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I'm putting an e-file in and can't get past the title, which is "I Am An American." I have a print book already but not an e-book, just on Amazon & B&N. I want to control the e-books more but this title thing sucks. Anybody know why it won't input? I've already tried doing without capital letter, nothing seems to work. Crazy, a first for me and I've done 21 books on Lulu but no e-books; maybe this is a sign for me to stay away from e-books here? Anybody got any ideas?
Have you tried "I Am an American."
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These titles are correct:
"War and Peace"
"The Man with the Movie Camera"
"The Last Samurai"
"Either This or That"
"My Story: The Sequel"
"What Is This World Coming To?"
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"War And Peace"
"the man with the movie camera"
"Either this or that"
"My Story: the sequel"
"What Is This World Coming to?"
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Here's a tool you can use:A citizen of the world.
It took the third try but there is now a problem that says something has hindered the process and an e-pub can't go forward. Nothing specific, just it can't be made. I have a feeling that the problem is that I have six pages of photos of bookcovers after the ending of these poems and I kind of hate having to remove them just to practice to see if Lulu's epub will take it then because Amazon takes it so why wouldn't this EPUB? Anyone have similar problems?
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Holiday House de Sévenier (VPD152)
up to 6 guests
4 rooms
3 bedrooms
2 bathrooms
Distance to centre 5 km
Pets allowed
Swimming Pool
Washing machine
Balcony / Terrace
Baby cot
Non smoking
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bungalow, 6 people, 4 room/s, 3 bedroom/s, 2 bathroom/s, approx. 46 m², 1 floor/s, year of construction 2009. Please note: Non-smoking house. Furnishing: holiday standard, bright, well-kept, parquet floor. Equipment: internet access Wi-Fi (included); electric heating; air conditioning. Room layout: Living room: sofa, exit to terrace. Dining area: in the living room. Kitchenette: in the living room. Kitchen/ cooking equipment: 3 gas rings, 1 electric plate, microwave oven, dish-washer, combination fridge-freezer, coffee machine, capsule coffee machine, water boiler, toaster. Bedroom 1: queen-size bed (1.40 m wide). Bedroom 2: 2 x single bed (0.80 m wide). Bedroom 3: 2 x single bed (0.80 m wide). Sanitary 1: shower, WC. Sanitary 2: shower, WC. Exterior (private use): Plot description: private part of the estate approx. 200 m², open plot. 1 x parking in the holiday complex. terrace 12 m² (roofed), furnishing provided.
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Final cleaning by tenants or against payment, € 90. Holiday resort tax. Linen/towels must be brought along. Bed linen available on loan, € 18 per person/change (on order). Towels available on loan, € 10 per person/change (on order). Deposit € 200 (Visacard, Mastercard). Cot/High chair each € 15 per stay (on order). Baby bath € 5 per stay (on order). Baby stroller € 30 per stay (on order). Pet 2 animals allowed, € 4 per pet and day (please advise prior to arrival).House/Residence
Feature: Property in a holiday complex (56 units in total). Situation: rural. Access/parking: cart track, approx. 250 m. parking in the holiday complex. Estate (shared use): approx. 4.5 ha, open plot, trees, natural surroundings. Outdoor facilities(shared use): brick barbecue. Pool (shared use): open throughout the entire season, heated 01.04.20-30.09.20, open from 10:00-AM-7:00-PM h, heated, curved shape, children's pool. Pool area: tiled, sun loungers (depending on availability), shower, WC. Wellness: shared use (payment): whirlpool, sauna. payment: massage, treatments. Sports facilities/ leisure time: shared use (free of charge): fitness gym. Entertainment: included: evening events (approx. July/August). Day care: included: children's club (approx. July/August). Infrastructure: bakery service; washing machine (coin-operated); dryer (coin-operated). Payment: barbecue rental. Bar/café, restaurant; breakfast: payment. ● Distances: Center Vallon Pont d'Arc in approx. 5 km. Lagorce in approx. 900 m. Aubenas in approx. 25 km. Next shopping possibility (Lagorce) in approx. 900 m. Next supermarket (Vallon Pont d'Arc) in approx. 5 km.
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Fascinatingly Fabulous Floral Prom Wearby J. Robbin Yelverton on May 4, 2012 at 1:24 pm
The Prom! OMG! What do I wear? To go or not to go? Who's my date?
Really? How did it all get started? Prom is short for promenade. The term was first officially used during the Victorian period by those crazy Victorians. (What a bunch of steampunkish party-monkeys!) A promenade was a public area, usually along a river or body of water, where people would go walk in order to "be seen" and to be considered a part of proper "society."
Modern day proms are also a place to be seen and considered a part of high school society. The whole idea was to stand out and be seen. No shrinking violets or wallflowers need attend. Prom fashions of 2012 are no different and would certainly give those Victorians a case of the vapors. Today's plunging necklines, jacked up hemlines and cut outs leave little to the imagination.
An especially fun trend this year for those wishing to be noticed is those totally fab floral fascinators. The word fascinate is derived from Latin fascinare, "to bewitch or enchant." A fascinator, for those of you who were living in a cave during William and Kate's big event, are those fun, funky and totally enchanting headpieces worn by many of the Royal wedding's guests. They are made of tulle, net, beads, flowers and feathers — lots of feathers. They are usually perched jauntily on the side of the head either through the use of hair combs, barrettes, headbands or clips. Read More


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so, yeah, i'm going to be heading out shortly so that i can set-up tonight. i've got loads of things, but mostly, i have a bunch of new 1″ buttons because i'm a weirdo.
(i particularly fond of the "twee as fuck" and the "gender terrorist" ones.)
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second thing the second: i'm thinking about stopping the formal digital and tradition medium sketch-a-days? the entire point of them was to force me to become a more proficient illustrator/drawer, and i think it's worked; however, at this point in the story, they're also keeping me from doing other things–like making art or making things for cons or any number of things.
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Having problems with your Olympus FE-230 Digital Camera ?
Write protect i was trying to copy photos from my camera to my pc. my camera stopped taking photos afterwards and a blue screen says "write protect"
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Sounds like you will need to format the memory card. This will permanently erase all the data from the card and then you will be able to use it again. To format the card: Press the Menu button - right arrow to Setup - Press Ok- right arrow to format option. You will see format yes or no. Choose Yes and press ok. This will clear the write protect message and the card can be used again.
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Write protect i was trying to copy photos from my camera to my pc. my camera stopped taking photos afterwards and a blue screen says "write protect"
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After trying to upload photos from my Olympus 1050 sw I now cannot use the camera to take photos. It simply says 'write protect'. When trying to view the pictures it says 'no picture' when there is at least 200 photos on the camera... Can you help?
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I have a vivitar vivicam,i havent used it in a while. I just tried to take pictures and it says card protected. It lets me look at allthe features and my old photos but not take new ones. When i try CARD PROTECTED comes up in red letters with a blue back screen. I dont know what to do...
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Help I have the Vivicam 3750 digital camera it has recently worked fine but, now when I try to take a picture the screen turns grey and says "write protect" and will not allow me to take the picture ...this also happens when I try to erase a picture or even record somthing how do I fix this ?
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My canon EOS 100D digital SLR is saying 'card write protected' when ever I turn it on. It just started to appear on my screen for no apparent reason one day and it won't let me take pictures anymore. It's not the card it's the camera, I have tried sliding the switch on the side of the memory card and even tried new cards in my camera but it happens with every card I insert. I have googled the problem and can't find any solution to fix the problem. Would be very grateful if you could help at all
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When i turn camera on to take picture it comes up with a blue screen and says write protect and wont let me take pictures but i can still use other functions,what does this mean?
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My Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ2 camera has a blurred display within 25 seconds of being turned on when in any mode other than playback. When the display blurs, it quite quickly becomes unviewable, and if I try to take a photo, an error message saying WRITE ERROR PLEASE CHECK THE CARD shows on the screen. The card seems fine and pictures I took before today all look good, both on the display and in a computer. Is there any fix, or do I need a new camera?
This is a problem with the camera lens and yes this can still be fix but you need to have it check on a service center but that price will not be cheap so if I may suggest it will be better to get a new camera..... ... Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ2 Digital Camera
I have a canon rebel xsi dslr camera. All of the sudden when I try to take a picture it says that the card is write protected. I have even gone and bought a new card but it still says write protected. Can't fomat card because it says write protected. I don't know how to set to factory default settings? What should I do?
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I have a digital camera and the model is C1033 , i put a san disc drive card in with a memory card in the san disc and on christmas day it worked fine, a few days later i couldnt take a picture and it says WRITE PROTECT, also it wont let me delete anything because it says WRITE PROTECT when i click delete or try to take a picture, what is causing this?
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When i turn my camera on, it seems fine, all buttons functional. When i take a photo, it flashes, but no photo will pop up in my screen. Instead the screen stays black, and then the battery starts to get really warm. then i cant turn it on or off, the only way to get the batter to stop heating up, is to take it out of the camera. i can put the battery back in, turn it on again, but it will say no pictures had been taken, and the problem continues every time i try and use it. There is no history
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Write Protect I own an olympus Camedia D-390 and use an xd picture card (16mb) recently I tried to take a picture but when I slid back the cover it comes up with the error message "Write Protect" I have looked in the manual and all it says it that my cameras write protect feature has been enabled by a pc; connect it to a pc and turn this off. Just one problem....How??? I have trid connecting it tothe pc and changing the attributes of the folders;but everytime I take off the "read only setting
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Cant take photos as it says the card is write protected
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What do I have to do if the camera says crad protected and won't let me take or delete photos?! It let's me look at the photos and I can't delete them! I put the blue 1 GB chip in the computer yesturday and put the pictures on my computer, when I putthe chip back in and turned on the camera, it said card protected! Please help me now!!!! My dad will be home soon and it's his camera!
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YAY! Abi & Tom got married! And, it was SUCH a beautiful wedding at The Clock Barn in Whitchurch - a stunning, secluded Hampshire wedding venue with fairy lights glistening in the background and rustic wooden beams overhead. It was an absolute pleasure to photograph their special day - from the getting-ready photos of Abi at her home in Salisbury (I LOVE these bridal prep images - her dress is stunning!) with her bridesmaids and her Mum, going on to the Clock Barn to photograph Tom getting emotional in anticipation, and then later their friends and family enjoying a drink by the cozy fire after the ceremony - it was such an honour to capture their day.
A HUGE congratulations to the lovely Abi & Tom!
The Clock Barn in Hampshire provides a stunning backdrop for wedding photography!...
If you didn't see Abi & Tom's engagement photos - have a peek over here!
Oh, and definitely see their special dog GIF over here!
Love, Susie x


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A lovely bag that is both a gift and gift wrap. This is a perfect project to use those extra balls of yarn.
4mm (US6) 40cm(16") circular needle
1 extra 4mm (US6) needle
1 ball of Rowan Cotton Glace - we used colour 828
Stitch Marker
Tapestry needle
22 sts = 10cm(4")
The Pattern
Cast on 92 sts. Join in the round making sure sts are not twisted. Place marker.
Work in stocking stitch (Knit every round) until piece measures 4cm (1 3/4") from the cast on edge.
Eyelet round: *Yo, K2tog, repeat from * to end of round.
Continue working in Stocking stitch for another 4cm (1 3/4").
Purl 1 round. Knit 2 rounds,
Purl 1 round, Knit 2 rounds.
Purl 1 round.
Continue in Stocking stitch until piece measures approximately 20 cm (8").
Turn pouch inside out. Fold the circular needle in half and arrange the stitches so that half are on one end of the needle and half are on the other needle end. Using a spare 4mm (US6) needle bind off using the 3-needle bind off method.
Weave in the loose ends using a tapestry needle.
Turn bag right side out. Make a twisted or crocheted cord using 3 m of the same or contrasting yarn. Weave the cord through the eyelets beginning at the centre of the bag lying flat.
Cinch and tie after you've filled the bag with a lovely gift.


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California Elections
Californians reaffirming death penalty in early returns
California appears poised for a historic change to its death penalty system – but not the one that opponents of capital punishment have spent decades pushing for.
An initiative that aims to speed up the state's byzantine execution process led late Tuesday, while a rival effort to abolish the death penalty trailed by even more than a similar measure did four years ago.
Proposition 66, which seeks to expedite executions by hiring more lawyers to handle capital cases and instituting strict timelines for inmates' appeals, led with about 52 percent of the vote. Proposition 62, which would eliminate the death penalty as California's most severe criminal punishment and replace it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, had less than 46 percent support.
The pair of measures will determine the future of a capital punishment system that both campaigns characterized as broken. Since the death penalty was reinstated nearly four decades ago, California has executed just 13 inmates, the last in 2006; nearly 750 are currently awaiting death, while more than 100 have died of natural causes or committed suicide.
The campaign pitted the American Civil Liberties Union and Silicon Valley executives, who contributed millions of dollars to repeal the death penalty, against law enforcement groups that urged voters to keep the punishment for the worst murderers and streamline the process.
After arguing for decades that the death penalty is immoral and disproportionately affects racial minorities, proponents for abolishing it turned this year to making an economic case. They emphasized that California has spent billions of dollars on trials, appeals and housing inmates while yielding only 13 executions in nearly 40 years, and repeatedly pointed to estimates that replacing the system with life sentences would save $150 million annually.
Advocates for the death penalty responded that the process has fallen apart precisely because of endless legal challenges raised by the very same foes who would like to see its demise. Executions were halted in California in 2006 because of a federal ruling that the state's lethal injection cocktail risked causing inmates pain that would constitute a "cruel and unusual punishment," and a new one-drug method developed last year by officials is still under review.
In the final weeks before the election, the correctional officers' union funded a television ad campaign against Proposition 62 and for Proposition 66, telling voters that the threat of the death penalty was the last line of defense against inmates murdering guards in prison.
Opponents last pursued a repeal of capital punishment in 2012. That initiative fell short with 48 percent of the vote, a remarkably close defeat for a state where the death penalty once held approval ratings above 80 percent.
Public support has dwindled for years and is now at its lowest level since the Legislature reinstated the death penalty in 1977 over a veto by then-Gov. Jerry Brown. It can only be repealed by voters after a ballot measure the following year reaffirmed the punishment and expanded the list of capital crimes.
In California, many local district attorneys have not brought capital charges in years. The vast majority of inmates sentenced to die since 2011 come from just five neighboring counties in Southern California.
The trend is reflected nationwide, where 20 states have already abolished the death penalty; executions and new death sentences reached an all-time low in 2016.
But supporters of capital punishment could claim several victories on Tuesday night: Oklahoma voted to add it to the state constitution, while Nebraska reversed its Legislature's decision last year to repeal the death penalty.
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John Delgado's win over Smokie Bourgeois in the Metro Council District 12 race on Dec. 8 was helped by the black vote in the district, the same segment that nearly kept Delgado out of the runoff in the first place, political consultant John Couvillon says.
Couvillon, who conducted polls for and advised the Delgado campaign, estimated Delgado in the Dec. 8 election received around 70 percent of the black vote in District 12, which includes Southdowns, Kenilworth, Valley Park, Concord Estates and Mayfair, among other neighborhoods.
Voting precincts in Mayfair and Valley Park are nearly 100 percent black, and Delgado got 65 percent and 78 percent of the votes in those precincts respectively, Couvillon said.
Delgado also won 62 percent of the precinct that includes Concord Estates, Couvillon said.
The Concord precinct is about 55 percent black, Couvillon said.
By contrast, Delgado squeaked by in Kenilworth (11 votes) and lost Southdowns by 10 percent, according to Couvillon's analysis.
It was a different story in the Nov. 6 primary election. Delgado, despite having outspent Bourgeois and Democrat Rose Carey by thousands of dollars, barely made the runoff.
Carey, who is black, finished just 206 votes behind Delgado, who is white, out of more than 16,000 votes cast.
Valley Park and Mayfair each went overwhelmingly for Carey in the primary, Couvillon said.
Carey got 83 percent of the vote in Valley Park and 72 percent in Mayfair, he said.
"John got just enough in the black precincts to get into the runoff," Couvillon said of Delgado. Couvillon added that he estimated Delgado needed to get at least 10 percent of the votes in those precincts to make the runoff.
Turnout was also key in the runoff — more than 9,000 fewer votes were cast in the runoff than in the primary.
Delgado said those precincts were central to his strategy.
"We identified where he was weak and where we were strong," Delgado said. "We went out there."
After Nov. 6, Delgado's campaign focused its efforts on the precincts where they perceived there were votes to be had.
That included Valley Park, Mayfair and Concord Estates, he said.
"We knew in the general that they didn't go for me, but they didn't go for Smokie either," Delgado said.
Delgado's campaign went door-to-door, placed targeted phone calls and just "spent time there," he said of his efforts in Valley Park.
"I went out there, I met with people in there," he said. Specifically, he met with members of civic associations and religious leaders, he said.
Delgado also reached out to Carey, but the two never had a meeting, Couvillon said.
Delgado's margin in the minority precincts did not go unnoticed by Bourgeois.
In an interview with WBRZ-TV the day after the race, Bourgeois said Delgado had "bought all the black vote."
The accusation made Delgado bristle.
"It's offensive," he said. "I can only assume that he's saying I paid people."
The claim was an insult to both Delgado and the people who voted for him, he said.
The difference in the race was effort, Delgado said.
"It was the hard work of this campaign," he said. "They are really talented at getting the message out."
Faimon A. Roberts III covers city-parish government for The Advocate. He can be reached at email@example.com or on Twitter @faimon.
Editor's note: This column was modified on Dec. 14, 2012, to correction the spelling of John Couvillon's name. The Advocate regrets the error.


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Bake sales are a classic way for organizations to make an extra bit of money, but for busy moms everywhere, it might be hard to find some time in your schedule to bake a tray of brownies or chocolate chip cookies. But according to one parenting group on Facebook, a mother found a time-saving method that has, not surprisingly, grossed out the internet.
Sanctimommy, a Facebook group for parents, posted a screenshot of a woman's post that's gone viral for one reason: Said mom used breast milk to make brownies for her child's bake sale.
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The name and photo of the woman who originally wrote the Facebook post has been blacked out, but it's her words that have really united the internet in horror. According to the author, she didn't have enough time to visit the grocery store, so she used the next best thing after dairy milk: breast milk.
"I didn't have time to run to the store and didn't think it was a big deal," she wrote. "Some of those kids could use the nutrition, let's be honest. And it wasn't even that much."
She finishes the post by asking for suggestions for dealing with the other moms who found out about the brownie's secret ingredient and are now "blowing it way out of proportion."
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The Sanctimommy Facebook page, whose name is a clever combination of the words sanctimonius — meaning "making a show of being morally superior to other people" —and mommy, hilariously captioned the photo, "I shall forever remember today as the day I stopped supporting bake sales."
Other community members immediately chimed in, and their responses are pretty spot-on.
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All jokes aside, it's definitely not okay to hide breast milk in other people's foods. According to the CDC, serious infectious diseases like HIV can be transferred through breast milk. Yikes! So while we're not bashing women who cook with breast milk — because there are certainly products available to the public that list it as an ingredient — we do want people to be aware of the potential dangers.
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"So… I want to ask you something… and I want to know because we all have our things, right? No matter how our marriage was or how it ended we can all look back and say we could or should have done some things differently. You know I've told you my things… but what would you say were yours?" He asked me.
Beside him dressed in an army green tank top and skinny jeans I nodded and spoke "No, I get it… we do all have things we look back on and realize where we were at fault." I affirmed. I paused momentarily reflecting and then spoke "For me… several things… first off, I shouldn't have married him. When I got married I married him because I felt we had a great friendship." I stated, referring to my ex…"I felt like we would make great partners. I didn't have any passion toward him but I thought the friendship would be enough. Or at least I kept telling myself that." I grimaced… "Later of course I realized how wrong I was."
He nodded "So how did you come to realize you were wrong?" He asked.
"Because I'd dated Jeremy… and I realized how much chemistry we'd had… it was amazing. We never had sex because I'd wanted to wait. I'd had an abortion with my ex. But it was obvious Jeremy and I had chemistry. So I knew what it could be… but after that fell apart I began seeing my ex again and we got married. Unfortunately emotional wise I took Jeremy into my marriage with me… I knew what I was missing but I kept telling myself it didn't matter." I admitted.
"So… you just kinda stuffed that part of you deep down and dismissed it…. " He observed sadly and shook his head "That had to be hard… because you're a very romantic, passionate person."
"Yeah… that's true. I guess I did stuff it down. My ex is not romantic or passionate. He's very practical." I acknowledged. "So that caused problems… then of course there was the money." I said. "Granted, I was angry he was spending so much money on big purchases like the house he had to have, the Jaguar, gadgets, etc. Yet I was spending money on the house decorative wise… trying to fill a hole… trying to fill an unhappiness." I admitted "I wish I hadn't... but lesson learned. During the divorce he tried to say that I was spending fifteen hundred dollars a month. It was more like five to seven hundred… granted, I didn't need to spend that much regardless and that was wrong of me but it still irritated me that he exaggerated the amount." I paused "When he bought the Jaguar I got pretty ugly... I couldn't understand how someone who once drove a truck and was fine wearing a fleece jacket from Target became so different. I said some things I shouldn't have. It chips away at the relationship when you do."
Colossians 4:6 ESV Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt,
so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
We sat in silence a moment and I spoke "One separate issue was our son. When he was really young my ex wouldn't acknowledge he had issues… and so we lost some time on getting him the help he needed… later we put him in ABA therapy… he did speech therapy for free through the public school system. I thought we needed to spend more money on helping him. We were always arguing about how to help him, how to parent him and not in agreement."
In a healthy marriage or even after a marriage's demise where two people self reflect they can acknowledge how or where they screwed up. Someone who is open to self reflection is able to scrutinize their own past actions and say "I was wrong… " or "I shouldn't have handled it that way"… " I said ugly things I regret" or maybe even "It wasn't what I said but how I said it. " We all have things we could have done differently and later in hindsight those things are oh so glaringly in our face like a blinding sunset during our five o'clock commute home. We simply cannot ignore it or escape it's reality. We sit there with sorrow or maybe regret… maybe pain that is coupled with a vow to never ever let those poor choices be made again. We feel the bittersweetness of the situation… we can feel some triumph in that we have had insight into how we contributed to our marriage's tribulations or even failure… yet also a yanking on our heartstrings of how it is too bad it is what it is now… that all is over with and there are no re-do's…. obviously in the exception of where abuse occurred.
I can say now… fast forward to today from the last time I saw Jeremy walk away nearly twenty years ago… it's been a long road to get where I am now. I look back and see a man who turned out to represent one of my biggest lessons in life. If you have passion… if you have chemistry with someone… if you have serious feelings of any depth for someone… tell them. Don't hold back. Because we rarely ever regret doing something… we almost always regret not doing something. And when we don't say how we feel… that I can most certainly assure you come back to haunt you for a very long long time. It has the ability to emotionally annihilate you, affect your future relationships and even tear your marriage apart. Fortunately now… I am in a good place and I see a bright present and future ahead… I know now without a doubt how incredibly important it is to have chemistry, passion and friendship with who you're with. To not is to settle and not only jip yourself but the person you're with. To stuff away something you feel so strongly about it is to deny your true feelings and needs. To deny what you really need and want is to deny what the other person should have or had with you as well… it's a domino effect and has long repercussions.
When it comes to money… no amount of material things… clothes, decor, jewelry, etc will fill an emptiness within or an unhappiness caused by our life circumstances and or a spouse who is not good for us. Regardless of what the issue is… the solution is not to "fix" it with shopping and trying to get a momentary high of sorts to make us feel better… because eventually like an addict we must put aside our drug of choice and address the true issues underlying…. the shopping is merely a surface symptom of a larger issue going on. The best thing to do is find better ways to cope with whatever were dealing with… whether that be therapy, exercise, hobbies, etc… and yet in that if abuse is happening the best thing to do is find the nearest exit or boot the abuser out the door.
It's a known fact that couples who have children with special needs have a tougher time keeping their marriages intact… divorce rates are higher in this specific group of married couples. There is understandably so much strain and pressure both emotionally and financially on couples that they may crumble under it all. Sometimes one parent won't acknowledge there is an issue which wastes precious time and causes resentment to set in… once therapy takes place it can drain a couples savings and even day to day living… the expenses are high and often wait lists for help are very long adding to the frustration… compounded perhaps by having other children who maybe aren't getting the time and attention they also need and deserve. It's often an uphill battle that is really no one's fault and certainly not the child's… it just comes down to parents only have so much time, energy and resources at their disposal and some things begin to slide… namely the time and effort into their marriages. Likewise patience may run thin as couples try to find agreement on what therapies are actually useful, needed and money well spent… throw in the typical parenting dilemmas like discipline, chores, rules, etc… and there is potentially a recipe for disaster.
So the question must always be asked… what have I learned?
If married where can I improve? If divorced where could I have done better in my marriage? Taking responsibility is essential for where we lacked or when we didn't choose our spouse… these realizations must occur or we may just be doomed to make the same poor choices yet again. It takes courage and vulnerability to not just admit to ourselves that we messed up but then admitting it to someone else… it's a huge and humbling thing to do that. Take heart though in knowing that you can make these acknowledgments and doing so doesn't make you weak or flawed. Quite the contrary because it doesn't come to those who can't stand to take a magnifying glass and look within at their mistakes. Someone who walks through life with an arrogant spirit simply cannot afford to let anyone see that they may not have it all together. Instead, they decide that they are always right and everyone else is perpetually wrong. They decide that they have it all together and the other ones are always coming up short. They decide that their marriage failing is their spouses fault and theirs alone… they take zero responsibility for any wrong choices, hurt or grief. They finger point and they blame… someone who is of a narcissistic nature believes they are are above others… once you admit any mistakes made a narc will rejoice in your admissions… for now in their eyes they have you agreeing they have clean hands.
But their hands are far from clean. Just like in the movie The Girl On The Train when Tom blames Rachel for everything and takes zero personal responsibility for his choices he shows what a psychopath he is… and he is exactly like those toxic individuals we may have been prey to. Narcissist's, sociopath's and psychopaths never admit they are wrong. Subscribing to a spotless record and dismissing any wrong doing on our part in life keeps us in a prideful mindset. It keeps us from being real, from being transparent and focuses on making ourselves look good… i.e.; worshipping, idolizing, catering to our image and ego when in reality that does nothing to honor God. It simply detracts from our relationship with Him and keeps us stuck… just stuck on ourselves instead of something bigger than us.
Proverbs 16:5 ESV Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
be assured, he will not go unpunished.
The good news is regardless of whether we saw the signs early on that the marriage could one day be toxic or if we were completely bamboozled and found out only after we were securely planted within the marriage… is accepting grace from Him. Our guilt can be soothed by asking for grace upon repentance. Then we can give ourselves grace…. not excuses but much needed grace for our choice in he or she. Yes, there are the coulda, shoulda, woulda's … there always will be. But let's remember that our misguided ways, our best intentions that turned out wrong, our blatant hurtful choices… they can all be given grace. We may have given other's grace, perhaps even our ex husband or ex wife… and yet not given it to ourselves. We may chronically beat ourselves up because we chose someone not good for us to begin with. We may walk around silently telling ourselves how stupid or dumb we are to have chosen who we chose… or how were so silly to have been tricked… because not everyone gets tricked. Some people marry nice people and live long happy lives together. So we verbally strike ourselves because we didn't get on that train of true love… that instead we obviously (internal eye roll) got in the line of ding dong's that didn't know what they were doing. But here's the truth… instead of wanting to beat ourselves up like that because were human(!) and sometimes make mistakes or get the wool pulled over our eyes… maybe dispensing grace to ourselves and losing the self pride would be wise… maybe it's time. Maybe it's past time. To stop looking back. To start looking forward.
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He held my hand as we walked along the Trinity River… the sun was shining and the backdrop was one of green trees, water that showed a reflection of azure blue sky and a few white clouds streaked like an afterthought in a painting of perfection. We had sat for an hour or so on the edge of the rocks watching the water lap over them at our feet. Enjoying the rays of sunshine on our faces, the comfortable quiet between us sprinkled amongst bits of conversation and laughter we'd sat clasping hands. We had watched as turtles made their steady diligent way in the water, their tiny brave heads peeking out as people clad in workout attire skipped the rocks nearby... their dogs wagging their tails following, happy to be outside.
It had been a wonderful way to spend my day off work and as we now walked along the gravel trail to head back to his truck, he squeezed my hand and smiled at me… "You know… I had some initial preconceived assumptions about you that were really wrong." He told me.
"Really?" I asked with a smile and spoke "And what might those have been?" I asked with a twinkle in my eye and a teasing tone.
"You know… the first time I saw you I thought you were going to be high maintenance. But you're not… you're far from it. You're very down to earth… you don't mind being outside in nature and you're far from pretentious." He replied. "I mean… I'm glad… I guess what I'm saying is I like that." He smiled at me.
I squeezed his hand affectionately and spoke "Awww… I've had other people say the same thing. It's funny though. I guess we all do that to some extent, don't we? We see someone and automatically draw conclusions that may be totally off base. Then we get to know them." I paused and smiled at him. "You know… I did the same thing with you. I had this idea that we wouldn't have a lot to talk about but then got to know you and realized you have this great personality. So… " I trailed off and leaned in toward him closer with a grin "I was wrong… I was pleasantly surprised… and I kinda like being pleasantly surprised!" I added with a laugh.
He grinned back at me and nodded "You do, huh? I do too… you just take joy in the simple things and I like that about you." He smiled at me with love in his eyes and spoke "I adore you, Jennifer Lea…"
The simple things in life… whether it's a chocolate milkshake, a sunny day, the discovery of a new trail to walk or jog… a new song that we love, a new recipe we've dared try and find we like or just the contented spot in someone's arms that we love… the simple things are really the big things in life. It's those simple things that can bring great joy to our everyday. The simple things make me smile… they often can't be bought or are some of the least expensive things purchased… a loaf of bread to feed the ducks at the pond, a favorite movie in with hot chocolate and whipped cream on a chilly night… or making frozen pops in the summer with a favorite fruit juice in ice cube trays… whatever it is… it doesn't have to cost a lot to make a moment special and memorable. But sometimes image, ego, money, material things and a deep need to succeed in all the wrong ways can become someone's life goal. Someone who is of a narcissistic nature won't find satisfaction in Christ, or a simple cup of cocoa or even watching their children delightedly run through a sprinkler on a hot day. They always want more, more, more.
Many of us know that at the end of our life it really won't matter how much we spent on our house, how much our car was or how many designer bags we owned. No matter what our background, ethnicity or sex what we will be remembered for above all else is kindness. We will be remembered for the condition of our heart… and what we gave… did we bear beautiful fruit or did we produce pain comparable to thistles?
Matthew 7:16
New International Version
By their fruit you will recognize them.
Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
I was born and raised in a town where when you initially meet someone often times one of the first questions asked is about your family… they want to know who your daddy is, who your granddaddy was, who you know and where you went to school. In some circles the most desired answer to those questions are being related to someone in high ranking financial status in the community, having a degree from Texas Christian University, a long attendance to one of the finest private schools the city has to offer and naturally membership to one of the various country clubs… and hopefully one of those that includes "old money"… because new money just isn't the same. It can be an experience of complete and utter nausea that can elicit plenty of internal eye rolling, gagging and sheer strength to not chuckle in complete amused astonishment at how people behave. The questioning of who you know and who you're related to is enough to make anyone with grounded sense shake their head at minimum or want to flee somewhere far away where they can live free of twenty questions and feeling as though their life was inspected with a magnifying glass within a nano second of meeting someone. As Priscilla Davis once said "People in Fort Worth enjoy being the big fish in a little pond." Obviously a generalized statement yes, one that can't be applied like a blanket and yet I personally find that statement to be in some cases incredibly insightful and true. When we look for assurance based on having all the "right" things that society deems correct we lose sight of what really makes for a joy filled life. When we plant ourselves somewhere and never venture away because living anywhere else we would disappear into the wallpaper and not be noticed we are subscribing to a life of needing to be validated. When we endorse a life of needing more and more we are buying into the idea that we need the things of the world to make us happy when the simple could satisfy… we will have been swept up into the land of gotta have it's and comparing to what the neighbors own… accumulating more debt, more strain and more despair in the shadows of that shiny facade of perfection.
There are those who are financially wealthy and haven't allowed it to go to their head… who would give the shirt off their back and no one is a stranger. There are those who attempt to paint themselves as having everything… and they do… except love. There are those who behave as if they are one way and in reality behind closed doors they are another. The one who is of a narcissistic nature doesn't wear kindness like a pretty jacket… they don't dispense acts of love with humility and genuineness. Instead of being known for kindness they want to be known for their success. Instead of doing the right thing they twist the truth and manipulate. Instead of loving others they strive for control. Instead of being content with being a little fish in a big lake they want to ostentatiously jump large and in charge from the tiny pond. Instead of finding joy in the small and simple they find a boost from the shiny and grand.
What are we putting out there in the world?
Are we putting out what we want our children to embody?
What legacy are we leaving behind?
One of needing to be the big fish?
Or a life of being content with simple kindness?
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I'd left work and headed to Target to pick up a few groceries before heading home. The store was unnaturally quiet, as most days it was bustling with hurried shoppers, carts brimming with selections and kids wailing what they wanted for dinner. I stood before the freezers in the frozen food section surveying the bags of frozen vegetables to choose from. I held a small red hand basket and was trying to decide between frozen broccoli or a blend of peas and carrots… finally deciding to just get both I tossed them both in my basket along with milk, cheese and eggs. My phone began ringing and seeing it was my mother I immediately answered… she had known I was stopping by the store on the way home and I assumed she had either thought of something she wanted or there was an issue that had cropped up. It would turn out to be the latter.
I answered and she spoke "Hey… there's a guy outside the front door. He keeps ringing the bell and banging on the door. I think he's a process server." She told me.
I knew it didn't do her any good to answer the door… they were there to serve me not her. "Don't answer the door." I told her "Does he have a clipboard or a manila envelope?" I asked. I knew she was watching him on the monitors we had for the cameras outside the property.
"Yeah, he does… a manila envelope." She confirmed. "I wanted to let you know in case he's still here when you get home so you're not caught off guard."
"Okay… thank you… I'm leaving here now… I should be home soon." I told her as I began heading toward the checkout but not without first tossing a package of chocolate cupcakes into my basket … I kinda had an idea I would be wanting those later based on the newest storm coming.
"Alright… and be careful." She told me and hung up.
After being served I quickly flipped through the papers, my eyes skimming the pages for the highlights and what he was asking for… sure enough… just as I had figured… my ex wanted me to pay for out of pocket medical expenses related to our son and if I didn't to serve jail time… plus interest, plus garnish my wages… he wanted more time with our daughter versus the fifty-fifty shared custody we had and he wanted the blog shut down citing it as "hurtful and negative". It really wasn't any surprise to me… when someone has lost control they try to weasel in and regain it in any way they can through any attempts however miniscule or over the top.
When we've dealt with someone who is narcissistic and toxic we know they have an agenda… one that they attempt to frame as what is reasonable when in reality they are far from reasonable. They want what they want… they want to win. That's the bottom line. Oh, they may try to portray it to the judge that they are looking out for their child's best interests but in reality they are really looking out for their own selfish interests. A narcissistic sociopath has one major goal… and that is to win at any and all costs. They will throw any amount of money at a problem as they see fit to get the outcome they desire. Their heavy handed litigation, their pit-bull tactics, their outright lying just to plant a seed of doubt as the judge listens to both parties… they will do anything and everything they feel must be done to get what they want.
People scratch their heads wondering why on earth someone would go to such drastic lengths to create so much havoc, chaos and grief… they assume the other party MUST have done something to elicit such an intense reaction… because who has the time, money or even sheer dedication in trying to bring someone down? Sociopaths do. People with evil ways in their soul do. We aren't talking about regular folk who have a hard time with sin or were a little burned from the fall out of a relationship. Were talking about those who put on a façade of being a good person but behind closed doors aren't. Were talking about someone who wants to ruin another person and take away their children, spend down their finances to nil and punish them just. because. they. can.
Someone who goes around creating chaos is not one who is following the Holy Spirit but instead who relishes causing pain and grief. Someone who purposely lies and creates a façade of who they are, is not who they claim to be. Someone who does heinous things to others and then expects them to just "get over it" is not repent-full nor is a light in this world but instead darkness and despair. Someone who is not able or willing to be told they are wrong or their behavior is unacceptable has a haughty pride that is not open to hearing the truth or being corrected.
We shouldn't go around acting like evil people don't exist… because they most certainly do. To believe or say they don't is doing someone who has been a target of one a great disservice… and it also denies what the bible says; that there are wolves among sheep and there are wolves who wear sheep's clothing. A wolf will purposefully charm and give one impression when in reality they are fooling those around them. We know that these types are toxic and excel at fooling judges in family courtrooms regarding the true person and or parent they are… and that is why the general public is so misinformed about the realities of child custody…
Years ago if a parent didn't have custody of their child… I admit I would have raised an eyebrow and wondered what was wrong with that parent… what did THEY do? I'd wonder to myself… yet all of these experiences we go through in life cause us to pause and reassess the assumptions we are making… they cause us to self reflect and say "Hmmmm… maybe it's not them… maybe there is more to this story than meets the eye… maybe there is more going on behind the scenes than what we think… " and it's true.
Just because someone doesn't have custody of their child doesn't automatically equate to them being a bad parent… it may mean something else entirely… it may very well mean that the child is with the truly toxic one.
(This post to be continued in November )
Anytime you are served it is essential to carefully read the documents and understand them. Once you are served the document may state that you only have 20 calendar days to file your papers in response. If you do not, the court could enter a default judgment against you, and the other parent may automatically be able to get everything they asked for in their complaint. Be cognizant of what you have been served with and double check it for anything you may have missed. As always check with your attorney or legal aid for assistance in anything you are served with to ensure you are doing what is necessary to protect yourself, your children and any finances.
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Monday, November 7, 2011
Have a Very Fawny Holiday: Bows & Holly
Today is the first day of Lawn Fawn November inspiration week! This week we are featuring all the fabulously fun holiday sets to inspire you all to "Have a Very Fawny Holiday!" Today I have the pleasure of featuring the set Bows & Holly. I created two cards to share so that I could feature more images from the set. My first card features the lovely wreath image. I wanted to incorporate the wreath in a creative way so here is what I came up with.
The J and Y are hand drawn with a glue pen & glitter and the star background is stamped using Versamark and Teeny Tiny Backdrops. My second card features the mistletoe image and would be perfect to give to that special someone for Christmas.
I created my custom sentiment using Sally's ABCs & Smitty's ABCs. The hearts are from My Silly Valentine and the loopy boarder is from Sew Lovely. I accented my card with stickles and used liquid pearls for the mistletoe berries. I think the inside of this card should read Merry Kiss-mas! :)
Thanks for stopping by, be sure you check out the other Design Team creations today as well as the Lawn Fawn Blog. I hear there is a giveaway and a fun video! I'll be back tomorrow to feature another fun holiday set.
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oh, that mistletoe card is just so adorable! I do think the inside should read "merry kiss-mas!" hee hee!ReplyDelete
These are just amazing!! Love them so much. I'm thinking I need to make a mistletoe card this year for my darling hubbyReplyDelete
So cheerful and happy....definitely makes me smile :)ReplyDelete
I love them both so so much!!!!!!! I'm totally TOTALLY pulling our Bows & Holly tonight! I picked it up 4 wks ago & haven't even broken the seal - why?!?!?!?! You've inspired me so mcuh today!!!! Love them BOTH!ReplyDelete
So so amazing!! I love these. You're a totally genius!!ReplyDelete
These are so super cute, Chari! I love the wreath in place of the "o", and the sentiment is oh so sweet on that second card! Love it!ReplyDelete
Lovely cards, Chari. I love your hand drawn letters covered in glitter and the mistletoe card is so darn cute and sweet!! Amazing :)ReplyDelete
Chari, these are just fabulous! So glad that you are on the team since I haven't seen you make anything that isn't spectacular! (Well, you made spectacular cards before being on the team...)ReplyDelete
oooo this is a new old stamp set to me and i love how you've used the wreath! Brilliant inspiration...thanks for sharing :)ReplyDelete
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I love your card creations! My question is: How do you cut out the stamped images SO perfectly?? I was working on a Christmas card tonight using the wreath from the Lawn Fawn set of stamps, and I got frustrated trying to cut it out after I spent all that time coloring it in. PLEASE tell me how to do this! I even have the little scissors made for detailed cutting, but those weren't very helpful tonight. :(ReplyDelete
Thanks for the card inspiration ideas! :)


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Martin "Rekkles" Larsson has been a starting AD carry for Fnatic for over six splits. Some of those ended on high notes, like the team's summer 2015 campaign that saw them crack Top 4 at Worlds before a 3-0 loss to the Koo Tigers. Others, like the 2016 season, saw the team fail to make Worlds.
After Fnatic's loss to Unicorns of Love in Week 7, Rekkles posted a series of tweets that discussed how he felt about the loss and wanting to end his career on one of those high notes.
theScore esports sat down with Rekkles to ask him more about the team's struggles, the three-year contract that he has yet to sign and whether he would actually consider retirement after this split.
Fnatic is now on a two-week skid, and your last win came against Origen. You've got a couple of weeks ahead of you that your team is expected to win, so how do you maintain the right mentality in situations like that?
Basically, after we got back from the break ... we went home for a week after we played against Origen. Which, in hindsight, was quite a mistake and I went out on Twitter and said that it was one, as well. And actually I made a similar mistake back in 2014 when we were going to play All-Stars in Paris. After the split was done, we had three or four weeks before the event, and I just thought like, this was one of my few opportunities to go home, so I'm going to take it.
After that I remember that I went out and said that it was a mistake, because I ended up not catching up on the patch as well as other teams and I felt like, this time around, it was a very similar story where H2K and other top teams went to IEM, and generally just practiced and got a lot of insight on the international scene more generally. Like, how the best teams in the world play the current patch.
And we were so far behind when we got back, so we just told ourselves that there's probably going to be a lot of games right now, both in scrims and in the LCS, where we don't get the results that we want. And that might actually include playing against worse teams as well. Even though it's not a fun thing to lose against ROCCAT and Giants when you, after all, are a team like Fnatic and you're supposed to be fighting for the top spots in Europe, at least, to begin with.
I guess we kind of just accepted that the situation is what it is, and that we're probably going to drop some games, and we're focusing on just improving as much as we can for playoffs. Because even if we were to lose to ROCCAT or Giants, as long as we get a win or two we'll still be fine and still end up third in our group. We haven't put too much emphasis, and I don't think the panic has struck yet, but if we were to drop a couple of games and if ROCCAT were to win a couple, maybe we would have to reconsider our current goals.
But for now we don't really put too much emphasis on perfecting the patch or anything like that. We're just trying to work out the basics so that we can be the best team that we've been together so far, when playoffs comes around.
How did the vacation come about? Were you hesitant beforehand or did that reaction only come afterward?
We all kind of agreed that we would go home, and practice from there. So it wasn't like we were just home and not playing the game, or not talking to each other for a complete week. We actually just had two days off, I think. One of them was a travel day. We didn't really think beforehand that it would have too much of an impact, but the difference of being here and working together from the office, seeing each other on a daily basis ... to just kind of chilling at home, and everyone not giving it their all.
It just ended up with the practice not being as good as it should have been. We were just sort of playing and going through the motions. And it didn't really feel like we were getting anywhere, and that, kind of, week was wasted. When, as I said before, the other teams were improving at a much higher rate than before, because of IEM.
I've heard from a lot of organizations and players that one of the most difficult parts of the LCS system is that you get into the split, and you have to build chemistry right away. It doesn't feel like there's a lot of time to build chemistry, and in your case, you had the team basically rebuilt around you. Is it as difficult as they say to build that kind of chemistry, and could this be part of the issues we see with Fnatic?
I think it's actually really difficult to build chemistry. We were striving to get it, I guess from the base of it, because we were going for a European roster. We thought it was more likely that we would get a synergistic roster if we were to go for that, rather than just bringing in imports once again and just coin tossing if we were to get motivated Koreans that maybe were there to stay for a longer time, or if we'd just get another couple that would just pass by.
I think, in hindsight, it's actually hard to tell if we made the right choice or not. But at the time it just felt like, going through the year with Spirit and Gamsu — even though they were like legit good players in their individual roles, it just didn't work out together — we thought that, "okay, we'll just build a European roster now and we have this chemistry already from the get-go, so we can work on all the in-depth stuff, and we kind of already have the base in place."
But then, after going into the season and having some struggles and replacing a player, we had to start over, it felt like. Just as it was last year, it was us falling behind and not being able to catch up to other teams, it feels a bit similar this year. And it feels like we're always on the back foot and always a patch behind, if that makes sense. And we don't really know before other teams what is to be played, and what's actually to be done to be a top team.
Many times it feels like we're tripping on the finish line, in a way. It's definitely a frustrating feeling, especially for myself. And that's actually connected to the stuff I commented about after our game against Unicorns. I went from basically being Top 4 at Worlds in 2015, and having so many expectations going into 2016, to having a pretty lacklustre year all in all. Even though we had an IEM performance, we just really didn't reach our expectations.
And then going into another year, it's pretty much the same, it feels. It feels really tough and really frustrating, because we're all putting our complete lives into it. There's not much else to it than sleeping, eating and playing the game. So it's definitely frustrating to not feel like we're getting anywhere, or like, feel like we're getting a step ahead of the others, and always on the back foot.
This is your sixth split starting for Fnatic, and you've been with the organization a while. Certainly you have a legacy in this game, and you spoke in your comments about potentially ending on a high note. Was that just frustration on Twitter after the loss to Unicorns of Love, or are you legitimately considering retirement sooner rather than later?
Honestly, at the beginning of the year, I thought that I had a lot more to give. So I was about to sign a three-year contract, which I've actually put on hold for now because, as I mentioned as well on Twitter, I haven't been feeling that well personally. I've been having a lot of individual struggles, and a lot of this frustration that's coming from the team side of things as well, it's kind of just adding up. At some point throughout the split now, where things weren't going my way, I kind of just like, wasn't able to hold up the individual wall anymore. Usually that's how I try to explain it.
Usually how I try to see it is that there's a wall of how much I can take, as a person. And on one side of the wall there's all the team stuff, you know, like all the issues you're having as a team and how things are just generally working at your job, I guess, if you want to make it simple. And then on the other side, there's your personal life. Even though there's not much to it, there's always you giving yourself some space at times. And it felt like many of the issues that were on the team side of the wall kind of went around it, and started influencing my individual life. And I guess at that point I wasn't able to keep all the balls in the air, any more.
And I kind of went into a slight depression, I would say. I went through a similar thing back in school, where I also spoke to a therapist, and it felt very similar in many ways. And it kind of scared me, and also went as far as me putting the contract on hold, actually, because I wasn't sure if I was able to continue any longer.
Obviously I would never leave my team behind, and I would always finish this split out no matter what. Even if I were to feel the worst ever, I would still finish it out, because I wouldn't be able to live with myself, giving up on my teammates and letting them finish out the split by finding a random AD from solo queue. So that was the only thing I was sure about, that I wanted to finish out the split at the time. And I kind of just told myself that I'd do that first, and I'll just take one thing at a time. And then once the split is over, I'll reconsider if I want to continue or not.
But it's definitely getting better by the day, and I'm actually meeting up with a therapist on Thursday, which I have really high hopes for. If things go my way, I'll get out of this in one piece, and I'll actually get stronger from it. But there's always the possibility that I'm not able to pick it up again, and that's why I decided to not lock myself in under a three-year contract which I might not be able to fulfill.
But I didn't really have any plans at the beginning of the year at all, actually, at quitting. I thought I had at least three years, or even more, to give. I wanted, as I said on Twitter, to end my career on a high note, in a similar fashion to how for example our 2015 run was. And just seeing last year and this year, I don't think I'll ever feel satisfied or proud to leave that kind of mark on my career behind.
So to clarify, the three-year contract was an option at the beginning of this split, and you decided not to do it?
It still is, actually. Basically I have the contract ready to sign, because we were negotiating a lot between the seasons. Since we were home early last year we had a lot of negotiations and talks with Fnatic on what we wanted to do together in the future. And equally as much as they wanted to work with me, I wanted to work with them as well. And yet to this day I wouldn't see myself going to any other team.
Regardless of how things work out in the end, I want to continue playing for Fnatic for as long as I'm at least playing the game.
If you were given an opportunity to end on a high-note somewhere else, like a top-tier NA team or even in the LPL, would you go? Or are you determined to finish with Fnatic?
I'm pretty determined that I want to finish with Fnatic one way or another. Leaving at the end of Season 4 was a mistake as it was, and I learned from it, and I don't want to repeat it again. They have been really good to me pretty much throughout my whole career. So I don't want to let them down one more time, and I want to end things here.
But it's been a tough couple weeks for sure, and this whole three year contract has been on the table ever since, and it's still going to be on the table between the splits but I just don't want to put them in a position where I sign a contract for them, but I'm not able to fulfill it. Like I would rather talk it out again, and perhaps even shorten it to be sure that we don't end in an awkward situation where I'm not going to continue playing and they are having me under a three-year contract.
Very few players I've interviewed have been as candid about topics like depression and mindset issues as you're being right now. Is this something that players are starting to talk to each other about more? Have you spoken to other players about these sorts of things?
Not necessarily, no. I think I've just kind of matured over the years, and I feel like I'm more accepting toward the truth, these days, and toward my own feelings. Rather than, back when I started playing, where I would just kind of like force myself to feel away, rather than actually feeling the way I feel, and saying the stuff I have on my mind.
I think I just kind of matured in that way, and I feel more mature and more able to move forward, I guess, and improve. Not only on a professional level, but also on a personal one.
For example, take the step to actually talk to a therapist when I feel like I'm in need of one.
It feels pretty difficult in esports for someone to say, "I was in a place where I just couldn't keep going, and I needed someone to help me." It feels like more often the mindset is "just power through it, you're living the dream, you have to do this." It feels like this kind of conversation is a change from what we've seen in the past.
Yeah, I think as I mentioned, at the beginning of my career this would never have come into question. I would never actually accept that I didn't feel 110 percent, and I think that's how many players feel as well. They kind of just like, come into it, and they "live the dream." They're so extremely motivated that they're almost shaking from it, you know?
And it would never come to mind that they don't feel 110 percent. So I don't think it's until the later parts of your career, when you've played the game for a longer time, that you will actually face these issues. Where it's more realistic than in the beginning.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Josh "Gauntlet" Bury is a news editor for theScore esports. You can find him on Twitter.


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♥ Obsessed is an understatement when it comes to my search for classic country blogs that are worth following. Wild Mountain Roses is one of my happiest discoveries of late.
♥ Did you see my pal Mary in Glamour mag this month? She's on pg. 132 looking sooooo beautiful in a thrifted skirt she bought on one of our many shopping adventures. And I also spotted a trio of MPLS cuties, photographed by Ellen Dahl, in this month's Lucky! You go girls!
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I really love riding prone. I do it more than regular standup surfing. Its a whole different world when you are on your belly, your nose just inches above the water. And every day is big!
This board has a built up nose and rails, which give it some nose rocker that helps with a steep drop in. The rolled rail and the tail board give the board a bit of stiffness, so they don't break as easily as a flat alaia.
When the glue is set, the side rails get chamfered on the inside and the thickness will be zero at the tail. The nose block gets lots of shaping on the inside, so that there is a smooth transition from the deck to the nose and tops of the rail. Because of the thicker rail, I'll put two tiny half moon fins just to give the rails a bit more bit in a steep face.
This is the original model which got reshaped 4 or 5 times until i was happy with the rails. I ended up with some pretty wide chined rails in the nose section. You can see the nice curves that the nose and rail have where they meet the deck. This board developed stress cracks where the top rail has a joint. The new board has a one piece rail to eliminate the joint.