot it has based on what time of day you go to see it

Pat doesn’t know whether or not there’s going to be fights in this area, or if it’s just opening chests

He still thinks he’s going to work w Scorpion and Jax to get good at to learn combos (also probably Jacqui). Wants to do a group play session at some time

Charlie is sneezing!!

Pat’ll be back on Thursday (8 pm EST) with Donk Souls again (if that doesn’t work, he’ll find something else)

Charlie went up on Pat’s lap!!!

Abby streams on Tuesdays at the same time as Pat. He says you should watch both simultaneously

Sent chat to raid Thomas

End of stream

#pat gill #patrick gill #twitch #polygon #mortal kombat 11 #mortal kombat #maddie #mori

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Time Tripping with Galaxie 500 (2004)

Sunday interview! This is a long one, conducted for Neumu around the time of the Don’t Let Our Youth Go To Waste DVD. All band members were very nice.

The camerawork may be shaky, and the sound decidedly lo-fi, but short of the invention of a time machine, some of the footage on Galaxie 500's newly released DVD, Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste, is as close as we're going to get to experiencing what it was like to witness the group at the beginning of their career. Take a look. It's 1988, and Galaxie 500 are onstage at the then-fledgling Middle East club in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Guitarist Dean Wareham looks pale and uncomfortable. Drummer Damon Krukowski nervously fiddles with his drum kit. Bassist Naomi Yang tries hard to project the impeccably cool stage presence she'll later perfect, but mostly comes across as bored. Krukowski counts off the beat and the band fumbles through "Oblivious," a tune that will appear on their debut album, Today. All three look relieved when they reach the end of the song. But even in these early days, there is something unique, something special about this band. Wareham's Velvety guitar tone, Yang's melodic bass lines, and Krukowski's imaginative drumming all make up a bewitching, cohesive sound. As "warts and all" as the Middle East footage may be, it's a priceless artifact.

There are countless more moments like this on Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste, a double disc set compiling live footage, television appearances, and promotional videos, out now on Plexifilm. "This is a refined version of recycling," Krukowski said from the Cambridge office he shares with his longtime partner Yang. "You know, you go through your closets and find things you never even knew you had. And we thought, ‘Can we do anything with this stuff?'" "It turned out that we just had these boxes full of stuff," Wareham said during a separate interview, on the phone from New York City, where he currently fronts the band Luna. "I had some and Damon and Naomi had some. I had totally forgotten about the tape of the Middle East show, for example. That was quite a shock to see. We had no idea what we were doing."

Inspired by the Velvets Galaxie 500 formed in Cambridge after Krukowski, Wareham, and Yang graduated from Harvard University in the mid-'80s. All three were big fans of proto-punk groups like the Velvet Underground and the Modern Lovers (itself a Velvets-influenced combo), as well as more recent British exports like Spaceman 3 and New Order. The footage of the band at the Middle East captures one of their earliest gigs. "That was very exciting to us," Krukowski recalled. "We didn't think we were going around the world or anything like that. That was not in the cards for bands of our type at the time. So playing a local show and making a record that we thought was worthy of being on vinyl was what we wanted to do. And it was exciting — people were there and they listened and they applauded, and that was a thrill." Watching such early footage now, the former band mates are both amused and horrified. "There are a lot of 'least favorite moments,'" laughed Yang. "Some of the early stuff is vaguely embarrassing," agreed Wareham. "[Early in your career], it takes a while to get used to being onstage and using a microphone. It's kind of scary. And everyone goes through that, I think. But not everyone has videotapes of it." "You're not so used to watching yourself play," Yang said. "You see a lot of still photos of yourself over the years, so you're used to that. But the film/video footage is so different. So it was a lot more surprising. It made you remember exactly what it was like that much more. It lifted the veil of nostalgia that a photograph could have. It was like YOU ARE THERE." "That's what I think is good about it," Krukowski added. "It's funny to watch how we change. We set up that first disc chronologically so people can watch us gain experience and change. So it ends up being a little parable of a band's life."

Making Records With Kramer The band recorded its debut with underground producer Kramer, who ran the Shimmy Disc label and produced and played on records by Bongwater and Jad Fair, among others. "Part of that process where you see us changing [on the DVD], is when we met Kramer and we'd been in the studio with him," Krukowski said. "He really instructed us musically. He taught us to arrange our songs differently." "Just watching him work taught us a lot," Yang added. "He's a great musician, and he has an amazing ear." "He took us seriously," said Krukowski. "He thought we were bringing in material that we could make great records out of. So you see us change our musical attitude." "The first record we made in about 18 hours, maybe three six-hour days," revealed Wareham. "Kramer probably didn't do very much except put a whole lot of reverb on it. But we were really stunned how good we thought it sounded when we took it home and listened to it. After a year of playing in our rehearsal room, and after making some demos that we thought didn't sound that good, we were really pleased." "Kramer's an amazing engineer," Krukowski continued. "The thing about Noise New York [Kramer's studio] is that it was a big room, with high ceilings and all that. Kramer had no interest in separation; he mixed things as he went along. He put a lot of reverb on everything; he allowed bleed-thru on all the mics. There was none of the kind of stuff that at the time passed for pro studio sound. But the thing was that he was really making a great sound with the materials he had at hand." The band went on to make three records with Kramer, 1988's Today, 1989's On Fire, and 1990's This Is Our Music, all released on Rough Trade. The albums sounded unlike any others that were being made at the time, whether in the underground or mainstream musical scenes. "I think they hold up pretty well because they don't sound like the '80s," Wareham said. "What we were doing was pretty different from what everyone else was doing in Boston, or anywhere else." "We didn't know at the time what our records should sound like, but we knew they had to be records," Krukowski said. "We didn't want to document the band, we wanted to make records. And Kramer wanted to do that too."

Almost on the Cover of Sounds The band quickly gained a following in the UK. "It was really different over in England," Krukowski said. "When we went over there, [the music press] took us very seriously as representatives of some new movement, which is the way they received every band. So we were portrayed as spearheading the 'wimpy' movement. So it was a weird situation. We were only in a scene in this most strange scattered sense [in the U.S.]. And they were trying to make it into some kind of more cohesive, next-big-thing type deal. And they need like 10 of those every week! And that's both why we did well over there and why we never broke out completely there. Because we weren't the next big thing." "That's the thing — a lot more happened than we thought would ever happen, but it's funny because in retrospect people think it was much bigger than it really was," Yang continues. "I remember that the record company kept being disappointed. There were three magazines over there, Melody Maker, Sounds and NME, and Sounds was going to put us on the cover. Sounds was like the lowest selling of the three. But the publicist in Rough Trade's English office was so excited! And then in the end they didn't put us on the cover, and she was so devastated. I remember us trying to comfort her. So it wasn't like we went over there and were on the cover of every magazine." "We almost made it on the cover of the third best selling English music weekly!" Krukowski said with a chuckle. "We were the first band on the first day at 11 a.m. at Glastonbury!" laughed Yang. "You know, we were having fun and it was all great. But in retrospect it was not very large-scale. We were not the Pixies." Nevertheless, Galaxie 500's audience grew steadily on both sides of the Atlantic, and the band became a potent live act. On the DVD, a November 1990 performance at the University of London shows the trio stunning a sold-out crowd with a powerful set of psychedelia-tinged guitar rock. In just a few months, however, it would all be over.

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Wareham left the band shortly after a tour in support of This Is Our Music ."Why did we call it quits?" he mused. "Let me see if I can remember. I guess we were getting on each other's nerves!" "It was really confusing at the time," recalled Krukowski. "Many, many bands go through this — you leave your little circle and enter this wider world with all of these commercial aspects. And it puts all kinds of pressures, and everybody responds differently. And Dean and we responded quite differently. There were a lot of disagreements rising up in the band. And that was the moment when the major labels woke up to everything that was going on. They all kind of swept down." "They had just signed Nirvana, so they were like, 'What else is out there?‚'" said Yang. "Everyone we knew was being courted. It was some kind of frenzy." "Suddenly everybody had the chance of making money, and making it big and having fame and fortune," continued Krukowski. "And people went nuts. There was a lot of awful behavior, a lot of awful people on the scene. We were at the time negotiating with major labels. We were very much enmeshed in all of that. And that's when the band split up. And in retrospect, it's like bands either get through those times or they don't. And we didn't. We just couldn't. We hadn't developed a way to deal with those things as a group or to mutually agree on them." "In some ways, a band is an unnatural thing," Wareham said. "They all have the seeds of their own destruction in there from the beginning. It's fun to collaborate with people, but it's difficult to collaborate with the same people for a period of years and travel together all the time and make decisions together all the time. You don't really see that in any other art form. People put on a play or a movie, and the collaboration is great, but then it's over. I don't think bands are supposed to last forever. Damon and Naomi were very angry at me when I quit. When you break up with someone, they get angry at you. But bands are weird democracies. And we were a three-piece democracy where the other two were a couple. I think it was bound to put a strain on me." Wareham went on to form Luna with members of the Feelies and the Chills, and continues playing with them (in a somewhat altered lineup) to this day. Krukowski and Yang record under the name Damon and Naomi and run a publishing company, Exact Change, together. Despite the band's acrimonious end, all three are proud of their early work in Galaxie 500. "Truthfully, the dream is that you can make music that can communicate for longer than just this week," said Krukowski. "If it does, that's a miracle to us." Does Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste signal the end of Galaxie 500's archival releases? Wareham isn't so sure. "There are a few Peel Sessions left over," he said. "There is some good stuff on there. The highlight for me is a performance of the Sex Pistols song 'Submission.' We're talking about trying to put some of that out at some point." Krukowski just laughed. "There are still other closets we haven't gone through!"

#galaxie 500 #damon and naomi #luna #dean wareham #sunday interview

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Epcot 2011

January 16, 2011 Photo Album

I've always looked at Epcot as a 'learning park'. I love museums and I love interactivity, but there wasn't a whole lot at Epcot that I felt was a must do. Thankfully, though, we planned on spending a good chunk of our day at Epcot, and because the park is SO massive, the lines weren't bad at all. Plus the park is just amazing. We arrived at the park's rear entrance after walking around the Boardwalk area (after our boat ride). I took over 700 photos in three days, and about a third of them were at Epcot. The park really is just that amazing. I could definitely go back and spend an entire day there just visiting countries and eating. Mmmmm...eating...

I'll be honest, it's been about two weeks as of this writing since I was there, and all of my photos aren't really in order since I used 3 different cameras, so I'm going to go about this the best I can. We arrived and walked around World Showcase a little first, before heading into future world. As far as the first attraction I have photos of, I think we did Mission: Space first. This ride is something I'd been looking forward to for a LONG time. But I was also kind of nervous as I really didn't want to get sick or worse, knowing how intense this ride is. Still, the wait wasn't very long at all, so we headed in.

Mission: Space-I finally understand how the ride works now. I had it all wrong. I have to say, though, that this was a really fun ride. Kind of claustrophobic, but a lot of fun. I loved pushing buttons and activating sounds and lights and what not. The pre-show for this one was better than Dinosaur, that's for sure. As for the ride its self, you pull some major forces, and the effects on screen were really well done. I couldn't believe how intense the launch was. This was a great addition that fits in with being thrilling and educational and I'm glad I got to ride. Now I kind of want to try the less intense version.

We looked at the interactive games at Mission: Space for a bit before heading out. Test Track was right there, but the line was rather long so we went and explored Future World a bit more, taking pictures at the front of the park of Spaceship Earth and what not. Since there was no line for Spaceship Earth we decided to ride that next. I have to say, it was really a lot of fun. I really enjoyed the soundtrack, especially when we were at the top of the sphere. It's amazing what all they had in there. After Spaceship Earth, we took more pictures and then finally TRONorail came by! I actually got a couple decent photos of it, too. Plus some nice panoramic shots. Seriously, if you have an iPhone, get the 360* app. Totally worth it.

We headed over to The Seas with Nemo & Friends. Cute ride, I enjoyed riding in the sea shells. Nemo was a great film, and it's obvious that he's still pretty popular, is he represented in each park? The show at Animal Kingdom, this ride, Turtle Talk, what else? Anywho, Nemo was fun and very cute, but I'm a dark ride fan. After we got off the ride we spend some time looking at the fish in the aquarium. Once outside, though, Matt and I got ice cream Mickey Mice. I love those things, but they tasted even better at Disney. Odd, but whatever.

Next we headed over to see a legend who is no longer with us. Disney is still showing Captain EO. I thought this was a Speilburg film, but actually it was Francis Ford Coppola, with a writing credit given to George Lucas. I stepped on some people sitting on the floor in the very dark pre-show. Maybe you shouldn't sit on the floor in front of the entrance when gigantic guys like me walk into the room, eh? Anywho, Captain EO was neat. Not all of the effects returned, I read, but the 3D was there. Sadly, 3D gives me a headache. Not sure if its from the Lazik or what, but I have to take the glasses off during parts of it. But seriously, only Disney could turn a music video into an attraction. I almost got one of the Captain EO shirts, and Matt was eyeing a Hooter stuffed elephant thingy. The Save The World song wasn't bad, but I don't think I'd ever heard the 2nd song, Another Part of Me. Classic MJ right there. And at least now I can say I saw EO.

And is it just me or did the trash people kind of look like BORG? And didn't the trash queen remind you of the BORG Queen? And if you were a Trek Geek like me and had the book with photos of what she was originally going to look like, you'd see that apparently someone that worked on First Contact had been inspired by Captain EO. Which might be why they had to change it, as some early drafts of the BORG Queen really looked like the Queen in EO. After that we headed to Test Track and got in the single rider line, which took about 20-30 minutes.

Test Track-It was a neat ride, but I was kind of anticipointed. Heck, I took my brother's Iroc past 100mph before once, and it wasn't nearly as controlled as this. But going thru the test track was interesting. The seats were rather comfortable, and the acceleration test was kind of neat. I liked it, but it wasn't quite as 'thrilling' as I expected. I liked it more on a dark ride basis, and in that, I thought it was unique.

So once we were finished with all of the big stuff back there, we headed back to World Showcase. It's like being in a totally different park. First order of business was getting a frozen margarita. It didn't do much at first, but then I found the alcohol. Even though my feet were killing me, we walked around the entirity of World Showcase. I'd really like to spend more time there just visiting the pavilions, but we did visit a few. Canada was fun, I enjoyed O Canada in circlevision (even if there were no Mounties, and the operator swore they didn't say 'eh' in Canada, although I know for a fact that's a lie). Ever since the Vancouver Olympics, my already there desire to visit Canada has been growing. And this just made it worse. I really have to get to Canada soon.

We also did the Maelstrom water ride, which was lots of fun. I've wanted to do that for years, after seeing it in an old Disney promo video that they sent me. It didn't disappoint, but dang was that line long. At 7:30 we had reservations at the Nine Dragons restaurant in the China Pavilion. Wow. The food was outstanding. I had a spicy cucumber salad as an app that was out of this world, and then I had steak and shrimp. The steak was seriously one of the best steaks I've ever eaten. I didn't expect this kind of food at a theme park, even if everything we had ate up to this point was good. The restaurant was beautiful and the staff was good. I also had a melon/cucmber drink with vodka (I think) in it that was especially good. Matt didn't care for it.

We toyed with riding the dark ride at the Mexican pavilion but didn't because we wanted to watch Illuminations. We'd missed most of Wishes the nite before, but some people (cough*Josh Wozny*cough) claimed this was the better show, so Matt got another margarita and then we found a place to watch. The show was nice, but I wasn't every blown away by it. I was amazed at the little bit of Wishes I saw, so I want to get back to that soon. Still, it was better than any regional theme park's fireworks show that I've seen.

Once Illuminations was over, everyone was leaving the park. We got to the monorail station and waited for TRONorail to take us over to the Transportation Station so we could hit up Magic Kingdom. The park was open later AND we had Extra Magic Hours till 2:00am. Would I make it that long? I was already tired and in pain.

#Epcot #Walt Disney World #Orlando #Florida #2011

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Rihanna’s Fenty x Puma and the New Place to Get Pierced

On the subject of splendor, no archetype captures the creativeness pretty just like the insouciant French lady. However, who do French girls themselves turn to for suggestion? For perception, we became to one who embodies the u. S.’s trademark je ne sais quoi: Lolita Jacobs—local Parisian, former version, longtime pal and muse of Courrèges co–creative directors Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant, and fashion director of the small But iconic line.

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Calling all piercing enthusiasts! Rihanna just upped the ante at the punctuation sport. The brand new Fenty x Puma collection became offered in Paris this nighttime, placing a Marie Antoinette–inspired spin on streetwear, tennis-ready silhouettes, and slip attire replete with pleats, ribbons, and pearls-made-modern—and worn at lip level.

The majority of ensembles were completed with a pearl-decorated metal hoop positioned on the middle of the bottom lip, raising shimmering purple mouths with a blend of conventional and current that felt subversive and impossibly cool. RiRi confirmed off her personal dazzling set of piercings for her victory stroll down the runway, But it’s her models’ Ri-imagined actual estate this is sure to have onlookers reserving appointments ASAP. Forget the septum, the rooks, and those commitment-free ear crawlers: Lip piercings are The new It accents.

Solange Knowles is one of the finest beauty chameleons in song. From glossy bobs to box braids to tightly curled afros to buzz cuts, Knowles has fearlessly switched up her hairstyles with whiplash pace over the path of her career. And remaining night time’s breaking information—Knowles unveiled the cover artwork and tracklist of her drawing close album, A Seat at the Table—provided yet another possibility for her to roll out a new hair and make-up persona. The challenge is one that Knowles has been teasing due to the fact that ultimate week, when she published a stop-us-in-out-scroll Instagram of herself in an intricately beaded coiffure dripping in cowrie shells, wooden beads, and multi-coloured adornments. And like a lot of Knowles’s most iconic appears—the flower-studded Afro from her wedding day and the dramatic ponytail from the 2015 Met Gala come to thoughts—it arose from an iconic suggestion and the assist of her hairstylist of 10-plus years, Nikki Nelms.

Nelms—who first of all were given her start styling hair for tune motion pictures for Kanye West and Timbaland in Florida—bonded without delay with Knowles over their shared geographical roots. “We’re both Southern ladies,” shares Nelms. “So we’ll reminisce on matters that we used to do to our hair returned within the day.” In anticipation of Friday’s album release, Nelms spoke to Trend. Com about Knowles’s new appearance and what it’s want to paintings with one of the maximum flexible hair stars in the track game.

When did you first to start working with Solange? Humorous story. We met thru a mutual friend that I was styling on the time. They were all imagined going out, However Solange had a case of the pinkeye. Who wants to go out with the pinkeye? I instructed her that I could fix her up and she or he stated, “Good enough, thanks. I think I’m exact.” However, her pal insisted, announcing “No, she’s truly exact.” So she permits me to her hair. I fixed it by way of reducing slanted bangs and protecting the eye. Now, we constantly snort about the entirety. We’ve labored collectively on most of her fundamental milestones due to the fact that then.

How fingers-on is Solange with the method of getting her hair finished? We leap thoughts off of every different and she’s usually certainly receptive. Our inspirations don’t necessarily must come from the typical places. I’ll send her old family pix and say, “look how my mom used to put on her hair.” Additionally, she’s my friend, so it’s as easy as sending a textual content at o’clock within the morning.

How fingers-on is Solange with the method of having her hair completed? We soar thoughts off of every different and he or she’s usually in reality receptive. Our inspirations don’t always have to come from the everyday locations. I’ll send her antique family What changed into the muse in the back of the beaded hair we noticed on Instagram? [Jazz pianist and R&B singer] Patrice Rushen. Patrice’s hair turned into constantly on factor.

How difficult turned into it to nail the appearance? It turned into approximately placement and hues. I desired it to have a drift But no longer appearance too ideal. To others, it’d looks like as easy as just grabbing a bead and setting it on. However, while you need the colors to drift a sure type of way, it’ll take time. Let’s simply say that I’m absolutely thankful for the complete team on that shoot. I positioned everybody to work. I had the photographer and the make-up group sorting via beads. I had Solange passing me the rubber bands.

How did you discover all the beads and shells? I’m a thrifter, so I used beads from antique necklaces and bracelets. Michaels, the humanities and crafts save, changed into my pal. Of direction, I went to the local ‘hood beauty supply save, too. Between all of these locations, we completely made it paintings.

What’s your preferred soundtrack for working with Solange? We’re each from the South, so we have comparable music interests from back within the day. There has been a time while I used to be within the mood to hear “Laundromat” through Nivea, and I couldn’t forestall singing it for some loopy purpose, so we played that together. I went through a crazy breakup and that’s whilst we had a whole church second to one in all Mariah Carey’s albums in London. We’ll concentrate to music that’ll be a terrific soundtrack for what the mood and the instant are giving us. And we love some excellent antique Future’s Toddler, too!

How huge is hair to the narrative of this upcoming album? I sense like hair plays a massive element in who we’re as black women. It’s been one of the approaches that we’ve been able to express ourselves. So it’s a for the reason that it’ll be part of the album. For maximum artists when they placed out a brand new album, it’s the hair and styling that in reality marks that period for them visually. Years from now, while you see that image of her with the beads, you’re going to don’t forget your favorite music in this album.

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The Top Ten Tracks Of 2016

10. Foxes - Cruel

Pretty much everything Foxes has put out since she did that track with Zedd has only gotten like 3% of the traction that Clarity got, which is really unfortunate because Foxes is one of the top pop stars of our time. She's one of the few pop artists who can give radio pop the sincerity of indie pop.

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9. Famous Dex - Hit Em Wit It

Famous Dex is the latest artist to contribute to music's rich history of making music that emulates the feeling of being on drugs - in this case promethazine cough syrup. Although he wasn't included in XXL's freshman class he was pretty much an unofficial member, as his unique style differentiated him from the rest of Chiraq's drill rappers.

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8. Kero Kero Bonito - Lipslap

When it comes to house music I definitely thought this was going to be the song of the summer, or at least hit over one million views by the end of the summer. Over the past handful of years the UK has produced a lot of solid house / pop fusion acts, and this track shows that KKB has the potential to be on the same pedestal as acts like Disclosure, Gorgon City, and Disciples. It looks like this style was a one-off for KKB however, as most of their music sits somewhere between J-pop, indie dance, and the soundtrack to most scenes ever made where Michael Cera is trying to talk to girls.

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7. Rich Chigga - Dat $tick

In 2014 there was CoCo, in 2015 there was Slim Jesus, and Dat $tick was 2016's viral internet rap sensation. What all of these tracks have in common is that they use the phenomenon of "post-irony" to very rapidly gain traction. Some aspect of the production is unorthodox in a major way, and this then creates a wave of people who come to the video to make fun of it. Then, 20 replays later, people are actually hyped up on this shit and playing it full volume in the drive-thru at McDonald's in some kind of janky-ass trap-fuelled defiance of social order. Once people start to actually like it, that's when fights start happening in comment sections, people start encouraging popular YouTubers to film reaction videos, and media outlets start reporting on it. In the case of Dat $tick, this whole process can be summarized with the comment "I've been laughing for like thirty minutes and then I try to figure out if this is a real thing or not and now I'm laughing even harder, dammit." This song was a perfect storm of actual talent, a creative decision to go with an unorthodox look in the video, the fact that Rich Chigga is from Indonesia and taught himself English online, the fact that he was 16 at the time of the track's creation, and the reality that post-irony is constantly gaining more ground at the centre of hip-hop.

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6. Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom

This year Charli XCX went back to her indie-pop roots with the launch of her new indie label "Vroom Vroom Recordings," and the release of its eponymous EP co-produced by PC music's Sophie. Post-irony seems to be on the rise in music in general right now, and if this keeps up into 2017 then PC music could easily become the dominant sound in pop music.

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5. Danny L Harle - Super Natural feat. Carly Rae Jepsen

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Charli XCX wasn't the only major pop artist to align herself with the PC Music camp over the past year, a surefire indication of that sound's gradual rise into the centre of pop. Whereas a lot of Sophie and A.G. Cook's productions sound like being transported to a post-internet caricature of the late 90's, Danny L Harle's productions sound like being trapped in the after-party of an anime convention with the type of people who wear fake tails, which is something I'm totally okay with it. Ironically this collaboration sounded like a natural progression for CRJ, who's been gradually drifting into pop music's more experimental side while simultaneously releasing two of the best pop albums of the year in back to back years. You can tell by how happy she is in the video that she's gradually honing in on her own sound, and this is it.

4. Rosie Lowe - Woman

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This past year was a good year for noir r&b, with new material from artists like Banks, Sohn, and a new James Blake / Bon Iver collaboration. However, only noir r&b artist got Elton John so hyped up that he gave them props on the radio then invited them to perform a live duet, and that artist was Rosie Lowe hailing from Devon, England. She closed off 2015 with a Machinedrum collaboration, then came back this with her full length album "Control" that fully placed her on the same pedestal as artists like James Blake and Jessie Ware.

3. Clams Casino - All Nite ft. Vince Staples

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A lot of amazing rap music happened over the past year, but it was also one of the most divisive years in hip-hop history. Old schoolers were angry at seeing their genre get overrun by MCs who look like those troll dolls from the 90's with purple hair. New schoolers were mad at old schoolers for being unwilling to let go of the past. Then there were acts like $uicideboy$ who drew fans that probably disliked both factions equally. Amidst all the turmoil only one figure was able to unite this divided landscape - legendary beatmaker Clams Casino. His album 32 Levels assembled artists from each of hip-hop's factions, and his witch house-leaning beats created something that rose above the partisan warfare raging in the streets.

2. Beyoncé - Formation

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Mike WiLL, the same producer who forever changed the way the world saw Miley Cyrus, was behind the beat that forever changed the way we look at Beyoncé. When this track dropped the internet exploded with think pieces. It was apparent from reading some of the more conservative ones, particularly after her super bowl appearance, that before this track a lot of people expected Beyoncé to be a minstrel and use her blackness for benign entertainment. As one writer put it, however, this video was defiant blackness at its most unapologetic. On the other hand, there were a lot of criticisms, even from people on the socially liberal side, as to whether this was actually a powerful statement, or just trying to profit from social justice imagery. I remember shortly after this dropped I had an argument in some comment section against someone who had that opinion, and I was trying to argue that this video was essentially akin to Public Enemy. The other person obviously thought that Formation was nowhere near the level of a group that blatantly called Elvis racist on a track, but my position was that a track doesn't have to sound like a manifesto to be bold. The fact that Formation actually got Tomi Lahren to say the line "Guess what Beyoncé, white people like your music too," is a sign that a definitive impact was made.

1. 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - No Heart

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I legitimately have no explanation as to how 21 Savage got this popular. I listened to gangster rap in the 90's, I've listened to artists like Jedi Mind Tricks and Jadakiss, and 21 Savage is by far the most violent shit I've ever heard. It's even more chilling because when he's describing all this crazy stuff he sounds like he's casually reading a shopping list to his mom on the phone. Here's why I think this track is so amazing: it's virtually impossible to hit these numbers in rap music without a substantial amount of white people being stoked. Fifteen years ago, however, music that's this charged probably would have alienated a lot of people in the suburban white market. I think in the early 2000's a lot of people from this demographic were drawn to gangster rap because it offered an emotional outlet that a lot of other genres didn't have. If 21 Savage would have been around back then, his music probably wouldn't have been viewed as offering that same vicarious outlet because the things he talks about would have been too alien to people, like glorifying the sale of a drug that ravaged inner city communities in the 90's. Now, however, 95% of white people on the internet are hyped up on this and putting 21 Savage on their playlist for spin class. I don't even really know what a spin class is, I just know it's where predominantly white civilians convene to listen to music when the club is closed. It's ultimately not the fault of any one market for spiking the popularity of 21 Savage though. We all know that this is bad. We all know that generally it's probably not a good thing to roll up to someone's mom's house and blind-fire live ammunition into it until someone is dead, but as soon as we heard five bars from this track we bought his entire discography. This is why Fidel Castro called mainland North America a land of sociopaths.

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