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castrovulcant · 2 years
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Happy Out of Touch Thursday, Whovians
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fyrapartnersearch · 4 years
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Stories with Fandoms
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Hello there’  I decided to post a new post, given all the extra time I have! 
Let’s stay with quick things about myself!  -I am 23 years old and live in EST time-zone. -Usually, I have a part time job. Which is really part-time right now considering everything. -I ask that my partner and I write in 3rd Person, Past tense. -Reply/Post length can be set. As a bare minimum, I write a paragraph. More than happy to write more. 
-I am looking more than just having a ship together in a Roleplay. I want a plot. If that makes sense?  Not just romance.   Now onto the Fandoms.  Anything mentioned under, is a suggestion of thought I may Have on said Fandom. Of course, nothing here is needed to be used to build upon. We can build from the ground up.
Open to all sorts of genre themes like:
-Canon divergent,
-Canon-Rewrite/Rework,
-AU’s. What-If’s.
-Timey-Whimey problems. Groundhog Day,
and so much more.  Also, any Fandom with a *, is higher up on the list right now! All are open! *Star Wars: Considering (as time of writing this, May the Fourth two days ago), this is very fresh on my mind! I have seen all Nine-Saga Films, the Side Stories, and all the animated series of date. Not too caught on comics, thought. And my Knowledge, of the ‘Legends’ is very limited. So, ideally, I would want to stick to Disney’s Canon.  Open for all eras, to write with. Or, taking some of the Scrapped Battlefront IV art work of the What-If stuff and basing a story around them. Like Sith Luke and Leia, Redeemed Vader, etc. Or! I really liked the idea of a Imperial Navy Six like team, of Inferno Squad (Dice’s BFII). But, not have them jumps hip. Have them be Empire, ya know? *Final Fantas VII/Remake/Crisis Core:  I have finished the Remake and rather love it! I kinda hate seeing and hearing people on Youtube and online saying: Oh, its just Noruma adding his Kingdom Hearts logic to FF.  First, I don’t think KH is that hard to follow, and second. A HD remake of a story people already know, might not be so well received. Why not just play the original than? However! I love it! So, if we want anything to deal with the Remake, or the Crisis Core characters, I am so game. My good-boy Zack~ Kingdom Hearts: ‘None of this, makes any sense to me’ -Sora, Yozora.  Ahh, Kingdom Hearts. A series I love. Its precious to me. But, despite my love of all the games, and the story, I am more than happy to Re-work or Rewrite anything. Personally, I’d change up KHII alittle. Maybe go in a slightly more somber/dark route. Or, we can have our favorite characters in some AU, or Non-Canon adventure! Xion is my precious favorite character. Who is yours?  DC: First, I would mention I am a big fan of the CW shows. And, part of me (while I did enjoy Crisis on Infinite Earths, wanted a little more.) So, my first thought, would be to Re-write Crisis. One thing that really disappointed me, was the lack of Reverse Flash. He claimed, last Cross-over we would see him. And then just doesn't show up.  I would also, like more work in the fights and such. There wasn't much. Maybe more time with the Seven, who are stuck after they fail the first time around.  Another bit I wouldn't mind working with, would be the forgotten Synder Verse. I rather liked Batman V Superman, despite everything. It is one of those guilty pleasure type things. So, why not expand further where that universe was left off on? Power Rangers:  For this series, I have two major wants. (Of course, we can go in completely different route, too.) First, being a continuation of the 2017 Movie universe. I loved everything about that movie, and am heartbroken it will never go on. (Officially). Do what the cast suggested, and have a Female T.Oliver join the gang. Adapt more from MMPR.  The Second, would be a reWrite of Super Mega-Force (first by workshopping that name,) I am a fan of the Super Sentai Source of the season, and felt PR dropped the ball. We could create a new team for the pirate suits, have more Legendary Cameos and stories, and what not!  *Dragon Ball: From DB, to Z, Super, GT and Xeno-verse, I love most things Dragon Ball. I quite fancy the SSJ4 look, and Xeno style of Goku and Vegeta.  Though, in terms of plot ideas, I saw this Fan art of the Goku Black stuff from Super. However, Future Gohan was with Trunks, rather than Vegeta or Goku. I thought that could be a fun story! Or, we can play around with the Universe Six Saiynas. I rather enjoy them, so why not dive deep with Cabba, Caulifla and Kale? Persona 5/Royal:  The only Persona I have properly played; though, I am not fully done with Royal. (Aware of some spoilers, so no worries there). I love the world and characters quite a bit, so I felt the need to put this on the list, as the next entry as well.  Fire Emblem: Three Houses: I won’t lie, I haven’t finished all playthroughs yet. I was failing hard when the game came out, but given all the time I have had, I’ve been playing more! Another case of loving the characters and wouldn’t be against working out an idea!  *Pokemon: I know the games more, than anything else. Though, I have liked the concept of Re-Working Colosseum’s story. Give Wes a personality, actually. Not just the Silent-Protag trait. Maybe adapt some of the newer Pokemon into the region, as well. Explore what caused Wes to betray the Organization he worked for, what was the line they pushed that caused him to say, ‘I’m done, I can’t do this anymore,’ Perhaps we can even given him a reluctant attitude towards it. Not trying to stop Snag’Em, rather trying to keep his head down low at first.  Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Quick note, I am not fully caught up with Part-8. Thank you.  That’s it for now! Again, anything here is not needed. We can build from the ground up!  My contact stuff, as I do like using Email first, before maybe moving to a different platform, is: [email protected].  If interested in anything, let’s get in touch! Thanks for reading!
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dayna-scully · 5 years
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ncis/tiva s6 lb
season 3  |  season 4   |  season 5  |  season 7   |  season 8  |  season 9  |  season 10  |  etc
6x01
je peux pas resister
heeey it’s the Australian again
love child is a really sweet show, but he’s a dick in it
oh I guess Palmer and lee broke up
they’re not your a-team though, gibbs
wow over 4 months
ziva, always getting hurt
math gibberish
oh so pine gap really exists?
stuck with Bad Dad
we miss you, ziver
even, uh, tony
💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
(especially tony)
oh I forgot about rivkin cool cool cool cool cool cool
dudnt
you are a geek, offbrand mcgee
I also always forget that ncis is a jag spin off
gibbs, retrieving his ducklings
I really need to come home, boss
you know I love you guys
miss you too dad
😖😖😖😖💔💔💔💔
oh lee
ziva!!!!! ziva!!!!!!!!!!!
he says Abby’s his favourite but let’s be honest
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6x02
the origin of my otp tag for tiva
I wish michael weatherly wasn’t such a piece of shit irl
ziva staring at Tony’s empty desk
“all those who care about him” like you, ziva???
the favourite wants to talk to her boyfriend, dad
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taller? hotter?/older
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you could have called
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she would have answered, dinozzo
totally normal platonic professional work behaviour to have multiple pictures of your work partner in a bikini on your wall in your bunk yep
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what are those doing on your wall?
gibbs knows what they’re doing there
you get used to seeing someone everyday, talking to them, relying on them, and suddenly they’re not there
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(terrible screen shot since they were moving too much but personal space jeez)
doesn’t make it any easier for mcgee
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yes, sure, “mcgee”, you two are alone tony, you can say that you missed seeing her every day to her face
y’know, the face that you missed seeing every day
a dwinkaquink
you’re back in dc, which is what you wanted! Isn’t it?
that’s not what I asked
Michael Rivkin happened in Israel
you’re right, I don’t want to talk about it
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lotta things take mcgee seconds
Michael who?
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seems like old times
home
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she loooves him
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and still always has to be beside him
6x03
excuse me????????????????
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you are such a control geek
hmm ziva feels really violated by Tony’s nosiness
tony…does not seem to get it
McGee found it with his butt
isn’t that just Jenny’s house redecorated
6x04
the same back alley they use every time, too
and other mouth related activities
who’s this tony?
gibbs’ son and ziva’s boyfriend
oh gibbs
6x05
tony is upset that she’s going back to Israel and also that he didn’t know
I am normal people
she got the bothersome part right
normal
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me whenever tony and ziva do what tony and ziva always do
what is it you really want to know, tony?
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thought you already mcdid that
or maybe his friends lied to him about a romantic attachment
?????? what tony
you would only care this much if you were jealous
nosy dinozzo
rivkin 😡
my ninja
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?????????
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god damn tony
he’s promoting me to head monkey
why are you showing me mould porn?
tony has a cruuuush
6x06
tony is going to make so many jokes
you certainly have your moments
he has his moments
lets see who the boss likes better/ziva
I told you she was his favourite
no personal space
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wasn’t my type though/really? She was breathing
I have standards, ziva, otherwise I’d be dating you
suuuuuuure tony sure
6x07
ziva’s jealous of the recruit
your weird uncle jethro
a baby agent
ziver
6x08
oh come on seriously
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same z
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don’t say the word war game
well that did not go as planned
she’d kill all of them with her bare hands to get tony back
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we never have to pay for a drink again
OH ELEVATOR
she’d kill to protect him
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I’m tired of pretending/so am I
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oh ziva
oh. That’s much worse.
tony knows it’s a part of the plan
McGee evidently doesn’t
circling sharks
6x09
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tony knows about a very private tattoo 👀👀👀
they really like killing off women
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6x10
that dude is 23?
this is less “you’re a lech” and more “please love me”
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I always thought cougars like young guys
get dunked dinozzo
eat the rich
I like to have fun in more…adult ways
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wanna go on a movie date, ziva?
6x11
oof mcgoo
6x12
her name is Hannah, she’s asked me out to lunch twice
that face says that ziva did accept
6x14
that’s actually pretty cruel
but like…McGee…likes tony
haven’t I taught you anything?
that amount of zoom is literally not possible
you cannot make pixels where there are none
why not just ghost him?
siblingsss
6x15
I miss s4 mature tony
ngl ziva shooting is pretty hot
there is a smurf war
la Bonita
they always have to be within three feet of each other
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nice talking to ya Leon
too bad there aren’t little gibblets running around
6x16
😟are you going back to Mexico
we’ve just never heard you say that much at once
tfw you make your dad proud
6x17
don’t trust people who offer help in a case
oooh a hit man
6x18
it’s not likely he was shot by a bird
maybe you should be looking for something a little closer to home
yes, approximately 8 feet from your desk, z
but he’s fucking ancient
“pick the right woman” ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye ye
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6x19
what are you up to mcsneaky
little sister can’t tell them what to do
poor trash panda
6x20
damn girl
fuckin cowboy move
you’re the real victim here, aren’t you wall
6x21
all she can think about is tony when he’s not around
6x22
ugh backdoor pilot
Tele-friend from tel Aviv?/you’re jealous
yes, he has a name
why does that bother me so much
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cover for me?
go? gone.
ahh, personal, not professional
the duck man is on the right track!!
I’m thinking she’s worried about something
oh tony
how did he not know about what happened?
Special Investigation, top Secret
a real lead? I mean, really, a lead?
angry, scared tony
ziva lied to someone she loved, but this time he found out
6x23
I always forgot that Michael is the one they’re after in 22
you did not think I would identify him
don’t ask that question
like how well you know him?
gibbo is worried about his daughter
6x24
I’m up a tree
oh tony oh dear
she’s so hurt
he would never date a coworker but he’s definitely thinking about it
I think “bad” is an understatement for how that went
6x25
this season is soooo looong
tony done fucked up
don’t lie to your dad ziva
you wanted to protect her
that music is so incongruous
a cruel way to get the truth for ziva, but effective
why do people always put the blame on ziva
it’s never actually her fault
for you
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you felt it was you job to protect me?
but I should have been
oh z
I suppose this is ziva being on Jeanne’s side of the situation
and of course when ziva realizes she’s loyal to gibbs, he leaves her behind
LIKE AN ASSHOLE
oof
one short
she asked you to choose so you chose tony
Oh yes giving her time ends up being SUCH a fantastic choice gibbs
like why this assumption that ziva would just…live a normal life in Israel?
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dragon-ball-meta · 5 years
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Ohhh boy... -cracks knuckles- Let’s do this, shall we?
30. HIS DESTRUCTO DISC WAS THE STRONGEST KI ATTACK IN THE SERIES How does that not make sense? You’re starting your list off by not even framing your complaints correctly, as your beef isn’t the attack’s power, but that it’s underused. But even that’s explained. In short, the Kienzan takes up a LOT of energy. To form, to get it spinning fast enough, to throw, takes a bit out of the user. It’s also got several drawbacks, including, but not limited to, being quite loud. People can hear it coming and adjust accordingly. One can make a slightly weaker version they can steer, but that reduces its effectiveness.  Really, the Kienzan is only feasible in certain scenarios, at least until Krillin managed to gain the ability to control it without sacrificing power. 29. HE THOUGHT ANDROID 18 WAS DATING HER TWIN BROTHER Uh... ok? I mean I’m not sure how that ‘makes no sense’ but yeah, he made a mistake. Whoops? 28. HIS BODY MEASUREMENTS Bear in mind a few things here. Namely, that while Toriyama does depict these characters as “muscular”, it’s also lean. So the idea he should be ridiculously jacked is also a bit off. I believe the weight estimate also originally came back when the “Z” arcs started, so there’s that. Otherwise, this is probably one of the only legitimate points on this list. 27. THE REASON WHY HE SHAVES HIS HEAD ...again, how does this make no sense? He shaves his head as a sign of dedication to his practice of the martial arts and because he was taught it aided in the flow of ki in one’s body. That’s explained full well. Just because he ASSUMED Roshi shaved his head doesn’t make this not make sense. 26. HIS ABILITY TO BREAK THE FOURTH WALL It’s a comedy manga at heart. There’s jokes like this throughout. In Goku’s rematch with Yamcha, Goku hits him so hard that he actually breaks one of the borders between the panels and bounces off of it. It’s a thing in the series. Also, Idk why you’re referencing movies when they’re clearly not part of Toriyama’s continuity, but I’m reasonably certain that “lasted a season” was meant in terms of time passed, not “seasons” of a show. Especially as DB never had “seasons”. 25. HE NEVER TRAINED WITH WITH KING KAI Now this is what annoys me about this article. Y’all will take the anime and even movies into account when making this list... and yet with this complaint, you even have a screenshot of where he trained with King Kai in the anime. Yet you say he didn’t do it. Also, “with all the time he spends in the afterlife”? lol really?  24. HIS HEAD DOTS You... you literally explain this in full. How is this something that makes no sense? Literally how? 23. HIS REDUCED FIGHTING PRESENCE IN THE CELL AND BUU SAGAS Again, you explain this in the first paragraph of this entry. Yet you also talk about his activities in both arcs. So... how does this not make sense other than the fact that complaining about it makes no sense? I mean he still has a role, it’s just primarily non-combat. He carried the meat of the story in the Cell arc. 22. HIS BIZARRE CHILDHOOD "A lot of the pasts and families of Dragon Ball’s characters have been shown before (including Frieza's), but Krillin’s remains a mystery.“ Actually, no. They’re not. By and large, we learn very little about the pasts of any of these characters. We have only the vaguest details about anyone not Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, or Bulma, discounting the people we actually see born during the series. Kami’s past, even his name, is a complete mystery. Tien? No one knows his background outside being taken in by the Crane Hermit and training alongside Chiaotzu. This is not uncommon. But we actually do know a bit more about Krillin’s past in that he was raised at Orin, and he was abused. Daily. Frequently. It left him with a complex that lasted well into his adult life. He ran away one day in tears, determined he was gonna prove he wasn’t weak or worthless someday. That’s a good sight more than we’d gotten about most characters til recently. 21. HE NEARLY BECAME AN ANDROID You guys are reaching into arcade path endings from video games. Why am I not surprised? 20. HOW HE DEFEATED GOHAN DURING TOURNAMENT OF POWER PREP This is easily one of the worst offenders on this entire list if only because this is very, very easily explained. Hell, it was the point of them doing it. Gohan was operating with the wrong perspective, that Krillin going one on one vs a powerful opponent would, by necessity, be outclassed and overpowered and thus couldn’t be an asset. He was also under the assumption Krillin had gotten much weaker, unaware he was stronger than ever. Couple these things with both the fact that Gohan himself wasn’t near as strong as he used to be, and Krillin simply out-planning Gohan and beating him by using the rules of the arena against him vs trying to actually overpower him, and Gohan losing there makes perfect sense. Krillin simply overwhelmed all his senses, dropped out of sight and detection, and then simply knocked Gohan off-balance and shoved him out of bounds. Simple. Literally nothing hard to understand about that. 19. HE’S THE FIRST PERSON FROM UNIVERSE 7 TO LOSE IN THE TOURNAMENT OF POWER He’s the first one out because he actually ditched the safety of the group strategy and rushes out to rescue his wife, who was nearly eliminated first herself. He then teamed up with her for a bit and even took out a particularly skilled enemy himself by using his head. Then he was tripped out of bounds because he was distracted by (sadly) rare praise. It happens and it’s not indicative of “strength” or “power” at all. 18. HIS BATTLE STRATEGY AGAINST FRIEZA'S SECOND FORM Lord, here we go. Imma say this again: The Kienzan takes a LOT of energy to form and use. Krillin had just thrown like, twenty of them in a row and then had to run at top speed. The odds of him being able to produce a Kienzan in time are slim to none This is why, upon blinding Freeza, he was yelling for Vegeta (who was still FRESH, mind you) to attack Freeza now. But Vegeta was too paralyzed with shock and fear to act. I’d also like to point out that blinding Freeza wouldn’t have been super effective with an attack that Freeza could easily HEAR coming. He heard it at the last minute even over Gohan’s screams of agony, pretty sure he’d have heard it off to the side where it was just them too. 17. HE LEAVES HIS DAUGHTER IN THE CARE OF KIDS Yes. Apprehensively. At the insistence of his wife, who assured him she’d be ok and could take care of herself. Y’all really tried to use this to imply he’s a bad dad, wow. 16. HIS REGRESSIVE PTSD IN THE FOREST OF TERROR I’m not sure if I’m happy someone finally admitted it’s PTSD (#DragonBallAintDeepBro) or pissed off someone called this “regressive”. Wait no, I know exactly what I am, and frankly... WTF is wrong with you? How on God’s green earth is that Regressive? Are you, by the body of this entry, implying PTSD is a thing that exclusively happens to people who aren’t strong or “strong enough”? Either way, you missed the entire point of the episode, which you simultaneously admit was good character development. A development arc hinted at since the Buu arc really, but really kickstarted back in the BoG arc. The Forest of Terror was never about just strength or ability. Truly, the enemies seen there were only as strong or weak as Krillin empowered them to be by his fear and the ki he poured into them as a result. The point is they were a personification of Krillin’s own fears. His self-doubt and self-loathing. The condition was slowly killing him, his confidence was next to nothing, and it was affecting his life. His job. His family. It’s why 18 gave him the kick in the butt to start training again, to try to regain some of his confidence. It’s why Roshi sent them there; he saw the lack of confidence in the man. He saw his student in anguish, hating himself for not being more than what he was, but also fully believing he never could be. That he just wasn’t good enough. It’s why, even when facing enemies that his rational mind KNEW were weaker than himself, to say nothing of dead, he still panicked. His PTSD was triggered, vivid memories of what they’d done to him, the pain he suffered, came rushing back. And removing it was what finally allowed him to reach into his truest potential, and become even stronger than he’d ever been before. I also love the realistic way the series handled the condition, in that even as he tries to improve himself, he still has moments where it starts to kick in and he has to fight it off, will himself not to lose it. His wife knows it too and takes extra care (for the most part) to not let him slip back into it. But he refuses to allow it to control him anymore. How the hell that’s somehow a negative, let alone something that “doesn’t make sense”, is a mystery to me. 15. HIS "FULL POTENTIAL" THAT THE GRAND ELDER NAMEKIAN GURU UNLOCKED How is this really confusing? It simply allows him to tap into potential, power, that was blocked off. There are many factors that can contribute to it, be it limitations on time, plateaus, mental blocks, etc. The Grand Elder removed those and awaken that potential. It’s why Gohan and Krillin started to make the gains that they did at the rate they did, going from only about as strong as Goku had been on Earth to strong enough to help Vegeta overpower and potentially kill Freeza in his first form. 14. HIS YOUNGER CHARACTER TRAITS Y-you do realize you’re literally complaining about character development... right? Krillin grew up in an abusive environment where he felt he could trust no one, everyone was out for themselves, and that he had to do whatever it took to get ahead and be accepted as one of Roshi’s pupils so he had a chance to be... anybody, really. And yes, over time, between the influences of his friends and general maturing and growing up, he became a very kind, compassionate, and caring individual and a true friend. THAT’S. CHARACTER. DEVELOPMENT. And to present these traits as a “mistake” is to somehow suggest they came later. They were his original traits. 13. HIS BULLET INJURIES DURING HIS POLICE JOB Literally explained in Resurrection F, both the arc and the movie. Emptying one’s body of ki leaves it vulnerable. It should be his instinct to do so right away, but he doesn’t. He’s becoming careless and distracted. It’s part of his PTSD. Hell, Goku’s clearly not getting “that weak” and yet he also  got lightly bruised by a bullet because he didn’t keep his energy up, a sign he was falling out of practice due to his inability to find a training partner, or to leave to a place that would really push him in his training due to work. Also, if one being vulnerable to gunfire means they shouldn’t be a police officer, or any like job where there might be danger... well...  That’s dumb, my friend. 12. HE CAN PERFORM THE SPIRIT BOMB AND KAIO-KEN ATTACK Stop using video games to pad your list! SERIOUSLY! And how does “performing the Spirit Bomb” make no sense? Goku and King Kai both instructed him how to do it, and Krillin’s always been especially gifted at both energy manipulation and learning on the fly. Besides, it’s not as if he knows how to summon said energy himself, just wield and form it. 11. HIS ROMANTIC NATURE NEARLY DESTROYED THE EARTH Hot Take Time: Krillin’s decision not to kill 18 stemmed from general compassion, not just the fact that she kissed him, and his decision would have had NO impact on Cell had Vegeta followed through, done what he was supposed to, and killed Cell. Even if Vegeta, by some bizarre chance, failed? Trunks was there, and just as powerful. There were two people there capable of killing Cell. No, what nearly destroyed the Earth was Vegeta’s VERY conscious decision to actually HELP Cell reach his Perfect Form, something Krillin never imagined Vegeta would be stupid and selfish enough to do. And even then, Krillin told her to get lost and hide, and even offered to help her move 16 so she could. 10. HIS EARLY DISMISSAL IN FORTUNETELLER BABA'S TOURNAMENT ...IT’S A COMEDY AND HE GOT HIS WHOLE HEAD BIT INTO BY A VAMPIRE, WHAT’S HARD TO UNDERSTAND? FFS He’s still weaker than even Yamcha at that point. His quick thinking is also all that saved Yamcha’s ass from getting whupped into submission. 9. HE PASSES AWAY THE MOST... EVEN THOUGH HE’S EARTH’S STRONGEST HUMAN Oh lord here we go... a. He wasn’t at the time of his first death. b. That kinda doesn’t mean much when you have to fight an alien lizard or ancient demon who could dust you with their pinky. This only makes no sense if you utterly ignore any and all context. Vegeta, for example, has actually died just as many times as Krillin now (Freeza, Buu, Freeza again)... and he’s the second strongest in the roster. Goku has also technically “died” just as many times now too (Piccolo, Cell, Hit), as well as Piccolo (Nappa, Buu, Freeza).  Mr. Satan and Bulma have died the least of anyone. Hardly an indicator of power. 8. HE LIVED WITH HIS FAMILY AND MASTER ROSHI IN THE KAME HOUSE It’s housed Roshi, Oolong, Krillin, Goku, Yamcha, Umigame AND Launch in the past. Housing Krillin, 18, a baby/toddler, and Roshi is hardly filled to capacity. That said... they move. They move as soon as they can afford their own home, which is shortly after 18 gets her fall money from Mr. Satan. 7. HIS FUSION WITH PICCOLO I’d just like to state for the record that this is literally complaining about a fun drawing Toriyama did of what Krillin and Piccolo would look like Fused. That is all. 6. HE CAN ABSORB SPIRIT BOMBS AND USE THEIR ENERGY Aaand we’re back to video games. 5. HE’S THE STRONGEST HUMAN ON EARTH Ok now this one? This one is utter BS. Krillin outpacing Tien makes perfect sense since it’s been happening since Tien first appeared. When everyone came back for the 23rd Budokai? The gap between those two shrunk. A lot. Krillin had not only taught HIMSELF how to fly, how to steer energy after firing it, and more, but he’d improved to the point of Piccolo not only using his true power to beat him, but he managed to survive a blow Piccolo assumed HAD to have killed him... and made Piccolo question whether or not he was even strong enough to conquer this world even if he DID beat Goku. When the Saiyans came? Even smaller gap with the exact same time to train. And Tien even had the benefit of having Chiaotzu as a partner, Krillin was off finishing his training solo. And the Grand Elder awakening his dormant potential, as well as the combat experience on Namek, finally sealed the deal. After all, Yamcha was still intently training at that time too, and Krillin surpassed him. Why then is it so hard to believe he could surpass Tien? It also doesn’t help that Tien doesn’t actually train nonstop, despite what anime filler would have you believe. He runs a dojo and a farm to boot. Tien is also demonstrably still weaker than Krillin in Super and lasts longer in the Tournament because he and Roshi are taking cover and surprising targets to knock them out while they’re off-guard. So there’s that. 4. HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE EXCITING FOIL TO BORING GOKU He was created as a rival character to play off Goku and give Goku something to measure himself against. That doesn’t exactly mean he’s meant to be “more exciting”, but to bring an element of entertainment to the series that had been missing, as well as give Goku someone his own age to grow with. Nice dig at the character at the end though. Top notch. 3. HE NAMES HIS DAUGHTER AFTER HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND For the last time: Maron. Is. A. Filler. Character. Toriyama did not create her. Toriyama did not name her. Toriyama named Krillin’s daughter “Marron” because it’s French for “Chestnut”, which is a play on the fact that the first syllable in Krillin’s Japanese name, “Kuri”, also means chestnut. It’s not at ALL indicative of “lingering feelings” for a character that Toriyama didn’t even make, let alone doesn’t appear in his manga or continuity at all. 2. HE NEARLY ALLOWS VEGETA TO GAIN IMMORTALITY Well, it was more or less that or let the kid he’d sworn he’d keep safe die. I don’t really blame him for at least entertaining the idea at that point. An ultimately bad idea? Yeah. But one born of desperation. Hardly the first for characters in this series. And finally... 1. HIS MISSING NOSE ...wow. It’s... it’s a physical deformity. I’m not sure what about that doesn’t make sense? This list was even more of a dumpster fire than usual.
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tormentedbythirst · 6 years
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I was tagged by @certainwitchobject and i was oddly excited by it since i never get tagged 
name: celia
star sign: gemini
height: 5′6
put your music on shuffle, what are the first 6 songs that popped up?:
(I just downloaded prime music this month and i havent really personalized it much yet so prob just gonna get Scroobius Pip)
Domestic Silence - Scroobius pip
Try dying - scroobius pip
Damn your eyes - alex clare
Stunner - dan le sac vs scroobius pip
Blood in the cut - k flay
Love letters- watsky
grab the book nearest to you and turn to page 23. what’s line 17?: never a competent navigator i could only guess vaguely by the sun..
ever had a poem or song written about you?:
There's that heartbreak one and more recently "cecilia and the satellite"
when was the last time you played air guitar?: uhhh typically only happens when i listen to Muse so its been a few weeks
who is your celebrity crush?: singular? Fuck. Um. Pass.
what’s a sound you hate? how about love?: besides my terrible two screeching and/or giggling?
Hate the crunch of snow but love windchimes
do you drive? if so, have you ever crashed?: no
last book you read?
Um. Probablyyyyyy...#3 of Lemony Snicket's question series. Which was 'Shouldn't You Be In School? '
I will read Lemony Snicket til I'm dead fight me
do you like the smell of petrol?: somewhat
what was the last movie you saw?: IT
what’s the worst injury you’ve ever had?: post pregnancy related too tmi to share
do you have any obsessions right now?:
Obsession is a strong committed word. That being said, I'm dying to re-binge Future Man and American Gods so I guess they apply.
do you tend to hold grudges against anyone who’s done you wrong?: fuck yeah
in a relationship?: unfortunately. I mean yes.
relationship status:
This was our 7th year together.
favourite colour:
Blue
lipstick or chapstick:  chapstick. Im not a makeup gal
last song I listened to: um i think it was fergilious, i was almost home and didnt feel like changing it.
top 3 shows: ah hell.
Mr Robot
Z Nation
Begrudgingly because i felt compelled to list current shows, I will say Gotham because I've enjoyed this season overall.
top 3 bands: alt+j, the neighborhood, and twenty one pilots are most replayed
books I’m currently reading:
None
shows I’m currently watching: Bwahahha couldnt list them all tbh, but last week i watched the pilot to Dirk Gently so i guess that counts?
color(s) I’m currently wearing: red pink and gray
last band t-shirt I bought: I'm more into tv merch these days but i bought a scroobius pip swimsuit.
last band I saw live: technically What The Funk
last 3 characters I identified with: Ian from Shameless , Wolf and Tiger from Future Man
i tag: @badpope @lokiiago @agony-and-obsession and anyone else who isnt a pornbot.
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shakespeareanqueer · 5 years
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This is supposed to be one of those send a number things but I’m procrastinating sleeping so I just answered them all.
1. What’s one animal you wish you could have as a pet but can’t?
I can’t have any pet right now so just a dog would be nice.
2. Favorite thing to wear to sleep?
Anything cozy and fuzzy
3. What song really gets you going?
Anything by Sara Bareilles
4. Where do you usually eat your meals?
One of the dining halls at the moment
5. Favorite meal: breakfast, lunch, or dinner?
I’m a fan of breakfast tbh
6. Most embarrassing habit?
Existing
7. Chocolate or fruity candy?
Chocolaté
8. Soft or hard tacos?
I’ll go for either, but soft
9. Worst way to break up a fight?
Idk throw yourself into it
10. Best thing to say in an elevator of strangers?
Nothing. Silence. It’s two minutes just wait it out.
11. What color/design are your bedsheets?
Turquoise
12. Any hidden talents?
None at all. I am a talentless dumb bitch and that’s the truth
13. Favorite thing to drink out of (mug, glass, etc.)?
I always feel classy drinking out of a wine glass, but tbh I live for cozy so a mug is also nice
14. Socks or bare feet around the house?
Bare feet usually, sometimes socks or slippers
15. Favorite board game?
Sequence
16. Do you sleep with the fan on or off?
On for white noise when the weather’s appropriate
17. Heat on or keep it cold with lots of layers?
The latter. I like c o z y
18. Do you sing in the shower?
I used to. Then my family made me feel embarrassed about it so I stopped for the most part. Now I’m at college so I’ve stopped 100%
19. Favorite song to belt out at the top of your lungs when you’re alone?
Anything by Sara Bareilles or anything from Newsies
20. Last thing you cried about?
Seeing as it was only yesterday I’m going to say that’s personal
21. At what age did you first have alcohol?
Well when it comes to tasting wine at the dinner table, young. I didn’t start liking it and drinking an actual glass until 15 or 16. I first got drunk at 17. 
22. Relationship status?
Single as fuck man
23. What’s the most amount of money you’ve spent on a single item of clothing?
$100 probably but that was shoes and also my mom’s money so does it count
24. What do you typically wear to formal events?
It depends on my mood and the formality of the event. Sometimes dresses, but I’ve gotten into fancy flowy pants recently.
25. Favorite memory?
Dancing on my Bapu’s feet as a kid
26. Gum or breath mints?
Mints
27. Favorite shoes?
My heeled military booties. I have them in brown and black. They were my mom’s in the 80s.
28. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Aw shit man where to start. The anxiety is probably a good place. Just get the fuck rid of that.
29. What is the natural state of your hair?
Weird lookin’ and frizzy
30. Have you ever had braces?
Yeah
31. Most dangerous thing you’ve ever done?
I’m boring idk
32. Most embarrassing thing your parents have caught you doing?
When I was 8 or so I was peer pressured by a very toxic friend to steal a cellphone out of someone’s gym back at the YMCA after swim practice. But I felt super guilty and was a terrible liar so my mom caught me transferring it from my pool back to my backpack the next morning
33. Last time you had an orgasm?
Possibly not ever or a long time ago
34. Celebrity crush(es)?
Tom Holland atm. Check out my tag #my arachnidumbass. It’s gonna grow.
35. Windows or Mac?
Mac, though I like Windows keyboards better as a typing experience
36. How old were you when you learned to ride a bike?
I don’t remember. Young.
37. Makeup or natural?
I don’t usually wear makeup
38. What color do you wear the most?
Blue. It’s my favorite color.
39. Favorite season?
It varies. Maybe summer or fall.
40. Umbrella or rain coat?
Rain coat
41. Have you ever fallen out of a tree?
Probably. Not recently.
42. First car you ever owned?
Subaru Legacy
43. What time do you usually go to bed?
It varies. At the moment I’m procrastinating going to bed by answering these questions and it is 11:36pm
44. Are you a competitive person?
Depends on the situation. I’m more stubborn and spiteful than competitive
45. Least favorite color?
Yellow, just on me personally.
46. First pet you’ve ever owned?
A golden retriever named Shadow.
47. Sweet or salty?
Sweet usually
48. Favorite pasta dish?
Baked ziti
49. Favorite kind of chips?
Tortilla chips
50. Talk about something you’re passionate about.
Aw man I care a lot about Shakespeare my dudes. What a guy. 
51. What are some of your hobbies?
Cross stitching, reading, that’s about it. I’m boring.
52. Caffeine? If so, what kind?
Nah. Sometimes hot cocoa or chocolate. When I was in high school and my first year of college I had a mocha every once in a while for late nights or long days
53. Favorite kind of pizza?
Chicago style. But only in Chicago it’s the only place they do it right
54. Fast food or sit-down restaurant?
Sit-down
55. Lots of acquaintances or a handful of close friends?
Handful of close friends. I’m an introvert.
56. Something that ruins your appetite?
Horrible smells
57. Favorite labels about you?
What does that even mean? 
58. Are you a religious person?
I’m Jewish, and I care deeply on a cultural level, but I’m still exploring what I believe. I’m not completely secular in my beliefs though, I know that. 
59. Night out with a bunch of friends in public or night in with one friend having deep conversations?
The latter for sure.
60. What size shoe do you wear?
7
61. Favorite thing about yourself?
My imagination and creativity
62. Have you ever told someone you loved them first?
Not romantically but probably friend-wise.
63. Have you ever had sex on the first date?
No
64. Heroes or villains?
Depends on the hero or the villain.
65. Favorite fruit?
Banana. Or watermelon.
66. Least favorite fruit?
Not a fan of pineapple
67. Favorite vegetable?
Avocadooooo
68. Least favorite vegetable?
Brussel sprouts. Can’t even stand the smell
69. How many plates can you eat at a buffet?
Depends on the food. If it’s sushi and it’s good, lots.
70. Favorite dessert?
Chocolate lava cake. Or flourless chocolate torte.
71. Do you play any sports?
I used to swim, but not anymore
72. Age you learned how to swim?
Young. Toddler probably
73. Tell a funny story.
Idk man. That’s a lot of pressure. I can’t think of a single funny thing right now.
74. What’s one interesting thing about your culture?
Depends on what you mean by “my culture.” If you mean gay culture, we’re all dumb as fuck. If you mean Jewish culture, my fave thing is that on Purim we eat a cookie shaped like the villain’s stupid pointy hat to make fun of him.
75. What’s one annoying thing about your culture?
Depends on what you mean by “my culture.” If you mean gay culture, we’re all dumb as fuck (again). If you mean Jewish culture, antisemitism’s a bitch; a little more than annoying.
76. What job would you be terrible at?
Anything with math
77. Would you rather watch a TV show or a movie?
Depends on the TV show or movie. I think TV though I have a short attention span
78. What’s your favorite compliment to give?
I have faith in you.
79. What’s your favorite compliment to receive?
Really any compliment. I’m an attention whore. Or a compliment to my creativity/originality/imagination
80. Has your opinion changed on something recently?
Probably lots of things. Idk
81. Do you always order the same thing at a restaurant or order something different each time?
Usually I order the same thing; I’ve always been picky. But I like to switch it up at Japanese restaurants in particular.
82. What’s something you’ve always wanted to try but haven’t yet?
Traveling more. And by myself or at least without my parents
83. If you could learn to do anything right now, what would it be?
Speak or sign another language fluently.
84. Favorite physical feature about yourself?
No matter what anyone says, I’m proud of my Jewish nose
85. Least favorite physical feature about yourself?
My skin. It needs to calm the fuck down I’m 21
86. What’s one amazing thing you did that nobody was around to see?
Idk I’m boring
87. If you could change your height, would you?
No I’m good
88. What’s something you would rate 10/10?
All dogs
89. Heels or flats?
Usually flats, but like I said my favorite shoes are my heeled combat booties
90. What’s something you wish you had more knowledge about?
Any other language
91. Would you want to be famous?
I’m curious about it sometimes. But probably not; I’m socially anxious and introverted
92. What’s something you would get arrested for?
Jaywalking idk
93. What’s your spirit animal?
I don’t have one because I’m not Native American
94. What’s the luckiest thing that’s ever happened to you?
Being born into the family I have. I feel pretty fortunate.
95. Are you the type to have an organized mess, or no mess at all?
Organized mess. I like to think I’m Muggles from The Gammage Cup, only less consistent in where my messes are.
96. Do you tend to make decisions based on the past, present, or future?
Oh yikes what a deep question. Past probably
97. Are you a planner or a more spontaneous person?
Planner for sure
98. Thoughts on the oxford comma?
Grammar is fake
99. What do you hope never changes?
That’s not realistic
100. How would you celebrate your 100th birthday?
Probably the way I celebrate all my birthdays. Chinese food, a movie, cake and presents. 
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vamporchid · 7 years
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Just for fun!
1: when you have cereal, do you have more milk than cereal or more cereal than milk? I can’t use milk...or dairy...so almond or soy, so more cereal...but I hardly ever eat cereal so yeah...
2: do you like the feeling of cold air on your cheeks on a wintery day? I’m Canadian, it’s a given lol
3: what random objects do you use to bookmark your books? Uhm, bookmarks oh and business cards LOL
4: how do you take your coffee/tea? coffee, two sugar and cream, tea all on its own or with honey
5: are you self-conscious of your smile? Yup, thanks mom...I has a huge mouth lol
6: do you keep plants? Ahahahaha yeah. Sorry laughing to a friends response as I’m doing. Yes I do, all kinds and I have a garden and flower garden.
7: do you name your plants? K not that crazy...
8: what artistic medium do you use to express your feelings? Uhm, I do traditional drawing, paintings, crafts, tattoo and now I’m venturing into airbrushing. Oh and I can’t forget writing.
9: do you like singing/humming to yourself? Who doesn’t?
10: do you sleep on your back, side, or stomach? My right side. Stupid spine.
11: what's an inner joke you have with your friends? Squirrels. Ahahaha. Bucky and Squirrels.
12: what's your favorite planet? Other than earth? Pluto. It’s neglected.
13: what's something that made you smile today? My two year old son, getting excited when his sisters let him play with their stuff. He’s funny.
14: if you were to live with your best friend in an old flat in a big city, what would it look like? Farm house chic with chickens!
15: go google a weird space fact and tell us what it is! In the late 1950′s, by way of something labeled Project A119 the United States decided it would be a good idea to launch a nuclear missile at the moon. Why? Evidently they felt it would give them a leg up in the Space Race. Fortunately, however, the plan was never executed.
16: what's your favorite pasta dish? Lasagna, but I can’t eat it no more...
17: what color do you really want to dye your hair?  Fire engine red!!
18: tell us about something dumb/funny you did that has since gone down in history between you and your friends and is always brought up.  I grab a cop by the collar once to try and drag him to my friend that was in trouble. That ladies and gentlemen is not the correct way to get an officers attention.
19: do you keep a journal? what do you write/draw/ in it? I used to, not anymore.
20: what's your favorite eye color? Green
21: talk about your favorite bag, the one that's been to hell and back with you and that you love to pieces. My black and pink school bag. I actually used to live out of in College. I refuse to get rid of it even though my husband hates it.
22: are you a morning person? No!
23: what's your favorite thing to do on lazy days where you have 0 obligations?  Write, read or draw!! Oh and crafts.
24: is there someone out there you would trust with every single one of your secrets? @amethystflame, she’s my witness, muahahha. Squirrels.
25: what's the weirdest place you've ever broken into? Mayor’s office LOL.
26: what are the shoes you've had for forever and wear with every single outfit? None, I’m always getting new footwear.
27: what's your favorite bubblegum flavor? Uhm Bubblegum.
28: sunrise or sunset? Sunset. Sunrise means I’ve been up all night, again. Ugh.
29: what's something really cute that one of your friends does and is totally endearing? @amethystflame, every morning we always text each other good morning lol
30: think of it: have you ever been  truly scared? Hells yes. One of my kids almost died. Scary.
31: what is your opinion of socks? do you like wearing weird socks? do you sleep with socks? do you confine yourself to white sock hell? really, just talk about socks. No socks in bed, but other than that I like them lol. But not in the summer.
32: tell us a story of something that happened to you after 3AM when you were with friends. Broke into the mayors office, that is where I’ll end that LOL
33: what's your fave pastry? Apple turnovers are underrated.
34: tell us about the stuffed animal you kept as a kid. what is it called? what does it look like? do you still keep it? A pink seal, Nicky. My kids use it now.
35: do you like stationary and pretty pens and so on? do you use them often? They are pretty, I’ll use them, but it’s not like that’s all I use. I use whatever is on hand.
36: which band's sound would fit your mood right now? Green Day
37: do you like keeping your room messy or clean? Clean! Major OCD!!
38: tell us about your pet peeves!  Oh there’s not enough time for this!
39: what color do you wear the most? Blue or green, black as a shade.
40: think of a piece of jewelry you own: what's it's story? does it have any meaning to you? Like random jewelry? Well I have a Lapus Lazuli pendant I ordered from Egypt with a clear quartz stone on it. It’s suppose to help with all kinds of things. And I love things that have to do with Egypt. So yeah.
41: what's the last book you remember really, really loving? Gail Z Martin’s The Summoner Chronicles.
42: do you have a favorite coffee shop? describe it! Timmies, I am Canadian. That is all.
43: who was the last person you gazed at the stars with? My husband lol.
44: when was the last time you remember feeling completely serene and at peace with everything? Is never a good answer?
45: do you trust your instincts a lot?  Hellz Yes!
46: tell us the worst pun you can think of.  Can’t think of any
47: what food do you think should be banned from the universe?  Span and Klik! Nasty!!
48: what was your biggest fear as a kid? is it the same today?  Zombies and yes I’m still terrified.
49: do you like buying CDs and records? what was the last one you bought? I haven’t bought either in years.
50: what's an odd thing you collect?Knives, I guess. Because I collect a bunch of things.
51: think of a person. what song do you associate with them? Person, uhm my husband, True Love by Pink. Fictional Character, Winter Soldier, Simple man by Shinedown
52: what are your favorite memes of the year so far? Anything Marvel or cats lol
53: have you ever watched the rocky horror picture show? heathers? beetlejuice? pulp fiction? what do you think of them? Rocky Horror picture show, beetlejuice and pulp fiction.
54: who's the last person you saw with a true look of sadness on their face? My Two year old, when his dad left for work this morning.
55: what's the most dramatic thing you've ever done to prove a point? My ex was driving me nuts. I kept telling him if he kept claiming I was nuts, that I would start to act like a psycho. I was decorating an Xmas tree and hit him in the face with around 25 Xmas glass ball decorations. That night we got to spend the night at the hospital getting his eyes washed.
56: what are some things you find endearing in people? Random acts of generosity or kindness.
57: go listen to bohemian rhapsody. how did it make you feel? did you dramatically reenact the lyrics?  I always do and I love Queen, still sends shivers down my spine when I listen to them.
58: who's the wine mom and who's the vodka aunt in your group of friends? why?  At this very moment. Well I’m into the wine and @amethystflame is into the vodka ahahahaha.
59: what's your favorite myth? I was gonna write good men aahahahahaha. Shut up you laughed. I don’t believe in myths. They are stories that probably happened that got some pazzazz at some point.
60: do you like poetry? what are some of your faves? Yup. Edgar Allen Poe. The Pit and The Pendulum.
61: what's the stupidest gift you've ever given? the stupidest one you've ever received? The dumbest gift I’ve ever given was probably to my sister, a grow a man and some stress ‘balls’ ahahaha. Received...spongebob square pants season two...I don’t watch that cartoon...
62: do you drink juice in the morning? which kind? No. But I do have a glass of hot lemon water every morning.
63: are you fussy about your books and music? do you keep them meticulously organized or kinda leave them be? I have OCD, everything organized lol.
64: what color is the sky where you are right now? Black, it’s night and it’s not a clear night.
65: is there anyone you haven't seen in a long time who you'd love to hang out with?  My old work friends, but I actually just got to go visit them this past weekend after not seeing the for 14 years. Woot.
66: what would your ideal flower crown look like? Daffodils, sunflowers, cat tails and fall leaves!!
67: how do gloomy days where the sky is dark and the world is misty make you feel? Uhm, gloomy lol
68: what's winter like where you live? I live in Northern Ontario Canada, cold, long and tons of snow. TONS OF SNOW.
69: what are your favorite board games? Monopoly and anything that makes you think, like clue.
70: have you ever used a ouija board? Why yes I have, I own one, it’s on my bookshelf.
71: what's your favorite kind of tea? Chai Tea!!
72: are you a person who needs to note everything down or else you'll forget it? Nope, not usually.
73: what are some of your worst habits?  I crack my joints, a lot.
74: describe a good friend of yours without using their name or gendered pronouns. Pink-ish hair. American, Yank. Cap obsessed ish. Naps. Squirrels. Kids. NO MARK!
75: tell us about your pets! Three cats. One is old and dying. One’s a bitch. And the last one well he’s young and huge. I think he’s part lion. Who knows.
76: is there anything you should be doing right now but aren't? Working out.
77: pink or yellow lemonade? BOTH!
78: are you in the minion hateclub or fanclub? There are ppl that hate them? WTF?!
79: what's one of the cutest things someone has ever done for you? My husband proposed to my twice. And I got two engagement rings out of the deal lol.
80: what color are your bedroom walls? did you choose that color? if so, why? Olive green. Was like that when we bought the house. I’m ok with it, so it’ll stay for now.
81: describe one of your friend's eyes using the most abstract imagery you can think of. Skip! LOL
82: are/were you good in school?  Yup. Like at the subjects. 90s. Was I a good kid...well my parents threaten to put me into military school lol
83: what's some of your favorite album art? Rob Zombies stuff is always great and so it Tool’s
84: are you planning on getting tattoos? which ones?  I have a forever growing list. But my next one is a comic book sleeve with all my fave characters and quotes.
85: do you read comics? what are your faves? Yes, Mostly marvel.
86: do you like concept albums? which ones?  Concept albums? HUH?
87: what are some movies you think everyone should watch at least once in their lives?  Boondock saints for sure and The Crow.
88: are there any artistic movements you particularly enjoy? I don’t think I understand this question lol.
89: are you close to your parents?  Ish I think. LOL. They’re all good and stuff. I am a lot more now then when I was younger that‘s for sure.
90: talk about your one of you favorite cities. Uhm. Cities? I’m not a city fan. I did really like Mexico when I visited though.
91: where do you plan on traveling this year? NYC @amethystflame Comiccon is happening!
92: are you a person who drowns their pasta in cheese or a person who barely sprinkles a pinch? I can’t eat dairy...
93: what's the hairstyle you wear the most? Curly Mohawk.
94: who was the last person you know to have a birthday? My twin girls, big 11.
95: what are your plans for this weekend?  So far watching Marvel Movies with my friend lol
96: do you install your computer updates really quickly or do you procrastinate on them a lot?  Mine are on auto update.
97: myer briggs type, zodiac sign, and hogwarts house? ENFJ, Aquarius, Raven Claw
98: when's the last time you went hiking? did you enjoy it? Pfff Can’t remember. Probably lol.
99: list some songs that resonate to your soul whenever you hear them. Full Circle by Aerosmith. Simple Man by Shine down. Had Enough and Firefly by Breaking Benjamin. And many more...
100: if you were presented with two buttons, one that allows you to go 5 years into the past, the other 5 years into the future, which one would you press? why?  Five years into the future so that I can see what I can fix before it happens lol.
Ok. @amethystflame, @chenria, @r2smuse, @mellorian-j if you want!
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literateape · 6 years
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All the World’s a Stage and Identity is Just Another Costume
By Don Hall
In a crowd of 17,000, all crammed into the front of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, I see a stew of humanity, the avatar of the Melting Pot idea in play.
There’s Mitchell, a 56-year old black veteran (Marines) who most would classify as homeless as he carries two large bags with him, sleeps on the sidewalk on most nights and comes to almost every concert all summer long. He isn’t homeless. If you take the time to hang with him and engage, he will explain that he has a nice apartment on the far South Side of Chicago that the VA set up for him but that he loves people so much that he spends most of his time downtown, dancing on the streets, talking to strangers, dealing with the intolerance of others and otherwise swimming in this particular sociological soup.
There’s Bob, a retired music teacher in his 70s, who with his wife, comes to at least five park events per week. His leg is really bothering him and he comes across as pretty angry most of the time. My first encounter with Bob began with him looking to complain that my ushers were “reading newspapers and books and chatting” rather than doing their job. It turned out that they made him walk around the ramp to get to a seat and he felt put upon so he manufactured a complaint. (Trust me, my ushers are not reading newspapers in 2018.) One of my customer service techniques is to first assess if I can solve the problem. If the problem is just that the patron wants to complain, I immediately switch gears and become stupid, asking obvious but unimportant questions until I wear them out. Waste my time all you want, I’m paid by the hour sort of thing. For Bob, it worked, and the next time I saw him, he was thrilled to see me and we talk every time he comes. He’s led a fascinating life and I like him immensely.
Sara is a 23-year old Hindu woman with an office job in the Loop. She heads over to the park at least once a week after work to hang out and see whatever is going on. Weeks ago, she came up to me to thank me for how I conduct myself — according to her, I’m always talking to patrons with a grin, good natured and highly energetic. Since then, whenever she sees me, she comes over and we chat about her day, her concerns about Trump and identity politics and her parents who would prefer she come back home to Kanchipuram.
The intersection of every type of human in the park is incredible. Name an identity — from the most common to the smallest segment of current society, white cisgender heterosexual male to transgender bisexual black woman — and they will be somewhere in this giant wok on the east side of Chicago on any given night.
As I’ve grown older and suffered the standard set of betrayals by friends and the sudden absences of importance from colleagues once I’ve moved on (known as the Out of Sight, Out of Mind Syndrome), I’ve become far less social than I used to be. I don’t hang out much, I rarely go to parties, perhaps being in a position to be of service to thousands of people each night limits my desire for humanity. My summer job, however, requires a certain amount of social grace. I have to talk and listen to these people.
As with any substantive interaction with the water within which we swim, there are notable lessons to learn. A bit removed from the personal narrative storytelling form where people get up onstage and narrate bits of their life, the simple conversations with strangers gathered together in a huge performance space, a place where Chicago natives and tourists gather, where every language under the sun is being spoken simultaneously, all age groups represented from walkers and canes to skateboards, are somehow more powerful.
With Identity in the fore, the question shifts from “What can we do about racism and sexism?” to “Who can we blame for racism and sexism?”
I recently binge-watched the Wachowskis' Sense8 on Netflix. Initially turned off by the first episode (and who the fuck knows why, certainly not me), I revisited that first episode not long ago and beat myself in the face for not getting sucked in. The series is brilliant, beautiful and should be required viewing for anyone not living in an urban setting all across the world. The title of the tenth episode of the second season, written by Lana Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski, is “All the World’s a Stage and Identity is Just Another Costume.”
In the Age of Identity Politics, this is strangely a radioactive perspective. To even suggest that the identities of race, gender, religion, sexual preference, etc. ad nauseum are anything short of the most essential part of us is heresy to both the Extreme Left and Alt-Right. Both the Black Separatists and the White Nationalists cannot abide such thoughts and will do almost anything to disavow the concept.
Yet, as I walk through Millennium Park and both observe and engage this multicultural tapas bar of sapiens, the idea keeps gently nudging me like Jiminy Cricket or a radio signal being picked up a tooth filling.
Identity is just another costume.
At our base, we really all are exactly the same creature. We all basically want the same thing and suffer in similar ways. We find joy in similar things and are all angered by injustice, dishonesty, theft, unnecessary violence (as we interpret them.) We all gotta eat, we all need water to survive, we all need to sleep. The simple biology of humanity is the same with no regard for the costumes we dress it up in.
Why, then, such a push from the extremes on either side of the sociopolitical spectrum to force exclusion on the body politic?
To win an unwinnable war.
Much like the War on Drugs and The War on Terror — both reductionist slogans designed to polarize, separate and stigmatize, both equally fruitless — the insistence on Identity as the Defining Paradigm is the basis for the twin conflicts: the War on Racism and the War on Sexism. If race and gender are the dominant frames from which we operate, then the reduction of thoughtful conversation about these issues can be discarded for a far more polemic and unquestionably anti-pragmatic approach.
With Identity in the fore, the question shifts from “What can we do about racism and sexism?” to “Who can we blame for racism and sexism?”
If we ignore the obvious similarities in who and what we are and instead focus on the differences — in culture, in lifestyle, in tone — the enemy becomes apparent and the mythological resistance to the mythological white supremist patriarchy can gain traction. Instead of focusing on how to end Racism, White Supremacy, Sexism and the Patriarchy, the goal is shifted to simply acknowledging their existence and finding blame, both historically and by proxy presently. No longer interested in ending these vague systems (because ending them would require complex and thoughtful solutions in the most pragmatic sense), the Extreme Left has given up on solutions and seems to be content simply finding as many ways to tie inequity and injustice to these demons of our worst fears.
The wars on racism and sexism have become more theatrical than concrete, more signaling than solving, more reactive than active.
Modern day black intellectuals bark, “We were brought here against our will” despite having never seen a slave ship in their lives, let alone been on one. Modern day feminists cry “We have been marginalized by men for centuries” despite many eighteenth wave feminists only being alive for, at most, two decades.
In the park, there is only one we, the collective patronage of the thousands of multicultural Homo sapiens gathered to hear an orchestra or a jazz ensemble or the blues or a rock band. It is a larger and more lovely we and, therefore, a stronger foundation from which to find solutions to the seemingly insurmountable obstacles to society.
Michael is a 25-year old violinist and skater. He comes to the orchestra concerts (he's been to every Wednesday and Friday night all summer long) and sits at the front of the lawn. He's usually high and when we talk, he wants to talk about Trump and books. He recommended The Inner Civil War by George Fredrickson. I recommended Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Now.
Alice is a 30-something Chinese woman recently emigrated from her birth country to Chicago. Her English is spotty but when she awkwardly asked where the bathrooms were and I told her, she decided I was the Answer Man in the park. Whenever she finds me, she has questions — about Chicago, about neighborhoods, about the concert that night, about the best singles apps.
Mayra, 78-year-old black woman, born and raised on the South Side, is usually a bit drunk and flirts with me. She is more conservative than the Generation Z black kids and doesn't quite understand why they're so angry. "My time...," she intones through sips of 312, "My time was a lot harder than theirs and I'm not so loud about it."
In same way that I reject the simplistic morality behind the War on Drugs and the War on Terror, I likewise turn away from the War on Racism and the War on Sexism. These wars are designed to be perpetual and never-ending. They are created to merely replicate the mirror image of current power imbalances rather than reset the default. They are about vengeance rather than exculpation.
None of this is to say that racism and sexism do not exist. It is to say that they are not monsters to be defeated but problems to be solved. They are not mythologies or sins that require fire and prayer to eradicate (and eradicate them we must if we truly want a multicultural, globally fair society) but societal obstacles to be overcome. The solutions, I believe, lie in our ability to co-exist in a giant park and release our grip on the insistence of culture, skin tone, accents — all the outward showing indicators.
All the world is a stage and identity is just another costume. Recognize the costumes, celebrate them, see the humanity underneath and proceed with kindness and pragmatism. Anything less is false piety and dogmatism.
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All the World’s a Stage and Identity is Just Another Costume
By Don Hall
In a crowd of 17,000, all crammed into the front of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, I see a stew of humanity, the avatar of the Melting Pot idea in play.
There’s Mitchell, a 56-year old black veteran (Marines) who most would classify as homeless as he carries two large bags with him, sleeps on the sidewalk on most nights and comes to almost every concert all summer long. He isn’t homeless. If you take the time to hang with him and engage, he will explain that he has a nice apartment on the far South Side of Chicago that the VA set up for him but that he loves people so much that he spends most of his time downtown, dancing on the streets, talking to strangers, dealing with the intolerance of others and otherwise swimming in this particular sociological soup.
There’s Bob, a retired music teacher in his 70s, who with his wife, comes to at least five park events per week. His leg is really bothering him and he comes across as pretty angry most of the time. My first encounter with Bob began with him looking to complain that my ushers were “reading newspapers and books and chatting” rather than doing their job. It turned out that they made him walk around the ramp to get to a seat and he felt put upon so he manufactured a complaint. (Trust me, my ushers are not reading newspapers in 2018.) One of my customer service techniques is to first assess if I can solve the problem. If the problem is just that the patron wants to complain, I immediately switch gears and become stupid, asking obvious but unimportant questions until I wear them out. Waste my time all you want, I’m paid by the hour sort of thing. For Bob, it worked, and the next time I saw him, he was thrilled to see me and we talk every time he comes. He’s led a fascinating life and I like him immensely.
Sara is a 23-year old Hindu woman with an office job in the Loop. She heads over to the park at least once a week after work to hang out and see whatever is going on. Weeks ago, she came up to me to thank me for how I conduct myself — according to her, I’m always talking to patrons with a grin, good natured and highly energetic. Since then, whenever she sees me, she comes over and we chat about her day, her concerns about Trump and identity politics and her parents who would prefer she come back home to Kanchipuram.
The intersection of every type of human in the park is incredible. Name an identity — from the most common to the smallest segment of current society, white cisgender heterosexual male to transgender bisexual black woman — and they will be somewhere in this giant wok on the east side of Chicago on any given night.
As I’ve grown older and suffered the standard set of betrayals by friends and the sudden absences of importance from colleagues once I’ve moved on (known as the Out of Sight, Out of Mind Syndrome), I’ve become far less social than I used to be. I don’t hang out much, I rarely go to parties, perhaps being in a position to be of service to thousands of people each night limits my desire for humanity. My summer job, however, requires a certain amount of social grace. I have to talk and listen to these people.
As with any substantive interaction with the water within which we swim, there are notable lessons to learn. A bit removed from the personal narrative storytelling form where people get up onstage and narrate bits of their life, the simple conversations with strangers gathered together in a huge performance space, a place where Chicago natives and tourists gather, where every language under the sun is being spoken simultaneously, all age groups represented from walkers and canes to skateboards, are somehow more powerful.
With Identity in the fore, the question shifts from “What can we do about racism and sexism?” to “Who can we blame for racism and sexism?”
I recently binge-watched the Wachowskis' Sense8 on Netflix. Initially turned off by the first episode (and who the fuck knows why, certainly not me), I revisited that first episode not long ago and beat myself in the face for not getting sucked in. The series is brilliant, beautiful and should be required viewing for anyone not living in an urban setting all across the world. The title of the tenth episode of the second season, written by Lana Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski, is “All the World’s a Stage and Identity is Just Another Costume.”
In the Age of Identity Politics, this is strangely a radioactive perspective. To even suggest that the identities of race, gender, religion, sexual preference, etc. ad nauseum are anything short of the most essential part of us is heresy to both the Extreme Left and Alt-Right. Both the Black Separatists and the White Nationalists cannot abide such thoughts and will do almost anything to disavow the concept.
Yet, as I walk through Millennium Park and both observe and engage this multicultural tapas bar of sapiens, the idea keeps gently nudging me like Jiminy Cricket or a radio signal being picked up a tooth filling.
Identity is just another costume.
At our base, we really all are exactly the same creature. We all basically want the same thing and suffer in similar ways. We find joy in similar things and are all angered by injustice, dishonesty, theft, unnecessary violence (as we interpret them.) We all gotta eat, we all need water to survive, we all need to sleep. The simple biology of humanity is the same with no regard for the costumes we dress it up in.
Why, then, such a push from the extremes on either side of the sociopolitical spectrum to force exclusion on the body politic?
To win an unwinnable war.
Much like the War on Drugs and The War on Terror — both reductionist slogans designed to polarize, separate and stigmatize, both equally fruitless — the insistence on Identity as the Defining Paradigm is the basis for the twin conflicts: the War on Racism and the War on Sexism. If race and gender are the dominant frames from which we operate, then the reduction of thoughtful conversation about these issues can be discarded for a far more polemic and unquestionably anti-pragmatic approach.
With Identity in the fore, the question shifts from “What can we do about racism and sexism?” to “Who can we blame for racism and sexism?”
If we ignore the obvious similarities in who and what we are and instead focus on the differences — in culture, in lifestyle, in tone — the enemy becomes apparent and the mythological resistance to the mythological white supremist patriarchy can gain traction. Instead of focusing on how to end Racism, White Supremacy, Sexism and the Patriarchy, the goal is shifted to simply acknowledging their existence and finding blame, both historically and by proxy presently. No longer interested in ending these vague systems (because ending them would require complex and thoughtful solutions in the most pragmatic sense), the Extreme Left has given up on solutions and seems to be content simply finding as many ways to tie inequity and injustice to these demons of our worst fears.
The wars on racism and sexism have become more theatrical than concrete, more signaling than solving, more reactive than active.
Modern day black intellectuals bark, “We were brought here against our will” despite having never seen a slave ship in their lives, let alone been on one. Modern day feminists cry “We have been marginalized by men for centuries” despite many eighteenth wave feminists only being alive for, at most, two decades.
In the park, there is only one we, the collective patronage of the thousands of multicultural Homo sapiens gathered to hear an orchestra or a jazz ensemble or the blues or a rock band. It is a larger and more lovely we and, therefore, a stronger foundation from which to find solutions to the seemingly insurmountable obstacles to society.
Michael is a 25-year old violinist and skater. He comes to the orchestra concerts (he's been to every Wednesday and Friday night all summer long) and sits at the front of the lawn. He's usually high and when we talk, he wants to talk about Trump and books. He recommended The Inner Civil War by George Fredrickson. I recommended Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Now.
Alice is a 30-something Chinese woman recently emigrated from her birth country to Chicago. Her English is spotty but when she awkwardly asked where the bathrooms were and I told her, she decided I was the Answer Man in the park. Whenever she finds me, she has questions — about Chicago, about neighborhoods, about the concert that night, about the best singles apps.
Mayra, 78-year-old black woman, born and raised on the South Side, is usually a bit drunk and flirts with me. She is more conservative than the Generation Z black kids and doesn't quite understand why they're so angry. "My time...," she intones through sips of 312, "My time was a lot harder than theirs and I'm not so loud about it."
In same way that I reject the simplistic morality behind the War on Drugs and the War on Terror, I likewise turn away from the War on Racism and the War on Sexism. These wars are designed to be perpetual and never-ending. They are created to merely replicate the mirror image of current power imbalances rather than reset the default. They are about vengeance rather than exculpation.
None of this is to say that racism and sexism do not exist. It is to say that they are not monsters to be defeated but problems to be solved. They are not mythologies or sins that require fire and prayer to eradicate (and eradicate them we must if we truly want a multicultural, globally fair society) but societal obstacles to be overcome. The solutions, I believe, lie in our ability to co-exist in a giant park and release our grip on the insistence of culture, skin tone, accents — all the outward showing indicators.
All the world is a stage and identity is just another costume. Recognize the costumes, celebrate them, see the humanity underneath and proceed with kindness and pragmatism. Anything less is false piety and dogmatism.
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Chance The Rapper Told Me All I Need Is Happy Thoughts And I’ve Been Flying Ever Since
Imagine wandering through a giant playground filled up with 200 friends and 45,000 other friendly people for 3-days set to the most incredible soundtrack possible, that’s what Lost Lake Festival in Phoenix, Arizona was like. Superfly Presents went all out with Lost Lake to ensure that even though it was the festival’s maiden voyage, it still provided all of those one-of-a-kind festival experiences that has turned the season formerly called summer into Festival Season. And I was live on rBeatzRadio all weekend long.
After living in Phoenix for nearly a decade I had some real reservations about Superfly Presents new festival in the desert, and I carried those reservations with me all the way from my home in New York City to my old desert hideaway that I’d left 2-years before. I was worried about water rations, tight security, overpriced festival food, and stuffy overpriced vendors that sold garbage.
What I found was a park full of the some of the absolute best parts of Phoenix I knew when I lived there. Whether it was my dear friend Joanna 23 doing henna in the vendor area (I invited her to my wedding for context), downtown muralist JB Snyder doing a mural on the hill, or local hero’s Playboy Manbaby playing a raucous 4 pm set on Friday afternoon, Lost Lake Festival really delivered on involving and featuring a lot of what makes Phoenix so special. While also delivering a world-class Festival experience.
All photos by Jeff Schaer-Moses Photography Mitchell Hillman music editor of Java Magazine.
As I was walking through the photo pit to get a good angle on the first act I heard someone yell from my left “you magnificent bastard” and I looked up and it was Mitchell Hillman, music editor of Java Magazine, a Phoenix-based culture magazine. We had worked together for the Phoenix New Times, we embraced and then caught the show. Encounters with Mitch would become a regular occurrence throughout the weekend.  
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Left to right David Cosme, Austin Rickert, and Robbie Pfeffer of Playboy Manbaby on the Piestewa Stage Friday afternoon.
Playboy Manbaby was the opening act of Lost Lake Festival for me. They were the band I had traveled so far to see and while they may prefer to play small rooms for crazy crowds, they still have all the chops necessary to bring their space-cadet thunder-jazz to even the biggest stages. On a balmy 92 degree day Robbie Pfeffer, Chad Dennis, Chris Hudson, David Cosme, Tj Friga, and Ricky Austin Lavender Heylee Dallas Smash aka The Baddest Man on the Planet turned Lost Lake into their former Tempe garage art space The Parliament.
The quick-witted Pfeffer introduced his merry band of miscreants as The Pixies and quickly jumped into their opening number. They are known as one of the best bands in Phoenix and they have garnered a larger than life reputation in the Brooklyn garage rock scene after bringing their spazz-funk power-punk traveling road show to the BK for CMJ festival in 2015 with brooklynites Stuyeyedeyed and Vamanos, as well as Scotland based Womps.
Pfeffer and I had joked the night before that the set would be empty but it really blossomed into a formidable crowd eating out of the palm of Pfeffer’s hand. He thanked Ludacris for putting the festival together as well as the secretive Illuminati leadership behind Bonnaroo, and the irreverent frontman made light of the 7-minute walk he took from his home to the gates of the Festival.
A fan-made Playboy Manbaby T-Shirt.
Playboy brought the thunder with their tunes Last One Standing which they recently dropped a video for , and You Can Be A Fascist Too which made it’s way to Village Voice Magazine. But the one that really got the crowd going was their closer Mermaid Pterodactyl because it wasn’t until the finale that Pfeffer finally got the crowd moshing which is a trademark of Playboy.
Following their set I made my way backstage to have chat with them, which you can listen to here:
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Talking with Playboy ate up a lot of my time to catch NONAME at The Echo Stage, but I hustled over and caught the end of the smooth Chicagoans set. NONAME is a protege to the festival’s day-1 headliner, Chance The Rapper, and given some more seasoning, the 21-years young artist will be joining her mentor on the main-stage for the night time sets in no time.
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Noname bringing her groovy vibes to Lost Lake Festival
Posted by rBeatz on Friday, October 20, 2017
The Festival was laid out quite well and once I got my bearings inside of Steele Indian School Park it became easy to find everything and, though there were only 3-stages, there was still quite a bit to be found on the grounds of Lost Lake Festival. The level of production value the Walter Project brought to Lost Lake was second to none. Every tree had an LED light pointed at it, the Lake had fire shooting lily pads set to music, his famed art cars littered the grounds, and the BBQ pit had a giant spitfire going all weekend.
Broods live at Lost Lake Festival.
After NONAME I made my way over to Broods on The Camelback stage all the while encountering Phoenix-based musicians, writers, and photographers who I had been working with for years. I had been aware of the Kiwi sibling two-piece for quite some time. An old friend made me aware of them right before I moved away from Arizona, and that friend obviously knew me well because Broods are fantastic. Georgia and Caleb Nott along with their fabulous touring band put together a spectacular indie ppop/electronicaset, that also signaled a shift in the decibel level of the festival overall. Once Broods hit the stage everything got just a little bit louder.
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Next up was Crystal Castles on The Echo Stage and on a day that had been so far spectacular Crystal Castles was a noticeable dud. The band has been going downhill since Alice Glass’s departure, but amid her allegations against the band’s lead guitarist Ethan Kath revolving around sexual assault, which Kath fervently denies, the group really didn’t bring much with them to the stage at Lost Lake. They sounded and acted like they just hit play on their record while on stage, and frankly, the canned version may have been better.
Haim on The Camelback Stage.
Crystal Castles was so uninspired that I walked away early to catch Haim back on the main stage and they are very much not my style, but were still quite impressive especially when compared to the lackluster outing that Crystal Castles had. The familial three-piece make a lovely pop-rock sound and they made it for quite a few people considering they had to compete with the fact that half the fest was waiting for Ludacris to start and the other half were waiting patiently for The Pixies.
The Pixies and Ludacris playing at the same time on The Piestewa stage and The Echo Stage respectively made for one of the only two tough decisions I was forced to make all weekend, but the other one was a special sort of tough decision and we will come back to that. Having seen both The Pixies and Ludacris in the past, I felt confident in my decision to survey the Ludacris set. He brought a ton of energy to his 1 pm set at Firefly in 2016, so it stood to reason he would do even better with an 8:15 pm set.
Luda doing his thing on The Echo Stage.
The man with the midget hanging from his necklace played the hits and nothing but along with his regular road dogs Lil Fate and DJ Infamous Roll Out, What’s Your Fantasy, Number One Spot, Splash Waterfalls and all of the rest. Luda went through what seemed like his entire discography on Lost Lakes smallest stage, and the crowd responded. He may have cut the braids off, but the rapper turned actor still has everything else he brought with him to the stage during his early 2000’s heyday. That didn’t stop him from having every ass at lost lake shaking for the duration of his set.
As on point as Ludacris was; however, he really didn’t have anything on 24-year-old Chicago native Chance The Rapper. Ludacris is a legend in the game and arguably the greatest the south has ever produced. Chance is a transcendent musical entity that will be changing all the rules for hip-hop music in the coming years. Chance The Rapper and The Social Experiment put on far and away the greatest hip-hop show I have ever witnessed, and I’ve seen Jay Z, OutKast, Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop and Dre, Eminem, and many more in my day. The level of production, the pageantry, his opulence; he’s looking like a young Kanye West right now and he’s performing with the same zeal that Yeezus is known for.
Mixtape, Blessings, Angles, Sunday Candy, All We Got, and No Problem all made the set list among many others. And that’s by ear on the first time I have ever heard any of those songs because until Oct. 20 I was not a Chance The Rapper fan at all. I knew him for his work with Kanye and with Action Bronson but had never taken the time to give him listen. That was a mistake. I was pretty taken with his mid-set medley of Kanye songs featuring Waves, Father Stretch Thy Hands, and Ultralight Beam. But when I heard Same Drugs for the first time I almost cried. That is such a gorgeous song that so beautifully applied to the situation I was living in, returning to the place where I got started as a music journalist in 2011. The Peter-Pan allegory seemed appropriate as did the other motifs within the lyrics.
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Chance The Rapper is a hip-hop dynamo and he brought it hard to his kast festival of 2017. #lostlakefest
Posted by rBeatz on Friday, October 20, 2017
He closed the set with a shower of white confetti while singing to the crowd “Are you ready for your blessing’s?” I am not a religious man, but Chance The Rapper made me feel something. He has an innate charisma not common among humans and he shared so much of his inner light with the people of Lost Lake Festival day one, on the last show of his tour and his first show as a Grammy award-winning artist.
Day 2, started with an early trip to Strive Dreams Henna to visit Joanna 23, and that trip ended with me getting a fresh henna to sport the rest of the trip, one that I am still wearing as I write this a week later. I sat with a pumpkin spice cold brew provided by Gypsy Cup Coffee and chatted with my friend while she made her art on my hand and the sounds of Phoenix natives Bogan Via wafted over the hill at 1 o’clock in the afternoon. The mixture of the tunes I’ve known for years and company of my old-friend made the early afternoon a comforting experience, especially in the friendly confines the festival.
While drinking coffee with Joanna at Strive Dreams, we saw what we thought might be a wedding procession in all white with white flags walking across the grass. It turned out it was a roving troupe of face painters who were walking through the festival planting their flags in the ground and giving people a quick makeover, on the fest!
After letting my “ink” settle for a little while I headed over to the Piestewa stage to catch Carla Morrison shimmying and shaking all over the stage while her booming voice filled in the entire festival ground. She sang in both Spanish and English and her voice was equally spectacular in either language. She may not have been singing on the main-stage at 9 pm but she may have been the best all-around singer performing on the tremendous musical weekend.
I bumped into Joanna enjoying Carla’s set and she informed me that the artwork hanging from the sides of the stage had been produced by the Fortoul Brothers, two men who used to run a shop on Phoenix’s formed art-strip Roosevelt Row, which now only exists as a shadow of it’s former self with most of the art galleries replaced by condos.
Chance The Rapper’s older brother Taylor Bennet on The Echo Stage.
Next up was Frenship on the Camelback stage who underwhelmed, so I went to the Piestewa stage to take a look at The Ricky Fits and where I also got a hot tip from Arizona Republic Music Editor Ed Masley that Taylor Bennett over on The Echo Stage would be a good act to catch. I made it over for the beginning of his set and what I found was a talented lyricist putting a run-of-the-mill hip-hop show. Certainly more memorable than the two previous bands. I fluttered away before the end of the set and later found out that Taylor Bennett was Chance The Rapper’s brother. Honestly, I still would have fluttered away if I knew, but I would have been more excited about the beginning.
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Ed Masley Music Editor of the Arizona Republic.
I stumbled upon Muna because the person who was putting me up was camped by the main-stage for the day, so in meeting up with him, I found a really neat pop band. I’d never heard of Muna before the festival, but I was very happy to spend the time I had before KONGOS chatting with friends and soaking in the catchy pop hooks of Muna.
Muna on The Camelback Stage.
On my way over to the Piestewa stage, I bumped into Phoenix New Times clubs editor Ben Leatherman who I convinced to jump into the pit and shoot KONGOS with me.
Jesse Kongos on The Piestewa Stage.
KONGOS are an institution in Phoenix having honed their skills at The Lost Leaf bar only a few miles from where the Festival was taking place. They made sure the crowd knew it when they name dropped the little bar on 5th Street and Roosevelt in downtown Phoenix during their set. The four- brothers have been playing music together their entire lives so they ought to sound pretty good and since all four of them split the lead singer duties, they stage set-up has all four of them standing upright at the front of the stage.
I have seen KONGOS play to 200 people at Tempe’s Sail Inn and I have seen KONGOS play to 10,000 people at Firefly Festival in Delaware with quite a few shows in between. There were two key differences in their set at Lost Lake from every other time I’ve seen them. One, they didn’t do their first single Only Joking, and two, they looked more well-rehearsed and relaxed on stage than ever before. They look like a profoundly confident band ready to drop another mega-hit on the world, like the one they closed with Come With Me Now.
Johnny Kongos.
While enjoying KONGOS from the shade line, I felt a tap on my shoulder and it was Phoenix-based journalist, Lauren Fach. She wasn’t covering the fest but she had gotten a ticket for the day and saw me in the crowd.
Huey Lewis on The Camelback Stage.
After KONGOS brought one of the moments of the festival that just about everyone was waiting for and that was Huey Lewis and the News. To they are a band with a little more pop-culture relevance than real musical relevance, but that didn’t stop them from having a fairly massive turnout at the The Camelback Stage at 5:30 pm. Huey opened with The Heart of Rock ‘N Roll and the blues and soul hits just kept on coming. But honestly, after about 20-minutes I realized I was seeing Huey Lewis and the News in 2017 so I dispersed to make my way to The Echo stage for Lil Boat.
I am 100 percent with all the bubblegum trap fans out there. If you don’t understand Lil Yachty, it’s because it’s not for you, so don’t worry about it. He is contemporary music’s answer to our parents telling us that the music we love has no substance. He’s a 21-year-old rapper with no flow who raps about cotton candy and pixar movies. If you want no substance we will show you no substance. But at the same time, he is an incredibly engaging and charismatic performer who really gets the crowd going. Plus his DJ has a setting on his mixer for 1 touch access to the “Lil Boat” button which really made my day.
Lil Boat on the Echo Stage.
After about 20-minutes of Lil Boat I’d had enough, so I moseyed over to The Dap-Kings Beatles themed super-jam and watched the New York-based collective allow Huey Lewis, Luna Aura, members of The Shelters, members of Young the Giant, and members of Ra Ra Riots step into the lofty shadow of Sharon Jones.
The super-jam wasn’t just a chance for a bunch of great artists to jam with The Dap-Kings, it was also a chance for the audience to participate as they sang along with every song that was played including Oh Darling, Here Comes the Sun, Twist and shout and some many more before the closed it out on Hey Jude. Superjam is a borrowed concept from America’s greatest festival Bonnaroo, but with Lost Lake it felt appropriate and made for one of the Festival’s signature moments.
The Dap-Kings Superjam
Toward the end of the Superjam, a tall broad-shouldered long-haired gentleman walked by me who I realized was KONGOS bass player, Dylan Kongos. I greeted him with a hug and he conveyed to me that he was elated that Phoenix had an event like Lost Lake and that he felt as though it was just what the city needed. I congratulated him on the enormity of his success and we enjoyed the jam together for a moment before he went on his way.
Following The Dap-Kings Super Jam came a whole different kind of jam, The Roots crew jam. Many \would say The Roots frontman Black Thought is the greatest M.C. of all time, and while I don’t know if I believe that, I feel confident in saying he is in the conversation. The Roots are a visceral musical assault on the senses, creating as much noise as a 10-car pileup. They have as much street cred with hip-hop crowds as they do with jam band crowds and with all of ?uestlove’s extracurricular activities with the band minus Thought, it’s easy to see how they became such massive crossover celebrities.
Black Thought of The Roots.
They laid waste to the main stage, rocking jam after jam and giving every member of the band a lengthy solo. They slayed with their eclectic mix of hip-hop, jazz, funk, soul, with just a flare of rock ‘n roll and ?uest showed another festival exactly why he is hip-hop’s Jerry Garcia. The set ended on a lengthy drum solo by the man with the famed Afro, and then came what may have just been the worst hour in festival history.
Dreamcar on the Piestewa Stage.
This is that “special” choice I was talking about earlier. The choice between a Lil Jon DJ Set or to see the lead singer of AFI live out his 80’s dreams with the former members of No Doubt. After about 10-minutes of each set I took myself over to the main-stage to prepare for The Killers.
I was sitting up against a tree about 5-minutes before The Killers went on when I realized I had made a grave mistake. As I was bemoaning the fact that I thought both acts playing weren’t very good, I had forgotten how far above and beyond Lost Lake Festival had gone to make sure there was always something to do. I could have been participating in any number of creative activities that the festival had organized, but I was busy being a party pooper.  
It took me a little while to come around to The Killers live set, I even took a stroll away from the stage and caught the Lilly Pad fire show in the lake during the set.
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Who knows what wonders are still left to behold at Lost Lake Festival #lostlakefest
Posted by rBeatz on Saturday, October 21, 2017
But when I got back to the stage after a taco, a chat with Leatherman, and catching the fire I was fully enthralled with the pop/rock icons. They packed all their biggest hits into the back of their set which made for an over-the-top finale complete with laser show, pyrotechnics, confetti, and intrigue. The set was dramatic and exciting and full of songs you couldn’t help but sing along too because you’ve heard them just so many damn times.
Gabo Fayuca during his afternoon set on the Main Stage.
The third day of Lost Lake once again began with a trip to Gypsy Cup for their pumpkin spice cold brew and then a trip to The Piestewa Stage for Phoenix legends Fayuca. They are a five-piece rock ‘n roll outfit that really brought the energy to an early set opening the fest on Sunday morning. They brought a big piece of what Phoenix music is all about with them because they are a big part of why Phoenix sounds the way it does, having been together and rocking for more than 10-years. They turned in a stellar main-stage set before hitting the festival for the day mere days before they hit the road for a 3-week west coast run.
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  A Tribe Called Red were next up on The Camelback Stage, and their blend of EDM and legitimate first nation music is not only wildly appropriate for a venue like Steele Indian School Park, which is named such for the Indian School which still sits on it’s grounds as a symbol of America’s mistreatment of Indigenous cultures, but also because the show was being played on what some consider to be Occupied O’Odham land. They brought traditional dancers out with them and they had some of the best LED graphics of the fest at their backs. A Tribe Called Red really is a one of a kind act and worth catching when they’re in your town.
From there it was the long haul (quarter mile at most) to The Echo Stage for the wild and woolly Murs. With his beard down to his chest and his dread’s looking full the former Living Legend took the stage with a laptop, a snack tray, two Heineken, and a bottle of Jameson. I was sad to see his running buddy DJ Foundation wasn’t with him, but he put on a great show nonetheless. He kicked it off by greeting all his fans in the front rows with a handshake and sampling drinks of as many people as he could before chugging a beer and getting the show going.
For as drunk as he had to be he still managed to put on an entertaining set. As a member of Atmosphere’s label Rhymesayers, Murs has quite a following and with his ties to Tucson Arizona the Valley has always been a stronghold for his fans.
That was my only trip to The Echo Stage on Sunday. Next, it was back to The Camelback stage for one of the acts I had been looking forward to most leading up to the festival, Futuristic. Futuristic is another Phoenix-based artist and along with his bombastic DJ Kode Break has strong ties to my favorite band Small Leaks Sink Ships formerly of Tempe Arizona. Futuristic and Code Break encountered some technical difficulties mostly stemming from the mid-afternoon Phoenix heat, but they persevered and still made it one of the most hyped sets of the day.
It’s almost unfair for Futuristic and Kode Break to work together because they are two of the most magnetic performers I have ever seen, and together it is impossible to look away. They mix EDM and hip-hop in a quite pleasing way but the real secret to their success is their audience engagement. They’re crowd surfing, they’re bringing fans on stage to rap on the mic, they’re getting the crowd going in the all the right ways to make them a memorable act. Separated both Futuristic and Kode Break would easily be a great success, but together it’s immortality or bust for one of the most fun touring musical acts right now.
After exiting the photo pit, I made my way into the crowd to enjoy the show, and after gettting deep enough into the crowd, I looked to my right and was dancing next to Danny Torgersen who had rocked the trumpet for FAYUCA earlier in the day. We exchanged hugs and then enjoyed the show.
When the set ended, I made my way back stage to give Kody a hug and meet Zach, a rapper I have been writing about for years but until then had still remained elusive to me. We chatted about the success of Small Leaks for a moment on the backside of the massive main stage, and then finalized our interview plans before I snuck off for lunch.
I had heard a rumor that Tom’s BBQ, my favorite BBQ spot in Mesa Arizona (30 minute drive from the grounds) had a booth set up. I had only been back in AZ, once for 3-days since moving to New York City, and I certainly didn’t have time to visit a little BBQ shop in Mesa, so Lost Lake Festival brought it to me.
After a sandwich, I caught back up with Futuristic and Kode Break for an interview about their upcoming plans.
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I made it over to Piestewa Stage just long enough to see the massive scene that was English DJ Snakehips set for about 10-minutes. The Arizona sun was still high in the sky, but that didn’t stop thousands of people from packing the green in front of the Piestewa stage and letting the mixologist from across the pond take them to funky town.
If there is one thing, Danny Brown definitely is himself. He’s a big goofball up on stage. The crowd loved every second of it. He and Big Gigantic made for a great late afternoon 1-2 punch to lead into the festival’s headliners. Both Brown and Gigantic had their fans out in force, repping their merch. and singing along. Well, singing in Brown’s case anyway. Danny Brown and Big Gigantic both did their part to get the crowd primed up and into a frenzy for the evening’s headliners Run The Jewels, Major Lazer, and Odesza.
The final three acts of the Festival were each the only act playing in their time-slot, which went right along with one of Lost Lake Festival’s biggest strengths. The options were not overwhelming. The lineup was strong, eclectic, big, but without forcing a major decision between bands or a mad rush across the grounds to catch half of two sets.  The 3-stage set up made it easy to catch just about everything you wanted to.
The first at taking the collective ear of Lost Lake was Run The Jewels, and having scene them before I know they’d kill. El-P and Killer Mike were made for each other. Not only are they coming with some of the hardest songs out in mainstream hip-hop, but they are also one of the most adorable couples I have ever seen in my life. El-P literally told Killer Mike to come hold him during the set. Watching what may go down as one of the greatest hip-hop duo’s in the history of the game perform is exciting. But knowing the two of them are best friends and enjoying what they are doing down to their bones makes it so much sweeter.
It was the last show of RTJ’s tour and they were on fire. It is crazy to think that two 40-year-old M.C.’s who were seemingly getting toward the end of their careers could become one of the biggest hip-hop acts in the world by joining forces. But that was the case with Run The Jewels. They played all the hits, they played around on stage like high schoolers, they engaged the crowd, they did everything right, and they brought a radical political message within their ridiculously well put together hip-hop tunes.
After shooting RTJ I made my way back into the crowd because there was no way I was going to miss a second of their set. I danced my way through the crowd looking for the right spot, and when I found it I looked to my right and saw none other than Danny Torgersen dancing next to me.  Me, him, and his green haired lady friend spent the rest of the set dancing together to Close Your Eyes, Call Tictron, Blockbuster Night, and all the rest of their hits.
The three of us embraced, realizing it was probably the last time we would see each other at the fest, but it was time to roll on.  I headed for the Major Lazer photo pit.
Diplo and Switch were already on and going when I got the pit, and they had all of Lost Lake Festival doing the dutty wine all over The Piestewa Stage. You hear stories about a guy like Diplo, about his personality and about him being a lazy performer. I can’t speak for anyone else’s Dipo experience, but he gave me everything I wanted from one of the world’s mega producers.
They had the biggest LED wall I have ever seen, backup dancers, and bass pounding hits. Phoenix doesn’t often get a crack at Major Laser so they made it count in the Copper State and the entire crowd danced as hard as they could. After shooting I found a cozy spot on stage left where Phoenix painter Matty B. was dancing it away with his vibe tribe buddies, before I moved closer and spent the rest of the set dancing next to a pixie cut blonde who I’m pretty sure I knew but couldn’t quite place.
 Whether we knew each other or not was irrelevant, the fact that we kept each other dancing throughout the set is what matters. We never spoke, we hardly made eye contact, but we were there side by side for a while keeping each other’s energy up.
We parted ways before the set ended, and when it did I made my way to meet back up with Josh, my host for the trip. Odesza was another act I had not the time to research going into the festival, but I was properly blown away by their entire set. They provided a most epic end to one of the most incredible festival’s I have ever been too, and what I am sure is one of the best maiden voyages for a fest ever.
Odesza brought the whole crowd into a high and had them stuck there for the duration. Headliners headline and that’s exactly what Colorado’s Odesza did, they occupied the space above the rest of the day’s performers. As far as the musical flow Superfly had provided for the festival, I don’t think there is a single act on earth that could have acted as the festival’s climax better than Odesza.
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ODESZA is really bringing Lost Lake Festival to an epic close. What a spectacular first year festival in the Valley of the Sun.
Posted by rBeatz on Sunday, October 22, 2017
During the middle of the set I literally bumped into someone because of my backpack. I looked at the person, and it was my former neighbor Ana from when I was in college at Arizona State University. We made a quick catch up before getting right back into the groove.
The set ended, and on the way out they set, the fire lilypads did their thing set to Purple Rain as the masses poured out of the festival grounds. I stood alone between the road and the agave maze, watching the fire shoot toward the sky like I had as a younger man at Saguaro Man. When the song finished I waited for my friends closer to the road when I caught a pair of eyes getting wider and wider attached to a handsome mexican face and I heard Cori Rios of The Hourglass Cats blurt out “what are you doing here?” He hugged me and lifted me off the ground, before we had a quick catch up and 30-second hug before we went our separate ways.
I got to neverland and Chance the Rapper told me all I need is happy thoughts, I’ve been flying ever since. Big Ups Lost Lake.
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I'm gonna be that person and ask you ALL of them! ;P (Also I've been meaning to message you lately!!)
... Well, I walked right into this one. Oooookay then, let’s do it.
1. selfie
N/A
2. what would you name your future kids?
Good question. I’ll answer you when I have any and I’ve made up my mind.
Seriously though, I have no idea. It’d probably depend on how I feel at the time and how my possible future wife would feel. I’d like to name any kids I have after characters I’m fond of, maybe Peter for a boy after Peter Parker. Probably give him Clark as a middle name too after superman. On the off chance I ever marry a Japanese woman though I’d insist we name our son Goku, but that’s a very specific situation so I don’t see it happening.
I guess if I ever had a daughter I’d name her Prima after my mother.
3. do you miss anyone?
My mother, my paternal grandparents, and all of my old pets that have passed away.
4. what are you looking forward to?
Tonight’s Dragon Ball Super episode and the My Little Pony movie. Also, my dog’s having puppies in a week, so that’s exciting.
5. is there anyone who can always make you smile?
My mum probably could have
6. is it hard for you to get over someone?
Are we talking in a romantic relationship ending sense or a friendship ending sense? If it’s the former I have no idea, no dating experience. It does take me a while to get over not talking to a friend anymore, but I cope pretty easily after a while. I like keeping to myself for the most part, I don’t have a lot of friends offline so it’s not too big a deal for me.
7. what was your life like last year?
Pretty meh, had a number of ups and downs, some really bad days, and some very good ones. And of course I discovered just how unbearably frustrating and depressing politics can really be and how much America and my own country make me want to bang my head against a wall. So, not a great year, but for me personally I coped alright. I just wish I’d done more to move forward with my life, like finding a full time job. i’m stuck in part time and I’m still looking.
8. have you ever cried because you were so annoyed?
I don’t think I’ve cried for that kind of reason. I usually only cry if I’m very sad or depressed over something, extreme annoyance tends to manifest in anger, ranting and fidgeting for me.
9. who did you last see in person?
My dad. He’s downstairs from me. Same as my sister. I just got back from seeing my nan aswell.
10. are you good at hiding your feelings?
Don’t think so.
11. are you listening to music right now?
No
12. what is something you want right now?
A cola lolly. I just finished the one I had.
13. how do you feel right now?
Alright.
14. when was the last time someone of the opposite sex hugged you?
My nan about an hour and a half ago when I left her house.
15. personality description
Nice and well meaning, and also a big idiot with low self esteem and easily frustrated, but ready to do whatever I can to help.
16. have you ever wanted to tell someone something but you didn’t?
Yes. Can’t think of any specific cases right now
17. opinion on insecurities.
They sure are worrisome?
18. do you miss how things were a year ago?
NO!
19. have you ever been to New York?
Nope. Only other countries besides Wales I’ve said foot in are England, Kenya, and Ibiza.
20. what is your favourite song at the moment?
None. I don’t really have favourite songs
21. age and birthday?
23 and February 7th
22. description of crush.
Non-existent.
23. fear(s)
Spiders
death
disappointing people
failure
24. height
No idea. I never measure myself. Around six feet though, I would imagine
25. role model
Real life: Jesus Christ, Lewis “Linkara” Lovhaug, my mother, Stan Lee.
Fictional: Peter Parker, Clark Kent, Son Goku, Steve Rogers
26. idol(s)
Isn’t this the same thing as role models? If so, then the above examples basically qualify. If this is the music term, then none.
27. things i hate
Pretty much every selfish, cruel, hateful and all around bad trait that people can have. Also, Sports. I HAAAAAAATE sports.
28. i’ll love you if…
You give me money :P
Kidding. I’ll love anyone just so long as they’re kind hearted, thoughtful and nice to me.
29. favourite film(s)
It always varies depending on how I feel at any given time. Some examples would probably include Spider-man 2, DBZ: Battle of Gods, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Wolf Children, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Tangled, The Avengers and Rugrats: The movie
30. favourite tv show(s)
Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z/Dragon Ball Super, Spider-man: The Animated series, Rugrats, Ed Edd n Eddy, My Hero Academia, Power Rangers Wild Force, Justice League, Spectacular Spider-man, Digimon Tamers, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
31. 3 random facts
I named my first cat Socks.
I Didn’t realize there had ever been any cast changes on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers until Kimberly left because I missed the episode writing out Jason, Zack and Trini, so I somehow didn’t notice that the black and yellow rangers were being played by actors of completely different races in the later parts of season 2 and season 3 until years after the fact. No, seriously, I was just that stupid as a really little kid.
Once when I was a kid I drew on the walls of my parents bedroom to make the place look like a jungle, as well as drawing whiskers and animal markings on me and my sister’s faces. I don’t remember it honestly, but I can tell my parents were mad about it.
32. are your friends mainly girls or guys?
In school most of them were boys, same for at work because there are only two women at the kennels compared to two male co-workers and my male employer. Online I’m friends with more girls than guys though.
33. something you want to learn
How to make YouTube reviews in the style of Brony Analysts like Silver Quill and Commander Firebrand. I’d like to make reviews of animation and comics, and comics related media into a hobby. but I have no idea where to start.
34. most embarrassing moment
I tend to repress those memories straight to heck, so I can’t tell you
35. favourite subject
Anything involving learning about animals.
36. 3 dreams you want to fulfill?
Being rich.
have a pet tiger.
Bring about world peace.
Something tells me none of them are coming true any time soon though. But hey, most dreams are unrealistic.
37. favourite actor/actress
I sincerely have no idea. Very hard to pick, and I don’t follow any actors religiously
38. favourite comedian(s)
Linkara
39. favourite sport(s)
NONE!
40. favourite memory
My holidays to Africa
41. relationship status
Single
42. favourite book(s)
The Harry Potter series, the Dragon Ball manga
43. favourite song ever
N/A
44. age you get mistaken for
Hasn’t really happened to me yet.
45. how you found out about your idol
No idea.
46. what my last text message says
“Can you pick up the prescription on your way home please?”
-My dad, in relation to his and my sister’s medication I picked up from the doctor’s. I actually couldn’t pick it up until the next day, but I forgot to tell him that sooner.
47. turn ons
If you mean this in the way I think you mean, then I’m not answering.
48. turn offs
See above.
49. where i want to be right now
Marathoning One Piece. I’m going to do that in a minute.
50. favourite picture of your idol
NA
51. starsign
Aquarius
52. something i’m talented at
Walking dogs
53. 5 things that make me happy
Cartoons
Cute animals
Video games
comic books
Anime
54. something thats worrying me at the moment
I have to book an appointment with the dentist soon.
55. tumblr friends
hayley566, perladelsur2000, dbzebra, and supersexyghotmew95 are the most notable. I’m not sure who else really considers me a friend, it’s not like I talk with everyone else a lot.
56. favourite food(s)
Fried chicken, pizza, salt and vinegar or sour cream and onion pringles, chocolate
57. favourite animal(s)
Tigers
58. description of my best friend
I can’t pick a best friend
59. why i joined tumblr
Just felt like it. Seemed like as good a website as any to start using, I followed a few youtubers I liked like Linkara and Joshscorcher on here anyway. Also, my friend Hayley566 was on here, so that was pretty convenient
60. ask me anything you want
Was there anything you wanted to ask?
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I went to Steven Gerrard's talk at the Belfast Waterfront Hall last night via /r/LiverpoolFC
I went to Steven Gerrard's talk at the Belfast Waterfront Hall last night
I was lucky enough to get a ticket to see Steven Gerrard do his first talk in Belfast’s Waterfront Hall last night. I didn’t know what to expect as I had always heard that Steven was a bit of a grumpy sod and always came across quite serious in interviews. The format of the evening was that Steven would be interviewed by a guy from LFC TV (whose name escapes me right now). They would also show pictures/ videos from Steven’s career and he would speak a little about each one. The interviewer said at the start of the evening that we would talk about the highs and also the lows. I thought I’d describe the points I can remember if anyone is interested.
Why Belfast?
He said he had received a lot of fan mail and support from Belfast and Northern Ireland so it was decided that his first talk should be here. Perhaps he told us what we wanted to hear but it was nice of him to acknowledge the fantastic support Liverpool receive from outside of Liverpool.
Getting to the first team
He was doing his apprenticeship and had finished cleaning the dressing room floors when he was handed the first team fixtures for the coming season. He was told that these were the fixtures he’ll need from now on. He admitted it was a massive step up to go into the dressing room and see all the players who he had watched. He remembers his first day of first team training when he “smashed” about six players (didn’t say who) to make a statement. When Phil Thompson waved at him to make his debut (against Blackburn I think) he felt physically sick. He came across as incredibly driven and stated that at that time he wanted to be the best player he could be and was relatively disruptive in the dressing room. He said that if someone was going to play ahead of him and he wasn’t happy about it he’d say as he didn’t care who upset to get to the top. Again he didn’t say who he upset. His life changed from then on.
Getting the Captaincy
He wasn’t expecting this. He felt bad that it was taken away from Sami Hyypia but stated that he thought the captain’s armband weighed heavy on Sami and that it affected his performances. A clip of Sami Hyypia was shown describing how he felt losing the armband. Although he was gutted, he realised Steven was the right man for the job and went over to Steven to congratulate him as Steven seemed quite awkward about it. Sami offered him any guidance and advice he needed to deal with the responsibility. Steven stated that it was everything he had ever wanted and it pushed him on to play better.
The Treble Winning Season
It is here that he felt like a proper Liverpool player as it was his first taste of success. He spoke a bit about Gary McAllister who at 34 was one of the fittest people he knew. He looked up to Gary and how he conducted himself, how he never made a bad decision in his life let alone on the pitch. He wished that Liverpool had signed him at 24 and not 34. Gary helped a lot of people in the dressing and was there for advice.
Houllier v Benitez
These men were completely different which took him a while to get used to. With Houllier, he would put his arm around you, speak to you with warmth, take your family out to dinner and get to know you as a person. Benitez was different. Steven felt that at the start, Rafa didn’t like him that much. He wouldn’t approach him or do the things that Houllier would do. Rafa kept the players at a distance and came across as cold. Steven said that he understands why he employed that tactic as it made him want to impress Rafa more. Steven confirmed that Rafa was one of the best tactically minded coaches he had worked with and would leave no stone unturned in his preparation. In addition, he mentioned Rafa’s right hand man – Paco. Steven said he’d never met anyone like him as he was more than just a fitness coach. He say stuff like – you’ll play 60 minutes on Saturday, you’ll not train for 2 days, then we’ll work on your legs, then we’ll do X,Y,Z. By Wednesday you’ll feel amazing. He was an incredibly smart man and whatever he said about fitness and conditioning came true. Steven said that Rafa and Paco were just perfect for each other.
Luis Garcia’s Chelsea Goal
The Chelsea lads bitched and moaned at him for years about the goal. His response was always if the ref didn’t give a goal, we would have got a penalty and the keeper sent off so want did they want?
Istanbul
He was surprised by the formation that Rafa chose. None of the players started well in the game and he felt distraught at half time. The dressing room was very heated and people were blaming each other. They calmed down and let Rafa speak then Steven spoke to the team. He mentioned the supporters and all the money they’d spent following Liverpool. He said what other fans would sing you off the pitch at half time being 3 nil down. He said they could still hear the fans singing YNWA from the dressing room and used it as motivation. The introduction of Hamann enabled him to get further up the pitch. A clip of Steven’s goal in the CL final was shown and he laughed saying Carragher did two turns in the lead up to the goal – something which he’d never seen before or since. Jamie likes to claim that he made that goal for him. The fifth penalty in the shoot-out was due to be taken by Steven. He admitted that was bricking it and was completely different to taking a penalty in a normal game. Standing there waiting to take his go was torture. He commended Xabi Alonso who was only about 23 at the time for taking the penalty in normal time. He had only recently become Liverpool’s penalty taker but to follow the ball up and score high was very difficult to do. Steven added that you find out a lot about your team mates in games that like. People like Carragher went through the pain barrier for the team. They were all mentally drained for about 3 weeks after that game and spent about week drunk as well. He also added that this game changed him as a player as he gained a lot of confidence which helped him through his career.
FA Cup final 2006
He joked and said he had to make up for Jaime Carragher’s own goal somehow as Jamie would never have gotten over it.
Xabi Alonso
As soon as he first passed a ball in training, he knew Xabi was different. His pass looked different, the way he kicked it was different and it sounded different. He was amazed that LFC got him for only £10m. When Xabi decided to move on, Steven as the Captain was informed first and he was very upset. He knew that despite the money we got for him, we’ve never find anyone else like him again. He was a massive loss to the club.
Luis Suarez
Didn’t talk as much about Luis – just to say he was absolutely gutted that he moved on.
The Chelsea slip
We were warned at the start of the evening that we would speak about the lows. This was the low that Steven himself wanted to speak about. The clip of him falling over was shown much to the audience’s discontent. He said it was just bad luck and although it still hurts him to this day if he had given the ball away or was dispossessed in that situation he wouldn’t have been able to live with himself. However, he wants to put in right somehow in the future. The audience gave him a lot of support during these few minutes.
Jurgen Klopp
He’s the type of manager that has the attitude – it’s my way or the high way and is very demanding. As soon as he finished with LA Galaxy, Jurgen got in contact and wanted a meeting with him to be involved in the club. He was also contacted by Klopp about playing in Australia against Sydney FC and knew a few months beforehand that he was going. This gave him a chance to train a bit. He said although his footballing mind is still there he can’t run as fast or be at the places he wanted to be. Steven, McManaman, Agger all treated it like a serious game and didn’t want to disappoint the Australian fans.
Leaving Liverpool/ LA Galaxy
Towards the end he was having discussions with Brendan Rodgers about reducing his time as a player. Steven said it was all stats/goals/ minutes and he wasn’t happy playing a bit part so he decided it would be better if he left as he was never a good sub. Whenever he was employed as a sub he felt pent up and was reckless whenever he got on the pitch. He laughed that it would be best for everyone if he moved on. He still loved football and felt like he had still a lot to offer. He couldn’t be around the city of Liverpool if not playing for Liverpool nor did he want to go up to the games. He decided the best thing would be to get as far away from Liverpool as possible and that’s when he chose LA. It was also a good time for him,his wife and kids to go somewhere where nobody knew them. Playing for Galaxy although not the same allowed him to heal.
Jordan Henderson
Steven said that Jordan is a hard worker and we have no idea how much he sacrifices for the club.
Friendship in Football
He said as a player, standing in the tunnel beside some teams he felt hatred towards other players. In the England set up, he pretended to like people. He started to form real friendships after being away from football which is why him and Rio Ferdinand are close now.
EDIT: Misspelling of Xabi & Luis
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