#this interview is hilarious you can see clearly the cracks forming

[screwdriver-and-souffle]

#prosenna #alain prost #ayrton senna #formula 1 #formula one #f1 #f1edit #this interview is hilarious you can see clearly the cracks forming #Alain: ayrton was so good he won more but i had #more points .D #they asked ayrton abt portugal 88 #ayrton: super bullshiting #they even asked him why and he was like who cares? #did you make peace after it? #Ayrton looks at alain and then said the least convicing yeeeah no problem in the world #my most fave moment is the third gif thou the interviewer ask what's the part of the race they fear the most and ayrton is very much going #what the fuck nothing

[thepavementsings]

thoughts on pierreseteban and their unrivalled lore?

Okay yall the tech equipment I need for my job has not arrived so I am spending the morning refreshing my email for nothing SO *cracks knuckles* let’s get into this. Also sorry in advance that this is very Pierre-centric I know very little about Esteban as his own person thats the caveat dont get mad @ me okay anyways

I…. love Pierresteban. It’s the only ship outside Pierre/Charles that I think goes past like… summer fling levels for Pierre. The LORE the lore is unmatched. It’s so very French in the most stereotypical way which is hilarious.

It’s SO interesting to me how they both approach it.

Pierre has mentioned it many times (we really only have first person insight from his side of the story). He waxes poetic about how they used to spend a lot of their time together as children and the relationship soured when they couldn’t keep their on track fights and off track relationship separate. This is very much the Pierre personality trait of ‘can’t let things go/remembers everything’ thing.

On the flip side, Esteban never talks about it. Im not sure if it’s because i've never really seen him be asked (perhaps because the media know they can get a juicy soundbite out of Pierre that Esteban doesn't tend to give so they don't bother, maybe because he gave non-answers enough that they stopped trying, who knows). BUT his version of being loud about this is the way he talks around Pierre so deliberately. In The interview where Esteban is asked to take us through his journey to F1 through photos he picks photos that a young Pierre is often shown in, but he doesn't talk about him! He mentions Anthoine, and Charles, and even Max, but Pierre gets a throwaway line about being part of a group photo of karting kids and that’s it. Even though one of the photos shows JUST PIERRE HIM AND HIS FATHER, which he chose to use to talk about his father and also ignore the only other person in the photo.

The fact that the two of them were clearly the best French talents of their karting generation, and both coming into a motorsport world outside a position of affluence, is so pivotal to this whole relationship to me. They started off in karts with their families supporting each other to get their kids through it! They shared karting equipment, and their dad’s would help each other with the set up, and it was just this beautiful camaraderie and like, shared dream they had together!! Pushing each other to be the best, and loving every moment of what they were doing together. That type of bond based on mutual joy and discovery is MWAH. I think it’s what makes specifically childhood friend arcs so compelling; those threads of each other are woven so deep into the formative years of shaping them in their personal lives, but also in their careers! Inextricably linked!!

The rest of this is pure speculation, but what do you do when there’s only so much to go around in this arena you're both entering. There’s only so much prize money, so many sponsorships, so many ways to live that dream. And so that shared dream gets ripped apart by circumstances outside their own control. The burden of knowing that, for both of them, their families’ ability to keep them in the fight is contingent on beating each other to get there. What do you do with that? How do you acquiesce, how do you apologize for what happens on the track when that would mean apologizing for fighting tooth and nail for what your family has done for you off of it?

It screams to me the swooping emotions of a first love. Everything feels so big. Every up is the biggest victory and every down is the largest failure. And that love will always be there. There’s still a part of them that wants to see each other last in this sport, as long as it doesn’t mean the other will be in their way. Which goes back to them having a respect and a deep appreciation for the way their years together shaped them.

It’s TRULY the lore of all lores. Esteban please provide us with more.

From a shipping perspective it’s also selfishly, for me at least, a way to explore some of the more interesting sides of Pierre’s character. I don't know if this is the right wording, but it’s the only way I would trust seeing the like, more thorny parts of Pierre’s character in fic (the way he holds grudges, the way he needs things to be justified to him, how he compartmentalizes, etc etc) without it being presented as him being a bad person, or as a moral failing.

I think if it were done in the context of Pierre/Charles for example, it would run the risk of making it seem like Pierre is more selfish than he is, because of the way Charles is characterized as having just this abundance of love to give. Because I think that it isn’t true that Pierre is selfish or inconsiderate, in fact I think Pierre cares very deeply about his friends and the people that he loves and want to spend his life doing things with! And so I think the type of characterization, if it were done in with Charles, would be a) wrong because he and Charles clearly enjoy each other’s company a lot and seem to have a really good and purposeful way they have managed to maintain their relationship as they race and b) skew towards presenting Pierre as a villain. I think there’s parts of it that can (and have!) been done well, but I dont think its the dynamic through which it would be interesting to work through the type of characterization (mostly because Pierre/Charles is often Charles centric, and to do it justice in THIS pairing I think the Pierre piece would have to garner more attention sorry i know this is a complete side tangent but I think the comparison is what makes it interesting so).

BUT that being said, Pierresteban is the PERFECT way to look at how Pierre can be a little difficult!! And like more specifically the way that karting journey they had together shaped those messier bits. The way they are emotionally very distant now, but have to physically still be in the same spaces is a really compelling scenario because those wounds and those feelings can’t really be closed over fully when the other person is still right there! Especially for someone like Pierre who lets things fester.

IF there were more content/context easily accessible out there about Esteban to make his characterization more clear to me/give him more depth, I think it would be one of my favourite sandboxes. But because I don't I feel like I would need to give him more fair attention before I really dived in because I do like my pairings to be flushed out at least enough on both sides that I feel I am doing justice to both characters!! Unless i'm purposefully doing like, a character study driven exercise where the view is insular on purpose and the pairing is for the sake of that.

I need them exclusively almost as past relationship for me though! I don't want a full reconciliation for them, but closure would be interesting to try and find.

#this got long under the cut #like so long #and also tangenty idk if this is what you were looking for lol apologies #ask games! #pierresteban lore

[carmenxjulia]

I put together a transcript of the 2 hour Q&A Interview the Carmen Sandiego Discord did with Showrunner Duane Capizzi. All of the questions were submitted by server members. You can read everything below the break!

Duane Capizzi:

Hi there!

Am I in? Is this thing on?

PizzaHorse:

Hi, welcome!

Yep, you're in the right place!

Duane Capizzi:

Sorry I'm late, I was wandering around some empty Discord hallways looking for the right room haha

PizzaHorse:

No worries. Let's get started!

Who is your favorite character?

Duane Capizzi:

Moose Boy!

KIDDING!

Alright, how to NOT get myself in trouble if my answer isn't "Carmen" haha.

But really, they are ALL my babies.

So I know it's going to sound like a cop out to some that I can't pick just one. But hmm, some for instances...

I love that she's so morally evolved at such a young age; her ability to always take the high road and never lower herself; her drive and conviction and dedication. Her ability to kick serious booty and look good while doing it. Her progressive values, her fashion sense. I could go on and on. But then there's Shadowsan and his arc; Chase and his. Julia, who's every bit as strong as Carmen but shows it in different ways. The Cleaners don't get enough love.

I'll close that question with an anecdote about The Cleaners ...

I love that all our characters are embraced and that everyone seems to have favorites. Our sound engineer Marcel is a pretty serious guy: he has a serious job that takes high levels of focus and attention. He's always deeply focused and not prone to small talk. Anyway, we were in the middle of our first or second sound mix, and he suddenly stops in the middle and turns around to face us. I'm thinking, "uh oh, we're giving too many notes." That's when I notice he's freeze framed the Cleaners. He says "I really like these guys." Then he turns around, hits play and gets back to work.

PizzaHorse:

What was the biggest challenge for coming up with new stories and plot for the reboot?

Duane Capizzi:

THE biggest? Sigh. I'm not sure I could come up with just one. Plotting is always challenging and we had the brain trust of the room, our trusty white board, and writer assistant to keep the threads of the ongoing storyline together. I think the single biggest ONGOING challenge was tracking which character knew what at any given time.

The caper part was challenging - coming up with new capers and keeping them interesting and fresh. But, it was the characters and their interactions that kept things fresh and interesting. Another museum heist? That's okay - Chase is on the case and he gets to interact with "X" this time (for instance).

There were also some episodes - Duke of Vermeer and Crackle Goes Kiwi come to mind - where there was SO MUCH SET UP needed to get the payoffs to work. I was really worried about too much talk/too much detail. Very "Swiss watch!" It took a lot of work to make sure it all clicked and was clear - hopefully it seems effortless on screen but I can't say there wasn't some sweat and the occasional tear (mostly from me - I'm a big cry baby

But really, what made it fun was that we had so many buckets to draw from: sometimes a story germ initially began with a character idea; sometimes it was inspired by global location; sometimes it was a clever way to update or reimagine an idea from old Carmen lore. Usually, it was some combination of all of the above!

PizzaHorse:

What was your favorite scene to write?

Duane Capizzi:

I think we have a theme here! "How can I pick just one ...?"

As a film buff, I got to indulge in some serious fan nerdery on this show: I got to write spy movies, yakuza movies, spaghetti neo-westerns (though turning it on its head: spaghetti westerns usually involve REVENGE and because of Carmen's character make up, this was sort of anti-revenge).

Is writing coming up with the idea or typing it? Haha. An "if a tree falls in the forest" question. The writing team and I had so many cathartic "that's how it goes" in the room. But on my own, writing the Pilot, was a very inspiring time for me: I remember laughing out loud the moment I thought of Chase falling on his own car (in part because of doing my spin on "that trope" that we've seen in so many hard boiled movies recently). But also how emotional I got when I imagined the simple but potent image of Black Sheep deciding to take her destiny into her own hands and walk that long corridor to the Faculty who we were about to meet for the first time.

I think I've cited this in another interview, but there was a period where I was completely immersed in Chase's arc and the scene where he would crack the location of VILE island ... by listening to Julia in a dream ... was a big one for me. It revealed he was finally open to admitting he needed Julia more than he would ever admit - yet, it was his own subconscious speaking.

The next morning, after cracking that scene, I bumped into Raf Petardi (voice of Chase) ... at the supermarket! It was very strange and hilarious

PizzaHorse:

Did you scrap any lengthy or funny scenes that you would be able to share?

Duane Capizzi:

With few exceptions, most scene cuts are done at the script stage so that the story board team doesn't waste effort over boarding. A variety of trims to any script are common, but they are usually for the better

The easier question to answer might be scenes were part of our "wish list" at writer room stage, but never made it to story or script. I hesitate to go too deep here (in the event that we might ever do more Carmen episodes in this canon - I'm not giving up hope). And there were cases where things we wanted to do earlier in the series wound up getting nixed or not fitting for whatever reason, but we got them in later - USUALLY FOR THE BETTER. So there's sort of a reverse Murphy's Law/rule of good fortune somehow in these things. But some fun things that didn't make it into the show, that leap to mind were: a Bollywood dance sequence (!). A Vegas caper involving Brunt wanting to steal an Elvis jumpsuit against the backdrop of an Elvis impersonator convention. We also thought it would be neat to get Maelstrom imprisoned so that Julia could interrogate him and he would play mind games with her - very Lector/Clarice!

PizzaHorse:

Were there any different treatments of Carmen you pitched before settling on the one we ended up with?

Duane Capizzi:

I was one of several "pitches" that I'm sure HMH heard before running with my version. But I can honestly say I've never pitched anything as fully formed: the take on Carmen felt so right to me, and clearly HMH and by extension Netflix agreed

I'll answer your question with an anecdote: I had the entire Pilot pretty well worked out, and pitched it in the first meeting. But one key thing that changed (much for the better!), simply because it wouldn't have fit without slogging things down ...

In my Pilot pitch, Black Sheep's escape on the boat was off screen: we see Shadowsan corner her, then we cut away. The rest of the Faculty show up to find SS's broken sword on the rocks, and are led to believe BS killed him (!). In the present, Crackle points his weapon at Carmen and prepares to pull the trigger. We know that Chase is on the way and may rescue her. The compartment door opens to reveal - not Chase - but Shadowsan! Big surprise! Then we cut back to BS's escape and find out what really transpired etc etc.

Crazy, right? SS would have been hanging out with the gang in season 1; we might not have gotten to 203 with his back story, since his sword was broken and he couldn't return it. Just one of those magical things where "things work out" the way they are supposed to. THAT SAID, it made for a heckuva pitch

PizzaHorse:

Are there any characters that ended up taking a direction you didn't initially anticipate?

Duane Capizzi:

GRAY.

I didn't know we'd make him amnesiac when I wrote the Pilot, that was something we came up with in our first week Writer Room.

And even then, when it became clear he'd be a key piece of the bigger puzzle, we didn't know how exactly (mostly the Season 4 stuff).

We did get very deep with a version where 404 ended with his protective streak for Carmen kicking into high gear, and they would be fighting off Vile Guards back to back in perfect tandem. Then, having chosen Carmen over VILE, it was Carmen who actually orchestrates Gray going "off grid" so that VILE can never find him again. Funny, I know that is arguably the version of Gray's arc that many fans might have preferred seeing. But in the tradition of spy thrillers and film noir, and for a lone wolf character like Carmen who is focused on her life mission and not romance, we stand behind where we went with him. We felt it was so much more compelling ... and truly more emotional that he totally has a get out of jail free card when he sacrifices everything (including his life, potentially) to save Carmen.

when she needs him most!

I know I made some controversial comments about Gray "not being good enough for Carmen" and I'd like to clarify that I meant, until that final episode. What he did was so selfless and heroic. Is there hope for them in the future? Who knows?! But I do hope we get to explore that one day

I'm sure Gray is living off the grid somewhere now, inspired by Carmen's selfless good and thinking of her from time to time.

PizzaHorse:

You mentioned in the interview with Alicyn that Carmen is a love story, but you were cut off before you could finish discussing. Could you elaborate on your answer now?

Duane Capizzi:

Ugh, yes! Sorry about that. I actually answered that privately for someone so will cut and paste that response here. Let's see if it works.

Something we never said in the show, but something I imparted to the creative team was: Carmen Sandiego is (among other things) a LOVE STORY, where every character in our ensemble is in love with Carmen in one way or another. Even if they don't know it! That love can take different forms: we see how spurned by Carmen Coach Brunt feels and why she retaliates so excessively. Chase eventually comes to realize that he too loves Carmen, even if he wasn't initially aware of it haha. One of the most moving things to me about the series is how all of the different factions come to Carmen's rescue at the end when she's not "in her right mind," without knowing the others are there too. It's a massive group effort to bring back the Carmen they love. But we weren't looking for a fairy tale ending for Carmen with ANYone - Carmen's a classic lone wolf anti-hero, that goes with the territory. At least at this stage in her journey.

PizzaHorse:

Were there other locations that you wanted to feature in the show that didn't make it?

Duane Capizzi:

I think we managed to cover a lot of ground and "cadence" between different countries/cultures/continents was important to us. Many "iconic" locations of course, and it would have been nice to explore some lesser known locations if we had more episodes.

One that we almost did was Niagara Falls, Canada - actually literally going to the Falls and doing a big hydro-electric caper, where Player could actually get into the field with Carmen and the team.

But ultimately, we wound up bringing Player into the fold the way we did and wound up stronger as a result. It made his "first face to face" with Carmen even more impactful, IMO.

PizzaHorse:

Were there any changes in production between the first half and the second half of the series?

Duane Capizzi:

Well, there was that Covid thing

But while it was no doubt a colossal undertaking to get the entire staff transitioned to work from home (animators! and their equipment!), we managed to make up for lost time WITHOUT a dip in animation quality. My fedora's off to our amazing team at Wildbrain for pulling it off!

We did lose some staff between orders, but that is a natural part of production unfortunately. Namely, one of our episodic directors Kenny Park, our first storyboard artist Dennis Crawford, and our story editor May Chan were among those who moved on to other shows during the break. But, as hard as their shoes were to fill, fill them we did!

PizzaHorse:

What is your favorite season?

Duane Capizzi:

Easy. Hands down, Season 3.

(crickets)

KIDDING!

Again, another "they're all my babies" answer (and yes, I love Season 3 equally

It's hard, because really when you step back I'm sure you'll agree it's a series, with stand alone capers; but it's really all ONE BIG MOVIE.

Season 3 is like the scherzo of a symphony: the shortest movement of four, and the one that tees up the big finale.

That's my hoity toity answer but I'm going to put to rest all of the various theories on what happened with season 3. It was a combination of two things: Netflix's desire to experiment with different ways of "dropping" seasons, and their desire to do a holiday themed drop (in this case Halloween, naturally). It became our challenge to come up with a theme (easy enough: masks), and the bigger challenge to serve their need while not interrupting our ongoing narrative. A challenge to be sure, but a challenge met. I think the biggest bump was perception: it was a short season and I know that was disappointing to many. But, by design.

So, Season 3 = an essential part of the whole. I don't think there's a wasted episode, and it gets everyone into position for the big finish. I can't pick a favorite season - you can't make me

PizzaHorse:

Were there any characters you had wanted to give more time to but couldn't due to time/plot restraints?

Duane Capizzi:

Well, there's the "what was on the white board" answer but hopefully some of those ideas will see the light of day in some way, shape or form some day. I think if we had more episodes, we would have shaken up the internal dynamic of VILE a bit more (as hinted at Brunt's displeasure with Maelstrom for leaving her hanging out to dry at end of 405 - a seed we planted "just in case," as some have noted). And we had more scenes in mind with Chase's partnering with Carmen for the first time that we had to cut to the bone because of what little room we had in that otherwise packed episode (worry not: it's mostly more gags, more embellishment, more twists and turns - but the important stuff is there). Mostly, and I don't think it would have been right for Season 4 but I hope to tell in the future, I think there's an interesting history between Shadowsan and Lady Dokuso - possibly tragic - that I would love to explore one day. (She was a cameo in Duke of Vermeer at the dinner party BTW, I'm not sure if anyone noticed. And we built a bigger role for her out of that)

PizzaHorse:

What are some pre-2000/nostalgic Carmen references you snuck into the show? Do you have a favorite reference that was included?

Duane Capizzi:

Doing that was so much fun! I'd say roughly 60% of the characters were from previous iterations of Carmen, though often in name only. We had fun reimagining most everyone to make them more relevant or updated or giving them a more colorful personality for starters.

"Suhara" was Carmen's Japanese mentor when she worked at the ACME Agency in a flashback episode in the 90's series, for instance. I don't think I need to spell out how we turned that one inside out

And Tigress was also one episode only: she was a "rival thief" to Carmen, but revealed to be an ACME agent in disguise - a persona created solely to bait Carmen. It was really cool of course, but it seemed like untapped potential so we made her an ACTUAL Vile Thief.

My own internal rule was to make sure the references/easter eggs wouldn't confuse anyone - they were there for those who were in the loop and window dressing. The one and only time i broke that rule was Dark Carmen's line from 407: "I do it for the mental gymnastics." It was one of the most absurd lines from the 90's series (IMO) and i was determined to have it come out of Dark Carmen's mouth. I'm sure it left some 7 year olds scratching their heads

aside from that, the key references were the music: I still tingle at how we worked the Rockapella theme into the Interactive Special; and the 90's main title theme (composed by Mozart!), in our Vienna episode ("They're playing my song"). If you wanted Rockapella or Carmen as a bad guy, well ... be careful what you wish for!

PizzaHorse:

Was there any improvised content from recording sessions that made it into any episodes?

Duane Capizzi:

Yes! Not much, because a lot of it would have pushed us into TV-MA haha

Mostly Mary Elizabeth - Coach Brunt has a POTTY MOUTH!

Mikey and Abby usually riffed their banter WAY beyond what was on the written page and had us in stitches. Some bits definitely made it in! But mostly there was too much or it would get off point (hmmm, much like my interview answers maybe? haha)

Sharon Muthu did rise to Pun Goddess status with "Mask and you shall receive." And Raf pitched me "Chasse means hunt in French" after one session and I said: "I'm going to write that in." I don't think he believed me. You can't say I'm not a straight shooter.

PizzaHorse:

If you could get more season, would you do it, and what type of story would you tell?

Duane Capizzi:

Well if that hasn't been clear so far, ABSOLUTELY

There have been discussions of course. It's up to the powers that be at this point. I will say this: the beauty and tradition so far has been that every iteration has been its own thing. I definitely think there are more "different canon" versions of Carmen that can be had and be a part of this wonderful tradition. After all, there were many naysayers for our version when it was first announced.

I will also say that if we don't get to tell any more stories in this canon with these characters, we've left a perfect gem that will stand the test of time. I would rather go out on a high note than overstay our welcome.

All that said, we worked within the allotted episodes given, ended it as we wished, but left the door open for other stories. I'd love to do an expansion and a deepening: pick up where we left off; find out what happened in those two years; and proceed to do the equivalent of Godfather II or Better Call Saul as related to the amazing originals they followed.

Let's hope! Keep putting good vibes out there!

PizzaHorse:

If you could pick a character on Carmen Sandiego who'd you switch places with for a day (you get to control their life and they get to control yours) who would you pick, and why?

Duane Capizzi:

Okay, THIS is difficult. So you're going Freaky Friday on me?

on a Sunday?

Hmmm, I know Ivy would get along with my cat ... but then I'd have to hang out with Zack!

That's the trick: I can't pick my favorites cuz I couldn't hang out with them!

(not that I have favorites - they're all my babies haha)

Okay, I have one: ROUNDABOUT. I could fill Shadowsan's seat - how cool is that? Then, I could enact all my evil fantasies - but still have a get out of jail free card cuz he'd be sitting at my desk!

(cut to Duane being brain wiped - D'oh!)

PizzaHorse:

Who are two characters who don't really interact in the show that you think could be good friends or work really well together?

Duane Capizzi:

Hmmmm. Okay, now I'm going to give you quick and sassy answers. Gray and Julia! They'd be so cute banding together to rescue captive Carmen (for instance). And they could also duke it out and maybe settle things between themselves re: shipping controversies instead of dragging me into it

PizzaHorse:

The FINAL QUESTION. Have you learned anything super impactful while working on the show?

Duane Capizzi:

Aside from Iceland's terrifically low crime rate?

I think I have learned to never underestimate how meaningful characters can be to fans. Social media has obviously brought us a lot closer to our fan base in more immediate ways: it's been really gratifying to hear/see/read feedback and not be writing things in a vacuum. It's been gratifying to see that ideas that were meaningful to myself and the creative team on Carmen that were crafted with care, have also resonated with our fan base. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who has traveled on this journey with us - for embracing Carmen's world view, and her friends and foes alike. Take care everyone! Stay safe! This has been fun, thanks for having me!

PizzaHorse:

HUGE thank you to Duane Capizzi: for being here today.

Thank you everyone for watching and reacting!

Duane Capizzi:

Okay, gotta run - just gotta find the door

Anyway, really: THIS HAS BEEN AMAZING. I speak for everyone involved in the creation and production of Carmen: it has been an amazing and inspiring series and we're elated to see it connect with such a CREATIVE, TALENTED and INTELLIGENT fan base. Take care everyone! Until next crime...

#Carmen Sandiego #Duane Capizzi #CS Crew #Interview #Transcript

[llzehs]

As a fan of these three, but most importantly as a fan of Dean Ambrose, this video is everything to me. To know the company Dean almost killed his body for doesn’t appreciate him, but his peers and brothers make sure Dean knows how much he’s loved and admired and respected for everything he has done for the locker room and the business just warms my heart so much. Seth and Roman’s love for Dean is out there. 

I firmly believe WWE had nothing to do with this. It was all Seth (& Roman). Two locker room leaders who realize they are losing the backbone of the company they have worked so hard to built their legacies around. I am so grateful for them always having Dean’s back.

The contrast between Roman and Seth’s relationship with Dean is beautiful. Roman’s clearly Dean’s best friend in real life, but Seth’s someone who loves and respects Dean SO MUCH for what they have shared in this business. The way he loves Roman and Dean both, you can easily see how genuine and sincere and grateful he is for their presence in his working place.

The absolute cuteness that is Roman and Dean’s friendship/bond 😭 You watch them, and you can easily tell how close they are. Dean’s an utter goofball. Watch at 4:36 mark, while Seth’s showering him with praises and saying how much he’s learned from Dean and how much he loves him Dean leans into Roman and Roman so attentively turns to him but then break into a hilarious set of laughter at whatever Dean said. Its like when it comes to Dean, Roman’s always like ‘omg why you gotta be like this, you are such a fool and I love your ridiculous ass so much’ 😂

Dean being the source of Roman’s constant smile, the way his eyes crinkle and the way he shakes his head in amusement and adoration...My heart just can’t take it. He loves Dean so much.

This video also soothes the ache and worry for Dean cuz Dean genuinely looks at peace with his decision. He seems so happy that he was able to work one last time with his brothers, and for someone who’s not big on using words, him being so expressive when it comes to how much he loves Roman and Seth is just beautiful and tells you what a sweet soul he really is.

Roman’s body language was depressing to be honest, but at the same time it looked like he chose to focus on celebrating his boy rather than dwelling on losing him. He knows Dean is happy, and that matters the most. You can tell through the whole video that was the vibe between Dean and Roman. 

This also showed to me that Dean’s extremely shy when it comes to expressing emotions in front of the world. Like, you can tell its not his thing to listen to someone tell him how amazing he is. He tries to turn focus back on Roman and Seth even when the moment was about him and its just so sweet and admirable cuz it just shows how down to earth he really is and how much he values the relationships and bonds he formed. 

The most important and admirable thing about Dean is that he’s such a positive human. He has so many things to be bitter about, but he’s simply grateful for fans and moving onto the next chapter of his life. He doesn’t hold grudges, he doesn’t complain, he never focuses on negativity even though he has ton of reasons to do so. This man is just a professional on a complete different level.

Seth’s ‘we gotta give my boy the send off he deserves’ and ‘I love you please would you come out here so I can tell you that to your face’ had me like 😭 😭 😭 And the way he smiled like ‘yes’ when Dean’s music hit like he half expected him not to come...I just can’t.

Dean looking an absolute piece of art in his new leather jacket, neat jeans and fancy watch and earing 🤤 Boy is leaving but he is glowed up to the fullest.

At 3:44 mark just before entering the ring when Dean’s perched up on the ropes, he points at both Roman and Seth and yells something. Which to me seemed like he was proudly claiming they were his boys/brothers which is cute as fuck if that was the case.

Dean being an utter cutie when he comes into the ring and after hugging Seth is raising his arm, once again trying to turn HIS moment into THEIRS. The smile on Seth’s face is so cute, and then he’s shaking his head and shrugging it off as like he’s implying ‘nah its bout you tonight’ which just makes me 😭

WWE never treated Dean as Seth or Roman’s equal, but here you have Seth giving all credit to Dean for his success. Roman has also talked about Dean in interviews like Dean’s the most important thing. Which is just like a slap in the face for WWE, cuz there’s your top guys, the faces of your company telling you even though you paid Dean dust, they see him as someone without whom they wouldn’t have happened anyways.

‘Please don’t go’ chant and Seth heartbreakingly saying he has already tried that and it didn’t work 😔 Also his voice broke when he started saying ‘that title wouldn’t be around my waist if it wasn’t for Dean Ambrose’.

Dean still avoiding addressing the exact subject of his departure. He’s a closed book, and only future will tell what’s really going on with him. But I get the vibe he’ll eventually be back in WWE.

For Dean nothing matters more than the bonds he formed with the Shield, his brothers being the best thing that ever happened to him. He gets the mic and that’s all he wants to talk about. Not him. Not his future. But his brothers and what they mean to him. He’s so unselfish and loyal, and you can tell he NEEDED this after WWE put him through emotional hell by making him use his best friend’s real life situation for storyline purposes. Dean loves wrestling, but money, titles, top spots, he was never here for that. So its fitting how he values the thing which gave him the most in this business, and that’s the bonds/relationships he got cuz of The Shield.

These three are super proud of being the work horses of WWE for these last 7 years. That’s what brings them even closer to each other. Same passion, same goals, and in the end what matters the most is how much they love each other outside of this business.

Dean’s so pure. Even if WWE never let him reach his true potential, he’s so damn proud of his brothers for getting there. No jealously. No bitterness. He’s just so proud like ‘yeah that’s my brothers you fuckers’ which is just beautiful.

Also Dean’s the goofy child of the group, cracking jokes and all. Seth and Ro are always shaking their heads, laughing and looking at him with hearteyes. It makes me so happy cuz after the life Dean lived, its so comforting to know he has people who love and admire him so much. And values him to the moon.

Dean’s ‘woofs’ omg how cute is he 😂

Seth and Dean being able to have their happy ending after the hell hole WWE put them both through. They deserve it after they were forced into doing something neither one of them wanted to do after losing their cornerstone in Roman. I am so happy they are here proclaiming their respect and love for each other and going out the way they deserved.

At 7:16 mark when Dean’s talking about fans making a building matter, you can see Seth’s face in the background and it looks like he’s crying 😔

Thank you Dean chants 😭 Finally some acknowledgment and respect from fans that he deserves so much. Roman and Seth making sure their boy got it. I love them so much for this.

At 8:00 mark when Dean’s done, Seth is raising his fist and his lips are trembling as he looks at Dean with this smile, then when Dean beckons them in the middle to do their fist bump, Roman just looks at him, trying to keep his composure but its pretty evident he’s crying too. That just broke my heart, cuz Seth and Roman are so damn sad and heartbroken, and even if they are trying to be supportive and celebrate their boy and wish him the best in future, they cannot help but be emotional cuz they won’t have him anymore which is fucking hard to deal with. Its bittersweet really. It makes me wish Dean would one day come back in the arms of two guys who loves and admire him the most. He belongs with them, and its so sad cuz of WWE’s constantly fuckery these three have to loose something so precious and special.

Right before the video ends Dean and Roman are leaning on the ropes side by side and Dean is laughing this full laugh at something Roman says and its so good to see him happy again specially with his best friend 😭

All in all, The Shield will live forever. I wish Dean the best in future. I am grateful he has people like Roman and Seth in his life. Specially Roman who’ll still remain being a very big part of his life.

#The Shield #Dean Ambrose #Roman Reigns #Seth Rollins #WWE #Ambreigns #RAW #Post RAW #Thank You Dean #Goodbye Dean #WWE.com #Thoughts #Highlights #OP

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Episode 6

Long time, no recaps. I’m sorry about that! That bakery job didn’t pan out (fuck you, Bakery!! Who says I’m under-qualified to hand out scones to people?), but I finally got myself a job at a local café. To top it all off, my best friend from LA was in town staying with us this weekend and we’ve been busy! I am completely smitten with my job, though. It feels like I’m working at Empire Records. Everyone is young and hip and even though I feel more like Warren than anyone in there right now, I can tell I am going to love it a little more every day. Weird coincidence, actually, happened last night. Chris from Real World Chicago came in to eat. I had never met him before, but I swear to God, I can say in complete honesty that he is the most beautiful man I have ever seen in person. And for someone so good looking, you would just kind of expect them to be a jerk in some form or another, and yet he is so sweet, and has such a positive aura about him. It is rare that I meet people in New York like that, so I am so happy we are part of the same little club, too. Half the time I’m kicking myself for being a part of it, and the other half, I feel really lucky. What did you think of this episode? Sarah and Gauntlet Number Two! these things are so hard for me to watch. You should see me when my tape arrives in the mail. My heart starts racing and I can’t wait until I pop it into my VCR to see what everyone in America gets to see. The entire time I’m watching it, I’m literally half-hanging off the edge of the couch, biting my cuticles as usual, and saying, "NO WAY. THEY DID NOT USE THAT CLIP!" All right. As the storyboard goes, we are all typical 4-in-the-afternoon kinds of drinkers. We get back from a mission on a Tuesday and crack open the beer and cheap wine, knowing that Wednesday is Interview Day and we have an entire night of relaxation ahead of us. There are always a few people in the house that aren’t drinking, though. For story purposes, I guess Bunim-Murray had to show Matt "isolating" himself from the group in some form or another. He isn’t a drinker, neither is RW Theo, or RW Rachel or Steve most of the time, etc. Not everyone drinks, and it isn’t really a big deal to anyone. They’ve been setting this up from day one, though, to show some sort of reasoning behind Matt going into the Gauntlet for this episode. If you check back on your TiVos, they will clearly show Matt being away praying or somehow appearing preachy when he’s just being sarcastic while everyone in whatever group he’s in stares at him like he’s sprouted wings and a halo in the middle of a whorehouse. Matt is a good guy. I can’t stress that enough. For some reason, though, it is easy to look at almost everything he says as some sort of David Karesh comment. Maybe I didn’t spend enough time with him to resent him so much. Seriously, we didn’t talk very much, but from what I could tell, Matt is on the up and up. He really was the only person there who wasn’t there for selfish purposes, and anyone who gives reality TV prize money to orphans is getting into heaven in MY book. That poor kid has some sort of opera music playing in the background as he talks to his grandmother and prays to his God. They just can’t cut him a break ANYWHERE! The morning after this episode airs, I get a voice mail from Cara that says this: "Hello, SARAH, OHMYGOD, I miss you so much, watching you in this episode is hilarious, and apparently we’re having some sort of serious conversation in the kitchen and I can’t stop laughing. I think we may be drunk, but you wouldn’t even know that I was, seeing as how I’m standing there hugging the Goldfish like a big fat hog." That was it. I laughed so hard. I hadn’t even seen the episode yet, but Cara and I had so many drunken conversations in the kitchen that I don’t even remember the one that is shown. Whose hat am I wearing? Whose sweater is that? Who knows? I am smashed and wearing someone else’s clothes, doing a jig in the kitchen while Cara satisfies her drunken munchies. Those were the times that should take up 90% of this game, because they are the times when I had the most fun. The Fat Suit Mission was probably one of the hardest missions that we had, in my opinion. What they don’t tell you about the obstacle course is that all the slip-and-slide portions are saturated in dish soap, so however slippery they may already be when dry, they are thousands of times MORE slippery when wet. Cue the Van Halen song here. I busted out laughing so hard when Steve says, "Has anyone ever watched the Discovery Channel and seen a documentary on ants?" There I am, nodding emphatically, saying something like, "Oh, yeah, I gotcha, I’ve seen one of THOSE." Yes, Steve, I have. Some of us are too busy learning how to apply eye make-up to watch educational television, but some of us are on the same page as you. Some of us, of course, means me. I really did want Steve to be able to assert himself as a leader, and he did have a solid strategy going into the mission. However, when the strategy is put into play and doesn’t work, the team can’t just fall apart. The ability to improvise under pressure is what sustains a team whose luck has just run out. I forgot to bring that motivational speech with me to the mission that day. Damnit. However, Steve wasn’t making himself popular amongst those with enough boobies and cooter to sway the votes that day. He kept saying something along the lines of, "I was a military brat, I was RAISED on obstacle courses. They were my PLAYGROUND as a child. ALLOW ME TO LEAD YOU." Adam was right in saying that sometimes he wanted to lead in order to prove himself valuable, as opposed to leading to guide the team. It is a tough position to be placed in; knowing that when you’re off on the sidelines hacking up lung butter that your team is mentally making a note of it. Conspiracies exist, and lots of people wanted Steve to shut up and step down. I wasn’t one of them. Steve is my boy, and I wanted him to stay with me. Who else could understand the sarcasm that goes over so many heads in that house? So yes, Steve, I have seen that very same documentary. What you don’t see is the discussion that explains the partnering of Road Rules. People who were considered the fastest were placed at the front in order to obtain control of the water cannons first. Those suits were made of pillows, and when wet, weigh somewhere around 50 pounds. We are elevated at 10,000 feet and The Real World probably goes through a cumulative carton per day of cigarettes. We figure that if we get control first, they won’t have a chance at making it to the top before us. Bear in mind that Road Rules pumps themselves up before a mission with a daily reminder that most of the Real Worlders are heavy smokers. This isn’t a new revelation. This is protocol. Everyone starts looking around after choosing the leaders and says, "Well, let’s partner the girls with the guys. Which girl do you all think is going to need the most help? That person will be paired with the largest guy, and then we’ll move down the line. " So I’m paired with Latterian, who is mortified that he may have to pick my ass up and drag it up the mountain. I’m not even thinking about it like this. I just know that because Latterian is biggest, I will be placed at the back of the line. Dum Dum DUUUUUUM! The back of the line indicates that I will be the last to cross the finish line, whether we win or lose. What a setup! What a huge original Batman TV show moment for me. I could literally see the "KAPOW!" flash in and out of the moment. That’s all the foreshadowing I needed. I knew I was going back into the Gauntlet before Jonny even sounded that air horn. We start careening through this obstacle course and are helping each other quite a bit. We just have two more players than they do, and with Elka sitting out, we know the odds are stacked against us, statistically speaking. None of us can breathe, and because we hadn’t yet adjusted to the altitude after two weeks, our lungs are burning and it is getting harder to maneuver in the soaking wet fat suits. Once Real World reached the water cannons, we were finished. Most of the girls are left behind while the guys attempt to get hold of the balls in order to hinder the approaching RWers. Cara and I are at the top of this "ant line", and no one is helping us get up the side of the mountain, but they have no trouble crawling over us. Norman is literally inches from Cara’s face, hurling these balls at point-blank right into her eyes. She and I both wear contact lenses, and the dish soap is literally blinding us. We are yelling at him to stop, and through bleary eyes, see him sadistically laughing at us, as he proceeds to raise the balls high over his head and throw even harder, directly into our faces! Sweet Norman had become The Devil, and I was pissed. After we lose and come down the mountain, I have a short discussion with Steve. He says that he screwed up, and that he’ll be going into the Gauntlet. I pat him on the back and tell him that he has nothing to worry about. I just had a feeling, you know? Cara and I headed to the hotel bathroom as Norm was headed out of it. I see him and say something to the effect of him not being very nice (it may have been something like, "Hey, dicknose, why don’t you try picking on someone your own size?" but why quibble over semantics?). I gave him a little Crocodile Dundee hex action and told him he had better watch his back. It wasn’t TOO serious, but I was pretty upset about it. I never signed up for this Challenge to inflict physical pain onto others, and for the first time, I had realized that some players could have had other plans in mind. No worries, though. We all know the only person there who could REALLY hex anyone isn’t on Road Rules. As far as Deadman’s Drop is concerned, let’s just say that I may have discovered an untapped talent, and I have thoroughly considered running away to the circus. I am going to state for the record that I have actually played team sports before, and if anything, have learned sportsmanship. Just because I make a great loser does not mean that I can’t be a winner, though. Irulan shouldn’t have been clapping that thing in my ear. I don’t think that stooping to sabotage is the way a team should win. There is nothing wrong with cheering your teammate on, but when you’re cheering that their competition is "going down" or that they suck, you have crossed a line. I couldn’t hear much of what was going on when I’m in The Gauntlet, I get into this zone where all I can hear are my own thoughts, and every once in a while, some positive comment from my team leaks through. Everything else gets tuned out. From what I hear, though, it wasn’t just the clapper. There was apparently a lot of commentary such as, "Your team doesn’t want you here, even your own team thinks you suck! You’re gonna LOOOOOOOOOOSE!" It wasn’t just from Irulan, but she crossed over to the Road Rules side and was being negative. Ugh, I just hate watching bad sportsmanship. I hate being a part of it. The point is that a lot of people took it too far. How many times do I hug Matt? 10? 15? All within a ten minute period! I don’t think I hugged him at all until that point. I felt so terrible watching him fall; you can see he just gave it his all. You can watch the muscles in his leg twitch, and see him dangling by one calf, and watch him grimace in pain before he face-plants into the water. At that point I didn’t even know he was giving the money to orphans. I just knew that I wanted to stay, and that Matt was a mission-rockstar, and that he shouldn’t have been picked on so much for being so effusively devout to his faith. Matt, I hardly knew ye. But I liked ye. You seemed like good people. Thanks for the Life Teen gear. I found out right afterwards that Matt had intended to donate the money to charity, and immediately felt sick to my stomach. I started having all of these moral dilemmas with even being on the show, knowing that he would have fed an orphan for a year while I would have bought myself a pair of Diesel jeans with the prize money. I felt like a bad person for taking the opportunity away from someone so genuine to be a part of a team who really didn’t want me around anyway. I couldn’t see why I would fight so hard to be emotionally invested in something that was consistently bending me over a fence, you know? So I called James, which was a bad call. James and I have a lot of fights throughout my stint on the Challenge. He detests reality television. Have I mentioned that before? He hates everything about it. He hates the lifestyle. He hates the bullshit and the drama and the people that are full of shit even when the cameras are off. Most of the time, I agree with him. Some of the time, though, I’m involved in it, and not everyone who does these shows is a bad person. Actually, most of them are good people, with a few bad eggs interspersed between them. I had told James that if I were to leave to go on this Challenge, there would be no half-assing it. I would have to be emotionally invested into something that I normally find to be so apprehensible. I needed the money, and I needed the retribution, and I needed him to be there to support me. All in all, I was needy, and he couldn’t understand why I could cry over a game. This is why I’m apologizing for crying; you can’t hear what he’s saying, but he is actually fighting with me about my emotional investment. He doesn’t like that I’m crying so much (and I don’t blame him, I don’t like it either; I can’t imagine how he must have felt hearing it every damn day) and he just wants me to come home. I was so upset that my team was too busy getting up in Real World’s faces to really support me. I just felt like I wasn’t getting support anywhere. Roni was making sure I was okay, and Steve was grabbing me a towel or something. Everyone else was several feet away fighting about Irulan and Veronica and people shit talking during Gauntlets and such. I was pretty frustrated, and I was the responsible party for sending home the one person who would never get involved in such a thing. Matt isn’t a saint, but compared to most of us, he’s definitely operating on another level. So I live to drink another night away in Telluride, and next week’s recap will be up as soon as I see the episode. I hope you all enjoyed it. I have no idea what is even shown, but I’m sure I can shed some sort of light on it for you, loyal readers. If you were one of the few who was rooting for me, thank you, and if you were rooting for Matt, good call! I will update soon

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The Untold Truth Of Always Be My Maybe

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The Untold Truth Of Always Be My Maybe

There is no maybe about it: at all times Be My probably is one Netflix long-established film you must undoubtedly watch. Starring Ali Wong and Randall Park, the film has been hailed via critics and viewers alike as a recent and hilarious success. So just how did this gem of a movie come to look the sunshine of day? For those who proposal the on-screen chemistry between Ali Wong and Randall Park was pretty super, you’re not on my own. Correctly, a part of that possibly on account that the comedic duo goes back a very long time, all the means back to school at UCLA, if you can consider that! They met within the late Nineteen Nineties at a pal’s position, the place mentioned pal was once internet hosting a fried rice cooking competition, as pronounced by The Washington put up.The two were additionally part of the LLC Theatre enterprise, a comedic performing arts crew that Park co-established. And in a twist that confirms all too evidently that truth is stranger than fiction, perpetually Be My maybe premiered at the Regency Village Theater in Westwood, which is where UCLA is placed. The surreality of that was not lost on them, either. Wong informed variety that being in Westwood was once, quote, "a trip." "superb. High-quality, as always. Ta-ta, Julianne!" "ok, to start with, you sound like rely Chokula." For as much acclaim as normally Be My perhaps is receiving, the movie could by no means had been made if now not for a fateful 2016 interview Wong did with the new Yorker. Wong used to be riding excessive from the success of her Netflix particular child Cobra, and he or she acknowledged that she and Park had been seeking to make a precise movie for years, their, quote, "version of When Harry Met Sally." Of course, by means of their "variation," Wong presumably intended an Asian take, as there aren’t exactly a ton of rom-coms in the market with Asian-American leads.It didn’t take very long for the phrase to get out about it after that, and boy did the web reply. Vulture even put out a plea to Hollywood, begging to get the movie green lit. Park recalled in an interview with The Washington post: So Wong and Park received to writing the script, along with screenwriter Michael Golamco. The rest, as they say, is history! When Harry Met Sally wasn’t the only movie that Wong and her crew appeared to for inspiration even as birthing always Be My possibly into existence. The 1992 famous person-studded comedy Boomerang, starring Eddie Murphy, used to be additionally a movie Wong had in intellect when fleshing out the characters and meditating on the comedic aspects of the film. She instructed Rolling Stone: moreover, Wong favored that the premise of Boomerang used to be black staff working at a black promoting company, anything she found clean, and, quote, "empowering." She dished: The late 2010s marked an uptick in the amount of movies starring Asian-American actors, like loopy wealthy Asians and To all the Boys I’ve loved before. Continually Be My might be is a welcome addition to these groundbreaking movies, and it quite is the first of its form.Director Nahnatchka Khan gushed in an interview with variety: The equal holds true for Jordan Peele’s Us, a horror movie predominantly starring black actors. Furthermore to that, Park and Wong emphasized that it was equally fundamental that they make a amazing film, as individuals wouldn’t wish to see it in any other case, it had to be great. Wong joked: invariably Be My perhaps is stuffed with many little moments that Asian american citizens resonated with in a specified manner, similar to Judy telling Sasha: "We Koreans use scissors for the whole lot." and Sasha preparing unsolicited mail musubi for dinner. Those moments are major, as they allow families descended from immigrants to peer bits of their possess daily lives on the monitor in front of them. Whilst that used to be certainly intentional, Park additionally desired to make certain that the film wasn’t rife with stereotypes or populated via characters that viewers would expect. The actor defined to The Washington submit: To that end, they sought to make the relationship between Marcus and his dad, who does not speak with an accent, affectionate and close. "howdy. At some point, you are gonna must take a threat on whatever, son." That flies in the face of the stereotypical portrayal, which suggests Asian moms and fathers with thick accents.One of the crucial many hilarious and bitingly smart elements of the movie is Marcus’ band, good day Peril. With intelligent lyrics and fun performances from the actors, you cannot aid but crack a smile when the band takes the stage. And sure, that is the noted Bay discipline rapper Lyrics Born on stage with Marcus. Plus Dan the Automator honestly produced all of the hiya Peril songs, in step with Pitchfork. And get this: Park even wrote his own lyrics. It most commonly helps that he had his own ’90s hip-hop band, unwell again, to use as concept.You might no longer have caught it, however Park very intentionally named the band good day Peril for a purpose. In an interview with Pitchfork, he published: How intelligent are you able to get? It used to be pretty unimaginable to overlook that Daniel Dae Kim performed the role of Brandon Choi, Sasha’s fianc. You would have well-known him from his work in misplaced as Jin-Soo Kwon or possibly as Jack Kang in insurgent, the sequel to Divergent. While we’re over here questioning why he would not have his possess James Bond film but, Kim used to be simply hugely stoked to be cast in Wong and Park’s movie.In an interview with form, he gushed: Plus he says he loved attending to play a jerk. Hey, he possibly the sweetest man in real lifestyles, however Kim seems to be a professional at enjoying jerks! "So, you need me to head to San Francisco alone?" "that’s the great thing about it. We would each be in new environment. We might be aparttogether." And Wong knew what she was doing with this casting, too. The actress shared: You could have noticed some subtle cultural details in continually Be My probably. For instance, within the establishing, Sasha and Marcus remove their sneakers when they come indoors, only replacing them when it’s time to leave. That’s corresponding to Judy pointing out that Koreans use scissors for the whole thing.However a few of these touches were the work of director Khan, whose movie debut is arguably a visionary one. She wanted to make certain that the time and location, the San Francisco Bay discipline in the ’90s, was reflected within the film, mainly for Asian-american citizens. She defined in an interview with the los angeles occasions: So, should you felt transported to a San Francisco where the rent wasn’t so darn excessive and there weren’t hipster coffee shops all over the place, that’s the motive why.Kimchi stew. Lemongrass dumplings. Free shumai. And yes, even venison sous vide, complete with headphones… "Comes with headphones so which you could hear the sound of the distinct animal you might be about to eat, illustrating nature’s life to death cycle." In so many scenes in invariably Be My perhaps, food plays an most important position, each as a marker of cultural identity and a drive that can either convey individuals collectively or destroy them apart.Food is fundamental in each tradition, and, on this film, viewers are treated to the cuisine that’s gigantic in Asian-American traditions, corresponding to Korean and chinese food. Lest we omit that Sasha is a chef, and a very successful one at that! To that end, it makes complete sense that they employed famous person chef Niki Nakayama as a consultant for the movie. Director Nahnatchka Khan advised the los angeles times: Who’s hungry now? All of the places they filmed within the film had a enormous feel of situation, person who felt acquainted, especially when you grew up in the Bay field within the ’90s as Wong did. And although Park grew up down south in l. A., he put a number of himself into his character, Marcus.In an interview with NPR, Park shared: And, you realize what? That fairly comes via. Suppose it or now not, Park actually brought facets of his loved ones onto the film set: above all, these artwork. He defined: All of that helped make things believe as exact and nearly the heart as viable for him. When you saw the trailer before gazing always Be My maybe, you knew Keanu Reeves was going to show up at some factor. But in the event you did not, you might have fallen out of your chair when he turns up as a satirical version of himself as Sasha’s date."Jesus Christ." "Oh my God, you are bleeding!" "You see how convenient that was once, Marcus?" recollect that dinner scene? Yeah, it was once clearly one of the vital funniest moments of the movie, whole with lines from Reeves like the characters’ $6,400 meal costing "not up to a residual paycheck from my hit film speed." Of course, Wong and Park wrote the function explicitly for Reeves with out understanding if he’d simply take it. But much to their shock, he did, and he reportedly was a whole blast to work with. Wong had some unique reasons at the back of this casting, too. In an interview with Vulture, she confessed: verify out certainly one of our newest movies right here! Plus, much more list videos about your favourite stuff are coming quickly. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and hit the bell so you don’t leave out a single one. .

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All tea B.A.P in NYC

Hey I’m going to try to make this as short as possible and will omit real names for privacy purposes. Myself I will call Twix and my sister Skittles. Friday after work and school we decided to meet up to line up early for a spot for B.A.P since we had P 1 tickets. We were ready to go and packed a suitcase, snacks, and a tent while we headed to the venue Terminal 5. I had scouted a day before and knew we would be near the water so wanted to be prepared for the chilly winds. Most people on Facebook said they would start lining up around 12-1 in the morning so we took an Uber and got there around 11:20pm. We were so shocked when we saw that a line had already formed. Some people that were P 2 and P 3 had got there early Friday morning—talk about dedication. We were still in pretty good standing since there were about 14 people in line. We decided to set up shop and put up the tent, but the thing was we had never set up one before. Luckily there was a former Girl Scout in the group ahead of us that started to help. As we were clearly struggling trying to put up the tent, Almond Joy comes out of nowhere, and sets up the tent with us. Low key I just thought she wanted in on the tent because it was so cold; but, after we invited her in she politely declined and went back to laying under her blankets. There was an event going on at the venue and around midnight security comes out to tell us to disperse and we can’t stay there. They give us red tickets and tell us to come back in the morning. People converse for a little bit and post on the B.A.P NYC facebook for people not to line up until 9:30 am because of the special tickets.

After a few hours of sleep we decide to head back to terminal 5 dressed to the nines with our sleeping bags and blankets. Almond Joy arrives at the same time and we go find our spots next to the other red ticket holders. Everyone starts to make small talk about biases, dramas, and the big 3 while trying to keep warm but it’s so brick outside. My sister finds a kindred spirit in a baby we will call Jolly Ranchers and they are so cute with each other. Next to us is another duo with a crazy girl with a big personality named Sweet Tarts, and her bubbly bestie Twizzlers. Near the front of the line by the entrance this petite girl starts screaming “ Stop It Just Stop It”. It was loud and she starts spazzing out saying people are skipping the line. She argues that it’s not fair because she has been there all morning lined up since 3:00 am and how people have been freezing in the cold and it’s not fair about the red tickets. She is pissed and storms off to join the line with her banners. At about 9:30 am security comes out and moves the line closer to the venue and separates the red tickets holders from the regular ticket holders and directs us to the other side of Terminal 5 where we wait behind barriers. We take turns going to the bathroom and some people go to change or pick up some food---those chicken nuggets though delish! Another member of our crew Kit Kat bust out the card games which include the classic Uno and Cards against Humanity which is so hilarious. During this time the event staff were checking the lines and handing out wristbands for hi touch . We were later joined by my sisters friend named ChocoPie who actually came with plenty of snacks including Poki Sticks with ChocoPies and put the rest of our stuff in her car for storage.

We go off to the nearest deli to charge up all our devices and come back just in time to get our photo op packages and wristbands. The packages are totally random and I ask people what they got and most got Daehyun. I look at mine and initially I thought I received a signed album from Jongup but the group ahead of us told me it was Yongguk. I didn’t even have a chance because Skittles pounced on me lol. I traded her signed album for Daehyun and my Zelo cards I traded with someone else. Closer to the time of the concert people started getting hyped up and there’s press going around asking questions about the group and the fandom. You have people dancing, rapping, and singing. Our group the Velvet Rope (inside joke) is doing the most---you have Sweet Tarts and Chocopie busting out lyrics for Wake Me Up, Jolly Ranchers on the side with Kit Kat cracking up, Twizzlers is freaking us out with her trivia skills like how do you know what stuff animals everybody sleeps with lol all and all the interview was funny af. There’s these cute korean girls in front of us that start talking to ChocoPie that just so happen to know the same people. One of the girls actually has the same name as Jolly Ranchers so we’ll call her Juicy Fruit. Fast forward to it’s time to go into the venue and there’s this commotion near the front of the line. Apparently a lot of people in the front did not have the red tickets because security told them otherwise. Also there were not P 1 but were P 2 and P 3 anyway the guy in charge came and sorted everything out and they were allowed to stay on the line. Sweet tarts crazy self makes a last minute dash to a bathroom nearby and comes back right on time before we start heading in.

We make a mad dash to inside after getting our bags checked but barricade is gone ~ le sigh, but we still get pretty close. Our group is on the right side of the stage. The korean girls with ChocoPie are on my left and on my right is Kit Kat with the rest of the group. Everybody started coming in at once filling all the space around us in no time. The concert didn’t even start yet and on my back I could feel this girl super close and was laughing with her friend. I know that in the pit it gets crazy and packed. In my head I’m thinking to myself does she not feel my butt on her or does she not even care. So I’m listening to them and there’s three of them. One on my left had bright fire engine red hair, the one on my butt kind of reminds of Hyme from Rania, and there was another shorter girl to my right but behind Kit Kat. She tells the one in the middle I’m not staying here. Music comes and they start playing some old school 80′s or 90′s songs, like songs you would hear in karaoke. Everybody start singing Sweet Dreams by the Eurythimics. All of a sudden the lights dim, the countdown starts, and the babyz start chanting B.A.P. the dj comes out and starts mixing.  As soon as they came out we started screaming and everybody went nuts! I have to say that our group well the whole section was lit! There was so much energy yo it was crazy and I really didn’t that would enjoy it like I did here! One thing was that the girls behind us kept pushing us non stop and I turned to see who it was and it was the girl from before that was spazzing out let’s call her blowpop because she was acting up lol. She pushed KitKat and elbowed me in the sides. Her friend pushed Juicy Fruit but she locked arms with me and told me not to let go of her hand it was real in the pit omg like so bad. After blowpop knew she couldn’t push past us she bumrushed Jolly Ranchers but it did not work. The whole concert blowpop was like a little angry dog with the pushing it was pretty brutal. After awhile eventually the red headed friend stopped but blowpop never did until the very end. I’m trying to upload videos to this but yeah it’s a no go I think my files are too big or something I don’t know. I can talk about the interactions that we had. I came for Daehyun he is my bias but the maknaes came for me at this concert. Jongup is so fine like I couldn’t stop looking at him like what where did you come from? When I tell you he’s a bias wrecker that’s an understatement. He was all over the place pop locking and grinding all in your face lmao and gets an automatic invite to the cookout. He was looking at Kit Kat and she has the receipts. Youngjae was caught staring at her too. Mmh okay. Jolly Ranchers told me that she was dancing and just happened to look up to see Jongup staring at her like what and talking to Yongguk about it O_O he was definitely feeling the black girls that night I’ll say that. Blowpop was such a hater. That girl is straight crazy. Jolly Ranchers was so surprised that he was looking at her because she was so quiet and Blow Pop was screaming her head off. She told me everytime he came over to our side she kept elbowing her and Blowpop would try to mess up her videos when Zelo was in front of her. Yo that is so not cool. Jolly Ranchers got so mad at her she knocked the phone out her hand.  Zelo was another dark horse that I was not expecting to go all out for the concert. If Jongup is invited to the cookout he sure is bringing Zelo with him because that boy was not playing. He has such great stage presence and was so cute the whole night and was interacting with us the whole night I see you over there Zelo <3 It was so cute hearing him sing for his solo and I love his little dance he did with this giraffe headband on his head again I would upload the video but yeah. He fell down and was like I’m so tired of his dancing he was so cute. Coming for me?

I’m starting to get sleepy so I’m going to try to wrap this up real quick. Dae dae killed me with his vocals I was like liquid. In general all the songs were good but the songs that I could listen to were Fermata, I need You, Body & Soul I was done. Not to say that I didn’t like the upbeat songs like That’s My Jam, Bang x2, Spy, etc it’s just I love how they arranged those all together. Feel so good was great too. Youngjae solo was good too and I was surprised that he danced in the very beginning. Gukkie was a shy little turtle on our side and reminded me of a painting artist, or recluse and he was so happy I was just like awww. Skittles was losing her mind over how good he looked especially with the white shirt. Jongup solo was so damn sexy. The end. Himchan was so cool and I love how he interacted with people. Lisa the girl he picked was so cute and shy. I think when they did the love shot she just about died. He also got a real kick out of the pink sign someone made for him. I was so mad at him with that damn watergun. He would low key try to squirt you if you had your phone out. Skittles ducked out of the water and he laughed. He caught me I was too thru and ChocoPie started screaming at him playfully informally lol. Near the end of the concert people thought it was over but they came back out and people lost their minds again bad thing nobody wanted to leave because they thought it still wasn’t over lol. Hi touch was right after and the line was ridiculously long but what I didn’t like was how they was rushing people and screaming hurry up. KitKat told me that her, Jolly Ranchers, Sweet Tarts and Twizzlers had a plan.They rolled up to the table saying “ Ayeeee” with Youngjae and Zelo was like “ Ayeeeee”. There were some technical difficulties at the the table lol I’m not obligated to say what exactly lol but it gave Kit Kat a chance to have a moment with Youngae. For my high touch I made a mistake but it kind of helped me out a little bit in the end. I had my phone out in my hand not even paying attention really and I’m on my way walking to the table when the security screamed go back no phones no phones you will not be able to take a picture so I had to double back and put my phone in my pocket in the mean time two girls went in front of me flying by me. I almost missed Youngjae because he was the first one so I did a quick tap and hi with him and Zelo, but I had to slow down for Daehyun and held his hand told him I loved him all the while the lady is screaming at me to hurry up like excuse me lol and Jongup is laughing because I’m holding up the line XD  no fucks were given I don’t remember Himchan too much after hi five because I was being rushed and Gukkie had the biggest smile on his face when I hi touched. I almost left by mistake because you had to make a left to go back into the main hall. They grouped you by 10 with me and Skittles being on the end. We got lucky because I was the only one that wanted to take a picture with Daehyun and Skittles wanted Yongguk. I didn’t go when I was suppose to because it was suppose to be 5 at a time and I was number 6 but I did the numbers in my head. I noticed that 5 would stand in front and the others would kneel. I didn’t want to be on my knees so I just kept walking and just in time because I guess the girls didn’t figure out what was happening. The other four weren’t walking up either. So I stood right in front of Daehyun turned around and he started smiling, I didn’t know what to do so I gave him another hi five and then I waved to Jongup and the rest. Then we took two quick pictures and I said bye to him my heart. I was so high after that. It was so good I didn’t even care about the picture honestly. truly. It was all about the interactions and talking to them. The night was filled with so much drama but would I do it again? Yes in a heartbeat.

#bap in nyc #blackgirls #party baby 2017 #fan account

[canaryatlaw]

So, today for the first time in a few weeks, I would say was a good day, and that's something worth celebrating to me. It probably actually means the new antidepressant I'm on kicked in, but hey, I'm not gonna question it. It wasn't really good for any specific reason, I just felt better about everything. So often it's hard to actually tell you're in a depression when you're depressed. I would always just start questioning my life choices and if this is all really worth doing (which is truly a far cry from a suicidal thought, trust me, but it just somehow feels wrong). But then there are better days like today that just make you feel better about just about everything. So, today. Woke up at 6:40 to my early alarm in my attempt to get to work early, thought about it for approximately 2 seconds before going "nah" and resetting it for 7 (because nobody saw that coming). So I got to work at my normal time and started reading the latest interview form, which gave me most of the info I needed to change up my questions. Just as I finished that the attorney who gave me the hearing, who sits across from me, asked if I wanted to go over them, so we did so and I was like oh how much do you just want to get on the record about like services etc and she crossed out a few questions that didn't apply (I had already changed the parents section since they were no longer involved here) but then basically added stuff to promote the goal of the hearing, which was to get the judge to extend the wardship until her 21st birthday. It's an uncontested argument, and it's not like the judge is just gonna not do it to be a dick, but it's an argument you still have to make. So we talked about different services she's in or will need in the future, she has a 2 year old son who's currently with her mother under a short term guardianship (since her parents were never actually found to be abusive because they got a dependency finding at trial, something I'm not certain I agree with but it was a much different circumstance and it wouldn't make me doubt their ability to care for this child) but she could hopefully get back after she finished high school, which would require day care services, etc and she would need college services or employment services, so it's obviously worth staying in the system till 21. It's not perfect, but it really is SUCH a better option than dumping the kid out on the street once they turn 18. So around 9:30 we go down, and things kind of go haywire for a while in the courtroom because a bunch of people didn't show up on time so they were doing cases all out of order, and the lawyer I was with ended up getting stuck with an emergency motion (but more on that later). It was set for 10:30, the worker arrived a bit after 11 (she wasn't the latest one, by far) so we talked to her outside since she was a new one just about the case and such. I was talking to the state too since they typically take the lead on permanency hearings, but they were totally fine with letting me do it, and we had to figure out how to get a current service plan into evidence since apparently nobody had one, lol, so we ended up (or the ASA did) telling the court the worker would print it off at the end of the hearing. The hearing itself went fine, I just need to get used to being up at the bench and asking questions, and learning to adjust when things don't follow your perfect question pattern. The trial ad books tell you that generally beginners will use exact question lists but the more experienced attorneys will just have a list of points to cover, which allows them to explore each answer the proper amount and cover all the ground needed depending on what comes up. Well, I'm not experienced yet, lol, but I'm learning to adjust to when the answer doesn't come out as expected and not getting flustered when that's the case. And I'm sure that will just come with practice. And I mean, this is a perfect environment to do it in being that we never have a jury and there is still a lot of uncontested stuff. So I was overall happy with it. Afterwards I went back upstairs and worked on the TPR prep that I worked on for the rest of the day. The real fun of the day ("fun") came from the attorney I was with when she returned on her emergency motion that had been called by mom's atty at 9:30 but then mom didn't show up until like 11:30 or something ridiculous like that, then told this ridiculous story that she said her son told her about his father leaving him and his two year old brother home alone (kid is 12) and somehow weed got on his pizza and he ate it and he knew what weed looked like from watching a movie and ???? It was truly bizarre, but the weird thing is this case isn't actually screened into the system, meaning DCFS doesn't have custody of them, which severely limits what remedies they can implement. The kid is supposedly on an order of protection to live with his father, but apparently dad doesn't really live there and just comes and goes so he's actually really living with his (paternal) grandma. So mom wanted the order of protection vacated and the kid sent home to her of course, but it got continued until our office could interview the kid. So we send one of our interviewers out to his school who reports back with word that the real story was his little brother had apparently sprinkled loose tobacco on the pizza, not weed, and his dad was in the other room smoking, not leaving them alone. But more important than that was that he was now saying grandma had been beating him and he's scared to live with her, which necessitated us to call the hotline and obviously he can't return to the placement, so they're scrambling to figure something out, because they can't stick him in a foster home without screening him into the system and nobody wants to do that unnecessarily, but they didn't know if they could get a relative placement by 3:30 when someone needs to pick this kid up from school. So they basically decide he's gonna go back to mom until court on Wednesday when he can talk to the judge. The whole thing is this case came in because mom could never get the kids to school and they were like, all failing all their classes, and the kid now has 17 tardies on the one day a week mom was bringing him to school and flunking all his classes, so we really don't want him going back to mom when at trial the judge specifically made neglect findings based on those facts, but at this point it was mom or the shelter, and in that choice it's hard to not say mom. So that ends up being the pick, but then the issue is telling grandma she no longer had custody of the kid and was now the subject of a DCFS investigation. Mind you I'm watching this all play out over hours through phone calls with a ridiculous amount of people trying to figure it out and the atty ranting about it. At one point I managed to slip in something about if DCFS would be stepping up their investigations on already open cases in response to the recent child deaths, which I was hoping would lead to a conversation about the child death case I was working on that she was the previous atty for, which provided me with the opportunity to ask what her thoughts were when the kids were getting returned home, and I was really surprised by what she said. She said mom had done every service asked of her, had always visited the kids, and had fully cooperated with the agency the whole time. Like, what??? That's a far cry from what ended up happening. She said she was really surprised by the death, and spoke about meeting with Manny and how bright he was. She made some comment about how they had apparently killed a dog by neglect, and she felt like Manny had become the replacement dog because they moved him into the back room where the dog lived and basically treated him like one. Idk it was an interesting perspective to get. She seemed to blame the boyfriends influence, which I thought was interesting because of course he's trying to play that he was manipulated by this older woman. But back to the main story, suddenly the agency is trying to get her on a conference call with grandma and she is like uh NO I can't do that, there's this thing called atty client privilege and her client specifically said he didn't want grandma being told what he had said. But they just kept calling on repeat, which was funny because she had been fielding calls all day from all different people, and they end up calling the lead attorney on the calendar in an attempt to get to her lol. She talked to them later not with grandma on the line and was like yeah NO but then the issue was picking the kid up from school, because apparently the mom and grandma had called the police on each other a lot in this case, and she was afraid if mom picked up the kid without any documentation saying she had the right to do so grandma would call the cops who would see the legal custody order dad still does have and return the kids to her, but the agency was totally unhelpful and now nobody wanted to pick the kid up because they were worried they'd get in trouble so she had to convince the caseworker to go get him and it's like 3:40 at this point and this poor kid is probably so confused. She did end up picking him up though and he's at moms, until Wednesday anyway. The icing on the cake was the voicemail she got at the end of the day from grandma, which was fucking hilarious because she was clearly VERY offended she hadn't immediately told grandma about the allegations, like she's the client here, and she's been taking care of this kid for all these years (except she really hasn't) and YOU KNOW WHAT YOURE REALLY NOT THAT SPECIAL, YOURE REALLY NOT (I kid you not she said that and I was cracking up). So that was at least somewhat humorous. But I found the entire situation at least somewhat comical just because of how ridiculous it was, and it's the kind of thing you have to laugh at in this line of business. At 4:44 I checked the bus status to find that the 5:13 bus was currently listed as "delayed" to which I responded "shit" and basically packed up all my stuff in a rush and left to catch the 5:03, because I've learned when it says delayed there is no telling when it's actually coming (I think it did end up coming on schedule, but not the point). By the time I got to the bus stop I did have a few minutes, and the homeless guy that hangs out at the median right by there came over, idk if he remembered I gave him an energy bar last week or it was just random, but upon seeing him I said oh hey I have another bar and produced one from my purse, and he did seem surprised about that so maybe it was just random. But we sat and talked for a few, he asked about my day and I said it was good because I got to do a court hearing, he wanted to know what kind of court and when I said child protection he started talking about "seeing some things" in "the hood" that made him glad he wasn't the parent of those kids because he'd be in trouble if he was. I just said well if you ever do need it, the hotline is 1-800-25-ABUSE (that's for Illinois anyway, I have no idea if it would work outside this state) and he seemed to appreciate that before going back to his median. Got on the bus and went home, had time to make dinner quickly before watching the supergirl finale, which I won't elaborate on too much just because I've already written so damn much about my day and I can get into details about that easily. But I was pretty satisfied with finale being that my only real hope going into it was that Meh-El would die/get banished/be gone from the show in whatever method they came up with and that was achieved, so I was happy about that. I mean, at this point I was pretty confident that's was what was going to happen, the writers had to know the backlash they were facing off his character and their bending the season around his whims, and his whole plot really never felt sustainable to me for longer than a season anyway, so maybe he was never supposed to be more than that to begin with. I thought Kara's plan to duel it out with Reya with the fate of the entire planet on the line, like if I lose everything is over, was pretty goddamn stupid, and really just a distraction before knowing that the Daxomite banisher thingy (official name of course) would have to get turned on. I'm pretty sure I laughed out loud when Lena looked at Supergirl and was like "he's dating Kara Danvers, you know" talking about Meh-El and I was just like okay you cannot tell me that Lena has no romantic interest in Kara after the way she delivered that line, even if it was just the actress' spin on it, it was quite obvious and it cracked me up. I think I'll stop there, those are most of my thoughts, though I'll say a few words on the return of Superman since I am so fond of his character. He obviously took a backseat here because it is Supergirl's show and her fight, but I take issue with them making Zod his "mortal enemy" when anyone who's ever read or watched anything Superman knows Lex Luthor is his mortal enemy, but I bet you anything they didn't want to cast a Lex now in case they want to bring that out at a later point (I wasn't really a fan of carrying the Smallville universe into this one because they are fundamentally incompatible in so many ways, but I'm not sure I'll ever be able to think of Lex Luthor as anyone other than Michael Rosenbaum and I would die if they had him do it). Okay, now I'm done. After that I started watching the new season of Unbreakable kimmy Schmidt which was as highly enjoyable. On my commute and through the evening I had started a new long fic I've been waiting to get a chance to start for a while now, and it started to go the calling CPS route with the Snarts and I kind of braced myself for the really cringeworthy narrative that calling them is the worst thing ever to do for an abused kid because I think the shows have, even if it was subtly, encouraged that line of thinking when it came to them and like, it pisses me off so fucking much because that stuff has real life effects about people not calling CPS when they see abuse and that's how kids die (if you see child abuse, please, please call CPS/DCFS. I'm begging you, you may be that child's last lifeline). But then it took a totally different turn and I wasn't subjected to that at all and I was actually really impressed with their handling of the system and what they wrote so that just made my day that much better (the author doesn't have a tumblr, I wasn't sure so I mentioned it in a comment and they said they didn't but they should get one). And yeah, I think that was all I wanted to say for the day and I'm gonna shut up now because this post is way too long already and I need to go to sleep. Goodnight friends. Stay lovely.

#daily journal #May 2017

[canaryatlaw]

So today was pretty good! It seems as long as I can succeed in dragging my ass out of bed I'll actually feel good and have a positive day, as opposed to staying in bed all day and then ultimately feeling like crap. Who knew? Meh, probably most people. But today was good. I woke up to my alarm at 7 and debated for approximately 1 minute staying in bed with the excuse that I was still sick and it was very tempting, but I pushed through because NO I had to go to work, and so I did. I just don't want to get a reputation for being unreliable when I work so hard to get a reputation as being a hard worker. So to work I went. I had a few new assignments on my desk, including setting up a phone interview with a kid who's in a juvenile correctional facility somewhere downstate, so I called them and then was told I had to fax over an interview request with what time I wanted and what number to call. Okay, so I informed the attorney who gave me the assignment this, and she said to go ahead and type up an interview request and fax it over, and I was just like, so, I don't know how to work a fax machine....😂😂 it's not like I've never been in a situation before that required me to fax something, but I've never been in one that actually gave me access to a fax machine- because you can fax things over the Internet and I've always done that, lol. So the lawyer laughed and said I could ask the paralegal and he would show me. Okay, so I type it up all fancy and ask the paralegal, who takes me to the dinosaur of a fax machine they have and shows me how to work it, and I have to admit I was kind of fascinated by it. Like, you call a number basically and it transmits a paper message? That's kind of nuts, lol. So it took us 3 tries I think, but we got it to go through, so I was pleased with that. Then I left a message for a worker to call me back on another form I had to fill out. These events may be somewhat out of sequence, but sometime around then my supervisor asked if I wanted to go down for a benchmark hearing with her, which is basically just the client, who's over 18, sitting down with a judge and trying to basically get everything in place for them before they age out of the system at 21. It was pretty interesting, kid seems to be doing pretty well for himself, the judge seemed to think so. My supervisor was just like "yeah the only issue is he just smoked a ton of weed" but of course didn't say that to the judge haha but at that point I kind of laughed and was like, who doesn't at this point?? Lol. She had anther one a bit later so I went back to my office in the mean time. Then, for the first time since getting this office, my phone rings, and I go aha! My phone must be working right! So I answer it and no, it's the lady that's in charge of phones and voicemails and originally told me that the number listed on my phone might be the wrong number. So I go to her office and she hands me my voicemail info, including my extension, which is very clearly NOT the number written on the damn phone- the number that I had been giving out on every message I left people to call me back at and in the damn fax for them to call for the interview. Face palm. How the fuck was I supposed to know?? So I go inform the lawyers of this, and they thought it was hilarious haha and they figured they must've just taken the phone from another office and stuck it in there with the wrong extension. So this meant I had to type up another letter to send to juvie saying actually don't call that number call this number, then attempted to fax it over myself and I was successful in doing so, so I felt proud of myself for learning a new skill, lol. Around then I went down with my supervisor for the second benchmark, which we weren't terribly confident was actually going to happen. It was for the girl in the TLP placement we visited last week who had just gotten a new worker who started on Monday, and I called and left a message for about taking her to court on Wednesday, and she had several other ways to know she had to take her, but nope, didn't show. So we go down and talk to the court coordinator, apparently the worker that just quit had the benchmark the hour before who also didn't show so they kind of figured this would happen, but my attorney called and confirmed she was in her placement, and was told they "thought it got moved to another day." So she wasn't terribly satisfied with that answer and filed a motion to compel, which is basically just a way of being like "you're not doing your job so here's a court order ordering you to do your job or be held in contempt" so we got another date and hopefully this time they'll bring her. Went back upstairs, and I took a lunch break around then, then after lunch called back the other person I left a message for and they picked up this time and were like "oh I'm so sorry I didn't get to call you back yet" and I was like "oh no that's okay I'm just calling because I left you the wrong number to call back" 😂😂 so at least it was comical. I knew during the afternoon the office had an ICWA training all the attys had to go to (legal vocabulary review: if you were around for last year you may remember ICWA- the Indian child welfare act- being the subject of my second semester legal writing trial brief, so I actually know quite a bit about the subject. And yes, Indian is the legal term used.) but I didn't have to go since I'm not an atty of course, and apparently it was about a bunch of new rules for it and it didn't sound particularly interesting, so while everyone was at that (everyone except for our courtroom, but more on that later) I finished up the TPR prep I've been working on for the last few weeks, and ended up making everything in chronological order so there was a nice neat timeline even though the documents definitely weren't in chronological order at all, but it's just so much nicer than that, and I try to be impressive. But yeah, then suddenly I was out of work, and there wasn't a damn attorney in the entire office to go to for work. Lol, whoops. I had read fic through lunch so I went to play candy crush for a while just for a bit of a brain relaxer, and at some point spoke with the paralegal about possibly waiting with a kid who was supposed to come to our office while he was in a phone staffing, but the kid never showed- this is the case from Monday and the reason the lawyer across from me was down in court instead of in the training. So, quick refresher, kid got placed with mom on an emergency basis after originally being removed (but not made a ward of the court and actually taken into care) because she could never get him to school on time. Well, guess where else she can't get him on time???? COURT. They didn't end up showing, at all, lol, and everyone else did- dad, grandma, who was now taking out her anger on dad's attorney and apparently they had to call in an extra sheriff to make sure nothing went awry in their little conference room 😂😂😂 bitches be crazy man. And I'm just like, has mom even got the kid to school on time in the last two days? And the lawyers like nah probably not. Like damn lady, I don't understand what's going on here lol. So kid is still placed with mom and they vacated the order without prejudice, waiting to have a full hearing on it on another day when mom can actually be there. It's just an interesting legal conundrum because at trial the judge specifically listed the failure to get the kids to school on time as the neglect factors, but now we're consenting to place the kid back with mom while the problem hasn't been rectified- because it's probably in the best interest of the child, rather than pulling him into foster care. It sounds like a hypothetical one of my profs would come up with, and I'm not sure if there's a right answer really, but that's what it was for today anyway. My supervisor returned to the office and gave me some work for tomorrow because she's gonna be out on visits for a while. Headed out right at 5, and actually got to talk to one of the new law clerks. They all started Monday, there's like 6 of them haha but I didn't have to go through orientation or anything obviously so I don't know any of them yet. Got on the bus and made it home by 6:30, made oatmeal for dinner and tried to make hard boiled eggs in my rapid egg cooker but the little pin you're supposed to use to poke a whole in the egg actually cracked the entire egg open on me, then in the process the other one fell on the floor and cracked open, and I only had one egg left in the fridge, so I just kind of abandoned that idea and got ready to watch the Arrow finale. I didn't really have too many expectations going in being that I don't feel terribly invested in this season at all, or most of the characters at this point, but Nyssa was gonna be in the episode and so was black siren so that was enough to peak my interest. I was back on the showgo app and live tweeting from there because Katrina Law was watching with us on there, and she replied to several of my posts which was amusing. The episode itself was pretty good I guess, good fight scenes and god I hope Malcolm is really dead because I'm so fucking read for that SOB to die already. The Nyssa vs. Talia showdown was way too short IMO, but of course there was no doubt that Nyssa was gonna come out on top, though I wasn't sure if she was actually going to kill her sister, but apparently she was going there (I'm also amused at how the neck twist has become the easy kill on this show in just about all situations). I didn't doubt Slade's allegiance to Oliver for a second, I knew he was going along with him and they had a plan. I'm sad we didn't get to see more of black siren, though her small showdown with "Dinah" was cool to see at least. I mean, I was generally rooting for team arrow, but in that specific fight between the two of them, I was definitely rooting for black siren. It's always been very obvious to me that one way or another Chase wasn't coming out of this alive, I mean the guy is clearly suicidal AF and really just wanted Oliver to kill him. I have to say, plugging the entire damn island with C-4 set to go off when he died was a pretty brilliant plan though. It wasn't really feeling all the dramatic moments of Oliver's selective moral superiority and being like "no I'm different now" because I refuse to kill this one person when you've killed how many people this season Oliver??? Pffffft. I knew he was gonna have to get create if he actually wanted Chase to tell him where William was, because clearly fighting him wasn't working, so I was glad when he finally showed up. I wasn't terribly concerned about that little move he had where it was gonna be "William or everyone else" because I was like meh Oliver is obviously gonna get out of it and he did, then there's just poor fucking William and he's probably so damn confused like what the hell is going on the green arrow is my dad and what??????? Lol, poor kid. But then of course Chase goes and shoots himself, because like I said he was one suicidal SOB, and it ends with Lian-Yu blowing up (which to that particular action I was like, about time man) but like, that's not even a good cliffhanger because we know they're not gonna kill off their entire damn cast????? Like obviously they're going to have a way to survive it, so I'm not concerned about that like, at all. I wasn't feeling the Oliver/Moira call all that much, like I was feeling it for Moira because I can imagine what she was feeling but for Oliver I was like, dude, you really could've done this at any point in the past 3 seasons and you didn't, so I don't have much sympathy for you. But yeah, then it was over and it's only 8 pm, lol, so I hop over to Hulu to watch the new episode of The Handmaid's Tale, which I actually liked a lot, mostly because it was focused pretty much entirely on Luke and I found that a lot more compelling really, so I'm very interested to see what the resistance is doing and how that's gonna effect the story. Then I finished the last episode of season 3 of Kimmy Schmidt, which was pretty good. Her arc kind of felt like a repeat of the first two seasons except this time it was college, but it was still mostly enjoyable. I feel like Titus only ever gets half an arc, like I always feel like he ends up unfinished. So when I finished that I was trying to figure out what to watch, and I decided to go for the new show that just popped up on Netflix and caught my eye called The Keepers, which is a true crime documentary series about the murder of a nun, and the tag line said something about it happening after she confronted a priest about a sex abuse scandal, so that peaked my interest. So I watched the first episode, and I was probably distracted but I wasn't really that into it, but I get that the first episode necessarily has to be mostly exposition to set up the rest of the season, so they mostly just had to get the facts out. So I'll keep watching for now at least. And yeah, that was pretty much my day. Not bad, I'd say. Hopefully tomorrow will be the same. The calendar is ordering lunch for everybody because it's one of the attorney's birthday, so that should be fun. And I have PT at night but it's not till 7, which means I don't have to take an expensive and rushed uber ride home to make it, so that makes me feel better. Okay, enough blabbing, it's already late and I should get to bed now. Goodnight my lovelies. Happy being 3/5ths through with the week.

#daily journal #May 2017 #I feel like this month has lasted forever