I Steal Your Pens and Bagels
Here, I am but a dork who blogs about cats, college, and food. Glorious food.
Things you may generally find here include but are not limited to Lord of the Rings, food, books, old architecture, pretty places, cute animals, more food, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Homestuck, generally silly things, Skyrim, Dragon Age, tasty foods, Impressionism, my own doodles, Star Trek, landsapes,sweet foods, art references, salty foods, chocolaty foods, and chocolate. You have been warned.
If you want to talk to me feel free (my ask/submit is always open and anon is on), I don't generally talk to people on here just because if I want to pester my friends one practically lives with me and I can bother the other one via text and bribe her with salmon/sushi if I really need to see her.
Doodle Blog: klackartt.tumblr.com
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yoloprince asked: do you ever think any of your wardens or hawkes would have kids in the future? like if everything ever calmed enough c:
Oooh, headcanon question! I guess mine goes as follows:
Wardens
- Alistair/Aeducan: No kids, due to their Grey Warden condition on top of the race...
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SCREAMS INTO ETERNITY
So hey yeah spent today at Grandma Beers’ house trimming plants and generally sprucing up her garden for her. She had her knee replaced three weeks ago and has been scolded enough by her therapist for trying to garden anyway that she bribed us with homemade pasta fagioli to come and do it for her.
(She makes really good pasta fagioli.)
These are just some pictures of Highway 50, as it looked pretty with the dusting of snow we got on Friday, and my grandmother’s garden in the front and back of the house. Considering it was all brown grass when she moved here five years ago she’s really made a lot of progress with it, and when she’s able to walk up and down the hill again I’m sure she’ll spend a good week adding more plants.
Frankish abbot-statesmen and historian Abbot Suger, friend and confidante of French Kings Louis VI and Louis VII, dedicated the rebuild Abbey of Saint Denis.
This building is often cited by historians as the first major structure of which a substantial part was designed and built in the Gothic style. Both stylistically and structurally it heralded the change from Romanesque architecture to Gothic architecture. Before the term “Gothic” came into common use, it was known as the “French Style” (Opus Francigenum).
I was wondering why my Mom made a batch of Jan Hagels out of the blue until I was informed that tomorrow I will be in Placerville helping my grandmother lay down mulch for her garden.
I accept your bribe Mom as long as I get a corner cookie.
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The Blue Beetle - The Dancing Ghost Of Rocky Hill
original airdate : Aug. 21, 1940
Part one. Commercials added locally. A ciphered message to the Blue Beetle sends him to a haunted house to investigate. 15 minutes.
Part two. The Blue Beetle solves the mystery of the dancing ghosts and a counterfeiting ring too!
, Veduta della Cascata di Tivoli, 1766.
Kemper Art Museum
Morning Mist by simpologist on Flickr
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Shadowfax doesn’t always start up too smoothly.
And here it is, a Broship of the Ring anniversary offering! I drew it while watching The Fellowship of the Ring with my family tonight, just like old times. It should be big enough to use as a desktop wallpaper if you should so desire!
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Abandoned Chesapeake Grain Elevator (by Filth City)
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May 25, 1977: Star Wars is released.
George Lucas’s landmark space opera was produced on a budget of $11 million and debuted on opening day to only thirty-two theatres, but by the end of its theatrical run, it had grossed nearly $800 million worldwide. Today, it is (domestically) the second-highest grossing film of all time, adjusted for inflation, and the franchise it spawned is as deeply ingrained in American culture as a piece of fiction can be. Star Wars, along with Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, helped inaugurate a new era in filmmaking - the era of the blockbuster. Roger Ebert called it “a technical watershed”, and this was true as well, for films intending to copy Star Wars’s model (and its success) relied more on special effects than any generation of films before it. And, for better or for worse, George Lucas’s genre-defying epic demonstrated the potential commercial viability of a well-marketed franchise.
Fun facts about the planning, production, and early versions of Star Wars:
- “Luke Skywalker” was originally an elderly General, a Ben Kenobi-type character, and the young protagonist was named “Annikin Starkiller”.
- Though the movie was created to stand alone (separate from any series) Lucas said that he soon “began to see it as a tale that could take at least nine films to tell”.
- During production, Star Wars was titled The Star Wars, and Luke Skywalker was called Luke Starkiller.
- Before 1978, the idea that Darth Vader was (spoiler!) Luke’s father had probably not even been seriously considered - leading to some discrepancies between the first and second films.
- George Lucas and Steven Spielberg made a bet on whether Star Wars or Spielberg’s film Close Encounters of the Third Kind would become the bigger hit. Lucas won.
- The subtitles Episode IV and A New Hope were not added until 1981, after The Empire Strikes Back was released.
- Han Solo was originally written as a green alien, but that honor ultimately went to Greedo.
- George Lucas originally wanted Orson Welles to voice Darth Vader.
Pictured above is concept art by the late Ralph McQuarrie, who himself later said that he “didn’t think the film would ever get made” because “it was too expensive. There wouldn’t be enough of an audience. It’s just too complicated.”
Oh yeah, if you follow me for the pictures of buildings and landscapes I post, you might want to tumblr savior the tag “markleeville living”. That’s what I will be tagging all of the posts about my personal life on here starting today.
I went to go hang out with an old friend from high school today and she got two new kitties! Well, her folks were going to get just one new kitten for the younger sister when she goes off to college this year but these two were a package deal. And now her father likes them so much they are just staying home with ‘Licia and her folks, haha.
The one on the left is Copper, he’s the sweeter of the two and spent most of my time there napping and trying to steal Mrs. Barger’s straw out of her drink.
The one on the right is Cheetoh. He’s more inquisitive, trying to hop on top of the fridge and opening cabinets to look inside despite the scolding of Alicia and her sister.
Took these with the ipad so they’re a bit blurry but… yeah.
