For You

One of the many things I started but never got around to finishing on this blog was the 55 Reasons Challenge. It was based on a BuzzFeed article that highlighted the many charming things we love about British men, illustrated by cute gifs of various British men doing endearing things. One particular reader of this blog really liked these posts and often tried to give me a nudge into posting more of them. Unfortunately, I only made it to number nine. I was thinking of this particular reader today as I read news of the horrible weather that the state of Texas is enduring, due to Hurricane Harvey. I touched base with her on Twitter to see how she was doing (she’s okay and so is her house) and then I thought that maybe I could finish the ’55 Reasons Challenge’ just to make her smile. Although I won’t be dedicating separate posts to do this, I will illustrate each trait with a gif/image of Richard. That’s 47 pics of Richard! So, SnowyJo, this one’s for you:

 

10. But they also look phenom with little on at all.

 

11. That self-assured self-deprecation.

 

12. The way they can so pull off ginger.

I’m sure there’s ginger in there somewhere…

 

13. Seriously. Red-headed Brits are hot.

 

14. That pensive beard stroke.

 

15. That look they get when they’re falling in love.

 

16. Their coy sense of humor.

 

17. Their ability to start a fire in a button-up shirt.

too literal?

 

18. Their sensitivity.

 

19. Their dimples.

 

20. Their good lad values!

 

21. This goofy “yuuuup” grin.

 

22. The way they know exactly what to do in tough moments.

 

23. Their willingness to be utterly ridiculous.

 

24. The adorable crinkles in their eyes when they laugh.

 

25. The way they boogie.

 

26. And the way they groove.

 

27. And the way NO-body has moves like Jagger.

 

28. The cute face they make when they’re indignant.

 

29. The way they smile even when they disagree with you.

 

30. That lil’ head-to-shoulder modesty move.

 

31. The way they greet you with words, not just a chin jut.

 

32. The way they know how to set the mood.

 

33. That. Lip. Bite.

 

34. Or the lip-bite-grin evolution.

not exactly a ‘grin’ but it makes me grin!

 

35. The way they take their tea: adorably.

 

36. THEIR SUITS.

 

37. Seriously, all men should always wear suits.

 

38. The way they can make you feel like the only girl in the world.

 

39. How when they say something, they mean it.

 

40. The way they can be just too lovable.

 

41. The way they wear those long winter coats with the collars up.

 

42. The adorable way they try on American English.

 

43. The way they’ll readily admit when they’ve found something good.

 

44. That thing where they lean back to think.

or complain. either/or

 

45. When they do this little faux-frown.

 

46. The way they get to the point.

 

47. Everything about this man.

 

48. The way they look when you take their breath away.

 

49. Their romanticism.

 

50. That thing where they wear sweaters on top of button downs and it’s like, Hello!

 

51. Their slightly awkward and wholly endearing style of flirtation.

 

52. The way they rock a bowtie.

 

53. Their understated, honest manner of expressing their feelings.

 

54. The way they’re good with animals.

 

55. Their emotional intelligence.

 

Oh. And they have accents. Those are pretty nice, too.

 

~*~*~*

 

Out A Luck, Out A Love

When the file sharing site, Photobucket, recently changed it’s terms of service to restrict posting photos by sharing links, I decided it was a good time to clean house. I had so many images linked to previous fandom’s fan-forums, that were essentially worthless now (grr!). I thought I might look for a new place to store them, even though there really wasn’t much of a need anymore. Whatever pics I post on the blogs, are uploaded and stored there, with a few of my favorites that I keep on my own computer for easy access. So I downloaded the individual albums that I wanted to keep, placing them in a folder to deal with later. Fast forward a few days to when I was deleting all the outdated install files on my computer, and I accidentally deleted the Photobucket files in the frenzy (label your folders, people!). Not only that, but I was in such a cleaning mood that I also emptied my recycle bin. yeah. I didn’t mind losing all that stuff, it really was clutter that I could do without. All the good stuff has been uploaded to the blog libraries, though it’s not exactly the best set up for browsing. So, what does all of this mean? It means I currently have 6 images of RA at my fingertips. six. S-I-X. time to start over…

if you’re curious, the other crush count is:

• Ewan McGregor- 1
• Christian Bale- 2
• Robert Pattinson- 9
• Jamie Dornan- 12
• Chris Evans- 1
• Dan Stevens- 76

 

Love Yourself

every time I hear the “mama” part of this song, I think of mama Thornton not liking Margaret. so here’s my interpretation of the lyrics, from John Thornton’s point of view.

 

Love Yourselfby Justin Bieber

(the link will take you to the song on Youtube, in a separate window,  so you can play it in the background while viewing this post)

 

For all the times that you rain on my parade, and all the clubs you get in using my name

 

You think you broke my heart, oh girl, for goodness sake. You think I’m crying on my own, well, I ain’t

 

And I didn’t wanna write a song
’cause I didn’t want anyone thinking I still care, I don’t. But you still hit my phone up

 

And baby, I be moving on.
And I think you should be somethin’ I don’t wanna hold back, maybe you should know that

 

My mama don’t like you and she likes everyone. And I never like to admit that I was wrong

 

And I’ve been so caught up in my job,
didn’t see what’s going on.
But now I know,
I’m better sleeping on my own

 

‘Cause if you like the way you look that much, Oh baby, you should go and love yourself. And if you think that I’m still holding on to somethin’
you should go and love yourself

 

And when you told me that you hated my friends, the only problem was with you and not them

 

And every time you told me my opinion was wrong. And tried to make me forget where I came from

 

And I didn’t wanna write a song
’cause I didn’t want anyone thinking I still care, I don’t.
But you still hit my phone up

 

And baby, I be moving on.
And I think you should be somethin’ I don’t wanna hold back, maybe you should know that

 

My mama don’t like you and she likes everyone. And I never like to admit that I was wrong

 

And I’ve been so caught up in my job,
didn’t see what’s going on.
But now I know, I’m better sleeping on my own

 

‘Cause if you like the way you look that much, Oh baby, you should go and love yourself. And if you think that I’m still holding on to somethin’
You should go and love yourself

 

[musical interlude]

 

For all the times that you made me feel small. I fell in love, now I feel nothing at all

 

And never felt so low when I was vulnerable. Was I a fool to let you break down my walls?

 

‘Cause if you like the way you look that much, Oh baby, you should go and love yourself. And if you think that I’m still holding on to somethin’
You should go and love yourself

 

‘Cause if you like the way you look that much, Oh baby, you should go and love yourself. And if you think that I’m still holding on to somethin’
You should go and love yourself

 

Who Done It?

Murder mysteries are difficult for me to follow. when reading them, I’m constantly flipping back and forth through pages, trying to keep it all straight. when watching them, I make my guess on “who done it” fairly early, but then spend the rest of the time hopelessly lost! so when I happened upon an old notebook recently and found a set of notes I took while watching Miss Marple: ordeal by innocence, I had a hard time making heads or tails of them. adding pictures may help.

 

-Gwenda, the secretary, longs for her boss.

while he dreams of a galaxy Far, Far Away

 

-Jacko (the villain) implores his Mother for money.

 

-Family, relaxing by the fire, hear argument but seem relatively(puns are fun!) unconcerned.

 

-Jacko tries to kill Mother, but family saves her. Mother wonders if she’s done right by her children, then tells Jacko’s brother (Bobby) that she shouldn’t have bothered adopting him & his brother.

oh, burn!

 

-meanwhile: Housekeeper runs into Philip, who’s been behind closed doors with a woman who is not his wife.

finger porn

 

eyelash porn

 

-Housekeeper finds Mother dead.

cause of death: reading Dr. Quinn fanfiction

 

-Phillip calls police.

more finger porn

 

-Jacko suspected of murder, yet he seems unconcerned. trusts his alibi of hitchhiking, claiming he can describe the driver. gets arrested anyway.

house porn

 

*Two Years Later*

-Gwenda the secretary writes to Miss Marple, inviting her to a wedding (her and the bossman are getting married). Gwenda is glad to have Marple with her because the family doesn’t like her.

shlemiel, schlemazel, hasenpfeffer incorporated!

 

-Philip is now in a wheelchair.

*sad panda*

 

-family plays charades together, Phillip makes a correct guess.

Phillip has smiled. this is truly a momentous day!

 

-a rambling Professor shows up with an alibi for Jacko. too bad he’s already been executed.

 

*Break for Backstory*

Mother adopted a bunch of kids. she tried to make it a happy family, but she was more indulgent than loving. the family’s oldest daughter married Phillip, who was a pilot but now suffers from Polio. Bobby (the good son) & Jacko (the bad son) are twins. Hester seems simple minded and possibly unstable. Tina is the youngest, a bit wild, and especially close with her brother Mickey.

Angsty porn

*Break over*

-Philip cynically asks which one of the children killed their mother.

dinner conversation Fail

 

-Wife takes Phillip back to their house. he taunts her and says he always knew she was capable of killing.

wet forelock porn

 

*Information Drop*

Housekeeper tells Miss Marple that Jacko had a secret wife. she came looking for money from the family while he was in jail. she said she knows Jacko committed the murder because he was found with the stolen money.

Bobby tells Miss Marple that he & sis visited Jacko while he was in jail. Bobby lamented that he should have been more like his brother; taking the blame for the murder was the best thing Jacko ever did.

Hester tells Prof that Mom & Brother’s death was a good thing.

me, wondering WTF is happening

 

-an Inspector is brought in to question everyone. Phillip smirks when his wife doesn’t mention him being with another woman during the night in question.

greasy forelock porn

 

-Housekeeper is overheard discussing Gwen’s motive with Husband/Father. she says Gwen had a fight with the Mother because she wanted the house & money. Tina suggests that it was Gwen as well. Micky tells Prof that Bobby is the good son. Miss Marple influences the Inspector.

good to know someone knows what’s going on!

 

-Gwen searches for evidence in Mother’s room and finds a business card. Mom was having Phillip investigated, she suspected he was only married for the money. Mother had list with names of other women connected to Phillip.

ohhh, Fuuudddge

 

-Prof is now convinced that Phillip is guilty and tells Gwen. they find Jacko’s wife to question her. she said he made a habit of conning older women out of their money.

‘how does one go about doing that? asking for a friend…’

 

-Bobby won’t hand over control of his sister’s money, which makes Phillip angry(er).

 

-a neighbor boy says Tina’s motorbike was at the house the night of the murder. Tina is questioned about the discrepancy, Mickey flips out. Dad is trying to stay positive through it all but Housekeeper is trying to turn all of the children against Gwen. she says Mother gave Phillip an ultimatum to leave, but wife doesn’t believe it.

if you love him, be proud of him, ’cause after all he’s just a man

 

-Dad breaks up with Gwen, asks her to leave. Bobby contemplates suicide. Phillip searches through papers in the Study…and someone kills Gwen.

-Police find weapon, arrest Dad. Miss Marple finds wheel tracks in Study. Phillip talks privately with Hester saying, “they might be onto us”. wife sees.

 

-Prof finds out Jacko did not con older women out of their money. their pants, on the other hand…

‘Nice!’

 

-Phillip argues with Bobby about money. Bobby drops a case filled with family silver, runs away. Prof finds Hester, seems suicidal. Bobby won’t help him calm her down. Bobby leaves in a rowboat instead and throws himself in the lake. he drowns.

‘I feel a monologue coming’

 

-Miss Marple tells everyone that Bobby was involved in fraud and was about to be caught. Hester was the girl Phillip had an affair with. Mickey and Tina fell in love, Mother knew and was protecting them. meanwhile, Housekeeper was in love with Jacko. he told her to kill Mother.

 

-Housekeeper let Jacko die in prison because he didn’t tell her he was married.

every cliche about hired help

*THE END*

Bonus Pic because: connections

Ewan McGregor & Uncle Denis

 

Synonymous

55 Reasons Challenge

9.) The way they’re always impeccably dressed

(no cargo shorts on these boys!)

 

imPECcably, you say?

 

dressed. impeccably dressed.

 

oh, right. sorry! impeccably dressed

 

flawlessly dressed

 

faultlessly dressed

 

unerringly dressed

 

exquisitely dressed

(that would be Evie)

 

sinlessly dressed

(are you sure about that?)

 

flecklessly dressed

 

apple-pie..ingly(?) dressed

 

spotlessly dressed

(because stripes)

 

perfectly dressed

 

pristinely dressed

 

innocently dressed

(I beg to differ)

 

A-okay…ingly dressed

(really, Thesaurus dot com?)

 

aces.