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Celebrities Who Awkwardly Watched Their Sex Scenes With Their Parents
Nicole Weaver
Sometimes celebrities have the tough job of stripping down and simulating sex for television shows or movies. These scenes are often very awkward to shoot and celebrities have no problem talking about it. Things are even more uncomfortable when props and stunts are involved.
So you would imagine that many stars would probably avoid having their family members watch the scene. However, parents want to be supportive of their famous kids and often watch anyway.
Many celebrities have viewed their sex scenes with their loved ones — to awkward results. But what were their reactions and would they ever do it again? Find out what these 15 celebrities said about watching their steamy scenes with their parents.
The Wolf of Wall Street | Red Granite Pictures
The actress did a nude scene in the Wolf of Wall Street and decided to lie about it to her parents. The lie evolved into a very weird thing when she realized they were going to see it. She told The Hollywood Reporter all about the situation.
I just flat-out lied to my family for a really long time and I said, 'I don't care what you hear; there's no nudity; I'm not doing any nudity. Ignore anything anyone's saying; there's no nudity. And then I thought, 'The movie's going to come out and they're going to see that there's nudity,' so I changed that to, 'It's actually a body double and they just CGI'd my head onto someone else.' My family doesn't have anything to do with the entertainment industry … and they were like, 'They can do that? And I was like, 'Oh, technology these days. You wouldn't believe what they do in Hollywood!'
Of course, the Australian star had to eventually tell the truth. "And then eventually I came clean: 'I'm doing nudity, but you should read the book first, and if you still want to see the movie after reading the book …'" she said.
2. Zac Efron
The Lucky One | Warner Bros.
The hot actor filmed a sex scene for The Lucky One, and his mom eventually watched it.
"We saw the film together and I was kind of squirming," Zac Efron told People. "Even though she was a couple of seats down from me, I tried to duck out during those scenes because it was too embarrassing. Obviously, I'm acting, but knowing that my mom and my family were watching is kind of awkward. There's really no way around it."
3. Allison Williams
Allison Williams in Girls | HBO
The Girls actress filmed multiple sex scenes for the HBO show, so she couldn't avoid having her famous father see them. Jemima Kirke was with Allison Williams and her father, Brian Williams, when they watched one of the show's sex scenes together.
"I was so nervous," revealed Kirke to New York magazine. "I don't even know [Brian Williams], but can you imagine [with this]?! Watching a kissing scene with my dad next to me is awful, let alone with you getting — whatever that's called — motorboated in your a**."
4. Shailene Woodley
White Bird in a Blizzard | Magnolia Pictures
The actress filmed a sex scene for the film, White Bird in a Blizzard. She said having her parents watch wasn't what she expected.
"My parents saw the film," she said, according to E! News. "I thought it might be awkward, but they both loved it."
5. Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Superbad | Columbia Pictures
The Superbad actor actually had to have his mother there while filming his sex scene because he was only 17 years old at the time.
"Stupid law," he said in an interview with GQ. "I was just sitting there with my bors on, waiting for my mom to drive down to the set. She got there, and I had fake sexual intercourse in front of her."
6. Mila Kunis
Mila Kunis | Fox Searchlight Pictures
The Black Swan actress filmed a sex scene in the drama with Natalie Portman. Her dad couldn't even get through the sex scene, although he tried.
"I feel sorry for my dad though," Kunis explained to Parade. "If I'm not mistaken, he walked out during the sex scene in Black Swan. I just don't think he wants to envision his daughter doing that kind of thing. I'm not sure if he's going to be able to see Friends with Benefits. He'll be leaving the theater a lot. I think I might have to ban him."
7. Rupert Grint
Cherrybomb | Generator Entertainment
After years of playing Harry Potter's Ron Weasley, the actor has moved on to more mature roles that include sex scenes. He had to film one for Cherrybomb. "Filming it was a really nerve-racking experience," he told The Mirror. "But the worst bit was watching it with my parents."
He described the experience as agonizing. "When the scene arrived, we all sat there not really saying anything," he continued. "Afterwards, nobody talked about it — which was kind of a relief."
8. Kristen Stewart
On The Road | MK2 Productions
The Twilight actress filmed a sex scene for On The Road and later watched it with her mom. She thinks it's weirder to film a sex scene than to watch it with your parents. She explained this in an interview with HollywoodLife.
It's hard to step outside of it. I know it's funny to talk about it from an outsider's perspective, like 'Oh, it must be weird to sit down and watch your a** with your mom' or whatever, but it's so weird being on the inside of it. I genuinely don't feel like … I don't want to say that I'm watching another person at all, because what I love about my job is aspects of life that you relate to, but you didn't quite know you had in you, can shock the s**t out of you and so the process of making the movie is finding out why you responded that way.
9. Amanda Seyfried
Big Love | HBO
The actress showed Big Love to her parents and felt horrified when her sex scene came up.
"'I was sitting there watching and all of a sudden, it cut to a scene where two people are having sex, and it's me! Having sex! I just thought, 'No, no, no!'" she told The Telegraph. "'It was so much more graphic than I remembered. I was horrified."
10. Emilia Clarke
Game of Thrones | HBO
The Game of Thrones star started off the show doing multiple nude scenes. But she didn't really think of that when she decided to watch a later episode with her parents and one came up.
"I ended up sitting them down and being like, 'Let's watch it', and then instantly regretting it," she said. "My dad was like, 'Again?'" She has tried to be more careful recommending episodes to them since then.
11. Dominik García-Lorido
Magic City | 3-Star Entertainment
The actress filmed a sex scene for Magic City. Though her actor father, Andy García, became emotional about it at first, it turned out for the best.
"We watched that scene together — me, him and my mom — and it was fine," Dominik García-Lorido told NY Daily News. "They actually thought it was beautifully done."
12. Nina Dobrev
The Vampire Diaries | The CW
The Vampire Dairies star not only had her parents watch her sex scenes, but her mother also visited the set while she was filming one!
"The awkwardness, the weirdness, is like when my mom comes to set and I have to do like sex scenes or something," explained Nina Dobrev to Conan O'Brien. "And that can get weird, but what is even weirder is when I come off set and she starts giving me notes."
13. Michelle Keegan
Plebs | ITV2
The actress filmed a sex scene for Our Girl, and things got awkward at the screening.
"With parents watching, it's so cringe-worthy! We had a screening a couple of days ago in Manchester and my parents came," Michelle Keegan said on BBC1. "But luckily I wasn't anywhere near them, but my brother was… and it's one of the first opening scenes."
14. Aubrey Plaza
The To Do List | 3 Arts Entertainment
The funny actress did a sex scene in The To-Do List and it took her parents by surprise.
"My mom was shocked," she told Vanity Fair. "But I think she'll be O.K. My dad was actually really psyched about it. He's not like my dad in the movie — he's actually really excited and not weirded out [by the sex scenes] at all. Which I think is weird."
15. Annabelle Wallis
Peaky Blinders | BBC
The Peaky Blinders star also showed her parents her revealing scene.
"I was in a sex scene," she explained on The Graham Norton Show. "Watching it with [my parents] was so awkward and afterwards my dad said, 'Well, we know where you get that from! Good girl!'"
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SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are surveyed to have had more leisure time and spent more money on leisure activities on average in 2018 than previous years.
On average, people had 3.3 hours of free time per weekday and 5.3 hours per weekend, the culture ministry said Tuesday, citing the outcome of its 2018 survey on national leisure activities of 10,498 people aged over 15 in 17 cities across the nation via one-on-one interviews.
The figures were increases from 3.1 hours and 5 hours in 2016, respectively, the survey showed, which is conducted every two years.
The average amount of money people spent during their free time came in at 151,000 won (US$135.23) a month last year, up 15,000 won from 136,000 won in 2016, the poll showed.
The average number of activities people did during their free time was 19, up from 17.2 in 2016.
On the balance between work and leisure activities, 37.3 percent of the pollees answered positively. But 36.8 percent and 25.9 percent replied they concentrated more on work and leisure activities, respectively.
The ministry said it plans to start carrying out the survey every year in order to map out better leisure policies.


Yorkshire's Be A Hero campaign, led by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, launched the 'Organ Donation Conversation' at Leeds' Victoria Gate shopping centre, in a bid to encourage passers-by to sit on the 'Conversation Couch' and discuss their wishes with their loved ones.
Organisers of the campaign are highlighting the importance of the 'Organ Donation Conversation' as in 2017/18, 318 people in Yorkshire and the Humber received a life-changing organ from a donor, while in the same time 34 people sadly lost their lives while waiting for a transplant.
The Be A Hero 'Conversation Couch' welcomed hundreds of people at the event to talk about organ donation, to increase sign ups to the organ donor register and most importantly, to encourage people to have discussions with their family about each other's final wishes.
Clinicians and SNODs (Specialist Nurses in Organ Donation) were present throughout the all-day Be A Hero event, along with Yorkshire residents who have consented to organ donation after the loss of a loved one, Karen Piotr, from Bradford and, Mahmud Nawaz, from Barnsley. They were joined by transplant recipients, Mark Smith from Harrogate, Akash Suryavansi from Harehills, and two-year-old, Harry Keenan from Pudsey.
Karen Piotr, from Bradford, has experienced first-hand how discussing organ donation can provide support during an incredibly difficult decision.
When Karen's husband, Mark, died suddenly she knew that he would want to donate his organs. By understanding Mark's wishes Karen was able to give her consent quickly which helped eight others, including a well-known artist from Sheffield, Pete McKee.
In the event of the loss of a loved one, families will be asked to make the decision to consent to organ donation, even if the deceased was registered as an organ donor. Increasing family consent can increase the number of transplants and ultimately, dramatically transform and save lives of those on the waiting list.
Across the UK, more than 1,000 families decline to donate the organs of a loved one every year, even if their family member has consented to donate after death.
Family consent rate from Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has increased from 62% in 2016/17, to 76% in 2017/18, however there are still 483 people in Yorkshire and the Humber awaiting a transplant as of the end of March 2018.
The topic of consent rates is high on the political agenda with a consultation underway to consider the potential of following in Wales' footsteps and moving towards an 'opt-out' system for organ donation. The Be A Hero campaign hopes that by launching the 'Organ Donation Conversation' it can reinforce the importance of family consent in Yorkshire to help improve the number of transplants.
You can also sign up to the donor register by calling 0300 123 23 23.


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17 RIDICULOUS breakup excuses that were ever used
13 Sep, 2019 by Helena-Reet Ennet
OHMYGOSSIP – There's no need to reinvent the wheel when breaking up with someone: Explain to your soon-to-be ex what went wrong, be as transparent as possible, and try your damnedest to let them down gently. Redditors offered up the most ridiculous breakup excuses that were ever used on them.
If you're responsible for uttering any of these lines, please go hide your head in shame.
1. "I love you and I won't be able to bear it if I lose you. Before that happens, let's break up."
2. "I like bacon. You don't like bacon. We're done."
3. "You're spending too much time with your dying father."
4. "'I'm moving to Antarctica. Yes, I know I'm not a scientist. I'll find work. Please don't call me.' …I don't know what I did, but I always tell myself I dodged a crazy bullet."
5. "'Your soul is not developed enough to be loved.' Umm, what?"
6. "I had a guy named Tyler tell me once that he was breaking up with me because 'Tyler plane flies solo.' What is that? And no, his last name was not Plane."
7. "Lying in bed together after six months. Him: 'You know when you walk down the street and you think a guy is really hot?' Me: 'Um, I guess…' Him: 'Well, I do too.'"
8. "My ex said, 'If a girl is nice to me at a bar some night, I might not be able to stop myself from having sex with her, and I don't want to cheat on you.' Um, getting about eight steps ahead of yourself there, buddy."
9. "My ex told me he couldn't see himself marrying someone whose parents weren't still together… My dad was dead."
10. "I love you so much and want to spend the rest of my life with you. We have to break up. If it's really meant to be then we will end up together again like they do in the movies."
11. "'You go to Chipotle too much and I'm teaching piano two hours a week now, so we just don't have time for each other.' To be fair I do go to Chipotle 3-5 times a week, but c'mon, really?"
12. Girl drove my car into a pond, totaled it, then broke up with me because 'that's your karma coming to bite you in the ass, so you must have done something terrible.'"
13. "She told me, 'You have too much money. You pay for every date. I think you're doing something illegal. Also, you're never around much. It seems like you don't care about me at all.' The truth was, I was working double shifts at McDonalds and it was killing me inside."
14. "My mom thinks your face is too… controlling and bitchy and that means I wouldn't have any control over you.' I was a senior in high school and he was a sophomore in college. How are faces controlling?!"
15. "I feel called to be a pastor's wife and you're not going to be a pastor."
16. "After cutting my hair to shoulder length and putting in some highlights, my ex goes, 'You're just not the same girl anymore.' Um, okay, bye!"
And finally, this gem from a frugal middle schooler:
17. "'I just can't afford two gifts this year, but we can go back out after Christmas.' My birthday is in December and then there's Christmas. He tried to get me back by giving me a heart bracelet he stole from his mom for Valentines Day. My sixth grade boyfriend, ladies and gentlemen!"
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OHMYGOSSIP — Louise Redknapp is excited for her sons to see her as a pop star rather than just their mother. The 'Breaking Back Together' star unveiled her first album
OHMYGOSSIP — Louis Tomlinson has released the album title track from his upcoming debut solo LP 'Walls'. The former One Direction star – who lost his beloved mother Johannah to
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is in pain following father's death
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OHMYGOSSIP — Sir Patrick Stewart "got hooked" when he stumbled across an episode of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'. The 79-year-old actor was disturbed in his hotel room while binging
OHMYGOSSIP — will.i.am is working on a single for Little Mix. The Black Eyed Peas star has confirmed he and the 'Woman Like Me' hitmakers – comprised of Perrie Edwards,
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge wanted to book plane tickets for her Golden Globes
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Louise Redknapp still calls Jamie her 'husband'
OHMYGOSSIP — Louise Redknapp still calls Jamie Redknapp her "husband". The 45-year-old singer divorced soccer star Jamie, 46 – with whom she has sons Charley, …

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Thoughts on Final Fantasy XIII
I know I'm probably the last person to finish FF13, but I had stuff to do (like moving) so I didn't have time to finish it. This was the first Final Fantasy game I've played since FF10, so it's been awhile since I was in the JRPG world. Anyway, my thoughts:
Graphics: I don't think it'd be a surprise to anyone that this game is gorgeous. It's crazy to think that we're beyond the point of fully rendered animations, but they're just irrelevant when the in-game graphics are just about as good as the cutscenes. Not that I could really tell what I was supposed to be looking at in the sequences, but they sure were shiny.
Battling: Overall I liked the battle system. I spent most of the time jamming the X button to go into Auto battle (or whatever the equivalent was) but I get the sense that picking the actual moves wasn't the main purpose of the system; they wanted us to build the right teams and use them effectively. At first I remember being a bit thrown off by only controlling one character, but they did a pretty good job of making the computer as efficient as possible, so I didn't really need to worry that it would make stupid decisions in what to cast and so on. Now having said that…
Summons: Why in the hell did this game have summons? Seems like it was just something that they threw at us at the beginning of the game as a challenge, and then forgot it altogether. I think I used my summon a total of two times, one of which was the end battle – and even then I probably didn't need it. It just served no purpose and was entirely forgettable.
Leveling: I think I liked the new system. Get a bunch of experience, pump it into whatever roles you like, and advance on. I guess it was nicer than having to swap out materia or some such – or at least didn't make me feel stupid for not wanting to deal with all that. The focus was clearly on evolving the right roles to get the best outcome for your team.
Gameplay: Here's the part where everyone slammed the game, and I have to agree. There are so many sandbox games out there now where you can just wander around and do whatever you want whenever you want, and this was the exact opposite. You walk in a straight line for pretty much the whole game. Oh, there's one part where you can wander around a bit, but they sort of push you away from doing that. Maybe I'm just nostalgic for the days when you got a ship and could travel around.
Plot: I don't expect to ever understand the plot of JRPGs, so that's that.
Music: Masashi Hamauzu did a pretty good job with this one, I think. Character and plot motifs are present throughout the game and add to it without being overly annoying. I still wish they wouldn't use lyrics (does the chocobo melody really need words?) but I can deal with it.
Alright, I guess that turned out to be an actual list. I think I liked the game as a whole, and it was nice to play it after a long drought, but of course there were some annoyances. Now I gotta go find something else to play. Maybe Super Mario Galaxy 2…
July 29th, 2010 - Posted in video games |
How Hans Zimmer scored Inception
We saw Inception today, and it was totally effing awesome. Christopher Nolan has to be one of the best living directors. And Hans Zimmer did a really great job scoring the film. It was dynamic and interesting without being too distracting, but most of all, it really heightened the tension in the movie and brought it all together. On top of all that, he actually wrote the score himself (rather than passing it off to John Powell or someone!)
But I was thinking about what his process was when he wrote the score, and this is what I came up with.
Listened to the score he and James Newton Howard wrote for The Dark Knight
Played a few hours of Metal Gear Solid 2 and listened to what Harry Gregson-Williams wrote for that
Drank a few pints
Found a guitarist, a trumpet and a bass drum, and sequenced it so they just played one after another ad infinitum
To be honest, I really do like Hans Zimmer, and the score was great. But, well, there you go.
July 25th, 2010 - Posted in music |
Uh, what
Wait, really? My kids can't eat out of this? Lame..
July 24th, 2010 - Posted in stupidity |
The other day, a coworker told me about a woman he knows who is against farmers' markets because of how dirty they are, and who claimed that supermarkets were invented to remove people from that. Aside from how wholly ignorant this woman clearly is about how her food is made, it got me thinking a bit about how there's a backlash right now against the idea of local, sustainable, and organic food. A post made yesterday by the brain trust over at DieHipster looks at an article about "artisanal America" and complains that hipsters are behind the movement, and that, in their pretention, they're claiming to reinvent everything.
But honestly, those are two of the dumbest arguments against the movement I've ever heard. I just can't understand why someone would be against supporting local farms, factories, or workers. Unless you're being paid off by Wal-Mart or some big box store, why wouldn't you want to support the people who live and work around you? Would you honestly rather say "I'd rather go to Key Food and buy a steak, than to John the butcher down the block"? I'll point out that I'm not clarifying who John is. He could be some recent transplant who just opened a store, or he could be the fourth generation in his family to run the shop. And here in New York, that's rather likely.
In this city especially, it's really easy to support the small stores around you. When I was growing up my parents would always go to the green grocer on our corner of Queens Boulevard. They didn't go there for ideological reasons, of course, but just because it was way faster, easier, and the food there was overall better. My mom used to drive to Astoria to get fresh fish because it was better there than at the supermarket. When you think of New York pizza and bagels, you don't think of Papa John's and Thomas' bagels; you think of that place down the block where they make their own stuff. And that's not artisanal or pretentious – it's just some person with a storefront who makes stuff.
Now yes, the hipsters who have moved in have sort of hijacked the idea of local and handmade, and I can understand how people would be upset with that. Hell, I don't like the hipsters for the same reason – they make me feel somewhat lesser just because I don't always buy organic, or because I have a job and pay my own bills and all that. But I do also shop at the farmers' market and try to buy local when it's possible, but not because I want to win a dick-measuring contest with some kid down in Brooklyn whose daddy is paying their rent; I do it because it's cheaper, and it tastes better.
I guess what my point is is that you can support your local shops and people without shunning it because of ideology. It would be totally unfair to blame the local butcher because a bunch of hipsters started shopping there. He just wants to keep going the store that his grandparents started, and if he has to serve them, so be it. (Side note: it'd be illegal for him to turn away people just because he didn't like the way they look.) So go and shop there, or at any of the local places, and just roll your eyes the people you don't like.
July 14th, 2010 - Posted in essays |
Today's Dumb Fuck Award winner is…
And the winner of today's Dumb Fuck Award goes to Kazuhiro Hatakeyama:
Kazuhiro Hatakeyama, 22, entered Kesennuma Police Station at about 12:40 p.m. Monday, the police said.
Carrying a kitchen knife with a 16-centimeter blade, the unemployed man threatened a 37-year-old female worker at the reception counter of a traffic safety association on the first floor, saying, "Give me some money, or I'll kill you." But the man was quickly apprehended as several police officers were nearby.
When I think of places to rob, police stations are definitely first on my list.
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The last show I saw was Mythos at 92nd St Y - New York, NY on Oct 6, 2014.
Hey there. I'm a web developer who works and lives in New York City.


Putting out the welcome mat for battle hardened jihadis returning from the killing fields of the Middle East and Africa as if they have been on vacation then thinking they will reform their murderous ways after a stint in a rehabilitation clinic is another classic example.
What goes on in the heads of politicians is One World Government. They understand that the best way to destroy national identity is to import third-world and fourth-world "cultures" to overrun a nation, and thus they follow that shining path enthusiastically. And that is the political state of ALL parties in the West. The only exceptions to same are Donald Trump, Viktor Orban, Viktor Duda, and Vladimir Putin. And THAT is precisely why the Deep State is screeching so loudly in their attempt to destroy those four brave men.
Do note that the Deep State enablers are each nation's "Law Enforcement", who care not about their very oath of office nor the good of their nation. They do WHATEVER they are told, as long as that paycheck keeps comin' in. As shown once again this past Saturday in Charlottesville.


• the possible interactions of HTC products with nutrients (deficiencies or nutritional toxicity).
The hydroponic experimental tests on the HTC products selected in the WP5 will be carried out in cooperation with the Free University of Bolzano, using a climatic chamber under controlled temperature and humidity conditions. The hydrochars will be tested to be used as possible substrates for plant growth. At the end of these tests, growth parameters will be evaluated both in terms of aerial and radical biomass and morphology (length/density of roots and leaf area). The data obtained from these analyses improve the know-how of the consortium on the effects of HTC products on different plant species in order to optimize the concentration of the HTC process liquid to be used in hydroponic solutions and as a possible fertirrigation solution along with hydrochar.
The evaluation of any deficiency or nutritional toxicity condition will also serve as a basis for the evaluation of possible nutrient integrations to the hydroponic solution, especially as a function of the plant typology.


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Sea Launch Commander
Sea Launch Commander is the command ship for Sea Launch. As of 2013[update], she was registered in Liberia.[1] Her home port is Long Beach, California.
Sea Launch Commander at home port in 2004
Owner: Sea Launch
Port of registry: Liberia
Builder: Kvaerner Govan Ltd
Launched: 1997
Identification: IMO number: 9133812
Type: Assembly and Command Ship
Tonnage: 50,023 GT, 10,430 DWT
Displacement: 30,000 t (30,000 long tons; 33,000 short tons)
Length: 203 m (666 ft)
Beam: 32 m (105 ft)
Draft: 8 m (26 ft)
Speed: 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph), 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) max
Range: 33,000 km (21,000 mi)
Sea Launch Commander was commissioned by Sea Launch, after Sea Launch was established in 1995 as a consortium of four companies from Norway, Russia, Ukraine and the United States, managed by Boeing with participation from the other shareholders.[2][3] She was built by Kvaerner Govan Ltd at Govan shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland, and launched in 1997.[citation needed]
In the fall of 1997, the ship sailed for Russia, where special equipment for handling rocket components and for commanding and controlling launches was installed and tested. She arrived in Long Beach, California, on July 13, 1998, after a voyage through the Panama Canal.
The first rocket launch controlled by Sea Launch Commander was in March 1999. The ship originally carried colors representing the majority ownership of Sea Launch by a Ukrainian company.
Following a 2009 bankruptcy of the company,[4]Energia—which already owned 25% of Sea Launch—acquired a controlling interest of 85% in the Sea Launch company and therefore in Sea Launch Commander. As a result, the company planned to begin land-based launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in early 2011, while sea-based launches were to resume in September 2011.[5][needs update] The ship currently carries colors representing the majority ownership of Sea Launch by a Russian company.[6]
While docked in Long Beach in 2013, Sea Launch Commander served as a filming location for the Marvel film Captain America: The Winter Soldier, portraying the fictional S.H.I.E.L.D. vessel Lemurian Star.[7]
Technical descriptionEdit
The Assembly and Command Ship—or ACS, and subsequently named Sea Launch Commander—was an all-new, purpose-built vessel that serves as a floating rocket assembly factory while in port, provides crew and customer accommodations and also houses mission control facilities for launches at sea.
The ACS is approximately 200 metres (660 ft) long, 32 metres (105 ft) wide, displaces more than 30,000 tonnes (30,000 long tons; 33,000 short tons) and has a cruising range of 33,000 kilometres (21,000 mi). The ACS provides accommodations for up to 240 crew members, customers and VIPs—including medical facilities, dining room, recreation and entertainment facilities.[8]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sea Launch Commander (ship, 1997).
Sea Launch Commander at Sea-Launch.com
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"Japan" is a song by American rapper Famous Dex. The song, produced by JGramm, was released to streaming services on March 16, 2018. The song peaked at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Background
"Japan" is the second single from Famous Dex's debut album, Dex Meets Dexter. Famous Dex first premiered the song June 2017 on Instagram. The song gained massive popularity online due to the viral lyric video featuring Famous Dex on green screen visuals, and Internet dance sensation Roy Purdy creating a dance challenge to the song.

Music video
An animated lyric video by visual artist GOODARTSUCKS was released with the song on March 16, 2018. The video garnered over 20 million views in a month. A music video was released on May 24, 2018, directed by Xavier Andrews.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Notes

External links

2018 singles
2018 songs
American hip hop songs

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Q: edit the form is not working Merry Christmas!!!!I work with flask sqlalchemy and wtf. I could create new and would display in info.html But when I try to edit the form there is no changes in database So it is not working. So I wonder where is issues?

app.py

    #With this route I can add new form in database
    @app.route('/contact', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
    def contact():
      form = LoginForm(request.form)
      if request.method == 'POST':
          if form.validate()== True:
              contact = Contacts()
              # populate the model
              form.populate_obj(contact)
              db.session.add(contact)
              db.session.commit()
              # Contact commited to database
              # RETURN TO INFO.HTML
              return redirect(url_for('info'))

           else:
              #If the form does not have all fields that are required
              return render_template('contact.html', form=form)

    # This is the part for edit which is not working
    # so I query and populate it but no change none in
    # database none in info.html
    @app.route('/edit/<int:id>', methods=['POST'])
    def edit(id=None):
        user = Contacts.query.get_or_404(id)
        form = LoginForm(request.form,obj=user)
        # check the validate and then populate the obj
        if form.validate_on_submit()== True:
           #populate it
           form.populate_obj(user)
           db.session.commit()
           return redirect(url_for('info'))
        else:
            #If the form does not have all fields that are required
            return render_template('edit.html', id=id )
    @app.route('/edit/<int:id>', methods=['GET'])
   def profile(id=None):
  user = Contacts.query.get_or_404(id)
  form = LoginForm(request.form, obj=user)
  return render_template('edit.html',form=form, id =id)
    # this route to html that should show all info
    @app.route('/info', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
    def info():
        #query all
        info = Contacts.query.all()
        return render_template('info.html', contact=info)

model.py

 # model with table name Contacts
 class Contacts(db.Model):
       __tablename__ = "Contacts"
       id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key = True)
       name = db.Column(db.String(50))
       email = db.Column(db.String(50))
       age = db.Column(db.Integer)

form.py

# this is the form wtf
Class LoginForm(Form):
        name = StringField("Name", [validators.Required("Please enter your name.")])
        email = StringField("Email", [validators.Required("Please enter your email address."), validators.Email("Please enter valid email address.")])
        age = IntegerField("age", [validators.Required("Please enter your age.")])
        submit = SubmitField("Submit")

info.html

 # it should display all updated form But it wont??
    {% extends "layout.html" %}
    {% block content %}

show the info

             {% for contact in contact  %} # Maybe this is also Problem?
               name: {{ contact.name}}

               email: {{ contact.email }}

               age: {{ contact.age}}

               {% endfor %}

      {% endblock %}

A: You don't have to readd a Object, when you get it per query. The Queryobject is bound to the session. So you only need to commit the changes and not to add them again.
so this should be the corrected code snippet
user = Contacts.query.get_or_404(id)
    form = LoginForm(request.form,obj=user)
    # check the validate and then populate the obj
    if form.validate()== True:
        # populate it
        form.populate_obj(user)
        db.session.commit()

A: I tried your code on my machine. With little modification in code I was able to update database.
Please find updated chunk below:
@app.route('/edit/<int:id>', methods=['POST'])
def submit(id=None):
    user = Contacts.query.get_or_404(id)
    form = LoginForm(request.form,obj=user)
    #return render_template('edit.html', form=form, id=1 )
    if form.validate() == True:
        form.populate_obj(user)
        db.session.commit()
        return redirect(url_for('info'))
    else:
        return redirect(url_for(edit, id=id))

@app.route('/edit/<int:id>', methods=['GET'])
def edit(id=None):
    user = Contacts.query.get_or_404(id)
    form = LoginForm(request.form,obj=user)
    return render_template('edit.html', form=form, id=id )

A: I know this is an older question, but I'm referencing from Why doesn't my WTForms-JSON form update correctly?.
Essentially, you need to initialize the Form first then check to see if it was submitted or not:
form = FormBuilder()
if not form.is_submitted():

    form = FormBuilder.populate_obj(obj)
else:
    form = FormBuilder() # will populate from submitted data

if form.validate_on_submit():

It helped me when having the same issues.

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 Jean de Mandeville: Reisen. Reprint der Erstdrucke der deutschen Übersetzungen des Michel Velser und des Otto von Diemeringen. Herausgegeben und mit einer Einleitung versehen von Ernst Bremer und Klaus Ridder. Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim/Zürich/New York 1991. ISBN 3-487-09430-4.
 Reinhard Berron: Sibotes 'Frauenerziehung'. Die Handschrift Rom, Bibl. Apostolica Vaticana, Cod. Pal. lat. 1361. In: ZfdA 143 (2014), S. 24–56.
 Klaus Ridder: Jean de Mandevilles ,Reisen'. Studien zur Überlieferungsgeschichte der deutschen Übersetzung des Otto von Diemeringen. München/ Zürich 1991 (Münchener Texte und Untersuchungen zur deutschen Literatur des Mittelalters, 99).

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what is "session password" and where to get it?
Re: what is "session password" and where to get it?
Maybe there is possibility to eliminate that "session password" in WinSCP3?
When I use first version of WinSCP it just gives me error "Public key not received", what does that mean?
Session password is simply your account password. You should have one or private key.
If it is my password, than server owner have changed password so I could not get there, right?
"Too many authentication failures for arman"
Do you live in Prague? I think I know you... :?
Hello, I also have a question about session passwords.
Some users are getting a enter session password dialog box when logging in. this is after the login details have been supplied already in the initial window. we use passwords only not keys.
what is this session passsword? it is NOT the server account password!! this has been tested as the SAME password supplied to the initial scp window can be used to login to the system under telnet. Also from some users they can log into the server using a account ans password combination and everything is fine. on a different users PC using the SAME usernmae and password they get "enter session password" dialog box. This must be some SCP thing stored locally oin the machine - perhaps to save session details ? i.e. server name user name etc, to save having to type these in again.
any help much appreciated , just dont come back and say you have the password wrong and it must be re-entered, or that it is the same as the server account password - IT IS NOT! it is a winscp thing , but the documentation doesn't provide any help on this.
[quote="prikryl] Well, to be sure, just try another SSH client, like Putty.
Putty mi pi�e �e password je neplatnej, tak�e se musim asi sejit s majitelem servru.
First of all, try to login with Putty terminal and tell me what was result like. Also post a log file of session that showed "session passsword" prompt.
"Too many authentication failures for johnny"
I am having the exact same issue. I am eagerly awaiting the solution.
My server password does not work as a "session Password".
. Looking up host "ftp.meckz.net"
. "too many failed userauth_requests"
* "too many failed userauth_requests"
Are other users of the server having same problem?
Yes connecting to a Redhat 7.2 box.
Is it possible that you create a test account for me on the server?
Email me andy [dot] clyde [at] oxfordmusic [dot] nospam [dot] net and we can sort something out.
I'm having the same problem with a Redhat 9.0 box. I'd be happy to set up an account for you to test this with if you haven't had a chance to see it heppen yet.
I would be great to have a account to test this. Please email me the username, hostname and password.
Martin, this has to be a WinSCP problem, not a server-side one. I just upgraded from 2.2.0 to the latest available and got immediately plagued by this. The 2.2.0 binary still works fine. Whereever I login with a key (originally created by Putty) WinSCP says "cannot load private key" and asks for the session password. The password works just fine then. I had one account where it logged me in without a problem and I thought it might provide a clue. But when I looked I found that this one was accidentally using a password and no key file. I tried with a wide range of Suse 8.0/8.1 machines, all display the same problem.
Martin, this has to be a WinSCP problem, not a server-side one. I just upgraded from 2.2.0 to the latest available and got immediately plagued by this. The 2.2.0 binary still works fine. Whereever I login with a key (originally created by Putty) WinSCP says "cannot load private key" and asks for the session password.
I've already noted this too. I'll try to solve it.
Well, I figured, the reason may lie in the new Putty libs you use. So I downloaded the latest snapshot from them and tried it. Et voila, it's there. I suggest you go back to the 0.53b libs or talk to the Putty folks (I just sent them an email explaining the problem).
BTW: why do I get a pre-filled username of "TlbgOxaWFypNwqT9zoNR8w==" ??? Looks like part of a session string gone wild.
Well, I figured, the reason may lie in the new Putty libs you use. So I downloaded the latest snapshot from them and tried it. Et voila, it's there.
I've tried Putty too and it works for me. But you're right, the bug is there. But I've just fixed it in their code. So I do not have to go back to 0.53b. Please, wait for next release.
Some bug, I guess :-) I do not have time to fix it.
You may note from my previous post that this was resolved already. You want my support you should provide more detailed description of the problem.
Indeed, I'm also having the same problem, with version 3.30. This is on a Windows XP machine connecting to an OpenBSD server. It seems that the problem was resolved on the other clients when I upgraded to 3.30, However, I have a new client that just got 3.30 and this issue is happenening.
Note that this happens with the download of the application. I don't know if it happens when the install package is used.
What I need to know is, what is your problem. This topic is already too long and it contains references to more than one problem. Please post a log file.
Here is the log file. The problem is that the user types in the password, and then is asked for the session password, and still she can't get in.
. Looking up host "secure.arhcpa.com"
. "Too many authentication failures for housecare"
* "Too many authentication failures for housecare"
This is different problem. Can the user login with other clients, PSFTP for instance? If possible please try it both with PSFTP version 0.53b and latest-development snapshot. Thanks in advance.
I connect with winscp to many different servers. Only one of these servers has a recent openssh installed (SuSE reports version 3.4p1, release 215), and this is the only server that causes the problem mentioned above. The problem occurs in all versions of winscp I have (2.00 build 89) and (3.3.0 build 177), but again, the problem is probably in openssh.
You may contact me for a login to see for yourself.
Another thing. When I connect as root, no session password is requested.


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The investigational drug evinacumab reduced low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol—the so-called "bad" cholesterol—by 50 percent in patients with severe hypercholesterolemia whose condition is resistant to standard treatments, a phase 2 study from the Icahn School of Medicine of Mount Sinai and other global academic sites has found. Results from the study sponsored by Regeneron, are being presented as "late breaking science" at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2020 on Sunday, November 15, and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Evinacumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody that works through a different mechanism than existing drugs to bring dangerously high cholesterol to normal levels when combined with maximally-tolerated lipid-lowering therapies in people with familial hypercholesterolemia, a common inherited condition that is difficult to treat.
"Our study assessing the safety and efficacy of evinacumab shows that it can lower LDL cholesterol by half in patients unable to attain target guidelines despite maximally tolerated lipid lowering therapy," says principal investigator Robert Rosenson, MD, Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Director of Cardiometabolic Disorders at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. "Evinacumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody that inhibits angiopoietin like protein 3 (ANGPLT3) and lowers LDL cholesterol through an LDL receptor independent pathway. Genetic studies have shown that people who are missing or have low levels of ANGPTL3 are known to have very low lifelong levels of LDL cholesterol and rarely suffer from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease."
In the United States, approximately 7 percent of adults have been diagnosed with severe hypercholesterolemia, which is defined as having untreated LDL cholesterol at levels greater than or equal to 190 mg per deciliter. Familial hypercholesterolemia is present in 1 in 313 people, but it is far more common in patients with early-onset cardiovascular disease, occurring in 1 in 15. The 2018 American Heart Association/American Congress of Cardiology recommends an LDL cholesterol goal of less than or equal to 70 mg per deciliter in patients with very high risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and more aggressive targets have been established by the European Society of Cardiology guideline with recommendations to lower LDL cholesterol to 55 mg/dL or below. These goals have proven difficult for patients with hypercholesterolemia to reach through standard "triple therapy" of a high-intensity statin, a PCSK9 inhibitor, and ezetimibe, a drug that limits the absorption of cholesterol from the intestine.
"There's an unmet need for agents that address refractory hypercholesterolemia through a pathway that's independent of the LDL receptor," explains Dr. Rosenson. "If approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, evinacumab may potentially fills that clinical gap for patients, by reducing severely elevated LDL cholesterol."
The phase 2 multi-center, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study of evinacumab included 272 patients with primary hypercholesterolemia including a majority having a diagnosis of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH). HeFH is an inherited form of hypercholesterolemia most often caused by mutations in the LDL receptor gene. The research team found that subcutaneous administration of the agent at 450 mg weekly resulted in LDL cholesterol lowering of 56 percent, and 52.9 percent at 300 mg weekly compared to the placebo group. With monthly intravenous administration of evinacumab at 15 mg/kg, LDL cholesterol reduction was 50.5 percent compared to the placebo group. All patients receiving evinacumab were on background lipid-lowering therapies.
Evinacumab was well-tolerated among most patients. One patient treated with subcutaneous evinacumab had difficulty breathing, and another had a mild anaphylactic reaction. Both stopped the medication and their symptoms improved with other treatment. Two deaths were reported in the trial but were linked to underlying health conditions.
"Our study demonstrates that a regimen of either subcutaneous or intravenous evinacumab can have a significant impact on LDL cholesterol," notes Dr. Rosenson, "If approved for use in this setting, evinacumab could potentially arm cardiologists with a major new add-on therapy to bring patients with HeFH to or closer to their cholesterol-lowering goal."
Evinacumab is under regulatory review in the United States and the European Union as an adjunct to other lipid-lowering therapies in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, another form of familial hypercholesterolemia.
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Tip: The Art of the Prep Set
It's not a warm-up set, but it's just as important. Here's what you need to know.
Identify and Economize Your Warm-Up Sets
Every time you do a set, you should be very clear about whether or not you're doing a warm-up set or a work set. Using a real-world example, let's say that your goal for the workout is 4 sets of 8 reps with 155 pounds on the military press.
Your first set might be 10 reps with the empty bar. Next, 85x8. Both of these sets were clearly "warm-up" sets, but you're not quite ready for 155. You'll need one more set to bridge the gap between 85 and 155.
Some lifters call this a "prep" set, and since the reps in this set qualify as "necessary but useless," we want to do as few of them as possible. This will vary from person to person and from workout to workout, but probably 3-5 reps will do the trick. From here, you're ready to tackle your result-producing work sets.
In your own workouts, get in the habit of distinguishing between warm-up, gap, and work sets. Then, vary your work output accordingly. Rather than using the same number of reps for all warm-up and work sets (as many lifters do), perform your warm-ups in a "pyramid" style to save your energy for when it really counts.
Let's say my goal is to deadlift 375 pounds for 10 reps. Here's how I'd warm-up and "prep set" for that workout:
345x1 (prep set)
375x10 (set of reps that "count")
The main takeaway here is to evaluate your warm-up sets and look for opportunities to reduce unnecessary reps whenever possible.
Incidentally, the bigger the exercise is, the more important this strategy becomes. For "small" movements such as direct biceps and calf exercises, you'll recover so fast you won't need to worry much about saving your energy during warm-ups. But for big movements like squats, deads, and presses, economizing your warm-ups is a key success tactic.
Related: The Most Intelligent Way to Warm Up
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Buying microscope accessories has gotten a great deal easier in the last few years, but there are a few caveats people still fall into. Many times a person will wait for a package to come in the mail only to find out the parts they ordered don't fit the microscope they own. This is an especially big problem when a project deadline is rearing its ugly head, but fortunately it's easy to prevent these headaches by double-checking the existing scope.
Many eyepieces are interchangeable as far as size goes, but some owners neglect to make sure that the magnification of their replacement eyepiece is the same as the original one. While few people might give it much thought, the eyepiece provides magnification in additional to the actual objective lenses. Many stock eyepieces provide a magnification power of 10, so it can be very disappointing to try out one with too much or too little power.
It's equally possible to end up with objective lenses that come in the wrong power. This generally comes when people buy them together in a set and neglect to check whether the three or four objective lenses they're receiving are equivalent to the ones being replaced. Even if they're the right physical size to fit into the revolving nosepiece mount on the scope they might not be the right optical size.
It's important to check whether the lenses are apochromatic or more common achromatic lenses. Generally speaking apochromatic lenses correct spherical and chromatic aberration than regular lenses do. Microscopes that fit apochromatic objectives are often calibrated a certain way to take advantage of the optical configuration made by the magnification power of the eyepiece and the objectives.
When knobs or even the frame needs to be replaced it's helpful to know the actual catalog number of the microscope in question. This number is generally printed on a label on the bottom of the base of desktop models. Larger precision models might come with a plate on the side that gives some information about the manufacturer.
Sometimes it's not possible to find the number, so it might help to check out a catalog from Scienscope International. It might be possible to match the model based on design, especially if at least some of the numerals have been made out. When the new accessories arrive make sure to record their vitals. It might prevent some headaches the next time replacements have to be ordered.


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The Long Road Home...
The tour continued, a few more days.. It felt like we should have flown home from New York, it felt like that would have been the natural end to to things. Instead, we found ourselves still with a mammoth journey back to the middle of the country, Texas. Houston to be exact. And there were still a few remaining shows to play.
It was hard to get the momentum going again after what had been a little holiday in New York City. I'd almost forgotten that there was still work to be done. The atmosphere on the bus was heavy. Dutch, by this point, was barely talking to any of us and severely missing his wife. He'd told us as much. We'd joked with him on the way down to Virginia, asking him what was the worst, as in most mental, band he'd ever had on his bus. "You are fucking taking the piss right?! You guys are by far the craziest bunch of idiots I've ever met. No question." We laughed. He didn't.
As if to punctuate the slow, winding down of this latter stage of the tour, Dutch told us that we'd unequivocally have to cancel the last two shows, which were in Florida. I don't know if he'd simply had enough of us and wanted to get back to his wife or what. To be honest though, the last date of the tour was in Ft. Lauderdale and if we played that show, we'd have about twenty four hours to make it back to Houston and catch our flight. Sense prevailing, we'd have to cancel the shows. It still felt like a welcome convenience for Dutch though. I hate cancelling shows for any other reason than a force majeure, it goes against everything I stand for. I did my best to explore all the options with Dutch, but he was having none of it. To be fair, he was right. And it wasn't his fault. We'd make a fuck up when booking the flights, if the truth is told.
So, we were heading down to Virginia for a couple of nights and then we'd play our final gig in Atlanta. In hindsight it would have been pretty insane to then head back to Florida only to race all the way back again over to Houston for our flight. We'd never have made it. Hopping off in Atlanta and driving back to Texas from there made far more sense. I was still pretty gutted though, it would have been fun to play Florida.
The drive down to Springfield, Virginia didn't take long. I wonder if this is the Springfield where the Simpsons live? It's funny how fast you get back in to the flow of the tour anyway. By the time we'd loaded the gear in and hooked up with the SG guys it felt like we'd never had a day off. It was a warm, sunny day in Virginia. Real t-shirt weather. My sagging spirits were immediately lifted and thoughts of home were once again put on the back burner. I've always had a hard time dealing with the last few days of tour, once the thoughts of home and your own bed, your wife and family start creeping in, it's hard to shake. There have been a few long tours where I've been completely miserable by the last few dates, more likely down to exhaustion than anything else I guess. I'd gotten over that by this point in time though, you have to realise there is no point dwelling on it, that it doesn't make time go any faster, that's for sure.
The venue in Springfield was a large hall with one of those big, high stages. There was just the one large, communal dressing room for all of the bands. It was nice seeing our touring friends again. The relationships you form on tour really are like no other. It gets to be this intense friendship and then when you part ways, it's over. Very few do you stay in regular contact with afterwards, even if you've felt like best friends having hung out every day for the preceding four or five weeks. Still, the great thing is that those friendships can usually be picked up immediately next time you see each other again. I had the feeling that the SG guys wouldn't be staying in touch with Nile after this tour though. There was still a lot of bad feeling about the whole merch situation. We told the guys that we were forced to pull the Florida shows, they told us they were considering doing the same.
We'd become pretty good chums with the Hypocrisy guys by now too. Pete, who is a bit of deal in the metal production world, had been talking to us about recording Speedhorn sometime. Fun as that was to hear, and flattering too, I couldn't see it happening. But you never knew what might be around the corner. It's just one of those things I'd heard so many times, and whether due to us not following it up or it just being bullshit in the first place, it never happened. Still, it was good to be hanging out with everyone in the big dressing room sharing a beer or two. Ironic really that with only three shows to go, I finally felt like we'd broken the ice with the majority of the touring party. The SG guys apart, we were probably completely out of place with everyone, but it felt like we'd been accepted if nothing else.
I don't really remember the show. It was just another one of those big, characterless halls. I don't think it was the worst gig though, since we actually had some girls hitting on us afterwards. We were in good spirits and most likely a little drunk and there was a party atmosphere in the dressing room. There was a fussball table and ping pong, and we were all taking part, even the Nile guys, which as much as they'd been pretty alien to everyone else on this tour, still felt nice that they were getting involved. Maybe like us, they were just a little misunderstood and out there on their own a bit..
Anyway, me and Kev are sat on this sofa and all of a sudden there are these two young girls, they must be twins since they looked very alike, unashamedly hitting on us. Fuck knows how they'd gotten in here. Anyway, they're giving it all the classic stuff like, "Ooh I love your accent!" and then mimicking everything I say and giggling. To be fair, it was quite cute and I didn't really feel the need to create any polite distance between us until one of them started gently rubbing my back. Daz, being single, rightly so cottoned on to what was happening and moved his way in. The girls seemed to have their sights on me and Kev though. "Are you guys brothers? You look really alike.." I cracked up at that. Me and Kev? Funny thing is, we do share the same birthday.. I thought this was an interesting fact that deserved sharing. "It's funny because, we do have the same birthday and we're exactly ten years apart." I hadn't really thought about what I was saying, I was just babbling on in my married guy, haven't got a clue I'm being hit on and just warbling on with some nonsense routine. I was therefore a little shocked when Kev roughly dug his elbow into my ribs, "Five years!!!" I almost spat my beer out when I saw the distressed look on his face.
I hadn't really realised that Daz was pissed up, not like that was unusual in any way, but his patter and the slightly wonky left eye soon gave him away. He was making his move on the girls. "You know it's funny, because he's Gareth Smith, and I'm Darren Smith! But we're not brothers either, although a lot of people ask us if we are.." It's total Homer Simpson stuff, fitting I suppose considering the name of the town we're in. Not long after this, the girls leave, either unimpressed or realising it's not going to happen. After that we get back to hanging out with the rest of the guys. It's one of those drunk photo session nights that normally happen somewhere near the end of a tour. I got a great picture of Brian and Kev. Now they did look like brothers. It was fun listening to them talk, being a similar age and having grown up listening to the same bands, I could have listened to them reminisce the whole night.
The next day we were in Norfolk, Virginia, another short drive. The Springfield show would turn out to be the last big party night for us and the other bands. Also another common occurrence.. We knew we'd be leaving straight after the Atlanta show, so it was best to do all the contact exchanging and pics a day or two before. I remember next to nothing of the Norfolk show, except that it was another big venue with one of those classic billboards you only seem to see in the States. It's always a buzz seeing your band's name outside a venue. The place held about fifteen hundred people and there were a lot attending. I do remember feeling pretty satisfied with both the Virginia shows and thinking that we'd had a pretty good run since the New York gig. As said earlier, by now the standard of what made a good show had substantially lowered. Not getting spat on was considered somewhat a success.
There was still that overhanging feeling of being ready to go home though. We'd been out a long time and a lot of shite had come our way since leaving Heathrow for these shores in what seemed like a lifetime before. We'd all pretty much had enough of other for now. Just the small things were getting on my tits, like Lasse sitting for hours on end on the bus playing this acoustic guitar he'd picked up somewhere along the line. Lasse is an insane guitarist and it is genuinely inspiring to watch him play, his fingers contorted in all sorts of mad shapes over the fretboard, but after a few weeks it was tapping on my nerves. As was Dutch's constant moaning. I personally couldn't wait for Dutch to meet his wife again, something he would do on the penultimate day of our trip. The guy needed to seriously fuck away some pent up tension.. When I come to think of it, even the Meshuggah album, the admittedly superb 33, was now seriously getting on my tits. We'd played it to death on this tour..
Yes. It was certainly time to go home.. In hindsight I wish I'd taken the time to have a look around the city of Norfolk. We were there early with nothing to do and it seemed like a nice enough place with a river running through it. Like I say though, thoughts were mainly on staving off exhaustion, both mental and physical, and getting home.
And so on to the last show we drove. Atlanta, Georgia... No matter how you're feeling at the end of a tour, no matter how tired you are and how desperate you are to see your family and lie in your own bed again, to be able to wake up in the morning and jump straight into a shower, it's always tough saying goodbye to friends you've been hanging out with every day for a month. So it felt today saying farewell to the Soilent Green crew. Even John, the Nile stage manager. I kind of felt empty all day, a mix of emotions..
We were playing a place called The Masquerade. It was a huge old, decrepit building. I guess it was once a factory or warehouse.. It was all crumbling grey concrete and dust. As usual, we were in a run down area, so even though it was a brilliantly sunny day, perfect walking conditions, I dared not venture too far. Mostly heeding advice from Dutch if I'm honest.
I walked a couple of blocks up a hill away from the venue and then back again. The surrounding area did indeed look pretty poor and just a little sketchy. As much as I love exploring big cities, this was just one I'd have to leave. I simply didn't have the energy. Maybe I'd be back in Atlanta another day in more preferable circumstances.
The big venue must have been capable of taking in a couple of thousand at full tilt, but the show tonight was maybe a third full. We had a very average gig. There were large gaps down the front of the crowd, something all too apparent from the high stage we were stood on. The sound on stage was pretty crap, as is usually the case on these big set-ups, especially when you're not the headlining band. Brian got up and played $30 Bag one last time with us though, which was fun as always, although it didn't quite have the same buzz as that first time in the considerably smaller venue in Rochester..
It was one of those nights when all of the bands seemed a little fazed. I guess everyone was feeling the burn. It felt like everyone was going through the motions.. As had often been the case, a large portion of the crowd left after Hypocrisy's set. I remember walking through the venue whilst they were playing and taking note of the large number of Hypocrisy t-shirts being worn. One guy struck me in particular. It was this mean looking black guy, who had a Darth Maul thing going on, with the yellow cat-like contact lenses and small horns sticking out of his forehead. He looked like a right knob but I obviously didn't feel the need to tell him that. He was going crazy for Hypocrisy anyway. I remember thinking to myself that he'd most likely be straight out of the door after their set..
The Mastodon guys were mingling around backstage and John seemed to be hanging out with them. We'd played with them in London a while before but hadn't really spoken to them then, although they'd stood side stage and watched our set They seemed like nice enough guys, although I didn't really understand quite why they'd become immersed in this huge hype. I like the first couple of albums but after that it got a bit boring in my opinion. It's funny because whenever a band starts to get big like that there's this presence that seems to come with it, and everyone around them is fussing and buzzing. I could almost tell that someone "famous" was hanging around backstage before I'd even seen them, just by the way people in the vicinity seemed to be acting. Weird.
I knew that Dutch would be itching to leave as soon as possible after this show and true enough he was. He was asking if we could pack up the merch early and head off, since we never sold anything anyway. It was a fair enough point, but it fucked me off all the same, and for that reason I told him no. The anxiety on his face was plain to see. His balls must have been the size of watermelons.
Of course, we sold a grand total of two t-shirts and then packed up when the house lights came on. And that was that. Dutch had us pack the van in lightning quick time. We said goodbye to the other bands and left the tour. Soilent Green were playing Florida after all. That night on the bus was a bit subdued to say the least. A couple of beers, a film and it was time for bed. Dutch had his foot down up front. I had the feeling he wasn't going to stop until we got to his place in Austin.
We arrived early the next afternoon. We'd spend the night here and then we'd be driving to Houston in the morning to make our flight home. Lasse had been in touch with that cute emo girl he'd hooked up with in San Antonio. They were going to meet up for the night, so he was off. He promised he'd be back in plenty of time in the morning. I joked with him that I had no problem leaving him here. The van was parked up by the time we'd awoken. Dutch had already gone, he'd left a note on the steering wheel saying he'd be back in a couple of hours and then he'd take us somewhere for dinner. Lasse was just heading off to meet emo girl. I waved him off and wished him happy times. The rest of us had the day in Austin, which suited me fine since it's one of my favourite cities in the States.
Dutch turned up a while later with his wife, who seemed to be a really nice lady. They took us to a Mexican restaurant just off the strip, around the corner from Emo's. It was a beautiful day and we sat out in the beer garden noshing on great food. Dutch was without any exaggeration, a completely new man! He had a smile cracking the sides of his face. I felt really happy for him. At the same time, sad, since I knew he was heading off on another tour with another bunch of idiots in five days time. I don't know if I could hack that.
After lunch Dutch headed home with his wife for some well deserved quality time together. The rest of us went to a bar and played pool for a couple of hours before heading back to the bus to watch a couple of films. It was a perfect final day off before we headed home. I went to bed wondering how Lasse was getting on...
I have to admit that I was a little surprised to see Lasse back early the next day, I was expecting a bit of drama if I'm honest. I asked him how it had went with Emo Girl. Not good apparently... She'd taken him for dinner with her family, something Lasse wasn't exactly expecting. What's worse, they were all strict Christians, something Lasse most certainly is not. It must have been uncomfortable to say the least. The girl seemed to be this whole other person from the one he'd met in San Antonio a month earlier. He'd gotten out of there as quick as he could.
Unlike Chicago airport on the way in, the customs officers at Houston couldn't give a fuck. They barely looked at us as we went through the checks. It's obviously a different matter when you're leaving their country. We flew a few hours to Chicago and then changed there. All very relaxed. We didn't even have to pick up the gear at the lay over this time around. We just had to get off and wait for the next flight which would take us to Heathrow.
We had about an hour at Chicago O' Hare. It's a huge airport. Fucking colossal! We'd been sat by our gate for about fifty minutes when Lasse decides he's heading off in search of a sandwich. I ask him if he thinks he'll have enough time, my tone clearly stating my doubt. The food court was a good fifteen minute walk away, and that would be for someone with two working legs.. "Yeah no problem.." he assures me. The fucker literally hobbles around the corner way down at the end of the hall, his broken leg weighed down by the plaster cast, when the lady by our gate announces we're boarding. Lasse doesn't come back..
I wait for a while and then decide I'm not missing my plane for him. I take his guitar on board with me and leave it with on of the stewardesses at the front of the plane. He eventually turns up, last one on the plane, with a chuffed grin on his face and a sandwich in his hand. It's not only us lot that are fucked off with him, "You must fucking love a drama, you!" I bark at him. "What's up?" he innocently enquires. You can't help but love the cunt...
Before we take off from Chicago, a steward asks me if I could consider swapping my seat with some guy so that he can sit with his pregnant wife. I'm only to happy to oblige, of course. I move my gear and I'm filled with a warm feeling when I see how grateful the guy is. I end up sitting next to some older guy, businessman by the look of him, who is instantly chatty. He turns out to be this really nice guy, who is deeply into blues and jazz music. He has some great old live music clips on his laptop that he's happy to share with me. The flight literally whizzes by as we talk to each other about everything music.
Until we get to up and above Iceland... The pilot comes on the intercom and like something out of a film, asks if there is a doctor on board. It turns out some guy at the back of the plane has had a heart attack. We make an emergency stop in Reykjavik. Well, it's not like we nose dive down to the runway or anything, but it's an unscheduled stop. It's all pretty sombre on board as the ambulance crew rush on to the plane and try and save the guy. I can't see what's happening but we're on the ground for a good hour and a half. I wonder what ever happened to him.. And then without word, we're lifting off again. Five hours later we're back in London.
And that was that, a weird end to a pretty weird tour.
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