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New build: Canned Squad Unit - Blockade Division - MVN-04A Chariot General Arme Suit

My thoughts below the cut!

#model kit #plamo #plamodel #review #Canned Squad Unit #Crab for scale

New arrivals from the last couple of days!

#Number 57 #Ground Armor #Canned Squad Unit #Plamo #plamodel #model kit #XiaoT #C.A.T-02

This is a plamo build blog now.

First up, 30 Minutes Mission Spinatia Commando.

#plamo #30 minutes missions #gunpla #model kit #plamodel

nudityandnerdery

I want you to remember:

The fascists hate you too and they just will pretend otherwise until after they've killed the rest of us, before they turn on you.

nudityandnerdery

Thanks to whoever tried, but I knew they'd never allow it.

library-graffiti

Let's do it the old fashioned way. Spread it far and wide.

sasju

Just putting this out there...

So I’m trying to get a show onto the stage. It’s called Max Pry, Private Eye.

Set in Chicago during the late 1930s, the story follows Max Pry, a detective who dreams of becoming a famous Private Eye (like his heroes, Sam Spade and Phillip Marlowe). There’s only one problem: Max is a terrible detective. In fact, his greatest bust (discovering Frankie “The Cruncher” Pavlov’s hideout in a downtown Laundromat) was purely by accident… Even detectives need clean clothes every now and then. So when Max’s boss gives him an ultimatum that could see him demoted, Max teams up with some (equally terrible) gangsters to stage the bust of a lifetime!

Max Pry, Private Eye is a comedy for audiences aged 8+. It is a parody of the Hollywood film noir genre, but more closely resembles Who Framed Roger Rabbit than The Maltese Falcon. It’s full of cheesy detective monologues, slapstick comedy, and (un)intentional anachronisms.

But the play’s not important. What IS important is why I want to put on a play.

The aim of this production is to provide access to the performing arts community in Bendigo (Australia - my hometown) for people who are initially overwhelmed by the demands of a large-scale, two-act musical theatre schedule. The production focuses on the needs of people who identify as neurodiverse with a schedule designed to reduce anxiety and promote creative development by ensuring that participants feel safe and respected. It is my aim to facilitate a creative process that enables people to develop the necessary skills and confidence to participate in the larger theatre groups in Bendigo with minimal anxiety. I also hope to demonstrate that people who identify as neurodiverse are as capable of participating creatively as those who do not, by removing the barriers that might have prevented their participation in the past. In addition to supporting neurodiverse people both on the stage and behind the scenes, we want to produce a show that is accessible to a neurodiverse audience by providing a matinee performance that is sensory-friendly and Auslan (Australian Sign Language) interpreted.

So far the cast and crew are made up of people on the Autism Spectrum, have ADD/ADHD, or Mental Health Disorders (including Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, and Generalised Anxiety Disorder). We’re also very inclusive of the LGBTQIA+ community.

The reason why I want to do this is because Bendigo doesn’t have any opportunities for neurodiverse people wanting to participate in theatre. We have youth theatre groups and amateur theatre companies, but they are incredibly exclusive and have no time for people who can’t accommodate themselves to their interests.

So, in the hope that someone, somewhere has a philanthropic interest in supporting a small group of people in a regional Australian town you’ve probably never heard of, I offer you an opportunity to help us out. Below is a link to our GoFundMe campaign. Any help, not matter how small, would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you kindly,

SJ

https://www.gofundme.com/maxpry

#gofundme #philanthropy #mental health #creativity promotes wellbeing #mental health disorders #attention deficit disorder #autism spectrum disorder #neurodiverse #theater #theatre

perfectmidnightworld

“Return to the Moon” by EL VY // Return to the Moon (Out 10.30.15 via 4AD)

It’s Matt Berninger releasing music on 4AD, so by default - I’m going to be there. The fact that Brent Knopf (Menomena, Ramona Falls) is also involved is just icing on the cake. So, with that, EL VY (rhymes with “hell pie”) has my attention. It doesn’t hurt that the infectious lead single (and title track) of Return to the Moon, casts Berninger as a storyteller performing against more of an upbeat backdrop than we’re used to hearing him. My immediate wonder is if this is a Postal Service for a new decade - Berninger using his incredible voice (literal and literary) to create infectious pop variations of his heartbreakers, while Knopf crafts wondrous and lovely electronically leaning pop gems to guide the way. Of course, that comparison does no one any good. My mind was just wondering (wandering. What’s important is that the first taste is a great one. So hit play again.

#EL VY #the national #menomona #ramona falls #brent knopf #matt berninger

Reproducing Borges’s imaginary library online.Since I first read it in a high school Spanish class, I’ve been fascinated by the theory of language implicit in Borges’s “The Library of Babel.” The story describes a universal library containing, in 410-page volumes, every possible permutation of twenty-two letters, spaces, commas, and periods—every book that’s ever been written... Read More »

#I'm in there somewhere #so are you #Library of Babel #Jorge Luis Borges #jonathan basile #words make me happy #so many words

gardenofanoctopus

#happiness #dalai lama #monks #life

vosus

nervoustemple

vosus: solum II, tree studies by ~obleakpattern

#tree #art #obleakpattern

sirobvious

What is heavier? A 200 pounds of bricks or 200 pounds of feathers?

The answer is the feathers.

200 pounds of bricks is just a bunch of bricks, but if you try to carry 200 pounds of feathers, you also have to carry the weight of what you did to those poor birds.