Taken during a walk to the lake last evening. The lake really is that green. Probably because of the fertilizer coming down from the field above. But it's pretty.

A misty evening. Our corner of PA is very saturated right now. Every step you take sinks into the soft ground a little bit.

I took my painting satchel down to the creek this afternoon and laid everything out on the picnic table. I'm happy that I have all I need and I can travel with it.

Back porch wet rainbow flag.

Clover Abstract. I came home and added Winsor and Newton gold ink to finish it.

I finished watching all the Love on the Spectrum shows on Monday. I wish it could go on and on. I loved seeing those people so much.

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Kiss of the Vampire

Vampires tend to have a lot of sex appeal. It may be because evil is sexy for some, but not all vampires are evil, so maybe it's because they're bad boys or sultry femme fatales. Maybe people just figure hundreds of years of practice at lovemaking makes vampires really, really good at it. On the other hand, the bloodsucking may be a great fetish source, something about a quick sting of pain followed by pleasure.

When a vampire is hungry and isn't quite so decent or hard up as to lower himself to only buying blood at the butcher's or trapping and draining small animals instead, their dietary supplement of preference is human blood. However, vampires can make the experience of being a drink box not just bearable, but pleasurable for the donor.

( Text from these TVTropes articles. )

Roles
1. Vampire
2. Victim

Prompts
1. Willing - You're either a friend of a vampire offering up a quick bite...or you know what you like and that's being a giving person.
2. Unwilling - They want your blood, but you're not up to parting with it. Can you withstand the pleasure, however?
3. Fluffy - How can you make the hungry undead warm and sweet? They could just be jaded from all the cruelty they've seen or dealt out and want something different.
4. Romantic - Is it worse to be the prey of a vampire - or their lover? At least with the latter, they'll try to treat you gently.
5. Rough - The opposite of the above; this vampire couldn't care less about you and treats you like a slab of meat.
6. Dangerous - This is no kitten you're playing with. Remember, your life hangs in the balance if they sink their fangs too far...
7. Purely Sexual - Both of you are into a little bit of bloodplay. One of you just gets dinner on the side.

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"IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE"
an action-centric meme

Whether they be climactic battles that envelop the world, road-side skirmishes against a band of bandits, or hectic outer-space dogfights, battles are inevitable; whatever side you choose to take is a decision that's yours, and yours alone.

For what — or for whom — are you fighting? Be it fame, power, or simply the eye of a maiden (or suitor), there's always a motive, and there's always a prize...

The Basics:
1] Tag into here with your character's name and canon in the header. List any preferences in your comment (i.e. "no graphic violence" or whatever you see fit).
2] Tag another character and begin (or continue!) your heated battle!
3] Remember to respect your fellow mun, and have fun!

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Music? Thumping. Blood? Pumping. Crowd? Jumping.

You know how these things work- but a top level with preferences or a top level.

Thread out some sweet club action!

( Some prompts, if you need them. )
...But do what you want, it's a club.

theradicalchild

The Spice Must Flow

After the success of Frank Herbert's science-fiction magnum opus Dune, efforts to adapt it as a film began in the mid-1970s, with the movie rights changing hands constantly, and Alejandro Jordorowsky making serious efforts to make a cinematic version come to fruition, but failing. Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis bought the film rights, attaching David Lynch to direct, with the movie's production being nothing short of chaotic, the final product releasing in 1984 to mixed reception and financial failure.

Lynch's adaptation does a decent job following the book, the film occurring in the distant future in the year 10,191, with the known universe ruled by the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV, the spice melange benign the most valuable substance in the universe, extending life and consciousness, and allowing the Spacing Guild to fold space and engage in instantaneous interstellar travel, among other things. House Atreides clashes with House Harkonnen over the substance, found only on the eponymous world of Dune, its real name Arrakis, populated by sandworms and having been the main inspiration for Tatooine in the Star Wars franchise.

Sting wants to sting you with his knife

Notable cast members include Patrick Stewart, pre-Star Trek, as Gurney Halleck, a troubadour-warrior serving house Atriedes, and musician Sting as Feyd-Rautha, Baron Harkonnen's nephew. The visual effects, costuming, and settings are pretty, but largely scream the 1980s, given a few hairstyles and so forth, alongside weird eyebrows on a few characters. However, there are some effects that haven't aged well like Halleck having a fight with Paul that resembles Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. The soundtrack, the band Toto having a large part in it, is also notable, even haunting at times, particularly the main theme.

Overall, it's an okay first adaptation, but the acting and dialogue often come across as stilted, hammy, and unnatural. The ending also feels a bit abrupt, but one clever element of the ending credits was the visual matching of the characters with their actors during said sequence. Not bucket-list cinema, and the modern two-part adaptation easily smokes it.

The Good

Haunting Soundtrack.
Decent visual effects.
Follows the book decently.

The Bad

Acting feels really hammy and stilted at times.
Some of the visual effects seem dated.
Screams "the 1980s."

The Bottom Line

Good for a first adaptation, but future adaptations have been better.

Current Mood: amused

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The Lover's Jealousy Meme

Jealousy is an ugly trait, you know.

People have different levels of comfort when it comes to their significant other or person they're with. Some trust implicitly, knowing that nothing will come between them. Others try to be tolerant, though supposed hints keep them feeling uneasy. Still others, being hurt in the past, can take every little thing as a slight.

However, there isn't much wiggle room when someone makes a pass at your lover right in front of you.

And, to top things off, your partner didn't react with the right amount of disgust. Maybe they were trying to be friendly and polite, and surely they HAD to realize that they were being flirted with. It was a complete bald-faced attempt.

Even if you're the most patient, understanding person in the world, this has to get your dander up. Nobody would expect otherwise. So, how will things go down from here? Will you try to get over it? Repress it and let things bubble out into passive aggression? Get angry? That last one may make matters worse -

Oh, forget it. Did you see the nerve on that one?

Jealousy is an ugly trait; it's also a natural one.

r u l e s

Comment with your character and preferences.
Mention if you're more interested in playing the jealous party or the party that's been hit on.
Play out your threads. Awkwardness, anger, angst, and make up fluff all encouraged here.

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The Boarding School Meme

It's like your high school AU meme with an extra step - each student and even some staff are provided their own living quarters within the school campus. Nobody has to roll up in a nice car, or run towards the train station with a toast in their mouth (they can still do that when they're late to class though). So try to enjoy it, you're gonna be here for a whole year.

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1. Post with your character name, canon, and preferences in the subject line. Additional preferences in the comment section is encouraged but not required. Student or staff, shipping/smut preferences, the type of boarding school, the time period, or what scenarios you're looking to play.
2. ???
3. Welcome back to school.

TYPE:

1. Single-Sex - A girls only, or boys only school. They can be conveniently right next to each other, with a lot of sneaking around going on, or rivalries between clubs and sports teams.
2. Co-Ed - Boys and girls are integrated.
3. Military/Monastic- A grittier/holier version. Instead of dorms, students are expected to live in barracks/temples.
4. Horror - The school's secluded campus is the least creepy thing going on here. The school itself could be haunted, home to a cult, or someone got dared to summon a demon.
5. Super/Magic - A school for teaching a new generation of kids with superhuman and/or magical abilities. Can crossover with military or horror, depending on your tastes.

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daryl_wor

One:

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and TWO:

Fell off a coupla days, got tired. Peace Out!

Current Mood: indescribable
Current Location: home
Current Music: soundtrack

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poliphilo

Picture Diary 95

1. You called?

2. What are you doing here?

3. Through the Stargate

4. Friends

5. Treat it with care

6. Lotus

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CAIL HERE

alisx

Do you have the benefit of heighten pattern recognition?

Leave a comment.⁺

rebeccmeister

I am currently in Newark, New Jersey, with my research students. We took the train into NYC yesterday, where a colleague very generously gave us a behind-the-scenes tour of the insect collections at the American Museum of Natural History (!!!! I took billions of photos to post later). For me it was all cool, but more than that I hope it was eye-opening for my students, who are all at various stages of uncertainty over the future. Almost even better and more important than that was having my colleague tell them about his origin stories, because he got his start in the lab where I got my PhD and has been highly successful as an academic. On top of that, he is currently the graduate program director at his institution and can speak about grad school from that standpoint.

Today we will go visit his institution, which is in Newark, so we took the NJ train over and stayed in an Airbnb on this side of the border. Which leads me to…ahhh, New Jersey. Our sleep spot is in a very Latinx neighborhood, which in a lot of ways is a lot of fun (although I had to get creative about the food options at a small Ecuadorian restaurant last night). But in the whole realm of “travel as imagining alternate lives,” what a contrast to sleepy upstate Albany!

For instance…our spot is on the ground floor of what looks to be a typical 3-story 3-unit dwelling. I stayed in the smallest, cutest room, but woke up abruptly at 3:45 am when the upstairs neighbor commenced with tap dancing lessons directly above my head (the kitchen, I suspect). The room I was in barely fit a twin bed; no room for woodworking projects at this house!

I love walking around cities, and here it is interesting to observe where and how people garden. If a person wants to grow plants here, they have to be pretty determined to do so (and many are!).

I find some of the contrasts with Paris interesting. More litter here. More space carved out for hosting giant American automobiles. (Although I’m sure there’s still a ton of groaning about parking, likely a fond New Jersey pasttime). Almost no bike lanes, and every person I’ve seen riding a bike so far has been wrong-way sidewalk riding.

I have failed to find decent coffee, and I have to admit I don’t really care for Latinx pastries. (Do LOVE the arroz y frijoles, though!).

It has also been neat to see my two students who are city/LonGuyLand people encourage my rural Connecticut student through the hustle of the subway and Penn Station and Penn-Newark. My rural student is also coping well with the overwhelm, all told.

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Find Them Dying

you shoulda seen the other guy...

🩸 comment with your character. they're on the brink of death and have been unceremoniously dumped somewhere. yeah, that's all their blood...
🩹 anyone who comments is the lucky good samaritan who discovers them.
🩸 at least you'd better pray they're filled with the milk of human kindness. they could heal you, but there's always the alternative.
🩹 what if they're an angel of death who'll finish the job?

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THE DARK ROMANCE MEME

Rules:
1. Post your character.
2. Tag to others using RNG
3. Profit!

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Crispy Buffalo Potato Salad
Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Servings: 8

Ingredients
4 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
3 pounds baby gold potatoes
3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
3/4 cup sour cream
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 (1 ounce) packet ranch seasoning
1 bunch green onions, thinly sliced, divided
2/3 cup diced celery, divided
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese, divided
10 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled, divided
1/4 cup Buffalo hot sauce, divided

Directions

Place potatoes in a large pot and cover with water. Add 1 tablespoon salt and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-high; cook until potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork, 12 to 15 minutes; drain.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment or foil.
Coat the prepared baking sheet with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add potatoes in a single layer onto the pan. Using a heavy bottomed jar or glass, smash potatoes to 1/4 to 1/2 inch thickness, taking care not to fully separate the potatoes. Drizzle smashed potatoes evenly with remaining oil; sprinkle with remaining teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and garlic powder.
Roast potatoes in the preheated oven, until very crispy and browned, 30 to 35 minutes, flipping after 25 minutes.
While potatoes are roasting, prepare the dressing. Combine sour cream, mayonnaise and ranch seasoning. Reserve 1 tablespoon green onion, celery, blue cheese and bacon for garnish; add remaining green onions, celery, blue cheese and bacon to sour cream mixture. Stir well to combine.
Add cooked potatoes to dressing bowl and drizzle with 3 tablespoons hot sauce. Toss mixture together til well coated. Transfer to a serving bowl and top with reserved green onions, celery, blue cheese, and bacon and drizzle with remaining buffalo sauce. Serve room temp or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

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poliphilo

A few more days and we'll be half way through 2025. Six more months and we'll be in the second quarter of the century.....

The 20th century was a drag. At least towards the end it was. Year after year after year- and the Millenium still such a long way off! As Ray Davies wrote at some point during that slow, slow process, "I'm a 20th century man but I don't want to die here...."

But now the 21st century is flying past.....

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Run Away Together Meme

The two of you have decided to run away together. Bottom line, you've come up with that plan and you've worked up the guts and the means to do it. The most obvious source of a desire to leave together is a romance you can't have until you're gone from this place. It's like all the eloping that happened in those epics of old. How charmingly beautiful! How romantic! Who says the old ways have gone out of style?

But other reasoning behind the decision could be from the serious - you both want to escape imprisonment, an oppressive atmosphere, or a miserable destiny - to the more lighthearted. Maybe an adventure is just what you need, where you'll finally get to see the world...and, slowly, fall in love. Because that's what the crux of all this is: even if the escape started out as mere convenience, you both want to stay close and work together. In the end, when you've finally run where you want to be and the danger, if any, has passed, you may find you don't want to go your separate ways.

Comment with your character, preferences, and why your character would run away alongside someone.
Reply to others.
Run, run away, and never return. Or do.

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Love and lust are all very well and good, but this meme is for when that white-hot desire tips into something darker, an all-consuming fire that licks at your every thought, that clenches around your every breath. It may be one-sided or it may be reciprocal, you may be the object or the subject or both simultaneously, but at least one of you is obsessed.

You can think of nothing but them. Your world, your heart, your very existence revolves around them.

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