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Born in present day Ukraine, January 27, 1841, Arkhip Kuindzhi was considered one of the most talented Russian landscape artist of his time.
Kuindzhi grew up poor and lost his parents at a very young age. In 1855, he became the student of Russian romantic painter Ivan Aivazovsky.
It is said that Kuindzhi's work is heavily influenced by Aivazovsky's style, especially when it comes to sunsets, storms, and surging oceans. Kuindzhi is known for depicting the illusion of illumination in his paintings.
In his 20s, Kuindzhi studied painting at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, then joined an artists' cooperative which eventually became the Society for Traveling Art Exhibitions. He would return to teach at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in his later years, but then fired for supporting students' protests.
Dutch painter Govert Flinck was born on January 25, 1615. A pupil of Rembrandt, Flinck's work followed the style of his teacher; Rembrandtesque.
A Baroque painter of portraits, genre, and narrative subjects, Flinck is recognized as a history painter. His popularity among aristocrats led to many commissions for official and diplomatic paintings.
Tonight is the AVN Awards, and because of the ongoing pandemic, the event will be streaming live.
Like previous years, I like to predict fans choices. There are sixteen categories from Favorite Female Porn Star to Favorite Domme. I'll be honest, it's time consuming going through each one, watch their performance, and decide whether they are better than another.
This year I decided to put aside the bracket system I typically use, and select those I do watch.
But I did use the bracket system in choosing who I think should win the coveted AVN AWARDS for Best Male Newcomer, Best New Scarlett, Best Trans Newcomer, and Best New International Scarlett.
Check them out. Oh... and don't forget to watch the AVN tonight at 8 PM (PST) HERE.
So, I'm pretty stoked. YouTuber and Smosh co-founder Daniel Padilla interviewed streamer Kaitlyn Siragusa (a.k.a. Amouranth).
If you're unfamiliar with Kaitlyn, here is a quick summary:
Kaitlyn Siragusa is a cosplayer and streamer known as Amouranth. Born December 2, 1993 in Houston, Texas, Kaitlyn started as a cosplayer, designing her own costumes. She was later the costume designer for the Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet. She is best known, however, for streaming on Twitch.
Kaitlyn has over four million followers on Twitch, but her account has been suspended multiple times. When asked why, she explained, "I think it's because it's a girl on Twitch and she has cleavage." She added, "It seems to be accepted widely when male-dominated industries use women for looks, but when women are using their own looks it's not acceptable anymore."
The interview touched on stalking, dating, mental health, childhood, investments, future plans, and other things. I've included a few interesting topics discussed during the interview below.
When asked by Daniel if Kaitlyn streams when sleeping, she explained that she receives the highest views while she sleeps, "I actually have more viewers when I'm asleep than when I'm awake. When I'm asleep it'll spike to 20K... When I wake up, they leave. It goes back down to 10K."
Regarding whether dating is a challenge, Kaitlyn said, "It's really hard for me to feel like I can date anyone. What type of guy wouldn't be willing for me to ignore them for 15 hours a day, while I talk to other guys online. He would have to be desperate."
The interview showed how Kaitlyn is savvy when it comes to business and investments. She shared that she owns a gas station and has investment in Visa. She added that she recently signed with Playboy to be a Playboy model.
She added that companies like Playboy benefit in selling lewd images of women but when a woman does it on her own is frowned upon, "If it's companies using women for personal gain, but they don't respect women when they do it on their own... Being entrepreneurs, getting profits out of their own body completely -- that's weird."
This past weekend, I got grossed out with my girlfriend.
We were in San Antonio. Her friend invited us to her daughter's 16th birthday celebration. Needless to say, we had a blast, and my girlfriend had a few too many wine.
We woke up Sunday morning, and slowly made our way out of the hotel. After packing our stuff in the car, we walked over to Schilo's.
Schilo's is said to be San Antonio's oldest restaurant. I've visited this place a couple of times in the past and remember their killer breakfasts and tacos.
Since my girlfriend loves tacos, I thought this place would be perfect.
After waiting 30 minutes for a table outside, we waited another 10 minutes to finally get the attention of the waitress--granted, there is a pandemic and the restaurant may be short-staffed.
My girlfriend ordered Chicken and Biscuits, with side orders of grilled peppers and tomatoes and hashbrowns. I ordered two tacos.
At first, I was surprised with what she ordered but then realized she was probably working out a hangover.
They brought over our food fairly quickly; although, they did forget the side order of hashbrowns.
Before her was a plate of a decent sized fried chicken breast and two biscuits. Sausage creamy gravy was served on the side in a small bowl. In another side bowl was grilled peppers and tomatoes.
She poured the gravy over her food and began to eat.
At this point, I'm getting grossed out.
I have nothing against fried chicken and creamy gravy. In fact, I've had that a couple of times in the past. I think what got me was watching her pour gravy over her plate and watching her devour her meal with gusto.
When the waitress came by, she asked for her side of hashbrowns. Oh, and she asked for another bowl of gravy. ANOTHER BOWL.
Both were brought to her and she quickly moved the hashbrowns from the small plate onto her main plate and then pours the other bowl of creamy gravy over everything.
She ate everything. Nothing was left on the plate.
This is probably a testament that Schilo's serves delicious chicken and biscuits. For me it's different. A realization. An epiphany.
