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Saying goodbye to a fellow blogger
It is with great sadness that I share the news that a well-respected fellow blogger and Armitage fan has died. Servetus, the blogger at MeĀ + Richard Armitage for the last 14 years, succumbed to cancer in mid-April. I have so many things to say about Servetus and my friendship with her that Iāll save it for a full memorial post. For those who wish to leave a tribute or message of condolence forā¦
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month "OT: Alternate meanings for the word NO"
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month āOT: Alternate meanings for the wordĀ NOā
My university opened its annual āWhat were you wearing?ā exhibit yesterday in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.Ā This year, I contributed my story (excerpted from the longer version below).Ā I left the event somewhat disheartened that so little has changed over time, but also hopeful that such events will continue to raise awareness that the survivors of sexual assault are never toā¦
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Itās a beautiful day in the neighborh...well, itās Friday anyway!
Itās a beautiful day in the neighborhā¦well, itās Friday anyway!
Wonāt you be?
As I was doing my morning scroll on The book of Face, ^^ popped up on my feed. As luck would have it, I am indeed wearing a cardigan today (truthfully, Iām a big fan of dressing in layers, so there are strategically hung cardigans all over my space) !
The other thing that immediately popped into my mind when reading this was one of my all time favorite shots of Richard Armitage aā¦
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Worlds Collide...again! #RABlogReunion
Worlds Collideā¦again! #RABlogReunion
Ā Well, well, well, it seems everything around here is still in working order after nearly TWO YEARS!!Ā How can that even be?!Ā I didnāt have any kind of major mood shift that made me step back from the fandom ā more like just a series of life altering events that diverted my attention to different things in the short term and ultimately changed the make up of my days so that blogging becameā¦
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I thought I'd missed it Richard Armitage!
I thought Iād missed it RichardĀ Armitage!
Missed my FIVE year blogiversary that is.Ā For some reason, I thought the day was March 23squeeing adā¦until I got an email from Tumblr Which thoroughly confused me until I remembered that I had actually started a Tumblr account first before I realized that I was FAR too wordy for that formatĀ š So here I am, 5 years from my original blog post on March 26, 2013.Ā Five yearsā¦thereās a lot of waterā¦
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mARvel-ous Look what just showed up in my work inbox...courtesy of a subscription to Marvel.com I maintain for my comic book class: I do love it when my "worlds" collide! I also like the promise of free stuff (if you look closely at the poster...
Verbum Latinum Hodie: Ā argumentum
Here I amā¦and you thought I wouldnāt make it!! Todayās Latin word of the day ā argumentum, and perhaps especially the āuse it in a sentenceā example given, ilia argumenta visa sunt certaā¦strike a chord with me today. On day two of coughing induced laryngitis, A big bowl of pho does a body good ā ilia argumenta visa sunt certa The past few days Iāve been working remotely from one of our satelliteā¦
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What goes around comes around...
What goes around comes aroundā¦
January 31st ā just squeaking in under the wire to write the blog post that I challenged myself to do once each month for the first quarter of the year.Ā I was thinking of writing something else entirely when an Armitageworld friend brought this to my attention: If I had to paint a picture of my reaction to the publication of this bookā¦a sequel 20 years in the askingā¦it would be something likeā¦
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I read a thing on Facebook recently (which naturally, I cannot find again) that said something along the lines that 2017 was a year full of problems of all sorts, and dealing with them stifled the creativity of many people.Ā It went on to offer a wish of renewed creativity to all in 2018.Ā I really couldnāt agree more!Ā You may or may not know that in addition to following the career of Richard Armitage, I am also a long time fan of SpongeBob Squarepants ā in fact, I find that there are few occasions in life that canāt be connected to a SpongeBob episode.
Case in point:Ā Looking for the 2018 return to creativity this morning, I ran into the little image aboveā¦fellow SpongeBob fans will know that the the rainbow over his head appears when SpongeBob arcs his hands and says,
āImaginaaaaation!!!āĀ
Works for me.Ā I donāt usually set minimums for myself, because I find that they are far too easily broken as goals, but in terms of blogging, I think Iāll look at it as a challenge to ease myself back into regular posting.Ā So hereās my thought:Ā in the first quarter of 2018, Iāll post at least once per month.Ā In the second, at least twice, and so on.Ā I think setting some reasonable goals for myself might be just the ticket to unlocking my creativity vault..
In other news, the upper midwest has been a deep freeze over the Christmas/New Yearās holiday ā can you say, āCabin Fever?!āĀ Since weāve been cooped up, weāve been experimenting with our new favorite kitchen gadget, the SodaStream Fizzi that I got as a gift from my parents.Ā Iām hopeful that the omnipresence of fizzy water will help me break my soda swilling ways in 2018!Ā Iāve also been assembling ingredients to try out several TASTY recipes that Iāve been binge watching lately (Iāve also made a pledge to myself to stop eating so much junk in favor of cooking and carrying.)
Last but not least (I rushed Super Glam Daughter to get ready to leave, so I dare not dallyā¦) is a very exciting announcement of travel in 2018.
As with the 2016 trip, if anyone in Armitageworld is interested in joining the group, you are most welcome.Ā (If you are from outside of the US and interested in joining the tour, email me and Iāll send you the price for Greece only.)Ā Ā
Hereās to 2018 ā a year of renewed creativity and expression!
Happy New Year Armitageworld!!
Well hello there 2018! I read a thing on Facebook recently (which naturally, I cannot find again) that said something along the lines that 2017 was a year full of problems of all sorts, and dealing with them stifled the creativity of many people.Ā
So yeah...
So yeahā¦
Once upon a time, there was an active blog in this site. Ā Sometimes irreverent, sometimes slightly naughty, sometimes intellectual, sometimes goofy, sometimes all of the above. Ā Lately thereās been a whole lot of: My prolonged absence has very little to do with anything Richard Armitage has or has not doneā¦I recently watch Pilgrimage (meh) and LOVED Armitageās voicing of Trevor Belmont inā¦
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A brief Richard Armitage vestment retrospective...
A brief Richard Armitage vestment retrospectiveā¦
So quiet here ā Iāll fill you in on some momentous events soon. In the mean time, I canāt let ArmitageDay go unmarked, so Iāll revisit one from the annals
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It's that time again *insert fanfare*
Itās that time again *insertĀ fanfare*
Or not. Ā Itās the 4th Blogiversary of Ancient Armitage āĀ Iām almost chagrined to say it out loud, because new visitors might wonder if there is any blogger on the premises lately. Ā Some days I wonder myself. Ā Recent events point to a day in the not to distant future where I may again have time, headspace and inspiration all at once, but until then, I thought I might share a highlight reel of theā¦
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Alive, if not exactly kicking...
Alive, if not exactlyĀ kickingā¦
This blog as been a pretty barren landscape of late ā rest assured, Iām still around, just somewhat sidelined lately. Ā Since a nasty slip on the snow right after Christmas that resulted in a nastier *SNAP! CRACKLE! POP! in my left knee, Iāve been hobbling around. Ā An MRI on Monday revealed tears to both the lateral and medial menisci as well as the aggravation of an old injury to the ACL ā moreā¦
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An Ovidian ArmitageĀ Elegy Ovid was an Roman poet par excellence. Ā Like most people, I first encountered him vis a vis his mythologically themed poemā¦
My own Ī¾ĪµĪ½ĪÆĪ± sandwich...
My own Ī¾ĪµĪ½ĪÆĪ±Ā sandwichā¦
One of the things Iāve encountered again and again in my time in the Richard Armitage fandom is expressionĀ of hospitality and generosity from my fellow fans. Ā In fact, just last week, I was gifted with the most amazing quilt by jholland of preoccupiedbyarmitage. Ā I think it is safe to say, that in many neighborhoods of Armitageworld, there is a strong sense ofĀ Ī¾ĪµĪ½ĪÆĪ± at work. Ī¾ĪµĪ½ĪÆĪ± ā or xeniaā¦
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ĪĪ±Ī»ĻĻ ĪĻĪÆĻĪ±ĻĪµ 2017
New year, new look here ā after almost four years (eek!) ā I thought I might change it up just a bit. Ā My last blog theme ā Titan ā fit the classical mold, and the new one ā Quintus ā is aptly classical as well. What will the new year bring for Ancient Armitage? Ā Hard to say for sure, but coming attractions will definitely include an in depth study of Kallipygos, with both ancient and Armitageā¦
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Look what Jenn did for me!!!: I Dabbled in Erotica, Or: A Commemorative āCelebration of Greeceā Quilt for Obscura ā preoccupiedwitharmitage As you may know, Hubby and I were fortunate enough to travel to Greece in September on a wonderful tour led by our own lovely Obscura, and after the tour, I spent yet another fun-filled week in her company, along with several other like-minded ladies, dubbed AHA (Armitage Hellenic Association). When we returned, having been gone for a stretchĀ [ā¦] via I Dabbled in Erotica, Or: A Commemorative āCelebration of Greeceā Quilt for Obscura ā preoccupiedwitharmitage