#29 june

[mina-in-the-abyss]

Forget courting your love interest. Next time try running up and down the walls wearing their clothes, and blowing kisses into the night whilst malevolently sneering and fading into darkness.

“To-night is mine. To-morrow night is yours!"

[wiiildflowerrr]

‘I don’t date often’: Calum Hood on the reality of being a boy band member

Sunday Life (Sydney Morning Herald), 29 June 2025

'Calum Hood is a musician best known for being a member of boy band 5 Seconds of Summer. Here, the 29-year-old talks about learning to sing and harmonise with his sister, his first celebrity crush and why he is intentional about who he dates.

My maternal grandmother, Maggie, is someone I still talk to even though she isn’t alive. If I am going through a tough time, I call upon her to guide me. She was the Maori family matriarch and would visit us in Australia. As she got older, she couldn’t stand up in our bath to shower, so my sister Mali and I would shower her outside with a hose.

She died in her early 80s, when I was seven. I didn’t understand the concept of death until I got older. I grieved her a lot because I understood what that loss meant for my mum.

I didn’t know my Scottish paternal grandmother, Janet, that well. I have photos of visiting her when I was five. She was there when I saw snow for the first time, a gentle and warm person.

My mum, Joy, is Maori, and one of 10 children. The matriarchal presence is heavy in the family dynamics of their culture and women are generally the leaders. She met Dad in a Sydney pub; they’ve been together ever since.

Mum taught me how to be powerful in terms of how I lead myself. I find a lot of currency in kindness and gentleness because of her. She is a hard worker, and I saw early on that I needed to replicate that if I wanted to fulfil my insane idea of being a musician. She worked in superannuation and is now an aqua-aerobics instructor.

Mum was always headstrong and stubborn. She loves to laugh and talk. She has more friends than I do! She hosts parties every New Year’s Eve, and makes her own candles and lampshades. My sister and I get our creative side from her.

Mali lives in London. She’s a singer-songwriter who’s always been involved in music and taught me how to sing and harmonise. She is five years older, was the popular girl in school and inspired me to chase my music career.

When I joined 5 Seconds of Summer, I turned to my mum and sister for advice. My sister has always been a big help, emotionally and mentally. Seeing her do her own thing has been important in helping me on my journey. She always checks in on me and asks if I am OK.

I met my best friend, Shica, when I moved to LA at 18. She loves to laugh, and I forget about everything else when I’m with her. We can talk on the phone for hours. We met through mutual friends at a bar. She is a mentor and works with underprivileged kids.

My first crush was actress Thandie Newton. She is beautiful.

My first kiss happened on the tennis courts at school at 14. I was always shy and didn’t hang around girls often. I’ve come to understand girls more now through my music – especially because many of them are fans of our band. Women turn up and devote so much energy to something they really love.

I was in a relationship for three-and-a-half years until I was 28. I like a partner I can be really creative with, someone who can challenge the way I think and operate. I’m definitely drawn to someone who is gentle, caring and nurturing. I am not in a relationship now.

My new album is about my most recent break-up. Music is a creative outlet that helps me work through the personal and figure myself out.

I don’t date too often. I am pretty intentional about the time I spend by myself. I look for a friend, someone I can laugh with. Whenever I go into relationships, a lot of it is about discovering the complexities of the person. I like uncovering who someone is, and feeling comfortable enough to do that leads to a relationship.

Marriage and kids are something I’d do one day. With the right person, for sure.

Calum Hood’s solo album, Order, Chaos, Order, is out now.'

[averageiliadenjoyer]

"The last I saw of Count Dracula was his kissing his hand to me"

29 June, Jonathan Harkers journal

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what is he doing

[dateinthelife]

29 June 1964

On this day John and Paul have very different reactions to a kangaroo.

[rabbitcruiser]

International Mud Day

Participate in a Mud Run, join or watch some Mud Wrestling, or just get out in the dirt with friends or family and let loose by getting messy and having fun.

Mud. It seems like a nuisance, doesn’t it? As soon as it rains, mud is everywhere, and it literally gets all over everything. There are definitely no benefits this slippery, sticky dirty substance could offer, right? Wrong. And the creators of International Mud Day are out to prove it! After all, mud is quintessential to the outdoors, and the outdoors mean fresh air and exercise, two of the best things for people. And so what if we get a little dirty? Plenty of research has shown that coming into contact with a certain amount of bacteria is good for us, as it helps build up immunity, as opposed to living in a virtually sterile environment, which makes our bodies very vulnerable. Not to mention how many minerals mud can—there’s a reason why people pay hundreds of dollars for mud masks and baths at spas. So what are you waiting for? Let’s get dirty!

The History of International Mud Day

The creators of International Mud Day wanted to find a way to help all of the children of the Earth feel closer to each other…and what a better way to do it than through the Earth itself? International Mud Day began in 2009 at a World Forum event, when Gillian McAuliffe from Australia and Bishnu Bhatta from Nepal got together to talk about ways to encourage feelings of community and appreciation for the world around us. The collaboration that followed has inspired educators, children,and families across the globe, from Holland to Nepal to the United States, to celebrate International Mud Day together each year on June 29. Regardless of age, race and religion, covered in mud, we all look the same!

How to Celebrate International Mud Day

There are countless ways to celebrate International Mud Day, but all of them have one thing in common: you have to get dirty. This day can be especially fun if you have children, because who likes to get dirty as much as children? One of the most creative and fun activities that would be perfect to do on International Mud Day is making mud sculptures or mud cakes. It’s easy to adjust the consistency of the mud you’re using by simply adding a little more earth or water, so it should be easy to make what you want to make, while enjoying plenty of carefree laughter and quality family time in the process. Yet another easy way to enjoy this day to the fullest is to make a homemade mud pit using a blow-up pool. Not only is this cheap, but it also makes for a truly unique experience. All you have to do once you’ve bought a small blow-up pool is fill it with mud that can easily be filled using a mixture of earth and water that your children can then splash around in. Just make sure that you’re prepared to throw out your their clothes once you peel them off, because there is no way those clothes will ever get clean again.

After all, as American botanist Luther Burbank said,

“Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers,water bugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud turtles, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb. Brooks to wade…bees, butterflies, various animals to pet, hayfields, pine-cones, rocks to toll, sand, snakes and hornets; any child who has been deprives of these has been deprived of the best part of…education.”

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[aster-blogging-dracula]

Jonathan's reaction to 'Tonight is mine, tomorrow is yours' is to worry about what happens tomorrow, but he doesn't mention anything about tonight being the Count's.

Does he trust the Count's false hospitality enough to believe the Count will see this night as quiet piece of their game, in which he won't disturb him to leave him alone with his own mind?

Does he believe the Count might harm him, but is not as horrified as with the sisters because he knows no matter how horrible it is it won't kill him?

Or does he fear a much more terrible fate at the hands of the Count tonight, but dares not think about it, preferring to focus on his coming death?

[greendayauthority]

Green Day and their families with Maid of Ace at Wembley Stadium

[blogandmablog]

"June twenty-ninth. I gotta get in shape. Too much sitting has ruined my body. Too much abuse has gone on for too long. From now on there will be 50 pushups each morning, 50 pullups. There will be no more pills, no more bad food, no more destroyers of my body. From now on will be total organization. Every muscle must be tight."

🎥 "Taxi Driver", 1974 (dir. Martin Scorsese)