#PAPAYA FANS WE WAITED FOR THIS FOREVER
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Lando Norris, Formula One Grand Prix Winner 🥇 📰 🧡
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😾Really Nice Guy Who Hates Only You
*part of the reverse trope series*
Pairing: Oscar Piastri x Celebrity!Reader
Genre: Fluff/Miscommunication/Humor/SMAU
Summary: Oscar was known to be the epitome of a polite cat. His reputation is that he is genuinely nice to everyone. Well, everyone except for you.
*once again, I have loved writing for this series and it seems like everyone loves these chapters (as they have the highest notes out of all of them). I'm really excited for what is to come! I have loved making all the special tweets and other additions to the posts!*
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Oscar had been in a bad mood. The garage could practically feel the cloud that surrounded the Aussie as he walked through the garage on Saturday morning for the sprint. The scrunch of the nose and the constant side eyes also gave it away.
Normally, Oscar tends to be more on the quiet side. But today, he was even quieter. Gone was the polite cat, and it was replaced by a very grumpy feline.
“Hey Oscar! Come meet our guests!”
Oscar let out a sigh as he turned around and put a very fake smile on his face. This is the moment he had been dreading ever since you stepped into the garage. He did, or couldn’t, understand why you were wearing his number on the back of the jersey you wore.
It disgusted him.
You were very pretty though, he had eyes. Your hair went very well with the papaya orang and your smile could pretty much kill a man in a 10-foot radius. Except that right now, Oscar wanted your perfect hair to catch on fire and he’d avoid the smile.
When he finally got closer, he stopped a few feet in front of you, not wanting to get too close. Two hands clapped him on the shoulders as Lando started to shake him.
“So Os-cah, this is Y/n L/n, 2-time Grammy Award winner and probably the prettiest guest we’ve ever had.”
All right, so Lando was a gonner.
Oscar fought the urge to roll his eyes right into the back of his head so he wouldn’t have to look at you anymore. But your smile was oh-so pretty. You looked at him with wide eyes as you held out your hand for a shake.
However, Oscar just looked at it, then looked at you.
“Welcome.”
Lando reeled back, confused at his younger teammate’s coldness. The two watched as your smile faltered just a bit. (If Oscar had any remorse, he didn’t show it.) You were quick to recover and spread another smile, even if this one wasn’t as real as the first.
You put your hand down as you greeted, “It’s such an honor to finally meet you! I’ve been a fan for what feels like forever.”
Oscar grunted. “Can’t say the same.”
You absolutely wanted to whimper. You had been waiting to be invited to a Formula 1 garage ever since you won your first Grammy. And well, you had other offers from Red Bull or Ferrari, but the McLaren garage is the one you wanted to be your first. So, you had declined and declined until you knew that you could meet the driver that you had been following for so long.
But now that you finally met him, you wondered why he was such an asshole.
You pushed down your feelings and continued. “That’s ok. My music isn’t for everyone. But I wanted to congratulate you on your rookie season last year!”
“Thanks.”
Ok, Lando knew something was up and he couldn’t take the hurt-puppy-eyes coming from you anymore. The Briton was about to say something, but Zak had decided to interrupt with another celebrity guest.
“Guys, this is Sabrina, she’s also joining Miss L/n in the garage today. Ladies, we have two headsets for you in the back when we’ll go over some last minute car things if you’d like to listen in!” Zak explained.
It only hurt when Oscar eyes lit up at your fellow musician, brushing past you to personally introduce himself. Lando was now left with a very sad Grammy winner on his hands. He gently put his arm around your waist to bring you to the side.
When a long sigh escaped your lips, Lando felt awful.
“Y/n, I swear he’s normally the nicest person on the planet. Oscar always seems to love everyone, no matter the guest.”
Your eyes flitted over to where Oscar was now animatedly talking to Sabrina about her new album. You let out a scoff.
“Yeah, everyone but me. Maybe I should have just taken the offer from Red Bull or Ferrari.”
Lando pouted. He knew that you had been a fan of Oscar’s way back to the start of his F2 season. And then you had purposefully put the word McLaren in many different songs. Hell, your newest album titled “Momentum” was basically a love letter to your beloved team. You even had plans to become an investor once you could make the first payment.
The Briton felt lost. “I was going to find Max and Charles if you’d like to join me?”
You took one more look at Oscar, not surprised to see him glare at you from the side. That action made up your mind and you agreed to go with Lando.
Taking with Max and Charles was like a breath of fresh air. The two were great conversationalists and pretty funny. The Monegasque even invited you into one of the media buildings to look at the behind the scenes, which put you in awe.
The two rivals, thought, couldn’t understand why you were attached to Lando when you had a giant 81 on the back of your jersey.
“Have you met Oscar yet?” Charles asked. When you tensed, he knew that he had asked a wrong question. Your expression quickly became sad.
“Yeah. But I don’t think he likes me very much,” you muttered.
Max scoffed. “That’s absurd. He’s quiet, but he’s nice to everyone.”
Lando winced. “But for some reason, he was being really rude and just standoff-ish.”
You looked so dejected. “At first I thought he might not be a fan of my music, but then he was super smiley with Sabrina and we co-wrote most of mine and her songs. So it’s not the genre.”
The Briton wanted to try to bring your spirits back up, but he noticed the time and said that you and him had to be back at the garage. You said your goodbyes to the Dutchman and Monegasque before you followed Lando back to the garage.
On your way in, Oscar sent you yet another glare as he got ready to be in the car.
Although he had been mean, you still said, “Good luck.”
Maybe he heard you or didn’t, but he never responded or acted like he took it to heart.
When Oscar was able to overtake multiple cars and finish the sprint in P2, you were ecstatic. His terrible attitude did not hinder your joy for the Aussie. You didn’t secretly call yourself the #1-Piastri fan for nothing. Sabrina laughed next to you as you hopped up and down, glad that your driver finished well in the points.
It was sad for Lando who didn’t make it past P5, but the Briton explained that qualifying for the actual race is when it truly counted.
You watched with stars in your eyes as Oscar walked up after Charles to be interviewed by Jensen Button.
The former driver asked the first question.
“Oscar, first congrats on the P2, you did a lot of overtaking. Was that in the strategy?”
The Aussie laughed, really showing that he indeed was polite to everyone.
“Well the strategy is always to win, but we were close with all the upgrades. It’s been good and I’m ready for the races to come.”
A few more questions were asked and exchanged before Jensen somehow brought you up.
“So we saw that Y/n L/n and Sabrina Carpenter were both in the McLaren garage. And we all know that Y/n is a massive McLaren fan as well as your fan. Have you listen to any of her songs?”
Many people definitely saw the change in facial expression when your name was brought up. The smiley Oscar was replaced with a bored one.
“Well, I don’t really listen to artists who bash or make fun of my driving.”
Jensen gave me a very curious look. “She actually praises you in most of her songs.”
The Aussie rolled his eyes. “Yeah, like the one where she said she crashed her McLaren like Piastri.”
Your eyes widened, along with everyone else in the garage. Those were definitely not the lyrics to one of your songs. Lando also had wide eyes and he was looking right at you, who seemed to be on the verge of a mental breakdown.
“I would never do that,” you said, looking into Lando’s hazel eyes. The Briton looked puzzled. He had specifically played or sung songs for the Aussie that mentioned McLaren or Oscar.
You kind of just sank into the background, trying to process what could have gone wrong. Lando on the other hand raced to catch Oscar as he was walking into the garage.
“Mate, what are you doing?” Oscar asked as Lando was directing him to one of the driver rooms. Lando slammed the door and turned to Oscar.
“What are the lyrics to Y/n’s song?”
There was another eye roll. “Lando you sung them to me like two weeks ago.”
Land shook his head. “But tell me.”
Oscar huffed, “Small talk, big love. Act like you don’t care but I disagree. When I crashed my McLaren like Piastri.”
“Stop!”
The Aussie cocked his head.
Lando continued, “Those aren’t the lyrics you muppet. It’s ‘When I crashed my McLaren like past me.’ A few years ago, Y/n used to wreck a lot of cars at a teen. She got better and decided to buy a McLaren when your seat was announced for 2023. And then she crashed it on accident after she got broken up with.”
A look of realization washed over Oscar’s face and then a look of dread. A giant sigh left his lips. Lando thought he was going to pass out or something but the second Papaya driver quickly ran out of the room. He stopped short of where you had sat in the back of the garage and quietly started to step closer.
Your head was in your hands but you looked up when you heard footsteps. You were shocked to be looking at Oscar, who had a guilty look on his face. You shot up out of your seat and began to ramble.
“Oscar, I swear, I would never back and diss you in any of my songs. You’re truly my favorite driver and I was so excited to meet you. I have put your name in my songs before, but it’s only been praise. I’m so sorry that you’ve been thinking that I’d make fun of your driving and-“
Oscar held out a hand to stop you.
But now it was his turn to ramble, hands flying everywhere.
“You’re sorry? I’m sorry. I’ve been an utter asshole to you all day. That was horrible of me. Lando sung me the song a few weeks ago, but it was pretty mumbled because he couldn’t remember some of the words and I heard Piastri instead of past me and I just thought the worst and…”
Lando was having a field day watching you watch Oscar with stars in your eyes as he apologized over and over again.
The Briton pretended to dust his hands off as he watched Oscar pull out his phone and offer it to you.
“Another day, another matchmaking completed.”
y/n_l/n has posted
y/n_l/n thank you so much McLaren for the amazing day today! It was truly a dream come true to meet my all time favorite driver!
little surprise for everyone else - Florida is yours (inspired by a special someone) 🧡
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queeny/n OH MY GOSH NEW SONG AFTER THE MIAMI RACE??
y/n&f1 wouldn't the song be written for Logan then?
y/nxoscar she said inspired - didn't mean that it's actually about him
oscah81 P2 SPRINT RACE AND POSSIBLE NEW WAG
landonorris I too would like a song pls
charles_leclerc we all know she wrote golden about me ♥️
maxverstappen1 I claim midnight rain then
landonorris ☹️
y/n_l/n it's ok lando - working on one now!
y/nsgrammy to think that Oscar thought she dissed him when she's like his biggest fan ever
oscargirlie y/n get's us with the second picture
oscarpiastri was the second picture necessary? and Florida? when did you have time to write that??
y/n_l/n 1. yes, it was very necessary, 2. I wrote it when you ignored me
oscarpiastri and you still wrote me a song?
y/n_l/n of course! most of my songs had you written in mind ☺️
oscarpiastri so. . . dress?
y/n_l/n 😳🤭
loscar-land your honor I love them
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3 peas in a pod • dr3 part 1 ੈ✩‧₊˚
ੈ✩‧₊˚ pairing || daniel ricciardo x ln4 best friend!reader
ੈ✩‧₊˚ genre || social media au
ੈ✩‧₊˚ summary || y/n, danny, and lando are best friends, three peas in a pod. lando and y/n grew up together, surely if any of them are dating it's them... right?
ੈ✩‧₊˚ warning || slight age gap, slut shaming
ੈ✩‧₊˚ a/n || i have realised that i have a habit of making the reader best friends with lily and alex, i'd apologise but I think it really just reflects my obsession w them... like who wouldn't wanna be best friends with them?! also sorry if it seems rushed but p2 will be out semi soonish- i’m gonna finish some other works first!
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yourusername rahhhh 🇬🇧 ln4 home race!
tagged mclaren, danielricciardo, landonorris
username7 my fave mclaren girly 🧡
username81 y/n being the biggest ln4 fan - y/n lando truthers we win!
landonorris my biggest fan 🧡
⤷ username37 awww
⤷ username4 never beating the dating allegations
lilymhe bae
⤷ yourusername forever
maxfewtrell slide 5: live footage of y/n during the race
⤷ username16 yk it’s real when his best friend ships them as well
danielricciardo papaya princess
⤷ username18 best friends my ass
⤷ username71 awww he’s like a big brother to her 🥰
⤷ username6 girl-
username66 i love when y/n goes to races!
carmenmmundt me encanta
mclaren our fave girl in orange!
⤷ yourusername love u admin
username11 slutting out for mclaren 🙄
maxverstappen1 cheering for me? thanku y/n/n!
⤷ yourusername ofc, og orange army maxxie
⤷ danielricciardo 🤨
⤷ landonorris 🤨
⤷ mclaren 🤨
landonorris u always capture my features best 😍
⤷ yourusername yk it 😉😫
username27 y/n is landos biggest fan it’s so cute
username16 she was made for the colour orange 🧡🧡
alex_albon no feature? rip
⤷ yourusername soz albono, papaya boys only today!
lissiemackintosh my girl ❤️🔥
⤷ yourusername ILY
martingarrix 🧡
adam_norris_pure_electric Very nice y/n 🤩
⤷ username17 father-in-law 🤨
username13 just y/n supporting her boyfriend at his home race 🤭
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yourusername papaya on film while we wait for 🇭🇺
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username17 y/n always coming through w the content
username92 daniel looks majestic
username81 they both look soooo gooodddd
mclaren papaya princess doing papaya things 🧡
⤷ yourusername papaya 4 life 🧡🧡
username16 can she like just pick one of them?
⤷ username51 just bc ur bitter that she’s friends w them 🙄
landonorris baller ⛹️♂️🏀
⤷ yourusername we won’t talk abt how u missed then? ok!
⤷ username4 whack him again queen!
⤷ username52 best couple things
danielricciardo 🧡
⤷ username72 farkkk just admit youse are dating!
⤷ username18 why would they do that when she’s obv dating lando??
⤷ username16 he could be her grandpa wtf
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yourusername summy time☀️
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username1 y/n feeding us that summer break content
username45 ahhh she’s w lan + dan
alex_albon why is lando giving u the bird
⤷ yourusername he’s a brat
⤷ landonorris ME?
⤷ danielricciardo can confirm. he’s a brat.
⤷ username68 he was probs sick of third wheeling 😭
⤷ username4 *daniel was sick of third wheeling
isahernaez guapasíma 😍
⤷ yourusername miss u isaaa 💘
username96 she’s literally living the dream
mclaren Thank you for the content queen!
⤷ yourusername papaya fan doing papaya things 🧡
username52 mclaren whore
⤷ username18 shut up
danielricciardo cute
⤷ username18 absolutely zero game i’m crying
username72 y/n and her boyfriends
⤷ username7 no but fr i’m so confused is she dating dan? is she dating lando?
⤷ username72 idk if she’s dating either but pretty sure if she is it’s defs lando
⤷ username7 they’d be so cute 😍 childhood friends to lover excellence
username64 sorry but how is she so pretty
chloestroll stunning babes
⤷ yourusername 😘😘
riabish stunnn
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lando.jpg clicks 📸
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username02 omf mans is in love
username8 u honestly want me to believe that they aren’t dating? LOOK AT THIS
username92 the way he captures her 😫
yourusername yummy juicy watermelon
⤷ danielricciardo hell yea
⤷ lando.jpg what?
⤷ danielricciardo what?
⤷ yourusername what…?
⤷ username73 what 😵💫
username5 omgomgomg lando danny y/n lily and alex all on break together THEY DID THIS FOR ME
username92 so we aren’t gonna talk abt that last pic…
⤷ username6 is that danny and y/n?
⤷ username92 yuppp
⤷ username6 y/n danny nation W
⤷ username72 he’s just taking photos of her lol
alex_albon ✌️✌️
username16 soft launch fr
username72 finally we can shut up those crazy y/n daniel shippers - that man could be her father 🤢
⤷ username4 REALLLL childhood friends to lovers always prevails
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daniel3.jpg summer was cute.
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username3 that 3 following him everywhere
username47 omg that 4th slide of y/n…
⤷ username8 and we were going crazy abt the one lando took 😳
username99 the difference in the pics lando and daniel took… platonic vs romantic 🤷♀️
username17 he saw all y’all running ur mouths abt y/n and lando, and set the record straight
yourusername very cute ☺️
⤷ landonorris ew who are u?
⤷ lilymhe lay off my wife 👹
⤷ alex_albon yea ok not surprised
⤷ username36 lando being grossed out by danny and y/n being soft for eachother - fork found in kitchen
lilymhe THREE pics of y/n and ZERO of me and alex… ok. 🫵
⤷ username17 lily is a y/n daniel truther
username17 he should feel ashamed- posting photos of y/n like that… what a creep
⤷ username3 i’m sure being her best friend he got her consent. also she’s literally 24 - she can make her own decisions
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f1 BREAKING: Daniel Ricciardo will leave McLaren at the end of the 2022 season.
username17 NO FUCKING WAY.
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yourusername doing just fine 🙃🌷
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username17 glad to see our bffs are all still bffs
username2 y/n the woman that u are.
username62 this is kinda the equivalent of y/n flipping of mclaren
username71 daniel w baby content AHHHH
lilymhe oh!
⤷ yourusername you look cute babe 🥺
username28 y/n said zak brown u will not ruin our summer
danielricciardo 🤍
alex_albon why does lando look in love with daniel?
⤷ landonorris bc i AM in love with daniel.
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landonorris i ❤️ ?
username22 NO FUCKING WAY
username92 y/n and lando HARD LAUNCH BABY
username73 WE BEEN KNOWN WE BEEN WAITING
username9 third slide… do u think they got together in ny?!
username5 that man is not lando
⤷ username09 RIGHT like he’s to tall and big?
⤷ username3 yk who it could be tho…
alex_albon why r u pretending ur breaking the rules yourusername … ur well over 21 #old
⤷ yourusername woah slow ur roll albono
danielricciardo nyc… u love nyc right?
⤷ landonorris no daniel i love YOU
yourusername nyc get litty dab on them haters lfggggg in new yorkkkkkkk concrete jungles where dreams are made offfff
⤷ danielricciardo u age me
⤷ yourusername u don’t need me for that danny
⤷ lilymhe DAMN boom roasted there’s nothing u cant doooo i when ur in new yorkkkkkk
⤷ alex_albon u age me
⤷ yourusername u are old anyways
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yourusername concrete jungle
username82 i’m so soft the way she’s still watching the race 🥹
username57 they’re her boys 🥹
username01 did she go to little italy in nyc…. bc she couldn’t be in italy for the race GOD I HAVE SEEN WHAT YOUVE DONE FOR OTHERS
danielricciardo bellissimo
⤷ yourusername 🍝🤌
lilymhe hottttt
landonorris biggest ln4 fan 😍
⤷ yourusername hmmmm more of a dr3 girly
⤷ username62 awww i love how lan and y/n tease each other 🥹
⤷ danielricciardo taste yourusername
mclaren our papaya girl even across the world 😍
alex_albon wet dream tomato 🍅
⤷ georgerussell63 are those the lyrics? i always thought it was where dreams are made of 😅 you learn something new haha
⤷ yourusername george u are too much
⤷ alex_albon george you are such a loser
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danielricciardo my home away from home
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yourusername save a horse ride a- sorry nvm
⤷ alex_albon FERAL
⤷ username17 girl stand up 😭
username02 A WIN FOR THE Y/N DANIEL TRUTHERS
username99 this is such a coupley post
landonorris everybody watch out y/n’s on the loose
username73 oh to be in texas at a party w y/n and daniel
username18 THE HAND IN HIS HAIR?!
mclaren yeehaw 🤠
scottyjames31 looking good DR
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yourusername save a horse #riccrodeo
tagged danielricciardo
username9 omg the horse rlly had its own paddock pass
username63 couples who share a weird obsession w texas together stay together
username6 pls tell me u bought him that badge
⤷ yourusername can confirm
danielricciardo 2nd pic was the best moment of my life
⤷ username12 monaco 2018 u r DUST
landonorris btw no hat and boot shopping is not fun. especially with y/n and daniel.
⤷ username73 not lando playing boyfriend for his girlfriend AND best friend 🤣
enchante 🤠
mclaren best looking cowgirl in the paddock 🫶
username62 mr and mrs texas
scottyjames31 how we feel abt the chops y/n/n?
⤷ yourusername let’s not talk abt it…
⤷ scottyjames31 🤣🤣
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lando.jpg yeehaw
username3 mans cant catch a break w danny’s shit
username8 i just know he’s wallowing in his own pain bc his girlfriend and teammate have been cosplaying cowboys the entire weekend
⤷ username26 not his girlfriend they’re just best friends
⤷ username8 okayyyyy
⤷ username72 well if she is i’m pretty sure he’s in pain bc his girlfriend and teammate look more like a couple then they do
yourusername that’s the spirit!
⤷ landonorris you have enough spirit for the both of u
⤷ alex_albon he’s right
⤷ yourusername ☹️
⤷ landonorris IN A GOOD WAY!
⤷ yourusername okkkk….
⤷ danielricciardo don’t let them dull your sparkle
maxfewtrell where’s the boots mate?
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danielricciardo back home
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username72 DR IS BACK
username74 3rd driver but he’ll be back as soon as we know it
yourusername so proud ❤️
username2 rb golden boy is back
christianhorner 👏❤️
scottyjames31 YES DR rb athletes 🔛🔝
username01 prime time danny coming to a screen near you
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yourusername switching sides *caption edited *fun dump
username45 Y/N DONT THINK WE DIDNT SEE THAT
username81 MAXIEL CONTENT IN 2022?
danielricciardo 😁
username17 the rb can 😌 team daniel fr
username18 traitorous bitch. you’d be no where without mclaren.
maxfewtrell what did u say for lando to give u that side eye?
⤷ yourusername took this right before i showed him the post… you could say he was disappointed
username71 um are we gonna ignore that last photo?!
maxverstappen1 😅
⤷ username17 what does this mean?!
username26 y/n is fr soft launching daniel
⤷ username4 it could be anyone
redbullracing 🥶
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landonorris oi what’s w the photo
⤷ yourusername which one 🙂
username72 idk if anyone’s noticed but y/n actually hasn’t tagged or responded to any mclaren comments since daniel’s contract termination was announced…
⤷ username2 wait…
username38 sensory overload… the way everyone is ignoring the soft launch
lilymhe who’s that man y/n/n…?
⤷ alex_albon i know 😇
⤷ lilymhe i know where u live 👹
⤷ alex_albon yeah… with me 😧
username28 y/n has really been distancing herself from the papaya princess image lately and now it makes so much sense
username3 daniel getting y/n in the divorce???
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I’m doing my very best not to format this as a literary analysis paper but that’s basically what this is so forgive me if I slip back into those old habits at all. And I'm going to tag @betweenlands and @fluffy-papaya in this because guys look what your fic made me brainrot. XD
(This is a long one, y'all. We're talking 2k words. Sorry.)
That said:
Hey, let’s talk about the bead curtain in Dog at the Door.
That dang bead curtain, and why I’m currently fixating on it, and how I think it has symbolism that may or may not be intentional.
(At this point, I’m assuming it’s intentional. Everything about this fic is intentional. Including the pain. Heh. “The only difference between a running gag and a recurring theme is how seriously you take it,” says Solar. Cool. I’m taking it seriously.)
The curtain first shows up in chapter one. It’s one of the first things we see in the van, and the first thing we know about it is that Doc finds it obnoxious. Ugly. Revolting. Renbob loves it, obviously, but Renbob has odd tastes. Doc, on the other hand, literally uses his hatred of the curtain to motivate him to get out of bed in the morning.
The Red King, when he shows up, also has similar dislike of the thing, but his reaction is a little more measured, a little less extreme. More distaste, less disgust. He finds it “distasteful” and compares it to wearing a labcoat without a shirt (lol). But he doesn’t loath it like Doc does, and when Doc suggests (in chapter 13) that they take it down and use it for friendship bracelets, he’s as displeased with that idea as Renbob is. He has an ambivalent opinion, overall.
And then Ren. Ren actually reacts the least to the curtain—but ends up with the most dramatic interaction with it, which we’ll come back to in a second. He simply says (chapter 24) that normally he’d find the beads hideous, but that the light of Doc’s eye reflecting off it into the shadows makes it oddly peaceful.
There’s exactly one other use of the word “curtain” in this fic, and it’s this line right here:
“I haven’t done anything but possess him and lead his soul back to the controls.” RK throws his hands up in the air. “He’s put himself behind the curtain because he thinks I’m out to get him. My only crime is the original contract I made with him, doctor.”
In this instance, RK is talking about their “imperfect metaphor” of Ren being behind the curtain that separates the “driver’s seat” from the rest of the van that is Ren’s mind/soul. He’s saying that Ren has deliberately put himself in a position of defeat and surrender because he (Ren) doesn’t think there are any other options.
M’kay. Right about now, any sane person is going, “Red. Why are you so fixated on this bead curtain. It’s a running joke at best.”
And... I mean, sure. Kinda. But also definitely not.
This is the part where I really step out on a potentially-shaky limb with all the confidence in the world, because here’s what I'm seeing: the dividing line between life and death is often portrayed in literature as a curtain.
(And it’s interesting to note that the curtain is a barrier, a separation, but it’s only a curtain, and this one is made of beads at that. It’s a flimsy and fluid barrier, easy to pass through. Back and forth. Surrender and control, life and death.)
In fact, even in this fic it’s used that way: RK may be referring to the metaphorical bead curtain in their van of an explanation for how his and Ren’s relationship works, but in the story at that point Ren is convinced that he’s dead. Or is supposed to be dead. And by putting himself “behind the curtain,” he’s surrendering to that. Almost insisting on it, because that’s the truth of how he sees the world right then and he can’t process any other possibilities. He’s basically saying “I’m supposed to be dead, and this side of the curtain is death, so that’s where I’ll stay.”
So if the curtain in the metaphor represents the two sides of that, it’s really interesting to look at the various characters’ reactions to the literal bead curtain and see how it reflects their attitudes toward death—and specifically Ren’s death.
Renbob is... chill. He has an entirely comfortable relationship with the bead curtain, with life and death, with his own emotions—even with dealing with the emotions of the others he’s chauffeuring across the universe. While he isn’t immune to the grief of losing (or thinking he’s lost) Ren, he deals with it in a relatively healthy way—at least as much as we see. I think there was a possibly-canon ask at some point that said he was journaling and meditating so... yeah. Renbob’s got this. And 50 other bead curtains in storage. He’s the only character in the fic who passes in and out of the curtain regularly and without it being a big deal.
To put it simply: Renbob is on good terms with whatever happens in life, up to and including the end of it. (Renbob is arguably the equal and opposite of Grimdog. Two sides of the same coin in more ways than one.)
Contrast that now with Doc. Doc is... not a fan of the bead curtain. It represents a loss of control to him, (“freakin’ hippies”) and a separation from what he loves. In the past, he and Ren were on opposite sides of that conflict, and the beads still somewhat represent that tension (though in a mostly nostalgic, and not actively-antagonistic way.) But the language Doc’s narration uses to describe the beads is strong. “Obnoxious.” “Accursed.” “Horrendously evil.”
Nearly as scary as his best friend trying to kill him.
It’s played for laughs, obviously, and it is funny. But if we project the symbolism of “the curtain represents death” onto Doc’s reactions, it gets a bit less amusing. And it really fits with Doc’s attitude toward Ren’s death in the whole fic. It’s the worst thing he’s ever faced—to the extent that until RK’s seemingly-permanent presence forces him to, Doc doesn’t even try to process it. He goes right to work on the prosthetics, growls at anyone who tries to make him do anything he doesn't want to do, accepts RK as “New Ren,” and pretends that he’s going on with life.
He refuses to look at how weird the whole situation is, because if he does that he has to deal with Ren being gone forever. He ignores the thing that’s right under his nose and pretends it’s not there until a moment of quiet or actually having to interact with it brings it back to his attention, and then his reaction is vitriolic.
Doc hates that curtain, and he hates the concept of death, the concept of losing control. Even in his nightmares, he holds tight to what little control he can take, even if it’s just taking the initiative to sit in the snow and let it kill him faster. Hold onto that thought, because I’ve got more to it, but we have to talk about RK and Ren first.
RK holds both distaste and acceptance of the curtain. He doesn’t like it, but he doesn’t want it destroyed either. The distaste, notably, is when he’s with Doc, and the acceptance comes from being around Renbob. The Red King, as a blood god, is not exactly unfamiliar with death. It’s literally in his job description, but that doesn’t mean he has to like it. A necessary evil, if you will.
It doesn’t hurt either that, at least up until Ren, RK has always been the one on the other side of the curtain, completely in control of the situation. He goes back and forth on his attitudes, but in the past he has been the one in control and the bringer of death. His reaction is negative, but not emphatic—the way someone who has plenty of indoor plans might react to a rainstorm.
Ren... now, Ren. Ren has, like I said, the least recorded reaction to the actual, physical bead curtain. But. But. While he normally would call it hideous, “there’s something oddly peaceful about watching light fractals spin off the walls, cutting off into the shadows.” The shadows, it’s worth noticing, are specifically implied to be RK/hiding RK in this moment. Doc’s light and RK’s shadows interacting with the curtain bring peace to Ren. He passes through it easily to find Renbob.
Ren has already accepted his death—he accepted it long before the fic even started—to an extent that he’s actively insisting on it for a large portion of the story. It’s only when he realizes that Doc is in potential danger that he starts fighting RK for control of the situation again. (“Stay away from Doc, you bastard. He wasn’t part of our bargain. Leave him alone.”)
He dislikes the bead curtain, but he doesn’t hate it, and when seen in the (literal) light of Doc’s protective, watching eye—even if he is asleep at the moment, bless—even the shadows of RK’s presence are suddenly beautiful and peaceful to him in a way that, without the “reflecting fractals” of the beads, wouldn’t be possible. Again: this is the chapter where Renbob’s influence is felt, and his peace with life and death directly affects Ren and his reactions. (“It’ll all sort itself out, eventually, and I’ll be here for you while it does.”)
And then...
And then Ren rips down the curtain altogether.
The separation is gone. For better or for worse, that divide between control and surrender, between RK and Ren, between life and death... it’s gone. It’s scattered across the floor of the van, glittering in Ren’s hair, and in the carpet. Ren has broken through that barrier, and now we just have to wait to see what the consequences of that are for him.
But... we can already see at least one consequence for Doc. Because now there is no more illusion of control and surrender for him to maintain. That division is no longer there, and we see Doc’s first real surrender in the whole story. Even in his nightmares, he was still in control: he knew it was a nightmare, and he fought against it until he “gave up”—in a way that still put him in control. He chooses to sit in the snow so it’ll kill dream-him faster.
He acts like he doesn’t care, but it’s still not that: he takes control in the only way he knows, aware that everything is only a dream and no matter what how it treats him, he’ll still wake up in the end. He looks at the nightmare and says basically “Do your worst, I dare you, but you won’t get what you want from me.”
But now—now he surrenders to Ren. He gives up. His core truth (“I’ll do anything to protect those I love,” which I talked about in this post) looks like it’s not going to be enough to save them. He can’t save Ren—from RK or from Ren himself—and that means he’s lost in the worst way possible. In this moment, it looks like Ren doesn’t even trust that Doc’s core truth—that he will do anything to save his friends—is true.
This is Doc’s lowest point: that Ren seems to think Doc’s loyalty and love have failed. And to Doc... that’s a fate worse than death.
So he gives up. He tells Ren to kill him, and he fully expects him to do so. Doc doesn’t want to die, but at this point he has completely let go of any control of his own fate. Even when facing down Ren with the Skizz blade, he held tightly to his control of the situation. He literally takes the sword in his own hand and removes it as a threat. But now—now the curtain is gone. The illusion of control is gone.
Ren is the one in control of the situation—for possibly the first time in the fic—and he chooses to remember that Doc is his friend, that he’s missed him. But Doc leaves it all to him. Even when Ren backs off, Doc stays in that surrendered state (“I can’t do anything right, unlike [Martyn.]”). He realizes that he's been in the passenger seat the whole time, and he’s now where Ren was before: no longer even trying to take back the driver’s seat.
The curtain is gone. Now we just have to wait and see who ends up on which side of it at the end.
#long post#dog at the door#datd#i got about halfway through this yesterday and then was told that the bead curtain was important to today's chapter#and I thought: okay. I'll wait and it'll probably blow my entire theory out of the water.#and then NOPE turns out I'm pretty sure this is where it was going all along and I'm just a nerd who happened to notice
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Hey has anyone asked you yet about the time you got to meet the Mclaren team? If not, I'd love to know about it more!!
oH WOW.
I wasn’t expecting this.
Well, I’m watching a 24hrs race with 11 hours to go, I might as well take the time to write this down. Sit down and get ready to read a lot of text. Seriously it’s a lot of text. I’m sorry but this story took part in about 4 or 5 hours so a lot happened.
So the story has a little bit of background. I’m kinda vocal in Twitter. Not as much as the Papaya McLaren+ members, but somewhat vocal, specially around McLaren. The every weekend wishing the best for my babies, and such. Also, in 2017, I got to meet Stoffel and Fernando at the pitlane walk thing in the Mexican GP. Even appeared in Fernando’s Instagram Stories AND on the worldwide feed because I was the only Mexican with a Belgian flag cheering for Stoffel. So after that I told the team I was going to be back the following year and I did. For extra context, I had literally 48 hours earlier, broken up with my boyfriend at the time (fuck that guy), so I was really really sad.
So the morning of Thursday before the 2018 Mexican GP, I jump into a plane and take the trip to Mexico City for the GP. I didn’t had a pitlane walk ticket but I was planning on going to the race track and buy one (illegally) outside. So I land, or well, the plane lands, and when I turn my phone on again I find a really surprising message. From McLaren’s official Twitter, I got a DM asking me if I had plans on going to the racetrack that day. For context, I had told the team I was excited to see them on action that weekend. So I said that I still hadn’t a pitlane ticket but that I was looking to buy one. I went to my hotel and then to have breakfast and while I was having a meal, I get a second text asking me if I could meet them up in a door of the racetrack, that they had a gift for me and give me a WhatsApp number to stay in touch. WhatsApp number is British, I don’t know how to save it up because my phone kept putting the Mexican first few numbers as I tried to send message to them, it was an stressful mess but when it finally worked, I was already outside of the racetrack. I met a guy, Danny, and when we meet he gives me a paddock pass. I’m freaking out. On the walk past security and all of that, we are chatting. He’s such a nice guy. I still have his phone number but I don’t dare to text him again. He explains I do have to give the pass back at the end of the day and teaches me to use it and then says Go and see the full paddock, let’s meet up here in 20 minutes. So I have plenty of videos seeing everything. Saw Mauricio Arrivabene, KMag, Romain, Charles, Russell, Gio, and a lot of drivers up close, but they were busy with interviews and I didn’t wanted to disturb them. 20 minutes are up and I meet up with Danny and two other men who I can’t remember their names. That’s when we are talked into the McLaren pit. They explained a lot to us, and the cars were being worked on so we could see the engines up close and many other amazing little details. We walk out again and that’s when we are told. They are also giving us a Pirelli Hot Lap. I cried. No joke. We were walked over the Pirelli Hot Laps place and got to see the cars up close, tried a helmet, met my driver (Josh Cook) and I was eating my brain off. Eventually it’s time to go. We walk the main straight to where the cars were waiting for us, and met Charlotte and Helen (PR girls of McLaren at the time), I got the second to last lap in a McLaren 570s, so as the cars came and went I got more and more anxious. They did delivered me a copy of the video that was filmed but I don’t appear in the Mexican clip they published in their YouTube Channel. And I never published it myself. But if you have seen the “Oh, you drivin’ drivin’” it’s pretty much the same. Going side to side. At times yelling but mostly silence of “holy shit this is happening”. When I got off the car I was shaking. Huge smile in my face. Asked for a pic with Charlotte and Helen, and now I wish I had asked pictures with Danny and Josh as they were super special for me that day.
So this is where things get weird. Have you ever dreamt of something so much that you have a headcanon on how it’s going to be if something happens?? Well, I had a headcanon that I met Stoffel Vandoorne and in my headcanon I turned around to face his adorable smile. First time, that didn’t happen. This time around, we got invited to McLaren’s hospitality, got a free coke, Fernando was there but he didn’t wanted to even wave. He was in a chat with Buemi in the corner of the hospitality and Charlotte and Helen didn’t even made eye contact with him, it was clear to me that he has like “do not disturb” moments. So I was driving my coke and I hear one of the guys say “Oh the girl is going to freak out so much” and well, I was the girl, and I was wearing my 2018 team shirt with Stoffel’s name. So I was chilling and suddenly I hear a “Hi!” and I know that voice. I’ve heard that voice a million times in interviews. I leave my coke in the table and stand up to turn around and see him. Stoffel Vandoorne. I turn around again and sit down because this is not happening. This is a dream. I probably passed out and I’m dreaming. Charlotte asks “Are you ok?” and I know she’s talking about me. I turn again to face Stoffel and tears are in my eyes. It’s really him. And he has that stupid smile in his face. I can barely say “Hi” and my voice cracks but I’m trying my best to not cry. I raise my arm to shake his hand as Stoffel says “Don’t you want a hug?”, I crack again and just approach to hug him. IT IS THE BEST HUG IN MY LIFE. I can’t tell you what he’s smelled like because my definition is just clean. I didn’t smelled a cologne or sweat, I just smelt clean clothes and a clean man. We got a few pictures taken. On the first Lando is in the background, all funny, and we invite them to our picture. He stood on the side of the group and one of the other guys says “Why don’t you stand in the side of the girl, so she can have a McSandwich”. Best McSandwich ever. Stoffel had to leave (to track walk, I believe) and Lando stayed chatting with us for a while. When he finally left, we were invited for one last walk around the paddock. Even got into the stadium area of the circuit. And then it was time to leave. On the walk back to the main door where it all started I asked Danny why me? Why had they invited me? He said that he had noticed my tweets beforehand but the fact that I had tweeted to Lando saying I was excited to see him in FP1, and he retweeted me, was the reason why I got the invite. So, my dream way of meeting Stoffel Vandoorne became a reality thanks to Lando Norris and his really cute way of being with his fans.
As soon as I gave the pass away, I started to run. I was on the opposite side of the circuit than the pitlane walk door. So I ran, bought a ticket, ran some more, and pushed myself to the front of the crowd to meet Stoffel again. Yeah, I’m that crazy. So Charlotte sees me and says “Hey, look who it is Stoffel!” and Stoffel sees me and he’s like HI AGAIN! so HE FUCKING RECOGNIZED ME. So I chat with Charlotte a bit and say that I forgot to ask for an autograph so as Stoffel is signing one, and hands it to me, she says, “give her more”, so Stoff signed 2 more and handed them over. I told him I was going to miss him in F1 but that he had my support wherever he went, and he said thanks and carried on with his duty before leaving. I stayed there, as people left when they realised there were no drivers to sign cards, until I was told I had to leave. Prior to this, I met Lee Mathurin (a McLaren mechanic who I just discovered he has deleted his Twitter account, and I’m scared) and asked for a picture with him and other mechanics (he chicked out in coming to meet me along so he asked some friends to tag along) and as I try to snap the picture he grabs my phone and walks to the pits. He snapped a few good pictures of Stoffel’s car and the people around and came back to me to take a selfie of us. So after that, I got asked to leave by security and I rode an Uber back to my hotel room. As soon as I walked in and my mom asked “How it went?” I started crying my eyes out. That was waaay beyond what I had ever dreamt about. I was coming there still crying about my ex (I literally cried about him on the plane) and I started crying about how lucky and happy I was 12 hours later. McLaren, unknowing to them, made my life experience something I could never afford, in a moment when I most needed it. I couldn’t attend to the 2019 race and I’m not going to the 2020 race either, but I couldn’t ask for a better and happier day in my life. I truly owe that day forever to that team.
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Bahahaha I found out why the Grandline placed the portal where it did. The strawhats JUST got done rescuing Robin and on is on their merry way to Thriller Bark on the Sunny. Well let me back up a bit first. Mayu decided to wait on the Flag by asking who's Captain which turns out to be Naruto apparently only he and Sasuke wanted to be but given that Naruto wants to be Kage and Sasuke his second they just kinda fell into place. (Part 1)
With Naruto as captain and Sasuke as first mate, which apparently Mayu thought was funny because she just started LAUGHING no idea what was going through her head because the dream at that point was from Sakura's perspective at the time who was mostly just confused, Mayu then calms down enough to explain that its hilarious because their behavior just now was so like Luffy and Zoro, and she's just so happy for her friends to be here with her that she couldn't help it (Part 2)
Mayu then asks if there was anything different about her laugh, and when told no she was slightly disappointed. (I think we both know why she wants a One Piece laugh.) Then she asks Naruto cuz he's captain any ideas on what to name them. Which Naruto says no ideas except it can't have anything to do with the village, because he's got a bad feeling when he thinks with that (why would naruto get a bad feeling?) (Part 3)
Mayu thinks a bit and Says "how about Whirlpool? Like your clan name and its original home? Uzu was Konoha's sister Village after all and its deserves to be remembered! And we can use your Clan symbol as the flag! It be a bit simple but the symbol on the skull would be quite easy to do" (let it be known that Mayu is not very creative and is taking far too much inspiration from the Strawhats flag but hay it works) (part 4)
but anyway they argue a bit on weather or not add either other clans symbols or Konoha's, though the only other change they end up making is instead off a human skull its a pelican skull much to Mayu's embarrassment and secret joy, cuz in her friends words they wouldn't be doing this thing w/o her so she needs some representing, and they head to Loguetown where they spilt Sakura, Sasuke, and Ino going to exchange some gold for shopping (Part 5)
Sakura because she is in charge of the seals with the money and Gold (and future Treasure), Ino because she need to buy a few Log Poses (One main and a few back ups just in case), Sasuke because he finally wants to try to get a newspaper to try to pin down when they are with Mayu's help, they run into issues with language and go back to grab Mayu who whines that they wanted to go see the place Luffy was nearly killed at but helps anyway because well English (part 6 I think)
Sakura apparently can haggle with the best of them and get some really good prices on some of the jewelry Kakashi sent along to help jump start their adventure which more then covered the log poses and the newspaper which was handed to Mayu to translate, which in big letters on the front page talks about the Strawhats storming Enies Lobby a few weeks ago which makes Mayu both Panic and Excited. Excited because its before Marineford so the group can help go save Ace (part 7)
Panic because Teach Has Ace by now and Ace is likely already in Marine custody or on his way to be and none of them can pull a jail break right now, AND SHE DOESN'T WANT LUFFY TO LOSE HIS LAST BROTHER! (she doesn't know about Sabo being alive just with Memory loss yet) she calms down eventually and get the others to promise to Actually learn english from her like she has been trying for ages, since they need it, and quickly goes see the burned down execution platform before heading back (part 9)
Because she wants to bug Naruto with heading to the Grandline sooner then planned because she wants the group to be in a position to help Luffy, and while she has no clue how to get to Impel Down, Marineford is quite easy to find on the grandline and They're mostly ninja's and sneaking into places is what they do, they definitely need to get an Eternal Log pose to Marineford though first, she knows how to convince Naruto though so she isn't worried, and I woke up because dog again (part 10)
Mayu was definitely being a schemer there then again Marineford broke every fan's heart along with Luffy's and is DEFFENTLY not something Mayu would want Luffy to go though like at all. Mayu would likely hate herself forever if she didn't at least try to save Ace.
Whirlpool Pirates for the win!!
Now I’m just picturing them introducing themselves and some pirate/marine going “so are you lot behind the weird whirlpool portal then?” and them going 👀 👀 excuse me wHAT—
Sasuke used to insist he never needed to learn English because Mayu would always be there to translate it.
He gets left in the middle of town to learn his lesson, and somehow ends up with armfuls of papayas and one (1) grapefruit. Even he doesn’t know how that happened.
I feel like Mayu, while wanting to save Ace for Luffy, would also be a bit wary about sneaking in simply because Marineford has the strongest marines in the world guarding it, and if they get caught up in the Whitebeard War they’ll be running around between the most powerful fighters while they’re dunking it out.
Even if they are post 4th Ninja War, the Three Admirals are nothing to take lightly, to say nothing of Blackbeard and his crew.
Thank you for sharing again!!
#but i like one piece#one piece#naruto#marineford arc#whitebeard pirates#uzushio#naruto uzumaki#sasuke uchiha#ino yamanaka#sakura haruno#konoha 12#roronoa zoro#monkey d. luffy#one piece luffy#one piece zoro#ace one piece#portgas d. ace#straw hat pirates
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The Greatest of All Time - Imola Grand Prix review
It’s Christmas in 2004, and Maranello is a happy place. Ferrari has just crushed their opposition, winning 15 of the 18 races to claim a sixth consecutive constructors’ championship. And it wasn’t just another title: this was one of their most dominant, the F2004 a car so quick that in their first test at their private track in Fiorano they thought something was wrong with the track sensors. This hadn’t quite been the same level of dominance as 2002, when they scored as many points as all the other teams combined, but was pretty close.
Going into the next season, everyone expected Ferrari would be fending off challengers but staying on top. Just as in 2003, the competitors should be closing the gap a bit, but the Scuderia should remain the team to beat. Such was the quality of the 2004 car that the team led by Ross Brawn decided to evolve the car to adapt to the regulations tweaks of 2005, rather than work on an entirely new design.
But as the cars hit the track in Melbourne, it became clear the competition had more than caught up. The 2005 car was only supposed to make his debut in round 5 in Barcelona, but given the poor results in the first two races, its debut was brought forward to round 3 in Bahrain. It didn’t matter: plagued with aerodynamics issues, a gearbox too big and Bridgestone tyres that were losing the performance battle to Michelin, the F2005 won a single race, and only because all the teams using Michelin refused to race in the now infamous US GP, due to safety concerns.
At the time, it seemed impossible such a downturn in fortune could happen. The all-conquering Ferrari, the first team ever to win 6 championships in a row, had fallen off a cliff, finishing a distant third in the standings. No one had seen that coming, least of all those running the team itself.
What does this have to do with this weekend’s race? Obviously, everything. As expected since pretty much the first round of the season, Mercedes has just confirmed their seventh consecutive world title with four races to spare, beating Ferrari’s record, while reaching performance levels similar to those 2002 and 2004 titles. Just like Ferrari, they are at their peak, but the difference is that they show no signs of slowing down or becoming the c-word: complacent.
Ferrari’s 2005 season is a cautionary tale for any team dominating their sport: don’t take anything for granted; this is exactly what Mercedes have always done. Through every regulation change, they have continuously pushed the boundaries on every single level, taking every defeat as a chance to improve, and turning every setback into an opportunity. In what team principal Toto Wolff has described as a relentless drive to perfection, they keep on pushing when most, convinced their superiority would keep them ahead, would have relaxed.
A good example is the improvement made to their engine in this off-season. Clearly beaten by Ferrari in 2019, the team led by Andy Cowell worked to get back on top, not knowing that the only reason the Ferrari engines were so ahead was due to some shenanigans that weren’t entirely legal. The result is that the Mercedes engine took a leap forward in 2020, while Ferrari’s moved backwards, making the increased performance on the back of the Silver Arrows look even more impressive.
There is regular debate among F1 fans about who is the greatest driver of all time; now that Hamilton is beating pretty much every meaningful record, this debate is hotter than ever. But there is less debate about which is the best team, and that is because there are very few arguments left against this incarnation of Mercedes. It’s not just that they make the best car: it’s also that they keep winning even when they don’t have it. There were periods throughout 2017 and 2018 in which Ferrari had the best car on the grid, but due to driver performance or strategy calls, Mercedes would end up winning races that, on paper, it shouldn’t have won.
To me, there is no doubt that this is the best team F1 has ever seen. Through regulation changes, personnel departing and adversaries’ improving, they have kept pushing, onwards and upwards, relentlessly searching those marginal gains, those milliseconds that keep adding up to big advantages. Once this phase is over and someone else is spraying the champagne, we will have the time to really appreciate what they have achieved. But we are not there yet, and their records will keep improving, their chunk of F1 history becoming larger and larger.
Nothing lasts forever, especially if you don’t work hard to keep it going; this is particularly true in F1, where nothing stands still for long: blink, and someone has replaced you on the top step of the podium. That’s what happened at Maranello when preparing that 2005 car. That moment is still to happen to Mercedes, but no one is betting on it happening just yet.
Talking points
• The rookie class of 2019 has been having a torrid time of late, and if Norris at least got himself on the points after three scoreless races, the weekend was far less kind to his friends. Russell had a first points finish within his grasp when he crashed, in P10, behind the safety car. He will pick himself up and be better for it, but right now it has to hurt. It’s not the first time either, as he lost opportunities at Hockenheim last year and at Mugello. He really needs to take his first points to get this monkey off his back.
Albon, on the other hand, is running out of opportunities to show Red Bull he deserves another year in the senior team. He spun at the restart and ended up at the back of the field, but even before that he was not capable of making a dent in the race. Granted, overtaking at Imola is not easy, but this was another lacklustre weekend from him. Even those like him who hope he does get the nod are finding it hard to come up with reasons why Red Bull should keep him.
• Could Daniel Ricciardo be wondering if he made the right call in choosing McLaren over Renault? While the papaya team are moving backwards, Renault are improving by leaps and bounds, and this weekend saw him score his second podium in three races. The French team are probably now the favourites to claim third in the championship, which might make him wonder if he should have waited for a few races of 2020 before making this decision.
• This podium was ultimately thrown away by Racing Point’s decision to pit Perez behind the Safety Car, when the Mexican was running third. To be fair to them, it was a hard call, since they had no way of knowing what those behind them would do. If Perez had been the only one staying out, he would have been vulnerable and would all be criticising the team for not pitting him. In any case, the only reason Checo was in contention anyway was the brilliant strategy to run long on the medium tyres, that had allowed him to leapfrog pretty much the whole midfield.
• On the other side of the pink garage, Lance Stroll is in dire need of a reset. His Monza podium is looking like a curse, with the Canadian driver scoreless since then. To add injury to a dismal weekend, he even hit a mechanic in his second pit stop.
• First double-points finish of the season for Alfa Romeo, with a rocket start from Giovinazzi and another steady race from Kimi. Their are winning the battle of the backmarkers, and it will take a miracle for Haas to take P8 from them now.
• I wrote in my preview about drivers about to drop off the grid for 2021 and hoping they can enjoy and give us some good memories. That was exactly what Kvyat did: as his unlucky teammate was forced to retire from P5, the Russian had a fantastic race, clinging on to the back of Leclerc and Albon’s cars, and then using a fresh set of soft tyres to beat them and Perez at the restart. For a moment it seemed like he could even challenge Ricciardo for the podium, but, as it was, P4 was a brilliant result. Helmut Marko all but confirmed he would lose his seat at the end of the year, but if that is to happen, this is an impressive calling card for his job search.
• So much talk about track limits, weekend after weekend. To me, this is the simplest of debates: the track limits are the white lines, and if you are going over them, you need to brake earlier. Done. Drivers who want to not have to worry about this should probably be considering moving to IndyCar.
• McLaren are still in the fight for third in the championship, but not by much. They continue to maximise their results almost every weekend, but this time around they didn’t seem to be able to compete even with AlphaTauri. The development of the car has brought them backwards, and this must be a big concern for Andreas Seidl. With the cars remaining largely the same next year, they need to start making progress on this front sooner rather than later; otherwise, losing P3 in 2020 will be the least of their concerns.
• Can Esteban Ocon get a lucky break? His return season has been underwhelming, but his luck with reliability has been abismal as well.
• Oh, and while we are at it, can Vettel get a lucky break? Fantastic race from the German with a broken front end plate, only to be wrecked by a pit stop 11 (eleven!) seconds slower than normal. 2021 can’t come soon enough for him.
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Love Letter (vacation!shawn)
A/N: I’m traveling home from Christmas vacation & im in a soft lovey mood and this just happened. Hope you enjoy it! Let me know what you want to read next!!
Warnings: light mentions of smut, crying, a lot of fluff
Description: You finally convince Shawn to take some time off of work to relax at the beach. When you both realize it’s your anniversary you decide to celebrate.
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It had been weeks since you and Shawn were able to go on a date. It was the end of tour season, but Shawn was feeling inspired to get a head start on the next album. Early mornings and late night made it hard for you guys to find time to make each other feel special. After a few days of persuasion, Shawn agreed to go on a tropical vacation with you to get away from all the stress and tedious responsibilities of life. You guys had nothing too extravagant planned on this trip, you didn’t mind either. You made Shawn take an oath that he would postpone all his writing until after the vacation, which meant you now had his undivided attention for a whole two weeks.
The first part of the vacation was spent on the beach in the mornings, collecting shells for each other and sharing nostalgic stories about past vacations and the future together. At night you would lay out on the balcony and look for shooting stars. The weather was absolutely perfect. The sky was clear and a bright blue and the water mirrored its color hues. The beach wasn’t particularly busy this time of year either, it was like you guys were on a private island.
Towards the end of the trip Shawn was getting a little stir crazy. You could tell that he wasn’t able to relax as easily as he was in the beginning. He was good at his work but terrible at taking breaks. “Why don’t we go out tonight?” You softly spoke, lightly touching his biceps. You were sitting on the couch and Shawn had his head in your lap. One hand was playing with his luscious curls, the other tracing small shapes onto his sun kissed skin. “Our anniversary is coming up, we could celebrate a little early.” Shawn’s eyes shot up to meet yours, there was a small smirk painted on his lips.
“What kind of celebrating?” His voice was like velvet. You were able to smell his hair products the more you twirled his curls- coconut and papaya.
“Oh I don’t know, maybe go somewhere out for dinner and drinks,” He closed his eyes and light moans escaped his lips. You lowered your face to meet his, and gave a little peck. “Come. home. for. some. dessert.” You punctuated every word with a kiss in between. You could tell Shawn was already getting frustrated with your teasing. As soon as you pulled away from his lips you could feel him lean in for more. You knew better than to fall for his tactics. Best things come to those who wait.
With one single movement Shawn bolted up out of his lounging position and sprung towards the door. He exited without caring about putting a shirt on over his carved abs. “I’ll be back soon!” He shouted as he leaped through the doorway.
You were stunned at his new found excitement for the vacation and was glad he was looking forward to spending the evening out with you. While he was away you decided to get ready. You curled your hair and pinned half of it up, letting a few strands fall around your forehead acting as a subtle framing. You chose to wear a classic red dress that hugged your skin. Usually you’d never wear something this form fitting, but over the past year being with Shawn you found your curves absolutely gorgeous. The dress was floor length, and had been styled with spaghetti straps and a low v-neck that reveals the smallest amount of inner boob. You finished off the look with some black high heels sandals and a black pashmina in case the evening weather was a bit chilly.
After you finished getting ready for the dinner portion of the date, you went into the bedroom to place some candles around to achieve romantic ambience. You were stunned when you saw rose petals already covering the mattress and candles set up in almost every possible place. Your breath was taken away when you found a small envelope sitting on the top of your pillow. You hadn’t even opened the card before tears started streaming down your soft cheeks.
“Dear (y/n),
Before I met you I thought I’d be alone forever. I thought that I was only going to recive love from my parents and fans in the crowd. I never imagined falling in love with someone as amazing and irreplaceable as you. I wished countless times that you would walk into my life, and yet I never truly believed I would be here with you today. Thank you for loving me so well, for treating people with kindness, and for never giving up on us. You mean the world to me, (y/n).
Love, Shawn”
You let out an uncontrollable sob, and felt someones arms around you. You didn’t have to wonder who it was, your body had molded to his strong figure months ago. “Shawn, this is, I don’t deserve you.” You had a million thoughts and only one way of transporting them into reality. “I love you, so much” You turned to face him. He was wearing a dark navy suit and had on a dark button up shirt underneath. He never ceased to take your breath away.
“You deserve the world, (y/n).” His velvety voice roared, and sent tiny prickles up and down your entire body. When he spoke it felt like your hair was going to just fall right out of your scalp from the electricity that was sent up your spine. He started swaying you gently, resting his chin on top of your head. His cologne reminded you of campfires and cupcakes, an off combination that brought you so much joy.
“Now, how about that dinner?”
“I love you, Shawn.” You sniffled your nose one final time before he let you out of his arms.
“I love you more, (y/n)” He kissed your forehead and stepped back to get a look at your outfit. “I think I’m craving dessert first, babe.” He put his hands together in a praying motion and stuck his lower lip out. You sighed, smirked, and jumped into his arms.
“Since it is our anniversary-” your lips met each others like glass shattering to the floor, those same tingles being sent up and down your body continuously. Your bodies melted together like butter on a pancake, no space was left between.
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Marvel Fans React to the WandaVision Finale
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This article contains spoilers for the WandaVision finale.
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In the season finale of Marvel’s Wanda Maximoff and Vision spinoff WandaVision, there were inevitable showdowns between two very badass witches and two surprisingly conversational synthezoids. Unanswered questions and tantalising post credits scenes lay ahead. But there was also a little disappointment in store for those fans who hoped there would be a major cameo appearance in the finale, or a possible entry point for the X-Men in the MCU.
We began the final episode right where we left off in the penultimate one, as Wanda and Agatha discovered the extent of each other’s powers. Agatha quickly revealed how easily she was able to absorb Wanda’s magic, which was inexorably amplified by Strucker’s Mind Stone experiments pre-Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Wanda soon realized that she was a bit out of her depth facing off against a witch with all the magic knowledge that comes with decades – perhaps centuries – of study.
Agatha seemed to be playing Wanda like a fiddle as she showed Wanda the true misery she had accidentally created for the residents of Westview, and delivered an ominous prophecy about Wanda’s future – the Scarlet Witch is apparently set to destroy the world.
As the battle continued, Wanda came to understand that she would have to let go of her perfect white picket fence life, even if it meant losing her family. She transformed into the vision she had seen when she encountered the Mind Stone, and fully became the Scarlet Witch, using the small amount of rune knowledge Agatha had coincidentally gifted her with in episode 8. Agatha was drained dry of magic, but given a small mercy in the end – she would just be imprisoned in her upbeat Agnes persona indefinitely. We suspect not forever, given the pair’s comics history.
Meanwhile, Vision was able to beat the Mind Stone-less version of himself by way of reason and philosophy. White Vision is clearly not immune to the charms of ponderous consideration. It’s their Achilles heel!
After Wanda said a sad goodbye to Vision, Billy and Tommy, and The Hex disintegrated, we got two post credits scenes setting up forthcoming Marvel projects. Monica Rambeau had a surprise visit from a Skrull who offered her an invite to space. It looks like she’ll be meeting Ben Mendelsohn’s Talos there in Captain Marvel 2 or Marvel’s Skrulls-centric series, Secret Invasion – whichever comes first.
Meanwhile, Wanda Maximoff had hidden herself away at a remote-but-scenic location to study up on the Darkhold and learn a thing or two about just how powerful she is. Mirroring the educational journey of Stephen Strange in 2016’s Doctor Strange, we saw her take astral form in WandaVision’s final moments and make contact with Billy and Tommy – who were seemingly crying out for her help somewhere in the wide multiverse. It appears the rumors were true: Wiccan and Speed (Julian Hilliard and Jett Klyne) will return in Doctor Strange 2.
Marvel fans, fueled by coffee and emotions, reacted to the events of the finale online…
#WandaVisionFinale
me the past 8 weeks: pic.twitter.com/XLd6PUkDlK
— . (@wandasminimoff) March 5, 2021
The Scarlet Witch has arrived #WandaVisionFinale #Wanda #WandaVisionFinale pic.twitter.com/WmiqHyqOx5
— kay (@mayakayx) March 5, 2021
Marvel never seem to disappoint me #WandaVisionFinale pic.twitter.com/bc40f8T38R
— nola (@laurelianp) March 5, 2021
Like Father like Daughter#WandaVision #WandaVisionFinale pic.twitter.com/RGa61wlYHa
— Sanesha Misquita 🌈 (@hey_its_sanesha) March 5, 2021
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— Beifong Twin (@firelrd_zuko) March 5, 2021
I'm going to miss Kathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness. #WandaVision pic.twitter.com/Mfboqkdd10
— Jay.. (@x_warinmymind) March 5, 2021
#WandaVisionFinale #WandaVision spoilers
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— noelle ᱬ (@witchywandas) March 5, 2021
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— millie// WANDAVISION SPOILERS (@cxxtiels) March 5, 2021
me holding in my sobs the whole episode #WandaVisionFinale pic.twitter.com/CtdJOqcIpp
— 🤎🕊✨ (@marriajiimenez) March 5, 2021
me before and after series finale#WandaVision pic.twitter.com/GO6fcPz2Lv
— make ya papaya proud (@seedlesssgrape) March 5, 2021
#WandaVisionFinale #WandaVision mans really emptied out his WHOLE clip onto 2 kids pic.twitter.com/gPizhpEI1c
— Ken Muñoz (@gotghosteddd) March 5, 2021
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— sami | wv spoilers (@ginamandment) March 5, 2021
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— 𝑬𝒛𝒆𝒌𝒊𝒆𝒍 𝑬𝒍𝑮𝑶𝑨𝑻 ²¹ ✭ (@PrimeZeke21) March 5, 2021
Showing up to the Doctor Strange 2 premiere like :#WandaVision #WandaVisionFinale pic.twitter.com/2Ila3Xwcq0
— Rogelio Barraza (@RogelioB05) March 5, 2021
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— constance 🦧🍂 | WV Spoilers (@ungodlyvision) March 5, 2021
#WandaVisionFinale #wandavision
Now I think about it? pic.twitter.com/uhQyuyxltQ
— 👋 (@jimmywootheking) March 5, 2021
#WandaVisionFinale
me after having to waited a year for doctor strange multiverse of madness, still having so many questions pic.twitter.com/UvGRvSzczv
— ellen x (@x_erogerson_x) March 5, 2021
Spoilers!!#WandaVisionFinale
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— Jason (@Jasonee79) March 5, 2021
you mean to tell me that mr EVAN PETERS was just a random boner guy ??? kinda sus if you ask me #WandaVisionFinale #WandaVision pic.twitter.com/75yurcnChQ
— neshi (@neshiwally) March 5, 2021
#WandaVisionFinale
fietro getting hyped up just for him to be ~ralph bohner~ pic.twitter.com/gErxY4qaAu
— . (@wandasminimoff) March 5, 2021
Me and Kevin Feige are currently taking a break until further notice#WandaVision #WandaVisionFinale #Pietro pic.twitter.com/7UWXMb6STP
— Jake Maximoff (@Jakegyllenballz) March 5, 2021
so they really had me theorizing about the multiverse to end up showing me some damn skrulls #WandaVisionFinale #WandaVision pic.twitter.com/GJGP2LRimh
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— Morgan♡ (@evillspawnn) March 5, 2021
Vision and White Vision #WandaVision #WandaVisionFinale pic.twitter.com/7kXEH79foG
— manimals strong together (@ManimalsUnited) March 5, 2021
That Ship of Theseus convo got me like #WandaVision #WandaVisionFinale pic.twitter.com/j5cRCnj5UA
— no u (@crustydustyyy) March 5, 2021
HOW IS NO ONE ASKING?!?! WHERE DID WHITE VISION GO???????? #WandaVisionFinale #wandavision pic.twitter.com/iZmVasr7xz
— Mich (@Best_Potato07) March 5, 2021
SHE'S WILL BRING HER KIDS BACK‼️ AS SHE SHOULD BECAUSE I'M EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED TO THEM #WandaVision pic.twitter.com/JPFD7CWa2k
— CarlosVision⌖ (@WANDALORIANO) March 5, 2021
“WandaVision is done, what now?"
Now it’s their time pic.twitter.com/e8ExnIZjtI
— faz | TFATWS (@buckyssteven) March 5, 2021
Feel free to share your thoughts on the WandaVision finale in the comment section below!
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Bali - Indonesia
So, after much research about our next holiday we finally chose Bali, Indonesia. One thing that we know can be an issue when being a Vegan is the destination is not Vegan friendly (food-wise, we cannot go into another country and change their culture). Using youtube, Instagram and Google we established the best place for a chilled out vibe and Vegan options in abundance was a town/city (I am not sure if they have cities in Bali except Denpasar) Ubud.
All set to go, we finished work on the Wednesday, jumped into the car and headed for Birmingham Airport, parked the car, grabbed our cases, ran for the bus. A few minutes later we were in the Airport, we located our boarding area and checked in. Once checked in you finally feel a weight lifted of the shoulders and you can think about getting into holiday mode. Fast forward 17 hours (flights we with Emirates, 7 hours to Dubai, 9 hours to Bali, Airbus was great).
Once we finally got through Bali customs, we were looking out for our driver, we spotted him. Whilst walking through Bali Airport (Denpasar), it takes a while to sink in, but you realise they have trees and gardens within the airport, which was a bit surreal. Our driver then told us to wait in the carpark whilst he went to collect his vehicle. At this point you begin to notice how warm it was, just from standing and waiting, you could feel your forehead starting to gather beads of sweat. After about 10 minutes the driver returned, we jumped in the taxi and headed to Ubud (about 40 min away). I will not comment too much about the roads in Bali, if you are from Europe, you will be confused how it works and how are there so few accidents, but some how it works, so leave what you know about driving back home when you come to Bali. Our place of residence for the next nine nights was Pecatu Guesthouse (via AirBnB). This place was immaculate and the hosts were forever accommodating.
Emirates Vegan Meal
View from Airbus Window
One of the Best Hip Hop Albums ever!!
Our Room at Pecatu Guesthouse
After a bit of sleep Pecatu Guesthouse we were treated to breakfast, pancakes and fruit. We ate our breakfast on the roof top, where they have a swimming pool also. When you first walk onto the rooftop you realise why there is a garden within Denpasar Airport. For as far as the eye can see, just trees, plants, flowers etc. I think it is safe to say it would be harder to stop things to try and grow here.
View from Rooftop of Pecatu Guesthouse
View from Rooftop of Pecatu Guesthouse
Pool on Rooftop of Pecatu Guesthouse
Pancake with Coconut
I will not go through what we did every single day, so I will summarise the best things about Bali (everything in my opinion). Firstly, the main reason(s) why people choose Ubud over the other places like Canggu, Nusa Dua etc (surfing areas). Ubud offers Yoga and plenty of Vegan options. The main place for Yoga in Ubud was a place called the Yoga Barn, we did not get chance to go here, but from speaking to people who met and spoke to they highly recommended this place. Ubud also has a spiritual vibe about the whole place, you will smell incense whilst walking around as all the residents will burn this during offerings, which take place throughout the day. The offerings may be placed high or low, either way a bird can eat some of the food and stray dogs/cats can eat. There is a balance between giving and taking with the Balinese people. However, they are more inclined to give than to take. The Ridge Walk, which is just towards the north of Ubud offers valleys surrounded with vegetation (coconut, papaya, banana trees). But, again feels quite spiritual, when walking around there early morning do not be surprised if you see locals and tourists/travellers doing some Yoga or meditation.
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Host of Pecatu Guesthouse (Ibu)
Papaya Tree
Secondly, the food. Coming from UK where you have to search far and wide, read ingredient lists, and question restaurant staff, this was not the case here in Ubud. Obviously, they had places that sold meat etc, but there was a vast amount of places that served Vegan or Raw food. The foods were full of flavour and oozed freshness. The main difference I think from our short stay here in Bali is the food does not seem to have a processed element to it. Also, all the ingredients are locally sourced. If, you like spicy food (I do), you may find the food a bit tame with heat, so when you ask for extra chilli or spicy, they will provide chopped red chilli in a small bowl, I considered this an inconvenience initially, but then when I tried the chilli, I was like OH!, the chillis are very hot, hence why they do not mix it with you meal. Regarding the cost of food, a typical meal for two people with a drink, main and dessert would vary from between 250-300,000 Rupiah, which is about (at the time) £13-16. When speaking to a local taxi driver, we concluded in Ubud from the market you can buy 1kg of cucumbers for approx £1, I told him for one solitary Organic Cucumber in England this will cost you around £1.60, he laughed!! Even though Ubud has all of these great food places that offer Vegan/Raw food, you would not necessarily see any locals eating in there. I do not know whether this was down to cost or it is something they would not particularly eat. I will try not to post too many pictures of food.
Raw Courgette Lasagne @ House of Chakra
Green Fiend @ Kafe
Balinese Curry @ Atman Kafe
Babur Inji @ Atman Kafe
Crepe Dessert @ Creperie
Pulled Jack Fruit with Salad and Lemonade @ Sage
In this next part I will try and explain the culture and places that we visited around Bali. If, you are not a fan of or have a fear of dogs, I would not recommend travelling to Bali, they are everywhere. From what I seen approximately 5% of them had owners, otherwise they just roam around either by themselves or in little packs. Generally they are harmless and may be a bit vocal. However, one tip I will give you is these dogs do not like it when you run past them. I went for an early run to the Ridge Walk and back to Pecatu Guesthouse (approx. 7-8 miles), I probably past 30-40 dogs on the whole run, the dogs were on the other side of the road or at least 5-10 metres away, on the way back near my hotel, I could see this dog looking at me, whether I got to close (even though I had no choice due to pavement size, approx. 1 metre), the dog bit my shorts. Luckily I did have on undershorts, so the bite did not pierce my skin, but it put a hole in my shorts. Obviously, getting bit by a dog in Bali would be a problem, hospital, vaccinations etc...
The people of Bali are forever well spoken and polite. They may only ask you once if want a taxi and then wont ask you again until they see you again later on that day. They do not hassle you endlessly, they even say ‘thank you’, when you have declined. The pavements in Bali can be a bit tricky, in the sense not very level, with slabs missing here and there. So, definitely do not try to walk on the pavements and get caught up looking around too much, as you may trip over. People in Ubud, Bali are incredibly talented, they still make loads of things by hand, whether it be fencing, photo albums, pieces of art work, carvings, I think the only time we seen machinery was in Denpasar where they were building new roads. The children in Bali are always happy and dressing up as the Barong whilst playing native instruments and getting donations from tourists. One thing that confused me a bit when first walking around the streets of Bali were these small shops selling fluid in bottles, it was not water or soft drinks, it clicked when I seen a person on a scooter pull up and ask for one of the bottles then started to pour the contents into their scooter, it was a petrol station.
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Typical Street in Ubud
Lighting Shop
Blacksmith
Young Kids
Young Kids Happy
Petrol Station
Regarding money we found it useful to exchange money on a daily basis, as we did not spend much, so I think if we were to have exchanged for example £1000 (UK) to Rupiah (at the time £1 = R17,600) we would have been walking around with R17,600,000.00. We exchanged £100 (UK) almost everyday, but some days we did not need to as we had money left over from the previous day.
We visited a Barong Dance, which is a cultural story between good and evil. We visited a waterfall, which I would recommend, due it being so hot in Bali that cool water goes down a treat. We visited a coffee plantation, where we tried twelve different coffees and teas, which were all grown locally on the plantation, safe to say some were nicer than others. We visited the main temple on Bali Pura Besakih on Mount Agung, this temple is massive, it has many parts to it. The local guide explained to us all the ceremonies that take place here, all the past eruptions, the duration of some of the ceremonies, the buildings all have seven parts to the roofs to correspond to the seven chakras in the body, and finally Bali is Hindu, but Buddhist Hindu with Shiva being their main God. We trekked up Mount Batur a previously once active volcano opposite Agung. This was quite a tough trek at 0200, but we had to start trekking this early to catch the sunrise. I am relatively fit and found it quite manageable, however we seen a few people who could not carry on, so I would recommend if you plan to do a trek, try to acquire some fitness.
Barong Dance
Waterfall
Coffee Testers
Pura Besakih
Pura Besakih
Mount Agung from the top of Batur
After leaving Ubud we went to a place called Amarta Retreat in Tabanan, we thought after being in Ubud we may want to experience a nice chilled out place. The hotel location was on the beach front, which was nice. The staff were so friendly and polite. The menu was very limited compared to the amount of choice within Ubud, the food menu was very European, I do not think there was a authentic Balinese food option. This location was that remote that by the third day we jumped into a taxi and went to the next beach location down, Canggu. Canggu was a bit more lively, full of surfers, travellers and vegan options. There was a definite difference between the type of people here compared to Ubud, a bit more younger and alcohol friendly. We spent the evening in Canggu and walked up and down the main road, one place that stood out the most was a place called Ji, after speaking to a staff member in there, she explained the building within the building was a temple carried from Japan approx. 300 years ago when there was conflict between China and Japan, it is now rebuilt and the restaurant Ji is here.
Amarta Retreat
Amarta Retreat
Amarta Retreat
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Ji
Ji
Concluding, would we go back to Bali (Indonesia) again? Without doubt!!
What would we do differently, travel to different parts maybe Java, Seminyak, Gili Islands and trek Mount Rinjani. We would definitely still go back to Ubud.
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APRIL 2017 ipsy Glam Bag Review
Yay! My favorite time of the month, subscription unboxings!
I am a huge fan of monthly subscription services, therefore I plan to post a detailed review of each subscription that I receive throughout the month so you can see the products that I received and hopefully these posts will help you in choosing which subscription is right for you! Ipsy is one of my all time favorite subscription services because you ALWAYS get a 2-3 full sized products/tools. The overall value of each bag is well over what you will pay for it. And for only $10 a month you honestly can't go wrong with it. ipsy Glam Bag: April 2017
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This month is all about "being bold and shattering the mold". Encouraging subscribers to be themselves and embrace their uniqueness.
GLAM BAG
Okay, first of all let's talk about this month's glam bag. I'm underwhelmed. I normally love the bag designs but this is by far my least favorite and I have almost two years worth of bags. It's just tacky. When I saw the first glimpse of the bag online, I immediately assumed it would be bad quality, but I have to admit the bag actually feels and looks nicer than I had expected. Either way, I just do not like the look of this bag. Not to mention, it had an extremely strong chemical, plastic smell which I have never encountered before with an ipsy bag. Either way, I am sure some people love this bag, it's just not for me. My overall thoughts on the products in this months bag were mainly positive, however. I feel like with any subscription you are going to have hits and misses. But I would say this month deserves a 4 out of 5 stars in my opinion.
Product 1: Hanalei Aloe Soothing Gel
Okay, so this was honestly my least favorite item in the bag. The sample size is pretty small and it smells terrible, which probably means that its pretty good for your skin. I have tried a few products by this company in the past and have been pleasantly surprised with all of them. This is obviously not a full size product. The sample I received was 10 g, on the Hanalei website you can purchase the full size at 100 g for $30. I am wearing it as a primer today and it is holding up fine. Not sure I will be replacing my Smashbox Photo Finish Primer anytime soon but it may be a good option for others, and I can definitely see it being great for moisturizing and refreshing the skin! Here are some details about this product according to Hanalei and ipsy:
Aloe Vera is traditionally known to contain naturally regenerative properties that help balance the appearance of redness and uneven skin tone. Our proprietary blend of aloe and papaya enzyme, infused with vitamins A, C, and E, cools and moisturizes skin without making it greasy. This lightweight formula can also be used as a makeup base, and will help maintain supple skin throughout the day. This product is cruelty free.
Directions: Massage aloe gel onto face and body to cool and refresh skin. Apply throughout the day or as needed.
Why You'll Love It
The gel texture also makes a killer makeup primer.
Have you ever used aloe beyond sunburn season? We hadn’t either. But now we can’t live without it.
It’s cooling, refreshing, smoothing, and it feels ahhhh-mayyyy-zing.
Aloe is naturally regenerative, so it will help balance out any redness or uneven skin tone.
If you would like to look into purchasing this full size product you can get it here: https://www.hanaleicompany.com/products/Aloe-Soothing-Gel/?src=0417gr
Product 2: ColourPop Cosmetics Crème Gel Pencil in the shade Show Me
YESSS! I love getting Colourpop items in my glam bag! And I was so excited to see that this was a product that I didn't already own! Let me start off by saying that all of the Colourpop Crème Gel Pencils are super creamy and pigmented and they glide on like a freakin' dream. This pencil was no different and, THIS IS A FULL SIZED PRODUCT!!!!! You cannot go wrong with that! This metallic shade is a vivid true copper that can elevate any look and it stays in place all day! Here are some details about this product according to Colourpop and ipsy:
The Deets:
Crème Gel Liner
Colour glides on smoothly for comfortable application in the waterline. Creamy formula makes blending super easy and formula dries down for long-lasting wear.
Why You'll Love It
We wore this to our bestie’s wedding, sobbed like a baby, and didn’t need to touch up.
The formula is super creamy, making application a total breeze without any tugging or pulling.
Our Creators use these babies for hundreds of crazy-cool eye looks (think: double winged, colored smoky, or negative space graphic).
Even if you’re not ready to go super advanced, you can pop this on your waterline or swipe it along your lashes to add instant dramz.
This full size eyeliner is super affordable at just $5, and you can purchase it here: https://colourpop.com/products/show-me-liner
Product 3: Hey Honey Bésame Mucho Shea Butter and Propolis Lip Balm
Are you asking yourself: "What in the world do Bésame Mucho and Propolis mean?" I am one step ahead of you thanks to Google, Bésame Mucho literally translates to "Kiss me a lot" and Propolis is a compound produced by bees thought to fight infections, heal wounds, and more. (Hey Honey.... Bees, get it?) Anyway, I love this product. It is almost like a whipped creamy texture, but it is super smooth and soft. It leaves my lips feeling extra silky and moisturized. You know, it's like one of those products that you will easily get addicted to and use the entire tube in one day, anybody? No? Just Me? Alright moving on then.. it has a very light scent. At first I thought it was unscented but it does have an ever-so-slight sweet/honey smell to it which I love. Another important factor is that it doesn't have a horrible taste like many other lip products do, in fact it doesn't really have a taste at all. This isn't quite the full size product but it is a deluxe sample size. The sample I received was 8 ml, with the full size coming in at 15 ml for just $14. Worth it? I think so! This formula is perfect for dry and chapped lips, and it is already working wonders on mine! Here are a few details according to the Hey Honey and ipsy websites:
WHY USE IT:
Designed to care for and protect dry, chapped lips with nourishing emollients such as Shea Butter, squalane, and triglycerides. Absorbs well, leaving the lips feeling soft and hydrated. The antibacterial and antiseptic properties of the Propolis extract helps to keep your lips clean and hydrated to promote smoother texture.
Why You'll Love It
Lips feeling parched? Slather on a super thick coat to turn this into an overnight lip mask.
When a product name translates to “kiss me a lot,” you know it’s going to work wonders for your lips.
Heard of propolis? We hadn’t either. It’s an extract from beehives that both hydrates and is antibacterial. This balm has loads of it, plus shea butter.
Currently on the Hey Honey website you can receive 20% off of your purchase sitewide by using the code 'KissMeHoney'. You can get this product here: https://www.heyhoney.com/besame-mucho-shea-butter-propolis-lip-balm/
Product 4: Naked Cosmetics loose pigment in the shade Heavy Metal #04
Oh boy, was I excited for this. I have been hearing more and more about this brand and have been dying to try out one of their products so imagine my excitement when I realized that I was getting this little beauty this month! YEEEEEE! This gorgeous rusty/copper metallic shade is STUNNING. The pigmentation is insane, a little bit goes a long way. I can't wait for a night out so I can mix this babe with a little fix plus and rock it all over the lid! *note- definitely recommend doing eyes before foundation with this product as the powder tends to get everywhere*. Also, I went on their website to check out what other colors they had and I was kind of overwhelmed, partially by all of the super cool products they have and partially because their website is weird and kind of hard to navigate. I think this is a full size product at 1.5 gm, if not it is a wonderful sized sample. I think this will last me literally forever. I went on the website to compare sizing but I couldn't find a size listed... soooo idk. But the full size product costs $14.99 on their site. Here are some more details about this product according to ipsy:
Why You'll Love It
It’s not just an eye shadow! You can use it as a liner, lipstick, nail polish…you name it. Just blend it with water, lip balm, or clear top coat to see all the possibilities.
Naked Cosmetics uses only high grade 100% oxidized mica in their pigments. In real talk, this mean you’ll get crazy vibrant color.
We’re obsessed with metallic anything right now, but this rich rust shade is especially gorg (and especially wearable).
*note: i think i just died a little when I saw all of the possibilities ^^^ for this pigment. Shout out to ipsy for keeping me creative.*
If you would like to purchase this full size product you can get it here: http://www.nakedcos.com/Heavy-Metal-04_p_137.html
Product 5: Luxie Beauty Dreamcatcher Precision Foundation Brush 660
Oh man, do i LOVE a Luxie brush! These are some of my very favorite brushes. I own so many of them yet I have none from thee Luxie X ipsy collection, UNTIL NOW. This brush is amazing. It is so pretty to look at I almost didn't want to use it at all. It says this is a foundation brush, but honestly, I am going to use it for either baking or highlighting. It is the perfect size for up under the eyes and it applies highlight to the cheekbones flawlessly. The bristles are so soft, giving you that pretty, airbrushed finish. There isn't anything bad to say about this brush or this brand. They are perfect in my eyes. Did i mention they are a vegan and cruelty free brand? So yeah, that's amazing. And obviously it is full sized ($23 value)!!! Here are some more details about this brush according to Luxie Beauty and ipsy:
Give our 660 Precision Foundation brush a GO! It's round shape allows you to apply your liquid foundation smoother and quicker. Gives a PRECISE application to the areas you want to focus on, I mean its in the NAME! Give it a try if you want some controlled foundation application in your life!
What it is: A larger traditional foundation brush designed to help you apply your foundation more efficiently while still maintaining an airbrushed finish with the coverage of your liking.
Recommended Use: Use with your favorite liquid or cream foundation for best results.
Why You'll Love It
Have a brush with kindness! This fluffy beauty is 100% vegan and cruelty-free.
We wish we were as good at multitasking as this genius brush! You can use it for all your liquid, cream, or powder foundations, concealers, highlighters AND bronzers. NBD.
Earn brush bragging rights. The pretty periwinkle handle looks amazing in your kit, but even better on your vanity.
Pssst! We think we know why it’s called “dreamcatcher.” (It’s because it makes all our makeup application dreams come true!)
You can purchase this gorgeous brush here: https://www.luxiebeauty.com/luxie-dreamcatcher-precision-foundation-face-brush-660/
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after the vernal equinox, 2015
intimacy
in the unseen,
microbes flee
off the tongue
dance on the dirty rim of the teamug
bliss
on the mountain bald: the numbing wind of soltitude
guilt
in the bloodmarks on the tight, smoky skin of my lover.
***
let it go--
tybee mushroom tea
the soft songs of wind
playing in the pilsner bottles,
the mildew edges of
sharpened teeth
washed up on a
jetted shorline
catnaps on crooked grey
dark matter comes
in clouds
of grease.
painted scenes from
manhattan museums
& the gulls laugh in ritual
-the squall of sunsets
broken images super-
imposed
into sunflower seeds.
***
jaco
the woman of the sea
reigns the high tide
her power unseen,
& women drink free.
my intuition is stronger here,
dreams dark & strange, now i
watch the fan,
how the spinning taco
moves the water bubbles
on my skin.
i hear voices in the fan,
through the bamboo,
spirits dance through shadows
in sober hallucinations
my magic is fueled-
i know how people feel, where the
lost objects go.
the abuelita ghost
disgraces our dirty hostel,
why she hangs around above the cast irons
to shame how the land has moved.
the land of iguanas
and stray dogs,
the street horses
for show.
dazed by the dark
crows above,
the birds yell here
woo hoo hoo hoo,
a deep waltz of the hermit.
crabs run free to
challenge me
to a claw-off.
the birdsong &
roosters in early
sunrise & sets.
who now sows the
seeds of this
town of cement?
***
the open heart chakra
unreal
"there is so much Light coming through your eyes"
Light confused, real, or passing
Love talk dissolved into frustration fleeing
"i will take care of you"
in the bathroom at the devil's hour
nude gymnastics on the handicap bars
or the black leather couch
outside in the rain,
where the cameras don't record.
on the beach at the crowded club with the
beds for "lounging," empty pools,
loud music & people changing faces
where's does Light go when you throw your bottle on the street?
you taught me to read the ocean
when to dip on the board, so the currents
wont
sweep me away.
***
forced hustles
when i ride my bicycle out of the tourist town
on to the highway
the welcome goes dissipates.
mango falls like lullabies
over the mountaintops,
the afternoon storm comes every day.
the zebra chicken pace roads
of tall pines lining like curtains
to hide broken huts,
roofs with holes, clustered together,
the old women and men sit
in folding chairs & scorn us
(to stare with a darkness)
my wide eyes and white skin,
undesired swords
papayas for cash
from their backyards
in their grass
walking bills
families against intruders
but the dark pretty boys
beneath the banana patch
throw hellos and whistles into the air
friendlier than the rest
its hard to follow the surfers advice,
shrug it off like layers of clothes
but to be a woman in a sexist country
to hear one more "ay mama"
to try and block out horns
from each car that passes by,
thumbs up, glazed stares,
but i often still take the free drinks
bring peace to
strip the patriarchy at
the end of the night when the lines
between prostitutes and strong women
turn grey with each tequila shot
in fake plastic.
and you are naked in the rain at the end of the night
jumping off the roof of the hotel next to you
shaky shingles under my wet feet
into the swimming pool.
women here are like the horses on the beach
slapped and rode without say,
"when it swells, ride it" says the beach bar,
without question.
the club called space, "because in space,
no one can hear you scream."
i will be strong
when the police motocyclist
stops me to ask if i have a boyfriend,
i got asked today
why my eyes show such confidence
he didnt understand,
pura vida.
***
nunca me dejes con el sabor de miel en mis labios
the roosters warn us of morning
& the grey stray gnaws at my toes
***
embracing the mother archetype
in the hostel home--
herd in the streetpeople,
feed 'em & paint
the cycle of Sky on the walls
because no one should spend a moment
without seeing mother moon.
***
My taste is Aging.
With time, I desire someone for the whole run or nothing at all. & the platonic moments in-between....glimpses of Love, some, through the gaps of teeth of sweet teachers, Love is kindness, and I don't hesitate to tell them everything on my mind.
But it's not about me.
My taste is Aging.
As seasons pass, quicker now, i want the patterns on my clothes to fade away--
the prints on t-shirts to melt, words to unwrite themselves, so I can be only color. Earthly hues, crotcheted shades that reflect patterns of time...mud, grass, & mojado. Celery, mirrors of colors i see most. i want to become dirt, for my fingertips to play the piano of the earth.
i want to disappear into the bench so they stop looking.
or to the bright colored buildings, fade into them, brilliant stains of Spanish colonization, streets once threaded by pirates, filibusters....
my skin is browning,
French bread in the oven.
caramel flavor in the throat
every time I look up, come to the caldeza calle later, let me take you on a trip, familiar faces now they know my name...let me melt into the park bench.
now a smiling man asks to share the bench, not an invitation for 20 questions, i thought, as i watch the sweat balls fall off his thick brow and slicked back hair...so much gel satures the combed jetblack hairs...he asks if im a Christian missionary, why i am not writing in Spanish can't you see I'm writing on a stream of consciousness and I cannot understand when you speak as fast as my mind runs why can't I just glide into town and eat scraps like the coyote dogs and men that circle us.
the men stand in a pack in all directions, staggered, still. ready to attack. the stranger talks about nica peligroso & I wonder. sweat pounds down my face, no clouds crowd the 3pm sun, and I am wearing white, Duncan's shirt because it reminds me of him. He is my fuel when I am down, I know he will always listen & lift me up. Even if the words aren't always right, the Love, the strongest I have known. Yet my sweat swims on my chest--I love to be naked but I can't here. I return to my job at the bar, a date with my notebook.
Interrupted.
pass the young kids who sell cigarettes & candy in their handwovenbaskets. I sure wish they weren't so cute.
I listen to the church bells ring 5pm, catholic country, mass and processions and women who do Hail Marys in silence as they pass by churches into the streetmarkets where even toy dinosaurs are laid out on the cement. Old town.
I will erase my mind so it can be filled with beauty--sights, openness, to experience as I prepare to travel again, alone, in love with the land, in love with the new. Who isn't? I love it here too, I just keep getting myself tangled in neon cobwebs. Who painted my cobwebs?
The beach is dirty here & the some serpents love to bite. why are my dreams so vivid and I can feel everything? I have never felt so present, the subconscious world of the bodysoul, reigns in Granada.
The volcano watches over everyone. Waiting. On clear days, i can track the crevices with raised eyes, the dips of destruction.
Back to the men, there's no darkness in their eyes, only glimpses of sincerity, friendliness in their throats. i want them to notice the dark circles, crescent moons that wax under my eyes- I am tired--the scorching sun, the dorm life of people forever coming & going, the sore back and calves from wandering juices out the bubbles from my blood.
I can bounce back. being of water, I am one with the the waves. I will be still soon~I can ignite locals & travelering folk with music, dancing, fast-paced mojitos, sass & stories. I can love everyone when i remember we are one.
Traveling tests the pesos mi corazon can lift, what am I doing here, how can I keep the golden light with strangers when such a huge part of me is carved away & replaced by a nervous heart and dizzy stomach. I am learning. It comes in waves & will pass with time.
Oscar, the cattle farmer, makes me laugh now as the dogs fight in the street, with cheesy smiles and goofy dances.
He tells me I have to learn the history of dance, it's charming. If the moon is right, we will partner as he continues to tell me the rich culture of poor nicas from a sharp tongue. A barb wired bar does the appearing act with the strangers of the eve.
i am learning lessons on nourishment from strangers, friends are the richest. I no longer crave what i used to, short affairs, instead Receive Love through language , through movement or starry or sun-eyed guitarists i learn ambitions & spirit through reflections and grow from similar drives in the health way.
Waiting is rich, mature, perfect. I wait for the Love.
Stimulation so easy, so much culture & more flavor to feed the eyes. And Walking, wandering, is meditation, a way to see and cycle mantras in my head, to a clear mind--
***
there is a time of night
when only salsa music plays from the bar
as the nacho macho men
with the necklaces of saints
sing along to ballads of love lost
**
in the land of lotus flowers
ritual earth dance
smoke & stones
hummingbirds,
sun and no sickness,
hangovers island cured
woken by wild birds of paradise
i wear dirt & facepaint,
smell of smoke & incense,
do not hunger
because food is all around us,
in the sunrays,
the moonbeams.
the land is kind,
inviting to connect our barefeet
to our bare selves,
our purpose, our blessings.
Isla teaches us to be kind,
in the hours of the scorching sun
we carry each other
when the gravel is too hot for the other.
my heart understands-
loses the worry, jealousy, darkness
out of my true essence.
spirit dances down my hairs
wavy & free,
dressing my naked skin
the dirt carresses my feet
clay & the smoothest sand
nothing bites my skin
& the volcanoes are gods,
watching over the island.
we eat vegetarian hot dogs on the beach
(bananas in bread)
over translator books
to aid our conversation.
we watch the rain fall
on the watchtower
we paint cosmic triangles:
material, spiritual, divine
and hold on.
***
warm rain,
and strands of lightning dance
freckles are the stars of the body
telepathy & laughter.
senses awakened, cleansed, reborn
native islandfolk offer rides on their
motorcycles, stuffed with four people
or a place at their home to sleep,
next to giant pigs
gallos replace Granada's churchbells.
crickets, the serenaders of the night.
peter pan, i saw on the ferry
wanted to cradle in his lap
with the large lips
of a cancer man.
old soul
with marypoppins backpack
& digeridoo.
and the sailor.
my time by the water
in the hammock hut
by pirates & drugas.
when i was wondering what to do,
peter told me,
"todo esta volando"
he sucked out the venom.
we’d fry yucca cakes
over a little fire at sunset
local farm workers
passed around a coco loco,
my skin was like job's in the devil's curse
i took it as a sign to leave.
we slept on the sunmat on the porch,
& woke each other up to speak of our dreams
after an evening
of moonlit walks around sleeping bovine
& barbed wire,
stopping to hear the tongue
of mother moon.
on a secret path
through neighbor's farm
staring in awe,
the boys and i.
we then watched the sun set
behind Concepcion volcano
trix-yogurt colors
on a paddleboard with simone
our silhouttes divine
activitating our third eye
sunset on the pineal gland.
nude, smoking the pipe
from a mermaid,
and i thought i’d changed my mind.
the simplicity of island life,
fallen fruit & fires,
houses from palm,
folks drank rum like water,
fished for dinner,
lived with the land,
making love at nighttime.
***
after the island
the angry boss
who doesnt share his fancy meals
speaks only french in a spanish country
has never laughed.
he looks at me, wide-eyed
like im an alien in his house,
terrified & confused
when i go in for a hug.
he spit at me
when i walked away
"an immature child
destined to go nowhere"
i can't say i didn't cry
but i sure have grown a bit
and been around
***
puerto viejo
maid life with the mad frenchman
can't he look around
at the abandoned beaches, clear as sky
with the occasional wanderers,
constant rainbow butterflies
& rich smells of the land, the jungle.
i bicycle on the one sacred road
between the jungle & sea,
a blood vessel highway,
we are beating cells
the strong heart of the land
string nebula clouds circle
between the daily storms
the beach is like a painting-
exposing the meaning of seafoam green
the brushstroke overhead is a jaded blue--
i run my toes along the coral
and the brilliant eyes-turquoise
of a slovenian man meet mine
to ask the time
he holds my hand as i try his slackline.
if only the madman could open up to see
the spiders, sacred mothers of the forest
palm-sized, red-striped, abundant
with webs like vecinas
they are the grandmothers, the ones
with the power in the latin way.
but he couldn't--
so i ran away from the french jungle regime.
that day, the sun painted a golden halo
on each passing body,
the sand & sea shone like glitter--
cerulean & pumpernickle
i ran faster than my sweatfall,
fueld by french elitism & the manic madman.
& the hearts, doors, jobs, opened as answers,
enlightened spacetalk from starseeds,
touch, words, and galatic downloads
purififying
maca starships & hummus hugs,
raising vibrations,
a new environment
for a deadly disease.
**
followed by wild dog
i out hold my thumb
and trust in the yoniverse.
***
We hide our room key in Ulysses
& fall asleep to the stream.
This truely is the rich coast--
i watch prices ascend in the tourist blackholes
of the sea. you have to pay to leave
this country, and pay hundreds
for an import.
lets turn folks to dollar signs
stand at the cascada,
dive past the reef to see clearly
the creatures live more freely than us.
***
the only sunny day in a month,
everyone at the playa
& i
cluelessly mind the lodge
watch the freckle bugs do the pac man
along the bamboo bench,
the curtains' slow return
after the windspell,
the slightest turn from the
four diseased & sleeping dogs
& the still spider
above the bookshelf.
i listen to sitar instrumentals,
peck through Wuthering Heights,
pick a stray banana off the bunch,
as the howler monkeys' deathly cry grows & grows,
and wonder if i am moving at all.
***
the longer i wait,
the longer Plath resonates--
[i think i made you up inside my head]
***
my life is funny--
each night i have sleepovers
with a sweet, random man:
construction worker, volunteer,
survivor, who's made it.
enamored with fishing,
his desert home,
indian warfare,
accidents.
we drink from dirty glasses
(in the night, the cucurachas
throw a party--i see them scrambling
in the morning
with the eggs)
i think life focused on investments,
retirement plans, the great divide
is a scary story
as he pokes at me for being so lost,
but now-
the sun climbed out after days of strong tears--
tears that took electric sockets so we could remember
to live with the land
tears that knocked a tree
on the house of Tao
so his books could be cleansed.
the hummingbirds' salsa
& my dirty, lost self
will take each moment with gratitude,
each bite on my body, doubt on my mind
and just be--
as i wander the garden of Tao.
***
my spanish is best with the children,
they are on my level,
delany, the nude 3-year old
i met in the ocean
we sat in shallow water
& played with the crabs,
their elusivity, our entertainment.
alejandra, the maid's daughter,
my closest nina,
we share a wildness of emotions,
and snacks.
***
throwing rocks at plastic bottles
the wasteland is wasting away,
soon, we will too.
***
bocas del toro,
dirty, spanish verision of venice.
can be oddly romantic,
fellow travelers look to fall in love,
on the candlelit pier
pure families outside the port town.
drunk taxi boat drivers,
dirty turquoise water,
& translucent waters of starfish beach
too beautiful to be touched, free
unlike the lobster in mesh bags,
the unreal clouds a spliff in the sky,
wild colors at sunset
over a wild jungle,
waves
in theit flavor-colored homes,
people are happier by the sea.
**
on bastimentios,
a neighbor isle,
i am one of five non-natives,
hike for hours in the jungle,
thick mud paths,
found petroglyphs,
to the beach with the piercing redfrogs.
beach hunger
of stray dogs
& children with machetes,
who want a pack of cheap ham.
i play poker,
cook for a family
in an unlocked pastel cabin
over the sea.
**
i escaped to the cloud forest in the mountains
where the deerflies roam freely,
& the men here stay forever, living on student loans.
where Boquete means blow job,
the nights are cool & calm
& filled with whiskey & warm stews.
Where the bulidings are painted yellow,
on the steep hill, trails
to the waterfalls, treasure hunts
for miles & miles.
“no kids, no debt, no drama”
the giggly panamanian
honeybear caretaker
starts the massage train
& we are off.
***
,
lost on the outskirts
there is nothing more satisfying & sensual
than being alone with the river.
men have been disappointing me,
with false friendships & mal intent,
i have to be alone--
open my legs only to the rapids
washing machine, pleasure in
singing the mating song
of prayer.
***
(bad) cravings from the worm
the hungover italian boy
working construction in the city
keeps me company at breakfast.
i taught him to put bananas in his pb&j
and it may have changed his life.
*
Panama City
vibrantly loud town--
the parties & streetpeople last all night,
and in the mornings, (Spanish) church bells blast
for all to hear (repent)--
angelic foreign voices praise gods
this cloudy Sunday
to wake me from dreaming
of smoking fruit loop blunts,
& having my child art sold for thousands
in the galleries.
families of blackbirds circle in the sky
on beat with the songs,
to attack the sinners,
or embody ascendance?
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