Summer of Jake '20: When the Only Souvenir Is the T-Shirt on Your Back

 

One of the most enjoyable aspects of life is when you're genuinely, wonderfully surprised.  "Never saw that one coming." "Not in a million years."  And with the way 2020 has transpired thus far, Narnia hasn't been quite sure how the #SummerOfJakeAndAustin is going to head into 2021.  Into the FallOfJakeAndAustin? HolidaySeasonOfJakeAndAustin? WinterOf...?  LOL.  So it's with a humbled, yet stunned elation that we share a little observation on a very rare, recent shout out between these two men because this was one for the books.  

On August 26, Jake and the non-profit organization, Wiggle Your Toes, released a video where he was encouraging folks to raise a toast of $10 to help raise money for this organization which helps provide support and information, sometimes prosthetics, to those who have lost limbs.  The goal is to help these people of all ages in the state of Minnesota regain the quality of life that they have aspired to.  What an inspiring, positive-minded organization!  I can't not share this - take a look in this short video! (don't try to click on the video Play triangle itself as it won't work in the post)

  

And no doubt Jake has gotten involved due to his starring as Jeff Bauman in the movie Stronger.  What a worthwhile cause and if you think you may be interested in raising a toast, this is a link to do so.    

But now back to our observation.  In the video, Jake can be seen wearing a T shirt,

Let's isolate it a bit.

 

After taking a good look, let's see what it has in common with some other "touristy" T's.  Do we notice any common themes here?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And Convict Lake which is just two miles south of Mammoth Lake,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fish (namely trout). Mountains. Radiating rays of sunlight. Bodies of water.   You know, Mammoth Lakes is known for its trout fishing.

"With access to an abundance of high alpine lakes, reservoirs, streams and creeks, Mammoth Lakes offers some of the best trout fishing in the world." - visitmammoth

 

 

Let's also remember this activity from last month - Jake's guest appearance in his godmother Jamie Lee Curtis's Audible Original, Letters from Camp, a family podcast series aimed towards middle-school aged children. Jake reads the part of Trout, the summer camp's water sports director.  Who else would know all about water sports but Jake's better half Austin, who is all about the water?  Jake has been in an intimate relationship with the ideal role inspiration for water sports for over 18 years! 😀  

 

In addition to this, with both men now being the parents of t'weeners, the target age audience of Letters from Camp is a direct score for the family. Jake also used to attend summer camp himself as a child and has spoken of his experience:

 

Here is Trout, the water sports director,

Here's a sampling of Jake talking as Trout in this audio clip.  So Austin provides authentic inspiration for a water sports director and where did Austin show his love for water sports this past summer?

In Narnia's post, Jake Gyllenhaal's Summer Message to Austin Nichols and Tom Holland: Cover For Me, Boys, I really missed the mark by being skeptical on the timing of Austin's visit, but am not embarrassed to admit so, lol!  So, let's look back for a moment.  Where was he?  He told us.

Mammoth Lakes, CA.  In that video above, there's the water.  There are the mountains.  There are the trees - red firs???  As pictured on those T shirts above?  Like on Jake's shirt with the large outline of the trout around the pine trees, the sun and its rays of light which cleverly formed the outline of the trout fish?   Hmmm...

And who has also shown he likes to fish?  

Here he was, in 2014 when he said he was in Canada fishing:

Well now, look at the time period for that Canadian fishing trip, particularly the first several days.  That time frame is right in LST - "Leadville" Standard Time.  LOL!! August 22-28.

And one year earlier before the guys' Leadville trip in August 2010, here was Austin playing the character of "Girlfriend" (a little gender nonconforming performance for sly ol' Austie) in a video short entitled, The True Love-Tale of Boyfriend and Girlfriend with Hilarie Burton for Southern Gothic Productions.  Nice lil’ fishing pole there!

And then there was that little matter back in 2013, when Austin received a fishing ticket (which showed what was supposed to be his home address on it, although the authenticity of his residence at that location remains up in the air to this day).  His tweet was deleted quickly after being posted. 

So, what day of the month did the fishing ticket happen on?  August 13.

And when was Austin posting on his Instagram to be at Mammoth Lakes this past summer?  

 

August 10 through the 17th.

 

And he had helpers - Shawski "Ivan Shaw" and actor Patrick Flueger, both men who have helped Austin out multiple times before by providing visual alibis for his whereabouts, i.e. instead of being believed to be with Jake.

 

Looks like they helped out this time with a "Men and Their Dogs" fishing trip.

 

August is a hot month in more ways than one, seems to me.  😉 There they all are - Men and Their Dogs.

So, Austin was busy being "seen", with all of his pictures testifying him to be vacay'ing in Mammoth Lakes.  But while he was being "seen" on social media, behind the scenes, it was really him, Jake and the Gyllynichols Fam who were also enjoying Mammoth Lakes. Perhaps one last "goodbye to summer" vacay?  In this unique 2020, a sta-cation of sorts before the start of the school year.  And looking at this pattern of fishing in August, perhaps the Gyllynichols fam has a summer tradition going on and that would be pretty rad, wouldn't it?

One more note: Mammoth Lakes and Convict Lake are located in Mono County, California.  Mono County was in a moderate area of California for COVID-19 cases and partially bordered by even more minimally-stricken counties.  An adequate enough distance away from LA and yet far enough away for everyone to feel like they're "getting away", all while enjoying an area which is not as much at risk.  In other words, keeping everyone as safe as possible.  Btw, in the graphic below, Mono County is one of the counties in orange. Follow the blue arrow.

courtesy:  San Jose Mercury News

 

In a side note of very similar domesticity, notice another set of parents who are issuing all kinds of smoke and mirrors while likely doing the same thing - enjoying a family summer vacation.  Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles.  Oh, yeah...

 

The Padalecki's spending time in the Northwest, i.e. Wyoming and Montana, with plenty of manipulation.  I'm trying to figure out what Genevieve's left foot is propped up on here:

 

Think about it. If Jared is really squatting on that rock ledge, and looking at the line behind Shep, that's a small hill that they're posing on. What is Genevieve's foot resting on? A large rock like what is behind Jared?  Where is there room for another rock behind Tom? And if that were another rock that her foot is resting on, then why wouldn't Tom be sitting on it? Or why can't we see any of it behind Tom?  Plus, Jared is "floating" in that picture.  So after this study of the photo, one has to ask, why would there need to be manipulation in a vacation photo?  There is no reason, except that there is something being hidden.

 

And then last year, the summer of 2019, it was Idaho:

 

 

It's a lot easier to be obscure in the northwest, namely states like Idaho, Wyoming and Montana.  It's also easier to add and manipulate people's images into photos...

In this pandemic, it seems like two families chose to experience a stateside getaway.  But an added cast of characters were required in order to do so.  😉

 

So, back to Jake in his interesting T-shirt and one last word. 

 

Narnia just wants to say this.  That was a helluva shoutout from a source who has been rather quiet for quite awhile.  

 

 

 

🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

 

To be blessed with forgetfulness, oh yes

To be glad to be alive

Like a bee out of the hive

I don't know how I survived

But here I am (Here I am)

 

And it's a

California day (California day)

California weather (California weather)

Take the clouds away (Take the clouds away)

I'll feel a whole lot better, California day

 

There's nothing like the sunshine

To get me out of doors

And I'll paddle you in my canoe

If I could find some oars

Goodbye, bigtime, hello, windchimes

 

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Morning Musings.....in the Evening

A few musings from the past couple of days:

•  The appearance of Jared and Genevieve Padalecki at the Texas State Capitol to "advocate" for David's Law (legislation that holds cyber bullying as a criminal act when it leads to the injury or death of a minor) was very much an eye catcher.  The headlines online read that they were there in support, even though the law had already passed the House and the Senate in earlier May, and now awaiting the formality of the Texas governor's signature.  At this point, their guest attendance is very much fandom contained, the visual message very strong that they are a "family" and as Genevieve states in the video while laying a physical claim on Jared's arm, "I am the wife of this guy over here, Jared" and she's also "here I am a mom, we have three children".  Her speech clearly was an opportunity to reiterate the mental images of her and Jared's marrying, establishing their "home", raising "their family", "us", "we", "our", well you get the message.   So many events like this are exactly for this reason - to establish a picture.  To reinforce an image or narrative.  Just like the Louis Tomlinson and Eleanor Calder airport video, which included a very distinct quote from Louis about "my girlfriend".   Or, like Jake Gyllenhaal saying in 2009 at a Brothers movie press conference, "Obviously I exist in my girlfriend's world".  In both Louis and Jake's case, these were quite distinct and rare references.

For space conservation, we won't even go into the whole American Airlines agent....Delta bag check...."barmaid"....uh,... "hotel employee"....online activity and that whole thing called irony.

And if all of that wasn't enough yesterday, the beard Genevieve is back on Twitter today to pound home that family image again.

It was such an honor to speak to the Texas Senate + House yesterday with @jarpad. Thank you for your support! ❤️🇺🇸💙#DavidsLaw #AKF pic.twitter.com/xjUzdC1TJT

— Genevieve Padalecki (@realGpad) May 27, 2017

•  Then we have the ever subtle, rainbow flag waving, complementary tattoo loving, color pink embracing Harry Styles and the swarm of ham-handed speculations that follow him wherever he goes.  

This time the inevitable, tiresome opposite sex discussions centered around the subjects of his self-titled album, which was just released on May 12th.  Once the record dropped, here came the predictable, reassuring “I like girls” articles with rumors about “Two Ghosts” being a nostalgic remembrance of his “fling” with Taylor Swift. Everyone in the know, soon to be told that the Internet was absolutely abuzz about the subject of the song track immediately following its release. No doubt, jump started by that meddlesome Larrie fandom who indicated immediately that the lyrics and context pointed to Louis Tomlinson, Harry's long-time boyfriend and bandmate.  Hey there, Louis. Looking good!

The manufactured songwriting discussion, however, served the intended purpose of distributing a myriad of articles to appear with the phrase, "Harry Styles’ ex-girlfriend, Taylor Swift".

Once that lyric controversy wound down, a new one quickly emerged, this time spotlighting the heterosexualized song entitled, “Carolina”. In quick succession, story after story (conveniently accompanied by hot pics) about how the now proclaimed “love” song was all about someone named, Townes Adair Jones. Gasp! The unconventional name attached to a simple girl next door type, with a side boob pic ready for circulation.

                               She needs to take better care of herself, don’t you think?

A perfectly concocted, made to seem real, life connection (with a detailed backstory at the ready) to lend more credence to Harry's musical "inspiration". No one need be suspicious because Townes Adair Jones was no stranger, just a friend of Cameron Azoff, Jeff’s younger brother.  Being that Jeff is Harry’s manager, the alleged hook up becomes a very cozy one, don’t you think? After an eye rolling resignation of what spoon fed narrative is about to come, the close relationship angle is an easily recognizable PR technique. A stunt almost as incestuously familiar as Jake Gyllenhaal’s mother and sister introducing him repeatedly to almost all of his beards, I mean “girlfriends," throughout the years. 

Fast forward back to “Carolina” and the obviousness of the manipulation is explained away by articles stating that the fans were the busybodies who found all of this "private" information out, just within a week of the album drop. In other words, the girl must be real because the fans discovered the “hook up”. The side effect importantly distancing management from the stunt. Rolling Stone piled on by sensationalizing the ever changing details of the story by indicating that Townes was only 17 when Harry, ahem, did the deed. Because that's what real heterosexual men do you know. They don't just go out on a date and have dinner.

 

Harry Styles, "Carolina"

                                                                   

Only when the 1D fandom blew up about "Carolina" being underage, did management decide to change the story to her being legal, which pointed yet again to Harry having bedded her. Now, she became a 20-year old who Harry met through her sister when he began working on his album last year. The date soon turning into a one night stand. Oh, and how did she find out the song was about her? Well, her dad told her because he just happened to be in the crowd of the "Today" show when Harry debuted the tune, immediately recognizing who the musician was pining about. That's right, her dad. Because every girl tells her father about her solo sex nights. Do you have a headache yet?

Interestingly, enough it appears that no one cares a lick who Niall Horan is writing about when he releases a song. Even with explicitly steaming lyrics like are found on “Slow Hands.”  For the life of me, I absolutely cannot figure out why that would be. Can you? *grin* 

  

Niall Horan's "Slow Hands"

                                      

• The following picture of Austin Nichols appeared on Twitter this past week and it deemed worthy of a re-posting.  The young man handing Austin the snogging on his left is Patrick J. Flueger, a former Lawless Range co star of his,  while the other gentleman is not known.  Nor is it known who the original source of the picture is.  But nonetheless...

📷 | Austin Nichols with Patrick J. Flueger and another friend few years ago pic.twitter.com/FZqZa92LJK

— Austin Nichols daily (@AustinNsource) May 23, 2017

Pretty dandy stuff, eh?   ;-)

•  And finally, there was this glorious and fascinating Twitter exchange between Mark Sheppard, former cast member of the television show Supernatural and executive producer of the show, Jim Michaels.

@TheJimMichaels With all due respect, your comment is inaccurate and misleading to the fans. There are NO plans to have me return to SPN at ANY juncture.

— Mark Sheppard (@Mark_Sheppard) May 25, 2017

Isn't that something?  You don't even need any fandom background to see that this was no faux saltiness going on.  Mark Sheppard is not returning to the show next year as his character Crowley was killed off in the season finale.  He also has made it known that he was not invited to any Creation - Supernatural conventions in 2018. Fans were in an uproar and yet a few (or one? always hard to tell on that site) anon voices on Spn_Goss seemed to want to downplay the speculation and turn the blame onto Mark Sheppard.  Interesting.  And this was quite an informative tumblr post by one individual on their observations:
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The simultaneous combined freeze from both the television show and Creation Entertainment would certainly seem worthy of a second, very hard glance.


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