#Ballard’s Valley

[iseetheworldinmetaphor]

Boys Playing Cricket in Ballard’s Valley. Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica. 2023.

#photography #film #jamaica #travel photography #Saint Elizabeth #Ballard’s Valley #shoot film #35mm photography #35mmclub #35mm film #Nikon #nikon8008s #country

[wine-porn]

Flor on the Flor

Despite all the horrible things I’ve said about Jonata over the years, THIS thing right here is a spectacular thing of beauty. On par with the best BDX Blancs I’ve ever had, the glimmer of Sémillon hitting sweet and tropical before PROPER sauv-blanc strums velvety vegetal and acidic brilliance into a black-walnut finish decades in length. Find it or be sad forever. 2020 Jonata ‘Flor’ SB Ballard…

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#Ballard Canyon #flor #Jonata #rick dees #santa barbara wine country #Santa Ynez Valley #Sauvignon Blanc #Semillon #Stephen McConnell Wine Blog #Steve McConnell Wine Blog #wine1percent

[insidecroydon]

All bunged up: Thames Water's concrete scheme for the sewers

No through road: the Thames Water emergency works could take at least another 10 days Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, on the major road works in Selsdon that have sent buses on lengthy diversions No notice: diversions and road closures came without any warning The withdrawal of almost all bus routes in some parts of the south of the borough may be down to a careless builder bunging…

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#Ballards Estate #buses #Coombe Road #Croham Road #Croham Valley #Croham Valley Road #Croydon #Farley Road #Selsdon #South Croydon #South Park Hill Road #TfL #Thames Water #Transport for London

[pgoeltz]

“Squaw Valley Music Festival” with JGB on this day in 1991 at the Gold Coast Concert Bowl, Squaw Valley, CA. Performers included Jimmy Cliff, Tower Of Power and Rhythm Tribe. Photographs by Jon Sievert, Ken Friedman and unknown. Artist unknown

#pgoeltz #bitterrootvalley #montana #youtube #scvwd #music #gratefuldead #catflinger #flowers #valleywater scvwd #jg ballard #Jgb #squaw valley

[novvaable]

Hey again! Hope you don’t mind me asking another question. So I was wondering what are your must haves for when building a house? Like lights, specific furniture pieces that are your go to or something like that if that makes sense? Thanks! ❤️🫶

I went a little rouge when it came to answering this ask - there are SO many items of cc I love and so many creators that create amazing content, it’s hard to sit and list to every single thing.

I figured it would be best to showcase cc I use frequently within my builds; it helps to highlight which creators cc I tend to use most!

novvvas rahat set - table lamp converted by martassimsbook

charly pancakes - the candle converted by twinsimming

hydra small bookshelf by hydrangeachainsaw

lexington painting frame by onxyium (tsr)

novvvas kirsal set - candles converted by martassimsbook

hydra tulips vase by hydrangeachainsaw

awingedllama blooming rooms plants converted by martassimsbook

decor slippers by leosims converted by simstiful

novvvas desino poster horizontal v1 converted by martassimsbook

mechtasims frog planter -converted by martassimsbook

smaller tulips 2t3 by kirthri (mts)

aria bed bench by mutske (tsr)

mojito home collection living room single chair & couch by cemre (tsr)

madison sofa blanket by onyxium (tsr)

ikea ypperlig pillows by mxims converted by over-waxed bannister

novvvas kirsal set part 3 sofa cushion converted by martassimsbook

hunt dining wall panel widow high by mutske (tsr)

bouquet of rose by pixelfrogslegs

novvvas rahat set - candle open converted by martassimsbook

meinkatz platform tray converted by martassimsbook

mxims ironica dining chair converted by gruesim

dining aria table 2x1 by mutske (tsr)

orinoko reed diffuser by gosik (tsr)

sunday-sims ceramic jars converted by martassimsbook

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hydra ugly vase by hydrangeachainsaw

novvvas rahat set - leaning poster converted by martassimsbook

madison painting frame by onyxium (tsr)

novvvas decor set marta sculpture converted by martassimsbook

chicklet mid century modern bar converted by martassimsbook

syb laundry - drying rack folded converted by pixelrabbit

tantalum refrigerator - by wondymoon (tsr)

ballard kitchen counter by gosik (tsr)

ballard kitchen stove by gosik (tsr)

pot by BCS3 (?)

pinkboxdesigns spring 23 set lily of the valley converted by martaassimsbook

nordica-sims paper towel converted by martassimsbook

soloyria hibo decor set cutting boards converted by martassimsbook

akira mug rack by sim_man123 (tsr)

utensils by BCS3 (?)

soloyria hibo decor set two bowls converted by martassimsbook

wooden dish rack by ats3

I think this really highlights that I LOVE all @martassimsbook creations! the tsr can also be quite neglected due to annoying dl times - but again there’s a lot of creators with some really quality content.

it’s defo worth checking out @wanderingsimsfinds / @pis3update / @emilyccfinds / @katsujiiccfinds :)

#the sims 3 #ts3 #s3 #simblr #ts3:asks #ts3 asks #ts3cc wcif

[simkoos]

new year, new simbs. ✌

emery | jada 

vivian | lesley

nixon | amani

tony | eleanor

(warning: tons of 4am thoughts and bad grammar below sorry sdklfs i love my lil pixel babies)

[emery quintero] is the typical shy nerd, he has a hard time making friends bc of his social anxiety/awkwardness. you’ll usually find him in a library studying and sipping on a mocha frappe

[jada cooper] LOVES fitness/sports and was actually the first girl on her school’s football team!! she’s plans on pursuing a career in physical therapy after college and finding the woman of her dreams~~~

[vivian bond] had a pretty difficult childhood which unfortunately resulted in severe trust issues. she constantly felt out of place and alienated bc she was so “different” from the other girls. she now uses her social media to share her story/experiences and has gained massive internet popularity for simply being herself!! (she also posts alt girl lookbooks and is an activist for women’s rights)

[lesley shelley] is honestly such a sweetheart! at times he can be a little TOO open and vulnerable which sometimes leads him to getting hurt. :( he lives with his new bff amani (in san myshuno) and recently opened an onlyfans account to help pay off his student loans lol 

[nixon adams] is a goofy boy with two left feet (super clumsy). he’s sustained just about every minor injury you can imagine. a few years ago he was involved in a rock climbing accident in which he lost an eye and a few teeth. :((( he still continues to keep up his positive, fun loving attitude and hopes his future gf will embrace his many scars, bumps and bruises ;-;

[amani kessler] comes from a very tight knit family, (her mom is a school teacher, her dad is a detective, she has a younger sister and two fur babies). having been sheltered her entire life, she craves adventure and exploration -- take that however you want sdkljfsd

[tony b] (born charles anthony ballard) hides his past as much as he possibly can. almost no one knows he comes a from a wealthy and quite powerful family and he plans on keeping it that way. after a huge disagreement with his dad, he “legally” acquired his trust fund money and moved to san myshuno where he can safely and openly be who he wants to be!! him and his close friend, nixon work at a local tattoo/piercing shop together

[eleanor brock] was always teased for being the tall girl. little did she know, everything she had hated about herself would one day bring her great success. she’s a model/rising star in del sol valley and frequently makes appearances in reputable fashion magazines!! she hopes to walk the runway in her own designs in the future~ 

#the sims 4 #ts4 #sims 4 #needed some fresh faces to populate my save :') #vivian is my fave #she's the alt girl of my dreams

[blueiskewl]

Tutankhamun’s Tomb may Conceal Fabled Queen Nefertiti

Researcher says hidden hieroglyphics indicate that Egyptian boy king had buried his stepmother years earlier in adjacent chamber of tomb, behind a false wall.

Hidden hieroglyphics found in the tomb of Egyptian king Tutankhamun have given further strength to a theory that Queen Nefertiti is buried in a concealed, adjacent complex, according to a world expert on the matter.

Legendary beauty Nefertiti was wife and queen to King Akhenaten. She died in 1330 BCE.

Akhenaten’s son Tutankhamun became king at the age of 10 but died just nine years later in 1324 BCE. DNA testing on ancient remains has shown that Tutankhamun’s mother was another woman found in the tomb of Amenhotep II, making Nefertiti his stepmother.

Nicholas Reeves, a former curator in the British Museum’s Department of Egyptian Antiquities, told the UK Guardian newspaper in a Monday report that Tutankhamun’s unexpected death at an early age meant there was a need to quickly find a place to bury him.

He suggest the Egyptians chose an antechamber to a much larger tomb “prepared for and still occupied by” Nefertiti.

Reeves said that his theory is supported by recent research on hieroglyphics in Tutankhamun’s tomb depicting his burial which, he claims, found they were painted over other graphics showing Tutankhamun interring Nefertiti.

The discoveries were found in cartouches, special hieroglyphics that include royal names, on the north wall of the tomb. The drawings are captioned as showing Ay, Tutankhamun’s successor, performing the “opening the mouth” ritual on the mummy of Tutankhamun.

But Reeves said that the facial profile of the figure marked as Ay in fact closely resembles those of official representations of Tutankhamun, while that of the mummy “carries the indisputable features of Nefertiti.”

“Close inspection of Ay’s cartouches reveals clear, underlying traces of an earlier name – that of Tutankhamun. In its original version, this scene had shown Tutankhamun performing the funerary ritual for the tomb’s original owner, his immediate predecessor… Nefertiti.”

“Demonstrably, the scene had begun its life as a record of Tutankhamun officiating at the burial of his predecessor,” Reeves said.

“I can now show that, under the cartouches of Ay, are cartouches of Tutankhamun himself, proving that that scene originally showed Tutankhamun burying his predecessor, Nefertiti. You would not have had that decoration in the tomb of Tutankhamun,” he said.

“We’ve always been puzzled by Tutankhamun’s tomb because of its strange shape. It’s very small, and not what we’d expect of a king,” he said.

Nefertiti’s tomb, he believes, could lie beyond one of the walls of Tutankhamun’s chamber, but its entrance has been disguised as a wall of the room.

George Ballard, a radar specialist and geophysical investigator, told The Guardian he believes findings suggest that the north wall of Tutankhamun’s tomb is false, but decorated to match the other walls that are cut from the natural stone.

“But if there is a structure, that means somebody built it, and you don’t build things in the Valley of the Kings without an intention,” he said.

The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered by British archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922, nearly intact, containing his golden sarcophagus and a hoard of other items.

In 2015 Reeves claimed high-resolution imaging of Tutankhamun tomb found lines under plastered surfaces of walls suggesting hidden doorways, though the results were contested.

However, more recent studies using thermal imaging and mold-growth analysis back up his theory, Reeves said.

The new evidence is included in Reeves’s upcoming book “The Complete Tutankhamun,” set for release in October.

In the book Reeves cites other examples of burial chambers that were found to have larger tombs behind concealed walls.

#Egypt #Tutankhamun’s Tomb may Conceal Fabled Queen Nefertiti #king tut #howard carter #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #ancient egypt #egyptian history #long reads

[tellthemeerkatsitsfine]

So, I’m a big fan of the regular stand-up format: funny stories for varying lengths of time that average out to an hour, callbacks, building up a theme, tying threads together, serious and/or sad bit at the end, try getting overly personal or overly political if you think you have the chops to handle it (because it’s fantastic if done well and really hard to watch if done badly), preferably some meta commentary, up to four traditional punchline-driven jokes if there’s enough time. It’s an excellent formula.

I don’t completely object to experimentation. Nick Helm and Rhys James made me realize that spoken word poetry is probably the artsiest thing I really like in a stand-up show. And I often like people who add music in there. Sometimes I even don’t mind a prop or a costume.

What I find it less easy to get into is sketch comedy, and/or character comedy, something with a narrative that’s entirely fictional. Physical comedy. Anything that can be described with the word “clowning”. I think this is why I don’t mind that a lot of the comedy recordings I have are audio only. The visual side isn’t a big part of what I enjoy in most comedy.

Basically, I'm a big fan of stuff that was called alternative comedy twenty or more years ago, when the thing to which it was an alternative was just a misogynist going setup-punchline for 30 minutes straight. Whereas stuff that's called alternative now can be literally anything, and some of it I like, and some of it makes my chest feel weirdly tight in an uncanny valley sort of way. I don't like puppets. I'm glad everyone else is having a good time but I don't like the puppets.

I’ve posted about this before, and usually add that every once in a while I’ll watch something like that to try to expand my horizons. Here’s how that’s gone.

Shows that have made me think – yep, I was right to believe this isn’t for me, I mean I’m really glad everyone’s having a good time and I wish them the best and I can appreciate that this might be technically very well made, but not for me:

- The Delightful Sausage – Nowt But Sea

- Mr. Swallow – Houdini

- Phil Ellis - Excellent Comedy Show

- Anything with that little purple Feltface puppet

- I watched this show called Siblings that was streamed from the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe because it was a variety show and I wanted to know what that was like, there was someone who spun hula hoops and removed her clothes and someone else who juggled fire and various sketches and a drag queen and one guy who just slipped on banana skins as his whole act, I was very impressed with some of the technical skills on display but it also felt weird and uncomfortable and the only part where I had any idea what was going on was when Tom Ballard came on to tell jokes about his sex life and made me say “Oh thank God for something I recognize”

- Anna Man – A Sketch Show For Depressives

- Elf Lyons – Swan (to be fair, this is probably a lot funnier if you’re familiar with how ballet works)

- Christopher Bliss – Writing Wrongs (this barely belongs on the list because it’s very accessible, but technically it counts because the whole thing was in character, and the character seemed to pretty much have one joke, and that one joke was quite funny but not for a whole hour)

A lot of it made me laugh but it still gave me this strong sense of "this isn't really my thing":

- Lorna Rose Treen – Skin Pigeon

- Joseph Morpurgo – Hammerhead

Shows that have made me think – actually, I could be cultured and understand outside-the-box comedy, I am enjoying this a lot:

- The Delightful Sausage – Ginster’s Paradise (I don’t think this was actually more accessible than Nowt But Sea, I think it just watched it second and enjoyed it more once I’d figured out what to expect from them)

- John-Luke Roberts in general

- Zoe Coombs Marr in general

- Lazy Susan – Forgive Me, Mother!

- Crizards – Cowboys

- Does Jordan Brookes count? I went into his stuff thinking it might be too experimental for me, but then it ended up being much more accessible than I’d expected, I did really like it though.

Shows that I can definitely tell are very good, and they made me laugh and think at the right places, but also made me really uncomfortable while watching them and I don’t know if I could call the experience enjoyable, but it was still good in some other way I think, I mean I recently mentioned in a post that I find John Robins “pussy line” routine mildly uncomfortable just because I’m a bit squeamish about hearing someone say the word “pussy” that many times in a few minutes and this sure did have a challenge for that side of me, also I find puppets difficult to look at, but seriously, they were really good, they made me feel a lot of things in the way I believe art is supposed to, I mean they made me feel a bit anxious in a squeamish way but also I think made me feel some proper art things alongside that, and they were funny, overall I’d probably pay good money to see her live but only if I’m allowed to close my eyes at some parts, it’s at times like this that I remember I am a jock/athlete that migrated to this level of art appreciation in my thirties, I do not have the type of theatre kid background that may be necessary to be unbothered by all the weird shit going on in this, but still, really really good and I highly recommend them though with the caveat of trigger warning for like everything:

Natalie Palamides – Laid

Natalie Palamides – Nate

[nwbeerguide]

Releasing on their anniversary April 13th Bale Breaker Brewing mystifies your senses with "Crop Circles Hazy IPA".

Press Release Yakima, Wash … Bale Breaker Brewing Company, a brewery located on their family’s 4th generation hop farm in the beautiful Yakima Valley, is excited to announce their newest series of Hazy IPAs - the first in the 16oz series, Crop Circles Hazy IPA, is releasing on the brewery's 11th anniversary, April 13th.  "We wanted to have fun with this one," says brewery co-owner Meghann Quinn. "Our past 16oz series have been a little more serious and reflective of our family's legacy as 4th generation hop farmers, but this year, we just wanted to make a delicious beer with fun artwork and no deeper meaning." The brewery is leaning into the alien vibe on Saturday, April 13th at their 11th Anniversary Party in Yakima, turning "Field 41" into "Area 41". Customers can expect the release party to feature space vibes, live flash tattoos by Crave Ink, the season's first YOXI hard seltzer slushies, Seattle favorite Outsider BBQ serving up delicious food, and plenty of Crop Circles Hazy IPA flowing on tap. The beer will be available on Saturday, April 13 on draft and in cans at their Ballard taproom as well.  Crop Circles Hazy IPA will receive full distribution throughout Washington, Oregon, and Idaho the week of April 8th– find it using Bale Breaker’s online beer finder. Washington customers can also order their beer via their online store after launch. Crop Circles Hazy IPA 6.5% ABV Get ready to have your taste buds abducted with this new limited release beer, Crop Circles Hazy IPA. A bright, bold hazy featuring our homegrown Citra®, Mosaic®, and HBC 1019 hops, grown right here on Area 41 - er, we mean, Field 41. RELEASE DATE: SATURDAY 4/13 About Bale Breaker  Crafting fresh-off-the-farm brews from the middle of a hop field, Bale Breaker Brewing Company is a family-owned brewery located in the beautiful Yakima Valley. Backed by four generations of hop farming experience, Bale Breaker started in 2013, and has grown to become one of the largest independent craft breweries in Washington.  With a 30-barrel brewhouse at a 27,000 square foot facility, Bale Breaker crafts eight year-round canned beers, including the widely celebrated Topcutter IPA, and a diverse offering of seasonal beers in cans and on draft. They have two taprooms: one onsite at the Yakima brewery; and another in Seattle’s Ballard Brewing District. Bale Breaker beer can be found in retailers and bottleshops throughout Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. For more information, visit www.balebreaker.com or follow on Facebook and Instagram. from Northwest Beer Guide - News - The Northwest Beer Guide https://bit.ly/49lX9Ic

#Craft Beer #Beer #News

[morningglory-sims]

🍒🍁 - for your favorite sim or OC! ♡

Oooh, I like these questions! I'm going to answer for all 4 of the O'Shaughnessy sibs ☺️ (grab a snack, this will be long lol!)

🍁 [MAPLE LEAF] What is your OC's favourite season? Why and what do they do during it?

Kathleen: She loves Fall in Brindleton Bay! She prefers cooler weather and loves the trees when they change colours. She loves curling up with a book and a cup of tea on the back porch ☕️ Owen: Winter! Sure, the Christmas market in Windenburg is beautiful, but he loves Winterfest the most. He gets to be with his sisters, friends and Isla - his favourite people. Caroline: Summers in San Myshuno are so fun! Sunday afternoons at the flea market, grabbing a drink at the rooftop lounge after work with her friends - she loves being around her people when the weather is warm! Elizabeth: Spring in Mt. Komorebi! Lizzy loves it when the Cherry blossoms bloom. After living in Del Sol Valley, being closer to nature has given her a lot of peace.

🍒 [CHERRY] Who is your OC's perfect companion?

Kathleen: Her fiancee Will! He is the reason she started to believe in love again Owen: His long-time girlfriend, Isla! Owen can be super rough around the edges - Isla not only softens him, but she encourages him to take better care of himself. Owen also loves his best friends, Nate Ballard and Ben Conley. Caroline: To be honest, she doesn't know. She really loved her ex - she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him! All it took was for him to say one thing that started the downfall of their relationship... For now, she's spending a lot more time with her friends. Elizabeth: She's still young, so she is still figuring out what healthy companionship looks like to her. All she knows is that she wants a partner who will ground her. Currently, she is leaning on her childhood best friend, Lily Weston for support as she begins her master's degree and teaches ballet.

This was so fun!! Thank youuu @lazyteapot :)

#lazyteapot #<3

[angelicseven]

jordan ✧･ﾟ☄️･ﾟ✧

23. black. he/they/ask.

full about below the cut !

⌦ basic! ## name: jordan

## age: 23

## birthday: october 30

## pronouns: he/they/ask

## gender: gnc transmasc

## sexuality: bisexual

## ethnicity: black

## nationality: american

⌦ mental!

i am autistic, and i have bpd, and did. i'm brainweird in other ways, but these are the three things i consider the most important to share, since they impact my life in the biggest way, and i post about them quite often.

⌦ system!

## sys name: chiron

## type: pf-did

## active: ~25

## total: 100+ recorded

⌦ boundaries!

## dms: yes

## flirting /p: moots only

## flirting /r: moots only

## teasing: ask

## venting: no

interests ✧･ﾟ☄️･ﾟ✧

(bolded = active interest, italicized = special interest)

⌦ media

atlanta (fx), bad girls club, big brother, community, euphoria, girlfriends, grey's anatomy, it's always sunny in philadelphia, LOST, malcolm in the middle, on my block, one on one, scrubs, shameless, spop, station 19, stranger things, the game

⌦ music

autumn!, bktherula, blackpink, britney spears, childish gambino, iayze, ice spice, izaya tiji, jhene aiko, jvcki wai, lil uzi vert, lil tecca, lil wayne, loona, megan thee stallion, mitski, my chemical romance, nsync, one direction, pinkpantheress, playboi carti, rico nasty, rihanna, slayyyter, slump6s, sofaygo, sza, the weeknd, tinashe, trippie redd, v.v lightbody, vonte*, yeat, zayn

( i do not condone the actions of every single person on this list! music is music it's not that deep to me lmao)

⌦ games

animal crossing, cities, skylines, fall guys, grand theft auto v, minecraft, roblox, stardew valley, the sims (3&4),

comforts ✧･ﾟ☄️･ﾟ✧

⌦ characters

alex karev, andrew deluca, arnaz ballard, ben warren, breanna barnes, callie torres, carla espinosa, cassie howard, charlie kelly, charlie pace, christopher turk, claire littleton, cristina yang, delilah alves, darius epps, earn marks, elliot reid, fiona gallagher, ian gallagher, jackson avery, jo wilson, joe goldberg, john dorian, kate austen, kevin ball, lexie grey, love quinn, lucas sinclair, lynn searcy, maddy perez, malcolm wilkerson, mark sloan, maya bishop, michael dawson, miranda bailey, nancy wheeler, sawyer ford, sayid jarrah, sun-hwa kwon, veronica fisher, vic hughes

⌦ ships

admelia, areanna, benley, brittannie, calzona, charmac, gallavich, goldquinn, japril, jolex, jdox, jdturkcarla, kateclaire, katesaw, marder, mckassie, meradd, merder, mertina, mikejin, rules, sawyid, trobed, troynnie, slexie + a bunch more. everyone is polyamorous and gay in all of my interests :pray:

BYF ✧･ﾟ☄️･ﾟ✧

i reclaim the f slur, n word and r slur and don't tag them

i block often

anon will always be turned off because it triggers my paranoia LMAOOOOOO

⌦ dni

(bodily) under 16, endogenic "systems" and their supporters, proship and anything adjacent to that, terfs/swerfs/etc, frequent lgbt discourser (no one cares it's 2023), idk i'll just block if you rub me the wrong way/are annoying tbh.

⌦ links

discord: halogen#2050

pinterest

twitter

spotify

sys blog

sys carrd

#jordan speaks #pinned

[jvstheworld]

The Buffy re-watch: S1 E1 (part 1)

Welcome to the Hellmouth.

I'm using this to write down my thoughts and feelings while re-watching the show. At the end of re-watching a whole season, I plan on doing a review of it. So, here goes the first episode.

-Setting the scene and tone of a show is important, so we begin with an empty school and creepy music, because it's a good way to start.

-How is breaking into a school a good idea? Even if the view from the roof is good.

-Oh, the old bad boy/innocent girl trope? Nah, lets trash that and have the girl be a vampire and kill the unassuming guy as our opening, because this show is all about trashing horror tropes.

-After our opening titles we meet the hero of the show, Buffy, who has prophetic dreams, but while it seems important now, it doesn't get used much in later seasons.

-Setting up our characters we have Xander, Willow and Jesse, three very normal people. One of whom after episode 2 will never be mentioned ever again.

-We get some of Buffy's history and how she came to be in Sunnydale, because she burned down the gym. I mean, that's one way to get kicked out of school. Also, Principal Flutie was just trying to be a good guy, shame what happened to him.

-Xander takes one look at Buffy and immediately has a crush on her. I will have a lot of thoughts about this later as the show progresses.

-Introducing Cordelia Chase, the epitome of high school queen bees.

-In the test that Cordy gives Buffy she mentions James Spader, and Buffy likes him. Look, I've seen a fair few of his films, he's a good actor, and during the 80s and 90s he was hot. I'm guessing the most likely film she has seen of his was Pretty in Pink (he played Steff). As this is set in 1996 the most recent films he would have done would be Crash, based on the J. G. Ballard novel (it's certainly an interesting read if you get the chance to) and 2 Days in the Valley where he starred opposite Charlize Theron. Charlize Theron does get a mention later in the show by Harmony in the season 5 episode Crush.

-Despite the fact that Cordy bullies Willow, they are the only two members of the scoobies to keep in contact after Cordy moves to LA.

-Ahh, the Library an Giles. He's so soft spoken here, but way to scare the new girl you just met. Next time, try working up to the topic of inherited destiny.

-'What kind of name is Buffy?' Well, Aphrodisia... Girl your name is weirder.

I'm going to break these up into parts because I write a lot of notes, averaging 4/5 pages per episode. If anyone does read these then I will try not to make each post too long.

#buffy the vampire slayer #buffy summers #xander harris #willow rosenberg #rupert giles #tv show thoughts #re watch

[wine-porn]

Honed

A most amazing Sauvignon Blanc: closed and awkward on opening, gently blossoming into a lush bomb of smells and flavors. Clean, light, golden straw in the glass, pear and apple and ridiculous floral gradually coming forward in a lush, medley of lavish fruit. Thick notes clog the nostrils: oak and straight sugar but borne on gracious wings of fermentation and briary lustfullness. Soooo rich and…

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#Ballard Canyon #Central Coast Wines #Jonata #Mike Dees #Santa Barbara Co #santa barbara wine country #Santa Ynez Valley #Sauvignon Blanc #Semillon #Stephen McConnell Wine Blog #Steve McConnell Wine Blog #White Wine #wine1percent

[hummingbird-games]

Hey Gemini! So the new game isn’t what I usually play but I liked high school daze so I’m curious how I’ll feel about crushed.

Corey’s friend group seems really fun so I was wondering if we could know more about them? Other than Florence of course. Unless there’s stuff we don’t know about Florence?

Me aggressively sending my love and thanks because emotions are hard rn

Thanks for checking out my games!! And I hope you’ll get something out of Crushed when you play 💛

Corey’s friends’ interactions are what kept this game from being completely angst! (joking, but only a little????) you really get their personality through the group chat which I love.

FLORENCE

She’s pretty close with Corey! Their friendship started in elementary school, was strengthened by sharing books with each other until their individual reading taste changed. Used to be able to pitch her voice up and make it sound like she’s breathed in helium.

KEEGAN

Favorite color is blue. Makeup guru. If Corey could only have one best friend, she’d be it. Used to be super shy and quiet and now you’d never know it! (Step)mommy issues. Refuses to believe Pluto isn’t a planet. That annoying person who screams when the lights cut off at school. Loves getting on Okechukwu’s nerves and claims it spices up his life—she might be right 👀

OKECHUKWU

Attends Ballard High with Corey and Keegan. Casual gamer (think Stardew Valley, the Sims, Ace Attorney type games). The laid back to Corey’s stress. Somewhere on the aroace spectrum, but heck if he knows?? (#relatable) the bracelets around his wrist are for his maternal grandmother who made frequent trips to the states from Nigeria just to see him. A walking encyclopedia of Anime knowledge—doesn’t usual read manga to Corey’s horror and Keegan’s delight at Corey being horrified.

#asks #crushed vn #long post #HELP I can’t remember how to do read more on mobile 🥴

[tieflingkisser]

King County deputies shoot, kill person while serving eviction

King County deputies fatally shot a person Friday while serving an eviction order, according to the Valley Independent Investigative Team. Deputies with King County Sheriff’s Office SWAT and Auburn police officers were delivering the “high-risk” eviction order around 11 a.m. Friday, according to a news release. Des Moines Sgt. Scott Oak, a public information officer for the investigating team, said he could not answer whether the person killed had a weapon. Six deputies were involved and deadly force was used “within minutes” of arriving at the 10-unit apartment building at 24 Auburn Way S., according to the news release. The person died at the scene. No officers were injured, and the six deputies are now on administrative leave. According to King County Superior Court records, the owner of the property, Boysenberry LLC, had been trying for several months to evict a resident of one of the units through civil proceedings. The resident did not respond to a notice to vacate or pay their $1,199 monthly rent in December, according to the court documents. It was not immediately clear whether the man the eviction order was filed against was the person killed Friday. It was also not clear whether more than one occupant was living in the unit. When a complaint for unlawful detainer was filed in court in February, the resident owed $3,814 for rent and utilities beginning in October. Last month, a Superior Court judge extended the writ of restitution by 60 days for the King County Sheriff’s Office to carry out the eviction. The involvement of deputies from the agency’s Civil Process Unit is often the final step in the eviction process. Sheriff’s deputies serve such orders to tenants at the request of landlords, and if the tenants haven’t left within three days, the landlord can ask deputies to schedule a physical eviction. Then, a deputy is present to remove tenants and to stand by to “assure the peace,” but not to move property, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office. A 29-year-old woman shot at King County deputies serving an eviction order in March 2023 in Ballard, hitting one deputy twice. Two other deputies returned fire that the Snohomish County prosecutor later determined was legally justified. The woman died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Additional information about Friday’s incident was not immediately available.

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Book Review: Binge by Douglas Coupland

A Foray Into Flash Fiction by Douglas Coupland of Generation X Fame

Canadian author, designer, and visual artist Douglas Coupland is best known internationally for his 1991 debut novel, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. Although Coupland is not a Gen X-er himself but a Boomer, the novel has frequently been praised for adroitly capturing the spirit and voice of its titular generation when it was youthful and coming into its own. Now in his sixties, Coupland is an Officer of the Order of Canada (essentially the nation’s equivalent of being knighted). He has published thirteen novels, several short story collections, and numerous books of non-fiction. Although his fiction does not generally qualify as science fiction per se, as his stories are almost invariably set in the present day rather than the future or alternate worlds, he is one of those postmodern authors, like J.G. Ballard in his urban disaster trilogy, Don Delillo in Cosmopolis, or Richard Powers in Plowing the Dark, who presciently explore the impact of technological development on sub-cultures grappling with the absurdity of life under capitalism. His 1995 novel, Microserfs, for example, was a ground-breaking and perceptive depiction of Silicon Valley tech culture years before anyone even imagined the dotcom bubble. Coupland’s literary output kept pace with the changing times until release of his 2013 novel Worst. Person. Ever. This would be his final book of fiction in the 2010s, leaving us without the stories of an insightful cultural commentator to help ground us in an age of ever more frenetic social disruption. In Binge (2021), his first book of fiction in nearly a decade, Coupland resumes his engagement with technological and cultural currents of the now. According to the author in an interview with Steve Paikin, the title, Binge, refers to the mode of media consumption that defines our era. We typically associate bingeing with the streaming of entire television seasons or series over the course of just days or even hours. But Coupland claims to have modelled Binge on the discussion boards of the website Reddit to which he ascribes a compulsively readable quality. His hope is that the book will likewise spur its immediate and uninterrupted reading. Crammed into 250 pages are sixty narrative works. These consist mainly of anecdotes, vignettes, and character portraits; few are full‐fledged stories, a point Coupland himself seems to acknowledge implicitly: “I realize this isn’t even an actual story, with a beginning and end,” admits Erik, the overweight, gay, sexually unfulfilled narrator of “Norovirus,” the final piece in the collection. Each of the five-dozen works has been given a punchy title of no more than three words such as “Thong,” “Theme Park,” and “Resting Bitch Face.” Although there are recurring characters (notably Trashe Blanche, Erik’s moniker when in drag), recurring incidents (a young man’s assault with tiki torches on his molesting football coach), and recurring images (bodies stashed in car‐top cargo bins), the book does not have a traditional plot. A better analogy for the collection than streaming television or online forums might be the strobe of disconnected moments found on video sharing platform TikTok. A heterosexual incel on a plane receives advice from Trashe Blanche on how to get laid. A young woman with the rare blood type RHnull is cradle‐robbed by a man who secretly gets rich off selling her and their daughter’s samples to researchers. An ex‐globetrotter searches for the unknown neighbour who keeps anonymously printing hardcore pornographic images on his wireless printer only to be abducted by him. With a different first‐person perspective for each work, we are treated to a panoply of narrative tasters. Indeed, the book could have been called Appetizers or Flights, and we might question whether its flash‐fiction morsels of some four pages offer portions substantial enough to be binged. The collection, abundant as it is with viewpoints, would seem to demand a unique voice for each character. Instead, Coupland’s highly distinctive writing style, which usually brings a welcome stamp of consistency to the sustained plots of his full‐length novels, tends to overpower the prose and narration across these more fleeting and variegated works. Often it is difficult to identify the gender, age, or outlook of a protagonist until the story is almost over. This could be an intentional strategy to meld perspectives and thereby emphasize our underlying sameness, perhaps along the lines of Charlie Kaufman’s stop motion animated film Anomalisa, in which everyone on Earth is revealed to be a single person. But it seems more likely that in the pursuit of that bingeable quality suggested by the title, Coupland has intentionally sacrificed diversity of expression for stylistic consistency more conducive to smooth reading. Often the stories carry a moral, echoing themes Coupland explored in his 2016 essay and fiction compendium, Bit Rot. For example, his contention that psychiatric pharmaceuticals are a boon to society is illustrated in “Adderall” by a hoarder who finally starts tidying up her junkyard of a house after a visitor gives her prescription amphetamines. His lamentations about how the internet has permanently transformed our brains is revisited in the introductory story “Alexa,” in which the photographic‐memory‐endowed narrator notes that people tend to retain less information since the advent of search engines. The Literary Review of Canada praised Binge for its "up-to-the-minute language,” listing several acronyms in common currency, including yolo, nsfw, and fomo. Coupland has always had an ear for fresh lingo and has dabbled in internet slang at least since his 1995 Microserfs. But Gen Zers and Millennials may by struck by the incongruously outdated pop‐culture references. The vast majority—Carry, Alanis Morrisette, Monty Python, Archie, Princess Mononoke—date from between the 60s and 90s, and almost none (I could find only Childish Gambino) from the 2010s. The cover of the book (see above), a blurry, analogue still of Courtney Cox in the music video for Dancing in the Dark with Bruce Springsteen awkwardly clipped from the frame, screams 1980s, as if to warn prospective readers of the anachronisms inside. We might be tempted to chalk up his lapse in capturing crucial elements of the zeitgeist that has been his stock‐in‐trade to a lack of familiarity with the cultural touchpoints of recent decades. But we should also acknowledge that widely resonant references are increasingly hard to come by now that the internet has shattered the traditional monoliths of television, cinema, radio, and print. Perhaps Coupland can be forgiven for digging up famous artifacts from the halcyon days of universal entertainment in an age where algorithms have buried each of us in isolated heaps of shiny, new information trinkets. However we choose to understand the book’s odd nostalgic quality and its one‐size‐fits‐all voice, Binge delivers on the promise of its subtitle, “to make your brain feel different,” offering insights and illuminations about existence in the twenty‐first century, all punctuated by Coupland’s trademark wordplay and wit. When is he going to give us another novel? *This essay was adapted from a review that originally appeared in the winter 2022 edition of The Malahat Review.

essay by Eli K.P. William. I am the author of the Jubilee Cycle trilogy (Skyhorse Publishing), including: Cash Crash Jubilee, The Naked World, and A Diamond Dream.  I also translate Japanese literature, including the bestselling novel A Man (Crossing) by Keiichiro Hirano. More about me here. Follow me on X: @Dice_Carver Check out my most recent article, a two part history of the Science Fiction And Fantasy Writers of Japan for Nippon.com Or if you want more essays like this one, join my newsletter ALMOST REAL.

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