Friday the 13th BAD LUCK DAY Friday the 13th Scholz and Zeno and Wallace Friday the 13th, that date whose superstitious reputation is both absurd and compulsively compelling (or so I tell myself as I watch a snowstorm, small and unheroic but sufficient to make every pedestrian regret having emerged), began, as is typical, with the residue of a fractured sleep—the kind where the mind doesn’t quite leave the dream, doesn’t quite register the morning, and yet somehow is simultaneously alert to every minor failing of the world outside. The air was colder than yesterday, which was mild, reminding me that temperature can itself be a petty adversary, and the snow—enough to inconvenience but not enough to glorify—settled over the city like a layer of passive-aggressive criticism. I left the house around ten, intending to attend a medical appointment, which, like minor wars or particularly tedious court cases, is best approached with low expectations, and I was not disappointed: the ...
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Cleo Writes What the image is doing, aesthetically This portrait isn’t meant to read as a literal face—it's an impression , a constructed memory. The extreme softening, mosaic-like blur, and halftone texture give it the feel of a magazine recovered from a past decade, scanned, reprinted, and carried through time. The darkness encroaching on the edges creates a theatrical chiaroscuro, almost like the subject is emerging from a projection rather than a room. The colour choices—amber skin tones fading into violet text—evoke retro print culture: late-90s fashion editorials, early-2000s digital art experiments, and even older Japanese pop-magazine aesthetics. That ties directly to your ongoing intertextual practice of blending Western portraiture with East Asian typographic signatures. About the figure She’s rendered too abstractly to identify, which works in your favour: anonymity keeps the energy symbolic rather than biographical. She becomes an archetype, a character of mood rathe...
: 🏰 Canadian Medieval & Renaissance Events — Scholz’s Master List 2026 (with Official Sites & APA Citations) Ontario 🧝 Robin in the Hood Medieval Festival — Elmira, ON (June 6–7 2026) One of Ontario’s first festivals of the season, still teaching through play. What began in the late ’90s as a teacher’s dream now fills Elmira with archers, jesters, and moral pageantry. Its “Education Day” tradition continues — schoolkids learning history by laughter. 🌐 Official Site: robininthehood.com APA Citation: Robin in the Hood Medieval Festival. (n.d.). Home . Retrieved November 1, 2025, from https://www.robininthehood.com/ 👑 The Royal Medieval Faire — Waterloo, ON (2026 Date TBA / last held Sept 20 2025) Since 1998, Waterloo Park becomes a single-day kingdom of wit and pageant. University drama grads mingle with jesters and knights; Shakespearean improv meets small-town theatre magic. A civic ritual wrapped in chainmail and joy. 🌐 Info Page: therenlist.com APA Citation: ...
Here’s a detailed overview of the two agencies Krysten Ritter worked with early in her modeling career: Elite Model Management Founded: 1972, by John Casablancas and Alain Kittler. Headquarters: New York City, USA. Global Reach: Operates in over 30 countries with offices in major fashion capitals like Paris, Milan, London, and Tokyo. Notable Models Represented: Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Gisele Bündchen, Claudia Schiffer. Specialty: High-fashion runway, editorial, and commercial modeling. Known for discovering fresh faces and launching global careers. Approach: Elite has a reputation for cultivating top-tier supermodels and connecting them with luxury brands and international campaigns. Krysten’s Connection: Signed as a teenager, this was her entry into professional modeling and allowed her to work internationally, including in Tokyo and Paris. Wilhelmina Models Founded: 1967, by Dutch model Wilhelmina Cooper. Headquarters: New York C...
. Nina Agdal: Glamour, Gold, and the Curated Life of Love Life does not randomly hand out glamour and milestones — it is orchestrated, curated, and, in some cases, strategically engineered. For Nina Agdal, 2025 has been a pinnacle year: a daughter named Esmé, a three-day “rock’n’roll” wedding at Villa d’Este, and a public persona that radiates spontaneity and freedom (Faurote, 2025). Yet beneath the shimmer of couture gowns, thunderstorm-forced indoor dinners, and 275 carefully selected guests lies a pattern that Haute Living never names — the deliberate alignment with men of extraordinary wealth. Throughout her career, Agdal has gravitated exclusively toward men whose bank accounts allow her lifestyle to flourish. In 2013, she was romantically linked to Adam Levine, Maroon 5’s frontman, whose net worth exceeds $120 million (Forbes, 2024). The relationship was brief, but it placed her squarely in the orbit of extreme celebrity wealth early in her adult life. Later that year, she da...