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fictionplumis · 4 years

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Okay, next on my “Animal Crossing Stuff I’m Looking For” list!

I’m looking for yellow pansies and yellow roses, as well as these items, in order of importance:

Wester-Style Stone Stone Lion-Dog Zen-Style Stone Stonehenge Mossy Garden Rock Katana Flat Garden Rock Tall Garden Rock Moai Statue Beach Towel Beach Ball (not the watermelon one, I have that one, I would be willing to trade it for a different beach ball) Ukulele Beach Chair Sand Castle Palm-Tree Lamp Poolside Bed Coconut Juice Surfboard Log Bench Fire Pit Firewood Log Dining Table Tiny Library Candy Machine Climbing Wall Flower Stand Garden Bench Garden Wagon Handy Water Cooler Natural Square Table Plastic Pool Popcorn Machine Street Organ Tennis Table Under the cut I have a list of fossils I have that I’m willing to trade, I have all the fruit I’m willing to trade, recipes for the Light Bamboo Rug and the Bamboo Doll, and I have a number of hybrid flowers and types that I’m willing trade. If you want, there’s also a list of my catalog and color variations below that I can order and have sent to you! Message me if you’re interested in trading!

FOSSILS

Acanthostega Ankylo Skull Ankylo Torso Myllokunmingla Megacero Torso Mammoth Skull Left Quetzal Wing Iguanodon Torso Deinony Torso Deinony Tail Right Quetzal Wing Spino Skull Stego Torso T. Rex Skull Tricera Tail Trilobite

FURNITURE CATALOG

Amp - Pink Anatomical Model Arcade Seat - Grey Autograph Cards - Signature, Handprints Automatic Washer - Green Basketball Hoop - Black Bathroom Sink - Black Bathroom Towel Rack - Silver Beach Ball - Watermelon Board Game - Territory Game Book - Western Literature, Encyclopedia Bottled Ship - Leisure Boat

Camping Cot - Yellow Candle - White Cardboard Box - Plain, Oranges, Cherries Cassette Player - White, Black Chalkboard - Art Changing Room - Green Coffee Cup - Royal Coffee Grinder Cordless Phone - Silver Corkboard - Natural Cream and Sugar - Brown Cushion Cute Bed - White Cute Floor Lamp - White, Red Cute Tea Table - White Cypress Plant - Blue Den Chair - Black, Brown Den Desk - Brown Wood Desk Mirror - Gold Diner Neon Clock - Red Diner Neon Sign - Purple Diner Sofa - Pink Dinnerware Director's Chair - Black Dolly - Red Double Sofa - Blue Drying Rack - White Elephant Slide - Red, Gray Espresso Maker - White Essay Set - In Progress Exercise Ball - Pink Exercise Bike - Yellow Fan - White, Pink Film Projector Floating-Biotope Planter - White Floor Light - White Floor Seat - Dark Wood Floor Sign - No Parking Foosball Table - Brown Football Formal Paper - Brown Fortune-Telling Set - Purple Futon Garbage Can Garbage Pail Garden Faucet - Stainless Garden Gnome - Sprightly Gnome Garden Lantern - White Gas Range - Blue Gears - Silver Globe - Standard Hammock - Brown Hamster Cage - Blue Handcart - Green Imperial Chest - Brown Imperial Decorative Shelves - Brown Inflatable Sofa - Purple Ironing Set Kimono Stand Kitty Litter Box - Green Kotatsu Lab-Experiments Set Lantern - Red Lawn Mower - Yellow Lecture-Hall Bench - Dark Brown Loom Magazine Magnetic Knife Rack - Wooden Mama Bear - Cream Metronome - Red, Cream Mic Stand Microwave - Black, Green Mini-Cactus Set Modern Office Chair - Yellow, Light Blue Monstera - Black Moss Ball Mountain Bike - Green, Blue Mounted Blue Marlin Mr. Flamingo - Natural Mrs. Flamingo - Natural Mug - Turquoise, Black Nintendo Switch - Neon Blue & Red, Gray Oil Lamp Old-Fashioned Alarm Clock - Gold Pants Press - Brown Paper Lantern - Dark Wood, Orange Wood Party Garland - Gorgeous Pendulum Clock Picnic Basket - White Portable Radio - Yellow Portable Record Player - Blue, Black Pro Tape Recorder - Gray Rattan Bed - Brown Rattan Stool - Light Brown Rattan Table Lamp - Brown Record Box - Black Revolving Spice Rack - White Rock Guitar - Orange-Yellow Rocket Lamp - Blue School Chair - Brown & White Serving Cart - Natural Sewing Machine - Green Shaded Floor Lamp - Red Shaved-Ice Maker - Green Simple Kettle - Red, Yellow Simple Panel - White Skeleton Sleeping Bag - Blue Snow Globe Stand Mixer - Black Stovetop Espresso Maker - Black Studio Spotlight - White Tankless Toilet - Pink Tapestry - Geometric Pattern Tea Set - White Telescope Throwback Wall Clock - Blue Toilet - Dark Wood Tool Cart - Red Tool Shelf - Black Traditional Tea Set - Plain Typewriter - Blue Utility Sink Vacuum Cleaner - Black Vintage TV Tray - Gold, Black Wall Clock - White Writing Chair - Light Brown Writing Desk - Light Brown Writing Poster - Periodic Table Zen Cushion

#acnh #acnh community #animal crossing #animal crossing new horizons #ac trade

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dr-archeville · 5 years

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Upcoming Retro Films at the Carolina Theatre of Durham (January-June 2020)

All movies are on Fridays (unless otherwise stated) starting at 7:00pm (or so), and cost $9.50 for both films ($7.00 for the Wednesday‘s Cinema Overdrive and MovieDiva shows). Most shows also have drawings for door prizes – submit your name & a film you’d like to see, and you could win a fridge magnet with a scene from the night’s movie (or something else!).

You can also get a season pass for $80.00, which covers the Friday night double features and the Wednesday night Cinema Overdrive shows (but does not include Anime-Magic, FantasticRealm, or MysteyRealmFilm Film Series, or the Wednesday MovieDiva Film Series).

Jan 15th (Cinema Overdrive): Mark L. Lester’s Commando (1985)

Jan 17th: The Coen Brothers’ The Big Lebowski (1988) and The Coen Brothers’ O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Jan 22nd (MovieDiva): Clarence Brown’s Possessed (1931)

Jan 24th (Sunday): Nevermore Fundraiser ($12): Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead (1982) and Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead II (1987)

Jan 24th-27th (Fri-Mon): Anime-Magic Film Series -- Eiichi Yamamoto’s BellaDonna of Sadness (1973; in Japanese w/ English subtitles), Hiayao Miyazaki’s Castle in the Sky (1986; in Japanese w/ English subtitles), Satoshi Kon’s Millennium Actress (2001; in Japanese w/ English subtitles), Hiayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro (1988; in Japanese w/ English subtitles), Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984; in Japanese w/ English subtitles), Masaaki Yuasa’s The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2013; in Japanese w/ English subtitles), Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke (1997; in Japanese w/ English subtitles), Takeshi Koike’s Redline (2009; in Japanese w/ English subtitles), Hiroyuki Yamaga’s Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise (1987; in Japanese w/ English subtitles), Isao Takahata’s The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013; in Japanese w/ English subtitles), Toyoo Ashida’s Vampire Hunter D (1985; in Japanese w/ English subtitles), Amp Wong & Zhao Ji’s White Snake (2018; in Chinese w/ English subtitles), and Mamoru Hosonda’s Wolf Children (2012; in Japanese w/ English subtitles)

Jan 29th (Cinema Overdrive): Aldo Lado’s Who Saw Her Die? (1972)

Jan 31st: Harold Ramis’ Groundhog Day (1993) and Beeban Kidron’s To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)

Feb 5th (MovieDiva): Mervyn Leroy’s Heat Lightning (1934)

Feb 7th: David Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1987) and Lawrence Kasdan’s Body Heat (1981)

Feb 9th (Sun): Fan Appreciation Day -- Free showings of Stanley Donan & Gene Kelly’s Singin’ in the Rain (1952) and Kevin Smith’s Clerks (1994), and each free show comes with a free popcorn & soda!

Feb 12th (Cinema Overdrive): Don Siegel’s The Beguiled (1971)

Feb 14th: Rob Reiner’s The Princess Bride (1987) and Mel Brooks’ Robin Hood: Men In Tights (1993)

Feb 19th (MovieDiva): Mervyn Leroy’s Five Star Final (1931)

Feb 21st: Edmund Goulding’s Nightmare Alley (1947) and Boris Ingster’s Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

Feb 28th-March 1st (Fri-Sun): Nevermore Film Festival

Mar 4th (MovieDiva): Frank Urson’s Chicago (1927)

Mar 6th: Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy (1972) and Richard Franklin’s Road Games (1981)

Mar 13th: Jim Henson’s Labyrinth (1986) & Richard Franklin’s Beetlejuice (1988)

Mar 13th-15th (Fri-Sun): FantasticRealm Film Series -- Charles Lamont’s Abbot and Costello Meet The Invisible Man (1951), Joe D’Amato’s Ator The Fighting Eagle (1982), James Sbardellati’s Deathstalker (1983), Fred M. Wilson’s Forbidden Planet (1956), Terry Marcel’s Hawk The Slayer (1980), Don Siegel’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), James Whale’s The Invisible Man (1933), Ishiro Honda’s Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964; in Japanese w/ English subtitles), Richard Fleischer’s Red Sonja (1985), Ishiro Honda’s Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975; in Japanese w/ English subtitles), Howard Hawk’s The Thing From Another World (1951), and Byron Haskin’s The War of the Worlds (1953)

Mat 18th (Cinema OverDrive): William Friedkin’s Sorcerer (1977)

Mar 20th: John Hughes’ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) and John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club (1985)

Mar 25th (MovieDiva): Erle C. Kenton’s Island of Lost Souls (1932)

Mar 27th: Jonathan Lynn’s Clue (1985) and Fred Walton’s April Fool’s Day (1986)

Apr 10th: Randal Kleiser’s Grease (1978) and Patricia Birch’s Grease 2 (1982)

Apr 15th (Cinema Overdrive): J. Lee Thompson’s Eye of the Devil (1967)

Apt 17th: David Lynch’s Dune (1984) and Shin’ya Tsukamoto’s Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

Apr 22nd (Cinema OverDrive): William K. Howard’s Transatlantic (1931)

Apr 24th: Michael Mann’s The Keep (1983) and Dario Argento’s Suspiria (1977)

Apr 29th (Cinema Overdrive): John Frankenheimer’s Seconds (1966)

May 1st: David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers (1988) and David Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch (1991)

May 6th (MovieDiva): Lloyd Bacon & Busby Berkeley’s Footlight Parade (1933)

My 8th: James Cameron’s Aliens (1986) and David Fincher’s Alien 3 (1992)

May 13th (Cinema Overdrive): Robert Zemeckis’ Used Cars (1980)

May 15th: The Coen Brothers’ Raising Arizona (1987) and The Coen Brothers’ Barton Fink (1991)

May 20th (MovieDiva): Rouben Mamoulian’s Queen Christina (1933)

May 27th (Cinema Overdrive): Gary Sherman’s Vice Squad (1982)

May 29th: Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane (1941) and Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

Jun 3rd (MovieDiva): Roy del Ruth’s Employees’ Entrance (1933)

Jun 5th: Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein (1974) and Roman Polanski’s The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

Jun 10th (Cinema Overdrive): Abel Ferrara’s Ms. 45 (1981)

Jun 12th: Colin Higgin’s The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and Nancy Walker’s Can’t Stop The Music (1980)

Jun 17th (MovieDiva): Thornton Freeland’s Flying Down To Rio (1933)

Jun 19th: John Carpenter’s Big Trouble In Little China (1986) and John Carpenter’s Escape From New York (1981)

Jun 19th-22nd (Fri-Mon): MysteryRealm Film Series -- John Sturges’ Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Albert S. Rogell’s The Black Cat (1941), J. Lee Thompson’s Cape Fear (1962), William Friedkin’s Cruising (1980), Alfred Hitchcock’s Dial M for Murder (1954), Michael Mann’s Manhunter (1986), Guy Hamilton’s The Mirror Crack’d (1980), David Schmoeller’s Seduction (1982), Anatole Litvak’s Sorry Wrong Number (1948), Alfred Hitchcock’s Suspicion (1941), Fred Walton’s When A Stronger Calls (1979), and Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man (1973)

Jun 24th (Cinema Overdrive): Steve Carver’s Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)

Jun 26th: Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) and William Girder’s Grizzly (1976)

So many amazing films!!!

Carolina Theatre of Durham 309 W. Morgan St., Durham, NC http://www.carolinatheatre.org/

#Carolina Theatre #Durham #Carolina Theatre of Durham #NC #Retro Film Series #reasons to keep living

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narrie · 3 years

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“red white and royal blue isn’t being made into a movie lmao”

ACTUALLY Amazon did buy the rights to this screenplay in 2019, but who knows what the status of it is now. So original anon was half right.

anonymous said: it might potentially be bc in like 2019 amazon gained the film rights but theres been no news as to whether its gonna become a movie yet

anonymous said: Like, I know this is from 2019 but do I just not know how to read then??https://www.google.com/amp/s/deadline.com/2019/04/red-white-royal-blue-novel-amazon-studios-berlanti-productions-win-novel-auction-1202593251/amp/

NOT AMAZON 😩 but damn 2019 and nothing lmao?

#ask

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bohoweddingdress · 4 years

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#Blog New Post has been published on http://www.titoslondon.co.uk/what-deepika-padukone-and-meryl-streep-wore-on-16072018/

What Deepika Padukone and Meryl Streep wore on 16/07/2018

Image: Viral Bhayani, Rex Features

When you travel as much as Deepika Padukone does, it’s important to make sure your travel wardrobe is as comfortable as it is cool. Yesterday, the actor touched down in Mumbai wearing yet another on-point outfit, while Yami Gautam walked out of Mumbai airport in a floral dress. Dresses also won the votes of Priyanka Chopra and Meryl Streep last evening. While Chopra joined Nick Jonas for a night out in that striped midi, Streep opted for a royal blue belted number by Marni. Going down the Indian ethnic route, Kangana Ranaut kept her look fuss-free in a cotton kurta, Janhvi Kapoor chose an embellished Ritika Mirchandani, and Esha Gupta picked a wedding-ready Ranian ensemble. Here’s a look at everything you missed.

Deepika Padukone’s lesson on wearing tracks all day, every day

Deepika Padukone isn’t just one of Bollywood’s biggest stars, she’s also a pro at sports. The actor was a national level badminton player before she entered the world of modelling and Bollywood, and has spoken out about her love for fitness time and again. Thus, it comes as no surprise then that Padukone’s everyday wardrobe has often echoed her passion for athletic wear. While her fans get see her walking red carpets in regal Sabyasachi saris and gorgeous gowns more often than not, Deepika Padukone’s off-duty style tends to include practical, athleisure-inspired pieces, especially when she’s on-the-go. Think psychedelic leggings, cool sneakers and simple tank tops.

Whether or not you are a fitness enthusiast, there’s always place in your wardrobe for a pair of ultra-comfortable yet stylish track pants, and the star’s latest travel outfit serves as the perfect example. For her most recent flight back to Mumbai, Deepika Padukone opted for a simple white T-shirt tucked into roomy grey and black Nike track pants. The actor layered up for her flight in an oversized denim jacket, and wore her athleisure look with white sneakers. While she added a practical sling bag, sunglasses, a watch and gold cuffs to her look, you can skip the accessories altogether and wear her outfit for your next workout or even a Netflix marathon with friends.

While Padukone jet sets around the country in one envy-worthy casual look after another, her fans continue to wonder if the rumours about her wedding are true. Until a confirmation is made, here’s a look at how you can recreate Deepika Padukone’s latest outfit right now.

Denim jacket, TopshopRs 3,800Buy Now

Track pants, AsosRs 1,500Buy Now

Sneakers, PumaRs 3,599Buy Now

Janhvi Kapoor’s mehandi-ready outfit will amp up your wedding style

Ever since Janhvi Kapoor began promoting her debut film Dhadak, Indian ethnic ensembles have been her go-to look. While the actor began her promotional outings in a handful of anarkalis (think Anushree Reddy, Sukriti & Aakriti and one of her favourites, Manish Malhotra), she quickly moved on to meeting her fans in lehengas (there’s no forgetting her blush pink Anita Dongre, or that bohemian Anamika Khanna version). Now, it seems like a new Indian ethnic silhouette has caught Janhvi Kapoor’s fancy: dhoti trousers.

On June 12, Kapoor accompanied Ishaan Khatter for Dhadak promotions in Mumbai wearing a floral Nikasha blouse and dhoti pants set, and most recently, the actor returned to the trend in Chandigarh. This time around, the actor opted for a short, pastel blue Ritika Mirchandani kurta worn with matching draped trousers. Featuring heavy silver embellishment, Kapoor complemented her strappy kurta with her accessories for the day: stacked silver bangles, shoulder-grazing chaandbalis and silver-detailed juttis. The look made for a perfect sartorial option for the next poolside mehandi celebration you will attend.

Janhvi Kapoor isn’t the only Bollywood star who’s been giving regular trousers a break for more interesting versions when it comes to her ethnic wardrobe. We’ve seen Alia Bhatt and Kareena Kapoor Khan party in sharara pants, Shraddha Kapoor and Mira Rajput Kapoor out and about in dhoti trousers, and Deepika Padukone in palazzo pants too. Are you a fan of Janhvi Kapoor’s latest OOTD? Recreate it via our edit now.

Earrings, Oscar de la RentaRs 11,400Buy Now

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If there’s one Indian ethnic staple Bollywood loves wearing, it’s got to be the kurta. Kareena Kapoor Khan and Mira Rajput Kapoor love travelling in them, Sara Ali Khan and Janhvi Kapoor wear casual versions to dance classes, and Alia Bhatt has reinvented the classic more times than one can count. Even Anushka Sharma chose to make one of her first post-wedding public appearances in a Sabyasachi kurta set. So what is it that makes kurtas a celebrity favourite throughout the year? The fact that they are both, comfortable and versatile. While a wedding-ready kurta is easy to manage at sangeets and receptions, versions in light fabrics are lifesavers during Indian humid weathers.

If you’ve been looking for a kurta set to see you through Mumbai’s monsoon, Kangana Ranaut’s latest pick is just right for you. The actor is back from her travels to London, and recently stepped out in the midst of a drizzle to catch up with friends.

For her latest outing, Ranaut opted for a checkered white kurta with three-quarter sleeves, and matched it with printed trousers that ended just above the ankles (great for a day when you’re going to be dodging puddles). She wore the outfit without a dupatta, and gave the look a fun, casual spin by carrying along a little Louis Vuitton backpack. Ivory rope sandals completed the look. Want to know where you can buy separates just like Kangana Ranaut’s? Check out options that look like hers below.

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Haven’t seen Amanda Seyfried, Heidi Klum and Priyanka Chopra’s latest outfits yet? Catch up now.

1/8 Priyanka Chopra with Nick Jonas in New York

Image: Getty

Amanda Seyfried in Alexander McQueen in London

Image: Getty

Deepika Padukone in Nike at Mumbai airport

Image: Viral Bhayani

Esha Gupta in Ranian and Pastels and Pop

Image: Instagram.com/egupta

Heidi Klum in New York

Image: Instagram.com

Janhvi Kapoor in Ritika Mirchandani, Minerali, Silver Streak and Needledust at Dhadak promotions in Chandigarh

Image: APH Images

Kangana Ranaut carrying a Louis Vuitton backpack in Mumbai

Image: Viral Bhayani

Meryl Streep in Marni, Norman Silverman and Edie Parker in London

Image: Rex Features

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17 of the best pop culture Halloween costume ideas for kids right now, from Meghan and Harry to Serena to Riverdale

Usually, my favorite Halloween costumes that our readers come up with each year are clever pop culture reference costumes. Do you remember the “Derry with the Bat” costume that Kristen’s son wore last year, from the viral meme last year? It was amazing!

So, to spark your creativity this year, we’ve listed some of our favorite pop culture Halloween costumes for kids, babies, tweens and teens, from the buzziest people, films, books, and heroes of the year.

Psst…we bet you’ll be seeing tons of these next year, too. -Kate with Liz

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Related: 13 of the coolest family costume ideas, from Moana to Guardians to Avocado Toast

Photo ©Toddlewood

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Costume Pop culture moment of the year probably goes to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding, and it’s actually a really easy costume to pull off for your kids. If you want to go all-out, you must check out the Meghan and Harry costume photo shoot by Toddlewood, photographer Tricia Messeroux’s brilliant service in which she transforms kids into all kinds of iconic figures and celebs — then captures them spectacularly. I mean the details here, from Harry’s scruff (drawn on with a reddish-brown pencil to Meghan’s earrings and tiara. Her site even has a video about the shoot from Access Hollywood so you can see how a pro achieves that facial hair on a pre-adolescent.

(PS check her site for a TON of incredible pop culture costume inspiration, from movie posters to Grammy winners.)

If you want to keep a Harry/Meghan costume simple, you can do that with a kid-sized veil and bouquet sold at Chasing Fireflies (or DIY of course), then just find a simple white dress like this cotton t-shirt dress I found on Amazon for $11. With all that extra time, you can whip up a papier-mâché horse and carriage too.

Photo: Gigi Dinsena

Miguel from Coco My kids have been streaming Coco over and over again, so we think this Miguel Halloween costume I spotted on at Gigi Disena’s Instagram demonstrates it can be both fun and easy. All you need is a red hoodie and we found a really affordable Coco Guitar on Amazon for $26.99 (versus the super spendy Mattel version) or you can try to paint your own basic one.hen, recreate Miguel’s Dia de los Muertos face paint to complete the look.

For more inspiration, check out the outrageous Coco Family cosplayers on our family Halloween costume idea post. They’re incredible!

Photo: Primary

Serena Williams OMG, this baby Serena Williams costume at Primary is amazing. We love Primary’s costume gallery, because it’s filled with ideas made from their kids’ clothing basics that can be all be disassembled and worn again. For Serena, a black leotard and leggings and a tutu will do it. Just add a tennis racket and you’ll have the grand-slam champion of your Halloween party. You don’t even need to spend $1700 on Nike’s Queen Collection Sneakers to pull it off. Phew.

Photo: Bored, Inc.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Costume RBG is a perennial favorite of ours for Halloween, because so easy and so smart. We’ve shared this awesome costume from Bored, Inc. before — but this year, reach to the artist to see if she’ll make one custom, since I don’t see it in the shop right now.

We’ve also shared a fun Ruth Bader Ginsburg costume tutorial in last year’s strong girl costumes roundup. Or, just grab an affordable black long-sleeve tunic dress and add a lacy white collar and a bun.

For a baby, just add one of these RBG dissent collar baby bibs from Becky Garcia Dirtsa Studio to a black onesie and you’re set. But whatever your trick-or-treater’s age, be sure to give that girl a judge’s gavel too, because she’s got important, life-altering decisions to be making. Beyond whether to pick the Milky Way Dark or the Butterfingers.

Black Panther Dora Milaje/Okoye Costume The fierce female warrior costume of the year — besides Ruther Bader Ginsburg — is definitely Okoye and the rest of her Dora Milaje sisters. While we honor you DIYers who can put together this costume, honestly, buying a child’s Okoye costume is so easy and affordable at Target, and you can amp it up with your own personal touches like authentic face paint (Ebony Jane’s YouTube tutorial is terrific).

For a younger kid who wants to balance her fierceness with her inner tutu-lover, I adore this Okoye tutu dress costume att Etsy shop The Royal Rose Boutique. Sure, maybe the real Okoye couldn’t fight so well in this considering even her wig was a hindrance but you know, Halloween.

Related: Fun Halloween costume kits kids can DIY themselves

Photo: Primary

T’Challa/Black Panther Costume Of course, you can find a Black Panther costume in any costume shop right now but unlike a Dora Milaje uniform, T’Challa’s costume is a lot easier to DIY. Primary has some easy instructions to create your own diy Black Panther costume for kids just using a simple set of their black pajamas — meaning the kids can even fall asleep in them that night after the sugar crash. Perfect!

Photo: Hanalulu12 on Instagram

Colin Kaepernick Costume Over the past two years, Colin Kaepernick has become a symbol of peaceful protest and committed philanthropy for millions, and we imagine we’ll be seeing a lot of baby Colins out trick-or-treating again this year. Especially as Nike chose him as the face of their 30th anniversary ad campaign this fall (as you might have heard.) @hanalulu12’s baby Kap costume totally went viral last year and we still think it’s perfect.

All you need is a kids’ 49ers jersey (although, instead of giving them 15 bucks, we could easily DIY our own with a plain red jersey or onesie and some white duct tape) and a football. Easiest costume ever. Just remember — honoring isn’t the same as appropriation. Skip the afro or cornrow wigs.

Photo: Modern Kids Photography for Oh Happy Day

Mr. Rogers Costume Did you see Won’t You Be My Neighbor? this year? It brought back all the memories and renewed our love for Fred Rogers all over again so we hope we see lots of kids dressing up in a Mr. Rogers costume this year. This idea at Oh Happy Day shows how easy it can be. You just need khakis, keds, and a cardigan — and those Land of Make Believe puppets don’t hurt.

Photo: EM Ford/My Pale Skin Blog

Mean Girls Costumes With the huge success of Mean Girls on Broadway this past year, our tweens and teens are all obsessed with Regina, Karen, Gretchen and Cady — though we (as parents, ahem) highly suggest kids go for the pink Wednesday look, and not the Santa costumes or Karen’s sexy mouse. )Of course it’s hilarious if you accompany them as “the cool mom.”)

One way to do Regina that’s more funny than sexy is with this hihlarious Regina George prom costume, complete with headgear, as seen in a YouTube video tutorial from EM Ford. She’s got makeup tips and even DIY tips for that neck brace!

Photo: Always Erin

If you want to be even cooler, have your kids dress in a Damian costume which Always Erin nails here with simply a light blue hoodie pulled up plus dark glasses — and that perfect sign. Of course Damian needs his Janis Ian, which you can pull off with all-black clothing. lace-up boots, and an oversized army green jacket, or a funky jeans jacket if you’re going for Barrett Wilbert Weed’s cult favorite Broadway version of Janis.

If you trick-or-treat in Liz’s Brooklyn neighborhood this year, you might even see her accompanying a Janis and secretly stealing her Reeses.

Photo: © Sarah Macon / @sarahmacon_

Riverdale Halloween Costumes Do you have tweens or teens obsessed with the insanely campy Riverdale? We can’t believe how totally perfect this kids’ Jughead costume is from Sara Macon on Instagram! She nailed it, down to the South Side S on the shirt, the leather jacket (you can even get a serpent patch for the back) plus her own perfect, DIY Jughead beanie — though you can find those for sale as well. Maybe add a felt hamburger in the back pocket?

photo: © Nicole Stetter / @bearmom

There are so many easy ways to go for Riverdale Halloween costumes, from the Vixens cheerleaders to the varsity team jackets, to Josie and the Pussycats. If you want to go dark though (hey, it is Halloween) you have to see the Cheryl and Jason Blossom costumes from Nicole Stetter @bearmom. Whoa. No wonder this image went super viral last year. Halloween Mom of the Year Award!

PS Season One is way better than the others, and so are the references.

Fader Magazine via Boombox

Drake Costume My Instagram feed is full of friends’ kids doing the Kiki challenge. (Sigh.) With Drake so huge with so many kids, this kid’s Drake costume I saw over at Boombox from a Fader Magazine cover is spot on should you need some inspiration. Of course it helps if your kid can nail the facial expression, but that distinctive beard isn’t too tough to replicate. Plus his wardrobe is so varied, you can do a leather jacket, varsity jacket, puffer jacket or vest.

Related: 11 of the best homemade kids’ Halloween costumes of 2017

Photo: Primary

Rachel Chu Costume from Crazy Rich Asians

I read the book and watched the movie and have to admit, Crazy Rich Asians was the entertainment highlight of the fall for me. So I loved this Crazy Rich Asians DIY wedding dress costume I found at Primary. They share the step-by-step instructions to help you make Constance Wu’s Rachel’s dress for the big wedding — just add a tiara, of course! You can skip the flooded sidewalks outside your home though.That would be smart.

Photo: Warner Bros

I bet we’ll be seeing a few Go Peik Lin (Awkwafina) and Goh Wye Mun (Ken Jeong) costumes too. That’s the cool thing about a huge movie hit with a big ensemble cast and amazing costume design — it’s just made for group Halloween costumes!

Image: The Daya Daily

The Mrs’s from A Wrinkle In Time Costumes Speaking of group costumes, our kids were fairly obsessed with A Wrinkle In Time this Year. (Did you catch our AWIT inspired Science Guide for Kids? It’s awesome!) Whether your kid is trick-or-treating alone or in a trio, check out the video tutorial for A Wrinkle In Time Mrs’s Costumes and Makeup from The Daya Daily. I mean, it’s impossible to live up to costume designer Paco Delgado and makeup artist Derick Rutledge’s original work, but still, pretty impressive! Especially for kids.

Photo: Loot Llama Designs

Fortnite Halloween Costumes Search for any Fortnite character on Etsy, and you’ll have plenty of costume options to choose from. But I love these Fortnite Onesies from Loot Llama Designs, because they tone down the sexy vibe of characters like Zoe, shown here, while still making an obvious connection to the characters.

If you want to DIY, Lilly Singh has a video on DIY Fortnite costume ideas and wow…she has some energy! Skip to about 4:00 in if you want to jump right to the ideas for Amazon,

Related: 14 empowering girl Halloween costumes inspired by real life heroes

Ready Player One Halloween Costumes Geek culture is obsessed with Ready Player One this year, and Target has a ready-to-wear kids’ Parzival costume that’s budget-friendly. Even if your own kid decides to DIY their own jean jacket to give it a bit more authenticity, the grey-and-blue wig will complete the look. And yes, for authenticity sake, Wade wears a VR headset, not his avatar Parzival, but if you want to drive home the costume concept, we found this cheap VR headset to top it off.

Of course some of us around here are rooting for more Art3mis/Samantha and Helen Harris/Aech costumes, but…good luck with that Aech one!

Photo: Brenda Ponnay for Alpha Mom

Wonder Woman Costume For another fierce fighter, the original Amazon Queen is still a pop culture costume hit, and while there are plenty of Wonder Woman costumes in shops right now, I love this comfortable DIY DIY Wonder Woman t-shirt tutorial from our friends at Alpha Mom. Brenda offers the step-by-step instructions so that you — or your older, crafty kids — could make this yourself.

Photo: Netflix

The Queer Eye Guys Costume We find that whenever we watch an episode of Queer Eye with our tweens, we end up with a smile on our faces. And these costumes would be so hip — so much so, we can’t even find any photos of kids wearing them yet. Plus, the costumes are easy!

If you want to be Antoni, throw together a white tee and jeans with a bandana tied around your neck. And, of course, an avocado in your hand. Tan is all about the hair — and any patterned collar shirt you can find. For Jonathan VanNess, you pretty much just need a fab outfit, a blowdryer, some facial hair drawn on, and a long black wig, but you may have to trim it depending on your kid’s height. Even Jonathan has his hair length limits. Kind of.

Source: https://bloghyped.com/17-of-the-best-pop-culture-halloween-costume-ideas-for-kids-right-now-from-meghan-and-harry-to-serena-to-riverdale/

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onpurposeilovehimonpurpose · 8 months

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Fingers Friday

Or one finger and the man it is attached to. I don't have a lot to say about it. It isn't the best shot, but it does its job.

Also a second "Fingers Friday" pic cause I couldn't leave Nicholas out on his birthday. I hope he gets peace, comfort and whatever he wants. (And may one of those things he wants be confirmation that there will be a RWRB2. - lol)

#taylor zakhar perez #rwrb film #rw&rb #RWRB #RWRB Movie #Red White & Royal Blue #FirstPrince #Alex X Henry #Fingers Friday #Friday #My RWRB Gifs #Alex Claremont-Diaz #Alexander Claremonth Diaz #HRH Prince Henry #HRH Prince Henry George Edward James Hanover-Stuart Fox #Henry Fox

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tinymixtapes · 6 years

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David Byrne adds a thousand more tour dates to American Utopia tour…and a few of them are even IN America! :-o

Sheesh, this David Byrne character sure knows how to stay in the news. It was barely more than a week ago that we were falling all over ourselves trying to tell you about the man’s forthcoming album American Utopia (yeah, yeah; still due March 9 and pre-orderable now from Nonesuch, blah blah blah…), as well as the recent “Reasons to be Cheerful” talk he gave in New York, a brand new single co-written with his life coach and squash partner Brian Eno, AND a pretty sizable smattering of world tour dates. I mean, seriously — we even threw the goddamn cover art in there; it was en EPIC amount of news. Welllllll, a mere eight days later, and we’re basically writing this post all-the-fuck over again…because Byrne has just unveiled an even-more-vastly-expanded run of dates that’ll keep him on the road clear through the start of September. In addition, he’s let it slip that he’ll be performing songs from the new album — as well as Talking Heads and solo-Byrne classics — in “choreographed” concerts backed by a twelve-piece band, referring to the set up as “the most ambitious show I’ve done since the shows that we’re filmed for Stop Making Sense.” “I asked if every musician—drums, keyboards, singers, everyone—could now be mobile,” Byrne said in a press release. “Guitars and singers no problem, we can have them be wireless with their amps and all that off-stage, but keyboards and drums? How does one do that?…” In a recent tweet, he even shared a glimpse of the empty stage and elaborated (uh, slightly) on the tour’s concept: The show concept is simple, much like the concept for Stop Making Sense. There, it was “bit by bit show what goes into making a show, and then activate it”. Here, it is “allow everyone to be mobile on an empty stage” and imagine what that allows. #AmericanUtopia pic.twitter.com/1BHShLcstl — DavidByrne.com (@DBtodomundo) January 16, 2018 What can we say? Byrne speaks; TMT listens. So, here we are. Letting you all know what’s up. ALL OVER AGAIN. Register for the ticket pre-sale here, and — what the hell? — check out the clip for “Everybody’s Coming to My House” ALL OVER AGAIN too while you’re at it: American Utopia 2018 tour dates (hopefully once and for all): 03.03.18 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theatre 03.04.18 - Wilkes-Barre, PA - F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Art 03.06.18 - Buffalo, NY - Center for the Arts 03.07.18 - Hershey, PA - Hershey Theatre 03.09.18 - Waterbury, CT - Palace Theater 03.10.18 - Kingston, NY - Ulster Performing Arts Center 03.16.18 - Santiago, Chile - Lollapalooza Chile 03.18.18 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Lollapalooza Argentina 03.19.18 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Teatro Gran Rex 03.20.18 - Montevideo, Uruguay - Teatro de Verano 03.24.18 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Lollapalooza 04.03.18 - Mexico City, Mexico - Metropolitan Theater 04.05.18 - Monterrey, Mexico - Auditorio Pabellón 04.07.18 - Guadalajara, Mexico - Corona Capital Guadalajara 04.14.18 - Indio, CA - Coachella 04.15.18 - Tucson, AZ - Centennial Hall 04.17.18 - San Diego, CA - San Diego Civic Theater 04.18.18 - Las Vegas, NV - Smith Center for the Arts 04.19.18 - Mesa, AZ - Mesa Arts Center-Ikeda Theater 04.21.18 - Indio, CA - Coachella 04.24.18 - Dallas, TX - Winspear Opera House 04.25.18 - Oklahoma City, OK - The Criterion 04.27.18 - San Antonio, TX - Tobin Center for the Performing Arts 04.28.18 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall Outside Lawn 05.04.18 - Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees 05.05.18 - Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees 05.06.18 - Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees 05.06.18 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium 05.08.18 - Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Civic Auditorium 05.09.18 - Charlotte, NC - Ovens Auditorium 05.10.18 - Durham, NC- Durham PAC 05.12.18 - Washington, DC - The Anthem 05.13.18 - Pittsburgh, PA - Benedum Center for the Arts 05.15.18 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater 05.16.18 - Madison, WI - Orpheum Theater 05.17.18 - Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theater 05.19.18 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - TCU Place 05.20.18 - Edmonton, Alberta - Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium 05.21.18 - Calgary, Alberta - Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium 05.23.18 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Queen Elizabeth Theater 05.24.18 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theater 05.27.18 - Portland, OR - Keller Audiorium 05.28.18 - Eugene, OR - Hult Center 05.30.18 - Salt Lake City, UT - Capitol Theatre 06.02.18 - Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theater 06.05.18 - Des Moines, IA - Des Moines Civic Center 06.07.18 - Kansas City, MO - Kauffman Center for the Arts 06.08.18 - St. Louis, MO - Peabody Opera House 06.09.18 - Indianapolis, IN - Farmers Bureau Lawn Amphitheater 06.14.18 - Oxford, England - New Theatre 06.15.18 - Glasgow, Scotland - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 06.17.18 - Birmingham, England - Birmingham Symphony Hall 06.18.18 - Manchester, England - Manchester Apollo 06.19.18 - London, England Eventim Apollo 06.22.18 - Prague, Czech Republic - Metronome Festival 06.23.18 - Prague, Czech Republic - Metronome Festival 06.25.18 - Zagreb, Croatia - IN music Festival 06.26.18 - Wien, Austria - Museumsquartier 06.30.18 - Ewijk, Netherlands - Down The Rabbit Hole 06.31.18 - Ewijk, Netherlands - Down The Rabbit Hole 07.01.18 - Ewijk, Netherlands - Down The Rabbit Hole 07.05-08.18 - Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter 07.06.18 - Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival 07.05.18 - Gdynia, Poland - Open’er Festival 07.11.18 - Oeiras, Portugal - Cool Jazz Festival 07.13.18 - Bilbao, Spain Bilbao - BBK Live Festival 07.13.18 - Barcelona, Spain - Cruilla Barcelona 07.14.18 - Barcelona, Spain - Cruilla Barcelona 07.17.18 - Zürich, Switzerland - Theater 11 07.19.18 - Ravenna, Italy - Ravenna Festival 07.20.18 - Perugia, Italy - Umbria Jazz Festival 07.21.18 - Trieste, Italy - Piazza UNita 07.27.18 - Camden, NJ - XPoNential Music Festival 07.31.18 - Boston, MA - Blue Hills Bank Pavilion 08.03.18 - Toronto, ONT - Sony Center for the Performing Arts 08.05.18 - Canandaigua, NY - Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center 08.08.18 - Grand Rapids, MI - Devos Performance Hall 08.10.18 - Detroit, MI - Fox Theater 08.11.18 - Huber Heightes, OH - Rose Music Center 08.12.18 - Cincinnati, OH - PNC Pavilion at Riverbend 08.16.18 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater 08.18.18 - San Jose, CA - City National Civic Auditorium 08.21.18 - Sacramento CA - Community Theater 08.24.18 - Santa Barbara, CA -Santa Barbara Bowl 08.28.18 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater http://j.mp/2DHHqpW

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justfollowmyhansel · 6 years

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October 19th -- Whether You Like It Or Not, How to Talk to Girls at Parties!

I woke up around 9 that morning, it was later than I had intended to get up. I had intended to actually get up an hour earlier so that I could catch up with Miya, pack my bags a little better, and basically get everything more or less ready for the return trip the next day so that I could either choose to bring it all back with me to the hotel before the movie and skip seeing Miya again before leaving or more likely, have more time to hang out with my friend for the last time in what would likely be a long time. But things happen when you’re exhausted. And no matter how much fun I’d had at the Hedwig shows, I was left with a certain sense of constantly having to hurry up and wait basically. That I had to remain within certain areas at certain times so that I wouldn’t miss the show or miss the opportunity that I had come over for. It wasn’t that I wanted to necessarily not go to the shows, more that I was already looking forward to a time that I could come back and have carte blanch to do more things on a less regimented schedule. Or perhaps, I meant a less exhausting schedule. Either way, I was glad that I had decided not to go to Korea to see any of this year’s Hedwig lineup; having long decided that no matter how exceptional the Korean Hedwigs may be, they’d all pale in comparison so soon after seeing lovely John in the role.

I texted Miya when I left the hotel. I was careful this time to not leave much behind despite having booked a second night as I felt less secure in this room than I had in any of the previous ones. Not that the worry was necessarily justified, but I’d rather be overcautious than disappointed later at having something of mine stolen or lost.

There was no immediate reply to my text, but I figured she might not have seen it yet. It wasn’t terribly imminent that she did as it would still take me twenty minutes on the best case scenario to get there.

It ended up taking almost twice as long, in fact, due to my getting mildly turned around for a second and then missing the second train. Early mornings, it seemed, there were not a lot of trains from the station I was at to the one I was going.

By the time I arrived at the station closest to Miya’s apartment, there still wasn’t a reply to my message. Instead of texting her again over Twitter, I tried her actual phone number, figuring that perhaps she might hear that sound louder than the notification on her iPad. I was beginning to get a little worried as I myself was over an hour later than I had meant to be.

I got turned around a little on the bridge coming over one of the streets. A nice lady helped me to figure out which turn I had needed on that particular fork-in-the-bridge that I hadn’t remembered from a few days previous. She said that she wasn’t sure where the street was that I was going to, but I assured her that I knew where I was going once we got down the elevator. This was the part of the journey that I had done most often and with the exception of a slight curve and then a final turn onto the street I wanted, it was a relatively straight shot.

I opted to go to the 7/11, both because I wanted to get something for breakfast, but also because I wanted to kill a little more time and give Miya more time to see my message, if she hadn’t already. I picked a few things out from the selection available and skimmed over the other sections again like I hadn’t really had a chance to since my first night. It was funny seeing how much my time in Japan had revolved around convenience stores, but it was fitting in a way given the weird enjoyment I had gotten from them back home too.

I paid and as I was standing outside, finished the strawberry-banana protein shake that I had bought to compliment the other, more substantial, things that I had bought for breakfast. I knew I hadn’t had enough to eat the past couple of days and an easy, if mildly unhealthy, way that I fixed that back home was through protein shakes. The logic was that they’d semi-quickly help replace the nutrients I hadn’t been having and hopefully stop the unending feeling of hunger that often came from the equally unending amount of hours that came with having three part-time jobs at once.

Miya texted me just as I was about to set out saying that she had also overslept and was I still on my way? I replied that I was and that I was at the 7/11 and did she want anything for breakfast? She didn’t and asked me to stay there, saying she’d come to get me.

When she arrived, I offered again to buy her breakfast if she wanted, but she declined and we went back to her place.

We caught up a little on the past couple of days, how the last show had went, what she had thought of my various texts to her.... We looked at some of the things that John had posted to his Instagram account that I couldn’t get to play since they were posted when I was away from the stunningly high quality Wi-Fi of the Hotel Grand Fine.

Miya gave me the last ticket, this one for How to Talk to Girls at Parties. She mentioned that it wouldn’t be the closest seat, but given how relatively small the theatre was, it should be closer to screen than I had been for some of the Hedwig shows. I thanked her again for getting the ticket for me and showed her the things that I had bought in Osaka. Since she had never been, I told her a little of how I thought Osaka compared to Tokyo and we talked a little bit more about her hometown in relation to both of those.

About four hours before the movie was due to start, I started getting ready. First taping down my chest so that I could be in semi-boy mode for the movie and then picking out which shirt I wanted. It was going to be a little bit colder than I had anticipated and I opted to put my silky black button-down over top of the Union Jack t and started in on making my look as punk rock as possible.

I decided that with the denim blue lipstick, purple gloss, almost deliberate eyeliner (albeit punk eyeliner cribbed from the director’s look at Cannes), and neatly drawn black star, it needed to be fucked up a little to look properly punk. I used the white of the eye shadow palette to create a minimal amount of shading and then put subtle, blue smudges all over my face to look at though I’d been mucking about with chalk before coming to the premiere. After I did the first round of hair spiking and did up my tie deliberately haphazard, I knew I had a decent look. One that almost could have stepped out of 1979 itself were it not for the two buttons pinned to the look promoting the film.

I had already asked Miya if I could please leave the majority of my stuff with her and get it the next day before boarding the plane. Once again the generous host, she agreed.

The instructions for getting to Shinjuku were almost the same as the ones to get to Shibuya -- in fact, Shinjuku was one or two stops before Shibuya on the same bus route so leaving from Miya’s felt almost the same as going to a Hedwig concert.

On the train, I plugged in my mp3 player, trying to self-curate a punk rock mood before heading to the show and skipping over anything not suitable to stop an alien invasion so not now John Barrowman, so long to the cast of Chess, it was a majority rule of hard rocking Bowie songs, a greatest hits of Slade, and as far towards heavy metal as Queen managed in their fourteen record career. And of course, all The Runaways that my recently purchased Sansa Sport Plus thought fit to throw at my ears.

I’d like to say that the relatively simple walk through the train station caused me minimal wrong turns, but between unclear Maps and wanting to walk through another underground Japanese shopping center just before my favourite holiday, I ended up looking at all of the shops. And going to another Daisco. Because, of course.

At the Dasico, I purchased more stationary type things, a pack of Hello Kitty bags to organize my jewellery back home, and a package of chocolate covered espresso beans because why not be as amped as possible to go see your favourite actor announcing his new film?

I arrived out on the street with still close to two hours before the movie was due to premiere. The reason I’d even arrived that early was to hopefully -- possibly -- manage an in-person glimpse at John as he arrived, possibly filming a video like the ones that had flooded Instagram and Twitter of his and Elle Fanning’s arrival to the showing at Cannes. Ones that showed an almost coronation of punk and the elegantly anarchist way the lead actors and supporting aliens had descended on the relatively reserved film fest.

On my path to the theatre, I saw a KFC and numerous, actually Japanese restaurants, along with billboards advertising wares by Sony and Yahoo.... Just the marketing alone was fascinating to me. Seeing how many places still saw Yahoo as a thriving brand when in the U.S., it was almost considered a joke for how many times in the past few years its servers had been hacked. Plus, the still very 90s styling to the logo.... I almost expected to see the AOL Man advertising high speed dial up two electric billboards down from the giant red Y! of the Yahoo logo. (Note -- the North American and UK branches of Yahoo rebranded to a not-quite-royal purple some years ago and had long since moved past the ‘Y!’ logo.)

It took me easily six passes to find the theatre even after I was on the right street. It just didn’t look like a movie theatre to me with the clothing store beside it and the multi-level garage on the other side.... To me, it looked more like an extension of the clothing store. And after going inside the movie theatre, I noticed that the two buildings were in fact connected.

I was there for what felt like forever before people started showing up with cameras and tripods. Invariably, they’d go over to the table that had been set up with books and t-shirts from the film, talk to one of the four people behind the desk and then go wait on the stairs. I wondered if I had somehow managed to actually be at the right place. If John would be delivering his press conference out here for some reason or if the publicist wanted to have footage of him walking through the crowd up to his show; again not unlike in Cannes. My heart was almost beating out of my chest as I waited, pulling out my phone to distract myself and to text my friends with updates as to what was happening.

It wasn’t long before the reporters were ushered upstairs and shortly after their exit, I went up to the same desk to ask if I could have one of the glossy press books. I presented my ticket and was told to wait for another few minutes before I would be allowed up, that the movie screening was on the 4th floor, and no, I couldn’t have one of the press books since I had a regular ticket.

I waited a couple of minutes before heading upstairs. And then once upstairs, waited for the okay to go up more stairs to the actual theatre.

You could tell that this was an important event for the theatre, not only were the posters for the movie on every level -- a movie that wouldn’t properly open for another month and a half in Japan -- but they had a small space set aside in their museum of film, already starting to be filled in with promo art and graphics and later to be filled in with costume sketches and a brief history of what exactly the punk movement was at the time the movie’s set. And of course, that despite only having one screening that day, that was the only film that particular screen was showing at all.

The fourth level’s poster slots were entirely given over to HtTtGaP and following them down one narrow hallway to a second and then the final third, I entered the theatre. According to John, Ataru was there, having someone secured a position way above everyone else and by herself. A position he referred to as making her an ‘empress’ and teasingly instructed everyone to bow down to their new empress.

In the pre-movie speeches, John talked about his inspirations for the movie, where he had come from in terms of approaching it and what interested him in this movie. He talked a little about how Neil Gaiman’s younger self factored into the storytelling, but not as much as he had in previous interviews. He talked about the filming process, what it was like working with Nicole again and how they as a team came up with her unusual accent, how he’d say her lines in a particular way and she’d copy him perfectly for the filming. At the end of the intro, one of the actors who had previously played Hedwig came out and Koji talked a little about what Hedwig meant to him and how he had met John on one of the previous times John had come to Japan. They improv’ed singing a little bit from The Origin of Love before taking press photos both with and without the large card with the light pink key art for the film.

In an unusual turn of events, this particular screening had no previews. The studio (Studio Canal) opting to not promote any of their other upcoming films beyond Girls. What was less unusual was that the film was subtitled instead of dubbed and I’d be lying if I said that wasn’t a huge consideration as to why I had ultimately wanted to come to the screening. Had the movie been fully dubbed in Japanese, I don’t know that the urge to come see it (and John) would have quite been as strong as so much of the film would have been lost on me since by the time it was announced, I knew for sure that I wouldn’t have enough Japanese to actually understand the film.

The film itself was cute and wonderful, somehow hitting all of John’s trademarks as a director while like all of his previous films standing out as something all to itself. The film it’s probably closest to of his past ventures is Hedwig, which makes sense given the punk rock trappings of this film vs the glam rock hallmarks of Hedwig, not the least of which is a repeated joke from John’s 2015 turn as Hedwig on Broadway that while originally directed at Hedwig’s husband Yitzhak, now found itself turned at En’s mother.

At the end of the screening, I wasn’t in any particular hurry to leave. I didn’t think it was likely that either former Hedwig would come out again to say something to the audience or that the translators might have more notes, but given the choice between extending my self-sufficient, punk rock night or heading back to a small hotel room without a private bathroom, I opted to linger a little longer; moseying down stairs, languidly heading over to the concessions area and finally ordering for myself a set of french fries. As it turned out, ordering a set of fries might have turned out to be the most coincidentally wonderful part of the day.

As I made my way outside and readied myself for the potentially glitchy way back to the train station, I noticed a small queue of people standing and waiting alongside the opposite wall from the theatre entrance. Curious, I added myself to the line, wondering what we were queueing for. Was it a bus? Or was it John? I decided that it was still early enough in the night that I had enough time to find out. And as it turned out, it was!

I only managed to see John for the briefest of moments before he got into his car and it pulled away, but it was a last minute thrill that made the few minutes of waiting outside more than worth it.

After that brief bit of excitement, I started out again, passing by a surprising amount of British and Irish pubs. I considered stopping in and having my last meal for the day there instead of at the McDonald’s like I had been planning, but not knowing how long I’d want to linger with my food, I decided to head to the McDonald’s by the hotel and not risk not being able to catch the last train back to where I was staying.

I had chosen the McDonalds because of how ubiquitous they are to Hedwig’s text. No matter where in the world the story is being told from, she’s always dreaming of western liberation because of the smell of a McDonald’s. It seemed fitting then that I would actually end up going to one for the first time after all of my Hedwig adventures had been completed for the year. Very briefly after the last performance, I had considered going to October’s Mattachine because how could I pass up the chance to combine my favourite actor with my favourite holiday after I was already combining my favourite holiday with one of my favourite countries? But ultimately, that idea was dismissed because it was just too close to when I’d be getting back from Japan and even if the sudden repeated air travel wouldn’t have been potentially too much, I wouldn’t have been able to give either of the two jobs I had decided to keep enough notice that I wanted more unpaid vacation days.

At the McDonald’s, I ordered yet more fries and a burger, sitting in the corner by myself with my food and basically just processing what had happened in the last few days while waiting for my friends in the US to get up. Before I left, at almost 1am, I took off the very well-stuck banadage from my chest. It took a lot of water applied to the seams to get it to peel off semi-nicely and even then, my chest was raw. I was glad that I was taking it off at a time of night that no one else would likely need the single occupancy bathroom, but I resolved that this would be the last time I resorted to this sort of binding. As soon as I got home, a regular buckle or clasping binder would be purchased and that’d be the end of that until I got top surgery.

I walked back the short distance to my hotel only to be met with a closed and locked door. Funny... a curfew wasn’t something that I had remembered on the website when I booked it, in fact, curfews were one of the main things that I was eliminating hotels for.... But stringent planning or not, I was still locked out of the hotel in the middle of the night with no immediately obvious place to go.

I went up to the closest convenience store where an Indian man who happened to speak English recommended that I try the police station to find out what hotels might still be accepting bookings at this time of night and pointed me in the direction I needed. Since it was in the direction of the McDonald’s, that’s the way I went, figuring that as a third tier plan, if nothing else worked, I might be able to steal a booth until I could go return my key to the hotel and go to Miya’s to beg her to let me sleep on her floor for a few hours before the plane left.

Luckily, one of the hotels on the way was still open. I went in and explained my predicament asking the man manning the desk if I could still book a room. He said yes, showed me the price, and then gave me a key once I had put the room on one of my cards. I went upstairs and despite the same lack of accommodations that the other hotel had had, felt much more secure than I had a couple of blocks up the road. I fell into an easy sleep, still in my puck rock gear from earlier that night.

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