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Olympic Wardrobe Malfunctions

7/30/2021

OOPS!
To be an Olympic Athlete, a competitor must rise early ‒ really early ‒ work harder than hard, and dedicated his/her entire life to the sport in pursuit of excellence. Then, you’re there… at the Olympics, ready to put yourself out there and give it 200%. The biggest moment of your life; your chance to fulfill your potential at last… and then “rip” or “pop”.

Wardrobe malfunction! But you gather your courage, slap on a smile, and sweat it out with finesse and finish like a pro.

It must be devastating to know that, even though you won the gold, silver, or bronze, or just finished, that any time anyone mentions your name, they will remembering something ripping or a body part instead of your achievements. This happens more often than the audience ever knows, particularly the television audience. It can happen to anyone in any sport. Here are a few of popular examples from recent Olympics.

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TEAM ROWING
At the Summer Olympics of 2012 the American Rowing team won the bronze medal in the not-at-all accurately titled "coxless four" event. How the event got that name, I don’t know, but not from the 2012 team.

No one’s clothes flew apart or popped out embarrassing body parts, but the tight trunks left nothing to the imagination.

PAIRS ICE SKATING
Figure skaters Sergei Ponomarenko and Marina Klimova had already won their bronze medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics at Sarajevo. They had performed what Dick Button called a "very lyrical and romantic" exhibition dance.

As they skated around the ring, the fabric

on Ponomarenko's shirt gave out, exposing to the spectators in the stands at Sarajevo and to TV audiences at home, a hairy stomach and the top of a pair of underpants.

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ICE DANCING
This notable malfunction occurred at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Ice dancer Yura Min and Alexander Gamelin had barely begun their routine in the pairs competition when the “load bearing” fastener at the back of Min’s neck came undone. The fastener held the whole costume together, and the South Korean skater told USA Today she was "terrified the entire program."

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She didn’t want to lose points and skated through in a way that kept her costume from falling off. The result was rather stiff posture that affected the gracefulness and fluidity of her dance and their score.
They finished ninth.

FREESTYLE SKIING
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At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Swedish Henrik Harlaut qualified for the “Free Style” event” and was not hindered by nearly losing his pants flying down the slope. Henrik was not even embarrassed

SPRING BOARD DIVING

Jenifer Benitez, an American-born springboard diver competing for Spain in the 2012 Summer Olympics, had just completed a drive from the height of three meters. While she was catching her breath, she adjusted her bathing suit. In doing that she managed reveal a little too much… just as she was caught by a TV camera. When competing, be sure you have plenty of strong double stick tape.
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SPEED SKATING
Speed skaters wear skin-tight jumpsuits that allow them to zoom across the ice with as little drag as possible ‒ and no chance of popping out body parts.

In the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russian speed skater Olga Graf secured a bronze medal in the 3,000 meter event. After looking at the scoreboard afterward, she unzipped the top of her suit partway and waited for her score. When the score appeared, qualifying her for the bronze medal, the story is the zipper wouldn’t go back up. So she took her victory lap with the zipper down to her naval… with nothing on underneath the suit.

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ICE DANCING
French ice dancing duo Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron were gold medal favorites as they began their short program at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, China in 2018. Then things went wrong –not so much dancing-wise, but with Papadakis' wardrobe.

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According to USA Today, at the very beginning of the routine, the halter part unfastened at the back of her neck, and when her partner Cizeron dipped Papadakis near the end of the dance, part of her chest was exposed ‒ flashing television viewers at home and those viewing slow motion screens in the arena.

Papadakis bravely soldiered on during the performance but left the ice in tears and skipped the Q&A with the media, letting Cizeron handle the questions. "It is not what we get ready for when we train," he said. "I am still proud that we managed to pull out a program like that even with a difficulty like this." Papadakis and Cizeron returned to the ice (with a new wardrobe) for the free program, scored a record-breaking high score for that portion of the competition, and took home a silver medal in ice dancing.

WATER POLO
Water Polo is a fast and physical contact sport, so it is not surprising there are not more bathing suit malfunctions than there are but they are the kind that the media loves.
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The Daily Mail reports that during a match between Spain and the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics, American Kami Craig held back Spain's Matilde Ortiz by holding on to her swimsuit. The Spanish swimmer retaliated by wiggling and flailing. As she did so, her breast broke free from her suit.

This was under the water so it wasn’t so public, but water polo has other move obvious malfunctions, so many there is even a term for exposed bums: "white tailed deer."

Greek national water polo team star Christina Tsoukala was the subject of a telecast match during the 2008 Summer Olympics when her swimsuit decided to move out of place and exposed her left breast. Christine, 17 at the time, wasn’t even aware of it.
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Spanish water polo player Laura Lopez flashed a nipple when her costume slipped down at the FINA World Swimming Champion ships in 2009.

BOBSLEDDING
Olympian Christopher Spring, driver for the Canadian Olympic bobsled team, suffered a malfunction in his tight fitting suit at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Fortunately, he has a good sense of humor and saw the funny side of it, as he posted a behind-the-scenes picture to his Twitter account where the suit tore open, exposing what he called his “Power Belly”. The picture was taken down in a few hours.

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Scottish-born Brit Gillian Cooke, a track and field athlete and bobsledder, was revving up for the start of a 2010 World Championship race in Switzerlander when her racing suit failed in one of the worst ways imaginable.

At the time, it was unclear if she knew what had happened, but the official behind her definitely noticed! Cooke and Minichielle competed in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, without malfunction.

SWIMMING

Italian swimmer Flavia Zoccari was left red-faced and tearful after flashing her backside when her costume failed at the Mediterranean Games in 2009. Right before the start of the 200 Meter Finals, she was forced to withdraw from the games because of her swimsuit. The swimsuit brand, which features a special back-hinge, has been under controversy recently. First it was banned by FINA, the official swimming organization, then reinstated.

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American Ricky Berens had a similar situation when his suit tore down the back as he dived during the men's 4m x 100m relay freestyle at the 2009 FINA World Swimming Championships. No mention of the brand for this one.

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COSTUME DESIGN IN GENERAL
Sometimes the Costume Designers for the Olympic teams in various countries go off the deep end with the costume designs. The malfunction may be the color or color combinations, graphic design. Or just plan unfamiliarity with the movements and stresses the sport requires for its wearer or just plain inappropriate.

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Defunct Events from Early Modern Olympic

7/23/2021

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The first Modern Olympic Games took place in Athens, Greece, 1896. Members of the Greek royal family played an important role in the organization and management of the Games. Hungary was the only other nation to send a team.

The idea took hold and an International Olympic Committee was created. The second modern Olympic competition was relegated to a sideshow of the World Exhibition, which was being held in Paris in the summer of 1900.

Baron Pierre de Coubertin founder of the modern Olympics and president ofthe International Olympic Committee (IOC), lost control of the 1900 Games to the French government. In many respects the games were at best chaotic. The Committee still hadn’t settled on the major events that would define the games. They tried a lot of different things before they landed on the events we know today – and, in the meantime, there were a number of rather bizarre Olympic sports.

The following is a partial list of some of those early events that were either one-time events, demonstration events, or were continued, some for a short time, and some until now, but in different formats.

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This event appeared for the first and only time as an Olympic event at the Paris games of 1900. Belgian Leon de Luden shot 21 pigeons of the total 300 gunned down in the event. In later games the live pigeons were replaced by clay ones. This is the only time in modern Olympics history that live animals have been killed.

SWIMMING OBSTACLE COURSE
Another first and last event from the 1900 Paris games was Obstacle Swimming. In the event, swimmers had to crawl over a line of boats, swam under other line of boats, and climb a pole, while swimming 200 meters in the rather muddy Seine River. Australia’s Fred Lane took home the gold medal in the event, as well as finishing first in the 200 meters freestyle.

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CLUB SWINGING
Some people believe that juggling was once an official Olympic sport. Actually, the closest event that may have been misinterpreted as juggling is a sport called Club Swinging. This unusual sport debuted in the 1904 Olympics -- then known as the Games of the Third Olympiad – in St. Louis, Missoui

The athlete stands erect, holding clubs that resemble bowling pins in each hand. He then twirls and whirls them around. The more complicated the routine, the more points he wins. Historians say the sport was the precursor to rhythmic gymnastics which employs ribbons and hoops.

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RIBBON TWIRLING / HULA HOOPS
This sport, now a part of Rhythmic Gymnastics, is a women-only event in which gymnasts perform on a floor with a rope, hoop, ball, clubs or ribbon accompanied by music, in individual or group events.

Rhythmic gymnastics combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics, requiring strength, flexibility, agility, dexterity, and coordination. Gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous, and coordinated.

Governed by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), Rhythmic gymnastics became an Olympic sport in 1984. The sport evolved from many related disciplines, including classic ballet as well as the German system of emphasizing apparatus work for muscle development and the Swedish method of using free exercise to develop rhythm.

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TUG-OF-WAR
Tug-of-war was introduced in Paris 1900 and remained an event through the Olympics at Antwerp in 1920, although the games were cancelled in 1916 because of WWI. Teams of eight had five minutes to pull their opponents six feet over a line. If there was no winner after the time limit expired, the team who’d pulled their rivals the furthest would win. Milwaukee Athletics Club represented Team USA and won gold at the 1904 Games in St. Louis, Missouri.

St. Louis Olympics in St. Louis – 1904 U.S team – London Olympics 1908
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In 1900 the teams were sometimes made up of men from several nations and the rules tended to be a bit haphazard. During the 1900 games, competitors from Sweden and Denmark teamed up successfully against the French. The fate of the American team in the event's debut is even more bizarre: Some sources say they never competed, while others say they were disqualified.

LONG JUMP FOR HORSES
The long jump is a staple of track and field, while Equestrian competitions are among the most elegant of Olympic sports. The Equestrian Long jump for horses, however, had its first and last chance at the famous Paris Games in 1900.

According to Megan Gibson writing for “olympics.time.com/”, “No one could accuse equestrian horses of not being athletic, yet the winning leap, from Belgium’s Constant van Langendonck atop the horse Extra Dry, measured only 6.10 meters. Not too shabby, until you consider the world record for long jump, by a human, is 8.95 meters.”

There was also an equestrian high jump which apparently didn’t make it past the 1900 games either.

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ROQUE
A Roque tournament was played only once, at the 1904 Olympics. Roque is a hard-surface form of the game Croquet. The USA won all three medals, which didn’t surprise anyone since all the competitors were American.

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CROQUET
Croquet also made its first and last appearance in Paris Olympiad. It’s notable for being the first Olympic event in which women took part against their male counterparts and not in their own competition. France took home the gold in all four categories, but the sport was removed from subsequent Olympiads after just one spectator reportedly showed up to watch.
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TANDEM BICYCLE SPRINT
Tandem cycling, which saw two two-men teams racing over 2,000 meters, was a major fixture of the Olympic program from 1908 to 1972

ROPE CLIMBING
Rope climbing was featured at five games from 1896 to 1932. From a seated start, athletes used only their hands to clamber up 49 feet at Athens 1896, and then 25 feet of rope in the later events.

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Greece’s Nikolaus Andriakopoulos won the inaugural Olympiad in 1896. He was one of just two people to make it all the way to the top that year.

At the 1904 Games in St. Louis, Missouri, Team USA’s George Eyser took the title. His feat was all the more incredible because he had one wooden leg.

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STANDING HIGH JUMP
The track and field competitions at every Olympics from 1900 to 1912 included a standing high jump competition, seeing how high a bar athletes could jump over a bar from a standing position

Team USA’s Ray Ewry [pictured] was the undisputed master of the discipline, winning gold three times from 1900 to 1908. His best effort saw him clear 1.655 meters at Paris in 1900. Ewry, who contracted polio as a youngster and used a wheelchair for much of his childhood, also dominated in the standing long jump and triple jump events — in which Image Credits: Empics/Empics Sportbbbbb he won a further five gold medals.
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STANDING BROAD JUMP
The standing broad jump was an Olympic event until 1912. Its other two variants standing high jump and standing triple jump were also conducted in all Olympic games until 1912.
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UNDERWATER SWIMMING
The Olympics in Paris 1900, was a trial run for a number of new events. Underwater Swimming was another one-time event from these games. This involved swimming below the surface of the River Seine for 60 meters. Competitors received two points per meter they swam and another point for every second submerged.

France’s Charles DeVandeville received a gold medal in the underwater swimming with 188.4 points. He died of injuries during the First World War, at age 32.

HOT AIR BALLOONING
Another 1900 Olympics demonstration was Hot Air Ballooning. Despite being very popular at that time, ballooning enthusiasts saw their hopes of becoming an official event rise and fall. All in all, 61 men and 3 women competed in ballooning, which consisted of 18 events. Judges marked contestants on various points, like distance, duration and elevation. The aeronautical pioneer Henry de La Vaux set two world records for distance and duration piloting a balloon flight.

According to Wikipedia, “all events at the 1900 Games that satisfied all four of these retrospective selection criteria — restricted to amateurs, open to all nations, open to all competitors and without handicapping — are now regarded as Olympic events, except for those in one sport — ballooning.”
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KITE FLYING
Considered another demonstration sport -- a sporting event held during the Olympics, but not technically considered an official sport of the games -- Kite Flying debuted in 1900 as another one-time event.

SKELETON
This is an ice track sport similar to Bobsledding or Luge, except that instead of being seated upright or secure, in Skeleton competitors hurl down the ice track face first. If anything happens you can throw away your previous photographs.

The event first appeared at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz and again in 1948 Winter Olympics, after which it was discontinued as an Olympic sport. It was reintroduced at the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2000, with both men's and women's events, and has been held in each Winter Olympic competition since then.

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FIRE FIGHTING AND LIFE SAVING
Fire fighting and life saving sound like public services rather than sports, and although neither was ever added officially to the list of Olympic sports, that doesn't mean practitioners had no place at the games.

The firefighting demonstration events of the Paris Games are not very well documented, but one must assume some Parisian buildings [hopefully constructed constructed for this demostration] were sacrificed in a blaze to see which teams could extinguish them first. Portugal took the volunteer division win; a team from Kansas City secured the professional
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PISTOL DUELING
The first Pistol Dueling competition was held in 1906 Olympics in Athens, Greece. Competitors wearing face masks tried to shoot each other in the face with wax bullets. Later Titanic survivor Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon was a famous participant in the event.

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TWO HANDED SHOT PUT
Despite the name, the competitor doesn’t throw the shot put with both hands. Two-handed meant the competitors had to use both hands, one at a time, and throw the object. Later the best distances with each hand were combined to decide the winner. Each contestant was given 3 attempts with each hand.
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ONE HANDED WEIGHT LIFTING
The one hand weightlifting was a men-only event in 1896, 1904 and 1906. They had to perform lifts with each hand, with the winner determined from the combined score of both hands.

SOLO SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING

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That’s an oxymoron that’s hard to get the mind around. This sport features one female swimmer synchronizing with herself. The sport made its debut in the Los Angeles Games in 1984, with U.S. swimmer Tracie Ruiz winning the gold medal. The solo event was discontinued after 1992.

TEAM SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
Synchronized swimming, known as water ballet, was organized as a competitive event for teams for the first time in 1891, Berlin, Germany, but was not an officially recognized sport until 1941. Competitions were not related to the Olympics but to the World Aquatics Championships. The International Swimming Association officially renamed the sport from "synchronized swimming" to "artistic swimming" in 2017, decision that faced mixed reception.

Synchronized Swimming is a relatively recent Olympic event, becoming a recognized sport for the first time at the Los Angeles summer Olympics in 1984. The events included solo and duet competition as well as teams. The last Olympics with Solo synchronized swimming was in 1992.

Russia's Natalia Ishchenko / Svetlana Romashina The Russian synchronized swimming team -Rio 2016
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HONORABLE MENTIONS
There are other sports which had short-lived experience in the Olympics, some of which are mentioned here as “honorable mentions.”
Cricket – 1900
Underwater swimming – 1900
Plunge for distance diving – 1904
100 meter running deer shooting – 1908 to 1948
Baseball – 1992 to 2008
Motor boating – 1908

JUST SAY’N
Coming July 30, 2021 - Olympic Wardrobe Malfunctions
Coming August 6, 2021 Olympic Funny Business and Funny Photos
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Emotion Thesaurus for Writers - Part 2

7/16/2021

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NOTE: Most of the thesaurus content herein comes from various sources, but I have added my share based on experience as a writer. The facial expressions, in part, are from Entusiasti Blog (March 19, 2014). Facial expressions and other physical behavior are largely from The Blog Muse, Emotion Thesaurus posted by Angela Ackerman before she and Becca Puglisi published their books. The full list of sources is at the end.

EMOTIONS THEARSUS – PART 2

CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING
Take all things into account when describing a scene so that the facial expression, body language, and context all match the situation and reactions that you, as the writer, intend it to mean. Never assume readers will know what you mean. They don't know what the author is thinking.

CONFIDENCE / PRIDE
Confidence and Pride may seem like the same emotion, and at times they may be, but there are differences.
● Pride refers to the satisfaction that an individual gains of his abilities, achievements, qualities, and possessions. Pride makes a person feel good about himself.
● A proud person is not humble whereas a confident person is.
● A proud person believes that he is capable of anything, but a confident person is aware of his flaws. differencebetween.com/pride-and-vs-confidence.

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When a person begins to be proud of his abilities, this creates an image of the person as supreme in comparison to others. Such an individual is usually engrossed in himself and pays less attention to others. Pride also involves signs of dominance and can also be misread as contempt.

Facial Expression
●The corners of the lips rise slightly, signaling the person is happy.
● The difference between pride and happiness is the backward tilt of the head and a minor thrust of the jaw, classic signs of power and dominance, giving feeling of strength.
● A slight smile.

Other Physical Behavior
● Using slow exaggerated movements to draw attention to oneself
● A booming laugh
● Speaking boisterously, enthusiastically
● Walking with a swagger, sauntering
● Running hands through hair, flipping hair
● Assuming a pose that's sexy, appealing, or draws attention to one's best attributes
● Wearing clothes that are flashy or dramatic

Other Physical Behavior
● Smiling, a knowing or playful grin
● Winking or giving someone an easy nod easy nod
● Bragging, obsessively talking about an achi
● Bragging, obsessively talking about an achievement or material object (winning a game, a new car, etc), showing off
● Reacting with anger or jealousy if reputation is impugned

CONFIDENCE
There are a few subtle differences between pride and confidence. People with self-confidence are usually proud of their accomplishments without being “prideful” and, to use the scientific term, “stuck up.”

Confidence refers to the trust someone has about something. A significant difference between the Pride and Confidence stems from the quality of humility. A person, who is proud or full of pride, is not humble. However, a person, who is confident, is humble. He takes the advices and the feelings of others into consideration.

Facial Expression
● Chin lifted but relaxed
●·Eyes look directly into another’s eyes
● Pleasant smile

Other Physical Behavior
●·Shoulders back, chest out
● Comfortable being in close proximity to others or initiating contact

Other Physical Behavior
● Telling jokes, adding to and/or steering a conversation
● Hosting an event or activity; inviting others to be with you
● Discrete about doing or saying things outside of the norm but takes smart risks and speaks out honestly with the truth without anxiety or concern
● Leaning in to talk or listen
● Good eye contact
● Generally positive and enthusiastic
· A gleam in one’s eye, an inner light
● Appearing relaxed, at ease
● Controls emotional reactions; thinks things through
● Open stance dealing with peoplel
● Clarifies to assure understanding

CONFUSION
Confusion represents a lack of understanding, and the expression itself is created by one increasing their efforts to understand something.

Facial Expression
● The nose and forehead scrunched up
● Brows drawn together; Sometimes with one eyebrow raised higher than the other
● Lips are typically pursed together
● Nose wrinkled
● Lines forming between the eyebrows
● Head tilting to the side
● Eyes narrowing
● Gaze clouded, distant; slack expression
● Biting lip
● Hands touching lips, mouth, face

Other Physical Behavior
●·Glance darting around, head turning, as if looking for answers
● Mind churning, working rapidly
● Mind freezing, unable to work
● Wandering a short distance before returning
● Moving blindly, mind on other things
● A slight shake of the head
● Repeating a question, responses
● Opening mouth but not speaking
● Using ‘word filler’ to stall for time (“Well…” or “Hold it a sec…” etc)
● Swallowing excessively
● Pinching the bridge of the nose, closing eyes

Other Physical Behavior
● Wilting posture
● Taking extra time to react (slowly finding a seat, distractedly reaching out for something or responding to stimulus—doorbell, ringing phone)
● Pacing
● Staring down at the ground or hands in lap
● Scratching at cheek, rubbing chin
● Asking for affirmation: “Are you sure?”
● Tapping fist against lips lightly while thinking
● Denial, shaking head, repeating “No”, warding someone off from speech or coming closer
● Taking a deep breath and puffing cheeks while letting it out again slowly

CONTENTMENT
Most of us often consider happiness and contentment as synonymous, this is inaccurate. Happiness refers to a state of being happy or feeling pleasure and is usually short term.On the other hand, contentment is generally defined as a longer lasting state of being and a deeper feeling of satisfaction and gratitude. The emotional state viewed by many to have a long-lasting effect on those that experience it and a calmness which is stable.

Because contentment is a longer-term state of being, there is plenty of room for other emotions with their own facial expressions. One might say that these are the general, over time, normal expressions of content person.

Facial Expression
● Relaxed smile
● Eyes closed, head tipped back, calm features
● Relaxed eyes, with smile lines; sparkling eyes
● Eyes half-closed, a lidded look of satisfaction

Other Physical Behavior
● Relaxed posture, slack limbs
● Slow easy breathing, A satisfied sigh
● Fingers loosely clasped together or behind head
● Being with others and with no need to fill silence with words
● An urge to sit back and soak in the sounds and sight around you
● Having no desire to be anywhere else

Other Physical Behavior
● Pleasant demeanor to others
● Leaning back, an arm hooked over the back of a chair
● Enjoying listening to others
● An unforced laugh or grin
● Relaxing or displaying interest and enjoyment of a venue
● Catlike stretching
● A warm voice, caring tone
● A wide stance, open demeanor

CONTEMPT
Contempt is when you look down on someone derisively or suspiciously, or have total lack of respect.

The first kind of contempt is where one person is upset with another individual and has reached the breaking point. This actually an extreme form of anger. The second kind of contempt is when one person feels superior to the other person.
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Facial Expression
● The lips tighten on one side of the face but not the other; a sneer. If the tightening is on both sides of the face, the person could be swallowing or salivating.
● Usually the jaw is set tight as are the lips.
● Frown with eyebrows; anger
● Eye brows level, not furrowed; superiority
● Backward tilt of head, but without the slight smile of pride.
● Eyes may squint
● Mouth open; the emotion is usually rage rather than contempt.
● Mouth closed and not clenched; superiroity

When contempt is fueled by anger, the facial expressions of anger will be similar.
People may confuse contempt with disgust, but the later involves the raising of the upper lip and the bridge of the nose wrinkles. People express disgust about noxious things, not those about which we are derisive or suspicious.

Other Physical Behavior
● Pointing to focus energy on person held in contempt; accusatory language
● Flat hand extended palm up
● Arms folded across chest
● Hands on hips
● Clenching/unclenching fists, nails biting into one’s palms
● Anger motivated pounding fists against thighs, table, wall, slamming doors, cupboards, drawers
● Anger motivated muscles quivering, breathing deeply, noisily
● Anger motivated pulse; vein visibly pulsing in various body parts
● Scowling, sneering, frowning
● Smiles that don't reach the eyes
● Laughter with an edge
● sarcasm

COMPASSION
Image Source: entusiastiq.blogspot.com/facial-expressions

Facial Expression
● Corrugators muscles pull eyebrows in and up
● Lips pressed together in neutral expression or slightly down; lips pulled down usually means sadness, not compassion
● Head slight forward; sign of social engagement
● Soft eye contact, with the intention of
really seeing the speaker

Other Physical Behavior
● Listening with the whole body; turn whole body toward speaker, not just head.
● Leaning forward; engaging
● Offer connecting gestures, such as a part on the back or holding their hands, without interrupting the speaker to share your own comments or stories
● Open body language, such as arms and legs not crossed (and certainly no distractions, like a cell phone, in your hands!)

CURIOSITY

Facial Expression
● Raised eyebrow, wide eyes, intense stare at person speaking, display, or item of interest
● Cocked or tilted head, a slow nod
● A small delighted smile, Lips parting slightly
● Focused eyes; alert
● Lips parted slightly

Other Physical Behavior
● Repeating a statement as a question
● Leaning in, sliding a chair closer, edging in
● A shift from mediocre to pointed questions
● A softened voice or tone
● Prying or snooping
● Straining to hear, shushing others

● Pushing one’s glasses up and tilting the body toward the object of curiosity
● A gasp of wonder and/or surprise

Other Physical Behavior
● Slowed breaths
● Crossing arms & observing
● Stillness

DESPERATION
Extreme desperation is the feeling you have little or no hope and are ready to do almost anything without worrying about the consequences to yourself or others.

Whether you are talking about real life or writing characters in a novel, you can expect your subject will act out of character. With judgment and smart decision making hampered by emotion, they can be rash and make impaired decisions. Rules be damned and don’t get in my way. Just as with other emotions, there are varying degrees from mild to extreme, depending on the stakes at risk.

Other Physical Behavior
● Wrap upper arms around self for comfort
● Wrap upper arms around self for comfort

Facial Expression
● Raised chin and compressed lips
● Furrowed brow
● Sides of mouth pulled back
● Hands to head

●·Hugging shoulders, chin tight to chest
●·A disregard for another's feelings/needs if they conflict with one's own goal
● Sarcastic or cynical remark, with sarcastic smile

DEFENSIVE

Facial Expression
● Squinting eyes
● Lowered, angry brows
● Teeth grinding
● Cheeks sucked in
● Nostrils flaring
● Raised chin
● Eye rolling
● Lips tightly pursed
● Surprised, innocent expression

Other Physical Behavior
● Hands on hips, arms crossed
● Rigid body
● Shaking the head
● Flinching, jerking back
● Breathing heavily
● Deflecting blame
● Sputtering, raised voice
● Interrupting the offender
● Storming away
● Sarcasm, Shouting, shaking voice
● Raised blood pressure, red in the face

Other Physical Behavior
● Continuing with mundane activities, as if the claim isn't worth acknowledging
● Flipping hair in annoyance
● Blowing out a noisy breath
● Going on the offensive and verbally attacking the accuser
● Stuttering, difficulty being articulate
● Hand splayed across chest, mouth gaping
● Stiff neck, cords standing out
● Sweating
● Lip-licking, excessive saliva
● Jerky movements, loss of fluidity to actions
● Excessive swallowing
● Pleading as if in danger or fearful
● Tears
● Leaning away from the offender
● Short snort of dismissive laughter
● Hands up, palms out, to ward off a blow
● Impatient gestures (foot tapping, etc.)
● Looking to others for back-up

DESIRE Image Source: entusiastiq.blogspot.com/facial-expressions

Desire in this context is closely related to flirtation and infatuation, and less closely to love. Strong desire for things can produce some of the same expressions.

Facial Expressions
● Most signals of desire affect the mouth; Biting lip, lip puckers, tongue protruding, slightly licking
● Pupils dilate, making eyes look darker and more dazling
● Eye blinking, fluttering eyelashes
● A focused, flinty stare
● Engaging smile

Other Physical Behavior
● Tension in the face, shoulders and neck
● Exhaustion, insomnia
● Tension headaches
● A focused, flinty stare
● Loss of appetite
● Snapping at people
● Day dreaming
● Mood swings
● Risk taking
● Paranoia

Other Physical Behavior
● Jumping to conclusions
● Physical pain
● Crankiness/irritability
● An inability to focus on day-to-day tasks
● Cravings
● Retreating from people and events in order to brood over obsession
● Stalking or spying
May break the law to obtain object of desire
● daydreaming
● Misreading signals/body language
● Letting other things fall by the wayside--hygiene, work, commitments, responsibility
● Not easily distracted from the object of desire
● Finding ways to be near the object
● Rationalizing the desire
● Jealousy of those that have the object/person, are close to having it or have access to it
● Manipulation of those around you
● Denial

● Lying
● Changing one's personality, dress or environment in order to impress/gain trust/obtain
● ▪Overlooking faults, problems and heartache associated with the object or person desired

DISAPPOINTMENT
Facial Expression
● Tilting chin to the side and frowning
● Shoulders slumping, sagging, drooping
● Chin dipping to chest
● Lips pressing tight, eyes focusing inward
● Gaze dropping down
● Face falling, turning pale
● Mouth falling open or chewing lip
● Eyes tearing up
● Eyes closing, squeezing shut for a moment

Other Physical Behavior
● Pressing hands to side of the head, or weaving hands into hair and pulling down
● Fist pressing to lips
● Avoiding other peoples' eyes, going stone-faced
● Wincing, pained expression
● Looking up with hands raised / ‘why me?’
● Collapsing into a chair, bench
● Weaving slightly, stumbling mid-stride
● Sagging against a door/wall, reaching out to something to steady self
● Pressing hands to side of the head
● Fist pressing to lips

Other Physical Behavior
● Avoiding eyes contact; going stone-faced
● Wincing, pained expression
● Looking around in confusion
● Attempting to hide / assume fetal position
● Hands fiddling with things
● A slow nod while frowning
● A heavy sigh
● Rubbing at back of the neck
● Voice dropping or going quiet
● Voice rising in anger
● Denial (shaking head, whispering ‘no’
● Heart sinking
● Onset of anger or violence

DISGUST Image Source: entusiastiq.blogspot.com/facial-expressions

Disgust usually involves the sense of smell, taste, or touch as well as sight. Disgust is expressed according to the intensity of the aversion / repulsion.

Facial Expression
● Muscles above upper lip pull up, raising the right upper lip higher than the left; lips curled
● Wrinkled nose
● Eyes narrowed
● Mouth opens and tongue comes out, or it turns down.
● Face may pale, depending on degree of repulsion of what person is looking at.

People may confuse disgust and anger but anger tightens the mouth, the lowers the eyebrows more significantly and raises the upper eyelid.

Other Physical Behavior
The body language expression and objective is to get rid of, or get away from, the offensive taste, object, or rotten smell, which would include many actions de-pending on circumstances. Only a few are list here.
● Strong verbal expressions such as “ugh”, “yuck”, “Eeww” or swearing, shrieking.
● Gag reflex; feel like vomiting, vomiting
● shuddering; shaking hands

● Cover nose or mouth, possibly ears with sound, eyes when something gruesome
● Move rapidly away; turn back to source or rush to curtail source (sound, smell, etc.)
● Throwing something into trash, etc.
● Sneering
● Reactions of surprise

DISINTEREST
Disinterest is very close to boredom and the opposite of being keenly interested in something.

Facial Expression
● Eyes turned away, rolling eyes
● Hands to the face
● Lips straight and slightly compressed
● Also lips quirked to one side and eyes narrowed
● Eyebrows raised
● Head tilted, often supported by hand(s),
● Turned down mouth
● Eyes unfocused or glazed looking

Other Physical Behavior
● Slumping shoulders
● Slouching
● Finger in the nose
● Hands in lap
● General fidgeting
● Repetitive motion like swinging one foot or rubbing the shin
●Yawning

DISTRUST

Facial Expression
● A curling lip or tightened lips
● Eyes appear cold, dead, flat
● Narrowing eyes
● Averting eyes from subject
● Wrinkling up face or nose
● A pale cast to one’s face, a pallor over their features

Other Physical Behavior
● Sneering
● Flinching away, recoiling
● Bringing a hand up to cover one’s mouth
● Refusing to look at someone
● Shaking head, muttering
● Looking or walking away/ gain composure
●· Spitting on ground or in direction of others
● Putting hand up, backing away
● Slowly repeating what someone has said, purposely devoid of all emotion
● Pulling away from contact
● Pressing hand to stomach
● A feeling of nausea, heaving stomach
● Demanding another to stop speaking or desist what they are doing
● Feeling dirty, oily, soiled, just by be being in the presence of one who causes disgust
● Using a purse, jacket, etc to create a ‘shield’ between self and cause of discomfort
● A desire to flee
● Avoiding touches, brushes, stepping back to stay beyond the other person’s reach
● Shunning, evasive answers
● Excessive saliva, having to swallow
● A choking or uncomfortable swallow
● To curl away from another if lying prone

DOUBT

Facial Expression
● Cocking or tilting the head
● Avoiding eye contact, looking awaye
● Brow furrowed
● Tightness in the face, pained
● Pressing lips together, mouth tilted
hand over the face, closing eyes
● Hand over the face, closing eyes
● Licking lips/wetting lips

Other Physical Behavior
● Shuffling feet
● Shoving hands in pockets
● Throat clearing

● Backing away or lingering at the edge of a group or event
● Running hands through the hair
● Checking/rechecking appearance
● Nervous or impatient gestures such as pulling or tugging at clothes, tapping fingers
● Cold hands
● A hesitating nod
● Licking lips/wetting lips or other nervous habit
● Slightly clenched fists
● Making excuses for not agreeing quickly or to reassure
● Making alterative suggestions
● Rubbing the back of the neck
● Fiddling with hands, watch or jewelry

Other Physical Behavior
● A heavy, weighted sigh
● A shrug
●Avoiding speaking or agreeing; arguing
●Wincing as others agree or commend someone for their solution
● Rubbing the back of the neck
● Fiddling with hands; a watch or other jewelry
● Shaking the head
● Coughing as one agrees or supports a doubtful decision or stance
● A sharp or exaggerated intake of breath
●Avoiding speaking or agreeing; arguing
●Wincing as others agree or commend someone for their solution

ELATION

Facial Expression
● Mouth open
● Bright smile; teeth showing
● Head up or tilted back
● Eyes closed or squinted

Other Physical Behavior
● Hands up
● Jumping up and down
● Shouts or cries of joy
● Exuberant-like body language
● Energetic movements ; arms, hands
● Whooping, smiling, cheering, shouting
● Pumping a fist in the air
● Greeting with gusto; shaking hands firmly
● Squeezing the arm; a friendly shake

EMBARRASSMENT
Image Source: entusiastiq.blogspot.com/facial-expressions

Facial Expression
● Avert gaze; move eyes downward or upward
● Cover face with hands, hair, something
● Neck red
● Lips press together tightly reflecting feelings of restraint or inhibition; grit teeth
● Move head downward and to the side
● Cheeks and forehead flush

Embarrassment is an emotion which strikes quickly and automatically in a manner that people cannot control, but it lasts only a short time.

Embarrassment most often occurs when an error or gaff, a socially unacceptable or frowned upon act is committed and witnessed before others or is revealed to others.

The emotion, unlike others, because it has unique antecedents and physiological effects, it elicits singular feelings and behaviors, and it has particular effects on people’s interactions with others.

Other Physical Behavior
● Looking shamefaced, sheepish
● Nervous repetitive movements
● Clearing the throat; coughing
● Covering oneself: crossing arms, closing jacket
● Wincing, ducking head
● Stuttering, stammering
● speechlessness
● Shoulders slumping, slouching, sagging, hunching
● Desire to run away (fight or flight)
● Glancing about as if for an exit or escape
● Deflecting attention/assigning blame to another
● Angry or knee-jerk type reactions: lashing out, taking a cheap shot; defensive reaction
● Shoving hands in pockets
● Hiding behind a book
● Death grip on backpack straps, school books pressed to chest
● Rapid walking with head down to get away
● Excessive swallowing
● muddied or panicked thoughts
● Lightheadedness, tingling in chest/stomach
● Attempting to be invisible

ENERGETIC / ENTHUSIASTIC

Mirrors Elated expressions and actions but, in a more formal setting such as at work, probably more subdued and usually longer-term than Elated.

Facial Expression
● Mouth open; raised chin
● Bright wile smile; teeth showing
● Head up or tilted back
● Eyes closed, squinted, good eye contact
● Color in cheeks

Other Physical Behavior
● Hands up
● Jumping up and down
● Shouts or cries of joy
● Exuberant-like body language
● Energetic movements; arms and hands
● Whooping, smiling, cheering, shouting
● Pumping a fist in the air
● Greeting with gusto
● Squeezing the arm; friendly shake of shoulders
● Alert
● Excited; Twitchy
● Super-observant; Sharpened senses
●Tingly extremities
● Bouncing on the balls of the feet
● Buoyant voice
● Pacing
● Erect posture; Shoulders back
strong decision-making
● High-fiving, bumping shoulders, etc.
● Speed-talking; bubbly or loud tone
● Deep/genuine laughter

Other Physical Behavior
● Restless movements such as swinging or tapping foot
● Eagerness to do whatever needs to be done
● The feeling that you can do anything
● Lighthearted, like your problems are no longer significant
● Increased and louder heartbeat
● A gaze that flits from person to person or sweeps across a room, picking up all details
Tapping fingers against the leg
● Nodding along as someone speaks
● Cutting in, speaking over people
● Defusing/refuting the excuses of others, refusing to be deterred or delayed
●Taking in deep cleansing breaths
● A bright, positive outlook
● Belief in oneself
● Encourages others
● Displays confidence and determination
● Easy to pump up, like with music

EXHAUSTED / FATIGUED

Facial Expression
● Downward gaze
● Closed Eyes or half lidded eyes
● Rubbing at eyes; difficulty keeping them open
● Red or tearing eyes; drifting focus
● Squeezing eyes shut hard and then opening them wide in a bid to keep focused
● Vacant stare
● Dark circles under eyes
● Yawning
● Head nodding forward toward chest

Other Physical Behavior
● Propping up head in some way
● Slouching, bad posture; bowed shoulders
● Slow or slurred speech; mumbling, one word answers
● A weighted sigh
● Loose movements
● Rubbing temples or face
● Fumbling, clumsiness, shakiness
● Heavy limbs; numbness
● Shuffling or steps that scuff the floor
● Scrubbing a hand through the hair
● Drinking coffee non-stop
● Leaning against a chair, a wall, etc.
● Rolling the neck side to side
● Opening windows for fresh air (car)
● Turning up a radio or TV for noise
● Pinching the bridge of the nose
● Stretching, shaking limbs; blood flow
●Taking an opportunity to sit when possible
● Swaying on feet
● Silence; Zoning out
● Tipping head back on neck
● Rereading the same page
● Asking someone to repeat themselves
● Listening but not hearing
● Slowed reaction time
● Impaired judgement
● Stiff, weary muscles
● Dry mouth or a bad taste in the mouth

MORE EMOTIONS IN COMING WEEKS
COMPLETE SOURCES LISTED IN PART 1

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Emotion Thesaurus For Writers - Part1

7/9/2021

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NOTE: Most of the thesaurus content herein comes from various sources, but I have added my share based on experience as a writer. The facial expressions, in part, are from Entusiasti Blog (March 19, 2014). Facial expressions and other physical behavior are largely from The Blog Muse, Emotion Thesaurus posted by Angela Ackerman before she and Becca published their books. The full list of sources is at the end.

“I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THINKING!”
No! You really don’t!
You can speculate what someone else is feeling and thinking based on facial expression, body language, how well you know the other person, and the circumstances, and you may be right, but you can’t know for sure without taking up residence inside his mind.

You can’t be absolutely sure even if the person tells you. And look, how many times in our lives do we have mixed emotions or confusion… times when we, ourselves in our own minds, don’t know what we’re thinking or how we feel?

Don’t get me wrong. People can and do read body language, including facial expressions. In fact, we are pretty good at it. Most researchers and scientists contend that nearly 60% of human communication is non-verbal.

Facial expressions
The human face is extremely expressive, able to convey countless emotions without saying a word. And unlike some forms of nonverbal communication, facial expressions are universal. The facial expressions for happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear, and disgust (the basics) are the same across cultures. Therefore, there is a close tie between reading facial expressions and surmising how someone is feeling.

THE CHALLENGE FOR WRITERS
Writers, in particular fiction writers, face the challenge of conveying to their readers how different characters in the story are reacting to and feeling about what is happening to them and those around them. That is how readers engage with the characters, but all writers have to work with are words on the page.

The easiest, lazy way to convey reaction and feelings is to have an omniscient narrator tell the reader, “Jane felt sad.” “Jack looked terrified.” It is also the least interesting and least engaging way to inform the reader. Show, don’t tell.

Another technique is internal dialogue where the reader “hears”, so to speak, what the view point character is thinking and feeling. But this only lets the reader into the VP character’s mind. How is everyone else involved reacting and feeling?

The reader can see what the VP characters see about others through facial expressions and body language or, better still, the writer can show the emotions without filtering them through someone else’s view point.

EMOTIONS
How Many Are There?
Once upon a time not so long ago, psychologists believed there were six basic emotions common to all human beings: happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear, and disgust. From there, the field came up with 7, 8, and then 12 discrete emotions. Charles Darwin’s theory was 34.

Since then, humans haven’t changed, but the latest study conducted by the University of California, Berkeley, involving thousands of individuals, suggests there are 27 distinct emotions, all intimately connected one with the other.

No man, or emotion, is an island. If you want to delve into the theories, go to MedicineNet: medicinenet.com/what_are_the_27_basic_emotions/article.htm

For Writing Purposes
We all know intuitively that human emotions come in various gradations. They are related but different extremes which are often identified by different names or words. I see them like a color wheel.

INDEX OF EMOTIONS COVERED IN THESAURUS

Amusement / Laughter / Joy
Anger
Annoyance
Anticipation
Boredom
Confidence / Pride
Confusion
Contentment
Contempt
Compassion
Curiosity
Defensiveness
Desire
Desperation
Disappointment
Disgust
Disinterest
Distrust

Doubt
Elation
Energetic / Enthusiastic
Embarrassment
Exhaustion / Fatigued
Fear
Frustration
Guilt
Happiness
Hate
Haughtiness / Smugness
Hopefulness
Humiliation
Hurt
Interest
Impatient
Indignant
Jealousy

Loneliness
Love / Attraction / Flirtation
Lying
Pain
Relief
Reluctance
Resignation
Sadness / Grief
Satisfaction
Sarcasm / Verbal Disrespect
Shy
Somber
Stubborn
Sullen
Surprise / Shock
Suspicious / Wary / Uncomvinced
Sympathyc
Threatening
Worried / Ill at Ease

CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING!
Whether you are an author writing a novel or just a person experiencing life, the “when, where, why, how, and with whom must be looked at together.

● Everyone is different and each person may react and feel differently than others, sometime in unexpected ways.

● One facial expression or body motion can mean many things. A person is capable of sending a variety of messages or clues with a smile or a frown. Reading this text, you’ll recognize the same interpretation of an expression may be used often to mean different emotions.

● In the same type of situation and even in the same situation at the same time as others, participants can hear, see, feel, taste, and smell different things in spite of what the reality is. Our brains assimilate stimuli in different ways and then interpret and remember them in relation to each individuals’ filters. In reality the witnesses to an accident between a black car and a blue car will see one of the cars speeding away from the scene, but they will remember it as different colors.

Take all things into account when describing a scene so that the facial expression, body language, and context all match the situation and reactions that you, as the writer, intend it to mean. Never assume readers will know what you mean. They don't know what the author is thinking.

EMOTION THESAURUS – PART 1

AMUSEMENT / LAUGHTER / JOY
Facial Expression Image Source: entusiastiq.blogspot.com/facial-expressions

Genuine amusement, laughter, and joy relaxes all body muscle movements because of shifts in our respiration pattern when we laugh. Rapid shifting of the body to a state of relaxation often shuts off feelings of aggression, frustration, and competition.

● Backward head movement
● Genuine laughter
● Open mouth, usually with wide smile
or grin
● Muscles contract around the eyes, making crow’s feet

Other Physical Behavior
● A snort of laughter,
● A chuckle, chortle or guffaw
● A bemused smile
● Uncontrollable laughter
● Inability to form words
● Squealing, giggling

●Gasping for breath; wheezing
● Eyes tearing, wiping at eyes
● A high voice, Whimpers of mirth
● Pain in the ribs or stomach
● Shaking with hysteria
● Light-headedness
● Holding onto ones sides
● Slapping knees; Slapping someone on the back, punching in the arm, bumping shoulders or drumming feet on floor
●·Collapsing into a chair
● Quirked eyebrow / raised eyebrows
● Falling against someone for support
●“Drunken” behavior; weaving, reaching for support, struggling to stay upright
● Repeating the punch line over and over
● Face reddening, shaking head, trying to regain control
● Spewing food or drink if eating/drinking
● Falling to the ground, rolling on the floor

● Asking/begging people to stop making you laugh; Holding you hand up as you laugh as if to ward off more jokes
● Grabbing at ribs / a stitch in your side
● Weakness in knees, muscles twitching
● Trying to keep a straight face but failing
●Covering mouth with a hand to hide a smile;
hold in laugh
● Cupping cheeks with hands
● Avoiding eye contact to maintain control over laughter
●Clearing throat, struggling to speak in full sentences
● Attempting to change the topic/discussion to avoid falling apart with laughter
●Making gestures in lieu of speaking be-cause you’re unable to form words correctly
● Biting down on lip, pressing lips together to keep from laughing

ANGER
Image Source: entusiastiq.blogspot.com/facial-expressions

Facial Expression
Muscle movements in the lips, around the eyes and in the brow mean feelings of aggression, threat, or frustration. The face tenses up possibly in preparation to protect the face in physical confrontation; e.g. a furrowed brow might protect the eyes. An angry person usually expresses bitter-ness about life in general.

● Lips tighten and compress
● Frown or furrowed brow caused by
muscle contraction to raise upper eyelids
● Jaw clenches; teeth clench
● Face may redden
● Nostrils flare
● Eyes narrow, making them appear cold, hard; glaring

Other Physical Behavior
●Clenching/ unclenching fists, nails biting into palms
● Pounding fists against thighs, table, wall
● Slamming doors, cupboards, drawers
● Stomping, stamping
● Body tense, Rigid posture
● Quivering muscles
● Breathing deeply, noisily
● pulse/heartbeat slowing or speeding
● Vein visibly pulsing in various body parts

Other Physical Behavior
● Smiles that don't reach the eyes
● Laughter with an edge
● Yelling or snapping at people
● Using a carefully controlled tone
● Voice shaking
● Sarcasm
● Picking fights (verbal or physical)
● Irrational reactions to inconsequentials
● Demanding immediate action
● Taking inappropriate risks

ANNOYANCE
While the emotion “annoyance” is sometimes used as a synonym of angry, as an adjective there's a difference between being annoyed and being angry. "Annoyed" means troubled or irritated by something unwanted or unliked; vexed.

Facial Expression
Similar facial expression for angry can be applicable to annoyed, but less intense. An overall pinched expression.

● Mouth turned down
● Mouth fine line or quirked
● Eyes squinted or narrowed
● Rolling eyes or glazed glassy stare
● Wrinkled nose
● A frown or grimace
● Avoiding looking at person, eyes turned away
● Clenched jaw

Other Physical Behavior
● An exaggerated sigh
● “Taking over” discussion
● Impatience
● Fidgeting in general
● Grinding teeth
● A twitch, a vein throbing
● A shake of the head
● Shuffling feet, moving from foot to foot, shifting weight or position

Other Physical Behavior
● Propping head up with fist; holding head in hands
● Opening mouth to say something and stopping
● Taking a deep breath and holding it in
● Having to force oneself to remain in the presence of another, faking interest, holding impatience at bay

ANTICIPATION
Anticipation is the energy or driving force behind any action. Isaac Newton said it best, stating that “every object will remain at rest or in motion unless compelled by an external force.” This Law of Inertia applies to everything in nature… include humans. Activity in the brain called neural clairvoyance created strong activity; in the area of the brain responsible for preparing the body to move. February 25 issue /Journal of Neuroscience

The greater the anticipation, the greater the reaction. For the purposes of this article, anticipation is related to something good or pleasant. It could be dread of something terrible.

Facial Expression
● Biting lip, licking lips
● Wide smile
● Open mouth and wide eyes similar to surprise
● Closing eyes (with smile), staring off into space; dreamy
● Bright animated eyes

Other Physical Behavior
● Sweaty palms
● Fluttery, empty feeling in stomach
● Breathlessness
● Trembling hands
● Crossing/ uncrossing legs
● Frantic planning for the event
● Can’t think/talk about anything else
● Fear something will happen to screw things up
● Loss of sleep
● Lack of concentration

Other Physical Behavior
● Day-dreaming; fantasizing/building up event far beyond its reality
● An inability to sit still, fidgeting
● Bouncing on toes, springy steep
● Twisting hands together, fussing with clothes, rearranging things
● Waiting at a window, hovering at the door or by the phone
● Checking/rechecking hair, make up
● Gossiping with others, sharing excitement
● Drumming feet against the floor
● Covering face, then peeking
● Closing eyes and sighing
● Pacing
● Obsessive clock-watching
● Checking and rechecking email, text messages
● Leaning in toward others with interest
● Tingling all over
● Picking at food, too excited to eat

BOREDOM
Boredom is defined as “the state of being weary and restless through lack of interest.” And most of us know what it’s like to have a lack of interest in certain settings.

People need to learn that, first, we can tolerate it, and second, some really good things can emerge from those moments of downtime. Now, as our world becomes a place of rapid hyper-stimulation, our tolerance for living through boredom is becoming nonexistent.

Facial Expression
● Head tilted, often supported by hand(s),
● Half-open eyelids along with raised eyebrows
● Lowered eyes staring at nothing
● Turned down mouth
● Slouching posture
● Eyes unfocused or glazed looking

Other Physical Behavior
● Slumping shoulders; Slouching
● Hands in lap or holding up head; prop chin
● General fidgeting
● Repetitive motion like swinging one foot or rubbing the chin
● Yawning

PART 2 Coming Next Week [without the introduction and more emotions]
Complete Sources:
https://www.psychmechanics.com/facial-expressions-disgust/
http://entusiastiq.blogspot.com/2014/03/facial-expressions.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-tell-someones-lying-by-watching-their-face-2016-1#take-note-of-what-youre-asking-them-5
http://www.nlp-secrets.com/how-to-tell-if-someone-is-lying.php
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AND ON THE FOURTH DAY....

7/2/2021

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Every year for the Fourth of July I’ve been blogging about… well, about the Fourth of July, meaning American Independence Day. This year I found myself repeating what I’ve already written and wondered what else might have happened on the fourth of July that never gets mentioned.

HISTORICTAL EVENTS ON JULY 4

1054 - Brightest known supernova SN 1054 (creates the Crab Nebula) 1st reported by Chinese astronomers.

1187 – Battle of Hittin: Saladin defeats Reinoud of Chȃtillon

Hold on! What's the Battle of Hittin? Who is Saladin?
There are plenty of historical days, mostly in Europe, which don’t mean much to Americans looking for a way to impress their friends at the 4th of July celebration. Let’s fast-forward to history in the western hemisphere.

1634 - The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France, later to become the Canadian province of Quebec.

1636 - City of Providence, Rhode Island formed.

1754 - George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity, Ohio, to a force of French soldiers and their Ohio American Indian allies. This engagement is considered by many historians to be the start of the French and Indian War.

1774 - Orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.

1776 - According to popular legend, the Liberty Bell rang for the Second Continental Congress.

1776 - Declaration of Independence.

1789 - 1st US tariff act signed by President Washington.

1796 - 1st Independence Day celebration was held.
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1802 - 1st US Military Academy opened at West Point, NY.

1803 - Thomas Jefferson announced to the public the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France. In return for fifteen million dollars, or approximately eighteen dollars per square mile, the United States acquired acquired a total of 828,000 square miles of territory.

1817 - Construction begins on the Erie Canal.

1826 & 1831 - Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, second and third Presidents of the US and legendary political adversaries, both died on July 4, 1926. Fifth President of the US, James Monroe, died on the 4th of July in 1831.

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1826 – Stephen Foster, nicknamed the "Father of American Music” was born in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania. Of the hundreds of songs he wrote, "Oh! Susanna" and "Beautiful Dreamer" are the most popular.

1827 - New York City abolishes slavery, paving the way for the eventual abolition of slavery in all of the U.S.

1828 - Construction begins on the first U.S. passenger railroad.
On July 4, 1828, workers broke ground on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (also called the B&O) at Baltimore Harbor in Maryland.

1831 - "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" is performed for the first time.
The lyrics written by Theology student Samuel Francis Smith wrote the lyrics to "America" (as the song was first named) in 1831 at the request of his friend, church-music composer Lowell Mason.

Impressively, the lyrics took Smith just 30 minutes to write, and were put to the melody of the national anthem in the United Kingdom The song was first performed by a children's choir at an Independence Day
celebration that year at Park Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts. Samuel Francis Smith
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1845 – The Republic of Texas' congress passed an ordinance agreeing to become a member of the United States.

1845 - Henry David Thoreau moved into a small cabin near Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts that sparks his career. Here, Thoreau wrote his first published works. Walden, one of the more famous pieces, was a documentation of his newfound simplistic lifestyle, and later played a key role in the environmental movement.
Walt Whitman
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1855 - Walt Whitman published the first edition of his poetry collection Leaves of Grass.

1862 - The idea for Alice in Wonderland is conceived.
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who went by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an obscure math lecturer who took a rowboat excursion on the River Isis in Oxfordshire, UK. He was joined by the three young daughters of his host Dean Henry Liddell who asked him to tell them a story. He improvised and created the story of Alice in Wonderland.

1863 - General Lee's army withdraws from Gettysburg.

1870 - Independence Day is celebrated as a federal holiday.

1883 - Cartoonist Rube Goldberg is born.
He is best known for his eccentric cartoons of
Image Credit: Shutterstock unnecessarily complicated machines to do
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1883 - Buffalo Bill Cody presents 1st wild west show, North Platte, Nebraska.

1884 - 1st US bullfight held (Dodge City Ks)

1884 - The Statue of Liberty is presented to the United States in Paris. The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the United States and is recognized as a universal symbol of freedom and democracy.

The idea for the Statue began as a casual after-dinner conversation in 1865 between Laboulaye, a staunch abolitionist, and Frédéric Bartholdi, a sculptor. Laboulaye, an ardent supporter of the Union in the American Civil War, Image Source:
is supposed to have said: en.wikipedia.org/Statue_of_liberty
"If a monument should rise in the United States, as a memorial to their independence, I should think it only natural if it were built by united effort—a common work of both our nations." wikipedia.org/Statue_of_Liberty

The history of the project is long and complicated. The statue is a figure of Libertas, a robed Roman liberty goddess. It was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its metal framework was built by Gustave Eiffel.

The statue arrived in the US in pieces on the French Steamship Isere in June, 1885. It was dedicated on October 28, 1886, with a parade and grand ceremony presided over by President Grover Cleveland and attended by over a million people. Where the July 4 date comes in, I have no idea other then one source.

1892 - Western Samoa made a change to its time zone during this leap year, resulting in that country having two July fourths.

1894 - Hawaii becomes a republic which existed from July 4, 1894 to August 12, 1898 when it annexed to the US. It became an official state in 1959.

1910 - Jack Johnson defeats Jim Jeffries in a highly anticipated boxing match.

1918 – Oittoman Sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.

1923 - Jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbons on points over 15 hard fought rounds in Shelby, Montana to retain world heavyweight boxing title.

1925 – Margaret Mitchell (author of “Gone With The Wind” marries 2nd husband John Marsh.

1925 - 44 die when Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses.

1927 - The Lockheed Vega, a six-passenger monoplane designed for long distances, took its maiden voyage, beginning a new chapter in air flight.
1931 - Author James Joyce finally married Nora Barnacle after knowing her since 1904.

1934 - Nuclear age physicist, Leó Szilárd patents the nuclear chain reaction and the nuclear reactor.
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939 - Lou Gehrig announces his retirement after 17 seasons. He was the first player to have his uniform number (4) retired by a team, the New York Yankees.

1940 – Actress Gertrude Lawrence married theate owner Richard Aldrich.

1946 - The Philippines establishes Independence from US.

1950 - The first broadcast by Radio Free Europe.

1954 - Dr. Sam Sheppard's wife Marilyn is murdered (he is accused of the crime). On Dec. 21, 1954, he was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. On July 16, 1964, Sheppard was freed after the court found after finding five violations of Sheppard's constitutional rights during his trial. In a second trial in November 1966 he was found innocent.

1959 - Hawaii becomes a state.

1960 - The American flag receives its 50th star.

1966 - The Freedom of Information Act is signed into law.

1970 - The Falls Road curfew in North Ireland, imposed by the British Army while searching for IRA weapons, continues throughout the day; a man is killed by the British Army.

1971 - Koko the gorilla is born. She later gained fame for learning to communicate using modified American Sign Language. She asked for, and received, a kitten for her birthday. Koko died in 2018 at the age of 47. Image source: kickassfacts.com/gorilla-facts/

1974 – Ted Bundy Victim Nancy Baird disappears from Layton, Utah.

1982 - 4th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 4 lands at Edwards AFB.

1982 - Ex Black Sabbath lead singer Ozzy Osborne married TV host Sharon Arden.

1985 - Back to the Future, released; second best movie released on July 4.

1988 - Coming to America released, fourth best movie released on July 4.

1988 - US Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290.

1989 – 14 year old actress Drew Barrymore attempts suicide.

1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day, third best movie released on July 4.

1995 - Artist Bob Ross dies.

1996 – The best movie ever released on July Fourth is Independence Day.

1996 - Hotmail goes live. One of the first electronic mail providers, Hotmail, launched the revolutionary idea of accessing your messages from anywhere in the world.

1997 – Actor Bill Murray married costume designer Jennifer Butler.

1997 - Men in Black released, fifth best movie to be released on July 4.

1997 - The Pathfinder (twenty-three pounds) lands on Mars and begins its mission.
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1999 – Soccer star David Beckham weds Spice Girls singer Victoria Beckham.

1999 - Wild Wild West was released, considered the worst movie ever release on July 4.

2002 – Actress Julia Roberts married cameraman Danny Moder.

2004 - The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. (This was largely a symbolic event; actual construction would not start for several weeks).

2009 – Statue of Liberty crown reopened to the public after eight year, due to security reasons following the World Trade Cent attacks.

2012 - The Higgs boson discovery is announced.

2013 – Singer Tina Turner married music exec. Erwin Bach.

2015 – Actress-singer Vanessa Williams weds Jim Skrip.

2015 – Actor Ashton Kutcher weds actress Mila Kunis.

2016 - NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully enters Jupiter's orbit.

2017 - North Korea tests first successful intercontinental ballistic missile into Sea of Japan.

2018 - Chinese technology company Baidu announces it has begun mass production of self-driving buses, the 14-seat Apolong.

2019 - Largest earthquake in California in 20 years 6.4 magnitude near Ridgecrest.

2019 – Russian President Vladmir Putin meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican.

2019 - US publication Mad Magazine announces it will stop publishing new material after 67 years

2020 – A rare Planet Parade took place on July 4, all of the planets lined up on one side of the sun, the first time since 1982 and won’te happen again until 2061 amd again in 2492.
https://www.orissapost.com/rare-celestial-event-planet-parade-to-occur-after-37-yrs/

INDEPENDENCE DAY HATH NO RIVALS
At least a zillion things have happened on July fourth over the years. After reviewing historical events, plus numerous more trivial events, scientific events, 4th of July weddings and divorces, and lists of movies and sporting events, I feel I can say, with impunity, that the creation of the Unites Stated of America is by far the most significant event that has ever taken place on July fourth.

JUST SAYIN’
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