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Steve, in his article 'The Gift of Failure', implies, that trying to inculcate self-esteem in your children is counter-productive and has done an entire generation a disservice. Also he seems to be critical of parents who try to protect and facilitate their children and would rather prefer parents that prepared their children for an unpredictable and inhospitable world.
While I agree with the broader thesis that overprotecting your children or never exposing them to challenges is counterproductive and harmful, I do have some concerns in the way Steve makes his case and the sort of parenting style - an off hands/ spectator parenting style, if I may speculate, - that he implicitly encourages.


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Dead Shouldn't Write
Because whatever they say isn't for anyone's ears.
This is the squeal to an earlier story of mine,
Rayne, Rayne Go Away
. I suggest reading the first one before this one, but you shouldn't be too lost without the first.
This is the story of Rayne's life after the Hunger Games. This is the story of how she lived through her days knowing that she killed an innocent young boy, Deven Nave, and how every day she read the letters he had written before his death.
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Re: Dead Shouldn't Write
My name is Deven Nave. I am fourteen years old. Im from District Ten and Im still alive. Im not sure how, but I am. Ive had this paper for a while-- kept it safe for a while until I thought I was going to die. Yes, Ive written letters like this before. But this time its different. This timeto whoever is reading this, its different! This time, I know Im going to die. Sorry! Nincada just scared meno big deal and this eraser isnt all that great. Anyways, I think were safe for now. I sure hope so.
--Deven Nave, 31st of October
This letter was found among many others by the survivor of this years Hunger Game. Rayne of District Eight killed this boy, and then she found this letter. She wanted to keep this brave boys testimony alive in the eyes of the Capitol and of District Ten. Rayne and her partner, Kirlia, started on a statue that would be placed in the center of District Ten. Raynes acts of kindness had surprised everyone. This boy and killed Ara-Jay, the father of her young child. The child that would never know his father.
Still, as Rayne hurried through the unsorted documents, she asked herself why she killed himin the end, that is. He had done the same thing that she had always tried to do, stay alive. Yet she shot him through the heart with an arrow after he tried to get to the pond she was guarding. She killed him because he had killed the man she loved. She killed him because she wanted to survive-- because she needed to survive.
I found this bag in the woods today. There was a jacket inside and some paper, which I will use carefully. Nincada is scouting the area as I write. I dont want someone to find me while I write these. Its embarrassing to write these. No one should ever have to read these. Im not sure why Im writing them in the first place.
--Deven Nave, 30nd of September
Tears streamed down Raynes ashen white face as she read the words of this boy, the boy who had been killed ruthlessly by her. She had been taken over by a rage and had never truly realized that this boy had a family, friends. Maybe even a girl he had his eyes on. She looked back at the stacks of filthy, crumbled letters and sighed loudly. Why she was so obsessed with these letters was a mystery to her. They scared her, but she read on.
My sponsor sent me some food today. It was like seeing a feast for the first time in my life. They gave me salads for Nincada with lots of unusual fruits and vegetables; like tomatoes and apples. He loved it. They gave me some bread rollswith butter!and chicken soup. It was amazing and delicious. I still cant believe someone gave me that. I thought I was going to starve to death. I wish I could thank them, but I dont really know how. Guess Ill just have to win the games.
--Deven Nave, 1th of October
Nincada wants me to write a letter about him. Nincada is great, trust me. Best Pokemon Ive ever met. He loves a good laugh and is always there for methough Im not sure if thats because of our situation or because he just likes me. I think he just likes me a bunch. And I think he wants you to know that his favorite berry is the Razz berry. Guess he likes spicy and dry foods.
--Deven Nave, 2nd of October
Rayne paused in her reading. Devens situationThe Hunger Gameswas a cruel, savage way to keep the twelve Districts in order. Killing children between the ages of twelve and eighteen- how wonderful is that? Two of these kids from each District are forced to participate in The Hunger Games. A fight to death is what it was, and there could only be one winner. Rayne Wiress was the 89th winner of The Hunger Games, one of seven winners to be from District Eighthome of factories. Raynes knowledge of machines and her Kirlias Psychic powers helped her survive what has now become her nightmare. Each tributeone of the kids who had to play in the Gameswas given one Pokemon Partner. Just like how Raynes partner was Kirlia, Devens was Nincada. The human and Pokemon were connected using microscopic chips. If one died, the chip would inject a poison into the other, killing them.
Shuffling through the other stacks of letters she had, Rayne remembered that she hadnt had any lunch that day. As she stood up to prepare a meal for herself, she thought back to when she was in the Games. To when she was forced to kill. To when she almost starved to death. The pale brunette shivered from the memories.
Resting a hand on her swollen stomach, Rayne opened the sleek, silver refrigerator. From a squishy beanbag chair in the corner, Kirlia hopped up. Rayne, he warned cautiously.
Kirlia had chosen to go through a painful procedure to be able to speak in the English language. His voice was broken up in places, his English chopped. It was hard to understand him sometimes, but Rayne always listened to what he had to say.
What? Rayne asked, looking royally pissed at her partner. There were bags under her pale blue eyes and her hair hadnt been brushed that day.
Dont strain yourself, Kirlia said as he stepped in between his Trainer and the refrigerator. He lightly pushed Rayne out of the way, barely even touching her, as he used his Psychic to move some white bread, turkey and cheese onto the table.
Rayne nodded, sliding onto one of the chairs that surrounded the dark wood table. She snatched the remote from the counter and turned on one of the large, onyx-black televisions. The screen clicked and a white line appeared before giving way to the larger picture. The news channel was showing Ariella Southgate, the famous news anchor, talking excitedly about the Deven Nave project in District Ten. Rayne leaned forward, interested in what kind of headway they were making.
But Ariella Southgate talked of a fire that had ravaged through District Ten, destroying both homes and lives. Raynes eyes were filled tears as she watched pictures flash across the screen of the charred houses and burnt bodies. The statue was even lying in a pile of melted and singed stone. Kirlia jumped onto the table, abandoning the sandwich supplies, to watch the screen with Rayne. They had both read Devens letters and they felt close to the dead boy, but this was just awful and disappointing.
Nincada and I just found a bunch of berry trees! Can you believe it? Food for us and it even helps with burns and stuff. I havent written anything for a while, but yesterday there was a fire. It burned our little hut right to the ground and my left hand was really badly burned. But we found some Rawst berries among the others and they cleared it right up! Its amazing. I think the burn was even infected, but a couple Oran berries made it feel as good as new!
--Deven Nave, 5th of October
Youll never believe what just happened! Nincada and I were looking for a new place to stay, since our last one got burned down, and we found another Nincada! Shes adorable, and I think he name is Ninny. At least, she keeps saying that over and over again. I really think my Nincada likes her a lot. I feel a bit lonely now, since they keep on chattering in their own little Nincada-Pokemon language. Man thats getting annoying Anyways, Ninny is really nice and I even think that Nincada likes her. Kind of obvious why, though.
--Deven Nave, 7th of October
Nincada and Ninny found a great new place to stay. It might be really dangerousI saw this one girl, Myddie, in the trees with her Quilava yesterday evening. I hope she didnt see me. No, of course she didnt see me. If she did Id be dead already. Anyways, this is a really nice place. A little cave on the side of a large cliff. Im only afraid of what happens if the tide gets too high . We just gotta hope for the best, I guess. At least its close to the berry trees.
--Deven Nave, 9th of October
Ninny is bringing Oran berries and Chesto berries. Nincada has a really high fever. All he ever does is sleep and Im afraid if he sleeps for too long, hell never wake up. Thats what the Chesto berries are for, to give him if he sleeps for too long. But Nincada seems pretty happy. Ninny and I take turns guarding our current home and write now thats Ninnys job. It looks like she heard something . It was a pair of Skitty head-butting the berry trees. Thank goodness.
--Deven Nave, 17th of October
It was late at night as Rayne hovered over the letters, reading over them for the second and third timeeach. The seventeen-year-old girls head was spinning with the thoughts of the fire in District Ten. Apparently it hadnt been an accident. Three young men hated how Rayne was trying so hard to help the people there and had set fire to one of the two churches there, the only one of the two that was helping with the statues. Luckily the only casualty in the church was an elderly man by the name of Mavis Windernos who had been born and raised in that church; guess he wanted to die with it too. The Fire-Fighting Squad of Pokemon had gotten there in time to see that no one else from the church burned, but sadly the fire had by then spread to the poorest parts of District Ten and had completely wiped them out.
The desk rattled as Rayne stood up, walking over to the bag that had once contained the haunting letters. The dark brown leather was coarse to the touch and dust flew off it as Rayne picked it up. The young mother brushed away the dust on the harsh fabric, sneezing as she did so. She listened closely, hoping that Kirlias snores would continue. She sighed with relief when she heard them again. Kirlia would throw a fit if he knew that she was still awake at this ungodly hour. She placed some of the letters inside the bag, weighing it before setting it down again. She sighed, wiping away one of the thousand tears she has shed over Ara-Jay and Deven.
Rayne has shed many tears for Deven, even though she only once met himand that was when she had killed him. It broke her heart, hearing this boys pleas for life after she had ended his. His family refused to talk to her, but that was understandable.
I guess I should write about my parents. Ive never been that close to my mom, but I rarely ever talk to my dad. All he ever does is yell at me. He tells me that Im a failure; that Ill never be able to help feed my family. You see, I am the second oldest out of eight kids. Theres my older brother Jaymes, me, the twinsShae and Kaiathen there are the three youngest ones, Lawanda, Jareth and Elicia. Were not the richest family out there and with eight kids, getting everyone fed can be really hard sometimes. My mom is working a lot and my dad is always trying to scam money out of people, so he can buy food for the younger ones. Normally Jaymes and I are starving, but sometimes we get enough food to last a while. Those are some of the best days. Anyways, back to the topic, my dad hates it when I dont bring home enough money or food, so he hits me a few times and then makes me sleep outside. That might not sound so bad, but in District Ten its always freezing cold at night and my dad never gives me any blankets or anything. Hes strict, but he is just trying to help Lawanda, Jareth and Elicia. I understand him and I dont fault him for it.
--Deven Nave, 8th of October
I hate to burden whoever might read this with a whole lot of depressing junk, but I feel like I should talk about my homeDistrict Ten. We specialize in mathematical research and foreign languages. We are the only District outside of the Capitol to interact with foreign countries through trade. District Ten is very well known by the largest river in Panem(our country). They say it was once called the Misssisippie River. Silly name, isnt it? I dont think I spelled it right, just so you know. Anyways, its not that bad in District Ten. The higher-ups are strict and keep everyone in line. Apparently my uncle was a higher up until one of The Hunger Games took his son. My mom says that it tore my uncle apart and now hes homeless, unless hes already dead. I really want to see him againhe was our funny uncle.
(flip paper over)
I should give you an update with Nincada and Ninny too. Nincada is still recovering, but luckily hes awake more often. I think my Aunt Rexanna mentioned that sleep is good when youre sick Oh well, Nincada will just have to rest up when hes better. Ninny is really helpful, though. My water bottle was all out of water yesterday and since it didnt rain, we had no water. But Ninny volunteered to stay with Nincada for a while, so that I could go back to a pond we found about a week ago.
--Deven Nave, 17th of October.
Thank goodness Deven had dated each of his letters; otherwise Rayne would be at a loss for how they had been organized in the bag. Or, rather, not been organized. The letters had been crammed together, as if Deven took them out and read them each day. Rayne wished she had that paper during her time in the deadly arena. But she couldnt complain, she had her Ara-Jay with her the entire time, along with Kirlia and Mawile.
Speaking of the steel-jaw Pokemon, Rayne looked at a picture that hung over her desk in her room. One was a painting based on a clip of the tape they got from the 89th Hunger Games. Mawile, standing besides her partner Ara-Jay. The two of them looked very serious, standing to face whoever dared to look at them. Ara-Jays shaggy black hair looked almost as oily as it had in real life and you could even see the sheen of cold light on Mawiles black, extra jaws.
She waddled over to the painting, lightly brushing the smooth paint. The painting was her most prized possession and was the best way she could see the man she loved. For some reason, he never visited her in her dreams.
As Rayne turned, another picture caught her eyes. Another painting that was certainly valuable. It was, of course, Deven Nave. The boy who she knew everything about yet nothing at all. His hair was, as always, a disheveled mess of pale blonde hair. The painter had done a magnificent job of portraying his bright, normally playful brown eyes. They were filled with life even though the vision of Deven that filled the young girls mind as she slept were filled with death and stillness.
My mom tells me that I have beautiful eyes. Sure, they are brown, a bit of a normal color, but she tells me that they are always filled with light. Its one of the few things she ever says to me.
--Deven Nave, 20th of October
Rayne sat down on her bed, looking at the textured white ceiling that protected her from the rains of the outside world. As she laid down, she remembered. And as remembered, she dreamed.
She dreamed of the day Ara-Jay was killed by sharp Metal Claws from Devens Nincada. Rayne wasnt with them at the time and Mawile and Ara-Jay had to fend off the intruders themselves. Rayne still didnt know what had compelled the mild Deven to find someone to attack. Maybe it was panic and fear or maybe it was something as simple as boredom. She would never find the answer.
When she finally woke from her horrific nightmare, her face was damp with cold sweat. The first thing she saw was her brother, Ainsley, standing over her. This pale brown hair hung in a loose ponytail that almost touched her shoulder and his somber gray eyes meeting her blue ones. Rayne glared at him and he moved, allowing her to sit up slowly. What are you doing here, Ainsley? she grumbled angrily. Raynes older brother lived with his young wife, Kayleah, in a much poorer area of District Eight. Ainsley and Kayleah had refused to live with Rayne after she had won the Hunger Games seven months ago. Raynes younger brother Skye lived downstairs now.
Checking on you, thats all, Ainsley said, smiling as he straightened up. I came in here to find you screaming like you were back in the Games. But you werent making any noise. I got a bit worried.
Just a bad dream, Rayne replied nervously. Her big brother always knew what she was feeling, even if Rayne didnt know herself.
About Ara-Jay? Ainsley asked, his cloudy gray eyes darkening as he said the name.
Rayne frowned. Yes, actually, she snapped. Now get out of my room so I can get changed.
Ainsley smiled bleakly at his sister before hurrying out of the bedroom. Rayne sighed, slowly getting out from under her deep blue sheets with a hand rested on her stomach. Any day now.
Shes coming, shes coming, shes coming. I know she is. She might be right outside. I dont know. She could be anywhere. I might die right now. Oh no Please, whatever god or goddess is out there dont let me die. Not until I see my family once more. Theyre not the greatest, but theyre all I have. Please, stop her before she kills me. I dont want her to die, though. That would be awful too. I want this Game to stop. Please let it stop.
--Deven Nave, 30th of October
I killed that guy. I think his friend is going to kill me now.
--Deven Nave, 29th of October
Rayne Wiress is going to kill me today. I know it. She killed Ninny yesterday and now shes coming for me. Please dont let this be the end of it. Were scared.
--Deven Nave, 31st of October
That was the last entry from the letters of Deven Nave.
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People like you shouldn't rush for a grade. Good stories are hard to find, even harder to grade.
I'll try to grade this. May take some time though.
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This story is now on the priority list for grading, so I'm posting here to bump it to the front page of the forum. Somebody claim it!
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Claiming this for grading as requested.
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Just posting again to say this is still being graded, I'm just having a lot of stuff going on.
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Your stories are so good, it's not even funny how hard they are to grade. You made me even get on the old grader lost in the woods group when I've been a grader for not even two weeks. Sorry for the latter sections being short though, it's a bit harder to write for sections that have virtually no problems.
: I thought that the introduction here was a great way to start the story, which was a letter. Very creative in my opinion, and the part following after made it seem better.
You know, the part right after the letters, stating how it was found by Rayne, the survivor of the Hunger Games? It gave a bit of insight on the matter, and made it easier to learn more about these letters, what the characters are like. This story basically just eases us in, and then goes on in a 'regular' story manner.
: This plot is heavily based on the Hunger Games, a book series I have heard about and read a couple pages of. The one based on the districts, on how someone is chosen to participate in a deadly event until someone wins. A bit unoriginal, but it still has a Pokémon twist, with the poison connection and linking of life.
Still though, a story being based on a book series is okay, but having a huge basis on the whole series without writing the series or basis is a bit too much. Try to put more of a spin, dont just use original characters, use original locations and more. Make it seem like the only similarity is the use of a fight to the death competition. That would be a nice place to start, just work from there on.
Besides the Hunger Games, the story has a big basis on letters. Letters written by those killed during the Hunger Games. The namesake of this story as well, these things are very important. You showed them by using italics, so that has to mean something is of notability in them. It could also mean a different format as well, but Id prefer to think it was because you believed they had some importance.
The plot in general though, is a bit awkward. Rayne is reading letters of Deven Nave, someone she killed because he killed the one Rayne loved. Soon enough, she wakes up and it is apparently all a dream. However, I'm a bit confused if it actually is all a dream, due to how more entries appear after she wakes up, the last written by Deven.
: There are a bunch of characters in this story. I'll describe a couple of them based on what we know:
Rayne Wiress: Rayne is apparently either a main or secondary character in this story. She is the one reading the writings of Deven Nave, somebody she killed. Rayne has a Kirlia as a partner, and she won the Hunger Games with it. Rayne has a child as well apparently. The father of the child though was killed by Deven, and that was her motive for killing the lad.
Deven Nave: Deven is basically only known by the letters he has written. He befriended two Nincada, and learned what berries they like. Eventually, one falls sick, but regains its strength. After this point, we know nothing of what happens to the Nincada, besides that Ninny has been killed by Rayne. Deven himself though is someone who tries to hold on to life. Soon enough though, he is killed by Rayne for killing Ara-Jay.
: You do have some errors in this story, grammatically and spelling-wise. Ill just show some of them here.
This boy and killed Ara-Jay, the father of her young child.
I believe that there, you meant to put 'had' instead of 'and'.
I think he name is Ninny
There, I think you forgot the r in her.
Ninny and I take turns guarding our current home and write now thats Ninnys job
Here, the latter part of the sentence (now thats Ninnys job) makes little sense. It seems misplaced a little to be honest, something that was meant to be part of another sentence, or something that had a couple words cut off with the apostrophe s in thats being a typo. It certainly left me scratching my head either way.
This one I left cut off for the only mattering part is what has been quoted. Here, you neglected to put a space between Panem and the (, which is grammatically incorrect.
Anyway, its best to proofread the story as best as you can just to be sure you dont have any errors. However, since most of these are part of the letters told in someone's writing, I can sort of let you off on them.
: Dialogue is sparse in this story, due to its heavy basis on letters. However, some speaking does come when Rayne apparently wakes up from her apparent dream. Now its between Ainsley, Raynes brother, and her. After this, the story starts to come to a closing, and ends. You seem to know the conventions about ending dialogue as well, so this section really has nothing to be said as well.
: Description was most certainly not your weak point in this story. You gave enough description to everything in my opinion, so this section really has no worth. Great job here! Just remember never to put too little or too much description in one area to reach a perfect amount.
: The reality here well, lies mainly in the letters presented. Since it was basically a dream though, and writings dont exactly are literal, I can let you off on this whole story basically. I guess thats a good thing for you. Even in the letters though, this story follows the mechanics of the world well enough. Good for you I guess then.
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The hot dog may have retained a more pristine image over the decades, but in today's restaurants the hamburger dominates. You'll find hot dogs at a limited number of eateries, usually at a delicatessen or on a kid's menu. But burgers (it's more fashionable to shorten it) have made it out of the backyard barbecue grill and into the bistros. No longer are they simply an option in Cantonese restaurants for folks who thought Chinese food was too exotic. And though still a staple at drive-thrus and drive-ins, burgers are hardly the property of only American fast-food joints any longer.
Not that they ever should have been. According to local cookbook author Steven Raichlen, who published The Barbecue! Bible, Delmonico's, an upscale steak house, served the first American hamburger in 1834, albeit without a bun, and for what was then considered a terrific expense (a dime). He's vague about when the roll was introduced -- "somewhere along the line" -- but it probably appeared before the burger was popularized by the St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904, where The New Food Lover's Companion says the burger first appeared.
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Nor is the burger strictly an American phenomenon. The hamburger was invented, appropriately enough, in Hamburg, Germany, by way of Russia -- German sailors brought the idea of steak tartare back to their home port and one-upped the Russkies -- who adored the raw, chopped meat -- by cooking it. German immigrants then acquainted North Americans with the hamburger, which was immediately adopted. Now, claims Jeffrey Tennyson, author of Hamburger Heaven: The Illustrated History of the Hamburger, Americans alone account for the consumption of nearly 40 billion burgers a year. Other countries, like Greece, make their own versions of ground meat patties, and Raichlen includes recipes for Bulgarian, Bosnian, and Pakistani "burgers" in his tome.
While availability accounts for some of the hamburger's appeal, ease and convenience seal it. The self-contained burger is a quick, multicourse meal that appears to satisfy many nutritional requirements at once: meat, starch, dairy, and vegetable (a.k.a. lettuce, tomato, pickle, and onion). In her book The Rituals of Dinner, Margaret Visser claims we like the burger because both the meat and bun are circular, and "circles are symbols of completeness and self-sufficiency.... [T]he roundness is not only self-sufficient but also old-fashioned, plump, and comforting." She also uses psychobabble symbolism to explain why burgers can jump from fast food to fancy food. Burgers are held in the hand, making them quick to eat and difficult to share, both characteristics of which signal informality. At the same time, the round shape mimics traditional European dining plates, and "the superimposed and separate layers of food... make sophisticated references to parts of the sequential model for a formal meal."
Hmm. Cut through all this gobbledygook and what you have is (a) a discounting of White Castle's square-burger success, and (b) the fact the burger satisfies many different people for a few similar reasons. But collective consciousness isn't what inspired Jimmy Buffett to call a "cheeseburger in paradise... heaven on earth with an onion slice." He's more concerned with how he likes it as opposed to why, and diners agree. In fact most of us disagree when it comes to analyzing what makes a burger good.
For some of us, the quality of the meat is the most important aspect in burger appreciation. But that doesn't necessarily mean the beef should be the most expensive you can buy -- say, lean sirloin. In fact, in Kitchen Science, Howard Hillman notes that ground chuck will shape up best. See, chuck steak has more fat -- and therefore more flavor -- than sirloin; marbling, a kinder term for fat, keeps the meat moist and stops it from shrinking into a doll-size play burger as it cooks. And while sirloin steak is initially more succulent than chuck, grinding renders all steaks equal in the eyes of the grill cook.
However, if you like to fly in the face of convention, indulge your whim at Morton's of Chicago (various locations in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties). The 20-year-old steak house chain presents a USDA prime, 13-ounce ground sirloin burger for $8.95 at lunch only. Almost monstrously plump, the burger ranks among the best I've had, offering a beautifully bright red interior with a firm texture. Keeping in mind that the a la carte double-cut filet mignon is only one ounce heavier but much pricier and that the burger is topped with sauteed mushrooms and accompanied by lyonnaise potatoes, you've got yourself quite a hefty bargain.
Other folks judge burgers by their size. And you can consume a dependable, reasonably priced half-pounder at places like Jack's Old Fashion Hamburger House (4201 N. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale, 954-565-9960, and 591 S. Cypress Rd., Pompano Beach, 954-942-2844) for $3.45 and at Stevie B's Rib Cafe (2725 N. Hiatus Rd., Cooper City, 954-432-3322, and 288 Indian Trace Rd., Weston, 954-349-6636) for $4.49.
But be forewarned: Burger places sometimes judge you. For example, at Cheeburger Cheeburger (11531 SW 88th St., Kendall, 305-596-1211, and 708 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-524-8824), if you can't finish the enormous 20-ounce burger for $9.95, you don't get your name and picture thumbtacked to the wall of gluttons. Smaller appetites -- and those not seeking 15 seconds of fame -- can choose from four other burgers, which range from five-and-a-half to fourteen ounces, cost between $3.95 and $7.95, and have appellations like "The Delirious" and "The Semi-Serious." I find Cheeburger Cheeburger both consistently good and ultracasual, with burgers served solo with salad garnishes and a choice of cheese, including provolone or jalapeno, in baskets. (Sides of fresh-cut French fries and hand-dipped onion rings cost extra.)
I'm personally interested in how a burger is cooked. It simply must be charbroiled or grilled, not fried or, God forbid, microwaved. (I'm therefore more partial to Burger King than McDonald's or White Castle, if truth be told.) I also like it, well, bloody. I know, I know, E. coli and all that. But in my opinion, you might as well play hockey with a well-done hamburger. I particularly dislike an overly charred flavor.
Holleman's, a low-key steak house near the Miami International Airport (1 Curtiss Pkwy., Miami Springs, 305-888-8097), does a terrific job of charbroiling a burger for $4.95, and for an extra buck tops them with rich, homemade chili. Like at Morton's, the hamburger is only on the lunch menu, but the cooks are glad to make it for dinner if you request it. I also find that Max's Beach Place (17 S. Atlantic Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-525-5022) makes a mean char-grilled burger at any time of the day for $8.95 and melts Vermont white cheddar over it for an extra dollar.
When it comes to burgers, many restaurants stick to the standard sesame-seed bun. Others, like O'Casey's (11415 S. Dixie Hwy., Pinecrest, 305-256-2667), an upscale Irish pub, improve upon it. The bun on the $5.95, half-pound O'Casey burger is homemade, fluffy but firm, encasing the meat and challenging the mouth -- with more success than a dentist -- to open wide. At Bistro Zenith (3011 Yamato Rd., Boca Raton, 561-997-2570), a toasted focaccia roll improves the $9, ten-ounce bistro burger, which was overcooked the night I tried it.
Some people never notice the bun and care less about the burger itself than about the stuff that comes on it. The cheeseburger, obviously, is an everlastingly popular item. James Beard even dignified his burgers with blue cheese, which may be why so many updated diners and bistros have followed this custom. The pungency of crumbled blue cheese does complement rather than overwhelm the meat at Himmarshee Bar & Grille (210 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale, 954-524-1818), which stuffs a grilled sirloin burger with basil and crowns it with creamy Gorgonzola for $7.50. The sides of zucchini pickle and warm potato salad are nice gourmet touches as well. For $8.95 Big City Tavern (5250 Town Center Cir., Boca Raton, 561-361-4551, and 224 Clematis St., West Palm Beach, 561-659-1853) also offers a grilled and seasoned ten-ounce sirloin burger, served open-faced on toasted country bread and sealed with broiled Gorgonzola.
Visser writes in The Rituals of Dinner that the burger is "unmistakably a child of the modern imagination." Big Pink (157 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, 305-532-4700, and 300 SW First Ave., Fort Lauderdale, 954-463-7465) takes the blue ribbon for the kind of creativity she means. The verde burger is doused with a delicious spinach-and-cheese dip for $8.50. Talk about your multicourse meal -- this is appetizer and entree in one. Big Pink also gets kudos for noticing that not everyone eats beef and for offering substitutes: a juicy turkey burger for $9.25, a veggie burger (comprising brown rice, lentils, and tofu) for $8.55, and a salmon burger (ground salmon mixed with basil) for $9.55.
One of the best "substitute" burgers I sampled was at the brand-new restaurant It's New York (1850 SE 17th Street Cswy., Fort Lauderdale, 954-463-7878), which grills a savory half-pound ground chicken burger with cheddar cheese and sun-dried tomato mayonnaise for $8.50. As far as vegetarian burgers go, they've become more and more common lately, but the only place you can get one topped with vegetarian bacon and soy cheese is Sara's (3944 46th Ave., Hollywood, 954-986-1770). At this kosher dairy restaurant-franchise (the original is in North Miami), the $4.95 veggie burger is slid between a "chalee" (or challah) roll of chewy, braided egg bread. If you'd rather forgo the faux pig strips, check out the $3.95 falafel (ground chickpea) burger at Burgerito instead. But forget about washing it down with a beer -- unlike all the other eateries I've mentioned, this restaurant doesn't have a liquor license.
Of course all this talk about hamburgers has naturally made me hungry -- for hot dogs. The frankfurter is as capable of innovation and variation as the hamburger. Surely it, too, can cross international borders and jump class barriers. In fact I'm particularly intrigued by Steven Raichlen's description of "samba dogs," a Brazilian recipe that tops wieners with a relish comprising corn, tomatoes, peas, olives, and hard-boiled eggs, and by the Home on the Range Buffalo Company, which makes hot dogs out of -- you guessed it -- buffalo meat. But first we'll have to rename the hot dog. Because according to the anonymous author of the Illustrated Manners Book, "you will do well not to be talking of dogs when people are eating sausages.
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Covering Francis -- Newsflash: The Pope is Catholic!
Assign the reporter to cover a person who has a similar cultural background but who does not share the assumptions that define the norm as the reporter sees it, and you get coverage that is slanted. The reporter cannot understand why this other person does not share the view that is accepted as the only legitimate view in the reporter's own social and professional circles. The stories then become focused on those differences, however irrelevant they might be, and not on telling the bigger, more important story.
We saw this bias play out in rather ridiculous fashion last week after the College of Cardinals elected Jorge Borgoglio of Argentina as Pope Francis.
NBC News ran with this "story" on Thursday: "'Status quo' leader: Same-sex marriage, abortion unlikely under Pope Francis."
The story began: "Known as a compassionate Argentine archbishop who eschewed the trappings of his role to live amid his flock and who focused on the poor, Pope Francis will likely keep to Catholic teachings that reject abortion and same-sex marriage, experts said Wednesday."
Fascinating. NBC News, one of America's largest and best-known news organizations, considered it news that the new Pope adhered to Roman Catholic doctrine. Worse, it had to have "experts" tell it that.
"The pope will be Catholic," Professor Christopher J. Ruddy of the Catholic University of America, told NBC. "He speaks and he teaches what the Catholic church teaches on these issues." This is news?
Stories of the Pope's adherence to standard Roman Catholic teachings were legion last week. Time magazine reported that Pope Francis "is conservative on social issues and is a vocal opponent of gay marriage and abortion."
The real story, which some reporters succeeded in telling, was that here was a Pope who refused to adhere to the tradition of elevating himself above the cardinals. Here was a Pope who asked the people to pray for him before he prayed for them, who has lived his life in service to the poor and afflicted.
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Joshua Jackson to Guest Star on Grey's Anatomyby Steve Marsi at . Comments
The list of notable Grey's Anatomy guest stars continues to grow. Joshua Jackson has been singed to a multi-episode arc on ABC's hit medial drama.
Elizabeth Reaser, Seth Green, Lauren Stamile and others have been announced as guest stars, as the new season continues to feature new faces.
Now it's Joshua Jackson, 29, who will reportedly play a doctor in the 11th episode of Season Four and continuing for several episodes. This is Jackson's first stint on TV since the end of his long-running hit show Dawson's Creek (2003).
We've looking forward to seeing Josh Jackson on Grey's Anatomy.
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Joshua Jackson is awsome and maybe he can stay on the show for longer. He can act is hot and would make a great doc on the show.
i heard hes not going to be able to do greys anatomy because of another show hell be on plus because of the writers strike..im very depressed!
Mer should so get him for some revenge against Mc Dreamy or he should come dray MC THORNY- Nurse Rose- away I seriously hate her. We need m
Mer Der. Mer Der needs Mer Der. She has to go AWAY seriously =] Jennifer.
I heard that he and Christina might hook up...
I love him! I hope he stays on the show, it's been kinda dumb lately.
OMG!! I love Dawson's Creek! and Joshua Jackson! I'm so excited!!
I looooooove josh! im so excited!
He is going to be paired with CRISTINA! haha im so excited, she needs some love. she is so angry, and im so sick of all the guys wanting meredith. she is evil now! GIZZIE!
cant wait for josh to appear in a GA ep!!! i really like him..i think he will be an excellent addition to the cast! pair him up with lexie or izzie fine with me...but i guess i prefer lexie!!!! go josh, do your thing, that's what we love about u!!!
Joshua Jackson??? Sign me up!!!! I've never watched a whole episode of Grey's but now there's definitely a reason to!!!! Great move, ABC!
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I'm here.I want to have a thousand different lives, right now.
I feel like I belong in so many things I've merely witnessed.
I want to travel to all the countries I feel connected with, and be part of its culture; while still remaining myself.
I want to dance to the music that moves my soul, in as many different places I possibly can.
I want to connect with people from around the globe that have felt what I'm feeling right now.
I want to breathe the air into my lungs, knowing I live somewhere I've never lived before, and it's home.
I want who I am to make sense in a dozen different languages.
I want to know streets intimately, when I've lived my entire life across many oceans from them, thinking that was it.
Who says any of this is impossible.. A year in any place can feel more like home than 60 years in the same household.
I can be peoples home, they can come to me when they're done with their day, and I can wait for them with a bottle of wine to talk about life's fleeting instances.
We're all
Vida.Life tests you sometimes. It throws you so hard onto the ground, you can't feel anything but pain, taste anything but blood, or see anything clearly because of your teared-up eyes.
Sometimes you hurt so much, real physical pain doesn't come close, strangely it seems like a relief. A pain that lingers, and makes you feel like you are sleepwalking through your nightmare of a life.
Life is the teacher, preacher, the abuser, and the user, but it is you that decides how to deal with it all.
Life sits idly by, watching you walk across the universe, it throws obstacles along your path to see how tough you really are, how much you really want something, how far you will go.
It leads you right to the edge, just when you are about to free-fall, the wind blows against you, and you think twice.
I guess, we are all quantum, reacting to one another throughout our little venture, also known as a lifetime. Some take the easy road, others are dealt the tough one, some cut it short and choose their own
Little, amazing, fucked up, me.I get along with people who smoke weed, who have done MDMA, who have tripped donkey balls on LSD. I get along with people who have a mushroom experience… to tell, a drunken story that is unbeatable, a rebellious reminiscence, that makes me feel alive.
I get along with the fucked up kids.
I get along with the kids, who do not fit in with the mainstream crowd.
I get along with the misfits, who doubt themselves and ask themselves daily "why am I here?"
I get along with those who don't judge, but who are judged.
I get along with those who appreciate reality, in its most deformed, diluted, and incomprehensible state.
Normal is overrated.
Normality is boring.
Give me a fucked up chick, with scars, a guitar, and an endless game of truth or dare… any day
Give me a fucked up guy, with bruises, white socks, leather jackets, tattoos, and a taste for mystery.
Give me a man, who will look into my eyes and see the next 50 years of his life, in ecstasy… knowing I will do him good
Life isn't for everyone.Life isn't for the faint hearted. It will rip your face out of your arse and strangle you with the remains. Sometimes though, you look around, and its so goddam beautiful you want to cry your eyes out into a pool of tears and bathe in its glory; a little grotesque yes, but intuitive.
Life plays with you, unless you play with it right back. Tickle that Motherfucker, make it squirm, and scream, and laugh so hard it shakes the good times into your lap.
Climb trees, run around wildly, take life by the balls, and don't let go until they're blue.
Dance like theres no one watching, but a creepy guy filming you in the bushes, sing like your drowning out every beiber song playing at once, laugh as though you just saw a kardashian trip on their own ass.
Life is not for everyone, it stabs you in the back, pierces through your soul and rapes you in the ass simultaneously. Its the slutty cousin's friend, who just can't seem to stop FUCKING YOU.
Sometimes though, you breathe in that crisp morning ai
A penny for ...my thoughts.––Life is so fucking confusing. One minute your okay, the next your 6 feet under.
––One second it all makes sense, the next… you forget why you're still around.
––A few months go by really fast, one hour doing something you dislike, is eternity.
––You are with someone, and they are part of you, then all of a sudden you're missing a portion.
––Life is so fucking understandable. One second you are here, the next you are not, everything that once 'is', will become a 'was'.
––Our time is relative, but really…we are alive for a blink of an eye, in the lifetime of existence.
––It all goes on at the same pace, but an hour of fun is pure distraction, and it slips through your fingers like water… an hour of angst is reality and suffering; it slips through your fingers like mud.
––You meet someone as an individual, able to live your lives just fine, but… then you find yours
Then is now, and after is before.It's all happening right now, even what we believe to be the past… everything is in it's perspective "now" moment. We are living in a time where our present is defined by our surroundings, our era, ourselves…but this is merely our perception, and perception dear friends, can change. We are all telepathically communicating with one another, from the first ever instant, to the last ever instant…everything in between is us living, and like a domino effect, or a ripple…everything is a reaction, a branch of a centre, of the infinite all.
We move through time, time does not pass, or stop, or go…'time' is just an appropriate name, given to a non-linear collection of every possibility.–– We move through it using our decisions as a vehicle, and we leave our footprint's in the sand, for as long as sand is sand.
Yesterday can't be our today, but yesterday still exists, it's still happening, and it's your today somewhere–– just not for the
The Wreckage of TonightThe wreckage of my regrets, washed to the shore of tonight.
Whispering it's secrets to the cochlea of my ear, as white figures appear in the form of haunting freeze-frames of my life, all around me.
The rusty keys, that hold in all my gust, to eternity.
The cobwebs, that decorate my experiences into something rustic and historic.
The sounds of the waves, waltzing in the inner keeping of my integrity.
The shallows of the frozen-over icy, rough ocean; anchor back my mind.
Rocio Belinda Mendez © 2013
Addiction.Addiction, conceived from speculation.
An escape from right now; tainted in mea culpa.
A taste of the unexplored, bitten from the antonym of lies.
A touch of absence, in pristine awareness.
A hunt for the kill.
© Rocio Belinda Mendez
Everything, now, and never.Everything happens all around you. It is all a blur, all a regurgitated notion, until you are the recipient. Until you are the centre of the chaos. Then it is surreal, then it is too real to understand, too real to really know, because you have never been the centre of gravity. You are insignificant, and mean very little to the world, in it's entirety. When you are at the centre of death, emotion, chaos and effect, you tend to acknowledge life for what it is. A fleeting moment, tainted in memory. You try to hold on, when there is nothing tangible, you try and understand, when perception flew into the black hole of existence, right before your eager, fool-ridden eyes.
Suddenly empathy becomes experience, and you are the subject; to such a trait. Unable to articulate the severity of your condition, you say what you can put into words, and cry out the rest. You try and tell another, what you are feeling, only to know too well, it is insufficient to honour a life.
You reminisce as th
Such is life.Such is life. A blink of an eye in the most minuscule of significance's, we exist and exit in the same instant.
What is our life but a blink of an eye. What is a life but, the opening of the curtain, and the silent applause while it closes for the last time.
Are we not, one with eternity, ourselves and you... right now?.
What is this moment, if not a specific interpretation of the existence in our minds.
Hold my hand, while i take on the universe. Don't you think the fearlessness of being a human, transcends tonight? I think so, as a matter of fact I think it so much...I know it.
Rocio Belinda Mendez © 2013
Ocean Captiveplease,
awaken from this
you've become a servant to the ocean,
obeying its every command –
succumbing to its demanding beauty,
hypnotised by the tranquillity.
(rising and falling.)
(falling and rising.)
you fragile, broken thing,
a beautiful golden fool –
your frame filling with
bones stiffening, skin wrinkling
blood turning blue.
you're visiting the ocean's depths,
welcoming the cruel world below;
but those lungs of yours are burning,
and those soft eyes are questioning –
so open
so hopeful,
(yet wavering.)
you ocean captive,
open your eyes
swim to the top –
and breathe the air,
once again.
I want to be with youI sit here alone, thinking of you
about the time that we shared, about the things we used to do
But now I'm alone and it's starting to show
How did I get here? Do you already know?
I want to be with you... but it won't happen
I want to be with you... but I can't seem to take action
It always seems that you're just passing through..
So how can I be with you?...
Time goes by and still I'm here
Yet you start to go and disappear.
How do I get your attention or do you already know?
That I want you here.. I don't want you to go...
I want to be with you... but it won't happen
I want to be with you... but I can't seem to take action
It always seems that you're just passing through..
So how can I be with you?...
Why do I do this to myself? I don't know..
It's not like you care.. looks like you enjoy the show
I know I should give up but my heart seems to say no..
Yet you're not here... you've already let go...
I want to be with you... but it won't happen
I want to be with you... but I can't seem
This is the EndYou were the person who I cared most,
Who I told everything to.
You were the keeper of my secrets,
The person who I shared my thoughts to.
My treasured aspect of life.
I would think that nothing...
Nothing could rip apart our friendship,
Our bond.
How wrong I was...
The lies you tell,
The arrogance you show,
The betrayal you display,
Like a burning knife cutting through my heart.
Every moment,
Every laughter,
By your deception.
There is no point in pretending,
No point in acting,
I have enough.
Just admit it...
The truth.
You have grown out of me...
This is the end.
Psychiatric Test Result: LoveDo you know what love is?
It isn't just liking something, or needing to see someone's face or hear their voice or enjoying their company or having sex with them. It's physical; it's gut twisting, bone shaking, heart wrenching, walk-over-a-burning-world. It's like the guitar string of their soul harmonizing with you singing. It's exhausting- the pure emotion of it. It's blindly throwing your mind out into the abyss and then dragging yourself back up the sheer rock face. Your rub your soul raw every day, chafing against whatever holds you stuck fast in place, whatever binds you that does not bind you to them.
Do not fall in love because Love with a capital L is an exquisite torture that you inflict on yourself all of your existence because you cannot stop. Love is a mental illness, it's a drug and a blessing, it's a cure and it's a curse, love is the finger-nail claw-slash across your open beating heart. It
All in memoryAnother Dream
Another loss
Another memory
That has a cost
Everything is broken
And everything is gone
And as we fell a part
I was left alone
Lost in a sea of hopelessness
Waiting for you to drift by
I wallow in my loneliness
Trying not to cry
So now I lay on an empty shore
As the waves caress my skin
Sitting there and wondering
What could have, would have been
Sometimes I close my eyes
Hoping it was just a dream
Because, when you left
You took a piece of me
I deny I ever cared
Or if it was even real
Otherwise the scars will open up
And I will start to feel
Then the crimson fluid
Will spread upon the floor
And I will be left in darkness
As I cry "Please no more."
Demons Are Hunting
Demons Are Hunting
Sent to war
with no arms at all
Fight to live and die again
Surviving is unfair
Hell in you, Prayers of death
Keep your hope back inside
Full their lines, an endless fight
One more step to the other side
Left by friends, alone in line
Left in darkness, in the shine
Ordered chaos for the blind
Dream of Angels
Demons are hunting, their game
Sent to war
with no arms at all
Fight to live and die again
Surviving is unfair
Split in pieces, Prayers of death
Flow your scream to the sky
Traitors stray, an endless fight
Blow your dream, just deny
Left by Love, alone in line
Left to freeze, in the sunshine
Ordered chaos for the blind
Dream of Angels
Demons are hunting, their game.
I know myself, tonight.I sit while I smoke on my balcony, wondering how long this feeling will last.
The burn in my throat reminding me of all the times I've been here, in the recent, yet deceptively long-ago-story it births in me.
I write, misspelling. I see the world through a particular viewfinder, I connect with the music in a way i have missed. Let me close my eyes for a moment, and contemplate the darkness in its most colorful state.
I know you, I say to myself smiling.. Where have you been hiding?
Right here, I respond while taking a long drag, holding it, until I exhale clear-smoke-free-air. Now I feel you.
My knowledge takes over & auto pilot, seems like the smartest idea yet.
I know you, I repeat while I acknowledge the words written, along with the burn between my fingers. Such is life. A blink of the eye in the most minuscule of significance's, we exist and exit in the same instant.
What is our life, but a blink of an eye. What is a life, but, the opening of the curtain, and the silent applause w
Fuck the system.Fuck the ever so prevalent need to impress.
The prerequisite of popularity, to be appreciated.
The inevitability that talent is cast aside, to make way for the rich and famous.
Fuck giving a damn about the deaths in one country, while millions die daily in silence, without a whimper of acknowledgement.
The obsessed- over, ideal person, that doesn't even appear like what they permeate.
Fuck the biased media, fogging reality, fading away truth, annihilating real freedom of choice, speech and action.
The overly important necessity to feed ourselves with guilt for feeling good, feeling pleasure, comfort or happiness.
Fuck the people that make this our life.
Fuck this system, that seems to work so well for us.
Fuck this system. Huh…where do I sign?.
Right here. Rocio Belinda Mendez 2013
Confession about me Silent StrengthI am strong, but please never confuse this strength with invulnerability.
I do hurt.
I do cry.
I do love.
I do feel.
I do get crushed.
I do regret.
But please never think that while I may never show these things in front of you, that I don't feel them.
Because I do.
More than you could ever imagine.
I'm a hyper sensitive person, forced into a role of strength.
It is just a rare occasion when my reserve breaks and I show it in front of people.
And when this happens, I reach a state of such openness and vulnerability that I fear.
Because I can withstand a thousand blows, but just one word can cut me down. And at that moment, I fear what could be said to me.
I'm very sorry if anyone who see this thinks of me as cold, or heartless, or unfeeling.
It's just in my life, I have had people who rely on me to be the strong one who keeps a level head and calm emotions.
And so when I break in front of someone, I apologize profusely.
Because what if they were someone that needed me
I'd rather believe in something,
Rather than to believe in nothing.
Because to believe in nothing implies there is no purpose.
It implies that there is nothing below or above the earth's surface.
It suggests that there is no advanced assistance and that our existence
Can be revoked in an instant, despite our apparent spiritual commitments.
It would mean that mankind will not be punished for all their wrong doings.
And that living a good honest life will not grant you a shoe in
To something that is not indefinitely there
And that it was us who made this world unfair.
But if you believe there is something greater in place
And that this something does not have a form, figure or face.
From this something we gain a feeling that cannot be described
And although countless cynics have allied, defied and tried.
They have dedicated their entire lives to proving there is no evidence.
Because disproving that something is the only thing of any relevance.
What if confirming its p
Believe in YourselfThere is always a way
to feel that you are worth it
a way to feel more happiness
than you ever had before
No matter what the circumstance is
there is always a way to feel FREE to this world
To feel the love, joy, and happiness
that you never had at all
A feeling that is true
a feeling that is real
is to believe
that something good will happen
Always believe in yourself
if not believe in those that believe in you
Feel that your life is worth living
that you are meant to be here
There is always a way
to enjoy the life you are living
a way to feel happiness
that you never had
So always believe in yourself
that things get better
If not now
some day it will happen
Just believe in yourself
and those around you
cause In the end
Good will come around
ScarsI am defined by scars beneath the flesh
Despite my struggles there is no release
I am controlled by a grasp superior to that of the body
I am free of tethers, of ropes, and of chains
Despite the distance of I have travelled, I see you everywhere, in everything
There is no weight upon my shoulders but a heaviness I cannot shake
I am troubled with burdens past my years
While my skin shines of youth, my heart is plagued with darkness
I have been placed in a world of innocence in which I no longer belong
What you have taken has worth beyond a price
My eyes are no longer bright, my heart no longer light, and my hands no longer clean
You are haunting me with a promise I cannot keep
I Spent All My HappinessI spent all my happiness
All those years of saving
Are now useless
As I look
At this heart shaped piggy bank
With nothing inside.
I had changed venues
Tried to hide
All my happiness in you
Thinking maybe you wouldn't notice
The few coins
I stored in your smile
Or the bills hidden in each hug
And the fortunes in each kiss.
I spent all my happiness
Thousand by thousand
For each small butterfly
I felt tingle in my being
Till I finally went bankrupt.
I spent all my happiness
Every single drop
Has been given unto you
And I know
Every investment in you
Is completely worth it
As long as
I can still glimpse your smile.
Thirteen More Words
Death around me
Bloodied hands
The Destruction made
By the monster I am
I can't stop
I've gone too far
I'm to finish
What I started
I hear screams
But nobody's screaming
I see blood
But nobody is bleeding
Where are the screams
Coming from?
Is it from inside
Or maybe above?
Where's the blood
Coming from?
From my insides?
From that of my Love's?
I go to seek
For an answer.
What created these
Calls of despair
I cry out,
Out of shame
Scream. Shout
I'm the one to blame
I look at
the destruction I made.
What am I?
Can I stop?
I shake.
I can't stop
I stand; I must finish
What I started
More blood;
all the deaths.
More destruction, by the monster
That is me.
Live In A DreamThe happy ending just makes me want to cry
For it is a lie
You will not get much better
The road is long and very pale
Life will not become much better
You wish that you could live in a dream
Because nothing can ever go wrong
Unless you are in Wonderland
But that really doesn't matter any more
The world feels so selfish
Death is all that awaits us out there
It wants us to stray off the path of life
So it can pick us off one by one
Yet when someone is being taken by death
They only cry when it's you that is dead
You wish that you could live in a dream
Because nothing can ever go wrong
Unless you are in Wonderland
But that really doesn't matter anymore
The world feels so selfish
Why do you even have a dream?
When all you do is actually scream
Just as something goes wrong
You wish that you could live in a dream
Because nothing can ever go wrong
Unless you are in Wonderland
But that really doesn't matter any more
The world feels so selfish
The worl
The Twilight GardenThrough the twilight garden of remorse, reason, and rest, our journey ends to begin a quest, one to immortalize the very best.
Our companions of swallow and significance have shrieked to opposition, their heirs of a green kiss mangled and torn; a more peculiar disposition.
Revival is our key to doors, brassed gently with the weeds, exceeding to proportions blinded; bound by roses and by seeds.
Blue eyes of sorts to observe their suffering, placid they are but continue to please, their times of anxious knowledge drown in submission; to them the pain is simply ease.
Within the garden children scatter, their brains of red shatter memories of rhyme, our exhibit is paid for with a simple blood-kissed letter; the twilight garden does not wait for time.
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ARANSAS PASS- The Aransas Pass Police Chief calls it the largest drug bust in recent history, but it all stopped when officers found a grenade.
It happened Friday night on 11th Street.
It was there that officers arrested suspected drug dealer Rafael Villalobos and his girlfriend Veronica Olivarez.
While searching the home, they found meth, cocaine, heroin and other drugs, as well as several thousand dollars in cash.
But they had to pause their search when they came across a grenade.
The Corpus Christi bomb squad was called to remove and destroy it.
Villalobos and Olivarez are each charged with possession of a controlled substance.
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Never think that the man who indulges is a happy man - never! He is the most miserable man in the world. How can he be happy? He hopes, he desires happiness, but he never achieves it.
But remember, saying these things Tantra does not propose that you move to the other extreme. Tantra is not saying that you should escape from this world of indulgence. Escaping will again become a mechanical habit. Sitting in a cave, the woman will not be available, but that doesn't make much difference. If any time the woman does become available the man who has renounced will be more prone to fall than the man who was indulging in the world. Whatsoever you repress becomes very powerful within you.
I have heard..
There was a fireman who was horridly mean both to his wife and his lodger. One night he brought home a splendid pork pie and ate half of it for his supper. His wife and the lodger had to make do with dry bread and cheese. He carefully put the rest of the pie away and they all went to their beds.
In the middle of the night the firebells rang and off the landlord had to run. The wife, stark naked, entered the lodger's room, shook him awake and said, "He has gone out. Quick! Now is your chance."
"Are you sure it's all right?" inquired the lodger.
"Of course! Hurry up, lose no time!"
So the lodger went downstairs and finished the pork pie.
Now that must have been his repression - the pork pie. He must have been dreaming about it, thinking about it, fantasizing about it. The stark naked woman had no attraction for him, but the pork pie..
Remember, whatsoever you repress will become your attraction, will have a magnetic pull on you. The repressed becomes powerful; it gains power out of all proportion.
Listen to this anecdote..
Deep in a beautiful woodland park stood two lovely bronze statues, a boy and a girl posed in attitudes of love and longing. They had stood thus for three hundred years, their arms held out yearningly to each other yet never touching. One day a magician passed by and with compassion said, "I have enough power to give them life for one hour, so I am going to do this. For one hour they will be able to kiss, to touch, to embrace, to make love to each other."
So the magician waved his magic wand, and immediately the statues leaped off their pedestals and hand in hand ran into the shrubbery.


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GI vs. Pro, not to sure what to think about this. Just because they are an armed service man doesn't mean they are on the professional level of fighting.
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