magnavox

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troyswann

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badfalcon

Happy cheap chocolate day!

I am a sadly lil llama after yesterday's tennis finals. Ben Shelton was in the Munich final and Carlos Alcaraz was in the Barcelona final - and they both lost 😭 Even worse they both lost to players I Do Not Like 😂

It was also the last year that David Ferrer is the Tournament Director at the Barcelona Open. I was thoroughly enjoying the Ferru spotting all week, not gonna lie.

The one very excellent tennis thing from the last week, however, is that we're getting closer to the end of Jannik Sinner's suspension. He's now allowed to practice tennis again, play on an ATP affiliated court, play with ATP players and work with his coaches. He's spent the last few weeks in the gym with Marco, his fitness trainer and... yeah, Marco's been working that boy hard. He is looking fine. Jannik's been training with Jack Draper last week - OMG so many people ship them and I do not get it but I'm glad they're happy. Me? I'm happy about the fact that him being able to work with his coaches = pictures and videos including Darren and Simone. (Mind, there was also Darren and Simone spotting in Monte Carlo the other week as well which made me all 😻)

This week is the Madrid Masters (and I hadn't realised Feli Lopez was the TD - between him and Ferru, especially with Juanki as Carlitos' coach) it's like a resurgence of the 00s Spanish Armada and I am here for it!)

Is it just me or is this a very ADHD coded post thus far with all the parenthesis?

Lets see... what else?
I spent most of yesterday refreshing my social media profiles (except, apparently, this one. huh. I should look at that). But I'm super pleased at how things now look at

tennisdadsaficionado,

bibliollama, (and https://www.threads.net/@bibliollama), and

tennisdads
I cooked chicken ramen yesterday and it was so fucking good. I used an Itsu broth carton and Itsu noodles but have a recipe for making my own broth next time
Li made hot cross buns yesterday and they were a little doughy (yeast didn't yeast properly) but super sticky and delicious.

I think that's about it from me, so I shall leave you with my Music Monday offering which, as ever, is my most played track of last week. I had a couple of meltdowns last week and so I comfort played a whole bunch of pop/punk, because that's still such a happy place for me.

Watch on YouTube

And then, of course, leads to many many happy memories of so many gigs and tours following Good Charlotte around the UK on multiple occasions 🧡

Current Mood: restless

elisi

Two recent articles:

Fans Rally for a Resurgence of the Canceled Series Dead Boy Detectives

Fans Fight to Bring Dead Boy Detectives Back to Life

I love this fandom.

Petition in case there's anyone who hasn't signed.

Steve Yockey (writer, developer and executive producer) is impressed with the billboard campaign(s). :)

Yes there are so many terrible things in the world, but art and stories always matter. 💙❤️💜💗

Current Mood: hopeful

princessofgeeks

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elisi

Pope Francis has died

Francis: Pope from Latin America who changed Catholic Church

elisi

I hate it here.

JK Rowling toasts ‘TERF VE Day’ and confirms donation to group behind Supreme Court case

Someone said that she's basically our Musk (meaning that HP is like Tesla) and alas they are right. :( The billionaire to Bond villain pipeline is definitely a thing.

Here is a link to all current gov.uk Trans petitions.

Also, let's remember that some people are wonderful. From 2020:

Daniel Radcliffe declares ‘trans women are women’ in response to JK Rowling’s anti-trans tirade

And via Owls (behind paywall for me, but might work for others):

Trans people like me will still be protected by law, no matter what opponents think

ETA: Via Kerk:

A brief summary of the Transgender/Equality Act court case

And from that post, a change.org petition:

Overturn the UK's New Legal Definition of a Woman

~

Also since I am here, a post about the benefits changes, also with many links.

(Icon from this fanart.)

Current Mood: tired

delphi

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troyswann

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nialla

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elisi

Posted the second chapter of my Crystal fic:

Chapter 2: A Dramatic Morning with Detective Interruptions.

Would you believe it, but Crystal has a lot of unresolved issues...

Current Mood: productive

princessofgeeks

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temris

I knew the day where Thomas will say goodbye to football was approaching, but the more closer we get to that point, it gets harder to accept the truth.

I've never been good at parting ways, this is something I repeat a lot. Thomas has been a player who ever since I watched football, has just always been there. It was even saddening to see his appearances become mere minutes the last few seasons at Bayern. I also talked about my thoughts on his contract renewals at that club.

I've also never called myself a Bayern fan, I usually do not like teams that "dominate" their leagues. I know it's kind of a deadbeat saying now, "Serie A is the best because the championship is actually a race", but it's true. Last year, with Tuchel it seemed like a new domination of Leverkusen was coming; however, with nearly 10 points of difference with the occupiers of the 1st spot in the standings (as of 20 April), I think that wind has passed away some time ago.

For that reason, Thomas has not been shown the same amount of respect a player has for "his" club, they give to other players like Reus for Dortmund -- who stayed even if they passed their rather successful era with Klopp. But I think, it's why Thomas has been ever more special, because no matter how much the whole squad changed from the time he started, Thomas has been integral.

People often undermine Thomas because he’s always been surrounded by a “good” squad of available top players in the world, so his importance is always undermined. But he always shows his difference when he’s subbed in, and you always realize his vacancy when they don’t start him.

There’s a reason he’s always been around for 15~ years for Bayern, when many players came and left.

This is what I said in my Tumblr blog last year, and I still stand by it.

There is no competing with how fiery his passion is for the game, for the club that even with that side of his, Thomas shows us that he's from the by-gone era of football. I'm mostly romanticizing it, but it's been said many times that at the peak of his career, Premiere Leauge clubs sought for him and he stayed at Bayern.

That also warrants another topic to talk about that is his private life.

( Rambling )

It's not all sadness though. Even with his final appearance with Bayern in the CL, he's now sharing the record of most appearances in CL with Messi out of all people, in 3rd spot.

The legend you are, Thomas Müller. I will remember you well.

Current Mood: sad

toothpastepancake

So, I LOVE experimentally written fic. Poetry, messing with formatting, nonsensical shit, stream of consciousness, so on. Here is a rec list. I will update it later!

Note: a good amount of these are explicit or potentially triggering. Please read the tags

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